https://alt.fedoraproject.org/en/ On 2/22/23, Ranjan Maitra <mlmaitra@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed Feb22'23 08:00:55AM, Community Support for Fedora Users wrote: >> From: stan via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 08:00:55 -0700 >> To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Cc: stan <upaitag@xxxxxxxx> >> Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users >> <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: Re: how to create a Fedora 37 LiveCD without a desktop >> environment >> and with window manager >> >> On Tue, 21 Feb 2023 16:56:13 -0600 >> Ranjan Maitra <mlmaitra@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > I have been trying to build a LiveCD with a DE and with a window >> > manager. Specifically, I was thinking that I could have startx go >> > into starting the window manager. However, I can not quite figure out >> > how to handle this. Does anyone have experience with doing this? >> > >> > The notes available on LiveCD at >> > https://github.com/livecd-tools/livecd-tools only discuss a minimal >> > LiveCD or a full-fledged one, and indeed the minimal configuration >> > there does not even do anything (I only get Troubleshoot). But in any >> > case, that is not the point. >> > >> > Any suggestions on how I can use startx instead of a login display >> > manager? >> >> There is no login display manager. The minimal server install, the >> smaller one, boots into multiuser (the old runlevel 3). From there it >> is possible to run a script to start X. My system boots to multiuser >> on boot. I then run the following to start LXDE, after logging into a >> virtual console, usually vt1. >> >> echo 'exec startlxde' >> $XCLIENTS >> sleep 3 >> startx -- vt10 >> >> This starts LXDE on virtual terminal 10, leaving the output of X on >> virtual terminal 1, where I usually first login. >> >> There are similar commands for the other desktops. I have them all in >> a script, sort of a manual greeter. When I log out of X I return to the >> virtual console I started X from. >> >> Since KDE and Gnome are now pretty much wayland only, I'm not sure how >> well the script works for them. I suppose I should run through and >> test everything, as invocations sometimes change, especially at branch >> time for a new fedora version. The way to determine the actual command >> that is being run to start the various desktops is to download the >> source for one of the actual graphical greeters (login managers), and >> check how it invokes the desktop. >> > > Thank you very much for this! I was able to get it to work with slim (local > rpm that i have for myself) and realized that some package sets now need to > be explicitly included, and that was my error. > > Btw, where is the minimal server install available? > > Thanks again! > > Best wishes, > Ranjan > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
