Hi Andy,
It looks lkike it is a VIA ARM CPU-based VT8500 SOC. Check these forums: http://devio.us/~nextvolume/via_arm/viewtopic.php?id=3&t_id=4 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1349626 For terminals you may need the following package: sysv-rc from debian distro creates /etc/rcX.d (where X is the number of terminals) For compiling kernel modules for 3rd party hardware: - link the /lib/modules/2.6.XX/build to the sourcefiles of the kernel - install libssl-dev from debian distro Grt Ruben. > To: mipsbook-devel@linuxtogo.org > From: ajv-695-691-0...@vsta.org > Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:34:07 -0700 > Subject: [Mipsbook-devel] Easy PC > > -------- > So while my Alpha 400 limps along (base system not bootable due to NAND > overwrite; 2.6 kernel with very flaky WiFi on SD) I came across an "Easy PC" > "E700 Linux Series". It is of a format which should be very familiar to all > members of this list... one USB plus ethernet on back, two USB on side, > etcetera. > > My searches lead me to believe that the Easy PC line was SoC/ARM based. > They had fixed file:/// in the browser, and indeed in general it seemed > to be pretty thoroughly nailed down. > > But. > > It turns out some dear soul in China left a telnetd in /etc/init.d/rcS. > Yes, after trying all sorts of devious means to try and jailbreak, I > telnet'ed to the machine, and logged in as root. No password, even. :-> > > "uname -a" and various fiddling about shows me that it is, in fact, > a MIPS based system, running a 2.6 kernel. It has Opie and TinyX, > and if you don't get adventurous with fonts, TinyX's xterm will run > once you've added it to the app menu. > > There are /dev/tty{0..2}. I have been able to run getty on them, but > Ctl-Alt-FN does not seem to switch to any of them. Pity, since I mostly > just need a terminal. Does this mean the kernel was compiled without text > consoles? Or is there something I can tell the kernel to make it happen? > > And that brings me to the one big thing missing: ssh. The libraries on this > box look pretty close to the blend of libraries in the SD card tarball > debian-etch-mipsel.tar.gz. Since the current kernel does everything I want > (WiFi plus WPA2 with wpa_supplicant) now, can somebody point me at the most > painless way to get a userland build environment so I can cross compile some > missing binaries? > > Thanks much! > Andy Valencia > > p.s. I got this through buynowmobi.com. My order was fulfilled directly > out of Hong Kong--grand total, $153. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mipsbook-devel mailing list > Mipsbook-devel@linuxtogo.org > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mipsbook-devel
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