Linux Installer

[Android_Adict™]

Has anyone had any luck with the linux installer app?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.galoula.LinuxInstall&hl=en

Ive got the unit rooted vnc is installd but Ive been getting a looping error.
Then I remembered in the guide that one of the prerequisites of this application was to have a loop able device.

What is looping?
Is it possible to enable looping on the Minuix Neo X5?

[rd001]

Has anyone had any luck with the linux installer app?

Ive got the unit rooted vnc is installd but Ive been getting a looping error.
Then I remembered in the guide that one of the prerequisites of this application was to have a loop able device.

What is looping?
Is it possible to enable looping on the Minuix Neo X5?

http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/25396/how-to-find-out-if-my-devices-kernel-has-loop-device-support

So it is a way to run Linux as an app under Android OS (like a virtual machine would) whereas we normally think of Linux as booting and running entirely on its own.

When I did an "export" command at the Terminal, it did show LOOP_MOUNTPOINT is defined. I did a 'ls $LOOP_MOUNTPOINT' and it showed /mnt/obb as the mountpoint. So, yes, the X5 is "loopable" (and that has nothing to do with the VLC media player). The Linux-as-an-app on the Play store should work. I haven't heard any reports about it, either succeeding or failing on Minix devices.

The basics are certainly there but I haven't tried it yet since it seems that running Linux as an app isn't what people want. They want the full bootable Linux with native hardware GPU acceleration for things like XBMC. Support for real Linux is only on a handful of the Android sticks, not the Minix products. And even on the supported sticks like MK808 or UG802, it is far from complete but progress is steady.

I'm sure someone else can provide better info but you seemed to want the quick answer. If you are really interested, try this link:

http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/41654-pre-alpha-03-ubuntu-linux-for-mk802-iii-ug802-mk808-ug007-imito-mx1/

[Android_Adict™]

http://android.stackexchange.com/que...device-support

So it is a way to run Linux as an app under Android OS (like a virtual machine would) whereas we normally think of Linux as booting and running entirely on its own.

When I did an "export" command at the Terminal, it did show LOOP_MOUNTPOINT is defined. I did a 'ls $LOOP_MOUNTPOINT' and it showed /mnt/obb as the mountpoint. So, yes, the X5 is "loopable" (and that has nothing to do with the VLC media player). The Linux-as-an-app on the Play store should work. I haven't heard any reports about it, either succeeding or failing on Minix devices.

The basics are certainly there but I haven't tried it yet since it seems that running Linux as an app isn't what people want. They want the full bootable Linux with native hardware GPU acceleration for things like XBMC. Support for real Linux is only on a handful of the Android sticks, not the Minix products. And even on the supported sticks like MK808 or UG802, it is far from complete but progress is steady.

I'm sure someone else can provide better info but you seemed to want the quick answer. If you are really interested, try this link:

http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/41654-pre-alpha-03-ubuntu-linux-for-mk802-iii-ug802-mk808-ug007-imito-mx1/

Thanks for the reply, it's good to hear that it's possible, but I never thought of it running as a virtual machine... My plan was to run the BT5 ISO and to utilize some it's wifi tools. Unfortunately they wont work unless they are running off the host OS..

Oh well, Ive gone this far I'll continue. I'll post back on this when Ive made some headway.