From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from tim.rpsys.net (93-97-173-237.zone5.bethere.co.uk [93.97.173.237]) by mx1.pokylinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 175374C80132 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:58:18 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tim.rpsys.net (8.13.6/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p2LHwJmD026163; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:58:19 GMT Received: from tim.rpsys.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tim.rpsys.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 26011-04; Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:58:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [192.168.3.10] ([192.168.3.10]) (authenticated bits=0) by tim.rpsys.net (8.13.6/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p2LHwE4t026157 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:58:15 GMT From: Richard Purdie To: Gary Thomas In-Reply-To: <4D877E6B.9000007@mlbassoc.com> References: <4D876DD3.5070106@mlbassoc.com> <1300722848.30423.3751.camel@rex> <4D877E6B.9000007@mlbassoc.com> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:57:49 +0000 Message-ID: <1300730269.30423.3975.camel@rex> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at rpsys.net Cc: Poky Subject: Re: Using RPM with Poky X-BeenThere: poky@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Poky build system developer discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:58:19 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 10:35 -0600, Gary Thomas wrote: > On 03/21/2011 09:54 AM, Richard Purdie wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 09:25 -0600, Gary Thomas wrote: > >> I'm trying to do some testing with Poky on an atom-PC. I thought > >> I'd try with a minimal system and then add pieces I need. Sadly, > >> I've run aground doing this. I've built a couple of images with > >> varying results: > >> poky-image-minimal-live - boots on my box > >> poky-image-sato-live - boots, but fails to find X display, then hangs (*) > >> > >> There seem to be no RPM tools on the minimal image. Did I miss something? > >> On my old, ipk based system, I'd build up a minimal image then use opkg > >> to install additional packages. > > > > Minimal images were never meant to ship with the package manager and now > > don't. You can obviously change the image definitions easily enough as > > needed. > > > >> How do I do that with the RPM based images? > > > > The same switch turns on/off the package manager data for rpm and opkg. > > I tried adding this to local.conf, but nothing changed when I build minimal image: > IMAGE_FEATURES += " package-management ssh-server-dropbear " There is also this: # remove not needed ipkg informations ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "remove_packaging_data_files ; " in poky-image-minimal.bbclass which has been there for a long time and removes the package manager data files. > BTW, where is this documented? Not in the Poky handbook from what I can tell. > > Also, is there documentation on how to use zypper, how to set up repositories, etc? I think others have helped here. Please do send patches for the manual when people go to the trouble of finding information to help though! > >> I've checked the documentation and there's basically nothing > >> about this, unless I looked in the wrong place. > >> > >> Any ideas or pointers gladly accepted. Thanks > >> > >> (*) I had success with this in the past when I booted with MACHINE=emenlow > >> but that hardware isn't in the primary list. > > > > I'm not sure why this isn't working or what the problem might be... > > It complains it can't find /dev/fb0. See the boot log at http://www.mlbassoc.com/poky/boot_2011-03-21.log Does your board have Intel graphics or PVR/SGX? emenlow has PVR/SGX which might explain this... Cheers, Richard