1 (edited by Marietto 2011-04-02 11:21:05)

Topic: Installing PlugBox Linux on the Infocast 8"

/usr/chumby/scripts/stop_control_panel

cp -a /dev/fb* /mnt/usb3/dev/
cp -a /dev/tty* /mnt/usb3/dev/
mkdir -p /mnt/usb3/dev/input/
cp -a /dev/input/* /mnt/usb3/dev/input/

wget http://plugapps.com/os/1.1/Plugbox-Linu … tfs.tar.gz

tar xzvf Plugbox-Linux-1.1-rootfs.tar.gz

mount -o bind /proc /mnt/usb3/proc
mount -o bind /sys /mnt/usb3/sys
chroot /mnt/usb3 /bin/hostname chumby
chroot /mnt/usb3 /bin/bash

nano /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220

pacman -Sy
pacman -S pacman
pacman-db-upgrade
pacman -Sy
pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-utils xorg-server-utils xorg-twm xorg-xclock xterm lxde xf86-video-fbdev

[root@chumby etc]# startx

This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
It is not supported in any way.
Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release.
Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions.


X.Org X Server 1.9.4.901 (1.9.5 RC 1)
Release Date: 2011-03-04
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.37 armv5tel
Current Operating System: Linux chumby 2.6.28-M2.1.8.12 #1 Thu Dec 9 13:04:27 PST 2010 armv5tejl
Kernel command line: root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext3 rootwait console=ttyS0,115200 mem=128M uart_dma init=/linuxrc sysrq_always_enabled ro logo.brand=insignia
Build Date: 15 March 2011  12:10:24AM

Current version of pixman: 0.20.2
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Apr  2 19:16:38 2011
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
Primary device is not PCI
(EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument
(EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument
xterm: Error 32, errno 2: No such file or directory
Reason: get_pty: not enough ptys
xterm: Error 32, errno 2: No such file or directory
Reason: get_pty: not enough ptys
xterm: Error 32, errno 2: No such file or directory
Reason: get_pty: not enough ptys
xinit: connection to X server lost

waiting for X server to shut down XIO:  fatal IO error 0 (Success) on X server ":0"
      after 190 requests (190 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

[root@chumby /]#

Re: Installing PlugBox Linux on the Infocast 8"

Thanks Marietto!

It seems PlugApps 1.1 rootfs tarball is not available on the website any more. Does PlugApps 2011.02 work?