11-29-2012, 02:34 PM | #16 |
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Updated 2nd post with config details, version 0.0.0 of kindlefix is building right now...... Anyone want to make a logo?
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11-29-2012, 08:03 PM | #17 |
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@qlob: Great idea, great proposal! And the greatest of all is that you're actually going forward and creating something - so, you've got all the Karma that I can give.
I had thought about something similar before, but dropped the idea because many things (=information about debricking) were still changing a lot at the time. But I do think that we're currently at a point where it seriously makes sense. At this time, we do have "fool-proof" procedures for getting at least the original K4 (silver) and K5 (Touch) back to life (I'm not entirely sure about the K3, or the K4 black; and the Paperwhite is in another universe). And we have working tools (imx_usb, fastboot) to actually apply these procedures. So I say: YES, let's do this! I'm very willing to participate in this project. A few observations / notes from my side:
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A command line linux would even fit on a bootable floppy disk (but my last 3 generations of computers did not even have one -- just that it COULD). Like "Tom's Root Boot" for example:
http://www.toms.net/rb/ One problem I can see with a minimal distro is supporting all the different USB interfaces, and onboard USB hubs. Sometimes trying to initialize them can lock the computer if not done in the correct order... Going with something a bit bigger (like Puppy Linux) may be more likely to work out of the box on more hardware. EDIT: And then there are pesky problems with USB boot device resetting and losing the boot drive, or SATA CD/DVD support issues, etc. Oh, and max karma from me too. Last edited by geekmaster; 11-29-2012 at 08:26 PM. |
11-29-2012, 09:47 PM | #19 |
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@ixtab: I'm not really sure about the text interface, seems like it would be too much of a shock for noobs, although I do agree that it should fit on a CD.
suse studio reports that the image is 1.6GB uncompressed, so I may need to trim the fat. susestudio can automagically build USB, DVD, CD (if size allows) isos and even VM images if needed. It was 32bit from the beginning. I'm not sure about Mac, I don't really have one I could test it on... As for the update mechanism,I believe that Opensuse uses yum, so a repo could be maintained... Since there's extra space on my "debricking links" OpenShift cartridge, I could put it there... Maybe susestudio isn't the way to go If we want more control over the contents of the image and removing the chaff... @{ixtab, geekmaster} Thanks for the Karma! |
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I honestly can't think of many things which are more intuitive and straightforward than that. (Especially given our scenario, like "Select your Kindle Model" -> "Kindle Touch" -> "Install vanilla 5.0.0") etc. |
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11-30-2012, 02:08 AM | #21 |
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Concerning GUI vs TUI:
I didn't mean full featured GUI application with an event loop.
I understand the importance of determined sequential behaviour. What I had in mind was a BASH/Perl/Python script with user interaction implemented by commands like this: Code:
kdialog --title "Kindle debricking" --yesno "Do you really want to debrick your Kindle ?" 5 50 dialog --title "Kindle debricking" --yesno "Do you really want to debrick your Kindle ?" 5 50 kdialog --title "Kindle debricking" --radiolist "Select your Kindle flavour" "2" "Kindle 2" 2 "3" "Kindle 3" 3 "4" "Kindle NT" 4 "5" "Kindle Touch" 5 dialog --title "Kindle debricking" --radiolist "Select your Kindle flavour" 12 50 7 "2" "Kindle 2" 2 "3" "Kindle 3" 3 "4" "Kindle NT" 4 "5" "Kindle Touch" 5 |
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OBS builds the packages for you and then puts them in an OBS repository. All is included. When creating the SUSE Studio image, you can add your OBS repo to it and all the packages it contains. Every time the image is built, it contains the latest versions of your packages. |
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I only do apt
Can anyone help with setting this up? (ktdb.sudoforlunch.org) I still say do debian live or remaster an ubuntu cd |
11-30-2012, 07:13 AM | #24 |
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Working on gui
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11-30-2012, 07:25 AM | #25 |
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Wait, I once made a light gui distro with suse ~340MB
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11-30-2012, 07:38 AM | #27 |
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maybe we could fit all the debricking images on there, if we supercompressed them.... Would you mind sending me a link? If it's on susestudio, you could let me fork it...
That's another problem with susestudio.... It's hard for more than one developer to work on a build.... I have experience with Fedora, maybe revisor could work.... then I could at least have stuff uploaded to bitbucket or github so it's easier to collaborate... I'm just thinking out loud here, so tell me if there's a better option or something... |
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Yeah Suse. I will figure it out.
actually... No I wont. Won't let me in with ANY of my accounts HA! Maybe they know me? Last edited by twobob; 11-30-2012 at 08:21 AM. |
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192 mb, boot to lxde. Enough space for the p1 and p2 image
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