PicUntu - 4.4 Rootfile system

[aloksinha2001]

Dear Friends,

After a long break - please find PicUntu 4.4 RootFile system.

This filesystem has been created from scratch and is a derivative of Ubuntu 13.04.

This will work pretty much with any kernels that are available on 3066/3188. The image is about 349MB and sits nicely in a 2GB SD card.

This has a GUI (you can choose LXDE and or Xfce4)

Installation instruction (use a Linux System)

1. Download from here (save it at a location, let's say /tmp)
2. Mount your SD card - and like usual make a partition in ext4, with a label "linuxroot"
3. Mount it (lets say you mounted it under /media/linuxroot)
4. Untar the file

tar -xzf /tmp/[URL="http://www.g8.net/download/picuntu-4-4.tgz"]picuntu-4-4.tgz[/URL] -C /media/linuxroot/

5. This will take some time, it will take longer time

 sync

6. Once you are done. Eject the SD card and it is ready to be inserted into your PC Stick

Now boot your PC stick (with this SD card inserted) and if your kernel is fine you should be greeted with a GUI login screen.

We will be releasing kernels shortly (work in progress specially on the WiFi.)

Login Id: picuntu
Password: 12qwaszx (please change immediately after logging in)


Things to do
After working on this, we have found the following things still needs to be added.
1. Add ntpdate
2. change time server in /etc/ntp to pool.ntp.org
3 install samba common, cllient, server, cifs-utils
4. Install p7zip-full rar arj lha


What you can do with it

You can also install a full version of ubuntu by typing

sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

Let me know, if you face any problems.

Alok

[leolas]

Re: PicUntu - 4.4 Rootfile system

Like always a great work, thanks.

I will try it when I have some free time, and I will try to make a kernel for the qx1. Thanks again for your work.

leolas

[sevo1984]

Thanks!

Many thanks for this great news to all members of Picuntu development team!!!
Cheers

[poul50]

Dear Friends,

After a long break - please find PicUntu 4.4 RootFile system.

This filesystem has been created from scratch and is a derivative of Ubuntu 13.04.

This will work pretty much with any kernels that are available on 3066/3188. The image is about 349MB and sits nicely in a 2GB SD card.

This has a GUI (you can choose LXDE and or Xfce4)

Installation instruction (use a Linux System)

1. Download from here (save it at a location, let's say /tmp)
2. Mount your SD card - and like usual make a partition in ext4, with a label "linuxroot"
3. Mount it (lets say you mounted it under /media/linuxroot)
4. Untar the file

tar -xzf /tmp/[URL="http://www.g8.net/download/picuntu-4-4.tgz"]picuntu-4-4.tgz[/URL] -C /media/linuxroot/

5. This will take some time, it will take longer time

 sync

6. Once you are done. Eject the SD card and it is ready to be inserted into your PC Stick

Now boot your PC stick (with this SD card inserted) and if your kernel is fine you should be greeted with a GUI login screen.

We will be releasing kernels shortly (work in progress specially on the WiFi.)

Login Id: picuntu
Password: 12qwaszx (please change immediately after logging in)


Things to do
After working on this, we have found the following things still needs to be added.
1. Add ntpdate
2. change time server in /etc/ntp to pool.ntp.org
3 install samba common, cllient, server, cifs-utils
4. Install p7zip-full rar arj lha


What you can do with it

You can also install a full version of ubuntu by typing

sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

Let me know, if you face any problems.

Alok

what about hardware decode of video on picuntu and xbmc ?

[Moulin1980]

Hi aloksinha2001 and others, I install the image picuntu 4.4 in the SDCARD.

I followed the tutorial, label "linux root" ext4 ...

But I have a problem when I insert the SDCARD in the tronsmart T428, the SDCARD is damaged.

I tried several methods, ext2 same problem.

I try with sdcard (sandisk 8 gb x4) and (intenso 32 gb x10) same problem.

someone at the answer, thank you.

[pivanov]

Hi aloksinha2001 and others, I install the image picuntu 4.4 in the SDCARD.

I followed the tutorial, label "linux root" ext4 ...

But I have a problem when I insert the SDCARD in the tronsmart T428, the SDCARD is damaged.

I tried several methods, ext2 same problem.

I try with sdcard (sandisk 8 gb x4) and (intenso 32 gb x10) same problem.

someone at the answer, thank you.

did you put a kernel ? also linuxroot is single word

[Moulin1980]

Hi Pivanov, thank you to answer me.

I use the ROM of lewy20041 (T428_HFW_1.2.0_Final_720p) android 4.2.2

Kernel is phjanderson "kernel_t428_phja_20130802_vsf_ocl_720.img"


1) umount / dev/sdc1
OK
-----------------------------------
2) L-mkfs.ext4 linuxroot / dev/sdc1
OK
-----------------------------------
3) tar-xzf / tmp/picuntu-4-4.tgz-C / media / linuxroot /
OK

-------------------------------------------------- -------------------
But when I insert the Tronsmart on TV, it boot on android.

He says that the sdcard is damaged.

Tested with several SDCARD, always (SDCARD is damaged,)

[sevo1984]

recovery image

Hi Pivanov, thank you to answer me.

I use the ROM of lewy20041 (T428_HFW_1.2.0_Final_720p) android 4.2.2

Kernel is phjanderson "kernel_t428_phja_20130802_vsf_ocl_720.img"


1) umount / dev/sdc1
OK
-----------------------------------
2) L-mkfs.ext4 linuxroot / dev/sdc1
OK
-----------------------------------
3) tar-xzf / tmp/picuntu-4-4.tgz-C / media / linuxroot /
OK

-------------------------------------------------- -------------------
But when I insert the Tronsmart on TV, it boot on android.

He says that the sdcard is damaged.

Tested with several SDCARD, always (SDCARD is damaged,)

What I think Pivanov meant was: did you flash rk3188-linux "recovery.img"?
Most roms don't read ext4 formats, hence the message "damaged sd card"

[sevo1984]

2 issues

Dear Friends,

After a long break - please find PicUntu 4.4 RootFile system.

Things to do
After working on this, we have found the following things still needs to be added.
1. Add ntpdate
2. change time server in /etc/ntp to pool.ntp.org
3 install samba common, cllient, server, cifs-utils
4. Install p7zip-full rar arj lha

Let me know, if you face any problems.

Alok

Dear Alok,
I don't want to bother knowing how busy you must be, nevertheless, at least one of the two issues I am reporting might be relevant:
1) cannot mount external usb hdd (the icon is on the desktop but cannot be mounted, reports some error which has to do with "fuse" - I did install all "to do" things as you suggested and added picuntu user to adm. It is also reporting some /lib/modules error (not found, I think)
2) networking is working (apt-get, synaptic) but I cannot access the internet in browsers (firefox, chrome - server not found, something to do with dns, I think). I have mk908 (not v3), use recovery image provided by mmm123, and usb lan adapter Ralink (ASIX). This browser issue persists on the 12.04 roofs I created with debootstrap and where I installed ubuntu-desktop with unity. So I guess it is probably kernel related, not rfs?
Many thanks,
Goran

[mmm123]

Dear Alok,
I don't want to bother knowing how busy you must be, nevertheless, at least one of the two issues I am reporting might be relevant:
1) cannot mount external usb hdd (the icon is on the desktop but cannot be mounted, reports some error which has to do with "fuse" - I did install all "to do" things as you suggested and added picuntu user to adm. It is also reporting some /lib/modules error (not found, I think)
2) networking is working (apt-get, synaptic) but I cannot access the internet in browsers (firefox, chrome - server not found, something to do with dns, I think). I have mk908 (not v3), use recovery image provided by mmm123, and usb lan adapter Ralink (ASIX). This browser issue persists on the 12.04 roofs I created with debootstrap and where I installed ubuntu-desktop with unity. So I guess it is probably kernel related, not rfs?
Many thanks,
Goran

You probably need to install modules. They are in http://data.a41z.net/X9fG54/dx05_sd_linux_1.1.1.7z inside archive there is "dx05_sd_linux_1.1.0_modules.tgz"
copy this file to /lib/modules and extract it (tar xfz dx05_sd_linux_1.1.0_modules.tgz)
after that fuse and other modules will be available

[sevo1984]

thanks!

You probably need to install modules. They are in http://data.a41z.net/X9fG54/dx05_sd_linux_1.1.1.7z inside archive there is "dx05_sd_linux_1.1.0_modules.tgz"
copy this file to /lib/modules and extract it (tar xfz dx05_sd_linux_1.1.0_modules.tgz)
after that fuse and other modules will be available

Thanks mmm123. I've already done that with other rfs that I made (debootstraped ubuntu 12.04 which I copied to microsd and installed ubuntu desktop with unity). Also did depmod -a there. Strangely, exactlty the same thing happans.
sudo dhclient eht1 returns error: RTNETLINK says: file exists
tried all sorts of combinations bringing eth0 and eth1 interfaces up and down, edited /etc/network/interfaces - all the same.
Mind you, I am an average user, so might have messed something up Thanks again!
P.S. I was reluctant to play any further with picuntu 4.4 rfs before Alok released his modules, just in case.

[mmm123]

Thanks mmm123. I've already done that with other rfs that I made (debootstraped ubuntu 12.04 which I copied to microsd and installed ubuntu desktop with unity). Also did depmod -a there. Strangely, exactlty the same thing happans.
sudo dhclient eht1 returns error: RTNETLINK says: file exists
tried all sorts of combinations bringing eth0 and eth1 interfaces up and down, edited /etc/network/interfaces - all the same.
Mind you, I am an average user, so might have messed something up Thanks again!
P.S. I was reluctant to play any further with picuntu 4.4 rfs before Alok released his modules, just in case.

Do you run 1.1.0 recovery or 1.1.1? The only difference between them is "paranoid android network option"m which might be the problem in your case.
Also are you sure correct interface is eth1?, not eth0 or eth2 or something else?
And finaly you can always configure ip address manualy, and put some dns in /etc/resolv.conf
Another thing, i didn't try picunty yet, but it might be running networkmanager, try to stop it if you want to run dhclient manualy.
Or just configure network from gui

[sevo1984]

you were right

Do you run 1.1.0 recovery or 1.1.1? The only difference between them is "paranoid android network option"m which might be the problem in your case.
Also are you sure correct interface is eth1?, not eth0 or eth2 or something else?
And finaly you can always configure ip address manualy, and put some dns in /etc/resolv.conf
Another thing, i didn't try picunty yet, but it might be running networkmanager, try to stop it if you want to run dhclient manualy.
Or just configure network from gui

You were right. It was 1.1.0 recovery.img. Just flashed 1.1.1 and I can finally use the browser. It still reports some issues with security certificates, but I think I can manage that (this is only my first boot with 1.1.1
Regarding my network interfaces:
$ ls /sys/class/net
eth0 eth1 ip6tnl0 lo sit0
(not unusal, wlan was often reported as eth in some of my previous sticks - mk808 or ug802, not sure)
And finally, you were again right, I think that Picuntu 4.4 modules directory is empty.
Cheers, Goran

[sparkyar]

You were right. It was 1.1.0 recovery.img. Just flashed 1.1.1 and I can finally use the browser. It still reports some issues with security certificates, but I think I can manage that (this is only my first boot with 1.1.1
Regarding my network interfaces:
$ ls /sys/class/net
eth0 eth1 ip6tnl0 lo sit0
(not unusal, wlan was often reported as eth in some of my previous sticks - mk808 or ug802, not sure)
And finally, you were again right, I think that Picuntu 4.4 modules directory is empty.
Cheers, Goran

must be cause the date, check if its 1969 or 1970

[roondar]

There is any changelog ?