[Vectorlinux-devel] SOHO A1.19

[M0E L. <m0...@gm...>]

Ok guys, I've managed to offer a way for the user to stay at the
booloader configuration if it fails.

Basically, if it fails, it will ask you wether to continue or not.
click yes, moves on, click no, stays there to let you figure out the
problem.

On other notes, other things we need to figure out.

LILO keeps failing because we have an empty initrd in the target.
I'm not sure how or why this is happening, but doing ls -al
/mnt/target/boot clearly shows a 0 size for the initrd file. The 0
initrd will report a "empty map section" error on the installer,
according to google, LILO produces this error when it tries to access
a referenced file with a 0 sector size.

KDM
Got tired of looking at the plain KDM login greeter last night, and I
thought to myself, there has to be a way to make it show the face
icons. And there is.
The only problem is, we need to modify the kdmrc to make it look like
this http://vlcore.vectorlinux.com/trac/vlcore/attachment/ticket/14/kdmrc

Not sure what the best way to do this would be, but I'm thinking maybe
rip the kdebase-workspace package apart and patch the file or
something.
After patching the file, kdm will show the uers login face icons on
the greeter, just a little nice touch that means nothing, but is nice
to have.

.bash_profile
Linking $USER/.bash_profile to $USER/.bashrc works for sourcing the
.bashrc. Apparently KDE expects this file instead of the .bashrc,
however, if linked, then when you open a termina, you get the prompt
this prompt twice:

Frequently used programs:
Configuration  : vasm
Package manager: slapt-get, pkg
Network tools  : ifconfig, host, ping, nmap, iptables
File manager   : mc (press F2 for useful menu)
Editor         : mcedit, nano, vi
Multimedia     : alsamixer, play