@schuhumi: Thank you for sharing this, picked up a PW3 on eBay just to try it. Will be very happy just to have proper web access, but who knows perhaps in time a USB keyboard.
For anyone unaware, there is another recent thread where development has been discussed:
Full blown linux alpine on Kindle Scribe?
Initially I followed the easy install instructions on the github for the KUAL Alpine installer verbatim, without first installing kterm, which is mentioned as a step in that thread.
EDIT: Internet access issue resolved by setting my router as an alternate DNS server by adding the line 'nameserver 192.168.1.1' to /etc/resolve.conf.
Both kterm and Alpine now work great on my PW3 (5.16.2.1.1, WinterBreak) but there is no Internet access. If I just run kterm from KUAL I can ping
www.google.com fine, but in Alpine there is no response from the same URL (with or without sudo), although if I use sudo there is from 8.8.8.8.
Code:
bash-5.0$ ping www.google.com
ping bad address: 'www.google.com'
bash-5.0$ ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
ping: permission denied (are you root?)
bash-5.0$ sudo ping www.google.com
[sudo] password for alpine:
ping bad address: 'www.google.com'
bash-5.0$ sudo ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): seq=0 ttl=117 time 73.577 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): seq=1 ttl=117 time 93.602 ms
I have not changed anything in the network settings in the Alpine GUI which is set to direct, and webpages do load in the normal Kindle Browser.
Is there something I can try other than a reinstall to fix the DNS or whatever the issue may be, or if I should uninstall is the KUAL Alpine removal option enough for this or are there any files or directories I should remove manually?
Also, as attached, the on screen keyboard often shows many ghosts of the cursor which remain fixed on keys I have pressed.
If relevant whenever I use
log out alpine, after the device reboots I have an error file as attached.