From: uf_engnr <tr...@dy...> - 2007-10-17 18:23:10
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Hi Chris, Would you mind copying me on these when you send them to Mark? tr...@dy... I'm working on adding several different LCD displays to the few that are already supported and X is a good tool for demonstrating the Gumstix' capabilities. Thanks, Nghi Chris Dollar wrote: > > Hi Marc, > > I probably shouldn't post oe instructions to this list until it is > officially supported, otherwise I think it might get confusing for > folks using buildroot. > > I'll send you some of the relevant conf settings and such off list. > > Chris > > On 10/15/07, Marc Humphreys <mhu...@lo...> wrote: >> Chris, >> >> I have a connex as well so I may just start there in order to familiarize >> myself with OE. Do you have conf files your're willing to share or a list >> of >> the packages you started with? >> >> I did notice that there are gumstix - both connex and verdex specific >> conf >> options under the angstrom.2007.1. Don't know what that means yet but >> will >> keep exploring. OE certainly appears to offer a lot of promise. >> >> Thanks, >> Marc >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: gum...@li... >> [mailto:gum...@li...] On Behalf Of Chris >> Dollar >> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 2:51 PM >> To: General mailing list for gumstix users. >> Subject: Re: [Gumstix-users] Trouble building X windows for Gumstix >> >> On 10/15/07, Marc Humphreys <mhu...@lo...> wrote: >> > Chris, >> > >> > Excellent. I'll check out your gumstix branch and will also research >> the >> OE >> > option some more. Are you maintaining your own branch of the OE stuff >> too? >> > >> Not really... I have a few modifications of my own but I typically >> build for the org.openembedded.dev branch of oe. Right now I consider >> the .dev branch to be really stable for a connex. I currently have my >> connex + gpsstix + wifistix-cf all working great under oe, and X, >> matchbox, and gtk+ running with tslib and my lcd+touchscreen. I don't >> have a verdex myself, so I can't really speak as to how well it works >> currently, but one of the oe developers is actively testing with a >> verdex + netmicrowifi so if it is not working 100% right now I'd >> expect it to in the not too distant future. >> >> Since you're going to investigate oe some more I'll share a few of my >> observations on oe in general. First its 'base' build currently is a >> lot larger than a base gumstix build (lots of package dependencies, >> etc). The oe devs are working on ways to fix that, but thats the >> state of it today. Now, if you're building a X and gtk+ based system >> you are probably going to have to include those packages anyway, so >> its not as much of a concern. The oe build system is also pretty >> complex, so its a bit slow getting started with. There's not a lot of >> documentation either, which doesn't help any. But once you get >> familiar with it its extremely powerful and configurable, and the >> project is very actively developed and there are lots of packages. >> >> But the biggest perk of oe is you get 'ipkg'. ipkg is a package >> management utility similar to yum, apt, rpm, etc. So when you compile >> packages on your host, they generate binary ipkg files that you can >> then install on your gumstix. ipkg handles package dependencies and >> such just like any regular package manager. You can even install to >> an external drive like sd or cf and ipkg can link the programs into >> the main fileystem, giving you the ability to install lots of stuff. >> >> Chris >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? 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