• much smaller image because using squashfs now
  
• automatic screen rotation through hdaps accelerometer reading
• is implemented correctly but some apps might work wrongly because they were designed for portrait devices, not landscape. Hopefully this will change with the rise of the Android tablets :)
  
• screen rotation is only correct/useful in tablet mode, tilt laptop backwards to get back to "laptop mode"
  
• accelerometer is calibrated during startup, so make sure the laptop is reasonably level when you boot
  
• mapping of screen bezel buttons
• arrows = volume up/down
• Enter = Enter/DPAD center
• ESC = back (doesn't work in all applications)
• "suitcase" = menu
• "rotation" = home (doesn't work, I might try "search" some time)
• "hidden button" = POWER (put device to sleep, but cannot wake it up again)
• Youtube app kind of works (crashes when started directly, but works fine when started from a link or from the widget)
• Maps works, but prone to crashes, esp. when starting in portrait mode (no problems when starting in landscape and then rotating to portrait) or in settings
  
• added Google Docs with offline support
• includes Superuser and File Manager
• can simulate SD card when not present, otherwise you will need to add "SDCARD=/dev/mmcblk0" if you want to use the real SD card slot
• no "eng" build anymore, but a "user" build, this has many implications, but most notable should be the faster applications because of dalvik optimizations and especially: no more annoying red flashes all the time!! (Don't know what these were, but they are gone). I had to disable ProGuard to make the "user" build work.
  
• market access works, but doesn't show many apps, could maybe alleviated with a build.prop hack - if anyone know nice params let me know.
• sleep/resume works, but sometimes you have to press ESC or similar key during wakeup if the device goes to sleep again directly

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 01:50, Yi Sun <bey...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>So, enjoy: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:51ba3b77f4260b8d66b70ef26b74a2a70c380b69
> Is this a correct link?

Yes, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_URI_scheme
You need a torrent client to download it.

Stefan

Sorry, but I don't have an account with any of these sharehosters, and
I find them a nuisance, to be honest.

Stefan

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 19:23, dscm <rbg.hp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> as a lot of us may not know what a torrent is or how to use it(or
> care) why can't you all
> just coordinate and add these available .iso's to the download
> links????
>
> http://code.google.com/p/android-x86/downloads/list
>
> you either want to make them available to the "group" or you don't

Ok, I don't want to sound too political here, but these are the facts:
any hosting service costs money. Any hosting provider may remove the
hosted file or even shut down your account if someone claims a
copyright breach on it. (Yes, even Google.) There are also limits on
how many downloads you can put on Google Code, and they will limit
download speeds if they see the need to do so.

Fact is, your upload most likely doesn't cost money (I mean: it
doesn't cost you more money if you upload files than if you don't)
because nowadays the vast majority of people have flatrates (DSL,
cable, ...).

Fact is also, that I as a developer don't see why I should spend money
for hosting if I'm already spending my time on the stuff.

Given the types of software that people often have on their computers,
running a torrent client certainly is not the worst use of your
computer.

It's not that it's exeedingly hard to download a torrent, in fact, you
install a program (once !) and then whether you click on a http://...
link or a magnet:... link doesn't make a difference at all.

That's just my reasoning behind it all. (And don't argue with
RapidShare and the like, given the recent incident with Megaupload,
and the fact that with most of these, it is a PITA to actually
download the file you want.)

I will see if in due course I can upload the file to the Google Code
hosting, but I won't promise it.

Just my 2ct...

Stefan

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 20:21, Brian Raker <brian...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Stefan, I thank you for your continued work in making ICS x86 a reality for
> us.
>

Actually, I think you were the one who had troubles with the Intel
Wireless LAN. I wanted to analyze it because I still had the original
2200bg card that came with my X41 but somehow I cannot get the laptop
to boot with it installed. I don't know if it has to do with the fact
that I use a patched BIOS which allows any WiFi card (I have a ath9k
n-standard card now), but because of this I'm unfortunately not able
to debug this issue any further with the resources I have.

The only thing that I read also from other users, is that sometimes
the channel configuration may not allow the particular channel your
router is on. (Different parts of the world allow only a subset of all
WiFi channels.) But I think that may not be your problem.

Stefan

you either want to make them available to the "group" or you don't

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 22:06, dscm <rbg.hp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 200mb is not a large file...so using a torrent seems overkill...

> 90% don't have a clue what a torrent is or how to use it....
> 90% are just interested in getting/trying the file....
> you either want to make them available to the "group" or you don't

> using torrents ensures you have a limited test base...IMO

> I also thank Stefan for his continued work in making ICS x86 a
> reality...and understand
> his views on providing it "his" way....but disagree that it makes it
> "available to the masses."

Thinking about it - the good point is that it ensures that anyone who
downloads the image is at least able to install software on his
computer. That's a good entry level to start trying Android on x86
anyway :-D

Stefan

On Feb 11, 2012 9:01 AM, "Dana Han" <illusio...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have download this iso ,but it can not boot on my motion m1400. When
> booting the kernal, it hanged.Until now,except for android 2.2 for
> m1400,any other version (2.3,3.2,4.0) i can find can not boot
> correct.Some version shows that the cpu switched to 0Hz mode.It seems
> that cpu is not supported by the kernal.Could StefanS help to add this
> cpu in your iso?

You can boot in DEBUG mode and see what happens. (The boot process will start a shell three times, so when nothing happens and you see a prompt, just enter "exit" to continue.)

Stefan

That's cool :) You can fill the stick using the "dd" command in the terminal. (dd if=ISO_file of=/dev/sdX where X is the letter for your USB stick)

Stefan

I think this CPU is a Pentium Mobile. Very old, maybe 10 years old. This
CPU has no SSE3 support. Android is requiring SSE3 support. So no
Android support on this machine.

I think the project website should offer some hardware minimum
requirement FAQ.

Stefan

On Feb 12, 2012 7:50 PM, "James...@gmail.com" <james...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anybody know if it is possible to dual boot android using grub2?
Yes, I'm running it like that on mine. The easiest way is to add it to the Grub menu at /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

But on ubuntu there is a file called 40_custom or something like that in /etc/grub.d IIRC and you can just copy the entries from the original grub and add it at the end of this file, then run "sudo update-grub". My entry reads:

menuentry 'Android-x86' --class os {
        insmod ext2
        set root='(hd0,4)'
        linux  /android/kernel root=/dev/ram0 quiet splash i915.powersave=1 i915.lvds_downclock=1 usbcore.autosuspend=2 lapic video=1024x768-16@60 androidboot.hardware=thinkpad_x41t SRC=/android
        initrd  /android/initrd.img
}

But I have renamed the folder on the given partition from android-2012xxxx to just android.

Stefan

>
> Thanks
>
> On Feb 12, 6:22 pm, "JamesBew...@gmail.com" <jamesbew...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Is it just me or isn't there anyone seeding this torrent either ...
>
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Stefan

> I think the project website should offer some hardware minimum requirement
> FAQ.
That is in principle a good idea!

Stefan

>
> Am 11.02.2012 09:01, schrieb Dana Han:
>
>> I have download this iso ,but it can not boot on my motion m1400. When
>> booting the kernal, it hanged.Until now,except for android 2.2 for
>> m1400,any other version (2.3,3.2,4.0) i can find can not boot
>> correct.Some version shows that the cpu switched to 0Hz mode.It seems
>> that cpu is not supported by the kernal.Could StefanS help to add this
>> cpu in your iso?
>> My hardware are here:
>> The hardware:
>> - CPU: Intel M 1.1GHz ULV
>> - 1.5G RAM
>> - 80G HDD IDE
>> - Wacom serial touch panel
>> - IPS TFT LCD screen with 1024x768 native resolution
>> - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 audio card (snd_intel8x0m and snd_intel8x0
>> should
>> handle it)
>> - Intel/Pro 2200 BG wireless adapter (ipw2200)
>> - Intel 855GMA graphics card (the i915 driver works with it )

>>
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> wrote:> Does anybody know if it is possible to dual boot android using grub2?
>
> Yes, I'm running it like that on mine. The easiest way is to add it to the
> Grub menu at /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
>
> But on ubuntu there is a file called 40_custom or something like that in
> /etc/grub.d IIRC and you can just copy the entries from the original grub
> and add it at the end of this file, then run "sudo update-grub". My entry
> reads:
>
> menuentry 'Android-x86' --class os {
>         insmod ext2
>         set root='(hd0,4)'
>         linux  /android/kernel root=/dev/ram0 quiet splash i915.powersave=1
> i915.lvds_downclock=1 usbcore.autosuspend=2 lapic

>> I think the project website should offer some hardware minimum requirement
>> FAQ.
> That is in principle a good idea!

Which project? AOSP (by Google) or android-x86.org?

Note the SSE3 requirement is made by Google, not by us.
We even didn't know that, until we discussed with Google
after someone complained.

Anyway, I'll phase in solution suggested by StefanS
to remove the unnecessary requirement.
(provided I have more time...)

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Stefan

Am 13.02.2012 05:00, schrieb Chih-Wei Huang:
> 2012/2/13 Stefan Seidel<pri...@stefanseidel.info>:
>>> I think the project website should offer some hardware minimum requirement
>>> FAQ.
>> That is in principle a good idea!
> Which project? AOSP (by Google) or android-x86.org?

android-x86.org

>
> Note the SSE3 requirement is made by Google, not by us.
> We even didn't know that, until we discussed with Google
> after someone complained.

I think SSE3 support accelerates those devices a lot if they can
support. Specially in multimedia, game and graphics functions.

>
> Anyway, I'll phase in solution suggested by StefanS
> to remove the unnecessary requirement.
> (provided I have more time...)
>

An actual X86 device to support Android with SSE3 is so cheap...

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 09:53, Stefan <matthaeu...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Am 13.02.2012 05:00, schrieb Chih-Wei Huang:
>
>> 2012/2/13 Stefan Seidel<pri...@stefanseidel.info>:
>>>>
>>>> I think the project website should offer some hardware minimum
>>>> requirement
>>>> FAQ.
>>>
>>> That is in principle a good idea!
>>
>> Which project? AOSP (by Google) or android-x86.org?
>
>
> android-x86.org
>
>
>
>>
>> Note the SSE3 requirement is made by Google, not by us.
>> We even didn't know that, until we discussed with Google
>> after someone complained.
>
>
> I think SSE3 support accelerates those devices a lot if they can support.
> Specially in multimedia, game and graphics functions.

I quote:
"SSE3 adds a small series of instructions mostly geared to making
complex floating point arithmetic work better in some data layouts.
However, since it is possible to get the same or better performance by
repacking data as uniform vectors rather than non-uniform vectors
ahead of time, it is not expected that most developers will need to
rely on this feature. Finally, it adds a small set of additional
permutes and some horizontal floating point adds and subtracts that
may be of use to some developers."

We won't be doing any raytracing on Android, so the speed improvements
are marginal. Also, I think the main reason why Google (Intel,
actually) wanted to include it is because they want to run in on their
crappy Atom and Medfield CPUs, where they need every clock cycle they
can get. My Pentium M still outperforms almost any available Atom CPU.

>> Anyway, I'll phase in solution suggested by StefanS
>> to remove the unnecessary requirement.
>> (provided I have more time...)
>>
> Why should we disclaim on that acceleration of SSE3 to be able to support 10
> years old devices?
>
> An actual X86 device to support Android with SSE3 is so cheap...

Anyway, it's a useless discussion sine there's an easy solution available.

Stefan

thanks for the offer. Maybe we try the SDP (standard debugging
procedure) first. Can you provide me with a complete dmesg and logcat
of one try to switch the Wifi on?
Easiest probably if you run

> su
> dmesg > /data/dmesg.log
> logcat -b system -b radio - b main -b events -d > /data/logcat.log

Or, instead of /data/ you can use /mnt/USB or /sdcard (whichever is mounted).
Then, you can scrape the logs off the partition or USB stick/SD card.

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 21:39, Brian Raker <brian...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Stefan,
>
> I do have a spare 2915(?) that I can send you if that would help.  I am also
> running on stock firmware on the system.
>
>
> With thanks,
>
> -Brian

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On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:34, veer <rajkum...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Stefan,
>
> I am facing same issue with RDC notepad device ,could you plz send me
> tool chain ,which don't have SSE3 support.

Stefan

Stefan

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 08:48, Marek Wojtaszek <woo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Change wi-fi channel on router ;)
>
> My x61 does not see network on 1 channel and on 6-10 working fine.
>

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On Feb 12, 7:27 pm, StefanS <andr...@stefanseidel.info> wrote:

> wrote:> Does anybody know if it is possible to dual boot android using grub2?
>
> Yes, I'm running it like that on mine. The easiest way is to add it to the
> Grub menu at /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
>
> But on ubuntu there is a file called 40_custom or something like that in
> /etc/grub.d IIRC and you can just copy the entries from the original grub
> and add it at the end of this file, then run "sudo update-grub". My entry
> reads:
>
> menuentry 'Android-x86' --class os {
>         insmod ext2
>         set root='(hd0,4)'
>         linux  /android/kernel root=/dev/ram0 quiet splash i915.powersave=1
> i915.lvds_downclock=1 usbcore.autosuspend=2 lapic

On 14 feb, 09:43, StefanS <andr...@stefanseidel.info> wrote:
> No, I think there is really an issue that the kernel module doesn't
> load or something like that. I suspect it's the firmware, maybe the
> driver is looking for the wrong file. Have to wait for a log.
>
> Stefan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

yes, I've had the chance to test it now with my 2200bg card. You're
right, rfkill permissions are needed, and also the wext (or more
specifically, awext) driver for wpa_supplicant. I'm trying to work
this out, but right now there are some problems, and I don't know at
all if the awext driver will also work for other wifi cards like the
Atheros.

Stefan

Il giorno domenica 19 febbraio 2012 15:48:08 UTC+1, Dimitar Ganchev ha scritto:

thinkpad_x41t-4.0.3-20120218.iso hangs on "Booting the kernel." when "Installation" is chosen om Asus R2H. The same happened when trying to start it in Debug mode, by adding INSTALL=1 at the end of the command line. The previous version (20120209) still works.

Dimitar.

"and now Wireless LAN is working also with the Intel 2200 (and probably also 2915) WiFi cards "   

Hello...
I run x41 usb image on acer aspire 4300...with i915 ....broadcom wireless...ac97....boot smoothly but no wifi and sound.....cannot suspend and resume. Tq.....nice work

zainy yhill

> I just test 20120225 version, intel wifi card fixed, good job
> BUT , I am a chinese, i can not input chinese, the google pinyin input
> method always crash~~>_<

Try 4.0-RC1 which has pinyin support.

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Hello Stefan!

At first thank you for the build that let my wifi on my ACER Aspire one Pro 531h working! But I have only one question. Is it possible that you compile a build version with mouse cursor, like the other builds have?

 

Stefan

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 13:48, tabletsx86 <rbg.tab...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Stefan...
>
> thinkpad has been pushed as of this am....
>
> quick check shows something is maybe missing???
>
> You're building on Linux
>
> Lunch menu... pick a combo:
>     1. full-eng
>     2. generic_x86-eng
>     3. vbox_x86-eng
>     4. amd_brazos-eng
>     5. eeepc-eng
>     6. asus_laptop-eng
>     7. tx2500-eng
>     8. thinkpad_x41t-eng
>     9. thinkpad_x41t-user
>     10. s103t-eng
>     11. tegav2-eng
>
> Which would you like? [full-eng] 8
> build/core/config.mk:138: *** No config file found for TARGET_DEVICE
> x41t.  Stop.
>
> ** Don't have a product spec for: 'thinkpad_x41t'
> ** Do you have the right repo manifest?
>
> tabletsx86@MAIN-Ububtu-Devl:~/apr10-icsx86$ lunch
>
> You're building on Linux
>
> Lunch menu... pick a combo:
>     1. full-eng
>     2. generic_x86-eng
>     3. vbox_x86-eng
>     4. amd_brazos-eng
>     5. eeepc-eng
>     6. asus_laptop-eng
>     7. tx2500-eng
>     8. thinkpad_x41t-eng
>     9. thinkpad_x41t-user
>     10. s103t-eng
>     11. tegav2-eng
>
> Which would you like? [full-eng] 9
> build/core/config.mk:138: *** No config file found for TARGET_DEVICE
> x41t.  Stop.
>
> ** Don't have a product spec for: 'thinkpad_x41t'
> ** Do you have the right repo manifest?
>
> tabletsx86@MAIN-Ububtu-Devl:~/apr10-icsx86$

>
>
> On Feb 12, 3:35 pm, Stefan Seidel <pri...@stefanseidel.info> wrote:
>> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 20:21, Stefan <matthaeus.ste...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> > I think this CPU is a Pentium Mobile. Very old, maybe 10 years old. This CPU
>> > has no SSE3 support. Android is requiring SSE3 support. So no Android
>> > support on this machine.
>>
>> You are not mistaken with the fact that Google/Intel made SSE3 a
>> requirement for ICS. But you should read carefully: it is running on

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as a lot of us may not know what a torrent is or how to use it(or
care) why can't you all
just coordinate and add these available .iso's to the download
links????

http://code.google.com/p/android-x86/downloads/list

you either want to make them available to the "group" or you don't


On Feb 10, 11:36 am, StefanS <andr...@stefanseidel.info> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 15:34, Dana Han <illusioncn.1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am using a mption m1400 pad. It has the similar hardware with
> > X41t.So i want to try your iso.But my p2p is blocked.Could you upload
> > the iso to a network driver(hotfile for emample)?
>
> Sorry, but I don't have an account with any of these sharehosters, and
> I find them a nuisance, to be honest.
>
> Stefan