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Can anyone please recommend me (or maybe cook me) a ROM which has the following capabilities:
- has System V IPC enabled in the kernel, either as a module or built-in
- made for TF101 B70
- based on ICS
- rooted
What I'm trying to do is: I have a chrooted Ubuntu environment (not dual-boot, just chroot), and I'm trying to run PostgreSQL in that, but it requires System V IPC. Plan B is to dual-boot, but I'm sooooo happy with this chrooted environment, and enjoying the best of two OSes in parallel that it's a last resort only.
Thanks in advance for all responses!
I'm amazed you're able to tolerate the lag of chroot, but I think you have to dualboot to flash a kernel over your ubuntu install, or rebuild your ubuntu image file with the kernel. Sadly I don't think one with ALL of the standard unix communications (EG. SystemVIPC) has been built.
Hello everybody,
I've been trying to get a complete Linux (for example Debian or Ubuntu) on my old Nexus 5 (NOT Ubuntu-Touch). All the Linux commands ("sudo" etc.) should work and I need to install Python.
Since I would like to use the Nexus 5 only for network stuff and bots at home, I don't really need Android anymore on the device.
I have no additional equipment (for exemple Bluetooth keyboard / mouse or USB to HDMI adapter) and I would prefere not buy any equipment.
Windows 10 would be enough as well on the Nexus 5 (I read it should work with some Android devices).
I got TWRP recovery on the phone.
What I've tried so far:
1.
The Maru ROM (Android + Linux parallel running). However, for the first configuration on the Linux-Desktop it seems like I need an adapter + Bluetooth keyboard & mouse, since the first configuration has to be done on the desktop
But have no corresponding periphery.
After the initial configuration of the Linux Desktop/Interface, via USB to HDMI adapter, you can access the Linux system on the Nexus 5 via SSH or VNC.
Apparently it's also possible to do the first configuration of the Linux interface via VNC. But I have not succeeded. I've followed various instructions and tried from Android by using terminal emulator to acces the parallel running Linux. VNC Viewer Apps were also used. Everything did not work out. Either there were error messages that the system is not "listening" on the port or that the access was denied. Is there an idiot-safe step by step guide for this?
2.
Next I flashed "[NEXUS 5][N7.1.2] - Pure Nexus"
I tried to to configur the terminal emulator and Termux with BusyBox and the "sudo installer app" to behave as if the terminal would be a real Linux. I also failed (couldn't get sudo command and other commands to work).
3.
Finally, I've used the "Complete Linux Installer" app. However, it turned out that my kernel does not support "loop device" (which is a prerequisite). So I tested the Franco Kernel and another custom kernel (name forgotten), which also did not work. I haven't found a custom kernel which is explicit "loop device" supported.
What ROM / Kerel Combo is required to use "Complete Linux Installer"?
Since I need no Android it would be the simplest thing to flash Linux (or Win10) with TWRP on to the Nexus 5. Is there some pure Linux ROM for the N5?
Otherwise an idiot-safe step by step guide for the N5 for the method 1 (Maru ROM via VNC without HDMI adapter), or for the method 3 ("Complete Linux Installer") would be great!
If someone has a full functional Linux or Win10 on the Nexus 5 (without additional peripherals) please report! Thanks in advance!
really no one an idea?
A ROM/Kernel Combination for the Nexus 5 with "Loop Device" support would be enough! (see 3. "Complete Linux Installer")
playerkirk1 said:
The only way I could imagine installing Ubuntu or any form of Linux based OS other than android would involve using EFIDroid, which isn't hard to install at all.
Here's the link to that.
I'd imagine you'd have to find a way to efi boot a version of Ubuntu arm or Debian arm, because the Nexus 5 is an arm device. As for Windows 10, IIRC Microsoft still hasn't released Windows 10 arm out yet, so we can't find out if we can port it back to arm32 or lower end Snapdragon devices like the Nexus 5.
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Ok nice thx! I'll try it with EFIDroid.
Unfortunately I have not much time most recently... So it will have to wait.
I'll report if I manage to run any Linux version on the N5.
One more Question:
Is it easy to find an arm version of Debian or Ubuntu? Haven't searched yet.
Why use EFIDroid?
I built Gentoo linux on my htc hd2 a yaer ago (and lost the image a few weeks ago). It's not really hard to install a full native linux system on your phone and boot to it DIRECTLY (without android).
All you need is
a custom kernel with support for loop devices (may need some changes later for the display, or some dirty hacks)
a base system for gentoo and some linux knowledge
creating a loopback device and using it for the system storage
working from within android in the beginning on the loopback device, until the base system is installed, configured, bootable and has SSH ENABLED via ethernet, with custom ip address (this is tricky, as it's the only way to use the phone before a gui is installed)
working from the pc using ssh, installing all needed packages
failing too many times until everything works
Edit: while installing the system, you must maintain an ssh connection via usb, as i said earlier, and to reach the internet, you must use iptables from the host pc to share the connection and configure your phone to get to the internet using the host.
As i said, i had done it in the past for the HTC HD2, but never posted it (due to ****ty internet connection). I had done all the system compiling directly on the HD2. On such a slow device (1ghz single core, 512mb ram, class 4 sd card) it took about 2 weeks for the GUI to be working.
What i did later was take the same base system and run it on the HTC M8. while it works, display never worked correctly. I had to use a program i compiled to refresh the screen all the time, which consumed cpu quickly.
Anyway, it can be done on any phone. There's no such thing as impossible.
A shot of the end result gui on hd2 (i know, horrible gui and wtf is that resolution )
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
tl;dr: Install Gentoo linux
@ playerkirk1
Ok thanks. Maybe this way leads to a solution for me.
@ gilbert32
Impressive! That seems to me like pretty advanced work! I'm afraid my Linux knowledge is fare under yours...
But like I thought, it's possible! Thanks for sharing!
gilbert32 said:
a custom kernel with support for loop devices (may need some changes later for the display, or some dirty hacks)
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So again it depends on the custom Kernel with loop device suport. I couldn't find one explicitly supporting "loop device" for the N5.
If I had, I would have used the "complete Linux installer" app.
(Check out 3. on my first post)
shomu said:
So again it depends on the custom Kernel with loop device suport. I couldn't find one explicitly supporting "loop device" for the N5.
If I had, I would have used the "complete Linux installer" app.
(Check out 3. on my first post)
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It's not that hard to get it working
Should be about downloading the source code of any kernel you want to use, make menuconfig, adding loop device support and compiling the kernel. it's about 5-6 commands.
I honestly didn't know this was even possible, but this is amazing. I just thought you'd need EFIDroid and an ISO to boot off of, but that seems way too complicated to do reliably. I'll definitely try this myself because it sounds awesome. Thank you, you rock!
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Yes, it is very possible. In the old days before android (where developers used to port linux to windows mobile devices, using HaRet), it was about compiling a working kernel, adding a ramdisk that prepares the loop device and mounts it, then changing the root to the loop device. In another way, to achieve it on a new phone:
Build the os for your phone, or install it. You must have a working loop device in the end, containing the root filesystem
Create the init file to use with the ramdisk later
compile a kernel that supports all features required by the OS
package the ramdisk and kernel into a bootable image, that you can fastboot boot or flash
On The M8, This is what happens:
Bootloader boots boot.img. I use fastboot boot boot.img since i don't want to override my boot image
kernel boots and runs my init. Which is a series of shell commands.
The commands mount the required partitions, then mount the loopback device to somelocation
init calls for switch_root, which turns somelocation into the new root filesystem, and launches the appropriate init script (IIRC /sbin/init in gentoo)
the new init starts its work, calls for OpenRC, etc etc etc
As i said before, i got it booting on the HTC M8 by grabbing a working boot image for the device, and modifying the ramdisk to use scripts for the HD2. I had modified those scripts to match the M8 requirements, then repackaged the image and voila. If i still had my working image, i would've uploaded it for you and tried modifying the needed files.
If you get the needed kernel working, i will help you with the next steps
and just another pic i found.
gilbert32 said:
It's not that hard to get it working
Should be about downloading the source code of any kernel you want to use, make menuconfig, adding loop device support and compiling the kernel. it's about 5-6 commands.
Yes, it is very possible. In the old days before android (where developers used to port linux to windows mobile devices, using HaRet), it was about compiling a working kernel, adding a ramdisk that prepares the loop device and mounts it, then changing the root to the loop device. In another way, to achieve it on a new phone:
Build the os for your phone, or install it. You must have a working loop device in the end, containing the root filesystem
Create the init file to use with the ramdisk later
compile a kernel that supports all features required by the OS
package the ramdisk and kernel into a bootable image, that you can fastboot boot or flash
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hm..ok, but I must say, I never compiled a kernel...
I got kind of "advanced" knowledge about android compared to normal "Smartphone users", but I'm definitely no developer!
So unfortunately compiling things is beyond my skills. I think I could do it with a step-by-step-tutorial, but I guess my request is too specific to find a fitting tutorial.
When it comes to Linux, I know some basics about the system and some basic commands. But usually when I'm doing stuff with Linux I use tutorials as well.
I have much more experience with Windows, html, css and some java...
So again, for everything that has to be done with Linux, I need an easy tutorial...
I appreciate your trying to help me, but unfortunately i must say it's way too advanced for me. without a detailed how-to, I will not be able to do this...
gilbert32 said:
and just another pic i found.
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I'm feeling a bit ambitious and wanted to try something, just want to know if it's been done before.
So I want to use my other phone - Samsung Galaxy Nexus - as a home server (FTP, p2p for start and maybe some light home automation later if everything works well).
So there is a patch for the GNex kernel that allows for phone charging and OTG at the same time. Also, I would need to patch in the loop back into the kernel so I wanted to know if Gento would be able to access my HDD hooked on OTG and how the drivers work in general on Gento and if it is worth the hassle getting it from Android to Gento. Also, I plan to VNC into the phone so display drivers aren't needed to work 100%.
Opinions?
Just install Sailfish OS. It's Linux with just a modified GUI for phones.
Here you can get the latest images, instructions, help (if you need) and info about all the various things https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=99377
Then take a look at this thread https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=98882
this is a link to working arch linux chroot https://github.com/Preflex/easy-chroot/releases/tag/0.0.2
here is a pic from my setup
Now someone made a patch for wayland to open in landscape mode. here it is https://openrepos.net/content/elros34/qxcompositor
And here is also ubuntu chroot, which works with that patch https://github.com/elros34/sailfish_ubu_chroot
I moved away from android long ago. Because i want my privacy back from google. Now i do not use anything from google except youtube (without google account)
ILA said:
I'm feeling a bit ambitious and wanted to try something, just want to know if it's been done before.
So I want to use my other phone - Samsung Galaxy Nexus - as a home server (FTP, p2p for start and maybe some light home automation later if everything works well).
So there is a patch for the GNex kernel that allows for phone charging and OTG at the same time. Also, I would need to patch in the loop back into the kernel so I wanted to know if Gento would be able to access my HDD hooked on OTG and how the drivers work in general on Gento and if it is worth the hassle getting it from Android to Gento. Also, I plan to VNC into the phone so display drivers aren't needed to work 100%.
Opinions?
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If you can get the HDD to work inside android, it will work inside Gentoo. As long as you can mount the HDD inside android it should be possible. And you really don't need android to mount it, just look for the dmesg and see if it's detected, or look for it in /dev/sdxx. If it works, then don't forget to install the specific HDD filesystem support in Gentoo.
The easiest way is Linux deploy in the Google play store, u have the option to install Ubuntu, Debian, Kali, etc. Also with the option of selecting your GUI such as KDE, lxde, etc. U can also chose to build it as an image or use an sdcard partition if you're advanced which is the best option. Most Android devices can easily support running Linux IMO, there hasn't been a device I haven't got it not running on, with the exception of the ones u can't root lol. Give it a try, you'll see what in talking about, as for the vnc use juice SSH on the play store, that's my favorite, also helps to install the hackers keyboard from the play store too. Depending on the internet it should take u less than 30 minutes to get Linux up and running
Sailfish OS (pretty darn good), Plasma-Mobile (not very efficient), and PostmarketOS (least efficient) are good alternatives
there is shortly to be some work done by wicket in my home community of Maemo ...
to get Maemo Leste OS running on the nexus 5 ...
I suggest patience.
it will happen...there are just the n9 and n900 to come first...(which are coming along nicely thus far ..)
I myself am looking forward to having Leste on both my n900's and Nexus 5's...
Leste for the nexus 5 should progress quite rapidly once work begins, considering the nexus 5 is the perfect candidate in compare with other devices.
So you may wish to keep an eyeball on the Maemo Leste OS project
shomu said:
really no one an idea?
A ROM/Kernel Combination for the Nexus 5 with "Loop Device" support would be enough! (see 3. "Complete Linux Installer")
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KDE Plasma
Sailfish OS if you can figure out how to install manjaro
Ubuntu Touch with dock
Come on just use Google.
This thread is for native Linux development on Galaxy A8/A8+. This means no Halium here. It's also aimed at people who know how to compile their stuff, ect., so don't complain to me about no fancy zip installer.
I have made some fixes in our DECON framebuffer driver, ect that makes TTY, and Xorg, and anything that uses the framebuffer work! (Based on @prashantp01's Quantum Quack kernel because that's what I had at the time and it's a good kernel).
I have tested this using Arch Linux ARM (ALARM), and it boots just fine!
A postmarketOS tree for the regular A8 is in the way of being merged, and I need someone to try the A8+ version.
Please provide a photo of the phone running PostmarketOS with weston on A8+!
Prebuilt zip for A8+ and A8 with postmarketOS weston (not really useful, but good for screenshot) here:
A8: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cVamhYGmBrDVrzzcIVyCmhLHJIQ3u3Xq/view?usp=sharing
A8+: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xe9rFu4TRzxmM9yV4lINOHOHsEQ2TD0O/view?usp=sharing
This may also be useful for other 7885 and 7885 based (7884 variants, 7904) devices as well!
What currently works on Arch (and probably on any other native linux distro):
Booting (Arch Linux sometimes hangs on "Triggering uevents" for a few minutes, sometimes boots instantly)
Screen (inc. brightness and turning on/off (due to a hacky workaround in kernel, the screen may show a corrupted screen for a split second when turning on)
Framebuffer console (TTY)
Xorg (unaccelerated)
Touchscreen
Hardware buttons
Battery indicator (detects some other stuff as batteries/charging ports too ATM)
USB OTG (Mouse, keyboard, ect)
(After adding some configs)USB SSH, and web access from PC using USB
Basically anything using Xorg (LightDM, Xfce, GNOME, KDE Plasma, Firefox, Chromium, GIMP, VLC, ect ect ect)
Anything that can use framebuffer (weston's framebuffer backend)
NOTE: This is a guide assumes you know how to do some stuff. For some help you can also reference this
Rough instructions for Arch Linux (Using prebuilt boot.img):
Partition your SD card (using PC or something) so that your second partition will contain your rootfs (the boot.imgs provided use the 2nd SD card partition as root! Change in defconfig if you are building your kernel.)
Install the generic version of ARMv8 Arch Linux ARM to the second partition of your SD card.
Install additional packages by chrooting from Android, or using USB networking
(For dual-boot) back up boot.img
Install the correct boot.img.
To boot back into Android, restore your boot.img
Prebuilt Arch Linux boot.imgs
Source code
VDavid003 said:
This thread is for native Linux development on Galaxy A8/A8+. This means no Halium here. It's also aimed at people who know how to compile their stuff, ect., so don't complain to me about no fancy zip installer.
I have made some fixes in our DECON framebuffer driver, ect that makes TTY, and Xorg, and anything that uses the framebuffer work! (Based on @prashantp01's Quantum Quack kernel because that's what I had at the time and it's a good kernel).
I have tested this using Arch Linux ARM (ALARM), and it boots just fine! A postmarketOS port will follow soon!
This may also be useful for other 7885 and 7885 based (7884 variants, 7904) devices as well!
What currently works on Arch (and probably on any other native linux distro):
Booting (Arch Linux sometimes hangs on "Triggering uevents" for a few minutes, sometimes boots instantly)
Screen (inc. brightness and turning on/off (due to a hacky workaround in kernel, the screen may show a corrupted screen for a split second when turning on)
Framebuffer console (TTY)
Xorg (unaccelerated)
Touchscreen
Hardware buttons
Battery indicator (detects some other stuff as batteries/charging ports too ATM)
USB OTG (Mouse, keyboard, ect)
(After adding some configs)USB SSH, and web access from PC using USB
Basically anything using Xorg (LightDM, Xfce, GNOME, KDE Plasma, Firefox, Chromium, GIMP, VLC, ect ect ect)
Anything that can use framebuffer (weston's framebuffer backend)
NOTE: This is a guide assumes you know how to do some stuff. For some help you can also reference this
Rough instructions for Arch Linux (Using prebuilt boot.img):
Partition your SD card (using PC or something) so that your second partition will contain your rootfs (the boot.imgs provided use the 2nd SD card partition as root! Change in defconfig if you are building your kernel.)
Install the generic version of ARMv8 Arch Linux ARM to the second partition of your SD card.
Install additional packages by chrooting from Android, or using USB networking
(For dual-boot) back up boot.img
Install the correct boot.img.
To boot back into Android, restore your boot.img
Prebuilt Arch Linux boot.imgs
Source code
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Thanks david
VDavid003 said:
This thread is for native Linux development on Galaxy A8/A8+. This means no Halium here. It's also aimed at people who know how to compile their stuff, ect., so don't complain to me about no fancy zip installer.
I have made some fixes in our DECON framebuffer driver, ect that makes TTY, and Xorg, and anything that uses the framebuffer work! (Based on @prashantp01's Quantum Quack kernel because that's what I had at the time and it's a good kernel).
I have tested this using Arch Linux ARM (ALARM), and it boots just fine! A postmarketOS port will follow soon!
This may also be useful for other 7885 and 7885 based (7884 variants, 7904) devices as well!
What currently works on Arch (and probably on any other native linux distro):
Booting (Arch Linux sometimes hangs on "Triggering uevents" for a few minutes, sometimes boots instantly)
Screen (inc. brightness and turning on/off (due to a hacky workaround in kernel, the screen may show a corrupted screen for a split second when turning on)
Framebuffer console (TTY)
Xorg (unaccelerated)
Touchscreen
Hardware buttons
Battery indicator (detects some other stuff as batteries/charging ports too ATM)
USB OTG (Mouse, keyboard, ect)
(After adding some configs)USB SSH, and web access from PC using USB
Basically anything using Xorg (LightDM, Xfce, GNOME, KDE Plasma, Firefox, Chromium, GIMP, VLC, ect ect ect)
Anything that can use framebuffer (weston's framebuffer backend)
NOTE: This is a guide assumes you know how to do some stuff. For some help you can also reference this
Rough instructions for Arch Linux (Using prebuilt boot.img):
Partition your SD card (using PC or something) so that your second partition will contain your rootfs (the boot.imgs provided use the 2nd SD card partition as root! Change in defconfig if you are building your kernel.)
Install the generic version of ARMv8 Arch Linux ARM to the second partition of your SD card.
Install additional packages by chrooting from Android, or using USB networking
(For dual-boot) back up boot.img
Install the correct boot.img.
To boot back into Android, restore your boot.img
Prebuilt Arch Linux boot.imgs
Source code
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So one can boot Armbian on A8+ as we do with Android box? Where is dtb for this?
p5uresh said:
So one can boot Armbian on A8+ as we do with Android box? Where is dtb for this?
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Yes you could probably boot it. The dtb is inside the boot.img
Try installing it to an sd card, chrooting into it from android, generating an initramfs, then replacing the initramfs in the boot.img with the one you generated. (Maybe it could even work without that, wiht arch's initramfs?)
VDavid003 said:
Yes you could probably boot it. The dtb is inside the boot.img
Try installing it to an sd card, chrooting into it from android, generating an initramfs, then replacing the initramfs in the boot.img with the one you generated. (Maybe it could even work without that, wiht arch's initramfs?)
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OK
Thanks.
postmarketOS tree on the way! Please someone send photo of A8+ running it! Info in first post!
this is absolutely amazing, thank you for the work
im very happy with gentoo linux on my phone haha
saraphiem said:
this is absolutely amazing, thank you for the work
im very happy with gentoo linux on my phone haha
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You got gentoo to boot? How did the drivers and compatability work out? I am asking this quite seriously as I do want to port it to my own device in the future.
Please update download links
Fandroid Tech said:
You got gentoo to boot? How did the drivers and compatability work out? I am asking this quite seriously as I do want to port it to my own device in the future.
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well, it boots, tty works as expected with a phsyical keyboard lmao
the power button interestingly triggers a reboot, openrc & sysvinit goes through the "proper" shutdown process
i wasn't able to get much more than that working, unfortunately :c
saraphiem said:
well, it boots, tty works as expected with a phsyical keyboard lmao
the power button interestingly triggers a reboot, openrc & sysvinit goes through the "proper" shutdown process
i wasn't able to get much more than that working, unfortunately :c
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I tried running it in a chroot, running gentoo on an 10 year old armhf cpu was hell in itself. The bigger problem was trying to update an old system. The closest anybody has gotten to gentoo mobile is sharkbait os, but that was just a chroot I think.
Fandroid Tech said:
I tried running it in a chroot, running gentoo on an 10 year old armhf cpu was hell in itself. The bigger problem was trying to update an old system. The closest anybody has gotten to gentoo mobile is sharkbait os, but that was just a chroot I think.
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haha sure does take a while to compile things
postmarketOS (or pmOS for short) is a full Linux distribution for mobile devices and has a rather stable and actively developed port for the Poco (albeit missing key features). You can even choose your desktop environment with choices ranging from mobile friendly like Librem 5's Phosh to full desktop environments like XFCE4.
postmarketOS website: https://postmarketos.org/
postmarketOS wiki: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Main_Page
postmarketOS Poco F1 wiki page: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Xiaomi_Poco_F1_(xiaomi-beryllium)
Is it possible to install apps like JDownloader?
amn1987 said:
Is it possible to install apps like JDownloader?
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If they have linux arm builds yes
Nice video. Thanks for creating a video on our work!
CedArctic said:
If they have linux arm builds yes
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JDownloader runs in Raspberry Pi and a bunch of other SBCs and NAS devices which are mostly ARM and run Linux. So I guess it's doable?
LibreOffice can now be installed on a PinePhone running PostmarketOS. The Pocophone F1 is faster than the first PinePhone. To have LibreOffice on a PostmarketOS Poco F1 would be highly desirable.
An Instruction how to install LibreOffice on a PinePhone with PostmarketOS can be found on my personal website. The instruction can eventually be used to install LibreOffice on a PostmarketOS Poco F1:
https://petergamma.org/how-to-resol...ice-running-on-a-pinephone-with-postmarketos/
it is very complex the postmark to install ...
there is another possibility postmark to install
install with fastboot or twrp possible?
kafitüfo said:
it is very complex the postmark to install ...
there is another possibility postmark to install
install with fastboot or twrp possible?
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It's not that complicated actually, try to follow this after installing pmbootstrap:
postmarketOS - Mate
-pmbootstrap init
-pmbootstrap install
-pmbootstrap flasher flash_rootfs --partition userdata
-Fist thing that I recommend after installation is to move the top bar to the bottom due to the notch covering it, than you can persoalise as you want.
Display
set display scaling to 200%, apply and logout
On our pocof1 I don't recommend yet to change screen rotation unless you know what you are doing, turning the screen to landscape via the displays settings will make your touch screen not follow the screen rotation and you will have hard time to put it back.
Store app
-Install "Discover" store (sudo apk add discover)
-sudo apk update, to make Discovery work you should open a KDE installation link from web browser or "Discover" will close itself when opened (e.g. search for kde clock on google and open the first link "Clock - KDE Applications") hit the "Install on linux blue icon" hit open link and Discover will open, this time you will have lots of apps available.
obs: launch apps from Discovery does not work however you can uninstall apps from it.
Firefox
to make Firefox touch screen friendly follow the postmarketOS wiki
https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Xfce4#Firefox
phone apps
-sudo apk add calls
-sudo apk add chatty
-sudo apk add gnome-contacts
-sudo apk add modemmanager
-sudo rc-service modemmanager start
-sudo rc-update add modemmanager default
this is just a compilation of information gathered from the wiki and my experience on it.
i don't own nothing here.
Hi
Can I run whatsapp.apk without compatibility issues?
cesarbrofc said:
Hi
Can I run whatsapp.apk without compatibility issues?
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Since postmarketos is Linux, not Android, you'll either need to use the web whatsapp version or run it through Waydroid
Hello Community!
I am asking myself it is possibe to direkt boot a debian ARM Port or ARCH Linux ARM Port (maybe from SD Card) on my Smartphone? I saw lots of videos booting a Linux on Top of Android but i would like to "natively" run a OS. Where a Custom ROM typically has drivers for a special type of device i am thinking if a very generel distribution could detect most of the devices hardware...
Any Ideas if this would be possible?
AFAIK it's not possible.
Can you give me a (detailled) hint why you think this would not work?
When reading the informations: https://archlinuxarm.org/about/downloads
The released downloads are designed for the specific systems above; however, our package repositories work with any ARM device compatible with ARMv5, ARMv6, ARMv7-a, or ARMv8-a AArch64 instructions.
In TWRP i can select Storage - maybe starting from TWRP command line a image start from SD Card would be possible?
You initially said your goal is to completely replace Android by Linux ( ARCH Linux - what is for tablets only ) on a smartphone, IIRC.
Now you say you want to run Linux ( ARCH Linux ) on top of Android. Confused ...
hello! i meant that my smartphone can start the TWRP bootloader and from there the boot process could be (maybe) handed over to an image at the SD card....
thats the idea... ;-)
TWRP is a Custom Recovery means a restricted Android OS ( like Windows RE for Windows machines), not a bootloader ( what is comparable to UEFI / BIOS on Windows machines ).
The Android bootloader starts the recovery mode and the kernel, which then starts the operating system of your smartphone.