Tiny Core Linux

Tiny Core Base => Micro Core => Topic started by: buggy on March 29, 2013, 12:17:58 PM

Title: Xorg installation
Post by: buggy on March 29, 2013, 12:17:58 PM

Hello community



Since almost 2 days I tried to install Xorg on the Micro Core.

On a debian system I made it a week ago and that was not a problem…

I tried to install it that way: tce-load -wi Xorg-7.6.tcz

then start it with xstart but that is not found…
after that I tried Xorg to start and he tells me the following:

Xorg: error while loading shared libraries: libXfont.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

But how/who can I get libXfont.so.1…



Beforehand… I’m not a linux pro…

PS: sorry for my bad english...

Title: Re: Xorg installation
Post by: bmarkus on March 29, 2013, 12:28:27 PM

You need additional packages, not only Xorg. Use TinyCore iso instead of Core where these are preinstalled.

Title: Re: Xorg installation
Post by: buggy on March 29, 2013, 12:32:33 PM

Quote from: bmarkus on March 29, 2013, 12:28:27 PM

You need additional packages, not only Xorg. Use TinyCore iso instead of Core where these are preinstalled.

First of all, thanks for the quick answer

you are thinking of the dependency list for Xorg-7.5.tcz dont you?

pixman.tcz
fontconfig.tcz
libssl-0.9.8.tcz
Xorg-7.5-bin.tcz
Xorg-7.6-lib.tcz
Xorg-fonts.tcz

Second, sorry but I need a OS with xserver but without window manager...

Title: Re: Xorg installation
Post by: bmarkus on March 29, 2013, 12:39:32 PM

First you must learn how Tiny Core works. It is not an ..buntu.. something but a toolkit with unique features.

First learn it than tweak :) Installing TC is the first step.

Title: Re: Xorg installation
Post by: Lee on March 29, 2013, 01:20:32 PM

If I boot micro core (with base norestore) and load Xorg-7.5.tcz, x does not run - complains about missing libXfont.so.1.

I used the "provides" function of the Apps tool to find that libXfont.so.1 is provided by Xlibs.tcz.

I rebooted (base norestore), loaded Xlibs.tcz and Xorg-7.5.tcz and startx worked as expected - though it looks kind of silly w/o a wm.

Perhaps Xlibs.tcz should be a dependency of Xorg-7.5.tcz?

Title: Re: Xorg installation
Post by: buggy on March 29, 2013, 01:25:55 PM

Thanks :=)

thats exactly that what I want

... and simply to simple =)

Title: Re: Xorg installation
Post by: bmarkus on March 29, 2013, 01:27:30 PM

Why Xorg-7.5 and not Xorg-7.6?

Xlibs is a collection of progs, scripts, etc. necessary to run X (Xvesa, Xfbdev, Xorg) and required by the system but not Xorg. With other words Xlibs is not a dependency of Xorg.

Title: Re: Xorg installation
Post by: buggy on March 29, 2013, 01:32:53 PM

Ohh well your right, I will use 7.6...

Title: Re: Xorg installation
Post by: tinypoodle on March 29, 2013, 01:39:46 PM

I see a distinction there, as it appears that libXfont.so.1 is a hard dependency of Xorg, Xephyr, Xnest, but not Xvesa.

Title: Re: Xorg installation
Post by: bmarkus on March 29, 2013, 01:49:46 PM

In fact Xlibs is a collection of everything historycally, a 'victom' of TC refactoring. Best solution would be to clean it up once.