Hello, I have been reading things on this site for quite some time now, and have only today created an account, as I am having problems with my calculator that haven't been answered, as far as I see. If there is some forum for asking questions, I would be grateful if someone could move this there.
So, after reading I could run Linux on a calculator, I decided, "I must have this." So, I bought a TI-Nspire CX, updated it to 4.0.3.29, and followed the guide here: http://codinghobbit.no-ip.org/blog/?p=81
After setting my USB drive and calculator up, I attached my USB-OTG and USB drive to the calculator. When doing so, I received the message:
"Warning
Cannot communicate with the peripheral attached to handheld"
I figured "Okay, maybe the USB drive doesn't work." I tried a different one, but to no avail. I also tried a USB mouse, which also did not work. I have the latest version of ndless installed for 4.0.3, and I have the USB-OTG found here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JK1OFOM?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00
Could someone please explain to me what I'm doing wrong? Also, would it be worth it to update to the 4.2.0 firmware that I only now realize exists? Thank you in advance.

Ah, okay, I'll be sure not to update to 4.2. I did try to launch the bootloader earlier (I probably should've put this in the original post) but it said something along the lines of "boot: command not recognized", so I am going to assume that did not work. Oh, Texas Instruments, why do you not want us using our calculators for running Linux...?

EDIT: I just realized, it may not be the USB that's malfunctioning, it may be the Linux installation itself. I'll try reinstalling Linux onto the USB. Also, I just discovered the quote function.

It's no more than logical that the USB devices aren't recognized, as TI has absolutely zero support for them Try launching the linux bootloader anyway Don't update to 4.2, that'll only break more things.

Might I suggest you follow this amazing guide? http://codinghobbit.no-ip.org/blog/?p=81
(disclaimer: I wrote it )

What if...

So, after reading I could run Linux on a calculator, I decided, "I must have this." So, I bought a TI-Nspire CX, updated it to 4.0.3.29, and followed the guide here: http://codinghobbit.no-ip.org/blog/?p=81

I ALREADY HAVE?
(dramatic)

bump. Did you get it working @kitten?

Quote from: Ivoah on March 11, 2016, 09:24:43 pm

bump. Did you get it working @kitten?

Sorry for the delay, I meant to post images of the screen I get when booting Linux, but never got around to it. As previously stated, it didn't think "boot" was a command. When setting up the USB drive, it couldn't get sources.list, so I copied mine from my Debian Jessie installation and replaced "Jessie" with "Wheezy". I think this is part of the problem. I'll try setting it up again.

EDIT: Apparently, sources.list was not found here: http://codinghobbit.no-ip.org/uploads/TI-Nspire/linux/sources.list
It's not on http://archive.org/web/ either.

EDIT2: I tried setting up nDroid and it seemed to boot the kernel. I never thought I'd see the day when my calculator had a kernel panic... Anyway, it does seem that linuxloader2 could communicate with the USB, but it could not execute the boot command.

Weird, copying the sources.list should've worked. Anyways, I forgot to fix sources.list when I re-did my blog, try this: http://codinghobbit.no-ip.org/uploads/sources.list

Looks like you need to re-debootstrap. I also updated the guide, so maybe try starting from the beginning.

Are you sure you installed qemu-user-static and binfmt-support?

Hello,

is it possible to install a desktop enviroment, like lxde on the calc.