Installing Linux on MK802

eepunk · 06-11-2012, 01:33 AM

@roelfrenkema - agreed, change the accounts. This thing is taxed enough just running a desktop without being zombied into someones cash farm.

I tried both the Ubuntu and Debian instructions from http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/04/...a10-based-stb/

Couldn't get any better than a black screen, responded to Ctrl_Alt_del and nothing else.

So I gave up and decided to tailor the existing image.

Got rid of Weng and Ubuntu accounts, reset the Root password. Created a new account.
Dropped gwm and Gnome, replaced them with lxde and Slim.
Dropped Firefox, replaced with Midori.
Dumped network-manager-gnome and installed WICD.

It's more usable but still not exactly what I would call good.

Until the Mali drivers mature this is gonna stay a toy.

E.E.

michaelfisk · 06-11-2012, 01:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eepunk

@roelfrenkema - agreed, change the accounts. This thing is taxed enough just running a desktop without being zombied into someones cash farm.

I tried both the Ubuntu and Debian instructions from http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/04/...a10-based-stb/

Couldn't get any better than a black screen, responded to Ctrl_Alt_del and nothing else.

So I gave up and decided to tailor the existing image.

Got rid of Weng and Ubuntu accounts, reset the Root password. Created a new account.
Dropped gwm and Gnome, replaced them with lxde and Slim.
Dropped Firefox, replaced with Midori.
Dumped network-manager-gnome and installed WICD.

It's more usable but still not exactly what I would call good.

Until the Mali drivers mature this is gonna stay a toy.

E.E.

We're you able to try a Bluetooth USB? Also I've been trying to install Dropbox on it today with no luck, keep getting errors. Anybody else tried this yet?

ebina1 · 06-11-2012, 03:12 AM

@davey39 Those instructions just use the kernel from the mele A1000 image. I want to build my own kernel (uImage).

I tried the instructions here:
http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a1...Code_for_Mele/

Which should be how they built the kernel for that mele A1000 image, but the instructions seem to be missing something, the resulting kernel doesn't boot.

davy39 · 06-11-2012, 04:37 AM

This could also be a usefull link to keep informed of the evolutions related to allwinner and Mali drivers: http://www.j1nx.nl/

roelfrenkema · 06-11-2012, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eepunk

It's more usable but still not exactly what I would call good.

Until the Mali drivers mature this is gonna stay a toy.

E.E.

That depends on what you need the Mali for, I run it mostly as a home server and am quite happy with it without the GPU for now. Also you might have a look at http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/04/...a10-based-stb/

for debian instructions :-D

ALWAYZBLESS · 06-11-2012, 02:06 PM

I wish someone would create a Lubuntu img for this thing, or any other light weight distro for that matter I dont ever expect this device to run any version of ubuntu properly, especially after seeing the videos of this thing in action

davy39 · 06-11-2012, 02:32 PM

Follow some simple commands to write a puppylinux (light weight distro) for allwinner (initially mele 1000) in a SD card :

Code:

sudo apt-get install parted kpartx
wget https://raw.github.com/cnxsoft/a10-tools/master/makeSD.sh
wget http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/arm/releases/alpha/mele-sd-4gb-lui-5.2.90.img.xz
7z x mele-sd-4gb-lui-5.2.90.img.xz
chmod a+x makeSD.sh
./makeSD.sh /dev/sdX mele-sd-4gb-lui-5.2.90.img

Replace X by the letter corresponding to your SD card (type fdisk -l to know it).

Let us know if it works on MK802.

Read more here.

edit: sorry the linkto makeSD.sh script was wrong. I've corrected it.

ALWAYZBLESS · 06-11-2012, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davy39

Follow some simple commands to write a puppylinux (light weight distro) for allwinner (initially mele 1000) in a SD card :

Code:

sudo apt-get install parted kpartx
wget https://github.com/cnxsoft/a10-tools/blob/master/makeSD.sh
wget http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/arm/releases/alpha/mele-sd-4gb-lui-5.2.90.img.xz
7z x mele-sd-4gb-lui-5.2.90.img.xz
chmod a+x makeSD.sh
./makeSD.sh /dev/sdX mele-sd-4gb-lui-5.2.90.img

Replace X by the letter corresponding to your SD card (type fdisk -l to know it).

Let us know if it works on MK802.

Read more here.

./makeSD.sh: line 4: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
./makeSD.sh: line 4: `<!DOCTYPE html>'

EricBetts · 06-11-2012, 08:50 PM

try

Code:

wget https://raw.github.com/cnxsoft/a10-tools/master/makeSD.sh

ALWAYZBLESS · 06-11-2012, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EricBetts

try

Code:

wget https://raw.github.com/cnxsoft/a10-tools/master/makeSD.sh

Getting permission denied.. "./makeSD.sh.2 /dev/sdb mele-sd-4gb-lui-5.2.90.img" <-- thats what I entered, and I am logged in as root

EricBetts · 06-11-2012, 09:03 PM

try

Code:

sudo ./makeSD.sh.2 /dev/sdb mele-sd-4gb-lui-5.2.90.img

ALWAYZBLESS · 06-11-2012, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EricBetts

try

Code:

sudo ./makeSD.sh.2 /dev/sdb mele-sd-4gb-lui-5.2.90.img

cp: cannot stat `mntIMGvfat/*': No such file or directory
Failed to copy VFAT partition data to SD Card
./makeSD.sh: 145: ./makeSD.sh: goto: not found
Copy rootfs partition files to SD Card
cp: cannot stat `mntIMGrootfs/*': No such file or directory
Failed to copy rootfs partition data to SD Card
./makeSD.sh: 151: ./makeSD.sh: goto: not found
Umount VFAT Partition (IMG)
umount: mntIMGvfat: not mounted
Failed to umount VFAT Partition (IMG))
Umount EXT4 Partition (IMG)
umount: mntIMGrootfs: not mounted
Failed to umount EXT4 Partition (IMG))
loop deleted : /dev/loop1
Umount VFAT Partition (SD)
Delete mntSDvfat
Umount EXT4 Partition (SD)
Delete mntSDrootfs

ALWAYZBLESS · 06-11-2012, 09:16 PM

^^^ thats what im getting now, im probably doing something wrong though

davy39 · 06-12-2012, 05:45 AM

Hi,
Sorry for the bad link to makeSD.sh...
So even if I have no hardware to test it, I've tryed to follow the instruction with a USB key.

I've done exactly this :

Code:

sudo apt-get install parted kpartx
wget https://raw.github.com/cnxsoft/a10-tools/master/makeSD.sh
wget http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/arm/releases/alpha/mele-sd-4gb-lui-5.2.90.img.xz
7z x mele-sd-4gb-lui-5.2.90.img.xz
chmod a+x makeSD.sh
./makeSD.sh /dev/sdX mele-sd-4gb-lui-5.2.90.img

and get same kind of message as your.

I've sent a message to cnxsoft to get help.

davy39 · 06-12-2012, 06:08 AM

Hi again !

I've found the problem of this script and the authors modified github. So try again ! If you still have mele-sd-4gb-lui-5.2.90.img.xz decompressed, just do :

Code:

rm makeSD*
wget https://raw.github.com/cnxsoft/a10-tools/master/makeSD.sh
./makeSD.sh /dev/sdb mele-sd-4gb-lui-5.2.90.img

PS : the problem was in Line 77:

Quote:

loop_device=`sudo kpartx -l ../$2 | grep p1 | awk '{ print $5 }' | cut -c10`

should be

Quote:

loop_device=`sudo kpartx -l $2 | grep p1 | awk '{ print $5 }' | cut -c10`