The better approach would be to install everything into the bundle directory itself. Then simply zip it and you should have a working xo bundle. A custom build should not be necessary for this.
- Bert - On 23.12.2008, at 21:35, Greg Smith wrote: > Hi Bert, > > Thanks. It was actually right click for me but that did it. > > I installed the Cmap tools from within the X activity and it mostly > worked. > > A few oddities in the X activity like the arrow keys not working but > nothing fatal. > > I'll follow up with the Cmap people and see if they can move it > ahead some more. > > Dan, > > Here's a good use case for the "image customization" feature. To > install Cmap, I open the X activity, downloaded a zip, then unpacked > it which created a bin file. I made that executable and ran it which > launched an installer which installed Java and some other stuff into > a directory I chose (data). I also assume they would want to tweak > the X activity initrc file to make it launch Cmap automatically. The > whole thing is within a Rainbow instance but I believe its re-usable > if its in the data directory. > > Would your customization stick strategy allow me to make this whole > thing part of an image installable on many XOs as described? > > Thanks, > > Greg S > > Bert Freudenberg wrote: >> Click to bring up a menu and open a terminal. >> Alternatively, edit the ".xinitrc" file to auto-launch any X >> applications you want started ("xterm &" is a common choice) before >> executing the window manager. This is also how you would bundle and >> launch a regular X app like cmap. >> - Bert - >> On 23.12.2008, at 16:34, Greg Smith wrote: >>> Hi Michael and Bert, >>> >>> It got quiet enough that I had a chance to try this myself. >>> >>> I tried installing and running the X activity and I tried >>> following the instructions here: >>> http://www.hackszine.com/blog/archive/2007/12/run_a_nested_x11_desktop_on_th.html >>> >>> In both cases I got a gray screen with a "bar" showing "Workspace" >>> with two triangles next to it (left and right facing) on the left >>> side of the bar and the time with the same triangles on the right >>> side. >>> >>> I didn't see my pointer in the Hackfest version but I did in the X >>> window version. In both cases I didn't see any place to enter text >>> (e.g. a window). Am I missing something? >>> >>> I was hoping to get an X window with a prompt so I could install >>> CMap tools from there. >>> >>> Any suggestions appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Greg S >>> >>> Greg Smith wrote: >>>> Hi All, >>>> Picking up this old thread >>>> (http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-September/018835.html >>>> ) >>>> I want to move this forward again. >>>> There is a beta version of a smaller Linux implementation of CMap >>>> tools now. Download it from here: >>>> http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/cmaplite.php >>>> Does anyone have time to try running this inside of the X windows >>>> activity mentioned below? >>>> While we have some traction on other concept map tools (thanks >>>> Tomeu for Labrynth), CMap is "incumbent" in a number of countries >>>> and I want to figure out how close we are to supporting it. It >>>> will affect our ability to get XOs and Sugar in to more schools >>>> systems so its certainly valuable work. >>>> Let me know if anyone has a chance to try this out and document >>>> what it will take to make it work. >>>> Thanks, >>>> Greg S >>>> ************* >>>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at >>>> freudenbergs.de> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > Am 04.09.2008 um 01:06 schrieb Michael Stone: >>>> > >>>> >> On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 05:33:28PM -0400, Greg Smith wrote: >>>> >>> Has anyone tried making the activity which is X-windows and >>>> inside >>>> >>> which >>>> >>> other activities can run? >>>> >> >>>> >> [1] and [2] seem apropos. >>>> >> >>>> >> Michael >>>> >> >>>> >> [1]: http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/7768#comment:8 >>>> >> [2]: >>>> >> http://www.hackszine.com/blog/archive/2007/12/run_a_nested_x11_desktop_on_th.html >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > I couldn't resist making an activity for that: >>>> > >>>> > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities/X >>>> Anybody has any idea about how to make xephyr use the clipboard >>>> of the >>>> external X server? DND may be even harder. >>>> Regards, >>>> Tomeu _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel