Comments on DINGUX: Dual boot installer released

Hi i try here. I have a problem with my start but...

2010-09-30T19:27:31.640+02:00

Hi
i try here.

I have a problem with my start button on my dingo A320 ILI9331.

Anyone can help me for build a new dualboot installer with another command to confirm the flash of the nand for install dualboot

Thans a lot in advance...

Is there any way to install this without a MiniSD ...

2009-09-12T06:21:26.919+02:00

Is there any way to install this without a MiniSD card? or is there no handy way to fiddle with the partition tables of the Dingoo? I'm primarily interested as there doesn't seem to be a native C64 emulator.

@master: please contact me cyberic99, on gmail, I ...

2009-06-26T22:15:38.221+02:00

@master: please contact me cyberic99, on gmail, I have some apps ready (xmms, madplay, xserver etc...)...

We have to agree on a common and compatible package structure.

cyberic

@Eric With your zImage, I'm able to run Qt Em...

2009-06-26T21:24:16.427+02:00

@Eric

With your zImage, I'm able to run Qt Embedded examples now. Input does not seem to work yet but I didn't spent much time configuring the Qt build (except for using mipsel toolchain).

>my Dingoo freezes It seems to be okay if I fir...

2009-06-26T21:08:46.627+02:00

>my Dingoo freezes
It seems to be okay if I first right-click on the FAT drive in Windows and select 'Eject'. After the sound that the eja..uhm..ejecting is finished, rebooting into Linux works :)

@Eric. Thanks! I'll try that image. Currentl...

2009-06-26T20:46:49.319+02:00

@Eric.

Thanks! I'll try that image.

Currently, I'm having a bit of a problem: my Dingoo freezes at the Dingux logo screen when I try to boot into Linux (still with original Booboo firmware). It worked before.

Silly question, but is it possible to acces the d...

2009-06-26T17:35:40.204+02:00

Silly question, but is it possible to acces the dingoo when booted in Linux besides using the serial interface?

@master: Yes the kernel released has no networking...

2009-06-26T16:52:14.520+02:00

@master: Yes the kernel released has no networking support.
I have compiled one, that you can get here:
http://cyberic.free.fr/Dingoo/zImage

It is for the ILI9325 dingoos only.

I was able to start xwindow, xeyes, mplayer and so on...

I don't know where to post the news, there are so many forums about dingux...

Have you got the x760+ yet booboo?

2009-06-26T16:43:50.387+02:00

Have you got the x760+ yet booboo?

Can boot fully into linux now, but all txt is reve...

2009-06-26T12:05:24.603+02:00

Can boot fully into linux now, but all txt is reversed/mirrored still.

@Booboo Thanks for all your hard work! Anyway,...

2009-06-26T10:11:36.926+02:00

@Booboo

Thanks for all your hard work!

Anyway, I have a small question about programming for Dingux: Is interprocess communication possible? I try to do ::socket(PF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM, 0), but this action fails.

Thanks mth. Truth is, I already dusted off my Ubun...

2009-06-26T08:57:45.139+02:00

Thanks mth. Truth is, I already dusted off my Ubuntu netbook and Windows notebook to do it. :P

Right ... Max and others helping me (thank) I boo...

2009-06-26T08:49:12.384+02:00

Right ... Max and others helping me (thank)

I booted linux last night (ubuntu cd) and managed to get the two partitions created. Furthermore, i managed (in ubuntu) to copy the zlimage to the fat32 partition. okay so far ..

Then I move onto the ext3 partition I have read access to it, but cannot copy anything on to it. looking at permission only "root" has read and write, so I changed the password of root account, loggedout (ubuntu user seems to always log in automatically) and tried to log in as root. I told me root could not login through the login screen (????).I then opened up a terminal and tried to login as root. said somthing about sh, so i typied sh. Then it complained about utmf or something (sorry cannot remember).

At the end of the day just want to copy files to the ext3, and need to login as root (can someone give me a pointer on how to do this please - Please remember I am booting ubuntu from the cd image, not on my hdd

Thanks

When linux boots up for the first time, all the tx...

2009-06-26T07:03:25.506+02:00

When linux boots up for the first time, all the txt is backwards. I can navigate and 'click' yes through the setup menus but it's all reversed. When my dingoo reboots and I hold select, it freezes at the dingux splash screen, but again its all backwards. What did I do wrong?

I compiled "usbtool" for Mac OS X: http:...

2009-06-26T03:22:14.513+02:00

I compiled "usbtool" for Mac OS X:
http://www.treewalker.org/dingux/

I successfully booted Linux from my MacBook using this. However, I already had an SD card prepared with an ext3 file system using my Linux desktop; it might be a bit of a challenge to create the ext3 root fs using only a Mac.

I've done like Max but I have no luck. When I...

2009-06-26T03:00:26.171+02:00

I've done like Max but I have no luck.

When I digit boot 0 my dingoo will hang always in a blank screen... it's normal?

I finally get it working!! for those with the free...

2009-06-26T00:58:07.817+02:00

I finally get it working!!
for those with the freeze problem when booting dingux, after you've done de two partitions and put into the second (ext3) the contents of the rootfs file (all the folders typical linux extructure) MAKE SURE to:
1-get from here: http://code.google.com/p/dingoo-linux/downloads/list the file zImage-20090625-ILI9325/or/ILI9331
2-once donwloaded rename it to zimage
3-the copy zimage to the first partition (fat32), i've used ubuntu to do that, and make sure theres nothing else into that partition, only that file, also check that th size of the file once copied is 1016, because i've already copied it but it had been misscopied cause the size was 0kb

Good luck!

now i'd like to know what can i do from the command line of the dingux because i can't write anything, in which directory of the ext3 partition must i copied, for example, scummvm?

Thanks again!! this is great!

This might be a stupid question, but since the gra...

2009-06-26T00:33:06.300+02:00

This might be a stupid question, but since the graphical errors are fixed for the Genesis, is the Y/B problem fixed for whatever reason?

Well, someone could help me? I've done two par...

2009-06-25T23:43:52.789+02:00

Well, someone could help me? I've done two partition on my miniSD, the first (fat32) is 3,5Gb and it have only zIMAGE file, the second (ext3) is 300MB and under linux ubuntu I've extracted the file rootfs.tar.bz2 in the partition (i've lotsa folder now (tipical linux folders, bin, etc) but my dingoo still hang in a blank screen after the go 0x80600000 0 command... why? have I to copy the rootfs file in ext3 WITHOUT extract it?

Thanks Max .. (rolls up sleeves and starts burning...

2009-06-25T23:27:22.698+02:00

Thanks Max .. (rolls up sleeves and starts burning the cd)

i tell you how i've done, i went to applicatio...

2009-06-25T23:18:11.310+02:00

i tell you how i've done, i went to applications-accesories-terminal and type:
sudo nautilus
write the password
and nautilus(explorer) opens
then locate the ext3 partition of your card and just drag the content in there
good luck, i have not had it

okay i know absolutely nothing about linux gonna ...

2009-06-25T23:05:13.145+02:00

okay i know absolutely nothing about linux

gonna use the "ubuntu live cd"

can someone give me pointers to the commands i should use to copy the contents of "rootfs-20090518.tar.bz2" from the root of my d: to the ext3 partition on the sd card?

i know this is a big ask ... thank you

yep, sorry, also just tested and it does not shows...

2009-06-25T22:58:19.159+02:00

yep, sorry, also just tested and it does not shows ext3 on SD... so you need to use a Linux or so.
On the other side, the current state is not very interesting or usable for "end users", mainly "for fun" or poeple who know Linix very well and can make stuff for this. so maybe someone makes that FAT32 magic so that ext3 partitions are not needed anymore.

I think you can't see the EXT3 partition from ...

2009-06-25T22:18:30.135+02:00

I think you can't see the EXT3 partition from SD. i tried this (fs-driver) and i can see Hard Drive EXT3 only.

Polossatik Thanks for you advise. I used gparted ...

2009-06-25T22:02:40.243+02:00

Polossatik

Thanks for you advise. I used gparted and i think it worked i got three partitions 1 primary 64mb fat32, one extended and within one logical 1.8gb ext3

however it does not show up in windows using fs-driver ... it seems to be stopped. Does one "format" ext3 partitions, assign drive letter or what ?

Advise appreciated!

thanks