On Wed Feb22'23 04:27:25PM, Luna Jernberg wrote: > From: Luna Jernberg <droidbittin@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:27:25 +0100 > To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, > mlmaitra <mlmaitra@xxxxxxx>, droidbittin@xxxxxxxxx, Luna Jernberg > <bittin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > 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 > > https://alt.fedoraproject.org/en/ Thanks! And where is the ks file for this? Best wishes, Ranjan > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
