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Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> On Thu, 2006-07-20 at 22:29 +0000, Alex wrote: |
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>> You said the code was wrong. does it mean it does now auto-login? (or is |
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>> it an interpretation failure again?) |
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> Yes and no. |
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> What it *should* do is auto-login to the command line as root, just like |
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> a CD that is not X-based will do. However, root's /root/.bashrc should |
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> be setup to do the following: |
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> #1. Determine if "nox" appears on the command line, if it does, abort |
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> #2. Determine if X is even installed |
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> #3. Look for /etc/startx (created by catalyst automatically for the |
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> "generic-livecd" livecd/type |
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> #4. Remove /etc/startx, so it doesn't try to auto-start X repeatedly |
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> #5. Start X as the first user defined in livecd/users using "su" |
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> #6. Spit out the MOTD again so you can see it when you switch back to |
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> the console |
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> Now, this is what it is *designed* to do. If it doesn't do this, then |
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> it's a bug and it needs to be fixed in the code. |
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> What this will *not* do is setup any kind of auto-login via any display |
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> manager. If you want the display manager configured, you need to do so |
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> yourself. The reason for this is actually pretty simple, we've found |
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> that people's tastes when it comes to how their display manager looks is |
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> much more rabid than we'd like. Using "startx" and allowing the user to |
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> customize via *either* livecd/xsession to start a particular session or |
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> livecd/xinitrc to start something that isn't even defined by a session |
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> gives the user the maximum flexibility, without making it overly |
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> complex. |
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I think this way is lots better than auto-login via a display manager, |
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too, because so |
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#1. nobody needs to install a dm on the cd |
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#2. it is easier for you, because you needn't write a configuration file |
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for each dm ;) |
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btw would it maybe nice if there's a var in the config to specifiy which |
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user should login, if anyone wants no user to login. Maybe you get this |
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implemented for catalyst 2.0, or I write a patch for such a feature ;). |
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But not now, here is it very late and so i cant concentrate. |
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Just an idea ;) |
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bye. |
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