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APC – Kernel Source – Signs of Life?

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 4, 2012 by RGDecember 4, 2012

After a gap of over three months, there seems to be some activity with the APC kernel and uboot source on GitHub.. https://github.com/apc-io/apc-8750 Changes were made on December 2nd, but would appear to have been in error, for some reason, and the latest ‘commit’ is marked ‘Revert’..     The kernel version seems to have been the same, but … Continue reading →

Posted in APC, compilation, Crash and Burn.., kernel, Linux / ARM | Tagged apc, error, github, kernel, revert, update | Leave a reply

APC – The Perils of Old Code..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 20, 2012 by RGSeptember 20, 2012

The availability of additional kernel code – and functionality – is good news, but the APC kernel version is still a relative antique..   2.6.32.9 is over 2 years old, now, and the latest ‘mainstream’ Linux kernel is 3.5.4, and 3.6 will soon be released…    Assuming the focus is still on Android, then an update to Android 4.1 … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, APC, kernel, Linux / ARM, Opinion | Tagged 2.6.32.9, android, apc, old kernel, out-of-date | Leave a reply

APC – Video Playback?

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 10, 2012 by RGSeptember 10, 2012

After noting the success of the XBMC team in getting high-quality video playback on the Raspberry Pi, I tried to see what was currently possible with the latest version of the APC kernel..   Sadly, the XBMC player is only available for the proprietary Pi Broadcom chipset..    I did try installing the binary-only Android APC player, but it … Continue reading →

Posted in APC, compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Performance, Video | Tagged apc, compiled, mplayer, sluggish, video playback, xine | Leave a reply

APC – Fixing Fedora’s Rogue Fsck…

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 23, 2012 by RGAugust 23, 2012

The ‘default’ Fedora 13 system for ARM mounts the root as nfs..   To change it to the (correct) ext3, modify /etc/fstab as follows: # cat /etc/fstab /dev/mmcblk0p2          /                       ext3    defaults        1 1 /dev/mmcblk0p1          /boot                   vfat    defaults        1 0 devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0 tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0 proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0 sysfs                   … Continue reading →

Posted in APC, compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Performance | Tagged apc, boot, ext3, fedora 13, fix, fsck, fstab | Leave a reply

APC – Regaining the Console!

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 22, 2012 by RGAugust 22, 2012

For Fedora 13 on the APC, the console on the usb/uart connection will ‘vanish’ on boot, after ………. Starting sshd: [  OK  ] To get it back, and allow login as root, add the following to /etc/securetty: ttyS0 and modify /etc/sysconfig/init: from ACTIVE_CONSOLES=/dev/tty[1-6] to ACTIVE_CONSOLES=”/dev/tty[1-6] dev/ttyS0″ To stop the (re)login prompt from appearing over the console boot … Continue reading →

Posted in APC, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Hacks, Linux / ARM, Performance | Tagged agetty, apc, console, fedora 13, rc.local, ttyS0 | Leave a reply

APC – Fun with Long-term Incrementals..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 21, 2012 by RGAugust 21, 2012

In a vain attempt to get the APC’s antique kernel to – at least – work with Fedora 14, I had been applying the series of ‘incremental’ 2.6.32.x patches available – amongst other places – at http://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/incr/ The kernel.org ftp site didn’t seem to have the full set.. This brought me as far as 2.6.32.27, which still … Continue reading →

Posted in APC, compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Performance | Tagged apc, incremental, kernel 2.6.32.59, long-term, patch | Leave a reply

APC – Kernel Progression..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 20, 2012 by RGAugust 20, 2012

In the hope of getting a newer version of Fedora Linux running, I have ‘updated’ the 2.6.32.9 APC kernel to 2.6.32.27..    This was achieved by the labour-intensive method of applying all the incremental kernel patches in sequence, and manually fixing any code that ‘failed’ the patch…    So.. I am now running Fedora 13 with kernel 2.6.32.27 on … Continue reading →

Posted in APC, compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Performance | Tagged apc, kernel 2.6.32.27, kernel patch, udev | Leave a reply

APC – XFCE Desktop, using VNC..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 18, 2012 by RGAugust 18, 2012

As the currently-available source for the APC kernel does not include the necessary drivers for video output to a monitor (amongst other things..) but does include network drivers (Via Velocity..) it seemed logical that I could adopt the same approach to a graphical interface that I use for the Dreamplug (which is a real ‘headless’ device!). So..  … Continue reading →

Posted in APC, compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Hacks, Linux / ARM, Performance | Tagged apc, fedora arm 13, network access, vnc, xfce desktop | 1 Reply

APC – And now – Fedora Linux..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 18, 2012 by RGAugust 18, 2012

After all the pioneering work done to get a compiled working version of the APC kernel by Mike Thompson from the Raspbian project, as described in a previous post, I now have Fedora Linux running on the APC. I had planned to be able to get Fedora 17 working, but the APC kernel (vintage 2010!) is just … Continue reading →

Posted in APC, compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Performance | Tagged apc, boot, fedora, fedora 13, success, webmin | Leave a reply

APC – Real Progress – Bootable Linux Kernel..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 17, 2012 by RGAugust 17, 2012

After excellent work done by Mike Thompson from the Raspbian project, there is now a set of patches and a config file available for the APC-supplied 2.6.32.9+ kernel source, which enables a working kernel to be compiled and run – although with limited functionality due to ‘missing’ device drivers..   More details at :  http://www.raspbian.org/ApricotImages To use this, … Continue reading →

Posted in APC, compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Performance | Tagged apc, boot, compile, config, kernel, patches, raspbian | Leave a reply

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