[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Xserver and Re-flashing error

[From: Tapani Pälli]

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
>
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// Tapani