Re: [lfs-support] LFS Dev Release Schedules

2013-01-10 Thread Gerard Beekmans
Last year, there were changes on about 108 days. Basically, whenever something needed fixing, and when a ticket in trac [ mostly, package upgrades ] appeared to be ready to action. I'm not sure about the current situation with trac, but once the Trac and SVN are still on the old server

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.0 release, Building on Debian 5 host build system...

2011-11-29 Thread Gerard Beekmans
Hi David, On 29/11/2011 10:13, David Scott Williams wrote: I feel silly replying to myself again -- but...after re-running the check, and it coming up OK... I went ahead and went to install this glibc... the tail end of the error message (I assume this is relating to a manual//info?) is as

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.0 release, Building on Debian 5 host build system...

2011-11-29 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 29/11/2011 11:04, Bruce Dubbs wrote: David Scott Williams wrote: Here is the section I did not do. I did not realize that it was mandatory (I thought it was cosmetic ;)) Building an OS is complicated. Don't assume. There are a couple of places where we say an item is optional, but not

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.0 release, Building on Debian 5 host build system...

2011-11-29 Thread Gerard Beekmans
On 29/11/2011 11:21, David Scott Williams wrote: BTW-- now that I have done what the book told me to do, CC=gcc /usr/bin/perl scripts/test-installation.pl /sources/glibc-build/ Your new glibc installation seems to be ok. make[1]: Leaving directory `/sources/glibc-2.14.1'

Re: LFS-6.6, Stage2, glibc, nscd.c:442

2010-05-31 Thread Gerard Beekmans
Quoth the creator: Gerard: Read the book we wrote for our users. But, don’t be afraid to deviate from it. After all, that’s the whole point of the project: to make a system for yourself, not according to somebody else’s specifications. http://www.crazyengineers.com/gerard-beekmans-building

Re: Unable to boot LFS 6.4

2009-05-29 Thread Gerard Beekmans
Jaiyson, [ 2.417123] VFS: Cannot open root device hda2 or unknown-block(2,0) [ 2.417224] Please append a correct root= boot option; here are the available partitions: [ 2.417360] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(2,0) The first thing I would

Re: use of LFS_TGT in relesed lfs 6.4 book

2009-01-18 Thread Gerard Beekmans
Yeah, verified. It's there in the PDF file. That's really odd. I don't know who generated the PDF, but it's definitely contaminated with stuff from trunk which were post 6.4. That qualifies as an oops if I ever heard of one. Refresh my memory, who did the actual release tagging again for

Re: use of LFS_TGT in relesed lfs 6.4 book

2009-01-18 Thread Gerard Beekmans
How it happened is up to him to explain. Perhaps he didn't make a tag for the release, and just used trunk after the fact when making the PDF file. Seems there should be a checklist for making a release, I know I have one for BLFS when I make a release. There is (a checklist). I'm sure

Re: SATA PC Fails to Boot PATA Linux Drive

2008-05-21 Thread Gerard Beekmans
Case closed. Glad to hear you got it resolved. Yes we're always interested in knowing what exactly did it if you are able to narrow it down some day. Take care, Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe:

Re: SATA PC Fails to Boot PATA Linux Drive

2008-05-20 Thread Gerard Beekmans
Alex, Just a thought (while we're at it): how come a lousy 2.4.2 rescue floppy can get to my IDE drives (read/write) without my using any special HDD driver machinations? This may not be *the* answer to your problem, but just some notes to consider for future reference. Every kernel's

Re: Question regarding legalities

2008-05-16 Thread Gerard Beekmans
Gregory, There is absolutely no problem with printing the book. The license of the book only requires you to retain the original copyright notice as per the link Marius already shared. - http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/legalnotice.html That comes more into play when you

Re: could not chroot to new evironment

2008-05-16 Thread Gerard Beekmans
Hi, A few replies have already been sent that mentioned a few different aspect of what went wrong in your build. I just saw your own replies that you got it figured out. Here are a few additional notes which may prove helpful for the archives. chroot: cannot run command

Re: lfs-support Digest, Vol 1142, Issue 1

2007-02-26 Thread Gerard Beekmans
Settings are correct, but it seems the cronjob that is responsible for triggering the send of a daily digest isn't activated. Currently when a digest reaches a max size it'll be sent by Mailman itself when it processes a next incoming message. Bruce, if you check the mailman section in root's

Re: Mailman has gone wonky

2006-02-21 Thread Gerard Beekmans
. -- Gerard Beekmans /* If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem */ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Hi! A few questions from a first timer

2005-11-21 Thread Gerard Beekmans
from chapter 5. -- Gerard Beekmans /* If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem */ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Anybody getting ssh bruce force attacks?

2005-11-20 Thread Gerard Beekmans
login until I'm home again which will be in a few days. Sorry boss, you'll just have to live with the downed service until then. That's not going to go over very well. -- Gerard Beekmans /* If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem */ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman

Re: Anybody getting ssh bruce force attacks?

2005-11-20 Thread Gerard Beekmans
Rats. Wrong list, meant to send to lfs-security, not -support. Can't even claim a typo on this one. Thinko? -- Gerard Beekmans /* If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem */ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org

lfs-book renders once a day from now on

2005-11-20 Thread Gerard Beekmans
is being worked on. Justin Knierim and I have been talking and figuring out the best way to go about it. Details will be forthcoming soon -- Gerard Beekmans /* If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem */ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http

Re: A Hotplug question

2005-07-25 Thread Gerard Beekmans
the level to '1' (dmesg -n 1), the console will receive no messages except kernel panic messages. All messages, including the ones that aren't printed, still go to the system log daemon as usual. -- Gerard Beekmans /* If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem */ -- http

Re: internet connection with liveccd

2005-07-24 Thread Gerard Beekmans
of somebody being off-line while building from a regular distribution are slim in this day and age, but not impossible. -- Gerard Beekmans /* If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem */ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http

Re: internet connection with liveccd

2005-07-24 Thread Gerard Beekmans
sure it was there as I thought it was. I checked that page and I didn't see the Note box. It is kind of big and obvious but somehow I overlooked it. Consider it my duh moment. -- Gerard Beekmans /* If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem */ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org

Re: internet connection with liveccd

2005-07-24 Thread Gerard Beekmans
problem. -- Gerard Beekmans /* If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem */ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: GCC4 ch. 6: compiler produces unrunnable binaries

2005-07-24 Thread Gerard Beekmans
instructions in LFS might be buggy for this application and miscompile Glibc) you should be able to find it in the mailinglist archives. -- Gerard Beekmans /* If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem */ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http

Re: internet connection with liveccd

2005-07-23 Thread Gerard Beekmans
couldn't process? If I am remembering the right issue (it's been a while), that issue has have been fixed in the current e2fsprogs version that we use with LFS now. -- Gerard Beekmans /* If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem */ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman

Re: GCC4 ch. 6: compiler produces unrunnable binaries

2005-07-23 Thread Gerard Beekmans
that is the expected default. -- Gerard Beekmans /* If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem */ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: GCC4 ch. 6: compiler produces unrunnable binaries

2005-07-23 Thread Gerard Beekmans
? -- Gerard Beekmans /* If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem */ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Problems while Login to LFS

2005-02-21 Thread Gerard Beekmans
/$sHh9Yl6vT6X.q1rF9pfP7.:12656:0:9:7::: Of course the encrypted password and the numbers will be different for you. Just make sure something is there and it looks good (the same amount of colon (:) characters and such). -- Gerard Beekmans /* If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have

Status update with regards to the search engine: it works again

2005-02-21 Thread Gerard Beekmans
the two latest mailinglists to the search options: hlfs-book and livecd. If you notice anything strange, fire off an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, -- Gerard Beekmans /* If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem */ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs

Re: make modules_install gives errors

2005-02-20 Thread Gerard Beekmans
. Glad to be able to help :) -- Gerard Beekmans /* If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem */ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: File System Issues during bootup

2005-02-20 Thread Gerard Beekmans
--disable-evms make make install make install-libs Exit chroot, unmount LFS, reboot into LFS and see if it works better now. -- Gerard Beekmans /* If Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem */ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http