Hosting MkEzx binary images

[fubar]

Hi all!

MkEzx has now reached the point where it is mature enough to for me to consider releasing binary images. The image I would like to provide would include the KDrive X11, the matchbox window manager, a number of GPE applications and the MkPhone telephony application.

First of all, would anybody be interested is such an image. Second question, where could I host such images (around 80MB)?
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[swifty]

is it possible to do a dualboot with your image and the original motorola?
would you please write a short howto use your image.

alternative downloads are now here:
MKEzx-image 45MB
MKEzx-mpkg 320KB

and yes there is one intrested

[dedraks]

I'm interested too.

[thundershadow14]

I'm interested as well I've also got webspace that I'm willing to offer.

-Chad

[fubar]

@swifty : you can definitely "dualboot". Actually, you don't need to modify the handset at all, you put the MkEzx image on a partition of your memory card. I'll provide an .mpkg/.pkg which gives you an icon to allow you to switch to X11 from the native Motorola interface.

I'll prepare the image and some instructions and keep you informed.

[cesarcardoso]

Hm, I want to test too!

And about hosting images... IMHO you should ask OpenEZX people if you can host there. Another good place is Linux-to-go.

[swifty]

@fubar
thanks for the good news! i can´t wait to get my hands on it.
and if i have it i am shure it will be hosted on motorolafans too

[neutrino]

@all
I am interesting too.
I did complile and build crosstool and some cramfs from mkezx, and now I do some research in this.
So, any help and images will be great to have!
Thanks

[fubar]

You can get a binary image of MkEzx along with its launcher package here:

http://www.motorolafans.com/index.ph...ileinfo&id=100

The rar archive contains two files:
mkezx-0.9.17-image.tar.bz2 - a software image which will be extracted to the memory card
mkezx-0.9.17.mpkg - a package for launching X11 from the native UI

Please report any issues you run into so that I can fix them in future releases.

1. Preparing your memory card

In order to make use of the software image, you will need to partition your handset's memory card. To do so, switching the handset into 'Memory Card' mode and partition the memory card like this:

- partition 1 should be FAT16. The handset automatically mounts this for user data.

- partition 2 should be marked as "Linux (ext2)". It will hold the software built with MkEzx.

2. Writing the software image

Once you have partitioned your memory card, you will need to format it.
If your handset's memory card appears as '/dev/sda' on your system, you
would run:

mkfs.ext3 -j /dev/sda2

WARNING : make sure you get that /dev/sda2 is indeed the correct device name, otherwise you will potentially wipe out one of your hard-disks!

Next, mount the partition somewhere so that you can write to it, e.g.:

mkdir /media/handset
mount /dev/sda2 /media/handset

Finally, extract the "mkezx-0.9.17-image.tar.bz2" file to the memory card and unmount:

tar -C /media/handset -xf mkezx-0.9.17-image.tar.bz2
umount /media/handset

3. Using the software image

Install the "mkezx-0.9.17.mpkg" package on your handset (rename to .pkg for A1200). You should get a shortcut called "MkEzx", which allows you to kill the phone's native user interface and launch X11.

4. Notes

So far this image has only been tested on A1200 but it should work on touchscreen devices such as A780.

Once under X11, before you run the "Phone Application" (MkPhone), run the contacts application once to initialise the contacts database.

[Nbest]

Downloading .42.957M,about 60k/s

any shell scripts or soft can do step 1 and 2.?