From 9cfed91ee7c0a619e52abc098c20d6ed8b69416b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:24:43 -0600 Subject: documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml: Added three FAQ entries Added three FAQ entries per Joshual Lock. 1. How do I disable the cursor on my touchscreen device? 2. How do I make sure connected network interfaces are brought up by default. 3. How do I create images with more free space? Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark --- documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+) (limited to 'documentation') diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml index 96e32d519..366db6c41 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml @@ -348,6 +348,74 @@ + + + + + How do I disable the cursor on my touchscreen device? + + + + + You need to create a form factor file as described in + "Miscellaneous Recipe Files" + and set the HAVE_TOUCHSCREEN variable equal to one. + + HAVE_TOUCHSCREEN=1 + + + + + + + + + How do I make sure connected network interfaces are brought up by default? + + + + + The default interfaces file provided by the netbase recipe does not + automatically bring up network interfaces. + Therefore you will need to add a BSP-specific netbase that includes an interfaces + file. + See "Miscellaneous Recipe Files" + for information on creating these types of miscellaneous recipe files. + + + For example, add the following files to your layer: + + meta-MACHINE/recipes-bsp/netbase/netbase/MACHINE/interfaces + meta-MACHINE/recipes-bsp/netbase/netbase_4.44.bbappend + + + + + + + + + How do I create images with more free space? + + + + + Images are created to be 1.2 times the size of the populated root filesystem. + To modify this ratio so that there is more free space available you need to + set the configuration value IMAGE_OVERHEAD_FACTOR. + For example, setting IMAGE_OVERHEAD_FACTOR to 1.5 sets + the image size ratio to one and a half times the size of the populated + root filesystem. + + IMAGE_OVERHEAD_FACTOR = "1.5" + + + + + + + +