Rocklyte FAQ

October 2007

Contents

• Do you have an open source policy?
• Where can I go to discuss your products with others?
• Is permission required to distribute your freely downloadable products?

• What do I get in the commercial version of the Desktop Edition?
• Does the Linux version of Athene support X11 programs?
• What packaging system does Athene use?
• How secure is the Linux version?
• When I tried to run/install Athene on my system it failed to work. What can I do?
• I get an 'illegal instruction error' when running Athene.
• How do I access the file system and partitions on my machine?
• Linux: I get a 'No such file or directory' message when running 'athene'.
• Linux: I tried to run Athene as a non-root user and it failed.
• Linux: How do I uninstall Athene?
• X11: Athene failed because it could not load one of the default linked libraries.
• X11: When I run Athene it complains about the amount of display colours.
• X11: How do I get Athene to run on remote X11 displays or be the default X11 window manager?

• Does Athene work alongside other operating systems?
• What file systems are supported?
• What packages were used in compiling Athene's Linux foundation?
• How do I edit the 'GRUB' boot menu?
• My graphics card is only supported in VESA mode - how do I get updated drivers?
• Why is my sound card not detected on startup?
• How do I change the resolution of the login screen?
• How do I change the default keymap for the terminal?
• Please sir, can I have the source code?

• I'd like to develop software using the Rocklyte SDK, what do I need?
• Do I need to have Athene installed in order to write and execute programs using the Rocklyte SDK?
• Do you supply debugging tools with the core platform?
• Is it practical to develop games using the Rocklyte SDK?
• Do you support POSIX?
• How do I make submissions to any of your projects?

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