Pandian

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Pandian is an debian-based armhf desktop and CLI distro for you Pandora

Help / Bugs / Features

Ideas, Bugs, or features-requests take a look on: http://www.evilbrain.de/projects/pandian/issues

Releases

Release	Version Name	Description
29.09.2013	#01	The very first version of pandian
End of December	"#MARK2"	The next version

MARK2

Main Features

Access to all packages from debian software repositories.
Debian repository hosted on http://pandian.openpandora.org so keep pandian scripts up to date
armhf-based
Every settings of MARK2 are split into debian packages which are hosted on http://pandian.openpandora.org

pandian package ( in minimal and normal image )

This is the core package which contains following features:

ACPI support for brighter/darker-buttons, for lid and for low-power-mode
first-use-wizzard
automount ( for USB-Stick, external Hard-Drives etc )
alsa sound support
pdcmd

pandian-lxde package ( only in normal-image )

This package features a fully desktop environment

Easy Wifi-Access trough network-manager
MediaPlayer ( mpd with gurlp )
nub-support
calibrator-application

Which Version i should choose ?

There are two different versions of the "MARK2" release:

minimal

The minimal-version is an text-only-version of pandian

normal

The lxde-version which additional graphical tools

If you are an "normal" user and like to have an desktop, just choose the normal "MARK2" release
If you don't like graphical user interface, or LXDE as Desktop use choose the minimal version

Requirements

Of course a Pandora ;)
An SD-Card with minimum 2GB ( was tested with 4GB )
An Linux or Windows PC

Downloads

Version	Description	Link	Checksums
minimal	pandian without any Desktop environment but with the basic pandian package	filedropper: pandian-mark2-minimal-hf2014-01-02 pandian.openpandora.org: pandian-mark2-minimal-hf_2014-01-02.7z	pandian-mark2-minimal-hf_2014-01-02.7z a35106473e54c55d64c7eae2088d8c267b605baf17d5338b8e2938dbfe3c01ca pandian-mark2-minimal-hf_2014-01-02.img c68a42c1aef0238c1dd6ff33b628a2c0dea812a7b5b2d906afb185f93f940f84
normal	pandian with fully Desktop environment ( LXDE )	filedropper: pandian-mark2-hf2014-01-02 pandian.openpandora.org: pandian-mark2-hf_2014-01-02.7z	pandian-mark2-hf_2014-01-02.7z 3731d70a4d8ec59e79a046f34f69c5c809be73e38cfc91a5b580478b8f8c222f pandian-mark2-hf_2014-01-02.img 83b8d3fa5bd0588cfb8b11cfe6b827819e6311e98396a6e32c46c9692f072e96

After you download the files, verify the checksums !

Install the image

Linux

Verify you SD-Hardware

Check where your SD-Card is located. If you have an build in SD-Card-Reader this is normally /dev/mmcblk0p1 ( in Debian ) If you have an USB-Card-Reader this is something like /dev/sdc ( in Debian )

Open an Terminal and input "lsblk"
You get an list with the actual Block-Devices
The SD-Card should be as type disk

You can also try gparted to see which devices you have and identify the sd-card

Unzip

Unzip with 7z ( in Linux with 7zr e <image.7z> )

Copy the image to the SD-Card

Here it will be /dev/sdx
Copy image to SD-Card with "dd if=<image.img> of=/dev/sdx"

Resize SD-Card

After copy the SD-IMAGE to the SD-Card you need to resize the partitions to get the fully size of your SD-Card

This can be done with gparted on linux
start gparted

The actual partitions of the SD-CARD. Please select the correct device at the top right corner.

Rightclick to the second partition and select Resize/Move

You see the actual Size of this partition

Move the slider to the right, or set "Free space following" to 0

After you press the "Resize/Move" button, you get the preview of the new partition structure

When you press "Apply all operations", youve got a warning that you can loss your Data.
THIS IS THE LAST CHANGE TO CHECK IF YOU SELECTED THE CORRECT DEVICE.
Press Apply if everything is correct.

After everything is fine, you have your new fresh pandian on you SD-Card

First-start

When you first start pandian, there is an first-start-wizard which guides you through some basic settings for Pandian

Navigation

Inside an dialog you can navigate with the cross
With space you select a checkbox
<Ok> or to <Cancel> can be reached if you use TAB ( Tap Fn then tap Space )
Acknowledge with Enter

Update ( Optional )

After you setup your Pandora, it is useful to update your system. This is caused depending on when you download the image, debian has already new packages ;)
open an terminal
get root ( command is: su )
enter "apt-get update" to get the actual package informations
enter "apt-get upgrade" to update all packages include the pandian-packages ;)

Preinstalled packages

This are the packages which comes with the different versions of MARK2:

minimal

LXDE

of course LXDE
Text-Editor: medit
Audio: mpd als backend, glurp as frontend

Additional Users/Groups

There are additional Users/Groups added to the standard debian-users

Groups

admin

This user is used by sudo for admin task like shutdown etc.

mpd

This user/group has access to mpd-related files ( socket, pid-files )

Debian repository

Pandian features an own additional debian repository to keep the pandian-core scripts up to date

just open an terminal
get root ( command is: su )
enter "apt-get update" to get the actual package informations
enter "apt-get upgrade" to update all packages include the pandian-packages ;)

User-Guide

Power-Modes

LID-Close

If the lid is closed only the screen will be disabled

Low-Power-Mode / Shutdown

Switch

Switch to left: Pandora will go to low power mode ( reduce CPU, Disable LID, Pause processes )
Switch to right: Shutdown the pandora

pdcmd

This script handles all system-related stuff, like lid, low-power, usb or wifi.
This should run as root

Usage:

Command	What's done
/usr/sbin/pdcmd LCDBright +	Increase the light of the lid
/usr/sbin/pdcmd LCDBright -	Decrease the light of the lid
/usr/sbin/pdcmd LCDBright 10	Set the Brightness of the lid to 10
/usr/sbin/pdcmd LCDTrigger	Trigger the lid ( WARNING: THIS DISABLES THE LID ! )
/usr/sbin/pdcmd USBNetTrigger	Enable the USB-Networking (module g_ether). If usbnetworking is on, it will disable it
/usr/sbin/pdcmd USBHostTrigger	Enable the USB-Host (module ehci-hcd). If USB-Host is on, it will disable it
/usr/sbin/pdcmd WLANTrigger	Enable Wifi. If Wifi is enabled it will be disabled

01

Full debian GNU/Linux 7.2 codename Wheezy (stable) with LXDE desktop environment hardfloat armv7l released Date: 29.09.2013

Features

Hard-Float-ABI
Ext4 Root for better performance
Working Touch-Screen
Working Nubs
Screen-Off on LID-Close
Low-Power-Mode
WLAN
Music ( with Sonata/MPD )
Automount

Upcoming/Ideas

Assistant for tzdata
libpnd - PND-Support
OpenGL not tested yet
Aptitude
Minimal-Network-Installation
Pandian-Debian-Repository for special packages ( libpnd, touch-screen-calibrator )
of course, in-system-documentation ( Documentation on the pandora )

Download here

Forum thread

Installation

note: It is assumed here, that the card-reader load the card as /dev/sdc. Please check before which device is your SD-card ! This can be checked with gparted. Minimum requirement 2GB SD-card.

Download Image ( as 7z )
Verify md5-checksum:
pandian-stable-hf_2013-09-29.001.7z 2a85bbb40bbe7c6e8f92f058e150951a
pandian-stable-hf_2013-09-29.001.img e62d101dc708de49af1ca7743e2df2bd
Unzip with 7z ( in Linux with 7zr e <image.7z> )
Copy image to SD-Card ( dd if=<image.img> of=/dev/sdx ) Don't specify "bs="

Username: Pandian
Root password: Root (change after intsallation as per instructions below)

Open a terminal
Type "su"
Type "passwd"
Enter your new root password when prompted, and then again to confirm.
Dont forget your password

Resize

Default installation is limited to 2GB, if you want to expand it, you can, provided you have installed it on a bigger SD-card and want to make use of the space.

Size will be changed with parted
parted /dev/sdx
show size with "print free"

(parted) print free # Model: USB Mass Storage Device (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 7965MB# Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B# Partition Table: msdos

Number	Start	End	Size	Type	File system	Flags
	32,3kB	1049kB	1016kB		Free Space
1	1049kB	53,5MB	52,4MB	primary	fat32
2	53,5MB	1933MB	1879MB	primary	ext4
	1933MB	7965MB	6032MB		Free Space

we would like to resize the second partition to the nearly end ( -512MB for swap )

(parted) resizepart # Partition number? 2 # Warning: Partition /dev/sdc2 is being used. Are you sure you want to continue?# Yes/No? YES # End? [1933MB]? 7453MB this is how the partitions looks like after

(parted) print free * Model: USB Mass Storage Device (scsi)* Disk /dev/sdc: 7965MB* Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B* Partition Table: msdos

Number	Start	End	Size	Type	File system	Flags
	32,3kB	1049kB	1016kB		Free Space
1	1049kB	53,5MB	52,4MB	primary	fat32
2	53,5MB	7453MB	7400MB	primary	ext4
	7453MB	7965MB	512MB		Free Space

create Swap (optional)

(parted) mkpart primary linux-swap Start? 7453MB End? 7965MB

this is how the partitions looks like after