Enable more customization: configure your own LIVEDE.

A new sample configuration file 'make_slackware_live.conf' shows a
commented-out example of how to use the variables LIVEDE, SEQ_CUSTOM
and a function "custom_config()" to create a Slackware Live variant
which is not covered by the available variants SLACKWARE, XFCE, KDE4,
PLASMA5, MATE or CINNAMON.

2 files changed, 101 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/make_slackware_live.conf b/make_slackware_live.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58adec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make_slackware_live.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# liveslak scripts by alienbob.
+#
+# Configuration file for "make_slackware_live.sh".
+# Define your own custom values here to avoid editing the shell script.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Examples:
+
+# Custom name for the host:
+#LIVE_HOSTNAME="darkstar"
+
+# Marker used for finding the Slackware Live files:
+#MARKER="SLACKWARELIVE"
+
+# The filesystem label of the ISO:
+#MEDIALABEL="LIVESLAK"
+
+# The name of the directory used for storing persistence data:
+#PERSISTENCE="persistence"
+
+# What type of Live image?
+#LIVEDE="SLACKWARE"
+
+# What runlevel to use if adding a DE like: XFCE, KDE4, PLASMA5 etc...
+#RUNLEVEL=4
+
+# Passwords for the user accounts in the Live image:
+#ROOTPW="root"
+#LIVEPW="live"
+
+# Who built the live image:
+#BUILDER="Alien BOB"
+
+# Slackware version to use (note: this won't work for Slackware <= 14.1):
+#SL_VERSION="current"
+
+# Slackware architecture to install:
+#SL_ARCH="x86_64"
+
+# Root directory of a Slackware local mirror tree:
+#SL_REPO="/home/ftp/pub/Linux/Slackware"
+
+# Directory where the live ISO image will be written:
+#OUTPUT="/tmp"
+
+#
+# -- This is how you can create your own custom Live OS:
+#
+
+# REQUIRED:
+# Define a new name for your own variant of Slackware Live Edition:
+#LIVEDE="CINELERRA"
+
+# REQUIRED:
+# Define your own custom package sequence for a custom Live ISO.
+# In this example you would need to create two files "pkglists/cinelerra.conf"
+# and "pkglists/cinelerra.lst" defining the package location and package list
+# respectively):
+#SEQ_CUSTOM="min,xbase,xapbase,xfcebase,cinelerra"
+
+# OPTIONAL:
+# Marker used for finding the Slackware Live files:
+#MARKER="CINELERRA"
+
+# OPTIONAL:
+# The filesystem label of the ISO:
+#MEDIALABEL="CINELERRA"
+
+# OPTIONAL:
+# The ISO main directory:
+#LIVEMAIN="cinelerra"
+
+# OPTIONAL:
+# Add your own Live OS customizations to the function custom_config() :
+#custom_config() {
+#  # Add your own stuff here which is not covered in the main script:
+#}
diff --git a/make_slackware_live.sh b/make_slackware_live.sh
index c76e31d..b80d9ae 100755
--- a/make_slackware_live.sh
+++ b/make_slackware_live.sh
@@ -689,7 +689,13 @@ case "$LIVEDE" in
     PLASMA5) MSEQ="${SEQ_PLASMA5}" ;;
        MATE) MSEQ="${SEQ_MSB}" ;;
    CINNAMON) MSEQ="${SEQ_CIN}" ;;
-          *) echo "** Unsupported configuration '$LIVEDE'"; exit 1 ;;
+          *) if [ -n "${SEQ_CUSTOM}" ]; then
+               # Custom distribution with a predefined package list:
+               MSEQ="${SEQ_CUSTOM}"              
+             else
+               echo "** Unsupported configuration '$LIVEDE'"; exit 1
+             fi
+             ;;
 esac
 
 # Do we need to create/include additional module(s) defined by a pkglist:
@@ -1172,12 +1178,27 @@ EOGL
 
   # Workaround a bug where SDDM does not always use the configured keymap:
   echo "setxkbmap" >> ${LIVE_ROOTDIR}/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup
- 
+
   # Do not show the blueman applet, Plasma5 has its own BlueTooth widget:
   echo "NotShowIn=KDE;" >> ${LIVE_ROOTDIR}/etc/xdg/autostart/blueman.desktop
 
 fi # End LIVEDE = PLASMA5
 
+# You can define the function 'custom_config()' by uncommenting it in
+# the configuration file 'make_slackware_live.conf'.
+if type custom_config 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null ; then
+
+  # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+  echo "-- Configuring ${LIVEDE} by calling 'custom_config()'."
+  # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+  # This is particularly useful if you defined a non-standard "LIVEDE"
+  # in 'make_slackware_live.conf', in which case you must specify your custom
+  # package sequence in the variable "SEQ_CUSTOM" in that same .conf file.
+  custom_config
+
+fi
+
 # Workaround a bug where our Xkbconfig is not loaded sometimes:
 echo "setxkbmap" > ${LIVE_ROOTDIR}/home/live/.xprofile