Intenet access with LiveCD?
by Jim Dever
Hi,
I was excited to see the release of the Fedora LiveCD as I'm looking
around at different distributions but for some reason I can't get it to
see my internet connection at all.
If anyone could point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.
NIC: Cnet PRO200WL PCI (not wireless)
Router: Linksys RTP300
Output of ifconfig:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:AD:79:95:90
inet addr: 192.168.15.102 Bcast: 192.168.15.255 Mask: 255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::280:adiff:fe79:9590/64 Scope: Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric: 1
RX packets: 13 errors: 170 dropped: 0 overruns: 0 frame: 0
TX packets: 0 errors: 10 dropped: 0 overruns: 0 carrier: 10
collisions: 0 txqueuelen: 1000
RX bytes: 2597 (2.5 KiB) TX bytes: 0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt: 201 Base address: 0xec00
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I noticed that it says UP but not RUNNING.
The Ubuntu LiveCD access the internet just fine so I know it's possible
to MAKE it work. I just like to see it work before making room for a
full install.
I've used Linux before but it's been ages ago and before I had a NIC so
I'm pretty new to this part.
Any help would be appreciated!
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Jim
16 years, 7 months
livecd-creator complaining about older version of kernel rpm
by William Cohen
Hi All,
I was attempting to make a livecd the required pieces of software for systemtap.
I was following the instructions on:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/LiveCDHowTo
Earlier I was successful in building a live CD. Given the amount of time
required to download stuff I was trying to use the existing CD as starting
point. The following command was run:
livecd-creator \
--repo=c6,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/ \
--repo=c6di,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/debug/ \
--repo=c6_upd,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386/
\
--repo=c6_updi,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386/debug/
\
--repo=lcd6,http://people.redhat.com/davidz/livecd/i386/ \
--repo=e6,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/6/i386/ \
--package=fedora-livecd-gnome \
--package=kernel-debuginfo \
--package=systemtap \
--package=systemtap-runtime \
--package=elfutils-devel \
--package=elfutils \
--package=gcc \
--fslabel=Fedora-6-Zod-LiveCD-1-stap0 \
--base-on=/home/wcohen/Fedora-6-Zod-LiveCD-1-woot.iso
I saw the following error message during the process:
Transaction Check Error:
package kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 (which is newer than
kernel-2.6.19-1.2895.fc6) is already installed
There are multiple kernel rpm in the updates directory. Shouldn't the older one
be ignored and no error occur? Or is there something that is forcing it to be
pulled in? I am tryed adding the following option to the command line, but got
the same result:
--exclude-package=kernel-2.6.19-1.2895.fc6
The previously created Fedora-6-Zod-LiveCD-1-woot.iso has a 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6
kernel in it.
-Will
16 years, 9 months
[PATCH] Specify full path to utilities
by Jeremy Katz
Instead of depending on the path to contain /sbin, let's just be
pedantic and specify paths for everything. Applies on top of my
previous patches.
Jeremy
16 years, 9 months
Possible OK Button (A11y) Bug
by Janina Sajka
I booted into FC7T1 LiveCD the other day for the first time.
Fortunately, I had someone looking over my shoulder! <grin> Please read
on.
Part way through the boot an error came up about accessibility support.
It's enabled by default, the error said, but the AT-SPI module required
for a11y support was missing. "Press OK to continue," the message said.
1.) I am particularly delighted to see a11y on by default, of
course. I would be. I do recall this was a testing decision for Gnome
2.17. But that raises another point: If not on after release, is there
thought on how would handle this need on the fly?
2.) The real problem I encountered may be much more than missing
AT-SPI. The OK button was not keyboardable, meaning I could not press
enter to dismiss it. I had to get my sighted colleague to put the mouse
cursor on it and click it away.
Here's my concern: Is this possibly only this dialog? Or any similar
"missing something or other" dialog? If the latter, do I Bugzilla this
in Gnome? On Fedora?
Or, was my laptop keyboard just not working yesterday and the button
dismisses perfectly well with the enter key?
Thanks for all guidance on this. It's a major issue for a11y support.
PS: Did I say how thrilled I am to see a11y listed in the LiveCD feature
set?
Janina
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Chair, Open Accessibility janina(a)a11y.org
Linux Foundation http://a11y.org
16 years, 9 months
Message to Chitlesh about Kadischi
by J. Hartline
Hello.
Chitlesh can I remove the GUI bits from kadischi and strip it back down
to be CLI so we can work on another front side UI for it?
Thanks.
J. Hartline
16 years, 9 months
Change default keyboard layout in Gnome
by Sebastian Vahl
Hi.
Does anybody know how to change the default keyboard layout when
building a livecd? I`ve tried to change the value in
10-fedora-livecd-base.conf but that seems not to work:
cat <<EOF > /etc/sysconfig/keyboard
KEYBOARDTYPE="pc"
KEYTABLE="de-latin1-nodeadkeys"
In Gnome the default layout is still "us" (I think).
Is there a gconf string that could do this? I
exspected /desktop/gnome/periphals/keyboard/kdb/layouts, but this is
normally empty (also on my normal fc6 box with german layout). Or I just
don't know how to put the right string in it.
Sebastian
16 years, 9 months
missing command mksquash and others from root PATH?
by Luke -
It took me a while to figure this out, so I'll post it in case anyone else
has the same problems.
My builds were failing with errors saying "mksquash" and "chkconfig" not
found (this was with livecd-tools-001-2, with 001-3 it didn't say this but
failed anyway). Also, "pwconv" was failing. The following worked for me:
once root type
PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin
export PATH
Using livecd-tools-001-3 and the provided configuration RPMs (6.91-2), I got
a working livecd. Though there were still some error messages (see below),
and I could not mount either a USB drive or a CD with the livecd. I don't
know if this was because I'm still missing some further commands. The mount
error pop-up said
"Cannot mount volume
Error org.freedesktop.Hal.PermissionDenied
Details
Permission denied: Not in active session"
The build errors were:
warning: libmng-1.0.9-5.1: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 897da07a
warning: vpnc-0.3.3-15.fc7: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 1ac70ce6
warning: system-config-network-1.3.96-1.fc6: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY,
key ID 4f2a6fd2
cp: cannot set setfscreatecon `system_u:object_r:sbin_t:s0': Permission
denied
cp: cannot set setfscreatecon `system_u:object_r:insmod_exec_t:s0':
Permission denied
cp: cannot set setfscreatecon `system_u:object_r:modules_object_t:s0':
Permission denied
cp: cannot set setfscreatecon `system_u:object_r:modules_object_t:s0':
Permission denied
cp: cannot set setfscreatecon `system_u:object_r:modules_object_t:s0':
Permission denied
cp: cannot set setfscreatecon `system_u:object_r:modules_object_t:s0':
Permission denied
cp: cannot set setfscreatecon `system_u:object_r:modules_object_t:s0':
Permission denied
cp: cannot set setfscreatecon `system_u:object_r:modules_object_t:s0':
Permission denied
error: %post(policycoreutils-2.0.2-3.fc7.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status
1
-- snip --
Building an initramfs at /boot/livecd-initramfs.img for kernel
2.6.20-1.2942.fc7
FATAL: Module ide_cd not found.
FATAL: Module usbhid not found.
/sbin/mayflower: line 664: popd: /home/user/livecd: No such file or
directory
Done; initramfs is 3.1M.
thanks
Luke
16 years, 9 months
how do I build a local repository?
by Luke -
Hi,
I downloaded the f7test1 livecd and it looks great! I think this has the
potential to really help the spread of Fedora.
On the control panel I could only find an option to select the default
printer, not actually set-up a printer (I'm aware of lpadmin but a GUI would
be nice).
Maybe the response to my questions below will be that I need to spend much
more time reading about how repositories work, but I'll ask anyhow.
On the LiveCDHowTo page the following example command is given:
livecd-creator \
--repo=c6,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/\
--repo=c6_upd,
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386/ \
--repo=lcd6,http://people.redhat.com/davidz/livecd/i386/ \
--repo=e6,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/6/i386/\
--package=fedora-livecd-desktop \
--fslabel=Fedora-6-Zod-LiveCD-1-foo2
If I want to use f7, do I replace "/6/" with "/development/", and remove the
extras repo (which doesn't appear to exist for development). Should I also
change "repo=c6" etc. to "repo=c7" or does this not make any difference?
I notice if I run the modified command above that RPM header files are
downloaded into
"/var/tmp/livecd-creator/build-tmp...../yum-cache/[lcdr_c6|lcdr_e6|lcdr_lcd6]/headers".
Is there a simpler way to build a local repository rather than using these
to download the required RPM's? I think it'd be good to have the option to
keep downloaded RPM's after a build, and for the next build, only download
any addition ones needed.
Finally, I see that the RPM's do not sit inside the folder given to
livecd-creator "
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386/os/",
but inside the subfolder "Fedora/RPMS/". Is this how I should structure my
local repository? Do I need anything other than RPM's in my local
repository?
many thanks
Luke
16 years, 9 months
what mainly required for a lightweight livecd??
by Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail
I'm stuck ... lol ...
I'm trying to create a lightweight liveCD ... but failed miserably due
to perhaps poor package selection (and lots of my carelessness)
... anyway .. I want to know what packages are minimum for a distro
that have X, a login manager, a desktop , a web browser ..
firefox have lots of dependency .. and elinks is too geeky ... the
target for this liveCD are old systems with around 192-256MB RAM ...
and btw .. do i need to shrink the kernel to reduce memory consumption?
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regards
Hikaru
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Mohd Izhar Firdaus Bin Ismail
Amano Hikaru
天野晃 「あまの ひかる」
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
ICT 2nd Year 1st Semester
mohd.izhar.firdaus(a)gmail.com
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