[SOLVED] FATAL: Kernel too old

[nbbm26]

found this on an old droid 4 when running enter_deb. after full setup and running script this was the error mssg.

after doing some research found an option in the proot man pages stating a -k option can spoof a newer kernel as this custom kernel is 3.something

so added line in the proot init -k 4.0 \ #the backslash needed at the end of this line isn't showing in this editor for some reason as well as PREFIX_=/data/data/com.termux/files/usr

then cd /data/data/com.termux/files/home/bin and sh enter_deb

and.....

bash5-0# !!!!!!!

[nbbm26]

Yeah, so basically that varies depending on your system. Usually, most of the installs I tried end up (like in AnLinux with a Fedora build because they mainlined ARM repos) with a start-fedora.sh or something of a kind, which you would start from Termux by doing cd to that directory, then typing ./start-fedora.sh or whatever. Inside that script there should be a line for the proot command (which you installed with Termux, right?). Just tack on a new line \ ##this is the end of the prior bash line in order to add command arguments -k 4.0 \ ##followed by this line to add this option

But if you're using a homebuilt version without Termux (i.e. <Android 5.0), you kinda have to run proot as it's own command in a terminal emulator of some sort with the option -k 4.0 or build it into a script as above (and put it all on one line without the \ beginning or ending if desired). In this case, make sure the home directory and all the other command line stuff needed for proot is sound

https://wiki.debian.org/ChrootOnAndroid

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/proot.1.html

Sincerely, Nbbm26

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‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Saturday, September 14, 2019 12:27 AM, nartahn notifications@github.com wrote:

I have the same problem. Which file(s) exactly have you altered? I cant find the proot init. I hope it isn't systemd related... I want to convert debian to devuan.

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[nbbm26]

You can also run this if your install came with a shell script. This is an expensive system search (max depth 999) so make sure it's recursion starts from the Termux or Debian or Devuan file system base. This basically finds the files with proot listed in them.

find . -maxdepth 999 -type f -exec grep -lnE "proot" '{}' \; -print

[sp4rkie]

found this on an old droid 4 when running enter_deb. after full setup and running script this was the error mssg.

termux itself does not support Android versions <= 5. Please have a look at FAQ - Termux Wiki

so how can you run debian-on-termux on droid 4 at all?

[sp4rkie]

sorry, but the problem reported does not refer to this project