How to Install Ubuntu on Your Nexus One/Android!
This guide is for those of you who want to install Ubuntu as a sub-system under your Nexus One or any other rooted Android smartphone, I’ve tried to make it easy as possible for everyone.
UPDATE: Now Ubuntu is also available on HTC Evo 4G!
As you can see, I’ve used a rooted Nexus One here but you could have trouble with other Android phones as not all Android phones are built exactly alike but might work well also, you never know until you try it.
I am also working on Ubuntu on my rooted HTC Evo 4G, that should be available later this month over at HTCEvoHacks.com.
You could probably also run Ubuntu directly off your Nexus One/Android phone but that probably means not being able to use it as a phone and you probably would lose your camera.
To be on the practical side, I think it’s ideal to run Ubuntu along with your Nexus One/Android phone as I will be showing you here.
This Ubuntu install will not affect your existing Android system, the Ubuntu terminal will run in the background while the Ubuntu X11 graphical user interface will run as an app under Android VNC app.
Why are you installing Ubuntu on your Nexus One/Android phone?
Being able to have Ubuntu on your Nexus One/Android phone means that you can run native Ubuntu/linux applications off your phone!
I also see many uses in college engineering classes when they are studying Ubuntu/linux. Instead of heading to the lab or having dual-boot on their computer, students will be able to use their Nexus One/Android phone as a test device.
Even for web designers, their Android phone can become a portable test web server to test out their new designs.
The list will go on and there’s absolutely no reason why we shouldn’t run Ubuntu or other linux systems on Android phones.
Lastly, for open-source people like me, free code is priceless, it’s going to be what’s driving the world in the next 10-20 years, if it ain’t already.
I don’t want to bore you with my philosophy so let me show you step-by-step how to install Ubuntu on your Nexus One.
How to Install Ubuntu on your Nexus One/Android Phone!
Before anything, download ubuntu.zip and unzip it:
(Please feel free to mirror other places if you’d like!)
1. First, you will need a rooted Nexus One/Android phone. If you have a Nexus One, go follow these directions and root your phone first!
UPDATE: Also, you need to install the latest Busybox, try this guide here to install Busybox.
2. Once you have a “rooted” Android phone, you will be able to run Ubuntu under Chroot.
What is Chroot?
I just found about this myself the other day while doing this but Chroot in layman’s terms is basically the ability to run other operating systems under your current system (in this case Android). Chroot was initially developed to test new operating systems in a virtual environment but will work perfectly in this case for our project here as it will allow us to use Ubuntu as a “virtual” machine under Android system. Yes, just think of it like Sun Virtualbox or VMWare for Android and other linux systems.
On one more note, you can only “chroot” another operating system made for your system’s architecture. For example, most new Android smartphones including Nexus One, HTC Evo 4G, and Droid X all use ARM architecture CPU, meaning you can only use ARM-based linux systems/ports.
In this case, we are lucky because Ubuntu has an ARM-port. It’s most likely the case that you can also “chroot” other linux devices that support ARM. I am also working on chrooting other popular distros like Fedora, Gentoo, and more.
3. Now you understand what Chrooting is, let’s copy over the files we need for chroot. These files include an image file of Ubuntu ARM (basically root filesystem that can be mounted onto Android phone using the command mount), setup script file (ubuntu.sh), chroot boot/launch file (bootubuntu), unionfs, fsrw, and mountonly.
Copy these six files over into your SD card’s root folder under folder name “ubuntu“. Or you can just unzip the file I provided and copy the ubuntu folder over to your SD card’s root folder.
(Yup, I am already working on other Linux distros! But Ubuntu is my favorite.)
The script files were modified (by myself) from other instructions on the web on installing Debian to a G1 phones (thanks to Saurik). Btw, Debian and Ubuntu are pretty much the same linux as Ubuntu is just an extension of Debian so you should be able to easily run Debian too using the same method, just change the file names.
4. Before we go any further, make sure to “Turn off USB storage” on your phone so we can access the SD card from ADB Shell. Let’s also make sure your USB Debugging mode is checked under Settings->Applications->Development. (And yes, don’t forget to connect your Nexus One/Android phone to your computer via USB!)
5. I am assuming you’ve already installed the Android SDK (while you were rooting your phone) so let’s head to your Android SDK directory and load up ADB Shell.
For Windows, go to your Android SDK Tools directory such as c:\sdk\tools and type “adb shell“.
(FYI, cd is the command you can use to browse to your sdk\tools directory. For Windows, do cd \sdk\tools and for Mac/Linux, do cd /sdk/tools.
For linux and Mac, go to your Android SDK Tools directory such as /sdk/tools and type “./adb shell” or it can also be “sudo ./adb shell” for Ubuntu.
6. Once you are in the ADB shell, you should see a “#”symbol. Great, let’s start bootin’ Ubuntu right away.
7. Type “su” to enter superuser mode. Btw, if you get error on this part, that means you have not rooted your phone! (or you might have to installed a rooted ROM.)
8. Next, type “cd /sdcard/ubuntu“, which will take you to the directory where you’ve copied the Ubuntu files over to.
9. Type “sh ./ubuntu.sh” to run the setup script. You only have to run this once or whenever you change the script file bootubuntu.
10. Once that completes, type “bootubuntu” to “chroot” or boot into your new Ubuntu on your Android!
If you get the “localhost” sign, congratulations! You’ve just installed Ubuntu on your Nexus One/Android phone!
If you didn’t get that and you got an error falling back to the ground at 200MPH back at the “#” symbol, don’t worry, I did that about a thousand times for 2 days straight, you are not alone.
Try rebooting your phone and repeat steps 5 through 10 CAREFULLY and I am sure you will get it working. A lot of times, our eyes can lie to us while following step-by-step directions, really!
Also, if you are not using a Nexus One here, you could be running into other problems as I have still not yet been able to chroot into Ubuntu on my HTC Evo 4G.
How to Get X11 GUI up and running on your Nexus One/Android Phone!
11. I actually prefer the command line over GUI because it saves so much memory and I am pretty proficient doing things in the terminal but the GUI gives you a full desktop experience over Ubuntu so first, you will need to download the latest version of Android VNC Viewer in form of .apk file. After downloading it on your phone (or copy it over to your SD card after you download it on your computer), open it up and install the app.
12. You will next need to install some files via Ubuntu apt-get installer. Go back to the chrooted Ubuntu terminal and type:
apt-get update
to update your Ubuntu packages then:
apt-get install tightvncserver
to install the TightVNCServer and:
apt-get install lxde
to install the LXDE.
13. Next type:
export USER=root
vncserver -geometry 1024×800
Here you can set your password to VNCserver like I did as “123123123“.
*Note – You can also change 1024×800 to the exact resolution of your Android phone’s LCD resolution but I found that a bit higher resolution gives you better display, so the Nexus One has 800×480 but I set it to 1024×800 for better viewing.
Next, we are going to add the following to /root/.vnc/xstartup file using cat command:
cat > /root/.vnc/xstartup
#!/bin/sh
xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
icewm &
lxsession
Then hit Ctrl+D twice and Enter key.
14. Next open up the Android VNC app on your Nexus One/Android phone and enter the password you set earlier in step 13 and set the Port to 5901.
15. Next hit connect and voila, you should get something like this, a cool GNome Ubuntu screen!!!
16. Now, let’s setup your chrooted Ubuntu so you can make the VNCserver run everytime you start the chrooted Ubuntu.
17. Next, let’s add some code to the /root/.bashrc file, which runs at every boot of your Ubuntu so the VNCServer runs automatically when you start the Ubuntu.
cat > front
export USER=root
cd /
rm -r -f tmp
mkdir tmp
cd /
vncserver -geometry 1024×800
Then hit Ctrl+D twice and Enter key.
Next, we will concatenate the file we just made front and /root/.bashrc into a new file called temp:
cat front /root/.bashrc > temp
Then we will copy the new file temp over the existing /root/.bashrc.
cp temp /root/.bashrc
(I used Windows command.com terminal, which keeps echoing things twice. It only happens on Windows because of echo!)
*Note – The reason why I used cat command to do everything here is for Windows users because the vi text editor doesn’t function correctly within Windows shell. But you can always just use your favorite Ubuntu text editor if you are using Linux or Mac. (Just add contents of file front into the beginning of /root/.bashrc This way, I only have to write one howto manual that works for every platform. For Windows users, you can also install SSH (do “apt-get install openssh-server“) and use an SSH client such as PuTTy.)
To check that it’s working you can exit out of Ubuntu back into Android shell:
exit
then boot Ubuntu back up:
bootubuntu
Now everytime you chroot/boot your Ubuntu, the VNCServer is start automatically at start-up.
You can use Terminal Emulator app (freely available on Android market) to start the Ubuntu chroot by entering:
su
bootubuntu
so you don’t need to connect to ADB shell to launch Ubuntu, giving you the freedom to use Ubuntu along with Android whereever you go.
That’s it!
BOOTUBUNTU UPDATE FIX
UPDATE: For people having trouble getting it to work (thanks to people testing it at XDA Developers), try downloading the new bootubuntu file here then:
Go run the ubuntu.sh by doing on ADB shell:
su
cd /sdcard/ubuntu
sh ./ubuntu.sh
then
bootubuntu
Credits
- Thanks to Devs at XDA Developer for the Ubuntu ARM image for HTC HD2, which I used then resized it to 2GB so I can put more stuff on it, works fine with other Androids.
- Huge thanks to AndroidFanatic for showing me how to put X11 on the screen via VNC. I used their guide for Debian and worked perfectly with Ubuntu.
- Even more thanks to Saurik (Jay Freeman) for the Debian G1 script, which I hacked for Ubuntu on Nexus One!
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July 7th, 2010 at 4:06 am
Very nice!!! Keep the great work coming bro!
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July 7th, 2010 at 4:31 am
Wow great work! but I seem to be having problems running this…for some reason I can’t get the right permissions for ./ubuntu.sh. Yes I did “su” first but still doesn’t work. This is what I typed in and what I got back:
http://yfrog.com/1fn1ubuntuproblemp
Any help is appreciated!
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alecaldi Reply:
July 11th, 2010 at 12:41 am
Problem is you are not switching (I had the same problem) USB connection to “only battery load” (I have it in spanish, “solo carga”). Go to notification upper bar and under USB connection switch it to this mode. Thus you’ll have a freed sd card from any deny permission. I don’t know if by now you have solved the problem, anyway I replay you.
Good luck.
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July 7th, 2010 at 5:03 am
cant wait till you get this up and running on the evo
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July 7th, 2010 at 6:17 am
I am on a rooted nexus one running stock FRF91. I am getting “chroot: can’t execute ‘/bin/bash’: No such file or directory”
when attempting to input command “bootubuntu” after running sh ./ubuntu.sh
Any ideas? I am using su also, I have followed your steps precisely.
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Nexus One Hacks Reply:
July 7th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Please try the update bootubuntu file, updated on this post at the end!
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bobby Reply:
July 7th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
im getting the same error with the updated bootubuntu..but then again im on an evo
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Renae Reply:
July 7th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Awesome! this works great! I’m a big fan of yours now!
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Michael Reply:
July 8th, 2010 at 6:47 am
i’m still getting the same error as i get before with the new bootubuntu file and i’m running on a nexus one and followed all instructions.
please help
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TheJoneJone Reply:
July 8th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
Hi, I have the same problem on FRF91.
I tried the modified bootubuntu, it still doesn t work
Here is the problem :
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/loop1 /data/local/ubuntu
mount: Device or resource busy
So I can’t mount the disk image…
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Autoriev Reply:
July 8th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
I get the same error with the updated bootubuntu. I’m running Kang-o-rama (FRF85B) with the latest stable busybox. I’m running WIN7 64bit if that affects anything.
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Jay Reply:
July 9th, 2010 at 12:54 am
I got the same Error. But i have tried the updated file..
Nothing will work…
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Chris Reply:
July 9th, 2010 at 2:32 am
The updated version did not work for me, still getting the /bin/bash error.
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Andon Reply:
July 9th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
It hangs at the command line:
cat > /root/.vnc/xstartup
how long should it take at this step?
Nexus One Hacks Reply:
July 10th, 2010 at 2:17 am
It’s not hanging, you keep typing after!
Tony Reply:
July 9th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
Got this working on my N1 with Cyanogenmod 6 a1… updated the bootubuntu file to use loop5 in all places instead of loop1. Seems something holds loop1, but loop5 has been working well for me.
Be sure to edit it in /sdcard/ubuntu/ , then re-run the “sh ./ubuntu.sh” to get it in place. I also reboot the phone before trying to run bootubuntu after changes, since the loops are on the android side, not inside the chroot.
Ken Reply:
July 9th, 2010 at 10:53 am
Hi, i am also on a rooted Nexus One running FRF91 and still getting “chroot: can’t execute ‘/bin/bash’: No such file or directory” even after downloading the update bootubuntu file. Any suggestions?
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TheJoneJone Reply:
July 9th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
it seems that the problem concerns people with 16G sdcard. Do you confirm?
BarcaDroid Reply:
July 10th, 2010 at 7:06 am
I have the same problem, Also have a 16G sd card and running froyo 2.2 FRF91 nexus one.
problem is not with this tutorial nether the files used in here. I get the same message when I try to clear my dlvik-cache in the terminal. Please advice!!…
Michael Reply:
July 10th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
how do we change loop 1 to loop 5?
please help!!!
volgar Reply:
July 11th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
i have 4gb card and the same problem. nexus one cm6 rc1
“chroot: can’t execute ‘/bin/bash’: No such file or directory”
openback Reply:
July 12th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Yeah, same here with a 16GB card. I did have it run ONCE, though, but then this again.
ScottRTL Reply:
July 19th, 2010 at 5:00 am
Yup, loop5 resolved the issue for me, and I have the 16GB sdcard on Nexus One Cyanogen6RC1 FRF91.
Just mount your your SDcard to your computer and edit the bootubuntu file in the /sdcard/ubuntu dir and find replace all loop1 ‘s with loop5 ‘s
Worked like a charm for me.
openback Reply:
August 7th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
No luck on mine. I’m getting the same error. I’m also on CM6 RC1 with a 16GB card with one partition. I’ve tried loop1, 2, and 5. After removing ‘clear’ from ubuntu.sh, I see that ‘modprobe ext2′ is failing because that module doesn’t exist. Sounds like that may be the issue, but I don’t know where I could get that module for this kernel.
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July 7th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
Hi, I really appreciate this step by step! My bootubuntu fails, however, at the
“mount -o loop,noatime -t ext2 $kit/ubuntu.img $mnt” every time.
I have stepped through line by line of the script and get the following error:
# mount -o loop,noatime -t ext2 $kit/ubuntu.img $mnt
mount -o loop,noatime -t ext2 $kit/ubuntu.img $mnt
mount: can’t setup loop device: No such file or directory
but my $kit is defined properly and my $mnt is.
any help? TIA!!
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Renae Reply:
July 7th, 2010 at 7:08 pm
Edit: I modded the bootubuntu and voila – I have ubuntu! Thanks!!
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July 7th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
this is what i get on my evo
mknod: /dev/loop1: File exists
losetup: /dev/block/loop1: No such file or directory
mount: No such file or directory
mount: No such file or directory
mount: No such file or directory
mount: No such file or directory
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
Setting /etc/resolv.conf to Google Open DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
bootubuntu: line 22: can’t create /data/local/ubuntu/etc/resolv.conf: nonexistent directory
bootubuntu: line 23: can’t create /data/local/ubuntu/etc/resolv.conf: nonexistent directory
Setting localhost on /etc/hosts
bootubuntu: line 25: can’t create /data/local/ubuntu/etc/hosts: nonexistent directory
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chroot: can’t execute ‘/bin/bash’: No such file or directory
Shutting down Ubuntu
failed.
failed.
failed.
failed.
losetup: /dev/loop1: No such device or address
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Jay Reply:
July 9th, 2010 at 12:55 am
I got the same Error! (Motorola Milestone)
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alecaldi Reply:
July 11th, 2010 at 12:44 am
same error on Moto milestone, 2nd bootubuntu only changes the error marginally.
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July 7th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Hey Renae, can you tell us what you did to get it to work?
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July 8th, 2010 at 12:36 am
Why cant i open firefox or any ubuntu apps.
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July 8th, 2010 at 4:06 am
Hey, I recently had a similar problem with running mysql inside of a chrooted jail (not on an android phone, but I’m sure its the same thing). I’m pretty sure it’s a chroot problem, and the /etc/init.d/mysql script just doesn’t work. It doesn’t mean you can’t run a mysql server though, you just need to run mysqld manually.
I wouldn’t suggest this if you’re planning on hosting any sort of production data in there, and though I think this closes the database cleanly (without data corruption) I wouldn’t bet on it. But here’s how you can restart mysqld in a chroot jail (as root):
killall mysqld
/usr/sbin/mysqld &
There are lots of options you can pass to mysqld too, but the defaults should work fine. Awesome article! I think I’ll try getting ubuntu installed on my Droid
.
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Nexus One Hacks Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 7:46 am
Dang, I tried everything but MySQL simply doesn’t want to start on my Nexus One Ubuntu, if you’ve got solution to this, I’ve got $50/Paypal donation coming ur way asap.
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July 8th, 2010 at 4:16 am
Once you’ve got it installed is it possible to run Ubuntu via the phone? I’d like to setup the phone as a sort of mini server so I can plug in my old G1 and use it as a simple webserver.
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Christian Reply:
August 25th, 2010 at 11:14 am
Should work. I can access the Ubuntu on my phone with a simple vncviewer on my PC. You just have to be in the same internal network (e.g. via WLAN) and know the internal IP of your mobile device. To see the surface of your “mobile-ubuntu” just type e.g. 192.168.178.23:5901
In my case it works perfectly. I can take over the whole system from my PC…
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July 8th, 2010 at 6:32 am
i still have the same problem with the new updated bootubuntu because everytime i type bootubuntu on cmd it fails and shows this sign #
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it is so cool!!
can it run on my HTC Hero?
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July 8th, 2010 at 7:57 am
Great work!
2 questions:
1)Does it work also for HTC Desire?
2)When I wipe to change ROM, should I repeat this entire guide?
Thanks a lot
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Great work! Thanx.
But could you make the .img file smaller?
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July 8th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
does it work also for Desire?
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July 8th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
I tried it on a rooted Motorola Milestone and I’m also getting “chroot: can’t execute ‘/bin/bash’: No such file or directory” after running “bootubuntu”. I also tried the updated “bootubuntu”, with the same result.
I did several reboots and followed all the steps. Any suggestions?
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Nexus One Hacks Reply:
July 9th, 2010 at 8:54 am
Need to update kernel with support for Loop devices!
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Mike Reply:
July 9th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Ok, that worked, thanks! But I now have another problem, when I connect via VNC, I have a grey background and an X mouse cursor.
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Nexus One Hacks Reply:
July 10th, 2010 at 2:19 am
Try waiting a bit or reboot and try loading it again, sometimes it lags.
Ken Reply:
July 9th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
where can i find the update kernel with support for loop devices?
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Nexus One Hacks Reply:
July 10th, 2010 at 2:19 am
You can compile it yourself but most Nexus One ROMs come with it as default. See here for compiling: http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-hacks/how-to-build-your-own-htc-evo-4g-android-kernel/
Michael Reply:
July 10th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
can it work on the nexus one?
alecaldi Reply:
July 11th, 2010 at 2:05 am
I don’t get it, after compiling the kernel for a HTC evo should this work on motorola milestone? It’s there a way to get a compiled kernel without doing so much work or it’s forced?
Greg Reply:
July 15th, 2010 at 1:56 am
Hi Mike,
I’ve a Milestone too. Where do you download kernel with support for loops devices?
TIA!!
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If you’re such an advocate of open source then why are you running Windows? (screenshots show windows ui)
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July 8th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Sweet! Now one can take Ubuntu just about anywhere.
Ubuntu is so versatile it can peacefully co-exist with Android. Now thats an irresistible combination!
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July 8th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Can someone reupload ubuntu, it was taken down by both filefactory and megaupload.
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July 8th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
If you can port ubuntu to the N1, you think theres a chance at a WebOS port?
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July 8th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
hi
Do you work this way with other distributional like backtrack 4 & how if so
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July 9th, 2010 at 6:11 am
Backtrack 4 on N1? Ahh That would be awesome!
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July 14th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
I second that! I will do this once someone figures out if its possible. Dont care about a gui. I can run in command….
super portable aircrack! say WHAT!?!
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July 8th, 2010 at 10:56 pm
anyway in hell you could get this working on D/s , more specifically mt1.2 ?
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July 8th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Just like to say that ‘apt-get update’ doesn’t update the packages only the package lists ‘apt-get upgrade’ is what you need.
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July 9th, 2010 at 12:16 am
Been trying to get it working on Samsung Galaxy S … No luck so far. Remote desktop appears but with no top bar / apps ….
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July 9th, 2010 at 1:12 am
would it be possible to get this working on the Moto Droid? I have a rooted Droid and would love to get ubuntu.
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July 9th, 2010 at 1:18 am
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July 9th, 2010 at 1:20 am
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July 9th, 2010 at 1:58 am
attempting this on the original droid with FRF84B Froyo build installed…and all is well until i get to where i’m instructed to type “bootubuntu” into my terminal…i get a message saying “bootubuntu: not found”…i’ve tried the updated file and repeated the adb shell steps ad nauseum..any ideas…
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Turi Reply:
July 9th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
I have the same problem?? Any Luck?
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Micael Reply:
July 22nd, 2010 at 4:36 pm
I have the same problem with trying to run bootubuntu (not found)
even though its obviously there. Googled a little and it seems like its a quite common problem on the HTC Desire which I also have.
[Reply]
July 9th, 2010 at 2:20 am
Will we be able to install ubuntu in G1 or not??
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July 9th, 2010 at 3:23 am
I would love to try this on my incredible but no one can tell me if chroot would work because the nand lock on boot up. Also why ubuntu? It’s great for laptops but does the touchui work? also what about dual booting with a lighter OS like Meego?
[Reply]
July 9th, 2010 at 3:35 am
So does Ubuntu have the drivers for networking on the nexus out of the box?
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July 9th, 2010 at 3:45 am
Would this work with droid?
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July 9th, 2010 at 6:02 am
Mirrors Please!!
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July 9th, 2010 at 6:08 am
So after I reboot my phone, When go and do the bootubuntu and go to my VNC, the screen is grey pixels with an x instead of a mouse pointer… Did I do something wrong?
[Reply]
July 9th, 2010 at 8:21 am
Great work！ but can you tell me how to shutdown the ubuntu..
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July 9th, 2010 at 8:58 am
I really loved the end of that video adding wep cracking tools for testing purposes I was going to buy a ViliV umpc and hope to get ubuntu running on ti to do my testing but if you could get this to run I will drool all over myself I cant wait to see the day aircrack-ng will run on the Nexus or my Evo even though the Evo’s network card is horrid very limited range someone has to hack that thing to work at full potential I have been trying to find a fix with no luck do you think that the nexus or evo will support packet injection? do you have a spot where I can donate to the cause
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July 9th, 2010 at 9:59 am
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July 9th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
I follow all your steps but when i get to the part were its says “to enter the debian linux console just type “bootubuntu” i type that and it says bootubuntu command not found help plz thanks
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July 9th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Help please!
To enter the Debian Linux console just type ‘bootubuntu’
sh-3.2# bootubuntu
bootubuntu
Setting /etc/resolv.conf to Google Open DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
/system/bin/bootubuntu: line 22: /data/local/ubuntu/etc/resolv.conf: No such fil
e or directory
/system/bin/bootubuntu: line 23: /data/local/ubuntu/etc/resolv.conf: No such fil
e or directory
Setting localhost on /etc/hosts
/system/bin/bootubuntu: line 25: /data/local/ubuntu/etc/hosts: No such file or d
irectory
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Shutting down Ubuntu
[Reply]
Nexus One Hacks Reply:
July 10th, 2010 at 2:18 am
Try the second script I uploaded at the bottom of this post!
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July 9th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
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July 9th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Failing at the bootubuntu too..Tried it lots of times. Help!!!
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July 9th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
what case is he using on his phone…… im really curious.. i want one.
[Reply]
Nexus One Hacks Reply:
July 10th, 2010 at 2:17 am
This one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXGHVjO3zUE
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brad clifton Reply:
July 11th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
um clearly not
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July 9th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
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July 9th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
I’ve done all the steps as mentioned but when i connect with vnc, it connects with some 4 colors mode. I’ve change the mode to 24bit colors but nothing happened. also icons of ubuntu are not showing in the upper left corner.
I also noticed that in the video the vnc viewer showing some ZRLE encoding but mine does not have ZRLE encoding.. Any suggestion ??
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July 9th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
great idea !
but , a version of Backtrack would be greater !!!!
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July 9th, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Hi,
I think i must be missing a step here. I was able to run through this fine twice and get things working. The problem is as soon as i reboot my phone and try to run bootubuntu i get an error message “chroot:can’t execute ‘?bin/bash’: No such file or directory” “shutting down ubuntu”
Is there a step i missed? I can exit out of ubuntu and restart as many times as it want .. untill i reboot the phone…
Im somewhat lost here but LOVE this idea.
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July 10th, 2010 at 7:37 am
CAN ANYONE PLZ TELL ME HOW TO SHUTDOWN THE UBUNTU ?????
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July 10th, 2010 at 8:55 am
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July 10th, 2010 at 10:56 am
This should be made in to an Android app with full automation
I am getting
#bootubuntu
mknod: /dev/loop2: File exists
mount: can’t setup loop device: No such file or directory
on my N1 running CM6 nightly (july 9 build)
[Reply]
Slava Reply:
July 10th, 2010 at 11:10 am
I examined ubuntu.sh abit and commented out #clear commands to see what is going on.
here is what I get:
# sh ./ubuntu.sh
modprobe: module ‘ext2′ not found
mkdir failed for /data/local/mnt, File exists
..
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July 10th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
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July 10th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
first thx for hard-working and very nice work done!
And I totally succeed install the ubuntu in my N1.
(but spend some times at that mistake-bootubuntu)
I have some doubt to ask. Thank you for answering if you really have time.
Because I am a noob of linux & android.
1.I don’t know how to switch off the ubuntu. No matter I type poweroff in system or console, it it not work. No matter I kill all the task( terminal and vncserver) ubuntu is there,nothing changed. Except I reboot the N1 and su, bootubuntu,again!
2.I don’t remember in which step, I saw the ubuntu originarl UI like ur video. But after
reboot it is change to that LXDE. Really if I can choose, I wanna that “ubuntu UI”.
3.If I work a little fast, the system turn to not working! I click any app is no response and cpu is normal. First time I opened the firefox used like 1 minutes.
What I mean is the system is really easy to crash,stay there do nothhing,cpu keep normal.
4.And for keyboard from vncserver not so good, sort of symbol cant work. But use send text(in the menu) can fix this problem.
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July 10th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Fail on CM6alpha1
# modprobe ext2
modprobe: chdir(2.6.34-cyanogenmod): No such file or directory
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July 10th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Hi, I got this message after bootubuntu command. I have a motorola milestone for Android 2.1 Personal (Argentina)- May a different device be a problem? or it’s just (as it seems) to be a problem of permissions. I went to /dev and there’s no /loop2 file or whatsoever. And don’t know what can set LOOP_SET_FD to fail due to be busy.
Any help would be great. Thanks.
mknod: /dev/loop2: File exists
ioctl LOOP_SET_FD failed: Device or resource busy
mount: No such file or directory
mount: No such file or directory
mount: No such file or directory
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
Setting /etc/resolv.conf to Google Open DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
bootubuntu: cannot create /data/local/mnt/etc/resolv.conf: directory nonexistent
bootubuntu: cannot create /data/local/mnt/etc/resolv.conf: directory nonexistent
Setting localhost on /etc/hosts
bootubuntu: cannot create /data/local/mnt/etc/hosts: directory nonexistent
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chroot: can’t execute ‘/bin/bash’: No such file or directory
Shutting down Ubuntu
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July 11th, 2010 at 1:42 am
I’m going to try this on a HTC Magic, I’m not sure if it will work very well because it’s a fairly low spec Android handset. I’ll post back my results, just in case any one is curious.
Also, as a side note: the android.zip that I download, are the sources available anywhere? I’m always cautious about installing stuff that I can’t get the source for
Cheers guys!
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July 11th, 2010 at 1:48 am
I wonder if I can use this method to put my build of Chromium OS on my phone… HMMMMM, I am off to try!
Great work on this by the way!!!
[Reply]
Wes Campbell Reply:
July 15th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
any luck with this?
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July 11th, 2010 at 8:32 am
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July 11th, 2010 at 10:54 am
How to configure wi-fi connection? / Etc / network / interfaces – not
—————
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July 11th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
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July 11th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
is there a way to cleanly “shutdown” ubuntu after booting it with the script?
[Reply]
July 11th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
Has anyone tried this on the HTC Magic (32b)? im downloading it and going to give it a try but both download links are so slow
once i have downloaded it however i will most likely stick it on a torrent if there isnt already one, if thats ok with you
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zacthespack Reply:
July 11th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Ok well its just going to slow i gave up and im going to bed, but in the morning i will download it and post a torrent if there still isnt one by then
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July 12th, 2010 at 10:55 am
I’ve got corruption on my ubuntu.img.
How do I fsck the loop mount system??
[Reply]
July 12th, 2010 at 11:05 am
Configuring wi-fi??? Help please
I can not update packages…
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July 12th, 2010 at 11:07 am
Configuring wi-fi??? Help please
I can not update packages !
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July 12th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
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July 12th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
What a downer. Why can’t anyone port something kewl like Windows vista to the Nexus One? What’s the use of all this linux crap, it can’t run exes and cool stuff like VLC player.
Lame
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Wes Campbell Reply:
July 15th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
do you know what youre saying?? vista?!? linux is the ultimate computing OS. its what android is. vista is crap compared to this. compared to anything actually.
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Ari Reply:
July 19th, 2010 at 11:54 pm
VLC does run on linux. What’s more, it is free and open source software like GNU linux, not proprietary like microsoft products
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Linux-Guy Reply:
July 30th, 2010 at 2:03 am
Are you Joking Ari? You must be the stupidest person in the world. Sell your google phone and go get a crappy blackberry and then come back here and tell us how great “Windows” is. Vista was the shortest lived Windows OS because it was a piece of crap. Only retarded people would want to crap all over their Android phone.
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July 13th, 2010 at 6:49 am
Which distro version of ubuntu is this?
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July 14th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Hi, I’m a Chinese blogger. can I translate this article to Chinese?? I’ll keep your link.
thanks.
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July 14th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
hey
trying to get backtrack working on my x10
need advice
thanks charley
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July 15th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
Still can’t get it to work either sadly, even with the updated bootubuntu.
I keep getting the can’t find /bin/bash. Looking back through the output I can see that there are previous errors, starting from not being able to hit loop1.
I tried what another poster suggested, switching to loop5, but this didn’t work either…
Any suggestions?
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Michael Reply:
July 17th, 2010 at 8:49 am
how do you switch loop1 to loop5?
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July 15th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
chroot: can’t execute ‘/bin/bash’: No such file or directory
Shutting down Ubuntu
failed.
failed.
failed.
failed.
Also having this problem
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July 15th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
I know it says “…/Android phone!” but does this work on the Moto Droid A855?
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July 15th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
sucessfully installed on HTC DESIRE.
user from China
JohnQ
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July 16th, 2010 at 8:36 am
Great article, but do we really need to run vncserver as root or can the passwd for user “ubuntu” be changed?
I am having child spawning problems when I attempt to run xterm which may be connected to running as root.
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July 19th, 2010 at 7:35 am
Is anyone else geting the error “umount: can’t umount /data/local/ubuntu: Device or resource busy”
Then when you try to bootubuntu again, it doesnt work?
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ScottRTL Reply:
July 19th, 2010 at 7:38 am
I tried exiting VNC and umount again, but I get the same error… also cant shutdown ubuntu fron the VNC client….
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July 19th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
I want to buy a nexus one that works with ubuntu. I see some people with a certain model are having trouble. Which kind should I buy?
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July 20th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
I managed to get this to work on Cyanogenmod 6.0 (Android 2.2 Froyo) by chrooting Ubuntu straight off the SD card on a separate partition. I think that 2.2 just doesn’t work with loopback devices for some reason.
Anyway, the process to do this is fairly simple, and requires a Linux computer:
Create an UNFORMATTED partition of about 2.3GB at the END of your SD card. I would advise people to use GParted, since it is easy to use.
Copy the ubuntu.img disk image to this new unformatted partition:
[code]
sudo dd if=ubuntu.img of=/dev/sdb2
[/code]
Make sure to get the right partition (/dev/sdb2), or you may mess up your computer/SD Card very badly! GParted lists the partition names when you partition the card.
Resize the partition to about 2.4GB with GParted to allow the ext2 filesystem to fill the partition.
Now, use the following bootubuntu file:
[code]
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
export kit=/sdcard/ubuntu
export bin=/system/bin
export mnt=/data/local/ubuntu
export PATH=:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/system/sbin:/system/bin:/system/xbin
export TERM=linux
export HOME=/root
echo "Mounting drive..."
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 $mnt
echo "Mounting /dev/pts..."
mount -t devpts devpts $mnt/dev/pts
echo "Mounting /proc..."
mount -t proc proc $mnt/proc
echo "Mounting /sys..."
mount -t sysfs sysfs $mnt/sys
sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
echo "Setting /etc/resolv.conf to Google Open DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4"
echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > $mnt/etc/resolv.conf
echo "nameserver 8.8.4.4" >> $mnt/etc/resolv.conf
echo "Setting localhost on /etc/hosts "
echo "127.0.0.1 localhost" > $mnt/etc/hosts
echo "Loading Ubuntu"
echo " "
chroot $mnt /bin/bash
echo " "
echo "Unmounting Ubuntu..."
umount $mnt/dev/pts
umount $mnt/proc
umount $mnt/sys
umount $mnt
echo "Done!"
[/code]
WARNING: this is only for experts, and is only a guideline for what to do!
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DaleW Reply:
July 23rd, 2010 at 8:54 pm
What is the purpose of resizing the partition after the Ubuntu image is copied?
[Reply]
Nexus One Hacks Reply:
July 24th, 2010 at 12:05 am
So, the partition has enough room to install software.
[Reply]
July 21st, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Would this be able to work on the HTC Hero? That would be so amazing if it could work.
[Reply]
July 22nd, 2010 at 9:00 am
i think the problem is with the loop1 i’m trying to switch to loop5 but i don’t know how.
any help is appreciated
thanks in advance
[Reply]
July 23rd, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Hey guys im trying this on a rooted lg gw620 tried both bootubuntu with loop5 and the original one and im always getting the
# bootubuntu to chroot
bootubuntu to chroot
mknod: /dev/loop5: File exists
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
Setting /etc/resolv.conf to Google Open DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
Setting localhost on /etc/hosts
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[1] Illegal instruction chroot ${mnt} /b…
Shutting down Ubuntu
losetup: /dev/loop5: No such device or address
Then again maybe is just me wishing to run it on my cupcake… Pls. Share your thoughts.
[Reply]
brian Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Did you remember step 4?
>4. Before we go any further, make sure to “Turn off USB storage” on your phone so we can access the >SD card from ADB Shell. Let’s also make sure your USB Debugging mode is checked under >Settings->Applications->Development. (And yes, don’t forget to connect your Nexus One/Android >phone to your computer via USB!)
If you forgot that then the file system will probably already be busy and prevent the Mount.
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July 25th, 2010 at 8:27 am
this is what i get on my nexus one:
# bootubuntu
mknod: /dev/loop1: File exists
losetup: /dev/block/loop1
mount: mounting /dev/block/loop1 on /data/local/ubuntu failed: Device or resource busy
mount: mounting devpts on /data/local/ubuntu/dev/pts failed: No such file or directory
mount: mounting proc on /data/local/ubuntu/proc failed: No such file or directory
mount: mounting sysfs on /data/local/ubuntu/sys failed: No such file or directory
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
Setting /etc/resolv.conf to Google Open DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
bootubuntu: cannot create /data/local/ubuntu/etc/resolv.conf: directory nonexistent
bootubuntu: cannot create /data/local/ubuntu/etc/resolv.conf: directory nonexistent
Setting localhost on /etc/hosts
bootubuntu: cannot create /data/local/ubuntu/etc/hosts: directory nonexistent
READY TO ROCK AND ROLL BABY!
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chroot: can’t execute ‘/bin/bash’: No such file or directory
Shutting down Ubuntu
umount: can’t umount /data/local/ubuntu/dev/pts: No such file or directory
umount: can’t umount /data/local/ubuntu/proc: No such file or directory
umount: can’t umount /data/local/ubuntu/sys: No such file or directory
umount: can’t umount /data/local/ubuntu: Invalid argument
losetup: /dev/loop1: Device or resource busy
[Reply]
brian Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Did you remember step 4?
>4. Before we go any further, make sure to “Turn off USB storage” on your phone so we can access the >SD card from ADB Shell. Let’s also make sure your USB Debugging mode is checked under >Settings->Applications->Development. (And yes, don’t forget to connect your Nexus One/Android >phone to your computer via USB!)
If you forgot that then the file system will probably already be busy and prevent the Mount.
[Reply]
July 25th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Hi
I had a little issue with this script – every time “bootubuntu” was run it spawned a new vnc session :1 :2 :3 etc.
I fixed the issue by changing /root/.bashrc with the following:
vncserver :0 -geometry 1024×800
Simply by adding the :0 to the line vncserver will only spawn one session, failing if :0 is already running thus preventing multiple sessions.
Another issue I am having is that
vncserver -geometry 1024×800
the × in that line is not a standard x (compare the following line):
×x
The x in your instructions above needs to be replaced with a standard x rather than a unicode character
[Reply]
Linux-Guy Reply:
July 30th, 2010 at 4:20 am
YOU ARE TOTALLY AWESOME! Everyone… I have wasted much time figuring this out for an Evo OTA 1.47.651.1. I followed all the steps and made SURE to use the new bootubuntu file during a fresh install of Ubuntu. Labby co uk gave me the info to fix the issue where VNC Droid was not finding the Desktop. Basically like he says “I fixed the issue by changing /root/.bashrc with the following:
vncserver :0 -geometry 1024×800″
&
“Another issue I am having is that
vncserver -geometry 1024×800
the × in that line is not a standard x (compare the following line):
×x”
Fixed the issue also… When you set up your VNC client it should look like this.
Port: 5900 and Address: localhost — Also be sure to enter your password.
Enjoy! Thanks Everyone! I will post when I get Backtrack up and running! Or at leaster ettercap.. XD
[Reply]
July 26th, 2010 at 3:23 am
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July 27th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
woo! works since most recent updated bootubuntu!
i love you.
[Reply]
August 4th, 2010 at 2:03 am
works well except keyboard mapping issues when using vnc from my mac to the nexus
keyboard mapping is all over the place
[Reply]
August 4th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
For people this is working for: are you using Froyo?
[Reply]
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August 9th, 2010 at 1:52 am
Hi all,
I just installed ubuntu on my nexus one with froyo successfully.
if you met a error while running bootubuntu and it says /dev/loop1 is busy, I sugguest tha you use this bootubuntu, and would this blog writer update the file? The reason of error is because some other apps are using /dev/blick/loop1. so we change to another block device, I create a new node that minor number is less than 255 but bigger than 200, and named it to ubuntu. you can see what changed in bootubuntu script.
Enjoy yourself!
Here is new bootubuntu:
#modprobe ext2
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
export kit=/sdcard/ubuntu
export bin=/system/bin
if [ ! -d /data/local/ubuntu ]
then
mkdir /data/local/ubuntu
fi
export mnt=/data/local/ubuntu
export PATH=$bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:$PATH
export TERM=linux
export HOME=/root
mknod /dev/loop1 b 7 0
mknod /dev/block/ubuntu b 7 200
losetup /dev/block/ubuntu /sdcard/ubuntu/ubuntu.img
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/ubuntu /data/local/ubuntu
#mount -o loop,noatime -t ext2 $kit/ubuntu.img $mnt
mount -t devpts devpts $mnt/dev/pts
mount -t proc proc $mnt/proc
mount -t sysfs sysfs $mnt/sys
sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
echo “Setting /etc/resolv.conf to Google Open DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4″
echo “nameserver 8.8.8.8″ > $mnt/etc/resolv.conf
echo “nameserver 8.8.4.4″ >> $mnt/etc/resolv.conf
echo “Setting localhost on /etc/hosts ”
echo “127.0.0.1 localhost” > $mnt/etc/hosts
echo “READY TO ROCK AND ROLL BABY! ”
echo “Brought to you by NexusOneHacks.net and the open source community! ”
echo ” ”
chroot $mnt /bin/bash
#After exit command is executed clear it all up
echo ” ”
echo “Shutting down Ubuntu”
umount $mnt/dev/pts
umount $mnt/proc
umount $mnt/sys
umount $mnt
losetup -d /dev/block/ubuntu
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August 9th, 2010 at 2:26 am
Hi All,
you may also download this bootubuntu file via https://zoobook.org/bootubuntu
busybox installer is avaliable in app market. current version is 1.17.
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niematunikogo Reply:
August 10th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Zonesan: fantastic! it works, thank You!
Also great thanks to author of this “hack”
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hayanbom Reply:
August 16th, 2010 at 11:16 am
thx.. Zonesan . I’ll try it again . =)
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August 11th, 2010 at 9:21 am
how to change lxde to classic gnome?
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August 11th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
to Zonesan : i just run the your bootubuntu script . but i received error message as below.
” failed: No such file or directoryk3 on /system
bootubuntu 40 : Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting “then”) ”
what’s wrong ? I’m using the CM6 N1 RC2 ROM .
thx.
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Zonesan Reply:
August 12th, 2010 at 1:05 am
Hi hayanbom,
I’m not sure if your bootubuntu script is integrated. You can download it again and retry.
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hayanbom Reply:
August 16th, 2010 at 11:18 am
thx for answer Zonesan . I’ll try it again . =)
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August 11th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
It worked on my Milestone at the 1st try.
But I missed installing lxde so I only could connect to an empty xsession.
The I installed lxde (apt-get install lxde), the command installed some software-packages but apt-get did not finish and stopped at a certain point, my phone just showed a black screen without reacting anymore… so I disconnected the usb-connection to my phone and pulled the battery to reboot my Milestone.
When rebooting it reacts kind of laggy, it takes very long to populate the android home-menu (where the apps are shown), after a while all is loaded and it seems fine.
But when I connect with adb shell now, I am already root (# at the beginning), I don’t need to type “su” to get root anymore… the same when I connect locally on the phone via Connectbot, I am already root now.
Rebooting or shutting down the phone does not change the situation.
It seems to be root on any shell permanently.
What happened here ? Any ideas ?
How can I get rid of this “permanent root shell” now ?
I fear that I have to wipe my phone or even reflash the rom to get to the previous state :/
Any hints highly appreciated !
Cheers alvinx
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alvinx Reply:
August 11th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
Now I did a wipe factory reset and now my phone does not boot anymore, there’s a boot loop now… DAMN !
Where’s my nandroid backup… ;(
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August 12th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
[...] always there are people I would like to give credits to, and this time it’s Nexus One Hacks. var a2a_config = a2a_config || {}; a2a_config.linkname="Creating chroot for arm on Ubuntu with [...]
August 17th, 2010 at 7:30 am
Hi Max, author
I’m not sure you noticed: in the end of the demo vid you are actually running 3 simultaneous desktop sessions at once (:1, :2 and :3). That is pretty awesome considering the speed
I didn’t think you noticed, because you kept connecting back to the first session (:1 on port 5901) each time with the Android VNC viewer. That should have been port 5902 and 5903 respectively to really test whether that .bashrc mod worked
$0.02
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August 19th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
I have tried all bootubunt files and fixes and i am still getting errors either chroot: can’t execute ‘/bin/bash’: No such file or directory or a if then error someone please help
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August 19th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Would be possible to port this on the Samsung i9000 Galaxy S?
I´m trying this now. I think, that I will get the drivers problems.
So could you make this for this phone too?
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August 20th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
I have everything working except the lxde does not look like the gnome desktop. It looks like the lxde style desktop. The first time I followed your instructions it looked like the gnome desktop, however a reboot caused it to switch to the lxde look and I can not get back the gnome styling.
Also for any of you wondering if this works on the incredible, it does. I followed this guide but used it on my incredible running Cyanogen 6 RC3 and have to say it runs amazingly well. I did not have to change the kernel as Cyanogen’s rom has a modified kernel in it with loopback devices enabled.
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August 20th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
I know that this is for the N1 but I have a DINC and was told by more than one person that I can use these steps to install it on that but I get this error when I try to run the install file.
I am running the CyanogenMod 6 RC3 with the 2.6.32.15-g936g68g kernal. I am fully rooted and have S-off. Any help would be appreciated.
# sh ubuntu.sh
sh ubuntu.sh
modprobe: chdir(/lib/modules): No such file or directory
←[H←[Jmkdir failed for /data/local/mnt, File exists
←[H←[Jrm: invalid option -- /
BusyBox v1.18.0.git (2010-08-11 01:17:17 CDT) multi-call binary.
Usage: rm [OPTIONS] FILE…
Remove (unlink) FILEs
Options:
-i Always prompt before removing
-f Never prompt
-R,-r Recurse
chmod: bootubuntu: Operation not permitted
chmod: fsrw: Operation not permitted
chmod: mountonly: Operation not permitted
chmod: ubuntu.img: Value too large for defined data type
chmod: ubuntu.sh: Operation not permitted
chmod: unionfs: Operation not permitted
←[H←[J
Ubuntu Chroot Bootloader v0.1
Ubuntu Bootloader is now installed!
This process does NOT damage Android OS!
Original Installer by Charan Singh
Modified for Ubuntu Chroot by Max Lee at NexusOneHacks.net
To enter the Debian Linux console just type ‘bootubuntu’
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Gilbert Reply:
August 25th, 2010 at 10:59 am
have you got it to work? i have the same problem with cm6 rc3
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August 21st, 2010 at 11:25 pm
i am getting the error with me x10i android any help please
To enter the Debian Linux console just type ‘bootubuntu’
# bootubuntu
bootubuntu
mknod: /dev/loop2: File exists
ioctl LOOP_SET_FD failed: Device or resource busy
mount: No such file or directory
mount: No such file or directory
mount: No such file or directory
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
Setting /etc/resolv.conf to Google Open DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
bootubuntu: cannot create /data/local/mnt/etc/resolv.conf: directory nonexistent
bootubuntu: cannot create /data/local/mnt/etc/resolv.conf: directory nonexistent
Setting localhost on /etc/hosts
bootubuntu: cannot create /data/local/mnt/etc/hosts: directory nonexistent
READY TO ROCK AND ROLL BABY!
Brought to you by NexusOneHacks.net and the open source community!
chroot: can’t execute ‘/bin/bash’: No such file or directory
Shutting down Ubuntu
failed.
failed.
failed.
failed.
#
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messa Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
are u using a droid x as i have the same responce
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August 22nd, 2010 at 11:43 pm
I stripped down your disk image and upgraded it to Lucid. Got it down to 72MB! Check it out:
http://code.google.com/p/android-cruft/wiki/LucidWithAndroid
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tryagain Reply:
August 30th, 2010 at 7:23 am
Nice work! my preferred method for sure, THANKS!
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August 27th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
[...] it will be a little smoother, but I doubt it. If anyone is wanting to try this, I used this guide: How to Install Ubuntu on Your Nexus One/Android! The most important thing, do not use the ubuntu.sh, it changes some permissions in /system/bin. [...]
August 29th, 2010 at 11:21 am
Anyone had any luck with getting Backtrack working? I have this working on my HTC Desire, don’t know if it supports Packet Injection though
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August 30th, 2010 at 7:20 am
How would I resize the ubuntu.img? I ask because the .img size is not allowing me to:
do-release-upgrade -d
Does this .img otherwise autoexpand when packages are installed? I haven’t tried yet, trying to update and fix the vnc keyboard mapping issue. Great work so far.
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August 31st, 2010 at 11:14 pm
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