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Meego 1.2 Released!

Meego 1.2 was just recently released. I was curious to see if I could run it on my G-Tablet and found that there is a currently a port being worked on of Meego to Tegra 2 chipset. The Meego wiki even explicitly mentions the G-Tablet relating to the Tegra 2 port. I look forward to trying Meego out even if I don't end up using it. More options is always a good thing!
Personally, I don't like using mainstream OS's and we all know how popular Android has become. Additionally, Meego also has the capability of running XBMC natively which is very cool and makes me wonder what other awesome Linux applications are possible to run on Meego. I get the impression that Meego is much closer to Linux than Android since it also runs Chromium browser. What do you think? Any input is appreciated

I too wanted to install a Linux distro. So much I bought a second g-tablet from Woot.
Unfortunately, about the same time, nVidia removed it's Linux drivers from it's download page. They say that they will return after they update them, but they have moved Linux for Tegra to the unsupported section.
Without Tegra drivers, Linux isn't really viable on the g-tablet. I hope they do release newer drivers, my second g-tablet is getting lonely from lack of use.

From my understanding Meego has a different ABI then what the L4T is compiled with. Its kind of a apples and oranges issue. The precompiled portions of L4T are not compatible with a Meego install.

Wi-Fi
Who knows how to set up Wi-Fi on Linux.
Shall describe the step by step please.

Wow, that's too bad about the Tegra support being pulled. Hopefully something gets released soon.

@slysecretspy, what you said is **way** over my head. Sounds bad tho...

NVIDIA released Tegra ICS OS images

Not sure if this should be in the Dev section, but it looks like NVIDIA released the OS images for the Tegra development kit...
http://developer.nvidia.com/content/android-40-ics-os-images-tegra-android-available
Hopefully this helps the Devs working on the ICS port for the Gtab...

is for ventana
not for harmony

i believe that nvidia axed support for harmony but released a 2.3 image as last uptate for that platform
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So does this actually provide no support for the gtablet?

drizzt5 said:
So does this actually provide no support for the gtablet?
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Nope. Different platform, nvidia kinda screwed us on that front.

Actually this release does help us out a lot. Give it time, but this release enabled HD video decoding on Gtablet ICS. I know because I've tried it.

Nvidia 4.0 ICS release for Ventana Tegra 2?

Direct quote:
"Android 4.0 (ICS) OS Images for Tegra Android Available
by Stephen Jones, posted Jan 20 2012 at 03:34PM
Just like you, we’ve been anxiously awaiting the public release of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) for NVIDIA® Tegra® Developer Kits. Following the unprecedented speed of the ICS port for the Transformer Prime, NVIDIA is pleased to announce the first public release of Ice Cream Sandwich OS Images for NVIDIA Tegra DevKits.
The installers for the OS Images for Ventana DevKits are available on the Tegra Resources page. For information regarding Cardhu OS Images, please contact your account representative.
For the first time ever, the OS Images are available on OSX as well as Windows and Linux. The release package consists of binary code, drivers developed on our reference platforms and any patches necessary to ensure stability & performance with ICS and our developer tools. Visit the Tegra Resources page for the latest developer tools that support ICS, such as PerfHUD ES.
We welcome your feedback and questions on the Tegra forums.
TEGRA ANDROID OS IMAGES
These OS Images are pre-configured to provide the optimal development experience on Tegra DevKits.
FEATURES
Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Full support for PerfHUD ES 1.9.5, the Open GL ES frame debugging and analysis tool for Tegra. Full support for PERF and OProfile, CPU profiling tools. The default value for screen timeout is set to 30 minutes. Internet permissions for all applications are enabled by default. Native to Java calls have had JNI checks disabled to mimic production units. EMEI ID support"
Source http://developer.nvidia.com/content/android-40-ics-os-images-tegra-android-available
Is this the ICS port that was promise by Nvidia back in November-December? Binary code drivers? Linux 3.1.1 kernel? (http://developer.nvidia.com/linux-tegra) What is all this?
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F*ck nvrm. Mods please delete useless thread -_-
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*sigh*
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Yes I would like to know what this is too!
Is this the drivers we are waiting for..and probably never going to get?
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for Korny if he is still wondering, I'm almost positive this is for a different tegra chip and doesn't apply to our phone in any form. No the Devs can not (for what I know and have read) just take out the necessities and use them for our phone. This is very old news and does nothing for our phones sadly!

mt3g said:
for Korny if he is still wondering, I'm almost positive this is for a different tegra chip and doesn't apply to our phone in any form. No the Devs can not (for what I know and have read) just take out the necessities and use them for our phone. This is very old news and does nothing for our phones sadly!
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Guess I just got excited,
Didn't mean to beat a dead horse.
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No worries it was a public statement
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Had my hopes up D:
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tegra 2 harmony video excelerated kernel

I was just wondering, the viewsonic gtablet is a tegra 2 harmony device and the guys at team drh have made a kernel for ics that is fully hardware excelerated so my question is since the g2x is a harmony device can the drh kernel be used as a base for a working g2x kernel with full video decoding just like the gtablet???

Harmony is for tablets. We have Ventana.
Closest best is the ZTE Mimosa X which has ICS and the Ventana. When it drops hopefully we can grab the drivers from there.

From the 2x side:
msedek said:
If porting full working drivers were possible in any way from any device to make o2x runs with everything working on ics it should be done by now.. Al the things you are thinking now developers though about it long time ago... I'm developer myself.. Just not android developer.. I develop in assembler for microcontrollers as I am electronics engineer, and trust me there's nothing that I don't know about the chips I work on...
Every microcontroler (I'm specialist in microchip) has different libraries to access the different modules... As microchip produce open source libraries I can access all the functionalities in the processor and microchip provide the full pdf with the instructions set for every processor.. But even chips from the same family with a minimum variation like let's say pic18f478 to pic18f478a can have bunch of different modules with a bunch of different libraries...
So once I can develop a function out of the instructions set (what's called here from scratch) I can then develop a library wich I can call in my main software every time I want the processor execute an action... So in this case Nvidia won't provide their instructions set for their processors... They only provide libraries to oems... And oems can develop procedures and functions with these libraries...
That said Nvidia has no responsibilities here... Because no matter what os oems use the chips and the libraries are the same and the method to access chipset function won't change from one os to another... That's processor architecture and can not be modified..
LG has to re develop the function and procedures to work with the new os that is low level (assembler compiled) and embedded into the os... Those functions are way different from one device to another and it's not possible to use them unless it's the same exact chip family with no variants...
Devs here can not develop functions because they don't have access to the libraries... They only have access to the final product or what I could call the UI for developer.. And that's the DRIVERS..
That's it..
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redmonke255 said:
Harmony is for tablets. We have Ventana.
Closest best is the ZTE Mimosa X which has ICS and the Ventana. When it drops hopefully we can grab the drivers from there.
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You mean this???
tonyp said:
Here is a high-speed mirror of the ROM: http://d-h.st/DDn
RC hasn't replied to me, yet.
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redmonke255 said:
Harmony is for tablets. We have Ventana.
Closest best is the ZTE Mimosa X which has ICS and the Ventana. When it drops hopefully we can grab the drivers from there.
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Are you sure about that everything i read said g2x was a harmony board and its not as simple as one is phone one is tablet the Motorola xoom is a ventana board i do believe its more to do with components like memory and amount of memory sound chips and how they are implemented together

Everything you've read is wrong then.
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegra#section_2
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redmonke255 said:
Everything you've read is wrong then.
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So why are the xoom and transformer tf101 referred to as ventana devices on this site in their own forums???

Big_Doodie said:
So why are the xoom and transformer tf101 referred to as ventana devices on this site in their own forums???
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Because the people saying it are misinformed. Ventana is the phone version, harmony is the tablet version.
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Is this of any use?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29622231&postcount=378

lehjr said:
Is this of any use?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29622231&postcount=378
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+1
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Can this really be it? Somebody confirm so I can save some $ for donations!

Please be useful... I'm praying right now.

Fingers crossed
Wouldn't that be wonderful!

gpmartinson said:
Wouldn't that be wonderful!
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It might make me keep my G2x a lil' bit longer

Recently released Tegra 2 drivers are for Linux (Ubuntu), and they're binary so they're virtually impossible to hack for Android without superhuman effort and skills and unlimited time.
Read from XDA post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26960631&postcount=1
and read the information at the Wikipedia site about Open Source and NVIDIA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_hardware_and_FOSS
and read the statement from NVIDIA
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...ra-devices-as-long-as-their-manufacturers-do/
and read this statement by Ricardo Cerqueira:
https://plus.google.com/11504942893...jeUiS#115049428938715274412/posts/KycR8ZjeUiS
and read the Tegra Linux Driver Package release notes:
http://developer.download.nvidia.co...ux_Driver_Package_Release_Notes_R15_armhf.pdf

Core Memory said:
Recently released Tegra 2 drivers are for Linux (Ubuntu), and they're binary so they're virtually impossible to hack for Android without superhuman effort and skills and unlimited time.
Read from XDA post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26960631&postcount=1
and read the information at the Wikipedia site about Open Source and NVIDIA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_hardware_and_FOSS
and read the statement from NVIDIA
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...ra-devices-as-long-as-their-manufacturers-do/
and read this statement by Ricardo Cerqueira:
https://plus.google.com/11504942893...jeUiS#115049428938715274412/posts/KycR8ZjeUiS
and read the Tegra Linux Driver Package release notes:
http://developer.download.nvidia.co...ux_Driver_Package_Release_Notes_R15_armhf.pdf
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Boooooo, I'm sad... again

Naive but
Not sure I get the problem...isn't android really a linux clone with less stuff? Wish I knew more about how this works.

ICS Drivers from... SONY?

Just a thought seeing as how us G2X and O2X folks are waiting patiently for ICS drivers to arrive if ever from LG. Article hitting a few Android sites has Sony releasing a PMP w/ a Tegra 2. Now there is no mention if this Tegra 2 is the same as our devices but hey here's hoping. Thoughts?
http://phandroid.com/2012/07/18/sony-introduces-walkman-f800-with-android-4-0-launching-in-august/

I read somewhere that this will be the Ventana (same as the G2x) and not the Harmony chip. This makes sense, since the Harmony chip is used almost exclusively in tablets. I can't find the article, so I don't know if this was speculation by the blogger or something official.

RobBull69 said:
I read somewhere that this will be the Ventana (same as the G2x) and not the Harmony chip. This makes sense, since the Harmony chip is used almost exclusively in tablets. I can't find the article, so I don't know if this was speculation by the blogger or something official.
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very unlikely to be ventana as that is a development board that lost support from nvidia a while back. thats why you havent seen many, if any at all, ventana based device released since harmony became available. think of ventana as the beta version and harmony as production release. there are no distinction of which version to use for tablet vs phone

atb1183 said:
very unlikely to be ventana as that is a development board that lost support from nvidia a while back. thats why you havent seen many, if any at all, ventana based device released since harmony became available. think of ventana as the beta version and harmony as production release. there are no distinction of which version to use for tablet vs phone
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I don't get it, what exactly is the difference between the two? Is Harmony faster or use less power or something? Because doesn't it have all the same clock speeds, cache, RAM, etc...??

The problem will probably be in the fact that we don't have the driver source. If the driver is compiled for ICS it may work but I'm pretty sure we'll still need the driver source code or a driver compiled specifically for the G2x/O2x. Here's to hoping though.

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I don't get it, what exactly is the difference between the two? Is Harmony faster or use less power or something? Because doesn't it have all the same clock speeds, cache, RAM, etc...??
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As far as I know, the ONLY difference is the GPU. Ventana is clocked at 300Mhz for the GPU and Harmony at 333Mhz.

Never will these drivers be released for this device. Those numb nuts at NVIDIA are waiting for this device to die.

http://www.androidcentral.com/zte-grand-x-hands
This is the closet you're going to get to the G2X/O2X interms of GPU wise.

I hope the devs can cook something up. There are a few devices that are coming out with Tegra 2 and Ics. Keeps fingers crossed . If not then on to HTC and lg never again
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