Hi Jerry this is just for the record on the list. It worked. Thank you very much. I now have firefox working. Now I need to make adobe_flash to work with it. -basanta
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Jerry Vonau <jvo...@shaw.ca> wrote: > On Mon, 2013-06-03 at 14:29 +0545, Basanta Shrestha wrote: > > It was "reading" repository information from file:///root/local but > > packages were not installed. > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Basanta Shrestha > > <basanta.shres...@olenepal.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Basanta Shrestha > > <basanta.shres...@olenepal.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 12:40 AM, Jerry Vonau > > <jvo...@shaw.ca> wrote: > > On Fri, 2013-05-31 at 11:14 +0545, Basanta > > Shrestha wrote: > > > Adding fedora=fedora_update and rebuilding > > didn't work. > > > > > > > > > Jerry, As you suggested it installed all the > > required newer > > > firefox,xulrunner and nss... packages but > > the resulting image couldn't > > > boot the XO. Now I am going for your second > > suggestion. I have created > > > a local repo for firefox, xulrunner and > > other dependencies( 9 > > > altogether) . Could you please check if the > > entries are right? > > > > > > > > > Well I'm surprised that I'm the only one to > > answer this, I gave the > > others ample time to respond. > > > > yes, looks like no one takes pride on answering simple > > questions ;) > > > > > > > > /root/local/.repo > > > > > > > Where did you download the rpms to? Was it > > "/root/local/"? > > Did you run "createrepo /root/local/"? > > > > > > yes to /root/local/ and I have done createrepo. > > > > > > > > ------------------ > > > [local] > > > name=firefox-xulrunner local > > > baseurl=file:///root/local/ > > > gpgcheck=0 > > > enabled=1 > > > ------------------ > > > > > > > > > I don't understand, what are you doing with > > the above code? > > > > > > > > olpc-os-12.1.0-xo1.75.ini > > > > > > > > > > > > Right below [repos] section > > > > > > > > > ---------------------- > > > [custom_repo] > > > local=1,firefox,file:///root/local/ > > > ---------------------- > > > > > > > > > No, don't do that, you have to use the OOB > > method of naming the repos in > > [repos]. > > > > > > I was following this > > documentation > http://cainmanor.com/tech/build-a-custom-repository-for-centos/ and they > had this extra step to create .repo file. so . > > > > [repos] > > fedora_arch=i386 > > olpc_frozen_1=0,koji.dist-f17-i686 > > olpc_frozen_2=0,koji.dist-f17-i686-updates-12.1.0 > > olpc_frozen_3=1,local.12.1.0 > > olpc_frozen_4=1,local.12.1.0-xo1.5 > > custom_repo_1=0,firefox,file:///root/local/ > > > add_excludes_to=koji.dist-f17-i686,koji.dist-f17-i686-updates-12.1.0 > > > > When you run osbuilder.py, early into the > > routine you can see the repos > > being contacted, check to see if your new one > > is being used or there is > > an error present. > > > > > > The repo seems to be working now it is retrieving > > packages form local repo. > > Thanks Jerry you have been a great help for me. > > > > > > Well it was trying to retrieving from file://root/local but it > > didn't install any package. Wonder what is wrong. > > Just like you used yum to install firefox in the field, did you ask OOB > to install firefox? In your ini file you need to use: > > [custom_packages] > add_packages=firefox > > Jerry > > > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:37 AM, Jerry Vonau > > <jvo...@shaw.ca> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2013-05-30 at 15:22 +0100, > > Peter Robinson wrote: > > > > On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:09 PM, > > Daniel Drake > > > <d...@laptop.org> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:50 > > PM, Peter Robinson > > > <pbrobin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >> Firefox and xulrunner 17 are > > the late known good (and > > > matching) builds > > > > >> for Fedora 17, you need the > > major versions to be matching > > > (so > > > > >> 12/13/17) but if you were > > pulling in all the latest > > > stable updates > > > > >> into the build you would have > > matching ones AFAICT from > > > koji so > > > > >> there's some other issue. > > > > > > > > > > Ah yes, you are right, the > > latest available versions on > > > koji are > > > > > matching (v17) and built OK. I > > didn't spot them in the > > > mass of failed > > > > > builds. So the Fedora situation > > is OK. > > > > > > > > > >> I'm not sure what the following > > lines translate to but > > > you should > > > > >> never use the koji repositories > > as repos as they contain > > > all sorts of > > > > >> randomly tagged bits that the > > release repos don't. > > > > >> > > > > >> > > olpc_frozen_1=0,koji.dist-f17-armv7hl > > > > >> > > > olpc_frozen_2=0,koji.dist-f17-armv7hl-updates-12.1.0 > > > > > > > > > > Don't worry, these are not the > > koji repos you are thinking > > > of. They > > > > > are OLPC's frozen versions of > > fedora repos from the > > > release's freeze > > > > > date and are not directly from > > koji - really we should > > > change the > > > > > naming scheme. > > > > > > > > > > And this is the cause of the > > problem - upon release freeze > > > date, the > > > > > firefox/xulrunner situation was > > in inconsistent state; > > > this problem > > > > > has been frozen in our repos. > > > > > > > > > > Basanta, I would advise against > > adding the official > > > fedora-updates > > > > > repo into your build as has been > > suggested in this thread > > > - while this > > > > > will result in a well matched > > firefox/xulrunner > > > combination, it will > > > > > bring in a lot of untested > > package updates that were not > > > part of the > > > > > release and have probably not > > been tested on OLPC XO. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That is why later in the thread I > > suggested to download what > > > yum > > > installed on the XO, then create and > > use a custom repo for > > > OOB. > > > > > > > > Instead, create a local repo > > with these 2 packages and add > > > it to your > > > > > build config: > > > > > > > > > > > http://arm.koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=109570 > > > > > > > > > > > http://arm.koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=116355 > > > > > > > > It will need newer nss*/nspr > > builds too. > > > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Basanta Shrestha > > > Network Engineer > > > Open Learning Exchange (OLE) Nepal > > > Tel: +977.1.5544441, 5520075 Ext. 303 > > > Cell: +977.9818 605110 > > > http://www.olenepal.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Basanta Shrestha > > Network Engineer > > Open Learning Exchange (OLE) Nepal > > Tel: +977.1.5544441, 5520075 Ext. 303 > > Cell: +977.9818 605110 > > http://www.olenepal.org > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Basanta Shrestha > > Network Engineer > > Open Learning Exchange (OLE) Nepal > > Tel: +977.1.5544441, 5520075 Ext. 303 > > Cell: +977.9818 605110 > > http://www.olenepal.org > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Basanta Shrestha > > Network Engineer > > Open Learning Exchange (OLE) Nepal > > Tel: +977.1.5544441, 5520075 Ext. 303 > > Cell: +977.9818 605110 > > http://www.olenepal.org > > > -- Basanta Shrestha Network Engineer Open Learning Exchange (OLE) Nepal Tel: +977.1.5544441, 5520075 Ext. 303 Cell: +977.9818 605110 http://www.olenepal.org
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