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Release Note of Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS (v1.4.1)
Summary
Release Date | 2015-04-01 | |
Release Type | Minor Update |
New updates
- Official US West Coast: http://odroid.in/ubuntu_14.04lts
- Official US East Coast: http://east.us.odroid.in/ubuntu_14.04lts (Thanks to David Beauchamp @ ArchLinuxARM)
- Official EU Germany: http://de.eu.odroid.in/ubuntu_14.04lts
- Official Korea Mirror: http://dn.odroid.com/S805/Ubuntu
Kernel Updates
- Fixed RealTek 8188EU support.
Userspace Update
- Rolled back Kodi to prevent sluggish interface
GPU acceleration on the Chromium Web browser
This release supports the OpenGL ES accelerated Chromium Browser.
To use the acceleration, edit /etc/chromium-browser/default like this:
CHROMIUM_FLAGS=" --use-gl=egl --ignore-gpu-blacklist --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas --num-raster-threads=2"
You can see much smoother HTML rendering. Try this link to test the Webgl on the ODROID. Webgl demo
Update
If you use the latest Chromium Ver 43 or higher, the hardware acceleration doesn't work if you don't enable it manually.
Enter this in the URL box of the Chromium.
chrome://settings/
And click “Show advanced settings…” in the bottom side.
Check “System - Use hardware acceleration when available” and restart the Chromium.
Known issues
- EXT2/4 file system can not be accessible on U-boot.
- FAT16/32 can be supported on U-boot.
- Tons of issues unsubscribed.
Upgrade from 1.4 to 1.4.1
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade && sudo apt-get upgrade
The default boot.ini in V1.4.1
- Available here: https://github.com/mdrjr/c1_bootini/blob/master/boot.ini
How to checkout
The current version only provide Linux kernel and U-boot source code. Here are the instructions to checkout the source code and build. For more detail information, please visit U-boot and Kernel.
This guide is only for the NATIVE BUILD.
U-boot
$ git clone https://github.com/hardkernel/u-boot.git -b odroidc-v2011.03 $ cd u-boot $ make odroidc_config $ make
Linux Kernel
$ git clone https://github.com/hardkernel/linux -b odroidc-3.10.y $ cd linux $ make odroidc_defconfig $ make uImage modules $ make dtbs $ sudo make modules_install $ sudo cp arch/arm/boot/uImage /media/boot $ sudo cp arch/arm/boot/dts/meson8b_odroidc.dtb /media/boot