1 more addition to this I realized that when you boot as a liveCD it uses a different initrd than the one in the squashfs (/boot/initrd ..), that file 25configure-init was inside an initrd that was located on the main CD's file system in the /casper/ directory, I just used cpio to extract it and then edited the file then re packaged it using cpio - originally I changed it to write the files as normal getty strings instead of the "exec /bin/login -f ...", but there seems to be something wrong with doing that - so I ended up just removing the -f $user, and it seems to work "ok".
hopefully this helps someone in the future :) --Greg On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 16:15 -0700, Greg R. Smith wrote: > Sorry, habit. > > also to note, this didn't seem to work anyways but it surely seems to be > very close to what is causing my woes. > > Does anyone know the actual answer? > > --Greg > > > On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 16:13 -0700, Gustin Johnson wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Just a heads up, when you reply to a message and then change the > > subject, there are some headers that remain that cause my email client > > to thread your message into the Firefox audio thread. > > > > > > Greg R. Smith wrote: > > | Hey, > > | > > | I was typing out a question here, and ended up realizing something - I > > | did a little extra googling and found the answer before sending, but > > | just to contribute I will still send the question and attach the > > | answer.. because its sort of weird. > > | > > | QUESTION: > > | > > | I am building a LiveCD (trying to convert some of the SoShal stuff over > > | to Ubuntu from Gentoo for sake of managing it better), anyways - I've > > | got everything pretty much set up except when I boot, "something" seems > > | to over write the original /etc/event.d/ttyX files from the squashfs > > | that is on the LiveCD. > > | > > | Does anyone know what mechanism this is, and how to override it? > > | > > | I've done some googling and I think it has something to do with the way > > | casper sets up the system? > > | > > | ANSWER: > > | > > | It does have to do with the way casper sets up the system > > | > > | I found this: > > | > > | sed -i -e "s|^exec.*|exec /bin/login -f $USERNAME </dev/$(basename $f) > > |> /dev/$(basename $f) 2>\&1|" $f > > | > > | in > > | > > | /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/casper-bottom/25configure_init > > | > > | I haven't actually tested out the theory yet, but I am going to disable > > | that script from running and if that doesn't work, I will get it to > > | write the actual proper config for the file. > > | > > | --Greg > > | > > | > > | _______________________________________________ > > | clug-talk mailing list > > | [email protected] > > | http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > | Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > | **Please remove these lines when replying > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iD8DBQFHlniTwRXgH3rKGfMRAgfZAJ9CXKbSnjt3i6jQGHpmbPyVMJvoBgCffa+P > > 89Mcq43zQSZx9vQfHo7xVTA= > > =CMqD > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
