Re: [lfs-support] No wireless connection to network

2013-11-22 Thread hans kaper
Op Mon, 18 Nov 2013 06:35:07 +0100 schreef Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com: hans kaper wrote: Compared with the discussion about efi-booting, which I follow with interest and admiration, I am still in the stone-age. I installed LFS 7.4 on an old laptop. It boots fine, but I cannot connect

[lfs-support] No wireless connection to network

2013-11-17 Thread hans kaper
Compared with the discussion about efi-booting, which I follow with interest and admiration, I am still in the stone-age. I installed LFS 7.4 on an old laptop. It boots fine, but I cannot connect wireless to my network. Wired is no problem (although I cannot find the eth0-device anywhere; how

Re: [lfs-support] Some BLFS Packages Before Making LFS-7.4 Bootable

2013-10-31 Thread hans kaper
Op Thu, 31 Oct 2013 21:02:22 +0100 schreef Ken Moffat zarniwh...@ntlworld.com: On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 02:28:27PM -0500, Dan McGhee wrote: So that I can hit the deck running after I get my new system to boot, I want to add a few packages, and their associated boot scripts, from BLFS. These

Re: [lfs-support] Grateful

2013-10-20 Thread hans kaper
Op Fri, 18 Oct 2013 23:42:03 +0200 schreef Dan McGhee beesn...@grm.net: I decided to write this since even in my old age I like receiving feedback that my efforts are not in vain. Hats off to you {,B}LFS editors, maintainers, developers and list supporters. The job you do is almost

Re: [lfs-support] Grateful

2013-10-20 Thread hans kaper
Op Sun, 20 Oct 2013 15:53:50 +0200 schreef hans kaper spaky...@xs4all.nl: Op Fri, 18 Oct 2013 23:42:03 +0200 schreef Dan McGhee beesn...@grm.net: I decided to write this since even in my old age I like receiving feedback that my efforts are not in vain. Hats off to you {,B}LFS editors

Re: [lfs-support] Inetutils check error (SOLVED)

2013-10-11 Thread hans kaper
Op Wed, 09 Oct 2013 23:16:30 +0200 schreef William Harrington kb0...@berzerkula.org: On Oct 9, 2013, at 3:32 PM, hans kaper wrote: Always helps to not miss a package install! I can usually tell when someone missed a package, but this is the first encounter of someone not installing iana

[lfs-support] Inetutils check error

2013-10-09 Thread hans kaper
Building Inetutils in LFS 7_4 I got a check error. It did not prevent a successful build, but it did prevent reaching internet. The log was: make[3]: Entering directory `/sources/inetutils-1.9.1/tests' localhost: hans-Dimension-8300 PASS: localhost ping: unknown protocol icmp. Failed at pinging

Re: [lfs-support] Inetutils check error

2013-10-09 Thread hans kaper
Op Wed, 09 Oct 2013 18:03:55 +0200 schreef William Harrington kb0...@berzerkula.org: On Oct 9, 2013, at 10:33 AM, hans kaper wrote: FAIL: ping-localhost.sh traceroute to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1), 64 hops max ../src/traceroute: can't find supplied protocol 'icmp' Failed at UDP tracing

Re: [lfs-support] Inetutils check error

2013-10-09 Thread hans kaper
Op Wed, 09 Oct 2013 21:48:49 +0200 schreef hans kaper spaky...@xs4all.nl: Op Wed, 09 Oct 2013 18:03:55 +0200 schreef William Harrington kb0...@berzerkula.org: On Oct 9, 2013, at 10:33 AM, hans kaper wrote: FAIL: ping-localhost.sh traceroute to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1), 64 hops max ../src

Re: [lfs-support] Inetutils check error (SOLVED)

2013-10-09 Thread hans kaper
Op Wed, 09 Oct 2013 22:08:55 +0200 schreef hans kaper spaky...@xs4all.nl: Op Wed, 09 Oct 2013 21:48:49 +0200 schreef hans kaper spaky...@xs4all.nl: Op Wed, 09 Oct 2013 18:03:55 +0200 schreef William Harrington kb0...@berzerkula.org: On Oct 9, 2013, at 10:33 AM, hans kaper wrote: FAIL

Re: [lfs-support] Unable to login SOLVED

2013-10-05 Thread hans kaper
Op Fri, 04 Oct 2013 23:13:20 +0200 schreef Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com: Then: strace -olog.txt login I looked at a trace for my system. Do you have /etc/group? These are my opens, disregarding library and files not found: open(/etc/login.defs, O_RDONLY) = 3

Re: [lfs-support] Unable to login

2013-10-04 Thread hans kaper
Op Thu, 03 Oct 2013 23:04:51 +0200 schreef William Harrington kb0...@berzerkula.org: On Oct 3, 2013, at 3:24 PM, hans kaper wrote: I added a line and an error occurred. So login.defs was read. Now find the line that is causing the invalid argument chroot and run login and see what

Re: [lfs-support] Unable to login

2013-10-04 Thread hans kaper
Op Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:13:50 +0200 schreef Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com: hans kaper wrote: Op Thu, 03 Oct 2013 23:04:51 +0200 schreef William Harrington kb0...@berzerkula.org: On Oct 3, 2013, at 3:24 PM, hans kaper wrote: Also, install strace and run login and see what happens

[lfs-support] Unable to login

2013-10-03 Thread hans kaper
I build LFS 7.4 from the book. It boots all-right but I cannot login: login: root password: xx crypt: Invalid argument Trying another user fails too. I double checked inittab and the shadow-build, but found no faults. The same goes for the kernel-config file. What can be the reason of the

Re: [lfs-support] Unable to login

2013-10-03 Thread hans kaper
Op Thu, 03 Oct 2013 22:05:25 +0200 schreef Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com: hans kaper wrote: I build LFS 7.4 from the book. It boots all-right but I cannot login: login: root password: xx crypt: Invalid argument Trying another user fails too. I double checked inittab

Re: [lfs-support] Unable to login

2013-10-03 Thread hans kaper
Op Thu, 03 Oct 2013 22:13:02 +0200 schreef William Harrington kb0...@berzerkula.org: On Oct 3, 2013, at 3:01 PM, hans kaper wrote: login: root password: xx crypt: Invalid argument Not using pam? LFS book 7.4, page 124:... They also require Linux-PAM which is not available in LFS

Re: [lfs-support] Unable to login

2013-10-03 Thread hans kaper
Op Thu, 03 Oct 2013 22:20:51 +0200 schreef Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com: hans kaper wrote: Op Thu, 03 Oct 2013 22:05:25 +0200 schreef Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com: hans kaper wrote: I build LFS 7.4 from the book. It boots all-right but I cannot login: login: root password

Re: [lfs-support] More control and package management using package users

2013-09-23 Thread hans kaper
Op Mon, 23 Sep 2013 21:05:01 +0200 schreef Rob Taylor rtaylor...@gmail.com:I have been working through LFS 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4 testing and revising scripts for this package management system.I have added a number of scripts and in some cases almost entirely rewritten the existing scripts. While I

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-7.4 grub-install problem

2013-09-20 Thread hans kaper
Op Fri, 20 Sep 2013 16:48:17 +0200 schreef Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com: Geoff Swan wrote: I recently proceeded with the LFS-7.4 build, using a FC16 bootstrap host, which built nicely all the way to the grub-install part in chapter 8.4. The FC16 bootstrap OS is on sda and the new LFS

Re: [lfs-support] Error building gcc pass 2 in ch.5

2013-09-19 Thread hans kaper
Op Wed, 18 Sep 2013 22:25:30 +0200 schreef Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com: hans kaper wrote: After failing to be able to use the tools from LFS 7.3 in 7.4, I decided to build the tools from the book 7.4. I soon ran into another problem: after building the tools up and until Binutils pass 2

Re: [lfs-support] Error building gcc pass 2 in ch.5

2013-09-19 Thread hans kaper
Op Wed, 18 Sep 2013 22:25:30 +0200 schreef Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com: hans kaper wrote: ../../gcc-4.8.1/gcc/system.h:205:20: fatal error: cstring: No such file or directory # include cstring ^ compilation terminated. The file cstring is not found. I assume it has to be somewhere

Re: [lfs-support] Error building gcc pass 2 in ch.5 (solved)

2013-09-19 Thread hans kaper
Op Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:10:20 +0200 schreef hans kaper spaky...@xs4all.nl: Op Wed, 18 Sep 2013 22:25:30 +0200 schreef Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com: hans kaper wrote: After failing to be able to use the tools from LFS 7.3 in 7.4, I decided to build the tools from the book 7.4. I soon

[lfs-support] Error building gcc pass 2 in ch.5

2013-09-18 Thread hans kaper
After failing to be able to use the tools from LFS 7.3 in 7.4, I decided to build the tools from the book 7.4. I soon ran into another problem: after building the tools up and until Binutils pass 2 without errors, I got the following error building GCC, pass 2: i686-lfs-linux-gnu-g++ -c

[lfs-support] Error building Headers in ch. 6

2013-09-07 Thread hans kaper
Op Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:54:07 +0200 schreef Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com: Just to note that the packages in Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 do not have to be identical: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~bdubbs/files/updating-lfs.html Just to recap, I built Chapter 5 using LFS 6.6. I then

Re: [lfs-support] gcc (pass 2) compile error

2013-07-14 Thread hans kaper
Op Sun, 14 Jul 2013 03:08:09 +0200 schreef Erich Schulman (KT4VOL/KTN4CA) chibito...@gmail.com:Unfortunately I have now been stopped dead in my tracks. I used Acronis Disk Director 11 to increase my swap to 6 GB. Instead, it nuked my swap, /home, and /lfs partitions. I may as well go back to the

Re: [lfs-support] Ch.5.20: findutils install error

2013-07-06 Thread hans kaper
Op Thu, 04 Jul 2013 22:42:47 +0200 schreef Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com: hans kaper wrote: Building LFS 7.3 I get an install-error in ch.5.20: Findutils-4.4.2: It seems you did not configure with --prefix=/tools. The log should say: test -z /tools/bin || /tools/bin/mkdir -p /tools

[lfs-support] Ch 5.13: Check fails to build

2013-07-04 Thread hans kaper
I am building LFS 7.3, copy-pasting from the book into scriptfiles. I restarted with ch.5 about five times, but I get no further then ch. 5.13, building Check 0.9.9. I have not seen any conspicuous errors building from the earlier paragraphs and certainly no FAILURES. The end of the make-log

Re: [lfs-support] Ch 5.13: Check fails to build

2013-07-04 Thread hans kaper
Op Thu, 04 Jul 2013 16:56:55 +0200 schreef Thanos Baloukas baloukast...@sch.gr: On 07/04/2013 05:14 PM, hans kaper wrote: Take a look there: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/errata/stable/ Yes, it works!! Thanos and Pierre, many thanks. Hans. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman

[lfs-support] Ch.5.20: findutils install error

2013-07-04 Thread hans kaper
Building LFS 7.3 I get an install-error in ch.5.20: Findutils-4.4.2: .. make[3]: Entering directory `/mnt/lfs/sources/findutils-4.4.2/find' test -z /usr/bin || /tools/bin/mkdir -p /usr/bin /tools/bin/install -c 'find' '/usr/bin/find' /tools/bin/install: cannot remove

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-7.3: Kernel hang problem

2013-07-01 Thread hans kaper
rootdelay=rootwait=Those are two options you can use. 5 seconds is usually good for rootdelay.So you could pass rootdelay=5 to the kernel when using usb devices.rootdelay=5 was not enough for me. I had to use 10 seconds.Hans.-- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ:

Re: [lfs-support] Coreutils make error in ch.6.26

2013-06-25 Thread hans kaper
I was building LFS 7.2, but got stuck building Coreutils in ch.6.26., probably because of an incomplete build of Perl in ch.5.28. The problem could not be solved. My last idea was to build Perl 5.16.2 instead of Perl 5.16.1, but to no avail. So I have decided to start from scratch with LFS

Re: [lfs-support] Coreutils make error in ch.6.26

2013-06-25 Thread hans kaper
Op Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:54:07 +0200 schreef Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com: Just to note that the packages in Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 do not have to be identical: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~bdubbs/files/updating-lfs.html Thanks for the tip. At first glance an interesting piece; I

Re: [lfs-support] Coreutils make error in ch.6.26

2013-06-23 Thread hans kaper
Op Sat, 22 Jun 2013 22:38:11 +0200 schreef Ken Moffat zarniwh...@ntlworld.com: Odd. I don't see that in mine. Perhaps your perl tarball became corrupted. Does its md5sum match the book ? I just checked that: yes, the md5sum matches. It looks as if your build of perl in chapter 5 was

Re: [lfs-support] Coreutils make error in ch.6.26

2013-06-22 Thread hans kaper
Op Fri, 21 Jun 2013 21:52:50 +0200 schreef William Harrington kb0...@berzerkula.org:On Jun 21, 2013, at 2:11 PM, hans kaper wrote:Can't locate unicore/Heavy.pl in @INC (@INC contains: /tools/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.1/i686-linux /tools/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.1 /tools/lib/perl5/5.16.1/i686-linux

[lfs-support] Coreutils make error in ch.6.26

2013-06-22 Thread hans kaper
I am building LFS 7.2 bij copy-pasting the commands from the book in scripts. In chapter 6.26 building Coreutils 8.19 I get an error: Making all in man make[2]: Entering directory `/sources/coreutils-8.19/man' GEN cut.1 Can't locate unicore/Heavy.pl in @INC (@INC contains:

Re: [lfs-support] Coreutils make error in ch.6.26

2013-06-22 Thread hans kaper
Op Sat, 22 Jun 2013 18:01:23 +0200 schreef Ken Moffat zarniwh...@ntlworld.com: On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 04:58:52PM +0200, hans kaper wrote: Op Fri, 21 Jun 2013 21:52:50 +0200 schreef William Harrington kb0...@berzerkula.org: . I see that you've re-posted your original query

[lfs-support] Coreutils make error in ch.6.26

2013-06-21 Thread hans kaper
I am building LFS 7.2 bij copy-pasting the commands from the book in scripts. In chapter 6.26 building Coreutils 8.19 I get an error: Making all in man make[2]: Entering directory `/sources/coreutils-8.19/man' GEN cut.1 Can't locate unicore/Heavy.pl in @INC (@INC contains:

[lfs-support] Support archives

2013-01-23 Thread Hans Kaper
I cannot reach the LFS Support Archives:Page not found. Something wrong? Hans. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-support] No to rewrite the wheel but I'm scripting the LFS Book...

2012-01-05 Thread Hans Kaper
Op Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:03:05 +0100 schreef jasonps...@jegas.com: I know there is ALFS and JALFS or whatever and I might refer and or use those but for me, I personally like the book layout, so I'm making scripts for each CHUNK along the way. HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS! --Jason P Sage Have you

Re: Book bug?

2011-08-05 Thread Hans Kaper
Does this happen with any other PDF readers, or is it just evince? I have not got any problem with copy-paste from the PDF-book. Hans. David Shaw - -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above

Re: Shadow's su using Package Users will not switch

2011-06-23 Thread Hans Kaper
Op Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:18:45 +0200 schreef William Immendorf will.immend...@gmail.com: On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:14 PM, jpkaper spaky...@xs4all.nl wrote: After installing Shadow from chapter 6.55, switching as root to a new user with su gave the error:Setgid: Operation not permitted. I

Re: Grub with Windows XP on a separate disk

2010-12-15 Thread Hans Kaper
Op Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:08:14 +0100 schreef Andrew Benton b3n...@gmail.com: Hello World! In order to make room for more games (the only reason I run Windows) I recently reinstalled Windows XP on a separate hard disk. If I go into the BIOS boot menu and get the BIOS to boot that disk then

Re: Grub2 and ext4

2010-10-21 Thread Hans Kaper
Op Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:32:59 +0200 schreef linux fan linuxscra...@gmail.com: I am always afraid of touching MBR and would almost never do so No problem if you have two or more harddisks, USB-sticks or USB-drives to boot Linux from. Just make a copy of the MBR in danger with dd and put it

Re: LFS on USB?

2010-03-08 Thread Hans Kaper
Op Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:09:15 +0100 schreef littlebat dashing.m...@gmail.com: On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:08:18 +0100 Hans Kaper spaky...@xs4all.nl wrote: My grub entry for my LFS6.4 stick is: title Linux From Scratch 6.4 Kernel 2.6.30.2 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/lfskernel-2.6.30.2

Re: LFS on USB?

2010-03-07 Thread Hans Kaper
My grub entry for my LFS6.4 stick is: title Linux From Scratch 6.4 Kernel 2.6.30.2 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/lfskernel-2.6.30.2 root=/dev/uba1 Omit the root=/dev/uba1-option. root (hd0,0) points already to the device you want to boot from. On all my builds the root= part always points

Re: LFS-6.6 booting USB grub

2010-02-25 Thread Hans Kaper
was to delete the root= option altogether when booting from the USB-device because the bootpartition is already defined with the root(hd0,0) Grub-entry. I am curious to know what the experts have to say about why the UUID- and LABEL-options don't work. Hans Kaper. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org

Re: Unable to boot from usb harddisk

2010-01-28 Thread Hans Kaper
Op Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:48:42 +0100 schreef Hans Kaper spaky...@xs4all.nl: Last september I posted a problem about not being able to boot from an USB Harddisk. That problem was solved by: - inserting a kernel bootoption rootdelay=10, - deleting a root= kernel bootoption, because

Unable to boot from usb harddisk

2010-01-21 Thread Hans Kaper
Last september I posted a problem about not being able to boot from an USB Harddisk. That problem was solved by: - inserting a kernel bootoption rootdelay=10, - deleting a root= kernel bootoption, because the kernel starts looking for initialisation info by default in its own partition

Re: Errors in compiling glibc

2009-10-13 Thread Hans Kaper
a look at it and find the culprit. Hans Kaper. -- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Valid Group Names

2009-10-04 Thread Hans Kaper
. But why do you use the details in the first place? I use the suggestions from the package-management system and strip the details, only keeping the name of the package. Hans Kaper -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-10-02 Thread Hans Kaper
Op Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:38:29 +0200 schreef Baho Utot baho-u...@columbus.rr.com: Hans Kaper wrote: Op Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:19:29 +0200 schreef Baho Utot baho-u...@columbus.rr.com: J.P.Kaper wrote: I am building LFS from book 6.4 on an ext3 logical partition of an external USB harddisk. My

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-10-01 Thread Hans Kaper
. But nevertheless I am very grateful for your help. Hans Kaper. -- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-10-01 Thread Hans Kaper
a report on the last thing it tried. Mike See my reply to Baho Utot. Problem solved now. Thanks for your attention, Mike. Hans Kaper. -- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-10-01 Thread Hans Kaper
Op Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:05:52 +0200 schreef Danny Engelbarts d.engelba...@gmail.com: On Tuesday 29 September 2009 22:19:24 Hans Kaper wrote: Good suggestion. So once again I made an entry in Grub's menu.lst, carefully copying the disk/by-id-field from the SUSE-entry that boots allright from

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-10-01 Thread Hans Kaper
not work, so I will try your suggestions (if the forum-moderator allows us to carry on the thread). Hans Kaper. -- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-09-29 Thread Hans Kaper
Op Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:32:17 +0200 schreef Spahn, Daniel dsp...@cuh2a.com: Booting from the USB disk fails with [4.410067] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (2,0) Have you tried changing the partition number up or down by one? Yes, I have, but

Re: Kernel panic - booting from USB harddisk

2009-09-29 Thread Hans Kaper
Op Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:29:08 +0200 schreef Baho Utot baho-u...@columbus.rr.com: Ken Moffat wrote: 2009/9/26 J.P.Kaper spaky...@xs4all.nl: Maybe somebody else can find the right suggestion to let me solve my problem. Hans Kaper. One of the problems with usb drives is that they can