More xorg 7.3

2007-09-30 Thread Shawn
packages I don't use. The xserver wget file contains pixman. Well, that is a hack as I got it from gitweb then copied it to my xserver directory. Shawn # xorg data dependencies are added here # and at the end xbitmaps-1.0.1.tar.bz2 # end data dependency appres-1.0.1.tar.bz2 bdftopcf-1.0.1.ta

Re: xorg 7.3

2007-09-30 Thread Shawn
On September 30, 2007 15:20:28 Ken Moffat wrote: > On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 10:51:56AM -0700, Dan Nicholson wrote: > > Actually, I think Shawn must not have been subscribed with that > > address since it was in the Mailman queue, which requires manual > > flushes. I just w

Re: xorg 7.3

2007-09-30 Thread Shawn
On September 30, 2007 11:18:48 Ken Moffat wrote: > On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 02:07:32PM -0600, Shawn wrote: > > Hi: > > > > Maybe the blfs gurus will find this helpfull. > > I've been running xorg 7.3 for a couple of weeks now without any major > > problems.

Re: Disk problem ?

2007-07-24 Thread Shawn
ame controller? You can try dedicating your ide adaptor to a controller if you have extra slots. In the past I have seen conflicts between devices on the same controller. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Un

Re: UDFtools-1.0.0b3 problem

2007-07-24 Thread Shawn
Then follow the kernel documentation: ../$kerneldir/Documentation/cdrom/packet-writing.txt. Pay particular attention to the sections: Packet writing for DVD+RW media and Packet writing for DVD-RW media. I do not have a dvd rw drive so what I suggest is just from reading not from experience.

Re: UDFtools-1.0.0b3 problem

2007-07-23 Thread Shawn
gt; > Packet writing in kernel is turned on. Kernel is booted with > hdc=ide-cdrom parameter. > Any ideas? I think the above kernel param is not required anymore. You did compile UDF into the kernel (or as a module)? What does hdparm -I /dev/hdc report? I had an old cdrw that gave

Re: JDK-1.5.0_11 compile error

2007-07-19 Thread Shawn
lfs stable gcc version = 4.0.3 -ffriend-injection does not exist in this version of gcc. -ffriend-injection shows up in the gcc documentation in version 4.1.2. Check your dependencies. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org

Re: lfs_next_to_existing_systems: fstab

2007-07-12 Thread Shawn
hat this is the only problem, at least I would be able to boot my lfs. >From man fsck: "In actuality, fsck is simply a front-end for the various file system checkers (fsck.fstype) available under Linux. " Perhaps the reiserfs utils are not found?? The beauty of lfs it that it is yo

Re: lfs_next_to_existing_systems: fstab

2007-07-10 Thread Shawn
Hi, what's in: /boot/grub/menu.lst? Specifically, what does your 'kernel' command look like for your lfs system? Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Strange error building xorg-server

2007-07-06 Thread Shawn
-- >- Find out how you can get spam free email. > http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/3 Peter: It was a long time ago that I built xorg 7.1 ( i am not at 7.2 yet) but I recall a similar problem. If I remember correctly, the problem was with my module paths (or where xf86scanpci was install

Re: possible problems with gconf ?

2007-06-26 Thread Shawn
On June 26, 2007, Olaf Grüttner wrote: > I start xorg with startx > > my .xinitrc contains > gnome-terminal & > exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session fluxbox > > I have usual mouse mouvements and keyboard behavior is as usual. > > I start a gnome-app e.g. totem from gnome-terminal. > After totem app

Re: Problem with xorg-7.1

2007-06-17 Thread Shawn
k to ensure your ModulePath(s) are correct. Assuming you have built all other objects correctly, this should work. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Add an IP alias to ethernet interface

2007-05-29 Thread Shawn
do this but I was curious to see how it might be done. Looking at the code for ifup, I think if you put a new file in "/etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0" named say "alias" and put your ifconfig command in there. It might just work. However, I am not

Re: problems compiling hal - error messages in english

2007-05-14 Thread Shawn
emember trying a couple of different versions of dbus before I found one that worked. This might not be your problem, but it is worth double checking. >From the hal-0.5.7.1 README... "Requirements for HAL 0.5.7.1 Unmaintained piece of crap. - Linux kernel >= 2.6.15 - util-linux

Re: Trying to get X Windows working

2007-03-24 Thread shawn
values for Depth, X Windows started working. I guess it found some display parameters that it liked. -Shawn On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:25:18 +0200 "Lauri Kasanen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> - Original Message - >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: blfs-su

Trying to get X Windows working

2007-03-22 Thread shawn
ould see a gray background with an X cursor. Does this error have anything to do with the blank screen? If someone can tell me how to fix this, or where to start looking for a solution, that would be cool. Thanks, Shawn -- Shawn O'Rourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://linuxfromscratch.

Re: FC6 (x86_64) as a host system

2007-03-14 Thread Shawn
l cause of this error. Maybe somebody can give me > a solution, an hint or point to the direction I should dig? > > P.S.: Please don't offer me to build system from the available x86_64 > beta LiveCD or something like this. I'll use it as a > "last chance" solution

Re: MTP based devices and LFS

2007-03-13 Thread Shawn
at the source... { "Creative Zen MicroPhoto", 0x041e, 0x413c, DEVICE_FLAG_NONE }, should be supported. Of course you need usb enabled in the kernel. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Xorg 7.1 problem with Mobility Radeon 9600 and dri

2007-03-13 Thread Shawn
"extmod" Option "omit xfree86-dga" EndSubSection But I can't tell you exactly what is going on. Sorry. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: VirtualBox

2007-03-09 Thread Shawn
don't use virtual box, but from the error text, it sounds like everything went well except it did not know where to put the init scripts. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: disk mounted too many times

2007-03-08 Thread Shawn
ows: 1. The file system has been mounted x times. (Maximum mount count: 29) 2. The file system has not been mounted in x days. (Check interval: 6 months) 3. The file system was not unmounted clean. (Filesystem state: !clean) Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/list

Re: read blfs on a lfs system

2007-03-08 Thread Shawn
onsole where you are building your packages. Lynx has a small learning curve, but after a few minutes of fooling around with it, you will have no problem using it to read blfs. That is what i did. Actually, i have lynx and gpm on disk so as soon as my system can boot, I install t

Re: Ctrl-Alt-F? in X

2007-03-08 Thread Shawn
me ideas as to how to config the system, a wholesale copy from one system to the next will not work. The people at gentoo have spent a lot of time customizing their distribution. They also customize the kernel. The most noticeable difference is in sysvinit. I say this to remind you and possibly others that all distributions are different and that they must be treated as such. No ofence intended if this is obvious to you. It is just a friendly reminder. :) Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Ivman init script

2007-03-07 Thread Shawn
n provides some functionality beyond automounting and opening apps. When dbus and hal were very new, ivman was required to automount your media but now there is better integration of hal and dbus in kde so ivman is not required for automounting cd/dvds. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org

Re: Stopping, starting syslogd

2007-03-05 Thread Shawn
on.log /var/log/mail.log /var/log/daemon.log /var/log/auth.log { rotate 5 weekly sharedscripts postrotate kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid` endscript } Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http:/

Re: net-tools-1.60 compilation problem

2007-03-05 Thread Shawn
tween the kernel headers and the user-space headers. Make sure you are compiling against /usr/include and not /usr/src/include. If i remember correctly, there is mention in the lfs book that a link from /usr/src/ to your kernel source can cause problems. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscr

Re: Building software as an unprivileged user

2007-03-01 Thread Shawn
better informed ideas. I believe there is an effort already on its way to do what you are doing. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Building software as an unprivileged user

2007-03-01 Thread Shawn
ows, well, the super user does everything (maybe that changed with vista???). It is best to take the time to learn how the basic security works and run with it. It is really quite simple. Never use root except for sys admin tasks. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: DVD Playback problems

2007-03-01 Thread Shawn
gt; DST_enable : no > > BCD : yes > > 24hr: yes > > square_wave : no > > alarm_IRQ : no > > update_IRQ : no > > periodic_IRQ: no > > periodic_freq : 1024 > > batt_status : okay > > &g

Re: MPlayer compile errors.

2007-02-28 Thread Shawn
gle on the above error and you will get lots of hits. Someting about this version of mplayer not supporting GCC 4. Shawn > libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:3484: error: memory input 5 is not > directly addressable > libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:3630: error: memory input 4 is not

Re: DVD Playback problems

2007-02-28 Thread Shawn
: 19:33:24 rtc_date: 2007-02-28 rtc_epoch : 1900 alarm : 11:00:00 DST_enable : no BCD : yes 24hr: yes square_wave : no alarm_IRQ : no update_IRQ : no periodic_IRQ: no periodic_freq : 1024 batt_status : okay Also, its a Charact

Re: finding files in dos format + .sql files without an empty last line

2007-02-27 Thread Shawn
me | tail -n1 | grep -q '[^$]$'; >then >echo "SQL file is not ending with a linefeed: > $filename" #echo "Inserted line feed at end of: $filename" #echo >> > $filename >fi >fi

Re: DVD Playback problems

2007-02-22 Thread Shawn
t; Stepping: 0) > Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes > CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0 > Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE > > > 85 audio & 196 video codecs > Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission de

Re: CNET - Network Simulator installation

2007-02-09 Thread Shawn
09, at 05:20 Kevin Annies wrote: > > There are several points that strike me, > > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ltcl > > Kevin Assuming you have installed tcl correctly and in the default location... try running 'ldconfig' as root. Then try your compile again. Shawn >

Re: Modular X and m4 files

2007-02-07 Thread Shawn
efix/share/aclocal-x.x # $prefix/share/aclocal # $prefix/share/aclocal/dirlist # $XORG_PREFIX/share/aclocal EOF The above is where my X m4's are. Shawn > FWIW, the unichrome driver overwrites xorg-via's via_drv library > but leaves libviaXvMC and the via.4 manpage untouched (if you

Re: Network card installation trouble

2007-02-07 Thread Shawn
On February 7, 2007, Tijnema ! wrote: > Hi, > > It works now, thanks for your time, and especially thanks to shawn > for pointing me on tulip. > > Both cards are working fine now, i needed tulip for my gigabit card > too. > > Tijnema > > On 2/7/07, Tijnema ! <[

Re: additional link to libpostproc.so.0.0.1

2007-02-03 Thread Shawn
n ldconfig it might fix other problems for you. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: vsftpd

2007-01-31 Thread Shawn
s cannot log in. A2) vsftpd tries to link with PAM. (Run "ldd vsftpd" and look for libpam to find out whether this has happened or not). If vsftpd links with PAM, then you will need to have a PAM file installed for the vsftpd service. There is a sample one for RedHat systems included in

Re: Kde Menu problem

2007-01-15 Thread Shawn
ermail/blfs-support/2006-November/061549.html Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: install cups with more_control_and_pkg_man

2007-01-05 Thread Shawn
is supported or you will be looking at "Turboprint" to get printer support. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: I have a security question for the list

2006-12-26 Thread Shawn
when I ask for local mail on my machine. I don't use authentication because I am a trusted source. I know this does not answer your questions specifically, but I hope it will help you reevaluate why you want to run an email server. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-su

Re: Ctrl+Alt+Fn in X

2006-12-19 Thread Shawn
On Monday 18 December 2006 00:44, TheOldFellow wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 02:54:37PM -0700, Shawn wrote: > >> Which keyboard data sets did you go with? 7.1 requires you to make > >> a choice. Either xkbdata or xkbdesc. > >> > >&

Re: Ctrl+Alt+Fn in X

2006-12-17 Thread Shawn
ts did you go with? 7.1 requires you to make a choice. Either xkbdata or xkbdesc. Myself I went with the new xkbdesc, and I have been problem free. See here: http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X11R7.1/doc/RELNOTES2.html#3 Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: htt

Re: security recommendations

2006-12-17 Thread Shawn
t; > Is PAM necessary? Tripwire? Kerberos? I would like to hear your > recommendations or comments. > Arden Hi Arden: I'm the same as you. I run a desktop system. I use PAM, iptables, and clamav for anti-virus. I also keep up to date on security alerts. See: http://www.us-cert.gov Sh

Re: gphoto permissions

2006-12-03 Thread Shawn
oto2. I briefly looked at the section http://www.gphoto.org/doc/manual/permissions-usb.html and found it quite detailed. Sorry I can't offer more as I don't know about this ptp stuff. Good Luck, Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfrom

Re: gphoto permissions

2006-12-02 Thread Shawn
on gphoto. We need to get the first two working before gphoto. By the way, the block device for the drive on your camera should be /dev/sda1. At least it is that way on my system. Have a nice day debugging :) Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support

Re: KDE - error reeports at start and stop

2006-11-26 Thread Shawn
PREFIX/lib/X11/fonts. C. kde uses fontconfig to learn the default font directory ( /usr/share/fonts ). So decide where you want to keep your fonts and make sure all interested parties are informed of your decision. :P So what you have is mostly configuration problems. Not too bad :) Shawn

Re: Misc questions

2006-11-23 Thread Shawn
oper rather than making external modules at least until you are sure it is working properly. After rebuilding your kernel and rebooting, you should find /dev/sd* devices. Of course you will need to mount them to use them. Good luck :) Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch

Re: KDE-3.5.2 shows no applications

2006-11-21 Thread Shawn
alled kde/gnome. Glad to be of help :) Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Probs with Kbd Layout, sudo and kpowersave !!

2006-11-18 Thread Shawn
you should see many, many messages about hal discovering devices. If you don't see any messages after doing this, then you don't have hal running correctly. Put a cd in your cd drive and hald will show this event in the syslog. One other idea, do you notice any dbus/hal problems runni

Re: KDE-3.5.2 shows no applications

2006-11-15 Thread Shawn
set these variables. This command will update the connections between your apps and mimetypes. Each directory in your $XDG_DATA_DIRS path will contain a directory named "applications". In this directory should be a file named "mimeinfo.cache". Shawn -- http://linuxfromscr

Re: Probs with Kbd Layout, sudo and kpowersave !!

2006-11-15 Thread Shawn
t ALL=(ALL) ALL # this means users can run /sbin/shutdown -h now without a password %users ALL=NOPASSWD:/sbin/shutdown -h now Third, i don't have a laptop so i cannot suggest anything. Sorry. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscrat

Re: bash time redirection

2006-11-03 Thread Shawn
Hi: I don't think this is a bash support forum but here is a little something to get you started. #!/bin/sh NOW=`date +%s` sleep 5 LATER=`date +%s` echo "LATER - NOW = $((LATER - NOW))" Look at man bash /Pipelines for more ideas. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailma

Re: java plugin in konqueror

2006-10-29 Thread Shawn
javascript" tab. 1. Turn on "Enable Java Globally" 2. Ensure your path is set to $your_java_path/bin/java. 3. Turn off "Use security manager". Goto java.com and play some games :) By the way, my about:plugins reports the same as yours so I assume you have a config probl

Re: Kopete and Kernel headers (SVN Version of book)

2006-10-16 Thread Shawn
ithout a single problem(so far). Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: access USB STORAGE

2006-10-14 Thread Shawn
ort -> SCSI disk support I have this option compiled as a module. You shouldn't need to load it at boot time as it will load automagically when it is required. Then rebuild/reinstall your kernel as per the lfs book. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-suppor

Re: hal and linux-pam

2006-10-08 Thread Shawn
type="bool">true I made the change right there, but it would be better to copy this file to /etc/hal/fdi/policy and make the change there. Then restart hal and kde. Good Luck, Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Flash Player BLFS

2006-10-07 Thread Shawn
ctory. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: building menus

2006-10-05 Thread Shawn
level directory is fine as the "update-desktop-database" command recursively scans all child directories. I don't know how you installed your gnome, so you will need to find this directory yourself. Maybe /usr/share??? /opt/gnome/share??? Good Luck, Shawn -- http://linuxfrom

Re: building menus

2006-10-05 Thread Shawn
he README in each package describes the contents of the package. Good Luck, Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Why would a kernel upgrade change my X server resolution

2006-10-02 Thread Shawn
uot;Device" [...] Option "MergedFB" "False" ^ [...] Identifier "Card0" Driver "ati" VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc" BoardName "R480 [Radeon

Re: RAM and swap partition

2006-10-01 Thread Shawn
ems much more healthy. 512Mb of RAM. Free RAM 57% and free swap space 100%. Well, the folks at microsoft think this is the best way to manage memory, I happen to disagree. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubsc

Re: Why would a kernel upgrade change my X server resolution

2006-10-01 Thread Shawn
"Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Modes "1280x1024" EndSubSection EndSection I only ever use the one mode so this setup is ok. I believe if you want to use more modes, you will append your desired modes to the "Modes" line, ea

Re: Rotating system logs

2006-09-20 Thread Shawn
ckage, you can look at logwatch as a means to scan your logs for specific log entries. After logwatch has scanned your logs an email will be sent to your local mail spool. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubs

Re: KDE 3.5.4 automount of usb devices

2006-09-10 Thread Shawn
.user hal" you will find reference to this. Also, the above spec has examples for usb-devices and also explains all the properties/policies for usb devices, etc. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubsc

Re: Cannot Compile Xorg

2006-08-20 Thread Shawn
Hi, I just had the same problem. Move up to X11R6.9.0 and follow the same procedure as in the blfs book. It will then work. I think the fbmtrr program causing the compile problem is using some obsolete code. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http