On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 12:29:00PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers wrote: > >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 ? > > All files are located at ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/blfs/ > > Also, you can build most packages in chroot including Xorg. What I like to > do is build ssh and wget in chroot and then ssh into the system from a fully > developed system. > > >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" > > Sounds like a DNS problem. > > $ host ftp.x.org > ftp.x.org is an alias for annarchy.freedesktop.org. > annarchy.freedesktop.org has address 131.252.210.176 > annarchy.freedesktop.org mail is handled by 10 gabe.freedesktop.org. > > $ host xorg.freedesktop.org > xorg.freedesktop.org is an alias for annarchy.freedesktop.org. > annarchy.freedesktop.org has address 131.252.210.176 > annarchy.freedesktop.org mail is handled by 10 gabe.freedesktop.org. >
FWIW, I'm still seeing this with *today's* book, e.g for the Xorg Evdev Driver - but only on http, ftp is working fine (from firefox). Using the http link I get Not Found The requested URL /pub/individual/driver/xf86-input-evdev-2.10.1.tar.bz2 was not found on this server. Apache/2.2.22 (Debian) Server at ftp.x.org Port 80 ĸen -- This email was written using 100% recycled letters. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
