Re: live-build-cgi fails for wheezy with xfce-desktop and default settings

On 11/21/2014 7:44 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 5:58 PM, Charles Russell mailto:wor...@bellsouth.net>> wrote: On 11/21/2014 10:03 AM, Richard Nelson wrote: On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Charles Russell mailto:wor...@bellsouth.net>

problem with persistence file

I can't get persistence to work using a 1G ext4 file "persistence" (containing persistence.conf) in the root directory of a FAT USB flash drive. I'm booting from the flash drive using syslinux, as described by Ben Armstrong (http://syn.theti.ca/2013/06/22/tutorial-wheezy-live-iso-hybrid-with-pe

Re: How to use wildcards in remote directory with sftp - please ignore

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How to use wildcards in remote directory with sftp

This does what I want, opening the remote directory: $ sftp dell03:junk Connected to dell03. Changing to: /Users/cdr/junk With wildcards it doesn't work; the remote directory is not recognized as a directory: $ sftp dell03:"ju*" Connected to dell03. Fetching /Users/cdr/junk/ to junk Cannot do

Re: Status of live-build web-frontend

On 7/4/2014 3:24 PM, carolus wrote: On 7/4/2014 2:12 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: Perhaps someone could download and test since I have limited bandwidth access most of the time. Mine is pretty bad too, but I started a wget job for your build and will give it a try. I did not realize that the

Re: Status of live-build web-frontend

On 7/4/2014 2:12 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: Perhaps someone could download and test since I have limited bandwidth access most of the time. Mine is pretty bad too, but I started a wget job for your build and will give it a try. I did not realize that the switch to aptitude was not defaulted,

Re: Status of live-build web-frontend

On 7/4/2014 10:21 AM, Richard Nelson wrote: I used the option: --apt: aptitude and added to the cgipackages.list.chroot console-tools- so it is excluded. See m-l that was suggested and it appears to work. Here is the build I produced today which was not tested in any way: http://cgi.build.

Status of live-build web-frontend

I haven't gotten the cgi-builder to work for weeks, using default settings with either gnome or xfce desktops. From today: (gnome desktop, otherwise all defaults): http://cgi.build.live-systems.org/build/20140703.155753.891356555/log The following packages have unmet dependencies: plymouth : C

broken dependencies in online cgi builder

I think this problem is not with debian-live, but I don't know who to notify about broken dependencies. The following packages have unmet dependencies: plymouth : Conflicts: console-tools but 1:0.2.3dbs-70 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. http://

offline installation from live iso

There is an option in the manual: "Installation will proceed in an identical fashion to the "normal" installation described above, but at the actual package installation stage, instead of using debootstrap to fetch and install packages, the live filesystem image is copied to the target." Howe

Re: funny behavior of cgi online builder with sid

On 11/15/2013 9:39 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: Greetings, On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Richard Nelson mailto:unix...@gmail.com>> wrote: Greetings, On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 6:53 PM, carolus mailto:wor...@bellsouth.net>> wrote: Build 20131115.204427.380792858

funny behavior of cgi online builder with sid

Build 20131115.204427.380792858 The error messages are clear: E: Unable to locate package virtualbox-guest-dkms E: Unable to locate package virtualbox-guest-utils E: Unable to locate package virtualbox-guest-x11 However, those packages were not requested: # CGI Packages List _LB_CGIPACKAGES=""

Re: web frontend: E: Couldn't download packages: tasksel tasksel-data

On 4/16/2013 2:08 PM, carolus wrote: On 4/16/2013 12:42 PM, carolus wrote: On 4/16/2013 11:03 AM, Richard Nelson wrote: Hmm could you try that request again, to see if you get the same results? Different results. This run reported a couple of misspelled package names (and ran much faster

Re: web frontend: E: Couldn't download packages: tasksel tasksel-data

On 4/16/2013 12:42 PM, carolus wrote: On 4/16/2013 11:03 AM, Richard Nelson wrote: Hmm could you try that request again, to see if you get the same results? Different results. This run reported a couple of misspelled package names (and ran much faster). Trying again. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: web frontend: E: Couldn't download packages: tasksel tasksel-data

On 4/16/2013 11:03 AM, Richard Nelson wrote: Hmm could you try that request again, to see if you get the same results? Just now submitted as: http://live-build-cgi.debian.net/build/20130416.081838.481787237/ The last time it took at least 4 or 5 hours to run - I left it overnight. -- To UN

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Re: web front end: requested HDD, got hybrid-iso

On 2/25/2013 3:10 PM, Ben Armstrong wrote: On 25/02/13 04:09 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: Not sure. I might mention that the hybrid iso image should be compatible with usb keys as well. Not merely compatible, but also because we switched to xorriso, you can repartition the usb key after writing

Re: web front end: requested HDD, got hybrid-iso

On 2/25/2013 2:09 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: I might mention that the hybrid iso image should be compatible with usb keys as well. I sometimes like to have a single FAT partition on the usb key 1) mainly so that I can easily copy data to/from Windows, which will not recognize multiple parti

Re: web front end: requested HDD, got hybrid-iso

On 2/25/2013 2:09 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: Greetings, On 2/25/2013 11:10 AM, Richard Nelson wrote: I might mention that the hybrid iso image should be compatible with usb keys as well. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: web front end: requested HDD, got hybrid-iso

On 2/25/2013 11:10 AM, Richard Nelson wrote: Greetings, On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:15 AM, carolus mailto:wor...@bellsouth.net>> wrote: Using the web front end, after choosing HDD (same as former HDD-USB?) I expected an .img file but got a hybrid-iso http://live-build-cgi.

web front end: requested HDD, got hybrid-iso

Using the web front end, after choosing HDD (same as former HDD-USB?) I expected an .img file but got a hybrid-iso http://live-build-cgi.debian.net/build/20130225.065334.701272129/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: unable to locate package auto

On 2/17/2013 1:11 PM, Daniel Baumann wrote: On 02/17/2013 07:57 PM, carolus wrote: Running "tutorial1" from the manual with either squeeze or wheezy (in virtualbox), I'm getting error message "unable to locate package auto". what version of live-build are you us

unable to locate package auto

Running "tutorial1" from the manual with either squeeze or wheezy (in virtualbox), I'm getting error message "unable to locate package auto". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: h

Re: CGI builder task list: what tasks are legal?

On 1/12/2012 3:49 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: Thanks for the URL. After seeing how that works, I realize that I would be asking for a new package-list consisting of a single package, science-numericalcomputation, just to make more room in the cgipackages.list.chroot string where I am running out

Re: CGI builder task list: what tasks are legal?

On 1/11/2012 2:44 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: Greetings, On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:06 PM, carolus wrote: On 1/11/2012 12:09 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: You might submit a wish-list bug If I could do that from a browser or mail handler, I would, but I'm just a dumb engineer who doesn&

Re: CGI builder task list: what tasks are legal?

On 1/11/2012 12:09 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: You might submit a wish-list bug If I could do that from a browser or mail handler, I would, but I'm just a dumb engineer who doesn't use git. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: CGI builder task list: what tasks are legal?

On 1/11/2012 9:34 AM, Richard Nelson wrote: Greetings, On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:09 AM, carolus wrote: On 1/10/2012 4:13 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: tasks is for tasksel items, such as desktop laptop ssh-server Any chance of adding science-numericalcomputation to the tasksel list? The

Re: CGI builder task list: what tasks are legal?

On 1/10/2012 4:13 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: tasks is for tasksel items, such as desktop laptop ssh-server Any chance of adding science-numericalcomputation to the tasksel list? The current list includes debian-science, but that is enormous. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ..

CGI builder task list: what tasks are legal?

What tasks are legal in the debian-live online CGI builder? Only those shown in the menu? What about things like science-numericalcomputation and build-essential? I'm running out of space in the package list and would like to move some things to the task list if possible. If the CGI builder

Re: online live-build failure

On 1/6/2012 8:40 AM, Richard Nelson wrote: Greetings, On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 8:28 AM, carolus wrote: The only problem from the log that is obvious to me is: cp: cannot stat `/usr/share/syslinux/themes/debian-squeeze/isolinux-live': No such file or directory See http:/

Re: fix fromiso= (again)

On 3/9/2011 9:18 PM, Daniel Baumann wrote: On 02/20/2011 08:53 PM, intrigeri wrote: the last patch (8e71042ed) we submitted to fix fromiso= lacks a "fi". Commit b6b3d5995 in our 3.x/bug/fromiso_busybox_mount branch [0] fixes this. fixed in 3.x and uploaded; doing a couple of cherry picks to 2.

Re: online CGI builder: "Unable to fetch some archives"

On 3/14/2011 9:54 AM, Richard Nelson wrote: 2011-03-13 21:33:21 1Pyxaz-7L-2J ** wor...@bellsouth.net R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mail server after initial connection: host gateway-f2.isp.att.net [207.115.11.16]: 550-204.27.57.154 blocked by ldap:ou=rblmx,dc=att,dc=net\n5

Re: --packages-list debian-science problems

On 3/16/2011 12:32 PM, carolus wrote: On 3/16/2011 11:13 AM, Ben Armstrong wrote: LB_TASKS="desktop laptop" Instead you should have: LB_TASKS="gnome-desktop desktop laptop" (or lxde-desktop if that is your preference). Thanks, I'll try that. Yes, that worked. Th

Re: --packages-list debian-science problems

On 3/16/2011 11:13 AM, Ben Armstrong wrote: LB_TASKS="desktop laptop" Instead you should have: LB_TASKS="gnome-desktop desktop laptop" (or lxde-desktop if that is your preference). Thanks, I'll try that. I'm just learning my way around debian, and I got the impression from http://wiki.deb

Re: --packages-list debian-science problems

On 3/16/2011 3:54 AM, Ben Armstrong wrote: You have to specify which desktop, e.g. gnome-desktop or lxde-desktop, as live-build does specific configuration tasks for each, e.g. autologin. But that is impossible with the current web page design, is it not? There seems to be no way to build a w

Re: --packages-list debian-science problems

On 3/15/2011 8:51 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: Greetings, On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 1:43 PM, carolus wrote: On 3/15/2011 1:20 PM, carolus wrote: On 3/15/2011 12:43 PM, Ben Armstrong wrote: The debian-science list is not a whole desktop system. Have a look at /usr/share/live/build/lists/debian

Re: --packages-list debian-science problems

On 3/15/2011 1:20 PM, carolus wrote: On 3/15/2011 12:43 PM, Ben Armstrong wrote: The debian-science list is not a whole desktop system. Have a look at /usr/share/live/build/lists/debian-science. It only includes 'standard'. That will not give you a desktop. You can specify multiple

Re: --packages-list debian-science problems

On 3/15/2011 12:43 PM, Ben Armstrong wrote: The debian-science list is not a whole desktop system. Have a look at /usr/share/live/build/lists/debian-science. It only includes 'standard'. That will not give you a desktop. You can specify multiple lists with the --packages-lists option, e.g. "--

--packages-list debian-science problems

After creating the .img and dd'ing to a thumb drive, I was surprised to find that debian-science booted to the command line. When I typed xmaxima, I got an error message. When I typed R, I got the R prompt, but when I then tried the command "demo(graphics)", it failed. (I've used the online CG

Re: online CGI builder: "isohybrid: binary-hybrid.iso: seek error - 6: Invalid argument"

On 3/14/2011 10:52 PM, Daniel Baumann wrote: On 03/15/2011 02:41 AM, carolus wrote: This error was from a bare-bones debian-science: "isohybrid: binary-hybrid.iso: seek error - 6: Invalid argument" looks like your image is too big. What is the limit? Is it just an arbitrary param

online CGI builder: "isohybrid: binary-hybrid.iso: seek error - 6: Invalid argument"

This error was from a bare-bones debian-science: "isohybrid: binary-hybrid.iso: seek error - 6: Invalid argument" LB_BINARY_IMAGES="iso-hybrid" LB_DISTRIBUTION="squeeze" LB_PACKAGES_LISTS="debian-science" LB_TASKS="" LB_PACKAGES="" http://live-build.debian.net/build/20110314.190214.504320377/

online CGI builder: packages-lists

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Re: Command-line length in online CGI builder

On 3/14/2011 9:45 AM, Richard Nelson wrote: Greetings, On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 9:20 PM, carolus wrote: On 3/13/2011 5:52 PM, carolus wrote: On 3/13/2011 3:01 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: Greetings, On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Charles Russell wrote: Is there any way to overcome the

Re: Command-line length in online CGI builder

On 3/13/2011 5:52 PM, carolus wrote: On 3/13/2011 3:01 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: Greetings, On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Charles Russell wrote: Is there any way to overcome the limited length for the package list? Each package can take up a lot of space on the command line if you include

Re: Can't include scientific packages using online CGI builder

On 3/13/2011 4:42 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: Ok, well on this thread please let us know if you get a mailer on your next attempt to build. No mailer received for http://live-build.debian.net/build/20110313.163519.506431813 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org wit

Re: Command-line length in online CGI builder

On 3/13/2011 3:01 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: Greetings, On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Charles Russell wrote: Is there any way to overcome the limited length for the package list? Each package can take up a lot of space on the command line if you include the suggested related packages. T

Re: online CGI builder: "Unable to fetch some archives"

On 3/13/2011 4:51 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: Greetings, On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 4:13 PM, carolus wrote: On 3/13/2011 3:04 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: Greetings, snip Here it is, in case it has not yet been deleted: http://live-build.debian.net/build/20110312.235552.162174788/ I just

Re: Can't include scientific packages using online CGI builder

On 3/13/2011 3:39 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: It is always best if the party attempting the build can attempt to confirm on a local build to reproduce the error. But I don't have an installed version. The live image is a poor man's dual boot. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...

Re: online CGI builder: "Unable to fetch some archives"

On 3/13/2011 3:04 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: Greetings, On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 12:04 PM, carolus wrote: On 3/13/2011 11:18 AM, Daniel Baumann wrote: On 03/13/2011 03:59 PM, Charles Russell wrote: I encountered the following error message using a combination of packages for which the

Re: online CGI builder: "Unable to fetch some archives"

On 3/13/2011 11:18 AM, Daniel Baumann wrote: On 03/13/2011 03:59 PM, Charles Russell wrote: I encountered the following error message using a combination of packages for which the component packages each worked separately: "E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with -

Re: Can't include scientific packages using online CGI builder

On 3/12/2011 8:05 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: Well the mailers serve an important purpose of notification that the requested build is complete. The estimated time is between 5 and 20 minutes, but, the times can run longer and since the builds are serialized, should you hit a time when builds get s

Re: Can't include scientific packages using online CGI builder

On 3/11/2011 8:18 PM, carolus wrote: On 3/11/2011 6:21 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: Try to figure out why you are not getting mailers. Perhaps if you have another email you could try. OK, but mail notification is a minor problem. I tried my office address, but am still getting no mail from

Re: Can't include scientific packages using online CGI builder

On 3/11/2011 6:21 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: I'm having trouble connecting to your server. When I was able to download a build, it often appeared later than the expected 5-20 min, The above can happen if you show up with large build or hit a busy time on the build server. and often disappeare

Re: Can't include scientific packages using online CGI builder

On 3/11/2011 2:43 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: Greetings, On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Charles Russell wrote: I have not gotten the online builder to work with any large scientific package such as R, octave, maxima, or scilab. Scilab appears to require some nonfree code, so I can understand

Re: failed build

On 3/9/2011 2:13 PM, Richard Nelson wrote: . Also remember that l-b.d.n only builds from main archive area. Is there any documentation for the online builder that includes this sort of information and defines "main archive area"? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.