54 thoughts on “How to run Debian natively on the Motorola Xoom”

1. Root Doe July 25, 2011 at 2:25 pm

   Few issues with the instructions:

   1. Tiamat-AOSP patch is broken
   2. # cd ~/Downloads/Tiamat–AOSP–Tiamat–Xoom–798572c/
   # cp ~/Downloads/xoomkernel–gnu.patch .

   Why do I copy the xoomkernel-gnu.patch file into Tiamat-AOSP-* ?
   When I attempt to run the patch it fails.

   3. There’s no make on my system so I manually have to get it via apt
   4. There’s no gcc on my system, same as above

   Do you have a complete set of steps to get this puppy built?

   Thanks!
2. LIV2 Post authorJuly 28, 2011 at 10:20 am

   I sorted this out with Root Doe, my links to the AOSP sources were incorrect, so it was impossible to build following this guide.

   Hopefully I’ll have the time to run through this guide again myself soon so i can fix any other issues with the guide there may be.
3. DiZzY August 25, 2011 at 4:52 am

   How is the battery life on the one you have now? Can it run BT5? :)
4. DiZzY August 25, 2011 at 4:53 am

   Btw, Great work!~ 3LiT3 Br0
5. LIV2 Post authorAugust 25, 2011 at 12:40 pm

   Not sure on the battery life, though I’m betting it’s not good.

   Should be able to run any Linux Distro there is, as long as there are arm binaries for your distro you can build the rootfs and use it with this kernel.
6. Ouroboros September 9, 2011 at 9:11 am

   Once you’ve booted into Debian can you put the Xoom’s wireless card in monitor mode?
7. LIV2 Post authorSeptember 9, 2011 at 10:54 am

   Hi Ouroboros,

   Unfortunately not, it’s pretty hard to get the damn thing to connect to a network, or even successfully scan in the first place. :(
8. JeanSebTr September 9, 2011 at 4:07 pm

   Yayh ! Génial :)

   For the sound and bluetooth issues, shouldn’t be possible to use existing kernel/drivers for Android ?

   Do you think dual booting Android/Debian is technicaly possible ?
   Like an Android rom checking a flag on boot to load the Debian system or Android system (with the same kernel).
9. Ouroboros September 10, 2011 at 3:47 am

   Have you tried to get a native copy of debian (or any other linux distro) using beagleboard?
   http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu

   Seems interesting and worthy of investigation…
10. Justin October 8, 2011 at 7:57 am

    getting a segmentation fault error on the last steps trying to unpack bootimg
11. lloyd January 16, 2012 at 10:27 pm

    hi ive just been given a xoom and reali want linux on it ive been trying for a week now and always get errors at some point atm its gnome any help would be great
12. LIV2 Post authorJanuary 16, 2012 at 10:42 pm

    Hey,

    What errors have you been getting?
13. lloyd January 17, 2012 at 12:09 am

    ok so when installing apps i get

    Errors were encountered while processing:
    bluez
    gnome-bluetooth
    gnome-user-share
    gnome-desktop-environment
    gnome
    mono-gac
    mono-runtime
    libmono-corlib2.0-cil
    libglib2.0-cil
    libgconf2.0-cil
    libgmime2.4-cil
    libart2.0-cil
    libmono-cairo2.0-cil
    libgtk2.0-cil
    libglade2.0-cil
    libgnome-vfs2.0-cil
    libgnome2.24-cil
    libgnomepanel2.24-cil
    libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil
    libmono-addins0.2-cil
    libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil
    libndesk-dbus1.0-cil
    libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil
    tomboy
    libmono-i18n-west2.0-cil
    libmono-posix2.0-cil
    libmono-system2.0-cil
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
14. lloyd January 17, 2012 at 12:11 am

    i have also tryed your boot.img from xda but get to large to be flashed
15. lloyd January 17, 2012 at 4:42 am

    hmm looks like i might have to wait fro win 8 arm and hope its still got desktop on it :(
16. Thomas February 14, 2012 at 2:12 pm

    A very important think you should mention (took me many hours to figure out what was going wrong) is:
    sudo -E make modules_install

    You need the -E flag to preserve the INSTALL_MOD_PATH since most people will have different environment variables when using sudo.
17. LIV2 Post authorFebruary 14, 2012 at 2:14 pm

    Thanks Thomas! I’ll add it to the article :)
18. Igneo February 20, 2012 at 8:52 pm

    Hey, any pointers on how to build a kernel from what is supplied here and nvidia’s latest? They dropped the ventana (aka the tegra platform for the Xoom) and I’d like to pull together full functionality in the sound and Bluetooth department but don’t know how. I copied and pasted some folders together, compiled it, but I get stuck when I make the initramfs when it can’t throws several “can’t find lib/modules/2.6.35…” errors which isn’t even the kernel version. Any resources to push me in the right direction?
19. LIV2 Post authorMarch 6, 2012 at 5:35 pm

    Hey Igneo,

    Unfortunately I haven’t been able to figure that out either, though I’m not too good with programming or anything like that
    Please let me know if you get anywhere with it though! I’d love to update the article :)
20. Erhan March 7, 2012 at 11:03 am

    Hi,
    I compile Tiamat AOSP kernel (commit:798572cebf) and create root fs with debootstrap. After flashing new boot.img and power on Debian is correctly open but can not open X. I checked log file, I see following error message.

    (EE) open /dev/fb0: Device or resource busy

    Any idea ?
21. LIV2 Post authorMarch 7, 2012 at 11:09 am

    Hi Erhan,

    You’re getting that error because the Android kernel doesn’t allow your X server to take control of /dev/fb0
    To rectify this you’ll need to use the Framebuffer Patch I linked to in the article.
22. Erhan March 7, 2012 at 11:25 am

    LIV2 thank you for quick response. I download patch set and I compile kernel again.
    I want to ask another question. is kernel support 3g modem on xoom ? can use 3g network with debian ?
23. LIV2 Post authorMarch 7, 2012 at 11:27 am

    Hi Erhan,

    Yep! the 3G Modem works out of the box, I literally just booted up my debian install and used the network settings to connect :)
24. Erhan March 7, 2012 at 11:36 am

    I can not compile patched kernel :( I get following error :(

    drivers/video/tegra/dc/dc.c: In function ‘tegra_dc_suspend’:
    drivers/video/tegra/dc/dc.c:1339: error: implicit declaration of function ‘tegra_fb_suspend’
    make[4]: *** [drivers/video/tegra/dc/dc.o] Error 1
    make[3]: *** [drivers/video/tegra/dc] Error 2
    make[2]: *** [drivers/video/tegra] Error 2
    make[1]: *** [drivers/video] Error 2
    make: *** [drivers] Error 2

    Im so tired and very sleepy :( I try tomorrow.

    Thank you for everything.
25. LIV2 Post authorMarch 7, 2012 at 11:37 am

    If you don’t have any luck you can always use the kernel sources I’ve linked to, they may be a little old but that shouldn’t matter for the sake of debian on your tablet.
26. Erhan March 7, 2012 at 11:48 am

    :) you use Tiamat–AOSP–Tiamat–Xoom–798572c source in this document. must I use this kernel or can I use your last committed LIV2 kernel ?
    When I use last committed kernel, tablet is crash on booting and reboot.
27. cod chambers March 8, 2012 at 10:34 am

    Iv been trying to get this to work for a long time now and its really frustrating me.
    I am wondering if you could possibly upload the boot.img aswell as the root file system somewhere.
    If its to big could you make a torrent?
    Thanks
28. Erhan March 9, 2012 at 12:24 am

    Hi LIV2,
    I compile kernel again with patch. Everything is ok. But I have a problem :( touchscreen not works. I use tablet with keyboard and mouse for now. When I find touch screen problem, I share solution here.

    Thank you.
29. Erhan March 9, 2012 at 3:00 am

    Hi,
    I check log file and I see;

    qtouch-touchscreen: device file already in use. Ignoring.

    touchscreen device used :( is this kernel

    I can not find patch or another solution

    Any idea ?
30. Erhan March 9, 2012 at 9:56 am

    Hi,

    I solved touchscreen problem, Im not use original file drivers/input/touchscreen/qtouch_obp_ts.c in kernel Tiamat-AOSP-Tiamat-Xoom-798572c. I change this file with same file in LIV2-LIV2-Xoom-GNU-ac21fdc kernel. And after recompile kernel, everything is ok. Touchscreen is works :)

    Thank you.
31. LIV2 Post authorMarch 9, 2012 at 1:49 pm

    Awesome!

    Not sure why you got that message about it being already in use the first time, that’s weird!
32. Zer$0 March 22, 2012 at 9:00 pm

    LIV2 Hi! I can not collect a kernel, I reach make – j2 and is farther than a mistake. Can at you there is a worker of boot.img for motorolla xoom mz601.Please..
33. Zer0 March 23, 2012 at 12:51 am

    Liv2 Hi! The third day I try to collect a kernel, I reach make – j2 and on this step comes to an end. Answer me please by e-mail and I will send you terminal ravine to find mistakes in my actions. Thanks!
34. Jonathan April 28, 2012 at 3:47 pm

    Congratulations on getting this working! I’ve upgraded to LibreOffice 3.4, installed some nice fonts and it looks fantastic.

    I have some immediate concerns, which you may already have a solution to:

    1. No mouse right-click option. I understand evdev has a hold-for-right-click option in a more recent version, so maybe an upgrade would help.

    2. xrandr won’t change screen rotation – also perhaps an upgrade to xserver-xorg would also help?

    3. Won’t resume on suspend. This is a dealbreaker for having a usable device. I don’t even know how to approach this problem, maybe someone has a suggestion?

    That’s all for now!
35. dave April 28, 2012 at 8:17 pm

    hi, was wonder wether or not there was any progress on the matter? – do sound devices work? does bluetooth?

    is it possible to install debian testing and go rolling?

    how open source is the motorola xoom by now?

    thanks
36. LIV2 Post authorSeptember 16, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    Hi Jonathan,

    For right-click I just used the hold for right click option in Accessibility, though I’m told that with a proper implementation of multitouch and newer versions of xorg it should support multi-touch, which would allow a 2-finger right click. haven’t managed to check that out yet.
    Rotation would require the use of the NVidia Xorg module as far as I know, and without some kernel modification it won’t work, unfortunately I don’t have the skills required to make this a reality
    No idea re: resume on suspend, I seem to remember seeing that it was something to do with the way the tegra drivers were written for Android, in that it doesn’t go into the same kind of suspend as a PC would.
    I remember seeing someone working on the same issue with the Asus TF101 but that was a while ago and I’ve been out of the loop. I’ll try to have a look when I get the time

    Cheers,
    Matt
37. Igneo676 October 29, 2012 at 12:26 pm

    Making another attempt at getting this thing running. Followed instructions and modified them to get a Ubuntu rootfs but it’s telling me it cannot boot because the init is not found?

    Any insight?
38. creffett November 5, 2012 at 4:01 pm

    I’m making an attempt at getting this as well, but tweaking things to use Gentoo instead of Debian. The stopping point here is the initramfs–Gentoo doesn’t have “mkinitramfs” and I’m not sure that my solution (genkernel initramfs) made the initramfs the way that is needed. Right now, it hangs at the Motorola splash. Any thoughts on how to get useful debug output here so I can figure out what’s going wrong?
39. sbs December 2, 2012 at 12:57 am

    That was nice. But how about using fedora 17 arm.and flashing on to this device. Also if there was a sound and bluetooth problem then can we not pull the original xoom drivers and recompile for the linux and then slipstream with this installation. If possible do a video on installing fedora 17 also. Can you not provide a boot menu to switch between android and fedora.
40. solcintra_jack April 11, 2013 at 3:13 pm

    Hey, sorry if this is too long, but this is what I get out of the first two make commands when attempting to build the kernel; I’m using android-ndk-r8e 64-bit, which DOESN’T have toolchains/arm-eabi-4.4.0 but rather arm-linux-androideabi-4.4.3, arm-linux-androideabi-4.6, and arm-linux-androideabi-4.7. Also, the kernel sources appear to have changed – at least in name, though I imagine the actual sources could not have NOT changed, since it’s been quite a while since I first saw your thread on xda-developers. At the time, I was certain I did not have the expertise required to perform such an endeavor, and I did not wish to be part of the cancer which is killing true development. In fact, your thread inspired me to take some IT classes at a local tech school, but I didn’t quite follow the Linux+ class (the curriculum is a poorly organized, as far as my brain is concerned – most of it was easy as pie, but some things seemed out of order).

    I’m not asking you, or anyone here, to do my work for me – actually, all I ask is that somebody give me some pointers, send me in the right direction to figure out what I’m doing wrong. I prefer to do things myself, as it gives me a sense of accomplishment I simply cannot derive from being told exactly what I should do.

    compiler2mint LIV2-Xoom-GNU-tiamat_stock_gpu # make tiamat_defconfig
    init/Kconfig:658:error: recursive dependency detected!
    init/Kconfig:658: symbol SYSFS_DEPRECATED is selected by SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2
    init/Kconfig:795: symbol SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 depends on SYSFS_DEPRECATED
    #
    # configuration written to .config
    #
    compiler2mint LIV2-Xoom-GNU-tiamat_stock_gpu # make menuconfig
    HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/mconf
    scripts/kconfig/mconf.o: In function `show_help’:
    mconf.c:(.text+0x764): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    scripts/kconfig/mconf.o: In function `main’:
    mconf.c:(.text.startup+0x66): undefined reference to `initscr’
    mconf.c:(.text.startup+0x6d): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o: In function `print_arrows’:
    checklist.c:(.text+0x40): undefined reference to `wmove’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x60): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x68): undefined reference to `waddch’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x7a): undefined reference to `waddnstr’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x8a): undefined reference to `wmove’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xb4): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xbc): undefined reference to `waddch’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x10b): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x113): undefined reference to `waddch’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x11a): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x122): undefined reference to `waddch’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x129): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x131): undefined reference to `waddch’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x138): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x183): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x18b): undefined reference to `waddch’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x192): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x19a): undefined reference to `waddch’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x1a1): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x1a9): undefined reference to `waddch’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x1b0): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x1b8): undefined reference to `waddch’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o: In function `print_item’:
    checklist.c:(.text+0x23d): undefined reference to `wmove’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x25c): undefined reference to `waddch’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x275): undefined reference to `wmove’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x2ce): undefined reference to `wmove’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x2e0): undefined reference to `waddch’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x30d): undefined reference to `waddnstr’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x326): undefined reference to `wmove’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x32e): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x368): undefined reference to `wprintw’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o: In function `print_buttons’:
    checklist.c:(.text+0x419): undefined reference to `wmove’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o: In function `dialog_checklist’:
    checklist.c:(.text+0x532): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x588): undefined reference to `COLS’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x59c): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x5a9): undefined reference to `LINES’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x5d2): undefined reference to `newwin’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x5e4): undefined reference to `keypad’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x635): undefined reference to `wmove’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x641): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x64b): undefined reference to `waddch’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x673): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x67f): undefined reference to `waddch’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x6a7): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x6af): undefined reference to `waddch’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x717): undefined reference to `subwin’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x729): undefined reference to `keypad’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x8be): undefined reference to `wnoutrefresh’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x8c8): undefined reference to `wnoutrefresh’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x8cd): undefined reference to `doupdate’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x8e6): undefined reference to `wgetch’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xa08): undefined reference to `doupdate’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xa1d): undefined reference to `delwin’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xa27): undefined reference to `delwin’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xabb): undefined reference to `wnoutrefresh’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xac5): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xb1a): undefined reference to `scrollok’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xb29): undefined reference to `wscrl’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xb35): undefined reference to `scrollok’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xb8a): undefined reference to `wnoutrefresh’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xb94): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xc35): undefined reference to `delwin’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xc3f): undefined reference to `delwin’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xc9c): undefined reference to `delwin’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xca6): undefined reference to `delwin’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xccf): undefined reference to `doupdate’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xd65): undefined reference to `scrollok’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xd74): undefined reference to `wscrl’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xd80): undefined reference to `scrollok’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xddf): undefined reference to `wnoutrefresh’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xde9): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xe0e): undefined reference to `doupdate’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xe26): undefined reference to `doupdate’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xe63): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xe68): undefined reference to `doupdate’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xe74): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    checklist.c:(.text+0xe7b): undefined reference to `waddch’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o: In function `print_arrows’:
    checklist.c:(.text+0xf0): undefined reference to `waddnstr’
    checklist.c:(.text+0x162): undefined reference to `waddch’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o: In function `print_buttons’:
    checklist.c:(.text+0x439): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o: In function `init_one_color’:
    util.c:(.text+0x46f): undefined reference to `init_pair’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o: In function `attr_clear’:
    util.c:(.text+0x4d1): undefined reference to `wmove’
    util.c:(.text+0x4ec): undefined reference to `waddch’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o: In function `dialog_clear’:
    util.c:(.text+0x539): undefined reference to `COLS’
    util.c:(.text+0x53f): undefined reference to `LINES’
    util.c:(.text+0x546): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    util.c:(.text+0x561): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    util.c:(.text+0x57d): undefined reference to `wmove’
    util.c:(.text+0x590): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    util.c:(.text+0x59a): undefined reference to `waddnstr’
    util.c:(.text+0x5a1): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    util.c:(.text+0x5b0): undefined reference to `wmove’
    util.c:(.text+0x5b6): undefined reference to `COLS’
    util.c:(.text+0x5cb): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    util.c:(.text+0x5d2): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    util.c:(.text+0x5da): undefined reference to `waddch’
    util.c:(.text+0x5e0): undefined reference to `COLS’
    util.c:(.text+0x5ef): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o: In function `init_dialog’:
    util.c:(.text+0x605): undefined reference to `initscr’
    util.c:(.text+0x60c): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    util.c:(.text+0x7df): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    util.c:(.text+0x7e9): undefined reference to `keypad’
    util.c:(.text+0x7ee): undefined reference to `cbreak’
    util.c:(.text+0x7f3): undefined reference to `noecho’
    util.c:(.text+0x811): undefined reference to `has_colors’
    util.c:(.text+0x821): undefined reference to `start_color’
    util.c:(.text+0xcb7): undefined reference to `has_colors’
    util.c:(.text+0xcd6): undefined reference to `has_colors’
    util.c:(.text+0xcf1): undefined reference to `endwin’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o: In function `end_dialog’:
    util.c:(.text+0xd19): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    util.c:(.text+0xd1e): undefined reference to `wmove’
    util.c:(.text+0xd25): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    util.c:(.text+0xd2a): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o: In function `print_title’:
    util.c:(.text+0xda8): undefined reference to `wmove’
    util.c:(.text+0xdba): undefined reference to `waddch’
    util.c:(.text+0xdc7): undefined reference to `wmove’
    util.c:(.text+0xdd9): undefined reference to `waddnstr’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o: In function `print_autowrap’:
    util.c:(.text+0xf82): undefined reference to `wmove’
    util.c:(.text+0xf92): undefined reference to `waddnstr’
    util.c:(.text+0x105b): undefined reference to `wmove’
    util.c:(.text+0x106b): undefined reference to `waddnstr’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o: In function `print_button’:
    util.c:(.text+0x10a3): undefined reference to `wmove’
    util.c:(.text+0x10d0): undefined reference to `waddnstr’
    util.c:(.text+0x112d): undefined reference to `waddch’
    util.c:(.text+0x115c): undefined reference to `waddch’
    util.c:(.text+0x117d): undefined reference to `waddnstr’
    util.c:(.text+0x119a): undefined reference to `waddnstr’
    util.c:(.text+0x11d8): undefined reference to `waddch’
    util.c:(.text+0x11f9): undefined reference to `waddnstr’
    util.c:(.text+0x121c): undefined reference to `waddch’
    util.c:(.text+0x1231): undefined reference to `waddnstr’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o: In function `draw_box’:
    util.c:(.text+0x12d7): undefined reference to `wmove’
    util.c:(.text+0x1334): undefined reference to `waddch’
    util.c:(.text+0x1376): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    util.c:(.text+0x137e): undefined reference to `waddch’
    util.c:(.text+0x1397): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    util.c:(.text+0x139f): undefined reference to `waddch’
    util.c:(.text+0x13bf): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    util.c:(.text+0x13c7): undefined reference to `waddch’
    util.c:(.text+0x13d6): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    util.c:(.text+0x13de): undefined reference to `waddch’
    util.c:(.text+0x13f6): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    util.c:(.text+0x13fe): undefined reference to `waddch’
    util.c:(.text+0x1418): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    util.c:(.text+0x1420): undefined reference to `waddch’
    util.c:(.text+0x1438): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    util.c:(.text+0x1440): undefined reference to `waddch’
    util.c:(.text+0x1458): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    util.c:(.text+0x1460): undefined reference to `waddch’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o: In function `draw_shadow’:
    util.c:(.text+0x148d): undefined reference to `has_colors’
    util.c:(.text+0x14ba): undefined reference to `wmove’
    util.c:(.text+0x14d0): undefined reference to `winch’
    util.c:(.text+0x14db): undefined reference to `waddch’
    util.c:(.text+0x14f9): undefined reference to `wmove’
    util.c:(.text+0x1504): undefined reference to `winch’
    util.c:(.text+0x150f): undefined reference to `waddch’
    util.c:(.text+0x1517): undefined reference to `winch’
    util.c:(.text+0x1522): undefined reference to `waddch’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o: In function `on_key_esc’:
    util.c:(.text+0x164d): undefined reference to `nodelay’
    util.c:(.text+0x1657): undefined reference to `keypad’
    util.c:(.text+0x165f): undefined reference to `wgetch’
    util.c:(.text+0x1669): undefined reference to `wgetch’
    util.c:(.text+0x1674): undefined reference to `wgetch’
    util.c:(.text+0x1683): undefined reference to `nodelay’
    util.c:(.text+0x1690): undefined reference to `keypad’
    util.c:(.text+0x16c6): undefined reference to `ungetch’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o: In function `attr_clear’:
    util.c:(.text+0x522): undefined reference to `wtouchln’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o: In function `dialog_clear’:
    util.c:(.text+0x5f4): undefined reference to `wnoutrefresh’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o: In function `end_dialog’:
    util.c:(.text+0xd33): undefined reference to `endwin’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o: In function `print_title’:
    util.c:(.text+0xdfe): undefined reference to `waddch’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o: In function `print_button’:
    util.c:(.text+0x11b8): undefined reference to `wmove’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o: In function `draw_shadow’:
    util.c:(.text+0x153d): undefined reference to `wnoutrefresh’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/inputbox.o: In function `print_buttons’:
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x99): undefined reference to `wmove’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/inputbox.o: In function `dialog_inputbox’:
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x12b): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x167): undefined reference to `COLS’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x17f): undefined reference to `LINES’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x1a6): undefined reference to `newwin’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x1b6): undefined reference to `keypad’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x1f6): undefined reference to `wmove’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x202): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x20a): undefined reference to `waddch’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x223): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x22f): undefined reference to `waddch’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x252): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x257): undefined reference to `waddch’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x2ea): undefined reference to `wmove’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x37c): undefined reference to `waddch’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x395): undefined reference to `wmove’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x39d): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x3a5): undefined reference to `wgetch’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x3f4): undefined reference to `delwin’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x444): undefined reference to `delwin’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x4ec): undefined reference to `wmove’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x4fc): undefined reference to `waddch’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x504): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x542): undefined reference to `delwin’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x5c5): undefined reference to `wmove’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x60b): undefined reference to `waddch’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x6ce): undefined reference to `waddnstr’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x745): undefined reference to `delwin’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x75c): undefined reference to `delwin’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x7cb): undefined reference to `wmove’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x7d3): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x7eb): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x7f2): undefined reference to `waddch’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x86b): undefined reference to `wmove’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x8a7): undefined reference to `wmove’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x8af): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x90c): undefined reference to `wmove’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x91e): undefined reference to `waddch’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x92d): undefined reference to `wmove’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x935): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x954): undefined reference to `flash’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x96f): undefined reference to `wmove’
    inputbox.c:(.text+0x9ad): undefined reference to `waddch’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/inputbox.o: In function `print_buttons’:
    inputbox.c:(.text+0xb9): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/textbox.o: In function `print_line’:
    textbox.c:(.text+0x1c0): undefined reference to `wmove’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x1d0): undefined reference to `waddch’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x1f0): undefined reference to `waddnstr’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/textbox.o: In function `print_position’:
    textbox.c:(.text+0x240): undefined reference to `wbkgdset’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x285): undefined reference to `wmove’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x2a9): undefined reference to `wbkgdset’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/textbox.o: In function `refresh_text_box’:
    textbox.c:(.text+0x363): undefined reference to `wnoutrefresh’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x37d): undefined reference to `wmove’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/textbox.o: In function `dialog_textbox’:
    textbox.c:(.text+0x3ca): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x435): undefined reference to `COLS’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x466): undefined reference to `LINES’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x494): undefined reference to `newwin’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x4a4): undefined reference to `keypad’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x4c7): undefined reference to `subwin’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x4e8): undefined reference to `wbkgdset’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x4f5): undefined reference to `keypad’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x539): undefined reference to `wmove’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x545): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x54d): undefined reference to `waddch’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x563): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x56f): undefined reference to `waddch’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x596): undefined reference to `wbkgdset’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x59d): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x5a5): undefined reference to `waddch’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x5fa): undefined reference to `wnoutrefresh’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x659): undefined reference to `wgetch’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x754): undefined reference to `delwin’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x75c): undefined reference to `delwin’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x797): undefined reference to `delwin’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x79f): undefined reference to `delwin’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x887): undefined reference to `scrollok’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x894): undefined reference to `wscrl’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x89e): undefined reference to `scrollok’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x8f0): undefined reference to `wnoutrefresh’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x9bf): undefined reference to `scrollok’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x9cc): undefined reference to `wscrl’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x9d6): undefined reference to `scrollok’
    textbox.c:(.text+0x9ec): undefined reference to `wnoutrefresh’
    textbox.c:(.text+0xa03): undefined reference to `wmove’
    textbox.c:(.text+0xa0b): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    textbox.c:(.text+0xa20): undefined reference to `delwin’
    textbox.c:(.text+0xa28): undefined reference to `delwin’
    textbox.c:(.text+0xa34): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    textbox.c:(.text+0xad0): undefined reference to `wbkgdset’
    textbox.c:(.text+0xad7): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    textbox.c:(.text+0xade): undefined reference to `waddch’
    textbox.c:(.text+0xb36): undefined reference to `wnoutrefresh’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/textbox.o: In function `print_line’:
    textbox.c:(.text+0x214): undefined reference to `wclrtoeol’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/textbox.o: In function `print_position’:
    textbox.c:(.text+0x29c): undefined reference to `wprintw’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/textbox.o: In function `refresh_text_box’:
    textbox.c:(.text+0x394): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/yesno.o: In function `print_buttons’:
    yesno.c:(.text+0x94): undefined reference to `wmove’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/yesno.o: In function `dialog_yesno’:
    yesno.c:(.text+0xfc): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    yesno.c:(.text+0x138): undefined reference to `COLS’
    yesno.c:(.text+0x151): undefined reference to `LINES’
    yesno.c:(.text+0x17a): undefined reference to `newwin’
    yesno.c:(.text+0x18a): undefined reference to `keypad’
    yesno.c:(.text+0x1cc): undefined reference to `wmove’
    yesno.c:(.text+0x1d8): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    yesno.c:(.text+0x1e0): undefined reference to `waddch’
    yesno.c:(.text+0x1f3): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    yesno.c:(.text+0x1ff): undefined reference to `waddch’
    yesno.c:(.text+0x222): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    yesno.c:(.text+0x227): undefined reference to `waddch’
    yesno.c:(.text+0x277): undefined reference to `wgetch’
    yesno.c:(.text+0x2b5): undefined reference to `delwin’
    yesno.c:(.text+0x2e2): undefined reference to `delwin’
    yesno.c:(.text+0x332): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    yesno.c:(.text+0x34e): undefined reference to `delwin’
    yesno.c:(.text+0x368): undefined reference to `delwin’
    yesno.c:(.text+0x3af): undefined reference to `delwin’
    yesno.c:(.text+0x3c3): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    yesno.c:(.text+0x3ca): undefined reference to `waddch’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/yesno.o: In function `print_buttons’:
    yesno.c:(.text+0xb4): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o: In function `do_scroll’:
    menubox.c:(.text+0x21): undefined reference to `scrollok’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x2b): undefined reference to `wscrl’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x35): undefined reference to `scrollok’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o: In function `do_print_item’:
    menubox.c:(.text+0xf6): undefined reference to `wmove’
    menubox.c:(.text+0xfe): undefined reference to `wclrtoeol’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x125): undefined reference to `wmove’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x13a): undefined reference to `waddnstr’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x16e): undefined reference to `wmove’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x181): undefined reference to `waddch’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x19a): undefined reference to `wmove’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x1d8): undefined reference to `wmove’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x1df): undefined reference to `wclrtoeol’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o: In function `print_buttons’:
    menubox.c:(.text+0x2b0): undefined reference to `wmove’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o: In function `print_arrows.constprop.0′:
    menubox.c:(.text+0x32e): undefined reference to `wmove’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x349): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x351): undefined reference to `waddch’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x363): undefined reference to `waddnstr’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x371): undefined reference to `wmove’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x379): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x3a1): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x3a9): undefined reference to `waddch’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x3b0): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x3b8): undefined reference to `waddch’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x3bf): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x3c7): undefined reference to `waddch’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x3ce): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x3d6): undefined reference to `waddch’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x3e5): undefined reference to `wmove’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x42b): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x433): undefined reference to `waddch’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x445): undefined reference to `waddnstr’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x45e): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x466): undefined reference to `waddch’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x46d): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x475): undefined reference to `waddch’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x47c): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x484): undefined reference to `waddch’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x48b): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x493): undefined reference to `waddch’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x4a6): undefined reference to `wmove’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o: In function `dialog_menu’:
    menubox.c:(.text+0x4d4): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x574): undefined reference to `COLS’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x588): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x598): undefined reference to `LINES’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x5ca): undefined reference to `newwin’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x5dc): undefined reference to `keypad’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x630): undefined reference to `wmove’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x63c): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x646): undefined reference to `waddch’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x66b): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x676): undefined reference to `waddch’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x6a8): undefined reference to `wbkgdset’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x6af): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x6b9): undefined reference to `waddch’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x71c): undefined reference to `subwin’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x72c): undefined reference to `keypad’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x876): undefined reference to `wnoutrefresh’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x8c8): undefined reference to `wmove’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x8d0): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x8ec): undefined reference to `wgetch’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x9c9): undefined reference to `delwin’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x9d3): undefined reference to `delwin’
    menubox.c:(.text+0xb2d): undefined reference to `wnoutrefresh’
    menubox.c:(.text+0xb35): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    menubox.c:(.text+0xb47): undefined reference to `delwin’
    menubox.c:(.text+0xb51): undefined reference to `delwin’
    menubox.c:(.text+0xe8b): undefined reference to `scrollok’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x1025): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x10df): undefined reference to `wbkgdset’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x10e6): undefined reference to `acs_map’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x10ed): undefined reference to `waddch’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x1134): undefined reference to `delwin’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x113e): undefined reference to `delwin’
    menubox.c:(.text+0x1145): undefined reference to `stdscr’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o: In function `do_scroll’:
    menubox.c:(.text+0x53): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o: In function `do_print_item’:
    menubox.c:(.text+0x1cc): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o: In function `print_buttons’:
    menubox.c:(.text+0x2d0): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o: In function `print_arrows.constprop.0′:
    menubox.c:(.text+0x40f): undefined reference to `wrefresh’
    collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
    make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/mconf] Error 1
    make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
41. LIV2 Post authorApril 11, 2013 at 5:33 pm

    Hi,

    In regards to the make errors, It’s probably due to missing ncurses or nurses-devel packages, I’d recommend installing/updating those packages on your system to make sure it works.

    As for the compiler, I did find that I had issues using some other compilers at the time. there were two included when I downloaded NDK R5B, one being the arm-linux-gnueabi compiler and the other being the arm-eabi compiler.
    If you keep having issues with your compiler, there are still download links for the r5b version I used on this page: http://androgeek.info/?p=296

    Let me know how that goes!
42. LIV2 Post authorApril 11, 2013 at 5:37 pm

    Hey Creffett,
    Unfortunately I know nothing about how initramfs’s are packed on gentoo, maybe try just using the same tools as me? I believe you should be able to build initramfs-tools from these sources: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/raring/+source/initramfs-tools/0.103ubuntu0.7
43. LIV2 Post authorApril 11, 2013 at 5:40 pm

    How did you go with this Igneo676?
    It sounds like it’s mounting the wrong device as the root device, did you format your sdcard exactly like I specified in the article? if not you’ll need to update the boot args to use the correct root= line
    You can check this by booting up your Xoom into Android with the sdcard in, then check to see what the device name is with the mount command inside the adb shell.
44. solcintra_jack April 19, 2013 at 11:29 am

    Haven’t been able to try to build for a while. Now that I can, this is what I get when I try to compile the kernel.

    Btw, libncurses5 was fine but libncurses5-dev needed installed, and I’m using r5b now.

    jdelaughder@mint-NV53A ~/linuxoom/LIV2-Xoom-GNU-tiamat_stock_gpu $ make -j 2
    scripts/kconfig/conf –silentoldconfig arch/arm/Kconfig
    init/Kconfig:658:error: recursive dependency detected!
    init/Kconfig:658: symbol SYSFS_DEPRECATED is selected by SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2
    init/Kconfig:795: symbol SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 depends on SYSFS_DEPRECATED
    CHK include/linux/version.h
    CHK include/generated/utsrelease.h
    CC scripts/mod/empty.o
    as: unrecognized option ‘-EL’
    make[2]: *** [scripts/mod/empty.o] Error 1
    make[1]: *** [scripts/mod] Error 2
    make: *** [scripts] Error 2
    make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs….
    jdelaughder@mint-NV53A ~/linuxoom/LIV2-Xoom-GNU-tiamat_stock_gpu $

    It looks like Erhan had similar issues, maybe a similar solution?
45. solcintra_jack April 19, 2013 at 1:37 pm

    Just noticed Zer0 had the same (or VERY close to the same) problem. I don’t know the term ‘terminal ravine’, but can one of you two help me through this?

    Thanks!
    Solcintra Jack
46. LIV2 Post authorApril 19, 2013 at 3:27 pm

    Hey,

    I’ve seen that error before, it generally means that your export variables haven’t been set properly. i.e
    # export CROSS_COMPILE=~/Downloads/android–ndk–r5b/toolchains/arm–eabi–4.4.0/prebuilt/linux–x86/bin/arm–eabi–
    # export ARCH=arm

    If that doesn’t work you can also try going into the android–ndk–r5b/toolchains/arm–eabi–4.4.0/prebuilt/linux–x86/bin folder and creating a copy of arm-eabi-as and name it as, then export PATH=~/Downloads/android–ndk–r5b/toolchains/arm–eabi–4.4.0/prebuilt/linux–x86/bin:$PATH and try again.
47. solcintra_jack April 20, 2013 at 12:47 pm

    Hey LIV2,

    I set the variables exactly as specified; no joy. Made absolutely certain the PATH variable was properly set; no joy. Also tried copying ‘arm-eabi-as’ and renaming the copy ‘as’; still no joy. I’m going to try using Debian instead of Linux Mint; maybe that will make the needed difference.

    Wish me luck,
    Solcintra Jack
48. solcintra_jack April 25, 2013 at 1:06 pm

    Think I’ve nailed down my problem, tried in ext2 environment (had been using ext4) and it started to compile…then my hard disk overheated and shut down.

    Dammit.

    Trying again later on, in a better spot.

    Solcintra Jack
49. Jeff November 13, 2013 at 10:22 am

    Hi LIV2,

    I’m having a problem, either I’m not seeing the accessibility menu, or the right place to enable the touchscreen keyboard, or something is missing from my setup. It’s the little blue-circle button with a man on it, right? I don’t seem to have the options for the keyboard there.

    I have an error mounting my filesystem at first, the kernel would say it couldn’t find init, then rebooted. I went into menuconfig and turned on ext2 (M) and ext3 (*) filesystems, however I also found I’d left off the leading “/” in my command-line, not sure which fixed it. Probably the typo was the problem.

    Can you give me an idea of where to look?

    Thanks
50. Enrique January 27, 2015 at 7:06 am

    Hi!, congratulation for your post. I’m very interested in How install Debian in my Motorola Xoom and your post is very helpful for me.

    I was reading your post and I’ve a question, when you build The Kernel, you execute this line:

    export CROSS_COMPILE=~/Downloads/android-ndk-r5b/toolchains/arm–eabi–4.4.0/prebuilt/linux–x86/bin/arm-eabi-

    My question is about the end of that line, because I download android-ndk-r5b and I searched this file: ‘arm-eabi-‘ into: android-ndk-r5b/toolchains/arm–eabi–4.4.0/prebuilt/linux–x86/bin/.

    But I found other files, like: arm-eabi-ar, arm-eabi-as… Which file I need to use?.

    Thanks a lot!

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