Thanks very much! On Sat, 1 Jun 2013 08:03:24 -0600 Scott Dowdle <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. But where do I put this in the .ks file? I am able to get slim to startup after installing from the LiveCD (which makes me assume that there is a systemd target file), but not while booting off the LiveCD. I am attaching my current .ks file. > > 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. Thanks, I will try this. I tried the following repo --name=MyRepo --baseurl=file://home/maitra/rpmbuild/RPMS But livecd-creator complained and refused to proceed so for now, and till I resolve 1., I have commented this out. Thanks again for your suggestions! Best wishes, Ranjan ____________________________________________________________ FREE ONLINE PHOTOSHARING - Share your photos online with your friends and family! Visit http://www.inbox.com/photosharing to find out more! -- livecd mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/livecd
