KoBox, or how to run X.org and Firefox on your Kobo - Page 11

NiMa · 01-28-2021, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elektron

Code:

[root@snow root]# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr this looks like a MAC address to me so I'm gonna remove it
          inet addr:192.168.1.71  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:568 errors:0 dropped:225 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:153687 (150.0 KiB)  TX bytes:7887 (7.7 KiB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:6404 (6.2 KiB)  TX bytes:6404 (6.2 KiB)

You seem to be connected to the Internet...
Output of

Code:

ping -c 10 google.com

?

Elektron · 01-28-2021, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiMa

You seem to be connected to the Internet...
Output of

Code:

ping -c 10 google.com

?

No, it's working now. FALKON AND MIDORI RUNNING!

NiMa · 01-28-2021, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elektron

No, it's working now. FALKON AND MIDORI RUNNING!

Lucky you. Because of I don't know what reason, my Libra doesn't want to run anything based on QtWebengine. It crashes the renderer process every time. Limiting me to those awful and slow WebKit GTK browsers such as Luakit and Midori. And because Firefox crashes, I can't really do anything on it. I'm not saying that webkitgtk is a bad render engine, but on embedded devices you really see that it's not been optimized.
On my Glo HD it does not that (but because of the broken screen, I can't really use it for any practical purpose).
If Falkon works for you, keep it. Uninstall Firefox and Midori. You'll love that new 500 MB of free space.

Also, I tested Chromium from older Alpine versions, and it runs well on my Glo HD but (you knew it) not on my Libra. I don't necessarily feel the need to create a guide on how to install it, because it performs about the same as Falkon, and maybe a tad slower. If you absolutely want it, let me know.

General advice
If KoBox worked for you, if you installed custom software on it, etc. it would be useful to make a video about it and share the link. I could update the main post and show more examples of what you can do with it.

Elektron · 01-28-2021, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiMa

Lucky you. Because of I don't know what reason, my Libra doesn't want to run anything based on QtWebengine. It crashes the renderer process every time. Limiting me to those awful and slow WebKit GTK browsers such as Luakit and Midori. And because Firefox crashes, I can't really do anything on it. I'm not saying that webkitgtk is a bad render engine, but on embedded devices you really see that it's not been optimized.
On my Glo HD it does not that (but because of the broken screen, I can't really use it for any practical purpose).
If Falkon works for you, keep it. Uninstall Firefox and Midori. You'll love that new 500 MB of free space.

Also, I tested Chromium from older Alpine versions, and it runs well on my Glo HD but (you knew it) not on my Libra. I don't necessarily feel the need to create a guide on how to install it, because it performs about the same as Falkon, and maybe a tad slower. If you absolutely want it, let me know.

General advice
If KoBox worked for you, if you installed custom software on it, etc. it would be useful to make a video about it and share the link. I could update the main post and show more examples of what you can do with it.

Well, Falkon was installed. It doesn't seem to be running though...

NiMa · 01-28-2021, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elektron

Well, Falkon was installed. It doesn't seem to be running though...

Code:

falkon --no-sandbox

in a terminal in KoBox

Elektron · 01-28-2021, 12:45 PM

Nope.

Any updates on touch?

Elektron · 01-28-2021, 02:50 PM

I'm posting this from mobileread.mobi on Midori on my H2O! (Via VNC though. Touch is still a bit wonky.

NiMa · 01-28-2021, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elektron

I'm posting this from mobileread.mobi on Midori on my H2O! (Via VNC though. Touch is still a bit wonky.

Try reinstalling Falkon. It's mileees better than Midori.

Code:

apk del falkon

Code:

apk update

Code:

apk add falkon

then launch it

Code:

falkon --no-sandbox

Elektron · 01-29-2021, 12:23 AM

See post 156, falkon is apparently not a command.

Yeah, I'll try again tomorrow. I need to get some sleep!!

NiMa · 01-29-2021, 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elektron

See post 156, falkon is apparently not a command.

Yeah, I'll try again tomorrow. I need to get some sleep!!

Yeah that's why I suggested you to reinstall it

Elektron · 01-29-2021, 11:42 AM

Code:

[root@snow ]# falkon
qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
Fatal: This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, xcb.

Aborted
[root@snow ]# falkon --no--sandbox
qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
Fatal: This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, xcb.

Aborted

I assume this is the same problem as your Libra.

Elektron · 01-29-2021, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiMa

Also, I tested Chromium from older Alpine versions, and it runs well on my Glo HD but (you knew it) not on my Libra. I don't necessarily feel the need to create a guide on how to install it, because it performs about the same as Falkon, and maybe a tad slower. If you absolutely want it, let me know.

I think I'll try Chromium and see if it works, as Falkon doesn't.

NiMa · 01-29-2021, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elektron

Code:

[root@snow ]# falkon
qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
Fatal: This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, xcb.

Aborted
[root@snow ]# falkon --no--sandbox
qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
Fatal: This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, xcb.

Aborted

I assume this is the same problem as your Libra.

export DISPLAY=:0

This is the solution to all of your problems

You launched it via SSH, didn't you?

You're better off typing your commands in the terminal application in KoBox

Elektron · 01-29-2021, 05:22 PM

Right, thanks, @NiMa. It still doesn't seem to work. Falkon opened but then it was stuck loading. Then I get an error. Here are some screenshots.

NiMa · 01-29-2021, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elektron

Right, thanks, @NiMa. It still doesn't seem to work. Falkon opened but then it was stuck loading. Then I get an error. Here are some screenshots.

Then you're out of luck, like me :/
Now anything based on QtWebEngine won't work on your Aura H2O v2 and my Libra (i.e. chromium) so we're stuck with WebKitGTK

... or the buggy Gecko engine

If anyone has even an idea on how to solve this problem, please do say it!

( to be honest, webkitgtk is garbage on such a slow processor... believe me, when you've seen the performance of Falkon you can't even describe the slowness of Midori... )

and for touch, maybe I'll contact you on Discord for some tests. that could help me really know what to do.

01-28-2021, 12:45 PM	#156
Elektron Banned Posts: 2,296 Karma: 5300240 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Edmonton, AB Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 (mark 7), Kobo Mini	Nope. Any updates on touch? Attached Thumbnails

01-29-2021, 05:22 PM	#164
Elektron Banned Posts: 2,296 Karma: 5300240 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Edmonton, AB Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 (mark 7), Kobo Mini	Right, thanks, @NiMa. It still doesn't seem to work. Falkon opened but then it was stuck loading. Then I get an error. Here are some screenshots. Attached Thumbnails

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Elektron Banned Posts: 2,296 Karma: 5300240 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Edmonton, AB Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 (mark 7), Kobo Mini	See post 156, falkon is apparently not a command. Yeah, I'll try again tomorrow. I need to get some sleep!!