We're currently using kickstart to install our fleet of linux machines and I'm 
setting up a kickstart install for future deployment.  I got it all working 
perfectly.  It installs, the post sections runs, and I have a functioning SL4 
RC2 machine, except for one minot problem.  After booting up, a gtk error 
dialogue pops up and says "There was an error loading the theme Bluecurve. 
Failed to open file '/usr/share/gdm/themes/background.png': No such file or 
directory".  An ok button is there and I can click it but the dialogue just pops 
up repeatedly.  As a temporary workaround, I just copied the background from 
another theme into the bluecurve theme directory and all is well, but obviously 
I shouldn't have to hack in another png file to get it to work.

It may be worth noting that I've been working with SL4 since the alpha release 
and this problem wasn't present in the initial alpha release.  It first happened 
with RC1, and is still present in RC2.

As far as troubleshooting goes I've scoured a zillion rpms looking for the 
specific background.png file, thinking maybe it wasn't installed, and can't find 
what rpm it should be in to be installed.  I've pasted our kickstart file below, 
and X'd out various items like hostnames and what not.  Anyone have any ideas?




# Kickstart file automatically generated by anaconda.

install
text
nfs --server=XXXXXXXXXXXXX --dir=/export/src-a/kickstart/sl-4.0_rc2/i386
lang en_US.UTF-8
langsupport --default=en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8
keyboard us
xconfig --depth 24 --startxonboot  --defaultdesktop gnome
network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp
rootpw --iscrypted XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
firewall --disabled
selinux --disabled
authconfig --enableshadow --enablenis --nisdomain XXXXXXXX --nisserver 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
timezone America/New_York
bootloader --location=mbr --append="rhgb quiet"
clearpart --linux
part /boot --fstype "ext3" --size 50
part / --fstype "ext3" --size 6000
part swap --size=2000
part /export/data1 --fstype "ext3" --size=200 --grow
reboot
# The same packages that were in the rh9 install
%packages
@ kde-software-development
@ office
@ kde-desktop
@ x-software-development
@ legacy-software-development
@ system-tools
@ sound-and-video
@ network-server
@ editors
@ authoring-and-publishing
@ base-x
@ printing
@ gnome-desktop
@ gnome-software-development
@ graphics
@ mysql
@ development-tools
@ engineering-and-scientific
@ games
@ text-internet
@ graphical-internet
grub
kernel-smp
kernel-smp-devel
e2fsprogs
tftp
vim-X11
transfig
xpdf
xfig
amanda-client
finger
finger-server
xcdroast
# This is fairly all self documenting
%post
mkdir /mnt/ks
mount -o ro,nolock XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:/export/src-a/kickstart/sl-4.1alpha /mnt/ks
exec > /root/ks-post.log 2>&1
echo adding root .shosts entries
echo eta.pha.jhu.edu root > /root/.shosts
echo rio-grande.pha.jhu.edu root >> /root/.shosts
chmod 0600 /root/.shosts
echo making /usr/site and /usr/local links
mv /usr/local /usr/local.local
ln -s /sa4/site-i386-linux /usr/site
ln -s /sa4/local-i386-linux /usr/local
echo adding hosts to /etc/hosts
echo XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX     XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX XXX >> /etc/hosts
echo XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX     XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX XXX >> /etc/hosts
echo XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX     XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX XXX >> /etc/hosts
echo installing miscellaneous/updated rpms...
cd /mnt/ks/updates
# Hrm, pondering some sorta automated rpm repository here so freshly installed 
machines
# are up to date
rpm -Uvh *.rpm
mkdir /etc/bak
cd /mnt/ks/os-config-files ; \
   cp nsswitch.conf resolv.conf auto.master DIR_COLORS passwd shosts.equiv \
   auto_direct auto_home auto_master auto.misc mime.types mailcap shadow \
   hosts.allow phacomment motd syslog.conf /etc
   cp sysconfig/sendmail /etc/sysconfig
   cp sysconfig/autofs /etc/sysconfig
#cp cups/printers.conf /etc/cups/printers.conf
   cp ssh/* /etc/ssh
   cp init.d/* /etc/init.d
   cp X11/fs/config /etc/X11/fs
   cp X11/gdm/gdm.conf /etc/X11/gdm
   cp xinetd.d/* /etc/xinetd.d
   cp pam.d/* /etc/pam.d
   cp ld.so.conf.d/* /etc/ld.so.conf.d
   cp cshrc /root/.cshrc
   cp tcshrc /root/.tcshrc
   cp security/console.apps/* /etc/security/console.apps
   cp mail/* /etc/mail
# This strips the .XXX.XXX.XXX from the hostname in
# /etc/sysconfig/network.  Automagically saves a backup
# in /etc/sysconfig/network.orig
# The -e executes the perl code, the -i backs up the file
# to the file.orig, and the -p wraps a while loop and a print
# statement around the code
/usr/bin/perl -pi.orig -e 's/HOSTNAME=(.*)\.XXX\.XXX\.XXX/HOSTNAME=$1/g' 
/etc/sysconfig/network
ldconfig
#############################################################
echo removing some profile.d and cron scripts
mkdir /etc/cron-removed
mv /etc/cron.daily/00-logwatch /etc/cron-removed
mkdir /etc/profile.d/removed
mv /etc/profile.d/vim.csh /etc/profile.d/removed
mv /etc/profile.d/vim.sh /etc/profile.d/removed
mv /etc/profile.d/colorls.csh /etc/profile.d/removed
mv /etc/profile.d/colorls.sh /etc/profile.d/removed
/mnt/ks/finish-scripts/linux-direct.sh
/mnt/ks/finish-scripts/fixmail.sh
/mnt/ks/finish-scripts/configure-iraf.sh
echo removing miscellaneous rpms...
rpm -e --nodeps `rpm -qa |grep mozilla`
rpm -e --nodeps `rpm -qa |grep tetex`
rpm -e --nodeps `rpm -qa |grep firefox`
rpm -e --nodeps `rpm -qa |grep thunderbird`
rpm -e --nodeps `rpm -qa |grep samba-client`
rpm -e --nodeps `rpm -qa |grep samba-common`
/bin/rm -rf /etc/samba
echo configuring ntp
echo XXX-XXXXXX.XXX.XXX > /etc/ntp/step-tickers
echo server XXX-XXXXXX.XXX.XXX.XXX > /etc/ntp.conf
/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 ntpd on
/sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 lisa on
/sbin/chkconfig --levels 2345 yum off
rm /etc/rc3.d/K20nfs /etc/rc5.d/K20nfs
ln -s /etc/init.d/nfs /etc/rc5.d/S20nfs
ln -s /etc/init.d/nfs /etc/rc3.d/S20nfs
/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 nfsd on
rpm --import /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY
# This is because for *some* reason the bluecurve default background
# isn't getting installed.  This was needed when we moved up to
# SL 4.0, RC1, and is still apparently needed in RC2
/bin/cp /usr/share/gdm/themes/Default/background.png /usr/share/gdm/themes/Bluecurve
echo "get Kickstart_End /tmp/Kickstart_End" | /usr/bin/tftp XXX.XXX.XXX