Re: Compilation problem for binutils

2010-07-01 Thread Mike McCarty
$reeHari wrote: > Hi , thanks 4 the replies . I used version 6.3 of the book coz the livecds > of lfs contained only packages for version 6.3 of the book . since version > 6.6 uses newer versions of packages and livecd with all the required > packages are not available , i would have to download ea

Re: Compilation problem for binutils

2010-07-01 Thread $reeHari
Hi , thanks 4 the replies . I used version 6.3 of the book coz the livecds of lfs contained only packages for version 6.3 of the book . since version 6.6 uses newer versions of packages and livecd with all the required packages are not available , i would have to download each package separately .

Re: If SBU measure include test time?

2010-07-01 Thread Bruce Dubbs
littlebat wrote: > On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:41:38 -0500 > Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> That's a script, not a patch. >> >> For an example of a patch, see >> http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/attachment/ticket/2371/program-list-update.patch > > Here is a patch, you can apply it if it is helpful. > > T

Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - 5.9. Binutils-2.20.1 - Pass 2

2010-07-01 Thread Neal Murphy
On Thursday 01 July 2010 20:57:33 Face wrote: > Ken, > Well, I am really sorry for all the trouble i caused. I start over b/c > i could not fix the earlier Problem, really sorry. Sometimes, deleting everything and starting anew is all you *can* do. After you've built LFS 10-20 times, you'll recog

Re: If SBU measure include test time?

2010-07-01 Thread littlebat
On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:41:38 -0500 Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > That's a script, not a patch. > > For an example of a patch, see > http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/attachment/ticket/2371/program-list-update.patch Here is a patch, you can apply it if it is helpful. Ticket #2702 (new enhancement)

Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - 5.9. Binutils-2.20.1 - Pass 2

2010-07-01 Thread Face
Ken, Well, I am really sorry for all the trouble i caused. I start over b/c i could not fix the earlier Problem, really sorry. section 5.8 went Ok (I think) here is the out lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources$ echo 'main(){}' > dummy.c lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources$ $LFS_TGT-gcc -B/tools/lib dummy.c lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources

Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - 5.9. Binutils-2.20.1 - Pass 2

2010-07-01 Thread Ken Moffat
On 1 July 2010 23:12, Face wrote: > Hello All, > > lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-2.20.1$ CC="$LFS_TGT-gcc -B/tools/lib/" \ >>             AR=$LFS_TGT-ar RANLIB=$LFS_TGT-ranlib \ >>             ../binutils-2.20.1/configure --prefix=/tools \ >>             --disable-nls --with-lib-path=/tools/lib >

Re: Problem installing the "nouveau" driver

2010-07-01 Thread Mike McCarty
Simon Geard wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 13:25 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: >> Simon Geard wrote: >>> On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 10:25 -0500, al...@verizon.net wrote: >> You were ok up to here... > > A combination of trying to simplify, and trying to remember stuff I last > played with in college, back

LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - 5.9. Binutils-2.20.1 - Pass 2

2010-07-01 Thread Face
Hello All, lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-2.20.1$ CC="$LFS_TGT-gcc -B/tools/lib/" \ > AR=$LFS_TGT-ar RANLIB=$LFS_TGT-ranlib \ > ../binutils-2.20.1/configure --prefix=/tools \ > --disable-nls --with-lib-path=/tools/lib checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-

Re: Compilation problem for binutils

2010-07-01 Thread Bruce Dubbs
$reeHari wrote: > hi , > i've just started my lfs adventure , but unfortunately got a problem right > from the start . i'm following lfs book version 6.3 . I'm on chapter 5.3.1 - > installation of binutils . I first installed binutils and it was okey . > after that when i try recompile ld with LIB_

Re: Compilation problem for binutils

2010-07-01 Thread Andrew Benton
On 01/07/10 20:12, $reeHari wrote: > hi , > i've just started my lfs adventure , but unfortunately got a problem > right from the start . i'm following lfs book version 6.3 Why are you using such an old version? The current book is 6.6. Most people probably can't remember much about 6.3. Certainl

Compilation problem for binutils

2010-07-01 Thread $reeHari
hi , i've just started my lfs adventure , but unfortunately got a problem right from the start . i'm following lfs book version 6.3 . I'm on chapter 5.3.1 - installation of binutils . I first installed binutils and it was okey . after that when i try recompile ld with LIB_PATH=/tools/lib , i get er

Re: If SBU measure include test time?

2010-07-01 Thread Bruce Dubbs
littlebat wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:07:06 -0500 > Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > >> It's just not important enough to fix. If someone creates a patch, >> I'll apply it. > > Here is a patch, you can apply it if it is helpful. That's a script, not a patch. For an example of a patch, see http://

Re: If SBU measure include test time?

2010-07-01 Thread littlebat
On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:07:06 -0500 Bruce Dubbs wrote: > It's just not important enough to fix. If someone creates a patch, > I'll apply it. Here is a patch, you can apply it if it is helpful. Change "the package" into "every package" base on the last email. #!/bin/bash # usage: fixa.sh sourc

Re: If SBU measure include test time?

2010-07-01 Thread littlebat
On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:07:06 -0500 Bruce Dubbs wrote: > It's just not important enough to fix. If someone creates a patch, > I'll apply it. Here is a patch, you can apply it if it is helpful. #!/bin/bash # usage: fixa.sh source_top_directory_full_path # e.g., ./fixa.sh ~/LFS-DEV/BOOK # For f

Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - 6.13. GMP-5.0.1

2010-07-01 Thread Ken Moffat
On 1 July 2010 05:24, Face wrote: > configure: error: could not find a working compiler, see config.log for > details > -- So, what does config.log say about this ? Also, I'm mildly surprised that your compiler doesn't support '-m32 since you seem to be building on 32-bit (pentium2). What d

Re: Problem installing the "nouveau" driver

2010-07-01 Thread Simon Geard
On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 20:46 -0500, al...@verizon.net wrote: > Simon, Trent, Mike: > > Thank you very much for the rich, detailed, interesting > theories and explanations about video drivers, booting, > X, fonts, pixels, my boot-up component steps, etc. > All this knowledge and experience is obviou

Re: Problem installing the "nouveau" driver

2010-07-01 Thread Simon Geard
On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 13:25 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Simon Geard wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 10:25 -0500, al...@verizon.net wrote: > > You were ok up to here... A combination of trying to simplify, and trying to remember stuff I last played with in college, back when accelerated graphics

Re: Problem installing the "nouveau" driver

2010-07-01 Thread Mike McCarty
al...@verizon.net wrote: [...] > post, ALL I'm interested in - for the moment - is someone > who HAS "nouveau" active on the machine and has a boot-up > experience different than mine (or even identical - > the point is to compare notes and for me to "steal" a few > ideas :): Thus endeth the thr