Re: Bash shell scripting help

Thanks in advance James snip sig stuff HTH -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: syntax of mkdir

of the current working directory. As noted, the ../ form is a nice short-hand. snip yes, the dot-dot is short-hand for the current directory, less typing. As noted above, ... short-hand for the parent directory. snip HTH -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ

Re: Kernel panic -- Not syncing | VFS: Unable to mount root fs

for all the hardware, then it becomes feasible. Many thanks, -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Fwd: How to save and replicate a LFS

. including /home rather than just ./. It also allows you to do the backup from any location if you want to. thorsten -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Fwd: How to save and replicate a LFS

. Then on the receiving system, after cd'ing to the target directory, something like tar -xjf /mnt/usbstick/output.file.z Be sure and use the man pages. Test and refine your parameters on a small subset first. A.P. -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http

Re: Can't Boot Without Boot Disk--Bios Hosed?

Greg van Slageren wrote: snip Hi Wit, 'bootit ng' is similar to OS/2's boot manager in that it resides in its own single track partition (8MB). Its not a Linux package and probably would not interest those who prefer to maintain a 100% Linux system. As such it probably should

Re: Can't Boot Without Boot Disk--Bios Hosed?

? IIRC, the learning curve is what always stumped the new users. snip Greg snip sig stuff -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Test Message

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI Folks, this is a test message. I can't get anything posted via my regular mail client so am trying this one. Please respond if you receive this. Borre van Doorninck 5 x 5 -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http

Re: Grub Hangs

, if you need to, chopping some off the end of the partition and using the resize2fs utility to shrink the file system *before* modifying the partition. Then add the new partition, mke2fs on it, copy stuff over and voila! Thank you Edward HTH -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman

Re: LiveCD or No LiveCD?

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Re: LiveCD or No LiveCD?

be where we see the majority of new users, support for initial help requests wit lots of project and community members jumping in to help newer users. Compared to several years ago, current activity is very low. I have some energy and some ideas to put back into the project, but only if I get

Re: LiveCD or No LiveCD?

them. -- JH -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: LiveCD or No LiveCD?

KISS principal (i.e Keep it Stupid, Simple). ;-) -- JH -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: LiveCD or No LiveCD?

Wit wrote: snip It is more than a convenience. You don't draw files with vinegar, but s/files/flies/# Freudian slip with honey. You don't draw new community members by making it harder for them to accomplish even a limited education goals, but by aiding and abetting their efforts

Re: LiveCD or No LiveCD?

Jeremy Huntwork wrote: Wit wrote: Follow the KISS principal, not the inverse KISS principal (i.e Keep it Stupid, Simple). ;-) Yeah, don't get me wrong, I wasn't offering to add more items. On a related post in another list I was already proposing to make the next CD bare-bones

Re: LiveCD or No LiveCD?

Matthias Feichtinger wrote: Am Montag, 25. Februar 2008 18:59 schrieb Wit: Jeremy Huntwork wrote: Hello Everyone, It has recently been suggested to me that the LFS LiveCD project be killed. The main arguments for this are, essentially: 1) It is currently unmaintained ISTM this point

Re: System based on LFS 6.2 has become unstable over time

John McSwain wrote: Wit wrote: John McSwain wrote: snip Having been trying to compile a new kernel today and I keep getting various errors no matter which kernel. Just tried to compile the same kernel still in use with same .config and get errors. Are they repeatable? That includes same

Re: System based on LFS 6.2 has become unstable over time

Wit wrote: snip As an additional note, after running memtest86 for just a few minutes I decided to try to build a 2.6.16.60 kernel figuring if I restarted the make enough maybe it would build. This time make ran straight through with no errors. When the system startes having problems

Re: System based on LFS 6.2 has become unstable over time

thorsten wrote: Wit wrote: John McSwain wrote: I am running LFS 6.2 built about 12 months ago. In the last several weeks I had this sytem lockup three times. Now I'm seeing the below in my kern.log. What is this information telling me about the system? Feb 21 08:35:18 server kernel

Re: System based on LFS 6.2 has become unstable over time

John McSwain wrote: Wit wrote: In my first post, I asked about recent changes. No response. There have been no changes to hardware or software. Good! Taht narrows the field substantially. snip Having been trying to compile a new kernel today and I keep getting various errors no matter

Re: System based on LFS 6.2 has become unstable over time

the memory. HTH -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Problem building binutils

is your friend here. Been *lots* of changes over the years *and* every shell is slightly different. snip HTH -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Perl missing separator - FAQ entry isn't there (update)

user friendly! BWAHAHAHAH :- Thanks, Sharif HTH -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Failure to boot (was Re: lfs-support Digest, Vol 1394, Issue 1)

getting wrung out here! But I really don't want to crack the book(s) again. ;-) HTH -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Failure to boot

. Having been essentially away from LFS for several years, I can't be much more help ATM. martin welsh This is a 'copy' of a message sent at the end of January. HTH -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html

Re: Problems with config

need that, but missing userspace helper applications will certainly cause things to not work. ĸen -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: 5.5.1 Linux API Headers failing

for your host. I had 2.4 and used the Live CD. It's good. Ryan HTH -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: I need some kernel configuration help.

where you need to be. HTH -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: building LFS

. And mine added :-) :wq I have none. :-) -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: can't run patch glibc-2.5-branch_update-3.patch

* will not create the expected directory structure(s) against which patch will run. Ran the patch. can't find file to patch at input line 16 Created /home/lfs/glibc-2.5/ Copied the source. Ran the patch. Same error. snip Burt HTH -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs

Re: root or user, getting picky

that... Because the top-post/snip issue has been such a thorny subject on so many lists for so long a time. Humor becomes harder to recognize when the topic is a long-standing sore point, just as in a real-world relationship. Tijnema -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman

Re: /proc/acpi/thermal_zone is empty?

attached a directory listing of /proc/acpi. If you have not yet discarded your old system, maybe some useful information that will help maintain its usefulness can still be garnered. HTH -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs

Re: /proc/acpi/thermal_zone is empty?

Tijnema wrote: snip I really attached the stuff this time. :-} -- Wit dr-xr-xr-x 8 root root 0 Jul 7 13:29 /proc/acpi dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Jul 7 13:29 /proc/acpi/thermal_zone dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jul 7 13:29 /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jul 7 13:29 /proc

Re: Headers problems

Tijnema wrote: On 6/12/07, Wit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tijnema wrote: snip I also become increasingly concerned with the mention of the capacitors and repair you did (IIRC?). Both would seem a most likely culprit, based on all the other things discussed. Putting the CPU

Re: Headers problems

Madras. -- wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Headers problems

the micropeaks and valleys. snip HTH -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: MD5SUMS File and script to read

generated or paste in the values from the book) and run md5sum with the correct parameter. It will tell you the results. Man md5sum will get you going. HTH -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See

Re: Headers problems

Tijnema wrote: On 6/9/07, Wit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tijnema wrote: On 6/8/07, Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 10:46:11AM +0200, Tijnema wrote: snip Thermal paste must be dryed out, but that doesn't mean it should reset

Re: How To Figure Out What Module Supports Your IDE/SCSI/SATA controller?

. -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

to find some way for you to progress. -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

earlier in the boot. Hmm... I wonder if the old CTL-Q still works? Or maybe the SCROLL-LOCK to stop it (as it does at BIOS time) and SysRq to start it again? Anybody know? snip -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org

Re: need help with first boot no Dell Optiplex G110

on BIOS information for certain operations. I believe that once udev came into play, BIOS would be irrelevant. ĸen -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Util-Linux Login Problem

. Try executing the appropriate /etc/profile, bashrc, and such files. Maybe the variables there, such as $LOGNAME (or equivalents) are the method used? If I had known you really needed a login, I would not have suggested openvt. HTH -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs

Re: Util-Linux Login Problem

. Forget agetty and just openvt. See the man page for details. Thanks so much HTH -- wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: (chp 6.22) perl-5.8.8 make error on line 159

at all.snip I'm glad you got by your problem. FYI, your touch of /dev/null can not work. /dev/null is a character special file. Touch makes regular files. $ ls -l /dev/null crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Mar 19 17:48 /dev/null If you ls after a touch, you'll see the difference. HTH -- Wit

Re: Retrieving Packages from LiveCD after chroot

not be needed. I added updated sources, patches and a few BLFS early-need items to my copy. Thanks. HTH and hope I got it right (working from memory is risky: be careful and use the man pages). -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http

Re: Retrieving Packages from LiveCD after chroot

a certain amount of omitted detail is appropriate. MHO -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Retrieving Packages from LiveCD after chroot

Wit wrote: John Rodenbiker wrote: I'm building LFS 6.2-3 from the Live CD to an i686-compatible platform. Throughout section 5 I was copying tarballs and patches to $LFS/sources as needed. If running from Live CD, and your host system system supports loop back devices, you

Re: Confusing Linux headers?

*and* comprehend are weak. I see no weakness in the text, as is. MHO -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: 6.28 Bzip2 and 6.42 Kbd-1.12 Patches

Ken Moffat wrote: On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 09:49:49AM -0700, IsomerX wrote: On 12/28/06, Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the past, people have occasionally managed to download patches under the wrong names (e.g. one patch saved to two names). I guess you've ruled that out by

Re: No http/ftp program included in regular build?

Jim Gifford wrote: Dan Nicholson wrote: It's sort of one of the shortcomings of LFS. You're missing some key components that you'd really want. A DHCP client is critical for me. Dan, Technically you don't need a DHCP client, you can use the kernel autoconfiguration to setup your network

Hash: watch out if you script!

Just thought I'd post for those folks who script. When you switch to the new environment and/or new instance of bash in Chapter 6, your disablement of hashing via the 'set -h' type of command may be effective in your interactive shell and not in any scripts that you invoke, unless those

Re: Repost: Autoconf make failure (looks like perl defaults NG)

Dan Nicholson wrote: On 12/1/06, Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Nicholson wrote: A find shows that the not-found file is in /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i486-linux/File. This leads me to thinking that either the perl defaults in Configure may have been inappropriate or ?? I notice that

Re: Repost: Autoconf make failure (looks like perl defaults NG)

Dan Nicholson wrote: On 12/2/06, Wit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, the new question, I think, is why does autoconf not detect the chrroted correctly installed Perl stuff? It does find the /tools. Is it perhaps using some config file left from the chapter 5 install? So perl did get installed

Re: GRUB 0.96 does not find my HDD

Dan Nicholson wrote: On 12/2/06, Alan Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Angel Tsankov wrote: The problem was that I executed udevstart as user udev rather than as root. Thanks a lot, Al! No problem, I'm glad to have helped... I never knew that. I always figured grub had it's own code for

Re: Repost: Autoconf make failure (looks like perl defaults NG) [SOLVED]

Wit wrote: Dan Nicholson wrote: On 12/2/06, Wit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Try out this command and we'll see where the new perl says it's module path is. # perl -le 'print join(\n, @INC)' /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i686-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i686-linux

Re: Repost: Autoconf make failure (looks like perl defaults NG)

Dan Nicholson wrote: On 12/2/06, Wit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Nicholson wrote: snip Configure seems to cache the prefix value. When you rerun configure.gnu, --prefix= doesn't seem to change anything. I meant to check whether -Dprefix= (the real option used in Configure) would help