Video support on a live CD

willxtreme · 2010-01-22 12:35:44

Most live CDs don't have proprietary drivers installed to work on as many machines as possible.

Normally for Arch you install
in the following order:pacman -S libgl (you don't need it if you have a nvidia card) > pacman -S xorg > pacman -S mesa > pacman -S your_video_card
so my question is by simply skipping the last step,
will you be able to get video support working everywhere?
(I haven't tried to not do that last step yet to
see if it'll work but just want to be sure)

Last edited by willxtreme (2010-01-23 13:03:51)

PirateJonno · 2010-01-23 00:19:55

you'll have to make your own livecd i think. maybe it will let you install from a livecd but it will just go to a ramfs that disappears when you shutdown

willxtreme · 2010-01-23 13:35:14

I am making a live CD
and by doing pacman -S libgl > pacman -S xorg > pacman -S mesa
the video works fine hurray
Now I'm wondering if I should leave it like that or install xf86-video-vesa
What would perform better

j0hnr · 2010-01-23 13:47:38

willxtreme great work you do your little guide helped me get arch up and running but used xfce4 instead as Desktop oh and good luck with your live cd creation

willxtreme · 2010-01-23 13:48:56

thanks

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#1 2010-01-22 12:35:44

Video support on a live CD

#2 2010-01-23 00:19:55

Re: Video support on a live CD

#3 2010-01-23 13:35:14

Re: Video support on a live CD

#4 2010-01-23 13:47:38

Re: Video support on a live CD

#5 2010-01-23 13:48:56

Re: Video support on a live CD

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