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

2013-12-02 Thread John Frankish
> -Original Message- > From: blfs-support-boun...@linuxfromscratch.org [mailto:blfs-support- > boun...@linuxfromscratch.org] On Behalf Of Ken Moffat > Sent: Wednesday, 06 November, 2013 15:45 > To: BLFS Support List > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Xorg-7.7 Does not Detect Input Devices on 64-

Re: [blfs-support] Booting a BLFS system with Syslinux

2013-12-02 Thread Simon Geard
On Mon, 2013-12-02 at 19:53 +, Richard Melville wrote: > I'm attempting to boot with syslinux from a USB flash drive with GPT > and ext2. I'm able to boot OK but I'm seeing some weird behaviour. > If I use a UUID instead of /dev/sdb2 I get a kernel panic and it > doesn't seem to like either m

Re: [blfs-support] Su and Sudo--Getting Both to Work

2013-12-02 Thread William Harrington
On Dec 2, 2013, at 4:44 PM, Dan McGhee wrote: > I reset root's password and then realized I, when I tried to run su, > may > have been misleading in this post. The actual return I get is: > > Crypt: Invalid argument It's always helpful to run strace to get a better idea of what is going on.

Re: [blfs-support] Su and Sudo--Getting Both to Work

2013-12-02 Thread Dan McGhee
On 12/02/2013 05:20 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Dan McGhee wrote: > >> I reset root's password and then realized I, when I tried to run su, may >> have been misleading in this post. The actual return I get is: >> >> Crypt: Invalid argument > This is what I get: > > $ su > Password: badpw > su: Authent

Re: [blfs-support] Su and Sudo--Getting Both to Work

2013-12-02 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Dan McGhee wrote: > I reset root's password and then realized I, when I tried to run su, may > have been misleading in this post. The actual return I get is: > > Crypt: Invalid argument This is what I get: $ su Password: badpw su: Authentication failure So I suspect some other issue. What do y

Re: [blfs-support] Su and Sudo--Getting Both to Work

2013-12-02 Thread Dan McGhee
On 12/02/2013 12:46 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Dan McGhee wrote: >> Since I installed 'sudo,' I cannot, when logged in as myself, run 'su.' >> The vast majority of the time, I don't need it, but when building and >> installing using package users, I would like to be able to 'su' to root >> so that I

Re: [blfs-support] Su and Sudo--Getting Both to Work

2013-12-02 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Dan McGhee wrote: > Reset my password or root's. This happens when, as me, I run "su" then > root's password. > > I don't want to change either of the passwords, so I'm thinking > > $ passwd -d dan > $ passwd dan su asks for the pw of the new user, usually root. sudo asks for the user's pw unless

Re: [blfs-support] Su and Sudo--Getting Both to Work

2013-12-02 Thread Dan McGhee
On 12/02/2013 12:46 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Dan McGhee wrote: >> Since I installed 'sudo,' I cannot, when logged in as myself, run 'su.' >> The vast majority of the time, I don't need it, but when building and >> installing using package users, I would like to be able to 'su' to root >> so that I

Re: [blfs-support] Su and Sudo--Getting Both to Work

2013-12-02 Thread Dan McGhee
On 12/02/2013 02:12 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 12:46:56PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >>> When I try, I get "Crypt error." >> I go that yesterday when I locked an account, but it went away when I >> unlocked it. I think it just means bad password, but there is an issue >> there

Re: [blfs-support] Su and Sudo--Getting Both to Work

2013-12-02 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 12:46:56PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > > When I try, I get "Crypt error." > > I go that yesterday when I locked an account, but it went away when I > unlocked it. I think it just means bad password, but there is an issue > there that it gives the wrong message. I su

Re: [blfs-support] Booting a BLFS system with Syslinux

2013-12-02 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Richard Melville wrote: > I'm attempting to boot with syslinux from a USB flash drive with GPT and > ext2. I'm able to boot OK but I'm seeing some weird behaviour. If I use a > UUID instead of /dev/sdb2 I get a kernel panic and it doesn't seem to like > either menu.c32 or vesamenu.c32; the boot c

[blfs-support] Booting a BLFS system with Syslinux

2013-12-02 Thread Richard Melville
I'm attempting to boot with syslinux from a USB flash drive with GPT and ext2. I'm able to boot OK but I'm seeing some weird behaviour. If I use a UUID instead of /dev/sdb2 I get a kernel panic and it doesn't seem to like either menu.c32 or vesamenu.c32; the boot cycle goes round in circles. Any

Re: [blfs-support] Su and Sudo--Getting Both to Work

2013-12-02 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Dan McGhee wrote: > Since I installed 'sudo,' I cannot, when logged in as myself, run 'su.' > The vast majority of the time, I don't need it, but when building and > installing using package users, I would like to be able to 'su' to root > so that I can use my install system. Before I got X workin

[blfs-support] Su and Sudo--Getting Both to Work

2013-12-02 Thread Dan McGhee
Since I installed 'sudo,' I cannot, when logged in as myself, run 'su.' The vast majority of the time, I don't need it, but when building and installing using package users, I would like to be able to 'su' to root so that I can use my install system. Before I got X working it wasn't a problem