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Contents of this page is probably old and superceded by this new pae : Debian.
This page is to explain how to run Debian armel port on Openmoko devices. You can do this from scratch, or download a prebuilt file system. The former will take some time, perhaps 2 hours, depending on your internet connection
Download and extract to an ext2 formatted filesystem on your SD card:
wget http://rabenfrost.net/debian/debian-armel-xfce.tar.bz2
Note that the above is just a bit too big to fit on a 512MB SD card. A smaller image will soon be provided.
Access via SSH is much the same as under other images using USB Networking, with the user accounts below:
Note: If you upgrade your your debian and your touchscreen doesn't work any more, you most likely have to adjust /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules by applying the settings described later in this document for /etc/udev/udev.rules
This kernel was build by Marcel_M and has some important patches in it such as removed sd debug symbols.
wget http://rabenfrost.net/celtune/uImage-2.6.24+svnr4194-r4165-r3-neo1973.bin ./dfu-util -d 0x1457:0x5119 -a kernel -R -D ./uImage-2.6.24+svnr4194-r4165-r3-neo1973.bin
This kernel doesn't work for gta02, but the kernel from Om 2008.9 works good. http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Om2008.9/Om2008.9-gta02-20080916.uImage.bin
(Based on http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/support/2008-August/001240.html)
Steps to build the kernel standalone with the "moredrivers" config (to get additional drivers, such as the usb tether drivers that were moved out as kernel modules, compiled directly into the kernel).
~ - git clone git://git.openmoko.org/git/kernel.git linux-2.6 ~ - cd linux-2.6 ~ - git checkout origin/stable ~ - edit ./build to point to your compiler path ~ - cp defconfig-2.6.24 .config ~ - ./build
That gets you a uImage.bin you can DFU or copy into your SD Card filesystem.
Do as proposed here: Booting_from_SD
Note that these instructions are in need a rewrite.
ssh to your neo and format your sd card appropriately. I'm using an 8GB SDHC card here.
fdisk /dev/mmcblk0 We will now create a 8 mb partition for our kernel and another one for the rootfs which will take up all the remaining space. Command (m for help): d Selected partition 1 Command (m for help): n Command action e extended p primary partition (1-4) p Partition number (1-4): 1 First cylinder (1-983, default 1): Using default value 1 Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-983, default 983): +8M Command (m for help): n Command action e extended p primary partition (1-4) p Partition number (1-4): 2 First cylinder (18-983, default 18): Using default value 18 Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (18-983, default 983): Using default value 983 Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered! Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. Syncing disks.
Consider a swap partition [1] [2]
mkfs.vfat /dev/mmcblk0p1 mkfs.ext2 /dev/mmcblk0p2 mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /media/card
you can download and debootstrap natively on the neo by downloading cdebootstrap-static.
wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/c/cdebootstrap/cdebootstrap-static_0.5.3_armel.deb ar -x cdebootstrap-static_0.5.3_armel.deb data.tar.gz tar -xz -C / -f data.tar.gz rm data.tar.gz cdebootstrap-static_0.5.3_armel.deb wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/debian-archive-keyring/debian-archive-keyring_2008.04.16+nmu1_all.deb ar -x debian-archive-keyring_2008.04.16+nmu1_all.deb data.tar.gz tar -xz -C / -f data.tar.gz cdebootstrap-static --variant=minbase --include=ifupdown,udev,procps,netbase,nano,module-init-tools,wget,openssh-server lenny /media/card/ http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/
execute the following commands (just copypaste everything below)
echo "neo1973-debian" > /media/card/etc/hostname echo -e "auto lo\n\ iface lo inet loopback\n\ auto usb0\n\ iface usb0 inet static\n\ address 192.168.0.202\n\ netmask 255.255.255.0\n\ network 192.168.0.0\n\ gateway 192.168.0.200\n\ up echo nameserver 192.168.0.200 >/etc/resolv.conf" > /media/card/etc/network/interfaces echo -e "rootfs / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro,noatime 0 1\n\ proc /proc proc defaults 0 0\n\ tmpfs /etc/network/run tmpfs defaults,noatime 0 0\n\ tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime 0 0\n\ tmpfs /var/lock tmpfs defaults,noatime 0 0\n\ tmpfs /var/run tmpfs defaults,noatime 0 0\n\ tmpfs /var/tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime 0 0" > /media/card/etc/fstab echo 'root:openmoko' | chroot /media/card/ chpasswd
Now reboot and start Debian. Login with ssh and start configuring xorg:
apt-get install xorg
configure /etc/X11/xorg.conf so that it looks like this:
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" Driver "fbdev" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Configured Monitor" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Monitor "Configured Monitor" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" EndSection
Start X in the first vt:
startx -- vt1
Install the tslib driver:
apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-tslib
and edit the InputDevice section in your xorg.conf
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "tslib" Option "CorePointer" Option "TslibDevice" "/dev/input/event1" Option "Protocol" "Auto" EndSection
calibrate your touchscreen for gta01:
echo -67 36365 -2733100 -48253 -310 45219816 65536 > /etc/pointercal
calibration for the gta02
echo -67 38667 -4954632 -51172 121 46965312 65536 > /etc/pointercal
Note from Tkrahn:
First the above calibration for gta02 worked fine for me, but after a apt-get update && apt-get upgrade the pointer didn't follow the stylo anymore. I needed to overwrite /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules with /etc/udev/udev.rules.dpkg-bak and a restart of the X server to get it moving again. But then the pointer was very far off from the tip of the stylo. Obviously the mode how the calculation of the position worked has changed with the upgrade. I changed the calibration empirically. The following /etc/pointercal parameters worked for me:
0 80000 -8000000 -80500 0 74500000 65536
(On GATA02v5 after the upgrade!)
same goes for gta01. these parameters work at least better then nothing - plz help improving these by doing your own tests:
0 80000 -8000000 -78000 0 72000000 65536
Start X and enjoy!
startx -- vt1
apt-get install gdm xfce4 xvkbd
Configure gdm so xkvbd will allow you to put in your username and password. simply add this to the end of /etc/gdm/Init/Default before exit 0 so that the three last lines look like this:
fi sleep 20 && /usr/bin/xvkbd -xdm -compact -geometry 480x210+0+0 & exit 0
Simply click on the focus button of xvkbd and then on the input box of GDM to input your user name and password there. On each boot gdm should start automatically now.
If you like you can also download a correctly sized Debian wallpaper I generated from the SVG source for 480x640:
wget http://rabenfrost.net/debian/debian-blueish-wallpaper-480x640.png -O /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-background
apt-get clean
These are for sound, bluetooth and USB. Use the modules archive that fits to your kernel.
wget http://rabenfrost.net/celtune/modules-2.6.24+svnr4194-r4165-r3-neo1973.tgz tar -xf modules-2.6.24+svnr4194-r4165-r3-neo1973.tgz -C / depmod -a echo -e "hci_usb\n\ hidp\n\ ohci-hcd\n\ rfcomm\n\ snd-mixer-oss\n\ snd-pcm-oss\n\ snd-soc-neo1973-wm8753" > /etc/modules
Note: On the FreeRunner, the sound module (on the last line) is called snd-soc-neo1973-gta02-wm8753
Now we turn our Debian into a jukebox!
apt-get install alsa-base wget http://rabenfrost.net/celtune/alsa_state_files-working.tar.gz tar -xf alsa_state_files-working.tar.gz -C /etc alsactl -f /etc/alsa_state_files-working/stereoout.state restore addgroup openmoko audio
I currently use mpd+sonata - let me know if you know another nice lightweight gtk player. Unfortunately RhythmBox is way too much for the Neo to handle - the MP3 playing stops after 20secs.
Here comes the phone functionality - just add this line into the "serial devices" section in your /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules
# serial devices KERNEL=="s3c2410_serial[0-9]", NAME="ttySAC%n"
If you just want to run random debian programs without completely booting to debian you can use the following minimal steps:
on desktop:
sudo debootstrap --arch armel --foreign sid sid sudo tar cjf sid.tar.bz2 sid nc -w3 -lp1234 < sid-arm.tar.bz2
on neo:
cd /media/card nc 192.168.0.200 1234 | tar -x -j -f - mount -t none -o bind /dev /media/card/sid/dev mount -t none -o bind /proc /media/card/sid/proc mount -t none -o bind /sys /media/card/sid/sys mount -t none -o bind /tmp /media/card/sid/tmp chroot /media/card/sid /deboostrap/deboostrap --second-stage cp /etc/resolv.conf /media/card/sid chroot /media/card/sid apt-get update chroot /media/card/sid apt-get install mplayer chroot /media/card/sid mplayer http://relay.slayradio.org:8000/
Copy /usr/bin/Xglamo (and /usr/bin/Xfbdev) to /usr/bin in Debian from FSO/ASU/2007.2/2008.8.
Add this to your .bashrc (to tell tslib to use the correct input device):
export TSLIB_TSDEVICE=/dev/input/event1
The X server binaries are linked against version 1 of tslib, for some reason Debian calls its version 0, even though it actually is version 1. Symlink the library to the alternative name by running (as root):
ln -s /usr/lib/libts-0.0.so.0 /usr/lib/libts-1.0.so.0
We also need to change the symlink for the X server to either Xfbdev or Xglamo (this should better be handled by update-alternatives!):
cd /usr/bin && mv X X.orig && ln -s Xfbdev X
(replace Xfbdev by Xglamo if you want to use that, Xglamo is faster, but rotation still does not work correctly as of 2008-08-12).
add the following to the /etc/X11/xorg.conf in both the Device and InputDevice sections to get landscape mode
Option "Rotate" "CCW"
To make the cursor invisible create a file called empty.cursor with this content:
#define empty.cursor_width 16 #define empty.cursor_height 16 static unsigned char empty.cursor_bits[] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
add
xsetroot -cursor empty.cursor empty.cursor
to your ~/.xinitrc
An official Debian port based on the FSO image is being created. First information can be found at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianOnFreeRunner. Early adopters are welcome.