I am using lfs-6.1.1-4 and everything has gone extremely well until about 6.17: mktemp-1.5. I then noticed that the arrow keys for use with bash history were not working as expected; I could scroll backwards without problem but scrolling forwards would not allow me to get the whole way to the blank line for typing a command. Instead, the downarrow key would be inoperative and some former command would seen. (I should probably also say that on a different VC, where chroot is not used, bash history seems to work fine.)
I have one, possibly two, questions: 1. Should I expect bash history to work without problem at this point? I ask this because I already have an example where bash is not working normally. Outside of lfs I can type the following and the bell rings: echo $'\a'. I wanted to use this with lfs to tell me when some job had finished but silence is the main result of its use. Hence my doubt about bash history within chapter 6. 2. If bash should be working normally, I've obviously done something wrong. Is the best way forward to restore the state I saved at the end of chapter 5, checking after each package, or is there some better way? (Incidentally, I powered down after 6.14: gcc-3.4.3 and I don't remember strange arrow keys before then.) I have followed the book as closely as possible apart from using the install-lfs-from-livecd hint. There are 2 main things this advocates and I have used them both: 1. User lfs is not necessary and need not be used since the OS on the CD cannot be ruined by running everything as root. 2. A few scripts can be used to advantage: some cut and paste beforehand instead of a lot of typing when needed. Barrie. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page