[lfs-support] question about stripping

one within the chroot environment. Is that corect, and if so why is there no potential conflict in section 8.77? Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on

Re: [lfs-support] Important software missing from LFS Basic System

uilt before you boot > the system for a second time. Reading a text browser is the way to > go. > Although, to be accurate, if Links has been installed then running linksg provides a graphical browser without requiring Xorg. Of course, a few more packages are also required as des

Re: [lfs-support] v 9.0: Chpt 6.46 Kmod make error: /usr/lib/liblzma.so: file not recognized: Is a directory

is that, when the mail arrived at my end, it was perfectly formed with no " items in it". Is it Trent, is it you, or is it me that has the problem? I really don't know. It would be interesting to find out what other subscribers are seeing. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/

Re: [lfs-support] v9.0 Chptr 6.21 GCC configure returns: "Building GCC requires GMP 4.2+, MPFR 2.4.0+ and MPC 0.8.0+"

On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 at 19:09, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > On 10/13/19 12:26 PM, Richard Melville wrote: > > On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 at 17:31, Bruce Dubbs > <mailto:bruce.du...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > On 10/13/19 10:56 AM, Ken Moffat wrote: > > > On Su

Re: [lfs-support] v9.0 Chptr 6.21 GCC configure returns: "Building GCC requires GMP 4.2+, MPFR 2.4.0+ and MPC 0.8.0+"

ore positive light. Anyway, that's enough philosophising from me for today :-) Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-8.4 swapfile

on seems to be good for your rare > > configuration. You could also create something like S99local to run > > 'swapon -a'. > > > > -- Bruce > > > > Well when you only have 512MB of ram (raspberry pi) you will need swap. > Swapfile is easy to setup and

Re: [lfs-support] Moving working LFS to a different computer

to use in BLFS and > just ask questions when you are stumped. > If I could just add that, in my many years of experience in a number of different fields, and not just IT, generally speaking far more is learned about an area of concern when things go wrong than when they run without a

Re: [lfs-support] System Configuration on a USB stick?

dy > to get other packages installed to it. But there is no tool to > replicate it from one device to another nor not even a 'installer' > program. > Pei has a laptop running Ubuntu (the host) which comes with dd, which could be used, not whilst LFS is running, clearly, but whilst it is qui

Re: [lfs-support] Creating initial partition when disk names not persistent

> > The way to ensure that GRUB loads the correct root file system is to use > PARTUUID= on the kernel command line. No initrd is required but a > GUID Partition Table (GPT) is required. Most distros use filesystem > UUIDs, but that requires an initrd. > > Booting to a US

Re: [lfs-support] Announcing Basic BLFS (beta)

te that's causing > > problems. > > Whoa! www.linuxfromscratch.org does not have HTTPS support now. It would appear so; I just checked. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above info

Re: [lfs-support] Adjusting tool chain.

ide-effects listed on the back of the packet, and then threw them in the waste bin. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it mess

Re: [lfs-support] LFS8.1 chapter 5.10 : /tools/bin/gcc is dynamically linked to host linker

etc/bash.bashrc and ~/.bashrc, if these files exist. This may be inhibited by using the --norc option. The --rcfile file option will force bash to read and execute commands from file instead of /etc/bash.bashrc and ~/.bashrc." Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.

[lfs-support] asan gcc-7.3.0 test failures

about these failures? Thanks, Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q

Re: [lfs-support] Host system requiremens

ode, which is probably true for most packages. It might be possible to convert Python 2 to Python 3 manually on a package by package basis, but it would be a painstaking business. Let us know how you get on :-) Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxf

Re: [lfs-support] Some blfs programs expect /usr/bin/python

On 13 March 2018 at 16:11, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 03/13/2018 04:49 AM, Richard Melville wrote: > >> On 8 March 2018 at 17:15, Hazel Russman <hazeldeb...@googlemail.com >> <mailto:hazeldeb...@googlemail.com>> wrote: >> >>

Re: [lfs-support] Some blfs programs expect /usr/bin/python

rsions of software, or protocols, are released, it is not possible to force everybody to use them. Maybe laziness plays a part, or familiarity with the old, or just simple economics. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.htm

Re: [lfs-support] Kernel Config, SSD

Maybe check this out:- https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Solid_State_Drive Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the

Re: [lfs-support] stow for package management?

; done as root. > > +1 for porg. I've used it continuously since it was paco and it works well for me. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this

Re: [lfs-support] Page Table Isolation

kernels will leave > many systems non-functional. I think patches need to be pushed back to > 3.19 kernels. > > Ext3 can be run as a reduced-functionality ext4 by simply mounting the partition as ext4 in /etc/fstab. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: h

Re: [lfs-support] what doing after error ch5.17.

doing after error ch5.17. Bison-3.0.4>make check: > >> ''' > >> lfs@debian:/mnt/lfs/sources/bison-3.0.4$ make check > > > > Don't do make check in chapter 5. Tests are not guaranteed to work there. > > Hello, > > Why not have the release book rendered

Re: [lfs-support] Anyone tried the AMD Ryzen 7 1700 processor on LFS?

gt; > cp -v config{fsf,}.guess > cp -v config{fsf,}.sub > > and then run configure. I don't _expect_ to run binaries on a > different machine, but this seems a safer thing to do. > > For Ryzen, I hope to get one - but I need to sort out various things > first (e.g. m

Re: [lfs-support] [blfs-support] LFS on Windows

On 17 May 2017 at 01:09, Walter P. Little <walterplit...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 4:38 PM, Ken Moffat <zarniwh...@ntlworld.com> > wrote: > >> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 10:57:04PM +1200, Simon Geard wrote: >> > On Tue, 2017-05

Re: [lfs-support] [blfs-support] LFS on Windows

On 16 May 2017 at 18:20, akhiezer <lf...@cruziero.com> wrote: > > From: Richard Melville <6tric...@gmail.com> > > Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 16:18:19 +0100 > > > > n 16 May 2017 at 15:44, akhiezer <lf...@cruziero.com> wrote: > > > > > > F

Re: [lfs-support] [blfs-support] LFS on Windows

n 16 May 2017 at 15:44, akhiezer <lf...@cruziero.com> wrote: > > From: Richard Melville <6tric...@gmail.com> > > Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 13:19:19 +0100 > > > > > > On 16 May 2017 at 11:57, Simon Geard <delga...@ihug.co.nz> wrote: > > > >

Re: [lfs-support] [blfs-support] LFS on Windows

On 16 May 2017 at 11:57, Simon Geard <delga...@ihug.co.nz> wrote: > On Tue, 2017-05-16 at 11:03 +0100, Richard Melville wrote: > > Have you missed the worldwide condemnation of Microsoft where Windows > > has allowed crackers to cripple systems, including our own N

Re: [lfs-support] Using an SSD with LFS

ery short period owing to a known bug in the firmware. I think the drive was Crucial or Sandisk, but I can't remember for sure. I downloaded new firmware, and the tool to install it would only run under Windows; very annoying. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ:

Re: [lfs-support] gcc-6.3.0 mpx test failures

On 03/25/2017 01:53 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 12:29:41PM -0400, Richard wrote: In the LFS-7.10 book the following note related to the gcc testsuite is included: -- On some systems, numerous test failures (over 1100

[lfs-support] gcc-6.3.0 mpx test failures

these failures can be resolved. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q

Re: [lfs-support] Why does the udevadm settle command drive my video card crazy?

he framebuffer. There are many tools that can be used to do that: DirectFB, which provides graphic acceleration and transparency; the Links web browser with the "g" option (glinks); fbterm, a terminal emulator; fbi, an image viewer, and many more. If you want a really lightweight system the

[lfs-support] 6.32. Readline-6.3

Just a point of information: wouldn't using the --with-curses configure option provide the same result as "make SHLIB_LIBS=-lncurses" and "make SHLIB_LIBS=-lncurses install"? Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscrat

Re: [lfs-support] zlib-1.2.10 md5 sum?

On 3 January 2017 at 20:15, Pierre Labastie wrote: > I have: > pierre@:/sources$ md5sum zlib-1.2.10.tar.xz > 40f9e5b387a917c60fc0981619dcdfba zlib-1.2.10.tar.xz > > And book says: MD5 sum: d9794246f853d15ce0fcbf79b9a3cf13 That's the md5sum for the .gz version. > >

Re: [lfs-support] What is the best way to backup whole lfs system?

On 31 December 2016 at 13:27, ssmtpmailtesting ssmtpmailtesting <ssmtpmailtest...@gmail.com> wrote: > I did this: cp -arf /mnt/lfs /media/sda7 You don't need both the -a and the -r options as -a includes -r (or -R). Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support

[lfs-support] 7.10-systemd stable Ch 6.17 GCC-6.2.0 tests

nformation that may be useful: the host is running a Btrfs file system with a two SSD RAID setup. Despite reading some doubts about the integrity of Btrfs, I've never experienced any issues with it. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blf

[lfs-support] Adjusting the Toolchain

(entirely possible) so answers would be appreciated. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people nor

[lfs-support] Stray random character in 5.10. GCC-6.2.0 - Pass 2

A minor issue: there is a stray letter "n" between 2.9 and GB in the line "Required disk space" Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not t

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-7.7 i686 build failure

On 19 June 2016 at 20:28, William Harrington <kb0...@berzerkula.org> wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 22:35:42 +0100 > Richard Melville <richard.melvill...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> > On 15 June 2016 at 02:11, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> wrote: >&

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-7.7 i686 build failure

the time taken, of course. Bear in mind though that they do hold a charge. I remember from my time working in labs that some technicians thought it a good idea to charge large electrolytic capacitors and then leave them lying innocently on the work bench for some unwary person to pick up :-) R

Re: [lfs-support] Messages not arriving at your end - test

> On 16 Jue 2016 at 10:58, Richard Melville <richard.melvill...@gmail.com> > wrote: > On 16 June 2016 at 10:23, Richard Melville > <richard.melvill...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Bruce, there is a definite issue at your end with my messages not >> appearing in th

[lfs-support] Messages not arriving at your end - test

again with a .gmail extension. BTW, it's the same across all your mailing lists. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up

Re: [lfs-support] O/T - loading distros *after* lfs

e SSD installed (my physical > issues, also the KVM cables are a bit short, PS/2 keyboard cable > keeps dislodging when I move the case), and this is comparatively > low-end hardware so no hot swap or esata. I can see I may well be > heading for a bootable USB stick. Thant's definitely t

Re: [lfs-support] O/T - loading distros *after* lfs

t; > I really don't mind using their grub, but the automatic build of grub.cfg is > awful. I've NEVER seen it right when there is a 'foreign' distro on the > system. I always back up grub.cfg and then restore it with mods for the new > distro. After all, it really only takes two lines, linu

Re: [lfs-support] LFS - The Force Awakens!

ers. My laptop is leibniz, my web server is spinoza, and this new >> system I'm building will be descartes. > > Surely the most famous philosophers have already been immortalized > in song ? > > https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=philosophers+song ;-) Excellent link, but you

Re: [lfs-support] Why so few gcc test failures in lfs log?

On 01/14/2016 03:29 PM, Thanos Baloukas wrote: On 14/01/2016 03:27 πμ, Richard wrote: Your results are very similar to mine. I used a 1.7 GHz P4 and 3GB RAM. I wonder if there is a way to disable the gcc tests that are just going to time out anyway. There is some information here about

Re: [lfs-support] ipv6 and ifconfig

6 option. As Bruce and William have already said, however, iproute2 is the way to go. I promised Bruce that I would try and write an ipv6 hint in time for the latest book (December, I think he said). Unfortunately, pressure of work has not allowed me to fulfill that promise, but it's still on my r

Re: [lfs-support] Why so few gcc test failures in lfs log?

On 01/12/2016 11:47 AM, Thanos Baloukas wrote: On 12/01/2016 04:42 μμ, Richard wrote: On 01/12/2016 09:14 AM, Douglas R. Reno wrote: I am going to try building on a 2.4GHz P4 with 1.5GB of RAM soon. Do you want me to post my results for GCC here? Douglas R. Reno I would like to see

Re: [lfs-support] Why so few gcc test failures in lfs log?

On 01/11/2016 06:45 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: Richard wrote: Here is a summary of my gcc tests. A lot of programs timed out, did you also have timeouts? No, but it is running at 3.2 GHz. No g++? -- Bruce === gcc tests === Running target unix WARNING: program timed out

Re: [lfs-support] Why so few gcc test failures in lfs log?

on my MB. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting

Re: [lfs-support] Why so few gcc test failures in lfs log?

On 01/11/2016 11:48 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: Richard wrote: I'm just wondering why there are so few gcc-5.2.0 test failures in the LFS-7.8 log at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/build-logs/7.8/ I always have many more test failures than are reported there, and I also see many more

[lfs-support] Why so few gcc test failures in lfs log?

/ This has also been the case for previous versions of LFS. Can someone give me an idea why this is the case? Is it because I have a relatively older system (single processor, 32 bits Pentium 4)? Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org

Re: [lfs-support] Segmentation fault

BLFS page, and the method shown to rectify it should it occur? BTW gkrelim seems like an interesting tool set. I wasn't aware of it. Could it be added to the BLFS book? Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe:

Re: [lfs-support] Can't build Glibc-2.22 in LFS-7.8

to detect the defective RAM. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why

Re: [lfs-support] Can't build Glibc-2.22 in LFS-7.8

xt thing I'd run is e2fsck -f on all the > filesystems. That depends on the file systems used. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messe

Re: [lfs-support] Can't build Glibc-2.22 in LFS-7.8

have an idea what is going wrong with the build. Richard, I don't think I'd go to that extreme "right off the bat". 1- I'd first question the host system gcc. Are you sure it meets the prereqs? I'd make sure of that. 2- If that patch makes your glibc compile work, then that suggests

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-7.7, Ch 6.6

t; be CLFS from an i686 LFS-7.2 system. Well, why not use a live CD? My first LFS was built on a Windows box (yes, many of us started there) running a live CD version of Knoppix. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html

Re: [lfs-support] Thoughts on enhanced security

e two only come together when I insert it into the USB port on the laptop. Once booted, the flash drive can be returned to my pocket. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-support] Thoughts on enhanced security

LFS that > establish the needs of what kind of internal security enhancements of > what scope? How far do *you* take it, and why? See above; obviously a laptop is more critical regarding security. As it is often stated: the only secure computer is one that is not connected to any network, pa

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.8 cannot boot

d to boot > your LFS system. You may just want to modify your current boot loader, e.g. > Grub-Legacy, GRUB2, or LILO. " ...or Syslinux :-) Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above info

Re: [lfs-support] I found a mistake in book 7.8 section 5.5

is top-posting such a bad thing? >> A: Top-posting. >> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style >> > > > If you have a recent tar, it will identify the compression for you. Add a v > if you want to se

Re: [lfs-support] I found a mistake in book 7.8 section 5.5

On 25 October 2015 at 16:44, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> wrote: > Richard Melville wrote: > >>> If you have a recent tar, it will identify the compression for you. Add >>> a v >>> if you want to see the files. >> >> >> Not that rec

Re: [lfs-support] Security issues

On 24 October 2015 at 13:29, Richard Melville <richard.melvill...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 23 October 2015 at 20:53, William Harrington <kb0...@berzerkula.org> wrote: >> On Fri, October 23, 2015 18:07, Richard Melville wrote: >>> On 23 October 2015 at 17:47, Bruc

Re: [lfs-support] Security issues

On 23 October 2015 at 20:53, William Harrington <kb0...@berzerkula.org> wrote: > On Fri, October 23, 2015 18:07, Richard Melville wrote: >> On 23 October 2015 at 17:47, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Richard Melville wrote: >>>> >>&

Re: [lfs-support] Security issues

On 23 October 2015 at 17:47, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> wrote: > Richard Melville wrote: >> >> I'm currently doing a security audit on all my LFS systems and I found >> that one is running udev-181. The question is: are there any security >> issues linked

Re: [lfs-support] Security issues

On 23 October 2015 at 19:16, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> wrote: > Richard Melville wrote: >> >> On 23 October 2015 at 17:47, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Richard Melville wrote: >>>> >>>> >&g

Re: [lfs-support] Ping

. The inetutils ping6 works without those packages. This whole thing is because Richard does not want to add a 6 to a name in /etc/hosts like: 127.0.1.1 turing ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback turing6 I'm not going to add multiple packages to just accommodate this. Users are, of course, able

Re: [lfs-support] Ping

that version only has ping and not ping6. The github version is the latest with more IPv6 tools. I have a combined ping/ping6 .gz man page here but I thought that Bruce said that there was a problem with compressed man pages in LFS. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support

Re: [lfs-support] Ping

On 22 August 2015 at 17:32, Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com wrote: Richard Melville wrote: On 21 August 2015 at 20:41, Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com wrote: Richard Melville wrote: On 21 August 2015 at 19:10, Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com mailto:bruce.du...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [lfs-support] Ping

On 21 August 2015 at 20:41, Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com wrote: Richard Melville wrote: On 21 August 2015 at 19:10, Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com mailto:bruce.du...@gmail.com wrote: Richard Melville wrote: It was ftp and telnet that I was thinking of, along with rcp

[lfs-support] Ping

it. Whilst on the subject of hostname: in whch version of LFS was /etc/hostname added and would this have any bearing on the matter as the LFS version I'm looking at is an old 7.1. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html

Re: [lfs-support] Ping

On 21 August 2015 at 16:43, Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com wrote: Richard Melville wrote: Is there any reason why we use ping from inetutils rather than the version from iputils. I realise that we don't install iputils, but why? Why not? There is no need to change. Even though most

Re: [lfs-support] Ping

On 21 August 2015 at 19:10, Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com wrote: Richard Melville wrote: It was ftp and telnet that I was thinking of, along with rcp, rexec, rlogin, rsh and tftp. Surely, ifconfig has been marked as deprecated for some time and replaced with iproute2. I agree

Re: [lfs-support] Ping

On 21 August 2015 at 18:35, Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com wrote: Richard Melville wrote: On 21 August 2015 at 16:43, Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com mailto:bruce.du...@gmail.com wrote: Richard Melville wrote: Is there any reason why we use ping from inetutils rather than

Re: [lfs-support] Why has /etc/group got a systemd-journal entry?

as the insidious onward march of systemd. Maybe this http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/05/torvalds_sievers_dust_up/ is old news now. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do

Re: [lfs-support] Can't Mount Root Filesystem

, of course, that the running kernel has been set up to save a copy of .config to /proc. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because

Re: [lfs-support] Can't Mount Root Filesystem

it. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad

[lfs-support] Email address variation.

Bruce, my email address, like many in the UK, started out as googlemail rather than gmail. I'm signed up with LFS and BLFS with the original address. At first that address appeared in my posts, but now it always shows as gmail, even though it is sent as googlemail. This wouldn't be a problem if

Re: [lfs-support] Framebuffers

my floppy Linux. I suppose I'll investigate. Does it handle UEFI? Yes, with some limitations:- http://is.gd/KEf0X6 Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post

Re: [lfs-support] Framebuffers

bloated for me. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top

Re: [lfs-support] Oops.

to monitor anyone who uses it. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q

Re: [lfs-support] Swap script not working for me

probably need to investigate some more. If you have the time I would very much welcome your review of btrfs. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post

Re: [lfs-support] Swap script not working for me

On 5 December 2014 at 20:27, Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com wrote: Richard Melville wrote: Just a point of information: the swap script set to run at S20swap in /etc/rc.d/rcS.d comes up too soon and displays an error message, but S60swap works OK. Obviously, working with USB flash media

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.6 build - doesn't find ethernet card

and it renames eth0 to something else, in my case eth1. Perhaps that is causing the eth0 cannot be found error. If that is the case, you can either edit or even delete the 70-persistent-net.rules file (it is automatically generated). Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-7.6 with asterisk

mainstream languages like Lua and Erlang. But then again, maybe you're already committed to Asterisk. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list

Re: [lfs-support] dns settings in the static configuration

the only time we need dhcpd on our *LFS systems is when tethering an Android phone. Richard In addition, I just don't like the extra overhead of that daemon running. If I were in a commercial setting, my approach would be different though. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.6 Kernel Panic

say, then the reason is usually that grub is looking for root fs on the incorrect partition. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.6 | Unsuccessful reboot

that you need. See this link https://packages.debian.org/squeeze/firmware-realtek for further info. You'll need the firmware also. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.6 | Unsuccessful reboot

, IMO. I have to confess that I've not been following this thread in detail; do you have a separate /boot partition? Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.6 | Unsuccessful reboot

on the Arch Linux wiki pages. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.6 | Unsuccessful reboot

I probably gave a wrong answer regarding systemd on a previous reply. Thanks, Regards! Build SYSTEMD with LVM2 support. Look at the optional dependencies when configuring SYSTEMD. He says he's *not* building systemd. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support

Re: [lfs-support] 64-bit Blues

the latter would require btrfs enabled in the kernel (preferably the latest version) and the installation of btrfs-progs (again, preferably the latest version). Then to covert just run btrfs-convert /dev/sdax. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http

[lfs-support] Readline 6.3

/libhistory.so I was wondering why this was chosen, rather than just using '--libdir=/lib' in the configure step. Would not the end result be the same? Or is there something else going on that I am unaware of? I am just curious richard Anything below this line is not endorsed

Re: [lfs-support] Status of Systemd and UEFI Bios Stuff

. As all BIOSs are proprietary, unless replaced with coreboot, it's always a case of try-it-and-see with no guarantee of success or remedies available. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-7.5 Fails to Start after BIOS and Windows Update

capability in Ubuntu with no way to fix it.] For future reference why not create a rescue LFS from your LFS build; that's what I've done and I keep it on a micro SD card. It's been very useful when all else fails. Thanks in advance for any help in this area. Richard -- http

Re: [lfs-support] Preparing for new LFS build

available paco release, so I'm not sure what porg offers that paco didn't. Richard -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page