[yocto] Adding Gnome to X11

[Khem Raj]

On 3/2/18 2:29 AM, Q. Gouès wrote:
> Actually the problem didn't come from doing IMAGE_INSTALL +=.
> 
> The problem came from the fact that in my recipe, I was adding the
> "IMAGE_INSTALL +=" line before the "inherit core-image" in which
> IMAGE_INSTALL is defined as a ?=. By doing that, the packages defined in
> the core-image class are not added because the variable IMAGE_INSTALL
> already exists.
> 
> Adding the "IMAGE_INSTALL +=" line after "inherit core-image" solved the
> problem.
> 
> I decided to use xfce as GUI because a recipe for the whole package
> exists (packagegroup-xfce-base).
> 

If you are inheriting core-image, its probably better for you to use
CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL to add packages to such image instead of
changing IMAGE_INSTALL directly.

see
http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/current/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#var-CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL


> Thanks for your help
> 
> *Quentin Gouès*
> Ingénieur Développement Logiciel
> 
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> 
> Le 28/02/2018 à 17:17, Burton, Ross a écrit :
>> 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
>> <mailto: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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