[gentoo-trustees] [Fwd: Re: ask for a membership]

[John Davis]

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From: passia@×××××××××××××.fr
To: john_davis@×××××××××××××××××××.com <john_davis@×××××××××××××××××××.com>
Subject: Re: ask for a membership
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 19:40:51 +0200

Selon John Davis <zhen@g.o>:

> On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 07:56, passia@×××××××××××××.fr wrote:
> > Selon John Davis <zhen@g.o>:
> >
> > > On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 04:43, passia@×××××××××××××.fr wrote:
> > > > Selon John Davis <zhen@g.o>:
> > > >
> > > > > On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 10:23, passia@×××××××××××××.fr wrote:
> > > > > > Hello
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My name's Aurelien Passion and i'm a french student and the leader
> of
> > > a
> > > > > project
> > > > > > concerning Squeak (Smalltalk). Our goal is to build a LiveCD with
> > > several
> > > > > demos
> > > > > > of Squeak, what Serge Stinckwich, a well-know programmer, decided.
> > > > > > That's why i chose Gentoo and Catalyst.
> > > > > > Even if i read your documentation, and ran into gentoo's forum,
> i'm
> > > very
> > > > > bad
> > > > > > with catalyst.
> > > > > > That's why I ask you if you could help my team to complete our
> > > project.
> > > > > > The help from a team like you could impress our tutor (Serge
> > > Stinckwich).
> > > > > >
> > > > > >                     Please answer me.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Aurelien -
> > > > > I can surely give you a hand. Let me know exactly what your problems
> > > > > are, and I will try and point you in the right direction.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > --
> > > > > John Davis
> > > > > Gentoo Linux Developer
> > > > > <http://dev.gentoo.org/~zhen>
> > > > >
> > > > > ----
> > > > > GnuPG Public Key: <http://dev.gentoo.org/~zhen/zhen_pub.asc>
> > > > > Fingerprint: 4F9E 41F6 D072 5C1A 636C  2D46 B92C 4823 E281 41BB
> > > > >
> > > > Thanks you very much.
> > > > Well, i wanna know if Xfree is configured for any PC when it's added in
> the
> > >
> > > > package list of the specfile for catalyst.
> > > > And a lot of bugs come to me when i try to make the liveCD with
> catalyst.
> > > > In the first step, we just have to specify the packages we want on the
> > > liveCD.
> > > > In the second step, the kernel is compiled and the boot thing is done.
> > > > Between these 2 steps, we can modify the environment made
> > > > in /var/tmp/catalyst/tmp/default.../livecd-stage1-.../
> > > > And i install a graphic interface to load different kinds of Squeak.
> > > > Come back to my bugs.
> > > > I wanna know if XFree is configured (maybe with mkxf86config.sh), to
> be
> > > adapted
> > > > over all PCs.
> > > >
> > > > Maybe U didn't understand anything in what i've said (i'm french).
> > > >
> > > >                 Please help me.
> > > >                                             A little Geek
> > >
> > > Aurelien -
> > > Thanks to the friendly folks who work on Knoppix, there exists a great
> > > boot-time script that automatically configures XFree/Xorg for your
> > > machine. Include the "mkxf86config" package in your livecd-stage1
> > > packagelist, and add "livecd/rcadd: mkxf86config:default" to your
> > > livecd-stage2 specfile. The "livecd/rcadd" option forces mkxf86config to
> > > be added to the "default" runlevel on the LiveCD. Note that this package
> > > does not yet detect NVIDIA or ATI cards, but it will at least get you
> > > setup with a decent framebuffer.
> > >
> > > When it comes to modifying the livecd environment, you can do that
> > > through the livecd-stage2 specfile in a number of ways. The following
> > > options may be of interest:
> > >
> > > livecd/fsscript - This option specifies a script that can be used to
> > > modirfy the livecd environment. For example:
> > >
> > > livecd/fsscript: /tmp/fsscript.sh
> > >
> > > (contents of /tmp/fsscript.sh)
> > > #!/bin/bash
> > > sed -i 's/CFLAGS=\"blah\"/CFLAGS=\"a different blah\"/' /etc/make.conf
> > >
> > > livecd/overlay - This option specifies what files are to be copied to
> > > clst_cdroot (what is visible in when the cd is mounted, not booted).
> > > Simply pass it a directory that is laid out in the fashion that you want
> > > it to be on the livecd.
> > >
> > > livecd/root_overlay - This option is similar to livecd/overlay except
> > > that it adds files to the livecd rootfs. Pass it a directory laid out in
> > > the fashion that you want it to be in the livecdfs.
> > >
> > > example:
> > >
> > > livecd/root_overlay: /tmp/root_overlay
> > >
> > > (listing of /tmp/root_overlay):
> > > /tmp/root_overlay
> > > -etc
> > > --myfile.txt
> > >
> > > The above example would put myfile.txt into /etc/ on the livecd.
> > >
> > > I hope that this helps!
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > --
> > > John Davis
> > > Gentoo Linux Developer
> > > <http://dev.gentoo.org/~zhen>
> > >
> > > ----
> > > GnuPG Public Key: <http://dev.gentoo.org/~zhen/zhen_pub.asc>
> > > Fingerprint: 4F9E 41F6 D072 5C1A 636C  2D46 B92C 4823 E281 41BB
> > >
> >
> > Thank U very, very much for your help (it's one important , and necessary,
> step
> > for my work, but everytime i build a LiveCD and I boot on it, the same bug
>
> > appears.
> >  ----------------------------------------------
> > |Can't create cdroot,                          |
> > |....... attempt: 4193   end of device: 4096.  |
> > |Attempt to access beyond end of device.       |
> > |I think it's a bug in the initrd (i think).   |
> >  ----------------------------------------------
> >
> >             Thank U again.
> >
> >
>
> Aurelien -
> I am not sure about this error. If you are not already, subscribe to the
> gentoo-releng mailing list (instructions at
> http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/lists.xml) and ask there. If you have IRC
> access, jump onto irc.freenode.net, join #gentoo-releng and ask there.
> If it is in fact an initrd problem, plasmaroo would be the person to
> talk to. Let him know that I referred you to him :)
>
> Regards,
> --
> John Davis
> Gentoo Linux Developer
> <http://dev.gentoo.org/~zhen>
>
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>
Thank U again.
By the way, the title of my first mail was "ask for a membership", but i wanted 
to write "ask for a partnership" between Catalyst (the brand). Does catalyst 
have a logo that we could put on our LiveCD? Is it free? Can we do it with 
Gentoo's G or Lary the cow?
PS: I tried to change the subarch from x86 to pentium4 (i don't know what to do 
any more to make it morking).
PS n°2: I'm a computer science student, and i'm really interested in the kind 
of the work you make, maybe you can tell me more about that?
                            Bye


Hi all -
Funny that a question like this one would come up after our recent conversation. I told this guy
to mail the trustees@g.o mail alias for more information.


Just keeping you all in the loop -

Cheers,
-- 
John Davis
Gentoo Linux Developer
<http://dev.gentoo.org/~zhen>

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