Re: Using a newer kernel with lenny

2010-08-28 Thread Frank Zambrini
On 08/28/2010 10:09 AM, Daniel Baumann wrote: On 08/28/2010 04:01 AM, Frank Zambrini wrote: I don't see a squashfs-modules package in the unsupported.debian-maintainers.org repo. since 2.6.27, squashfs is included mainline. Thanks, I did not know that. However I am not sure why l

Re: hook for timezone and sudo

2010-08-28 Thread Ben Armstrong
On 28/08/10 03:05 PM, Robert Spiteri wrote: *nosudo* worked Ben. It even disabled the CTRL-F1(etc) to enter into console mode. Wanted to ask you however to be 100% sure. If I build a lenny image and drop the latest squeeze versions of the packages you mentioned in the local-packages directory

Re: hook for timezone and sudo

2010-08-28 Thread Ben Armstrong
On 28/08/10 02:37 PM, Robert Spiteri wrote: Yes, initially I built an image using squeeze. However I found that I had to make a lot of configurations as regards for example the X server. The resolution of the image by default was 800x600 so I thought I would add an xorg.conf (if I am right) to

Re: hook for timezone and sudo

2010-08-28 Thread Robert Spiteri
*nosudo* worked Ben. It even disabled the CTRL-F1(etc) to enter into console mode. Wanted to ask you however to be 100% sure. If I build a lenny image and drop the latest squeeze versions of the packages you mentioned in the local-packages directory, the build should replace the old ones with thes

Re: hook for timezone and sudo

2010-08-28 Thread Robert Spiteri
Hi Ben, >> I thought we discussed the possibility of using squeeze, and you were going to try that out ... Yes, initially I built an image using squeeze. However I found that I had to make a lot of configurations as regards for example the X server. The resolution of the image by default was 800x

Re: hook for timezone and sudo

2010-08-28 Thread Ben Armstrong
On 08/28/2010 01:50 PM, Robert Spiteri wrote: is it maybe *nosudo*? found it from the manual page of live-initramfs can you please confirm? thanks I don't have the old live-initramfs man page handy, but I don't know if that helps. It may still be possible for people to gain root with the ol

Re: hook for timezone and sudo

2010-08-28 Thread Robert Spiteri
is it maybe *nosudo*? found it from the manual page of live-initramfs can you please confirm? thanks On 28 August 2010 16:30, Robert Spiteri wrote: > >> --bootappend-live "timezone=Europe/Malta noroot" > > noroot doesn't seem to work. I can still sudo su - from the console... any > ideas? > > O

Re: hook for timezone and sudo

2010-08-28 Thread Robert Spiteri
>> --bootappend-live "timezone=Europe/Malta noroot" noroot doesn't seem to work. I can still sudo su - from the console... any ideas? On 27 August 2010 18:20, Ben Armstrong wrote: > On 08/27/2010 12:35 PM, Robert Spiteri wrote: > >> I am also trying to code 2 hooks. >> >> 1. I need to modify th

Processed: Re: Bug#594622: Don't start dhcp if no link is present

2010-08-28 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > reassign 594622 netbase Bug #594622 [live-boot] Don't start dhcp if no link is present Bug reassigned from package 'live-boot' to 'netbase'. Bug No longer marked as found in versions live-boot/2.0.0-1. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please co

Bug#594622: Don't start dhcp if no link is present

2010-08-28 Thread Daniel Baumann
reassign 594622 netbase thanks On 08/23/2010 02:23 PM, Jörg Sommer wrote: > you should not start the dhcp client if the network cable is not plugged > in, i.e. mii-tool reports no link. It's useless to wait, because dhcp > will never get an anwser. this is not live specific, reassigning to netbas

Re: Using a newer kernel with lenny

2010-08-28 Thread Daniel Baumann
On 08/28/2010 04:01 AM, Frank Zambrini wrote: > I don't see a squashfs-modules > package in the unsupported.debian-maintainers.org repo. since 2.6.27, squashfs is included mainline. -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email: daniel.baum...@panthera-sy