[HOWTO] Install Ubuntu, VDR and X11 within CE environment

You should be able (like in a root docker container) to use the command

adduser

to add a new user. Afterwards, use

su username

to change user. I have not tested this so far but it should work.

User ā€œsomeuserā€ needs other directory than ā€œuserā€, and also root needs its own directory, not /home/user, because there all files are with root R/W rights only.

Hello, i have some problems.

Coreelec logo after reboot.

ssh only works if connected immediately after boot, if i am too slow, it returns PTY allocation request failed on channel 0.

After logged in, if i do ls /dev/pts, ptmx appears, but after a while it disappears.

In lxde, the terminal is not working, it returns failed to open pty no such device.
The major problem i have is this: pts is empty, cant connect to tty and terminal doesnt work.

Any help?

p231

There will be something wrong in one of the scripts, if you do not get a terminal (e.g. chroot is called too many times). I suggest to leave the associated scripts with an exit at the beginning and step-by-step check what is wrong in your changes.
Also stop vor.service to prevent it from running while debugging.

Hi Guys! First of all, thank you Beta! It was a great idea.
Iā€™m facing a problem.
Iā€™ve installed it on my Mecool M8S Pro L (S912), but my image got distortion, itā€™s like a 45 degree flip.
When I boot the box, it goes to a black screen, but when I run the vsrbyebye.sh it goes to x11, but with the image problem.

What would be the easier way to solve it? Iā€™m not too experienced on ubuntu and linux in general, but I thought on change the video driver (but I donā€™t know how to do it) (S912 has Mali T820, S922X has Mali G52), or changing the script to install a ubuntu version of a S912 device instead of Odroid N2, but I donā€™t have it toā€¦

If anyone can help me solving this problem, please help me!

It looks like a resolution error. Did you try 1080p50 or similar resolutions?
I do not have an S912 device. Sorryā€¦

Edit: Easiest way should be finding a LINUX distribution for S912. I do not know, whether you can find something e.g. at Odroid website.

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