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6-04-2009 help requested from anybody viewtopic.php?f=24&t=13164

Fellow nationite SycoKU has did a video of Linux playing an avi on the VX777. With the promise for more I will add it when they are posted SycoKU's video

This started it all http://vm-kernel.org/blog/2009/02/24/linux-on-onda-vx747/
Section 1
Windows instructions update 2 added usb-clone
Download the windows version of usbtools The usbtools have already been complied.
Extract the usbtools to any folder yo want. For example c:\usb_tools

I found a way to write all 3 partitions at one time from windows. Its called USB Image Tool.
It requires net framework 2.0 installed, if you don't have it get it here
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&DisplayLang=enI
I have included an image,so all you need is this software and a blank 2gig sdcard or bigger.
So get the Usb Image toolhere

Make sure the upper left hand conere is set to device mode.You will click on the genric usb device, if you use a microsd to usb adapter and choose restore. The file name is linux2.img.
If you use your player to write the card it will look like this

Make sure the upper left hand conere is set to device mode, Choose the second device in the list and choose restore. the file name is linux2.img
Warning never ever choose the first device you will brick your player
Here is the image file. It is in 11 parts,because of mediafire rules
part1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 part 6 part 7 part 8 part 9 part 10 part 11

I found a program called ltools. After the sd card has been partitioned ,It will allow you to write to a linux partition from windows.Download ltools here Picture

You can see it kinda like explorer.See the circled button you will need to click it so it looks like the picture above.
Now to start the player from Windows xp
Step 1.
Download tdm-mingw-1.902.0-f1
Install it.
Step 2.
Download libusb-win32-filter-bin-0.1.12.1
Install it
hold the m button on the player and plug it in the usb port to triger usb upload mode. It will ask for drivers use These usb drivers Install them. (When done, it should show up as China Chip USB Loader)
At this point you can open the mingw command prompt. Point to the directory with the usbtool in it.
type usbtool 12 and this is what you will get

Step 3. Is optional
Download MSYS-1.0.10
Install it.At the end of the install answer the first two questions with y and the type c:/mingw
MSYS-1.010 is used for compling the source code.
Here are some more pictures of it in action sorry for the fuzziness




 
All credit goes to original authors yajin,vxworks,panjet,esoul of linuxforum and Maurus Cuelenaere, the great rockbox guy.
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Section 2
Linux Instructions
Download the UBUNTU live cd
Run the cd and choose to run with no changes. This will start ubuntu live image.
Next step is install libusb-dev. To do this click on system and choose synaptic package manager.
A window opens in the top right box type libusb-dev. In the list below you will see libusb-dev click on it and choose mark for installation, then hit apply at the bottom.The libusb-dev package will then install itself. (This is the communications between ubuntu and your sdcard)
Follow the Instructions from
http://vm-kernel.org/blog/2009/02/24/linux-on-onda-vx747/
I used this to extract the root26 sudo tar -xf root26.tar.bz2
I used this command to copy the files to the ext2 partition in unbutu
sudo cp -r . * /media/ext2
there is a space between . and *
A list of terminal commands for ubuntu Items in red designate variables
change dir : cd /media/ext2
copy all from current dir to different dir: sudo cp -r . * /media/ext2
copy but skip folders: sudo . *
delete a dir: sudo rmdir /media/ext2/
make a dir: sudo mkdir music
delete files inside dir: sudo rm . *

To have your media detected by Qutopia with out using file browser copy mp3,videos,pictures,text to directory root/documents
The media files need to be stored in media/ext2/root/documents
I put a folder called media and put every thing in it.

All credit goes to original authors yajin,vxworks,panjet,esoul of linuxforum and Maurus Cuelenaere, the great rockbox guy.

good find and with this maybe will come the ability to runj on other ingenic dvices

found an english link embeded in that lot
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http://vm-kernel.org/blog/2009/02/24/li ... nda-vx747/

video of it in action

http://code.google.com/p/jz-hacking/

So is it possible to add a bunch of cool linux apps?

Does anyone know where I can get a cheap Onda VX747? There seem to be quite a few on ebay, but the specs are slightly different, and seem more like the Optimus VX747 which is available here. I doubt the same methods will apply to getting linux on the Optimus VX747 as it uses the RK chip...

yeah, be careful as sellers are using the original vx747 pics to sell rockchip version and this wont work on those

not sure where you could get one really

you can have mine for free

Could I have a more detailed description of what's wrong with it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwv99WfEI7g

So it works, but the casing is broken?

yes but the touch screen doesnt work and you also can't navigate using the buttons, which i find stupid

Yeh, that is kind of stupid. How can you stop a touchscreen from working, but still have it display stuff... I assumed it was both, or neither

well, first there's like a hard plastic cover, then the touchscreen (glass) and then the LCD. so what you're seeing here is the LCD only, which is very nice btw without the other two layers, colors and viewing angle are amazing, but you can't touch it. well you can but nothing happens. it's like a computer screen now

Oh, ok... I wonder how easy it would be to hook the screen up to a pc... Would be good for a nice case mod

possibly but i'm not into electrics. i would like to keep the battery though as a spare since it's very good charged.