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| -rw-r--r-- | TODO | 51 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/debian-live-problems.txt | 16 |
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 44 deletions
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@ -- add vim-nox and lsof back into package lists -- keyring stuff: config/archives/any-repo.key.{binary,chroot} -- copy in torouterui package, add dependancies +- commit torouterui package, add dependancies - custom kernel http://live.debian.net/manual/html/live-manual.en.html#411 - determine which configurations can be settled using debconf preseeds http://live.debian.net/manual/html/live-manual.en.html#495 -- set user password +- reset the user password properly http://live.debian.net/manual/html/live-manual.en.html#505 - dreamplug: uap hack, libertas firmware - ntp.conf? @@ -18,42 +16,9 @@ sudo: unknown user: torouter sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin -- /var/lib/tor permissions: - Nov 17 21:20:25.064 [warn] /var/lib/tor is not owned by this user (debian-tor, 105) but by root (0). Perhaps you are running Tor as the wrong user? - Nov 17 21:20:25.065 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Couldn't access/create private data directory "/var/lib/tor" - Nov 17 21:20:25.065 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above. - -serial login debugging: -- perhaps related to symlink issue? -- user not being created correctly? -- init seems to be the problem: doesn't respect inittab - - maybe due to earlier init not completing? known problem w/ rc.local - - 'init s' then canceling brings up login correctly - - ordering of script might be the problem? tried moving to 010-* -- add "dhclient eth0" to 9999-* and "echo root:crud | chpasswd" script to - enable remote login and set root password (for debugging with a router+ssh) -- tried removing modprobe.d and sysctl.conf files -- mildly shifted u-boot parameters around... -- perhaps a new or changed set of packages? or a package dependancy? -- also, haven't been building regularly due to missing symlink problem -- tried using pinned sid version of live-* packages, also update build - machine's live-* -- WORKED BEFORE ARG - -- suspicious packages: - - tcpd - - u-boot - - resolveconf - - xauth - - module-init-tools - - krb5-locales - - keyboard-configuration - - flash-kernel - - devio - - dbus - - bind9-host - - user-setup - - sudo -- removed sid pinning crap -- moved serial console fixer back to default -- still have missing symlink problem! due to kernel mangle hook? ownership? +- remove unnecessary tty2+ lines completely from /etc/inittab +- tor: + - chown debian-tor:debian-tor /var/log/tor /var/lib/tor + - chgrp debian-tor /etc/tor/ /etc/tor/* + - chmod g+rw /etc/tor/ /etc/tor/* + - debug issue with /var/log/tor/notices.log diff --git a/doc/debian-live-problems.txt b/doc/debian-live-problems.txt index 13fe99b..e8db2aa 100644 --- a/doc/debian-live-problems.txt +++ b/doc/debian-live-problems.txt @@ -25,12 +25,21 @@ If you don't run the second line as well, you will get the error: ### Missing symlinked files +When building hdd images, often targetting the FAT32 filesystem, all symlinks +get removed from the binary image. If you are trying to create a "plainroot" +image using ext3 or any unix-style filesystem, this is a big problem. To +disable this step, edit /usr/lib/live/build/binary_includes on the host build +system, and around line 57 comment out the line: + + find binary -type l | xargs rm -f + If you get a boot error like: Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! Then init may be unable to link to necessary library (like lib/ld-linux.so.3), -because of some badness in the binary build system. Try overcoming with: +because of some badness in the binary build system. If you can't do the above +hack editing the symlink deletion out, you could do: lb clean --binary lb config @@ -71,3 +80,8 @@ necessary): DU_DIM="$(echo 50 + $DU_DIM | bc)" +### Missing Serial Console on Boot + +It appears to break live-boot configuration if the user-setup debian package is +installed? + |