[APP] ekonsole for A1200

[Snap]

Can I uninstall this if I don't like it?

Oh yes,one more question,can i mess something up in my phone with this tool?

yes just delete the binary and it's uninstalled

and about messing your system it's just the same as regular bash that comes with the phone, u can mess up with that too.

a backup in MPT is always a good thing but not enough.

[mischka]

mischka
i don't know much about linux but you can try these things if you can telnet to u'r beloved A1200
Start a telnet session and then
1. back up all the files in /ezxlocal/home/root
2. copy the attached files in root.zip to your /ezxlocal/home/root folder
3. at console run these commands
chown -R root:root /ezxlocal/home/root
export HOME=/ezxlocal/home/root
chmod go-rwX /ezxlocal/home/*

IMP: if you use SSHD then DON'T replace your .ssh folder and files within the root folder with mine, leave those alone

4. assuming you have copied the bash2 binary to /mmc/mmca1/bin/, type /mmca/mmca1/bin/bash2

also bash2 should have permissions like this
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 618468 Apr 16 16:48 bash2

if you don't get any errors then bash2 works, try out "ls /etc" and you should see dir listing in color!

and about eKosole, iam not sure but it could be your config file, attached is my config file for some pointers.

BTW what firmware do u use?
and hope I've not confused you by now.

Ok, I have a hybrid fw from 24xp and 46p file system should be from 24xp.

There is no folder /ezxlocal/home nor ezx_user/home . The only "home" folder I can find, is /home (root of phone mem) and it contains only one emty folder /home/native . That's kind of confusing, yes.


What works is typing "/mmca/mmca1/bin/bash2" I get answer in blue: root #
"ls/etc" gives me colered file/folder names


I can live with that, it's far better than without bash2. Now I created the "/mmca/mmca1/bin/bash2" in commands menu and I can do this everytime after starting eKonsole, that's nice!


All bash2 features work after that! Now I can move curser without writing (joistick left right), tab completion (tab key, above left corner) and command history (joistick up/down).

How can I manage that eKonsole does this automaticaly at startup?

[Snap]

glad u'r able to use bash2

well the /ezxlocal/home dir was made when i setup sshd on my phone, now i remember it dosen't come by itself, i had made those folders.

and about using bash2 by def in ekonsole, this is the only thing that i did and it works wonderful

2. edit mmc\mmca1\.system\QTDownLoad\ekonsole\ekonsole.sh and replace
the line
export SHELL="/bin/bash"
with
export SHELL="/mmc/mmca1/bin/bash2"
(Note: copy the ekonsole.sh to desktop, edit it and copy back to phone, i tried editing the file on phone directly and it turned 0 byte on save)

worth a try and let us know if it works for u

cheers

[m41d3n]

I really don't get the use of this...

[mischka]

Ok Snap, already tried it and posted my result but I figured out the problem: It's my econsole.sh file that becomes corrupted!

I obviously don't have the right editor
If I edit/save the file with original path, eKonsole doesn't start either. If I look into the file, everything seems correct, looks like the original.

Where can I download the correct editor for this? Or which one do you use?

Or for a very quick help for others too: Can you upload your edited ekonsole.sh file?

edit: I found metapad.exe that works for this
edited the ekonsole.sh file copied it in eKonsole folder and eKonsole starts now.But still I have to execute /mmc/mmca1/bin/bash2 to let it use bash2

Obviously my file isn't corrupted but there must be something else I have to change.

[CLOVIS KKK]

Ok Snap, already tried it and posted my result but I figured out the problem: It's my econsole.sh file that becomes corrupted!

I obviously don't have the right editor
If I edit/save the file with original path, eKonsole doesn't start either. If I look into the file, everything seems correct, looks like the original.

Where can I download the correct editor for this? Or which one do you use?

Or for a very quick help for others too: Can you upload your edited ekonsole.sh file?

I use Metapad to edit files. You need to use the file type in preferences to UNIX.

I use bash2 in A1200i but I need more libraries that did not come with the firmware (libncurses for exemple). I can submit the missing libs but I need first to isolate the required libs for bash2 because I use dozens of libs got from mkexz and other places.

[mischka]

Got it!!
I have now edited the file (used Metapad):

mmc/mmca1/.system/QTDownLoad/ekonsole/root/Settings/Konsole.conf

and changed the line

shell_bin = /bin/bash
to
shell_bin = /mmc/mmca1/bin/bash2

and voila, eKonsole is starting and displays: root #

Everything works now from the start and history is there even after closing and reopening eKonsole!
This makes this app much more usable than with bash from firmware! It's a real console now just like the ones in other linux systems.

Thanks for your help friends!

[dedraks]

Got it!!
I have now edited the file (used Metapad):

mmc/mmca1/.system/QTDownLoad/ekonsole/root/Settings/Konsole.conf

and changed the line

shell_bin = /bin/bash
to
shell_bin = /mmc/mmca1/bin/bash2

and voila, eKonsole is starting and displays: root #

Everything works now from the start and history is there even after closing and reopening eKonsole!
This makes this app much more usable than with bash from firmware! It's a real console now just like the ones in other linux systems.

Thanks for your help friends!

Thanks for the tip.
It's now a real console.

[CLOVIS KKK]

well, I seems that the only lib that is missing in A1200i is libncurses.
here is libncurses.so.5 that is needed.
I've also attached the Konsole.conf as suggested by mischka.

If you don't know how to setup the lib here is a little guide (you need ekonsole working as a pre-requisite):

copy bash2 to /mmc/mmca1/bin (create the directory if it does not exist)
copy libncurses.so.5 to /mmc/mmca1/lib (create the directory if it does not exist)

copy the attached Konsole.conf to /mmc/mmca1/.system/QTDownLoad/ekonsole/root/Settings

copy the attached ekonsole.sh to /mmc/mmca1/.system/QTDownLoad/ekonsole

Attention: these steps are only needed in A1200i (532L4... firmware).
Attention: the attached ekonsole.sh needs libncurses.so.5 in the /mmc/mmca1/lib directory.

[slicknik76]

well, I seems that the only lib that is missing in A1200i is libncurses.
here is libncurses.so.5 that is needed.
I've also attached the Konsole.conf as suggested by mischka.

If you don't know how to setup the lib here is a little guide (you need ekonsole working as a pre-requisite):

copy bash2 to /mmc/mmca1/bin (create the directory if it does not exist)
copy libncurses.so.5 to /mmc/mmca1/lib (create the directory if it does not exist)

copy the attached Konsole.conf to /mmc/mmca1/.system/QTDownLoad/ekonsole/root/Settings

copy the attached ekonsole.sh to /mmc/mmca1/.system/QTDownLoad/ekonsole

Attention: these steps are only needed in A1200i (532L4... firmware).
Attention: the attached ekonsole.sh needs libncurses.so.5 in the /mmc/mmca1/lib directory.

This method also works for 53p
Thanks!