FWIW, what I do avoids all the problems Bruce mentions. 1) I've never installed a display manager. I always start in the CLI, and only startx when I want to use a GUI app. Specifically, when I'm going to be building LFS I want the machine dedicated to just the building. a) Running the GUI just "wastes" cycles, and b) all my build installs are observed by my package manager "pio" so I specifically don't want anything in the GUI/desktop deciding to touch a file to confuse things.
2) I put the environment setup steps for Ch5 and Ch6 in separate scripts, along with all the build scripts I generate from the book, that I run to initiate "build sessions" and terminate cleanly. I'm always building each chapter in multiple sessions, and it doesn't cause a problem. -- Paul Rogers [email protected] Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) -- http://www.fastmail.com - Send your email first class -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
