Re: running live-helper in a chroot

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 07:50:26PM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 01:58:47PM +0100, Daniel Baumann wrote: > > Hans Ekbrand wrote: > >> Do you know what version of debootstrap is required? [...] > >> but the build process - which used debootstrap

Re: running live-helper in a chroot

y-to header correct), but not so in the second post. Sorry. > Hans Ekbrand wrote: >> Do you know what version of debootstrap is required? Is building the >> sid-version from source the prefered way to get a working debootstrap >> on lenny? > > you can install the sid packag

Re: running live-helper in a chroot

On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 08:37:03PM +0100, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Hans Ekbrand wrote: >> I want to use live-helper from sid to build sid or squeeze images, but >> I use stable on all my machines, so I set up at sid chroot and >> installed live-helper in the chroot, > >

running live-helper in a chroot

require any special setup/config? -- Note that I use Debian version 5.0.3 Linux esset 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Wed Nov 4 20:45:37 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? signature.asc

mounting /dev/loop0 on //filesystem.squashfs failed: No such device

/dev/loop0 on //filesystem.squashfs failed: No such device + panic Can not mount /dev/loop0 (/live/image/live/filesystem.squashfs) on //filesystem.squashfs + DEB_1=\033[1;31m .''`. \033[0m + DEB_2=\033[1;31m: :' : \033[0m + DEB_3=\033[1;31m`. `'` \033[0m + DEB_4=\033[1;31m

packages that depends on one of two packages, how to decide which one will be installed?

out 600 MB) first in the list. Would it help if I installed the texlive packages first, and in a second run installed pdfjam? Kind regards, -- Note that I use Debian version 5.0 Linux spelmaskinen 2.6.26-1-686 #1 SMP Sat Jan 10 18:29:31 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.c

Re: E: Couldn't find package squashfs-modules-2.6-686

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 10:11:37AM +0200, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > E: Couldn't find package squashfs-modules-2.6-686 > > you don't need squashfs-modules anymore; use --linux-packages > "linux-image-2.6 aufs-modules-2.6" until live-h

E: Couldn't find package squashfs-modules-2.6-686

ian/"; \ --mirror-binary-security "http://192.168.0.252:3142/security.debian.org/"; \ --bootappend-live "locale=sv_SE.utf8 keyb=se" \ --packages "partimage r-cran-foreign grub nfs-common" lh_build 2>&1 | tee build.log -- Hans Ekbrand Note that I

Re: manually finishing an interrupted build?

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 11:35:36AM +0100, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > Hi > > Hi, > > > E: Can't process file /sbin/fdisk > > you had gnu-fdisk installed on your old machine, but not anymore on the > new one. Install it and rerun lh_clea

manually finishing an interrupted build?

n-live# For me it looks like only some last past of the building process is what is needed, and that I might issue that last command manually rather than deleting all files and start over again (this is on powerpc, as you can see from the yaboot stuff in binary). Any hints? -- Hans Ekbrand (http:/

Re: gconftool-2: custom desktop settings

here is a mailing-list specialised for gnome in debian, try posting there instead. -- Linux amin 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Mon Mar 26 16:39:10 UTC 2007 i586 GNU/Linux Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: language support

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Re: Add a partition into the binary image

ulting combination of partitions (FAT for the live part and ext2 for the writable partition), you should apply the procedure outlined in the mail referenced above once and then copy the resulting image to all the other devices. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) Q. What is that strange att

Re: gnome-orca

ty included and it fitted the CD. To summarize, there seem to be no argument in favor of not including gnome-accessibility since: 1) it would be installed with the gnome-desktop task 2) the debian-live gnome-desktop flavour with gnome-accessibility fits on a CD. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociol

Re: build failure on powerpc

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 09:38:22PM +0100, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > The build was done by a script, so I didn't catch any warning about > > it. Since the problem means no image will be built, lh_build should > > fail right away, not warn, that'

Re: build failure on powerpc

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 08:30:30PM +0100, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > Thanks for that info. Suppose I would like to document that, would the > > manual be the proper place for that info? > > Given that once one documents something, it's nearly imposs

Re: build failure on powerpc

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 07:41:37PM +0100, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > ("E. not yet supported, aborting (FIXME)." indicate that -b usb-hdd is > > not supported for powerpc? > > exactely. Thanks for that info. Suppose I would like to documen

build failure on powerpc

/sbin/fdiskE: Can't process file /sbin/fdiskP: Begin installing yaboot... E: not yet supported, aborting (FIXME).P: Begin unmounting filesystems... To me, this seems to indicate that installation of yaboot fails. Does ("E. not yet supported, aborting (FIXME)." indicate that

Re: building in a sshfs-mounted directory

On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 08:24:09PM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > Hi list! > > I'm trying to build for powerpc, and the powerpc hardware I have has > not enough free diskspace. So I thought I could use sshfs to get > access to more diskspace for the build. > > However,

building in a ssfs-mounted directory

I thought the "dev" option would be enough here, but it does'nt seem like it. Any hints on what I could try next? -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: gnome-orca

re so inclined, deinstall gnome-desktop-enviroment and manually install those packages that gnome-desktop-environment depends on that they want. Those user can still benefit of gnome-desktop-environment to get at suggestion of packages to start from. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net)

Re: gnome-orca

eta-package called gnome-accessibility, which pulls in gnome-orca. If there is room left on the CD, perhaps explicitly including gnome-accessibility would be a good idea? Another route would be to make gnome-desktop-environment depend on gnome-accessibility (or gnome-orca) rather than just recommen

Re: gnome-orca

"no patches", which means that including orca or not is up to the maintainer of gnome in debian, not of the debian-live people. Write to the debian maintainer of gnome instead of arguing on this list. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) Q. What is that strange attachment in this mail? A.

Re: gnome-orca

local-packageslists/my-packages echo "gnome-orca" >> config/chroot_local-packageslists/my-packages lh_build and live-helper will create the image-file for you. Perhaps debian-live could have a webbpage with a table of links to a) contributed images b) the scripts used to bui

Re: Bug#510280: live-helper: installer on hdd image does not work

at you made when testing the patch, and instructions for how to make debian-live use that build of d-i? -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: building lenny, how can I use live-initramfs from sid?

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:25:18AM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > Lenny has live-initramfs 139-3, Sid has live-initramfs 139-4 > > 1. Is it possible to build a lenny image, but with live-initramfs > 139-4 from Sid? > > 2. If so, then how? > > I tried to manually install 13

building lenny, how can I use live-initramfs from sid?

Lenny has live-initramfs 139-3, Sid has live-initramfs 139-4 1. Is it possible to build a lenny image, but with live-initramfs 139-4 from Sid? 2. If so, then how? I tried to manually install 139-4 in the chroot before rebuilding, to no avail. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EM

Re: "BOOT FAILED!" with a live-rw partition (ext2 and ext3 tested)

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:23:31PM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > I get > > Remounting /dev/sdb2 ro on /cow failed > > and a prompt (initramfs) when trying to boot with "persistent" and a > partition named "live-rw". > > cat /live.log gives > > m

"BOOT FAILED!" with a live-rw partition (ext2 and ext3 tested)

roc /dev /live/image /filesystem.squashfs /cow /root (aufs) /root/live (tmpfs) So it seems some script is trying to mount /cow twice. Just exiting the shell with Ctrl-d (twice) works, and then the boot goes well. This is a bit annoying of course. Kind regards, -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.ne

Re: Live + installer + Usb key

ou see, I don't specify a SPLASH. Don't know if that could matter. [1] The last command, that creates the ext2/ext3 file-system use to fail, but when I issue the same command manually a few seconds later it works, perhaps the script need to sleep before the last command. --

Re: Live + installer + Usb key

On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 01:08:26AM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 12:17:33AM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: [...] > Here's a bash snippet for that (not a one-liner, though) Forget that one, here is a tested one, that uses sectors and takes into account that the firs

Re: Live + installer + Usb key

On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 12:17:33AM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: [...] > I think this is pretty straightforward (but I haven't tested it yet). > The thing is that when you dd the binary.img to the usb-disk, e.g. > > dd if=binary.img of=/dev/sdb > > you will get a /dev/sdb1

[Patch] [manual] configuring Language --bootappend-live locale and keyb

Patch attached. Just to ensure that I did the right thing here. First, I edited chapters/live-environment.xml, then: $ git-add chapters/live-environment.xml $ git-format-patch origin Which produced the file I've attached. Kind regards, -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) &l

contributing to the manual [was Re: Wiki / manual / docs]

- checked out the manual with git - written an piece on language/keyboards and --bootappend-live I haven't commited it yet. What is the recommended process here? is it 1. git-commit 2. git-format-patch 3. git-send-email -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: Live + installer + Usb key

me time until one is really sure that the bad other os is not useful anymore. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: Digital signature

configuring the boot options

ve a directory named "user" in it's root?, or should the files that show up in /home/user/ be directly in this home-rw partition? E.g. user/.xsession user/.xsessionrc user/book.odt or .xsession .xsessionrc book.odt -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Notes on handling of defaults

On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 11:12:23PM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: [...] > First put the options as parameters to lh_config in a bash script, which also > issues lh_build > > Then run this script like this > > rm -rf config/ && bash bin/aa1 2>&1 | tee build.log To

Re: Notes on handling of defaults

-- Then run this script like this rm -rf config/ && bash bin/aa1 2>&1 | tee build.log -- Note that I use Debian version lenny/sid Linux samir 2.6.26-1-686 #1 SMP Thu Aug 28 12:00:54 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signature generated by Signify v1.14. For this and more, visit http://www.debian.org/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Debian Live configuration files and revision control systems

amir 2.6.26-1-686 #1 SMP Thu Aug 28 12:00:54 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: A few questions about customization

quot; as boot parameters But what do you do when the keyboard name for the console and X is not the same? If I use keyb=se-latin1 I get the correct keyboard layout in the console, but then my xorg.conf will have "layout" "se-latin", which will fail. If I have keyb=se, X will wo

Re: more debian-installer hooks

h # echo 'xserver-xorgxserver-xorg/config/inputdevice/keyboard/layout string se' | debconf-set-selections dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg ' > config/chroot_local-hooks/my-hook Is there another way of doing it? -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: building root filesystem image killed

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Re: building root filesystem image killed

On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 11:35:32PM +0200, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Hans Ekbrand wrote: [...] > > This box has not much RAM (40 MB) and a swap partition of 100MB, might > > that be why the process was killed? > > yep; welcome to oomkiller :) I created, and activated a 1GB

building root filesystem image killed

I then retry only the last step (the step that failed above), or do I have to restart the lh_build process from the beginning? -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: No cdebootstrap in etch-backports

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:59:20AM +0200, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > Dear list! > > Hi, > > > I followed the installation guide on > > http://alioth.debian.org/~lamby-guest/live-manual/html/ which states > > that there is a cdebootstrap

No cdebootstrap in etch-backports

?keywords=cdebootstrap&searchon=names§ion=all&suite=etch-backports So, if I want to use Debian Live on an etch system, do I have to build my own cdebootstrap package from the source package in lenny, or are there other options? Kind regards, Hans Ekbrand signature.asc Description: