[ARMedslack] nfs and qemu install

[stanley garvey]

On Jun 15, 2012 15:53 "Stuart Winter" <m-lists at biscuit.org.uk> wrote:

> > My mistake. I should have said X needs xf86-video-fbdev and requires
> > an xorg.conf from a running pi.
> > Reason,I was looking at source/ x/X11/build/package-blacklist on a
> > x86
> > dvd.
> 
> Ah good. You're the third person to say this so I was wondering if
> there
> was a problem with a mirror service or something.
> Having had some time to look at the Rpi this weekend , Armed Slack & X
> works fine without an xorg.config.
> 
> Hopefully there might be in-tree support for it by then. I'm not sure
> how
> the lack of using an initrd is going to work in the current setup
> though.
> 
> I don't think a conventional installer will ever work due to the way
> the Rpi boots, all distros I have seen are pre-installed images. There
> is is one for armed Slack but I can't be sure of its provinence, I'll
> do it my self thank you! Also It has done a major hatchet job on rc.S
> as the root file sytem is always mounted rw.
> 
> I'm still thinking that I might leave this one to the community,
> Yes, if I were thinking of re-building the packages, would simply
> building then native on the Rpi optimise the code or do you have any
> tips regarding gcc flags?
> and I can only provide support for a small range of
> devices anyway.
> Agreed.
> Thanks for making it possible to run Slackware on Rpi.
> 
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