Re: [blfs-support] xterminal question

2012-12-07 Thread lux-integ
On Friday 07 December 2012 18:00:49 Ken Moffat wrote: > On Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 03:59:43PM +, lux-integ wrote: > > /dev/pts /dev/shm are not created/mounted > > > > the problem is with udev > > /dev/pts and /dev/shm need to be created and mounted rw > > > > ideas how these could be created

Re: [blfs-support] xterminal question

2012-12-07 Thread Ken Moffat
On Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 03:59:43PM +, lux-integ wrote: > /dev/pts /dev/shm are not created/mounted > > the problem is with udev > /dev/pts and /dev/shm need to be created and mounted rw > > ideas how these could be created/mounted rw in RO-rootfs will be appreciated. They ought to be mou

Re: [blfs-support] xterminal question

2012-12-07 Thread lux-integ
On Friday 07 December 2012 13:24:15 lux-integ wrote: > I finally made a bit of progress of getting an error message: I tried > > #- > xinit $XORG_PREFIX/bin/xterm > > it responded with:- > > Error 32 errno 28 no space left on device > reason get_pty > Not enough ptys > #-

Re: [blfs-support] xterminal question

2012-12-07 Thread lux-integ
On Wednesday 05 December 2012 17:13:42 Bruce Dubbs wrote: > That's a mystery to me also. I'd have to be able to investigate the > problem directly to try to diagnose that. I finally made a bit of progress of getting an error message: I tried #- xinit $XORG_PREFIX/bin/xterm it

Re: [blfs-support] xterminal question

2012-12-07 Thread lux-integ
On Wednesday 05 December 2012 16:47:57 Ken Moffat wrote: > But, it you can't > use an xterm at all in your r/o system, that is more of a > showstopper. I finally made a bit of progress of getting an error message: I tried #- xinit $XORG_PREFIX/bin/xterm it responded with:- Er

Re: [blfs-support] xterminal question

2012-12-05 Thread Bruce Dubbs
lux-integ wrote: > On Wednesday 05 December 2012 02:32:09 Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> I've been thinking about the idea of reviving the live-lfs project. >> What I had in mind was to create a tmpfs for / in an initrd and copy >> from the boot device to the tmpfs and run from that. That would >> overcome

Re: [blfs-support] xterminal question

2012-12-05 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 11:17:20AM +, lux-integ wrote: > > great Idea. > But why does / have to be R/W? is this a requirement for udev (er systemd )? > > > In my heath-robinson setup I am not using an initrd. And everything except > Xorg works. > In this context, I am assuning 'Xorg' m

Re: [blfs-support] xterminal question

2012-12-05 Thread lux-integ
On Wednesday 05 December 2012 02:32:09 Bruce Dubbs wrote: > I've been thinking about the idea of reviving the live-lfs project. > What I had in mind was to create a tmpfs for / in an initrd and copy > from the boot device to the tmpfs and run from that. That would > overcome your problem becaus

Re: [blfs-support] xterminal question

2012-12-04 Thread Bruce Dubbs
lux-integ wrote: > thanks for your help. > I did the edit in slim.conf. It made no difference. > > I should elaborate > I am trying to make a cd dist (( read only root filesystem ) > Everything works fine when running from disk.And everything except X runs > fine from RO-root. There the pr

Re: [blfs-support] xterminal question

2012-12-04 Thread lux-integ
On Tuesday 04 December 2012 20:32:21 Ken Moffat wrote: > On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 05:57:11PM +, lux-integ wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > I have cblfs setup with these > > --cpu amd64 > > --Kernel linux-3.6.7 > > --Xorg -7.7 > > and I am giving qtrazor and fluxbox with slim a whirl (no kde gn

Re: [blfs-support] xterminal question

2012-12-04 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 05:57:11PM +, lux-integ wrote: > Greetings, > > I have cblfs setup with these > --cpu amd64 > --Kernel linux-3.6.7 > --Xorg -7.7 > and I am giving qtrazor and fluxbox with slim a whirl (no kde gnome etc). > > I can get commands such as gimp to run from the 'run c

[blfs-support] xterminal question

2012-12-04 Thread lux-integ
Greetings, I have cblfs setup with these --cpu amd64 --Kernel linux-3.6.7 --Xorg -7.7 and I am giving qtrazor and fluxbox with slim a whirl (no kde gnome etc). I can get commands such as gimp to run from the 'run command' window in fluxbox but xterminal will not start. /etc/slim.conf has