Re: [blfs-support] black screen and cursor after installing gdm in blfs

2012-10-30 Thread Armin K.
On 10/31/2012 03:10 AM, James Pinto wrote: > Hi > > I have CONFIG_DRM_I915=y > CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS=y > and still I dont get the shell > I have attached the new kernel config file and the new Xorg logs in this > mail and heres the link to download them if the files dint get > attached.http://www.med

Re: [blfs-support] System Still Will Not Mount Non-LFS Disks

2012-10-30 Thread Chris Staub
On 10/30/2012 11:07 PM, Alan Feuerbacher wrote: > On 10/30/2012 9:15 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > root [ ~ ]# mkdir -p /mnt/debian /mnt/fedora > root [ ~ ]# mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb2 /mnt/debian > [ 7007.133976] EXT3-fs (sdb2): error: unable to read superblock > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad su

Re: [blfs-support] System Still Will Not Mount Non-LFS Disks

2012-10-30 Thread Alan Feuerbacher
On 10/30/2012 9:15 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > As root: > > mkdir -p /mnt/debian /mnt/fedora > mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb2 /mnt/debian > mount -t ext4 /dev/sda2 /mnt/fedora That worked for the debian mount but not for the fedora mount: # root [ ~ ]# mkdir -p /mnt/debian /mnt/fedora root [ ~

Re: [blfs-support] Bugs in BLFS Book

2012-10-30 Thread Alan Feuerbacher
On 10/30/2012 9:12 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> # is: >> cd /usr/share/sgml/docbook/dsssl-stylesheets-1.79/doc/testdata >> # It should be: >> >> cd >> /usr/share/sgml/docbook/dsssl-stylesheets-1.79/docbook-dsssl-1.79/doc/testdata > > I think you may have omitted something earlier. We do: > > in

Re: [blfs-support] System Still Will Not Mount Non-LFS Disks

2012-10-30 Thread Chris Staub
On 10/30/2012 08:34 PM, Alan Feuerbacher wrote: > I still can't get the LFS build to recognize hard drives other than the > one it's built on. Here is some output upon booting up: > > Immediately after booting up, I did these commands: > > root [ ~ ]# mount /mnt/debian > mount: mount point /mnt/deb

Re: [blfs-support] System Still Will Not Mount Non-LFS Disks

2012-10-30 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 12:34:54AM +, Alan Feuerbacher wrote: > I still can't get the LFS build to recognize hard drives other than the > one it's built on. Here is some output upon booting up: > > Immediately after booting up, I did these commands: > > # > root [ ~ ]# mount -l > /de

Re: [blfs-support] System Still Will Not Mount Non-LFS Disks

2012-10-30 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Alan Feuerbacher wrote: > I still can't get the LFS build to recognize hard drives other than the > one it's built on. Here is some output upon booting up: > > Immediately after booting up, I did these commands: > > # > root [ ~ ]# mount -l > /dev/sdc6 on / type ext3 (rw) > proc on /proc ty

Re: [blfs-support] Bugs in BLFS Book

2012-10-30 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Alan Feuerbacher wrote: > Here are some bugs I found in the BLFS book: > > The stuff below is from my notes in building BLFS software: > > # Installing docbook-dsssl-1.79 > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/pst/docbook-dsssl.html > # The first command in the testing section: >Testin

[blfs-support] System Still Will Not Mount Non-LFS Disks

2012-10-30 Thread Alan Feuerbacher
I still can't get the LFS build to recognize hard drives other than the one it's built on. Here is some output upon booting up: Immediately after booting up, I did these commands: # root [ ~ ]# mount -l /dev/sdc6 on / type ext3 (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) sysfs

[blfs-support] Bugs in BLFS Book

2012-10-30 Thread Alan Feuerbacher
Here are some bugs I found in the BLFS book: The stuff below is from my notes in building BLFS software: # Installing docbook-dsssl-1.79 http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/pst/docbook-dsssl.html # The first command in the testing section: Testing the DocBook SGML Toolchain (Optional)

Re: [blfs-support] System Will Not Mount One of Three Disks

2012-10-30 Thread Tobias Gasser
Feuerbacher, Alan schrieb: > > Ok, so the *conventional* way to mount my Fedora filesystem under LFS would > be something like "/dev/sda1 /mnt/fedora ...", right? > /dev/sda2 /fedora ext?defaults 0 0 /dev/sda1 /fedora/bootext?defaults 0 0 as you mentionned sda1=boot /

Re: [blfs-support] System Will Not Mount One of Three Disks

2012-10-30 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 12:15:16PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Feuerbacher, Alan wrote: > > > > Ok, so the *conventional* way to mount my Fedora filesystem under LFS would > > be something like "/dev/sda1 /mnt/fedora ...", right? > > Yes. > >-- Bruce > Except, in an earlier post Alan said

Re: [blfs-support] System Will Not Mount One of Three Disks

2012-10-30 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Feuerbacher, Alan wrote: > Bruce wrote: > 2. I assume the top level mount point /fedora exists on your >> system. That's a little unusual. It's usually something like /mnt/fedora, but it's your system. >>> >>> I'm confused. The Fedora stuff exists ONLY on /dev/sda. As far as LFS >>

Re: [blfs-support] System Will Not Mount One of Three Disks

2012-10-30 Thread Feuerbacher, Alan
Bruce wrote: > >> 2. I assume the top level mount point /fedora exists on your > system. > >> That's a little unusual. It's usually something like /mnt/fedora, > >> but it's your system. > > > > I'm confused. The Fedora stuff exists ONLY on /dev/sda. As far as LFS > > is concerned, it doesn't ex

Re: [blfs-support] System Will Not Mount One of Three Disks

2012-10-30 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Feuerbacher, Alan wrote: > Bruce wrote: > >>> Ok. However, I've tried that. I've tried using /dev/sda1 and >>> /dev/sda2. Fedora split up the hard disk into two partitions: >>> /dev/sda1 containing /boot and /dev/sda2 containing / (at least, >>> that's what I more or less remember doing). I'll try

Re: [blfs-support] System Will Not Mount One of Three Disks

2012-10-30 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Feuerbacher, Alan wrote: > Bruce wrote: > >> 2. I assume the top level mount point /fedora exists on your >> system. That's a little unusual. It's usually something like >> /mnt/fedora, but it's your system. > > I'm confused. The Fedora stuff exists ONLY on /dev/sda. As far as LFS > is concerned,

Re: [blfs-support] System Will Not Mount One of Three Disks

2012-10-30 Thread Feuerbacher, Alan
Bruce wrote: > > Ok. However, I've tried that. I've tried using /dev/sda1 and > > /dev/sda2. Fedora split up the hard disk into two partitions: > > /dev/sda1 containing /boot and /dev/sda2 containing / (at least, > > that's what I more or less remember doing). I'll try Bruce's > > suggestions when

Re: [blfs-support] System Will Not Mount One of Three Disks

2012-10-30 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Feuerbacher, Alan wrote: > Armin K. wrote: >> You need to mount partitions, not drives and that means: >> >> /dev/sda is node of drive. /dev/sda1 is node of the first partition >> of the drive. >> >> /dev/sda1 can be mounted, /dev/sda can't. > > Ok. However, I've tried that. I've tried using /dev/

Re: [blfs-support] System Will Not Mount One of Three Disks

2012-10-30 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Feuerbacher, Alan wrote: > Armin K. wrote: >> You need to mount partitions, not drives and that means: >> >> /dev/sda is node of drive. /dev/sda1 is node of the first partition >> of the drive. >> >> /dev/sda1 can be mounted, /dev/sda can't. > > Ok. However, I've tried that. I've tried using /dev/

Re: [blfs-support] System Will Not Mount One of Three Disks

2012-10-30 Thread Feuerbacher, Alan
Bruce wrote: > 2. I assume the top level mount point /fedora exists on your system. > That's a little unusual. It's usually something like /mnt/fedora, but > it's your system. I'm confused. The Fedora stuff exists ONLY on /dev/sda. As far as LFS is concerned, it doesn't exist until I mount /de

Re: [blfs-support] System Will Not Mount One of Three Disks

2012-10-30 Thread Feuerbacher, Alan
Armin K. wrote: > > However, I want to access the Fedora and Debian filesystems from LFS, > and so, in addition to the normal stuff in /etc/fstab, I have these two > lines at the very end (I'm writing this from work and can't remember > exactly what's in the file): > > > > /dev/sda /fedora ext4 de

Re: [blfs-support] System Will Not Mount One of Three Disks

2012-10-30 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Feuerbacher, Alan wrote: > Howdy, > > I have three hard disks on the computer on which I'm installing LFS > stuff: > > /dev/sda Has Fedora installed. /dev/sdb Has Debian installed. > /dev/sdc Has LFS installed. > > The LFS software works fine -- I have Net connectivity and got > Seamonke

Re: [blfs-support] System Will Not Mount One of Three Disks

2012-10-30 Thread Armin K.
On 10/30/2012 03:58 PM, Feuerbacher, Alan wrote: > Howdy, > > I have three hard disks on the computer on which I'm installing LFS stuff: > > /dev/sda Has Fedora installed. > /dev/sdb Has Debian installed. > /dev/sdc Has LFS installed. > > The LFS software works fine -- I have Net con

[blfs-support] System Will Not Mount One of Three Disks

2012-10-30 Thread Feuerbacher, Alan
Howdy, I have three hard disks on the computer on which I'm installing LFS stuff: /dev/sdaHas Fedora installed. /dev/sdbHas Debian installed. /dev/sdcHas LFS installed. The LFS software works fine -- I have Net connectivity and got Seamonkey installed last night. To boot