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2016-08-09 | Live OS: enable CUPS network browsing by default....This makes remote CUPS printers available locally.
| ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -0/+1 |
2016-08-08 | XFCE: add tigervnc and HP printer support....While still staying below the CDROM size limit of 737.280.000 bytes,
I was able to add lftp, fltk and tigervnc (because I need them),
cdrtools and dosfstools (because iso2usb.sh needs them),
as well as hplip and net-snmp to complement the recently added cups packages.
I hope the XFCE variant now has a fully functional print support.
| ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 3 | -2/+24 |
2016-08-04 | iso2usb.sh: add safeguard against mistyping the LUKS passphrase. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -8/+14 |
2016-07-31 | README.txt has been updated. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -0/+17 |
2016-07-31 | Add '-G' parameter to generate ISO image from pre-existing file tree....This is of course a new parameter to the "make_slackware_live.sh" script.
It was added to allow the developer to make small changes to the file tree
of what is to become the ISO image, and then re-generate the ISO without
having to repeat all the other steps (potentially undoing the modifications).
Useful for debugging mostly.
| ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -99/+129 |
2016-07-31 | Live OS: enable CUPS by default. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -1/+2 |
2016-07-31 | XFCE: another stab at shrinking the resulting ISO to below 703MB....Or to be more precise: below 737.280.000 bytes (80min CDROM medium size)
| ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -0/+4 |
2016-07-31 | liveinit: allow modules to be organized in subdirectories....The addons/ and optional/ directory will be searched for *.sxz modules
even if they live in subdirectories. This allows you to organize your
modules instead of dumping them all into a single directory.
If a module fails to load (because it is corrupted for instance) liveinit
will mention this on screen and write the modulename to a file
'/mnt/live/modules/failed'.
| ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 2 | -19/+33 |
2016-07-31 | PLASMA5: refresh the package lists. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 2 | -0/+4 |
2016-07-31 | XFCE: shrink the ISO size to fit on CDROM medium again....No more xaos or bsd-games, and the Tibetan TrueType font tibmachuni-font-ttf
has been removed as well. But you get cups back in their place.
| ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 3 | -3/+5 |
2016-07-28 | liveinit: warn if a module could not be mounted. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -4/+9 |
2016-07-28 | liveinit: add a forgotten '$MARKER' prefix to a console message. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -1/+1 |
2016-07-23 | PLASMA5: re-organize the package list so that installation follows build order. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -175/+176 |
2016-07-22 | Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.2.1.1.2 | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -1/+1 |
2016-07-22 | pkglists/mate.conf: hard-coded "14.2" version for now. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -2/+6 |
2016-07-22 | liveinit: Use Shift-AltGr as the Compose Key, seems to be the sanest choice....As documented in file "/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst":
lv3 Key to choose 3rd level
lv3:ralt_switch_multikey Right Alt, Shift+Right Alt key is Compose
And as explained in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ComposeKey :
There are four levels of keyboard entry. Selecting a level involves holding
a set of modifier keys down, this changes the function of all the other keys
on the keyboard. The levels are, by default:
Level Modifier Keys produced
-------------------------------
1 None Lowercase letters, numbers, etc.
2 Shift Uppercase letters, symbols printed on keyboard, etc.
3 AltGr Extra symbols not printed on the keyboard, some dead keys.
4 AltGr-Shift Even more symbols, more dead keys.
Dead keys are keys that appear to do nothing at first; they apply an accent
to the next letter you type.
Third and fourth level choosers:
Holding down the AltGr key and pressing another key will produce a third level
character. Holding down the AltGr and Shift keys (the order can be important)
and pressing another key will produce a fourth level character.
Note that some combinations are dead keys; an additional key-press is required
whereupon a diacritic will be added to the final character keyed.
Compose key:
Keying the combination Shift+AltGr (in that order), releasing these keys,
then entering two other keys will produce a special character.
| ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -7/+8 |
2016-07-22 | liveinit: replace instances of 'live' username with '${LIVEUID}'. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 2 | -6/+9 |
2016-07-22 | pkglists: refreshed mate, multilib and alien package lists. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 4 | -10/+9 |
2016-07-22 | PLASMA5: updated the package lists and repository URL. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 3 | -7/+7 |
2016-07-22 | make_slackware_live.sh: add only the graphics driver module relevant to the OS. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -2/+2 |
2016-07-20 | liveinit: use AltGr as Compose Key only for US keyboard layouts. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -11/+24 |
2016-07-20 | Add swedish (svensk) language choice to the Slackware Live boot menu. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -0/+1 |
2016-07-20 | Add the "multilib" squashfs module last so we can distribute it separately....The file "0020-slackware_multilib-current-x86_64.sxz" (for Slackware64-current)
or "0020-slackware_multilib-14.2-x86_64.sxz" (for Slackware64 14.2) can be
extracted from the ISO afterwards and distributed separately and independently
from the Slackware Live ISOs.
If you want to add multilib to your persistent USB version of Slackware Live,
you just copy the above squashfs module into the /liveslak/addons/ directory
of the liveslak partition on the stick (this enables multilib by default).
or else copy it to /liveslak/optional/ if you want to enable multilib on boot
manually by adding a "load=multilib" boot parameter.
| ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -6/+7 |
2016-07-20 | liveinit: optionally specify XkbOptions through the "xkb" boot parameter....Variable XKB can be set to "XkbLayout,XkbVariant,XkbOptions".
For example "xkb=ch,fr,compose:sclk,grp:alt_shift_toggle"
Note that the XkbOptions can be several comma-separated values.
The XkbLayout and XkbVariant values must not contain commas.
You can still set just the XkbVariant by adding something like "kbd=ch xkb=,fr"
| ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -10/+25 |
2016-07-20 | Add variable LIVEUID to define the name of the 'live' user account....In 'make_slackware_live.conf' you can give that variable "LIVEUID" another
value than the default "live" if you want to create a Live Edition where
the Live user account is not called "live".
| ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 2 | -13/+20 |
2016-07-20 | slackpkg+: switch from 'ktown_testing' to 'ktown'. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -4/+4 |
2016-07-08 | README: move the syslinux/grub information to the beginning and add a header....This allows people to find the instructions on how to edit the boot
commandline in syslinux or grub more easily. Now it is here:
http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:liveslak#booting_the_live_os
| ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -32/+35 |
2016-07-03 | make_slackware_live.sh: remove a leftover ']'. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -1/+1 |
2016-07-01 | Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.1.1.1.1 | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -1/+1 |
2016-07-01 | Adjust the URL of the Mate repository, in light of the upcoming release. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -2/+2 |
2016-06-24 | iso2usb.sh: make the name of the '/home' LUKS container configurable....New parameter to the script:
-l|--lukshome <name> Custom path to the containerfile for your LUKS
encrypted /home (slhome by default).
Note: not only (just as with the persistence container) can you choose
a custom name for the the LUKS container file but you can also create it
in a subdirectory instead of in the filesystem root now.
| ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -18/+44 |
2016-06-24 | Add LUKS passphrase entry support for more types of USB keyboard. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -1/+1 |
2016-06-24 | KDE launcher bug has been fixed in Slackware 14.2. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -9/+12 |
2016-06-24 | Add support for multilib....New parameter '-M' to the "make_slackware_live.sh" script will add
a squashfs module "0020-slackware_multilib-VERSION-ARCH.sxz" to the iso,
its contents based on the ./pkglists/multilib.* package repo definitions.
Only for the x86_64 architecture of course.
If you already have a USB Live, you can simply copy this module into the
directory "/liveslak/addons" to transform your pure 64bit Slackware Live
Edition into a multilib variant.
| ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 3 | -1/+216 |
2016-06-23 | makemod: fix the logic. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -11/+10 |
2016-06-23 | iso2usb.sh: fix a typo in a comment. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -1/+1 |
2016-06-23 | liveslak: enhance the boot debug a bit....Some explanation about what the 'debug' boot parameter does:
'debug=1' => enable some strategic pauses during boot while showing 'mount'
and 'blkid' output, so you can scroll back and inspect the proceedings
(just 'debug' also enables level 1).
'debug=2' => enable verbose script execution in addition to the above pause
moments.
'debug=3' => verbose script execution but without the mount/blkid info during
the strategically placed pauses.
'debug=4' => dumps you into a debug shell right before the switch_root.
No other pauses other debugging aids are offered like with levels 1, 2 or 3.
But you can check the health of your Live system before Slackware boots up.
| ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -5/+11 |
2016-06-21 | iso2usb.sh: try to fix custom persistence configuration. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -3/+9 |
2016-06-20 | Allow persistence and (luks) containers in subdirectories. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 2 | -11/+33 |
2016-06-17 | README.txt: document the new options in liveslak....* iso2usb.sh: added '-r' parameter to refresh an existing USB Live stick
with data from a new Live ISO.
* boot: added 'nop=wipe' parameter which will cause all persistent data
(in the persistence directory or a persistent data container) to be
erased. This allows you to repair a case of corrupted persistent
data which can occur after you modified files that are part of a
squashfs module.
Note that this boot option will leave an encrypted /home un-touched!
| ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -0/+5 |
2016-06-16 | iso2usb.sh: fix for refreshing a USB stick with LUKS persistent container. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -3/+9 |
2016-06-15 | Fix generating the 32bit Slackware Live ISO. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -6/+6 |
2016-06-15 | Set ARCH: needed when calling slackpkg for 32bit Live OS on 64bit host. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -2/+2 |
2016-06-15 | Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.0.1.1.0 | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -2/+1 |
2016-06-15 | iso2usb.sh: added 'refresh' parameter to update an existing Live USB stick....-r|--refresh =>
Refresh an existing Live USB stick with new ISO content.
The refresh option "-r" can be used when you have a Live USB stick and you
want to update the liveslak files with new versions on an ISO image file
which you downloaded/created.
The USB stick will not be formatted in this case, and user modifications
like LUKS-encrypted homedirectory or persistence data will not be touched.
The "system" squashfs modules will be replaced with the versions on the ISO
file and any squashfs module not present in the system/ directory of the ISO
will be deleted.
The "optional" and "addons" directories are treated a bit differently:
The files in there that you added yourself will not be deleted when
the content of these directories is refreshed with the content from the ISO
(unless of course your added files have the same name as one of the files
in the ISO).
The content of the /boot and /EFI directories will both be replaced with
whatever is on the ISO image.
| ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -96/+171 |
2016-06-15 | Try to support UEFI hybrid ISO better in the xorriso commandline. | ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -1/+3 |
2016-06-15 | Deal properly with the user enabling any optional/addon kernel modules....When the user loads a non-system squashfs module (for instance from the
optional or addons subdirectories) and this contains kernel modules,
then the kernel must be made aware using a "depmod -a" call.
The previous implementation did this at the end of rc.local but
that was too late in the boot process: the kernel needs to be aware
of the new modules straight from the start, so that udev can enable
the hardware which is supported by these new kernel drivers on time.
So the depmod call was moved to the live init script (inside the initrd).
| ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 2 | -17/+17 |
2016-06-15 | liveinit: use boot parameter "nop=wipe" to erase existing persistent data....Sometimes your Slackware Live develops issues because the persistent data
storage is conflicting with new packages or data which you added to the
Live OS. This can be fixed by erasing persistent data, thereby reverting
the Live OS to its initial state - i.e. when the USB stick was booted
for the first time.
For this purpose the functionality of the existing "nop" boot parameter
was extended to allow the '=' and specifying a value of 'wipe'.
Note that the persistent data will be wiped before the Live OS boots, and
it does not matter if you are using a persistence directory or a container
file for storing persistent data.
This wipe includes all your persistent personal data in /home/
unless you have moved your /home into a container file on the USB stick.
| ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -0/+16 |
2016-06-15 | liveinit: DEBUG=4 dumps you into a debug shell right before the switch_root....After doing your debug checks you can then type "exit" to exit
the debug shell. The init script will continue with the switch_root
and boot the OS.
| ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -2/+3 |
2016-06-10 | On 32bit, use the non-SMP kernel by default....You can define SMP32="YES" in the script or in its .conf file,
if you want your Live ISO to boot the 32bit SMP kernel instead.
| ![](//www.gravatar.com/avatar/caef891534164c2e3fee7e102a39cc97?s=13&d=retro) Eric Hameleers | 1 | -2/+2 |