do I need to build a custom kernel?

[CurioCT]

Hi Guys,

I had an old nexus 7 2012 knocking around so I decided to have a play

realised quickly no newer version of Kali would work with the old kernel so I used the unlegacy nougat rom with a 3.4 kernel

flashed magisk and gapps and a couple of magisk nethunter modules

everything worked a charm using minimal chroot

got apt running no worries did the usual apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get dist-upgrade

rebooted
did apt-get install kali-linux-all -y
ages later everything finish bar the linux header, once I created a couple of folder for these they installed fine.

go me

except when I start to try using some basics all sorts of problems

postgresql seems to have a shared memory issue

/etc/init.d/postgresql start
returns No PostgreSQL clusters exist


pg_createcluster 11 main --start
returns FATAL: could not create shared memory segment :Function not implemented


sysctl -w kernel.shmmax=268435456
returns cannot stat /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax: No such file or directory

nmap -A x.x.x.x
reboots the device completely no error returned first (get the first line of a normal nmap run first then reboot)

finally whilst the vncserver runs ok (tight) the desktop delivered lacks all the tools menus (seems like some old throw back with a very few menu items that actually relate to kali) not really had much of a play with that save changing a few lines in /root/.vnc/xstartup with little effect


The postgresql issue seemed like a kernel image issue so i did a bit of googling found the git hub and the python script and the cross compiler githubs downloaded all that and the kernel builds etc something like 6GB worth on a full kali vm went to build the kernel (after the bootstrap.sh by running the python script) before realising there are no kernel configs for grouper for nougat

So ... I am wondering if it is even possible to get the latest version of kali working on an old grouper device. so I have a few questions

1. would the lack of linux headers during the build (apt-get install kali-linux-full) have made any difference
2. has anyone successfully done a build with any grouper rom with a 3.4 kernel? if so which ones?

going to retry the minimal chroot again tonight making sure I get the linux headers right before anything this time.

If I download a kitkat rom with 3.4 kernel will I be able to use the nethunter install scripts with it?
If not where would I look to build something from scratch? or does anyone have any other suggestions

pretty close to just buying a nexus 9 :)

[re4son]

Holy moly! Respect - most people would have given up a long time ago :-)

Before we get too far into building a new kernel, I'd sugest you install a nethunter image without kernel first and check the device performance. If that works properly we can add the kernel.
Here the steps to create your own image:
https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/nethunter/build-scripts/kali-nethunter-project/wikis/Building-Nethunter


To build an image without kernel just run:
python build.py -l -nk -d grouper -fs full -r 2019.2-grouper


How does that sound?

[CurioCT]

So flash a lollipop rom, gapps (pico), magisk etc then this ok will give that a crack

Thanks for the respect, Yeah not my first rodeo, back in the day I tried unsuccessfully to compile kernels to enable monitor mode for USB. The kernels worked but the USB support didn't I suspected at the time that the android sources for the S2 didnt support it this was back before kitkat. though I have to confess it's been a long time since I did this hence coming here first :)

just building the image and grabbing the loolipop rom will let you know

[euphoria360]

Hello there. I'm trying to do the same on my old Nexus 7 lying around gathering dust.
Did you manage to do this? Were you successful on making an up to date Kali image for your grouper and successfully boot and use it?