Hi Am 16.10.2015 um 12:18 schrieb Chris Mills: > Hi Thomas, > > We don’t generally include Linux how to type stuff on MDN as it is out of > scope, but I think this would be a really useful thing to have in the Firefox > OS section of MDN. FxOS is a difficult hybrid in terms of subject matter, > because it is largely a web tech thing, but the lower levels and build steps > need Linux/build system knowledge. > > I’m a web guy in terms of knowledge background, but the build steps, etc. > tend to confuse me a lot as it is just not my area of expertise. This is why > I pointed Zoltan at the list. I’m sure others are in the same position.
Sure. I was thinking about people who have their Linux installed and know how to use a terminal. We're not a Linux distribution, but we should offer some help when it's relevant for Firefox OS. I guess we're on the same page. > > So I’m happy to help put this together, but I’d need some help brainstorming > what to include in it. Great! I could think of the following categories - prerequisites (involved tools, etc) - supported devices - fetching repositories - building - flashing - bug reporting - mindset (aka: "How do I help myself in the most efficient way.") Most of this is documented somewhere on MDN or elsewhere on the web, pointers to existing documents should be fine. Zoltan ran into a common bug in the manifest file. For such bugs, we could probably include explanations in the FAQ. It also seems like he couldn't get the quick fix to work. A step-by-step example might be helpful. I've never written an FAQ before, but if you put something together, I'd help with filling in the details. > > Zoltan, I’d be happy to hear your ideas too, in terms of what help you’d find > mose useful in this area. > > All the best, > > Chris > >> On 16 Oct 2015, at 10:58, Thomas Zimmermann <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Chris, >> >> these questions are in the 'How do I use my Linux?' and 'How do I become >> a good developer?' category. They seem to come up every now and then. Do >> we have an FAQ for complete newbies? If not, could we create one? >> >> Best regards >> Thomas >> >> Am 16.10.2015 um 11:26 schrieb Antal Zoltán: >>> Dear Thomas and Chris! >>> >>> I tried everything. It is suceed set the repo on my computer, and edit >>> the galaxy-manifest file basen on yourguidelines. Unfortunately the >>> original problem >>> has not disappeared. I got the next error: >>> >>> error: Cannot fetch platform/prebuilt), 3.61 MiB | 923.00 KiB/s >>> error: Cannot fetch >>> platform/prebuilts/gcc/linux-x86/arm/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8 >>> >>> Why do not make MOZILLA an image for this device? >>> Why do not show MOZILLA a correct way to build an image, if the >>> galaxy-nexus device is supported? >>> I see, there are very many problem with the building, but there is no >>> solution. >>> Why do not help nobody from the MOZILLA? >>> Do not they want to, that many people use this system? >>> >>> If I do everything the way it is described in the mozilla page, why do >>> it not work??? >>> Who is responsible??? >>> >>> Who can help??? >>> Where to turn??? >>> >>> Please give me a contact, who can help me. I would like to use my >>> phone with FirefoxOS. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> ZOltan >>> >>> 2015-10-14 14:24 GMT+02:00 Antal Zoltán <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>>: >>> >>> Thank you for your answer Thomas. >>> >>> Best regards >>> Zoltan >>> >>> 2015-10-14 13:29 GMT+02:00 Thomas Zimmermann >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>: >>> >>> Hi! >>> >>> I can only offer you some help to get started, but I cannot >>> teach you >>> how to use your tools, sorry. >>> >>> Attached is a modified 'galaxy-nexus.xml' that retrieves the >>> correct >>> repositories. If you do step 1 and copy the resulting file >>> into the >>> resulting directory, then do steps 3 and 4, you should be able to >>> complete. I tried this locally, but the build failed with an >>> error. I >>> guess this hasn't been updated in a while. >>> >>> Best regards >>> Thomas >>> >>> Am 14.10.2015 um 07:57 schrieb Antal Zoltán: >>>> Hi Thomas, >>>> >>>> Thank you very much again for your help. I tried, what you >>> wrote, but >>>> i failed unfortunately. I have the original galaxy-nexus.xml >>> manifest >>>> file from the mozilla git repo. I tried edit that. I added the >>>> "<remote name="caf" fetch="git://codeaurora.org/ >>> <http://codeaurora.org/> >>>> <http://codeaurora.org/>"/>" line to the xml. Unfortunately >>> i did not >>>> know where i have to put the 'repository="caf"' line. >>>> >>>> Then i tried this edited XML save to to my filesystem. I >>> made a folder >>>> (galaxy-nexus) my root directory and put the edited >>> galaxy-nexus.xml >>>> manifest file in this folder. I write in my terminal: "git >>> commit -a", >>>> but unfortunately i got the nest message: >>>> >>>> COMMAND: git commit -a >>>> ANSWER: fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to >>> mount point >>>> /home) >>>> Stopping at filesystem boundary >>> (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set). >>>> So i go to the folder where i cloned the original GIT >>>> (home/myname/firefoxOS/B2G). Here I made a 'galaxy-nexus' >>> folder and >>>> put in the edited manifest file and write to the terminal: >>>> >>>> COMMAND: git commit -a >>>> >>>> ANSWER: >>>> >>>> /# Please enter the commit message for your changes. Lines >>> starting >>>> # with '#' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts the commit. >>>> # On branch master >>>> # Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'. >>>> # >>>> # Changes to be committed: >>>> # modified: config.sh >>>> # new file: galaxy-nexus.xml >>>> # >>>> # Untracked files: >>>> # .tmp-config >>>> # b2g-manifest/ >>>> # config.sh~ >>>> #/ >>>> >>>> I saved this (CTRL+O) and exit (CTRL+X), and i tried to edit the >>>> 'config.sh'. I changed the >>>> >>> 'GITREPO=${GITREPO:-"git://github.com/mozilla-b2g/b2g-manifest >>> <http://github.com/mozilla-b2g/b2g-manifest> >>>> <http://github.com/mozilla-b2g/b2g-manifest>"}' line by the >>>> 'GITREPO=${GITREPO:-"file:///home/myname/firefoxOS/B2G"}'. >>>> >>>> Then I write in the terminal >>>> >>>> COMMAND: ./config.sh galaxy-nexus >>>> >>>> Unfortunately I got the next message. >>>> >>>> ANSWER: >>>> fatal: '/home/myname/firefoxOS/B2G' does not appear to be a >>> git repository >>>> fatal: Could not read from remote repository. >>>> Please make sure you have the correct access rights >>>> and the repository exists. >>>> >>>> Help me please. Could you write me please step by step what >>> do i have >>>> to do? I attached a editless manifest file. >>>> >>>> Best regards >>>> ZOltan >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 2015-10-13 14:55 GMT+02:00 Thomas Zimmermann >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> <mailto:[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>>>: >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> this is a bug in the Galaxy Nexus' manifest file. [1] It >>> pulls repos >>>> from Linaro, which apparently doesn't have >>> aosp-new/master. I know how >>>> to fix it, but I don't know if the result would still build. >>>> >>>> Zoltan, do you know how to modify a manifest file? The >>> rough steps are >>>> 1) 'git clone' the manifest from the repo at [1], >>>> 2) modify galaxy-nexus.xml in the following way: >>>> >>>> * add the line >>>> >>>> <remote name="caf" fetch="git://codeaurora.org/ >>> <http://codeaurora.org/> >>>> <http://codeaurora.org/>"/> >>>> >>>> next to the other repo statements >>>> >>>> * add >>>> >>>> repository="caf" >>>> >>>> to the XML tag that clones 'prebuilts/gcc/..." >>>> >>>> 3) in the Linux shell set the shell variable GITREPO >>> to the >>>> directory >>>> with you local modified manifest, and >>>> >>>> 4) run config.sh as before. >>>> >>>> That should fix the bug of cloning the repo. I hope that the >>>> result builds. >>>> >>>> If you succeed, we could add this change to our repository. >>>> >>>> Best regards >>>> Thomas >>>> >>>> >>>> [1] >>>> >>> >>> https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/b2g-manifest/blob/master/galaxy-nexus.xml >>>> Am 13.10.2015 <tel:13.10.2015> <tel:13.10.2015 <tel:13.10.2015>> >>> um 14:36 schrieb Chris Mills: >>>>> Hi there, >>>>> >>>>> I’m not sure what the problem is here, so I’ve >>> forwarded your >>>> query to >>>>> the dev-fxos list, to see if anyone there can help. >>>>> >>>>> Hi FxOS folks - can you help Zoltan with their query >>> about building >>>>> FxOS on their Galaxy Nexus device? >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> >>>>> Chris >>>>> >>>>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>>>> >>>>>> *From: *Antal Zoltán <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>> >>>>>> *Date: *12 October 2015 at 07:13:12 BST >>>>>> *To: *[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> >>>>>> *Subject: **Building FirefoxOS for Galaxy Nexus* >>>>>> >>>>>> I ask your help. Galaxy Nexus (TIER 3) would like to >>> build Firefox >>>>>> OS, but I always get stuck with the following error >>> (fresh Ubuntu >>>>>> 14.04, Java 7): >>>>>> >>>>>> Fetching projects: 98% (85/86) fatal: Couldn't find >>> remote ref >>>>>> refs/heads/aosp-new/master >>>>>> Unexpected end of command stream >>>>>> error: Cannot fetch >>>>>> >>> platform/prebuilts/gcc/linux-x86/arm/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8 >>>>>> I followed all the steps that you wrote on the site, >>> but still >>>> I get >>>>>> the same error. What could be the problem. Can you >>> help me please? >>>>>> Best regards >>>>>> >>>>>> Zoltan Antal >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> dev-fxos mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> <mailto:[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos _______________________________________________ dev-fxos mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos
