Re: blfs livecd

2005-04-27 Thread Donal Farrell
Thanks for all the replies Simon. I used gtkhtml-3.6 and evolution is now working. I will take a look at HAL, but won't implement it yet Regards, Donal -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above i

Re: blfs livecd

2005-04-27 Thread Simon Geard
On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 08:36 -0500, Randy McMurchy wrote: > > Gnome 2.10 isn't compatible > > with the current releases of HAL and DBUS, since the API changes on > > those occurred after 2.10 code freeze. > > It is compatible after you apply the patches. Ok, so the BLFS route is going to be to go

Re: blfs livecd

2005-04-27 Thread Simon Geard
On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 12:49 +0100, Donal Farrell wrote: > Simon, I know nothing of HAL or DBUS, where in the BLFS book does it > mention these? Right now, they're not in it - they're optional packages that Gnome can make use of if they're present. From what Randy's saying, it looks like they'll b

Re: blfs livecd

2005-04-26 Thread Donal Farrell
where can I get the patch? How do I reinstall gnome-vfs with this patch? Thanks, Donal On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 14:36, Randy McMurchy wrote: > Simon Geard wrote these words on 04/26/05 06:45 CST: > > On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 19:21 -0500, Randy McMurchy wrote: > > > >>Other than that, GNOME-VFS requi

Re: blfs livecd

2005-04-26 Thread Randy McMurchy
Simon Geard wrote these words on 04/26/05 06:45 CST: > On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 19:21 -0500, Randy McMurchy wrote: > >>Other than that, GNOME-VFS requires a patch to compile with HAL, > > Which version of HAL are you playing with? Most recent. > Gnome 2.10 isn't compatible > with the current relea

Re: blfs livecd

2005-04-26 Thread Donal Farrell
Simon, I know nothing of HAL or DBUS, where in the BLFS book does it mention these? Thanks Donal -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: blfs livecd

2005-04-26 Thread Simon Geard
On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 19:21 -0500, Randy McMurchy wrote: > Other than that, GNOME-VFS requires a patch to compile with HAL, Which version of HAL are you playing with? Gnome 2.10 isn't compatible with the current releases of HAL and DBUS, since the API changes on those occurred after 2.10 code free

Re: blfs livecd

2005-04-25 Thread Randy McMurchy
Ken Moffat wrote these words on 04/25/05 18:02 CST: > Oh come on, John, there can't be more than about 80 packages in gnome ! > (depends what you count as 'within' gnome, e.g. things like libxml2 and > libxslt, and even xscreensaver). Yes, this is always the problem with > gnome - I'm hoping the d

Re: advice for blfs-liveCD

2005-04-25 Thread lanas
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:49:02 +0100 Declan Moriarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From what I have seen, it's a nightmare getting usb, video, even the > mouse to load off one setting. If that could be done, I think a lot > more people would do it. For instance, I have here ATI, Intel, and SiS > vid

Re: blfs livecd

2005-04-25 Thread Donal Farrell
"keep good notes, and perfect your scripting :)" Thanks. That is good advice. I've built X NINE times now!! If I did keep any notes, I reckon I'd be rivalling Knoppix now :-) That's my biggest problem, glancing through pages and copying over commands, though I'm not working in chroot anymore. As a

Re: blfs livecd

2005-04-25 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, John Gay wrote: > > Gnome probably could be built smaller, but tracing all the dependencies would > give the average person a serious headache. > Oh come on, John, there can't be more than about 80 packages in gnome ! (depends what you count as 'within' gnome, e.g. things lik

Re: blfs livecd

2005-04-25 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, Donal Farrell wrote: > Thanks for the reply. My /usr is about 917 GB at the moment. I think > Knoppix uses cloop compression in the kernel, and it's something I might > look at. Do you use a Window Manager on your version, or a stripped > version of KDE, etc? I installed KDE a

Re: blfs livecd

2005-04-25 Thread John Gay
On Monday 25 April 2005 21:15, Donal Farrell wrote: > Thanks for the reply. My /usr is about 917 GB at the moment. I think > Knoppix uses cloop compression in the kernel, and it's something I might > look at. Do you use a Window Manager on your version, or a stripped > version of KDE, etc? I instal

Re: blfs livecd

2005-04-25 Thread Donal Farrell
Thanks for the reply. My /usr is about 917 GB at the moment. I think Knoppix uses cloop compression in the kernel, and it's something I might look at. Do you use a Window Manager on your version, or a stripped version of KDE, etc? I installed KDE and made a dog's dinner of it, do I reckon, if I fin

Re: blfs livecd

2005-04-25 Thread Ken Moffat
had my packages chosen, and working properly, and the architecture the > liveCD would run on was a pre-defined x86 build, would it be possible to > use lfs to build that particular blfs-liveCD? > > regards, > > Donal > Sure, why not ? All of the LFS live CDs that various people h

blfs livecd

2005-04-25 Thread Donal Farrell
he liveCD would run on was a pre-defined x86 build, would it be possible to use lfs to build that particular blfs-liveCD? regards, Donal -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: advice for blfs-liveCD

2005-04-25 Thread Declan Moriarty
On 4/25/05, Donal Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there. I've completed LFS and am currently completing a blfs-build. > Does anyone have advice and/or instructions on how to build a liveCD > version? I've looked at the hints section, and the excellent hint on how > to build a n LFS-liveCD.

advice for blfs-liveCD

2005-04-25 Thread Donal Farrell
Hi there. I've completed LFS and am currently completing a blfs-build. Does anyone have advice and/or instructions on how to build a liveCD version? I've looked at the hints section, and the excellent hint on how to build a n LFS-liveCD. Can this be extended to blfs, and if so, has anyone done it b