Bugs/5.0DVD

2006-03-28T10:54:01Z

MrMoor:

1.) Reported by Mkurz

The "Start Samba Server" does not create proper shares. The script /usr/sbin/sambastart does not write a correct /etc/samba/smb.conf file. It has worked in Version till 4.02, but with 5.0 it does not.

2.) Reported by phil42

UPDATE: This is not a bug. Previous behavior can be restored with a KDE panel configuration change.

If the panel is moved to the top of the screen, hidden, and the panel-hiding buttons are removed, it does not reappear when the pointer moves to the top of the screen.

3.) Reported by Jackobli

Seems that the persistant homedir does not work properly. I can create a persistant home on my USB-Stick. But the home will not be loaded on the next boot (home=/dev/sda1).
--[[User:Jackobli|Jackobli]] 00:37, 21 Mar 2006 (GMT)

4.) Reported by jab (jeff@jab.org)

Radeon xorg driver does not work with Dell 2405FPW monitor and radeon 9250 card; when X starts the screen goes blank and is unrecoverable (alt-backspace and ctrl-alt-f2 do nothing). This worked fine in knoppix 4.0.2 and xfree86. I can use the vesa driver (knoppix lang=us xmodule=vesa) but that really limits my screen resolution.

5.) Reported by MrMoor

"knoppix bootfrom=/dev/hdc3/KNOPPIX_V5*.iso" does not work. During boot I get:

Accessing KNOPPIX DVD at /cdrom2.loop/KNOPPIX_V5*.iso...ERROR: Module cloop is in use
umount: Device or resource is busy
insmod: error inserting '/cdrom/boot/modules/cloop.ko': -1 File exists
insmod: can't read '/modules/cloop.ko': no such file or directory
Found primary KNOPPIX compressed image at /cdrom2/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX.
ioctl: LOOP_SET_FD: Device or resource busy

and it continues to boot from DVD. hdc3/KNOPPIX_V5.0DVD-2006-02-25-EN.iso is -rwxr-xr-x KNOPPIX:KNOPPIX on ext3.

Requests for Enhancements

2006-03-28T09:36:18Z

MrMoor: /* Unique Hostname */

==saved files warning on shutdown==
Have it check the desktop and home directory for saved files when the user tries to shutdown. If files exist prompt to ask them if they want to continue with shutdown or continue the session so they can upload the files someplace.

== Mutiple Logins in Knoppix ==

I recently had an idea for non-server type computers. This would be
implementable on Knoppix, but could be applied to any distribution.

Right now, "knoppix home=scan" will scan media for a knoppix.img file.

<newidea>

It would be cool if the system looked for all files called
"home-*.img". For example, I might have a home-hal.img file which
would be an encrypted filesystem containg the user hal's home
directory.

Suppose it found two files: home-hal.img and home-dave.img. Then the
login screen would show four user options: default, hal, dave, and
new. Default would create a home directory in the ramdisk using the
default settings, just like Knoppix does now.

If I chose hal, it would ask for a passphrase. If that passphrase
works on the encrypted home directory, then it would add hal to
/etc/passwd, mount the encrypted filesystem at /home/hal, and log me
in.

The "new" option would create a new user and a new encrypted home
directory on whatever media is chosen.

</newidea>

The advantages are:

# One is not limited to the "knoppix" user.
# There can be mutliple home-directory images for multiple users on the same hard drive.
# This encourages use of encryption for security.
# It seems more natural security model. In the old model of enforcing security, the kernel is expected to respect /etc/passwd and home-directory permissions. User A could always use a live-cd to read User B's private files, even if User B had set the permissions on those files to keep them private.

This idea needs work. But I think it has some promise.

: This idea shows promise, but probably not in the way you imagine. This needs discussion and a forum would be more appropriate that a wiki page for that. [http://www.knoppix.net/forum/ Forum link] --[[User:Rwcitek|Rwcitek]] 17:38, 21 Sep 2005 (GMT)

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== Unique Hostname ==

It would be very nice and useful, if the hostname of the Knoppix box would be unique. This would allow, that there are several Knoppix hosts running on the same net. Currently, if dynamic dns and DHCP is used, only the first "knoppix" host gets added to the DNS.

One easy way would be, to add the MAC adress of the 1st NIC to hostname (without the : of course). This would make the hostname look something like "knoppix-0008743EFDE2".

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or cheatcode "hostname=random" "hostname=MAC" "hostname=whateveruwant"

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