Taking a look at CBL-Mariner: Part 2 - Exploring the System and Installing Packages
Channel: Drew Naylor
Date: 31/07/2021

Last time I didn't really do much after the installation was completed, so this time I went further and actually installed some stuff. Tried to install Xorg/X11, but that didn't quite turn out as expected. I'll try to get it to work between videos, then show how one would install Xorg on CBL-Mariner, and maybe I'll even install a more graphical environment.

CBL-Mariner repo:
https://github.com/microsoft/CBL-Mariner

IBM's page on installing and configuring X11:
https://developer.ibm.com/technologies/linux/tutorials/l-lpic1-106-1

Xvfb page on Wikipedia, which may end up being useful to some extent in this project:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xvfb

Installing VMware Tools on a Linux VM:
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Player-for-Windows/16.0/com.vmware.player.win.using.doc/GUID-08BB9465-D40A-4E16-9E15-8C016CC8166F.html

My work-in-progress guide for installing X11/Xorg and TWM on CBL-Mariner: https://github.com/DrewNaylor/drewnaylor.github.io/blob/master/pages/wip/install-and-configure-x11-and-twm_cbl-mariner.txt

Timestamps:
0:00 Start
0:32 Running uname -a
1:04 Searching for "lsb"
2:40 Installing "lsb-release"
3:17 Running "lsb_release -a"
3:56 Installing and running "mc" (Midnight Commander)
4:38 Scrolling through "/usr/bin" to see what's installed
7:09 New recording spliced in, because the rest of the original recording was unused
8:05 Installing "mariner-repos-ui" so we can install X11/Xorg from Microsoft's CBL-Mariner repo.
8:51 Installing "xorg-x11-apps"
9:35 Installing "xorg-x11-server-Xorg"
10:08 Trying to run X11.
11:15 Running "sudo Xorg -configure" to configure it
11:37 Running "sudo X -config /root/xorg.conf.new"
12:26 Trying to run "sudo X :1 -configure"
13:10 Just running "X"
13:48 Trying to install the VMware Tools
17:48 Rebooting
18:00 Just running "X"... again
18:18 Trying to reconfigure Xorg
18:27 "Please consult the Microsoft Corporation support at http://wiki.x.org"
18:43 Opening the Xorg log by running "nano /var/log/Xorg.0.log"
19:19 xclock couldn't open the display, so I tried to run "xclock :1", but that also didn't work, likely because Xorg wasn't running
19:32 Running "X :1"
20:11 Trying to search for "vmwgfx" using dnf
20:40 Trying to install "htop"

Part 3: May or may not be made, depending on if I can get Xorg to work.

"Linux Stuff" playlist:
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Part 1: https://youtu.be/mWw9QD2yy4w

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