Re: [lfs-support] LFS-BOOK-7.0 Section 5.9 binutils pass2 doubt

Emerson Yesupatham wrote: > The higher the version number is, the less compatibility code is > added, and the faster the code gets. I'm not sure about that. It gets smaller, but I doubt it gets faster. At least not enough to be perceptible. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/l

Re: [lfs-support] Packages (man-pages-3.35.tar.gz) on LFS-7.1

Archie Arevalo wrote: >>From a previous encounter with GCC, I opted to clean the slate and start all > over. It has come to my attention that the file lists - wget-list and md5sums > - > did not quite download all the tarballs (patches were OK). It may just be my > net connection (I reside behind

Re: [lfs-support] Error During Section 5.9 Binutils-2.22 - Pass 2

Ken Moffat wrote: > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 01:25:07PM -0500, Lance King wrote: >> After running the following commands per the guide... >> >> CC="$LFS_TGT-gcc -B/tools/lib/" \ >> AR=$LFS_TGT-ar RANLIB=$LFS_TGT-ranlib \ >> ../binutils-2.22/configure --prefix=/tools \ >> --disable-nls --with-lib-pat

Re: [lfs-support] Error compiling Tcl 8.5.11 - Segmentation fault

Fábio Mattes wrote: > Hello lfs list, I'm from Brazil and I'm new to the list, I became > interested in lfs today and was testing to see if I could, but a problem > arose in the covenant Tcl 8.5.11 when I run make install it returns me as > follows: > > Installing libtcl8.5.so to / tools / lib / >

Re: [lfs-support] /etc/fstab

Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > I'd appreciate it if somebody could please have a look at my /etc/fstab > file shown below and let me know if it's OK. I've searched this mailing > list's archives and an example /etc/fstab I found was a bit different to > mine. I also had a look at the /etc/fstab file

Re: [lfs-support] Cannot boot to LFS with seperate boot partition

On Jun 21, 2012 9:04 AM, "Yasser Zamani" wrote: > Thanks a lot Andrew; Now, system can find Linux kernel and boot to the root :) OK, that part is solved. > But at first, it tells "error: file not found" and I have to press a key to continue; do you have any idea please? We need a bit more info

Re: [lfs-support] Packages Dependency Graph

Yasser Zamani wrote: > Hi there, > > Any one have the LFS's required package's dependency graph? e.g. by > seeing the graph I'll know what packages will be failed if I skip > installing "5.21. Gawk-4.0.1" (by trying I found out "6.9. > Glibc-2.15"'s configure will fail) and etc. Take a look at

Re: [lfs-support] Errors compiling glibc in chapter 6

Ken Moffat wrote: > On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 10:49:01PM +0200, joao.more...@free.fr wrote: >> bison (GNU Bison) 2.5 >> yacc not found I'm pretty sure gcc needs this. $ cat /usr/bin/yacc #! /bin/sh exec '/usr/bin/bison' -y "$@" -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-sup

Re: [lfs-support] gmp 5.0.5 + mpfr 3.1.0 failure

Tobias Gasser wrote: > mpfr configure fails with: > > > ... > checking for recent GMP... yes > checking for __gmpz_init in -lgmp... no I'm not sure what's happening, but I have: $ nm /usr/lib/libgmp.so |grep gmpz_init 00019a60 T __gmpz_init 00019a90 T __gmpz_init2 0001a9

Re: [lfs-support] interface eth0 doesn't exist

Omar wrote: > Hi, all: > The eth0 fails to start when I start up the LFS7.1 system. It prompts that >> Bringing up the eth0 interface... interface eth0 doesn't exist [FAIL] >> I think it maybe correlative to the failure of chapter 7.2.1. It >> gave the following information and failed to generate

Re: [lfs-support] lfs7.1 cannot boot

Ken Moffat wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 05:07:19PM +0800, Omar wrote: >> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### >> menuentry "GNU/Linux, Linux 3.2.6-lfs-7.1 (on /dev/sdb1)" { >> insmod ext2 >> set root='(hd1,1)' >> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 63a59ea4-b2dd-4ede-a506-14b8d0a951c5 > > I

Re: [lfs-support] handle power button in LFS

Andrew Benton wrote: > On Fri, 18 May 2012 14:44:00 +0100 > xinglp wrote: > >> In order to use "power button" to shutdown or suspend my lfs. >> I enabled the depreciate /proc/acpi/event in kernel, >> and install acpid to handle the button event. >> It works well. >> >> But is there any clear way

Re: [lfs-support] Problems starting the final LFS system

Lázaro Morales wrote: > Hello, > > After complete the LFS book, when I restart the computer I get a few > errors messages and the computer stuck after this: > > /lib/lsb/init-functions: line 590: /run/var/bootlog: No such file or > directory > /etc/rc.d/init.d/rc: line 217: /var/log

Re: [lfs-support] .sh file for chapter 6 (all mounts in one)

Yasser Zamani wrote: >> I'll note that you only want to call this once per boot. You don't want to >> do all those mounts multiple times unless you unmount them when you exit >> chroot. > > Actually I done these because of foot note at > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter0

Re: [lfs-support] .sh file for chapter 6 (all mounts in one)

Yasser Zamani wrote: > Hi there, > > While processing chapter 6 of LFS-7.1 could be long, I would like to share my > .sh file which prepares your environment to continue with chapter 6 after system reboot. > > While you are logged in as root (via command su), issue following command to create a

Re: [lfs-support] LFS Chapter 6.37. Automake-1.11.3 error

Andrew Kaunchy wrote: > Sorry for the message isn't plain text just now... > > Hello there! > > This is my first building LFS by following the LFS-BOOK-7.1. > After long time work,more than 12 hours since the building process > started,a problem occured when I was making 'Automake-1.11.3' tests a

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.1 - 6.17. GCC-4.6.2

Lázaro Morales wrote: > Hello, > > The GCC compilation process finished fine, but I get the next errors in > the testing phase and then the test is stopped. > > === libgomp Summary === > [...] > make[2]: Target `check-target' not remade because of errors. >

Re: [lfs-support] mounting via .bashrc as root (2 suggestions)

Yasser Zamani wrote: > Please see the Note at LFS-7.1 section 5.35 at > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter05/changingowner.html > which says: "The commands in the remainder of this book must be performed > while logged in as user root and no longer as user lfs. Also, double ch

Re: [lfs-support] mounting via .bashrc as root (2 suggestions)

Yasser Zamani wrote: > Hi there, > > I have two suggestions for the book which I hope will be helpful: > > As in every computer boot up and logging in as lfs user I had to run 'mount /dev/sda7 /mnt/lfs' as root, I added (rewrited) this to .bashrc file as following (rewriting LFS-7.1 4.4. Setting

Re: [lfs-support] Shoul I remember (keep in mind) all steps?!

Yasser Zamani wrote: > Hi there, > > At first thank you very much for this useful site and book! > > Currently I'm doing jobs step-by-step with no getting any errors; however, > sometimes the steps are very specific e.g. GCC pass 2 steps. GCC needs that > patch, fixincludes should be suppressed,

Re: [lfs-support] Chapter 5 questions

Qrux wrote: > If LFS is just a source code project, then to some extent you can say that > prose style or organization is irrelevant. It's not, because it's often > repeated that it's a book, as well. So, style is important, because > organization can aid understanding. The descriptions and the

Re: [lfs-support] Chapter 5 questions

Qrux wrote: > One solution is to keep saying: "Reread Section 5." 5.3? > I'm exploring other solutions, because I think it's silly to insist that the > book is well-written when, for every single release, many people are confused > by how to begin Chapter 5. I didn't have an issue. But I can c

Re: [lfs-support] Chapter 5 questions

Qrux wrote: >> The users need to learn to think about what needs to be done, not just >> copy/paste without understanding. > > As a proxy example of ambiguity, do you not see the...confusion...some might > experience when in your previous email, you said: > >> If you follow the instructions lit

Re: [blfs-support] X unsolved and networking solved

Ken Moffat wrote: > On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 11:14:19AM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> Ken Moffat wrote: >> >>> Actually, 10 bootable partitions on a dos disk is pushing it - I >>> suppose one or more of /boot, /home, swap is in a primary partition. >> Why? &

Re: [lfs-support] Chapter 5 questions

Qrux wrote: > LFS devs, writers, and editors, please try to understand that the LFS can > read like a list of GPS coordinates given at 1mm spacings without altitude > and annotations. If I follow it *exactly*, and assume no errors in the > readings or the map, and I make the same set of assumptio

Re: [lfs-support] Chapter 5 questions

Scott Robertson wrote: >> What part of: > >> "For each package: > >> 1. Using the tar program, extract the package to be built. In Chapter 5, >> ensure >> you are the lfs user when extracting the package. >> 2. Change to the directory created when the package was extracted. >> 3. Follow the bo

Re: [lfs-support] Chapter 5 questions

Scott Robertson wrote: Please don't top post on the LFS lists. > I started reading 7.0, and I was doing OK until about Chapter 5. Until I > realized that some of my directories didn't seem right. Somehow I ended up > with just a "sources" directory on the LFS partition. I'm not a hardened > ex

Re: [lfs-support] Chapter 5 questions

Scott Robertson wrote: > 1) I don't think that is true. The manual contradicts itself. On the one > hand it tells you to put stuff in $LFS/tools, but then it specifically > recommends NOT putting things in there during the initial compilation > process. It also tells people to create an LFS part

Re: [lfs-support] Bk7.1_Ch6.17 GCC-4.6.2 search order of 'include directories'

pete Spam-Avoider wrote: > Hi, > > I'm building stable book 7.1 (Bk-7.1) using a stable > book 6.8 (Bk-6.8) system which meets all the > "Host System Requirement" of Bk-7.1. > > I've followed the book to the letter. All commands have > been taken from the text of Bk-7.1 by cutting a

Re: [lfs-support] error while booting

ankit vishwakarma wrote: > the following error occurs whie booting lfs > > *mounting virtual file systems: /run /proc /sys /dev > [OK] > /etc/sysconfig/network: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token 'newline' > /etc/sysconfig/network: line 1: 'HOSTNAME=' > >

Re: [lfs-support] error in vim inn chapter 6.61

ankit vishwakarma wrote: > the terminal type is xterm. > and the information concerning LANG and LC_environment variables is as follows These are all ok. > so do i need not worry and continue with the build or what should i do > please provide help. It's a curious minor issue, but I can't figur

Re: [lfs-support] error in vim inn chapter 6.61

ankit vishwakarma wrote: > cp test51.ok test.ok > ../vim -u unix.vim -U NONE --noplugin -s dotest.in test51.in > 3,6c3 > < NewGroup xxx term=bold > --- >> NewGroup xxx term=bold cterm

Re: [lfs-support] error in udev in chapter 6.60

ankit vishwakarma wrote: > i have installed kmod but there is no file named /lib/libkmod.so so do > i have to install kmod again Please don't top post. If /lib/libkmod.so does not exist then kmod wasn't installed. You may have built it, but overlooked the make install line. Yes, install kmod a

Re: [lfs-support] error in udev in chapter 6.60

ankit vishwakarma wrote: > while issuing the make command in udev chpater 6.60 for lfs 7.1 the > following error results.please provide help > > > CC src/src_udevadm-udev-builtin-kmod.o > src/udev-builtin-kmod.c:30:21: fatal error: libkmod.h: No such file or > directory > compilation terminated.

Re: [lfs-support] PS1 for user lfs

Andrew Benton wrote: > On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:38:37 +0100 > Philippe Delavalade wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> I'm building svn-9812 ; my host is debian/wheezy ; I encounter for the >> first time a little problem in 4.4. >> >> When becoming user lfs and after having passed the command >> >> source .bash_p

Re: [lfs-support] PS1 for user lfs

Philippe Delavalade wrote: > Le samedi 21 avril à 00:32, Bruce Dubbs a écrit : >> Philippe Delavalade wrote: >>> Le vendredi 20 avril à 23:51, Bruce Dubbs a écrit : >>> [...] >>>> Everything except PS1 seems OK. >>> it's to complicated for me :-

Re: [lfs-support] PS1 for user lfs

Philippe Delavalade wrote: > Le vendredi 20 avril à 23:51, Bruce Dubbs a écrit : > [...] >> Everything except PS1 seems OK. > > it's to complicated for me :-) > >> Did you do 4.3: `su - lfs` > > Yes, sure ! I tried three times ; the first time, I th

Re: [lfs-support] PS1 for user lfs

Philippe Delavalade wrote: > Le vendredi 20 avril à 23:22, Bruce Dubbs a écrit : >> Philippe Delavalade wrote: >> >>> .bashrc and .bash_profile are exactly those of the book :-( >>> >>> My only deviation from the book is to have given a specific gid and

Re: [lfs-support] PS1 for user lfs

Philippe Delavalade wrote: > .bashrc and .bash_profile are exactly those of the book :-( > > My only deviation from the book is to have given a specific gid and uid to > lfs when executing groupadd and useradd, but I think it's not the reason > why PS1 goes wrong. Setting a specific uid and gid

Re: [lfs-support] PS1 for user lfs

Philippe Delavalade wrote: > Hi. > > I'm building svn-9812 ; my host is debian/wheezy ; I encounter for the > first time a little problem in 4.4. > > When becoming user lfs and after having passed the command > > source .bash_profile > > I don't obtain the right prompt ; all variables are corre

Re: [lfs-support] Network config (Chapters 7.2 and 7.6 of the LFS book 7.1)

loki wrote: > Heya, > > wanted just to give my two cents regarding the new > sysconfig/ifconfig.eth# methodolgy. > With the old one (network-devices directory) I had the possibility to > put more then one option for one ethernet card (for instance one ip > address and two static routes within 3

Re: [lfs-support] Do lfs devs write patches?

On Apr 9, 2012 11:44 PM, "gmspro" wrote: > > @bruce, > > >>Yes. > > >> -- Bruce > > Yes for what? Yes for 'Or do they copy patches somewhere and store there in that mirror?' or Yes for 'Do some particular lfs devs write these patches? http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/7.1/ ' Look at w

Re: [lfs-support] Glibc and -march=i486 option

ante wrote: > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:09 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> ante wrote: >>> Well, I try to ask it once more. Can anybody explain (or give me a link to >>> relevant discussion) why glibc should be compiled with -march=i486 option? >>> I remember that in

Re: [lfs-support] Glibc and -march=i486 option

ante wrote: > Well, I try to ask it once more. Can anybody explain (or give me a link to > relevant discussion) why glibc should be compiled with -march=i486 option? > I remember that in LFS 5.0 it was recommended to clear CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS > during compilation; but why it is recommended -march=i

Re: [lfs-support] Do lfs devs write patches?

gmspro wrote: > Do some particular lfs devs write these patches? > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/7.1/ > > Or do they copy patches somewhere and store there in that mirror? Yes. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch

Re: [lfs-support] Udev Symlinks in Xorg

Please post X problems on blfs-support. -- Bruce Esben Stien wrote: > I've made some rules in Udev: > > #Logitech Dinovo Keyboard > SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{bInterfaceClass}=="03", > ATTRS{bInterfaceProtocol}=="01", ENV{ID_CLASS}="kbd", > SYMLINK+="input/keyboard-dinovo" > > #Logitech MX Re

Re: [lfs-support] LFS + Rootkits

loki wrote: >>> ...and a rootkit was installed. >> A very interesting story. I'm interested how a regular user was able to >> install a rootkit. I realize that you may not know. > > Didn't have the time to analyse that but I presume through privilege > escalation. > Cause this user had direct a

Re: [lfs-support] LFS + Rootkits

loki wrote: > Heya, > > First this is not a support request but a live story from someone > using LFS heavily in real life situations and servers and why I would > choose LFS before any distribution based server. > Let me introduce myself. Im into LFS since version number 3 - 4. > Can't rememb

Re: [lfs-support] Can i write my own init scripts skiping linuxfromscratch boot scripts? Can i skip patching?

gmspro wrote: > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter07/bootscripts.html > > > Here there are bootscripts. I want to make my own linux. That's why i > don't want to use others' script. If i don't install those scripts > will the lfs work or will it be bootable? > > If i don't i

Re: [lfs-support] Problem Booting New Kernel

Kshitij Jain wrote: > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Andrew Benton wrote: > >> On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:54:08 +0100 >> Kshitij Jain wrote: >> >>> After Configuring the Gruband restarting the system my system >> grub >>> menu shows and kernel boots. After few seconds it stops loading on >>

Re: [lfs-support] Adding firmware to the kernel

Ken Moffat wrote: > My latest machine has an ATI 760G (Radeon 3000) video controller. > According to dmesg, it is trying to load R600_rlc.bin for KMS. So, > I got the firmware, and put it in firmware/radeon/ in the kernel > tree. But it doesn't find it (this is without an initrd). > > My confi

Re: [lfs-support] Can't login after kernel loading, some configuration problem with kernel loading

gmspro wrote: >> From /etc/initab > > id:2:initdefault: > > It was id:1:initdefault: before , It should be 3. > Now i get the login prompt , i typed root and the password, that > doesn't login successfully, it prompts me to login again and again, > may be some problem setting root password. > >

Re: [lfs-support] Can't login after kernel loading, some configuration problem with kernel loading

gmspro wrote: > cat /var/log/boot.log ... > Apr 04 02:01:00 +07:00 lfs Setting up Linux console... OK > During boot at the last phase i see the first column is with some > unreadable characters and in place of [ok] at the rightmost column > also unreadable characters there. > And at the last ph

Re: [lfs-support] Kernel is not loading successfully

gmspro wrote: > cat /etc/fstab > > /dev/sdb8 /ext4defaults1 1 > #/dev/ swap swap pri=1 0 0 > proc /procproc nosuid,noexec,nodev 0 0 > sysfs /sys sysfsnosuid,noexec,nodev 0 0 > d

Re: [lfs-support] Kernel is not loading successfully

gmspro wrote: > During kernel boot i get some errors/failure. > Here is the logs > > Apr 03 20:08:42 +07:00 (none) Mounting virtual file systems: /run /proc /sys > /devFAIL > Apr 03 20:08:42 +07:00 (none) FAIL > Apr 03 20:08:42 +07:00 (none) FAILURE: Did you build the kernel with CONFIG_TMPF

Re: [lfs-support] wget and openssl

Jim Washko wrote: > Great. Looks like I got openssl, wget, and Certificate Authority > Certificates. > > I then booted and everything looks good. > > I went to test wget by attempting to get Zip. (wget http// > downloads.sourceforge.net/infozip/zip30.tar.gz > > It tells me > > "Resolving http.

Re: [lfs-support] wget and openssl

Jim Washko wrote: > OK I unset the language and tried the make again and it looked like it was > compiled correctly (openssl). I do the make test and the results are shown > below: > seed-ofb base64 > zlib > 3078559368:error:25066067:DSO support routines:DLFCN_LOAD:could not load > the shared libr

Re: [lfs-support] wget and openssl

Jim Washko wrote: > On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 8:23 PM, Jim Washko wrote: > >> >> On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> >>> Jim Washko wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I am working on getting wget installed and it se

Re: [lfs-support] wget and openssl

Ken Moffat wrote: > On Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 07:25:36PM -0400, Jim Washko wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am working on getting wget installed and it seems I need openssl. I go >> to untar it, change to that folder, and run the following command: >> >> patch -Np1 -i ../openssl-1.0.1-fix_manpages-1.patch &

Re: [lfs-support] wget and openssl

Jim Washko wrote: > Hello, > > I am working on getting wget installed and it seems I need openssl. I go > to untar it, change to that folder, and run the following command: > > patch -Np1 -i ../openssl-1.0.1-fix_manpages-1.patch && > ./config --prefix=/usr zlib-dynamic \ > --openssldi

Re: [lfs-support] Networking Question

Jim Washko wrote: > I have gone through the whole LFS 7.0 book and it boots great. I am running > it on VirtualBox > > I am doing this for a project in my class and I am now required to give it > networking capabilities, I am assuming I just need to go through the > networking section in BLFS, and

Re: [lfs-support] preprocessor error

Ken Moffat wrote: > Update - I did an install on a new machine today, using LFS-7.1 with > a separate /boot partition, and after building/installing grub-1.99 > it did NOT need the symlink, so I guess it really was a grub-1.97 > bug. I didn't need it for 1.97. I think it more likely that you ha

Re: [lfs-support] lfs live cd and being blind

Eleanore Boyd wrote: > I am working on getting accessibility support back into the livecd in > general, and am trying to replace the GNOME window manager with fluxbox, > so it might be a while before it can without breaking. To be honest, I > didn't expect my announcement to generate this much

Re: [lfs-support] problem with glibc

Lázaro Morales wrote: > En 29/03/2012 14:13:05, ankit vishwakarma > escribió: > >> after running the version.sh script the following is the output >> >> ankit@ankit-Inspiron-1012:~$ bash version-check.sh >> bash, version 4.2.10(1)-release >> /bin/sh -> /bin/dash should

Re: [lfs-support] There is a "No such file" error in chapter 6.6 Creating Essential Files and Symlinks

xinglp wrote: > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/development/chapter06/createfiles.html > > touch /var/log/{btmp,lastlog,wtmp} > chgrp -v utmp /var/run/utmp /var/log/lastlog > chmod -v 664 /var/run/utmp /var/log/lastlog > chmod -v 600 /var/log/btmp > > The "/var/run/utmp" was not created

Re: [lfs-support] [lfs-dev] glibc-2.15 config error

Cyril LEVIS wrote: > Hi, > > I build on an debian wheezy host. > > I get the following error when running > (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter05/glibc.html) > > lfs@debian:/mnt/lfs/sources/glibc-build$ ../glibc-2.15/configure > --prefix=/tools --host=$LFS_TGT > --build=$

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.1: error in chapter 5.9.1

Klaus Becker wrote: > Hi, > > CC="$LFS_TGT-gcc -B/tools/lib/" \ >AR=$LFS_TGT-ar RANLIB=$LFS_TGT-ranlib \ >../binutils-2.22/configure --prefix=/tools \ >--disable-nls --with-lib-path=/tools/lib > is wrong. When I am in binutils-build, it can't work. > > it must be > CC="$LFS_TGT-gcc -B

Re: [lfs-support] /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.14-gdb.py?

al...@verizon.net wrote: > I've also been bedeviled by the ldconfig problem reported by Andy > so I'm wondering if there has been any new thinking emerged > in the past two years on this topic. > > Bruce sends the interested reader to a Bug report wherein someone > seemed to be comfortable with a

Re: [lfs-support] TGT in ~/lfs/.bashrc

Klaus Becker wrote: > Hi, > > config.guess says me that the name of my host machine is > > "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu". Indeed I have an AMD64 with Debian Squeeze. > > So do I have to replace > > "LFS_TGT=$(uname -m)-lfs-linux-gnu" > > in ~/lfs/.bashrc by > > "LFS_TGT=$(uname -m)-lfs-x86_6

Re: [lfs-support] Kernel

siefke_lis...@web.de wrote: > I have 4 kernels compiled but ever come kernel panic. > > The Message is: > > VFS cannot open root device "sda2" or unknown block. > Please append a correct root= > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1928169 Mar 24 00:31 System.map-3.2.12 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 79290 Mar

Re: [lfs-support] Mountfs bootscript stops shutdown

Fernando de Oliveira wrote: >> If you can run an experiment for me, there are a couple of >> tests you can >> make to check this out. The stop portion of the script >> now reads: >> >> stop) >># Don't unmount tmpfs like /run >>log_info_msg "Unmounting all other >> currently mounted file

Re: [lfs-support] Mountfs bootscript stops shutdown

Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > --- Em qui, 22/3/12, Bruce Dubbs escreveu: > >> De: Bruce Dubbs Assunto: Re: [lfs-support] Mountfs bootscript stops >> shutdown Para: "LFS Support List" Data: Quinta-feira, 22 de Março >> de 2012, 17:44 Fernando de Oliveira wrote: &g

Re: [lfs-support] preprocessor error

Ken Moffat wrote: > As you guessed, separate boot partitions can give problems with > grub2. Then I haven't done a good job at explaining. "One recommendation is to have a separate small partition just for boot information. That way each build, whether LFS or some commercial distro, can acc

Re: [lfs-support] Mountfs bootscript stops shutdown

Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > --- Em qui, 22/3/12, Bruce Dubbs escreveu: > >> De: Bruce Dubbs >> Assunto: Re: [lfs-support] Mountfs bootscript stops shutdown >> Para: "LFS Support List" >> Data: Quinta-feira, 22 de Março de 2012, 13:20 >> Fernando de

Re: [blfs-support] glib libs and includes

LM wrote: > Am attempting to build the glib and the gtk libraries. I built libffi > which glib requires. I noticed libffi puts its include files under > the lib directory and not under the usual include directory. The blfs > information leaves the files where they are. I checked the Debian > pa

Re: [lfs-support] Mountfs bootscript stops shutdown

Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > # cat /etc/lfs-release SVN-20120311 > > As the subject reads, the mountfs bootscript stops shutdown to > complete. > > The offending part is > > # Make all LVM volume groups unavailable, if appropriate if [ -x /sbin/vgchange ]; then /sbin/vgchange -an; fi ;; > as

Re: [lfs-support] preprocessor error

siefke_lis...@web.de wrote: > Hello, > > i have finished the installation without any errors. Only now, grub want not > start the LFS System. File not found is the message from Grub. This falls in the category of "It doesn't work." We can't help if you don't give any details. Where is the ker

Re: [lfs-support] ln -sv ../usr/bin/cpp /lib

Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Rick Shelton wrote: > >> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 7:41 AM, Alexander Kapshuk >> wrote: >>> While working on '6.17.1. Installation of GCC', I created and cd'd into >>> '/sources/gcc-build'. One of the instructions suggests creating this >>

Re: [blfs-support] building pkg-config-0.26 not finding glib library

Martins Gulbis wrote: > Hoping to make a learning experience out of this, can you > point me to some docs or a web site, that explain how the makefile and > gcc interpret "-lglib-2.0" and wind up linking to the desired library. man ld -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listin

Re: [lfs-support] error while toolchain linking

ankit vishwakarma wrote: > the following error occured while performing the linking please > provide some help regarding this. Thank you > > > > lfs@ankit-Inspiron-1012:/mnt/lfs/tools$ SPECS=`dirname $($LFS_TGT-gcc > -print-libgcc-file-name)`/specs > i686-lfs-linux-gnu-gcc: command not found > d

Re: [lfs-support] expect5.45 fails to even start building (jhalfs or book problem?)

Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > Em 13-03-2012 13:56, Bruce Dubbs escreveu: >> Fernando de Oliveira wrote: >>> Since yesterday, I am trying to build LFS7.1-svn (today: Version >>> SVN-20120311) using jhalfs. >>> >>> Build stops in Chapter 5 (tools) at exp

Re: [lfs-support] bash: mount: command not found

gdsi wrote: > On 03/15/2012 04:50 PM, Andrew Benton wrote: >> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:09:16 + >> gdsi wrote: >> >>> Hello. >>> I had reached to LFS-7.1 ch.6.13, all were ok. On next day after >>> performing all needed mount's and chroot I received: >>> root:/# echo $LFS >>> /mnt/lfs >>> root:/#

Re: [lfs-support] Failures when booting

Jim Washko wrote: > Thanks for the quick response. I am using a Virtual machine (on > VirtualBox). > > I fixed the /etc/profile section and I am not getting that error > anymore. I tried to stop and start the system log and kernel log daemons > again and they are still throwing "Fail" What h

Re: [lfs-support] expect5.45 fails to even start building (jhalfs or book problem?)

Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > Since yesterday, I am trying to build LFS7.1-svn (today: Version > SVN-20120311) using jhalfs. > > Build stop in Chapter 5 (tools) at expect, last build at > > real 53m36.342s > user 34m33.426s > sys 7m35.036s > >> lfs@MintLG /media/LFS71/jhalfs/logs $ cat 040-

Re: [lfs-support] ISO-8859-6 not found in : lfs/blfs bootscripts/lang.dat

yban...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi All > > ISO-8859-6 not found in : lfs/blfs bootscripts/lang.dat > > Where can find it ? We've never had a lang.dat file. If you want the 8859-6 locale, you can generate it: localedef -i ar_AE -f ISO-8859-6 ar_AE Check glibc-2.14.1/localedata/SUPPORTED for other

Re: [lfs-support] 9

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Re: [lfs-support] 6.9 Glibc Errors

Jim Washko wrote: > I am running my first install with Ubuntu 11.10 and have stuck to the LFS > 7.0 book. When I run the > > cp -v ../glibc-2.14.1/iconvdata/gconv-modules iconvdata > make -k check 2>&1 | tee glibc-check-log > grep Error glibc-check-log > > commands on 6.9, I get errors at the end

Re: [lfs-support] Q: HOWTO: chainload from GRUB2 on /dev/sdb to GRUB2 on /dev/sda ?

Jeremy Henty wrote: > It's frustrating - I can only find explicit instructions for the case > where you chainload from one GRUB2 to a second GRUB2 on the boot > sector of a partition (ie. *not* on the MBR of another disk). The > one time I saw someone else explicitly asking how to do w

Re: [lfs-support] Q: HOWTO: chainload from GRUB2 on /dev/sdb to GRUB2 on /dev/sda ?

Jeremy Henty wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote: > >> I don't know how to exactly do what you are trying to do, but try >> dropping to the grub command line and manually try some commands >> (ls, etc). You might want to try something like: >> >> grub

Re: [lfs-support] Q: HOWTO: chainload from GRUB2 on /dev/sdb to GRUB2 on /dev/sda ?

Jeremy Henty wrote: > My working system is LFS 6.6 on /dev/sdb and I have a brand new LFS > 6.7 on /dev/sda . I would like to chainload from GRUB2 on /dev/sdb to > GRUB2 on /dev/sda . > > My first attempt was this entry in /boot/grub/grub.cfg on /dev/sdb: > > menuentry "LFS 6.7" { >

Re: [lfs-support] Headers in the system's include directory. Still Confused.

Qrux wrote: > What's this udev situation with rc1? It's fine. > Is udev not working with the svn kernel version? Yes, it works. A user was trying a new udev with an old(er) kernel/glibc. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.

Re: [lfs-support] ext{3,4}

Jim Michmerhuizen wrote: > I'm about to build LFS, for about the fourth time in six years. I'm on > ubuntu 10.04.4, intent on using a 20GB ext4 partition. > > The manual for LFS-7.0 specifies an ext3 partition. Is this important > enough to make me reformat my /dev/sda11? No, you can use ex

Re: [lfs-support] Headers in the system's include directory. Still Confused.

al...@verizon.net wrote: > Q1. Was I supposed to move the 'linux-x.y.z/include/' files to > '/usr/include/' immediately after I installed Glibc? Actually you did that in section 6.7. > Q2. Am I supposed to move the 'linux-x.y.z/include/' files to > '/usr/include/' each time after I install a

Re: [lfs-support] 7.1-rc1 pcre

John Harrigan wrote: > In the Preface, Rationale for Packages in the Book, it explains > the rationale for PCRE but PCRE is not listed in 3.2 All Packages. > > I'm assuming the PCRE reference is just left over from a previous > iteration of the book, is that correct? Yes it is. Thanks for pointi

[lfs-support] LFS-7.1-rc1 is released

The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the release of LFS Version 7.1-rc1. This is the first release candidate on the road to LFS-7.1. This It is an incremental release with updates from LFS-7.0 to 20 packages as well as fixes to bootscripts and text throughout the book. We en

Re: [lfs-support] /lib/lsb/init-functions - statusproc, etc

Qrux wrote: > On Feb 18, 2012, at 4:46 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > >> Qrux wrote: >> >>> Here's the current statusproc() function: >> That's not current. Look at > > Yes, I was looking at LFS-7.0. > > I assumed there was some sort of b

Re: [lfs-support] /lib/lsb/init-functions - statusproc, etc

Qrux wrote: > Here's the current statusproc() function: That's not current. Look at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/development/scripts/apds02.html I think you are looking at lfs-7.0. lfs-7.1-rc1 will be out tomorrow. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-

Re: [lfs-support] 6.06 Creating Essential Files and Symlinks

Andrew Benton wrote: > On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:53:25 -0800 > Qrux wrote: > >> "Empirical" testing shows that login writes to btmp. I infer, from that >> description given at TLDP, that everything that logs a bad-login attempt >> (e.g., login) ought to be writing to this file. It is NOT an SSH-

Re: [lfs-support] 6.06 Creating Essential Files and Symlinks

Andrew Benton wrote: > On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:01:55 -0800 > Qrux wrote: > >> After installing OpenSSH, I'm seeing errors like this: >> >> sshd[1226]: Excess permission or bad ownership on file /var/log/btmp >> Quick google turns up: >> >> https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1825 >> >>

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-7.0 7.13. The Bash Shell Startup Files

Baho Utot wrote: > I have started on BLFS-SVN > Upon compiling openssl I got this error > > Operating system: i686-whatever-linux2 > perl: warning: Setting locale failed. > perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: > LANGUAGE = (unset), > LC_ALL = (unset), > LANG = "

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