Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@gentoo.org>]

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 6332 bytes --]

On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 14:20, derek tracy wrote:
> Here is my spec file you requested (livecd-stage2)

I also forgot one other thing... livecd/xinitrc... this allows you to
give catalyst a default xinitrc for your LiveCD, which is essential for
getting it to start the applications you want, unless you're doing all
the work on your fsscript.sh file.

> ----------------Begin-----------------
> 
> subarch: x86
> version_stamp: 0.2
> target: livecd-stage2
> rel_type: default
> profile: default-x86-2004.2
> snapshot: 20040819
> source_subpath: default/livecd-stage1-x86-0.1
> 
> livecd/cdfstype: zisofs
> livecd/archscript: /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/runscript/x86-archscript.sh
> livecd/runscript: /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/runscript/default-runscript.sh
> livecd/cdtar: /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/cdtar/isolinux-2.08-memtest86+-cdtar.tar.bz2
> livecd/iso: /root/catalyst/LiveCD/LiveCD.iso
> # livecd/bootsplash: /usr/share/bootsplash/initrd-livecd-2004.1-1024x768
> livecd/fsscript: /root/catalyst/LiveCD/fsscript.sh
> 
> boot/kernel: gentoo
> #boot/kernel/gentoo/extraversion: foo
> boot/kernel/gentoo/sources: =sys-kernel/gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.3-r1
> boot/kernel/gentoo/packages: pcmcia-cs nforce-net linux-wlan-ng slmodem
> boot/kernel/gentoo/config:
> /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/kconfig/config-2004.1-gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.3-r1
> 
> livecd/unmerge:
>        autoconf
>        automake
> #       gcc
>        bin86
>        binutils
>        libtool
>        m4
>        bison
>        ld.so
>        make
>        perl
>        patch
>        linux-headers
>        man-pages
>        sash
>        bison
>        flex
> #       gettext
>        texinfo
>        ccache
>        addpatches
>        man
>        groff
>        lib-compat
>        miscfiles
> #       python
> 
> livecd/empty:
>        /var/tmp
>        /var/cache
>        /var/db
>        /var/empty
>        /var/cache
>        /var/lock
>        /tmp
>        /usr/portage
>        /usr/share/man
>        /usr/share/info
>        /usr/share/unimaps
>        /usr/include
>        /usr/share/zoneinfo
>        /usr/share/dict
>        /usr/share/doc
>        /usr/share/ss
>        /usr/share/state
>        /usr/share/texinfo
> #       /usr/lib/python2.2
>        /usr/lib/portage
> #       /usr/share/gettext
>        /usr/share/i18n
>        /usr/share/rfc
> #       /usr/X11R6/man
> #       /usr/X11R6/include
> #       /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config
> #       /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/etc
> #       /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc
>        /usr/src
>        /usr/share/doc
>        /usr/share/man
>        /root/.ccache
> 
> livecd/rm:
>        /lib/*.a
>        /usr/lib/*.a
>        /usr/lib/gcc-lib/*/*/libgcj*
> #       /usr/X11R6/lib/*.a
>        /var/log/emerge.log
>        /var/log/genkernel.log
> 
> -----------------End-----------------
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:34:56 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
> <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 13:06, derek tracy wrote:
> > > The spec file that I posted earlier was my livecd-stage2 spec file.  I
> > 
> > There was no spec file anywhere in the thread.
> > 
> > > have got almost everything working I just have to find a way to shrink
> > > down the final iso and configure x.org automatically.  If someone
> > 
> > Try adding mkxf86config into your livecd-stage1 spec file.  You will
> > then want to add a livecd/rcadd: mkxf86config line to your
> > livecd-stage2.  You will want to unmask the -r3 version in your snapshot
> > for it to work properly with xorg-x11.  If you want accelerated 3D, you
> > might want to unmask livecd-tools-1.0.5 from package.mask and also make
> > sure to add nvidia-kernel, nvidia-glx, and ati-drivers to your
> > boot/kernel/$kernel_name/packages lines in your livecd-stage2.
> > 
> > > could give me a hand I would really appreciate it.  Also when you are
> > > emptying directories in livecd-stage2 how do you know exactly what
> > > directories are not needed or exactly what files the programs rely on.
> > 
> > The only way to know is to experiment.  There is no hard and fast rules
> > for this, unfortunately.  It's pretty simple to guess that examples and
> > documentation can go.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >  I really need some insight on this.
> > >
> > > On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:27:25 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
> > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > > > Attach your livecd-stage2 spec file, please.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 22:57, derek tracy wrote:
> > > > > livecd-stage2
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:19:43 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
> > > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 15:36, derek tracy wrote:
> > > > > > > Has anyone had any experience with Catalyst.  I am having a few
> > > > > > > issues.  The biggest one is this.  I am trying to create a bootable
> > > > > > > LiveCD with X and Openbox on it.  I have everything set up correctly
> > > > > > > and working great until I do the Stage2 run.  That is when it strips
> > > > > > > out X and everything else.  Has anyone had this problem before, or
> > > > > > > have any ideas on fixing it?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > stage2 or livecd-stage2?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Chris Gianelloni
> > > > > > Release Engineering - Operations/QA Manager
> > > > > > Games - Developer
> > > > > > Gentoo Linux
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is your power animal a penguin?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > gentoo-releng@gentoo.org mailing list
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Chris Gianelloni
> > > > Release Engineering - Operations/QA Manager
> > > > Games - Developer
> > > > Gentoo Linux
> > > >
> > > > Is your power animal a penguin?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > gentoo-releng@gentoo.org mailing list
> > --
> > Chris Gianelloni
> > Release Engineering - Operations/QA Manager
> > Games - Developer
> > Gentoo Linux
> > 
> > Is your power animal a penguin?
> > 
> > 
> >
> 
> --
> gentoo-releng@gentoo.org mailing list
-- 
Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering - Operations/QA Manager
Games - Developer
Gentoo Linux

Is your power animal a penguin?

[-- Attachment #2: This is a digitally signed message part --]
[-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 189 bytes --]