Hi Bruce, may I contribute with some remarks according to my actual experiences ?
1.) Until xorg is installed and running, I have to use "lynx" to download and compile the programs. There are however difficulties with this. Lynx does not work with "https", so I have to download this files on another box and transfer to the new one with the help of rsync. Could "https" be avoided ? 2.) the addresses given for all xorg programs, "ftp.x.org/pub/individual/proto" ( this one as an example ) does'nt work for me. Lynx cannot find the files. I had to use the systemd book addresses: "xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/proto" 3.) The installation e.g. xorg protocoll headers etc. as user with the help of "as_root" did not function for me, as sudo asked everytime for a password and could not perform the task. sudo is in my opinion very nasty. To allow the system administrator to execute programs without typing passwords, you gave an example how to change sudoers. However, sudoers cannot be changed with normal editors like vi, you have to use "visudo". I didnt manage it. The visudo instructions are in my humble opinion terrible. I do not know, if it would be possible to add the example ussage in BLFS with the corresponding "visudo" commands. I had to install all the multiple packages in the Xorg-scripts as "root" ! By the way, thank you very much for the LFS Book ( sysvinit ). It is excellent. I went through in 1 1/2 days with the complete installation, withouth problems Edgar -- Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers <[email protected]> GPG Key ID:AD5C6F70 -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
