Hey Everyone,
I know there probably wont be much interest in this but I thought I should post my results. This is instructions on how I got my wiimote and accessories to work with my Dream. It should be possible to setup Bluetooth keyboards that use UINPUT too.
1. I emailed cyanogen and asked him to enable UINPUT in the kernel and he was Awesome and did this for me. Thanks Cyanogen!!
2. I added the following line to my bootdeb script to make UINPUT show up in chroot debian. I would appreciate any input on how appropriate this mount is. Im a linux noob. The second line is to reference where I stuck it.
mount -o bind /dev $mnt/dev <-- I added this line
mount -t devpts devpts $mnt/dev/pts <--above this line present in bootdeb
3. I installed wminput with
apt-get install wminput
4. I configured buttons. The config files are in /etc/cwiid/wminput/. Nano was very glitched out for me but it got the job done.
cd /etc/cwiid/wminput/
nano buttons
The info in these 3 links should allow any button to be mapped.
http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/browser/trunk/wminput/action_enum.txt
http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/browser/trunk/doc/wminput.list
http://www.kandroid.org/android_pdk/keymaps_keyboard_input.html
5. Run wminput and drop debian to the background.
wminput -d -c buttons
Press 1 and 2 on the wiimote
Press the home button to drop debian to the background and your done
I did this mainly to play nes on the train in a comfortable fassion. And it turns out there is a bit of a lag now and again which causes the buttons to stick while it catches up. Just for a moment but enough to throw Megaman/Mario off a cliff! If anyone else tries this, Im very curious if you have this same issue. I tried setting the priority higher with nice but it didnt help. Does that work in a chroot environment? Does anyone have any thoughts on how I could remove lag? I dont think its being cause by excessive cpu usage since it happens just at the prompt when pressing buttons quickly.
Thanks for any input,
Tous
Awesome, now we just need to overclock to about 3 Ghz without the phone exploding, and we can emulate Wii games!
Is there a terminal app that works on the nexus? Terminal Emulator force closes when i try and open it and Su File Manager and Terminal Emulator doesnt have an on screen keyboard
SUFBS
if you are willing to purchase the rooted file browser, SUFBS, it has a built in terminal (with other goodies) that allows you to use the virtual keyboard. works pretty well too.
other than that, ADB I guess would be some sort of alternative.
Ssantos6981 said:
if you are willing to purchase the rooted file browser, SUFBS, it has a built in terminal (with other goodies) that allows you to use the virtual keyboard. works pretty well too.
other than that, ADB I guess would be some sort of alternative.
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Hmm, guess the keyboard didnt pop up the first time i used the app, but got it working in it now. Thanks
I use better terminal emulator. Works fine.
Hi,
I followed this thread Chroot Ubuntu and installed ubuntu
As other guys, some application won't launch or crash under gnome
On the OP, people talk about memory limit of 32M per app on android, but for example the system monitor is a small app that consumes less than 4M and it won't launch...
Unfortunately, i cannot post on the OP (too few posts for me, cannot post on dev section), so i give what i found here (maybe a gentle admin will move the thread )
So
I installed lxde from terminal, and switched to lxde :
# apt-get install lxde
# update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
(i chose "start lxde")
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reboot the TF, restart chroot ubuntu, vncserver, then connect, i got the lxde x env, and guess what ?
system monitor works, update manager, synaptic package manager, etc...
Don't know if it's because it's a lighter interface, but it does the trick !
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Some things still don't seem to load properly even on lxde , such as chromium, but it seems to be an improvement.
Probably should check for issues involving shared memory and X extensions. Remember, it is not quite the current X.Org you're running.
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Thanks for that trick!, but I can run more than 4-5 apps in chroot Ubuntu (not at the same time). I open Firefox, close it, open OpenOffice Writer, close it, open Gedit, close it, open LXTerminal and closeit. After doing this, I'm unable to start other app
tisi1988 said:
Thanks for that trick!, but I can run more than 4-5 apps in chroot Ubuntu (not at the same time). I open Firefox, close it, open OpenOffice Writer, close it, open Gedit, close it, open LXTerminal and closeit. After doing this, I'm unable to start other app
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That's pretty strange, i made a few tests on mine
I can run at the same time Firefox, LXterminal, Gedit, Synaptic package manager, system monitor, movie player...
Close them, reopen Firefox etc
But Zoho web applis don't start at all for example.
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Probably should check for issues involving shared memory and X extensions. Remember, it is not quite the current X.Org you're running.
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Thanks for the info
I wonder if we can run another distro, ubuntu 11.10 for example, via chroot ?
I noticed that the swap is disabled in the kernel used in the root.fs image, which could maybe help the memory management
Depending on how much work you want to do you can run any distro that supports the processor architecture. I use Debian stable because it seems to have a lot more debs available than Ubuntu, when you have ARM instead of x86 crud .
From talk I believe Ubuntu will eventually be a great choice, perhaps even as a total replacement or dual boot, but the TF101 may look like a G1 or original Droid by then.
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ID6548437 said:
That's pretty strange, i made a few tests on mine
I can run at the same time Firefox, LXterminal, Gedit, Synaptic package manager, system monitor, movie player...
Close them, reopen Firefox etc
But Zoho web applis don't start at all for example.
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I was not so lucky. I can only run one app at a time as well. Maybe there's a difference in how we're set up?
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Depending on how much work you want to do you can run any distro that supports the processor architecture. I use Debian stable because it seems to have a lot more debs available than Ubuntu, when you have ARM instead of x86 crud .
From talk I believe Ubuntu will eventually be a great choice, perhaps even as a total replacement or dual boot, but the TF101 may look like a G1 or original Droid by then.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
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I just want to run p2p client to download tv series
Not a lot of stuff
I will take a look at Debian
Thanks
livinsacrfice said:
I was not so lucky. I can only run one app at a time as well. Maybe there's a difference in how we're set up?
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I made very minor changes to the initial config, i just removed a few app from the menu "Preferences > Desktop session settings"
I just left :
Wicd network manager tray
SSH key agent
Certificate and key storage
Secret storage device
I unchecked all others
And that's all i did, i believe
But i run UltraVNC client from my win xp, what about you ?
oh, I was using the VNC client on the TF101. When I connected from a different machine, I was able to load multiple apps at a time.
Nvidia is pretty good about releasing drivers for their x86 graphics hardware. Have they not released drivers for the transformer geforce that we still have to use vnc servers instead of x.org?
Is there really no way to run x.org on the transformer? That would totally take away the need to use nvflash and deal with partitioning etc....
If we could just chroot and startx right from there and at the same time kill the apk stuff
I'm using the Transformer + Dock + Mycloud (Splashtop) to remote desktop into my desktop. It is used as my laptop since it does pretty much everything I need it to. I don't game so watching movies, surfing the web, documents, email, etc. all are smooth and awesome. I view it as a super awesome and fast laptop since the processing is done by my desktop, with excellent 10-14 hour battery life and an awesome screen.
There's ONE thing that bugs the crap out of me. The damn RIGHT CLICK. Since there's no right click, but instead a LONG CLICK.. whenever I try to copy and paste anything it is a very tedious and annoying task. Using the remote desktop mouse to highlight is not as smooth as using a regular mouse but it's not a big deal but afterwards, holding the highlight with a Long Click causes all sorts of issues. Sometimes it will UNhighlight the selection, or if it's a link it will open the link instead, etc.
The only way around this is a copy and paste keyboard hotkey but since I use mac OSX, there's no Command key on the transformer dock. (Command + C is copy and Command+V is paste). Does anyone know how to bypass this issue? All I need really is Copy, Paste and Find which all require the Command button.
Ideally I'd like to be able to reroute the Alt or Search key on the Transformer to be the "Windows"/"Command" key but there's no such thing.
I also looked in Mac OSX system pref to switch the option and command keys but it changes those for the keyboard, NOT the actual function for the operating system. meaning if I swap Alt with Command, it will work from my desktop keyboard and will not work from my Transformer dock cause it's still being read as "Alt". Which makes no sense...
is there some way to remap the command the key System wide or change the hotkeys system wide? or some kind of hotkey software that I don't know about?
I found an alternative.
I did a search for a list of Mac OSX hotkeys and it looks like Control+C and Control+V aren't used much. Ctrl +V is used to get to the end of a paragraph or something at the document, which is useless to me so I used this to remap individual functions. http://lifehacker.com/343328/create-a-keyboard-shortcut-for-any-menu-action-in-any-program
basically, it will allow me to choose any function in any program and remap the hotkeys. So currently I have changed my Cmd+C/Cmd+V for Copy/paste to Control+C/Control+V like how it's done in windows. Also changed the "Find" function Control+F from the original Cmd+F.
This allows my transformer to make use of the control button and copy/paste/find... minimizing my need for the stupid "long-click in order to right-click" issue.
Control +UP does an Expose of my windows, Control + Left and Control + Right switches between desktop spaces.
Rerouted the BACK button on the transformer to be "ESC" and changed the Bluetooth toggle to be BACK. Pretty much have a fully functioning super laptop at my disposal now.... Bottleneck being my internet/wifi strength.
I only use SplashTop for accessing things like Xfinity TV, that won;t do video on Android.
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i wish rdp or vnc were as awesome as splashtop
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Asus transformer prime and Acer A500 all have native linux, all I can find is a very old and non-updated thread in Xoom... Using the VNC to operate ubuntu is very lag, it can't be daily use. Acer A500 may have the same hardware as Xoom, is that anyone can transplant the method of A500 to our Xoom?
Hi there
Someone has installed native debian http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138661 on the xoom in the past i think if more devs wanted to work on this it would be doable, dual boot with linux and android is something i would love to have, I too can't stand chroot options and spend alot of time ssh'ing into a debian box to do things on my xoom i can't do otherwise while sat on the sofa >8^P.
Are you refering to the Terminal Emulator that can be installed on any Android device?
The terminal emulator will give you access to the console where you can run several native linux commands and operate the device just like a Linux with a shell.
See if this is what you mean:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm
The android shell works for the most part, but lots of things tend to be missing if you typed iw or nano for example, but most people know what to expect form android shell and you can compile nano if you want. Go ahead and try compiling something with your terminal emulator.
What id like is to be able to run gnome and run native app gui's and the like or do apt-get install nano and have one os running faster than a laggy hack that chroot is, running one os on top of another.