Mer

From AlwaysInnovating

Mer is an open Linux distribution from Maemo.org community.

Installing Mer

The project is providing ready to run images and armel-generic is easy to get running on Touch Book.

To make the most important features work you'll need to copy over some files from AIOS:

/lib/firmware
/lib/modules
/etc/Wireless
/etc/pointercal
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
/etc/fstab

Install:

xserver-xorg-input-tslib

And remove:

xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

Reboot and the first-boot-wizard will guide you though the first settings. Enjoy.

Creating your own Mer images

The imager creates Mer images and currently includes a lot of base system functionality such as init scripts. The touchbook support might work, but is under development so you might want to create a generic image, and then do the steps above.

Using the imager:

Install qemu with arm support. (/usr/bin/qemu-arm needed)

• Download a snapshot of the Imager tree
• Unpack the snapshot, cd into the folder, chmod +x imager and run:

./imager targets/TARGET /path/where/you/want/fs

List of possible targets (at the moment of typing this):

cfph-d945-rrs
cfph-d945-rrs-box
cfph-d945-rrs-server
cfph-generic-rrs
mer-770-fs-only
mer-armel-generic-fs-only
mer-armel-rootstrap
mer-armel-rootstrapSB
mer-beagleboard
mer-d945gclf2-fs-only
mer-freerunner-fs-only
mer-imx31
mer-lenny-armel-generic
mer-n800-fs-only
mer-n900-fs-only
mer-pocketloox720
mer-smartq5
mer-smartq7
mer-touchbook
mer-x86-generic-fs-only
mer-x86-rootstrap
mer-zoom2