Since openSUSE 11.1 was not officially provided KDE 3.5 LiveCD or LiveDVD, how to get openSUSE 11.1 KDE 3.5 LiveCD with easy step and a few modification by using our install DVD ?
Yes, of course you would have a choice to get KDE 3.5 installed by default by choose “Other-KDE 3.5” on desktop environment choice while installing openSUSE but we may need the LiveCD version for any specific reason and purpose.
Actually, the process itself is not too difficult to do. Thanks to KIWI team for providing nice set tools to make this as easy as modify a few lines of code and run the LiveCD ISO image creation process.
PREPARATION
- Create local repositories as base installation source. You may used online repositories if you have fast and stable internet connection. The easiest way to make local repositories is by copying all of Installation DVD contents to specified folder. See step 2 for detail instruction.
- In this scenario, I will used local repositories by using openSUSE 11.1 ISO image (32 bit) mounted to /srv/www/htdocs/11.1 and accessing by http protocol. My iso image location is /home/vavai. My IP address is 192.168.1.70
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su
mkdir /srv/www/htdocs/11.1
mount -o loop openSUSE-11.1-DVD-i586.iso /srv/www/htdocs/11.1
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I’m using http protocol with URL http://192.168.1.70/11.1 because the local repos will be accessing by another guys on Local Area Network. If you wish to try by yourself, you do not need to setup http protocol. Just replace the url address http://192.168.1.70/11.1 with your location like /srv/www/htdocs/11.1 - Install KIWI tools
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zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Tools/openSUSE_11.1/ kiwi
zypper ref
zypper in kiwi kiwi-tools kiwi-config-openSUSE kiwi-desc-isoboot kiwi-desc-usbboot createrepo squashfs
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CONFIGURING SCHEMA
- Open the configuration schema : /usr/share/openSUSE-kiwi/livecd-kde3/config.xml
- Optional : Change header of configuration schema, e.g : author, contact, specification and version.
- Change the important portion : Base installation source from :
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or
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Depending your choice on preparation phase step 1 and 2 - If you has no internet connection, remove this portion :
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Note : there were 2 line of “openSUSE-release-livecd-kde3”. Remove both of them.
GENERATING ISO IMAGE
- Run the first stage process :
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kiwi –prepare /usr/share/openSUSE-kiwi/livecd-kde3 –root /tmp/kde35-source –logfile terminal
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kiwi –type iso –create /tmp/kde35-source -d /tmp/kde35-iso –logfile terminal
[/code] - ISO image can be found at /tmp/kde35-iso. Run the image by burn ISO image onto CD or DVD burner or run the ISO with VMWare or VirtualBox or Xen Virtualip zation
WORKAROUND
- I’m using optional process ” –logfile terminal”. This will display the installation process. If you found an error, please navigate or scroll up the log process to see what is the problem.
- There is 2 main problem that usually occurred on stage 1 : Error with base installation source and package not found.
- You may also added another package into ISO image but keep in mind with maximum size for LiveCD and LiveDVD
- If you wish to add 3rd party package, please read the restricted media format documentation due to openSUSE GPL license
Useful article, thanks for that! I didn’t know about the kiwi-config-openSUSE, that’s quite helpful! We still use KDE 3.5 here, and we use the liveCD to distribute openSUSE in Khmer, the language of Cambodia. LiveCD’s are a great way of distributing localised software!
Or use this simple method 😉
http://dev.compiz-fusion.org/~cyberorg/2009/01/05/opensuse-111-live-cddvd-and-usb-stick-building-with-kiwi/
Hi!
I’m followin this tutorial but i have a simple question, does kiwi (zypper) manage packages dependencies ?? i mean, if i add a package in config.xml, do i have to add all dependencies manually ?? or kiwi take care of it ?
thanks and greetings !
@Daniel Dario Morales Salas,
Yes, Zypper take care the dependencies automatically. Kiwi will ended with error if the dependencies doesn’t exist on the specified repositories. It’s not difficult to debug because kiwi log will issue a row entry like “package bla-bla-bla is not found”
As an example, I only need specified a package or pattern name on config.xml (ie : MozillaThunderbird) , the rest will be taken by Zypper.
WOW, amazing !!!!, so it’s very easy to build a personalized version of opensuse, great.
Right now i’m in stage 1 of my first build of opensuse livecd, i will try it in virtualbox and if everything is ok, i will build a better one.
Thanks !!!!
Hi, me again. I had created an ISO with KDE 4.2 following this tutorial. I have NO errors in creating the iso file. I’ve running my iso with virtualbox and it boots ok, but it cannot start KDE, it says “Could not load kdeinit4. Check your installation”.
I’ve added the KDE repos to my live system and updated with “zypper -t up” command and then tried an “startx” but the same error appears.
Do you know what could be happening ??
I was reading that the kdeinit4 error is because of non fully updated kde files (maybe when kiwi downloaded all the packages following the list in config.xml), but i’m not sure, i have not seen any error, even in both kiwi stages i get an beautiful kiwi sucessfully.
Please help.
Thanks and Greetings !!!
Hi Daniel,
Error message : “Could not load kdeinit4. Check your installation” occurred if KDE 4 could not find the library for starting the desktop.
Solution :
1. Click OK 🙂 . KDE 4 will be back to konsole
2. Type : startx and ENTER
3. Read the error message carefully. KDE 4 will show the error message and the missing library.
4. You may find the missing library and what’s package provided the library using YAST | Software Management and thick the “RPM Provides” on search option (look at filter option at the left side of YAST Software Management)
5. In my case, I must installing gamin package, because this package provide the missing library.
6. You may find the gamin package from packman repositories or http://software.opensuse.org/search
7. You may tested the solution as describe above by installing gamin within your iso image with yast or :
zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/j-engel/openSUSE_11.1 gamin
zypper ref && zypper in gamin
and then re-run step 2 (startx, ENTER)
8. Rebulding the iso
Please keep in mind that gamin package required because the error message pointing to library on gamin. It’s may different on your side but I think it would be. I got similar message while building modified openSUSE 11.1 KDE 4 LiveDVD
Hi, after i write startx in console, it says libfam.so.0 could not be found or something like that. Right now i see in yast (the options you said) and you are right, gamin is the package i need (or maybe fam package??). I’m doing all over again because i want to make it better (write an ordered config.xml with the applications i need).
Thanks por reply. I will tell you as it were to me.
Greetings !!
Sometimes, repositories fail, not all the packages are downloaded, how can we re-download just the missing packages without start all over again (i mean without removing /tmp/kde-source and starting dowloading all of the packages again) ??
Thanks !!!
It doesn’t matter, upgrade option is what i needed
kiwi -u /tmp/kde-sourceand that’s it.
Greetings !!!
Hye,
I’m on a 64-bit system and I wish to make a 32 bit live CD. I use the option “–target-arch i586” but my config.xml is a selection of packages for 64-bit version. How can I find it in 32 bit? Removing all the *32bit* package is not enough… other apear like numact1, linux32…
Have you got an idea?
am using Grub to make bootable usb Drive. I have three partitions on USB key. Two are DOS partition of 60 MBs.
1.First partition-syslinux configured for Offline Windows NT 2K XP password Administration
2.Second Partition- Windwos 98 DOS systems for Ghost, Partition magic, DOS network boot
3.Third Partition – the GRUB boot partition.
I have copied OpenSuse11.1 to the third partition and followed all changes including initrdud. I get
thfollowing error:
cddev /dev/sda1: /dev/sdb1
—> Mounting live boot drive …
—> Couldn’t find Live image configuration file
—> ShellException: providing shell …
The Grub menu.lst contains
title OpenSuse 11.1 Live
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/i386/loader/kernel root=/dev/sdb3 kiwidebug=1 ramdisk_size=512000 ramdisk_blocksize=4096 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/i386/loader/initrdud
Any suggestion will be highly appreciated.
Hallo Mr.Vavai,I am from Indonesia
I want to ask you,if i generate this script “kiwi –prepare /usr/share/openSUSE-kiwi/livecd-kde3 –root /tmp/kde35-source –logfile terminal”,I have error message like this
Trace Level 1 at /usr/share/kiwi/modules/KIWIManager.pm line 321
KIWIManager::setupScreenCall(‘KIWIManager=HASH(0x90a0f8c)’) called at /usr/share/kiwi/modules/KIWIManager.pm line 1576
KIWIManager::setupRootSystem(‘KIWIManager=HASH(0x90a0f8c)’, ‘bundle-lang-common-en’, ‘filesystem’, ‘glibc-locale’, ‘kernel-default’, ‘openSUSE-release’, ‘udev’) called at /usr/share/kiwi/modules/KIWIRoot.pm line 360
KIWIRoot::init(‘KIWIRoot=HASH(0x90a0edc)’) called at /usr/sbin/kiwi line 369
main::main() called at /usr/sbin/kiwi line 2088
Trace Level 2 at /usr/sbin/kiwi line 370
main::main() called at /usr/sbin/kiwi line 2088
what should I do??
hank you very much…
Now there is a lot easier option, and allows KDE 3.5 on opensuse 11.2 http://niczsoft.com/2010/02/opensuse-11_2-kde-3_5/