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Gemini PDA - Linux / Re: bare-bone Debian (or any other OS)

« on: August 29, 2023, 07:00:20 pm »

systemctl get-default
sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target
sudo systemctl reboot

and to reverse :

systemctl get-default
sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target
sudo reboot

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Re: TUTORIAL - complete DEBIAN INSTALL with 4G working

« on: December 02, 2021, 03:28:08 am »

Any luck with updating to Debian 10 ?

take a look here :
https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?topic=36527.0
and
https://github.com/gemian/gemian/wiki/DebianBuster.

i had tried, but not finished.

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Re: TUTORIAL - complete DEBIAN INSTALL with 4G working

« on: May 14, 2021, 10:13:44 am »

geminifrench - this guide is AMAZING! You've helped breathe new life into my Gemini PDA. I remember when installing Linux was painful. and this was a comparative breeze. And. so glad to have an OS that is still getting security updates.

Thank you for sharing this!

Merci :-)

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Re: TUTORIAL - complete DEBIAN INSTALL with 4G working

« on: April 25, 2021, 05:37:42 am »

I managed to get an almost working phone out of the gemini following this tutorial, 4G is working, sms are working, i can make and receive calls but... no audio on calls either incoming or outgoing. i tried to select different output and input devices on the pulseaudio mixer but nothing changes. Any ideas on where to look to fix this?

For my case, no idea, because i do not use the gemini as phone.
Just as a mini debian computer. So i use the 4G only for data.

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Re: Update linux DEBIAN 9 (stretch) to 10 (buster) & Security updates

« on: April 25, 2021, 05:32:14 am »

Have a look here: https://github.com/gemian/gemian/wiki/DebianBuster.

That might help with upgrade to buster.

Regards

Mibry

Thanks ! 
But i have full re-install my gemini to work with.
So i need to leave someone else find the solution (i need a 2e gemini to experiment and re-flash it  )

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Re: Gemian Tips/Workarounds

« on: April 22, 2021, 02:24:18 am »

KEYBOARD MAPPING:

I have remapped keys for my US keyboard, making a true quote/doublequote key in place of the pipe/backslash key (pipe/backslash are brought up by fn combinations). If anyone is interested, I can post the gemini kb, which goes in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/planet_vndr  I also have this remapping in .apk, which works in both Gemini and Cosmo Android

I have no "pipe" char on my french keyboard.
I want to use FN+"g" to use 'pipe' in place of underscore.
I have this in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/planet_vndr /gemini :
"key <AC05> { [ g, G, underscore, dead_macron ] };

Do you know how to change 'underscore' by 'pipe' ? I don't know what is the name for 'pipe' that i must use in it.



EDIT :
ok, i think i found.
'bar' seem to be the answer

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Re: Update linux DEBIAN 9 (stretch) to 10 (buster) & Security updates

« on: April 19, 2021, 04:59:23 pm »

I must admit, however, I'm having a great time with Stretch/Gemini. I use my Cosmo for my phone, so the Gemini is just for a Linux laptop.

I hadn't turned on my Gemini in a year, and now I'm using Gemian all the time. My poor Netwalker... This is what the Netwalker should've been.

Jake

Me too ;-)
Only debian on my gemini.
I have a phone for talk and basic things, and my debian gemini for working all the day like an ultra mini laptop always in my 'pocket'.

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Re: Update linux DEBIAN 9 (stretch) to 10 (buster) & Security updates

« on: April 17, 2021, 05:09:56 am »

Happy to have some help 

i have no more idea how to do the upgrade to buster. And i don't kown enough this subject to resolve it.
so i had re-install my strech debian gemini to can work (because i realy use my gemini  )

so need other somebody help to find the solution.

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Re: Update linux DEBIAN 9 (stretch) to 10 (buster) & Security updates

« on: April 12, 2021, 04:32:21 am »

i have forgot to add :
deb http://gemian.thinkglobally.org/buster buster main

and i changed "/etc/apt/sources.list"
by :
"/etc/apt/sources.list.d/multistrap-debian.list"
"/etc/apt/sources.list.d/multistrap-gemian.list"

BUT ALWAYS NOT WORKING

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Re: Update linux DEBIAN 9 (stretch) to 10 (buster) & Security updates

« on: April 11, 2021, 05:00:15 pm »

I found a solution to make the reboot.

I had uninstall libreoffice packages with :
sudo -s (& password)
apt remove libreoffice*

The package libreoffice-base doesn't want to uninstall.
So i do:
nano /var/lib/dpkg/status
and remove all entries about the package libreoffice-base
and save.

I changed "/etc/apt/sources.list"
with
"deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
and make a new apt update & upgrade & full-upgrade

So debian 10 is installed.

I go to /etc/systemd/system.conf
and change DefaulTimeoutStopSec=90s
by DefaulTimeoutStopSec=5s
and save

i enter : systemctl daemon-reload
and
reboot
The system reboot well.

BUT WHEN IT START AGAIN, it stop to "gemian booting" image.
ANY IDEA ?

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Update linux DEBIAN 9 (stretch) to 10 (buster) & Security updates

« on: April 11, 2021, 12:18:21 pm »

Hello.

Trying to update debian 9 (strech) to 10 (buster). I do this because i want to have the ->security updates<-

I do this :
- sudo -s ( & password)
- nano /etc/apt/sources.list"
- add line :
"
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main
"
save & exit
-apt update
-apt upgrade
-apt dist-upgrade
-sudo reboot

BUT it's NOT WORKING.
Reboot freeze the gemini. So i made "Fct+Esc" to shutdown.
And if i try to restart with "esc", the screen stop on "gemian booting" image.

So someone had updated debian 9 to 10 with success ?
Or just have security updates working ?

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Gemini PDA - Linux / joplin

« on: April 13, 2020, 02:55:42 pm »

Hello,

Is there someone that have successufly compile JOPLIN to use it on the gemini with arm64 compil ?

I have tryed,
and the gui software launched itself, but there was bugs that stop the start of software, and so the software was not usable.

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Gemini PDA - Linux / connman mobile-data

« on: April 09, 2020, 10:09:02 am »

you have to unlock the file (with a command thats ambiguous to new users) before you can edit it with hexedit.

is it just "chmod " command ?

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Gemini PDA - Linux / cant apt upgrade, have tried fixes

« on: April 09, 2020, 09:07:33 am »

<<  cant edit mac address in hexedit, it says read only. so wifi settings arent remembered. >>

the "read only" problem is because you are not root when you edit a file system.

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Gemini PDA - Linux / connman mobile-data

« on: April 09, 2020, 09:06:04 am »

to install ofono scripts, have you do this (in root) ?

systemctl enable ofono
systemctl start ofono
apt install ofono-scripts