Hi guys,
Every time I use mkinitramfs I get a warning on the screen:
Creating initrd.img-5.8.11... ln: failed to create symbolic link
'/tmp/initrd-work.dIMxI8Ugai/bin/sh': File exists
done.
Image created is fully functional.
I added ls commands in the script to check the reason before ln command:
On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 6:59 PM Thomas Seeling via blfs-support
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> >> Unfortunately I saw vsftpd segfault:
>
I did a new test with BLFS-9.1 on top of LFS-10-rc1 (using gcc 10) -
the problem still exists.
Key moments to trigger a segfault:
- no PAM
- client provides a wrong password for exis
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 5:36 PM Riccardo G. Corsi via blfs-support
wrote:
>
>>
>> Hello, I have to move an existing lfs/blfs partition from HD to ssd (new
>> partition). Best day to do it? Thanks. Riccardo
>
I usually build stuff on one disk and then copy to another one
(doesn't matter hdd or ssd
On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 1:01 AM Christopher Gregory via blfs-support
wrote:
> According to midnight commanders github commit list, this file was removed
> from the makefile.ac three years ago. It seems that the book instructions do
> not reflect this.
>
> Verification can be obtained from:
> htt
Hi guys,
Just got a system running v.9.1 and decided to check dmesg.
Unfortunately I saw vsftpd segfault:
[ 50.395920] vsftpd[685]: segfault at 0 ip 7f87cf2676aa sp
7ffe2ab68e48 error 4 in libc-2.31.so[7f87cf133000+149000]
[ 50.395928] Code: 80 7e 10 00 0f 84 f9 fe ff ff e9 81 d7 f4 ff
Hi,
I've built the mc-4.8.25 package in 9.1 book with the presence of
required and recommended packages only (GLib-2.64.4, PCRE-8.44,
slang-2.3.2). I can't find doc/keybind-migration.txt file referred in
the instruction (just skipped it).
Will it be generated if optional dependencies are present o
On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 12:07 PM Alexey Orishko
wrote:
> I was trying to compile GLib-2.62.4 (BLFS 9.1) in chroot and ninja
> command failed.
Finally, I found an old email, stating that "It would build if not
passing -Dman=true". It is the case, but it would be nice to have a
b
Hi guys,
I was trying to compile GLib-2.62.4 (BLFS 9.1) in chroot and ninja
command failed.
Last time I compiled glib/blfs-7.5 where ninja was not used. In the
current setup I have both recommended packages (libxslt-1.1.34 and
PCRE-8.44) compiled before building glib according to instruction. I
do
On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Hazel Russman
wrote:
> Well, I don't have all that much choice. All the systems on my main computer
> are 64-bit, so if I am going to build a 32-bit system there, it has to be
> clfs.
I've solve the same problem by compiling 32-bit blfs in Ubuntu-32bit
VM runni
On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 11:02 PM, Paul Rogers wrote:
> Since I've been able to run (B)LFS-7.2 I've been getting occasional boot
> warnings from checkfs that the "Superblock was written in the future by
> less than a day, fixed". I'm not keeping GMT in the HW clock, past,
> present, and future. H
On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Richard Melville
wrote:
> Thanks for the replies. The point where lm_sensors complains is: "Do you
> want to probe the I2C/SMBus adapters now?" When I type "yes", it replies:
> "Using driver 'I2c-i801' for device :00:1f.3: Intel 82801G ICH7". This
> is immedi
On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 11:01 PM, Pol Vangheluwe
wrote:
>> Looks like you need bonding?
> http://archive09.linux.com/feature/133849
I do have bonding and it's working fine, but this is a different
configuration with a different purpose.
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On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>
> Yes, but if you want to send something to default (e.g. the internet) and
> the interface set as default is down, then you will not be able to do that.
I understand that another network is not reachable if gw interface is down.
But for case
On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 5:50 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>
> I suppose that an alternate non-default route might be set up with a
> different metric in the routing tables, but I've never tried it.
>
> Can you explain why/how eth0 connectivity is lost?
While testing this setup I simply plug out eth cab
On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 4:02 PM, Richard Melville
wrote:
> I'm not sure exactly what it is you are trying to do, but it sounds as
> though you need to install bridge-utils from the book.
>
eth0: 192.168.10.10
eth1: 192.168.10.11
prefix=24
Do I really need bridge-utils for the config above?
BR A
Hi guys,
I have a motherboard with 2 eth ports, which using dhcp setup and
connected to the same network segment. If eth0 is disconnected, ip
connectivity is lost even eth1 stay connected. Same thing happening if
eth0/1 setup is static and both ports connected to the same network
segment.
I've tr
Hi guys,
I often see warning messages on console about leaked fd:
File descriptor 7 (pipe:[44180]) leaked on pvs invocation. Parent PID 5760: bash
It could happen if you run lvm command from system() call or from mc shell.
After some investigation I found a passage about it in lvm(8):
On invocat
Hi all,
After building the latest book I see that rules are created to make a
name of ethernet device persistent based on MAC address.
It creates a headache for booting from USB stick on different hosts,
since eth0 interface would appear only on the first host.
Is it enough to make an empty rule
On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 10:43 PM, Armin K. wrote:
> It's a problem with OpenSSL-1.0.2. Use the following fix:
>
> sed -i "s:#define\[:#\[\\\t \]\*define\[:" cmake/ssl.cmake
Thank you, you saved my day!
Regards,
Alexey
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Hi guys,
I need to build MySQL client libraries to support old application.
I've done it previously in BLFS-7.5, but I see that there is no
reference to MySQL in the recent version, including development one.
I was trying to build MySQL v.5.6.23 based on the latest development
version, but failed
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 4:31 AM, Ken Moffat wrote:
> After reading that information, I looked at your original post -
> the kernel failed to mount the stick.
Yet, it was not my input, but printout from the kernel (as I stated:
warning message on
console). I doesn't mean I want it to be mounted,
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 1:53 AM, Ken Moffat wrote:
> 1. The machine is using EFI ? And therefore, you put the flash
> drive in, turn on, and let it boot ? If so, getting a linux error
> implies that your bootloader, whatever it is, has found a linux
> kernel.
It's old Intel motherboard, ordinar
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 12:49 PM, Richard Melville
wrote:
> Are you sure that the USB flash drive isn't formatted with NTFS? If not,
> which file system is on it? If it is, then maybe you haven't enabled NTFS
> in your kernel.
Yes, I'm. I did format it as stated above. It is USB boot disk, whe
Hi guys,
If I connect USB stick with GPT where partition 1 is 'EF02' - BIOS
boot partition to BLFS 7.5 box I could see a warning message on
console:
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/sde1: Invalid argument
The device doesn'tseem to have a valid NTFS.
maybe the wrong device is used?
Hi guys,
I'm trying to find a solution for acpid config..
When blfs is compiled without acpid, after pressing power button for a
few seconds, pc turns off instantly without shutting linux down (as
expected).
I've added acpid to blfs and use shutdown as an action in config file.
In this case pc s
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 11:38 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> Yes, it was done intentionally. A bash login shell by default calls
> /etc/profile and and then ~/.bash_profile. If those don't source other
> files, then PS1 need to be set there.
>
> For a non-login invocation of bash, PS1 is removed and ha
Hi guys,
I've tried to customize PS1 prompt by editing /etc/profile, but it didn't help.
After further checking I've found that PS1 is set twice in the scripts
described in Ch.3 "The Bash Shell Startup Files": in /etc/profile and
/etc/bashrc.
Was it done by intention? If so, could someone, please
Hi guys,
There is an issue with both BLFS-7.5 and 7.6, it is present in
blfs-bootscripts-20140919.tar.bz2 Makefile:
install-ntpd: create-dirs
install -m ${MODE} blfs/init.d/ntpd ${EXTDIR}/rc.d/init.d/
ln -sf ../init.d/ntpd ${EXTDIR}/rc.d/rc0.d/K46ntpd
ln -sf ../init.d/ntp
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:11 PM, alex lupu wrote:
> In your opinion how does this vulnerability compare with this one
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/technology/security-experts-expect-shellshock-software-bug-to-be-significant.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpHeadline&module=s
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 8:12 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the release of LFS
> Version 7.6, BLFS Version 7.6, LFS Systemd Version 7.6, and BLFS Systemd
> Version 7.6.
>
> This release is a major update to both LFS and BLFS and now includes
> sepa
Hi all,
I have BLFS-7.5 system running in text mode only and I'm using dhcp
client from DHCP-4.3.0 package.
Unfortunately, there is no information in the book regarding IPv6 configuration.
Could anyone can share client setup for IPv6 in dhcp and static mode?
Regards,
Alexey
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Hi guys,
BLFS-7.4 had "Compressing Man and Info Pages" in Ch.3, but I don't see
it in the version 7.5.
Could anyone, please, explain a reason for removing it?
Regards,
Alexey
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On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 3:37 AM, Ken Moffat wrote:
> Really ? I haven't installed a distro for about 3 years - that was
> ubuntu, and from what I remember I had to specify the keymap (which
> is how I come to be using a horrible en_gb variant with dead keys
> on the ttys of that netbook). I can
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 12:25 AM, Ken Moffat wrote:
> I very much doubt it - you *might* be able to detect how many keys
> exist, and I guess that the options within full (e)udev or systemd
> will probably notice the "extra" keys (sleep, mail, etc) in certain
> keyboards - particularly for laptop
Hi all,
I build a system with us keymap in /etc/console.
Is there a way to auto-detect a keyboard layout (us, spanish,
german,etc) in a shell script in order to invoke "loadkeys" during
boot?
Regards,
Alexey
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On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 6:29 AM, Christopher Gregory
wrote:
> I have always been able to get back into them, but you would need
> physical access to the server in question.
>
> When the server boots up, at the grub boot menu, highlight the kernel
> entry and press e. Append single to the end of t
On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 12:15 AM, Claus Regelmann wrote:
> do you really want to disable root access from the console?
> If you have a simple BLFS system, the console is your
> local display/keyboard.
I'm aware of consequences. But it's not a system for private use and
the only access I can get t
On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 12:06 AM, Armin K. wrote:
> Ubuntu always did that. They lock the root password (passwd -l) and make
> a first added user an administrator which has full sudo access.
Thank you all. I do always create a user with sudo privileges during
blfs build with password assigned, so
Hi all,
I have a simple BLFS system (no graphics, no PAM) and I'd like to
disable login as a root via both ssh and on console.
Solution for ssh was described in relevant chapter of the book, but I
can't find any recommendations to limit access via console.
As I understand, one option is to chang
On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 8:46 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> This is a pretty easy package, but I'll go ahead and do it. Ticket #5229.
Thanks, Bruce. One comment though, I've build it with:
make POPT_DIR=/usr
It was not stated in a hint, but looking at the makefile it might be needed.
Regards,
Alexey
Hi guys,
I wonder why don't we have logrotate in BLFS book?
There is an old hint for it at
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/logrorate.txt.
I've tried popt-1.16 from BLFS-7.5 with logrotate-3.8.7.tar.gz
(got it from
https://fedorahosted.org/releases/l/o/logrotate/logrotate-3.8
On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 8:06 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> My first reaction is why would you want to do that?
As a part of some build process I'm compressing js.
> My second thought is that all the virtual filesystems are not mounted in
> chroot.
Thank you! This was the reason for a failure.
Best re
Hi all,
I've installed OpenJDK-1.7.0.51-x86_64 binary package provided for BLFS-7.5.
If I run "java -version" in chroot, I get an error:
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Can't detect initial thread stack
location - find_vma failed
Is there any way to run java in chroot environment?
Regards,
Al
On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 10:36 PM, Fernando de Oliveira
wrote:
>
> #unset HISTFILE
Thanks, I've missed that line while looking through configuration files.
I understand security risk, but while I'm still building the system
(beyond blfs) I'd like to reuse history feature.
Regards,
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On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 9:05 PM, Ken Moffat wrote:
>
> Perhaps root never logs out before running 'shutdown' ?
even if it doesn't, .bash_history file contains some entries which never shown.
Regards,
Alexey
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Hi all,
Suddenly I've noticed, that bash history is not working for root user
between sessions (don't have other users yet). I can navigate commands
from current session, but previous.
I'm using version BLFS-7.5 and I don't remember creating this file
manually (I assume was done by bash itself):
On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Richard Melville
wrote:
> That's good news, but I'm not convinced that your problem was a
> syslinux version issue. I'm still using 4.05 which works for me, and
> I think we are booting similar hardware.
I never said my problem was with syslinux (I'm using extlin
On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Richard Melville
wrote:
>> I can't boot BLFS 7.4 system (Intel Atom 32-bit) from USB stick on
>> some motherboards, but I can do it on the same motherboard type with
>> different (old) BIOS version.
>
> What worked for me in the end is the following: I don't use
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 2:44 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> Alexey Orishko wrote:
> Installing man pages and online manual
> mkdir /usr/share/httpd/manual
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/apache/httpd-2.4.7'
>
I wonder if we're talking about the
Hi guys,
In BLFS 7.5 Apache-2.4.7 under "Configuration Information":
clicking on "/usr/share/httpd/manual/configuring.html" results in
"Page not found!"
Regards,
Alexey
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