Set timezone in template (firstboot)

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Reported by joanna on 28 Mar 2011 12:27 UTC
...and remove it from /etc/init.d scripts.

Migrated-From: https://wiki.qubes-os.org/ticket/150

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Comment by joanna on 30 Mar 2011 08:24 UTC
There is, however, a problem with running dispvm setup from within template's %post. Namely, it is expected that the very first thing that the user will do with a newly installed template is... setting the timezone. This requires doing qvm-run -a system-config-date. Potentially also setting up a printer (that's why the recent template 1.2.4-f13 has appmenus for those actions).

So, it makes little sense to run savefile creation if it's expected that the user will launch the template just a moment afterwards.

Perhaps a better solution would be to move this all into firstboot:

1. qvm-run -a system-config-date -uroot
2. savefile creation

?

[marmarek]

Comment by joanna on 30 Mar 2011 08:24 UTC
There is, however, a problem with running dispvm setup from within template's %post. Namely, it is expected that the very first thing that the user will do with a newly installed template is... setting the timezone. This requires doing qvm-run -a system-config-date. Potentially also setting up a printer (that's why the recent template 1.2.4-f13 has appmenus for those actions).

So, it makes little sense to run savefile creation if it's expected that the user will launch the template just a moment afterwards.

Perhaps a better solution would be to move this all into firstboot:

1. qvm-run -a system-config-date -uroot
2. savefile creation

?

[marmarek]

Comment by joanna on 30 Mar 2011 13:55 UTC
I'm assigning this to Tomek, as this would be part of the installer's firstboot.

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Comment by joanna on 30 Mar 2011 13:55 UTC
I'm assigning this to Tomek, as this would be part of the installer's firstboot.

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Modified by joanna on 1 Apr 2011 10:17 UTC

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Modified by joanna on 1 Apr 2011 10:17 UTC

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Modified by smoku on 4 Apr 2011 13:56 UTC

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Modified by smoku on 4 Apr 2011 13:56 UTC

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Comment by smoku on 4 Apr 2011 19:39 UTC
I think we should just copy /etc/localtime from dom0 to template. It's pointless to ask user the same question two times during firstboot.

[marmarek]

Comment by smoku on 4 Apr 2011 19:39 UTC
I think we should just copy /etc/localtime from dom0 to template. It's pointless to ask user the same question two times during firstboot.

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Comment by smoku on 4 Apr 2011 20:22 UTC
Implemented in http://git.qubes-os.org/?p=smoku/installer;a=commit;h=c8463fe4016f6fefe00677c787708e6e82acbfb7 and http://git.qubes-os.org/?p=smoku/core;a=commit;h=8ddb8593cbaf63f3bc596fee7640a6dab0c0a17a

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Comment by smoku on 4 Apr 2011 20:22 UTC
Implemented in http://git.qubes-os.org/?p=smoku/installer;a=commit;h=c8463fe4016f6fefe00677c787708e6e82acbfb7 and http://git.qubes-os.org/?p=smoku/core;a=commit;h=8ddb8593cbaf63f3bc596fee7640a6dab0c0a17a

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Modified by joanna on 5 Apr 2011 10:31 UTC

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Modified by joanna on 5 Apr 2011 10:31 UTC

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Modified by joanna on 5 Apr 2011 10:31 UTC

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Modified by joanna on 5 Apr 2011 10:31 UTC

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Modified by joanna on 5 Apr 2011 12:51 UTC

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Modified by joanna on 5 Apr 2011 12:51 UTC

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Comment by joanna on 5 Apr 2011 21:18 UTC
Done:

http://git.qubes-os.org/?p=joanna/installer.git;a=commitdiff;h=61d25f0872033111623bff2722f308e4131e90f8

We copy /etc/local from Dom0 to template root.img mounted via loop. This is done in firstboot qubes_setup script. We don't need to start template for this, which is nice.

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Comment by joanna on 5 Apr 2011 21:18 UTC
Done:

http://git.qubes-os.org/?p=joanna/installer.git;a=commitdiff;h=61d25f0872033111623bff2722f308e4131e90f8

We copy /etc/local from Dom0 to template root.img mounted via loop. This is done in firstboot qubes_setup script. We don't need to start template for this, which is nice.