changing the session on the live cd

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 08:27:18PM +0200, Martin Marcher wrote:
> i'm recreating the live cd but can't find the place where to change the 
> session the live user logs into. I tried adding a /etc/skel/.xsession and 
> created a new iso image but with these settings the live cd stops at the 
> login manager (which is quite impractical on the live cd)

It uses the default session for the display manager (gdm or kdm).

> also another thing is i'd like to change some casper behaviour and couldn't 
> find documentation how to integrate the casper.deb into my version of the cd, 
> any hints on this one?

Building the CDs from scratch is a complex process which involves many
different tools.  It's best to start with an existing CD and replace the
bits you want to change.  There's documentation here:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveCDCustomizationHowTo

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 - mdz