Re: [blfs-support] Question based on the as_root() script (BLFS Ch. 24. X Window System)

2015-02-10 Thread alex lupu
Michael, Pierre, Thank you very much for your _valuable_ comments. It's amazing that two human beings managed to live to tell the tale of having read my ramblings and even be left with enough strength to respond intelligently afterwards. Thanks again, -- Alex --

Re: [blfs-support] Xorg in qemu - no mouse cursor with the 1.17.0 server

2015-02-10 Thread Michael Shell
On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:58:33 + Ken Moffat zarniwh...@ntlworld.com wrote: I had got as far a building fluxbox, then discovered that it was very hard to use because the mouse pointer no longer shows up. I dunno if this is the problem, but:

Re: [blfs-support] Xorg in qemu - no mouse cursor with the 1.17.0 server

2015-02-10 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 08:29:21PM -0500, Michael Shell wrote: On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:58:33 + Ken Moffat zarniwh...@ntlworld.com wrote: I had got as far a building fluxbox, then discovered that it was very hard to use because the mouse pointer no longer shows up. I dunno if this

Re: [blfs-support] Question based on the as_root() script (BLFS Ch. 24. X Window System)

2015-02-10 Thread Michael Shell
On Mon, 9 Feb 2015 22:28:29 -0500 alex lupu alup...@gmail.com wrote: 2. The tee construct. It seems without the 'tee' even a BAD script would work correctly: Alex, I have not went over what you posted very deeply, but the above sentence immediately stood out to me. See:

Re: [blfs-support] ***SPAM*** Question based on the as_root() script (BLFS Ch. 24. X Window System)

2015-02-10 Thread Pierre Labastie
Le 10/02/2015 04:28, alex lupu a écrit : Hello, I've been trying to put together a script for the classic Linux build procedure, # Unprivileged config make make test # As root make install The script will be adapted to my particular preferences: [...] temp-OK script: as_root() { su -c

[blfs-support] NFS changes in KBLFS

2015-02-10 Thread Armin K.
Hello everyone, I took some time and implemented NFSv4 infrastructure in NFS-Utils instructions in KBLFS. I have also updated systemd unit files to match the ones in their tarball. The instructions were expanded to add a new dependency, libnfsidmap which is a requirement for NFSv4, and it

[blfs-support] Xorg in qemu - no mouse cursor with the 1.17.0 server

2015-02-10 Thread Ken Moffat
This is probably a little too esoteric for most people here, but I'll ask anyway. I got 64-bit LFS-in-qemu working a couple of weeks ago (copied from a real system, then kicked until it worked :), and used that as a host to build current systems for testing both server and some desktop