Turn your Kobo into a Debian Linux tablet - Page 9

Lucas Malor · 08-29-2020, 06:00 AM

I this will be really interesting for e-ink laptops: https://www.e-ink-info.com/e-ink-devices/e-ink-laptops

Elektron · 09-04-2020, 08:05 PM

How do I do this with Mini? Take SD card out and load image, and that's it? Wouldnt that get rid of nickel? Then how is there a dual boot???

Elektron · 09-05-2020, 06:29 PM

And do I need a bigger SD card?

Elektron · 09-05-2020, 10:44 PM

Pls help D:. I bought a used Mini for this then when I was preparing it, there were 3 images! What?!

rossenb0ssen · 06-11-2021, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pasqu4le

Hi everybody,

just passing by to say that thanks to marek I too have turned my kobo into a linux tablet.

I have been using it for more or less a month and in the meanwhile I edited the original image.

Mostly fixes (e.g. the blinking led) and customization (e.g screen/scripts/vertical orientation), but more importantly I made a new window manager, mostly because I was not pleased in one way or another with any one I tried.

If anyone is interested I put the source on a github page, and the full image on dropbox.

Good reading!

Hi there!

How I could simply turn the screen when in tablet mode?

(I would like to use one such device for a digital map)

friha · 12-11-2022, 01:06 PM

Hi everybody,

has anyone used this image on Tolino Shine, i.e. Kobo Glo?
As I understand we should adjust the screen size to 758x1024 already in boot phase.
Can someone give me an advice where to change bytes in the boot sector for kobowm.img image file? On a first glance, the system seems to work from start

, very nice, but the screen size has to be corrected.

Thanks in advance, friha

12-11-2022, 01:06 PM	#126
friha Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2022 Device: Tolino Shine	kobowm.img on Tolino Shine Hi everybody, has anyone used this image on Tolino Shine, i.e. Kobo Glo? As I understand we should adjust the screen size to 758x1024 already in boot phase. Can someone give me an advice where to change bytes in the boot sector for kobowm.img image file? On a first glance, the system seems to work from start , very nice, but the screen size has to be corrected. Thanks in advance, friha

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08-29-2020, 06:00 AM	#121
Lucas Malor Pain in the arse Posts: 758 Karma: 77856 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: Kobo Aura One, Kindle 4	I this will be really interesting for e-ink laptops: https://www.e-ink-info.com/e-ink-devices/e-ink-laptops

09-04-2020, 08:05 PM	#122
Elektron Banned Posts: 2,296 Karma: 5300240 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Edmonton, AB Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 (mark 7), Kobo Mini	How do I do this with Mini? Take SD card out and load image, and that's it? Wouldnt that get rid of nickel? Then how is there a dual boot???

09-05-2020, 06:29 PM	#123
Elektron Banned Posts: 2,296 Karma: 5300240 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Edmonton, AB Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 (mark 7), Kobo Mini	And do I need a bigger SD card?

09-05-2020, 10:44 PM	#124
Elektron Banned Posts: 2,296 Karma: 5300240 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Edmonton, AB Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 (mark 7), Kobo Mini	Pls help D:. I bought a used Mini for this then when I was preparing it, there were 3 images! What?!