isolinux splash

2010-08-27 Thread Robert Spiteri
I am using the syslinux menu on boot, however I need help as regards how to customize the splash screen? The current splash screen is a red box with debian live written and a white box at the center. The files are named splash.png and splash.svg How can I do this please? -- Robert http://www.we

Re: xfce4

2010-08-27 Thread Richard Nelson
Greetings, On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Robert Spiteri wrote: > Thanks for the reply Richard. > >> It might be best to just configure as you want in a running session >> then make a copy of the settings files already configured put them in >> the /etc/skel folder. > > So I just have to tar th

Re: FAI 3.4.0 config space mount problem

2010-08-27 Thread Michael Prokop
* Daniel Baumann wrote: > On 08/25/2010 01:23 AM, Michael Prokop wrote: >> @debian-live: the above mentioned issue (full quoting of mail >> therefore) should be fixed for the squeeze release, there's an >> existing workaround (see the git URL). If you need any further >> information/help please le

Re: isolinux splash

2010-08-27 Thread Ben Armstrong
see in the FAQ how to customize artwork: http://live.debian.net/manual/en/html/faq.html On 08/27/2010 09:56 AM, Robert Spiteri wrote: I am using the syslinux menu on boot, however I need help as regards how to customize the splash screen? The current splash screen is a red box with debian liv

Re: isolinux splash

2010-08-27 Thread Robert Spiteri
>>yes i need and in fact I cannot seem to remove the syslinux menu entry where it says "Press [Tab] to edit menu options". Which >>file shall I edit please? posted the above to Ben only by mistake. SOLVED: File header.cfg needs to modified and the following option has to be added: allowoptions

hook for timezone and sudo

2010-08-27 Thread Robert Spiteri
I am also trying to code 2 hooks. 1. I need to modify the timezone to Europe/Malta since the live cd time is always 2 hours behind... (at least I think that is the problem) 2. I need to prevent the live user to become root since the live cd will be used by students any help please? -- Robert ht

Re: hook for timezone and sudo

2010-08-27 Thread Ben Armstrong
On 08/27/2010 12:35 PM, Robert Spiteri wrote: I am also trying to code 2 hooks. 1. I need to modify the timezone to Europe/Malta since the live cd time is always 2 hours behind... (at least I think that is the problem) you don't need a hook for this. --bootappend-live "timezone=Europe/Malta

Re: hook for timezone and sudo

2010-08-27 Thread Robert Spiteri
Thanks Ben. Things seem simpler than I thought then. On 27 August 2010 18:20, Ben Armstrong wrote: > On 08/27/2010 12:35 PM, Robert Spiteri wrote: > >> I am also trying to code 2 hooks. >> >> 1. I need to modify the timezone to Europe/Malta since the live cd time is >> always 2 hours behind... (

Can't log in with gdm

2010-08-27 Thread Jean Marc Briand
Hello, Something I don't understand : $ lh config -b usb-hdd --bootappend-live "locale=fr" -l fr -p "lxde" --packages iceweasel --mirror-binary "http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/"; --apt aptitude -d squeeze --archive-areas "main contrib non-free" Everything is fine, but: $ qemu -hda binary.img The

Re: FAI 3.4.0 config space mount problem

2010-08-27 Thread Daniel Baumann
On 08/27/2010 03:42 PM, Michael Prokop wrote: > Patch against debian-old-1.0 (couldn't find debian-old-2.0 in > public live-boot, though shouldn't be a difference): > > > http://grml.org/patches/0001-workaround-aufs-issue-in-kernel-versions-around-2.6..patch doesn't apply. -- Address:

Re: Can't log in with gdm

2010-08-27 Thread Daniel Baumann
On 08/27/2010 07:53 PM, Jean Marc Briand wrote: > -->> Incorrect username or password ... what version of live-initramfs/live-config* has your target system installed? -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email: daniel.baum...@panthera-systems.net Inte

Re: Can't log in with gdm

2010-08-27 Thread Jean Marc
Le 27/08/2010 20:53, Daniel Baumann a écrit : On 08/27/2010 07:53 PM, Jean Marc Briand wrote: -->> Incorrect username or password ... what version of live-initramfs/live-config* has your target system installed? Thank you for replying : ii live-boot

Bug#594622: Don't start dhcp if no link is present

2010-08-27 Thread Jörg Sommer
Package: live-boot Version: 2.0.0-1 Severity: minor Hi, you should not start the dhcp client if the network cable is not plugged in, i.e. mii-tool reports no link. It's useless to wait, because dhcp will never get an anwser. % sudo mii-tool eth0 eth0: no link Bye, Jörg. -- System Information:

Using a newer kernel with lenny

2010-08-27 Thread Frank Zambrini
Hi all, I'm trying to use a newer kernel with my lenny build but I am running into a few problems. I added the repo listed in section 5.5 of the manual (only added the .chroot source) along with the gpg key and added "linux-image-2.6 aufs-modules-2.6" to my custom package list. When I ran lh b