Android-x86 on Fujitsu U820...

[wermy]

Hi,
I've just tried Android x86 1.6 on my U820, and most stuff works!
Keyboard, mouse nub, and wifi all work just fine. There are two
things (three, maybe) that would make me install this on my HDD rather
than running it from USB, and I was hoping someone could point me in
the right direction:
1. How can I go about getting my touchscreen to work? (obviously this
is a big one)
2. Is there ANY way to rotate the screen orientation? I've messed
around with it on this, and an eeePC 900, and haven't been able to
find anything.
3. Is there a way to change the screen resolution? I realize this
one might be an issue as the graphics chip is a GMA500 (Poulsbo).

Any info would be great. I'm a linux user, but not very familiar with
the inner-workings of Android. Thanks!

Warner

[Yi Sun]

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:24 PM, wermy <sko...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>  I've just tried Android x86 1.6 on my U820, and most stuff works!
> Keyboard, mouse nub, and wifi all work just fine.  There are two
> things (three, maybe) that would make me install this on my HDD rather
> than running it from USB, and I was hoping someone could point me in
> the right direction:
> 1.  How can I go about getting my touchscreen to work? (obviously this
> is a big one)

Try to take a look on the tslib support. (search the list for the
info) and then look at the android 2.0 to see how we use tslib to make
ASUS T91 to work.

> 2.  Is there ANY way to rotate the screen orientation?  I've messed
> around with it on this, and an eeePC 900, and haven't been able to
> find anything.

The default orientation is hardcoded. I can not remember how to change
the initial orientation for 1.6. But for 2.0, you can take a look at
http://git.android-x86.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git;a=commit;h=747b671310e3180044f92b1533da76eaee8a919b

But, why do you need to change the orientation? Is this related to the
touch screen?

> 3.  Is there a way to change the screen resolution?  I realize this
> one might be an issue as the graphics chip is a GMA500 (Poulsbo).

I think you may be using vesa fb instead of interlfb. Since i don't
think GMA500 works on Android-x86. To change the resolution for vesa,
take a look at kernel/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt

>
> Any info would be great.  I'm a linux user, but not very familiar with
> the inner-workings of Android.  Thanks!
>
>  Warner
>

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[SR]

I am trying to change the orientation to portrait for 1.6 too, and I
could not find a way to do this.

Does someone know how to do this?

Thanks,
S.R.

On Feb 15, 5:15 pm, Yi Sun <beyo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:24 PM, wermy <sko...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >  I've just tried Android x86 1.6 on my U820, and most stuff works!
> > Keyboard, mouse nub, and wifi all work just fine.  There are two
> > things (three, maybe) that would make me install this on my HDD rather
> > than running it from USB, and I was hoping someone could point me in
> > the right direction:
> > 1.  How can I go about getting my touchscreen to work? (obviously this
> > is a big one)
>
> Try to take a look on the tslib support. (search the list for the
> info) and then look at the android 2.0 to see how we use tslib to make

> ASUS T91 to work.> 2.  Is there ANY way to rotate the screenorientation?  I've messed

> > around with it on this, and an eeePC 900, and haven't been able to
> > find anything.
>

> The defaultorientationis hardcoded. I can not remember how to change
> the initialorientationfor 1.6. But for 2.0, you can take a look athttp://git.android-x86.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git;a=commit;h...
>
> But, why do you need to change theorientation? Is this related to the

[hlmak]

Hi all

I am working on the Asian version U1010 (equivalent to U810) model.
I am totally new on Android and Linux. Thus, please don't be surprised
by my following puzzles:
1. Do I need to install Linux first before installing Android? I've
seen cases requiring compilation in Linux. What versions of Linux
should I use if needed?
2. All I have got now is Android x86 1.6 r2. I know that Android 2.0
is out. But I don't know where I can get it.
3. There is actually a fully functioning version of U810 running on
Linux:
http://www.emperorlinux.com/mfgr/fujitsu/tetra/?tab=details
If things can be fixed within Linux, can we just use the Linux drivers
to solve?

hlmak

[Chih-Wei Huang]

2010/5/21 hlmak <hon...@gmail.com>:

> I am working on the Asian version U1010 (equivalent to U810) model.
> I am totally new on Android and Linux. Thus, please don't be surprised
> by my following puzzles:
> 1. Do I need to install Linux first before installing Android? I've
> seen cases requiring compilation in Linux. What versions of Linux
> should I use if needed?

No. Read the install howto
http://www.android-x86.org/documents/installhowto

> 2. All I have got now is Android x86 1.6 r2. I know that Android 2.0
> is out. But I don't know where I can get it.

See the download page.

> 3. There is actually a fully functioning version of U810 running on
> Linux:
> http://www.emperorlinux.com/mfgr/fujitsu/tetra/?tab=details
> If things can be fixed within Linux, can we just use the Linux drivers
> to solve?

Don't understand your question.

--
Chih-Wei
Android-x86 project
http://www.android-x86.org

[hlmak]

Thanks Chih-Wei. But more problems ahead.
I downloaded the ISO and USB versions. But I only found .img file in
the USB one after unzip. As I don't have external CD rom, I downloaded
UnetBootin to convert the ISO to USB bootable device.
Installation starts but hangs after loading some lines.
"_"

For Android 2.0, I think I pass it until I am satisfied with
installing the 1.6 version. BTW, I still haven't found a link
downloading the stable version.

For the last question, I meant if the Android and Linux OS could use
the same drivers. In other words, if one would work well in Linux
would it also work in Android?

On 5月21日, 上午10時19分, Chih-Wei Huang <cwhu...@android-x86.org> wrote:
> 2010/5/21 hlmak <hon...@gmail.com>:
>
> > I am working on the Asian version U1010 (equivalent to U810) model.
> > I am totally new on Android and Linux. Thus, please don't be surprised
> > by my following puzzles:
> > 1. Do I need to install Linux first before installing Android? I've
> > seen cases requiring compilation in Linux. What versions of Linux
> > should I use if needed?
>

> No. Read the install howtohttp://www.android-x86.org/documents/installhowto

>
> > 2. All I have got now is Android x86 1.6 r2. I know that Android 2.0
> > is out. But I don't know where I can get it.
>
> See the download page.
>
> > 3. There is actually a fully functioning version of U810 running on
> > Linux:
> >http://www.emperorlinux.com/mfgr/fujitsu/tetra/?tab=details
> > If things can be fixed within Linux, can we just use the Linux drivers
> > to solve?
>
> Don't understand your question.
>
> --
> Chih-Wei

> Android-x86 projecthttp://www.android-x86.org

[thomas geczy]

hello,

you need to download the .iso file and use unetbooten with that, not
the img file. That's what I did and it worked. The download page is at
http://www.android-x86.org/download

Look in the table.

As far as I know, there is no 2.1 release yet-you need to compile from
source to get 2.1 . Now that 2.2's out though, 2.1 has become a bit
obseleet...

All the best,
Tomi

[hlmak]

Whoops!
It is like a headache to me now.
If I want to use Android 2.2, I need to compile it.
My finding is I need JDK and JRE. These are straight forward.
I also need Eclipse or Galileo. There are tonnes of packages in
Eclipse and Galileo.
I am downloading Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers (190 MB) .
And then, Android SDK.
And then, install ADT plugin.
Wow. It is a long road.

hlmak

On 5月23日, 下午1時52分, thomas geczy <gt1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hello,
>
> you need to download the .iso file and use unetbooten with that, not

> the img file. That's what I did and it worked. The download page is athttp://www.android-x86.org/download

[Paul M]

I have just tried the sparta android -x86 2.2-r2 on my U820 and it
worked first time!

display rending is a bit slow and seems stuck at 800x480, but wifi
worked without a problem...
https://picasaweb.google.com/109695418716569544703/GeekPr0n#5639587055402140226

[Paul M]

On 11 August 2011 14:25, Paul M <paul.ma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have just tried the sparta android -x86 2.2-r2 on my U820 and it
> worked first time!

hmm, a while later, the screen timed out - turning the LCD and its
backlight off completely - and I couldn't wake it up again.

I had to force the power off on my fujitsu u820.

so, if I could fix the video display driver, and fix the display sleep
problem, it'd be excellent.

[Derek Lan]

hi,

could you use the touch monitor ?


On 8月12日, 上午6時07分, Paul M <paul.mansfi...@gmail.com> wrote:

[TorstenS]

> > 3. There is actually a fully functioning version of U810 running on
> > Linux:
> >http://www.emperorlinux.com/mfgr/fujitsu/tetra/?tab=details
> > If things can be fixed within Linux, can we just use the Linux drivers
> > to solve?
>
> Don't understand your question.

It's another way of asking the question I asked in the P.S. of my
recent post:

Correct me if I am wrong, but Android is essentially a Linux kernel on
top of which there isn't a GNU system and some kind of Gnome/KDE/
whatever desktop running but the Android userland, right? I think for
the sake of this discussion, one could consider Android-X86 just
another Linux distro with a bit of a special userland / desktop
environment.

The concept of most Linux distros is to automatically detect all kinds
of hardware and load kernel modules accordingly, so the basic rule is:
If the kernel you're running has a driver for your perispherals, they
will be recognized and just work.

I got the impression that Android-X86 is following a different concept
where you have a separate build and download for each platform in
which only the drivers are enabled which you need for that specific
platform.

Is that right?
If yes, is that for a good reason or just legacy. (IIUC, originally
Android-X86 was meant specifically for the EeePCs, but I think it has
been growing a lot wider in scope since then.)

Another version of the original question would be:

Can I use any driver I have available in the Linux kernel source tree
for Android?

I guess, the answer would be:

Yes, you can. But you have to add your own target and follow the
instructions for "customize kernel", right?

And after doing that, don't forget to commit this back to the Git so
others can enjoy it.

Regards,
Torsten