On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 22:41, derek tracy wrote: > Thanks for your tips. I unmasked mkxf86config *-r3 and livecd-tools > and am compiling the cd as I type this. My first undertaking was to > actually create a business card cd but I am going to hold that off for > future releases. I am actually going to make this a project. The > final goal is going to be a cd with X.org / Openbox that is made for > pen-testing networks. I have created a project site Interesting. In case you're wondering, there is a beta GameCD out which uses fluxbox and xorg-x11 that I created, which is why I am probably the best resource on doing this with catalyst on x86. I will ask that you keep any questions to the list, though, so others can benefit from the answers, too. > http://infoportal.dyndns.info > Eventually I want to write a couple of howtos for the community, so > others can do as I am. After reading through all of the forums I know > that there is a demand for more Catalyst documentation. I agree that it needs more documentation. Part of the problem is that we're changing it so much and so frequently that the documentation gets fairly outdated quite quickly. I do have to give zhen a hand, as he is currently doing all of the catalyst development and is doing an excellent job. > One last thing how did you guys get SquashFS to work on 2004.2, I can > get the cd to make the ISO and start to boot but it crashes when it > tries to mount filesystem, any ideas or maybe a link to the kernel > config and the exact kernel that 2004.2 uses. We are using squashfs 2.0 for 2004.2, which means you *must* run gentoo-sources or gentoo-dev-sources as your kernel. Squashfs 1.x and 2.x are not compatable, so if you have squashfs-tools-2.0 installed and are using a kernel with squashfs 1.3, it will fail. You can get the kernel config files I used for 2004.2 from http://dev.gentoo.org/~wolf31o2/catalyst and work from there. > Just in case you are wondering the livecd project that I am working on > is named D.A.R.T (Diagnostic Assault and Recovery Terminal) > Thanks Again. Interesting. You might be interested in a project that we are undertaking for 2005.0, which is a complete live environment, including X and many recovery and security tools. > On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 15:25:36 -0400, Chris Gianelloni > wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 14:20, derek tracy wrote: > > > Here is my spec file you requested (livecd-stage2) > > > > I also forgot one other thing... livecd/xinitrc... this allows you to > > give catalyst a default xinitrc for your LiveCD, which is essential for > > getting it to start the applications you want, unless you're doing all > > the work on your fsscript.sh file. > > > > > > > > > ----------------Begin----------------- > > > > > > subarch: x86 > > > version_stamp: 0.2 > > > target: livecd-stage2 > > > rel_type: default > > > profile: default-x86-2004.2 > > > snapshot: 20040819 > > > source_subpath: default/livecd-stage1-x86-0.1 > > > > > > livecd/cdfstype: zisofs > > > livecd/archscript: /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/runscript/x86-archscript.sh > > > livecd/runscript: /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/runscript/default-runscript.sh > > > livecd/cdtar: /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/cdtar/isolinux-2.08-memtest86+-cdtar.tar.bz2 > > > livecd/iso: /root/catalyst/LiveCD/LiveCD.iso > > > # livecd/bootsplash: /usr/share/bootsplash/initrd-livecd-2004.1-1024x768 > > > livecd/fsscript: /root/catalyst/LiveCD/fsscript.sh > > > > > > boot/kernel: gentoo > > > #boot/kernel/gentoo/extraversion: foo > > > boot/kernel/gentoo/sources: =sys-kernel/gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.3-r1 > > > boot/kernel/gentoo/packages: pcmcia-cs nforce-net linux-wlan-ng slmodem > > > boot/kernel/gentoo/config: > > > /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/kconfig/config-2004.1-gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.3-r1 > > > > > > livecd/unmerge: > > > autoconf > > > automake > > > # gcc > > > bin86 > > > binutils > > > libtool > > > m4 > > > bison > > > ld.so > > > make > > > perl > > > patch > > > linux-headers > > > man-pages > > > sash > > > bison > > > flex > > > # gettext > > > texinfo > > > ccache > > > addpatches > > > man > > > groff > > > lib-compat > > > miscfiles > > > # python > > > > > > livecd/empty: > > > /var/tmp > > > /var/cache > > > /var/db > > > /var/empty > > > /var/cache > > > /var/lock > > > /tmp > > > /usr/portage > > > /usr/share/man > > > /usr/share/info > > > /usr/share/unimaps > > > /usr/include > > > /usr/share/zoneinfo > > > /usr/share/dict > > > /usr/share/doc > > > /usr/share/ss > > > /usr/share/state > > > /usr/share/texinfo > > > # /usr/lib/python2.2 > > > /usr/lib/portage > > > # /usr/share/gettext > > > /usr/share/i18n > > > /usr/share/rfc > > > # /usr/X11R6/man > > > # /usr/X11R6/include > > > # /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config > > > # /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/etc > > > # /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc > > > /usr/src > > > /usr/share/doc > > > /usr/share/man > > > /root/.ccache > > > > > > livecd/rm: > > > /lib/*.a > > > /usr/lib/*.a > > > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/*/*/libgcj* > > > # /usr/X11R6/lib/*.a > > > /var/log/emerge.log > > > /var/log/genkernel.log > > > > > > -----------------End----------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:34:56 -0400, Chris Gianelloni > > > wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 13:06, derek tracy wrote: > > > > > The spec file that I posted earlier was my livecd-stage2 spec file. I > > > > > > > > There was no spec file anywhere in the thread. > > > > > > > > > have got almost everything working I just have to find a way to shrink > > > > > down the final iso and configure x.org automatically. If someone > > > > > > > > Try adding mkxf86config into your livecd-stage1 spec file. You will > > > > then want to add a livecd/rcadd: mkxf86config line to your > > > > livecd-stage2. You will want to unmask the -r3 version in your snapshot > > > > for it to work properly with xorg-x11. If you want accelerated 3D, you > > > > might want to unmask livecd-tools-1.0.5 from package.mask and also make > > > > sure to add nvidia-kernel, nvidia-glx, and ati-drivers to your > > > > boot/kernel/$kernel_name/packages lines in your livecd-stage2. > > > > > > > > > could give me a hand I would really appreciate it. Also when you are > > > > > emptying directories in livecd-stage2 how do you know exactly what > > > > > directories are not needed or exactly what files the programs rely on.. > > > > > > > > The only way to know is to experiment. There is no hard and fast rules > > > > for this, unfortunately. It's pretty simple to guess that examples and > > > > documentation can go. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I really need some insight on this. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:27:25 -0400, Chris Gianelloni > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Attach your livecd-stage2 spec file, please. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 22:57, derek tracy wrote: > > > > > > > livecd-stage2 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:19:43 -0400, Chris Gianelloni > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 15:36, derek tracy wrote: > > > > > > > > > Has anyone had any experience with Catalyst. I am having a few > > > > > > > > > issues. The biggest one is this. I am trying to create a bootable > > > > > > > > > LiveCD with X and Openbox on it. I have everything set up correctly > > > > > > > > > and working great until I do the Stage2 run. That is when it strips > > > > > > > > > out X and everything else. Has anyone had this problem before, or > > > > > > > > > have any ideas on fixing it? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > stage2 or livecd-stage2? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Chris Gianelloni > > > > > > > > Release Engineering - Operations/QA Manager > > > > > > > > Games - Developer > > > > > > > > Gentoo Linux > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is your power animal a penguin? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > gentoo-releng@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Chris Gianelloni > > > > > > Release Engineering - Operations/QA Manager > > > > > > Games - Developer > > > > > > Gentoo Linux > > > > > > > > > > > > Is your power animal a penguin? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > gentoo-releng@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > -- > > > > Chris Gianelloni > > > > Release Engineering - Operations/QA Manager > > > > Games - Developer > > > > Gentoo Linux > > > > > > > > Is your power animal a penguin? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > gentoo-releng@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- > > Chris Gianelloni > > Release Engineering - Operations/QA Manager > > Games - Developer > > Gentoo Linux > > > > Is your power animal a penguin? > > > > > > -- Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering - Operations/QA Manager Games - Developer Gentoo Linux Is your power animal a penguin?