unsubscribe At 2012-11-17 15:00:02,lfs-support-requ...@linuxfromscratch.org wrote: >Send lfs-support mailing list submissions to > lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lfs-support-requ...@linuxfromscratch.org > >You can reach the person managing the list at > lfs-support-ow...@linuxfromscratch.org > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of lfs-support digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: please tell the error (prashant dawar) > 2. Re: please tell the error (Fernando de Oliveira) > 3. Re: Grub 2.0 problem (Bruce Dubbs) > 4. I'm rc interactively confused (alex lupu) > 5. Re: I'm rc interactively confused (Bruce Dubbs) > 6. I'm rc interactively confused (alex lupu) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:18:21 +0530 >From: prashant dawar <prashantdawar.2...@gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [lfs-support] please tell the error >To: LFS Support List <lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org> >Message-ID: > <cacyj4wrlcfkxrxskkez4djmv7j_ubcz6t5strghf3caugzp...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >PATH is also set properly. > > >On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 5:17 PM, prashant dawar < >prashantdawar.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> nothing found useful. see the attached log file for details. i want to do >> it. i am stuck now. >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 4:44 PM, prashant dawar < >> prashantdawar.2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> i am thinking the error is with glibc of host itself. its working in host >>> quite well but lfs is not able to use it properly due to coding in >>> configure file itself. i am checking the configure file of binutils now. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Raji A.C <r...@nexegen.net> wrote: >>> >>>> run this command before starting build apt-get install texinfo >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 4:07 PM, prashant dawar < >>>> prashantdawar.2...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> here is the output of the Result of version check.sh on ubuntu 12.04 >>>>> bash, version 4.2.24(1)-release >>>>> /bin/sh -> /bin/dash >>>>> Binutils: (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.22 >>>>> bison (GNU Bison) 2.5 >>>>> /usr/bin/yacc -> /usr/bin/bison.yacc >>>>> bzip2, Version 1.0.6, 6-Sept-2010. >>>>> Coreutils: 8.13 >>>>> diff (GNU diffutils) 3.2 >>>>> find (GNU findutils) 4.4.2 >>>>> GNU Awk 3.1.8 >>>>> /usr/bin/awk -> /usr/bin/gawk >>>>> gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) 4.6.3 >>>>> (Ubuntu EGLIBC 2.15-0ubuntu10.3) 2.15 >>>>> grep (GNU grep) 2.10 >>>>> gzip 1.4 >>>>> Linux version 3.2.0-32-generic-pae (buildd@roseapple) (gcc version >>>>> 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ) #51-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 26 21:54:23 >>>>> UTC 2012 >>>>> m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.16 >>>>> GNU Make 3.81 >>>>> patch 2.6.1 >>>>> Perl version='5.14.2'; >>>>> GNU sed version 4.2.1 >>>>> tar (GNU tar) 1.26 >>>>> version-check.sh: line 30: makeinfo: command not found >>>>> Texinfo: >>>>> xz (XZ Utils) 5.1.0alpha >>>>> gcc compilation OK >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Carl Thorn <thor...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>>> *From:* prashant dawar <prashantdawar.2...@gmail.com> >>>>>> *To:* lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org >>>>>> *Sent:* Thu, November 15, 2012 6:15:55 AM >>>>>> *Subject:* [lfs-support] please tell the error >>>>>> >>>>>> i followed the guide . have a problem in section 5,.4 >>>>>> binutils-2.22-pass1 5.4.1 installation of cross binutils >>>>>> LFS and LFS_TGT are properly set and permission to binutils-build and >>>>>> binutils-2.22 directories are 777 and every file in binutils-2.22 are >>>>>> also >>>>>> 777 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> lfs@dell-OptiPlex-780:/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-build$ >>>>>> /mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-2.22/configure --prefix=/tools >>>>>> --with-sysroot=$LFS --with-lib-path=/tools/lib --target=$LFS_TGT >>>>>> --disable-nls --disable-werror >>>>>> checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu >>>>>> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu >>>>>> checking target system type... i686-lfs-linux-gnu >>>>>> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c >>>>>> checking whether ln works... yes >>>>>> checking whether ln -s works... yes >>>>>> checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed >>>>>> checking for gawk... gawk >>>>>> checking for gcc... gcc >>>>>> checking for C compiler default output file name... >>>>>> configure: error: in `/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-build': >>>>>> configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables >>>>>> See `config.log' for more details. >>>>>> lfs@dell-OptiPlex-780:/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-build$ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> config.log file is attached. help please. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I am not one of the pros here but from what I see you are using Ubuntu >>>>>> as your host system. I compiled my LFS-7.2 using Ubuntu as my host system >>>>>> as well. But I had to install some packages that were missing from Ubuntu >>>>>> before I began my build. If you didn't run the version-check script in >>>>>> vii-Host System Requirements, you need to do so and then install any >>>>>> missing packages. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support >>>>>> FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html >>>>>> Unsubscribe: See the above information page >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support >>>>> FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html >>>>> Unsubscribe: See the above information page >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> Best Regards >>>> *Raji A C* >>>> Nexegen Consultancy Service >>>> 2nd Floor.Lan-Ship Mall, >>>> Mavoor Road Jn, >>>> Bank Road,Calicut-673001, >>>> Kerala,India >>>> mail : r...@nexegen.net <nay...@nexegen.net> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support >>>> FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html >>>> Unsubscribe: See the above information page >>>> >>>> >>> >> >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-support/attachments/20121116/7c4e8a29/attachment-0001.html > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:38:44 -0800 (PST) >From: Fernando de Oliveira <fam...@yahoo.com.br> >Subject: Re: [lfs-support] please tell the error >To: LFS Support List <lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org> >Message-ID: > <1353069524.7408.yahoomailclas...@web162905.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >--- Em sex, 16/11/12, prashant dawar escreveu: > > >> De: prashant dawar >> Assunto: Re: [lfs-support] please tell the error >> Para: "LFS Support List" >> Cc: thor...@yahoo.co >> Data: Sexta-feira, 16 de Novembro de 2012, 7:37 > >Please, do not top post (do not write reply above all message). > >If one test fails, you are heading into problems. > >>? here is the output of the Result of version check.sh on ubuntu 12.04 >> bash, version 4.2.24(1)-release >> /bin/sh -> /bin/dash > >This is wrong and problems can be found for that in the archives. The >link should point to /bin/bash > >> version-check.sh: line 30: makeinfo: command not found >> Texinfo: > >This is wrong, and the solution has been given: > >--- Em sex, 16/11/12, Raji A.C escreveu: > > >> De: Raji A.C >> Assunto: Re: [lfs-support] please tell the error >> Para: "LFS Support List" >> Data: Sexta-feira, 16 de Novembro de 2012, 7:44 > >> run this command before starting build apt-get install texinfo > >Yes. > >??????????? sudo apt-get install texinfo >?????????? ? >??????????? sudo ln -sv -f bash /bin/sh > >[]s, >Fernando >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-support/attachments/20121116/88bc397e/attachment-0001.html > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:50:26 -0600 >From: Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [lfs-support] Grub 2.0 problem >To: LFS Support List <lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org> >Message-ID: <50a68af2.3080...@gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >Tobias Gasser wrote: > >> what is NOT what i expect >> >> 1) there is no load.cfg, but maybe that's ok >> 2) the prefix is WRONG, it should be either "/boot" or "(hd0,msdos1)" >> >> i went back to line 642 an got >> drive: (hostdisk//dev/sda,msdos1) >> and after the sed >> partition: ,msdos1 >> drive: hostdisk//dev/sda >> >> i now just added >> prefix_drive="(hd0,msdos1)" >> in line 717 to force the correct value >> >> bash-4.2# ./grub-install /dev/sda > >> /usr/bin/grub-mkimage -d /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc -O i386-pc >> --output=/boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img --prefix=(hd0,msdos1)/grub biosdisk >> ext2 part_msdos >> >> which looks more reasonable to me. > >I agree. That's what I would have done also. > >>> Finally, it runs grub-setup. See what parameters are being used for >>> that also. >> >> >> bash-4.2# ./grub-install /dev/sda >> /usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup --directory=/boot/grub/i386-pc --device-map= >> /dev/sda >> >> (same with and without my inserted line 717) >> >> >> i now run "grub-install /dev/sda" with my inserted line 717. >> i'll be back in either 2 minutes after sucessful reboot, or 15 minutes >> id i have to use the live-cd to reinstall grub... > >I see it didn't work. > >Looking at grub-mkimage --help, another thing to try is running: > >/usr/bin/grub-mkimage -d /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc -O i386-pc \ > --output=/boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img biosdisk ext2 part_msdos > >This omits --prefix and defaults to /boot/grub. > >Another option to try is just --prefix=/grub > >In any case, this command should just create core.img. > >You don't mention what the following line translates to: > >$grub_setup" ${allow_floppy} ${setup_verbose} ${setup_force} \ >--directory="${grubdir}/${grub_modinfo_target_cpu}-$grub_modinfo_platform"\ >--device-map="${device_map}" "${install_device}" > >Id think it would be > >/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup --verbose --directory=/boot/grub/i386-pc \ > dev/sda > >Another thing to try is top manually create /boot/grub/device.map. > >echo "(hd0) /dev/sda" > /boot/grub/device.map > >That's a tab between the entries. > > >If you still can't get it to work, the next step is to dig into the >source of grub-bios-setup. I can help with that. > > -- Bruce > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:30:57 -0500 >From: alex lupu <alup...@gmail.com> >Subject: [lfs-support] I'm rc interactively confused >To: lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org >Message-ID: > <CAK2d1OaHGsyJ2Cmhz17vDL38qNC54JCqr=nXg9se3qZ=o2y...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >In the process of trying to stop the boot sequence right after VFS >(different story), I took a closer look at '/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc' workings: > >1. I created a file '/etc/sysconfig/rc.site': >IPROMPT="yes" >itime=10 > >2. In '/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc', right after >read -t "${itime}" -n 1 interactive 2>&1 > /dev/null > (before "fi"), I inserted these three lines: > >echo runlevel: $runlevel >echo interactive: $interactive >interactive=I > >NOTES > 1. The above "interactive=I" was needed to force an answer read (key I) > because the second line display told me there was no read. > > 2. My keyboard and mouse are USB >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >RESULT on the screen: > >runlevel: S >interactive: >Run /etc/rc.d/rcS.d/S00mountvirtfs start (Yes/no/continue)? > >At this point the machine is unresponsive. > >Am I missing something? >Should I put something in '/etc/sysconfig/modules', etc.? >Etc.? > >Reference: lfs-bootscripts-20121013 > >Thanks, >-- Alex > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:26:20 -0600 >From: Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [lfs-support] I'm rc interactively confused >To: LFS Support List <lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org> >Message-ID: <50a703dc.7040...@gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >alex lupu wrote: >> In the process of trying to stop the boot sequence right after VFS >> (different story), I took a closer look at '/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc' workings: >> >> 1. I created a file '/etc/sysconfig/rc.site': >> IPROMPT="yes" >> itime=10 > >That's correct. > >> 2. In '/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc', right after >> read -t "${itime}" -n 1 interactive 2>&1 > /dev/null >> (before "fi"), I inserted these three lines: >> >> echo runlevel: $runlevel >> echo interactive: $interactive >> interactive=I >> >> NOTES >> 1. The above "interactive=I" was needed to force an answer read (key I) >> because the second line display told me there was no read. > >$interactive is not set until the read command completes. It shouldn't >need to be set in the script. > >> 2. My keyboard and mouse are USB >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> RESULT on the screen: >> >> runlevel: S >> interactive: >> Run /etc/rc.d/rcS.d/S00mountvirtfs start (Yes/no/continue)? >> >> At this point the machine is unresponsive. > >I don't know why it would be unresponsive. Line 58 should be: > >read -p "Run ${1} ${2} (Yes/no/continue)? " -n 1 runit > >which actually only needs one character: c, n, or y. Any other >character should reprompt. When I wrote this over a year ago it tested >out OK, but I haven't received any feedback about it until now. > > From the two issues, it sounds like the keyboard is not being >recognized. The only thing I can think of is that there is a kernel >issue. There is nothing between the kernel and the rc script. > > -- Bruce > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 6 >Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:22:01 -0500 >From: alex lupu <alup...@gmail.com> >Subject: [lfs-support] I'm rc interactively confused >To: lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org >Message-ID: > <cak2d1oajbfrjkxx2-e8_trczw9+kt8tu8tx4j2ojhyu0+mp...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >Hi Bruce, > >Bruce: > read -t "${itime}" -n 1 interactive 2>&1 > /dev/null > > $interactive is not set until the read command completes. > It shouldn't need to be set in the script. > >Alex: >This is kind of a chicken and egg situation. >If for some reason (say, unknown to us mortals as yet) the 'read' >does NOT read the keyboard, then the "interactive" remains unset, >as I noticed in real life. Thus, my artificially "forcing" a value >to "interactive" on the third line. >The "reason" is then reinforced by the later unresponsiveness >that can be witnessed at the "(Yes/no/continue)" point. > >My guess was that at the "S" level (as confirmed by the display line, > runlevel: S >) >the USB keyboard (and mouse) had not been recognized by my system. > >This is why I'm not sure that, based on the latest LFS boot >configuration maybe some sort of Udev (or other phenomenon) can actually >detect the USB input devices for people more up-to-date on it. > >Cheers, >-- Alex > > >------------------------------ > >-- >http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support >FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html >Unsubscribe: See the above information page > > >End of lfs-support Digest, Vol 2726, Issue 1 >********************************************
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