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* Handle in/exclusion of Nvidia drivers more reliably. Eric Hameleers2016-02-061-27/+14
* liveinit: use MARKER instead of INITRD as prefix for message display at boot. Eric Hameleers2016-02-061-0/+37
* Slackware Live Edition: version 0.5.0 (aka Beta5)...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. 0.5.0 Eric Hameleers2016-02-041-1/+1
* Cosmetics: better grouping of code; additional comments for better readability. Eric Hameleers2016-02-031-28/+45
* Do not run the risk of creating a dangling symlink. Eric Hameleers2016-02-031-1/+1
* Don't abort if the udev rules file is not present in the initrd. Eric Hameleers2016-02-021-1/+1
* Get rid of udev errors about obex-check-device on boot....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. Eric Hameleers2016-01-291-0/+4
* Slackware Live Edition: version 0.4.0 (aka Beta4)...Milestone reached: - add LUKS-encrypted /home/. 0.4.0 Eric Hameleers2016-01-221-1/+1
* Add support for a LUKS-encrypted /home in the USB Live version....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. Eric Hameleers2016-01-221-3/+6
* Ensure that rc.pulseaudio is not started. Eric Hameleers2016-01-221-0/+1
* Readability changes to various comments in the script. Eric Hameleers2016-01-221-6/+7
* Enable mouse support in runlevel 3. Eric Hameleers2016-01-221-0/+21
* Fix kernel version detection....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. Eric Hameleers2016-01-151-3/+5
* Do not overwrite /etc/asound.conf...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. Eric Hameleers2016-01-151-2/+6
* Add 2016 in the copyright line. Eric Hameleers2016-01-151-1/+1
* VERSION bump from Beta 3 (aka 0.3) to 0.3.8....Roadmap: v0.3.9: adding LUKS encrypted /home v0.4 (Beta4): LUKS home setup stable enough for public consumption. Eric Hameleers2016-01-141-1/+1
* Do not add Nvidia proprietary drivers to the Full Slackware ISO....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. Eric Hameleers2016-01-101-4/+10
* Fixes for SDDM and X keyboard mapping. Eric Hameleers2016-01-101-0/+18
* BIOS (syslinux) and UEFI (grub2) boot: enhance the experience....- 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. Eric Hameleers2016-01-101-2/+5
* Added support for separate configuration of X keyboard layout/variant....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'. Eric Hameleers2016-01-051-11/+12
* Use more compatible isohybrid commandline parameters....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. Eric Hameleers2016-01-011-16/+15
* Generate our own Grub font files, to fix the bad font rendering at UEFI boot....Slackware's shipped Grub font is 19 point in size which does not scale well. Research and proposed patch by Didier Spaier. Eric Hameleers2016-01-011-1/+9
* Add themed GRUB2 configuration for UEFI boot....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. Eric Hameleers2015-12-241-20/+99
* Add Mate repository info if we are adding slackpkg+. Eric Hameleers2015-12-241-3/+4
* Start Konsole with a login shell....However... does not seem to work for non-US language choices. Eric Hameleers2015-12-241-0/+9
* Stamp a VERSION number in the ISO, and to the USB partition. Eric Hameleers2015-12-241-7/+13
* Some small tweaks. Eric Hameleers2015-12-231-2/+3
* This marker is no longer used. Eric Hameleers2015-12-231-2/+6
* Add a softvol pre-amp to ALSA - some computers have too low audio volume. Eric Hameleers2015-12-231-0/+16
* Enable NFS client support if possible: Eric Hameleers2015-12-231-0/+3
* Copy our skeleton configuration correctly to the live user's $HOME. Eric Hameleers2015-12-231-1/+5
* Let Xscreensaver show a blank screen only. Eric Hameleers2015-12-231-0/+4
* Packages with directories in /tmp will cause the script to abort during cleanup....This will catch accidental source configuration issues, happens with KDE from time to time. Eric Hameleers2015-12-161-0/+2
* Set ownership of SDDM homedirectory recursively. Eric Hameleers2015-12-161-1/+1
* Make the configuration of the Live environment less verbose....There is no added value in seeing all the executed commands scroll by. Eric Hameleers2015-12-161-3/+3
* Mount a RAM based filesystem on /var/tmp to prevent wear of the USB medium. Eric Hameleers2015-12-161-0/+1
* Make the marker used for finding the Slackware Live files configurable....Configured in variable MARKER, the default value is "SLACKWARELIVE". Eric Hameleers2015-12-161-4/+12
* Add the liveslak scripts to the Live OS ISO. Eric Hameleers2015-12-161-0/+4
* Use terminus font 'ter-i16v.psf' as the syslinux console font....Patch proposed by Didier Spaier. Eric Hameleers2015-12-071-3/+13
* Make the isohybrid command more compatible with older BIOS....Specifying heads and sectors also eliminates the warnings about using more than 1024 cylinders. Patch submitted by Didier Spaier. Eric Hameleers2015-12-041-3/+21
* Explicitly mount /tmp on a tmpfs, this is better for the USB stick's health....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. Eric Hameleers2015-12-041-4/+7
* Fix the broken implementation of custom default runlevel. Eric Hameleers2015-12-021-5/+10
* Add support for creating a Cinnamon Live ISO....Thanks to Willy Sudiarto Raharjo for the repository. Also, renamed Willy's 'MSB' Live Edition to 'MATE'. Eric Hameleers2015-12-021-7/+17
* Add support for alternative directorynames of 'persistence' and 'liveslak'....The persistence directory on USB is called 'persistence' by default but can now be re-defined when running 'make_slackware_live.sh' to create the ISO. Additionally it can be changed dynamically on boot of the Live OS by adding a 'persistence=<dirname>' parameter to the boot. The Live OS main directory is called 'liveslak' by default but can now be re-defined when running 'make_slackware_live.sh' to create the ISO. Additionally it can be changed dynamically on boot of the Live OS by adding a 'livemain=<dirname>' parameter to the boot. Eric Hameleers2015-12-021-1/+5
* Add working UEFI support to the Live ISO. Eric Hameleers2015-12-011-2/+54
* make_slackware_live.sh: add support for Mate SlackBuild (MSB) Eric Hameleers2015-12-011-10/+17
* Make the 'iso2usb.sh' script sudo-friendly. Eric Hameleers2015-11-291-2/+2
* Adapt xdm configuration to target architecture....Patch submitted by Manfred Mueller. Eric Hameleers2015-11-291-0/+2
* Add missing '/' which fixes custom hostname configuration....Patch submitted by Manfred Mueller. Eric Hameleers2015-11-291-2/+2
* Make the 'livemain' directory name configurable in make_slackware_live.sh...This allows customizations for derivative Live OSes. Patch submitted by Manfred Mueller. Eric Hameleers2015-11-291-0/+1