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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / How To Start X On Openzaurus Gpe 3.5.4 (e-image)?

« on: June 11, 2006, 07:06:24 pm »

Looks like a bug.

I keep getting thrown back to the login prompt (even after logging-in). I'll see what I can do to track it down over the weekend.


Si
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I think I'm having the same problem under OZ GPE 3.5.4.1-RC4 on a c860. I've removed the gpe-dm startup scripts (K20gpe-dm and S99gpe-dm) from /etc/rc6.d. After reboot I then try to start gpe with /etc/init.d/gpe-dm start. This gets me to the gpe login screen. However when I login it shows the desktop briefly then returns to the gpe login screen. To me it looks like another instance of the login is being loaded over the desktop, this is because I once clicked on a program fast enough for it to load, and it appeared over the top of the login screen. The matchbox-desktop process is also running.

Does this sound like the same problem you are having?

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / /dev/gpmctl

« on: June 11, 2006, 06:42:06 pm »

Hi,

I've installed the gpm and gpm-dev packages but I don't seem to have /dev/gpmctl. Is this a bug? I'm running 3.5.4.1-RC4 on a C860.

If it is a bug would the correct place to file it be the OpenEmbedded bugtracker?

Many Thanks!

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Switching Between X11 And Text Console?

« on: May 28, 2006, 04:23:45 pm »

gpe-login has its own keylaunchrc:  /etc/X11/gpe-login.keylaunchrc 

Yay that works, perfect!

Could you do me a favor and try chaning your button configs with the GPE button settings?
Does that still work with the hacked keylaunchrc?
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sure, I charged gpe-calendar to gpe-calendartest, the result was the following in keylaunchrc:

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key=...*1:-:~chvt 1
...4->9 omited...
key=...*10:-:~chvt 10
key=....F9:-:gpe-calendar
key=....F10:-:gpe-contacts
key=....F13:-:sylpheed
key=....F12:-:gpe-mini-browser
key=...*F18:-:display-brightness.sh down
key=...*F19:-:display-brightness.sh up

key=???Pressed XF86PowerDown:-:apm --suspend
key=???Pressed XF86Record:-:gpe-soundbite record --autogenerate-filename $HOME_VOLATILE
key=???Pressed XF86Calendar:-:gpe-calendartest
key=???Pressed telephone:-:gpe-contacts
key=???Pressed XF86Mail:-:
key=???Pressed XF86Start:-:matchbox-remote -desktop
Which didn't work very well, after reboot and logging in it kept relaunching gpe-login.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Switching Between X11 And Text Console?

« on: May 28, 2006, 02:43:08 pm »

Thanks for your help guys!

I'm using CoreDumps suggestion to work round the problem. I'm attaching the alterations I made to my system (3.5.4.1-RC4) in case anybody else would find this useful. I've basically changed the keymap to use Fn+num to change consoles, edited inittab to run getty on the other VTs (4->10) and altered keylaunchrc as suggested by CoreDump.

The only remaining issue is that I can't switch consoles from the GPE login screen, but I can live with that.

Thanks again!

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Switching Between X11 And Text Console?

« on: May 27, 2006, 08:33:06 pm »

I wondering what key combination I should use to switch between X11 and the text consoles? And how do I configure them?
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I've looked at /etc/keymap-2.6.map it seems to contain configuration for changing the virtual terminal using the key combination ctrl-alt-1,2 etc. to switch between consoles but this doesn't work. I also took a look at /etc/X11/Xinit.d/12keymap, which seems to be trying to load /etc/X11/shepherd.xmodmap should this exist. I've tried chvt and this lets me change between vt's successfully.

Should I file this as a bug somewhere? I could only see bugtrackers for gpe, opie and open embedded on www.openzaurus.org nothing for openzaurus.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Switching Between X11 And Text Console?

« on: May 27, 2006, 02:50:56 pm »

Also, has anyone out there tried installing a minimal window manager, something like ratpoison maybe?
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I thought you couldn't get anymore minimal as matchbox.....
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ratpoison doesn't have any window decorations and doesn't require a mouse.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Switching Between X11 And Text Console?

« on: May 27, 2006, 02:15:21 pm »

Hello,

I've just installed 3.5.4.1-RC4 on my c860. It's really nice, thank you for all your hard work. I'm especially pleased because my 2Gb SD card now works happily.

So now, I'm starting to get it configured just the way I like it and was wondering what key combination I should use to switch between X11 and the text consoles? And how do I configure them?

Also, has anyone out there tried installing a minimal window manager, something like ratpoison maybe?

Many thanks!