Re: my lsmod versus LFS DVD lsmod

2010-03-22 Thread Mike McCarty
brown wrap wrote: > > The system boots, I can log into it remotely, it mounts my disks, I > just can't use any keyboard or mouse. The filesystems and such are > not modules, they are just included in the kernel. Ah, ok. That wasn't clear to me. Those are the only two loadable modules. Mike -- p

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-22 Thread linux fan
On 3/22/10, brown wrap wrote: > Today I booted up the LFS 6.3 DVD and its works as well. I found its .config > and tried to use it to build a kernal: > > > make mrproper > > Copied it to .config > > make oldconfig > > make > > make modules_install > > and then copied everything to its place in the

Re: my lsmod versus LFS DVD lsmod

2010-03-22 Thread brown wrap
> For example, I have no idea what > ohci1394 is. > > Firewire.  If you don't know that you need it, you > probably don't. OK, thanks. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information

Re: my lsmod versus LFS DVD lsmod

2010-03-22 Thread brown wrap
> You are leaving out many necessary things. I'm no kernel > expert, > but how can you hope to boot without any disc drivers or > file > systems present? > > I think your problem goes much deeper than just a mouse not > working. > I'm surprised you aren't panicking with root file system > not fo

Re: my lsmod versus LFS DVD lsmod

2010-03-22 Thread Ken Moffat
On 22 March 2010 19:56, brown wrap wrote: > my kernel loads two modules: > > ohci_hcd               19241  0 > ehci_hcd               30605  0 > > lsmod of LFS 6.3: > > Module                  Size  Used by > usbhid                 32704  0 > ext3                  118664  2 > jbd                  

Re: my lsmod versus LFS DVD lsmod

2010-03-22 Thread Mike McCarty
brown wrap wrote: > my kernel loads two modules: > > ohci_hcd 19241 0 > ehci_hcd 30605 0 Prominently not here, but present below, is usbcore. However, didn't you say that even your normal keyboard and PS/2 mouse don't work? I also don't see any file systems, nor any

Re: my lsmod versus LFS DVD lsmod

2010-03-22 Thread Bruce Dubbs
brown wrap wrote: > My problem is I don't know how to make the one-to-one correspondence > in building a kernel. For example, I have no idea what ohci1394 is. Firewire. If you don't know that you need it, you probably don't. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-supp

LFS 6.4 Ok?

2010-03-22 Thread Mike McCarty
I've got a 6.4 machine which I'm interested in starting in on BLFS, and wonder whether it might be better to restart and build 6.6 before attempting to proceed with BLFS. If I need later than 6.4, then... The last time I tried jhalfs, I had problems which needed manual fixups. I'd like just to wi

my lsmod versus LFS DVD lsmod

2010-03-22 Thread brown wrap
my kernel loads two modules: ohci_hcd 19241 0 ehci_hcd 30605 0 lsmod of LFS 6.3: Module Size Used by usbhid 32704 0 ext3 118664 2 jbd69360 1 ext3 psmouse46620 0 pcspkr

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-22 Thread linux fan
On 3/22/10, brown wrap wrote: > So now I went back to building a clean kernel that will at least boot again. Possibly try rm .config make defconfig ARCH=x86_64 Then make menuconfig and select things you know that you will need built into the kernel. Try to avoid making any alterations to any inp

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-22 Thread Mike McCarty
brown wrap wrote: >> Your best bet, I think, is to use lsmod with CentOS >> running, and see >> what's loaded, and configure appropriately. >> > > I used lsmod on the running CentOS and it must have had nearly 100 modules. That isn't surprising. The point is to identify what modules are there, an

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-22 Thread brown wrap
> > Your best bet, I think, is to use lsmod with CentOS > running, and see > what's loaded, and configure appropriately. > I used lsmod on the running CentOS and it must have had nearly 100 modules. > Anyway, you might try replacing the USB mouse with a > regular one, > either PS/2 or serial

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-22 Thread linux fan
On 3/22/10, linux fan wrote: > -When- does the keyboard start to not work? If it works at a console login but not in X-windows, that happened to me, and I reconfigured xorg-server to fix the scenario where dbus and hal were installed, but I was not running them, and thus the xorg-server obliging

Re: Kernel panic - VFS

2010-03-22 Thread Mike McCarty
Yaacov-Yoseph Weiss wrote: [...] > I would recommend improving chapter 8.3 of the book (configuring and compiling > the kernel) by adding these hints about configuring the kernel, i.e. > using lspci, > lsmod, and enabling many options. I would agree with this except that the kernel is such a rap

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-22 Thread Mike McCarty
brown wrap wrote: [...] Your best bet, I think, is to use lsmod with CentOS running, and see what's loaded, and configure appropriately. > I'd be happy to get any keyboard and mouse to work. Here is a link to > the Knoppix problem, where none of the input devices work: I used a > Knoppix dvd tha

Re: write error with new version of tar

2010-03-22 Thread Mike McCarty
linux fan wrote: > On 3/19/10, Mike McCarty wrote: > >> I wonder if "head" is closing the input pipe when it has read >> all it needs, and that's causing the error. I can't reproduce >> that problem with my host system, however. > > It is tar-1.23 and not head Umm, I didn't mean to imply that h

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-22 Thread linux fan
On 3/21/10, brown wrap wrote: > I'd be happy to get any keyboard and mouse to work. I wonder is your usb problem just the keyboard and the mouse? In my config # CONFIG_KEYBOARD_XTKBD is not set # CONFIG_MOUSE_SERIAL is not set I always thought XTKBD was obsoleted long ago. To me, "serial" refer

Re: Kernel panic - VFS

2010-03-22 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Yaacov-Yoseph Weiss wrote: > I would recommend improving chapter 8.3 of the book (configuring and compiling > the kernel) by adding these hints about configuring the kernel, i.e. > using lspci, lsmod, and enabling many options. There's way too many different issues for Chapter 8. Did you read th

Re: Can't find commads in chroot environment

2010-03-22 Thread Andrew Benton
On 22/03/10 05:56, Caramon Majere wrote: > I have accomplished all steps in LFS-BOOK-6.3 until 6.7, when I compiled > Linux API header in *chroot environment*. > > The error message is sample and clearly: xargs is not here.Howerver it is in > the path /tools/bin,while the environment PATH is set

Re: Kernel panic - VFS

2010-03-22 Thread Yaacov-Yoseph Weiss
Andrew Benton wrote: >> I added CONFIG_PATA_VIA, and that did not help. > which CONFIG_PATA_VIA depends? If I were you I'd enable support for lots of > things that > may, possibly be needed and compile them all into the kernel. Use lspci as a > guide and Thanks. When enabling lots of options I

Re: Can't find commads in chroot environment

2010-03-22 Thread stosss
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 1:56 AM, Caramon Majere wrote: > I have accomplished all steps in LFS-BOOK-6.3 until 6.7, when I compiled > Linux API header in chroot environment. > The error message is sample and clearly: xargs is not here.Howerver it is in > the path /tools/bin,while the environment PAT

Re: Which chipset for USB?

2010-03-22 Thread Simon Geard
On Sun, 2010-03-21 at 10:27 -0700, brown wrap wrote: > Well, I have tried dozens of configurations to try and get my USB > ports to work and nothing has succeeded. There is a config that works, > because my USB ports work on CentOS, but I am tired of fighting the > issue. I simply want a recommenda

Can't find commads in chroot environment

2010-03-22 Thread Caramon Majere
I have accomplished all steps in LFS-BOOK-6.3 until 6.7, when I compiled Linux API header in *chroot environment*. The error message is sample and clearly: xargs is not here.Howerver it is in the path /tools/bin,while the environment PATH is set to /tools/bin. I have installed xargs in step 5.18.I