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DebiaN900 - A set of scripts to facilitate the installation of Devuan or Debian GNU/Linux on the Nokia N900

License: GNU General Public License v3.0

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DebiaN900

A set of scripts to facilitate the installation of Debian GNU/Linux on the N900.


FILES

build_kernel.sh - Checks out the kernel source from Git and builds it.

kernel.conf - The configuration file for build_kernel.sh.

install_debian.sh - Bootstraps a Debian system and runs post-install
configuration, pulling in a built kernel and modules.  Creates the file
configure_u-boot.sh to be run under Maemo.

debian.conf - The configuration file for install_debian.sh.

configure_u-boot.sh - Configures U-Boot on the N900.  This script is generated
by install_debian.sh.


GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

An N900 with pali's U-Boot installed.

A Linux PC with the following:
- A POSIX compatible shell
- GCC cross compiler for ARM Cortex-A processors
- QEMU with support for ARM emulation
- qemu-debootstrap
- Internet access


GENERAL USAGE

- If necessary, configure CROSS_COMPILE in kernel.conf with the prefix of your
cross compiler executable.

- Run build_kernel.sh on a PC to checkout and build a kernel.

- Create an ext4 slice on an SD card and mount it to /mnt or configure the mount
point in debian.conf.

As a safety measure, the Debian install script will only install to a clean
file system (it should contain nothing but the lost+found directory).  If the
script fails or is interrupted, anything that has been installed will need to be
removed before the script can be run again.

- Run install_debian.sh on your PC to install to the SD card.

- Unmount SD card.

- Copy configure_u-boot.sh to your N900 and execute it to complete the
installation.


LICENCE

Distributable under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.


REFERENCES

http://wiki.debian.org/pkg-n900
http://wiki.debian.org/MaemoAndSqueeze
http://wiki.debian.org/n900-wheezy-armhf
http://elektranox.org/n900/index.html
http://elinux.org/N900


THANKS

Many thanks to all of those who have worked on the pkg-n900 project and a
special thanks to sre, pali, freemangordon and everyone else who has worked on
upstreaming N900 Linux kernel patches.

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debian900's Issues

Add options that enable the configuration of zram

udev changes the wlan device name every time the system boots

There is a temporary workaround in place however a proper fix is preferred.

Do we really need `qemu-debootstrap`

It's not present in Arch Linux and this Stack post suggests simply symlinking it...

http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/153691/no-qemu-debootstrap-in-arch-linux

Can we simply move to standard deboostrap?

Waiting for /dev to be fully populated takes very long

Starts at 18.411315, takes about 180 seconds. Running linux-n900 4.6-rc1.

Package glshim and integrate it with Dpkg's update-alternatives

Most video accelerated software in Debian is built for GL rather than GLES.

XKB patches produce "Unknown key type PC_FN_LEVEL2" warnings

Add rfkill and dhcpcd5 to default packages

Hello and thanks for the debian900 script!

At least on my n900, I can't connect to any wifi-networks without rfkill unblocking. So I guess it makes sense to install this by default.

Also, I am not sure if there is a dhcp client installed by default, dhcpcd works for me.

Latest kernel will not boot

Device shuts off after running '${EXT_CARD}p1/boot.scr'

Last u-boot message is "mmc0 is current device"

cat /etc/bootmenu.d/30-Debian_GNU_Linux-jessie-armhf-4.7.0-rc4+.item
ITEM_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux jessie armhf 4.7.0-rc4+"
ITEM_DEVICE="${EXT_CARD}p1"
ITEM_FSTYPE="ext4"
ITEM_KERNEL="/boot/uImage-4.7.0-rc4+"
ITEM_INITRD="/boot/uInitrd-4.7.0-rc4+"
ITEM_CMDLINE="root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait ro console=tty0 vram=12M ubi.mtd=5"

cat /mnt/boot.scr
setenv mmcnum 0
setenv mmcpart 1
setenv mmctype ext4
setenv bootargs root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait ro console=tty0 vram=12M ubi.mtd=5
setenv setup_omap_atag
setenv mmckernfile /boot/uImage-4.7.0-rc4+
setenv mmcinitrdfile /boot/uInitrd-4.7.0-rc4+
setenv mmcscriptfile
run trymmckerninitrdboot