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2016-02-14Download packages from rsync mirror if local repository is empty. Eric Hameleers1-3/+24
This is for package lists in "pkglist/" subdirectory where a 3rd party repository is the package source. If the pkglists/*.conf file defines a rsync mirror URL in variable SL_REPO_URL, then instead of aborting with an error when the local repository directory (SL_REPO) is empty or non-existing, the packages will be downloaded from that mirror before continuing.
2016-02-13Allow other people to add their own custom skel*.txz archives. Eric Hameleers1-2/+5
Anything matching ./skel/skel*.txz will be extracted into the Live ISO's "/etc/skel/" directory by the "make_slackware_live.sh" script. This allows other people to add application presets for the "live" user account. Feature request by Schmatzler for Cinelerra-CV.
2016-02-13PLASMA5: Do not show the blueman applet, Plasma5 has its own BlueTooth widget. Eric Hameleers1-0/+3
2016-02-09Make X Keyboard configuration work properly. Eric Hameleers1-1/+4
- fix detection of german (de) keyboard layout to configure Compose Key, - actually use field #6 of the languages file (X Keyboard layout & variant) when generating the grub and syslinux boot configuration files.
2016-02-09Copy files from /etc/skel _after_ they become available. Eric Hameleers1-5/+5
This block of code was moved up as part of an earlier attempt to group the code in more closely-knit blocks. See commit 4c08b1a2caae4319cd4b97a99a5c387ae86e5fdb . However, it was moved to far up, so we need to revert.
2016-02-07If ALSA pipes into PulseAudio, configure a fallback using "sysdefault". Eric Hameleers1-0/+7
Or else there will not be sound on first boot. Not so important for Slackware itself, but a Live distro run from CD or DVD will never have sound. Thanks to USUARIONUEVO on LinuxQuestions.org.
2016-02-06Slackware Live Edition: version 0.5.10.5.1 Eric Hameleers1-1/+1
Contains bugfixes for the Beta 5 release (0.5.0) prior to public release.
2016-02-06Handle in/exclusion of Nvidia drivers more reliably. Eric Hameleers1-27/+14
2016-02-06liveinit: use MARKER instead of INITRD as prefix for message display at boot. Eric Hameleers1-0/+37
2016-02-04Slackware Live Edition: version 0.5.0 (aka Beta5)0.5.0 Eric Hameleers1-1/+1
Milestones reached: - Option to use a loop-mounted file for storing persistence data. When using 'iso2usb.sh' to copy the ISO content to a USB stick, use the new '-P' parameter to create and use a container file 'persistence.img'. Note that the existence of a directory 'persistence' in the root of the Linux partition of your USB stick still takes precedence over the file 'persistence.img'. So be sure to remove that directory first, if you want to start using a loop-mounted file for persistence. - New 'toram' boot option (add the word to the syslinux or grub boot commandline) allows you to run the Live OS completely in RAM. If you are booting from a CDROM, it will be ejected at the end of the boot process. A USB stick can be removed manually after booting Slackware Live Edition. Further interesting updates: - A new boot parameter 'blacklist' allows you to blacklist certain kernel modules while booting. Some people need to blacklist the 'nouveau' module for instance. Example: add "blacklist=nouveau" to the syslinux or grub boot commandline. Multiple modules can be specified, separated by commas. - The XDM login screen now has a button "console" which lets you drop to a console login if you have no need of a graphical login or don't want to start an X Session (relevant for the XFCE and MATE variants). And many other small improvements/bugfixes to the scripts as well of course.
2016-02-03Cosmetics: better grouping of code; additional comments for better readability. Eric Hameleers1-28/+45
2016-02-03Do not run the risk of creating a dangling symlink. Eric Hameleers1-1/+1
2016-02-02Don't abort if the udev rules file is not present in the initrd. Eric Hameleers1-1/+1
2016-01-29Get rid of udev errors about obex-check-device on boot. Eric Hameleers1-0/+4
The mkinitrd script adds /lib/udev/rules.d/60-openobex.rules to the initrd image, but since the rest of the openobex package is not added, this results in a "error: obex-check-device not found". We do not need bluetooth stuff in the initrd anyway, so we remove the rules file manually from the initrd until mkinitrd gets fixed.
2016-01-22Slackware Live Edition: version 0.4.0 (aka Beta4)0.4.0 Eric Hameleers1-1/+1
Milestone reached: - add LUKS-encrypted /home/.
2016-01-22Add support for a LUKS-encrypted /home in the USB Live version. Eric Hameleers1-3/+6
Using iso2usb.sh script's new '-c' parameter, you can define the size for a container file in the root of the USB stick's Linux partition. - The container file will be loop-mounted and LUKS-encrypted and the Live OS will mount the filesystem inside the container on /home/. - The LUKS passphrase will be defined when executing the 'iso2usb.sh' script. - The original /home content of the ISO will be copied into the LUKS-encrypted container during execution of the 'iso2usb.sh' script. - If for whatever reason you do not want to unlock & mount the LUKS container during boot, you must add the boot parameter " luksvol= " to the syslinux or grub commandline.
2016-01-22Ensure that rc.pulseaudio is not started. Eric Hameleers1-0/+1
2016-01-22Readability changes to various comments in the script. Eric Hameleers1-6/+7
2016-01-22Enable mouse support in runlevel 3. Eric Hameleers1-0/+21
2016-01-15Fix kernel version detection. Eric Hameleers1-3/+5
The new kernel has version number '4.4.0'. Yet the kernel package names, like the kernel source tarball, has a version '4.4'. We need to compensate.
2016-01-15Do not overwrite /etc/asound.conf Eric Hameleers1-2/+6
Slackware has added PulseAudio plus a /etc/asound.conf file, which configures all ALSA output as an input to PA. An ALSA softvol pre-amp is therefore no longer needed and our Live script should not overwrite the /etc/asound.conf file in the OS.
2016-01-15Add 2016 in the copyright line. Eric Hameleers1-1/+1
2016-01-14VERSION bump from Beta 3 (aka 0.3) to 0.3.8. Eric Hameleers1-1/+1
Roadmap: v0.3.9: adding LUKS encrypted /home v0.4 (Beta4): LUKS home setup stable enough for public consumption.
2016-01-10Do not add Nvidia proprietary drivers to the Full Slackware ISO. Eric Hameleers1-4/+10
The customized ISOs (Slackware plus 3rd party software) can include the proprietary drivers, but the Full Slackware ISO is meant as a demo for official Slackware and therefore should not include 3rd party packages. If you respin the SLACKWARE ISO, it is of course still possible to add the binary Nvidia blob yourself by copying the graphics/*nvidia*.szx file to the 'optional' directory yourself. Nothing else is needed, it will 'just' work.
2016-01-10Fixes for SDDM and X keyboard mapping. Eric Hameleers1-0/+18
2016-01-10BIOS (syslinux) and UEFI (grub2) boot: enhance the experience. Eric Hameleers1-2/+5
- generate the grub fonts (.pf2) ourselves instead of using the Slackware-provided grub font file. - expand the help text about the boot parameters. - show the liveslak version number in the boot menu. - remove the 'boot any OS' menu item in Grub because it never worked for me. - add a bit of Grub help text at the bottom of the screen. NOTES: - I do not like the way how I had to implement the Grub2 help menu, it is ugly. Perhaps the text artefacts and understrikes are caused by the fact that the grub console has to paint on top of the graphical boot menu? - In any case, the grub console (the black rectangle in the middle) has its coordinates hard-coded in the grub2 source so it is not configurable. - the grub fonts look better than in Beta3 but I am still not happy with them. Research on Grub boot menu enhancements done by Didier Spaier.
2016-01-05Added support for separate configuration of X keyboard layout/variant. Eric Hameleers1-11/+12
New parameter for the boot commandline: xkb=[language],variant Examples: # Only specify a Xkbvariant, and inherit the console keyboard layout in X: kbd=nl xkb=,sundeadkeys # Define a 'french swiss' layout in X, independent of the console: xkb=ch,fr Two new keyboard/language choices have been added which use this functionality: - german swiss - french swiss (requested by Niki Kovacs). New: if a non-US keyboard layout is selected, the US layout will be added as a secondary layout. Toggling between the two layouts is possible using the Shift-LeftAlt key combo. Also new: the RightAlt key is now defined as the Compose Key in X. Meaning, the combo <RightAlt><"><e> will generate a 'ë character'.
2016-01-01Use more compatible isohybrid commandline parameters. Eric Hameleers1-16/+15
This modifies Didier's original patch with a simpler set of parameters. His recommendations are based on these threads: http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2015-February/023256.html http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2015-May/023455.html http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2014-July/022538.html The new parameters allow the big ISOs to be booted in VBox. Patch proposed by Didier Spaier.
2016-01-01Generate our own Grub font files, to fix the bad font rendering at UEFI boot. Eric Hameleers1-1/+9
Slackware's shipped Grub font is 19 point in size which does not scale well. Research and proposed patch by Didier Spaier.
2015-12-24Add themed GRUB2 configuration for UEFI boot. Eric Hameleers1-20/+99
The GRUB2 theme is similar to the Syslinux theme used for BIOS boot. However, the GRUB menu also allows the user to select a timezone, whereas due to the limitations of syslinux, you'll have to edit the syslinux commandline to change your timezone there.
2015-12-24Add Mate repository info if we are adding slackpkg+. Eric Hameleers1-3/+4
2015-12-24Start Konsole with a login shell. Eric Hameleers1-0/+9
However... does not seem to work for non-US language choices.
2015-12-24Stamp a VERSION number in the ISO, and to the USB partition. Eric Hameleers1-7/+13
2015-12-23Some small tweaks. Eric Hameleers1-2/+3
2015-12-23This marker is no longer used. Eric Hameleers1-2/+6
2015-12-23Add a softvol pre-amp to ALSA - some computers have too low audio volume. Eric Hameleers1-0/+16
2015-12-23Enable NFS client support if possible: Eric Hameleers1-0/+3
2015-12-23Copy our skeleton configuration correctly to the live user's $HOME. Eric Hameleers1-1/+5
2015-12-23Let Xscreensaver show a blank screen only. Eric Hameleers1-0/+4
2015-12-16Packages with directories in /tmp will cause the script to abort during cleanup. Eric Hameleers1-0/+2
This will catch accidental source configuration issues, happens with KDE from time to time.
2015-12-16Set ownership of SDDM homedirectory recursively. Eric Hameleers1-1/+1
2015-12-16Make the configuration of the Live environment less verbose. Eric Hameleers1-3/+3
There is no added value in seeing all the executed commands scroll by.
2015-12-16Mount a RAM based filesystem on /var/tmp to prevent wear of the USB medium. Eric Hameleers1-0/+1
2015-12-16Make the marker used for finding the Slackware Live files configurable. Eric Hameleers1-4/+12
Configured in variable MARKER, the default value is "SLACKWARELIVE".
2015-12-16Add the liveslak scripts to the Live OS ISO. Eric Hameleers1-0/+4
2015-12-07Use terminus font 'ter-i16v.psf' as the syslinux console font. Eric Hameleers1-3/+13
Patch proposed by Didier Spaier.
2015-12-04Make the isohybrid command more compatible with older BIOS. Eric Hameleers1-3/+21
Specifying heads and sectors also eliminates the warnings about using more than 1024 cylinders. Patch submitted by Didier Spaier.
2015-12-04Explicitly mount /tmp on a tmpfs, this is better for the USB stick's health. Eric Hameleers1-4/+7
Not an issue for a Live Edition running exclusively in RAM, but things are different when you create a USB stick with persistence. The /tmp would then be created on the USB stick and the continuous writes will degrade the flash medium.
2015-12-02Fix the broken implementation of custom default runlevel. Eric Hameleers1-5/+10
2015-12-02Add support for creating a Cinnamon Live ISO. Eric Hameleers1-7/+17
Thanks to Willy Sudiarto Raharjo for the repository. Also, renamed Willy's 'MSB' Live Edition to 'MATE'.
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