Re: [blfs-support] Make 3.82 Dev86src triple bug fixes patch

2012-02-17 Thread jasonpsage
>No kidding. Relying on tabs was 'less than thoughtful'. If you can't >tell a tab from a string of spaces by just looking at it, it's a >mistake. I wish the tab key would be banned from the keyboard. Tabs in >program code suck too. > > -- Bruce I Agree with tabs being a charater... however I l

[blfs-support] Intro Xorg-7.6-2 - Should we Skip half the page if prefix = /usr ?

2012-02-05 Thread jasonpsage
Hello Folks, I'm dusting off my LFS 7.0 and BLFS work, and I have been thinkning about why XOrg won't compile for me. I keep hearing about references to PKG_CONFIG_PATH in emails here and in articles and things I find online. Does anyone think maybe I should NOT skip the rest of that page [ BLFS

Re: [blfs-support] what`s wrong here

2012-01-23 Thread jasonpsage
> > LLVM 3.0 > > make[3]: Entering directory `/xc/llvm-3.0.src/lib/Target/X86' > llvm[3]: Building X86.td register info implementation with tblgen > /xc/llvm-3.0.src/Release/bin/llvm-tblgen: Unknown unexpected exception > occurred. > make[3]: *** > [/xc/llvm-3.0.src/lib/Target/X86/Release/X8

Re: [blfs-support] Print screen options

2012-01-21 Thread jasonpsage
>Hi > >Is there an option in blfs for setting up the print screen button or >what package to use, I,m using xfce > I know there is a KDE APP that does this called KSnapshot. I'm not sure of the dependancies. I understand it would stink to install 95% of KDE to use one utility after going through

Re: [blfs-support] XWindows - SO Close - but no xtrans

2012-01-21 Thread jasonpsage
>I had an xtrans problem a few years ago. When I first looked >at this thread, it seemed to be something completely different. >When I looked at it as two separate problems, I started to see >a possible connection. My problem was that I had put >$XORG_PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig in my PKG_CONFIG_PATH but

Re: [blfs-support] XWindows - SO Close - but no xtrans

2012-01-21 Thread jasonpsage
>> >Don't get me wrong I'm a script junky. >> > >> >https://github.com/Firerat/FR-Automated-LFS_BLFS >> >> And look here: >> https://github.com/Firerat/FR-Automated-LFS_BLFS/blob/master/AutoLFS.sh >> >> OMG - I looked at your script, you're like me in c/c++ and FreePascal: > >I have no formal codei

Re: [blfs-support] XWindows - SO Close - but no xtrans

2012-01-21 Thread jasonpsage
>> I can get around a little in VI and VIM, just never >> was my favorite editor. I do like the highlighting >> though in VIM. > >I use: > alias vi='vim' > Cool. I'm familiar with the drop in replacement nature of of VIM. I understand it's VI on Steriods - yet pretty much works like VI being a

Re: [blfs-support] XWindows - SO Close - but no xtrans

2012-01-18 Thread jasonpsage
>Don't get me wrong I'm a script junky. > >https://github.com/Firerat/FR-Automated-LFS_BLFS And look here: https://github.com/Firerat/FR-Automated-LFS_BLFS/blob/master/AutoLFS.sh OMG - I looked at your script, you're like me in c/c++ and FreePascal: really seem to be making good use of what bash

Re: [blfs-support] XWindows - SO Close - but no xtrans

2012-01-18 Thread jasonpsage
>> You know 'less' is just a pager, right? It doesn't take much >> mastering... page up/down, home/end, arrow keys to scroll, '/' and '?' >> to search... that pretty much covers it. It's the program that you see >> when you open man pages... >> >> Simon. > >Don't forget :n and :p if you did somethi

Re: [blfs-support] XWindows - SO Close - but no xtrans

2012-01-18 Thread jasonpsage
>> I think between you and FireRat - I get the impression I should >> master both VIM and LESS. > >You know 'less' is just a pager, right? It doesn't take much >mastering... page up/down, home/end, arrow keys to scroll, '/' and '?' >to search... that pretty much covers it. It's the program that yo

Re: [blfs-support] XWindows - SO Close - but no xtrans

2012-01-17 Thread jasonpsage
>> >> I think by vim you mean the text editor: Roger - I'll check it out. >> I think less is more... more learning. I don't know how to use less yet. >> > Once less is set up correctly (used to need LESSCHARSET, not sure >if I'm still using that), '/' works for forward search, \ (backslash >and s

Re: [blfs-support] XWindows - SO Close - but no xtrans

2012-01-17 Thread jasonpsage
>> I think by vim you mean the text editor: Roger - I'll check it out. > >Read a manual, vi has a learning curve >If you don't have time atm try nano, or joe >But make sure you learn vim at some point > I can get around a little in VI and VIM, just never was my favorite editor. I do like the high

Re: [blfs-support] XWindows - SO Close - but no xtrans

2012-01-17 Thread jasonpsage
>> Hello All, >> >> I'm compiling xorgserver and I get this error: >> >> Requested 'xtrans > 1.2.2' but version of XTrans is 1.2 >> >> Now, I know I installed xtrans 1.2.6 as part of the libs section. It >> compiles and installs fine also. >> >> I resubmitted this problem with the correct versi

[blfs-support] XWindows - SO Close - but no xtrans

2012-01-17 Thread jasonpsage
Hello All, I'm compiling xorgserver and I get this error: Requested 'xtrans > 1.2.2' but version of XTrans is 1.2 Now, I know I installed xtrans 1.2.6 as part of the libs section. It compiles and installs fine also. I resubmitted this problem with the correct version of xtrans I have installed.

Re: [blfs-support] XWindows - SO Close - But No xtrans?

2012-01-17 Thread jasonpsage
> I'm compiling xorgserver and I get this error: > Requested 'xtrans > 1.2.2' but version of XTrans is 1.2 > > Now, I know I installed xtrans 1.2.5 as part of the libs section. It > compiles and installs fine also. >Note that I'm on 1.2.6 (I updated my build independently of what's >in the book).

[blfs-support] Is it OK to only load dejaGnu and FreeFonts for Xorg Server?

2012-01-17 Thread jasonpsage
I'm curious if it is a bad deviation from the recommended installable fonts to only install DejaGnu Fonts and FreeFonts. I don't really have a need for Chinese, Korean or Japanese fonts really nor do I like Microsoft's mandates on how you can and can't use their fonts. If there are applications t

Re: [blfs-support] No Phonon backends listed in system settings

2012-01-17 Thread jasonpsage
>> > Are you using PulseAudio ? >> >> I am :-( ! >> I think, I am going to uninstall it. PulseAudio is now the only sound >> alternative Skipe is showing to me, with some kryptik recommendations how to >> activate it which I do not understand anyway. >> I also added PulseAudio after finishing th

Re: [blfs-support] libunique-1.1.2 and 1.1.6

2012-01-16 Thread jasonpsage
--DHCP Issues-- > I installed both thinking I could disable the scripts at will > for the server, and use the client to generate IP for my > network card. Installing both should be no problem. The client uses the services in /lib/services/. If you just want a simple IP address for eth0, make s

Re: [blfs-support] libunique-1.1.2 and 1.1.6

2012-01-15 Thread jasonpsage
>> I'm still trying to workout what to do about the fact that installing >> DHCP stomps on the ifconfig.eth0 file.. and when you make way by >> renaming the file, (so it can make a directory with the same name) it >> doesn't work. > >For now, if you only need the client, use dhcpcd. > I installed

Re: [blfs-support] libunique-1.1.2 and 1.1.6

2012-01-15 Thread jasonpsage
It seems that -Werror is passed to gcc, to treat errors as warnings. >>> I wouldn't know where to start looking, So any more help would be >>> appreciated >>> >> Are you familiar with grep? It's become my favorite development tool >> practically... >> > >Ok I ran that from libunique dir I

Re: [blfs-support] libunique-1.1.2 and 1.1.6

2012-01-15 Thread jasonpsage
>> It seems that -Werror is passed to gcc, to treat errors as warnings. >> You can safely remove that. I don't know where it is specified, but it >> should be in a Makefile, or some file linked to a Makefile. (trye >> /unique/dbus/Makefile first if that exists. Are you also sure that you >> don't h

Re: [blfs-support] libunique-1.1.2 and 1.1.6

2012-01-15 Thread jasonpsage
>I,m trying to install libunique-1.1.2 or1.1.6, on LFS7 > >I receive an error This caught my eye: cc1: all warnings being treated as errors I wonder if there is a way to set a configure parameter so that isn't the case maybe? Sounds like a setting in POSIX script when someone tosses in the -e (

Re: [blfs-support] Missing Wiki Page on Web Site

2012-01-14 Thread jasonpsage
> Actually, there's loads that are missing. At one time, I was >adding them as I came across them but it's an exceptionally tedious >and time-consuming job with no obvious easy way of putting them in >the right menus, and I haven't bothered since I came back to the >book. > > For the moment, I'm to

[blfs-support] Missing Wiki Page on Web Site

2012-01-14 Thread jasonpsage
Link in BLFS book: /x/makedepend.html LINK: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/makedepend --Jason -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page