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IceWM and Xvesa (Kdrive X server) on the Linux Boot CD:
Martin Purschke's wonderful Boot CD:
http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/~purschke/RescueCD/
IceWM homepage:
http://www.icewm.org/
Xvesa (Kdrive) homepage:
http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/kdrive.html
IceWM is a light and speedy window manager for X servers. Xvesa is a light X server which
requires nothing but a binary. Configuration is done via command-line options.
compile IceWM binaries with:
# ./configure --disable-xfreetype --enable-corefonts
--prefix=/home/icewm/install --exec-prefix=/home/icewm/install
# make
# make install
NOTE: the ./configure parameters are all in one line!
--disable-xfreetype --enable-corefonts:
We need this options to attach the fonts into the icewm-binaries, so we don't have to mess
around with fonts on the CD.
Now we have the binaries in /home/icewm/install
This path is compiled into icewm, but it also seeks for icons and themes in
/etc/icewm and HOMEDIR/.icewm/
Now do some "ldd" on the binaries to find out which libraries are needed and copy those into
cdtree/lib, so after booting the CD the libs are in /usr/lib.
(# ldd icewm-session etc..)
copy /home/icewm/install/share to cdtree/share
cd ramdisktree/etc/
ln -s icewm /usr/share/icewm
(ramdisktree/usr is a symlink to ramdisktree/cdrom, which is mounted to the CD
which contains the cdtree, so after booting /etc/icewm points to /cdrom/share/icewm)
Copy /etc/imlib to ramdisktree/etc/imlib - this contains some configuration for imlib.
Copy the icewm-binaries from /home/icewm/install/bin to cdtree/bin (after booting in /usr/bin/)
Copy Xvesa to cdtree/bin
Copy i.e. xterm to cdtree/bin (look for dependencies with "ldd")
Create a script "startx" in ramdisktree/sbin or so:
#!/bin/sh
mknod /dev/tty6 c 4 6
Xvesa -ac -screen 1024x768x8 r & DISPLAY=:0 icewm-session
Boot from the CD:
# startx
Exit Icewm with CTRL-ATL-Backspace
Troubleshooting:
Q: No/missing icons/themes in IceWM ? IMLIB ERROR: Cannot find Palette. A palette is required for this mode.
A: make sure you copied /etc/imlib to ramdisktree/etc/imlib and after booting /etc/icewm/ contains
icons/ themes/ etc... (everything that was in /home/icewm/install/share/icewm)
Last-Modified: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 12:44:19 GMT
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