ext Dan Brinks wrote: > Hello- > I've been trying to see if I could modify the X server running on the > N770. So firstly I extracted the rootfs from the OS2006 .bin file. I > then downloaded the xserver-kdrive .deb file from the repository and > extracted it to my rootfs, packaged it all up and flashed my device > with it. This worked fine. I then downloaded the source of > xserver-kdrive, also from the repository. After expending some effort, > I was able to get that to compile. I had to download a couple > extensions from other places -- xproto, resourceext, damageext, xdmcp, > compositeext; I also had to add one struct definition in spext.h (from > the xsp folder in the tar'd xserver-kdrive source). However, it did > eventually compile. I then replaced the Xomap executable file in the > rootfs with the new one which I had just compiled and flashed the > device. When the device rebooted, the blue progress bar would get > about 1/3 of the way across the screen, then halt for a little bit, > and reboot again. So my first question is: Has anyone ever compiled > their xserver from source before and gotten it to work? Should I even > be able to? Or did they maybe change something in the source which > they didn't provide (those extensions perhaps) which they want to keep > proprietary and prevent me from being able to modify the x server? > Does anyone know how I could maybe see some logs of where the booting > was hanging? >
You could just try to 'dry-run' the Xomap executable and see what happens, maybe missing some runtime libraries for example? What compilation flags did you use? > And a second issue: after realizing that the booting was going > nowhere, I reflashed my device with the original rootfs (taken > straight from the OS 2006 .bin file). Now, when my device boots, there > is no longer the blue progress bar along the bottom. It merely shows > the "Nokia" screen for a second or two and then shows the handshaking > screen. As such, I can no longer flash my device with anything at all. > Any thoughts? > > Thanks, > Dan Brinks > > _________________________________________________________________ > Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-developers mailing list > maemo-developers@maemo.org > https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers > // Tapani _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
