F7 general question about livecd-creator and timezones
by Skunk Worx
My ks scripts have the timezone set to PDT (America/Los_Angeles).
Installation to a hard drive works as expected. PDT in startup and in
shells, etc.
Creating a livecd-creator iso with the same tz setting, then booting,
shows A/L_A in the /etc/sysconfig/clock file, as expected.
However the date is always EDT in the boot messages, shells, etc.
During startup I see :
(lvm)
Press I to enter interactive startup
Setting clock (utc) Mon Jun 4 00:12:59 EDT 2007
(udev)
I'm not clear on what is happening between lvm and udev in the Linux
startup sequence.
If someone could give me a hint about what to look for and where to look
for it I would appreciate the help.
---
John
14 years, 5 months
French fr_FR LiveCD spins
by Nicolas Chauvet
Hello!
Here are the french ks for localized LiveCD spins.
The current problem with adding dictionaries and man-pages is
that they are disabled in the included ks.
(-man-pages-* etc )
So I expect it would be easier to have an "international - offical" ks
that would allow us to add this kind of packages; without having theses
packages removed first.
Or the other way would be to have a +man-pages-fr to override the
removal directive.
The %__install_lang_macro seems really interesting for localization
works. It will save around 200Mo from a liveCD/USB spin. and will make
the KDE Live spin ... a "potential" LiveCD spin.
Everything is already available from Fedora. The packages just need to
use the %find_lang macro from the spec file. Only cups and
NetworkManager-openvpn (for what i've noticed) doesn't seems compatible
and will install all langs...
Cups will probably not been fixed.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448549
Network-Manager-openvpn
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448551
The testing LiveCD french spins are here
(with additionals packages ).
http://rpms.kwizart.net/fedora/9/ISO/
and the ks used to generated them:
http://rpms.kwizart.net/fedora/9/ISO/ks/livecd-fedora-9-french-20080604-k...
Nicolas Chauvet (kwizart)
%include livecd-fedora-9-desktop.ks
# change some system configurations
# System keyboard
keyboard fr-latin9
# System language
lang fr_FR.UTF-8
# System timezone
timezone Europe/Paris
%packages
# Localized dictionaries and man-pages
hunspell-fr
aspell-fr
man-pages-fr
#Support for your language
@french-support
%end
%pre
# Only install the minimal langs
mkdir -p /etc/rpm
echo "%_install_langs en:fr:fr_FR:fr-FR" > /etc/rpm/macros.lang
%end
%post
# Localized keyboard map
echo fr-latin9 > /etc/X11/Xkbmap
# Localized system timezone
cp -p /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Paris /etc/localtime
# Localized default firefox dictionary
echo "pref(\"spellchecker.dictionary\", \"fr_FR\");" >> \
/usr/lib/firefox-3.0b5/defaults/preferences/all-redhat.js
sed -i -e 's/en-US/fr-FR/g' \
/usr/lib/firefox-3.0b5/defaults/preferences/firefox-l10n.js
%end
%post --nochroot
# Overwrite for a localized README
cp -pR $INSTALL_ROOT/usr/share/doc/HTML/readme-live-image/fr/readme-live-image-fr.txt $LIVE_ROOT/README
%end
%include livecd-fedora-9-kde.ks
# change some system configurations
# System keyboard
keyboard fr-latin9
# System language
lang fr_FR.UTF-8
# System timezone
timezone Europe/Paris
%packages
# Localized dictionaries and man-pages
hunspell-fr
aspell-fr
man-pages-fr
#Support for your language
@french-support
%end
%pre
# Only install the minimal langs
mkdir -p /etc/rpm
echo "%_install_langs en:fr:fr_FR:fr-FR" > /etc/rpm/macros.lang
%end
%post
# Localized keyboard map
echo fr-latin9 > /etc/X11/Xkbmap
# Localized system timezone
cp -p /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Paris /etc/localtime
%end
%post --nochroot
# Overwrite for a localized README
cp -pR $INSTALL_ROOT/usr/share/doc/HTML/readme-live-image/fr/readme-live-image-fr.txt $LIVE_ROOT/README
%end
15 years
Re: Xfce Live CD and SELinux
by Rahul Sundaram
Eric Paris wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-09-25 at 16:02 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> While building a live cd in a SELinux enabled system, I get this. Should
>> I still be building live images with SELinux in permissive mode?
>
> I believe everything should be working as long as both the host and the
> image are updated F9 or rawhide (ok at least libselinux and
> livecd-creator needs to be updated, and I don't remember what else). F9
> GA and earlier is known to have some problems. My guess is that you
> have a rawhide/updated host and are building a GA image?
No. A rawhide image on a rawhide host.
Rahul
15 years
"InetBoot for x86&x86_64 liveCD (Debian-Lenny-Beta1/Feora/Ubuntu/KNOPPIX/VMKnoppix)" is released.
by Kuniyasu Suzaki
Dear,
"InetBoot for x86&x86_64 liveCD (Debian-Lenny-Beta1/Feora/Ubuntu/KNOPPIX/VMKnoppix)" is released.
HP: http://openlab.jp/oscircular/inetboot/
Guide-PDF: http://openlab.jp/oscircular/inetboot/InetBoot080925E.pdf
Sample CD: http://ring.aist.go.jp/archives/linux/oscircular/iso/inetboot-20080925-us...
===============================================================================
The InetBoot is a kind of Internet bootloader, which boots an OS from
a LiveCD ISO file on the Web. We do not need to burn a CD-ROM for each liveCD.
The sample bootable CD (6.6MB) can boot:
available x86 LiveCD
2 types of Debian Lenny Beta1 (KDE, GNOME)
2 types of Fedora (9,8)
3 types of Ubuntu (804, 710, 704)
1 types of KNOPPIX(531)
1 types of VMKnoppix (Xen: 3.2.1)
available x86_64 LiveCD on InetBoot
2 types of Fedora x86_64 (9,8)
1 types of Ubuntu x86_64 (804)
### gPXE scripts ###
We offered gPXE scripts to boot InetBoot itself from the Internet.
gPXE, which is included syslinux (http://syslinux.zytor.com), is a Network Bootloader.
It can download a kernel and initrd from HTTP server and boot the OS.
=== Exmample to use gPXE scripts on the sample CD-ROM ===
Select "gPXE" at GRUB Menu and Move to shell mode of gPXE (Press "CTL+B" right after GRUB).
Execute the following commands on the shell to boot InetBoot.
gPXE> dhcp net0
gPXE> kernel http://www.inetboot.net/gpxe/debian-lenny-kde-beta1
gPXE> boot
Afhter that the OS, which is designated by the gPXE script, will boot.
We offer the following gPXE scripts.
http://www.inetboot.net/gpxe/debian-lenny-kde-beta1
http://www.inetboot.net/gpxe/debian-lenny-gnome-beta1
http://www.inetboot.net/gpxe/fedora9
http://www.inetboot.net/gpxe/fedora8
http://www.inetboot.net/gpxe/fedora9-x86_64
http://www.inetboot.net/gpxe/fedora8-x86_64
http://www.inetboot.net/gpxe/ubuntu804
http://www.inetboot.net/gpxe/ubuntu710
http://www.inetboot.net/gpxe/ubuntu704
http://www.inetboot.net/gpxe/ubuntu804-x86_64
http://www.inetboot.net/gpxe/knoppix531-remasterCD
http://www.inetboot.net/gpxe/vmknoppix-xen321
### Download ###
Sample bootable CD 6.6MB:
http://ring.aist.go.jp/archives/linux/oscircular/iso/inetboot-20080925-us...
MD5: 5a88fa779151c1cca69b899275719db7
CAUTION: The sample URL may far from your site and make slow boot.
Please replace the URL with the nearest one. The URL of Live CD is
listed in the distributor's HP.
Linux Kernel (2.6MB) and initrd (3.3MB).
http://ring.aist.go.jp/archives/linux/oscircular/iso/inetboot-20080925/linux
MD5: f17ba540614ac02eb419dc2fecfb85da
http://ring.aist.go.jp/archives/linux/oscircular/iso/inetboot-20080925/mi...
MD5: f0ea38301122712361e61a961b00f539
===========================================================================
------
suzaki
15 years
Rawhide livecd
by Pedro Silva
Hi!
I decided to eat my own dog food and started building livecds using
spin-kickstart git, with no custom changes. I'm building i386 images of
fedora-livecd-desktop.ks, fedora-livecd-xfce.ks,
fedora-livedvd-games.ks, pulling from rawhide mirrors. I'm testing these
isos using qemu-kvm.
Here's some issues I found:
fedora-livecd-desktop.ks (648MB) - builds ok, booting, sort of. I can
use automatic login but something is eating the vm resources. I gave it
350MB of ram, gnome would load, but gnome-panels were useless. After
giving 450MB of ram, gnome-panels were fully loaded and the desktop
seems usable, until PackageKit kicks in and eats the rest of the vm's
resources.
fedora-livecd-xfce.ks (664MB) - builds ok, booting, sort of. It starts X
but then, no automatic login window, no gdm panel or background, just
mouse pointer, no cpu usage.
fedora-livedvd-games.ks (3981MB)- missing packages in build. According
to koji, packages starfighter and blobandconquer, are not included in
f10. I needed to comment out those packages so the build could finish
sucessfully. It boots but X doesn't start.
I'll try to bring more details on this issues, in the mean time,
I'll continue to build other livecd/dvd*.ks, trying to spot other issues
while testing my own pt_PT builds of these livecds.
Best regards,
Pedro Silva
15 years
Xfce Live CD and SELinux
by Rahul Sundaram
Hi,
While building a live cd in a SELinux enabled system, I get this. Should
I still be building live images with SELinux in permissive mode?
"
Installing: selinux-policy-targeted ##################### [685/918]
SELinux: Could not downgrade policy file
/etc/selinux/targeted/policy/policy.23, searching for an older version.
SELinux: Could not open policy file <=
/etc/selinux/targeted/policy/policy.23: No such file or directory
/usr/sbin/load_policy: Can't load policy: No such file or directory
libsemanage.semanage_reload_policy: load_policy returned error code 2.
libsemanage.semanage_install_active: Could not copy
/etc/selinux/targeted/modules/active/policy.kern to
/etc/selinux/targeted/policy/policy.23. (No such file or directory).
semodule: Failed!
libsemanage.semanage_link_sandbox: Could not access sandbox base file
/etc/selinux/targeted/modules/tmp/base.pp. (No such file or directory).
/usr/sbin/semanage: Could not commit semanage transaction
/usr/sbin/semanage: Login mapping for __default__ is not defined
Installing: authconfig-gtk ##################### [686/918]
"
Rahul
15 years
changing anaconda runtime splash
by Adam Stokes
Is it possible to change the anaconda runtime splash? i attempted at
replacing everything in fedora-logos but have not been able to change
that initial splash screen.
thanks
--
( adam stokes ) || ( adam.stokes(a)gmail.com )
15 years
Keyboard input no longer accepted in X Windows
by Todd N
Hello,
I booted a new Live CD I generated within the last couple of days, and on entering the graphical login screen the system will not accept any characters I type into the userid or password fields. Has anyone else had this problem? It does appear that various xorg rpms were updated recently. Could this be part of the issue?
As always, any help is appreciated.
Todd
15 years
live initrd for a custom kernel
by El Kindi REZIG
Hello everybody,
I managed to build an RPM of my customized kernel, livecd-creator installs it just fine, and generates its initrd file which is apparently weird (9MB !), this initrd couldn't boot my kernel, and it says that it couldn't find the root filesystem. I know that Fedora kernels don't have this problem, but why? What should I do to make a basic initrd for my custom kernel to make it boot properly?
Thanks in advance.
Regards
15 years
fedora installer problem on custom created live cd
by kala
Dear friendsI have created a customized live cd using livecd-tools and i
have modified the look by making use of generic logos package , i have used
the packages for repo from the standard fedora-i386-dvd-iso and updates from
a fedora mirror, i have used the supplied kickstart files to configure and
create the image file, and i am successful in creating so , but the
fedora-installer(anaconda) which is shown in the desktop doesnt work , i
have already posted problem at fedora fourm , they said to include
@admin-tools which i have already done , even then it still shows the same
error,
"An error occurred when attempting to load an installer interface component.
className = AccountWindow"
i have also included a screen shot at the forum page
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=1064927#post1064927
<http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=1064927#post1064927>
kindly help me , i am in very much in need of this to be enabled
--
kala bharath
15 years
