Re: Cannot Compile Xorg

Hi, I just had the same problem. Move up to X11R6.9.0 and follow the same procedure as in the blfs book. It will then work. I think the fbmtrr program causing the compile problem is using some obsolete code. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http

Re: KDE 3.5.4 automount of usb devices

will find reference to this. Also, the above spec has examples for usb-devices and also explains all the properties/policies for usb devices, etc. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above

Re: Rotating system logs

can look at logwatch as a means to scan your logs for specific log entries. After logwatch has scanned your logs an email will be sent to your local mail spool. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See

Re: Why would a kernel upgrade change my X server resolution

EndSubSection EndSection I only ever use the one mode so this setup is ok. I believe if you want to use more modes, you will append your desired modes to the Modes line, each separate mode in it own double-quotes. Perhaps you already tried this? Hope it works, Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org

Re: RAM and swap partition

. 512Mb of RAM. Free RAM 57% and free swap space 100%. Well, the folks at microsoft think this is the best way to manage memory, I happen to disagree. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See

Re: Why would a kernel upgrade change my X server resolution

[...] Option MergedFB False ^ [...] Identifier Card0 Driver ati VendorName ATI Technologies Inc BoardName R480 [Radeon X850Pro] BusID PCI:1:0:0 EndSection Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org

Re: building menus

describes the contents of the package. Good Luck, Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: building menus

as the update-desktop-database command recursively scans all child directories. I don't know how you installed your gnome, so you will need to find this directory yourself. Maybe /usr/share??? /opt/gnome/share??? Good Luck, Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http

Re: hal and linux-pam

be better to copy this file to /etc/hal/fdi/policy and make the change there. Then restart hal and kde. Good Luck, Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: access USB STORAGE

- SCSI disk support I have this option compiled as a module. You shouldn't need to load it at boot time as it will load automagically when it is required. Then rebuild/reinstall your kernel as per the lfs book. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http

Re: Kopete and Kernel headers (SVN Version of book)

problem(so far). Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: java plugin in konqueror

Java Globally 2. Ensure your path is set to $your_java_path/bin/java. 3. Turn off Use security manager. Goto java.com and play some games :) By the way, my about:plugins reports the same as yours so I assume you have a config problem. Good Luck, Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman

Re: bash time redirection

Hi: I don't think this is a bash support forum but here is a little something to get you started. #!/bin/sh NOW=`date +%s` sleep 5 LATER=`date +%s` echo LATER - NOW = $((LATER - NOW)) Look at man bash /Pipelines for more ideas. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs

Re: KDE-3.5.2 shows no applications

these variables. This command will update the connections between your apps and mimetypes. Each directory in your $XDG_DATA_DIRS path will contain a directory named applications. In this directory should be a file named mimeinfo.cache. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support

Re: Probs with Kbd Layout, sudo and kpowersave !!

discovering devices. If you don't see any messages after doing this, then you don't have hal running correctly. Put a cd in your cd drive and hald will show this event in the syslog. One other idea, do you notice any dbus/hal problems running as root? Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org

Re: KDE-3.5.2 shows no applications

/gnome. Glad to be of help :) Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Misc questions

until you are sure it is working properly. After rebuilding your kernel and rebooting, you should find /dev/sd* devices. Of course you will need to mount them to use them. Good luck :) Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs

Re: KDE - error reeports at start and stop

( /usr/share/fonts ). So decide where you want to keep your fonts and make sure all interested parties are informed of your decision. :P So what you have is mostly configuration problems. Not too bad :) Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http

Re: gphoto permissions

looked at the section http://www.gphoto.org/doc/manual/permissions-usb.html and found it quite detailed. Sorry I can't offer more as I don't know about this ptp stuff. Good Luck, Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html

Re: security recommendations

? Kerberos? I would like to hear your recommendations or comments. Arden Hi Arden: I'm the same as you. I run a desktop system. I use PAM, iptables, and clamav for anti-virus. I also keep up to date on security alerts. See: http://www.us-cert.gov Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman

Re: Ctrl+Alt+Fn in X

On Monday 18 December 2006 00:44, TheOldFellow wrote: Ken Moffat wrote: On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 02:54:37PM -0700, Shawn wrote: Which keyboard data sets did you go with? 7.1 requires you to make a choice. Either xkbdata or xkbdesc. Myself I went with the new xkbdesc, and I have been

Re: I have a security question for the list

source. I know this does not answer your questions specifically, but I hope it will help you reevaluate why you want to run an email server. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information

Re: vsftpd

installed for the vsftpd service. There is a sample one for RedHat systems included in the RedHat directory - put it under /etc/pam.d Try that. The RedHat one worked for me. Also, if you are running iptables, don't forget to open ports 20,21. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman

Re: additional link to libpostproc.so.0.0.1

these different names are used to make linking easier. I might not remember the real name of a lib, but i can remember the link name. If the library is built properly ( -Wl,soname,libxxx.so.0), ldconfig will create the soname for you. run ldconfig it might fix other problems for you. Shawn -- http

Re: Network card installation trouble

On February 7, 2007, Tijnema ! wrote: Hi, It works now, thanks for your time, and especially thanks to shawn for pointing me on tulip. Both cards are working fine now, i needed tulip for my gigabit card too. Tijnema On 2/7/07, Tijnema ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/7/07, Simon Geard

Re: Modular X and m4 files

/aclocal EOF The above is where my X m4's are. Shawn FWIW, the unichrome driver overwrites xorg-via's via_drv library but leaves libviaXvMC and the via.4 manpage untouched (if you already installed them). It also gives a message to say it doesn't support my particular hardware (3344, unichrome

Re: CNET - Network Simulator installation

/bin/ld: cannot find -ltcl Kevin Assuming you have installed tcl correctly and in the default location... try running 'ldconfig' as root. Then try your compile again. Shawn Please install the Tcl/Tk packages -both are present in Blfs Book- and try to compile the package again. P.S

Re: DVD Playback problems

try the above? I believe it is a requirement for mplayer. Shawn system startup scripts. Playing dvd://1. Reading disc structure, please wait... There are 21 titles on this DVD. There are 37 chapters in this DVD title. There are 1 angles in this DVD title. DVD successfully opened. MPEG-PS

Re: DVD Playback problems

square_wave : no alarm_IRQ : no update_IRQ : no periodic_IRQ: no periodic_freq : 1024 batt_status : okay Also, its a Character Device. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See

Re: MPlayer compile errors.

not supporting GCC 4. Shawn libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:3484: error: memory input 5 is not directly addressable libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:3630: error: memory input 4 is not directly addressable libpostproc/postprocess_template.c:3630: error: memory input 5 is not directly

Re: DVD Playback problems

: no periodic_IRQ: no periodic_freq : 1024 batt_status : okay Also, its a Character Device. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page That gives me similar

Re: Building software as an unprivileged user

security works and run with it. It is really quite simple. Never use root except for sys admin tasks. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Building software as an unprivileged user

) then, when they are all built, stop and do a sudo/su and install everything at once. I think everybody has sudo/su. Just an idea. I am sure others more experienced than me would have better informed ideas. I believe there is an effort already on its way to do what you are doing. Shawn

Re: net-tools-1.60 compilation problem

and not /usr/src/include. If i remember correctly, there is mention in the lfs book that a link from /usr/src/ to your kernel source can cause problems. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above

Re: Ivman init script

and hal were very new, ivman was required to automount your media but now there is better integration of hal and dbus in kde so ivman is not required for automounting cd/dvds. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html

Re: Ctrl-Alt-F? in X

is in sysvinit. I say this to remind you and possibly others that all distributions are different and that they must be treated as such. No ofence intended if this is obvious to you. It is just a friendly reminder. :) Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http

Re: read blfs on a lfs system

are building your packages. Lynx has a small learning curve, but after a few minutes of fooling around with it, you will have no problem using it to read blfs. That is what i did. Actually, i have lynx and gpm on disk so as soon as my system can boot, I install them. Shawn -- http

Re: disk mounted too many times

mounted x times. (Maximum mount count: 29) 2. The file system has not been mounted in x days. (Check interval: 6 months) 3. The file system was not unmounted clean. (Filesystem state: !clean) Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs

Re: Xorg 7.1 problem with Mobility Radeon 9600 and dri

But I can't tell you exactly what is going on. Sorry. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: FC6 (x86_64) as a host system

}thing else won't help. Best, Fix. Take a look at this link and see if it gives you any ideas. http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-dev/2006-December/058579.html Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe

Trying to get X Windows working

background with an X cursor. Does this error have anything to do with the blank screen? If someone can tell me how to fix this, or where to start looking for a solution, that would be cool. Thanks, Shawn -- Shawn O'Rourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs

Re: Trying to get X Windows working

started working. I guess it found some display parameters that it liked. -Shawn On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:25:18 +0200 Lauri Kasanen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org Subject: Trying to get X Windows working

Re: Add an IP alias to ethernet interface

file in /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0 named say alias and put your ifconfig command in there. It might just work. However, I am not sure as I have not tried it. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs

Re: possible problems with gconf ?

On June 26, 2007, Olaf Grüttner wrote: I start xorg with startx my .xinitrc contains gnome-terminal exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session fluxbox I have usual mouse mouvements and keyboard behavior is as usual. I start a gnome-app e.g. totem from gnome-terminal. After totem appears, the

Re: Strange error building xorg-server

remember correctly, the problem was with my module paths (or where xf86scanpci was installed). The Xorg.log should be able to shed light on this. Shawn -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above

Re: xorg 7.3

On September 30, 2007 11:18:48 Ken Moffat wrote: On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 02:07:32PM -0600, Shawn wrote: Hi: Maybe the blfs gurus will find this helpfull. I've been running xorg 7.3 for a couple of weeks now without any major problems. Well, I don't claim to be a blfs guru, but I wish

Re: xorg 7.3

On September 30, 2007 15:20:28 Ken Moffat wrote: On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 10:51:56AM -0700, Dan Nicholson wrote: Actually, I think Shawn must not have been subscribed with that address since it was in the Mailman queue, which requires manual flushes. I just went through yesterday. OK

More xorg 7.3

packages I don't use. The xserver wget file contains pixman. Well, that is a hack as I got it from gitweb then copied it to my xserver directory. Shawn # xorg data dependencies are added here # and at the end xbitmaps-1.0.1.tar.bz2 # end data dependency appres-1.0.1.tar.bz2 bdftopcf-1.0.1.tar.bz2