1:08 a.m.
Hi,
I am trying to put together a LiveCD using the SLiM login manager on
Fedora 18. I have two questions:
1. How do I get slim to start up in the LiveCD boot. I have been
using the fedora-livecd-lxde.ks as a template. Before Fedora 17, I used
to put the following in my kickstart file:
# create /etc/sysconfig/desktop (needed for installation)
cat > /etc/sysconfig/desktop <<EOF
PREFERRED=/usr/bin/pekwm
DISPLAYMANAGER=/usr/sbin/slim-dynwm
EOF
I noticed that slim has moved from sbin/ to bin/ so I made the change,
but I can not get this to start up when booting from a LiveCD. How do I
get this to start up? I tried including systemctl enable slim but I
still can not get it to display the Login Manager. (I do get the text
prompt.) How do I fix this?
2. I have a few rpms of my own i would like to include in the
LiveCD. How can this be done? Are there examples somewhere that I could
look at?
Many thanks,
Ranjan
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9:03 a.m.
Greetings,
----- Original Message -----
1. How do I get slim to start up in the LiveCD boot. I have been
using the fedora-livecd-lxde.ks as a template. Before Fedora 17, I
used
to put the following in my kickstart file:
# create /etc/sysconfig/desktop (needed for installation)
cat > /etc/sysconfig/desktop <<EOF
PREFERRED=/usr/bin/pekwm
DISPLAYMANAGER=/usr/sbin/slim-dynwm
EOF
I noticed that slim has moved from sbin/ to bin/ so I made the change,
but I can not get this to start up when booting from a LiveCD. How do I
get this to start up? I tried including systemctl enable slim but I
still can not get it to display the Login Manager. (I do get the text
prompt.) How do I fix this?
Yes, systemd has taken over and you set the display manager by enabling it. So your
systemctl enable slim.service should do it assuming there is a systemd target file for
slim.
2. I have a few rpms of my own i would like to include in the
LiveCD. How can this be done? Are there examples somewhere that I
could look at?
That's easy. Just take your rpms and put them in a web accessible directory, cd to
that directory and run "createrepo .". Of course you need to have createrepo
installed for that to work. Then just add a reference for your new repo in your kickstart
file just like your other repos... and then add your packages to your package list. If
you don't have a webserver handy you can do it on the same system with a file://
reference I think.
TYL,
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9:13 a.m.
> 2. I have a few rpms of my own i would like to include in the
> LiveCD. How can this be done? Are there examples somewhere that I
> could look at?
That's easy. Just take your rpms and put them in a web accessible directory, cd to
that directory and run "createrepo .". Of course you need to have createrepo
installed for that to work. Then just add a reference for your new repo in your kickstart
file just like your other repos... and then add your packages to your package list. If
you don't have a webserver handy you can do it on the same system with a file://
reference I think.
Yes, I do this with local files. The RPMs are
in /usr/local/share/localrepo, and I've run createrepo on that
directory. The kickstart file contains this:
repo --name="Local bits" --baseurl=file:///usr/local/share/localrepo/
James
9:26 a.m.
On Sat, 1 Jun 2013 15:13:50 +0100 James Heather
<j.heather(a)surrey.ac.uk> wrote:
> > 2. I have a few rpms of my own i would like to include in
the
> > LiveCD. How can this be done? Are there examples somewhere that I
> > could look at?
>
> That's easy. Just take your rpms and put them in a web accessible directory, cd
to that directory and run "createrepo .". Of course you need to have createrepo
installed for that to work. Then just add a reference for your new repo in your kickstart
file just like your other repos... and then add your packages to your package list. If
you don't have a webserver handy you can do it on the same system with a file://
reference I think.
Yes, I do this with local files. The RPMs are
in /usr/local/share/localrepo, and I've run createrepo on that
directory. The kickstart file contains this:
repo --name="Local bits" --baseurl=file:///usr/local/share/localrepo/
Thanks! I will try this. Maybe I did not "createrepo" correctly. I will
try it again.
James
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9:20 a.m.
Thanks very much!
On Sat, 1 Jun 2013 08:03:24 -0600 Scott Dowdle
<dowdle(a)montanalinux.org> wrote:
Greetings,
----- Original Message -----
> 1. How do I get slim to start up in the LiveCD boot. I have been
> using the fedora-livecd-lxde.ks as a template. Before Fedora 17, I
> used
> to put the following in my kickstart file:
>
> # create /etc/sysconfig/desktop (needed for installation)
> cat > /etc/sysconfig/desktop <<EOF
> PREFERRED=/usr/bin/pekwm
> DISPLAYMANAGER=/usr/sbin/slim-dynwm
> EOF
>
> I noticed that slim has moved from sbin/ to bin/ so I made the change,
> but I can not get this to start up when booting from a LiveCD. How do I
> get this to start up? I tried including systemctl enable slim but I
> still can not get it to display the Login Manager. (I do get the text
> prompt.) How do I fix this?
Yes, systemd has taken over and you set the display manager by enabling it. So your
systemctl enable slim.service should do it assuming there is a systemd target file for
slim.
But where do I put this in the .ks file? I am able to get slim to
startup after installing from the LiveCD (which makes me assume that
there is a systemd target file), but not while booting off the
LiveCD.
I am attaching my current .ks file.
> 2. I have a few rpms of my own i would like to include in the
> LiveCD. How can this be done? Are there examples somewhere that I
> could look at?
That's easy. Just take your rpms and put them in a web accessible directory, cd to
that directory and run "createrepo .". Of course you need to have createrepo
installed for that to work. Then just add a reference for your new repo in your kickstart
file just like your other repos... and then add your packages to your package list. If
you don't have a webserver handy you can do it on the same system with a file://
reference I think.
Thanks, I will try this. I tried the following
repo --name=MyRepo --baseurl=file://home/maitra/rpmbuild/RPMS
But livecd-creator complained and refused to proceed so for now, and
till I resolve 1., I have commented this out.
Thanks again for your suggestions!
Best wishes,
Ranjan
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9:23 a.m.
Thanks, I will try this. I tried the following
repo --name=MyRepo --baseurl=file://home/maitra/rpmbuild/RPMS
But livecd-creator complained and refused to proceed so for now, and
till I resolve 1., I have commented this out.
Not enough slashes! You want 'file:///' rather than 'file://'. (The
'file://' part specifies that you're picking up a local file; you need
one more '/' to tell it that you're specifying an absolute path, i.e., a
file path that itself begins with '/'.)
James
9:36 a.m.
On Sat, 1 Jun 2013 15:23:58 +0100 James Heather
<j.heather(a)surrey.ac.uk> wrote:
> Thanks, I will try this. I tried the following
>
> repo --name=MyRepo --baseurl=file://home/maitra/rpmbuild/RPMS
>
> But livecd-creator complained and refused to proceed so for now, and
> till I resolve 1., I have commented this out.
Not enough slashes! You want 'file:///' rather than 'file://'. (The
'file://' part specifies that you're picking up a local file; you need
one more '/' to tell it that you're specifying an absolute path, i.e., a
file path that itself begins with '/'.)
I see! Thanks very much for this!!
Best wishes,
Ranjan
James
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