Alternative way to provide the installer with a username to use

I've just tried to install Bazzite onto my Ally X for a dualboot setup. However, the one thing I absolutely require a wired keyboard for, apparently, is to input my desired username, as the installer doesn't provide a touch keyboard. Since that seems to be an issue that won't be fixed quickly, and I don't have access to a wired keyboard either, I was wondering if there was an alternative way to provide the installer with a username to use when installing. Maybe a text file I need to create on the USB flash drive?

Solution

Bazzite should have prefilled deck deck on the deck iso

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antheas•7/29/24, 2:14 PM

Use the deck username

antheas•7/29/24, 2:14 PM

Which is default

LuciOP•7/29/24, 2:18 PM

How would I type that in without a wired keyboard?

antheas•7/29/24, 2:22 PM

It's the default

antheas•7/29/24, 2:22 PM

You can change it after if you're so inclined

antheas•7/29/24, 2:22 PM

But if you don't have a keyboard, what's all the fuss with the username

LuciOP•7/29/24, 2:22 PM

It isn't pre-filled in or anything

antheas•7/29/24, 2:22 PM

I thought we prefilled it

LuciOP•7/29/24, 2:22 PM

I cannot complete the installation without entering a username

Aantheas I thought we prefilled it

LuciOP•7/29/24, 2:22 PM

I wish

LuciOP•7/29/24, 2:23 PM

Using latest stable bazzite-deck

antheas•7/29/24, 2:24 PM

@Kyle Gospo @Skynet still no prefill?

Skynet•7/29/24, 2:26 PM

Anaconda supports kickstart files which can include a username and password. You do need to make sure you select the right flavor when building the installer though as some of the flavors disable the user account creation portion of Anaconda. Is that what you need?

Solution

antheas•7/29/24, 2:26 PM

Bazzite should have prefilled deck deck on the deck iso

antheas•7/29/24, 2:26 PM

We didn't do it?

SSkynet Anaconda supports kickstart files which can include a username and password. You...

LuciOP•7/29/24, 2:29 PM

if that can be added to my USB stick post flashing the ISO to it with balena Etcher, then that would solve my problem, yeah

Skynet•7/29/24, 2:29 PM

You could use the

additional_templates

additional_templates

input variable to include a lorax template that adds the username and password to the kickstart file

usr/share/anaconda/interactive-defaults.ks

usr/share/anaconda/interactive-defaults.ks

See https://github.com/JasonN3/build-container-installer/blob/main/lorax_templates/install_set_installer.tmpl for how the template would look

GitHub

build-container-installer/lorax_templates/install_set_installer.tmp...

Creates an ISO for installing a container image as an OS - JasonN3/build-container-installer

Skynet•7/29/24, 2:31 PM

You can always add to the kickstart file. For the most part interactive-defaults.ks gets used, but you can define your own as well

LuciOP•7/29/24, 2:31 PM

Would that be feasible for someone who has no experience with

building an OS
building a Fedora Atomic Desktop OS
building Bazzite
Anaconda
Lorax

Skynet•7/29/24, 2:31 PM

You can use https://weldr.io/lorax/mkksiso.html to add a kickstart with a single command

LuciOP•7/29/24, 2:32 PM

It doesn't sound like a solution that's accessible to me

Skynet•7/29/24, 2:34 PM

The lorax template that could add it to the interactive-defaults.ks could be added to the Bazzite build, but that would be up to the Bazzite maintainers to decide if they want it there

LuciOP•7/29/24, 2:34 PM

I'n more asking if this could be as easy as editing one file on my USB stick

antheas•7/29/24, 2:34 PM

I don't think there is

antheas•7/29/24, 2:35 PM

But usbc to USB converters are very cheap

LuciOP•7/29/24, 2:35 PM

I have three, I just don't have a wired keyboard

LuciOP•7/29/24, 2:35 PM

and the Logitech wireless keyboard I tried didn't work (it uses a USB dongle)

antheas•7/29/24, 2:35 PM

Should be fine

antheas•7/29/24, 2:35 PM

With the dongle

LuciOP•7/29/24, 2:35 PM

but it just doesn't work :')

LuciOP•7/29/24, 2:36 PM

batteries are fresh too

antheas•7/29/24, 2:36 PM

Does it work in windows

LuciOP•7/29/24, 2:36 PM

Yknow what I haven't tested that

Skynet•7/29/24, 2:36 PM

As long as the filesystem is read/write, it is as easy as editing one file. The issue is that, if I remember right, even when written to a USB drive, ISOs stay read-only

LLuci Yknow what I haven't tested that

LuciOP•7/29/24, 2:37 PM

I'm out and about but can test later

antheas•7/29/24, 2:37 PM

I guess everyone still has keyboards

antheas•7/29/24, 2:37 PM

Because I thought we fixed this

antheas•7/29/24, 2:37 PM

And you're the first one to complain in months

antheas•7/29/24, 2:37 PM

Did you download the deck ISO

SSkynet As long as the filesystem is read/write, it is as easy as editing one file. The ...

LuciOP•7/29/24, 2:37 PM

I don't think the latter is true

Aantheas Did you download the deck ISO

LuciOP•7/29/24, 2:37 PM

bazzite-deck stable

SSkynet As long as the filesystem is read/write, it is as easy as editing one file. The ...

LuciOP•7/29/24, 2:38 PM

If you can tell me which file to edit and what edits to make, that would solve my problem, otherwise asking around if anyone has a wired keyboard for me to borrow for 10 seconds will be the easier solution

antheas•7/29/24, 2:40 PM

Probably the latter is the better solution

antheas•7/29/24, 2:40 PM

And for us

antheas•7/29/24, 2:40 PM

Fixing it later

LLuci I don't think the latter is true

Skynet•7/29/24, 2:40 PM

If it is read/write, you just need to add a file that says

user deck --password=deck --plaintext
%ksappend usr/share/anaconda/interactive-defaults.ks

user deck --password=deck --plaintext
%ksappend usr/share/anaconda/interactive-defaults.ks

and then add inst.ks=FILENAME.ks to the boot option

antheas•7/29/24, 2:41 PM

Didn't we do that for bazzite deck?

antheas•7/29/24, 2:41 PM

I remember us removing the root user and making it a default

antheas•7/29/24, 2:41 PM

What happened to that

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