Re: [lfs-support] TLDP LFS Guide

2013-11-29 Thread Bruce Dubbs
lfs-support.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote: > I've started trying to use LFS 7.4. > > As usual with these things, I took a tangent and went looking for Internet > references outside of www.LinuxFromScratch.org. > > Does anyone within the LFS project maintain The Linux Documentation Project

[lfs-support] TLDP LFS Guide

2013-11-29 Thread lfs-support . neophyte_rep
I've started trying to use LFS 7.4. As usual with these things, I took a tangent and went looking for Internet references outside of www.LinuxFromScratch.org. Does anyone within the LFS project maintain The Linux Documentation Project LFS Guide, http://www.tldp.org/guides.html#lfs or is that done

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-7.4

2013-11-29 Thread Baho Utot
On 11/29/2013 07:23 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 11:35:19AM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> Baho Utot wrote: >>> Is it possible to build LFS-7.4 on x86_64 without the /lib64 symlink? >>> >>> I have tried to do so but libstd++ in the chapter 5 tool chain dies. >>> >>> I would like t

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-7.4

2013-11-29 Thread Ken Moffat
On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 11:35:19AM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Baho Utot wrote: > > Is it possible to build LFS-7.4 on x86_64 without the /lib64 symlink? > > > > I have tried to do so but libstd++ in the chapter 5 tool chain dies. > > > > I would like to build for x86_64 and have the same filesyste

Re: [lfs-support] Host System Requirements LFS 7.4 with Mageia 3

2013-11-29 Thread Walter P. Little
On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 10:55 AM, wrote: > On 2013-11-29 18:26, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > alex@xfsmail.comwrote: > > My real point is this one. Bash-3.2 (/bin/sh should be a symbolic or hard > link to bash) I think maybe it means /bin/sh should be /bin/bash ( /bin/sh > -> /bin/bash) but mine is ( /

Re: [lfs-support] lfs 7.4 / Section 6 - Building the LFS System as sudo?

2013-11-29 Thread Walter P. Little
On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 10:56 AM, frozen tuesday wrote: > Hello all -- > > Thanks to the help I have received here or elsewhere, I have made it as > far as section III in the online instructions: "Building the LFS System". > > I am using Linux Mint 15 as my host computer which only allows me to >

Re: [lfs-support] lfs 7.4 / Section 6 - Building the LFS System as sudo?

2013-11-29 Thread Douglas R. Reno
Hello, On Ubuntu and Mint, I found out that if you run: sudo passwd root And set the password, you can run "su - root" and login as root. I do this as one of the first things when setting up a Ubuntu or Mint system because I cannot stand sudo. Hope this helps! Douglas Reno -- http://linuxfrom

Re: [lfs-support] lfs 7.4 / Section 6 - Building the LFS System as sudo?

2013-11-29 Thread Chris Staub
On 11/29/2013 01:56 PM, frozen tuesday wrote: > Hello all -- > > Thanks to the help I have received here or elsewhere, I have made it as > far as section III in the online instructions: "Building the LFS System". > > I am using Linux Mint 15 as my host computer which only allows me to > "sudo" befo

[lfs-support] lfs 7.4 / Section 6 - Building the LFS System as sudo?

2013-11-29 Thread frozen tuesday
Hello all -- Thanks to the help I have received here or elsewhere, I have made it as far as section III in the online instructions: "Building the LFS System". I am using Linux Mint 15 as my host computer which only allows me to "sudo" before commands. I cannot log in as root (to my knowledge). Th

Re: [lfs-support] Host System Requirements LFS 7.4 with Mageia 3

2013-11-29 Thread alex
On 2013-11-29 18:26, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > alex@xfsmail.comwrote: > >> My real point is this one. Bash-3.2 (/bin/sh should be a symbolic or hard link to bash) I think maybe it means /bin/sh should be /bin/bash ( /bin/sh -> /bin/bash) but mine is ( /bin/sh -> /usr/bin/bash ). ( /bin/sh -> /bin/

Re: [lfs-support] Host System Requirements LFS 7.4 with Mageia 3

2013-11-29 Thread alex
On 2013-11-29 17:59, lf...@cruziero.com wrote: > Your binutils version is later than the max-recommended in the book's > host-sys-requirements ('7.4/prologue/hostreqs.html'): > "Binutils-2.17 (Versions greater than 2.23.2 are not recommended as they have > not been tested)" > > However, we

Re: [lfs-support] Host System Requirements LFS 7.4 with Mageia 3

2013-11-29 Thread Bruce Dubbs
a...@xfsmail.com wrote: > My real point is this one. > Bash-3.2 (/bin/sh should be a symbolic or hard link > to bash) I think maybe it means /bin/sh should be /bin/bash ( /bin/sh -> > /bin/bash) but mine is ( /bin/sh -> /usr/bin/bash ). > ( /bin/sh -> /bin/bash ) = ( /bin/sh -> /usr/bin/bash ) are

Re: [lfs-support] Host System Requirements LFS 7.4 with Mageia 3

2013-11-29 Thread alex
On 2013-11-29 17:52, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > alex@xfsmail.comwrote: > >> Hi all, I'm still new for LFS, I'm going too try it. I'm with Mageia 3 and this is on the host bash, version 4.2.37(2)-release /bin/sh -> /usr/bin/bash Binutils: (Linux/GNU Binutils) 2.23.51.0.8.201

Re: [lfs-support] Host System Requirements LFS 7.4 with Mageia 3

2013-11-29 Thread Fernando de Oliveira
Em 29-11-2013 14:52, Bruce Dubbs escreveu: > a...@xfsmail.com wrote: >> >> >> Hi all, I'm still new for LFS, I'm going too try it. >> >> I'm with >> Mageia 3 and this is on the host >> >> >> >> bash, >> version 4.2.37(2)-release >> /bin/sh -> /usr/bin/bash >> Binutils: (Lin

Re: [lfs-support] Host System Requirements LFS 7.4 with Mageia 3

2013-11-29 Thread akhiezer
> Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 17:47:23 + > From: a...@xfsmail.com > To: > Subject: [lfs-support] Host System Requirements LFS 7.4 with Mageia 3 > > Hi all, I'm still new for LFS, I'm going too try it. > > I'm with > Mageia 3 and this is on the host > > > > bash, > versio

Re: [lfs-support] Host System Requirements LFS 7.4 with Mageia 3

2013-11-29 Thread akhiezer
> Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 17:47:23 + > From: a...@xfsmail.com > To: > Subject: [lfs-support] Host System Requirements LFS 7.4 with Mageia 3 > > Hi all, I'm still new for LFS, I'm going too try it. > > I'm with > Mageia 3 and this is on the host > > > > bash, > versio

Re: [lfs-support] Host System Requirements LFS 7.4 with Mageia 3

2013-11-29 Thread Bruce Dubbs
a...@xfsmail.com wrote: > > > Hi all, I'm still new for LFS, I'm going too try it. > > I'm with > Mageia 3 and this is on the host > > > > bash, > version 4.2.37(2)-release > /bin/sh -> /usr/bin/bash > Binutils: (Linux/GNU > Binutils) 2.23.51.0.8.20121218 > bison (GNU Bison

Re: [lfs-support] Host System Requirements LFS 7.4 with Mageia 3

2013-11-29 Thread Denis Mugnier
Hello Le 29/11/2013 18:47, a...@xfsmail.com a écrit : > version-check.sh: line 29: make: command not found I think that the make command must be install. So your Mageia is not ready for LFS 7.4, and you ? are you ready to read the book and your screen ? Bye Denis -- http://linuxfromscratch.or

[lfs-support] Host System Requirements LFS 7.4 with Mageia 3

2013-11-29 Thread alex
Hi all, I'm still new for LFS, I'm going too try it. I'm with Mageia 3 and this is on the host bash, version 4.2.37(2)-release /bin/sh -> /usr/bin/bash Binutils: (Linux/GNU Binutils) 2.23.51.0.8.20121218 bison (GNU Bison) 2.7 /usr/bin/yacc -> /usr/bin/yacc.bison bz

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-7.4

2013-11-29 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Baho Utot wrote: > Is it possible to build LFS-7.4 on x86_64 without the /lib64 symlink? > > I have tried to do so but libstd++ in the chapter 5 tool chain dies. > > I would like to build for x86_64 and have the same filesystem layout > that i686 has ie without the lib64 directories I really don't

[lfs-support] LFS-7.4

2013-11-29 Thread Baho Utot
Is it possible to build LFS-7.4 on x86_64 without the /lib64 symlink? I have tried to do so but libstd++ in the chapter 5 tool chain dies. I would like to build for x86_64 and have the same filesystem layout that i686 has ie without the lib64 directories -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman

Re: [lfs-support] Ethernet Card Not Found

2013-11-29 Thread akhiezer
> From: Simon Geard > To: lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org > Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 21:23:05 +1300 > Subject: Re: [lfs-support] Ethernet Card Not Found > > On Thu, 2013-11-28 at 10:28 +, akhiezer wrote: > > You're expending resources to try to persuade people that there's no issue > > here. >

Re: [lfs-support] Ethernet Card Not Found

2013-11-29 Thread Simon Geard
On Thu, 2013-11-28 at 10:28 +, akhiezer wrote: > You're expending resources to try to persuade people that there's no issue > here. I'm not trying to persuade anyone anything... I'm trying to understand why this is considered such an important thing, why it comes up again and again as a sourc