Re: LFS does not save bash history on shutdown
On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 12:24 -0600, Jason Aeschilman wrote: > > I have lost history enough times, so I'm careful to logout of any > > session I want to save. > Well, this came up because our (very old) Caldera-based system didn't > have this problem. I just now tested this on Fedora and it doesn't > have > this problem either. I'm curious what is different on LFS. I > wonder > if their reboot command is compiled differently. I suppose one > solution > would be to create an alias for reboot (alias reboot='reboot; exit') > but > it seems silly to have to do that. As far as I am aware this is not specific to LFS. I believe Debian bash and cygwin bash exhibits this same behaviour, if the term session is not gracefully shutdown history is lost. Next time I have to reboot one of my Debian servers I will check this out. -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ Any woman is a volume if one knows how to read her. ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: LFS does not save bash history on shutdown
On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 12:23 -0600, Jason Aeschilman wrote: > Bash history is not saved on shutdown. I have commented out the line > "unset HISTFILE" from /etc/profile so now history is saved for root, but > it only works when I log out of a terminal. If I reboot or shutdown, > the history does not get saved to ~/.bash_history. Does anyone know how > this can be fixed? Shouldn't this be standard on the LFS system? Even > if you keep "unset HISTFILE" for root, regular users should not lose > their bash history on shutdown. > > Jason I believe this is standard. If the terminal session is not logged out of, history for that session is not saved. What I do if I reboot/shutdown from a virtual terminal: reboot ; exit I have lost history enough times, so I'm careful to logout of any session I want to save. -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ It's hard to be humble when you're perfect. ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: removing usb messages at boot time
On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 13:26 -0600, Peter B. Steiger wrote: > In case anyone is curious, after Anthony reported the trick I did some > hunting and found the mechanism for these options in the kernel source > under init/main.c. The "quiet" parameter invokes a function > kernel_quiet() that sets the default loglevel to 4, which is beyond > the > scope of INFO-level messages. I can't take credit for this 'trick'. I picked it up off one of the LFS lists a while ago. Credit where it's due. -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ "Linux poses a real challenge for those with a taste for late-night hacking (and/or conversations with God)." (By Matt Welsh) ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: removing usb messages at boot time
On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 18:44 +, Warren Wilder wrote: > Exactly :-) The USB messages, and a few other 'boring' messages as > well, are no longer visible. This is a very light weight solution, my > opinion on grub is raised once again. This is not grub specifically, but a kernel option passed to the kernel by grub. Any bootloader that passes parameters to the kernel would manage this. > Thanks, You're welcome. -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ "I saw _Lassie_. It took me four shows to figure out why the hairy kid never spoke. I mean, he could roll over and all that, but did that deserve a series?" -- the alien guy, in _Explorers_ ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: removing usb messages at boot time
On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 09:11 +, Warren Wilder wrote: > When my system is booting, I see several messages from EHCI, OHCI and > UHCI. They are ugly, in a way. Try adding quiet to your kernel options in grub kernel /comet-kernel.2.6.16.11 root=/dev/hde2 vga=794 rw quiet -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ "Who cares if it doesn't do anything? It was made with our new Triple-Iso-Bifurcated-Krypton-Gate-MOS process ..." ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Creating Backups vs cp to media and Other Things
On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 11:47 -0700, Dan Nicholson wrote: > On 4/3/06, Brandin Creech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > And tar works for me, so... > > Do you have any experience using the incremental backup features of > GNU tar? I read the info pages for a while one day, but got bogged > down in details. There are a couple scripts that ship with tar that > LFS doesn't install. I haven't gotten around to trying them yet. > Right now, I just use dated full archives, but I was thinking it would > be nice to use incremental archives since the vast majority of the my > data is essentially static. Talking about incremental backups, I'm surprised no-one has mentioned rsync. I have a 160G USB drive that I use to back up volatile and configuration data, (/etc, /home, /boot, /root and the like) on all my machines. I use RVM which allows me to set up a configuration file that takes the pain out of it. -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ No violence, gentlemen -- no violence, I beg of you! Consider the furniture! -- Sherlock Holmes ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: ext3 prob. following LFS6.1
On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 19:31 +, Cliff McDiarmid wrote: > Justin R. Knierim wrote on 08 Jan 2006 at 09:42 > > > > In /etc/fstab, does the line for /dev/hda9 show the fs type as ext3 > > or as ext2? > > ext3, but I've also tried auto, with the same result. > > I've googled this error on the web, but there is no reai answer > > thanks > > MAC Mind posting your fstab? -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ hmm, lunch does sound like a good idea would taste like a good idea too ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: start menu items
On Wed, January 4, 2006 2:23, Doug Reich said: > Out of curiosity, what kind of file would one put where to make it > automatically added to the menu without this tool? This has always > irked > me, especially after running "find" commands all over disk trying to > alter these items. Look for *.desktop files, normally in /usr/share/applications. -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: external disk
On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 11:42 +0100, Jean-Philippe Mengual wrote: [...] > Really, I'm also out of ideas. Do you have access to a USB mouse, or any other USB device. It would help to narrow the problem down. [...] -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ I dunno, I dream in Perl sometimes... -- Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: external disk
On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 20:14 +0100, Jean-Philippe Mengual wrote: > Hi, > I know that my hd isn't detected by the kernel because no particular > message is displayed by dmesg. Moreover, 'cat /proc/bus/usb/devices' > says: "No such file or directory" Is /proc/bus/usb there? ls -AlFh /proc/bus/usb > Actually, usb-storage, usb-ohci, usb-ehci... are activated. > So I go and see if my hd is supported, it wouldn't be cool if it > wouldn't but... I'm pretty sure that it is supported? Do you have access to a usb flash drive (a small portable device) that you can use to see if you have your configuration right? -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ The `loner' may be respected, but he is always resented by his colleagues, for he seems to be passing a critical judgment on them, when he may be simply making a limiting statement about himself. -- Sidney Harris ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: an external disk
On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 12:52 +0100, Jean-Philippe Mengual wrote: > Hi, > I'm very worry because indeed, the kernel doesn't detect my disk. I > loaded following modules: [snip] Why don't you build the required modules into the kernel? I just switched on my usb drive and my list of modules didn't change. > I added new things in my kernel configuration: Freecom USB/atapi > bridge, since my hd is a Freecom model. This may or may not be relevant. > Now I wonder if I should add SCSI tape support or if it's not > important. I doubt it. > Or should I try to build a more recent release of the kernel? If you > think that, is it hard with LFS-6.1 or will building be easy, without > risks? I have a recent release of the kernel. The usb drive worked with 6.1's kernel, so I wouldn't bother until you get things working. Here is what I get when I switch on the drive. --- Jan 1 12:03:41 comet kernel: usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5 Jan 1 12:03:41 comet kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Jan 1 12:03:41 comet kernel: usb-storage: device found at 5 Jan 1 12:03:41 comet kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Jan 1 12:03:50 comet kernel: Vendor: Maxtor 6 Model: Y200P0 Rev: 0 0 Jan 1 12:03:50 comet kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Jan 1 12:03:50 comet kernel: SCSI device sda: 398297088 512-byte hdwr sectors (203928 MB) Jan 1 12:03:50 comet kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Jan 1 12:03:50 comet kernel: SCSI device sda: 398297088 512-byte hdwr sectors (203928 MB) Jan 1 12:03:50 comet kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Jan 1 12:03:50 comet kernel: sda: sda1 Jan 1 12:03:50 comet kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Jan 1 12:03:50 comet kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete --- I'll try and include the relevant bits of my kernel config (well they work for me)., note, you may need OHCI, examine dmesg to check. Also try building them directly into the kernel, --- CONFIG_SCSI=y CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_HCD=y CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_OHCI=y CONFIG_USB=y CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=y CONFIG_USB_EHCI_SPLIT_ISO=y CONFIG_USB_EHCI_ROOT_HUB_TT=y CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=y CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=y CONFIG_USB_HID=y CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=y CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV=y -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high. ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Gnome 2.10, Yelp and characterset problems (I presume)
On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 16:25 +0500, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > This is indeed caused by incorrect charset conversion. Details: > > In ISO-8859-1, the "non-breaking space" character is 0xA0, the  is > 0xC2. In UTF-8, the entire indivisible 0xC2 0xA0 sequence means a > non-breaking space. > > You can verify this by running something like "LANG=en_US.UTF-8 yelp". > > Also I am curious where this HTML comes from. Does this HTML file have > a > proper tag? > > This may as well be a gtkhtml bug, try playing with versions and > LD_PRELOAD. I can't help much because I don't use GNOME. Thanks Alexander, I appreciate your response. However, I deviated from the book :) and installed Yelp 2.10.0, not without some pain, and everything appears OK now. -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ * Knghtktty is not going to ask how zucchini got into the discussion ... ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Gnome 2.10, Yelp and characterset problems (I presume)
On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 16:44 +, Alessandro wrote: > Hi, I had similar problems compiling yelp 2.10.0 with > this configure: > ./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` > --localstatedir=/var/lib --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome --enable-man > --enable-info --with-mozilla=mozilla > (Yelp crashes at startup) > But after a simple > ./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` > --localstatedir=/var/lib --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome > yelp seems to work well. > In fact I have only mozilla installed, neither firefox, nor thunderb. > so i'm not sure if the problem is mozilla vs. firefox or other. > Regards, > Alessandro I did have problems with the info/man enable switches too. May well have a bearing on the problem, I'm too busy to go back to investigate right now. -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am." -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Gnome 2.10, Yelp and characterset problems (I presume)
On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 23:25 +, S. Anthony Sequeira wrote: > On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 21:35 +0000, S. Anthony Sequeira wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 20:23 +, Andrew Benton wrote: > > > > About This Book > > > > Chapter� 1 Using GConf > > > > Section� 1.1 Introducion to GConf > > > > Section� 1.2 GConf Repository > > > > Section� 1.3 GConf Daemon > > > > > > What version of Yelp? I used to see something like this with Yelp-2.6 > > > which was compiled against libgtkhtml. But the problem went away when > > > I moved to Yelp-2.10 and upwards. They use Firefox's gecko rendering > > > engine as their backend so before I could make the move to the new > > > Yelp I had to bite the bullet and install Firefox system side. > > > > Yup, Yelp 2.6.5, as the book says. I'm going for 2.10 now, and will > > report back. > > Sorry about the delay, I was doing some research onm the following > problems: > > 1st startup pops up error box 'The application 'Yelp' has quit > unexpectedly, and in .xsession-errors: > > I/O warning : failed to load external entity > "/home/sherwin/.gnome2/yelp-bookmarks.xbel > > force-quit and kick it off again from an xterm, and the following > appears: > > I/O warning : failed to load external entity > "/home/sherwin/.gnome2/yelp-bookmarks.xbel" > *** glibc detected *** corrupted double-linked list: 0xb6e9c838 *** > > I'll keep digging, thought I'd report. Hard to trim this, so I'll leave as it. Right, having battled with 2.10 _and_ 2.12, both crashing, I reread your email, and noticed you had to install firefox, so I reinstalled 2.10 with a Debian patch and using: --with-mozilla=firefox instead of the default mozilla, and voila, it worked. Thanks again. -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ The time for action is past! Now is the time for senseless bickering. ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Gnome 2.10, Yelp and characterset problems (I presume)
On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 21:35 +, S. Anthony Sequeira wrote: > On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 20:23 +, Andrew Benton wrote: > > > About This Book > > > Chapter� 1 Using GConf > > > Section� 1.1 Introducion to GConf > > > Section� 1.2 GConf Repository > > > Section� 1.3 GConf Daemon > > > > What version of Yelp? I used to see something like this with Yelp-2.6 > > which was compiled against libgtkhtml. But the problem went away when > > I moved to Yelp-2.10 and upwards. They use Firefox's gecko rendering > > engine as their backend so before I could make the move to the new > > Yelp I had to bite the bullet and install Firefox system side. > > Yup, Yelp 2.6.5, as the book says. I'm going for 2.10 now, and will > report back. Sorry about the delay, I was doing some research onm the following problems: 1st startup pops up error box 'The application 'Yelp' has quit unexpectedly, and in .xsession-errors: I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/home/sherwin/.gnome2/yelp-bookmarks.xbel force-quit and kick it off again from an xterm, and the following appears: I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/home/sherwin/.gnome2/yelp-bookmarks.xbel" *** glibc detected *** corrupted double-linked list: 0xb6e9c838 *** I'll keep digging, thought I'd report. -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ The only real argument for marriage is that it remains the best method for getting acquainted. -- Heywood Broun ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Gnome 2.10, Yelp and characterset problems (I presume)
On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 20:23 +, Andrew Benton wrote: > > About This Book > > Chapter� 1 Using GConf > > Section� 1.1 Introducion to GConf > > Section� 1.2 GConf Repository > > Section� 1.3 GConf Daemon > > What version of Yelp? I used to see something like this with Yelp-2.6 > which was compiled against libgtkhtml. But the problem went away when > I moved to Yelp-2.10 and upwards. They use Firefox's gecko rendering > engine as their backend so before I could make the move to the new > Yelp I had to bite the bullet and install Firefox system side. Yup, Yelp 2.6.5, as the book says. I'm going for 2.10 now, and will report back. > Andy Thanks. -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ It's very inconvenient to be mortal -- you never know when everything may suddenly stop happening. ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Gnome 2.10, Yelp and characterset problems (I presume)
On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 19:43 +, Ken Moffat wrote: > > > > Yelp gives me Funny characters in my stable BLFS installation. To > give > > you a flavour of what I see, I'm pasting part of what I see (and > yes, it > > does show Gnome 2.6, just noticed). > > > [...] > > Chapter 1Using GConf > > Section 1.1 Introducion to GConf > > I see this whenever I look at the help in gnumeric (builds over the > last few months, minimal parts from gnome-2.10). I assume it's one > of > those "gnome says everybody will use utf8" things. Actually, it > might > be deciding that a binary null is ctrl-A on the keyboard. It's painful! But my Gnome 2.8 (Debian stable) at work does not exhibit this symptoms. I have a copy of the environment, but my fumblings didn't seem to make a difference. Ah well, roll on i18n in LFS :) -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ Maturity is only a short break in adolescence. -- Jules Feiffer ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Gnome 2.10, Yelp and characterset problems (I presume)
My meanderings through the LFS archive and Google have not led me to a solution. Yelp gives me Funny characters in my stable BLFS installation. To give you a flavour of what I see, I'm pasting part of what I see (and yes, it does show Gnome 2.6, just noticed). GNOME 2.6 Desktop System Administration Guide Table of Contents About This Book Chapter 1 Using GConf Section 1.1 Introducion to GConf Section 1.2 GConf Repository Section 1.3 GConf Daemon Section 1.4 GConf Command Line Tool Section 1.5 To Set Preference Values Section 1.6 Setting General Preferences Any ideas please? -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ Money may buy friendship but money cannot buy love. ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: A Note on GTK+-2
On Fri, December 16, 2005 15:44, Steve Brown said: > For the last few days I've been trying to determine the source of > reproducable segfaults in several GTK apps. After trying many things, [...] I take it this is stable BLFS? -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: openssh sshd configuration issues
On Tue, December 6, 2005 21:36, Erik Garrison said: > On 12/6/05, S. Anthony Sequeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This has happened to me when the permissions of the root home >> directory >> were askew, so check your directory permissions. > > /root permissions are root:root drwxr-x--- > would you suggest I change them? That's OK, I had world write permission (don't ask). -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: openssh sshd configuration issues
On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 16:19 -0500, Erik Garrison wrote: > $ ssh 127.0.0.1 > Connection closed by 127.0.0.1 > > The same happens when I try to login from a remote server, so it's > certainly not a local IP configureation issue. This has happened to me when the permissions of the root home directory were askew, so check your directory permissions. -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ When Yahweh your gods has settled you in the land you're about to occupy, and driven out many infidels before you...you're to cut them down and exterminate them. You're to make no compromise with them or show them any mercy. [Deut. 7:1 (KJV)] ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Bash history keys (C-r), (C-s)
On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 01:51 -0800, Brandin Creech wrote: > The C-r key sequence does something else: it goes back to the last > encountered word that you typed. For instance, they key sequence > (C-r),c,p,(space),-,a would list the last command that had 'cp -a' in > it (and > pressing return would run it). But if I go back too far in this list, > I'm > supposed to be able to press C-s to go forward in the list to find the > next-latest 'cp -a' command, but as I said, CTRL+S is already being > used. ditch the emacs interface, use: $ set -o vi $ [esc]-k /text to find and thereafter n to repeat find and N to reverse direction of search ducks behind flame-proof parapet -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ An artist should be fit for the best society and keep out of it. ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Error while make in Scrollkeeper-0.3.14
On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 15:36 +0530, Nupur wrote: > I have already installed libxslt & the output of the above command is > as follows: > > ~/libxslt-1.1.14/libxslt/.libs/libxslt.so.1 > /usr/lib/libxslt.so.1 Try /sbin/ldconfig -v | grep xslt -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ ...when fits of creativity run strong, more than one programmer or writer has been known to abandon the desktop for the more spacious floor. - Fred Brooks, Jr. ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: GNOME using package-users problem
On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 09:52 +0100, Luca Dionisi wrote: > That is: I've got a setuid-root bash script. It prints out the > effective > and real uid. > But when I run it, I won't have root privileges... Why?!? A security feature. Check out Google. > Is my system acting normally? Yes. I'd go for the original solution, it works well. Or, search for bash script compiler, compile the script, and make the compiled executable suid. HTH -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ You can't play your friends like marks, kid. -- Henry Gondorf, "The Sting" ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: rsync copies too many files to and from a fat32 partition
On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 18:54 +, Cedric wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I have some files i want to have available on both windows and linux. As > windows is not able to access ext3 partitions i have made a script i run on > boot and on shutdown of linux. /d is the mountpoint of my fat32 partition, > the root FS is ext3. http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm Claims that win access to ext3 is possible. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/bin# cat put_files > #! /bin/sh > echo "Copying updated files from linux to windows" > rsync -vrtuo /home/cedric/rsync/ /d/rsync/ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/bin# cat get_files > #! /bin/sh > echo "Copying updated files from windows to linux" > rsync -vrtuo /d/rsync/ /home/cedric/rsync/ > > At every boot of linux (and at every remount of my fat32 partition) put_files > copies some files from my ext3 partition to my fat32 partition even when they > are not changed. Great idea. -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ There's no such thing as a free lunch. -- Milton Friendman ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Epiphany crashing (BLFS 6.1)
On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 12:20 +, S. Anthony Sequeira wrote: > Anyone had Epiphany crashing when saving files? lfs.org seems to be > down, otherwise I would research it there. Upgraded to 1.6.5, that fixes it. May help someone, who knows? -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ Premature optimization is the root of all evil. -- D.E. Knuth ++ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: thanks
On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 14:47 +0100, Jeremy Monnet wrote: > I will now try to upgrade some elements (I followed the stable branch, > but I think I'll need newer stuff for OOo2). Try the build from the development book without the gcc4 patch, it worked for me. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Epiphany crashing (BLFS 6.1)
Anyone had Epiphany crashing when saving files? lfs.org seems to be down, otherwise I would research it there. I have finally completed my 6.1 build, including OO 2.0 (thanks DJ, the BLFS development instructions were good, just left out the gcc4 patch). Cheers. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: GNOME using package-users problem
On Thu, November 24, 2005 21:43, Lennon Cook said: > And now I think of it, you can limit scrollkeeper-update to being used > by install users by adjusting it's permissions so: > chgrp install $(which scrollkeeper-update) && chmod o-rx $(which > scrollkeeper-update) An excellent idea. Why didn't this come up *before* I installed gnome? I mulled over possibilities and missed this entirely. Than ks. -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: GNOME using package-users problem
On Tue, November 22, 2005 14:08, Luca Dionisi said: > On 11/22/05, S. Anthony Sequeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Then, launching gnome-session, all the icons in nautilus windows >> > (and in the desktop) are the same default sheet. :( >> >> I'm not sure what you mean here, could you explain: >> >> 1) Exactly what you are seeing (default sheet?) >> 2) Exactly what you would expect to see >> > > Every icon on the desktop and on the folers is the same. > The default (I presume) icon that looks like a sheet. > The same icon for files, devices, folders, everything. Ah, no, I don't see that. I'd check the error log and see if I could work out where it's going wrong. -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: GNOME using package-users problem
On Tue, November 22, 2005 12:10, Luca Dionisi said: > Hi folks > > Has anyone succeded in installing Gnome using package-users ? Yes, though I have yet to use it 'in anger', I'm installing additional X packages ATM. > I've just finished the installation of Gnome Core packages by > following the BLFS 6.1 and using the package users hint. > Once I arrived to the chapter of configuration (that is last section > of chapter 30) I gave the command update-desktop-database. > The system replied with a lot of messages. Unfortunately, I didn't > write down the exact message, and it won't reproduce, but they were > all equals and did sound like 'mimetype file not found'. > Then, launching gnome-session, all the icons in nautilus windows > (and in the desktop) are the same default sheet. :( I'm not sure what you mean here, could you explain: 1) Exactly what you are seeing (default sheet?) 2) Exactly what you would expect to see > Now, if I try again with update-desktop-database nothing happens, no > messages are written and the icons are still the same ones. > I checked always the log of the installations to see if any file was > required as setuid root, and found none. Use the '--verbose' option and you'll see what is happening. I get the same thing, also on my Debian Gnome 2.8 installation at work. 'lacks MimeType key' yes? So I don't think this is a problem as such. [...] -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: libcolorspace (for gst-plugins) source tarball download?
On Monday 07 November 2005 21:25, you wrote: > The following command will retrieve the current SVN copy of > libcolorspace (lcs) and put it into a libcolorspace directory of your > current directory. Note, you must have the SVN package installed. > > svn co https://core.fluendo.com/lcs/svn/trunk/ libcolorspace > > I fetched a copy and it compiled cleanly. The version is different > in the pkgconfig file, It would be interesting to know if GStreamer > Plug-ins will use it. Care to try this for me? If it works, I'll > update the GStreamer Plug-ins page to use this newer version. OK, it compiles OK, and it *is* used by some of the modules. But gst-plugins will *not* build with either version (CVS or SVN), I'm assumimg here that lcs is libcolorspace. It complains about syntax errors in ext/lcs/gstcolorspace.c. I can find nothing on the web about this error, and so am building with --disable-lcs. A spot check on some of the errors weren't helpful (to me anyway), and I reckon I have spent enough time on this. Oh, and it's not using audioresample (no idea why) or cairo (needs a version between 0.50 and 0.60) but what the heck. Hope this helps. -- Men often believe -- or pretend -- that the "Law" is something sacred, or at least a science -- an unfounded assumption very convenient to governments. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: apr needed for subversion [was: libcolorspace (for gst-plugins) source tarball download?]
On Thursday 10 November 2005 20:17, Dan Nicholson wrote:
> Hey, I don't have this handy right this second, so could you tell me
> what files are generated under /usr/share/apr in this method? IIRC
> the only files will be apr/build/{apr_rules.mk,libtool} in which case
Precisely correct.
> it doesn't make sense to create a build subdirectory. In this case,
> maybe --with-installbuilddir=/usr/share/apr would be better. What do
> you think?
Yes, makes sense. I may revisit it when I have finished installing the other
gst-plugin bits and pieces.
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Re: libcolorspace (for gst-plugins) source tarball download?
S. Anthony Sequeira wrote: >> Yes, it would be useful. And there's no rush. In fact, don't install >> SVN just for this, unless you want to, of course. Any help would be >> appreciated. > > OK, I'll come back when I've done it. I've got lots of disk space, though > not > as much time. And SVN may turn out to be useful after all. > Anyone know why Subversion tries to create the build directory in /usr? Cheers -- You have a deep appreciation of the arts and music. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: libcolorspace (for gst-plugins) source tarball download?
Randy McMurchy wrote: > S. Anthony Sequeira wrote these words on 11/07/05 15:44 CST: > >> The SF CVS version needed a patch to include stdlib.h in one of it's >> files. > > Hmmm... I didn't have to apply a patch last time I installed it, > but then I could have patched my copy I pulled down and then created > a tarball, in which case I wouldn't need the patch any longer. And > since that was back in May when I created the tarball, I cannot > remember if I did have to create a patch. But I take your word that > you did. :-) Details on application, came up with a malloc error on the make, google gave me the answer. >> OK, but be aware I'm using BLFS 6.1, therefore GNOME 2.10, is it still >> usefull >> to you? And you'll have to bear with me. I need some sleep. I also >> need to >> install SVN first. I'll report as soon as I can > > Yes, it would be useful. And there's no rush. In fact, don't install > SVN just for this, unless you want to, of course. Any help would be > appreciated. OK, I'll come back when I've done it. I've got lots of disk space, though not as much time. And SVN may turn out to be useful after all. And darn this kmail client (usefull indeed), I really miss Evolution's spell checking. RSN, I will be able to come off this extremely slow laptop backup and onto my brand new 6.1 B/LFS installation. Regards. -- When I met th'POPE back in '58, I scrubbed him with a MILD SOAP or DETERGENT for 15 minutes. He seemed to enjoy it ... -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: libcolorspace (for gst-plugins) source tarball download?
Randy McMurchy wrote: > The following command will retrieve the current SVN copy of > libcolorspace (lcs) and put it into a libcolorspace directory of your > current directory. Note, you must have the SVN package installed. > > svn co https://core.fluendo.com/lcs/svn/trunk/ libcolorspace > > I fetched a copy and it compiled cleanly. The version is different > in the pkgconfig file, It would be interesting to know if GStreamer The SF CVS version needed a patch to include stdlib.h in one of it's files. > Plug-ins will use it. Care to try this for me? If it works, I'll > update the GStreamer Plug-ins page to use this newer version. OK, but be aware I'm using BLFS 6.1, therefore GNOME 2.10, is it still usefull to you? And you'll have to bear with me. I need some sleep. I also need to install SVN first. I'll report as soon as I can Cheers -- There are only two kinds of tequila. Good and better. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: libcolorspace (for gst-plugins) source tarball download?
S. Anthony Sequeira wrote: > Randy McMurchy wrote: > >> S. Anthony Sequeira wrote these words on 11/06/05 15:36 CST: >>> Attempting to install libcolorspace for gst-plugins. [...] >> Try the following commands to get the CVS version from SourceForge. >> This is how you download any CVS tarball from SourceForge CVS. >> >> cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/codecs login >> cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/codecs co -P >> libcolorspace-pre This worked a treat. I did try various combinations of commands displayed on SF's help page with no luck. You've probably gathered I've not used CVS before. >> I believe this is how I got my last tarball on 20050505. This will >> get you a very old version of libcolorspace, but it works for >> GStreamer Plug-in purposes. I do no think there is a newer version, I did a fairly extensive search yesterday. I did come across the SVN version mentioned in your previous posting, but the same problem applied, there is no single downloadable tarball. Much obliged. -- How can you govern a nation which has 246 kinds of cheese? -- Charles de Gaulle -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: libcolorspace (for gst-plugins) source tarball download?
Randy McMurchy wrote: > S. Anthony Sequeira wrote these words on 11/06/05 15:36 CST: >> Attempting to install libcolorspace for gst-plugins. >> >> How does one download the latest sources from the given URL in the book? >> >> I installed CVS just to get this, but cannot find the magic incantation, >> I keep getting 'access denied'. > > Try the following commands to get the CVS version from SourceForge. > This is how you download any CVS tarball from SourceForge CVS. > > cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/codecs login > cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/codecs co -P > libcolorspace-pre > > I believe this is how I got my last tarball on 20050505. This will > get you a very old version of libcolorspace, but it works for > GStreamer Plug-in purposes. Sorry for the delay, I'm keeping up to date with LFS and BLFS via the newsgroups when I get home from work. I will try this and report ASAP. Ditto for the previous reply Cheers Randy. -- Don't sweat it -- it's only ones and zeros. -- P. Skelly -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
libcolorspace (for gst-plugins) source tarball download?
Attempting to install libcolorspace for gst-plugins. How does one download the latest sources from the given URL in the book? I installed CVS just to get this, but cannot find the magic incantation, I keep getting 'access denied'. I have done a google search for the sources, but cannot find them anywhere except on the sf cvs site. There's got to be a better way than downloading the files one by one? -- There are always alternatives. -- Spock, "The Galileo Seven", stardate 2822.3 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Postfix and package users hint
On Thu, October 6, 2005 17:32, Richard A Downing said: > S. Anthony Sequeira wrote: >> A question for the "package users" users out there. Anyone using >> postfix as their MTA? > > This thread seems to have dissolved into 'recommend an MTA'. I'd > recommend XMail. It's easy to build, easy to configure, has a built > in > pop3 server, integrates well with clamav or f-prot for anti-virus, and > spamassassin and others. There is an active support list, and the > developer responds to well-formed requests for features, and doesn't > have an ego the size of Jupiter. I've used it for four years without > a > problem. Thanks, I will bear it in mind when I need to look at things again. I eventually got postfix installed using the hint, though with much gnashing of teeth, hair pulling and screaming. Though to tell you the truth, as I use LFS for my desktops, the additional features seem overkill to me, ideal for a server though. [...] > To build it see this: http://www.ubaight.com/xmail/xmailhandbook.html > which is based on my old LFS hint. I must look at the hints again. Time is short and the list long. > R. > > P.S. I tried postfix, qmail and exim and hated the configurations, > they're all only just a bit better than sendmail. Qmail may actually > be > much better, but you can't tell. For me, postfix has the best (aka easiest) configuration for what I require for my desktop. Sendmail comes second, the others I have tried, but never got anywhere near my requirements. Thanks again. -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Postfix and package users hint
On Wednesday 05 October 2005 20:17, Steve Prior wrote: > I'm curious as I was recently considering replacing an existing > sendmail based system and given the pain of setting it up the first time > I'm considering alternatives. > > What is the downside of qmail? Why the "all or nothing" philosophy? IMO, DJB's tools work well together, they can be shoehorned to coexist with other methodologies, but again IMO, they don't 'fit'. YMMV, [...] > According to the webpages I read qmail seemed to be well regarded > (especially for a hacker proof arch), what am I missing? I'd give it a go and see. > Thanks > Steve [...] -- Mate, this parrot wouldn't VOOM if you put four million volts through it! -- Monty Python -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Postfix and package users hint
On Wednesday 05 October 2005 18:16, Declan Moriarty wrote: > There's always Qmail > > /ducks :-) Darn, missed, keep still that target :) My philosophy is with DJB's stuff is all or nothing, so far nothing. I have tried out his DNS effort, and his services stuff (like the idea), but decided it's not for me. -- It's a poor workman who blames his tools. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Postfix and package users hint
On Wed, October 5, 2005 14:20, Luca Dionisi said: > On 10/5/05, S. Anthony Sequeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If postfix really needs to be installed as root, what MTA is in use >> among the users of the hint? I'm not really keen on installing >> exim, > > Hi Tony. > I don't know about installing postfix as non root. > Anyway, I use package user hint and I just figured out > to use esmtp as a simple send-only SMTP client. > If this is what you need ... > > Bye > Luca Hi Luca, Unfortunately, I need a full blown MTA, for the times my mail server is down. Cheers. -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Postfix and package users hint
A question for the "package users" users out there. Anyone using postfix as their MTA? If so, any details on how? I'm working my way through the install, making directories, and amending the hint scripts as necessary, but the following URL implies that I will have a problem even if I do get it installed. http://archives.linuxfromscratch.org/mail-archives/lfs-chat/2003-March/008072.html If postfix really needs to be installed as root, what MTA is in use among the users of the hint? I'm not really keen on installing exim, but it looks like there is no alternative (except for the root postfix install). There is apparently a problem with sendmail, from an old thread, and if Tushar has a problem, I guess it's a no go for me. Cheers. -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
ispell 3.2.06.epa7 in current stable
As a matter of interest, has anyone got the test suite to run successfully? -- "Ask not what A Group of Employees can do for you. But ask what can All Employees do for A Group of Employees." -- Mike Dennison -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: GConf / *.schemas question
On Friday 23 September 2005 17:13, Kevin Jordan wrote: > On 9/23/05, Lennon Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Since I use the package user hint, when I build a package that > > installs GConf schemas I pass --disable-schemas-install to ./configure > > , and install them manually as root afterwards using gconftool-2. My > > question is quite simply, can I then delete the *.schemas file? Do any > > apps need the raw file installed, or only the the various other things > > gconftool-2 puts in? I'm about to build Gnome for the first time using the package user hint. Could you enlighten me as to why this is necessary? Perhaps provide a search string or a URL so I could research it myself. Cheers. -- Footnotes are for things you believe don't really belong in LDP manuals, but want to include anyway. -- Joel N. Weber II discussing the 'make' chapter of LPG -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Xorg fontconfig and fonts.conf
On Wednesday 31 August 2005 19:50, S. Anthony Sequeira wrote: > > >> Installing Xorg using the package user hint. X wants to > > >> replace /etc/fonts.conf with it's own version, is this OK? OK, I think I know whats going on. Driver error as usual. Once I have proven it, I'll post my idiotic slip up. -- History is curious stuff You'd think by now we had enough Yet the fact remains I fear They make more of it every year. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Xorg fontconfig and fonts.conf
On Wednesday 31 August 2005 09:03, S. Anthony Sequeira wrote: > >> Installing Xorg using the package user hint. X wants to > >> replace /etc/fonts.conf with it's own version, is this OK? > > > > Looks like you forgot the "#define HasFontconfig YES" define > > in host.def. > > It's definitely in there, I've triple checked. Maybe I have a comment > delimiter out of place, I'll check and run again. I'll update > after I've done this. It *is* in there, no delimiter out of place (copied it to a .c file and used vims syntax highlighting to check: /* Begin Xorg host.def file */ /* System Related Information. If you read and configure only one * section then it should be this one. The Intel architecture defaults * are set for a i686 and higher. Axp is for the Alpha architecture * and Ppc is for the Power PC. AMD64 is for the Opteron processor. * Note that there have been reports that the Ppc optimization line * causes segmentation faults during build. If that happens, try * building without the DefaultGcc2PpcOpt line. ***/ #define DefaultGcc2i386Opt -O2 -fno-strength-reduce \ -fno-strict-aliasing -march=athlon-xp /* #define DefaultGcc2AMD64Opt -O2 -fno-strength-reduce \ -fno-strict-aliasing */ /* #define DefaultGcc2AxpOpt -O2 -mcpu=ev6 */ /* #define DefaultGcc2PpcOpt -O2 -mcpu=750 */ #define HasFreetype2YES #define HasFontconfig YES #define HasExpatYES #define HasLibpng YES #define HasZlib YES [...] And it *is* building and attempting to install fontconfig. I'll dig around a bit. Just back from work, so can't address this right now. In the meantime, anyone with any ideas please. Cheers. -- The difference between common-sense and paranoia is that common-sense is thinking everyone is out to get you. That's normal -- they are. Paranoia is thinking that they're conspiring. Th -- J. Kegler -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Xorg fontconfig and fonts.conf
On Tue, August 30, 2005 21:57, Tushar Teredesai said: > On 8/30/05, S. Anthony Sequeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, calling package user hint BLFSers. >> >> A quick question if I may beg your indulgement. >> >> Installing Xorg using the package user hint. X wants to >> replace /etc/fonts.conf with it's own version, is this OK? > > Looks like you forgot the "#define HasFontconfig YES" define > in host.def. It's definitely in there, I've triple checked. Maybe I have a comment delimiter out of place, I'll check and run again. I'll update after I've done this. And what was I thinking *indulgement* indeed, a bad day. Thanks. -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Xorg fontconfig and fonts.conf
Hi, calling package user hint BLFSers. A quick question if I may beg your indulgement. Installing Xorg using the package user hint. X wants to replace /etc/fonts.conf with it's own version, is this OK? I've not found any recent references to this in the archives. Regards. -- If A = B and B = C, then A = C, except where void or prohibited by law. -- Roy Santoro -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Package user installation of Xorg, (was: Tex cannot find latex.fmt)
On Monday 22 August 2005 19:26, dennis wrote: > One additional problem: unprivileged users were unable to run > startx, because the log file couldn't be created. Following Andrew > Benton's advice on the blfs-support mailing list, I changed ownership > and permission for /usr/X11R6/bin/Xorg: > # chown root:root /usr/X11R6/bin/Xorg I'm interested because my latest build is using the hint. However, would it not be sufficient to change the owner (not the group) of Xorg? -- Far back in the mists of ancient time, in the great and glorious days of the former Galactic Empire, life was wild, rich and largely tax free. Mighty starships plied their way between exotic suns, seeking adventure and reward among the furthest reaches of Galactic space. In those days, spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri. And all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before -- and thus was the Empire forged. -- Douglas Adams, _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: OpenSSH server not working - connection closed
On Wed, August 17, 2005 9:12, S. Anthony Sequeira said: > I also had similar problems when my root directory permissions were > not 750. I suggest you check that, also /tmp's permissions. I meant root's HOME directory /root. -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: OpenSSH server not working - connection closed
On Wed, August 17, 2005 1:37, Dan Nicholson said: [...] > If anyone has any other ideas why the server crashes at the > keyboard-interactive step, I'd like to hear them. A long shot here. I also had similar problems when my root directory permissions were not 750. I suggest you check that, also /tmp's permissions. Hope it works out. -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Fcron mail output
On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 13:49 -0700, benjamin stathos wrote: > Yes, and I agree, But I've not put much time into it yet. If no one > had > said it worked fine for them then I would have let it go instantly. As > it is either Anthony has done something unique in how he compiled > fcron, or fcron is broken on my system. The latter bothers me. I followed the book. I would have remembered if I had to struggle with fcron, but AFAIR it was a straight CMMI. Mind you I have other problems with this build, some web sites cause X to crash, that's why I'm preparing for a rebuild. -- The difference between us is not very far, cruising for burgers in daddy's new car. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Fcron mail output
On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 09:46 -0700, benjamin stathos wrote: > --- "S. Anthony Sequeira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >From man 5 fcrontab > > > > mail > > > >m boolean(true) > > > > Mail output (if any) or not. > > The default, as stated in the man page, is already set > to true if any output exists. Just to be complete, I > used mail(true) and the same thing happens. Output of > a script is not sent to the email unless the script > exits non-zero. What is your cron command? Myy fcrontab follows (wrapped). I do get the output from symlinks and find if it does output anything. What version of fcron? # fcron -V fcron 2.9.4 - periodic command scheduler Copyright 2000-2004 Thibault Godouet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This program is free software distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. See the GNU General Public License for more details. !bootrun(true),nice(10),noticenotrun(true),mail(true),nolog(false) @mail(false),nolog(true)2 /etc/logcheck/logcheck.sh @first(5) 1d symlinks -cdrs /bin /boot /dev /etc /lib /opt /root /sbin /usr /var | grep -Ev '^other_fs: ' @first(10) 4h find / \( -path /proc -o -path /mnt -o -path /media \) -prune -o \( -nouser -o -nogroup \) -print @first(15) 8h makewhatis -w @first(20) 8h updatedb --prunepaths='/media /mnt' @first(30) 1d logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf -- Did you know that if you took all the economists in the world and lined them up end to end, they'd still point in the wrong direction? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Fcron mail output
On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 20:48 -0700, benjamin stathos wrote: > Is there a specific option needed to get fcron to > email the output of a job? It seems to only send the > output if the job exits with a non-zero status. Even > trying to echo something to stderr via >&2 doesn't > work unless the script exits non-zero. >From man 5 fcrontab mail m boolean(true) Mail output (if any) or not. See also : options mailto, forcemail, nolog. The man page also contains several examples which will help you. -- It is the business of little minds to shrink. -- Carl Sandburg -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: fcron mail problem
On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 20:30 +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > Yes, it is another machine, and the domain was the result of past > experiments to find what worked for me and didn't cause local mail to > go > upstream. The box in question is a test backup server, but my > "workstations" generate similar empty messages when they get around to > rotating their logs. > > Thanks for your comments, this is not at all urgent, it's only just > got > to the point of annoying me enough to try to do something about it. Could it be an MTA problem? I assume you have checked you can email directly within your network OK? Otherwise I can't see much wrong. Oh, are you running a DNS server? -- The finest eloquence is that which gets things done. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: fcron mail problem
On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 13:32 +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, S. Anthony Sequeira wrote: > > > > > Anything interesting in the mail headers? What's your crontab look like? > > > > root's fcrontab first. logrotate, smartrep, gdg-list are scripts that > write to stdout. I'm very busy, I'll come back ASAP. One thing strikes me at a quick glance, do you *need* to specify the mail recipient, what I have in my crontab is: !bootrun(true),nice(10),noticenotrun(true),mail(true),nolog(false) If you *do* want to specify the recipient, do you need the domain? Of course it may be another machine you are mailing. -- Who messed with my anti-paranoia shot? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: fcron mail problem
On Thu, June 2, 2005 10:25, Ken Moffat said: [...] > I think I was unclear - > > if I use fcron to run a script which decides to mail me (or not), > everything is fine (and fcron doesn't get involved in the mail part). > > if I use fcron to run, and mail, a script which writes to stdout, the > mailto part "works" (correct recipient gets a message) but the message > is empty (no subject, apparently no To:, no message text). > > Ken Anything interesting in the mail headers? What's your crontab look like? -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Portage in LFS
On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 09:58 +0100, Andrew Benton wrote: > Opinions are fine on the LFS Chat mailing list > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/mail.html > BLFS support is to help people who're having issues installing > packages in BLFS. Package management systems are not in BLFS To be fair to Matthias, the OP *did* ask for opinions, got them, and Matthias got savaged for expressing them. I'm more than a little inclined towards Matthias opinion, he beat me to the punch, and expressed my feelings better than I would have. But, where does the OP get off turning on someone who answered his request for opinions? Anyone thi should probably go to chat. -- On a clear disk you can seek forever. -- P. Denning -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Firefox bombs on this site
On Thu, May 26, 2005 10:46, Declan Moriarty said: [...] > I only lose the browser. Have you the firefox binary, or did you > compile? Have you the java & flash plugins? Have you j2re? Compiled (of course, I'm a diehard). I use mozplugger, and I have all the plugins. Flash seems OK, it seems to be Java related, haven't had time to track it down. As I said, next build should sort it out. But I'm extremely busy right now. -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Firefox bombs on this site
On Wed, 2005-05-25 at 18:05 +0100, Declan Moriarty wrote: > http://www.tv3.ie > > I have firefox-1.0. Have I the problem or have they? > > -- > > With best Regards, > > > Declan Moriarty. Fails for me. I believe this is a java problem, there are a few sites like this, that bomb not only my browsers (galeon-1.3.17, firefox-1.0PR and mozilla-1.7.1), but my entire GNOME and X session, bringing me back to GDM. I haven't had time to investigate, hoping it will go away on my next build (due soon I hope). Build SVN-20040910. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: invalid portmapper UID
On Fri, May 13, 2005 12:42, Ken Moffat said: > On Thu, 12 May 2005, Archaic wrote: > >> On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 06:21:18PM -0600, Jeremy Herbison wrote: >> > It appears portmapper is running as UID 1, which is like, totally >> not a >> > valid UID :) >> >> This make be a case of ps truncating the username if the username >> exceeds 'n' characters. >> >> > > May be, but on my system (few weeks old, with BLFS-6) I have users 0, > 500, 600, 1000-1003, 65534 only, and portmap also shows as user 1 in > 'top'. I have added the user bin, just because I hate seeing #1 in top and ps. -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: ps command
On Sat, 2005-05-07 at 16:07 +0100, Donal Farrell wrote: > Hi there. I finished a BLFS build about three weeks ago, and am now > using it as my main system. I am quite worried about one thing. Almost > every time I go on the internet (dialup) the system seems to slow down > or lag in performance. I have recently been using ps -A to look at the > processes in use while I'm online. Here's an excerpt: Sheer guesswork on my part, but: > 6849 ?00:00:00 su > 6850 ?00:00:00 sort Probably locate > 6851 ?00:00:00 frcode Almost definitely locate > 6852 ?00:00:03 find Probably locate > 6869 ?00:00:00 cleanup The rest are almost certainly postfix, except for ps > 6870 ?00:00:00 trivial-rewrite > 6871 ?00:00:00 pipe > 6873 ?00:00:00 bounce > 6874 ?00:00:00 flush > 6875 ?00:00:00 flush > 6878 pts/37 00:00:00 ps > > > Is this a system breach, or perhaps a root-kit. I am very much a > beginner to system security, so perhaps I'm jumping to all sorts of > conclusions. Anyone got any ideas? Perhaps it is delivering internet email that has been queued offline, without knowing your setup it's hard to tell. > Thanks in advance No problem. May I suggest top, or ps -eadf will give you more details. > Donal Cheers. -- Van Roy's Law: Honesty is the best policy - there's less competition. Van Roy's Truism: Life is a whole series of circumstances beyond your control. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Favoured email programs please
On Fri, April 29, 2005 14:53, Chuck Rhode said: > Declan Moriarty wrote this on Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 03:38:33PM +0100. > My reply is below. > >> I do want to get away from mutt, which is too crude and too >> complicated at the same time, and wrestles with html. > > ... but ... *mutt* does PGP! ... or has everyone given up on "secure > eMail?" I'm not speaking for Declan here, just myself. I did give Mutt a go, but objected to learning yet another set of keystrokes. I have heard nothing but good things about it, however, approaching the twilight of my life, I'd rather spend what learning ability (and time) I have left on other things. Also, in my opinion, the keystrokes are alarmingly akin to those of emacs, and I'm a vi man. -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Favoured email programs please
On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 11:46 -0600, Archaic wrote: > > > > Fetchmail for pop, but I do want a workaround for having to run it > as > > a luser from a console. I'd like it in a startup script. Fetchmail has a 'daemon' mode. The initscript template is easily adapted to start it at boot. I think sylpheed has been mentioned. I had a phase where I tried almost every email client out there and came back to Evo in the end. Trouble it's getting a bit heavyweight now. Sort of moves away from the Unix philosophy of a tool per job. [Covers head and cowers, expecting imminent flame attacks] -- If you're right 90% of the time, why quibble about the remaining 3%? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Dec and Email. Tweaks needed
On Wed, April 27, 2005 14:31, Declan Moriarty said: [...] > > Anyhow transport is fine. Canonical is blank, and I have never seen a > correct entry. Throw me a bone here please. What goes after > > genius.chateau.dec: Have a look at http://www.dcs.napier.ac.uk/~peter/linux/postfix.html Specifically the sender_canonical paragraphs. I'll have a go, but read the above and confirm, only way is to suck it and see. @genius.chateau.dec [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Dec and Email. Tweaks needed
On Wed, April 27, 2005 12:58, Declan Moriarty said: > Hi folks and prepare to suffer. Dec and email again :-(. > > I'm back in lfs-3.3 and have currently tried rejigging my mail setup > of Postfix, procmail, fetchmail, mutt, spamd/spamc to work from my new > isp. I cannot send, apparently because esat bt (a.k.a. iol.ie, a.k.a > bt ireland) are rejecting an (unknown) server. This is the kernel of > it. [...] Look at the transport and sender_canonical postfix man pages. I send mail whereever it is accepted, the others I relay via my ISP. Hopefully you can work out what is going on in the following. # From /etc/postfix/main.cf transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport relay_domains = $transport_maps $ cat /etc/postfix/transport aol.com smtp:relay.plus.net sancharnet.in smtp:relay.plus.net cox.net smtp:relay.plus.net bigfoot.com smtp:relay.plus.net freebsd.org smtp:relay.plus.net openldap.orgsmtp:relay.plus.net eth.net smtp:relay.plus.net $ cat /etc/postfix/sender_canonical @radiant.sequestor.lan @sequeira.plus.com I think you need to run postmap to create the db files used by postfix. My internal domain is sequestor.lan, the machine hostname is radiant, as you have probably guessed. My ISP is plus.net (the plus.com bit) imn sender_canonical. HTH. -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Fwd: Dragging myself into the 21st century - NO thanks!!
On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 22:01 +, John Gay wrote: > In the end, Declan has got something working that he understands. It > might not > be the 'optimum' way, or even the 'linux' way, but it's 'Declans' way > and > he's happy with it. That's cool, I thought he had given up on Linux entirely, and trying to be a little encouraging. > Cheers, > > John Gay > /Member of Declan's local LUG (-; Cheers. -- A rolling disk gathers no MOS. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Fwd: Dragging myself into the 21st century - NO thanks!!
On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 20:01 +0100, Declan Moriarty wrote: > Sadly, version numbers are handed freely thease days to alpha > software. I haven't the time anymore to fart about with that stuff. I > noted with horror the gcc-4.0 thread where they are installing gcc-4.x > and hiding it from other files :-/. > Hotplug, usb, and so forth will be reliable one day. Then I'll catch > up. These work now, and reliably enough. > Thanks to all who pointed me in the right direction and showed me the > path. All uphill. It's just too much of a hill for me right now. Sorry to hear that. Maybe you should join your local LUG (if you have one) and take your machine along to a hands-on meeting. A web search should tell you whether you have one or not. Luck. -- Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours. -- Messiah's Handbook : Reminders for the Advanced Soul -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Nvidia drivers for Gnome 2.10, X 6.8.2, Kernel 2.6.11.6
On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 13:23 -0500, Steve Brown wrote: > Still no dice, although I'm not sure its an issue with my xorg.conf > file. When I start X it complains that it can't load the Nvidia > kernel module (even if it is already loaded). Just for giggles, here > is my current xorg.conf. > > Steve Does your /var/log/Xorg.0.log give any more info? -- economist, n: Someone who's good with figures, but doesn't have enough personality to become an accountant. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Mozilla-1.7.5: locale not supported by Xlib
On Thu, March 10, 2005 15:32, Sagara Wijetunga said: > Hi all > > Could I know, is there anybody successfully using > Mozilla 1.7.5 (compiled from source) on LFS system > with kernel 2.6.10, GCC-3.4.3, Glibc-2.3.4 and using > gtk2. > > I really don't understand why the Mozilla doesn't work > on my system. Any hint at least regarding would be > appreciated very much. Don't know if this will help, but try unsetting LC_ALL before running Mozilla. Worth a shot anyway. Have a search on the archives for locales and LC_ALL. -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: Gnome & ESD (aka Esound)
On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 14:24 +0100, Denis wrote: > Hi! > > I have GNOME up and running for about half a year now. Now I noticed that > all system-sounds do not work. Since I esd works otherwise (at least by > traing esdplay with a wav-file) I guess it's a gnome-problem. Now could it > be, that I installed esd after gnome, so that gnome doesn't know anything > about it? (Even though there are options for starting the sound-server > with gnome) If that could be the problem - can I just recompile the > depending libraries or do I have to redo everything (meaning do I have to > reinstall GNOME)? You don't say what version you are using. I use 2.6 and my research indicated that it is a problem with this specific version, this may have carried over into 2.8, don't know. A quick google should give you details. -- It's clever, but is it art? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
