Ubuntu 9.10 on Beagleoard

Hi,
I am trying to get Ubuntu 9.10 to work on beagleboard. I wanted to build the rootfs and check it on QEMU. I’ve Ubuntu 9.10 on my desktop and I used Oliver Gravert’s Rootstock script to build an Image with xfce and GDM. But I couldn’t get it to work on QEMU. Now I’ve reached to login stage and the OS crashed because the XFCE Power Manager is brocken. Last I heard the bug was fixed on 20th Jan 2010. But it doesn’t yet seems to be incorporated into whatever repository they use. (I built the rootfs on 28 Jan). Now I’ve given it and trying to run the rootfs on Beagleboard. BTW I’ve Angstrom working on Beagleboard.
If anybody has tried this and have some comments, they’re more than welcome.

Regards,
Vaibhav Dalvi

Hello,

Hi,
I am trying to get Ubuntu 9.10 to work on beagleboard. I
wanted to build the rootfs and check it on QEMU. I've Ubuntu 9.10 on my
desktop and I used Oliver Gravert's Rootstock script to build an Image with
xfce and GDM. But I couldn't get it to work on QEMU.

I've always found qemu to be too slow anyway, ubuntu runs way better
on the beagle..

Now I've reached to
login stage and the OS crashed because the XFCE Power Manager is brocken.
Last I heard the bug was fixed on 20th Jan 2010.

Any chance do you have a bug id?

But it doesn't yet seems to
be incorporated into whatever repository they use. (I built the rootfs on 28
Jan). Now I've given it and trying to run the rootfs on Beagleboard. BTW
I've Angstrom working on Beagleboard.

rootstock by default only adds the default 'karmic' repo to
/etc/apt/sources.list... I've sent Oliver a patch to add the other
repo's 'karmic-updates' for the next release..

If your bug was actually fixed, on jan 20th, it's probably in the
karmic-proposed repo and should hit the karmic-updates repo pretty
soon... The bug id would give some clues...

Regards,

Hello,

Hi,
I am trying to get Ubuntu 9.10 to work on beagleboard. I
wanted to build the rootfs and check it on QEMU. I’ve Ubuntu 9.10 on my
desktop and I used Oliver Gravert’s Rootstock script to build an Image with
xfce and GDM. But I couldn’t get it to work on QEMU.

I’ve always found qemu to be too slow anyway, ubuntu runs way better
on the beagle…

Now I’ve reached to
login stage and the OS crashed because the XFCE Power Manager is brocken.
Last I heard the bug was fixed on 20th Jan 2010.

Any chance do you have a bug id?

Here’s the bug details:
[Bug 508386] [NEW] Cannot log in message "Xfce power manager, HAL daemon is not running"
http://www.mail-archive.com/ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com/msg1976854.html
OR
Bug #507097
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-power-manager/+bug/507097
(I think its the latter one is correct. you can check out the link. )

But it doesn’t yet seems to
be incorporated into whatever repository they use. (I built the rootfs on 28
Jan). Now I’ve given it and trying to run the rootfs on Beagleboard. BTW
I’ve Angstrom working on Beagleboard.

rootstock by default only adds the default ‘karmic’ repo to
/etc/apt/sources.list… I’ve sent Oliver a patch to add the other
repo’s ‘karmic-updates’ for the next release…

If your bug was actually fixed, on jan 20th, it’s probably in the
karmic-proposed repo and should hit the karmic-updates repo pretty
soon… The bug id would give some clues…

Regards,


Robert Nelson
http://www.rcn-ee.com/

Thanks a lot for your help and a quick reply.

Hello,

Here's the bug details:
[Bug 508386] [NEW] Cannot log in message "Xfce power manager, HAL daemon is
not running"
http://www.mail-archive.com/ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com/msg1976854.html

This seems unrelated...

Bug #507097
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-power-manager/+bug/507097
(I think its the latter one is correct. you can check out the link. )

That's targeted for lucid (10.04) so that isn't going to help in your
condition...

Doing some more digging:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-power-manager/0.8.4-1ubuntu1.1

The only thing that's changed from karmic's release is:

xfce4-power-manager (0.8.4-1ubuntu1.1) karmic-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/patches:
    - add check-if-dpms-is-disabled.diff Fix crash on resume (LP: #455089)
    - update xubuntu-use-notification-icons.patch
      Fix notification icon on battery event (LP: #494360)
-- Micah Gersten < micahg@ubuntu.com> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:15:31 -0600

Either of those bugs a fix for your bug? If not you might want to report it...

deb Builds located here:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-power-manager/0.8.4-1ubuntu1.1/+build/1448168

they are in "karmic-proposed" so make sure you have karmic-updates and
karmic-proposed in your /etc/apt/sources.list....

Regards,

Thanks! I’ll check them out and let you guys know of results.

Regards,
Vaibhav Dalvi