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I have installed Fedora 12 on my Nokia N900.

[[Image:N900-fedora-f12.jpg|left|thumb|alt=Jebba's N900 Fedora 12|Fedora 12 on N900]]

Screen reads:

Fedora release 12 (Constantine)
 Kernel 2.6.28-omap1-jebba5 on an arm7l (tty1)
 
 fedora-arm login: _

=HOWTO Install Fedora 12 on Nokia N900=
It boots up happily. No GUI, no phonecalls, no battery charging support, etc. Wifi works. Testing xorg RSN.

==Kernel==
You will need to install a kernel that has a framebuffer console. You can use your own or use mine. See: [[User:Jebba/Kernel#Installing_my_custom_kernel | Installing my custom kernel]] if you would like to use mine. Version 2.6.28-omap1-jebba5 is known to "work".

==bootmenu==
You need to have getbootstate version 1.0.35+0m5 or greater for this to work. These docs are basically the same as installing [[User:Jebba/Mer | Mer]].

dpkg -l getbootstate

(As a side note, [https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7019 getbootstate is closed software]. Please vote for this bug and/or clamour for it to be released as free software.)

* [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=372885&postcount=22 discussion on t.m.o]

I have four partitions on my MicroSD card. The first one is 100M of VFAT just to shut up fremantle. The second is 1G of swap. The third is 7G of space for fremantle. The remaining space is around 7G of space for Fedora. You can install it in far less space, but I have a 16G card, so that's what I did. These docs assume you use my partitioning.

# Boot up into Maemo / Fremantle
 
 # Grab this package:
 wget http://www.daimi.au.dk/~cvm/bootmenu_1.6_armel.deb
 
 # Be root
 sudo gainroot
 
 # Install bootmenu
 dpkg -i bootmenu_1.6_armel.deb

Then tappy tap tap the bootmenu install icon and answer yes.

Now you need to set up Fedora in the menu for bootmenu. See also: [[Mer/Documentation/Bootmenu| Mer bootmenu docs]].

I put everything on the forth partition on an ext3 formatted "external" MicroSD card (the one that's right next to the camera).

# edit/create this file to create a boot menu item for Fedora:
 vim /etc/bootmenu.d/fedora.ext.item
 
 # Make it look justa lika thisa:
 
 ITEM_NAME="Fedora 12 (external SD, partition 4)"
 ITEM_ID="fedora"
 ITEM_DEVICE="${EXT_CARD}p4"
 ITEM_MODULES="mbcache jbd ext3"
 ITEM_FSTYPE="ext3"
 ITEM_FSOPTIONS="noatime,rw"

Then shutoff the phone and reboot with KEYBOARD SLID OUT, so you get the bootmenu.

==rootfs==

Boot into your system like "normal" into Maemo fremantle.

Set up and download the needed files:

# This will be a nice place to keep things
 mkdir -p /home/user/MyDocs/Fedora/rootfs
 
 # go hence
 cd /home/user/MyDocs/Fedora/rootfs
 
 # grab the root image
 wget http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/arm/fedora/rootfs/rootfs-f12.tar.bz2

===fedora-setup-in-chroot===
Make this file and put it here:
/home/user/MyDocs/Fedora/fedora-setup-in-chroot

Note, in future revisions, I will have more in this script, this is just a starting point for now.

#!/bin/sh
 
 set -x
 
 echo "uh, set a root password!"
 passwd

===freemoe-fedora-install===
Make & run this script; adjust the partition numbers to match your own setup.

#!/bin/sh
 
 set -x
 
 echo "this is going to format your microsd, take care!"
 
 echo "THIS FORMATS PARTITION 4 ON YOUR MICROSD"
 
 read ok
 read ok
 exit 0 # you get this i hope
 
 echo
 
 sudo umount /dev/mmcblk1p4
 
 sudo mkfs.ext3 -j -m1 /dev/mmcblk1p4
 
 sudo fsck -vvv /dev/mmcblk1p4
 
 sudo mkdir -p /media/mmc4
 
 sudo mount -o noatime /dev/mmcblk1p4 /media/mmc4/
 
 cd /media/mmc4/
 
 bzcat /home/user/MyDocs/Fedora/rootfs/rootfs-f12.tar.bz2 | sudo tar x
 
 sudo mv rootfs-f12/* .
 sudo rmdir rootfs-f12
 
 sudo cp -a /lib/modules/*  /media/mmc4/lib/modules/
 
 echo "WARNING WARNING WARNING!!!!"
 echo "Copying over NON-FREE FIRMWARE"
 echo "PAY PENANCE!!!!"
 sudo cp -a /lib/firmware/*  /media/mmc4/lib/firmware/
 
 sudo cp -p /home/user/MyDocs/Fedora/fedora-setup-in-chroot ./
 
 sudo chmod +x fedora-setup-in-chroot
 
 sync
 
 echo
 echo "now run ./fedora-setup-in-chroot after you enter the chroot"
 echo "this is convenient too:"
 echo "export HOME=/root"
 echo
 
 sudo chroot /media/mmc4 /bin/bash

==Disable watchdog==
You have to disable the watchdog with the flasher tool or the system will just shut down on bootup:

./flasher-3.5 --set-rd-flags=no-omap-wd
 
 ./flasher-3.5 --set-rd-flags=no-ext-wd
 
 ./flasher-3.5 --enable-rd-mode

=Wifi=

You'll also need to add "." to root's PATH or put that somewhere it root's PATH.

[root@fedora-arm ~]# tail -1 /root/.bashrc

Here's a crufty crappy script to get wifi and net:

# cat wlanon 
 #!/bin/sh
 
 WLAN=`iwconfig |grep wlan | cut -f 1 -d " "`
 echo "$WLAN"
 
 ifconfig $WLAN down
 sleep 1
 iwconfig $WLAN mode managed
 sleep 1
 ifconfig $WLAN up
 sleep 1
 iwconfig $WLAN essid consume
 sleep 1
 ifconfig $WLAN 10.0.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
 
 iwconfig $WLAN
 sleep 2
 ifconfig $WLAN
 
 route add default gw 10.0.0.2

==OLD==

(Will add this to script later)

I got wifi going by writing a simple script that I can run at boot. Can't use many of the keys, so no "0", "/" etc. I used iwconfig which I yum installed in the chroot, but this could easily be done with the more modern "iw" which comes installed.

[root@fedora-arm ~]# cat startiwconfig
 #!/bin/sh
 
 iwconfig wlan0 essid consume
 dhclient wlan0

PATH=$PATH:.

# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 
 # WLAN Interface
 DEVICE=wlan0
 #HWADDR=00:00:00:00:00:00
 ONBOOT=no
 BOOTPROTO=dhcp
 TYPE=Wireless
 NM_CONTROLLED=no
 USERCTL=yes
 PEERDNS=yes
 IPV6INIT=no
 #MODE=Master
 RATE=auto
 ESSID=consume
 CHANNEL=

Note: I had wifi working fine, then I installed a bunch of apps and network config broke and can't find the device anymore. :(

Note 2: If you reboot without powering off or perhaps yanking the battery, your device may appear as wlan2 or wlan3 etc.

'''EDIT: UPDATE:''' by SimonGie 28/07/2010

This works for a network that has no encryption but will not connect to one that does.
Boot into Maemo and chroot into the Fedora install. Then yum install wpa_supplicant.
Then edit your wpa_supplicant.conf to something like this:

This config below is for two wireless networks...I have one at home and at work that I could connect to. Obviously you need to change the SSID and passkeys to your relevant info. If you only need to connect to one wlan, then leave the 2nd one off.

ap_scan=1
        ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
        network={
        ssid="network SSID 1"
        scan_ssid=1
        proto=WPA
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        psk="Passkey1"
        pairwise=TKIP
        group=TKIP
        }
        network={
        ssid="network SSID 2"
        scan_ssid=1
        proto=WPA
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        psk="Passkey2"
        pairwise=TKIP
        group=TKIP
        }

Save that. Then make a little initialisation script:

vim wlanon

Put this in the file:

wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dwext
        rhclient wlan0

and save it
Then

chmod +x wlanon
 
Then reboot the phone and boot into Fedora desktop 
Once logged in, run the script wlanon
This should initialise the wlan card, you can check this by typing iwconfig

If you have device does not exist errors, boot into Maemo, mount the Fedora partition and delete the file

/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

Because the wireless MAC address changes for some reason and Udev assigns it a different name. Deleting that file will make Udev redetect it as wlan0

You should now have internet access.

Do a yum install NetworkManager-gnome and let it install. When eventually you boot into the desktop, NetworkManager should start and you will be able to connect to any wireless network, regarless of wpa_supplicant.conf

If NetworkManager complains about required resources, run this command from the terminal

gtk-update-icon-cache -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor

NetworkManager is working flawlessly with my install.
--[[Special:Contributions/77.101.61.5|77.101.61.5]] 20:49, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

=X.org=
X is up and running with XFCE & openbox. I have the touchscreen working. I can do touchscreen calibration.

# as root, I did this via ssh when networking was working
 yum groupinstall Base-X
 
 # grab a desktop. No openbox or lxde available at the moment for ARM.
 yum groupinstall XFCE
 
 # not sure if the above drags this in or not
 yum install tslib
 
 # fix /etc/hosts to this so XFCE doesn't complain:
 127.0.0.1       localhost localhost.localdomain fedora-arm
 
 # since keyboard isn't working you have to set up this script from
 # chroot or ssh in:
 echo "TSLIB_TSDEVICE=/dev/input/event3 TSLIB_CONFFILE=/etc/ts.conf ts_calibrate" > /root/ts
 chmod +x /root/ts
 
 # then next time you boot up, log in as root and run "ts" to calibrate.
 
 # You may need to uncomment this line in /etc/ts.conf:
 module_raw input

=Misc=

In a chroot I wanted to do a `yum update` and installs. Did a `mount -a` and needed to create a device:

cd /dev
 MAKEDEV urandom

yum update
 yum install wireless-tools openssh-clients git

route add default gw 192.168.1.1

* disable /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

* Have lame network startup script run at boot.

* stop startup stuff

chkconfig abrtd off
 chkconfig auditd off
 chkconfig ip6tables off
 chkconfig iptables off
 chkconfig netconsole off
 chkconfig netfs off
 chkconfig restorecond off

* Build tools:

yum groupinstall --skip-broken "Development Tools"

yum install -y vim-enhanced file gqview xorg-x11-apps xterm

* Auto login, edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf
 [daemon]
 AutomaticLoginEnable=true
 AutomaticLogin=jebba

* Edit /etc/inittab to set default runlevel to 5.

To get X pointer and keyboard working:

* Mount up Maemo root partition:

mkdir -p /mnt/maemo
 mount -t ubifs ubi0:rootfs /mnt/maemo

* /usr/share/hal/fdi/* stuff from maemo to get touchscreen working in X. Copy it to /etc/hal/...

* Copy over xkb stuff to get numbers etc from keyboard working:

mv /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/X11/xkb.f12
 cp -a /mnt/maemo/usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/X11/xkb

* ofono

yum -y install glib2-devel dbus-devel libudev-devel

To initialize modem, you need to run this non-free command:

/mnt/initfs/sbin/phonet -a 0x6C -i phonet0
 ifconfig phonet0 up # or:
 ip link set dev phonet0 up

* misc misc misc

yum -y install openbox rxvt-unicode alsa-utils sox

'''UPDATE'''

I had issues updating via yum, and I had to rebuild the database. Boot into Maemo and mount and chroot the Fedora partition. Then run 
      rm -f /var/lib/__db*
and then
      rpm --rebuilddb

Once it's done you should be able to run yum
--[[Special:Contributions/77.101.61.5|77.101.61.5]] 20:49, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

=Battery?=
Copying over the script from Mer to get the battery working appears to run, not certain how it is working yet.

cp -p /mnt/mer/etc/init.d/n900-support /etc/init.d/
 # edit n900-support, adding this line:
 # chkconfig: - 58 74
 chkconfig --level 35 n900-support on

=watchdog=
To disable R&D mode, try this:

yum -y install watchdog
 wget http://atorkhov.fedorapeople.org/n900_wd-1-1.noarch.rpm
 rpm -Uvh n900_wd-1-1.noarch.rpm

==kludge up symlinks==

chroot /mnt/initfs/
 ln -s /f12/tmp/bme-dbus-socket /tmp/bme-dbus-socket

Outside chroot:
 ln -s /mnt/initfs/tmp/dsmesock /tmp/
 sudo ln -s /mnt/initfs/tmp/.bmesrv /tmp/
 
 cp -p /mnt/initfs/usr/lib/libbmeipc.so.0 /usr/lib
 cp -p /mnt/initfs/usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-bme /usr/libexec/hald-addon-bme
 cp -p /mnt/initfs/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-bme.fdi /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/

==watchdog other==
Here's some scripts that I got from somewhere, i think another fedora/n900 user. :)  It is another way to disable the watchdog without having to enter R&D mode.

===n900_wd===
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # chkconfig: 12345 01 99
 # description: N900 watchdog kicker
 #
 
 # Source function library.
 . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
 
 [ -x /usr/sbin/wd_keepalive ] || exit 0
 
 RETVAL=0
 prog=wd_keepalive
 pidfile=/var/run/wd_keepalive.pid
 lockfile=/var/lock/subsys/n900_wd
 
 start() {
 	echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
 	/usr/sbin/${prog} -c /etc/watchdog-omap.conf
 	RETVAL=$?
 	[ $RETVAL -ne 0 ] && (echo_failure; echo; return $RETVAL)
 	/usr/sbin/${prog} -c /etc/watchdog-twl4030.conf
 	RETVAL=$?
 	[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $lockfile
 	[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && echo_success
 	[ $RETVAL -ne 0 ] && echo_failure
 	echo
 	return $RETVAL
 }
 
 stop() {
 	rm -f $lockfile $pidfile
 }
 
 case "$1" in
   start)
 	start
 	;;
   stop)
 	stop
 	;;
   status)
 	status $prog
 	RETVAL=$?
 	;;
   *)
 	echo $"Usage: $0 {start|status}"
 	exit 1
 esac

===watchdog-twl4030.conf===

watchdog-device		= /dev/twl4030_wdt
 interval		= 10
 realtime		= yes
 priority		= 1

===watchdog-omap.conf===

watchdog-device		= /dev/watchdog
 interval		= 10
 realtime		= yes
 priority		= 1

=See also=

* [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=38987 Thread about Fedora 12 on talk.maemo.org]

* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM ARM at Fedora wiki]

* [http://fedora-arm.blogspot.com/ Fedora ARM blog]

* [https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-arm/ Fedora ARM mailing list archives]

* [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=ARMTracker Fedora ARM bug tracker]

* [http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/arm/fedora/rootfs/?C=M;O=D Fedora ARM roots]

* [[User:Jebba/Mer | My docs on installing Mer, which is similar procedure]]

* [http://alexeytorkhov.blogspot.com/2010/02/running-fedora-arm-on-nokia-n900.html Another N900/Fedora user]

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@@ Line 296: / Line 296: @@
   yum groupinstall XFCE
-  # Screen config.
+  # not sure if the above drags this in or not
-  yum install tslib xorg-x11-apps
+  yum install tslib
   # fix /etc/hosts to this so XFCE doesn't complain:
@@ Line 309: / Line 309: @@
   # then next time you boot up, log in as root and run "ts" to calibrate.
-  # Uncomment this line in /etc/ts.conf:
+  # You may need to uncomment this line in /etc/ts.conf:
   module_raw input