Re: LFS Version 6.2 - 8.4. Making the LFS System Bootable

2006-08-20 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 16:36 +0200, Mag. Leonhard Landrock wrote: > Am Sonntag, 20. August 2006 14:37 schrieb S. Anthony Sequeira: > > USB drives are supported by the SCSI drivers. Make sure you have the > > relevant SCSI options compiled into the kernel. > > These options

Re: LFS Version 6.2 - 8.4. Making the LFS System Bootable

2006-08-20 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
D=41";. USB drives are supported by the SCSI drivers. Make sure you have the relevant SCSI options compiled into the kernel. -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ What no spouse of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he's staring out the window. ++ -- http://linuxfromsc

Re: unzip make check

2006-02-15 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
ll not > see its contents. Try this: > > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD && make check alternatively, and I think this is what was meant: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD make check -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable.

Re: ext3 prob. following LFS6.1

2006-01-09 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 21:44 +, Cliff McDiarmid wrote: > No probs. I have just changed the hda9 partition, which was giving > the error, back to ext2. Can't see anything wrong with it. Sorry. What intrigued me is that you got an error even if the line was quoted out, yes? --

Re: About chapters 6.5 and 6.6

2005-12-20 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Tue, December 20, 2005 11:48, Jeremy Byron said: > Dan Nicholson wrote: >> Yep, no reason why not. You can script everything if you want. In >> fact, I doubt there are any veteran LFSers who don't script the >> build. > [...] > Long story short: I may be an idiot, but there's at least one ve

Re: livecd

2005-12-02 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
thinking of building LFS to use the LiveCD. I think he's a troll, and if we ignore he'll go away. -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ Steele's Law: There exist tasks which cannot be done by more than ten men or fewer than one hundred. ++ -- http://linuxfro

Re: Error while make in Scrollkeeper-0.3.14

2005-12-02 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 17:02 +0530, Nupur wrote: > > > > Try /sbin/ldconfig -v | grep xslt > > -- > > S. Anthony Sequeira > > The output is as follows: > > libxslt.so.0 -> libexslt.so.0.8.12 > libxslt.so.1 ->libxslt.so.1.1.14 Try recompiling now.

Re: LFS-6.1.1 released

2005-12-01 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
t; released 4 months ago. > > And there was much rejoicing! > > Steven Except for those of us who have just completed BLFS 6.1, after months of late nights and lost weekends. :( Still, I'm happy, I guess? -- S. Anthony Sequeira ++ Purple hum Assorted cars Laser lights, you b

Re: apr needed for subversion [was: libcolorspace (for gst-plugins) source tarball download?]

2005-11-10 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Wednesday 09 November 2005 21:57, Dan Nicholson wrote: > OK, attempt #2.  You can control where the build directory goes with > --with-installbuilddir.  If you really don't want it, and you don't > mind where subversion installs the apr files by default, try > ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-in

Re: apr needed for subversion [was: libcolorspace (for gst-plugins) source tarball download?]

2005-11-10 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Wednesday 09 November 2005 21:57, Dan Nicholson wrote: > OK, attempt #2.  You can control where the build directory goes with > --with-installbuilddir.  If you really don't want it, and you don't > mind where subversion installs the apr files by default, try > ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-in

apr needed for subversion [was: libcolorspace (for gst-plugins) source tarball download?]

2005-11-09 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
Hi, the news server is out of service, so I have to post this way. --- On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 06:05:17PM -0600, Randy McMurchy wrote: > Steffen R. Knollmann wrote these words on 11/08/05 17:57 CST: > > > Actual

Re: GConf / *.schemas question

2005-09-23 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Friday 23 September 2005 20:45, David Ciecierski wrote: > > Could you enlighten me as to why this is necessary? > > It is because gconftool-2, as well as its configuration file and schema > database belong to the gconf user - so if you're installing a new > package as another unprivileged user (

Re: Package user hint - the build script and subshells

2005-09-06 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Mon, September 5, 2005 21:48, Dan McGhee said: [...] > base configure script. The command from the source tree is > '../blfs-configure' and so on using my terminology. Of course, 'su' > to > root for make install. This loses the prime advantage of using the hint (in my view), the installed f

Re: Package user hint - the build script and subshells

2005-09-06 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Tue, September 6, 2005 4:33, Tushar Teredesai said: > You could just use re-direction to achieve the result that you need, > though the side effect is that you won't see any output on the > console. I'm curious Tushar, how would you program that? I wouldn't mind not seeing anything on the scr

Package user hint - the build script and subshells

2005-09-03 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
Hi all. A recent problem (xorg build attempting to overwrite fontconfig configuration files) led me to investigate further. I believe the problem arises because I'm attempting to use the routine improperly. The build script calls three functions configure_commands(), make_commands() and insta

LFS 6.1 - GRUB 0.96 and 0.97 [fairly long]

2005-08-28 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
Hi, I would like to share my experiences with the build of GRUB on LFS 6.1. Forgive me if this is a known issue, my research didn't turn up anything on this. I may as well mention now that I'm using the LFS package user hint, I'm pretty sure that this doesn't have anything to do with the prob

The LIve CD

2005-08-25 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
Not sure it is appropriate for this list, nevertheless here goes. May I express my apprecation to the Live CD team for a magnificent creation. Many thanks -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the

Re: Live CD capabilities

2005-08-23 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Tue, August 23, 2005 11:53, Jeremy Huntwork said: > S. Anthony Sequeira wrote: >> Does the live CD include: >> >> 1) Reiserfs programs, and >> 2) LVM tools. > > Yes to both. :) Fantastic. Thanks. -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailm

Live CD capabilities

2005-08-23 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
I'm at work, so cannot research this properly right now, hoping to save some precious time. Does the live CD include: 1) Reiserfs programs, and 2) LVM tools. Many thanks. -- Tony -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsu

Re: 6.1 errata

2005-08-06 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Sat, 2005-08-06 at 11:34 +0100, Matthew Burgess wrote: > S. Anthony Sequeira wrote: > > > A quick question about the errata, should the versions in the book be > > built and then upgraded to the recommended versions, or would the > > initial build be done with the reco

6.1 errata

2005-08-06 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
Hi, Starting a new 6.1 build. Maybe I'm getting old, but this is my first stable build since my first ever build. :) A quick question about the errata, should the versions in the book be built and then upgraded to the recommended versions, or would the initial build be done with the recommended

Re: Fcron mail output

2005-07-25 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 09:01 -0700, benjamin stathos wrote: > Sorry for being pedantic, but this is driving me nuts. I also receive > emails. The problem is the output isn't in the email (in this case > "Hello"). Was the Hello included in the emails you received? Yes, it was. This installation is

Re: Fcron mail output

2005-07-23 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 15:24 -0700, benjamin stathos wrote: > --- "S. Anthony Sequeira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > What is your cron command? Myy fcrontab follows > > (wrapped). I do get the output from symlinks and > > find if it does outpu

Re: applying specified modifications

2005-07-02 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Sat, 2005-07-02 at 13:59 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using rev 6.0 of the book LFS 6.0 yes? > I retrieved my packages by doing > > wget > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/wget/lfs-6.1-testing-20050129.wget > wget -i lfs-6.1-testing-20050129.wget LFS pack

Re: Comparing with Gentoo

2005-05-25 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Wed, May 25, 2005 13:45, Chakkaradeep C C said: > Hi, > >> If you really want to know what it's like, (or what the differences >> are >> between it and LFS) just try it and see for yourself. Then you can >> make >> your own opinion about it. > > oh my!..people building linux from gentoo have to

Re: Comparing with gentoo

2005-05-25 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Wed, May 25, 2005 12:39, Ken Moffat said: [...] > [yorkshire_mode] Eh, in t'good old days people knew what they wanted > from a system by t'time they came to LFS, and most o' them knew why > package managers sucked. But try telling that to t'youth o'today and > they won't believe you. [/] Sp

Re: Comparing with gentoo

2005-05-25 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Wed, May 25, 2005 10:07, Chakkaradeep C C said: > Hi, > >> LFS does not have any package management. If you want to install a >> certain >> package with LFS, you need to install the package AND all the >> package >> dependencies manually. >> However, with Gentoo, the package management makes in

Re: Fwd: Dragging myself into the 21st century - NO thanks!!

2005-04-18 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Mon, April 18, 2005 13:43, Declan Moriarty said: [...] > May I remind you guys there _is_no_modem_driver_ for that beast under > usb for linux. It works under lan. What is wrong with that? Even if I > set up hotplug, the 2,6.10 usb drivers will not entertain that modem. > No driver iappears in

Re: /dev/input/mice & NVidia

2005-04-15 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 10:19 -0700, Doug Ronne wrote: > And the open source drivers do not have 3D support, multihead support, > or TV-out support. There are a lot of good reasons for using the > nvidia drivers. > > -Doug Yes, when they work with your card that is. They stopped working with min

Re: BLFS starting point

2005-04-09 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 09:11 -0400, Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > Restarting gpm? Unnecessary. Especially since this causes you to lose > some functionality. In order to highlight text in links so you can > copy, > all you need is to hold down the shift key while you drag over text. As simple as that.

Re: BLFS starting point

2005-04-09 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 10:13 +0100, Jeremy Henty wrote: > On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 09:41:49AM +0100, S. Anthony Sequeira wrote: > > > I have been unable to use cut and paste from links. Is it available > > now? > > If I restart gpm after starting links then cut and paste f

Re: BLFS starting point

2005-04-09 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 22:09 -0700, Jeremy Utley wrote: [...] > > By doing this, you can easily get base web functionality available to > you on the initial reboot (networking and Lynx/Links), Cut/Paste ability > for those nasty sed lines in build commands (GPM), and easy downloading > of packag

Re: bash: xxx Permission denied

2005-03-23 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Wed, March 23, 2005 7:07, boelster2 said: > Hi, > > I am trying to build a lfs 6.0 system using the LFS live cd, but i can > only get access to the lfs partition when logged in as root. > Just like in the book i do a: > groupadd lfs > useradd -s /bin/bash -g lfs -m -k /dev/null lfs > When i su

Re: Location of Symlink for $LFS/tools

2005-03-18 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 16:37 -0600, Dan McGhee wrote: > Let's say for sake of argument I've started in my home directory. Now > let me ask if this sequence of code is correct to get to putting the > symlink in the right place. > > # su > # echo $LFS > /mnt/lfs > # mkdir $LFS/tools > # cd $LFS/to

Re: Location of Symlink for $LFS/tools

2005-03-18 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 21:09 +, Matthew Burgess wrote: > S. Anthony Sequeira wrote: > > The book is usually right. > > *usually*? :) I'd prefer that to be "always" :) Bug reports welcome of > course, if your conscience can't bring you to write th

Re: Location of Symlink for $LFS/tools

2005-03-18 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 14:32 -0600, Dan McGhee wrote: > > > is given. I understand the syntax--and I even read the FAQ . My > question is in the location of the link. I don't want my distro to > think that everything is mounted in $LFS/tools. > The book is usually right. Assuming that LFS

Re: another grub problem

2005-03-13 Thread S. Anthony Sequeira
On Sun, 2005-03-13 at 07:27 -0500, Barry Berger wrote: > The first menu.lst entry works as is: > title LFS 6.0 > root (hd0,2) > kernel /boot/lfskernel-2.6.8.1 root=/dev/hda3 Remove the '/boot' as was pointed out earlier in this thread. -- "It's not just a computer -- it's your ass." -- Cal