Documentation? - a non-x Linux base for wayland/weston to build on?

darxus at chaosreigns.com darxus at chaosreigns.com
Tue May 21 21:03:25 PDT 2013


Somebody documented getting wayland to work without X on Arch here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wayland#Pure_Wayland

I'd love to see more / better documentation on the subject.

On 05/22, scsijon wrote:
> I thought I would build a minimum linux 3.8.x system.iso to build a
> NON-X base for wayland/weston to reside on. However I can't find any
> form of a minimal packagelist anywhere around on the net for what is
> required and what can be left out. I am considering something like
> Landley's Aboriginal Linux but without running as an emulator as the
> start.
> 
> Does anyone have a list 'hiding' anywhere please, or alternately
> know of  a url where I can find such a list.
> 
> Please be aware, I'm not looking for a linux xorg distribution to
> build it on. I'm wanting to build it totally non-x and with minimal
> packages from near scratch.
> 
> Also, if I get enough feedback info from people to put a doc
> together, I'm quite happy to do so, so that any others can work from
> a known base rather than 'reinvent the wheel' again and again as
> often seems to happen. You can use "wayland at lamiaworks.com.au" to
> send any suitable docs, rather than filling up this mailsystem. Be
> aware that it is set with a high 'auto-delete junkscore', bounces
> junk back to the sender, and only allows text format messages, and
> ascii-text and pdf formatted attachments.

Sounds pretty obnoxious.

> And yes, when the iso is built, it will be made available.
> 
> Of course, this could be a waste of time because someone is already
> doing it....... If so, a message reply to that fact, would be
> helpfull.
> 
> thanks
> scsijon
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