Automount problems !!

2006-05-29 Thread pavan savoy
Hi,   I am trying the auto mount with an usb pen drive. It works ok with normal mount, mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb0... but not working with autofs.   These are the things I have done. In kernel 2.6.12.2 , I only had config file... and hence compiled my own version of "autofs.ko", on a development

Re: Questions about /dev/fd0

2006-05-29 Thread randhir phagura
Hi, Many thanks to everyone for valuable guidance. Regards, Randhir Phagura -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Is there a way to configure the gtk2 file chooser?

2006-05-29 Thread Miguel Bazdresch
* Leo Peschier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-05-29 19:11]: > >Note, as the article says, you also need to go through: disabling all > >the extensions... > > Only one will do (to re-register all components). Actually what I did was to disable one extension, then enable it again, then restart. That's

Re: X.org 7 locking up

2006-05-29 Thread Peter B. Steiger
On Mon, 2006-05-29 at 17:43 -0400, Martin McCourt wrote: > Numlock still turns on and off, but no > keystrokes (including CTRL-ALT-BKSP, etc.) work. I am forced to > perform a hard reset :(. That happened to me occasionally (1x or 2x a week) under X11R6 6.8.2, which is why I decided to make the

Re: KDM displaying squares instead of text

2006-05-29 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 5/29/06, Matthew Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Now having launched KDM it's pretty obvious I'm going to have to install some more fonts as the default ones just look ugly. Cool. I've been using DejaVu almost exclusively. They have a nice familiar look. -- Dan -- http://linuxfromscra

Re: KDM displaying squares instead of text

2006-05-29 Thread Matthew Burgess
Dan Nicholson wrote: On 5/29/06, Matthew Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On a fresh build of LFS-SVN and BLFS-SVN I've just gotten kdebase installed. On trying to login via KDM all I see is squares in place of every single character of text that should be on that screen. > I'm sure KDM is

Re: KDM displaying squares instead of text

2006-05-29 Thread Randy McMurchy
Matthew Burgess wrote these words on 05/29/06 13:21 CST: > On trying to login via KDM all I see is squares in place of > every single character of text that should be on that screen. I haven't a clue here, Matt. > The only thing that shows > up in /var/log/kdm.log is: > > FreeFontPath: FPE "

Re: KDM displaying squares instead of text

2006-05-29 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 5/29/06, Matthew Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi folks, On a fresh build of LFS-SVN and BLFS-SVN I've just gotten kdebase installed. On trying to login via KDM all I see is squares in place of every single character of text that should be on that screen. I'm assuming it's some kind of

KDM displaying squares instead of text

2006-05-29 Thread Matthew Burgess
Hi folks, On a fresh build of LFS-SVN and BLFS-SVN I've just gotten kdebase installed. On trying to login via KDM all I see is squares in place of every single character of text that should be on that screen. I'm assuming it's some kind of font/utf-8 issue but haven't the foggiest what it m

Re: Suggestion for "Additional X Window System Configuration" chapter

2006-05-29 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 5/29/06, Peter B. Steiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Definitely. Maybe a "who should install this" paragraph, either listing or linking to the cards supported by that version of driver? I tried to add that, basically saying this configuration is for Mesa only with links to the NVIDIA and A

Re: x.org debugging?

2006-05-29 Thread Peter B. Steiger
On Mon, 2006-05-29 at 13:24 +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: (after I said) > > I wouldn't dare ignite a religious war by > > asking what everyone's favorite minimalist WM is :-) > > > In that case, I won't tell you I prefer icewm ;) Heh... fluxbox was just the ticket - I was able to retain the syntax

Re: Suggestion for "Additional X Window System Configuration" chapter

2006-05-29 Thread Peter B. Steiger
On Mon, 2006-05-29 at 21:07 +1200, Simon Geard wrote: > Instead, I suggest you say something like "Binary drivers such as > those > provided by nVidia should not use this option as they do not make use > of > the DRI framework." > > Sound reasonable? Definitely. Maybe a "who should install this

Re: MySQL missing LinuxThreads

2006-05-29 Thread Tor Olav Stava
Randy McMurchy wrote: Tor Olav Stava wrote these words on 05/29/06 03:29 CST: I suggest updating the patch, and adding it to the BLFS book. Because MySQL builds perfectly on an LFS system, and your trouble is based on an HLFS system, your suggestion would be perfect for the Wiki. I've

Re: Suggestion for "Additional X Window System Configuration" chapter

2006-05-29 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 5/28/06, Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 5/28/06, Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The problem is that DRI is not always appropriate. If using the > Nvidia proprietary drivers, the DRI line in the module section needes > to be removed or commented out. > > Overall the se

Re: gnopernicus error log

2006-05-29 Thread Georgina Joyce
On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 09:28:19AM -0500, Randy McMurchy wrote: > > Myself, all I ever put in is the 'exec gnome-session' line. I've > never needed the metacity line, and I would for sure remove the > xterm and xclock lines. OK, I'll give that a go but I'm guessing that 'll not make any differenc

Re: gnopernicus error log

2006-05-29 Thread Randy McMurchy
Georgina Joyce wrote these words on 05/29/06 09:22 CST: > Here it is: > > # Begin .xinitrc file > xterm -g 80x40+0+0 & > xclock -g 100x100-0+0 & > metacity > exec gnome-session Myself, all I ever put in is the 'exec gnome-session' line. I've never needed the metacity line, and I would for sur

Re: gnopernicus error log

2006-05-29 Thread Georgina Joyce
On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 06:37:23AM -0500, Randy McMurchy wrote: > > Did you change your .xinitrc file as suggested in the "Configuring the > Core GNOME packages page like so? : > > echo "exec gnome-session" >> ~/.xinitrc Here it is: # Begin .xinitrc file xterm -g 80x40+0+0 & xclock -g 100x100

Re: gnopernicus error log

2006-05-29 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hi No that hasn't revealed the errors my helper attempted to read. (gnopernicus:3532): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: Gena On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 01:48:17PM +0300, remus draica wrote: > On Mon, 2006-05-29 at 13:02, Georgina Joyce wrote: > > > Hi, > > Run "gnopernicus >log 2>&1" > > Th

Re: Suggestion for "Additional X Window System Configuration" chapter

2006-05-29 Thread Bruce Dubbs
On 5/29/06, Simon Geard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Terminology check on 'other DRI drivers'. The drivers provided by nVidia (and I assume ATI) provide hardware acceleration, but they don't use the Direct Rendering Infrastructure - referring to them as DRI drivers is thus somewhat misleading. T

Re: BLFS progress: udev/hotplug dbus/hal

2006-05-29 Thread Warren Wilder
Dan Nicholson schreef: On 5/25/06, Warren Wilder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I still cannot boot though. Update right now to 2.6.15 or 2.6.16. That worked a treat, using 2.6.16.15 right now. But, there is something missing still. I've got a /dev/bugreport for you. UDEV_LOG=3 ACTION=add DEVP

Re: x.org debugging?

2006-05-29 Thread Ken Moffat
On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 11:53:42PM -0600, Peter B. Steiger wrote: > > It turns out it was blackbox, which was looking for the old X11R6 > libraries. I recompiled, but it's still not happy. So I guess it's time > to look for a replacement... probably OpenBox so I won't have to learn > new configur

Re: gnopernicus error log

2006-05-29 Thread Randy McMurchy
Georgina Joyce wrote these words on 05/29/06 05:02 CST: > I aquired sighted help and I fired up startx and was presented with a window > containing a shell prompt. Did you change your .xinitrc file as suggested in the "Configuring the Core GNOME packages page like so? : echo "exec gnome-session

Re: MySQL missing LinuxThreads

2006-05-29 Thread Randy McMurchy
Tor Olav Stava wrote these words on 05/29/06 03:29 CST: > I suggest updating the patch, and adding it to the BLFS book. Because MySQL builds perfectly on an LFS system, and your trouble is based on an HLFS system, your suggestion would be perfect for the Wiki. I've created the MySQL User Notes Wi

Re: freetts and gnome-speech

2006-05-29 Thread Randy McMurchy
Simon Geard wrote these words on 05/29/06 04:00 CST: > --with-jab-dir? Is that a typo, meant to be --with-jar-dir? No. The book is corrrect. jab-dir = java access bridge directory (Though Simon your intentions are admirable, please look at the book if you aren't sure about something before offe

Re: autofs vs. mount

2006-05-29 Thread Chris Staub
Angel Tsankov wrote: I'm wondering whether to install and use autofs and automount or allow normal users to mount and unmount devices manually. Can someone give point out advantages and disadvantages of each method? Start by reading the information in BLFS and try asking for more detailed inf

Re: freetts and gnome-speech

2006-05-29 Thread Georgina Joyce
On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 09:00:59PM +1200, Simon Geard wrote: > > --with-jab-dir? Is that a typo, meant to be --with-jar-dir? Good question, I just copied it from the book on installing gnome-speech when using the java access bridge, so I didn't question it but the configuration did not complain

Re: Subsystem problem for wireless

2006-05-29 Thread Dr. Edgar Alwers
On Wednesday 24 May 2006 00:12, Cliff McDiarmid wrote: > I'm trying to set up wireless on my LFS6.1 box and I'm installing the > ieee80211 subsystem. It insists on removing old componets prior to the > build, in this case from my kernel source in /usr/src! I've tried pointing > it the the kerne

gnopernicus error log

2006-05-29 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hi I've managed to install gnopernicus on my lfs 6.1.1.4 system. As advised, gnome-speech would not work with festival 1.95 beta. Having installed three TTS synthesisers one worked that was Dectalk, so I decided to see how far I could go with that. I aquired sighted help and I fired up start

Re: Suggestion for "Additional X Window System Configuration" chapter

2006-05-29 Thread Simon Geard
On Sun, 2006-05-28 at 15:48 -0700, Dan Nicholson wrote: > On 5/28/06, Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The problem is that DRI is not always appropriate. If using the > > Nvidia proprietary drivers, the DRI line in the module section needes > > to be removed or commented out. > > > >

Re: freetts and gnome-speech

2006-05-29 Thread Simon Geard
On Sun, 2006-05-28 at 12:50 +0100, Georgina Joyce wrote: > Hi > > I'm having difficulties with getting gnome-speech to accept my installation > of freetts. > > I followed the instruction for access-bridge support with gnome-speech and > the configure didn't see the freetts. So I specified it:

autofs vs. mount

2006-05-29 Thread Angel Tsankov
I'm wondering whether to install and use autofs and automount or allow normal users to mount and unmount devices manually. Can someone give point out advantages and disadvantages of each method? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/bl

Re: Is there a way to configure the gtk2 file chooser?

2006-05-29 Thread Leo Peschier
Note, as the article says, you also need to go through: disabling all the extensions... Only one will do (to re-register all components). Leo. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information p

MySQL missing LinuxThreads

2006-05-29 Thread Tor Olav Stava
Trying to compile MySQL-5.0.21 on HLFS-SVN-20060510 I got this error from ./configure: checking for TCP wrappers library -lwrap... yes checking for atomic operations... atomic_add atomic_sub checking if we should use pstack... no checking for int8... no checking "Linux threads"... "starting" che

Re: Questions about /dev/fd0

2006-05-29 Thread Rainer Peter Feller
On Sat, 2006-05-27 at 12:29 -0500, Randy McMurchy wrote: > Andrew Benton wrote these words on 05/27/06 12:24 CST: > > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,noauto 0 0 > > Just for the record, /media/floppy is specified by the FHS. > > -- > Randy ja und? :-) in former times, when I used Slackware 1

Re: Is there a way to configure the gtk2 file chooser?

2006-05-29 Thread TheOldFellow
Miguel Bazdresch wrote: * Miguel Bazdresch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-05-28 20:09]: I recently installed Firefox 1.5, and it uses the new GTK2 file selection dialog. It hadn't bothered me before but now I find I cannot stand it. After some more searching, I finally found the perfect answer: ho