Provide dd-able images of Maemo Leste

[parazyd]

After we have the software in place for the three devices we're considering in #2 , it should be relatively easy to write a blend file for arm-sdk. This will allow us to host and provide dd-able images that people can use on their microsd cards.

For the blend(s) we can have a separate git repository with the actual blend file, kernel configs, and anything else that relates. (Also relates to #7 and #8 )

[aapo]

I think easiest way for new developer to try this out:
*Don't expect running/working/updated Fremantle, please (this means e.g. installed uboot)

1. Download image.dd + corresponding kernel (maybe in the same tarball)
2. dd image to the sd-card
3. boot (one shot) or install (permanently) kernel with flasher (or 0xFFFFFF)

[MerlijnWajer]

I think that's exactly right. We want dd-able images, that you can put on the sd card. Then you can either use u-boot of 0xFFFF to boot from SD card. Hopefully we'll have something ready in a week.

[MerlijnWajer]

With the hildon-meta package in place, this should be ready soon.

[parazyd]

Testing image for N900 is now live: http://maedevu.maemo.org/images/
Please try it out and report back, so we can fix any problems :)

[pkillnine]

I dd'd the image onto the sd card, but when i run run sdboot at the bootmenu, it loads the kernel but the screen is just blank (but lit up).

Is there a sample bootmenu entry to use?

[MerlijnWajer]

Give us one or two more days. The specific issue you are seeing should be fixed in the latest image, but there are a few more things to fix before it will boot to a hildon-desktop.

[parazyd]

I've just uploaded new images that should give you some console output at least on the N900 screen.

[pkillnine]

thanks, I can see now that it does successfully boot.

[MerlijnWajer]

Latest image boots to hildon-desktop; with working keyboard (keymap) and touchscreen. We're working on making sure all the right init scripts boot. Powervr is also a bit bugged - it takes minutes to start hildon-desktop, but after that it is semi-usable. Any quick test runs would be cool.

[MerlijnWajer]

Note: I did not test this on a non-develmode device yet, but it should work.

[MerlijnWajer]

The latest image will now also work with lockswitch and other buttons if the meta package is upgraded (apt-get upgrade hildon-meta)

[pkillnine]

The latest SD card image still reboots for me when it tries to load X.

I don't think I'm running develmode.

[MerlijnWajer]

Yeah, so it takes a long time to start hildon-desktop, so dsme (I think) restarts the device. If you set the right flags with 0xFFFF, then it won't reboot.

[pkillnine]

What flags do I set and how do I set them?

[MerlijnWajer]

I think I did this:

sudo ./0xFFFF -F no-lifeguard-reset,no-omap-wd,no-ext-wd

[pkillnine]

Where do I run this? In the vanilla Maemo operating system?

Edit: note I just dd'd the img.xz file onto the SD card (after decompressing ofcourse)
Edit2:

<Wizzup> just use flasher with the exact command I mentioned
<Wizzup> but if you wait a day or two more we can hopefully fix the powervr issue that causes this

[MerlijnWajer]

New images (up soon, parazyd will say when I guess) will no longer reboot: maemo-leste/dsme@01f6cb1

[MerlijnWajer]

I think the latest images should boot on a N900 without any devel flags enabled with flasher. Be patient, it takes several minutes to start H-D because of PowerVR issues/bugs. After that, it should work OK (not super fast, but good enough for now).

If you need network become root (password is toor; or just sudo -i) and set password with wpa_supplicant tool. You should probably do this from a Linux machine instead:

wpa_supplicant ssid password >> /my/sd/mount/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf and boot the N900 again. It should appear on the network as devuan.

[MerlijnWajer]

Further info/instructions will follow on maemo-leste.github.com in the next few days (and also in issues of course)

[parazyd]

Confirmed :)

https://github.com/maemo-leste/image-builder/blob/master/rootfs-overlay/n900/etc/network/if-pre-up.d/00mac will also now prevent MAC address randomization after the initial boot.