MeeGo 1.0 Netbook VirtualBox

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Install VirtualBox PUEL or VirtualBox OSE. In this wiki, the VirtualBox OSE 3.2.6 OSE built from source codes (without modification) is used.
Download Libglx.so.gz
- cd ~/Downloads
- gunzip Libglx.so.gz
- mv Libglx.so libglx.so
Download Clutter-xvisual-patch.txt

Installation steps:

Download the MeeGo v1.0 for netbooks image and change its extension (simple rename) to ISO.
Create VirtualBox virtual machine
- Select virtual machine type Linux/Fedora.
- Create 8 GB virtual hard drive.
- Enable PAE.
- Enable 3D acceleration.
- Set CD-image to the downloaded MeeGo image.
Boot the virtual machine for the first time. Choose Installation only from the boot menu.
Follow the installation wizard and install MeeGo on the virtual hard drive.
After you are back in the boot menu, turn off the virtual machine.
Set virtual machine's CD-image to Empty.
Boot your MeeGo system for the second time.

MeeGo does not seem to go anywhere except showing background image.

Workaround:

Press ESC when the boot begins to get into GRUB boot menu.
Press TAB to edit boot line.
Remove quiet from boot line and append s to start with a shell and then boot.
- >vmlinuz-2.6.33.3-11.1-netbook ro root=/dev/sda2 vga=current s
Add suid for Xorg
- chmod +s /usr/bin/Xorg
Replace libglx.so for an X issue, this libglx.so will put glx version to 1.2, instead of 1.4.
- scp user@host:~/Downloads/libglx.so /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions
Reboot and continue MeeGo installation
Finish MeeGo installation, now MeeGo UX could be shown with GL software rendering, the performance is very slow.

Result:

Press ESC when the boot begins to get into GRUB boot menu.
Press TAB to edit boot line.
Remove quiet from boot line and append s to start with a shell and then boot.
- >vmlinuz-2.6.33.3-11.1-netbook ro root=/dev/sda2 vga=current s
Modify the extlinux.conf at /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
- From: append ro root=/dev/sda2 quiet vga=current
- To: append ro root=/dev/sda2 vga=current 3

Install dependencies:

sudo yum install gcc make patch kernel-netbook-devel

Reboot to activate potential kernel updates (running kernel needs to match the kernel-devel package)
Having instructed VirtualBox to Install Guest Additions, mount CD-drive and build guest additions:
```
sudo mount /dev/sr0 /mnt && cd /mnt && sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run
```

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 == Installing VirtualBox guest additions for OpenGL acceleration ==
-#Install dependencies: <pre>sudo yum install kernel-headers kernel-devel gcc make patch kernel-netbook-devel meego-lsb</pre>
+#Press '''ESC''' when the boot begins to get into GRUB boot menu.
+#Press '''TAB''' to edit boot line.
+#Remove ''quiet'' from boot line and append s to start with a shell and then boot.
+#* >vmlinuz-2.6.33.3-11.1-netbook ro root=/dev/sda2 vga=current s
+#Modify the extlinux.conf at /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
+#* From: append ro root=/dev/sda2 quiet vga=current
+#* To:   append ro root=/dev/sda2 vga=current 3
+#Install dependencies: <pre>sudo yum install gcc make patch kernel-netbook-devel</pre>
 #Reboot to activate potential kernel updates (running kernel needs to match the kernel-devel package)
 #Having instructed VirtualBox to Install Guest Additions, mount CD-drive and build guest additions: <pre>sudo mount /dev/sr0 /mnt && cd /mnt && sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run</pre>