KoBox, or how to run X.org and Firefox on your Kobo - Page 12

Elektron · 01-29-2021, 07:27 PM

Alright. So maybe it's a Mark 7 issue? Or the kernel again? Which reminds me. Do you have your Mini? I find it's good for tinkering

. Maybe create a thread in the dev corner about the QtWebEngine problem. Contacting on Discord would be great!

NiMa · 01-29-2021, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Elektron

Alright. So maybe it's a Mark 7 issue? Or the kernel again? Which reminds me. Do you have your Mini? I find it's good for tinkering

. Maybe create a thread in the dev corner about the QtWebEngine problem. Contacting on Discord would be great!

No Mini for now...
Canada Post's tracking hangs at "In transit" since Tuesday, so...

Elektron · 01-30-2021, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by NiMa

No Mini for now...
Canada Post's tracking hangs at "In transit" since Tuesday, so...

Probably a delay, what with the pandemic and all. I'm curious, where did you get it? I had to drive an hour out of Edmonton to get mine.

NiMa · 01-30-2021, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Elektron

Probably a delay, what with the pandemic and all. I'm curious, where did you get it? I had to drive an hour out of Edmonton to get mine.

Kijiji, 20 bucks, a good deal

Elektron · 01-30-2021, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by NiMa

Kijiji, 20 bucks, a good deal

Nice, I got it for 20 as well... originally looking for a Glo HD.

NiMa · 01-31-2021, 07:40 PM

I just realized that you can run Telegram on KoBox.
It's in the official repos

Code:

apk add telegram-desktop

then launch it

Code:

telegram-desktop

No Discord yet, but still...

Elektron · 01-31-2021, 08:54 PM

Great!

I'll try this for sure! Also I just reaized that even if touch in landscape is weird I can still use SSH to launch it...

NiMa · 01-31-2021, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Elektron

Great!

I'll try this for sure! Also I just reaized that even if touch in landscape is weird I can still use SSH to launch it...

@Elektron I've PM'd you about that.
Also I think you could use the web.telegram.org website on the stock browser

Elektron · 01-31-2021, 09:03 PM

Hm, I'm posting from my eReader right now in the stock browser so I'll go check it out.

chech · 02-03-2021, 03:21 PM

Hello After lot of test on H2O v1 all the brownser have problem but it IS in good road i search a vnc client viewer but alpine Linux have not packagé have you an Idea thinks

Elektron · 02-03-2021, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chech

Hello After lot of test on H2O v1 all the brownser have problem but it IS in good road i search a vnc client viewer but alpine Linux have not packagé have you an Idea thinks

Have you tried Midori? And does Firefox work? What about Falkon?

chech · 02-03-2021, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Elektron

Have you tried Midori? And does Firefox work? What about Falkon?

hi i test all but for my goal they don t work
d

NiMa · 02-03-2021, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by chech

hi i test all but for my goal they don t work
d

NoVNC
I'll get back to you on that

NiMa · 02-03-2021, 07:15 PM

Update:
KoBox is on a big overhaul now. After extensive testing on a Kobo Mini, it seems that the latest version (3.13) of the minirootfs segfaults BusyBox each time (probably due to kernel version) I try to run a command and therefore it is unusable.
To extend support to these devices, we've decided with @fermino and @Elektron to build a new rootfs from scratch, with custom (and natively!) built musl-libc and BusyBox so that it can run fine on the Kobo Mini (and probably Touch and Glo).

Also, I (and maybe others) will compile custom apk packages with optimized support for each device (yeah, we won't leave our Kobos sleeping at night

)

Distribution images would be provided for each device, containing the optimized binaries and musl-libc/BusyBox. It will still include Xorg, a web browser and maybe some utilities (though the web browser may take some time to compile natively

)
I'll also write a bootstrap script to build them automatically.
We could have went to the cross-compile route, but as BusyBox worked only when compiling it natively on the Mini, I'm not sure that it will work for other packages...

So if you have a Kobo, knowledge about Linux and compiling from source and would be willing to spent some hours sometimes building packages, you're welcome to do so!
We've created a GitHub organization here: https://github.com/Alpine-KoBox
And if it is possible for you, please join us over at Discord: https://discord.gg/FTAMN8wP6d in the Kobo Devs' corner.

Elektron · 02-03-2021, 10:51 PM

Time to learn some bash and C!

01-31-2021, 07:40 PM	#171
NiMa Fanatic Posts: 507 Karma: 2390534 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Somewhere in the Universe Device: Kobo Libra, Glo HD, Touch C/B, Mini, Glo, Aura SE, Clara HD, KT	I just realized that you can run Telegram on KoBox. It's in the official repos Code: apk add telegram-desktop then launch it Code: telegram-desktop No Discord yet, but still... Attached Thumbnails Last edited by NiMa; 01-31-2021 at 07:45 PM.

02-03-2021, 07:15 PM	#179
NiMa Fanatic Posts: 507 Karma: 2390534 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Somewhere in the Universe Device: Kobo Libra, Glo HD, Touch C/B, Mini, Glo, Aura SE, Clara HD, KT	Overhaul Update: KoBox is on a big overhaul now. After extensive testing on a Kobo Mini, it seems that the latest version (3.13) of the minirootfs segfaults BusyBox each time (probably due to kernel version) I try to run a command and therefore it is unusable. To extend support to these devices, we've decided with @fermino and @Elektron to build a new rootfs from scratch, with custom (and natively!) built musl-libc and BusyBox so that it can run fine on the Kobo Mini (and probably Touch and Glo). Also, I (and maybe others) will compile custom apk packages with optimized support for each device (yeah, we won't leave our Kobos sleeping at night ) Distribution images would be provided for each device, containing the optimized binaries and musl-libc/BusyBox. It will still include Xorg, a web browser and maybe some utilities (though the web browser may take some time to compile natively ) I'll also write a bootstrap script to build them automatically. We could have went to the cross-compile route, but as BusyBox worked only when compiling it natively on the Mini, I'm not sure that it will work for other packages... So if you have a Kobo, knowledge about Linux and compiling from source and would be willing to spent some hours sometimes building packages, you're welcome to do so! We've created a GitHub organization here: https://github.com/Alpine-KoBox And if it is possible for you, please join us over at Discord: https://discord.gg/FTAMN8wP6d in the Kobo Devs' corner.

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01-29-2021, 07:27 PM	#166
Elektron Banned Posts: 2,296 Karma: 5300240 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Edmonton, AB Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 (mark 7), Kobo Mini	Alright. So maybe it's a Mark 7 issue? Or the kernel again? Which reminds me. Do you have your Mini? I find it's good for tinkering . Maybe create a thread in the dev corner about the QtWebEngine problem. Contacting on Discord would be great!

01-31-2021, 08:54 PM	#172
Elektron Banned Posts: 2,296 Karma: 5300240 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Edmonton, AB Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 (mark 7), Kobo Mini	Great! I'll try this for sure! Also I just reaized that even if touch in landscape is weird I can still use SSH to launch it...

01-31-2021, 09:03 PM	#174
Elektron Banned Posts: 2,296 Karma: 5300240 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Edmonton, AB Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 (mark 7), Kobo Mini	Hm, I'm posting from my eReader right now in the stock browser so I'll go check it out.

02-03-2021, 03:21 PM	#175
chech Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2018 Device: kobo aura h2o	Hello After lot of test on H2O v1 all the brownser have problem but it IS in good road i search a vnc client viewer but alpine Linux have not packagé have you an Idea thinks

02-03-2021, 10:51 PM	#180
Elektron Banned Posts: 2,296 Karma: 5300240 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Edmonton, AB Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 (mark 7), Kobo Mini	Time to learn some bash and C!