Hi, update i yum installed gdm on the client along with the other 55 pkgs in the dependency list and then logged out and back in to create the .Xauthority file then i got this error [root@store-lan1-100 ~]# cd /usr/share/stateless/ [root@store-lan1-100 stateless]# python bootstrap.py -r /reserve-root -b /reserve-boot Traceback (most recent call last): File "bootstrap.py", line 35, in ? import gtk.glade so i yum installed pygtk2-libglade and now when i run the command, a gui interface pops up on my workstation for a brief second and then i get this error [root@store-lan1-100 stateless]# python bootstrap.py -r /reserve-root -b /reserve-boot Traceback (most recent call last): File "bootstrap.py", line 324, in ? run ('aware-of-vacuity.boston.redhat.com', 'dc=sml-demo,dc=devel,dc=redhat,dc=com', True) File "bootstrap.py", line 321, in run gui.run() File "bootstrap.py", line 118, in run r = replicator.BootstrapReplicator (self.ldap_uri, self.root_dn, self.debug) TypeError: __init__() takes exactly 3 arguments (4 given) thx in advance, Peter Schobel ~ On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 06:02, Mark McLoughlin wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 13:16 -0500, Peter Schobel wrote: > > i'm having a few problems with setting up stateless linux for the > > rsync-based cached instantiation model > > > > first of all, i couldn't get the post install script in the kickstart > > file to work. and i'm not sure why because i could not see any output > > from that script but i know that when the system would reboot, the > > stateless-client package would not be installed > > What I was doing in the end was: > > - Rather than using the yum-from-kickstart hack I'd recommend copying > that stateless-* and readonly-root RPMs into a rawhide install tree > and then doing: > > $> genhdlist --hdlist /path/to/install/tree/Fedora/base/hdlist --productpath Fedora /path/to/tree > > - And then using the kickstart file attached. > > It'd be great if you could confirm that works and send patches for the > HOWTO. > > Cheers, > Mark.