I started over with a fresh emdebian-tools/rootfs installation and ran emsandbox with the unmodified emdebian.gpe script.
After untarring emdebian-arm.tgz into a handy directory, I copied in the group and passwd files that I saved from a previous attempt (has the missing groups and users in it). I then downloaded the emdebian grep package and manually extracted the files and put them into the proper directories. I downloaded the debian coreutils package and extracted only fmt (postinst and postrm scripts wanted it). I also grabbed readlink (busybox readlink wasn't recognized for some reason) but I can't remember which package I stole it from (debianutils?). I downloaded the Busybox source and compiled my own busybox with the greps deselected and stat turned on. The emdebian busybox binary ignored the emdebian grep package I installed through apt-get even though I had deleted the links in /bin. I guess the shell intercepts the call before checking the path. This got me a working fgrep and stat! the emdebian supplied "which" (debianutils?) was failing after all this (complains about getops) so I removed it and used the busybox version. I then copied it all to SD card, chrooted to the card on my arm box and ran ./emsecondstage. Except for runlevel complaints from dbus and libc6 and tzdata failing (got it to install later) everything seemed to configure properly. I spent the rest of the day getting confused trying to get a desktop running. x11-common and xinit were installed along with matchbox but there doesn't seem to be an X server anywhere.I did a lot of googling on matchbox and X servers but I didn't see anything really helpfull. I did try getting the emdebian xorg package (since xfree said it was for transitions) but apt refused due to unmet dependencies. Following the dependencies revealed that xkbd-data doesn't exist in the emdebian repository. Thats where I am now and its time for a break! P.S. Its amazing how much you learn while stumbling around in the dark. Some day I'll know enough to turn on the flashlight 8) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
