Developer Shift 1.0 Alpha 1 Preview

[hopp58902 Member]

We promised this a while back, and, without further ado, here is a really, really rough, non-X Shift Linux. I'll repeat that. No X. X does NOT work. Everything, however, is installed.

With that in mind, can some developers help us out, getting X to run? Run startx, X -configure, or anything. Extract the squashfs and have fun.

I'd like to repeat it again: this is NOT a working release (well, it'll take you to bash..) It's based on kernel 2.6.28. I was too tired to edit the boot menu and init scripts. I'll have that done for the next alpha. Also, it's not installable. If you have a fix or want to contact me in a faster way, email me at crimsonredmk at shiftlinux dot net.

http://shift.itsredegg.com/releases/1.0/sh...inux-1.0-a1.iso

Edited February 15, 2009 by CrimsonRedMk

[rson451]

Getting Xorg to work here (VirtualBox) was as simple as running the following commands:

useradd avahi
groupadd network
useradd hal
useradd policykit
useradd dbus
/etc/rc.d/hal start

No need for an xorg.conf. The latest Xorg's hotplugging requires hal, hal requires dbus and so on. Test it out and let me know how it goes.

Edited February 2, 2009 by rson451

[DGMurdockIII]

this would be great if we could get it it tuned for netbook usages

can we get a torrent of the iso at one of these linux trackers http://linuxtracker.org/, http://www.tuxdistro.com/ or http://www.linux23.com/

[Stephen Veteran]

this would be great if we could get it it tuned for netbook usages

can we get a torrent of the iso at one of these linux trackers http://linuxtracker.org/, http://www.tuxdistro.com/ or http://www.linux23.com/

back int the day i ran the linux tracker, then it got took over by the official team and moved to neowin servers.

[LTSmash]

Will try it later, check how it works on real HW, but mostly to begin with adding new stuff will do under the VM...

[LTSmash]

Ohh guys... look at what we-ve got here >p

#!/bin/bash

# Copyright Jean-Philippe Guillemin <[email protected]>. This program is free software;
# you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,
# or (at your option) any later version. Please take a look at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htm

# This script :
# - probes for videocard, monitor and keyboard
# - ask for runlevel
# - writes a configured Xorg config file.



# Version 1.0 - 30/08/2005
#  * Added Xdialog support
# Version 1.1 - 27/09/2005
#  * Fixed bug in call to discover causing glibc error message
# Version 1.2 - 16/10/2005
#  * Fixed bug when 2 video cards are detected by discover
# Version 1.3 - 22/10/2005
#  * Improved/secured tempdir management
# Version 2.0 - 29/12/2005
#  * Monitor probing with edid/X-configure
# Version 2.1 - 17/06/2006
#  * Removed discover support
# Version 2.2 - 17/06/2006
#  * Improved modules detection
# Version 3.2 - 29/09/2006
#  * Ported to Xorg 7.x
# Version 3.3 - 08/04/2007
#  * Compositor aware
# Version 3.4 - 18/04/2007
#  * Silent mode
# Version 4.0 - 02/10/2007
#  * Synaptics and modeline improvements

. /usr/lib/liblinuxlive

# Take a look at "Xdialog" and use it instead of "dialog" in case X is running
if [[ "$DISPLAY" && "$(which Xdialog 2>&1 | grep -v "which: no")" ]]; then
	dialog="Xdialog --wrap --left"
else
	dialog="dialog"
fi

# Set the locale in en_US, to avoid problems with Xlib
LANG=en_US

# Path needs to be extended in case you're only half a root :)
export PATH="${PATH}:/usr/sbin:/sbin"

# create the buffer directory
export tmpdir="/tmp/videoconfig"
mkdir -p $tmpdir

xdepth=$(cmdline_value xdepth)
if [ "$xdepth" = "" ]; then
	xdepth=24
fi

# Create the xorg.conf file
writexorg() {

cp -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.old 2>/dev/null

# Header
cat << EOF >  /etc/X11/xorg.conf

# **********************************************************************
# This file was generated by videoconfig (Zenwalk Xorg configuration tool)
# If you changed your video card or monitor, please run videoconfig again
# from runlevel 3. Don't modify this file yourself until you know what you do;)
# **********************************************************************

EOF

# Files section
cat << EOF >>  /etc/X11/xorg.conf

# **********************************************************************
# Files section -- This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

EOF

cat $tmpdir/xorg.files >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf

# Remaining sections
cat << EOF >>  /etc/X11/xorg.conf

# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this  section  is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************

EOF

cat $tmpdir/xorg.modules >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf

if [ ! "$(grep 'Load.*\"synaptics\"' /etc/X11/xorg.conf)" ]; then
	 sed -i '/Section \"Module\"/  a\	Load  "synaptics"' /etc/X11/xorg.conf
fi

# Remaining sections
cat << EOF >>  /etc/X11/xorg.conf

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"
#	Option	 "NoTrapSignals"
#	Option	 "DontVTSwitch"
#	Option	 "DontZap"
#	Option	 "DontZoom"
#	Option	 "DisableVidModeExtension"
#	Option	 "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"
#	Option	 "DisableModInDev"
#	Option	 "AllowNonLocalModInDev"
#	Option	  "blank time"	"10"	# 10 minutes
#	Option	  "standby time"  "20"
#	Option	  "suspend time"  "30"
#	Option	  "off time"	  "60"

# Option   "EstimateSizesAggresively" "0"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# DRI section
# **********************************************************************

Section "dri"
# Access to OpenGL ICD is allowed for all users:
	Mode 0666
# Access to OpenGL ICD is restricted to a specific user group:
#	Group 100	# users
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Extensions section
# **********************************************************************

Section "Extensions"
		Option "Composite" "Disable"
		Option "RENDER" "Enable"
		Option "DAMAGE" "Enable"
		Option "XVideo" "Enable" 
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Keyboard section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Keyboard1"
	Driver	"kbd"
#	Option	 "Protocol"	  "Xqueue"
#	Option	 "AutoRepeat"	"500 5"
#	Option	 "Xleds" "1 2 3"
#	Option	 "XkbDisable"

	Option	 "XkbRules"	  "xorg"
	Option	 "XkbModel"	  "pc105"
	Option	 "XkbLayout"	 "$xkblayout"
#	Option	 "XkbVariant"	"us"
	Option	 "XkbOptions"	"$xkboptions"
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Pointers section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver
	Identifier "Mouse1"
	Driver		 "mouse"
	Option		 "Protocol" "Auto"
	Option		 "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
#	Option	 "Protocol" "Xqueue"
#	Option	 "BaudRate" "9600"
#	Option	 "SampleRate"	"150"
#	Option	 "Emulate3Buttons"
#	Option	 "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
#	Option	 "ChordMiddle"
	Option	 "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice" 
	Identifier	"Pad1" 
	Driver		"synaptics" 
	Option		   "Protocol" "auto-dev" 
	Option		   "Device" "$paddevice" 
	Option		"LeftEdge"	  "1700" 
	Option		"RightEdge"	 "5300" 
	Option		"TopEdge"	   "1700" 
	Option		"BottomEdge"	"4200" 
	Option		"FingerLow"	 "25" 
	Option		"FingerHigh"	"30" 
	Option		"MaxTapTime"	"180" 
	Option		"MaxTapMove"	"220" 
	Option		"VertScrollDelta" "100" 
	Option		"MinSpeed"	  "0.09" 
	Option		"MaxSpeed"	  "0.18" 
	Option		"AccelFactor"   "0.0015" 
	Option		"SHMConfig"	 "on" 
EndSection 


# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	 "Monitor1"
$monitorvendorname
$monitormodelname

	$modeline	

$horizsync
$vertrefresh
	$useedidfreqs
$dpms
	Option "ReducedBlanking"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Graphic devices section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphic devices sections may be present

Section "Device"
	Identifier	 "Videocard1"
$cardvendorname
	BoardName   "$videocard"
	Driver	 "$driver"
$busid
	Option "RenderAccel" "true"
	Option		  "DRI"	 "true"
   	Option		  "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
   	Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
	Option "TexturedVideo" "on"
	Option "Textured2D" "on"
	Option "TexturedXrender" "on"
	Option "UseFastTLS" "1"
	Option "BackingStore" "on"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Screen section
# **********************************************************************

Section "Screen"
	Identifier  "Videoconfig"
	Device	  "Videocard1"
	Monitor	 "Monitor1"

   DefaultDepth $xdepth

	Subsection "Display"
		Depth	   8
		Modes $mode "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubsection
	Subsection "Display"
		Depth	   16
		Modes $mode "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubsection
	Subsection "Display"
		Depth	   24
		Modes $mode "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubsection
	Subsection "Display"
		Depth	   32
		Modes $mode "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubsection
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout section
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier		"Simple Layout"
	Screen			"Videoconfig"
	InputDevice		"Mouse1" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice		"Pad1" "SendCoreEvents"
	InputDevice		"Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
	Option		 "AIGLX" "Disable"
EndSection

EOF

}


# Probe monitor model, frequencies and videocard driver #################################
function xprob(){

  useedidfreqs=''

  # Probing videocard
  currenthome=$HOME
  HOME=$tmpdir
  /usr/bin/X -configure 2>/dev/null
  HOME=$currenthome

  # Probing monitor
  /usr/sbin/get-edid 2>/dev/null | /usr/sbin/parse-edid 2>/dev/null > $tmpdir/edid-data.txt

  # VendorName
  buffer=""
  buffer="$( sed -n '/^ *Section *\"Monitor\" *$/,/^ *EndSection *$/p' $tmpdir/xorg.conf.new \
  | grep "VendorName" \
  | grep -v "Monitor Vendor" \
  | sed -e 's/.*VendorName[ \t]*\"\(.*\)\"$/\1/' \
  | sed -e 's/\"/,/g' )"

  if [ ! "$buffer" ]; then
	buffer="$(grep "VendorName" $tmpdir/edid-data.txt \
	| sed -e 's/.*VendorName[ \t]*\"\(.*\)\"$/\1/' \
	| sed -e 's/\"/,/g' )"
  fi
  [ ! "$buffer" ] && buffer='Artefact'
  monitorvendorname="	 VendorName \"$buffer\""

  # ModelName
  buffer=""
  buffer="$( sed -n '/^ *Section *\"Monitor\" *$/,/^ *EndSection *$/p' $tmpdir/xorg.conf.new \
  | grep "ModelName" \
  | grep -v "Monitor Model" \
  | sed -e 's/.*ModelName[ \t]*\"\(.*\)\"$/\1/' \
  | sed -e 's/\"/,/g' )"

  if [ ! "$buffer" ]; then
	buffer="$(grep "ModelName" $tmpdir/edid-data.txt \
	| sed -e 's/.*ModelName[ \t]*\"\(.*\)\"$/\1/' \
	| sed -e 's/\"/,/g' )"
  fi
  [ ! "$buffer" ] && buffer='My monitor'
  monitormodelname="	 ModelName \"$buffer\""

  # Tunning
  horizsync="$( sed -n '/^ *Section *\"Monitor\" *$/,/^ *EndSection *$/p' $tmpdir/xorg.conf.new | grep "HorizSync")"
  if [ ! "$horizsync" ]; then
	horizsync="$(cat $tmpdir/edid-data.txt | grep "HorizSync")"
	if [ ! "$horizsync" ]; then
	  horizsync='	 HorizSync 31.5 - 50.0'
	  useedidfreqs='	 Option "UseEdidFreqs" "1"'
	fi
  fi

  vertrefresh="$( sed -n '/^ *Section *\"Monitor\" *$/,/^ *EndSection *$/p' $tmpdir/xorg.conf.new | grep "VertRefresh")"
  if [ ! "$vertrefresh" ]; then
	vertrefresh="$(grep "VertRefresh" $tmpdir/edid-data.txt)"
	if [ ! "$vertrefresh" ]; then
	  vertrefresh='	 VertRefresh 40-90'
	  useedidfreqs='	 Option "UseEdidFreqs" "1"'
	fi
  fi

  resolution="$(sed -n 's/[ \t]*Mode[ \t]*"\(.*\)".*$/\1/p' $tmpdir/edid-data.txt | head -n1)"
  X="$(echo $resolution | sed -e 's/^\([0-9]*\)x.*/\1/')"

  if [[ $X -ge 800 && $X -le 2800 ]]; then
	dotclock="$(sed -n 's/[ \t]*DotClock[ \t]*\([0-9\.]*\).*$/\1/p' $tmpdir/edid-data.txt | head -n1)"
	htimings="$(sed -n 's/[ \t]*HTimings[ \t]*\([0-9 ]*\).*$/\1/p' $tmpdir/edid-data.txt | head -n1)"
	vtimings="$(sed -n 's/[ \t]*VTimings[ \t]*\([0-9 ]*\).*$/\1/p' $tmpdir/edid-data.txt | head -n1)"
	flags="$(sed -n 's/[ \t]*Flags[ \t]*"\(.*\)".*$/\1/p' $tmpdir/edid-data.txt | tr -d '"' | head -n1)"
	vfreq="$(sed -n 's/.*vfreq[ \t]*\([0-9\.]*\)Hz.*$/\1/p' $tmpdir/edid-data.txt | head -n1)"
	mode="\"${resolution}_${vfreq}\""
	modeline="Modeline $mode $dotclock $htimings $vtimings $flags"
  fi

  dpms="$( sed -n '/^ *Section *\"Monitor\" *$/,/^ *EndSection *$/p' $tmpdir/xorg.conf.new | grep "DPMS")"

  cardvendorname="$( sed -n '/^ *Section *\"Device\" *$/,/^ *EndSection *$/p' $tmpdir/xorg.conf.new | grep "VendorName" )"

  driver="$( sed -n '/^ *Section *\"Device\" *$/,/^ *EndSection *$/p' $tmpdir/xorg.conf.new \
  | grep -v "##" \
  | grep "Driver" \
  | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*Driver[ \t]*\"\(.*\)\".*$/\1/')"
  [ ! "$driver" ] && driver='vesa'


  videocard="$( sed -n '/^ *Section *\"Device\" *$/,/^ *EndSection *$/p' $tmpdir/xorg.conf.new \
  | grep "BoardName" \
  | grep -v "Unknown" \
  | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*BoardName[ \t]*\"\(.*\)\".*$/\1/' )"
  [ ! "$videocard" ] && videocard="Video device"


  busid="$( sed -n '/^ *Section *\"Device\" *$/,/^ *EndSection *$/p' $tmpdir/xorg.conf.new | grep "BusID" )"

  # The module section of xorg.conf
  sed -n '/Section \"Module\"/,/EndSection/p' $tmpdir/xorg.conf.new > $tmpdir/xorg.modules

  # The files section of xorg.conf
  sed -n '/Section \"Files\"/,/EndSection/p' $tmpdir/xorg.conf.new > $tmpdir/xorg.files

  # The touchpad device
  for paddevice in /dev/input/tp0 /dev/input/ts0 /dev/ts0 /dev/tp0 /dev/input/tp1 /dev/input/ts1 /dev/ts1 /dev/tp1; do
	[ -e $paddevice ] && break
  done

}



##################################################################
# Converts keyboard map from kmap (/usr/share/kbd/keymaps) to xkb (/etc/X11/xkb)
function xkbconvert(){

# Probing the keymap

  key="$(grep "^[[:space:]]*\/usr\/bin\/loadkeys" /etc/rc.d/keymap \
	| sed -e 's/^.*loadkeys *\([^\.]*\)\(\.map\)*$/\1/')"



	# We convert keymap into XkbLayout  -- The fields are  keymap | XkbLayout | XkbOptions

	cat << "EOF" | grep "^$key|.*|.*" \
	  | sed -e "s/^.*|\(.*\)|\(.*\)/\1|\2/" > $tmpdir/xkb
ANSI-dvorak|dvorak|
al|al|
am|am|
ar|ar|
azerty|fr|
az|az|
be-latin1|be|
bg-cp1251|bg|
bg-cp855|bg|
bg_bds-cp1251|bg|
bg_bds-utf8|bg|
bg_pho-cp1251|bg|
bg_pho-utf8|bg|
br-abnt2|br|
br-abnt|br|
br-latin1-abnt2|br|
br-latin1-us|br|
brdk|brdk|
by|by|
by|by|
cf|ca_enhanced|
croat|hr|
cz-cp1250|cz|
cz-lat2-prog|cz|
cz-lat2|cz|
cz-us-qwertz|cz_qwerty|
cz|cz|
de-latin1-nodeadkeys|de|
de-latin1|de|
de_CH-latin1|de_CH|
de|de|
dk-latin1|dk|
dk|dk|
dvorak-l|dvorak|
dvorak-r|dvorak|
dvorak|dvorak|
es-cp850|es|
es|es|
fi-latin1|fi|
fi-latin9|fi|
fi|fi|
fr-latin1|fr|
fr-latin9|fr|
fr-pc|fr|
fr_CH-latin1|fr_CH|
fr_CH|fr_CH|
fr|fr|
gr-pc|us,el|grp:alt_shift_toggle
gr|us,el|grp:alt_shift_toggle
hu|hu|
il-heb|il|
il-phonetic|il|
il|il|
is-latin1-us|is|
is-latin1|is|
it-ibm|it|
it2|it|
it|it|
jp106|jp|
lt.baltic|lt_std|
lt.l4|lt_std|
lt|lt_std|
lt|lt|
lv|lv|
lv-latin7|lv|
mk-cp1251|mk|
mk-utf|mk|
mk0|mk|
mk|mk|
nl2|nl|
nl|nl|
nl|nl|
no-latin1|no|
no|no|
pl2|pl2|
pl|pl|
pt-latin1|pt|
pt-latin9|pt|
ro_win|ro_microsoft|
ru-cp1251|ru|grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll
ru-ms|us,ru(winkeys)|grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll
ru-yawerty|ru|
ru1|us,ru(winkeys)|grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll
ru2|us,ru(winkeys)|grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll
ru3|us,ru(winkeys)|grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll
ru4|us,ru(winkeys)|grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll
ru_win|us,ru(winkeys)|grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll
ru|us,ru(winkeys)|grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll
se-fi-ir209|se_FI|
se-fi-lat6|se_FI|
se-ir209|se_SE|
se-lat6|se_SE|
sg-latin1-lk450|sg|
sg-latin1|de_CH|
sg|de_CH|
sk-prog-qwerty|sk_qwerty|
sk-prog-qwertz|sk_qwerty|
sk-prog-qwertz|sk|
sk-qwerty|sk_qwerty|
sk-qwertz|sk_qwerty|
slovene|si|
sr-cy|sry|
sv-latin1|se|
syr|syr|
tel|tel|
th_pat|th_pat|
th_tis|th_tis|
th|th|
tj|tj|
tml|tml|
tr_f-latin5|tr_f|
tr_q-latin5|tr|
tralt|tr|
tralt|tr|
trq|tr|
ua-utf-ws|ua|
ua-utf|ua|
ua-ws|ua|
ua|ua|
ua|ua|
uk|gb|
us-acentos|us|
us|us|
uz|uz|
vn|vn|
wangbe2|fr|
wangbe|fr|
EOF

	xkblayout="$(sed -e "s/^\(.*\)|.*/\1/" $tmpdir/xkb)"
	xkboptions="$(sed -e "s/^.*|\(.*\)/\1/" $tmpdir/xkb)"

	rm -f $tmpdir/xkb
	# Fall back to keymap if no xkb maping available
	if [ ! "$xkblayout" ]; then
	  xkblayout="$key"
	  xkboptions=""
	fi

}

##################################################################
function updatefc(){
	# Update the X font indexes
	if [ -x /usr/bin/fc-cache ]; then
		for dir in /usr/share/fonts/*; do touch $dir; done
		/usr/bin/fc-cache 2>&1 1>/dev/null &
	fi
}


##################################################################
function updatemime(){
	# Update the X font indexes
	if [ -x /usr/bin/update-mime-database ]; then
		/usr/bin/update-mime-database /usr/share/mime 2>&1 1>/dev/null &
	fi
}

##################################################################
function updatescrollkeeper(){
	# Generate GNOME documentation
	if [ -x /usr/bin/scrollkeeper-update ]; then
		/usr/bin/scrollkeeper-update 2>&1 1>/dev/null &
	fi
}


	 ########################################
########### HERE COMES THE SUN ####################
	 ########################################



if [ "$DISPLAY" ]; then

	$dialog --msgbox "To probe for the video driver and monitor please run \"$(basename $0)\" from runlevel 3" 8 70

else


	if [ "$1" = "silent" ]; then
		echo "Configuring the X server"
		(
		xprob
		xkbconvert
		writexorg
		updatefc
		updatemime	
		sed -i "s/^id:.*:initdefault:$/id:4:initdefault:/" /etc/inittab
		sed -i 's/^\([ \t]*Option.*Composite.*\)\".*\".*$/\1\"Enable\"/' /etc/X11/xorg.conf
		sed -i 's/^\([ \t]*Option.*AIGLX.*\)\".*\".*$/\1\"Enable\"/' /etc/X11/xorg.conf 
		) 2>&1 1>/dev/null
		exit
	fi



	# probe for videocard/monitor specs if we are called from runlevel 3
	clear
	$dialog --infobox "Probing video configuration ..." 8 45 
	sleep 1
	clear
	xprob
	clear

  $dialog \
  --title "X11 configuration" \
  --icon "videoconfig" \
  --menu \
" Videocard : $videocard \n\
 Driver : \"$driver\" \n\
 Do you want to use this configuration (recommended) ?\n\n" \
14 75 3 \
   "Yes" "Configure X11" \
   "No" "keep existing configuration" 2> $tmpdir/configxorg

	configxorg=$(cat $tmpdir/configxorg)
	rm -f $tmpdir/configxorg

	case $configxorg in
	  Yes)
		$dialog --infobox "Configuring the X server..." 8 45
		sleep 1
		xkbconvert
		writexorg
;;
	  No)
;;
	esac

fi


# Compositor support ?

  $dialog \
  --title "Compositor" \
  --icon "videoconfig" \
  --menu \
"Do you want to enable the compositor (transparency, shadows, ... it can be slow on some videocards) ?\n\n" \
14 75 3 \
   "Yes" "Enable the compositor" \
   "No" "Disable the compositor" 2> $tmpdir/compositor

compositor=$(cat $tmpdir/compositor)
rm -f $tmpdir/compositor

case $compositor in
  Yes)
	sed -i 's/^\([ \t]*Option.*Composite.*\)\".*\".*$/\1\"Enable\"/' /etc/X11/xorg.conf 
  ;;
  No)
	sed -i 's/^\([ \t]*Option.*Composite.*\)\".*\".*$/\1\"Disable\"/' /etc/X11/xorg.conf   
  ;;
esac


updatefc
updatemime

# Runlevel 3 or 4 ?

  $dialog --title "Login mode configuration" --icon "videoconfig" --menu \
"Select the login mode you want to enable on startup:\n\n" \
16 76 3 \
   "Text" "Text mode login - runlevel 3" \
   "Graphical" "Graphical Xwindow login - runlevel 4" \
   "Skip" "No change" 2> $tmpdir/runlevel

runlevel=$(cat $tmpdir/runlevel)
rm -f $tmpdir/runlevel

case $runlevel in
  Text)
	sed -i "s/^id:.*:initdefault:$/id:3:initdefault:/" /etc/inittab
  ;;
  Graphical)
	sed -i "s/^id:.*:initdefault:$/id:4:initdefault:/" /etc/inittab
  ;;
  Skip)
  ;;
esac

Niiiiiiiiiiice... this script works nicely, found it on godane-s Arch live CD... perhaps we can take some ideas from it to get everything working already...

I noticed it actually is so good, it activates compositing and stuff... but for this then we must preinstall every driver out there (even if they aren't free, but who cares? binary-only drivers are the best anyways...)

Edited February 2, 2009 by LTSmash

[hopp58902 Member]

Godane's script didn't work on VMWare for me.

Getting Xorg to work here (VirtualBox) was as simple as running the following commands:

useradd avahi
 groupadd network
 useradd hal
 useradd policykit
 useradd dbus
 /etc/rc.d/hal start

No need for an xorg.conf. The latest Xorg's hotplugging requires hal, hal requires dbus and so on. Test it out and let me know how it goes.

Will test this today. Hal seems to be missing from the ISO :/

Edit: Yes, this makes sense, I've seen this on an Ubuntu Live CD before and was a little perplexed. Will try!

[Iian K]

Bash command prompt.. SUHWEET. :D

[LTSmash]

Godane's script didn't work on VMWare for me.

Will test this today. Hal seems to be missing from the ISO :/

Edit: Yes, this makes sense, I've seen this on an Ubuntu Live CD before and was a little perplexed. Will try!

Did you install VMWare Xorg drivers?

[hopp58902 Member]

LTSmash, yes. Testing out rson's method today, after I finish cleaning my servers.

[LTSmash]

Why is the ISO so huge?

I mean, there's no snese in having such a big "developer preview" when something so basic as Xorg doesn't works... I say no to bloat (ok, you want bloat then PLEASE USE COMPRESSION!!!)...

Downloading :p

[hopp58902 Member]

Because everything ELSE is in place.

[Iian K]

I've downloaded larger files.

[hopp58902 Member]

Alpha 2 is being uploaded. Look for it in the News forum tomorrow. I'll tease everyone and say that it's smaller. Also, where does that long script go LTSmash?

[hopp58902 Member]

Trying the really long script from LTSmash now.

[LTSmash]

Alpha 2 is being uploaded. Look for it in the News forum tomorrow. I'll tease everyone and say that it's smaller. Also, where does that long script go LTSmash?

It need's to be called via a rc.d script which is also initiated at boot time by placing it on rc.conf (but you should already know that since you're using Arch :p)... with desired parameters and other stuff too... perhaps using some kind of runlevel method would do better? I'd like to have some aproach for live booting to use level 5 init that use some wrapper script for everything we need to get executed before X gets launched and after daemons are loaded...