[yocto] Adding Gnome to X11

[Burton, Ross]

Because by doing IMAGE_INSTALL += you wiped out the default value which is
a ?=.

gnome-desktop3 isn't the GNOME interface though, it's just a small library.

If you want the full GNOME 3 desktop then you'll need to start with
meta-gnome and write more recipes, as it's not entirely packaged.

Ross

On 28 February 2018 at 14:10, Q. Gouès <qgoues at actia-pcs.fr> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to add gnome to my x11 image based on the recipe
> core-image-x11. I am using Poky 2.0 (Jethro).
>
> For that, I added the following line to my recipe:
>
> *IMAGE_INSTALL += "gnome-desktop3"*
>
> Unfortunately I get the following error:
>
> *switch_root: can't execute '/sbin/init': No such file or directory*
> *Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000100*
>
> I tried the same thing with XFCE (I am trying to add a window manager to
> my image) and I got the same results.
>
> After taking a look at the rootfs in the iso file, I can notice that the
> file '/sbin/init' is indeed missing. And it's not the only file missing !
> The rootfs went from ~420Mo to ~220Mo and the list of files present in the
> rootfs went from:
>
> *badblocks*
> *blkid -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *bootlogd*
> *debugfs*
> *depmod -> /sbin/depmod.kmod*
> *depmod.kmod -> ../bin/kmod*
> *dumpe2fs*
> *e2freefrag*
> *e2fsck*
> *e2image*
> *e2undo*
> *e4defrag*
> *fdisk -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *filefrag*
> *fsck -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *fsck.ext2*
> *fsck.ext3*
> *fsck.ext4*
> *fsck.ext4dev*
> *fstab-decode*
> *fstrim -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *getty -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *halt -> /sbin/halt.sysvinit*
> *halt.sysvinit*
> *hdparm -> /sbin/hdparm.hdparm*
> *hdparm.hdparm*
> *hwclock -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *ifconfig -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *ifdown -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *ifup -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *init -> /sbin/init.sysvinit*
> *init.sysvinit*
> *insmod -> /sbin/insmod.kmod*
> *insmod.kmod -> ../bin/kmod*
> *ip -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *iwconfig*
> *iwgetid -> iwconfig*
> *iwlist -> iwconfig*
> *iwpriv -> iwconfig*
> *iwspy -> iwconfig*
> *killall5*
> *klogd -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *ldconfig*
> *loadkmap -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *logread -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *logsave*
> *losetup -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *lsmod -> /bin/lsmod.kmod*
> *mke2fs*
> *mkfs.ext2*
> *mkfs.ext3*
> *mkfs.ext4*
> *mkfs.ext4dev*
> *mklost+found*
> *mkswap -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *modinfo -> /sbin/modinfo.kmod*
> *modinfo.kmod -> ../bin/kmod*
> *modprobe -> /sbin/modprobe.kmod*
> *modprobe.kmod -> ../bin/kmod*
> *nologin*
> *pivot_root -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *populate-extfs.sh*
> *poweroff -> /sbin/poweroff.sysvinit*
> *poweroff.sysvinit -> halt.sysvinit*
> *reboot -> /sbin/reboot.sysvinit*
> *reboot.sysvinit -> halt.sysvinit*
> *rmmod -> /sbin/rmmod.kmod*
> *rmmod.kmod -> ../bin/kmod*
> *route -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *runlevel -> /sbin/runlevel.sysvinit*
> *runlevel.sysvinit*
> *setconsole -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *shutdown -> /sbin/shutdown.sysvinit*
> *shutdown.sysvinit*
> *start-stop-daemon -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *sulogin -> /sbin/sulogin.util-linux*
> *sulogin.util-linux*
> *swapoff -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *swapon -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *switch_root -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *sysctl -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *syslogd -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *telinit -> init*
> *udhcpc -> /bin/busybox.nosuid*
> *vigr -> /sbin/vigr.shadow*
> *vigr.shadow -> vipw.shadow*
> *vipw -> /sbin/vipw.shadow*
> *vipw.shadow*
>
> to:
> *ldconfig*
> *nologin*
> *sulogin -> /sbin/sulogin.util-linux*
> *sulogin.util-linux*
> *vigr -> /sbin/vigr.shadow*
> *vigr.shadow -> vipw.shadow*
> *vipw -> /sbin/vipw.shadow*
> *vipw.shadow*
>
> It looks like busybox was removed as well as other packages.
>
> Do you have any idea why all these packages have been removed ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Quentin
>
>
>
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