[gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[derek tracy]

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?

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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[Chris Gianelloni]

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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?

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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[derek tracy]

livecd-stage2

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:19:43 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
<wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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?
> 
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> Release Engineering - Operations/QA Manager
> Games - Developer
> Gentoo Linux
> 
> Is your power animal a penguin?
> 
> 
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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[Chris Gianelloni]

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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
> <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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?
> > 
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> > Chris Gianelloni
> > Release Engineering - Operations/QA Manager
> > Games - Developer
> > Gentoo Linux
> > 
> > Is your power animal a penguin?
> > 
> > 
> >
> 
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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[derek tracy]

The spec file that I posted earlier was my livecd-stage2 spec file.  I
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
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.
 I really need some insight on this.

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:27:25 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
<wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > --
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> 
> 
> --
> Chris Gianelloni
> Release Engineering - Operations/QA Manager
> Games - Developer
> Gentoo Linux
> 
> Is your power animal a penguin?
> 
> 
>

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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[Chris Gianelloni]

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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
> <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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?
> > 
> > 
> >
> 
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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[derek tracy]

Here is my spec file you requested (livecd-stage2)


-----------------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
<wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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?
> 
> 
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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[Chris Gianelloni]

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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
> <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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?
> > 
> > 
> >
> 
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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[derek tracy]

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
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.

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.

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.

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 15:25:36 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
<wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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?
> 
> 
>

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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[Chris Gianelloni]

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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
> <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > > > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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?
> > 
> > 
> >
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Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering - Operations/QA Manager
Games - Developer
Gentoo Linux

Is your power animal a penguin?

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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[derek tracy]

I have seen the links to download the beta GameCD but could not find
the spec files linked anywhere, you don't suppose you could attach
those do you.

I am running gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.3-r1, and do beleive that I am
running SquashFS-tools for 2 so that would create all of those issues.

Catalyst is a wonderful tool and I would love to help in any way shape
or form.  I am currently writing an ebuild for chntpw it is a utility
to change the admin password on a Windows box.  I am not sure if the
2005.0 project is in need of more developers but I would like to
extend a helping hand.

Again I want to thank you for your help.

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:03:58 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
<wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
> 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
> > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > > > > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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?
> > > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > > > > Games - Developer
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> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Is your power animal a penguin?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > --
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> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > Chris Gianelloni
> > > > > > > Release Engineering - Operations/QA Manager
> > > > > > > Games - Developer
> > > > > > > Gentoo Linux
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> > > > > Gentoo Linux
> > > > >
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> > > > >
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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[Chris Gianelloni]

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On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 11:25, derek tracy wrote:
> I have seen the links to download the beta GameCD but could not find
> the spec files linked anywhere, you don't suppose you could attach
> those do you.

Attached, but whatever you do, do *not* post bugs for problems you find
with most of the GameCD stuff to bugzilla unless you assign it directly
to me.  I'm working on most of the GameCD stuff and don't want to bog
zhen down with it until I have it in a semi-working state.

> I am running gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.3-r1, and do beleive that I am
> running SquashFS-tools for 2 so that would create all of those issues.

Yeah... You'll need at *least* gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7-r11 in your
snapshot and gentoo-sources-2.4.26-r6 to be marked stable to use
squashfs-tools-2.0 or above.

> Catalyst is a wonderful tool and I would love to help in any way shape
> or form.  I am currently writing an ebuild for chntpw it is a utility
> to change the admin password on a Windows box.  I am not sure if the
> 2005.0 project is in need of more developers but I would like to
> extend a helping hand.

Well, 2005.0 is simply going to be another release for Gentoo.  We
aren't making it a separate project.  Most of the experimental stuff I
am coordinating myself, and will be starting to produce some
alpha-quality stuff in the near future.  If you check #gentoo-releng
often, I'll be posting a link in the topic.  The thing we need more than
anything is testers for *all* our LiveCD media, as that is the hardest
thing for us to do ourselves.

> Again I want to thank you for your help.

No problem... Also, if you would be so kind as to simply reply to the
list... I don't need 2 copies... *wink*

> On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:03:58 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
> <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > 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
> > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > > > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > > > > > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
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> > > > > > > > > > Games - Developer
> > > > > > > > > > Gentoo Linux
> > > > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > > > Games - Developer
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> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Is your power animal a penguin?
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> > > > > > Gentoo Linux
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> > > > > > Is your power animal a penguin?
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> > > >
> > > >
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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[derek tracy]

After I followed your instructions / advice I was able to get my cd to
boot up and auto-configure X.org  I was able to start openbox, but
still needed to emerge a bunch of programs and configure things like
the openbox menu and xinitrd.  Long story short I emerged around 15
programs wrote a bash script to "inject" the configuration files that
I created for openbox, torsmo, pypanel, and the xinitrc.  (menu.xml,
rc.xml, pypanelrc).  Created the cd and now when I boot I can't do
anything because it does not automatically log root in.  So I just sit
there at the log on prompt because it also auto-scrambles the root
passwd.

My question is this are there any packages that you have found not to
work with catalyst live-cd's because they change certain configuration
files.  And are there any files that I could edit to make root
automatically log in?  Last one for now, does the livecd run off of an
edited /etc/init.d/local.start the reason I ask this is because that
is the last init that it goes through.

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:28:51 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
<wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 11:25, derek tracy wrote:
> > I have seen the links to download the beta GameCD but could not find
> > the spec files linked anywhere, you don't suppose you could attach
> > those do you.
> 
> Attached, but whatever you do, do *not* post bugs for problems you find
> with most of the GameCD stuff to bugzilla unless you assign it directly
> to me.  I'm working on most of the GameCD stuff and don't want to bog
> zhen down with it until I have it in a semi-working state.
> 
> > I am running gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.3-r1, and do beleive that I am
> > running SquashFS-tools for 2 so that would create all of those issues.
> 
> Yeah... You'll need at *least* gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7-r11 in your
> snapshot and gentoo-sources-2.4.26-r6 to be marked stable to use
> squashfs-tools-2.0 or above.
> 
> > Catalyst is a wonderful tool and I would love to help in any way shape
> > or form.  I am currently writing an ebuild for chntpw it is a utility
> > to change the admin password on a Windows box.  I am not sure if the
> > 2005.0 project is in need of more developers but I would like to
> > extend a helping hand.
> 
> Well, 2005.0 is simply going to be another release for Gentoo.  We
> aren't making it a separate project.  Most of the experimental stuff I
> am coordinating myself, and will be starting to produce some
> alpha-quality stuff in the near future.  If you check #gentoo-releng
> often, I'll be posting a link in the topic.  The thing we need more than
> anything is testers for *all* our LiveCD media, as that is the hardest
> thing for us to do ourselves.
> 
> > Again I want to thank you for your help.
> 
> No problem... Also, if you would be so kind as to simply reply to the
> list... I don't need 2 copies... *wink*
> 
> 
> 
> > On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:03:58 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
> > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > > 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
> > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > > > > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > > > > > > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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?
> > > > > > > > > > >
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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[Chris Gianelloni]

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On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 13:05, derek tracy wrote:
> After I followed your instructions / advice I was able to get my cd to
> boot up and auto-configure X.org  I was able to start openbox, but
> still needed to emerge a bunch of programs and configure things like
> the openbox menu and xinitrd.  Long story short I emerged around 15

The xinitrc can be setup by using the livecd/xinitrc option in
livecd-stage2 in catalyst 1.0.9 (or better, when it comes).

> programs wrote a bash script to "inject" the configuration files that
> I created for openbox, torsmo, pypanel, and the xinitrc.  (menu.xml,
> rc.xml, pypanelrc).  Created the cd and now when I boot I can't do

Personally, I just create the files during the fsscript.sh stage of my
livecd-stage2.

> anything because it does not automatically log root in.  So I just sit
> there at the log on prompt because it also auto-scrambles the root
> passwd.

Well, you can edit the /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/files/livecd-local.start
file if you wish before building your CD.  In the future, I think I'm
going to write up a patch to catalyst so that you can specify the
local.start in the livecd-stage2 spec file, similar to the xinitrc.

> My question is this are there any packages that you have found not to
> work with catalyst live-cd's because they change certain configuration

Nope.

> files.  And are there any files that I could edit to make root
> automatically log in?  Last one for now, does the livecd run off of an

Do you have livecd in your USE in livecd-stage1?

> edited /etc/init.d/local.start the reason I ask this is because that
> is the last init that it goes through.

Yes, the file is edited.  You can check it out for yourself.

> On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:28:51 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
> <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 11:25, derek tracy wrote:
> > > I have seen the links to download the beta GameCD but could not find
> > > the spec files linked anywhere, you don't suppose you could attach
> > > those do you.
> > 
> > Attached, but whatever you do, do *not* post bugs for problems you find
> > with most of the GameCD stuff to bugzilla unless you assign it directly
> > to me.  I'm working on most of the GameCD stuff and don't want to bog
> > zhen down with it until I have it in a semi-working state.
> > 
> > > I am running gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.3-r1, and do beleive that I am
> > > running SquashFS-tools for 2 so that would create all of those issues.
> > 
> > Yeah... You'll need at *least* gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7-r11 in your
> > snapshot and gentoo-sources-2.4.26-r6 to be marked stable to use
> > squashfs-tools-2.0 or above.
> > 
> > > Catalyst is a wonderful tool and I would love to help in any way shape
> > > or form.  I am currently writing an ebuild for chntpw it is a utility
> > > to change the admin password on a Windows box.  I am not sure if the
> > > 2005.0 project is in need of more developers but I would like to
> > > extend a helping hand.
> > 
> > Well, 2005.0 is simply going to be another release for Gentoo.  We
> > aren't making it a separate project.  Most of the experimental stuff I
> > am coordinating myself, and will be starting to produce some
> > alpha-quality stuff in the near future.  If you check #gentoo-releng
> > often, I'll be posting a link in the topic.  The thing we need more than
> > anything is testers for *all* our LiveCD media, as that is the hardest
> > thing for us to do ourselves.
> > 
> > > Again I want to thank you for your help.
> > 
> > No problem... Also, if you would be so kind as to simply reply to the
> > list... I don't need 2 copies... *wink*
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:03:58 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
> > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > > > 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
> > > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > > > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > > > > > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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
> > > > > > > > > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> 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?
> > > > > > > > > > > >
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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[derek tracy]

> The xinitrc can be setup by using the livecd/xinitrc option in
> livecd-stage2 in catalyst 1.0.9 (or better, when it comes).

I do use the livecd/xinitrc to setup the xinitrc file and I love this option.
 
> > programs wrote a bash script to "inject" the configuration files that
> > I created for openbox, torsmo, pypanel, and the xinitrc.  (menu.xml,
> > rc.xml, pypanelrc).  Created the cd and now when I boot I can't do
> 
> Personally, I just create the files during the fsscript.sh stage of my
> livecd-stage2.

I thought about doing this but my bash scripting skills are something
to be desired and echoing everything to a file just didn't sound like
an apealing solution.

> > anything because it does not automatically log root in.  So I just sit
> > there at the log on prompt because it also auto-scrambles the root
> > passwd.
> 
> Well, you can edit the /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/files/livecd-local.start
> file if you wish before building your CD.  In the future, I think I'm
> going to write up a patch to catalyst so that you can specify the
> local.start in the livecd-stage2 spec file, similar to the xinitrc.

That would be great, anything that allows more configurability out of
the box is awesome.
 
> > My question is this are there any packages that you have found not to
> > work with catalyst live-cd's because they change certain configuration
> 
> Nope.
> 
> >And are there any files that I could edit to make root
> > automatically log in?
> 
> Do you have livecd in your USE in livecd-stage1?

Yes, livecd is in my USE flags in livecd-stage1

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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[derek tracy]

My question still remains how would I go about having root
automatically logged in as it was before?

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:01:02 -0400, derek tracy <tracyde@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The xinitrc can be setup by using the livecd/xinitrc option in
> > livecd-stage2 in catalyst 1.0.9 (or better, when it comes).
> 
> I do use the livecd/xinitrc to setup the xinitrc file and I love this option.
> 
> > > programs wrote a bash script to "inject" the configuration files that
> > > I created for openbox, torsmo, pypanel, and the xinitrc.  (menu.xml,
> > > rc.xml, pypanelrc).  Created the cd and now when I boot I can't do
> >
> > Personally, I just create the files during the fsscript.sh stage of my
> > livecd-stage2.
> 
> I thought about doing this but my bash scripting skills are something
> to be desired and echoing everything to a file just didn't sound like
> an apealing solution.
> 
> > > anything because it does not automatically log root in.  So I just sit
> > > there at the log on prompt because it also auto-scrambles the root
> > > passwd.
> >
> > Well, you can edit the /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/files/livecd-local.start
> > file if you wish before building your CD.  In the future, I think I'm
> > going to write up a patch to catalyst so that you can specify the
> > local.start in the livecd-stage2 spec file, similar to the xinitrc.
> 
> That would be great, anything that allows more configurability out of
> the box is awesome.
> 
> > > My question is this are there any packages that you have found not to
> > > work with catalyst live-cd's because they change certain configuration
> >
> > Nope.
> >
> > >And are there any files that I could edit to make root
> > > automatically log in?
> >
> > Do you have livecd in your USE in livecd-stage1?
> 
> Yes, livecd is in my USE flags in livecd-stage1
>

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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[Chris Gianelloni]

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On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 15:01, derek tracy wrote:
> My question still remains how would I go about having root
> automatically logged in as it was before?

You have livecd in your USE in livecd-stage1 and then baselayout takes
care of it.  You are re-emerging baselayout in livecd-stage1, right?

> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:01:02 -0400, derek tracy <tracyde@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > The xinitrc can be setup by using the livecd/xinitrc option in
> > > livecd-stage2 in catalyst 1.0.9 (or better, when it comes).
> > 
> > I do use the livecd/xinitrc to setup the xinitrc file and I love this option.
> > 
> > > > programs wrote a bash script to "inject" the configuration files that
> > > > I created for openbox, torsmo, pypanel, and the xinitrc.  (menu.xml,
> > > > rc.xml, pypanelrc).  Created the cd and now when I boot I can't do
> > >
> > > Personally, I just create the files during the fsscript.sh stage of my
> > > livecd-stage2.
> > 
> > I thought about doing this but my bash scripting skills are something
> > to be desired and echoing everything to a file just didn't sound like
> > an apealing solution.
> > 
> > > > anything because it does not automatically log root in.  So I just sit
> > > > there at the log on prompt because it also auto-scrambles the root
> > > > passwd.
> > >
> > > Well, you can edit the /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/files/livecd-local.start
> > > file if you wish before building your CD.  In the future, I think I'm
> > > going to write up a patch to catalyst so that you can specify the
> > > local.start in the livecd-stage2 spec file, similar to the xinitrc.
> > 
> > That would be great, anything that allows more configurability out of
> > the box is awesome.
> > 
> > > > My question is this are there any packages that you have found not to
> > > > work with catalyst live-cd's because they change certain configuration
> > >
> > > Nope.
> > >
> > > >And are there any files that I could edit to make root
> > > > automatically log in?
> > >
> > > Do you have livecd in your USE in livecd-stage1?
> > 
> > Yes, livecd is in my USE flags in livecd-stage1
> >
> 
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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[derek tracy]

I am 99.9% positive that I am re-emerging baselayout in livecd-stage1,
but I will double check when I get home.

Is that the only thing that would cause this issue?


Again I want to thank you and everyone else on the development team,
for this wonderful tool.

A little off subject, do you have or would you like to have a gmail
account?  It would be the least I could do.

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:36:23 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
<wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 15:01, derek tracy wrote:
> > My question still remains how would I go about having root
> > automatically logged in as it was before?
> 
> You have livecd in your USE in livecd-stage1 and then baselayout takes
> care of it.  You are re-emerging baselayout in livecd-stage1, right?
> 
> 
> 
> > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:01:02 -0400, derek tracy <tracyde@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > The xinitrc can be setup by using the livecd/xinitrc option in
> > > > livecd-stage2 in catalyst 1.0.9 (or better, when it comes).
> > >
> > > I do use the livecd/xinitrc to setup the xinitrc file and I love this option.
> > >
> > > > > programs wrote a bash script to "inject" the configuration files that
> > > > > I created for openbox, torsmo, pypanel, and the xinitrc.  (menu.xml,
> > > > > rc.xml, pypanelrc).  Created the cd and now when I boot I can't do
> > > >
> > > > Personally, I just create the files during the fsscript.sh stage of my
> > > > livecd-stage2.
> > >
> > > I thought about doing this but my bash scripting skills are something
> > > to be desired and echoing everything to a file just didn't sound like
> > > an apealing solution.
> > >
> > > > > anything because it does not automatically log root in.  So I just sit
> > > > > there at the log on prompt because it also auto-scrambles the root
> > > > > passwd.
> > > >
> > > > Well, you can edit the /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/files/livecd-local.start
> > > > file if you wish before building your CD.  In the future, I think I'm
> > > > going to write up a patch to catalyst so that you can specify the
> > > > local.start in the livecd-stage2 spec file, similar to the xinitrc.
> > >
> > > That would be great, anything that allows more configurability out of
> > > the box is awesome.
> > >
> > > > > My question is this are there any packages that you have found not to
> > > > > work with catalyst live-cd's because they change certain configuration
> > > >
> > > > Nope.
> > > >
> > > > >And are there any files that I could edit to make root
> > > > > automatically log in?
> > > >
> > > > Do you have livecd in your USE in livecd-stage1?
> > >
> > > Yes, livecd is in my USE flags in livecd-stage1
> > >
> > 
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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[Chris Gianelloni]

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On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 15:49, derek tracy wrote:
> I am 99.9% positive that I am re-emerging baselayout in livecd-stage1,
> but I will double check when I get home.
> 
> Is that the only thing that would cause this issue?

Well, the auto-login stuff is done by baselayout when it is merged with
USE=livecd configured.  I'm actually going to be filing a bug + patch to
baselayout to cause it to auto-login on *all* the default consoles.

> Again I want to thank you and everyone else on the development team,
> for this wonderful tool.
> 
> A little off subject, do you have or would you like to have a gmail
> account?  It would be the least I could do.

I have one already, but thanks for the offer.

> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:36:23 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
> <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 15:01, derek tracy wrote:
> > > My question still remains how would I go about having root
> > > automatically logged in as it was before?
> > 
> > You have livecd in your USE in livecd-stage1 and then baselayout takes
> > care of it.  You are re-emerging baselayout in livecd-stage1, right?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:01:02 -0400, derek tracy <tracyde@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > The xinitrc can be setup by using the livecd/xinitrc option in
> > > > > livecd-stage2 in catalyst 1.0.9 (or better, when it comes).
> > > >
> > > > I do use the livecd/xinitrc to setup the xinitrc file and I love this option.
> > > >
> > > > > > programs wrote a bash script to "inject" the configuration files that
> > > > > > I created for openbox, torsmo, pypanel, and the xinitrc.  (menu.xml,
> > > > > > rc.xml, pypanelrc).  Created the cd and now when I boot I can't do
> > > > >
> > > > > Personally, I just create the files during the fsscript.sh stage of my
> > > > > livecd-stage2.
> > > >
> > > > I thought about doing this but my bash scripting skills are something
> > > > to be desired and echoing everything to a file just didn't sound like
> > > > an apealing solution.
> > > >
> > > > > > anything because it does not automatically log root in.  So I just sit
> > > > > > there at the log on prompt because it also auto-scrambles the root
> > > > > > passwd.
> > > > >
> > > > > Well, you can edit the /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/files/livecd-local.start
> > > > > file if you wish before building your CD.  In the future, I think I'm
> > > > > going to write up a patch to catalyst so that you can specify the
> > > > > local.start in the livecd-stage2 spec file, similar to the xinitrc.
> > > >
> > > > That would be great, anything that allows more configurability out of
> > > > the box is awesome.
> > > >
> > > > > > My question is this are there any packages that you have found not to
> > > > > > work with catalyst live-cd's because they change certain configuration
> > > > >
> > > > > Nope.
> > > > >
> > > > > >And are there any files that I could edit to make root
> > > > > > automatically log in?
> > > > >
> > > > > Do you have livecd in your USE in livecd-stage1?
> > > >
> > > > Yes, livecd is in my USE flags in livecd-stage1
> > > >
> > > 
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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[derek tracy]

My previous issue with not booting and auto-logging root.
What I did was:  rm -r /var/tmp/catalyst/tmp/defaults/x86-livecd-stage1-0.2
Then rebuilt livecd-stage1, I did not have to make any changes to my
spec files as I already had all of the required USE Flags and
Packages.

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Today is truly a wonderous day.  I just burnt the LiveCD and almost
everything is working.  I have tried it on 8 machines so far and have
not experienced the same results from many of them.  This is what I am
talking about.

Booted on a Dell Optiplex GX260 everything works great except X.Org
will only pull up in 640x480.  I tried editing the xorg.conf manually
and still could not get it to even bring up 1024x768 ( I was hoping
for 1280x1024 )  I know from previous experiences that X.Org will show
up fine on this computer.

Booted to a Latitude C610 in a docking station, the kernel hard locked.

Booted to the same Latitude C610 without the docking station and it
booted correctly.
X.Org worked without a hitch.

Booted to a Latitude C640 and everything went good.

Booted to a Dell Optiplex GX115 and it crashed trying to create the
filesystem from cd.

Booted to a Dell Optiplex GX300 worked great but no mouse (usb or ps/2)

Booted to a Dell Optiplex GX300 and crashed trying to create the
filesystem from cd.

I think that the GX300 and GX115 are crashing because of some problems
with the cd-rom drive reading from a cd-rw but am still not convinced
of that because the machines will boot from the cd just not get past
this point.

The only one that really bugs me is the GX260 that would not boot into
anything other than 640x480, do you have any input on this one.

Again I want to say thank you for all of your help.

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 18:02:23 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
<wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 15:49, derek tracy wrote:
> > I am 99.9% positive that I am re-emerging baselayout in livecd-stage1,
> > but I will double check when I get home.
> >
> > Is that the only thing that would cause this issue?
> 
> Well, the auto-login stuff is done by baselayout when it is merged with
> USE=livecd configured.  I'm actually going to be filing a bug + patch to
> baselayout to cause it to auto-login on *all* the default consoles.
> 
> > Again I want to thank you and everyone else on the development team,
> > for this wonderful tool.
> >
> > A little off subject, do you have or would you like to have a gmail
> > account?  It would be the least I could do.
> 
> I have one already, but thanks for the offer.
> 
> 
> 
> > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:36:23 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
> > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 15:01, derek tracy wrote:
> > > > My question still remains how would I go about having root
> > > > automatically logged in as it was before?
> > >
> > > You have livecd in your USE in livecd-stage1 and then baselayout takes
> > > care of it.  You are re-emerging baselayout in livecd-stage1, right?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:01:02 -0400, derek tracy <tracyde@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > The xinitrc can be setup by using the livecd/xinitrc option in
> > > > > > livecd-stage2 in catalyst 1.0.9 (or better, when it comes).
> > > > >
> > > > > I do use the livecd/xinitrc to setup the xinitrc file and I love this option.
> > > > >
> > > > > > > programs wrote a bash script to "inject" the configuration files that
> > > > > > > I created for openbox, torsmo, pypanel, and the xinitrc.  (menu..xml,
> > > > > > > rc.xml, pypanelrc).  Created the cd and now when I boot I can't do
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Personally, I just create the files during the fsscript.sh stage of my
> > > > > > livecd-stage2.
> > > > >
> > > > > I thought about doing this but my bash scripting skills are something
> > > > > to be desired and echoing everything to a file just didn't sound like
> > > > > an apealing solution.
> > > > >
> > > > > > > anything because it does not automatically log root in.  So I just sit
> > > > > > > there at the log on prompt because it also auto-scrambles the root
> > > > > > > passwd.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Well, you can edit the /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/files/livecd-local.start
> > > > > > file if you wish before building your CD.  In the future, I think I'm
> > > > > > going to write up a patch to catalyst so that you can specify the
> > > > > > local.start in the livecd-stage2 spec file, similar to the xinitrc.
> > > > >
> > > > > That would be great, anything that allows more configurability out of
> > > > > the box is awesome.
> > > > >
> > > > > > > My question is this are there any packages that you have found not to
> > > > > > > work with catalyst live-cd's because they change certain configuration
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Nope.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >And are there any files that I could edit to make root
> > > > > > > automatically log in?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Do you have livecd in your USE in livecd-stage1?
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, livecd is in my USE flags in livecd-stage1
> > > > >
> > > >
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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[Chris Gianelloni]

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On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 10:23, derek tracy wrote:
> Today is truly a wonderous day.  I just burnt the LiveCD and almost
> everything is working.  I have tried it on 8 machines so far and have
> not experienced the same results from many of them.  This is what I am
> talking about.
> 
> Booted on a Dell Optiplex GX260 everything works great except X.Org
> will only pull up in 640x480.  I tried editing the xorg.conf manually
> and still could not get it to even bring up 1024x768 ( I was hoping
> for 1280x1024 )  I know from previous experiences that X.Org will show
> up fine on this computer.

I would tend to think that it is the monitor not supplying EDID
information.  The mkx86config script doesn't add Modes, but rather
simply sets up the system to load into the highest resolution that X
thinks it can get.  I would try another monitor and see what you come up
with.

> Booted to a Latitude C610 in a docking station, the kernel hard locked.

At what point?  Also, is it a C/Port or a C/Dock that the laptop is
plugged into?  I ask, because this is one of my actual test setups when
I create a LiveCD, so I'm finding it odd that you're having a problem
with it.

Did you use any command-line options at boot time?

> Booted to the same Latitude C610 without the docking station and it
> booted correctly.
> X.Org worked without a hitch.
> 
> Booted to a Latitude C640 and everything went good.
> 
> Booted to a Dell Optiplex GX115 and it crashed trying to create the
> filesystem from cd.

Ahh, yes.  Dell... the bane of my existence.  I will tell you right now
that I am seriously *not* impressed with Dell machines anymore.  I have
had nothing but problems from many of them.  I have a GX110 that I use
as a test machine that seems to work fine, but Dell is known to use some
really crappy CDROMs in their machines.

> Booted to a Dell Optiplex GX300 worked great but no mouse (usb or ps/2)

Odd.  Does your kernel use input device support, or are you relying on
the old-style input interface?

> Booted to a Dell Optiplex GX300 and crashed trying to create the
> filesystem from cd.
> 
> I think that the GX300 and GX115 are crashing because of some problems
> with the cd-rom drive reading from a cd-rw but am still not convinced
> of that because the machines will boot from the cd just not get past
> this point.
> 
> The only one that really bugs me is the GX260 that would not boot into
> anything other than 640x480, do you have any input on this one.
> 
> Again I want to say thank you for all of your help.
> 
> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 18:02:23 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
> <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 15:49, derek tracy wrote:
> > > I am 99.9% positive that I am re-emerging baselayout in livecd-stage1,
> > > but I will double check when I get home.
> > >
> > > Is that the only thing that would cause this issue?
> > 
> > Well, the auto-login stuff is done by baselayout when it is merged with
> > USE=livecd configured.  I'm actually going to be filing a bug + patch to
> > baselayout to cause it to auto-login on *all* the default consoles.
> > 
> > > Again I want to thank you and everyone else on the development team,
> > > for this wonderful tool.
> > >
> > > A little off subject, do you have or would you like to have a gmail
> > > account?  It would be the least I could do.
> > 
> > I have one already, but thanks for the offer.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:36:23 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
> > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 15:01, derek tracy wrote:
> > > > > My question still remains how would I go about having root
> > > > > automatically logged in as it was before?
> > > >
> > > > You have livecd in your USE in livecd-stage1 and then baselayout takes
> > > > care of it.  You are re-emerging baselayout in livecd-stage1, right?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:01:02 -0400, derek tracy <tracyde@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > The xinitrc can be setup by using the livecd/xinitrc option in
> > > > > > > livecd-stage2 in catalyst 1.0.9 (or better, when it comes).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I do use the livecd/xinitrc to setup the xinitrc file and I love this option.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > > programs wrote a bash script to "inject" the configuration files that
> > > > > > > > I created for openbox, torsmo, pypanel, and the xinitrc.  (menu..xml,
> > > > > > > > rc.xml, pypanelrc).  Created the cd and now when I boot I can't do
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Personally, I just create the files during the fsscript.sh stage of my
> > > > > > > livecd-stage2.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I thought about doing this but my bash scripting skills are something
> > > > > > to be desired and echoing everything to a file just didn't sound like
> > > > > > an apealing solution.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > > anything because it does not automatically log root in.  So I just sit
> > > > > > > > there at the log on prompt because it also auto-scrambles the root
> > > > > > > > passwd.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Well, you can edit the /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/files/livecd-local.start
> > > > > > > file if you wish before building your CD.  In the future, I think I'm
> > > > > > > going to write up a patch to catalyst so that you can specify the
> > > > > > > local.start in the livecd-stage2 spec file, similar to the xinitrc.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That would be great, anything that allows more configurability out of
> > > > > > the box is awesome.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > > My question is this are there any packages that you have found not to
> > > > > > > > work with catalyst live-cd's because they change certain configuration
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Nope.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >And are there any files that I could edit to make root
> > > > > > > > automatically log in?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Do you have livecd in your USE in livecd-stage1?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yes, livecd is in my USE flags in livecd-stage1
> > > > > >
> > > > >
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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[Paul de Vrieze]

On Friday 27 August 2004 21:00, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
>
> Ahh, yes.  Dell... the bane of my existence.  I will tell you right now
> that I am seriously *not* impressed with Dell machines anymore.  I have
> had nothing but problems from many of them.  I have a GX110 that I use
> as a test machine that seems to work fine, but Dell is known to use some
> really crappy CDROMs in their machines.

Dell is indeed terible. One thing that is of the utmost importance is to avoid 
their lowest cost line. For the price one can get a decent pc from a "white" 
assembler dell will deliver a machine with substandard c-brand hardware, but 
a nice dell logo on the case. For other machines these socalled A-brands like 
to have custom hardware, which of course is not allways working up to 
expectations.

Paul

ps. Maybe try on other machines that do not come from DELL

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Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[derek tracy]

> I would tend to think that it is the monitor not supplying EDID
> information.  The mkx86config script doesn't add Modes, but rather
> simply sets up the system to load into the highest resolution that X
> thinks it can get.  I would try another monitor and see what you come up
> with.

I will try another monitor on Monday 

> > Booted to the same Latitude C610 without the docking station and it
> > booted correctly.
> > X.Org worked without a hitch.

I found out that someone pulled the switcheroo on me and replaced
laptops, evidentally the cd-rom in the other laptop was going in and
out sporadically.

> > Booted to a Dell Optiplex GX300 worked great but no mouse (usb or ps/2)
> 
> Odd.  Does your kernel use input device support, or are you relying on
> the old-style input interface?

it uses input device support

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