[lfs-support] How is 'dev/pts' created (or not)?

2012-11-20 Thread alex lupu
Hi Bruce: == Alex: I was at kernel 3.6.1 and udev 182 Life was beautiful. I upgraded to udev 195. '/dev/pts' is no longer created. Same situation if now I go to 3.6.6 or 3.6.7. Strangely, I my new machine that I'm trying to get it off the ground 'dev/pts' has also disappeared (kernel 3.6.7 BUT ude

Re: [lfs-support] How is 'dev/pts' created (or not)?

2012-11-20 Thread Bruce Dubbs
alex lupu wrote: > I was at kernel 3.6.1 and udev 182 > > Life was beautiful. > I upgraded to udev 195. > '/dev/pts' is no longer created. > Same situation if now I go to 3.6.6 or 3.6.7. > Strangely, I my new machine that I'm trying to get it off the ground > 'dev/pts' has also disappeared (kernel

[lfs-support] How is 'dev/pts' created (or not)?

2012-11-20 Thread alex lupu
Hi Ken: Thank you very much, considering that it must be cold and late out there! > Looking at last week's 3.7-rc, I suggest > config UNIX98_PTYS >bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EXPERT > default y > Looks as if you need to select Expert mode (i.e. 'embedded') to > deselect it - unle

Re: [lfs-support] A startup quesion

2012-11-20 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Ken Moffat wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 04:06:38PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> >> Drive organization is really a personal preference item. >> > Agreed, but I commented because I feel people often read the > minimalist suggestions in the book, and then make things harder for > themselves in t

Re: [lfs-support] How is 'dev/pts' created (or not)?

2012-11-20 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 08:31:14PM -0500, alex lupu wrote: > I was at kernel 3.6.1 and udev 182 > > Life was beautiful. > I upgraded to udev 195. > '/dev/pts' is no longer created. > Same situation if now I go to 3.6.6 or 3.6.7. > Strangely, I my new machine that I'm trying to get it off the groun

[lfs-support] How is 'dev/pts' created (or not)?

2012-11-20 Thread alex lupu
I was at kernel 3.6.1 and udev 182 Life was beautiful. I upgraded to udev 195. '/dev/pts' is no longer created. Same situation if now I go to 3.6.6 or 3.6.7. Strangely, I my new machine that I'm trying to get it off the ground 'dev/pts' has also disappeared (kernel 3.6.7 BUT udev 182!). Before tr

Re: [lfs-support] A startup quesion

2012-11-20 Thread Tobias Gasser
> Reading back, my sentence could be misleading, so, to be clear, I was > referring LO to build size, not install size (Bruce just pointed out > this, but I feel it needed to be close to my own statement). For install > size, it is about the same as OpenJDK, over 440MB, build size also the > same o

Re: [lfs-support] A startup quesion

2012-11-20 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 03:40:26PM -0800, Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > --- Em ter, 20/11/12, Ken Moffat escreveu: > > > De: Ken Moffat > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 01:36:04PM > > -0800, Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > > > > > > LibreOffice takes over 7GB in some machines/versions. > > For builds, I

Re: [lfs-support] A startup quesion

2012-11-20 Thread Fernando de Oliveira
--- Em ter, 20/11/12, Ken Moffat escreveu: > De: Ken Moffat > Assunto: Re: [lfs-support] A startup quesion > Para: "LFS Support List" > Data: Terça-feira, 20 de Novembro de 2012, 19:42 > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 01:36:04PM > -0800, Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > > > > For some reasons, I have reach

Re: [lfs-support] A startup quesion

2012-11-20 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 04:06:38PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > Drive organization is really a personal preference item. > Agreed, but I commented because I feel people often read the minimalist suggestions in the book, and then make things harder for themselves in the future. > There is a big

Re: [lfs-support] A startup quesion

2012-11-20 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 01:36:04PM -0800, Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > > For some reasons, I have reached more than 10GB, so I prefer 20GB > partition size. Also, remember that some packages use many GB, > LibreOffice takes over 7GB in some machines/versions. For builds, I use > a ~/tmp directory

Re: [lfs-support] A startup quesion

2012-11-20 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > --- Em ter, 20/11/12, Ken Moffat escreveu: > >> De: Ken Moffat >> Assunto: Re: [lfs-support] A startup quesion >> Para: "LFS Support List" >> Data: Terça-feira, 20 de Novembro de 2012, 16:19 > >> (ii). a couple more partitions of the same 10GB size - this >> will >> al

Re: [lfs-support] A startup quesion

2012-11-20 Thread Fernando de Oliveira
--- Em ter, 20/11/12, Ken Moffat escreveu: > De: Ken Moffat > Assunto: Re: [lfs-support] A startup quesion > Para: "LFS Support List" > Data: Terça-feira, 20 de Novembro de 2012, 16:19 > (ii). a couple more partitions of the same 10GB size - this > will > allow you to build LFS+BLFS in one of the

Re: [lfs-support] A startup quesion

2012-11-20 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 10:56:25AM -0800, Li, David wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to start building LFS. I have a x86_64 AMD machine. From what I > read in the book, it seems 32 bit environment is preferred. So I want to > confirm with the list that the followings are OK to start with. > > >

Re: [lfs-support] A startup quesion

2012-11-20 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Li, David wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to start building LFS. I have a x86_64 AMD machine. From > what I read in the book, it seems 32 bit environment is preferred. > So I want to confirm with the list that the followings are OK to > start with. > > 1. Install a 32 bit Fedora 16 as the build

[lfs-support] A startup quesion

2012-11-20 Thread Li, David
Hi, I would like to start building LFS. I have a x86_64 AMD machine. From what I read in the book, it seems 32 bit environment is preferred. So I want to confirm with the list that the followings are OK to start with. 1. Install a 32 bit Fedora 16 as the build environment 2. Leav