editing files in /home/dsl when customizing

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: editing files in /home/dsl when customizing
started by: rst

Posted by rst on Feb. 03 2006,13:48

I am trying to make a custom version that has Mozilla, a PDF viewer, & ABIWord to use as an internet terminal in a business environment.

I am stuck on editing some files in /home/dsl/

I want to delete shortcuts in /home/dsl/.xtdestop/, edit the .xinitrc, & edit the /home/dsl/.fluxbox/menu

I was trying to use mkmydsl & do not see any files in the /home/dsl directory. Can anyone help?

Posted by clacker on Feb. 03 2006,15:39

rst, look in the /etc/skel directory for those files. They get copied from there into /home/dsl.

Posted by rst on Feb. 03 2006,16:42

Thanks for the reply, don't see it there,

Tried the mkmydsl & that looks like it is only good for adding extensions. I'm doing it the standard way of customizing Knoppix now where you copy to a hard drive & chroot. Still not sure where the /home/dsl comes from.

Posted by clacker on Feb. 03 2006,16:55

after you chroot to your new directory, type

ls -a /etc/skel/

do you see the files there then? They get copied into /home/dsl when the system starts up.

Posted by rst on Feb. 03 2006,17:01

Quote (clacker @ Feb. 03 2006,11:55)

after you chroot to your new directory, type

ls -a /etc/skel/

do you see the files there then? They get copied into /home/dsl when the system starts up.

thanks, forgot to do the -a