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Martin Hope
Sunita Barve
Asked: 2013-06-12 20:11:35 +0800 CST
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can someone tell whether uck on command line does not work with version 2.4.5 or 2.4.6. I wish to create a livecd using commands of uck not uck-gui but while running the command uck-remaster-pack-rootfs it gives an error as "failed to read" and problem with uck-gui is one has to finalise the work and create the iso. it does not allow to continue work later. everytime even if a small change is made one has to build an iso. For again making changes this new iso has to be used.

Is there any other better option available to create livecd wihout making use of uck.

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Martin Hope
greenfish
Asked: 2012-10-22 17:26:57 +0800 CST
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I'm working with the uck tool to get customized ubuntu live image(kernel).

It can be fully customized with it, but I can not change desktop shell.

Normally, when booting with the live CD, there's no log-in session. So what I want to do is as below.

After boot with my live cd, my applications(ex, gedit) are the only ones to auto-start along with my wallpaper with some logos.

In other words, is it possible to change desktop shell to just my application, with no desktop icons, task bar and panel?

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Martin Hope
Tim
Asked: 2012-02-15 06:48:37 +0800 CST
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I must be missing something obvious. I've taken over the development of a customised Ubuntu installation, which uses the 11.04 Desktop Live ISO with a customised preseed file to make the installation of a new PC completely automatic - build the ISO with the UCK tools, burn it to a DVD, boot a PC from the DVD, go for a nice cup of tea, and come back to a finished installation just waiting for you to click to reboot into the new system.

It all works fine except for this: I cannot get a late_command in the preseed file to run. Everything else in the file works fine - partitioning, choosing packages, creating a user, etc - but the last line of the preseed file:

d-i preseed/late_command string /bin/echo "trying echo" > /var/log/myfile

...doesn't happen. I've tried every possible combination of in-target and prefixing /target/ to my paths. I've SSHed to the machine while the automated installation is running and verified that my output paths exist and are writable. I've checked the kernel command line to make sure the right preseed file is being used. My late_command command just sits there, refusing to be run. We've been sitting here staring at each other, for quite some time now. My brain has started dribbling out my ears, and I've just plain started dribbling.

Is there some crucial piece of ancient Oriental preseed-fu I'm missing? I'm at my wits' end here (and my mum will tell you I didn't have far to go) - any help will be most appreciated.

11.04 preseed uck
Martin Hope
joel
Asked: 2011-11-26 12:45:51 +0800 CST
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I am trying to use UCK but I got this error when I ran it:

I ran it from the source (svn repo), not the deb package.

Build (/home/joel/uck-2.4.5/uck-gui ) started at 2011-11-25 15:38:56
sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified
Build ended at 2011-11-25 15:39:17

I chose "en" then Yes to all questions and I got this error. Why?

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