Authentication Failure

2024-11-30 Thread Robert Spiteri
I have create the following file in /etc/live/config.conf.d/user.conf: LIVE_USERNAME="tux" LIVE_HOSTNAME="tuxland" LIVE_USER_FULLNAME="Tux User" However, when I boot the ISO I cannot even get to the tty since there is immediately displayed the message "Authentication failure". The above is being

Re: Cannot create BIOS ANDUEFI ISO

2024-11-30 Thread Robert Spiteri
Hi Roland, Thanks for your reply and for the information. I am building on amd64. On Sat, 23 Nov 2024 at 17:36, Roland Clobus wrote: > Hello Robert, > > On 23/11/2024 14:35, Robert Spiteri wrote: > > Thanks Thomas for taking the time to explain. I managed to solve the > >

Re: Cannot create BIOS ANDUEFI ISO

2024-11-23 Thread Robert Spiteri
Thanks Thomas for taking the time to explain. I managed to solve the issue by adding the following parameter: --bootloaders "grub-pc grub-efi" On Sat, 23 Nov 2024 at 07:15, Robert Spiteri wrote: > For my ISO, in lb config I am specifying the following: > > --binary-imag

Re: Custom User Creation

2024-11-22 Thread Robert Spiteri
ll fill omitted fields with sensible defaults. > > I have my script (using chpasswd because I'm just changing the password > for root) in config/hooks/live/95accounts.hook.chroot. > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 2:23 AM Robert Spiteri > wrote: > >> Can someone please guide me

Cannot create BIOS ANDUEFI ISO

2024-11-22 Thread Robert Spiteri
For my ISO, in lb config I am specifying the following: --binary-image iso-hybrid --uefi-secure-boot auto However the binary generated will not boot unless the EFI option is checked (ex: in VirtualBox and VMware player). So basically it is resulting in a UEFI only ISO. I have installed grub-pc-b

Re: Invalid 'Date' entry in Release File

2024-11-19 Thread Robert Spiteri
For everyone's interest, this warning/error was removed by using --utc-time true when building the ISO. On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 at 05:36, Robert Spiteri wrote: > Can someone help me remove this error I get when I do an apt-get update in > a newly generated ISO? > > Invalid '

Invalid 'Date' entry in Release File

2024-11-19 Thread Robert Spiteri
Can someone help me remove this error I get when I do an apt-get update in a newly generated ISO? Invalid 'Date' entry in Release File /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/_run_live_medium_dists_bookworm_Release Location /var/lib/apt/lists/partial is empty.

Custom User Creation

2024-11-18 Thread Robert Spiteri
Can someone please guide me on this? I want to change the default username and password instead of the user/live. I do not want to use the boot parameters but would like to have everything done using files and hooks. There is multiple documentation online and not all is correct/updated it seems.

Cannot use lz4 compression hc

2024-11-18 Thread Robert Spiteri
Using bookworm, in my lb config I specified, amongst other things: --chroot-squashfs-compression-type lz4 --chroot-squashfs-compression-level hc However, when during the lb build, I am getting the following error: mksquashfs: Unrecognised compressor option -Xcompression-level mksquashfs: selected

Re: Cannot use lz4 compression hc

2024-11-18 Thread Robert Spiteri
Already tried that as well and also used -Xhc but with no luck :( On Mon, 18 Nov 2024 at 19:50, AreYouLoco? wrote: > Try: > LB_CHROOT_SQUASHFS_COMPRESSION_LEVEL="Xhc" > > As the error message clearly says ;-) > > > On November 18, 2024 6:36:01 PM UTC, Robe

Bug#1080484: gimp-help-sv is included in most ISOs, even without gimp itself

2024-09-04 Thread Robert Ransom
Package: debian-live Version: 12.7.0 The KDE and MATE images include gimp itself, but also (and only) the Swedish help files. The GNOME and Cinnamon images include only gimp-help-common and gimp-help-sv. The LXDE, LXQt, and Xfce images include gimp-data and libgimp2.0, along with gimp-help-commo

Re: lxde noautologin but load lightdm

2024-03-06 Thread Robert Spiteri
Thanks for your reply Narcis. However it seems that on first boot, debian live does not launch lightdm but launches lxde directly. In fact, when I log out, I go back to tty. I have lightdm configured with the below: session-cleanup-script=systemctl restart lightdm However, this applies only wh

lxde noautologin but load lightdm

2024-03-05 Thread Robert Spiteri
How can I configure live-build so that on boot it will: 1. Disable auto-login 2. Load lightdm login screen I have tried passing the noautologin parameter. The lightdm login screen shows but as soon as I start to type, I get back to a black tty screen with just the cursor blinking.

Re: luit and x11-utils during build

2024-02-07 Thread Robert Spiteri
After some online research, with reference to this page: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/753423/must-apt-behave-in-the-same-way-regardless-of-the-order-of-the-packages , I managed to solve it by adding the package xterm at the end of the list. Maybe it forces a dependency to be installed?

Re: Re: Change bootloaders grub, isolinux and syslinux menus

2024-02-07 Thread Robert Spiteri
Thanks John. However, what if I do not want sub-menus and want just a single menu entry called "Start Installer GUI" for example? Also if I delete the install_text.cfg and install_start_text.cfg since I do not want the text based installer, will the default ones take their place since they are no

luit and x11-utils during build

2024-02-07 Thread Robert Spiteri
While trying to do a live-build and installing lxde-core and xorg, the build is stopping with the following error: The following packages have unmet dependencies: luit: Breaks: x11-utils (< 7.7+6) but 7.7+5 is to be installed E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be cau

Change bootloaders grub, isolinux and syslinux menus

2024-02-06 Thread Robert Spiteri
Hi, I would like to have the following menu entries: *B*oot System Boot System with *P*ersistence Boot System (*F*ailsafe) *I*nstall System By default the menu has 2 sub menu entries for the install which I do not want. I just want the Install System to point to the normal installation using GUI

Re: Debian Live Query - user-fullname

2024-02-04 Thread Robert Spiteri
Thanks again Roland for your time and help. I will try your suggestions and let you know should I encounter any issues. On Sun, 4 Feb 2024 at 15:34, Roland Clobus wrote: > Hello Robert, > > On 04/02/2024 15:18, Robert Spiteri wrote: > > Thanks Roland. > > > > And

Re: Debian Live Query - user-fullname

2024-02-04 Thread Robert Spiteri
Thanks again On Sun, 4 Feb 2024 at 15:07, Roland Clobus wrote: > Hello Robert, > > >> On Sun, 4 Feb, 2024, 7:08 pm Robert Spiteri, >> <mailto:rspiter...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> How can I set the user's fullname as a boot parameter? > > On

Re: Debian Live Query - user-fullname

2024-02-04 Thread Robert Spiteri
But this is not the hostname, this refers to the user's full name which by default is "Debian live user". On Sun, 4 Feb 2024 at 14:41, Harshad Joshi wrote: > Do not use space in between. Refer hostname rules from live installer help > > On Sun, 4 Feb, 2024, 7:08 p

Debian Live Query - user-fullname

2024-02-04 Thread Robert Spiteri
How can I set the user's fullname as a boot parameter? Using live-build I did lb config --bootappend-live user-fullname="Linux User", however it does not work since in the config file it would be saved as: LB_BOOTAPPENDLIVE="user-fullname="Linux User"" - there is a mix of double quotes and the lb

Bug#897137: live-build: man -k and apropos don't work in live system

2019-12-26 Thread Robert Munyer
> While this fixes this feature, it bloats the image for a feature that is > seldom used. Seldom used? I think of apropos and man as the most fundamental commands in the Unix ecosystem. They are the first thing I mention, when people ask me about learning (or mastering) the system. Bloat? The

Bug#897137: live-build: man -k and apropos don't work in live system

2018-04-28 Thread Robert Munyer
Package: live-build Version: 1:20170213 Tags: patch In a live system built by live-build, "man -k" and apropos produce no output except the message ": nothing appropriate.", where is the argument that was given. The cause is the command "rm -rf /var/cache/man/*" in "/usr/share/live/build/hooks/n

Bug#858709: live-config: Resolution changes and lost keystrokes, every 15 seconds

2018-02-01 Thread Robert Munyer
Control: reassign -1 live-config 5.20170112 Control: retitle -1 live-config: Resolution changes and lost keystrokes, every 15 seconds

Bug#858709: debian-live: Resolution changes and lost keystrokes, every 15 seconds, in VirtualBox

2017-03-25 Thread Robert Munyer
Package: debian-live Severity: normal I think this will be helpful to anyone who wants to run a GUI in a live Stretch image in VirtualBox. None of my work-arounds seem to be specific to VirtualBox, so this may also be helpful to people using other (real or virtual) platforms. I built a live Stre

Re: persistence failing all the time

2015-08-16 Thread Robert Spiteri
Robert Spiteri gmail.com> writes: > thanks for your reply > > the persistence.conf file is a text file containing the character '/' > because I want all the system changes to be persistent. > > I followed the stable manual... > > Kindly advise. >

Re: persistence failing all the time

2015-08-16 Thread Robert Spiteri
Daniel Baumann progress-technologies.net> writes: > > On 08/15/2015 02:30 PM, Robert Spiteri wrote: > > 7. create the persistence.conf file > > what's the content of the file? > > > 8. populated it with / > > what do you mean with 'populated wi

persistence failing all the time

2015-08-15 Thread Robert Spiteri
persistence mechanism or am I doing something wrong? -- Robert

Re: Minimal debian with full sound support

2015-08-04 Thread Robert Spiteri
Thanks for all your help. I will go with Alsa then packaged with debian live. Cheers On 3 Aug 2015 09:49, "Michal Suchanek" wrote: > On 3 August 2015 at 09:32, Robert Spiteri wrote: > > Thanks for your reply. > > > > What I mean is a distribution that supports m

Re: Minimal debian with full sound support

2015-08-03 Thread Robert Spiteri
ot; wrote: > Hi Robert, > > I build my own (Voyage MPD) using debian live. This is not a very > trimmed, it still requires ~200-300MB. > > Anyway, I don't understand why full sound support mean. Can you elaborate? > > http://linux.voyage.hk/develop > > > On Wed,

Minimal debian with full sound support

2015-07-22 Thread Robert Spiteri
. Can anyone point me in the right direction please as to which packages need to be *stripped and added* and how to do that? Thanks -- Robert

Re: debian-live cdimages too large for CD-ROM?

2014-09-15 Thread Robert Spencer
Hi, It's been years since most Desktop Live images fit on a CD. If you're totally stuck with CDs and can't use a DVD, then the following is the only option: <http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/7.6.0-live/i386/iso-hybrid/debian-live-7.6.0-i386-standard.iso> -- R

Re: Bug: config/apt/preferences ignored

2013-08-21 Thread Robert Spencer
On 20/08/2013 15:23, Ben Armstrong wrote: On 08/20/2013 09:56 AM, Robert Spencer wrote: Okay, but in my defense I wasn't filing a bug. I wanted confirmation whether I'd found one. cron: Installed: 3.0pl1-124 Candidate: 3.0pl1-124 Package pin: 3.0pl1-124 Ver

Re: Bug: config/apt/preferences ignored

2013-08-20 Thread Robert Spencer
On 20/08/2013 11:59, Ben Armstrong wrote: On 20/08/13 05:25 AM, Robert Spencer wrote: With live-build 3.0.5-1 on squeeze config/apt/preferences is ignored. On squeeze? May I ask why you're still running a release that is nearly EOL? It's highly recommended you upgrade to wheezy as

Re: Bug: config/apt/preferences ignored

2013-08-20 Thread Robert Spencer
On 20/08/2013 11:35, Daniel Baumann wrote: On 08/20/2013 10:25 AM, Robert Spencer wrote: With live-build 3.0.5-1 on squeeze config/apt/preferences is ignored. there are two bugs here, one is apt (which was fixed long time ago), and the other one is the incomplete handling of the preferences

Bug: config/apt/preferences ignored

2013-08-20 Thread Robert Spencer
Package: rsyslog Pin: version * Pin-Priority: -1 cron, logrotate and rsyslog still get installed. I see there's an old bug for apt, but not sure it still has reference. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=317186 -- Robert Spencer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live

Odd install package selection

2013-06-26 Thread Robert Spencer
d rsync samba screen shorewall smbclient strace sudo sysstat tcpdump telnet vim -- Robert Spencer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51cadd55.2010...@lbsd.net

[Q] How do you mount a persistent file image persistence.ext4

2013-01-19 Thread Robert Key
Hi,  I am using live build 3.0-a57 and successfully building live debian images of squeeze. I have also successfully made a persistence partition live-rw which is mounted automatically and works well. I want to rather use a file image but cannot get it to mount at run time. I am doing what the d

Re: problem installing cups-pdf on live-build

2012-10-10 Thread Robert Spiteri
Ok cheers. I understand now. Thanks for looking into this... On Oct 10, 2012 4:50 AM, "Daniel Reichelt" wrote: > On 09.10.2012 15:58, Robert Spiteri wrote: > > Thanks for this. So I just remove cupsd from the list of packages? Or > > are there any other package

Re: problem installing cups-pdf on live-build

2012-10-09 Thread Robert Spiteri
g already is catched within the > postinst script. (and - shouldn't it exist - you probably won't need the > cups-pdf queue from within the chroot anyway) > > Daniel > > > [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=83;bug=614713 > -- Robert

How do I combine livecd.ubuntu.squashfs into a iso or img file in ubuntu mode?

2012-09-17 Thread Robert Key
Hi I have successfully build a live image in ubuntu mode using Colin Watson's directives by linking: ln -sf /usr/share/livecd-rootfs/live-build/auto/* auto/ lb clean lb config lb build Build worked and I have the following files in my build directory: drwxr-xr-x  4 root root  4096 Sep 15 12

sid xserver-xorg issue, please help

2012-09-08 Thread Robert Spiteri
in the build... thanks in advance -- Robert

Re: Sid and linux-image-686 problem

2012-09-08 Thread Robert Spiteri
Ok solved the problem. Am using virtualbox and pae was not enabled... On 8 September 2012 11:44, Robert Spiteri wrote: > Please any help on this? Didn't find any help online... > > > On 7 September 2012 20:08, Robert Spiteri wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Am c

Re: Sid and linux-image-686 problem

2012-09-08 Thread Robert Spiteri
Please any help on this? Didn't find any help online... On 7 September 2012 20:08, Robert Spiteri wrote: > Hi, > > Am compiling a debian live sid image, with linux-flavours "486 686". The > build suddenly stopped with the following error: > > df:Warning:

Re: Live CD curious error

2012-09-07 Thread Robert Spiteri
Already did. But the video-all package was not installed...

Sid and linux-image-686 problem

2012-09-07 Thread Robert Spiteri
processor signatures Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-686 what could be the problem please? -- Robert

Live CD curious error

2012-09-01 Thread Robert Spiteri
ed with no problem. My question is: Since xserver-xorg depends on xserver-org-video-all, how come xserver-xorg-video-all was not installed? -- Robert

Re: Cron jobs question

2012-08-26 Thread Robert Spiteri
Solved the problem with a while (true) bash script that executes on openbox startup. The script sleeps for 1 second not to spike CPU usage to 99%... On 26 August 2012 14:27, Robert Spiteri wrote: > Yes I did. But pcmanfm does not have an option to include the trash > desktop icon unle

Re: Cron jobs question

2012-08-26 Thread Robert Spiteri
s I remember Trash > service works through gvfs. > > On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Robert Spiteri > wrote: > > Thanks for your reply. I have created a desktop file to show the trash > icon > > on desktop. I mean that is the way I found it should be done. I need to >

Re: Cron jobs question

2012-08-26 Thread Robert Spiteri
and how > often you > willing to check, (I am just curious)? > > Pcmanfm couldn't handle standard gvfs Trash and change icon accordingly? > > On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Robert Spiteri > wrote: > > I need to make a cron job to check if a particular directory i

Cron jobs question

2012-08-26 Thread Robert Spiteri
. -- Robert

Re: Syslinux Boot Menu

2012-08-25 Thread Robert Spiteri
That's it mate. Just add MENU CLEAR after each label to clear the screen... Thanks a lot for your help... On 25 August 2012 12:49, Robert Spiteri wrote: > Yes I just found that in fact and am gonna try it right now... Thanks > > Will post again soon... > > > On 25 Augu

Re: Syslinux Boot Menu

2012-08-25 Thread Robert Spiteri
Yes I just found that in fact and am gonna try it right now... Thanks Will post again soon... On 25 August 2012 12:47, Baurzhan Muftakhidinov wrote: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux#Clear_Menu ? > > > On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Robert Spiteri > wrote: >

Re: Syslinux Boot Menu

2012-08-25 Thread Robert Spiteri
to do that, see > > https://github.com/crayxt/kazsid/blob/master/tmp/001-rename-kernel-and-initrd.binary > > But I also use my own boot menu files, see > https://github.com/crayxt/kazsid/tree/master/config/includes.binary > > > On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Robert Spiteri >

Re: Syslinux Boot Menu

2012-08-25 Thread Robert Spiteri
Please can someone provide any input on this? I am kind of lost and I could not find any releavant documentation online... On 24 August 2012 09:47, Robert Spiteri wrote: > I am using menu.c32 to display the syslinux menu in my debian live cd. > However when I choose an option to boo

Syslinux Boot Menu

2012-08-24 Thread Robert Spiteri
I am using menu.c32 to display the syslinux menu in my debian live cd. However when I choose an option to boot, the cursor homes to the top but the menu is not cleared. Is that something to with the syslinux version in the debian squeeze repository or am I missing something please? -- Robert

Re: Persistence Question

2012-08-18 Thread Robert Spiteri
Thanks a lot. That's exactly what I needed On 18 August 2012 12:43, Ben Armstrong wrote: > On 12/08/12 01:58 PM, Robert Spiteri wrote: > > If I want to use more than one persistent media what should I specify at > > boot? > > > > persistence-lab

Re: Persistence Question

2012-08-18 Thread Robert Spiteri
Ok thanks. So should I use persistent-subtext= ? And how should the label named? I mean if I have a partition called "work", shall I specify persistent-subtext=work at boot? On 18 August 2012 12:39, Ben Armstrong wrote: > On 18/08/12 03:02 AM, Robert Spiteri wrote: > >

Re: Persistence Question

2012-08-17 Thread Robert Spiteri
I am using the live-build version of debian squeeze... What version of live-boot does it contain? On Aug 18, 2012 4:00 AM, "Richard Nelson" wrote: > Greetings, > > On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Robert Spiteri > wrote: > > If I want to use more than one persistent

Re: Local Packages Problem

2012-08-17 Thread Robert Spiteri
Ok that's what was needed. Thanks for your help... Cheers On 17 August 2012 14:49, Robert Spiteri wrote: > It says... > > W: Local packages must be named with suffix '_all.deb' or > '_$architecture'.deb' > > Is this why it is being ignored? Sho

Re: Local Packages Problem

2012-08-17 Thread Robert Spiteri
cified the correct directory > config/chroot_local-packages. > > What's in a build.log? Build it with lb build 2>&1 | tee build.log > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Robert Spiteri > wrote: > > I am using Squeeze... > > > > > > On 17 Augus

Re: Local Packages Problem

2012-08-17 Thread Robert Spiteri
I am using Squeeze... On 17 August 2012 14:23, Baurzhan Muftakhidinov wrote: > Which distribution are you using, sid? > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Robert Spiteri > wrote: > > The problem is lb config does not create any directory called > > packages.chroot...

Re: Local Packages Problem

2012-08-17 Thread Robert Spiteri
The problem is lb config does not create any directory called packages.chroot... On 17 August 2012 14:11, Baurzhan Muftakhidinov wrote: > Hi, > > Put the file into correct location, which is config/packages.chroot > directory > > Cheers, > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at

Local Packages Problem

2012-08-17 Thread Robert Spiteri
Hi, I want to include the teamviewer .deb package in my live-build. I downloaded the deb file and put it in config/chroot_local-packages/. However it did not get installed but was ignored. Shall I specify something else in lb config? Thanks -- Robert

Persistence Question

2012-08-12 Thread Robert Spiteri
If I want to use more than one persistent media what should I specify at boot? persistence-label=OR persistent-subText= Because in the manual it says persistence-label but I found other documentation online which uses persistent-subText. Thanks

Re: problem installing cups-pdf on live-build

2012-08-12 Thread Robert Spiteri
have been running cupsd (on the host, not within > chroot) at build-time? I can remember that as relevant but sadly not > exactly how... > > Cheers, > > Daniel > > [1] > > http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/c/cups-pdf/cups-pdf_2.6.1-6/changelog > -- Robert

Re: problem installing cups-pdf on live-build

2012-08-10 Thread Robert Spiteri
Just wanted to point out that this problem arised end of July/beginning of August. I built an image on the 29th of the July including cups-pdf and no password was asked, therefore the build was entirely automatic. On 10 August 2012 20:04, Robert Spiteri wrote: > Thanks for your reply... >

Re: problem installing cups-pdf on live-build

2012-08-10 Thread Robert Spiteri
tried to include cups-pdf since then. I'll give it another > shot one of the next weekends. Maybe I'll even have to re-open that bug > report. > > Daniel -- Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "un

Re: problem installing cups-pdf on live-build

2012-08-10 Thread Robert Spiteri
> version that is installed in your build? The version that is automatically downloaded by live-build from the stable repositories is 2.5.0-16 How can I setup live-build to install a different version of cups? On 10 August 2012 11:40, Rui Bernardo wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 10:15:

problem installing cups-pdf on live-build

2012-08-10 Thread Robert Spiteri
Am using live-build including cups-pdf and am being asked for the root password? This breaks automation of build. Is there something to be setup in the lb config which I am not aware of please? System: Debian Squeeze (stable), kernel version 2.6.32-5-686 -- Robert

Bug#646137: live-boot-initramfs-tools: dhcp lease is not renewed when using netboot with nfsroot

2011-12-15 Thread Robert Euhus
er is very resposive to bug reports and feature requests. :-) Hope this helps, Robert. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111215123147.25441a25@pc213re

Where can I find the 'Debian Live Manual' for Squeeze?

2011-11-29 Thread Robert Euhus
omepage. Thank you, Robert Euhus P.S.: I almost forgot: Thanks a lot for the great docs! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ed52c18.4090...@rrzn.uni-hannover.de

Bug#646137: live-boot-initramfs-tools: dhcp lease is not renewed when using netboot with nfsroot

2011-10-21 Thread Robert Euhus
Package: live-boot-initramfs-tools Version: 2.0.15-1 Severity: normal I am using a debian live system which is started via netboot. The root file system lives in a squashfs-file on a NFS share (as usual) and the network adress is acquired via dhcp. Here is my /proc/cmdline: boot=live vga=791 live-

Possible Bug???

2011-08-09 Thread Robert Spiteri
I just built a debian live cd, disabling the syslinux menu and using the default prompt "Press F1 for help, enter to boot" When I pressed enter, it says "Cannot find kernel live" However when I type "/live/vmlinuz" it loads normally... -- Robert http://www.weavefx.com

Re: Live build options

2011-08-09 Thread Robert Spiteri
Sorry... forgot to read the manual pages... On 9 August 2011 08:26, Robert Spiteri wrote: > Is there a way of knowing what values each switch can have? > > Like for example, in the chroot config file > > LB_PACKAGES_LISTS="standard" > > but what other values can

Live build options

2011-08-08 Thread Robert Spiteri
Is there a way of knowing what values each switch can have? Like for example, in the chroot config file LB_PACKAGES_LISTS="standard" but what other values can it have, excpet from "standard"? Any documentation which I have not yet encountered pls? -- Robert http://www.weavefx.com

lb bootstrap exclude

2011-08-08 Thread Robert Spiteri
using lb config, how do you specify what packages to exclude, using the command line? I need to make everything execute automatically in a bash script --bootstrap-exclude does not seem to be working. maybe I am missing something? thanks in advance -- Robert http://www.weavefx.com

Bug#623268: live-build-cgi: apt-get doesn't properly install cgi files

2011-04-18 Thread Robert Lane
Package: live-build-cgi Version: 2.0.12-2 Severity: grave Tags: d-i Justification: renders package unusable During install of live-build-cgi, the files included do not get installed/copied to the drive. I was unable to install on my physical amd64 install, a headless amd64 vm and a headless i386 s

Build fails because archive release file has expired?

2010-12-22 Thread Robert Key
Hi I don't know if this should be posted here, but the live build fails when building squeeze with the following message: E: Release file expired, ignoring http://localhost/linuxarchive/dists/squeeze/Release (invalid since 1d 5h 18min 18s) P: Begin unmounting filesystems... I can install squ

Re: Re: Re: [SOLVED] Some issues with live-build 2.0.7-1 in ubuntu mode

2010-12-15 Thread Robert Key
Concerning the casper, install, dists, pool dirs on a ext4 partition booted from grub2 I found the the following: install fails as "cdrom not found" message appears as I said before. One can drop to a shell and mount /dev/sdb2 /cdrom (grub2 is on sdb1, casper on sdb2). Then return to "load in

Re: Re: Re: [SOLVED] Some issues with live-build 2.0.7-1 in ubuntu mode

2010-12-14 Thread Robert Key
I have verified the following: 1. When building in ubuntu mode usb-hdd image with debian-installer and live option for the d-i the boot parameter "cdrom-detect/try-usb=true" is NOT included in live.cfg in the syslinux directory. I think it should be there or else it tries to find the d-i files

Re: Re: [SOLVED] Some issues with live-build 2.0.7-1 in ubuntu mode

2010-12-14 Thread Robert Key
Yes I do mean the d-i images, sorry NOT the cd image. There is a dists and pool directory with the d-i images. They are copied from the archive towards the end of the build after the squashed file system is made. Also I have only build using the usb-hdd image. This is where the parameter cdro

Re: Re: [SOLVED] Some issues with live-build 2.0.7-1 in ubuntu mode

2010-12-14 Thread Robert Key
Hi and thanks Cody, you doing the patch is fine. There are other important issues all be it simple: 1. For the udebs there must be a soft link to maverick and lucid ( or any other ubuntu distributions) in the directory: /usr/share/live/build/data/debian-cd that points to squeeze. Without t

Re: Re: [SOLVED] Some issues with live-build 2.0.7-1 in ubuntu mode

2010-12-12 Thread Robert Key
Will do Daniel. I have made patches before, but will need a little time to check it out. I will definitely meet your deadline. I am a software developer and wouldn't mind getting involved with live-build, I really think it is a cool idea. The live-initramfs seems to be a much better option than

Re: [SOLVED] Some issues with live-build 2.0.7-1 in ubuntu mode

2010-12-08 Thread Robert Key
I have solved the issues with using ubuntu mode and the debian installer as follows: 1. lb_binary_debian-installer changes required: The script /usr/share/live/build/scripts/build/lb_binary_debian-installer uses the wrong name for the linux-image. It tries to install linux-image-2.6-generic f

live-build web frontend problem

2010-11-28 Thread Robert Spiteri
BLISHER="Debian Live project; http://live.debian.net/; debian-live@lists.debian.org" LB_ISO_VOLUME="Debian Live 20101128-11:57" LB_MEMTEST="memtest86+" LB_NET_ROOT_PATH="/srv/debian-live" LB_NET_ROOT_SERVER="192.168.1.1" # Advanced source options LB_SOURCE_IMAGES="tar" LB_SOURCE="false" # Unofficial options _CUSTOM_BOOTSTRAP="" _CUSTOM_BINARY="" # Other LB_REPOSITORIES="live.debian.net" Please check. Any feedback is appreciated. -- Robert http://www.weavefx.com

Some issues with live-build 2.0.7-1 in ubuntu mode

2010-11-27 Thread Robert Key
Hi, I know this forum does not support live-build in ubuntu mode. I have found a few problems and would like to report them. Where can I do this? I will list the issues here just for completeness. I invoked live-build like this lb config -b "usb-hdd" -a "amd64" -d "maverick" --mirror-bootstrap

SOLVED: Re: Re: Too many symbolic links

2010-11-25 Thread Robert Key
Thanks Daniel, I used live-build 2.0.7-1 and it worked fine. I was using 2.0.5-1 from Debian testing. I guess it may have been a bug which has now been resolved. Thanks and cheers, Rob Key -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

SOLVED: unable to login to the live system.

2010-11-23 Thread Robert Key
Hi I previously had a problem where after booting a live system I got a login prompt localh...@localdomain: __ I could not login at all. Problem was there was no 'live-config' boot parameter. By putting this in it auto logged in and all was ok. Cheers, Rob Key -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

SOLVED: changing X config at boot time.

2010-11-23 Thread Robert Key
Hi I previously had a problem on my wife's computer with a Nvidia card, in that X chose a mode that made the screen ghost from a live debian boot. An incompatible mode was chosen. I fixed it as follows: I added the boot parameters : nomodeset vga=normal and it now works. I cannot find this

Too many symbolic links

2010-11-23 Thread Robert Key
Hi my live build failed at the last moment. Here is what I did. I installed debian testing from the archive of 22 November 2010 in order to build live debian systems. I ran live build as such lb config -b "usb-hdd" \ -a "i386" \ -d "squeeze" \ --mirror-bootstrap "http:/

Re: Re: How can one change the X window mode on a live system?

2010-11-14 Thread Robert Key
Thanks for the info Daniel, apologies about the CC'ing I was clicking on Daniel Baumann (on-list) instead of debian-l...@lists.debian.org. thanks and cheers, Rob Key -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...

Re: Re: How can one change the X window mode on a live system?

2010-11-14 Thread Robert Key
Thanks for your help. I know you don't support casper but why does Ubuntu still use it when live-initramfs seems so much more powerful? Rob Key -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archiv

Re: Re: How can one change the X window mode on a live system?

2010-11-13 Thread Robert Key
Hi I have read several manual pages but found no info. Which one in particular should I read? Thanks, Rob Key -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cdf7ba0

How does one change X windows resolution at boot time from a usb drive?

2010-11-13 Thread Robert Key
HI I boot ubuntu from my usb drive having installed it with usb-creator-gtk. The problem is X is configured to use a mode that my nvidia card does not support. Is there a boot parameter I can use to change X's mode? Thanks, Rob Key

How can one change the X window mode on a live system?

2010-11-13 Thread Robert Key
Hi I boot a live system from my usb stick but the X configuration uses the wrong mode for my nvidia card. Is there a boot parameter I can use to set the resolution mode of X windows? Thanks, Rob Key -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: Re: Please tell me how to login to the live system.

2010-10-29 Thread Robert Key
Sorry for the typo it is " squeeze" and "locales" that I use. The mode is also "debian" I think I am missing "live-config". Sorry about the typo. I will try it with lucid, but I know it will work. The problem must be with maverick. Sorry about the typo, in fact it would bomb immediately if

Re: Please tell me how to login to the live system.

2010-10-29 Thread Robert Key
bootstrap"\ --language "en_ZA"\ --initramfs "auto"\ --archive-areas "${SECTIONS}"\ --security "false" \ --source "false" \ --volatile "false"\ --verbose \ --bootappend-li

Re: Re: Please tell me how to login to the live system.

2010-10-28 Thread Robert Key
Hi sorry Daniel, I sent the second email before I read yours. I have given as much information as possible showing my lh config and the versions. Sorry about that and thanks. Rob Key -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: Please tell me how to login to the live system.

2010-10-28 Thread Robert Key
Hi this is really frustrating, auto login is supposed to work but does not. The manual says the password is 'live' but it does not work. I tried removing username=robert but this makes no difference. What I have done wrong? Thanks, Robert Key -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

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