[Fedora-livecd-list] some questions on making a LiveCD

[Scott Dowdle]

Greetings,

----- Original Message -----
> 1. How do I get slim to start up in the LiveCD boot. I have been
> using the fedora-livecd-lxde.ks as a template. Before Fedora 17, I
> used
> to put the following in my kickstart file:
> 
> # create /etc/sysconfig/desktop (needed for installation)
> cat > /etc/sysconfig/desktop <<EOF
> PREFERRED=/usr/bin/pekwm
> DISPLAYMANAGER=/usr/sbin/slim-dynwm
> EOF
>
> I noticed that slim has moved from sbin/ to bin/ so I made the change,
> but I can not get this to start up when booting from a LiveCD. How do I
> get this to start up? I tried including systemctl enable slim but I
> still can not get it to display the Login Manager. (I do get the text
> prompt.) How do I fix this?

Yes, systemd has taken over and you set the display manager by enabling it.  So your systemctl enable slim.service should do it assuming there is a systemd target file for slim.

> 2. I have a few rpms of my own i would like to include in the
> LiveCD. How can this be done? Are there examples somewhere that I
> could look at?

That's easy.  Just take your rpms and put them in a web accessible directory, cd to that directory and run "createrepo .".  Of course you need to have createrepo installed for that to work.  Then just add a reference for your new repo in your kickstart file just like your other repos... and then add your packages to your package list.  If you don't have a webserver handy you can do it on the same system with a file:// reference I think.

TYL,
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