Re: If SBU measure include test time?

2010-06-30 Thread Mike McCarty
littlebat wrote: [...] > I sugguest adding a note in SBU section such as: the test time should > be included into SBU measure in Chapter 6 if the package has a testsuite > and shouldn't be included into SBU measure in Chapter 5 anyway. > Although it will not affect us to make a working LFS withou

LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - 6.13. GMP-5.0.1

2010-06-30 Thread Face
root:/sources/gmp-5.0.1# ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-cxx --enable-mpbsd checking build system type... pentium2-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... pentium2-unknown-linux-gnu checking for a BSD-compatible install... /tools/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane..

Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - 6.7 Linux API Headers

2010-06-30 Thread Face
the file is there and nothing wrong with it, however, i think the tar command is the problem On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 6:20 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Face wrote: >> cannot extract linux-2.6.34.tar.bz2 >> >> >> root:/sources# tar xjvf linux-2.6.34.tar.bz2 >> tar (child): linux-2.6.34.tar.bz2: Cannot

Re: Problem installing the "nouveau" driver

2010-06-30 Thread Neal Murphy
On Wednesday 30 June 2010 21:46:02 al...@verizon.net wrote: > Simon, Trent, Mike: > > Thank you very much for the rich, detailed, interesting > theories and explanations about video drivers, booting, > X, fonts, pixels, my boot-up component steps, etc. > All this knowledge and experience is obvious

Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - 6.7 Linux API Headers

2010-06-30 Thread littlebat
On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 05:42:03 +0300 Face wrote: re-download. > cannot extract linux-2.6.34.tar.bz2 > > > root:/sources# tar xjvf linux-2.6.34.tar.bz2 > tar (child): linux-2.6.34.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or > directory tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now > tar: Child retu

Re: LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - 6.7 Linux API Headers

2010-06-30 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Face wrote: > cannot extract linux-2.6.34.tar.bz2 > > > root:/sources# tar xjvf linux-2.6.34.tar.bz2 > tar (child): linux-2.6.34.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory > tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now > tar: Child returned status 2 > tar: Error is not recoverable: exi

LFS (Version SVN-20100529) - 6.7 Linux API Headers

2010-06-30 Thread Face
cannot extract linux-2.6.34.tar.bz2 root:/sources# tar xjvf linux-2.6.34.tar.bz2 tar (child): linux-2.6.34.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now -- Sincerely, --

Re: If SBU measure include test time?

2010-06-30 Thread Bruce Dubbs
littlebat wrote: > I am learning LFS BOOK 6.6. > > Do you mean every SBU measure include test time described in the head > of the page of the package in Chapter 6 which has a testsuite and don't > include test time in Chapter 5? Yes. The SBU times are really only a guide. They are quite variab

Re: Problem installing the "nouveau" driver

2010-06-30 Thread alupu
Simon, Trent, Mike: Thank you very much for the rich, detailed, interesting theories and explanations about video drivers, booting, X, fonts, pixels, my boot-up component steps, etc. All this knowledge and experience is obviously worth a thread of its own, something I'd be following keenly. BUT h

Re: If SBU measure include test time?

2010-06-30 Thread littlebat
On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:44:56 -0500 Bruce Dubbs wrote: > littlebat wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I try to measure SBU when installing every package with command > > "time {}" and consider post my measure into > > " http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~sbu ". > > > > > > 1, If only those packages marked

Re: Issue with chroot

2010-06-30 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Saxon Landers wrote: > hi, i have just finished chapter 5 of the LFS6.6 book, and have > completed ch 6 to 6.3. I am up to chrooting into the environment. > > here's where the problem arises. the chroot command passes (is that the > right word?) the /tools/bin/env command with argument -i, howev

Issue with chroot

2010-06-30 Thread Saxon Landers
hi, i have just finished chapter 5 of the LFS6.6 book, and have completed ch 6 to 6.3. I am up to chrooting into the environment. here's where the problem arises. the chroot command passes (is that the right word?) the /tools/bin/env command with argument -i, however when i run the full chroot

Re: Problem installing the "nouveau" driver

2010-06-30 Thread Mike McCarty
Simon Geard wrote: > On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 10:25 -0500, al...@verizon.net wrote: You were ok up to here... > The 80x25 mode you boot in is special in that regard, because that > combination of pixels and fonts is implemented in the BIOS itself, as a > standard feature going back 20 years. And bei

Re: If SBU measure include test time?

2010-06-30 Thread Bruce Dubbs
littlebat wrote: > Hi, > > I try to measure SBU when installing every package with command > "time {}" and consider post my measure into > " http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~sbu ". > > > 1, If only those packages marked "SBU testsuite included" should include > the time spent on test into SBU

If SBU measure include test time?

2010-06-30 Thread littlebat
Hi, I try to measure SBU when installing every package with command "time {}" and consider post my measure into " http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~sbu ". 1, If only those packages marked "SBU testsuite included" should include the time spent on test into SBU measure? 2, Or, don't include the

Re: Problem installing the "nouveau" driver

2010-06-30 Thread Simon Geard
On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 10:25 -0500, al...@verizon.net wrote: > With "nouveau", my boot-up goes through these basic steps: > > 1. The original/"regular" console sequence (80x25) At this point, the display is under BIOS control, running in the default text mode - the same as for GRUB, and (depending