RE: [fedora-arm] Question about f8 arm-linux rpms (xorg-x11)

[ffileppo]

>  > 
>  > Hi all,
>  
>  
>  Hi Francesco
>  
>  > 
>  > I'd like to use rpms from
>  >
>  (http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/arm/fedora/pub/fedora/linux/releases/
>  8/
>  > Everything/arm/os/Packages/) to get a working xorg/x11 server on my
>  > embedded box.
>  > 
>  > I'm quite confused about various xorg-x11* packages, for example there
>  is
>  > no xorg-x11-server rpm (only xorg-x11-server-utils).
>  
>  You need the URL that you mentioned and the one below -
>  http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/arm/fedora/pub/fedora/linux/updates/8/
>  arm/
>  
>  > 
>  > Would anyone explain me which rpms are needed to get a working
>  xorg/x11
>  > server on my embedded box?
>   
>  The main idea is that you start with a 80MB base rootfs that has bash +
>  yum + rpm. Afterwards you configure yum to get feeds from the fedora-8
>  ARM repos (both the releases and updates); and once that's done you
>  simply 'yum install' what you need.
>  
>  Do you have an initial rootfs with yum and rpm as indicated by previous
>  email (emails referring to Fedora-ARM wikis)?
>  If not then -
>  1. Get a working rootfs from -
>  http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/arm/fedora/rootfs/
>  
>  2. Download and place the yum repo file config (URL below) into your
>  /etc/yum.repo.d . Note that the repo file already indicates the releases
>  and updates repos.
>  http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/arm/fedora/fedora-arm-f8.repo
>  
>  3. run 'yum clean all' to remove all history in yum database so next
>  time you call 'yum' it will refresh it's database.
>  
>  4. Install what you need. For example 'yum install xorg-x11-server-Xorg'
>  and yum will automatically download and install all the dependencies.
>  
>  > 
>  > Thank you,
>  > 
>  > Francesco
>  >  

Hi Rabeeh,

thanks for your answer and for your help.

I didn't notice the second URL
(http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/arm/fedora/pub/fedora/linux/updates/8/arm/) at first,
so I was missing xorg-x11-server-Xorg rpm.

With this rpm I'm able to start the X server.

Thanks again,

Francesco