On 12.12.2013, at 12:32, Sergio Fernández Cordero <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello list, > > My name is Sergio Fernandez , I am personally interested in helping with the > development > of the image and OpenSuSE repositories for Raspberry Pi , since I have a > project for a > specialized desktop computer based on these two components. > > I have seen that there is only unofficial images for Raspberry Pi, by SuSE > decisions. > I've also seen that everything is a bit chaotic and therefore funny :) And > I'd like to participate. > > I have several years administering Linux systems , I´m familiar with SuSE > enterprise systems, > and packaged for RPM distributions such as Mandriva and Mageia (and of course > RHEL). Don't know > how SUSE buildsystem works, but come with the intention to learn. > > I downloaded an image from Bernhard repository and I launched my Rpi. I've > done some modifications > and configurations and, works well . But I need more integration and > stability and I want collaborate to > do it for everyone. > > So where I can start? What to read , where to search ... The main reason we don't have an official Raspberry PI image today is that the build fails: https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/devel:ARM:13.1:Contrib:RaspberryPi The build fails because the kernel we're using inside the build VM doesn't have proper FAT support. There are 2 things to do here: 1) Try to build an image locally. Use "osc build" to build it on your existing RPi installation. Check whether the result actually works. 2) Enable proper vfat support for the guest kernel in our RPi build project. Adrian just introduced a feature this week that should make this possible. But it's not for the faint of heart yet :). Once we have those 2 pieces solved you should even be able to build your own customized image in OBS for the RPi. Oh, there is more to fix. When you look at the XFCE or E17 image, you will see that there are unresolvable packages. That's most likely because they simply haven't compiled. It would be good to find out why they don't compile, fix them and then somehow make them available to everyone (probably an overlay in the Ports repo plus a maintenance update). > > Regards > > P.S.: Sorry for my English. Not so proper. Welcome on board :) Alex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
