Re: dbus problem

2005-10-25 Thread Dennis J Perkins
On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 20:56 +1300, Simon Geard wrote: > On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 21:11 -0600, Dennis J Perkins wrote: > > I've found that gdm doesn't call .xinitrc for some reason, so > > dbus-launch never runs. > > > > Ah, you're using GDM to start Gnome - I'd missed that. In that case, try > the a

sudo vulnerability

2005-10-25 Thread Archaic
After digging around, I couldn't find any info other than what debian gave. I've weeded out their extra junk and made an LFS-conforming patch for anyone who uses sudo. I've also emailed the sudo list for their take on this vulnerability and it's proposed fix. -- Archaic Want control, education,

Re: transcode-0.6.14 fails to compile

2005-10-25 Thread Simon Scheiwiller
Thus spoke Dan Nicholson: > Step up to 1.0.1. It built cleanly with no patching, and it found all > my multitude of plugins. With the exception of libpostproc (from > MPlayer). Here's the configure statement I used: > ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-netstrem --enable-libpostproc \ > --en

Re: transcode-0.6.14 fails to compile

2005-10-25 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 10/25/05, Simon Scheiwiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the original 0.6.14 line is: > current_word = *((uint_32*)buffer_start)++; > i remove the cast and change it back to the 0.6.12 version: > current_word = *(buffer_start)++; Step up to 1.0.1. It built cleanly with no patch

Re: transcode config can't find lzo headers

2005-10-25 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 10/25/05, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan Nicholson wrote these words on 10/25/05 17:28 CST: > I ran into this last time I installed Transcode. Another alternative > for the OP is to install the most recent version of Transcode. They > are up to 1.0.1 as of now. You can find it a

transcode-0.6.14 fails to compile

2005-10-25 Thread Simon Scheiwiller
More problems here: first, I get that error: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -Wall -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -g -O2 -MT bitstream.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/bitstream.Tpo -c bitstream.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/bitstream.o In file included from bitstream.c:36: bits

Re: transcode config can't find lzo headers

2005-10-25 Thread Randy McMurchy
Dan Nicholson wrote these words on 10/25/05 17:28 CST: > Ahh. I've never used LZO or even knew there were multiple versions of > it. I ran into this last time I installed Transcode. Another alternative for the OP is to install the most recent version of Transcode. They are up to 1.0.1 as of now.

Re: transcode config can't find lzo headers

2005-10-25 Thread Simon Scheiwiller
Thus spoke Dan Nicholson: > On 10/25/05, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Changing the defaults may not work however. The problem is because >> I believe Transcode wants LZO-1 and the OP has LZO-2 installed. >> >> Sometimes, just getting configure to "see" the changes isn't enough. >> >

Re: transcode config can't find lzo headers

2005-10-25 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 10/25/05, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Changing the defaults may not work however. The problem is because > I believe Transcode wants LZO-1 and the OP has LZO-2 installed. > > Sometimes, just getting configure to "see" the changes isn't enough. > > There is a reason the LZO mainta

Re: transcode config can't find lzo headers

2005-10-25 Thread Randy McMurchy
Dan Nicholson wrote these words on 10/25/05 17:10 CST: > On 10/25/05, Simon Scheiwiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>the configure script for transcode 0.6.14 looks for the lzo headers in >>/usr/include. when i pass the option --with-lzo-includes=/usr/include/lzo, >>it looks for the headers in /

Re: transcode config can't find lzo headers

2005-10-25 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 10/25/05, Simon Scheiwiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the configure script for transcode 0.6.14 looks for the lzo headers in > /usr/include. when i pass the option --with-lzo-includes=/usr/include/lzo, > it looks for the headers in /usr/include/lzo/include. > is there a patch for transcode fo

Re: Question about libc5 libc6 incompatibility

2005-10-25 Thread Archaic
On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 05:54:47AM +0100, Declan Moriarty wrote: > > /begin nag Well some would say that you are being mean/rude/whatever. I, however, think you stated exactly what needed to be said in a manner is strong enough to stand out and make people take notice. Well done, sir. -- Archai

Re: Cant rebuild GCC 3.4.4 on BLFS 6.1

2005-10-25 Thread Jonas Norlander
On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 02:45:16PM +0200, Jonas Norlander wrote: > On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 08:32:41PM +0200, channelzero wrote: > > Am Montag 24 Oktober 2005 18:01 schrieb Jonas Norlander: > > > Any idea why I got this error in make check? > > > > Do you have dejagnu package installed? > > > > Y

Re: Cant rebuild GCC 3.4.4 on BLFS 6.1

2005-10-25 Thread Jonas Norlander
On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 08:32:41PM +0200, channelzero wrote: > Am Montag 24 Oktober 2005 18:01 schrieb Jonas Norlander: > > Any idea why I got this error in make check? > > Do you have dejagnu package installed? > Yes it is installed. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# runtest --version WARNING: Couldn't fin

Printing or postscript problem - Solved

2005-10-25 Thread David Lyne
Hi again I had this with a canon bjc4000. Everyone told me I had the wrong ppd file. I never solved it. I was printing locally, so I had other options. I went away and never came back. Well, in my case it was the 'wrong' ppd file that was the issue. I noticed that on Slackware (where everyth

Re: Question about libc5 libc6 incompatibility

2005-10-25 Thread Luca Dionisi
On 10/25/05, Rainer Peter Feller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 11:39 +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > > Probably because *nobody* here knows anything about libc5. > or nobody wants to admit that s/he is that old that s/he knows anything > about libc5 Grazie Luca -- http://linuxfro

Re: Question about libc5 libc6 incompatibility

2005-10-25 Thread Rainer Peter Feller
On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 11:39 +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, Luca Dionisi wrote: > > > I was just wondering: have I said something wrong in my previous > > post in this thread? > > Why no answers from anyone in ten days? > > > > Luca > > Probably because *nobody* here knows anyth

Re: Question about libc5 libc6 incompatibility

2005-10-25 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, Luca Dionisi wrote: I was just wondering: have I said something wrong in my previous post in this thread? Why no answers from anyone in ten days? Luca Probably because *nobody* here knows anything about libc5. Ken -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce

Re: Printing or postscript problem.

2005-10-25 Thread David Lyne
Hi You can do the same thing in cups with lpadmin -p jerrypc -m laserjet.ppd.gz -v socket://[ip_address]. The only trick is finding the correct ppd for your printer. The conversion problem is pretty much the same for cups or lprng. Cheers for your reply jerry. But I think my issue is with

Re: Question about libc5 libc6 incompatibility

2005-10-25 Thread Declan Moriarty
Recently, Somebody Somewhere wrote these words > I was just wondering: have I said something wrong in my previous > post in this thread? > Why no answers from anyone in ten days? > Ok. Take as much from the list below as fits. /begin nag This list works by people volunteering personal time to h

Re: dbus problem

2005-10-25 Thread Simon Geard
On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 21:11 -0600, Dennis J Perkins wrote: > I've found that gdm doesn't call .xinitrc for some reason, so > dbus-launch never runs. > Ah, you're using GDM to start Gnome - I'd missed that. In that case, try the attached patch, which modifies GDM's Xsession file to run dbus-launch

Re: Question about libc5 libc6 incompatibility

2005-10-25 Thread Luca Dionisi
I was just wondering: have I said something wrong in my previous post in this thread? Why no answers from anyone in ten days? Luca -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page