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Debian on Android installer

13Feb

Categories: Linux Mobile Phones

Debian on android installer

For all you Debian fans here’s an installer and bootloader to get Debian running on your android mobile phone.

Best of all you can still continue to use your Android phone as intended.

Linux mobile team

Tags: android, debian, linux, mobile

QT moko, download, install v19

13Feb

Categories: Neo Freerunner

Download dfu-util and copy to /usr/bin (if you are windows user then you need to download dfu-util.exe and copy to x:/windows), kernel and rootFS. Plug your FreeRunner into a USB port and boot it into the nand boot loader, hold down the aux button and then the power button until nor appears. The FreeRunner will only stay in in the nand boot loader state installer for about 30 seconds with no activity. You have 30 sec to start flashing kernel or rootFS .

flash kernel

dfu-util -a kernel -R -D uImage-v19.bin

and then rootFS

dfu-util -a rootfs -R -D qtmoko-debian-v19.jffs2

After finishing the installation you have to start the freerunner and calibrate the touch screen.

You should have FAT as first partition and swap on /dev/mmcblk0p4.

Can be changed in /etc/fstab

QtMoko is a Debian-based distribution for the Openmoko Freerunner phone. Phone and user interface are based on QT Extended, formerly known as Qtopia. Currently QtMoko is provided with two kernels – one vanilla andy-tracking with debugging stuff and one with stripped config. The first one is slow but stable. The second one is fast, but it can have problems with switching to QVGA (WSOD) and sometimes wifi does not work (Suspend/resume can fix it). You can decide which one you want to use. Just flash your favorite kernel (for jffs image) or change the symlink in /boot (for SD card image). There is a dirty hack for displaying undelivered SMS – you have to restart Qtopia. As for the changes – credits go to Jeroen for fixing bugs and Esteban for translations, thanks a lot! Changes from previous version: