Re: Stuck at 5.7.1

2010-01-09 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Randy McMurchy wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote these words on 01/09/10 18:32 CST: > >> Note: I don't remember why I removed this section several years ago, >> but I just added it back in tonight. > > Wasn't it because the same exact page was ported over to LFS, and now > that you've included it in BL

RE: Stuck at 5.7.1

2010-01-09 Thread Simon Geard
On Sat, 2010-01-09 at 12:03 -0500, Mikie wrote: > Part of the reason it does is because it is too overwhelming to the > average crowd of Linux users. > Too much time is wasted in fixing the host and getting thru CH 5 to get > an independent tool chain. And we say, yet again, that LFS is not writte

Re: GCC Pass 1

2010-01-09 Thread Chris Staub
On 01/09/2010 06:37 PM, Hamish West wrote: > > The solutions for binutils was i just needed to change the privileges > and ownership of some folder, Ive forgotten which one, i think it was > $LFS/tools. > > Hamish, No it wasn't. First, the only ownership/permissions that need to be changed are wh

Re: Stuck at 5.7.1

2010-01-09 Thread Randy McMurchy
Bruce Dubbs wrote these words on 01/09/10 18:32 CST: > Note: I don't remember why I removed this section several years ago, > but I just added it back in tonight. Wasn't it because the same exact page was ported over to LFS, and now that you've included it in BLFS as well, it seems redundant. T

Re: Stuck at 5.7.1

2010-01-09 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Abhinav Chaturvedi wrote: > So I guess I am looking for someone to tell me - perhaps reassure me - that > I could build my own shareable (on a disk) distro that could compete > (outperform?) standard linux distros. I understand I would need to do other > stuff - like arrange for an installer. But

RE: GCC Pass 1

2010-01-09 Thread Hamish West
The solution is exactly the same as for the Binutils problem (though you didn't say how you fixed the Binutils issue, and if you are having problems with GCC now, you apparently didn't do what you were supposed to with Binutils either). Read page 5.3 *very* carefully. One thing it says is that

Re: Stuck at 5.7.1

2010-01-09 Thread Abhinav Chaturvedi
Hi all, I am not joining this thread to state my position. I am a first time LFS user and I recently managed to compile my own kernel. And now I am working on BLFS. Am I glad that I persisted with LFS? I sure am... Linux does not look that intimidating anymore. I can see that it is beautifully put

Re: 70-persistent-net.rules not created

2010-01-09 Thread jmscott
On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 12:48:42PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > jmsc...@setex.ipcallback.com wrote: > > > i see the error > > > >util_run_program: 'write_net_rules' > >util_run_program: '/lib/udev/write_net_rules' (stderr) 'missing > > $INTERFACE' > >util_run_program: 'write_net_rules

Re: 70-persistent-net.rules not created

2010-01-09 Thread Bruce Dubbs
jmsc...@setex.ipcallback.com wrote: > i see the error > >util_run_program: 'write_net_rules' >util_run_program: '/lib/udev/write_net_rules' (stderr) 'missing $INTERFACE' >util_run_program: 'write_net_rules' returned with exitcode 1 > > amongst the voluminous output. > > i tried expo

Re: Stuck at 5.7.1

2010-01-09 Thread Randy McMurchy
Mikie wrote these words on 01/09/10 11:03 CST: > [K. Mike Bradley] I have built LFS twice successfully. > I don't think I learned a damned thing each time. Then obviously LFS is not for you. > I am a professional trainer and I know how to teach better than most > trainers. > LFS fails to teach.

Re: 70-persistent-net.rules not created

2010-01-09 Thread jmscott
On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 12:04:41PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > jmsc...@setex.ipcallback.com wrote: > > > >> If you do > >>INTERFACE=eth0 udevadm test --action=add eth0 > >> > >> Do you get anything? > >> > > now i'm seeing the error > > > > unable to open device '/syseth0' > > My fault.

Re: 70-persistent-net.rules not created

2010-01-09 Thread Bruce Dubbs
jmsc...@setex.ipcallback.com wrote: > >> If you do >>INTERFACE=eth0 udevadm test --action=add eth0 >> >> Do you get anything? >> > now i'm seeing the error > > unable to open device '/syseth0' My fault. It should be INTERFACE=/sys/class/net/eth0 udevadm test --action=add /sys/class/ne

Re: 70-persistent-net.rules not created

2010-01-09 Thread jmscott
On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 11:36:19PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > jmsc...@setex.ipcallback.com wrote: > > > Nope, appears that /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules is missing. > > I see many but no obvious errors in the output of of the 'for' loop in the > > blurb in paragraph 7.13.1: > > > >

Re: Stuck at 5.7.1

2010-01-09 Thread Lefty (石鏡 )
On 1/9/10 9:03 AM, "Mikie" wrote: > > I am a professional trainer and I know how to teach better than most > trainers. > LFS fails to teach. Well, given that it's in its sixth major version and has spawned a sort of universe of sister projects, it seems to have taught _someone_ _something_ or ot

Re: Stuck at 5.7.1

2010-01-09 Thread Johnneylee Rollins
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Mikie wrote: > I'm one that stands on the same side of the fence as Bruce (and every > other contributor to this thread, I believe) in that the focus of the > book is meant to be educational, and a minimum knowledge of Linux/Unix > is expected. Total newbies need no

RE: Stuck at 5.7.1

2010-01-09 Thread Mikie
I'm one that stands on the same side of the fence as Bruce (and every other contributor to this thread, I believe) in that the focus of the book is meant to be educational, and a minimum knowledge of Linux/Unix is expected. Total newbies need not apply. :-) [K. Mike Bradley] Agreed If you don't