alaskalinuxuser

alaskalinuxuser

@nontrivial said in Ubuntu Touch Mainline Generic amd64 Issue:

Download latest ubuntu-touch-mainline-generic-amd64.img.xz file from https://ci.ubports.com/job/rootfs/job/rootfs-generic-amd64/
Uncompress it with unxz
Convert to VirtualBox VDI disk image: VBoxManage convertdd disk.img disk.vdi

The boot process appears to hang on "Starting virtual private network daemon".

By the way, I know this is a thread from four years ago, but if you web search running UBports image in VirtualBox, it leads here, so I thought I would update it to help the next person save some time...

After you run the convert line:
$ VBoxManage convertfromraw /home/alaskalinuxuser/snap/utqemu/common/ubuntu-touch-mainline-generic-amd64.img ./ubports.vdi --format vdi

And you try to launch it in VirtualBox, you will still hang at Starting virtual private network daemon, but the real issue is the graphic card settings, as @hacker1024 pointed out, but didn't offer the solution. What worked for me was:

Display settings in VB:
Video Memory 32 MB
Graphics Controller VMSVGA
Enable 3D acceleration
RDS and Recording (don't matter, but I use) disabled.

Setting the RAM to 1536MB and using the converted VDI drive seems to work great for me. Hopefully that helps the next person....

alaskalinuxuser

Installation instructions:

From Jason: (https://t.me/ubports_porting/217354)
[In reply to alaskalinuxuser]
Yes pretty painless, but I found a workaround as it wasn't working as intended>

In Branchy select> Bootman gui> ubports
Let it download and install
Wait for Successful...
Click OK
In Bootman
Name> Ubuntu Touch 2nd Local Partition
Size:> 20.00 GiB
Select Download Icon
Select 2nd option> Ubuntu Touch
Reboot
In Boot Manager> Select Rootfs
After start
Bootman
Select Download icon to install the software
Wait for> Successfully installed Ubuntu Touch!
Reboot
Select 2nd option> Ubuntu Touch 2nd Local Partition
Setup Ubuntu Touch

Rewriting the instructions to fill in the blanks for people like me who have no idea what we are doing....

on the FLX1, open the terminal (or ssh to it from your computer)
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install furios-app-branchy (This installs the branchy app on the phone screen.)
In the branchy app, type bootman in the search to save you from scrolling. Select> Bootman gui> ubports
Click apply, and let it download and install
Wait for Successful...
Click OK
open the terminal (or ssh to it from your computer)
sudo apt install furios-app-bootman (This installs the bootman app on the phone screen.)
Open bootman app and click the + icon to add a boot option.
Suggested settings:
-Name> Ubuntu Touch 2nd Local Partition
-Size:> 20.00 GiB
-You can choose where to install it, internal or external, I chose internal.
-Select Download Icon
It will say the download is qued. Now you need to reboot the phone, it will not install until you reboot.
You will see the new boot manager, choose rootfs for now.
When you log into your normal FLX1 furios, open the bootman app.
Select the download button next to the Ubuntu Touch 2nd Local Partition. It will give you a drop down, select Ubuntu Touch (the alternative is another Furios).
It will show a pop up with a progress bar as it downloads the 3.5GB file. Wait for it to complete.
Now it will start installing that file, and then will prompt you several times for your Furios pin/password because it is running various commands as sudo. Enter your password/pin and let it complete. Eventually, it will say it was sucessful.
Reboot the phone.
On the bootman screen, select the Ubuntu Touch boot partition.
Setup and enjoy Ubuntu Touch!

alaskalinuxuser

Initial impressions are great!

There were two updates as soon as I booted, the camera app was one, and you do need it for it to work properly, so I installed it, and then the camera had issues with video recording, but the app suggested I restart the phone, which fixed it.

So, initial testing, the camera took pictures front facing, rear facing, and took video with sound. There is a slight delay when you select record for the video recording, it hangs almost long enough for you to think it froze, then it starts recording and updating the viewer screen. Same pause when you stop recording video, it looks like it hangs for a few seconds, then is fine.

Sound worked, the screen was good and responsive, touch worked, all the usual stuff just worked! WiFi was good.

I turned it off, put in my sim card, booted up, picked up my carrier right away. Data worked. I could not make a phone call, but that is not UT's fault. My carrier still uses 3g towers, and the FLX1 does not support my local 3g tower bands. So that is not Ubuntu Touch's fault.

Now I just have to check on how UT handles SIP calls, as I use that. But yeah, seems to be working great overall!

alaskalinuxuser

@stanwood I do not know about the update channels. Sorry, I'm not very knowledgeable. Interesting about the VoLTE, glad to hear that UT got it worked out, on a per phone basis. I hope that they work it out on the FLX1 soon.

But, for those wondering, my JLAB Bluetooth headphones connect and work great! If there is anything else folks are wondering about testing, let me know, I can try it out (unless it is a specific Bluetooth item, as I don't own every Bluetooth device...).

alaskalinuxuser