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Gemini PDA - Linux / Debian (technology preview) firmware now available for download!

« on: March 21, 2018, 04:19:59 am »

OK I was able to turn on the Wifi using Connman but I am having trouble loggin to my AP. I chose my AP then press connect and the Agent Input window pops up. From there I am lost on what needs to happen. Thanks for walking me through this.

Hi, the problem I realised is once you have entered your Wifi password the ok button is not on the screen due to it's small size. After entering the password I hit Tab 5 times and then Enter and that should save the setting , a few seconds later you should see the Wifi connect in the bottom right corner of the screen,

J

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Debian (technology preview) firmware now available for download!

« on: March 19, 2018, 08:01:33 pm »

Can't get on the internet yet so can't try it,

J

Try to open ConnMan UI from Menu - Internet, go to Status tab and toggle Wi-Fi power on by clicking on button with red circle.

Thx! That worked, I can report apt works 😀,

J

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Debian (technology preview) firmware now available for download!

« on: March 19, 2018, 07:56:12 pm »

Can't get on the internet yet so can't try it,

J

Try to open ConnMan UI from Menu - Internet, go to Status tab and toggle Wi-Fi power on by clicking on button with red circle.

Thx! That worked, I can report apt works 😀,

J

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Debian (technology preview) firmware now available for download!

« on: March 19, 2018, 04:10:10 am »

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There you go, boot up from Android

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lm7ken2hhfx2uql/V...1335sm.mp4?dl=0

(For some reason I wasn't allowed to upload a video, dropbox link)

J

I notice the mouse pointer. Does it function as a mouse pointer? If so, what serves as the mouse buttons? If not, does it interfere with touch selection, as it did on early experimental Linux distributions did on ARM machines?

I connected a mouse to it and it worked as a normal pointer,

J

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Debian (technology preview) firmware now available for download!

« on: March 19, 2018, 04:09:00 am »

There you go, boot up from Android

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lm7ken2hhfx2uql/V...1335sm.mp4?dl=0

(For some reason I wasn't allowed to upload a video, dropbox link)

J

Super neat! So have you tried apt-get yet?

I would think that you could install GNOME Shell on there which has multi-touch support built in and is much more touch friendly.

Can't get on the internet yet so can't try it,

J

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Debian (technology preview) firmware now available for download!

« on: March 17, 2018, 01:37:03 am »

For those that got Debian running now, some screenshots would be fun to see.

Thanks,

Mark

I would but until I can figure out how to get the WiFi working I have no way of posting the screen shots. I can post a video tomorrow of it booting up.

Why not take the video with your other phone? Then you don't have to worry about wifi on the Gemini.  

There you go, boot up from Android

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lm7ken2hhfx2uql/V...1335sm.mp4?dl=0

(For some reason I wasn't allowed to upload a video, dropbox link)

J

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Debian (technology preview) firmware now available for download!

« on: March 13, 2018, 12:58:55 am »

Lol, didn't try that thought it was too obvious!

Though that's what documentation is for . . .

Hmm didn't see that, I looked all over the instructions. Had a quick try, seems pretty smooth so far 😀

Was joking. We await documentation. I believe I read that Mike Halsey is writing it. For the Linux side, we are likely on our own, but there are already enough really talented and skilled people involved that I do not forsee much of a problem.

ROFL!

ok, for the record, I downloaded the img using a Mac after having errors unzipping it using Windows and Linux. Early days, I couldn't find bluetooth or get an external monitor to register (I'm not that experienced with LXQT tbf), look forward to later releases,

J

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Debian (technology preview) firmware now available for download!

« on: March 12, 2018, 06:23:38 pm »

Lol, didn't try that thought it was too obvious!

Though that's what documentation is for . . .

Hmm didn't see that, I looked all over the instructions. Had a quick try, seems pretty smooth so far 😀

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Debian (technology preview) firmware now available for download!

« on: March 12, 2018, 07:38:48 am »

Lol, didn't try that thought it was too obvious!

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Debian (technology preview) firmware now available for download!

« on: March 12, 2018, 03:08:58 am »

I borrowed a Mac to download and extract the image and flashed Debian to my Gemini, It boots to a login screen user Gemini, anyone know what the password is??

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Debian (technology preview) firmware now available for download!

« on: March 10, 2018, 12:07:57 am »

Tried again from another PC but still the same thing, I notice when you unzip there is a folder specifically for MAC, don't know the significance but maybe it will work on MAC. I have had no luck downloading  and unzipping using Windows or Linux,

Thx

J

I've downloaded the tools and the image, but when I tried to unzip the image it says it is corrupt. I have tried downloading it a couple of times using different methods but same result every time,

J

I downloaded all in Mac OS X and all folders unzip well. Then, I cannot try if the images are correctly unzipped, I reckon yes, considering that the OS hasn't complaint about errors...
Recently they have uploaded new version of tools, maybe you could try deleting all and download again.

Salvo

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Debian (technology preview) firmware now available for download!

« on: March 09, 2018, 01:38:20 am »

I've downloaded the tools and the image, but when I tried to unzip the image it says it is corrupt. I have tried downloading it a couple of times using different methods but same result every time,

J

The Linux Support page has been updated - you can now download the following items:

- Flashing tool
- Flashing tool drivers
- Android firmware
- Debian firmware, technology preview version

http://support.planetcom.co.uk/index.php/Linux_Support

Has anyone who has a Gemini actually tried Debian on it?

I don't think I've seen any reviews on here about the Linux experience. Lots of comments about what the Android is like though.

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Gemini PDA - Linux / linux on Gemini

« on: March 08, 2018, 04:49:16 am »

Hi just got my Gemini and found this post, have downloaded the drivers and tool but the Debian img is corrupt, I've tried downloading a couple of times even used wget but every time I unzip it it says the img is corrupt. Anyone else having the same problem?

Ta, J