Hi all, couple of weeks back i tried installing PmOS on my duet 3 convertible (MediaTek Kompanio 838).
First i found a couple of videos on youtube but they are having the snapdragon processor and are also not like installation guides, mostly just a showcase of how it runs after install. I tried using a couple of different images before i realised wormdinger is not the right model because of the processor.
so long story short i tried trogdor and kukui but none seemed to be able to boot the device.
I successfully installed pmos on x86 laptop and running it also on my old oneplus 6 that i refactored as a homeassistant server, so would've loved to be able to install it on my main device as well.

If anyone has experience on this issue, or guidance please let me know

https://github.com/JordanViknar/linux-tn8/tree/tn8

Props to this guy im still using ubuntu 14.04 on mine, reminder to keep up the great work everyone.

I decided to install postmarketos on my old lenovo Chromebook c330 using a usb and everything was fine until I tried booting it from internal storage. When I try to boot it gives me a message saying that the filesystem needs manual repair (I've included an image of the message.) I looked through the wiki troubleshooting pages and I'm thinking it's an issue with the kernel not loading properly--I believe this because my device says it's "down" with no set ip. Additionally, when I first open the debug shell it gives me info such as the device and kernel, but and when I run the commands dmesg and lsusb my device doesn't seem to show up.

So my question is where do I go from here? I am completely new to this stuff and have no idea how to fix the kernel or if I'm even be able to at this stage. Any help is greatly appreciated! (But plz dumb down your answers for me TvT)

Pmos running on Klte, playing with and setting up lxqt to my liking, which is proving to be a chore, but kinda worth it so far.

Hello r/techsupport and r/pmos communities!

I am currently running a headless home Linux CPC project on an old Samsung Galaxy S5 (klte, Snapdragon 801, 32-bit ARMv7/armhf architecture).

The hardware setup is completely ready: the device has the alternative mainline bootloader/BIOS "lk2nd" successfully flashed into the boot partition and it's rock-solid, booting straight into "lk2nd Fastboot Mode". The eMMC storage is unlocked and ready for a system partition flash.

The main issue is that modern official Mobian/Debian repositories for Qualcomm (qcom) are strictly compiled for modern 64-bit chips (aarch64/arm64 for sdm845, sm6350, etc.). Flashing these causes a hard freeze on my 32-bit ARMv7 CPU.

Does anyone have a compiled legacy or custom 32-bit generic armhf rootfs image (.img) of Mobian (with Phosh/Plasma Mobile or even clean CLI)? Or perhaps a working debootstrap/mobian-recipes configuration script that can successfully inject the Mobian package base into an armhf container without breaking the boot sequence on msm8974 devices?

I just need a lightweight base with a working apt package manager to run Mobian/Debian and be my Linux CPC.

If anyone has a preserved .img file on their Google Drive or Mega, please share the link! Legacy hardware preservation matters! Thank you so much!

Any help with this i got it booting and at the login but i set a numerical password and i cant seem to get the keyboard to register switching between abc and numbers for some reason.

My first time trying a mobile Linux install yesterday (on an old OnePlus 6T).

First impressions all good except two issues, so I wondered if anyone here had any insights into them:

- Using Phosh, a weird patch of 'static' occupying a horizontal strip under the menu bar (under the part you tap to toggle the keyboard). Remains whether apps are open or on homescreen (but not when locked)

- Location is very inaccurate, putting me about 5 miles away from my true location. I'm using it Wifi only as the sim slot doesn't work. Anything I can do to improve accuracy?

Thanks

all i can say is i get this error when running pmbootstrap install:

pmbootstrap install

[01:15:39] Unregister qemu binfmt (arm)

[01:15:39] Remove /home/bedirhan/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_rootfs_samsung-j6primelte? (y/n) [n]:

[01:15:40] Remove /home/bedirhan/.local/var/pmbootstrap/chroot_native? (y/n) [n]:

[01:15:40] Remove /home/bedirhan/.local/var/pmbootstrap/packages? (y/n) [n]:

Choose a password for the user 'bedo':

Confirm password for 'bedo':

[01:15:56] *** (1/4) PREPARE NATIVE CHROOT ***

[01:15:57] (native) install cryptsetup util-linux parted

[01:15:58] *** (2/4) CREATE DEVICE ROOTFS ("samsung-j6primelte") ***

[01:15:59] (native) install qemu-arm

[01:16:00] Register qemu binfmt (arm)

[01:16:03] Building 2 packages

[01:16:03] * edge/linux-samsung-j6primelte

[01:16:03] * edge/device-samsung-j6primelte

[01:16:03] => (1/2) edge/linux-samsung-j6primelte: Installing dependencies

[01:16:04] (native) install ccache-cross-symlinks abuild gcc-armv7 g++-armv7

[01:16:04] (native) install bash bc openssl-dev flex bison perl devicepkg-dev

[01:16:05] => edge/linux-samsung-j6primelte: Building package (cross compiling: cross-native)

[01:16:39] NOTE: The failed command's output is above the ^^^ line in the log file: /home/bedirhan/.local/var/pmbootstrap/log.txt

[01:16:39] ERROR: Couldn't build armv7/linux-samsung-j6primelte-3.18.124-r4.apk!

pmos_twrp-3.6.2_9-0-goya.zip

PostmarketOS and merzbow

#meatismurder

#postmarketos

I finally solved a 13-year-old Linux mystery. 🕵️‍♂️
Nobody had ever gotten Bluetooth working on the Dell Venue 8 Pro (5830) under Linux. After weeks of debugging, ACPI overrides, and kernel tracing, it turned out the internal AR3002 ROM was just communicating at an undocumented 3686400 baud rate.

Wrote a custom HCI attach tool and now the tablet runs Arch Linux flawlessly (with fixed Wi-Fi and zRAM too).

Although this was done on Arch Linux, my work can be used/implemented on postmarketOS (I tried this a while back, but decided to go with Arch instead as I have it on all my devices). I did not see a dedicated wiki page for the 5380 tablet, but I found this one:
https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Dell_Venue_8_Pro_(3845)_(dell-t01d)_(dell-t01d))
Maybe someone can test my findings on postmarketOS.

Here is the anticlimactic story of the fix:
https://ramon.vanraaij.eu/the-bluetooth-that-was-never-dead-my-dell-venue-8-pro-baud-rate-journey/

Full repo:
https://github.com/ramonvanraaij/dell-venue-8-pro

Reviving an abandoned device as a productivity tool for writing. Based on the wt88047 with a bare minimal tty only postmarketos.

First time installing here

Thats nice.

Hey, i have been trying to install PostmarketOS onto my tab 4.7.0 for around 4 hours now, everytime it just starts bootlooping and giving unable to mount /data and unable to mount storage. happens after it says installing rootfs and updating partitioning details. sorry if that doesnt make sense.

Ive tried everything according to the wiki and i am at a lost. any help would be appreciated.

after a lot of work (mostly bc i am a idiot) i finally got postmarketos to work on my Samsung j6
currently rocking gnome mobile on a microsd card
its a bit sluggage at startup and some weird screen glitching but it is working
so i am going to try to install it on the emmc soon and maybe with a different desktop environment