[blfs-support] libunzip.so not compiled

2013-05-11 Thread John Frankish
Ref: Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 2013-05-09 Chapter 12. System Utilities UnZip-6.0 On a 64-bit system libunzip.so is not compiled using: make -f unix/Makefile linux_noasm It looks like the following command would be required: make -f unix/Makefile linux_shlibz ..but this fails trying t

Re: [blfs-support] libunzip.so not compiled

2013-05-11 Thread John Frankish
> -Original Message- > From: blfs-support-boun...@linuxfromscratch.org [mailto:blfs-support- > boun...@linuxfromscratch.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Dubbs > Sent: Saturday, 11 May, 2013 19:18 > To: BLFS Support List > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] libunzip.so not compiled >

[blfs-support] libpoppler-cpp.so

2013-05-11 Thread John Frankish
Ref: Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 2013-05-09 Chapter 10. Graphics and Font Libraries Poppler-0.22.3 This section states that libpoppler-cpp.so will be built, but with a 64-bit build, I need both of the following before it will be built: 1. "--enable-poppler-cpp" 2. Hack configure script

[blfs-support] libreoffice fails to build

2013-05-24 Thread John Frankish
Ref: Beyond Linux(r) From Scratch - Version 2013-05-22 Chapter 35. Office Programs LibreOffice-4.0.3 On an x86_64 machine, using the required and recommended dependencies, libreoffice fails to build - please see details below. Regards John -- CFLAGS="-mtune=generic -Os -pipe" CXXFLAGS

Re: [blfs-support] libreoffice fails to build

2013-05-25 Thread John Frankish
gt; On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 03:25:02PM +, John Frankish wrote: > > Ref: > > > > Beyond Linux(r) From Scratch - Version 2013-05-22 Chapter 35. Office > > Programs > > LibreOffice-4.0.3 > > > > On an x86_64 machine, using the required and recommended >

[blfs-support] Totem Fails to Configure

2013-09-28 Thread John Frankish
Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 2013-09-28 Chapter 31. GNOME Applications Totem-3.8.2 Using: CFLAGS="-march=i486 -mtune=i686 -Os -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-march=i486 -mtune=i686 -Os -pipe -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti" ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --libexecdir=/usr/local/lib/totem --disable-static -

[blfs-support] Xorg-7.7 Does not Detect Input Devices on 64-bit Build

2013-11-02 Thread John Frankish
Ref: Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 2013-11-01 Part VI. X + Window Managers I built Xorg-7.7 in the same way on the same machine in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. The 32-bit version works without problems, but the 64-bit version does not seem to detect the keyboard/mouse. After issuing t

Re: [blfs-support] Xorg-7.7 Does not Detect Input Devices on 64-bit Build

2013-11-02 Thread John Frankish
> > Ref: Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 2013-11-01 Part VI. X + Window > > Managers > > > > I built Xorg-7.7 in the same way on the same machine in both 32-bit and > > 64-bit versions. > > > > The 32-bit version works without problems, but the 64-bit version does not > > seem to detect th

Re: [blfs-support] Xorg-7.7 Does not Detect Input Devices on 64-bit Build

2013-11-02 Thread John Frankish
> > > Ref: Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 2013-11-01 Part VI. X + Window > > > Managers > > > > > > I built Xorg-7.7 in the same way on the same machine in both 32-bit and > > > 64-bit versions. > > > > > > The 32-bit version works without problems, but the 64-bit version does > > > not

[blfs-support] at-spi2-core-2.10.1 build fails

2013-11-03 Thread John Frankish
Ref: Beyond Linux(r) From Scratch - Version 2013-11-01, at-spi2-core-2.10.1: The build fails with CC libatspi_la-atspi-value.lo CCLD libatspi.la GISCAN Atspi-2.0.gir Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/g-ir-scanner", line 46, in sys.exit(scanner_main(sys.arg

Re: [blfs-support] Xorg-7.7 Does not Detect Input Devices on 64-bit Build

2013-11-03 Thread John Frankish
> > > Do you have somthing like: > > > [25.470] (II) LoadModule: "evdev" > > > in the log? > > > If not, It might be that you forgot to compile the evdev driver. (see > > > Xorg drivers page). > > > > > > > > No, I don't have anything like LoadModule: "evdev", but the evdev driver is > > the

Re: [blfs-support] Xorg-7.7 Does not Detect Input Devices on 64-bit Build

2013-11-04 Thread John Frankish
> > > BUT the first mentions of evdev in my log are > > > > > > [ 23798.003] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power > > > Button(/dev/input/event1) > > > [ 23798.004] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard > > > catchall" > > > [ 23798.004] (**) Power Button: Applying InputCl

Re: [blfs-support] at-spi2-core-2.10.1 build fails

2013-11-04 Thread John Frankish
> > This must be related to gobject-introspection. Is it installed? > > It's definitely installed, because that's precisely the thing failing... > the invocation of /usr/local/bin/g-ir-scanner. > >A quick look at the code appearing in the stack trace: > > https://github.com/GNOME/gobject-introspect

Re: [blfs-support] Xorg-7.7 Does not Detect Input Devices on 64-bit Build

2013-11-06 Thread John Frankish
> > How would I go about using strace to check where the xorg-server is > looking for 10-evdev.conf? > > > > As a high-level overview : install strace [ link from the Other Programming > Tools page at the end of the main Programming chapter, just before java ] - > there is a patch in patches. Th

Re: [blfs-support] Xorg-7.7 Does not Detect Input Devices on 64-bit Build

2013-12-02 Thread John Frankish
nput Devices on 64-bit > Build > > On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 10:36:07AM +, John Frankish wrote: > > > > How would I go about using strace to check where the xorg-server > > > > is > > > looking for 10-evdev.conf? > > > > > > > >

[blfs-support] libcap pam module does not compile

2014-04-21 Thread John Frankish
Ref: Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 2014-04-20/Chapter 4. Security/libcap-2.24 Issuing "make"/"make install" does not compile/install the libcap pam module. I was obliged to cd to pam_cap and use "make"/"make install" to get things to work. Regards John -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mai

RE: How to reduce size?

2009-06-14 Thread John Frankish
From: blfs-support-boun...@linuxfromscratch.org [mailto:blfs-support-boun...@linuxfromscratch.org] On Behalf Of Dominic Ringuet Sent: 14 June, 2009 17:50 To: BLFS Support List Subject: Re: How to reduce size? http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/small-lfs.txt On Sun, Jun 14, 20

RE: cant find usb printer (cups-1.4.4)

2010-11-07 Thread John Frankish
> -Original Message- > From: blfs-support-boun...@linuxfromscratch.org [mailto:blfs-support- > boun...@linuxfromscratch.org] On Behalf Of Stuart Stegall > Sent: Monday, 08 November, 2010 08:37 > To: BLFS Support List > Subject: Re: cant find usb printer (cups-1.4.4) > > On Sun, Nov 7, 20

How to configure which-2.19 to work with update-pciids

2008-06-11 Thread John Frankish
Hi, I have lfs-6.3 installed and parts of blfs-6.3rc2 (nice job BTW). I had no problems compiling wget-1.10.2, pciutils-2.2.3 and which-2.19, but I cannot figure out how to configure which so that update-piciids (or update-usbids, etc) can find wget - note that wget works fine on its own. I'm gue

Re: How to configure which-2.19 to work with update-pciids

2008-06-11 Thread John Frankish
, you wrote: >John Frankish wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have lfs-6.3 installed and parts of blfs-6.3rc2 (nice job BTW). > > > > I had no problems compiling wget-1.10.2, pciutils-2.2.3 and which-2.19, > > but I cannot figure out how to configure which so that update-

BLFS 6.3-rc2 - Fluxbox-0.9.15.1

2008-06-15 Thread John Frankish
Hi, In the Fluxbox-0.9.15.1 section of BLFS 6.3-rc2 it mentions to start fluxbox as follows: echo startfluxbox > ~/.xinitrc Assuming a user would like to start fluxbox and have (for example) conky running, where would be the best place to put the command "conky -b &"? Regards John -- http:/

blfs-6.3rc2 X Window System Components Error?

2008-06-15 Thread John Frankish
Hi, I'm not sure if this is the correct forum for this, but in Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 6.3-rc2, X Window System Components, it says this in the Xft Font Protocol section, for setting up dejavu fonts: install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/fonts/dejavu && install -v -m644 *.ttf /usr/share/f

Kernel Parameters Not Picked Up

2008-07-03 Thread John Frankish
Hi, I tried to pass some kernel parameters to my lfs-6.3/blfs-6.3rc2 machine via grub as follows, but the parameters appear to be ignored. Am I going about this the wrong way? kernel /boot/lfskernel-2.6.22.5 root=/dev/sda2 acpi=off apm=power-off vga=ask Regards John -- http://linuxfromscra

Fwd: Re: Kernel Parameters Not Picked Up

2008-07-07 Thread John Frankish
ED] >To: BLFS Support List >Reply-to: BLFS Support List > >Original-recipient: rfc822;[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Zitat von John Frankish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi, > > > > I tried to pass some kernel parameters to my lfs-6.3/blfs-6.3rc2 > > machin

Re: i810

2008-09-07 Thread John Frankish
I'm not sure if the i810 uses the sane kernel modules as the i855, but for the i855 I needed: agpgart, intel-agp, drm, i915 At 06:37 08-09-08, you wrote: >William Tracy wrote: > > Okay, stupid question time again. :-) > > > > Does the i810 driver for Xorg require any special kernel support? > >

Re: i810

2008-09-08 Thread John Frankish
I believe you will need the agpgart, intel-agp, drm and i915 (or maybe i830) kernel modules loaded for the xorg i810 driver to work. At 04:24 09-09-08, you wrote: On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 6:18 PM, William Tracy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Okay, stupid question time