installing XFree86 when running from CD
Forum: X and Fluxbox
Topic: installing XFree86 when running from CD
started by: Epsilon
Posted by Epsilon on May 18 2005,03:15
hi. I am trying to install XFree86 and the nvidia driver when running from CD and i see that XFree86 binary are not copied to /usr/X11R6/bin because this location is not writable, so is imposible to install XFree86 when running from CD?
Posted by mikshaw on May 18 2005,05:08
How were you attempting to install it? If you simply try to extract the archive into the filesystem it will fail, for the reason you mentioned. The myDSL system has its own installation script which will take care of it for you.< http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/talk/node/69 >
Posted by Epsilon on May 18 2005,13:30
yeah, i was using dsl-load but the file was xfree86.dsl.tar.gz becouse i have changed some lines.now with Xfree86.dsl works, but still having errors.
Xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/dsl/.Xauthority
this appears lot of times.
cannot open log file XFree86.0.log
this wasnt installed, even if i try to make the file i got "permission denied blah blah".
Posted by clivesay on May 18 2005,13:35
Did you read the little howto and make sure you replaced the .xserverrc file to match with your new xf86config? Xfree and nvidia will work on the livecd. I run them both myself.
Good luck
Chris
Posted by mikshaw on May 18 2005,14:10
As you have probably noticed, renaming myDSL files is not a good idea. First, the mydsl installation depends on the file extension to know whether to open up a writeable system and whether to install or mount the package.Second, uci packages rely on a specific filename in order to cleanly unmount the package.
Posted by Epsilon on May 18 2005,17:26
first. I read the howto, oviusly, is not hard to do.second. I made a .dsl with XFree86 and nvidia with the configuration of the howto. Becouse i want to have a module that installs directly my system when bootting. The first step is make XFree86 works.
third. The first error mentioned in the fist post is becouse when i made my "XFree86_nvidia_accel" i save this with the extension .dsl but the programs add's .tar.gz automatically. When i remove the .tar.gz the XFree86 binary was decompressed correctly but now i have other error that dont must be.
.tar.gz are the same as .dsl but dsl-load works diferent with them, are not?
if are not the same compression, here is the error. but i read a little bit how to make .dsl and is not dificult.
Posted by clivesay on May 18 2005,18:53
You should make it as a .dsl file since it is writing to multiple parts of the filesystem. One thing to remember is that xfree MUST be loaded before nvidia. When mydsl-load initiates at boot it goes alphabetically so you have to make sure the xfree is named something that appears before 'n' in nvidia. I have mine as 'myxfree.dsl' and 'xnvidia.dsl' just to be safe. 
It's great you're making .dsl files. We can always use another contributor to the community!
Good luck
Chris
Posted by Epsilon on May 18 2005,20:28
thanks, if it works i will make an script to choose at boot time what XFree driver to use passing an option like xfree=nvidia if the option is not passed, the system start with the default configuration. Thats the idea.the .dsl file i made is called XFree86_nvidia_accel.dsl and have both, Xfree86 and nvidia inside already configured for an "load and run". But doasn`t work
Posted by ke4nt1 on May 18 2005,20:43
check with clivesay, as he has an "all-in-one" extension that works for xfree and nvidia.
73
ke4nt