Re: [blfs-support] Stats for a LFS+BLFS automated build - a 15 hour challenge.

2012-09-19 Thread John Burrell
> > It's a start. Just reading, it doesn't seem to find this: > > libvorbis-1.3.2.tar.xz > libvorbis-1.3.3.tar.xz Well if it doesn't find that then it's certainly not working! It should say 'package /srv/ftp/BLFS/svn/l/libvorbis occurs 4 times' assuming the md5sum files are also there. Guess i

Re: [blfs-support] Stats for a LFS+BLFS automated build - a 15 hour challenge.

2012-09-18 Thread Bruce Dubbs
John Burrell wrote: > I attach an outline script to test for older versions of a package. > If more than two occurrences of the package name are found, it prints > outthe name and how many times it occurred.Should always be an even > number. I haven't tested it of course, but hopefully it won't ta

Re: [blfs-support] Stats for a LFS+BLFS automated build - a 15 hour challenge.

2012-09-18 Thread John Burrell
> Script contributions are welcome. > >-- Bruce I attach an outline script to test for older versions of a package. If more than two occurrences of the package name are found, it prints outthe name and how many times it occurred.Should always be an even number. I haven't tested it of cours

Re: [blfs-support] Stats for a LFS+BLFS automated build - a 15 hour challenge.

2012-09-18 Thread Bruce Dubbs
John Burrell wrote: > > >> >> If you see an old package in the svn tree, let me know. > > I will. But you could write a script to check it all. If you ignore > the patch files, you could test that each package name only occurs > twice - the source and the md5sum. The script could then output any >

Re: [blfs-support] Stats for a LFS+BLFS automated build - a 15 hour challenge.

2012-09-18 Thread John Burrell
> > If you see an old package in the svn tree, let me know. I will. But you could write a script to check it all. If you ignore the patch files, you could test that each package name only occurs twice - the source and the md5sum. The script could then output any name that occurred more than t

Re: [blfs-support] Stats for a LFS+BLFS automated build - a 15 hour challenge.

2012-09-18 Thread Bruce Dubbs
John Burrell wrote: > > Things are definitely looking better. > > MesaLib-8.0.3 is under Xorg but MesaLib-8.0.4 is still under m. Would > you move it please. OK. > That brings me to another question - sorry about this. > > As BLFS is now a rolling update, there should only be one version of > eac

Re: [blfs-support] Stats for a LFS+BLFS automated build - a 15 hour challenge.

2012-09-18 Thread John Burrell
Things are definitely looking better. MesaLib-8.0.3 is under Xorg but MesaLib-8.0.4 is still under m. Would you move it please. That brings me to another question - sorry about this. As BLFS is now a rolling update, there should only be one version of each package in the dirs. Can you remove

Re: [blfs-support] Stats for a LFS+BLFS automated build - a 15 hour challenge.

2012-09-18 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Bruce Dubbs wrote: > John Burrell wrote: > 2) Xorg - some files are stored under Xorg but other are under x. Some are in both. For e.g. Xorg-server-1.12.2 is under Xorg while Xorg-server-1.12.4 is under the letter x. 1.12.4 is the one in the book. >>> >>> The xorg part of the bo

Re: [blfs-support] Stats for a LFS+BLFS automated build - a 15 hour challenge.

2012-09-18 Thread Bruce Dubbs
John Burrell wrote: >>> 2) Xorg - some files are stored under Xorg but other are under x. >>> Some are in both. For e.g. Xorg-server-1.12.2 is under Xorg while >>> Xorg-server-1.12.4 is under the letter x. 1.12.4 is the one in the >>> book. >> >> The xorg part of the book was rewritten a while ago

Re: [blfs-support] Stats for a LFS+BLFS automated build - a 15 hour challenge.

2012-09-18 Thread John Burrell
> > They all should be at www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches. Thanks - I'll use that url > > > 2) Xorg - some files are stored under Xorg but other are under x. > > Some are in both. For e.g. Xorg-server-1.12.2 is under Xorg while > > Xorg-server-1.12.4 is under the letter x. 1.12.4 is the one

Re: [blfs-support] Stats for a LFS+BLFS automated build - a 15 hour challenge.

2012-09-17 Thread Bruce Dubbs
John Burrell wrote: > > > The BLFS sources are spread out a little but are all there: http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/BLFS/svn/ >> > > Bruce - > > I've been looking at the anduin sources and there are a few things > which could do with a bit of tidying. Especially whe

Re: [blfs-support] Stats for a LFS+BLFS automated build - a 15 hour challenge.

2012-09-17 Thread John Burrell
> >> > >> The BLFS sources are spread out a little but are all there: > >> > >> http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/BLFS/svn/ > Bruce - I've been looking at the anduin sources and there are a few things which could do with a bit of tidying. Especially when trying to write code to dow

Re: [blfs-support] Stats for a LFS+BLFS automated build - a 15 hour challenge.

2012-09-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
he BLFS sources are spread out a little but are all there: >> >> http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/BLFS/svn/ > That's a good thought. It took about 55 minutes to download all the LFS+BLFS > sources and build the scripts. > I'll use anduin and see how much

Re: [blfs-support] Stats for a LFS+BLFS automated build - a 15 hour challenge.

2012-09-16 Thread John Burrell
all there: > > http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/BLFS/svn/ > >-- Bruce That's a good thought. It took about 55 minutes to download all the LFS+BLFS sources and build the scripts. I'll use anduin and see how much time that knocks off. Would you update perl mod

Re: [blfs-support] Stats for a LFS+BLFS automated build - a 15 hour challenge.

2012-09-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
John Burrell wrote: > So there's the challenge for you - can you install LFS and a Gnome desktop > starting at 7 am and finishing at 10 pm? May be if you've got a quad > core machine, a faster web connection, you install as root and your scripts > work more efficiently > than mine ( and you don't

[blfs-support] Stats for a LFS+BLFS automated build - a 15 hour challenge.

2012-09-16 Thread John Burrell
The motivation for this was to see if it's possible to go from disk partition to completed Gnome build in less than a day. I don't mean 24hrs, I mean to start around 7 am and finish around 10 pm.I wrote a script that builds scripts to install packages in each section of the book - security, l

Re: Building LFS/BLFS through ssh session question

2010-02-18 Thread Pol Vangheluwe
Op 17-feb-2010, om 07:01 heeft stosss het volgende geschreven: > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> >> >> kde generally uses konsole. Do you really mean xterm? >> >> Does PCLinuxOS have any /dev/tty* devices? >> >> On the remote system, is it vi or vim? >> >> I think yo

Re: Building LFS/BLFS through ssh session question

2010-02-16 Thread stosss
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > stosss wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > >>> What was the workaround that solved your problem? >> >> Okay, in the xterm it will not work at all (this is on a PCLinuxOS >> kde4.3.4) but switching from F7 to F1-F6

Re: Building LFS/BLFS through ssh session question

2010-02-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
stosss wrote: > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> What was the workaround that solved your problem? > > Okay, in the xterm it will not work at all (this is on a PCLinuxOS > kde4.3.4) but switching from F7 to F1-F6 into the terminal and trying > it from there worked like it

Re: Building LFS/BLFS through ssh session question

2010-02-16 Thread stosss
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > stosss wrote: > >> I got around the problem. I have sent info to kde and the distro that >> is having the problem to see if they can figure out where the problem >> is. It is happening on kde4.3.4 on my PCLinuxOS but it does not happen >> in k

Re: Building LFS/BLFS through ssh session question

2010-02-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
stosss wrote: > I got around the problem. I have sent info to kde and the distro that > is having the problem to see if they can figure out where the problem > is. It is happening on kde4.3.4 on my PCLinuxOS but it does not happen > in kde3.5.10 on any distro I have tried. The problem is vim will

Re: Building LFS/BLFS through ssh session question

2010-02-16 Thread stosss
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:18 PM, ALIP BUDIANTO wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 5:49 PM, stosss wrote: >> >> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 7:42 PM, stosss wrote: >> > Will building LFS/BLFS through an ssh session have adverse effects on >> > the build? >

Re: Building LFS/BLFS through ssh session question

2010-02-16 Thread ALIP BUDIANTO
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 5:49 PM, stosss wrote: > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 7:42 PM, stosss wrote: > > Will building LFS/BLFS through an ssh session have adverse effects on the > build? > > > > I have noticed that vim does not work at all when I am connected to > >

Re: Building LFS/BLFS through ssh session question

2010-02-16 Thread stosss
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 7:42 PM, stosss wrote: > Will building LFS/BLFS through an ssh session have adverse effects on the > build? > > I have noticed that vim does not work at all when I am connected to > LFS via ssh but works without problem when logged in directly to the >

Building LFS/BLFS through ssh session question

2010-02-16 Thread stosss
Will building LFS/BLFS through an ssh session have adverse effects on the build? I have noticed that vim does not work at all when I am connected to LFS via ssh but works without problem when logged in directly to the LFS computer. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ

Re: Vsftpd not building on LFS/BLFS 6.3 stable system.

2008-10-29 Thread Dan Nicholson
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Zach Milton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Trying some of the newer versions of libcap does not help, as it still does > not compile. Hmm, that would imply that the vsftpd build is not picking up the libcap headers for some reason. I wonder why. > On the other han

Re: Vsftpd not building on LFS/BLFS 6.3 stable system.

2008-10-28 Thread Dan Nicholson
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 1:48 AM, Zach Milton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I issue the 'make' command that the BLFS 6.3 stable book specifies for > building vsftpd, vsftpd fails to build. > > The system is LFS 6.3 stable w/ BLFS 6.3 stable. All optional dependencies > for the package are instal

Vsftpd not building on LFS/BLFS 6.3 stable system.

2008-10-28 Thread Zach Milton
When I issue the 'make' command that the BLFS 6.3 stable book specifies for building vsftpd, vsftpd fails to build. The system is LFS 6.3 stable w/ BLFS 6.3 stable. All optional dependencies for the package are installed with the exception of libcap (could not build libcap due to errors). Am I do

Re: Eclipse was a good choice Re: Developement under LFS/BLFS question

2008-07-07 Thread J. Greenlees
john q public wrote: > Just finished hooking up gdb to it and so far so good. The built-in > editor looks decent and I've migrated the source > I was trying to clean up to CDT/eclipse. It's building properly now > and CDT has given me a lead to follow on the > cause of the segfaults. Probably hav

Eclipse was a good choice Re: Developement under LFS/BLFS question

2008-07-07 Thread john q public
Simon Geard wrote: On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 07:35 -0400, john q public wrote: Very good suggestion! There is a plugin/environment for C/C++ for eclipse as well. Eclipse has always looked cool to me I just don't do any Java at this point so I left it on the back burner. But hooking gcc

Re: Developement under LFS/BLFS question

2008-06-06 Thread Simon Geard
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 07:35 -0400, john q public wrote: > Very good suggestion! There is a plugin/environment for C/C++ for > eclipse as well. Eclipse has always looked cool to me I just don't do > any Java at this point so I left it on the back burner. But hooking > gcc/gdb to this extension sound

Re: Developement under LFS/BLFS question

2008-06-05 Thread john q public
Simon Geard wrote: On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 07:20 -0700, Dan Nicholson wrote: On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 5:35 AM, john q public <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My REAL question is does anyone have advice on when its better to comb the source versus chasing problems with the deb

Re: Developement under LFS/BLFS question

2008-06-05 Thread Simon Geard
On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 07:20 -0700, Dan Nicholson wrote: > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 5:35 AM, john q public <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > My REAL question is does anyone have advice on when its better to > > comb the source versus chasing problems with the debugger? > > I believe that Mr. Torvalds

Re: Developement under LFS/BLFS question

2008-06-04 Thread john q public
Ken Moffat wrote: On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 08:35:38AM -0400, john q public wrote: Hello all, I saw no mention of gdb in either the LFS or BLFS book. Is it not a good thing to use? It's mentioned on the "other tools" page at the end of chapter 12 in BLFS. Yes,

Re: Developement under LFS/BLFS question

2008-06-04 Thread Dan Nicholson
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 5:35 AM, john q public <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I've asked about IDEs in the past and there are a lot to choose from so > for now I've put that off and just edit source > without anything else. BUT now I'm running into segfaults and such > (worse theyre spo

Re: Developement under LFS/BLFS question

2008-06-04 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 08:35:38AM -0400, john q public wrote: > Hello all, > > I've asked about IDEs in the past and there are a lot to choose from so > for now I've put that off and just edit source > without anything else. BUT now I'm running into segfaults and such > (worse theyre sporadic s

Developement under LFS/BLFS question

2008-06-04 Thread john q public
Hello all, I've asked about IDEs in the past and there are a lot to choose from so for now I've put that off and just edit source without anything else. BUT now I'm running into segfaults and such (worse theyre sporadic so sometimes things mostly work other times everything grinds to a halt). I

Re: LFS/BLFS on Dell Inspiron

2008-01-12 Thread Wilco Beekhuizen
2008/1/12, randhir phagura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi, > > Thanks a lot for all the comments and tips. Will try now after I receive my > laptop. > > Kind Regards, > > Randhir Phagura > _ > Tried the new MSN Messenger? It's cool! Down

Re: LFS/BLFS on Dell Inspiron

2008-01-12 Thread randhir phagura
Hi, Thanks a lot for all the comments and tips. Will try now after I receive my laptop. Kind Regards, Randhir Phagura _ Tried the new MSN Messenger? It’s cool! Download now. http://messenger.msn.com/Download/Default.aspx?mkt=en-in

Re: LFS/BLFS on Dell Inspiron

2008-01-09 Thread lists
at's a very helpful suggestion. Finding out what kernel modules are > in use can help a lot when trying to create a new kernel .config. It is my standard practice with any system I get, put a current mainstream distro on and test the hardware. make the module lists and specific chipsets need

Re: LFS/BLFS on Dell Inspiron

2008-01-09 Thread Dan Nicholson
On Jan 8, 2008 6:09 AM, lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > randhir phagura wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Thanks a lot for encouraging comments received. The detailed configuration > > is as below: > > > > Dell Inspiron - 1520: > > > > Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945 Dual Band 802.11a/g 54Mbps Wireless Mini Ca

Re: LFS/BLFS on Dell Inspiron

2008-01-08 Thread Simon Geard
On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 13:23 +, randhir phagura wrote: > Integrated Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 The driver for this card appears to be xf86-video-intel, and is available from the same place as the rest of the X sources. It apparently used to be called xf86-video-i810, so depending

Re: LFS/BLFS on Dell Inspiron

2008-01-08 Thread lists
randhir phagura wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks a lot for encouraging comments received. The detailed configuration is > as below: > > Dell Inspiron - 1520: > Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945 Dual Band 802.11a/g 54Mbps Wireless Mini Card This device is now supposed to be supported by: http://intellinuxwirel

Re: LFS/BLFS on Dell Inspiron

2008-01-08 Thread randhir phagura
given but I assume it will be Intel. I shall be looking forward to further guidance. Thanks and Regards, Randhir Phagura Simon Geard wrote on Mon 07 Jan 2008: On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 02:28 +, randhir phagura wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Although I have been installing and using

Re: LFS/BLFS on Dell Inspiron

2008-01-06 Thread lists
randhir phagura wrote: > Hi, > > Although I have been installing and using LFS/BLFS on Compaq Presario, I have > not yet started installing it on my new Dell Inspiron. Has any one installed > LFS on Dell Inspiron? What are the problemss to be faced especially for X org > driv

Re: LFS/BLFS on Dell Inspiron

2008-01-06 Thread NP
randhir phagura wrote: > Although I have been installing and using LFS/BLFS on Compaq Presario, I have > not yet started installing it on my new Dell Inspiron. Has any one installed > LFS on Dell Inspiron? What are the problemss to be faced especially for X org > drivers? > A

Re: LFS/BLFS on Dell Inspiron

2008-01-06 Thread Simon Geard
On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 02:28 +, randhir phagura wrote: > Hi, > > Although I have been installing and using LFS/BLFS on Compaq Presario, > I have not yet started installing it on my new Dell Inspiron. Has any > one installed LFS on Dell Inspiron? What are the problemss to be fac

LFS/BLFS on Dell Inspiron

2008-01-06 Thread randhir phagura
Hi, Although I have been installing and using LFS/BLFS on Compaq Presario, I have not yet started installing it on my new Dell Inspiron. Has any one installed LFS on Dell Inspiron? What are the problemss to be faced especially for X org drivers? Any guiding tips would be welcome. Thanks

Re: Log files on a lfs / blfs box

2007-08-28 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 8/28/07, Richard Melville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On LFS, the default setup is to send all messages > > to /var/log/sys.log. > > > > dmesg comes from util-linux. Note that kernel messages are also logged > > to /var/log/kern.log by klogd on a default LFS installation. > > > > So, you should

RE: Log files on a lfs / blfs box

2007-08-28 Thread Richard Melville
On LFS, the default setup is to send all messages > to /var/log/sys.log. > > dmesg comes from util-linux. Note that kernel messages are also logged > to /var/log/kern.log by klogd on a default LFS installation. > > So, you should be able to get just as many messages as anyone else > since the appli

RE: Log files on a lfs / blfs box

2007-08-24 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hi Many thanks. Gena Amateur Call: M 0 E B P VOIP / IM: gena1959uk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Nicholson Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 11:58 PM To: BLFS Support List Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Log files on a lfs

Re: Log files on a lfs / blfs box

2007-08-23 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 8/23/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I wondered is there a package that would provide more logs? I'm trying to > > get > > brltty installed and setup but I seem to be having a problem. The brltty > > email > > list suggest I look at /var/log/messages which doesn't ob

Re: Log files on a lfs / blfs box

2007-08-23 Thread dennisjperkins
-- Original message -- From: "Georgina Joyce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi > > I wondered is there a package that would provide more logs? I'm trying to > get > brltty installed and setup but I seem to be having a problem. The brltty > email > list suggest I look

Re: Can the LFS/BLFS scripts start as non-root user

2007-04-18 Thread Joel Means
John Gnew wrote: > I am attempting to setup anope as services for Unreal IRC. If I setup a > script in init.d to start anope services at boot time, anope complains > about running as root and ends. (the anope startup script checks for root) > > So my question is, is there a way

Can the LFS/BLFS scripts start as non-root user

2007-04-18 Thread John Gnew
I am attempting to setup anope as services for Unreal IRC. If I setup a script in init.d to start anope services at boot time, anope complains about running as root and ends. (the anope startup script checks for root) So my question is, is there a way to use the LFS/BLFS scripts to start anope

Re: Building LFS/BLFS on USB.

2007-04-08 Thread Tijnema !
On 4/8/07, Tijnema ! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/7/07, Michael Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:09:25 +0200 > > "Tijnema !" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > ps. I don't know if it is a big problem, but i have no device nodes in > > > /dev, except /dev/console

Re: Building LFS/BLFS on USB.

2007-04-08 Thread Tijnema !
On 4/7/07, Michael Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:09:25 +0200 > "Tijnema !" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ps. I don't know if it is a big problem, but i have no device nodes in > > /dev, except /dev/console. I tried to copy them from my system, but i > > can't because

Re: Building LFS/BLFS on USB.

2007-04-08 Thread Michael Shell
On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:03:12 +1200 Simon Geard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Really? It's always seemed perfectly sensible to me - if I run ls with a > directory parameter, it ought to provide a listing of that directory. > Other people's usage patterns may vary, but in 90% of cases, listing the >

Re: Building LFS/BLFS on USB.

2007-04-08 Thread Simon Geard
On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 16:48 -0400, Michael Shell wrote: > I also have often wanted cp to be able to do something > like: > > cp *.txt *.tex > > to make copies of all .txt files with the same name, but ending with > .tex. That is, I'd like cp to have some or all of the functionality > of the "to"

Re: Building LFS/BLFS on USB.

2007-04-07 Thread Michael Shell
On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 16:48:50 -0400 Michael Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > cp -a --no-descend /mnt/* /mnt/backup > > which would copy the contents of /mnt, but would not go down into > the subdirectories of it, but would descend in every other > directory. (i.e., selectively turn off -R) Mayb

Re: Building LFS/BLFS on USB.

2007-04-07 Thread Michael Shell
On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 11:25:28 +0200 "Tijnema !" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, i have /dev/hda1, /dev/hdb1, /dev/hdb2 mounted as filesystems > (/data, /, /boot), /dev/hdb3 as swap and /dev/sda1 as /mnt/usb. So > will i be able to copy the whole /dev dir, or would i need to skip > /dev/hd{a1,b1,

Re: Building LFS/BLFS on USB.

2007-04-07 Thread Tijnema !
On 4/7/07, Michael Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:09:25 +0200 > "Tijnema !" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ps. I don't know if it is a big problem, but i have no device nodes in > > /dev, except /dev/console. I tried to copy them from my system, but i > > can't because

Re: Building LFS/BLFS on USB.

2007-04-06 Thread Michael Shell
On Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:09:25 +0200 "Tijnema !" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ps. I don't know if it is a big problem, but i have no device nodes in > /dev, except /dev/console. I tried to copy them from my system, but i > can't because they act like very big files..., and so i get a error > msg tha

Re: Building LFS/BLFS on USB.

2007-04-06 Thread Michael Uleysky
This is description of kernel parameter from book "Linux Kernel in a Nutshell". rootdelay Time to delay before attempting to mount the root filesystem. rootdelay=n Wait n seconds before trying to mount the root filesystem. This can be useful if the root filesystem is

Re: Building LFS/BLFS on USB.

2007-04-06 Thread Tijnema !
On 4/6/07, Lauri Kasanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I want to build a LFS/BLFS system on a USB pendrive. I have a 1GB > > > > pendrive, from which i want to boot through Floppy drive. What i have > > > > now is a LFS sys

Re: Building LFS/BLFS on USB.

2007-04-06 Thread Lauri Kasanen
> > > Hi, > > > I want to build a LFS/BLFS system on a USB pendrive. I have a 1GB > > > pendrive, from which i want to boot through Floppy drive. What i have > > > now is a LFS system installed on the USB stick. I created a very small > > > kernel tha

Re: Building LFS/BLFS on USB.

2007-04-05 Thread Tijnema !
On 4/5/07, Michael Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 18:46:44 +0200 > "Tijnema !" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Somehow i even needed to mount /dev/sda to get the first(and only) > > partition on my USB stick. > > > It's just like a hard drive. You've got to run fdisk on it:

Re: Building LFS/BLFS on USB.

2007-04-05 Thread Michael Shell
On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 18:46:44 +0200 "Tijnema !" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Somehow i even needed to mount /dev/sda to get the first(and only) > partition on my USB stick. It's just like a hard drive. You've got to run fdisk on it: fdisk /dev/sda and create a single ext2 primary partition. Then

Re: Building LFS/BLFS on USB.

2007-04-05 Thread Tijnema !
On 4/5/07, Lauri Kasanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I want to build a LFS/BLFS system on a USB pendrive. I have a 1GB > > pendrive, from which i want to boot through Floppy drive. What i have > > now is a LFS system installed on the USB stick. I created a

Re: Building LFS/BLFS on USB.

2007-04-05 Thread Lauri Kasanen
> Hi, > I want to build a LFS/BLFS system on a USB pendrive. I have a 1GB > pendrive, from which i want to boot through Floppy drive. What i have > now is a LFS system installed on the USB stick. I created a very small > kernel that is about 990K, so that it fits on my flopp

Building LFS/BLFS on USB.

2007-04-05 Thread Tijnema !
Hi, I want to build a LFS/BLFS system on a USB pendrive. I have a 1GB pendrive, from which i want to boot through Floppy drive. What i have now is a LFS system installed on the USB stick. I created a very small kernel that is about 990K, so that it fits on my floppy :) It has USB storage drivers

Re: LFS/BLFS

2007-02-28 Thread jignesh gangani
Hi, Thanks, will try. Hmmm. It gives a big warning. :) -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: LFS/BLFS

2007-02-27 Thread dperkins
> On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 15:26 +0530, jignesh gangani wrote: >> Hi Barius, >>Could you give me policykit-2.0 required for HAL? >>I can't find it anywhere. If it is then it should be downloaded >> using git. But i haven't configured my net connection properly so git >> it not working.

Re: LFS/BLFS

2007-02-26 Thread jignesh gangani
Hi Barius, Could you give me policykit-2.0 required for HAL? I can't find it anywhere. If it is then it should be downloaded using git. But i haven't configured my net connection properly so git it not working. - Jignesh

Re: LFS/BLFS

2007-02-18 Thread Barius Drubeck
On Saturday 17 February 2007 08:48, jignesh gangani wrote: > I have still not understood > the difference between --prefix=DIR and DESTDIR=DIR. >The --prefix=DIR switch in configure script will configure the > package to install in DIR tree. DIR/bin, > DIR/etc etc. If there is no configure scri

Re: LFS/BLFS

2007-02-16 Thread jignesh gangani
Hi, Thanks Nicolas for your script. I will try it on my CLFS. (When the next time I compile it :) ). Thanks Barius for your suggestions. I have still not understood the difference between --prefix=DIR and DESTDIR=DIR. The --prefix=DIR switch in configure script will configure the package to

Re: LFS/BLFS

2007-02-16 Thread Barius Drubeck
On Friday 16 February 2007 15:37, Nicolas FRANCOIS wrote: > Le Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:28:41 +0530 "jignesh gangani" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > a écrit : > > Hi Nicolas, > > If I understood correctly then this is the method in > > which you keep track of all the files installed by a package >

Re: LFS/BLFS

2007-02-16 Thread Nicolas FRANCOIS
Le Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:28:41 +0530 "jignesh gangani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Hi Nicolas, > If I understood correctly then this is the method in which you > keep track of all the files installed by a package manually. Yes it is. Before installing a package, I launch filelist, the

Re: LFS/BLFS

2007-02-15 Thread jignesh gangani
Hi Nicolas, If I understood correctly then this is the method in which you keep track of all the files installed by a package manually. If not then it will be of great help if you provide more info on filelist method. - Jignesh -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/b

Re: LFS/BLFS

2007-02-15 Thread Nicolas FRANCOIS
Le Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:32:21 +0530 "jignesh gangani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Hi, > Thanks Henry and Gordon for your suggestions. I also believe in "Don't > fix that ain't broken". > But I needed a package manager not for updating but mainly for uninstalling. If the matter is just ab

Re: LFS/BLFS

2007-02-13 Thread Barius Drubeck
On Tuesday 13 February 2007 18:02, jignesh gangani wrote: > Hi, > Thanks Henry and Gordon for your suggestions. I also believe > in "Don't fix that ain't broken". > But I needed a package manager not for updating but mainly for > uninstalling. > > I am making my CLFS as I want (obviousl

Re: LFS/BLFS

2007-02-13 Thread jignesh gangani
Hi, Thanks Henry and Gordon for your suggestions. I also believe in "Don't fix that ain't broken". But I needed a package manager not for updating but mainly for uninstalling. I am making my CLFS as I want (obviously). I am trying different things. I may or may not like them. eg. I have

Re: LFS/BLFS

2007-02-12 Thread Henry christenson
On 2/12/07, BLFS User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 12:26 +0530, jignesh gangani wrote: > >I have just one question. What style of package management > > system did you use? (ie. symlink style or preloaded library style or > > database style) and What software did y

Re: LFS/BLFS

2007-02-12 Thread BLFS User
uot; editor was installed at least twice, once for jed itself and again after Xorg-6.9.0 for xjed. Links was installed three times; first so I could read LFS/BLFS, secondly to link against openssl and the third time after Xorg-6.9.0 so it supported graphics. There's one benefit of this ty

Re: LFS/BLFS

2007-02-11 Thread jignesh gangani
Hi Gordon, I have just one question. What style of package management system did you use? (ie. symlink style or preloaded library style or database style) and What software did you use?(Ok , this makes two questions.) I have completed CLFS and on the way to CBLFS. I already have

LFS/BLFS

2007-02-11 Thread BLFS User
Hi everyone, I Just want to say a BIG THANK YOU to everyone involved with LFS and BLFS. I now have a working system built from LFS & BLFS. For anyone who's interested there are some screenshots here; http://www.gordonmurgatroyd.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/linux/images/index.html and here

Re: Few questions about LFS/BLFS....

2006-06-20 Thread David BOURIAUD
Le Mardi 20 Juin 2006 16:17, Dan Nicholson a écrit : > > Thanks for the info. I probably won't put anything about usage in the > book. Just a description and links. If you have anything in > particular to add, you probably should write a hint. I'd link to the > hint in the book in that case.

Re: Few questions about LFS/BLFS....

2006-06-20 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 6/20/06, David BOURIAUD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Update... I was about to send this mail when I received your last one... I hope that everything you need is in there. Konstruct can be found here : http://developer.kde.org/build/konstruct/ As far as I know, it follows the developpement of kd

Re: Few questions about LFS/BLFS....

2006-06-20 Thread David BOURIAUD
ild (or maybe garnome), > which is the equivalent tool in Gnome. They probably should be > mentioned in the book. But if you use Konstruct, that pretty much > makes the BLFS book useless. Supposedly, you are building your > LFS/BLFS system because you want to do it yourself. I don&

Re: Few questions about LFS/BLFS....

2006-06-20 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 6/20/06, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've already updated the intro to GNOME page and on it I said (paraphrased) A GNOME installation from scratch is a significant project. There are tools you can use which can automate the building and installation of GNOME. Though these tools

Re: Few questions about LFS/BLFS....

2006-06-20 Thread Randy McMurchy
Dan Nicholson wrote these words on 06/20/06 08:27 CST: > I'll put a mention of it in the book, but if you really want to show > how to use it, you may want to write the hint. I'll talk to Randy > about it since he seemed agreeable with putting links to jhbuild in > the book. I've already updated

Re: Few questions about LFS/BLFS....

2006-06-20 Thread Dan Nicholson
equivalent tool in Gnome. They probably should be mentioned in the book. But if you use Konstruct, that pretty much makes the BLFS book useless. Supposedly, you are building your LFS/BLFS system because you want to do it yourself. I know that it does not complies with BLFS which installs all

Few questions about LFS/BLFS....

2006-06-20 Thread David BOURIAUD
Hi all, I've got few questions that I'd like to see cleared concerning {B}LFS installation of a machine. First, how can you update a LFS system, keeping all config ? Does this steps ensure that it will work : - Boot on a liveCD that complies with LFS installation, - mount all filesystems that are

Re: recompiling lfs+blfs with utf-8 support

2006-01-14 Thread David Lyne
Hi There is a hint: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/utf-8.txt It doesn't exist. I asked the administrators to remove it more than a year ago because it is outdated amd misleading. My apologies. Dave -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ:

Re: recompiling lfs+blfs with utf-8 support

2006-01-13 Thread Tushar Teredesai
On 1/13/06, Alexander E. Patrakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Lyne wrote: > > > > There is a hint: > > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/utf-8.txt > > It doesn't exist. I asked the administrators to remove it more than a > year ago because it is outdated amd misleading. >

Re: recompiling lfs+blfs with utf-8 support

2006-01-13 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
Simon Scheiwiller wrote: Hi all I want to recompile my lfs system with utf-8 support, but I don't want to delete everything and start compiling for 3 days, so maybe I'll try to recompile everything in lfs starting from ncurses and then everything in blfs. Don't do that. BLFS doesn't fully supp

Re: recompiling lfs+blfs with utf-8 support

2006-01-13 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
David Lyne wrote: Hi Simon I want to recompile my lfs system with utf-8 support, but I don't want to delete everything and start compiling for 3 days, so maybe I'll try to recompile everything in lfs starting from ncurses and then everything in blfs. There is a hint: http://www.linuxfromscra

Re: recompiling lfs+blfs with utf-8 support

2006-01-13 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
David Lyne wrote: Hi Simon I want to recompile my lfs system with utf-8 support, but I don't want to delete everything and start compiling for 3 days, so maybe I'll try to recompile everything in lfs starting from ncurses and then everything in blfs. There is a hint: http://www.linuxfromscra

Re: recompiling lfs+blfs with utf-8 support

2006-01-12 Thread Simon Scheiwiller
Tushar Teredesai schrieb: The simplest way would be to start from scratch. Though it is doable by installing ncurses and working up the dependency chain and compiling packages that depend on ncurses. It is a nice learning experience :) I know it's easier from scratch, but than then will have

Re: recompiling lfs+blfs with utf-8 support

2006-01-12 Thread Simon Scheiwiller
David Lyne schrieb: There is a hint: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/utf-8.txt which is old and not maintained anymore... and it doesn't answer my question. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html

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