Thank you for that, that will help a lot. I would be interested in the 7gb file. How do you chroot into your images, do you use a script or an app? I have been using an app, but it doesn't seem to like images that weren't made by the app.
On Saturday, December 8, 2012 9:22:20 AM UTC-5, mmarco wrote: > > The problem was that the ubuntu image that i was using was armel > architecture, but the sage distribution made by Julien was compiled in > an armhf environment (a slightly different architecture). So there > were not compatible. > > > My solution was to get an armhf rootfs from the ubuntu core site > (http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/releases/12.04/release/), and > create a disk image with it to use. > > The procedure to do so would be the following (on a linux box, maybe > you would need root privileges to mount the image): > > 1) create an empty file to build the image in. If you just wwant it to > use sage, 3GB should be fine. If you want to install a complete ubuntu > system, you will need more (i used 7GB): > dd -if=/dev/zero of=ubuntu.img -bs=1G count=3 > > 2) format the file > mkfs.ext2 ubuntu.img > > 3)create a directory and mount the image there > mkdir mount > mount -o loop ubuntu.img mount > > 4) put the ubuntu core tarball in the directory and unpack it > cd mount > wget > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/releases/12.04/release/ubuntu-core-12.04.1-core-armhf.tar.gz > > tar xzf ubuntu-core-12.04.1-core-armhf.tar.gz > > 5) Unpack the sage install inside the directory > 6) Unmount the directory > cd .. > umount mount > > And that's it, the file ubuntu.img is ready to be used as a chroot > environment with a very minimal ubuntu system (not even graphical > interface, just the very basic system tools), where sage should work > just fine. > > I do have a 7gb image with a lightweight desktop, vnc server, and some > applications installed (although for example qt apps don't render > well, and firefox and chromium don't work either, so i have replaced > them by some alternatives). > > I can try to upload it somewhere, if people is interested. > > On 7 dic, 23:46, jaebond <jacob.ae.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > mmarco, > > > > I had been working on this exact same issue a few months ago. Would you > > mind explaining what you did to fix your issue? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, December 7, 2012 7:55:55 AM UTC-5, mmarco wrote: > > > > > Nevermind, i found the problem: i had to use an armhf ubuntu. > > > > > On 7 dic, 13:15, mmarco <mma...@unizar.es> wrote: > > > > I have tried your package in a chroot environment (actually in two, > a > > > > full ubuntu and a lubuntu), and it doesn't start in neither of them. > > > > > > Stranegly, the problem seems to be different: in the lubuntu case, > it > > > > just shows the message with the version and quits. In the full > ubuntu, > > > > it complains with the message "can't import module sage", but for > > > > example, sage -python works fine > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel?hl=en.
