Re: [blfs-support] rc.iptables or sysctl.conf

2013-11-06 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Richard Melville wrote: > Looking through the *setting up a network firewall* page I wondered what > the thinking was behind switching the kernel parameters via an rc.iptables > file rather than the perhaps more conventional sysctl.conf file. It's more straight forward and it stands alone. Of cou

[blfs-support] rc.iptables or sysctl.conf

2013-11-06 Thread Richard Melville
Looking through the *setting up a network firewall* page I wondered what the thinking was behind switching the kernel parameters via an rc.iptables file rather than the perhaps more conventional sysctl.conf file. Richard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www

Re: [blfs-support] Xorg-7.7 Does not Detect Input Devices on 64-bit Build

2013-11-06 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 10:36:07AM +, John Frankish wrote: > > > How would I go about using strace to check where the xorg-server is > > looking for 10-evdev.conf? > > > > > > Using "strace -o log_file Xorg -nolisten tcp &", Xorg beings to start up, but > then stops with the error: > > ... >

Re: [blfs-support] Xorg-7.7 Does not Detect Input Devices on 64-bit Build

2013-11-06 Thread John Frankish
> > How would I go about using strace to check where the xorg-server is > looking for 10-evdev.conf? > > > > As a high-level overview : install strace [ link from the Other Programming > Tools page at the end of the main Programming chapter, just before java ] - > there is a patch in patches. Th