Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Douglas R. Reno
Ken, Thank you for your help. After I reconfigured the kernel and remade it taking out the driver, it now works like a charm! Douglas Reno -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

[lfs-support] Error: invalid file name When Booting For the First Time

2013-11-22 Thread Alan Feuerbacher
Having had no success this past week in getting an LFS system running under UEFI booting with LVM volume management and GPT partitioning, I decided to install a fresh copy of LFS on a new hard drive. I did my best to follow the LFS book (development version) exactly, and this evening was able to tr

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Ken Moffat
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 02:54:34PM -0600, Douglas R. Reno wrote: > Ken, > > The screen turns on and off repeatedly... I can see some text when it is > on. That is how I can tell it booted successfully because I can see the > login prompt for a split second. I also have logs in /var/log. > Good.

Re: [blfs-support] Radeon Extra Firmware [WAS: Boot Failure with wlan0 firmware]

2013-11-22 Thread Ken Moffat
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 09:38:59AM -0600, Dan McGhee wrote: > I'm asking this question because I really want to re-build my kernel > only once. My LFS kernel is looking for ARUBA_pfp.bin and > TAHITI_uvd.bin. In '/linux-firmware/radeon I have the same three ARUBA > files that you have indicate

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Douglas R. Reno
Ken, The screen turns on and off repeatedly... I can see some text when it is on. That is how I can tell it booted successfully because I can see the login prompt for a split second. I also have logs in /var/log. Looking at the Kernel Options that you suggested (I keep a backup of my .config on a

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Ken Moffat
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 09:17:16AM -0600, Douglas R. Reno wrote: > Hello, > > After completing a successful build of LFS, I restart to get into the > system for the first time and my screen turns black and then comes back on > for about 1 second. > > I have a NVidia Vanta LT card in my PC. I am u

Re: [blfs-support] /dev/fb0 not being created on boot

2013-11-22 Thread Ken Moffat
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 07:05:14PM +, Richard Melville wrote: > Ken, I'm using vesafb on a web server with no Xorg, and I just use the > console. I realise that my kernel was quite old but as I like to check > every configuration option (often because of new hardware) it takes a long > time to

Re: [blfs-support] /dev/fb0 not being created on boot

2013-11-22 Thread Richard Melville
Ken, I'm using vesafb on a web server with no Xorg, and I just use the console. I realise that my kernel was quite old but as I like to check every configuration option (often because of new hardware) it takes a long time to configure a new kernel and becomes incredibly boring towards the end :-(

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread vmsda
Many years ago when I decided to ditch Windows in favour of  Ubuntu, I also decided never to buy any PC with Nvidia or Ati, no matter how enticing the rest of the machine, or price, might be. And so always stuck with Intel graphics cards. Never regretted it, they have always worked out of the bo

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Douglas R. Reno
Sorry about the Top Posting, I am using my cell phone and forgot that I had to uncheck "Include text". Thank you for all your help, Douglas Reno -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information pa

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Dan McGhee
On 11/22/2013 10:23 AM, Douglas R. Reno wrote: Dan, If I were able to export the contents of dmesg to a file, could I use grep to sift through it faster? First of all, let me gently remind you about top posting on this list. Please don't do it. Dmesg is nothing more than the kernel log.

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Douglas R. Reno
Dan, If I were able to export the contents of dmesg to a file, could I use grep to sift through it faster? On Nov 22, 2013 10:18 AM, "Dan McGhee" wrote: > On 11/22/2013 10:01 AM, Douglas R. Reno wrote: > > I will try it tonight when I have a chance. Is there anything specific I > should be look

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Dan McGhee
On 11/22/2013 10:01 AM, Douglas R. Reno wrote: I will try it tonight when I have a chance. Is there anything specific I should be looking for? "I can't describe it, but I know it when I see it." :) Sorry, I couldn't resist it. Dmesg output is quite verbose. I use 'dmesg | less' You'll

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Douglas R. Reno
I will try it tonight when I have a chance. Is there anything specific I should be looking for? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Dan McGhee
On 11/22/2013 09:17 AM, Douglas R. Reno wrote: Hello, After completing a successful build of LFS, I restart to get into the system for the first time and my screen turns black and then comes back on for about 1 second. I have a NVidia Vanta LT card in my PC. I am using the Nouveau drivers

[blfs-support] Radeon Extra Firmware [WAS: Boot Failure with wlan0 firmware]

2013-11-22 Thread Dan McGhee
On 11/18/2013 01:18 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 11:56:14AM -0600, Dan McGhee wrote: >> If you look down there, you will see rt3290.bin, and if you click >> on 'plain' in a graphical brower you can put it in /lib/firmware [ so >> that future kernel versions will also be able to

[lfs-support] LFS 7.3 Screen Flickering problem

2013-11-22 Thread Douglas R. Reno
Hello, After completing a successful build of LFS, I restart to get into the system for the first time and my screen turns black and then comes back on for about 1 second. I have a NVidia Vanta LT card in my PC. I am using the Nouveau drivers for the framebuffer, as I plan to install X. I have No

Re: [lfs-support] No wireless connection to network

2013-11-22 Thread Dan McGhee
On 11/22/2013 06:27 AM, hans kaper wrote: > Op Mon, 18 Nov 2013 06:35:07 +0100 schreef Bruce Dubbs > : > >> hans kaper wrote: >>> Compared with the discussion about efi-booting, which I follow with >>> interest and admiration, I am still in the stone-age. I installed LFS 7.4 >>> on an old laptop

Re: [lfs-support] LFS7.4 - Wifi or Eth ?

2013-11-22 Thread Dan McGhee
On 11/22/2013 03:55 AM, Vasco Almeida wrote: > It is not very practical for me to stretch a 8-meter cable from the pc > to the router. So I am wondering if LFS7.4 allows a beginner to jump > straight into wifi configuration in order to have networking available > when coming round to booting from t

Re: [lfs-support] No wireless connection to network

2013-11-22 Thread hans kaper
Op Mon, 18 Nov 2013 06:35:07 +0100 schreef Bruce Dubbs : > hans kaper wrote: >> Compared with the discussion about efi-booting, which I follow with interest >> and admiration, I am still in the stone-age. I installed LFS 7.4 on an old >> laptop. It boots fine, but I cannot connect wireless to my

[lfs-support] LFS7.4 - Wifi or Eth ?

2013-11-22 Thread Vasco Almeida
It is not very practical for me to stretch a 8-meter cable from the pc to the router. So I am wondering if LFS7.4 allows a beginner to jump straight into wifi configuration in order to have networking available when coming round to booting from the LFS partition. Thanks for your input. Best reg