how are folks doing with their attempts here?
so here's my update...
I downloaded the the 'ubuntu.zip' file and followed a few of the steps from the guide mentioned in post #2 (and EarlyMon's thread linked in post #3).
after downloading the ubuntu.zip, extracting it, and placing contents in an "ubuntu" folder on the sd card...
I wasn't home, where I have android sdk installed, so
- I just used a terminal app (i use better terminal emulator, but any would probably
work)
- typed "su" enter, to give root privileges to the emulator
- then navigated to the "ubuntu" folder on the sd card, "cd /sdcard/ubuntu"
- typed "bootubuntu", and it worked, I got the "bash-4.0#" prompt
ubuntu is running in terminal form,
now the next two steps failed from the guide/threads above, for similar reasons:
step 1: run "apt-get update", to update ubuntu
this failed because the version of ubuntu that the guide/thread is using (and is contained in the ubuntu.zip file) is a version called "karmic koala", which no longer has the update files available at:
Index of /ubuntu-ports/dists anything related to "karmic" is gone, but there's lots of other versions still being supported:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
so I don't know if it is as simple as grabbing an "ubuntu.img" for a later version and using it or not. i'm not using the kernel recommended in the guide/thread, i'm running "stock":
http://androidforums.com/evo-3d-all...6-team420-odex-beats-tweaked-out-4-0-3-a.html
but it still works, at least in terminal form.
step 2: run "apt-get install tightvncserver", to install a vnc server that will allow you to view this "remote computer's" desktop
in this ubuntu version, the sources.list (/etc/apt/sources.list) points to tightvnc files that no longer exist, there are new versions (with new names) sitting where the old version used to sit (see post #8 for details).
To fix this, we can probably figure out how to edit the sources.list file and point to the right file names of the new versions. but if we figure out "step 1" above first, and newer version of ubuntu may already have an updated sources.list and point to right version.
In the meantime, if anyone has found an up to date guide, feel free to post it here. otherwise, trying a newer version of the ubuntu.img is my next step.