Re: kernel package building

2007-07-10 Thread Luca Dionisi
Little OT. Why is System.map optional but recommended? What is it for? And what should it be named? I see that instructions in CLFS http://cross-lfs.org/view/1.0.0/x86_64/bootable/kernel.html that it is copied with a name that contains the version. --Luca -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/l

Re: Ubuntu Feisty

2007-06-29 Thread Luca Dionisi
Just a report. I'm doing a CLFS build with a Feisty 64bit and it is going well. I don't remember all of the apt-get install that I've done since the first installation of my Ubuntu, though. --Luca -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs

Re: Package users: Installing hotplug 2004 09 23

2006-10-14 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 10/13/06, Alberto Hernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: El Viernes, 13 de Octubre de 2006 20:01, Angel Tsankov escribió: > Has anyone installed hotplug 2004 09 23 as a package user? If so, > could you please tell how you resolved the following problem: > hotplug wants to create a directory in th

Re: x86_64 build what to use LFS or CLFS

2006-10-14 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 10/13/06, Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/13/06, Luca Dionisi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But, CLFS says: > > The one "flaw" in LFS is that it has always been based on an x86 class processor. > > [] the x86-only LFS is no lon

Re: x86_64 build what to use LFS or CLFS

2006-10-13 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 10/13/06, Andrei A. Voropaev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 04:48:45PM +0200, kriss wrote: > hi > > > > >LFS cannot be used to build a 64-bit system. You must use CLFS. > > > >I didn't know it. Where in the book is it pointed out? > it should be mentionned on the project pa

Re: x86_64 build what to use LFS or CLFS

2006-10-13 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 9/17/06, Chris Staub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Herb Swanson wrote: > I am attempting to build a x86_64 system on an amd64 4600 > machine. I'm using 64 bit debian as the building system. I > HAVE successfully build a 32 bit lfs system using a 32 bit > version of suse 10.1 on my 64 bit machine.

Re: Package users: wrapper script for mkdir

2006-09-06 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 9/5/06, Matthias B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] If you've followed the advice from the hint you should have logged your glibc installation. This is an excerpt from my install.log make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/glibc/builddir/glibc-2.4/po' msgfmt -o be.mo be.po .././scripts/mkin

Re: Package users: wrapper script for mkdir

2006-09-04 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 9/4/06, Angel Tsankov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Angel Tsankov wrote: >> I'm using package users to install LFS 6.1.1 and I found that the >> wrapper script for mkdir does not change the group of >> /usr/share/locale/* as documented in the hint. Specifically, I created a >> packages user gli

Re: Switching users in a bash script?

2006-08-27 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 8/27/06, Angel Tsankov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Btw, how do I call a function in a bash script from another bash script? Try putting all your functions alone in a file, then source that file (man source) HTH --Luca -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://

Re: New project on distributed computing

2006-07-12 Thread Luca Dionisi
I apologize again. I tried with lfs-chat. But it seems it is not working. The archive shows only 1 message and I sent another after subscribing... but nothing happened. You see, I tried... --Luca -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blf

Re: New project on distributed computing

2006-07-12 Thread Luca Dionisi
I apologies again. I tried with lfs-chat. But it seems it is not working. The archive shows only 1 message and I sent another after subscribing... but nothing happened. You see, I tried... --Luca -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/

Re: New project on distributed computing

2006-07-12 Thread Luca Dionisi
Hi everybody I received many replies on that idea, but they are suggesting me that my first post was a bit misleading. So I'm working to write down a better explanation of the intent of the project and I will post here the link to that page as soon as it's ready. Just to start, our aim is not to

Re: New project on distributed computing

2006-07-07 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 7/7/06, Alan Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Post it on the lfs-general list :-) What a news! I didn't know about it. Great. Thanks -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: New project on distributed computing

2006-07-07 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 7/7/06, Steven Vancoillie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Luca Dionisi wrote: > _At_the_very_moment_ I've not a project website, or a tracker or similar > things, so any comment should be in reply to these mailing lists. > > Thanks a lot. > > --Luca This is *LFS

New project on distributed computing

2006-07-07 Thread Luca Dionisi
Hi all I'm starting a new project. It is at the very beginning. Its goal is to operate a network of computers and make them to seem a single computer. From the point of view of the user. The targeted audience could be a office, but also a user at home. Well, it's not so rare to have at home a c

Re: startup scripts

2006-07-05 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 7/4/06, dave frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From have a quick look into /etc/rc it seems that all the services in each run level must be stopped before the services in the next run level are started, is this correct ? Yes, it is. As far as I understand, it is not so common to change runle

Re: group and user management ...

2006-06-14 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 6/14/06, Jamie Risk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As such I've never had to think about user and group ID's. The LFS and BLFS are unapologetically anaemic on this seemingly arbitrary topic Chapter 3 of BLFS. It points to Linux Standard Base info. For everyday use I've got group "users" with gid

Re: eth0 not detected

2006-04-29 Thread Luca Dionisi
Do you know what the chipset of your card is? As an example, my motherboard has an integrated network chipset VIA RHINE. I think you can see which yours is. Try /usr/sbin/lspci. Then ensure that you have included that chipset in the configuration of your kernel, either as a module or built-in. In

Re: "setgid:Operation not permitted"

2006-03-22 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 3/22/06, Kevin Monceaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The install wrapper can't change the ownership of a file or change the > setuid/setgid settings of a file. Part of it's job is to strip those > options from the install parameters passed to it and then hand everything > else over to /usr/bin/

Re: "setgid:Operation not permitted"

2006-03-22 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 3/22/06, Kevin Monceaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > through building LFS 6.1.1 also. The Package User install wrapper should > have taken care of any setuid and/or setgid problems. > > >4. PATH = /bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/tools/bin > > That might be the problem. A Package User's path

Re: stty: command not found

2006-03-21 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 3/21/06, Chris Staub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom wrote: > > I had a problem with coreutils so I reinstalled it now I get stty: command > > not found after rebooting? Please help > > > > > > Does /bin/stty exist? Hint: I think that in order to verify this you'll have to boot from a host sy

Re: package users and Perl

2006-02-01 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 2/1/06, Tushar Teredesai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > During installation of perl, I add the option > -Dotherlibdirs=/usr/lib/perl-addons to Configure. This allows me to > keep the perl package and perl modules separate. Isn't it the meaning of site_perl ? > If you are installing to / then yo

Re: package users and Perl

2006-02-01 Thread Luca Dionisi
Thanks I think I will assign any new package user installing things in Perl in a new group, let it be "perlish". Then I will make writeable by that group all the files in the /usr/lib/perl5/ structure. (after each installation, of course) Another question: - do you know if there is a mechanism

package users and Perl

2006-02-01 Thread Luca Dionisi
Hi community, I eventually need to install some Perl programs (and modules). I've used, since the beginning and up to now, the package users system. I've got a user (perl) that is the owner of the Perl package. As I understand, to install a module, or even a program written in Perl, the common p

Re: gkd-pixbuf-config ?

2006-02-01 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 1/31/06, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the package you're trying to install is Gtk-Perl-0.7009 then > good luck. This package is a mother-f**. Hint: keep running the > build until it builds everything. Chances are it won't the first time > through. It really sucks. With pati

Re: syslog

2006-01-31 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 1/31/06, mrdaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ok, that's equivalent to the notion of mastering an art it may take as long > as 3 years before one can come down from the mountain to deliver in the real > world. > IMHO 3 years is too much, one week is too few. Regards Luca -- http://linuxfrom

Re: syslog

2006-01-31 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 1/31/06, mrdaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chinese Lunar New Year for the urge to do one at least perfect LFS. but till > now not there yet. If you expert could lend a hand LFS sould be up and > running in perfection I believe in less than a normal working week. Doing > searches elsewhere

Re: spawnig too fast

2006-01-31 Thread Luca Dionisi
:) On 1/31/06, Matt Darcy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://redora.redhat.com > http://www.debian.org > http://www.suse.com > http://www.ubuntu.com > Why not www.microsoft.com and try to ask for support to them? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linux

gkd-pixbuf-config ?

2006-01-31 Thread Luca Dionisi
Hi all I've got problems installing a software that require GTK+1. It complains it doesn't find gdk-pixbuf-config. Indeed, I've not this tool. How do I obtain this tool? I installed GTK+2. As required I installed before GLib 2, Imlib2 Then I installed GTK+1 (and GLib 1, Imlib1) I searched googl

Re: Minimal specs for LiveCD?

2006-01-27 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 1/27/06, Niki Kovacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > The subject says it all. What are the minimal requirements for using the > LiveCD? (I only have dialup, so I have to drive to a friend's home to > download it on his fast connection and burn it on CD) > > Besides my three working machines

Re: /mnt/lfs entry in /etc/fstab?

2006-01-26 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 1/26/06, Niki Kovacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I'd like eventually is a basic One-CD-distro that builds LFS out of the > box. I know that there is a LiveCD, but I'll often reboot during breaks to do > 30 minutes or an hour of LFS there and then, and I think a host system > installed on h

Re: /mnt/lfs entry in /etc/fstab?

2006-01-26 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 1/26/06, Niki Kovacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > /dev/hda6/mnt/lfsext2 defaults* * > > Question: what shall I put in place of the asterisks? Some entries do have 0, > 1 > or 2 value. I don't know what these mean. Are they of any importance? Try "man fstab" ( or else "

Re: LFS 6.1 LiveCD, Chapter 8.3

2005-12-01 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 11/30/05, Chris Staub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Micheal E Cooper wrote: > > Are the defaults in the `make menuconfig` stage (the kernel configuration > > menu) OK or do I have to modify something to make this a "completely > > non-modular kernel configuration"? > > > > For example, "Loadable

Re: LFS SVN and Package Management using Package Users problem

2005-10-26 Thread Luca Dionisi
Hi Matthias I report the output of the commands you suggested. Does it help? Perhaps -o+w is the right option, while +o+w is not. Just a guess. On 10/25/05, Matthias B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyway, "-perm +o+w" is supposed to select all files that have the > world-writable bit set. In you

Re: LFS SVN and Package Management using Package Users problem

2005-10-25 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 10/23/05, Matthias B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Could you go to /usr/src/libdvdread and try out what > > find -type f -perm +o+w -printf "%p" > > reports. > > What does > > ls -la /usr/src/libdvdread > > say? > The output of the commands follows: package libdvdread:/usr/src/libdvdread> fi

Package Management using Package Users problem

2005-10-21 Thread Luca Dionisi
Hi everyone I've got a problem with list_package of the Package Users Management. I'm using LFS 6.1 Stable. At the beginning it was doing fine. From a certain point towards, - I can't recall the exact point, but I think I was already in the BLFS side - the list of files it produces in the second

Re: LFS SVN and Package Management using Package Users problem

2005-10-21 Thread Luca Dionisi
Hi Tor > Have anyone out there been using the More Control and Package Management > using Package Users (v1.1) with the latest LFS-SVN's? I've got a _similar_ problem with list_package. I'm using LFS 6.1 Stable. At the beginning it was doing fine. From a certain point towards, - I can't recall th

Re: glibc-error

2005-10-19 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 10/19/05, randhir phagura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Seems it cannot locate '/tools/bin/gcc', which is very much there. It seems to me that the configure script finds /tools/bin/gcc. But then, when it tries to run it, there is some required library not found. I really don't know what could be

Re: shadow

2005-10-18 Thread Luca Dionisi
In section 6.54.2 there are instructions about running the commands: pwconv grpconv Did you already do that? Luca -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

thoughts about a hint.

2005-09-26 Thread Luca Dionisi
Hi folks I want to write a hint on installing software. It is a little enhancement on the hint of Matthias S. Benkmann on the use of "package users" instead of root when installing packages. It is about the use of another group, similar to "install", with the directories /etc/rc.d/... I found tha

Re: Eth0 doesnt exist

2005-09-22 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 9/22/05, Michiel Faber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bringing up the eth0 interface... > Interface eth0 doesn't exist.[ WARN ] > The problem is that the kernel doesn't see your network card You have to recompile the kernel with support for your card. When you do: make menuconfig loo

Re: steps to take after reboot

2005-09-19 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 9/19/05, Jeremy Huntwork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, to > summarize: > > 6.2, 6.3, 6.8 (Do the first two commands if you need to create the > nodes, ignore the errors if they already exist) > I would add that, if you had to reboot when you already installed the "udev" package (chapter 6