Re: [blfs-support] Certificate Authority Certificates

2016-09-12 Thread John Frankish
Is there a a reason why blfs recommends to install ca-certs in this way rather than, for example, the way Debian does it? 1. Unless I made a mistake somewhere, the blfs method does not install anything in /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla - I presume that browsers

Re: [blfs-support] Updates Without Crashing LFS

2016-09-12 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 12:52:05AM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 04:03:57PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > For gcc, because there are _so_many_ static libs, I would be wary if > upgrading for a vulnerability. For glibc, when the vulnerability > which caused us to throw away LF

Re: [blfs-support] Updates Without Crashing LFS

2016-09-12 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 04:03:57PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Wayne Sallee wrote: > > What advice can you give for updating LFS without crashing the system, as > > various programs need to be updated. > > > > Obviously some programs would be more risky than others. > > The only program that I do

Re: [blfs-support] Building Virtualbox on LFS

2016-09-12 Thread Pat Barnes
I attempted to build VirtualBox, but found that it requires 32-bit libraries (multilib) and that means building with CLFS. I went down that path for a short while but hit some problems and since it was more of a "Can I do this" exercise, I abandoned the project for more rewarding pursuits. FYI, I

Re: [blfs-support] Updates Without Crashing LFS

2016-09-12 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Wayne Sallee wrote: What advice can you give for updating LFS without crashing the system, as various programs need to be updated. Obviously some programs would be more risky than others. The only program that I don't update 'in place' is glibc. I know some people do that, but my position is

[blfs-support] Updates Without Crashing LFS

2016-09-12 Thread Wayne Sallee
What advice can you give for updating LFS without crashing the system, as various programs need to be updated. Obviously some programs would be more risky than others. Wayne Sallee wa...@waynesallee.com http://www.WayneSallee.com -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: h

Re: [blfs-support] Certificate Authority Certificates

2016-09-12 Thread Bruce Dubbs
akhiezer wrote: From: Bruce Dubbs Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 11:49:30 -0500 Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Certificate Authority Certificates . . Note that we get the data from: https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/file/default/security/nss/lib/ckfw/builtins/certdata.txt

Re: [blfs-support] Certificate Authority Certificates

2016-09-12 Thread akhiezer
> From: Bruce Dubbs > Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 11:49:30 -0500 > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Certificate Authority Certificates > . . > > Note that we get the data from: > > https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/file/default/security/nss/lib/ckfw/builtins/certdata.txt > > We

Re: [blfs-support] samba-4.4.5 installation failed

2016-09-12 Thread Bruce Dubbs
akhiezer wrote: Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 08:14:29 + (UTC) From: Sainadh J Subject: [blfs-support] samba-4.4.5 installation failed hello,when i try to install samba-4.4.5 i getting the following error :root [ /xc/samba-4.4.5 ]# make install WAF_MAKE=1 python ./buildtools/bin/waf install Waf

[blfs-support] Building Virtualbox on LFS

2016-09-12 Thread Wayne Sallee
Anyone built Virtualbox on LFS? I'm not sure what to do about the dependency "Dev86" Has anyone built "Dev86"? Wayne Sallee wa...@waynesallee.com http://www.WayneSallee.com -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe:

Re: [blfs-support] Building Virtualbox on LFS

2016-09-12 Thread Wayne Sallee
Original Message *Subject: *Building Virtualbox on LFS *From: *Wayne Sallee *To: *BLFS Support List *Date: *09/12/2016 12:52 PM Anyone built Virtualbox on LFS? I'm not sure what to do about the dependency "Dev86" Has anyone built "Dev86"? Wayne Sallee wa...@waynesallee.com

Re: [blfs-support] Certificate Authority Certificates

2016-09-12 Thread Bruce Dubbs
John Frankish wrote: Is there a a reason why blfs recommends to install ca-certs in this way rather than, for example, the way Debian does it? 1. Unless I made a mistake somewhere, the blfs method does not install anything in /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla - I presume that browsers expect to

Re: [blfs-support] Gnome GUI not starting

2016-09-12 Thread Sainadh J
On Monday, 12 September 2016 9:30 PM, Douglas R. Reno wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Sainadh J wrote: Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 9:17 PM, Douglas R. Reno wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Sainadh J wrote: On Monday, 12

Re: [blfs-support] Alsa HTTP Links Broken

2016-09-12 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Rob wrote: The http URLs given for the alsa programs do not work. Suggest removing them. http://alsa.cybermirror.org/ "Welcome to the Alsa mirror by Cybermirror.org Providing HTTP-mirrors of popular Open-Source-Software for the global Internet Community. Our Alsa mirror is undergoing maint

Re: [blfs-support] Gnome GUI not starting

2016-09-12 Thread John Frankish
> > > thanks for the reply,here is the error when i run gnome-session > > > dbus-update-activation-environment:error : unable to connect to D-Bus: > > > Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for x11 > > > gnome-session-binary[2855]:WARNING: using null backend for session > > > trac

Re: [blfs-support] Gnome GUI not starting

2016-09-12 Thread Sainadh J
On Monday, 12 September 2016 7:15 PM, John Frankish wrote: > > Maybe you could double-check that the dbus daemon is running before you > > "startx" > > > > Note that, if you start gnome-session directly, you don't need " > > dbus-launch --exit-with-session", > > just "gnome session

Re: [blfs-support] Gnome GUI not starting

2016-09-12 Thread John Frankish
> > Maybe you could double-check that the dbus daemon is running before you > > "startx" > > > > Note that, if you start gnome-session directly, you don't need " > > dbus-launch --exit-with-session", > > just "gnome session" will do. > > > thanks for the reply,here is the error when i run gnome

Re: [blfs-support] Gnome GUI not starting

2016-09-12 Thread Sainadh J
On Monday, 12 September 2016 6:12 PM, John Frankish wrote: > > To debug gnome-session you can create a wrapper script to start it in > > debug mode without using gdm. > > > > Rename /usr/bin/gnome-session to gnome-session2 and create > > /usr/bin/gnome-session containing: > > > >

Re: [blfs-support] Gnome GUI not starting

2016-09-12 Thread John Frankish
> > To debug gnome-session you can create a wrapper script to start it in debug > > mode without using gdm. > > > > Rename /usr/bin/gnome-session to gnome-session2 and create > > /usr/bin/gnome-session containing: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > gnome-session2 --debug > > > >..and set it to be executabl

Re: [blfs-support] Gnome GUI not starting

2016-09-12 Thread Sainadh J
On Monday, 12 September 2016 12:17 PM, John Frankish wrote: > > You are running on a systemd system, correct? You have to be running > > systemd for GNOME > > to work currently. > > We don't have ConsoleKit2 in the systemd book. We normally would start > > GNOME using GDM > > (the G

Re: [blfs-support] samba-4.4.5 installation failed

2016-09-12 Thread akhiezer
> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 08:14:29 + (UTC) > From: Sainadh J > Subject: [blfs-support] samba-4.4.5 installation failed > > > > hello,when i try to install samba-4.4.5 i getting the following error :root [ > /xc/samba-4.4.5 ]# make install > WAF_MAKE=1 python ./buildtools/bin/waf install > Waf

[blfs-support] samba-4.4.5 installation failed

2016-09-12 Thread Sainadh J
hello,when i try to install samba-4.4.5 i getting the following error :root [ /xc/samba-4.4.5 ]# make install WAF_MAKE=1 python ./buildtools/bin/waf install Waf: Entering directory `/xc/samba-4.4.5/bin' * creating /etc/samba * creating /var/lib/samba/private * creating /var/log/samba * creating /

Re: [blfs-support] Gnome GUI not starting

2016-09-12 Thread John Frankish
> > You are running on a systemd system, correct? You have to be running > > systemd for GNOME > > to work currently. > > We don't have ConsoleKit2 in the systemd book. We normally would start > > GNOME using GDM > > (the GNOME Display Manager) at the end of >the chapter. Although... you may > >