editing conf files

2009-01-03 Thread schoappied
Hi, I want to make a custom Debian live cd with a installer, but how can I edit the sourcelist and other conf files for the customized distro? Thanks in advance, \s -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@

chroots, xnest and gnome

2009-01-06 Thread schoappied
Hi, I know how to start a 'chroot environment' (chroot chroot) How do I start gnome in xnest while in a chroot environment? So I can customize the gnome desktop? Thanks in advance, \d -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: editing conf files

2009-01-06 Thread schoappied
Padma wrote: Hi schoappied wrote: I want to make a custom Debian live cd with a installer, You can use live-helper for making Debian Live CD and in that for enabling installer with live CD you just have to set LH_DEBIAN_INSTALLER="live" and LH_DEBIAN_INSTALLER_DISTRIBUTION="

Re: chroots, xnest and gnome

2009-01-06 Thread schoappied
Julien Cristau wrote: On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 13:39:26 +0100, schoappied wrote: Hi, I know how to start a 'chroot environment' (chroot chroot) How do I start gnome in xnest while in a chroot environment? So I can customize the gnome desktop? Bind-mount /tmp inside y

Re: chroots, xnest and gnome

2009-01-06 Thread schoappied
Julien Cristau wrote: On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 13:39:26 +0100, schoappied wrote: Hi, I know how to start a 'chroot environment' (chroot chroot) How do I start gnome in xnest while in a chroot environment? So I can customize the gnome desktop? Bind-mount /tmp inside y

Re: editing conf files

2009-01-07 Thread schoappied
Padma wrote: Hi schoappied wrote: I want to make a custom Debian live cd with a installer, You can use live-helper for making Debian Live CD and in that for enabling installer with live CD you just have to set LH_DEBIAN_INSTALLER="live" and LH_DEBIAN_INSTALLER_DISTRIBUTION="

Re: editing conf files

2009-01-07 Thread schoappied
Padma wrote: Hi schoappied wrote: I want to make a custom Debian live cd with a installer, You can use live-helper for making Debian Live CD and in that for enabling installer with live CD you just have to set LH_DEBIAN_INSTALLER="live" and LH_DEBIAN_INSTALLER_DISTRIBUTION="

Re: editing conf files

2009-01-07 Thread schoappied
Padma wrote: schoappied wrote: Padma wrote: Thanks. And if I want to mix debian lenny with unstable (e.g. install some audio packages from unstable), how can I do it (e.g. specify which packages should be installed from unstable)? Download that unstable package (.deb/lib files) put that

Re: editing conf files

2009-01-07 Thread schoappied
schoappied wrote: Padma wrote: schoappied wrote: Padma wrote: Thanks. And if I want to mix debian lenny with unstable (e.g. install some audio packages from unstable), how can I do it (e.g. specify which packages should be installed from unstable)? Download that unstable package (.deb

Re: editing conf files

2009-01-07 Thread schoappied
Padma wrote: schoappied wrote: Padma wrote: Thanks. And if I want to mix debian lenny with unstable (e.g. install some audio packages from unstable), how can I do it (e.g. specify which packages should be installed from unstable)? Download that unstable package (.deb/lib files) put that

(re)configure and rebuild

2009-01-07 Thread schoappied
Hi, What is a proper way to (re)configure a build live-cd? I have for example build a live-cd but want to change something e.g. the source.list or add a package or something. Thanks in advance, \d -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: editing conf files

2009-01-08 Thread schoappied
Padma wrote: schoappied wrote: Padma wrote: Hi schoappied wrote: I want to make a custom Debian live cd with a installer, You can use live-helper for making Debian Live CD and in that for enabling installer with live CD you just have to set LH_DEBIAN_INSTALLER="live

Re: editing conf files (apt.conf and pinning)

2009-01-08 Thread schoappied
schoappied wrote: Padma wrote: schoappied wrote: Padma wrote: Hi schoappied wrote: I want to make a custom Debian live cd with a installer, You can use live-helper for making Debian Live CD and in that for enabling installer with live CD you just have to set LH_DEBIAN_INSTALLER="live

Bug#511247: Debian mixed testing/unstable, apt.conf, Default-Release, live-helper sequence;

2009-01-08 Thread schoappied
Package: live-helper Version: 1.0.2-2 We can't build a Debian testing/ unstable mixed system with just the /etc/apt/apt.conf file with this line: APT::Default-Release "testing"; Discussion from IRC #debian-live: [13:27] But we cannot use apt.conf (ie. Default-Release) as it requires the

sudo enabled after install live-cd to hdd

2009-01-10 Thread schoappied
Hi, I want users of my live-cd have the possibility to install the live-cd and have sudo enabled, which also means the new user of the distro is added to the sudo group. \s -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact lis

Re: sudo enabled after install live-cd to hdd

2009-01-11 Thread schoappied
Daniel Baumann wrote: schoappied wrote: Hi, Hi, I want users of my live-cd have the possibility to install the live-cd and have sudo enabled, which also means the new user of the distro is added to the sudo group. use live-installer, and since you then are using d-i, you

Re: sudo enabled after install live-cd to hdd

2009-01-11 Thread schoappied
Daniel Baumann wrote: schoappied wrote: Like this? # $LH_ROOT_COMMAND: use sudo or equivalent # (Default: empty) LH_ROOT_COMMAND="sudo" no; this is a live-helper option. it influences *how* the live system gets build, not *what* gets build. mmh ok. you talk about d-i

license packages

2009-01-13 Thread schoappied
Hi, I am not able to include packages like sun-java-plugin and the msstcorefonts which requires to sign a license. sun-dlj-v1-1 license could not be presented try 'dpkg-reconfigure debconf' to select a frontend other than noninteractive dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sun-ja

Re: editing conf files (fstab)

2009-01-14 Thread schoappied
Hi, It it possible to add this line to the live-cd fstab? none /tmp/jack tmpfs defaults 0 0 I'm asking this, cause I don't want to screw my fstab... \r -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian

Re: license packages

2009-01-14 Thread schoappied
Daniel Baumann wrote: schoappied wrote: Is there is solution for this? /usr/share/live-helper/examples/hooks/sun-java6.sh Mmh interesting packages there... I want to make a as easy as possible desktop for users. What is recommend to install? What kind of drivers/ modules? One

Re: license packages

2009-01-15 Thread schoappied
Daniel Baumann wrote: schoappied wrote: Is there is solution for this? /usr/share/live-helper/examples/hooks/sun-java6.sh I got these errors: he following NEW packages will be installed: libxp6 odbcinst1debian1 sun-java6-bin sun-java6-demo sun-java6-doc sun-java6-fonts sun

Re: license packages

2009-01-15 Thread schoappied
Daniel Baumann wrote: schoappied wrote: [...] Setting up sun-java6-doc (6-07-4) ... This package is an installer package, it does not actually contain the JDK documentation. You will need to go download one of the archives: jdk-6-doc.zip jdk-6-doc-ja.zip (choose the non-update version

Re: license packages

2009-01-15 Thread schoappied
Daniel Baumann wrote: Michal Suchanek wrote: AFAIK apt does not track manually installed packages at all, it makes all packages it installs seem manually installed as it does not record which were added automatically. apt does track manually installed packages since quite some time (en

Re: license packages

2009-01-15 Thread schoappied
Daniel Baumann wrote: Michal Suchanek wrote: There is a difference here. Aptitude cleans up the dependencies automatically when you remove whatever needed them. Unfortunately, neither tool seems to be configurable to do what the other does. Messy. apt can do that as well: APT:

include .sh installer script

2009-01-15 Thread schoappied
Hi, Any ideas how to include the newest lilypond, which should be installed using a .sh script installer? http://lilypond.org/web/install/#2.12 \d -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: include .sh installer script

2009-01-15 Thread schoappied
Daniel Baumann wrote: schoappied wrote: Hi, Hi, Any ideas how to include the newest lilypond, which should be installed using a .sh script installer? "we don't do that" [tm] in general, you should wait for/bug/whatever the lilypond maintainer. That pa

virtualization vesa bug

2009-01-16 Thread schoappied
Hi, I can't set my screen resolutions right in virtualbox :/ Seems to be a bug in the vesa driver.. I tried it with the testing/unstable/experimental driver, no success. Regards, \d -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

language support

2009-01-16 Thread schoappied
Hi, How can I set the language for the live-cd to dutch? What software packages should I install for a broad area of language support, e.g. as many languages as possible? How does it work with the installer? If I want people to be able to choose their default language, should I already hav

gconftool-2: custom desktop settings

2009-01-16 Thread schoappied
Hi, I want to change some settings of the live-cd desktop and I'm wondering how to do it. I've heard you better do it with gconftool. This is what I want: 1) change desktop theme 2) remove icons from the menu 3) add icons to entries in the menu which don't have an icon 4) remove the top p

Re: virtualization vesa bug

2009-01-16 Thread schoappied
mariodebian wrote: El vie, 16-01-2009 a las 14:55 +0100, schoappied escribió: Hi, I can't set my screen resolutions right in virtualbox :/ Seems to be a bug in the vesa driver.. I tried it with the testing/unstable/experimental driver, no success. Regards, \d Seems

Re: virtualization vesa bug

2009-01-16 Thread schoappied
mariodebian wrote: El vie, 16-01-2009 a las 14:55 +0100, schoappied escribió: Hi, I can't set my screen resolutions right in virtualbox :/ Seems to be a bug in the vesa driver.. I tried it with the testing/unstable/experimental driver, no success. Regards, \d Seems

Re: virtualization vesa bug

2009-01-16 Thread schoappied
schoappied wrote: mariodebian wrote: El vie, 16-01-2009 a las 14:55 +0100, schoappied escribió: Hi, I can't set my screen resolutions right in virtualbox :/ Seems to be a bug in the vesa driver.. I tried it with the testing/unstable/experimental driver, no success. Regards

Re: language support

2009-01-17 Thread schoappied
Hans Ekbrand wrote: On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 02:58:59PM +0100, schoappied wrote: Hi, How can I set the language for the live-cd to dutch? Start with reading http://live.debian.net/manual/html/language.html thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ

{Spam?} mouse problem

2009-01-17 Thread schoappied
Hi, I don't have a mouse function anymore on my live-cd :( I got some gconfd related errors and 'problems connecting configuration server' And some xorg messages... Is there a way to check that boot log of the live-cd? Sometimes I got this message: http://img401.imageshack.us/my.php?image=g

packages list

2009-01-17 Thread schoappied
Hi, I've been playing now for a while with live-cd and now I'm wondering how to make a good packagelist. What is your workflow? And where can I find good info about what packages you need for what? I want to make a user/newbiefriendly desktop as possible. So audio, printer, desktop, laptop,

Re: packages list

2009-01-18 Thread schoappied
Daniel Baumann wrote: why then not just stick with tasks from tasksel and extend these with packages you personally miss. Cause I never heard of tasksel ;) but this could be a useful tool for me, thanks. How can I use tasksel to build a packagelist for a live-cd? \regards -- To UNSUB

Re: gconftool-2: custom desktop settings

2009-01-18 Thread schoappied
Daniel Baumann wrote: Hans Ekbrand wrote: There is a mailing-list specialised for gnome in debian, try posting there instead. jup, thanks for pointing it out. We do not have the ressources to help you with *generic* debian or linux stuff, you need to solve these problems yourself. Als

Re: language support

2009-01-18 Thread schoappied
Daniel Baumann wrote: last but not least, some word of advertisement: we'll more than happy to get patches for the manual in order to document undocumented stuff or to improve already documented things. After a bit of successful experimenting and having a good working live-cd, I'll see w

Re: packages list

2009-01-18 Thread schoappied
schoappied wrote: How can I use tasksel to build a packagelist for a live-cd? Sorry, I was to fast with that question, I think I can find it myself ;) \d -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

d-i build error: wrong package/kernel version?

2009-01-19 Thread schoappied
Hi, At the end of the build process I got an error (see below). The build system points to a wrong kernel version or something, e.g. 1.75 doesn't exist, 1.76 does The following packages will be REMOVED: squashfs-tools{p} 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upg

permissions problems after installing the live-cd

2009-01-19 Thread schoappied
Hi, After installing the live-cd in vbox, I couldn't log in and got this message: ERROR I can't write to /tmp/orbit-rooz, ORB init failed, aborting With some help of the IRC channel I could solve this by: 'chmod 1777 /tmp' But the question is, what causes this problem and what is a long-t

Re: permissions problems after installing the live-cd

2009-01-20 Thread schoappied
schoappied wrote: Hi, After installing the live-cd in vbox, I couldn't log in and got this message: ERROR I can't write to /tmp/orbit-rooz, ORB init failed, aborting With some help of the IRC channel I could solve this by: 'chmod 1777 /tmp' But the question is, what

Re: sudo enabled after install live-cd to hdd

2009-01-20 Thread schoappied
Daniel Baumann wrote: schoappied wrote: you talk about d-i , I guess that mean debian installer? yes. I've to configure the debian installer? you don't have to, but you can. I tried to preseed, but I think it fails... I've this in

Re: sudo enabled after install live-cd to hdd

2009-01-21 Thread schoappied
schoappied wrote: Daniel Baumann wrote: schoappied wrote: you talk about d-i , I guess that mean debian installer? yes. I've to configure the debian installer? you don't have to, but you can. I tried to preseed, but I think it fails... I've this in

Re: permissions problems after installing the live-cd

2009-01-21 Thread schoappied
Daniel Baumann wrote: schoappied wrote: Is this a bug in live-helper? no. mmh ok.. I keep having problems after installing. Now the /tmp folder looks fine but I can only login as root.. You do lh_clean and lh_build as root right? Regards, \d -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: sudo enabled after install live-cd to hdd

2009-01-21 Thread schoappied
Daniel Baumann wrote: schoappied wrote: # $LH_BOOTAPPEND_INSTALL: set boot parameters # (Default: empty) LH_BOOTAPPEND_INSTALL="file=/cdrom/install/preseed.cfg -- ${LH_BOOTAPPEND_LIVE}" this is not required, it gets set automatically if you do what i s

Re: gconftool-2: custom desktop settings

2009-01-23 Thread schoappied
Daniel Baumann wrote: Hans Ekbrand wrote: There is a mailing-list specialised for gnome in debian, try posting there instead. however, what we are here for is to help you integrate your solution when you have found one into a live image and how to make it work best for you wrt/ live-he

Re: sudo enabled after install live-cd to hdd

2009-01-23 Thread schoappied
Daniel Baumann wrote: schoappied wrote: # $LH_BOOTAPPEND_INSTALL: set boot parameters # (Default: empty) LH_BOOTAPPEND_INSTALL="file=/cdrom/install/preseed.cfg -- ${LH_BOOTAPPEND_LIVE}" this is not required, it gets set automatically if you do what i said before. I thi

Re: gconftool-2: custom desktop settings

2009-01-24 Thread schoappied
Daniel Baumann wrote: schoappied wrote: So I'm ready for experimenting. Now I wonder how to work with gconftool-2 to edit the to build live-cd put all your gconftool-2 calls into a shell script, place that shellscript into config/chroot_local-hooks/my-gconf-hook (or whatever fil

Re: gconftool-2: custom desktop settings

2009-01-24 Thread schoappied
Daniel Baumann wrote: schoappied wrote: And what if the gconftool-2 should load a 'my-panel-setup.entries' file, to set the panel? Where do I place the file and how do I point to it? include it with local-includes. at the time where the hooks are processed, the includes a

Building a Debian mixed live-cd

2009-01-24 Thread schoappied
Hi, I try to build a Debian live cd. Thing are going well. I put a apt.conf file in chroot_apt, with the content: APT::Default-Release "testing"; In the package list I set packages which should be installed from unstable as follows: package/unstable When I build the live-cd and when boote

Re: Building a Debian mixed live-cd

2009-01-24 Thread schoappied
schoappied wrote: Hi, I try to build a Debian live cd. Thing are going well. I put a apt.conf file in chroot_apt, with the content: APT::Default-Release "testing"; In the package list I set packages which should be installed from unstable as follows: package/unstable ed

Re: Building a Debian mixed live-cd

2009-01-24 Thread schoappied
Daniel Baumann wrote: I think I have to do 'aptitude update' first, before it works ok. Is there a way to let this work ok from the start? lh_chroot_apt should do that automatically. mmh strange... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: gconftool-2: custom desktop settings

2009-01-24 Thread schoappied
Daniel Baumann wrote: schoappied wrote: Does it mather which place I put the file? Is there a recommend place on the file system? And/or should I add a line in the script which removes the file after it is used? as once the file is imported it's not needed anymore, you probably

livehelper on ubuntu

2009-04-28 Thread schoappied
Hi, Is live-helper also good for making ubuntu live cd's or do you recommend an other tool? Is it for example possible to add an 'ubuntu-installer'? I'm asking this, cause I have some (good) experience with live-helper and it would be nice if I could use an comparable tool for Ubuntu cd's A

Some d-i errors

2009-05-01 Thread schoappied
Hi, I got these errors when trying to add d-i P: Begin installing debian-installer... 2009-05-01 13:22:11 URL:http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu//dists/hardy/main/installer-i386/current/images//cdrom/vmlinuz [1920472/1920472] -> "/home/d/ubuntu-live/cache/binary_debian-installer/http:__archive.

Re: Some d-i errors

2009-05-02 Thread schoappied
schoappied wrote: Hi, I got these errors when trying to add d-i P: Begin installing debian-installer... 2009-05-01 13:22:11 URL:http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu//dists/hardy/main/installer-i386/current/images//cdrom/vmlinuz [1920472/1920472] -> "/home/d/ubuntu-live/cache/binar

d-i fails on package install

2009-05-10 Thread schoappied
Hi, I've added d-i to the live-system, everything seems to work fine but 'configure package manager' fails. I've choosen the d-i live option. What could be the problem? Thanks in advance, \s -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe".

{Spam?} Re: d-i fails on package install

2009-05-11 Thread schoappied
Chris Lamb wrote: schoappied wrote: What could be the problem? As mentioned on IRC, check tty4 for the actual error message. I got these errors: http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/5938/livesystemdierrors.png I don't know if it's an live-helper configuration problem