debian-installer for archos5 with SDE firmware

Authors
Changelog
TODO / BUGS
Features
1. Core
2. Full
Files
Screenshots
Contact

Authors

Ilya Cassina <ilya.cassina _[AT]_ gmail.com>

Changelog

19/11/2010: added psplash support
17/11/2010: moved package installation from chroot'ed script to debootstrap command line. Works better (tested!).
14/11/2010: first alpha release

TODO / BUGS

Add dosfstools and /etc/a5usb.rc + fixed /bin/a5usb.sh
Add tuxpaint or other drawing application
Add lmemory
Test with mem=88 (for AVOS compatibility)
BUG: /bin/archos-sleep.sh (standby) doesn't work yet
upload complete rootfs image somewhere...

Features

Core

Debian GNU/Linux OS: you have apt-get and a huge repository of software
Xfce4: lightweight yet powerful desktop environment
matchbox-keyboard: complete virtual keyboard
archos-helper: fully working archos-helper from openaos
touchscreen: touchscreen supported with tslib, right-click emulation with libgtkstylus.so (gtk only!)
mousepad: xfce4 text editor
psplash: psplash bootup featuring neat blacky debian logo!

Full

Utils

xfce4-screenshooter: xfce4 screenshot application
squeeze: xfce4 archiving application
xfce4-notes: xfce4 notes application
xfce4-terminal: xfce4 terminal emulator
galculator: calculator

Graphics

ristretto: xfce4 image viewer/gallery application
comix: xfce4 comic reader

Games

numpyphysics: drawing puzzle game
ScummVM: point-and-click game platform
sgt-puzzles: collection of puzzle games
ace-of-penguins: collection of solitaire card games

Multimedia

Airo: MPD (Music Player Daemon) client
gmplayer: mplayer gui
parole: xfce4 multimedia player frontend (work in progress)

Network

wpa_gui: WPA Supplicant GUI
midori: xfce4 Web Browser
claws-mail: mail reader
pidgin: multi-protocol instant messaging application

Office

abiword: document writing application
fbreader: eBook reader
ePDFView: PDF viewer
xfce4-dict: xfce4 dictionary application

Files

README [8K]
modules-2.6.22.1-omap1-r46-archos5.tgz [5.8M]
zImage-2.6.22.1-omap1-r46-archos5.bin [1.2M]
initramfs-archos-image-multiroot-archos5.cpio.gz [632K]
archos5-overlay.tar.bz2 [5.7M]
debian-archos5.tar.bz2 [5.7M]
debian-installer.tar.bz2 [13M]

Descriptions:

modules-2.6.22.1-omap1-r46-archos5.tgz: /lib/modules/2.6.22.1-omap1/, with kernel/drivers/usb/gadget/g_ether.ko and kernel/drivers/net/tun.ko
zImage-2.6.22.1-omap1-r46-archos5.bin: openaos kernel, with cmdline = "root=/dev/sda1 rw init=/sbin/init console=ttyS2,115200n8 mem=128 nohz=off debuf"
initramfs-archos-image-multiroot-archos5.cpio.gz: initramfs image for multiroot, from openaos overlay r295, no changes
archos5-overlay.tar.bz2: configuration and extra files to be extracted over a debian installation to "make it work"
debian-archos5.tar.bz2: installation script to be run from inside a debian image (i.e. chroot), create devices under /dev, manage services, install packages and extract the archos5-overlay.tar.bz2 archive. Contains archos5-overlay.tar.bz2

debian-installer.tar.bz2: installation script to be run from an SDE linux system to create/format a new image, install the cdebootstrap tool, debootstrap the newly created image, unpack/copy needed kernel modules to it, mount needed devices, launch the installation script inside a chroot, unmount the devices and add the new debian installation to /mnt_data/menu.lst. Contains cdebootstrap-static_0.5.7_armel.deb.tar.bz2, modules-2.6.22.1-omap1-r46-archos5.tgz and debian-archos5.tar.bz2.