[opensuse-arm] Minix NEO X7 (Cortex A9 RK3188) ?
(newbie alert) I've have just acquired one of these with the intention of running openSUSE+mythtv on it. I have a c't article on how on to install Debian on the X5, any other resources I should be studying? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (5.7°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - virtual servers, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-arm+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-arm+owner@opensuse.org
Hi, Le 24/03/2014 11:53, Per Jessen a écrit :
(newbie alert)
I've have just acquired one of these with the intention of running openSUSE+mythtv on it. I have a c't article on how on to install Debian on the X5, any other resources I should be studying?
AFAIK, there is no pre-built image for this device. So, you have to download the root file system (rootfs) available at http://download.opensuse.org/ports/armv7hl/distribution/13.1/appliances/ (openSUSE-13.1-ARM-JeOS.armv7-rootfs.armv7l*.tbz). And make your own SD card to boot on, with first bootloader (manufacturer specific), U-Boot (configured for your board) and a kernel (configured for your board). Guillaume -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-arm+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-arm+owner@opensuse.org
Guillaume Gardet wrote:
Hi,
Le 24/03/2014 11:53, Per Jessen a écrit :
(newbie alert)
I've have just acquired one of these with the intention of running openSUSE+mythtv on it. I have a c't article on how on to install Debian on the X5, any other resources I should be studying?
AFAIK, there is no pre-built image for this device. So, you have to download the root file system (rootfs) available at
http://download.opensuse.org/ports/armv7hl/distribution/13.1/appliances/
(openSUSE-13.1-ARM-JeOS.armv7-rootfs.armv7l*.tbz). And make your own SD card to boot on, with first bootloader (manufacturer specific), U-Boot (configured for your board) and a kernel (configured for your board).
Yeah, I saw this on http://en.opensuse.org/HCL:Chroot. It wasn't really very helpful, but I'm making progress - using qemu-arm, I've built a kernel based on the rk3088 sources (Neo X5). Adding the somewhat iffy instructions from c't on how to build a recovery image, and googling how to using the rkflashtool, I have just now succeeded in booting up getting YaST started. Unfortunately my wireless keyboard isn't working :-( but I'm sure I can get that sorted out. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (4.1°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - your free DNS host, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-arm+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-arm+owner@opensuse.org
Le 26/03/2014 10:03, Per Jessen a écrit :
Guillaume Gardet wrote:
Hi,
Le 24/03/2014 11:53, Per Jessen a écrit :
(newbie alert)
I've have just acquired one of these with the intention of running openSUSE+mythtv on it. I have a c't article on how on to install Debian on the X5, any other resources I should be studying?
AFAIK, there is no pre-built image for this device. So, you have to download the root file system (rootfs) available at
http://download.opensuse.org/ports/armv7hl/distribution/13.1/appliances/
(openSUSE-13.1-ARM-JeOS.armv7-rootfs.armv7l*.tbz). And make your own SD card to boot on, with first bootloader (manufacturer specific), U-Boot (configured for your board) and a kernel (configured for your board). Yeah, I saw this on http://en.opensuse.org/HCL:Chroot. It wasn't really very helpful, but I'm making progress -
using qemu-arm, I've built a kernel based on the rk3088 sources (Neo X5). Adding the somewhat iffy instructions from c't on how to build a recovery image, and googling how to using the rkflashtool, I have just now succeeded in booting up getting YaST started. Unfortunately my wireless keyboard isn't working :-( but I'm sure I can get that sorted out.
You should enable the right options in your kernel I guess. ;) Probably in USB and in Input devices. You may also try our kernel-default which should support Rockchip SoC. Guillaume -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-arm+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-arm+owner@opensuse.org
Guillaume Gardet wrote:
Le 26/03/2014 10:03, Per Jessen a écrit :
Guillaume Gardet wrote:
Hi,
Le 24/03/2014 11:53, Per Jessen a écrit :
(newbie alert)
I've have just acquired one of these with the intention of running openSUSE+mythtv on it. I have a c't article on how on to install Debian on the X5, any other resources I should be studying?
AFAIK, there is no pre-built image for this device. So, you have to download the root file system (rootfs) available at
http://download.opensuse.org/ports/armv7hl/distribution/13.1/appliances/
(openSUSE-13.1-ARM-JeOS.armv7-rootfs.armv7l*.tbz). And make your own SD card to boot on, with first bootloader (manufacturer specific), U-Boot (configured for your board) and a kernel (configured for your board). Yeah, I saw this on http://en.opensuse.org/HCL:Chroot. It wasn't really very helpful, but I'm making progress -
using qemu-arm, I've built a kernel based on the rk3088 sources (Neo X5). Adding the somewhat iffy instructions from c't on how to build a recovery image, and googling how to using the rkflashtool, I have just now succeeded in booting up getting YaST started. Unfortunately my wireless keyboard isn't working :-( but I'm sure I can get that sorted out.
You should enable the right options in your kernel I guess. ;) Probably in USB and in Input devices.
Yep, I've been working on that all day.
You may also try our kernel-default which should support Rockchip SoC.
I think I looked at it yesterday, but I didn't see any option for Rockchip. Instead I went with an older source package, https://github.com/Galland/Linux3188.git -- Per Jessen, Zürich (7.1°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free dynamic DNS, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-arm+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-arm+owner@opensuse.org
Per Jessen wrote:
You should enable the right options in your kernel I guess. ;) Probably in USB and in Input devices.
Yep, I've been working on that all day.
You may also try our kernel-default which should support Rockchip SoC.
I think I looked at it yesterday, but I didn't see any option for Rockchip. Instead I went with an older source package,
Success! I've got openSUSE 12.3 with a working xfce desktop now. I don't have wifi nor ethernet, and sofar I haven't been able to hook up an external harddrive. YaST looked quite different, is this something I ought to report? I'm very new to ARM, is there anything like an lspci to tell me what hardware I have? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (3.9°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - virtual servers, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-arm+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-arm+owner@opensuse.org
Hello guys.
Success! I've got openSUSE 12.3 with a working xfce desktop now. I don't have wifi nor ethernet and sofar I haven't been able to hook up an external harddrive.
I have a Neo Minix X7mini and I got wifi working. I do have to lookup which git repo I've been using for the kernel if you're interested. Currently I have Picuntu running on the minix so will have to put the suse rootfs on there first to be helpful otherwise. Picuntu is setup on the nand in stead of the sdcard. With kind regards, Floris Groenendijk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-arm+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-arm+owner@opensuse.org
Hi, Le 27/03/2014 11:13, Floris Groenendijk a écrit :
Hello guys.
Success! I've got openSUSE 12.3 with a working xfce desktop now. I don't have wifi nor ethernet and sofar I haven't been able to hook up an external harddrive.
I have a Neo Minix X7mini and I got wifi working.
I do have to lookup which git repo I've been using for the kernel if you're interested. Currently I have Picuntu running on the minix so will have to put the suse rootfs on there first to be helpful otherwise. Picuntu is setup on the nand in stead of the sdcard.
Would be nice to make a new image supporting this device. Could you provide us information on how you setup your SD card, which u-boot/kernel sources you used in order to build a proper openSUSE image? At least, it could help other people to get openSUSE (or other Linux flavours) on this device. Guillaume -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-arm+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-arm+owner@opensuse.org
Hello guys.
Success! I've got openSUSE 12.3 with a working xfce desktop now. I don't have wifi nor ethernet and sofar I haven't been able to hook up an external harddrive.
I have a Neo Minix X7mini and I got wifi working.
I do have to lookup which git repo I've been using for the kernel if you're interested. Currently I have Picuntu running on the minix so will have to put the suse rootfs on there first to be helpful otherwise. Picuntu is setup on the nand in stead of the sdcard.
Would be nice to make a new image supporting this device.
Could you provide us information on how you setup your SD card, which u-boot/kernel sources you used in order to build a proper openSUSE image?
At first I would need to get the rootfs working on the device. I will look up the kernel sources I used this evening. Don't know nothing about u-boot yet, though. And I did not setup my sdcard at all as I'm using nand voor the kernel and the system as well, but should be fairly trivial I guess.
At least, it could help other people to get openSUSE (or other Linux flavours) on this device.
That would be great, the only stumbling block I found is that wifi is working, which is great, but ethernet not at all. I was hoping to get wifi and ethernet up and running. Floris Groenendijk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-arm+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-arm+owner@opensuse.org
Floris Groenendijk wrote:
Hello guys.
Success! I've got openSUSE 12.3 with a working xfce desktop now. I don't have wifi nor ethernet and sofar I haven't been able to hook up an external harddrive.
I have a Neo Minix X7mini and I got wifi working.
I do have to lookup which git repo I've been using for the kernel if you're interested. Currently I have Picuntu running on the minix so will have to put the suse rootfs on there first to be helpful otherwise. Picuntu is setup on the nand in stead of the sdcard.
Thanks Floris - I also did look at Picuntu for a bit,, but went with openSUSE in the end. For now, I'm running openSUSE form the sdcard, but I intend to move it to nand. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.9°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - dedicated server rental in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-arm+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-arm+owner@opensuse.org
Guillaume Gardet wrote:
Hi,
Le 27/03/2014 11:13, Floris Groenendijk a écrit :
Hello guys.
Success! I've got openSUSE 12.3 with a working xfce desktop now. I don't have wifi nor ethernet and sofar I haven't been able to hook up an external harddrive.
I have a Neo Minix X7mini and I got wifi working.
I do have to lookup which git repo I've been using for the kernel if you're interested. Currently I have Picuntu running on the minix so will have to put the suse rootfs on there first to be helpful otherwise. Picuntu is setup on the nand in stead of the sdcard.
Would be nice to make a new image supporting this device.
Could you provide us information on how you setup your SD card, which u-boot/kernel sources you used in order to build a proper openSUSE image? At least, it could help other people to get openSUSE (or other Linux flavours) on this device.
Here is what I did yesterday - the rootfs is openSUSE-12.3-ARM-XFCE-rootfs.armv7l-1.12.1-Build49.tbz The kernel sources I used: Linux3188-master.zip from https://github.com/Galland I did make quite a few changes to the config, I can submit mine if that's useful. /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.9°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - dedicated server rental in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-arm+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-arm+owner@opensuse.org
At first I would need to get the rootfs working on the device. I will look up the kernel sources I used this evening. Don't know nothing about u-boot yet, though. And I did not setup my sdcard at all as I'm using nand voor the kernel and the system as well, but should be fairly trivial I guess.
At least, it could help other people to get openSUSE (or other Linux flavours) on this device.
That would be great, the only stumbling block I found is that wifi is working, which is great, but ethernet not at all. I was hoping to get wifi and ethernet up and running.
I'm using this kernel: https://github.com/phjanderson/Kernel-3188-X7 which seems to be specific for the Neo x7. To flash the kernel to the Neo minix X7mini I had to pad the kernel with a strange character to 16MB. Otherwise the kernel would not boot. I've added the script for that as well. ------------------------------------------- #!/bin/bash if [ $# != 0 ]; then FILE=$1 else FILE='kernel.img' fi SIZE=`dc -e '16 1024 * 1024 * p'` IMG_SIZE=`wc -c < $FILE` CHAR=`echo | xxd | sed 's/0a/ff/' | xxd -r` echo $CHAR DIFF=`dc -e "$SIZE $IMG_SIZE - p"` echo $DIFF; for (( i=0; i<$DIFF; i++ )) do echo -n $CHAR>> $FILE done ------------------------------------------- I've used the linux flash tool to flash to the minix, windows 8 was giving me a hard time... Floris Groenendijk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-arm+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-arm+owner@opensuse.org
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