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Re: nspire Linux Questions
« Reply #540 on: September 04, 2014, 07:47:09 pm »
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LOL that must have SUCKED!
How do you specify a directory?
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Also, you do you format a drive in debian?
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdXY

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@Vogtinator why won't it work?
It says "2.6" as kernel version - the nspire version is at 3.14 I think.

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Re: nspire Linux Questions
« Reply #541 on: September 04, 2014, 07:49:03 pm »
It says "2.6" as kernel version - the nspire version is at 3.14 I think.


Shouldn't something made for an older version work on a newer version?
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Re: nspire Linux Questions
« Reply #542 on: September 04, 2014, 07:50:49 pm »
That rule applies only to userspace. Kernelspace changes really fast.

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Re: nspire Linux Questions
« Reply #543 on: September 04, 2014, 07:51:49 pm »
Darn :( do you know what wifi dongles would work with linux on the nspire?
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Re: nspire Linux Questions
« Reply #544 on: September 04, 2014, 07:53:27 pm »
Those which are supported by the kernel directly, without any extra modules.
Search through the kernel's config options, choose and compile.

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Re: nspire Linux Questions
« Reply #545 on: September 04, 2014, 07:56:20 pm »
Search through the kernel's config options, choose and compile.


What do you mean?
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My Calcs:
TI-86 (now broken) $2
TI SR-56 - $0
TI-Nspire CX CAS - $152
TI-84+ Silver Edition - $56
TI-84+ Silver Edition - $0
TI-85 - $0
TI-73 Explorer VS - $10
ViewScreen - $3

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Re: nspire Linux Questions
« Reply #546 on: September 04, 2014, 08:21:25 pm »
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LOL that must have SUCKED!
How do you specify a directory?
-C destdir
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Also, you do you format a drive in debian?
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdXY

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@Vogtinator why won't it work?
It says "2.6" as kernel version - the nspire version is at 3.14 I think.

Edit: nevermind. finally. got it to work. now: How do you Debian? :P
« Last Edit: September 04, 2014, 08:47:13 pm by Vsod99 »

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Re: nspire Linux Questions
« Reply #547 on: September 04, 2014, 09:09:24 pm »
Actually, the problems aren't over yet. I can't get it to boot still, keeps saying cannot find /dev/tty0 (which doesn't even exist in the damn rootfs image for god's sakes!)
Edit: is it possible it's a problem with the kernel? I'm using the latest one from this:
http://tiplanet.org/nspire-linux-builds/kernel.html
And my ROOTFS is this:
http://tiplanet.org/nspire-linux-builds/xconfig-latest.tar.xz
I hope that's enough information for someone to help me out with?

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Re: nspire Linux Questions
« Reply #548 on: September 07, 2014, 03:39:06 pm »
@ivoah: That wifi dongle will work without any out-of-kernel modules. It's supported by rt2x00, included in the kernel. (specifically rt2800usb)
Of course you'll have to compile it for the same kernel that you're using on your Nspire.
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Re: nspire Linux Questions
« Reply #549 on: September 08, 2014, 10:28:03 pm »
I wrote a tutorial on how to install Debian on the calculator: http://wp.me/p4zkUM-1j
Please leave comments with any suggestions or things I might have missed.
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TI SR-56 - $0
TI-Nspire CX CAS - $152
TI-84+ Silver Edition - $56
TI-84+ Silver Edition - $0
TI-85 - $0
TI-73 Explorer VS - $10
ViewScreen - $3

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Re: nspire Linux Questions
« Reply #550 on: September 18, 2014, 11:58:03 pm »
Interesting, but you should probably make a new topic about this tutorial since it will most likely get lost in this big topic otherwise if many people ask non-Debian-related help. It will get more visibility in the process.

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Re: nspire Linux Questions
« Reply #551 on: September 29, 2014, 04:29:05 pm »
Can you link me a kernel which has a working usb rootfs support and is compatible with linuxloader2 (new devicetree, dtb file)?
I just can't get it use the usb as rootfs

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Re: nspire Linux Questions
« Reply #552 on: September 29, 2014, 04:31:23 pm »
The kernel with devicetree support doesn't support USB root yet.
The latest "old" kernel from tiplanet.org/nspire-linux-builds should work.

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Re: nspire Linux Questions
« Reply #553 on: September 30, 2014, 11:46:13 am »
Question: I know it's not related to getting Linux to work, but is Linux on the Nspire a project that is still being developed by other people, seeing as Tangrs is no longer around? I was wondering because in such case it should probably get its own sub-forum.

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Re: nspire Linux Questions
« Reply #554 on: September 30, 2014, 12:43:33 pm »
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Question: I know it's not related to getting Linux to work, but is Linux on the Nspire a project that is still being developed by other people, seeing as Tangrs is no longer around? I was wondering because in such case it should probably get its own sub-forum.
I'm currently not doing any development on the kernel, but that's currently the case for everything except school and a minimum of fun things :-/