Re: Book bug?

he way I have my workspace/flow arranged, using the pdf is marginally more convenient. It's no biggie - it's easy enough to work round - I just thought I should mention it. David Shaw -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.h

Book bug?

have tidied up the formatting so that things line up. Does this happen with any other PDF readers, or is it just evince? David Shaw -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: 6.22 Coreutils check fail

On 05/08/11 17:18, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > David Shaw wrote: >> LFS 6.8 on an Ubuntu 10.04 host >> >> When I run the check for coreutils, the following test fails - all >> others pass or are not run. >> >> FAIL: cp/sparse-fiemap >> >> Is this some

6.22 Coreutils check fail

LFS 6.8 on an Ubuntu 10.04 host When I run the check for coreutils, the following test fails - all others pass or are not run. FAIL: cp/sparse-fiemap Is this something I need to worry about? Many thanks, David Shaw -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http

Re: 6.9 - Glibc make check

On 04/08/11 01:09, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > David Shaw wrote: >> My question is, is this normal? The large disparity in run times seems >> a little... odd to me. > > I don't think it's right. I've run into the issue before and found that > running the tests a

6.9 - Glibc make check

minutes and produced not one single error, not even the 'expected' posix/annexc error. My question is, is this normal? The large disparity in run times seems a little... odd to me. LFS 6.8 on an Ubuntu 10.04 host Many thanks, David Shaw -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/li

Re: make mrproper

> For *every* package in chapters 5 *and* 6 you must untar the file and then cd into the package directory before executing any of the commands in that chapter. Then, when completely finished with the chapter, cd back into the sources directory and - unless told otherwise - delete the

Re: LFS 6.7 Chapter 7.5 Configuring the Linux console

board - some laptops have very > weird variations. Oh, joy! Well, UK has always worked for me in the past, when installing various Linux distros, so I'll just press on with it (and hope!) Again, many thanks, David Shaw -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www

LFS 6.7 Chapter 7.5 Configuring the Linux console

Stupid question time. What font would be appropriate for a British set up? I cannot make head nor tail of the options available. At least the keymap is nice and easy to work out :-) Many thanks, David Shaw -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http

Re: LFS 6.7 Chapter 6.9 Glibc errors - SOLVED

On 02/11/10 20:41, David Shaw wrote: > I just want to quickly check that the following is acceptable from the > glibc check before I move on. > > Many thanks, > > David Shaw > > > root:/sources/glibc-2.12.1-build# grep Error glibc-check-log > make[2]: *** [/sources/g

LFS 6.7 Chapter 5.7 glibc configure warning

When configuring glibc, I get the warnings below. Do I need to worry? Many thanks, David Shaw checking cpuid.h presence... yes configure: WARNING: cpuid.h: present but cannot be compiled configure: WARNING: cpuid.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? configure: WARNING: cpuid.h: see

Re: LFS 6.7 Chapter 6.9 Glibc errors

>> make[2]: *** [/sources/glibc-2.12.1-build/nptl/tst-cond10.out] Error 1 >> make[1]: *** [nptl/tests] Error 2 >> make: *** [check] Error 2 >> > See the book about this one. > > -- Bruce > Yes, I noticed that one in the book and wasn

LFS 6.7 Chapter 6.9 Glibc errors

I just want to quickly check that the following is acceptable from the glibc check before I move on. Many thanks, David Shaw root:/sources/glibc-2.12.1-build# grep Error glibc-check-log make[2]: *** [/sources/glibc-2.12.1-build/stdio-common/bug22.out] Error 1 make[1]: *** [stdio-common/tests

Re: LFS 6.7 Chapter 6.7. Linux-2.6.35.4 API Headers

n case I'm *still* doing something silly, I've attached the output of version_check.sh below. Many, many thanks for your help, David Shaw bash, version 4.1.5(1)-release /bin/sh -> /bin/bash Binutils: (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.20.1-system.20100303 bison (GNU Bison) 2.4.1 /usr/bin/yacc -

Re: partition sizes

Simon Geard wrote: > On Fri, 2010-03-05 at 09:23 +0000, David Shaw wrote: > >> I vaguely remember reading somewhere that, if you use hibernation, your >> computer's state is stored to the swap space. So, if you have 2GB of >> RAM and only 1GB of swap then h

Re: LFS6.5 - Bash question

David Shaw wrote: > Chris Staub wrote: > >> On 03/04/2010 07:14 AM, David Shaw wrote: >> >> >>> root:/# ls -l /{usr/,}lib/lib*{readline,curses}* >>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Feb 25 00:27 /usr/lib/libncursesw.so -> >>> libnc

Re: partition sizes

ember reading somewhere that, if you use hibernation, your computer's state is stored to the swap space. So, if you have 2GB of RAM and only 1GB of swap then hibernate would fail. Of course, I could have got totally the wrong end of the stick and be talking complete nonsense here.

Re: LFS6.5 - Bash question

Chris Staub wrote: > On 03/04/2010 07:14 AM, David Shaw wrote: > >> root:/# ls -l /{usr/,}lib/lib*{readline,curses}* >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Feb 25 00:27 /usr/lib/libncursesw.so -> >> libncursesw.so.5 >> > There's one problem right

Re: LFS6.5 - Bash question

Bruce Dubbs wrote: > David Shaw wrote: > >> I think I must have done something horribly wrong in that case as even >> if I put in the entire /etc/inputrc file as given in chapter 7, the >> thing still scrolls for me :-( >> >> And, yes, I tried 'e

Re: LFS6.5 - Bash question

Chris Staub wrote: > On 03/03/2010 04:07 AM, David Shaw wrote: > >> After compiling Bash in chapter 6 and switching to using the new >> version, I've noticed that long commands, instead of wrapping to the >> next line, scroll off the left hand edge of the scree

Re: LFS6.5 - Bash question

Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Mike McCarty wrote: > >> What you want is >> >> set horizontal-scroll-mode off >> >> Check your /etc/inputrc and ~/.inputrc files. The default (used to be) >> off. If you have a line like >> >> set horizontal-scroll-mode on >> >> in eitehr /etc/inputrc or ~/.inputr

Re: LFS6.5 - Bash question

> echo $TERM should be linux. > > If not, post all of the 'set' output. > >-- Bruce A-ha! root:/# echo $TERM xterm root:/# set BASH=/bin/bash BASH_ALIASES=() BASH_ARGC=() BASH_ARGV=() BASH_CMDS=() BASH_LINENO=() BASH_SOURCE=() BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="4" [1]="0" [2]="28" [3]="1" [4]="release" [

Re: LFS6.5 - Bash question

, the rest of the screen stays put. David Shaw -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: LFS6.5 - Bash question

ls to work). So, yes, thank you for the link; I learned something from it. But, unfortunately, my problem persists. David Shaw -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

LFS6.5 - Bash question

and tried googling for information, but can't see what I'm looking for. Many thanks, David Shaw -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: LFS6.5 - 6.12 Binutils - No ptys

Ken Moffat wrote: > On 22 February 2010 12:28, David Shaw wrote: > >> Another stumbling block, I'm afraid. >> >> As the title says, when I issue the command >> >> expect -c "spawn ls" >> >> I get the error saying that there a

LFS6.5 - 6.12 Binutils - No ptys

ically on the host system. Clearly, in the chmod LFS system, whatever does this in Ubuntu is missing at this point. So, what do I do? Can I manually create /dev/pts/pty* nodes? Or do I create BSD style /dev/pty* dev/tty* pairs? Or what? I am at a total loss here. Many tha

Re: LFS6.5 - 6.9 Glibc - Locale?

Thanks for the help - UK locale has now been installed :-) David -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

LFS6.5 - 6.9 Glibc - Locale?

-) Many thanks, David Shaw -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Chapter 6.7.1 - make headers_check failure

> I'll go back and find 5.10.0 and try again. Unsurprisingly, this worked. Ah well, this *is* supposed to be a learning experience. Many thanks for your help, David -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: Se

Re: Chapter 6.7.1 - make headers_check failure

@stosss Oops! Sorry - LFS 6.5 on Ubuntu 9.4. So far as I am aware, I am carrying out the instructions as given in the book, in the order given. I am not deviating - well, intentionally, anyway. @Aditya & Andrew Perl is installed, but going back over what I did, there may well be a problem

Chapter 6.7.1 - make headers_check failure

rted at scripts/headers_install.pl line 19. make[2]: *** [/sources/linux-2.6.30.2/usr/include/asm-generic/.install] Error 2 make[1]: *** [asm-generic] Error 2 make: *** [headers_install] Error 2 Many thanks, David Shaw -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfrom

Re: LFS6.5 - Chapter 6 stupid question

Aditya Bankar wrote: > >> I am assuming that the process for building anything in chapter 6 is the >> same as for chapter 5 - unpack the files, cd into the new directory and >> proceed. Correct? >> > > > Mostly yes. The overall method of doing it in chapter 6 is similar to chapter > 5.

LFS6.5 - Chapter 6 stupid question

s for chapter 5 - unpack the files, cd into the new directory and proceed. Correct? Many thanks, David Shaw -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Making progress - until GCC pass 2

stosss wrote: > #define STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1 "" > #define STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_2 ""' >> $file > touch $file.orig > done > That was the problem - thank you. I completely failed to see that extra ' on PREFIX_2 Many thanks,

Making progress - until GCC pass 2

ping and am reasonably certain that there are no typos. I've tried Googling to see if I can find any hints, with no luck. Should I be putting these commands into a bash script? I'm assuming the problem is that word 'Issue', which has some meaning I'm not aware of. What am

Re: LFS book releases

ther it wouldn't be a good idea to put my LFS experiments on hold until the new book is released, seeing as how I'm not very far into the process yet (I can't seem to get glibc to compile on my system using either 6.3 or 6.5 :-( ) David Shaw -- http://linuxfrom

LFS book releases

How frequently is the LFS book updated and released? Is there a regular release schedule? And finally, when is the next version due out? Many thanks, David Shaw -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the

Re: Unable to even start compiling

Trent Shea wrote: > On Sunday 31 January 2010 04:06:28 David Shaw wrote: > >> @Simon - thanks for drawing my attention back to that important notice - >> I had read it, but obviously didn't fully understand the implications. >> I'm not sure how it could be ma

Re: Unable to even start compiling

Thanks for the advice - at least I managed to correctly identify the problem :-) I do read instructions, though - I'm at that stage in my Linux learning that I know enough about Linux to know just how little I really know (oh dear, I'm starting to sound like Donald Rumsfeld ;-) ) and have yet

Unable to even start compiling

7;m probably doing something really simple and stupid, but for the life of me, I can not work out what. Many thanks, in advance, David Shaw -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page