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Build the binary module package yourself-Madwifi

When I am working on Debian Live project I found a problem : I am customizing Debian Live using Live-helper Kernal using :Linux 2.6.26-1-686 The wifi-connection is not being detected, I have packed madwifi-tools, madwifi-source,wireless-tools,gnome-network-admin,network-manager packages any other packages are required for that wife-connection. I am using linux 2.6.26-1-686 kernal and I didn't find madwifi-modules-2.6.26-1-686.so how can I able to add that ? Here is the solution ........... madwifi modules are not prebuilt in the archive because the maintainer of madwifi didn't wanted us to do that (on behalf of linux-modules-nonfree-2.6). however, you need to build the binary module package yourself (m-a build madwifi) and put it into your config/chroot_local-packages. And now your madwifi package support in your customized Debian Live

Create Debian Live Installer Using Live-helper

Here is the simple way to Install your cusomize Debian Live into your machine 1.Set the two parameter in config/binary with by a.LH_DEBIAN_INSTALLER="live" b.LH_DEBIAN_INSTALLER_DISTRIBUTION="daily" 2.Give the access to /tmp folder in chroot chmod 777 /tmp 3.clean binary by lh_clean --binary 4.Rebuild ISO And now you can install your customized live CD in your machine ,which works fine .......

Customization using live-helper

Linux live cd are very useful installation disks and rescue disks are the main application of the technologies used to make a live cd i am going to talk about how to make a debian linux live cd in this how-to i will  cover how to use the application called live-helper first thing you need is a installation of debian it is best to use a debian sid host system to build the iso with live-helper using debian sid ensures that you have all the newest tools and the latest features fixes of live-helper to simplify this write-up i will assume you are using debian sid if you wish to use debian etch or lenny then you can set up apt pinning it will allow you to grab the newest packages for live-helper and all the dependencies so you can keep your precious stable system and still have the latest version of live-helper start off by updating the apt aptitude database and then upgrade any packages on your sid system to the newest possible version. I have used Qemu for running live CD su apt-get ...

Customization Splash image

Steps Customization Splash image in Debian Live Create your image, and transform it into a XPM file, 640x480, with 14 colors: $ convert my-nice-image.jpg -colors 14 -geometry 640x480! my-nice-image.xpm gzip it: $ gzip my-nice-image.xpm Put that image into $ cp my-nice-image.xpm livebuild/config/binary_local-grub/ Modify config/binary file in to LH_GRUBSPLASHIMAGE =./config/binary_local-grub/my-nice-image.xpm