Install Ubuntu 13.04 on Chromebook

install-ubuntu

#!/bin/bash
#
# Version 0.2, for Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring)
#
# Based on Chrubuntu 34v87 script

BASE_IMAGE_FILE="http://mirrors.med.harvard.edu/ubuntu-cdimage/lubuntu/releases/13.04/release/lubuntu-13.04-preinstalled-desktop-armhf+ac100.tar.gz"

# fw_type will always be developer for Mario.
# Alex and ZGB need the developer BIOS installed though.
fw_type="`crossystem mainfw_type`"
if [ ! "$fw_type" = "developer" ]
  then
    echo -e "\nYou're Chromebook is not running a developer BIOS!"
    echo -e "You need to run:"
    echo -e ""
    echo -e "sudo chromeos-firmwareupdate --mode=todev"
    echo -e ""
    echo -e "and then re-run this script."
    return
  else
    echo -e "\nOh good. You're running a developer BIOS...\n"
fi

# hwid lets us know if this is a Mario (Cr-48), Alex (Samsung Series 5), ZGB (Acer), etc
hwid="`crossystem hwid`"

echo -e "Chome OS model is: $hwid\n"

chromebook_arch="`uname -m`"
if [ ! "$chromebook_arch" = "armv7l" ]
then
  echo -e "This version of Chrome OS is for the ARM-based Chromebooks only\n"
  exit 1
else
  echo -e "and you're running on a ARM-based Chromebook, awesome!\n"
fi

read -p "Press [Enter] to continue..."

powerd_status="`initctl status powerd`"
if [ ! "$powerd_status" = "powerd stop/waiting" ]
then
  echo -e "Stopping powerd to keep display from timing out..."
  initctl stop powerd
fi

powerm_status="`initctl status powerm`"
if [ ! "$powerm_status" = "powerm stop/waiting" ]
then
  echo -e "Stopping powerm to keep display from timing out..."
  initctl stop powerm
fi

setterm -blank 0

# Figure out what the target disk is

if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
  target_disk=$1
  echo "Got ${target_disk} as target drive"
  echo ""
  echo "WARNING! All data on this device will be wiped out! Continue at your own risk!"
  echo ""
  if [ "$target_disk" = "/dev/mmcblk0" ]; then
    echo 'Cowardly refusing to install to /dev/mmcblk0 in this mode; run with no args instead'
    echo 'to properly partition your disk!'
    exit 1
  fi

  read -p "Press [Enter] to install ChrUbuntu on ${target_disk} or CTRL+C to quit"

  ext_size="`blockdev --getsz ${target_disk}`"
  aroot_size=$((ext_size - 65600 - 33))
  parted --script ${target_disk} "mktable gpt"
  cgpt create ${target_disk}
  # always use 6 and 7 for sanity
  cgpt add -i 6 -b 64 -s 32768 -S 1 -P 5 -l KERN-A -t "kernel" ${target_disk}
  cgpt add -i 7 -b 65600 -s $aroot_size -l ROOT-A -t "rootfs" ${target_disk}
  sync
  blockdev --rereadpt ${target_disk}
  partprobe ${target_disk}
  crossystem dev_boot_usb=1
else
  target_disk="`rootdev -d -s`"
  # Do partitioning (if we haven't already)
  ckern_size="`cgpt show -i 6 -n -s -q ${target_disk}`"
  croot_size="`cgpt show -i 7 -n -s -q ${target_disk}`"
  state_size="`cgpt show -i 1 -n -s -q ${target_disk}`"

  max_ubuntu_size=$(($state_size/1024/1024/2))
  rec_ubuntu_size=$(($max_ubuntu_size - 1))
  # If KERN-C and ROOT-C are one, we partition, otherwise assume they're what they need to be...
  if [ "$ckern_size" =  "1" -o "$croot_size" = "1" ]
  then
    while :
    do
      read -p "Enter the size in gigabytes you want to reserve for Ubuntu. Acceptable range is 5 to $max_ubuntu_size  but $rec_ubuntu_size is the recommended maximum: " ubuntu_size
      if [ ! $ubuntu_size -ne 0 2>/dev/null ]
      then
        echo -e "\n\nNumbers only please...\n\n"
        continue
      fi
      if [ $ubuntu_size -lt 5 -o $ubuntu_size -gt $max_ubuntu_size ]
      then
        echo -e "\n\nThat number is out of range. Enter a number 5 through $max_ubuntu_size\n\n"
        continue
      fi
      break
    done
    # We've got our size in GB for ROOT-C so do the math...

    #calculate sector size for rootc
    rootc_size=$(($ubuntu_size*1024*1024*2))

    #kernc is always 16mb
    kernc_size=32768

    #new stateful size with rootc and kernc subtracted from original
    stateful_size=$(($state_size - $rootc_size - $kernc_size))

    #start stateful at the same spot it currently starts at
    stateful_start="`cgpt show -i 1 -n -b -q ${target_disk}`"

    #start kernc at stateful start plus stateful size
    kernc_start=$(($stateful_start + $stateful_size))

    #start rootc at kernc start plus kernc size
    rootc_start=$(($kernc_start + $kernc_size))

    #Do the real work
    
    echo -e "\n\nModifying partition table to make room for Ubuntu." 
    echo -e "Your Chromebook will reboot, wipe your data and then"
    echo -e "you should re-run this script..."
    umount /mnt/stateful_partition
    
    # stateful first
    cgpt add -i 1 -b $stateful_start -s $stateful_size -l STATE ${target_disk}

    # now kernc
    cgpt add -i 6 -b $kernc_start -s $kernc_size -l KERN-C ${target_disk}

    # finally rootc
    cgpt add -i 7 -b $rootc_start -s $rootc_size -l ROOT-C ${target_disk}

    reboot
    exit
  fi
fi

if [[ "${target_disk}" =~ "mmcblk" ]]
then
  target_rootfs="${target_disk}p7"
  target_kern="${target_disk}p6"
else
  target_rootfs="${target_disk}7"
  target_kern="${target_disk}6"
fi

echo "Target Kernel Partition: $target_kern  Target Root FS: ${target_rootfs}"

# try mounting a USB / SD Card if it's there...
if [ ! -d /tmp/usb_files ]; then
  mkdir /tmp/usb_files
fi

echo "Looking for USB or SD media with image..."
if [ -f /tmp/usb_files/cb-ubuntu ] ; then
  echo "Already mounted, great."
else
  echo "Trying /dev/sda... (USB)"
  mount /dev/sda /tmp/usb_files > /dev/null 2>&1
  if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
    echo "Trying /dev/sda1... (USB)"
    mount /dev/sda1 /tmp/usb_files > /dev/null 2>&1
    if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
      echo "Trying /dev/mmcblk1p1... (SD)"
      mount /dev/mmcblk1p1 /tmp/usb_files > /dev/null 2>&1
      if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
  echo "No USB or SD media found, will download."
      fi
    fi
  fi
fi
    

if [ -z "$IMAGE_FILE" ]; then
  IMAGE_FILE="$BASE_IMAGE_FILE"
fi

if [[ "${IMAGE_FILE}" =~ "http" ]]; then
  base_image_file="`basename \"${IMAGE_FILE}\"`"
  if [ -f "/tmp/usb_files/$base_image_file" ]; then
    echo "Using /tmp/usb_files/$base_image_file instead of downloading"
    untar_file="/tmp/usb_files/$base_image_file"
  else
    echo "Downloading $IMAGE_FILE..."
    untar_file="/mnt/stateful_partition/$base_image_file"
    wget -c -O "/mnt/stateful_partition/$base_image_file" "$IMAGE_FILE"
    if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
      echo "Download failed!"
      exit 1
    fi
  fi
else
  if [ -f "/tmp/usb_files/$IMAGE_FILE" ]; then
    untar_file="/tmp/usb_files/$IMAGE_FILE"
    echo "Using ${untar_file}"
  elif [ -f "$IMAGE_FILE" ]; then
    untar_file="$IMAGE_FILE"
    echo "Using ${untar_file}"
  else
    echo "File '${IMAGE_FILE}' not found, either on USB device or as absolute path!"
    exit 1
  fi
fi

# our mount target
if [ ! -d /tmp/ubuntu ]; then
  mkdir /tmp/ubuntu
fi

if [[ -z "$SKIP_UNTAR" ]]; then
  echo "Creating filesystem on ${target_rootfs}..."
  mkfs.ext4 -j ${target_rootfs} && mount ${target_rootfs} /tmp/ubuntu
  if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
    echo 'Failed to create and/or mount filesystem!'
    exit 1
  fi

  if [[ "$untar_file" =~ "tgz" || "$untar_file" =~ ".gz" ]] ; then
    tar xvzCf /tmp/ubuntu "$untar_file"
  elif [[ "$untar_file" =~ "bz2" ]] ; then
    tar xvjCf /tmp/ubuntu "$untar_file"
  elif [[ "$untar_file" =~ "xz" ]] ; then
    tar xvJCf /tmp/ubuntu "$untar_file"
  else
    echo "Hmm... not sure how to untar your file"
    exit 1
  fi
else
  if [ -d /tmp/ubuntu/lost+found ] ; then
    echo "Skipping untar, /tmp/ubuntu already mounted"
  else
    echo "Skipping untar, just mounting ${target_rootfs}..."
    mount ${target_rootfs} /tmp/ubuntu
    if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
      echo 'Failed to mount filesystem!'
      exit 1
    fi
  fi
fi

# Let's get some firmware in place
cp /lib/firmware/mrvl/sd8797_uapsta.bin /tmp/ubuntu/lib/firmware/mrvl
cp /lib/firmware/mfc_fw.bin /tmp/ubuntu/lib/firmware

# Create the setup script in /tmp/setup-script on the ubuntu partition
cat > /tmp/ubuntu/tmp/setup-script <<EOF
rm -f /tmp/setup-script-ok
# fix up /etc/shadow so root can log in
passwd -d root

echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > /etc/resolv.conf

# update-initramfs will need this
mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts
mount -t proc proc /proc

add-apt-repository -y ppa:chromebook-arm/ppa
apt-get update
apt-get -y --force-yes remove flash-kernel linux-ac100
apt-get -y --force-yes install cgpt chromebook-s3-default-settings vboot-utils
apt-get -y --force-yes install linux-tools-3.4.0-5
# we need this because update-initrd will still run, even though
# it doesn't need to and the image package doesn't have an initrd
touch /boot/initrd.img-3.4.0-5-chromebook
# --no-install-recommends is there because the image incorrectly
# recommends flash-kernel, which we don't want
apt-get -y --force-yes install --no-install-recommends linux-image-chromebook
apt-get -y --force-yes install xserver-xorg-video-armsoc
apt-get -y --force-yes install chromium-mali-opengles || echo Failed to install chromium-mali-opengles, this is ok

# clean up
umount /dev/pts
umount /proc

if [ ! -d /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ] ; then mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ; fi

cat > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/exynos5.conf <<EOZ
Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Mali FBDEV"
        Driver          "armsoc"
        Option          "fbdev"                 "/dev/fb0"
        Option          "Fimg2DExa"             "false"
        Option          "DRI2"                  "true"
        Option          "DRI2_PAGE_FLIP"        "false"
        Option          "DRI2_WAIT_VSYNC"       "true"
#       Option          "Fimg2DExaSolid"        "false"
#       Option          "Fimg2DExaCopy"         "false"
#       Option          "Fimg2DExaComposite"    "false"
        Option          "SWcursorLCD"           "false"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "DefaultScreen"
        Device          "Mali FBDEV"
        DefaultDepth    24
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "touchpad"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        Option "FingerHigh" "5"
        Option "FingerLow" "5"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "touchpad catchall"
        Driver "synaptics"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Option "TapButton1" "1"
        Option "TapButton2" "2"
        Option "TapButton3" "3"
EndSection

EOZ

echo ===== successfully executed setup script =====
touch /tmp/setup-script-ok

EOF

# run the setup script
echo ===== running chroot setup script =====
chroot /tmp/ubuntu bash /tmp/setup-script

echo ===== setting up kernel =====

# now set up the kernel
echo "console=tty1 printk.time=1 nosplash rootwait root=${target_rootfs} rw rootfstype=ext4" > /tmp/ubuntu/boot/cmdline
vbutil_kernel --pack /tmp/ubuntu/boot/chronos-kernel-image --keyblock /usr/share/vboot/devkeys/kernel.keyblock --signprivate /usr/share/vboot/devkeys/kernel_data_key.vbprivk --config /tmp/ubuntu/boot/cmdline --vmlinuz /tmp/ubuntu/boot/vmlinuz-3.4.0-5-chromebook --version 1 --arch arm
dd if=/tmp/ubuntu/boot/chronos-kernel-image of=${target_kern} bs=512

if [ -f /tmp/ubuntu/tmp/setup-script-ok ] ; then
  success=1
else
  success=0
fi

# Make the scripts -- one on the ubuntu partition, and one in local /tmp
echo "cgpt add -S 0 -T 1 -P 12 -i 6 ${target_disk}" > /tmp/ubuntu/bin/chromebook-boot-ubuntu
echo "cgpt add -S 1 -T 1 -P 12 -i 6 ${target_disk}" > /tmp/ubuntu/bin/chromebook-boot-ubuntu-always
chmod +x /tmp/ubuntu/bin/chromebook-boot-ubuntu*
cp /tmp/ubuntu/bin/chromebook-boot-ubuntu /usr/local
cp /tmp/ubuntu/bin/chromebook-boot-ubuntu-always /usr/local

# Unmount ubuntu
umount /tmp/ubuntu

echo "=========================="

if [ $success -ne 1 ] ; then
  echo 'Something went wrong while executing the chroot setup script!'
  echo 'Look above for more clues.'
  exit 1
fi

# finally make it bootable, but just once (-S 0: flagged as not successful, -T 1: one try)
cgpt add -S 0 -T 1 -P 12 -i 6 ${target_disk}

echo "Done -- reboot to enter Ubuntu (not set as default, only once)."
echo "In Ubuntu, the root password is blank -- please change it and create a user"
echo "To set Ubuntu to boot again once, run"
echo "   /usr/local/chromebook-boot-ubuntu"
echo "To always boot Ubuntu (after testing), run"
echo "   /usr/local/chromebook-boot-ubuntu-always"
echo "These scripts are also in /bin on the Ubuntu partition."

Have you tested this on a Samsung Chromebook from factory settings yet? Very cool that you sort out the armsoc stuff inside the script.

Cool script, very easy to set up. The touch-pad seems a bit erratic though, sometimes the cursor does not move and other times it clicks when trying to just move cursor.

Any thoughts?

Cheers

this scripted failed when i want to install the image to mmcblk1

So I am looking to install ubuntu on my samsung 3 chomebook. How do i run this from the console?

I tried it last might and it had a couple of glitches.

One minor issue that I had was the SD card was already formated and auto mounted by the ChromeOS. I needed to manually unmount the partitions (trivial), but it would be nice to automagically do this in the script.

I also got an error on this because it could not find the opengles package:

   apt-get -y install xserver-xorg-video-armsoc chromium-mali-opengles

It looks like the chromiuim-mali-opengles package has been removed - but there are still references to it.

Also - I had to manually do some of the commands at the bottom of the setup-script because the "apt-get update" did not pull all of the updates.

Anyway - I was able to boot the system without it after installation.

I am not particularly happy with the default Window manager - looking for something else.

But in general this is pretty close to working.

how can i run this script on ubuntu, sorry if this an obvious questions but im new with this.

thanks for the great info. i believe i installed on my samsung chromebook xe303. i get a message

Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (development branch) localhost.localdomain tty1

it then asks for localhost login. that's where i get stuck. says above that password is blank but for the life of me, i cannot figure out user id. tried admin, user, root, sudo, blank, guest...

what am i missing? any help would be much appreciated.

on further inspection i see the script returned a bunch of error messages on the passwd and all the apt-get; then an error reading kernel file. i suspect there may be a problem somewhere from 202 or lower. again any tips most welcome.

This didn't completely work for me. Upon reboot, I'm greeted with a "plymouthd" error that other people seem to be getting here and elsewhere:
http://virtuallyhyper.com/2013/03/update-chrubuntu-12-04-to-13-04-on-the-samsung-chromebook/
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1082742

Anyone have thoughts for a workaround?

Thanks for your great script. And I have a few question.

Q1:In line 168, it seem that the script should check USB flash drive for local image. If I had already downloaded the img file from cdimage.ubuntu.com, what directory should I place in the USB flash drive? In root directory should be OK? and what file name should I rename this image file?

Q2:In the post of 'smithwd', there was a faild package, how can we fix it?

Q3:Should this script be available for Samsung Chromebook 2 (both 11.6" and 13.3")? It seems that they have a different processor with Samsung CB 1(4-cores A-15 plus 4-cores A-7, 2-cores A15).

Thank you very for answering.