Live USB tools

2010-03-18 Thread palama
Maybe a link to Debian Live should be added here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tools_to_create_Live_USB_systems -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.deb

Re: Live softphone USB key.: Progress report

2010-03-17 Thread palama
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:22:26 +0100 Daniel Baumann wrote: > On 03/17/2010 07:10 PM, pal...@inwind.it wrote: > > - Will this boot CD be useable with all the USB key versions? Maybe with > > the requirement that all use the same kernel? > > no; kernel+initrd need to match what you have in filesyst

Re: Live softphone USB key.: Progress report

2010-03-17 Thread palama
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:43:34 +0100 Daniel Baumann wrote: > you should think of using cdroms instead of floppies. > I agree, it is clear that a boot CD is the way to go. I assume that the procedure outlined in the FAQ: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive/FAQ#Q.3AHowdoIbootUSBdebian-liveonsystemsnot

Re: Live softphone USB key.: Progress report

2010-03-17 Thread palama
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:33:24 +0100 Daniel Baumann wrote: > On 03/17/2010 02:12 PM, pal...@inwind.it wrote: > > - Two of these machines have a BIOS which is not capable of booting off a > > USB key. It is certanly possible > >to boot on these machines using a boot floppy but I was not able to

Live softphone USB key.: Progress report

2010-03-17 Thread palama
I am pretty content with the results obtained so far. Here is the build process I am using, based on Debian Lenny, lh_clean lh_config -b usb-hdd --bootappend-live "persistent xvideomode=1024x768" \ -p standard-x11 --packages "twinkle ekiga mc jed less alsa icewm" lh_build dd if=binary.img of=/dev

Re: Live softphone USB key.: Progress report

2010-03-16 Thread palama
On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:14:17 +0100 Daniel Baumann wrote: > On 03/16/2010 07:44 PM, pal...@inwind.it wrote: > > Is there a way to have this task executed by a script? > > rc.local? > Should I insert the script into chroot/etc/rc.local? Should I run lh_build again? Even if I succesfully have als

Live softphone USB key.: Progress report

2010-03-16 Thread palama
The USB key Debian live softphone is essentially working. The only problem I have to solve is that I have to manually execute alsaconf everytime I boot and answer OK or YES to all the questions. Is there a way to have this task executed by a script? Thank you to all for your great help. Best reg

Home automounting

2010-03-16 Thread palama
I copied debain live to a USB key and then added a new partition /dev/sda2 on which I put an ext2 filesystem, labeled home-rw. This partition is not mounted as /home at boottime. Any suggestion or hint to troubleshoot the problem? Thanks for your help, Antonio -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

live-initramfs

2010-03-16 Thread palama
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:49:10 +0100 Daniel Baumann wrote: > On 03/15/2010 09:46 AM, pal...@inwind.it wrote: > > - The resolution picked up by xorg is far too high, I would like to specify > > a lower resolution either at boottime or before I say startx. > > see xvideomode in man live-initramfs.

Gparted

2010-03-16 Thread palama
The manual says to use gparted to access the space left on a USB key after copying the live image. Is this the same as using fdisk to add a type 83 partition (e.g. sda2) to the device and creating an ext2 filesystem on it? Thanks, Antonio Palamà -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-r

Re: Live softphone USB key

2010-03-15 Thread palama
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:49:10 +0100 Daniel Baumann wrote: > > - I would like to use the space remaining on the USB key as a user > > directory where the configuration information of the softphone program can > > be stored. > > custom partitioning is not (yet) supported in live-helper, you need

Re: Live softphone USB key

2010-03-15 Thread palama
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:57:11 +0200 Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > With regards to supporting protocols other than SIP (if you care about > it): the only thing close to supporting IAX2 in Sqeeze is "yate-gtk2" > (which ATM has the binary yate-qt4 in Squeeze) > > I'm not really sure about a decent XMPP so

Re: Live softphone USB key

2010-03-15 Thread palama
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:46:07 +0100 pal...@inwind.it wrote: > - Sound is not working altough it works flawlessly on the same machine with > debian installed on the HD, I would like to know how to troubleshoot the > problem. I was able to make sound work by running sudo alsaconf after boot. Unf

Live softphone USB key

2010-03-15 Thread palama
Hi, I'm trying to setup a live softphone USB key based on Debian Live. I put together a configuration including standard-x11, icewm, alsa, twinkle and ekiga and produeced a 320MB image that boots OK. I ha ve to solve a few problems: - The resolution picked up by xorg is far too high, I would lik