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Re: Trying to install Ubuntu touch on "Nexus 7 3G (tilipia)"

 

Brilliant News, Ken.

charging my Tilapia as we speak to get it up and running.

Darren Paxton
Staticwave




On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Ken Harris <kjh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> I got tilipia to boot!  Ubuntu Touch looks great!
>
> I added "datapart=/dev/mmcblk0p10" to the "cmdline".  This is a
> workaround, but indicates that the problem is in the /dev partition.
>
> In "initrd" , /scripts/touch , in "mountroot", it searches /dev for
> ""userdata UDA DATAFS USERDATA" , when it doesn't find it, it panics.  I
> don't know exactly how to do fix this.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Ken Harris <kjh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> The 2 devices are nearly identical.
>>
>> The only difference I see is that the /data partition is mmcblk0p10 on
>> tilipia (Nexus 7 3G) and mmcblk0p9 on grouper (Nexus 7 wifi).  This can be
>> hidden by using /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/UDA to refer to
>> the /data partition.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 5:51 AM, Chris Johnston <chrisjohnston@xxxxxxxxxx
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I don't believe that tilapia was ever a supported device. AFAIK you
>>> would need to port to tilapia just like any other unsupported device.
>>>
>>> cJ
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 4:39 AM, Darren Paxton <darren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ken,
>>>>
>>>> I and a few others have had the same problem, we've posted here but
>>>> unfortunately we've had no further assistance. It would appear that tilapia
>>>> is no longer a reference device despite documentation to the contrary. I'm
>>>> a little disappointed in this as I bought the tilapia with the intention of
>>>> getting ubuntu running on it and like you, I can only get earlier builds on
>>>> it and these dont really do much.
>>>>
>>>> Anybody else on the list care to pick up the task of either helping
>>>> tilapia owners debug this problem or taking the stance that its no longer a
>>>> supported device otherwise other people are just going to have the same
>>>> problem and its pretty frustrating to be posting content with nobody
>>>> willing to help from the development team.
>>>>
>>>> Darren Paxton
>>>> Staticwave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Ken Harris <kjh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to install Ubuntu touch on "Nexus 7 3G (tilipia)".
>>>>> "phablet-flash" runs to completion, but then it doesn't boot : I just get
>>>>> the "Google" splash screen (with the "unlocked" icon).  "adb" is active at
>>>>> this point.  I did "adb shell" and looked a bit, but I don't know how to
>>>>> debug it.  One odd thing I notice is that "df" only reports "/dev" and
>>>>> "/run" being mounted.  Is there a log file?  Any tips on how to debug would
>>>>> be appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is "tilipia" (1st gen Nexus 7 w/ 3G).  It should work.  I got an
>>>>> old Ubuntu Touch to work (from July or so).  Also "Plasma Active" runs OK.
>>>>> Android 4.3 runs great, so the hardware is fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> I ran "phablet-flash ubuntu-system -d grouper -b".  I've attached the
>>>>> log file.  I've also attached a log file with debug : "phablet-flash
>>>>> ubuntu-system --no-backup -d grouper --debug".
>>>>>
>>>>> FYI, I'm running Fedora.  I install phablet-flash w/ "bzr branch
>>>>> lp:phablet-tools".
>>>>>
>>>>>
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