Re: [blfs-support] A significant BLFS milestone

2012-11-02 Thread Rick Shelton
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Yesterday BLFS achieved a significant milestone. Since LFS-7.2 was > released on September 1st, all 625 (or so) packages in BLFS have been > updated. Most are marked as lfs72_checked, and only 9 are marked > lfs72_built (but not tested). > >

Re: [blfs-support] gcc-4.5.1 (BLFS) vs. gcc-4.7.0 (LFS)

2012-05-06 Thread Rick Shelton
On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 5:49 PM, alex lupu wrote: > Rather than going through the big effort, uncertainty and > probably the futility of submitting a bug report, But without a bug report, how do they know what to fix? > 1.  Mostly theoretical.  Why this dissimilarity between > LFS and BLFS versio

Re: [blfs-support] "&&" - To Be or Not To Be

2012-03-13 Thread Rick Shelton
>> _As an aside_, I noticed there are many script aficionados >> among (B)LFS users and I suppose the "&&" concept in the >> book instructions helps them a lot. >> (command1 && >> command2 && >> ...) >> I am one of (or maybe unique among) the people what like to take >> their time between commands

Re: [blfs-support] BLFS Chapter 44 Gutenprint-5.2.5 doesn't build

2012-03-07 Thread Rick Shelton
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > I don't know the details here, but in the past, upstream has 'cleaned > up' headers and that causes this type of problem.  This is, system > header h1 includes h2, but is updated and no longer includes h2.  Now > programs that relied on h2 bein

Re: [blfs-support] BLFS Chapter 44 Gutenprint-5.2.5 doesn't build

2012-03-07 Thread Rick Shelton
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to build Gutenprint under KDE-4.7.4. Neither the book version > 5.2.5 nor 5.2.7 go through the "make" process. A long error shows up, > starting with > quote > -- > commandtoepson.c: In function 'main

Re: error in compiling cups

2011-04-13 Thread Rick Shelton
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 1:38 PM, luxInteg wrote: > Greetings > > I compiled cups on a new system and  and forgot to create the user lp > beforehand.    After spotting  the error I created the user lp.     Does the > sequence of user creation-compilation matter or is a recompilation of cups > neede

Re: some basics

2011-04-08 Thread Rick Shelton
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 2:25 AM, Rodolfo Perez wrote: > Hi all > > Im trying to build (as a start) a very simple > system with a simple WM. > I succeed to install lfs (6.8) with jhalfs (svn). I included the > blfs-tools, but now I failed to understand the blfs-tool instructions. > > > 1. I got a bi

Re: gnash-0.8.8 build failure

2010-08-29 Thread Rick Shelton
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: > I'm trying this on my 6.6 system.  No agg, no OpennGL. > >  The build runs for about 25 minutes, then it falls over in > gui/ (whether I use the default gtk gui, or SDL).  This is > with --enable-renderer=cairo.: I found the following line in t

Re: libdrm and xorg-server

2010-04-06 Thread Rick Shelton
> It appears that you said you are building LFS 6.6 and BLFS 6.3 on top > of it. If that is correct that is your problem. If you are Building > LFS 6.6 you should be building BLFS using the svn version. BLFS svn is > compatible with LFS 6.6. BLFS 6.3 is not compatible and will give you > trouble.

Re: System Screwed [Was GLibc-2.11.1]

2010-04-05 Thread Rick Shelton
> > So, perhaps someone could tell me where the files in: > "/usr/share/locale" come from and/or if there are other locale type That comes from chapter 6.9, installing Glibc. after installation, the locale information is generated. mkdir -pv /usr/lib/locale localedef -i cs_CZ -f UTF-8 cs_CZ.UTF-8

Re: VirtualBox DESTDIR

2010-04-01 Thread Rick Shelton
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Trent Shea wrote: > Hi, > > Has anyone made VirtualBox DESTDIR friendly? I'm working my way through it > right now, but I'm stumped... > How do you mean? Is DESTDIR not used in the Makefile? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://

Re: Xorg.conf modules

2010-03-26 Thread Rick Shelton
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 9:16 PM, brown wrap wrote: > > > I built the modules I thought were needed for Xorg.conf. My XORG_PREFIX is > /usr/X11. After the drivers  were built they were placed in: > > /usr/X11/lib/X11/modules/drivers/ > > Is that correct? In trying to run "Xorg -configure" I get mi

passwd command

2010-01-25 Thread Rick Shelton
I recently booted up an old LFS system that hadn't been used in over a year. (So I'm not sure what may have changed to cause this trouble.) There isn't really a problem so much as an annoyance. When changing a password, I am prompted 4 times. The interaction looks something like the following...

Re: BLFS svn book Shadow-4.1.4.2 question about a page note

2010-01-05 Thread Rick Shelton
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:58 PM, stosss wrote: > On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Chris Staub wrote: >> On 12/31/2009 05:25 PM, stosss wrote: >>> At the bottom of the page for shadow in the BLFS svn book latest and >>> earlier versions. Is this note talking about a step that was done or >>> needs t

Re: Kdebase-3.5.10 Compile error

2009-07-02 Thread Rick Shelton
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 2:41 AM, Loren Foret wrote: > I hope someone can help me with this. I have been following the LFS svn and > BLFS pre 6.4 tracks and now I am having issues compiling kdebase > > Here is my base config (notice I pushed gcc to the svn release to try to > rule it out) > > root [

Re: Where to unzip phpMyAdmin in new Apache Versions

2009-06-25 Thread Rick Shelton
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Dr. Edgar Alwers wrote: > I built Apache ( httpd-2.2.11 ) and php-5.2.10. Now, in order to control > MySQL-5.1.30, I am trying to install phpMaAdmin-3.2.0. > > The instructions only say,  unzip phpMyAdmin in the webserver's document root. > In former versions, this

Re: A Question of 'How to Think' ...

2009-01-20 Thread Rick Shelton
In the general case, I think your problem solving is well tuned. The question that follows is why isn't _GNU_SOURCE defined in that particular instance? I guess that would be answered in the gpm-developers' discussions. But I think that was very good. You paid attention to the error and followed i

Re: pciaccess

2008-11-27 Thread Rick Shelton
> I don't understand what you mean by "but its all source". the first google results for "pciaccess 0.8.0" are some documentation pages about the individual source files. http://libpciaccess.sourcearchive.com/documentation/0.8.0/pciaccess_8h.html at any rate, it looks like a small utility librar

Re: Updating the Environment

2008-05-28 Thread Rick Shelton
> > Basicaly i'm looking for a 'vitual login command' that refreshes the > environment without changing my $PWD. > you could save PWD to a temporary variable and then export the new path. afterwards, restore PWD from the temp variable. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support

Re: rotate syslogs

2008-01-23 Thread Rick Shelton
On 1/23/08, Jon Fullmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm interested to hear what other BLFS users use to rotate their > syslogs. I thought it was odd that nothing was listed in the book, as > it seems like a basic systems need. > > What do you use? > > - Jon I use logrotate, as outlined in the LF

Re: iptables compile error

2008-01-10 Thread Rick Shelton
On 1/10/08, S. Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am still having the same problem. Google searching doesn't help me > much. I really would like to get iptables running on my machine(s) so > that I can continue with my BLFS build(s) while having access to the > internet. tried a newer versi

Re: Bootscreen on {B}LFS

2008-01-09 Thread Rick Shelton
> boot screen. I have tried Splashy but simply could not get the stupid thing > to work Did you explore Splashy support? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Detecting network card

2007-08-12 Thread Rick Shelton
On 8/12/07, Shayin C K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My LFS system does not detect my network card. > The error message I get is Interface eth0 does not exist. The card is > detected on my Fedora 7 distro without any problems. > I checked the kernel config file to see if I had accidently left out >

Re: Computer slows when ethernet is plugged in

2007-06-07 Thread Rick Shelton
On 6/7/07, Ellis Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Alright, I've been using LFS+BLFS for about a year now, really into it, but > I hit a problem when I brought my desktop home from school. It connected to > the net and ran great at school, but when on my network at home, the entire >

Re: BLFS 911

2007-03-31 Thread Rick Shelton
> was not found. I have ADSL at home with a standard ethernet NIC. If you can > guide me through the steps from the beginning of a regular installation or > configuration i would really appreciate it. Thankyou Some usual steps in troubleshooting: - copy the complete error message someplace you ca

Re: php and sql [slightly OT]

2007-03-13 Thread Rick Shelton
On 3/12/07, Alan Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rick Shelton wrote: > > I currently have PHP installed with PostgreSQL support. > > I need to fast-track a project. The fastest way is to follow > > examples from a book using PHP and MySQL. > > > > Ar

php and sql [slightly OT]

2007-03-12 Thread Rick Shelton
I currently have PHP installed with PostgreSQL support. I need to fast-track a project. The fastest way is to follow examples from a book using PHP and MySQL. Are there any differences between writing complex PHP code for MySQL and PostgreSQL? Or should I just install MySQL and reinstall PHP? tha

Re: iptables-firewall output

2007-01-07 Thread Rick Shelton
On 1/6/07, Nicolas FRANCOIS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Any chance that you know how to do this with syslog-ng ? I join my > syslogng.conf file for you to check, I don't know why it still log stuff > to the console ? ... > filter f_emergency { level(emerg); }; > filter f_info { level(info); };

Re: libid3 is driving me crazy!

2006-12-23 Thread Rick Shelton
On 12/23/06, john q public <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joel Means wrote: > > >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >john q public wrote: > > > > > >>I have built and installed libid3 (3.8.3) in both /usr/lib and > >>/usr/local/lib > >> > >> > >> > >- --snip-- > > > > > >>john:~/s

Re: startx problem with more_control_and_pkg_man

2006-12-23 Thread Rick Shelton
On 12/23/06, Arden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Using the more_control_and_pkg* system I am having trouble starting x. > Fatal server error: > Cannot move old log file ("var/log/Xorg.0.log" to "var/log/Xorg. > 0.log.old") > > I have tried changing owner, group,and write permissions of the log > fil

mandb funkiness

2006-12-19 Thread Rick Shelton
since installing gcc-3 i've been getting weird messages with the man command. for example... $ man sysctl mandb: can't chmod /opt/gcc-3.3.6/man/index.bt: No such file or directory mandb: warning: can't update index cache /opt/gcc-3.3.6/man/index.bt: No such file or directory mandb: No databases up