Re: gEDA-user: 20050329 install problem

[handsome greg <xdissent@xxxxxxxxx>]

art of electronics is the best book ever written.  its expensive, but
worth double the cost.  good luck.

handsome greg
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On Apr 2, 2005 9:12 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Saturday 02 April 2005 20:25, Stuart Brorson wrote:
> >sys_lib_search_path_spec
> 
> This was enough of a clue that I was able to see that it
> was using the .la file in /usr/local/lib, which did indeed
> point it at the defunct directory.  So I grabbed the one
> out of /root/kde3.3/lib and over wrote it as that one
> correctly points to the correct location in /root/kdce3.3/lib.
> 
> Sidebar here:  Would it not make more sense to open
> ldconfig.cache and see where it is?  In a properly maintained
> system, it knows where everything is.
> 
> Unforch, that only allowed it to get to the next hangup, from
> exactly the same error as before.
> 
> So, I went thru the /usr/local/lib dir, checking .la files and
> replaceing any that still had the bad link path with those from
> /root/kde3.3/lib which did have the correct 'dependency list' paths.
> 
> Then wiped the install dir clean and started over.  And it looks
> like libtool is now working, I've seen it go by in the stdout many
> times now.  And now I see /usr/bin/install scrolling by at about
> 10^33rd fenceposts/hour so I think I'm on my way.  And yes, one
> could, without stretching the truth too far, call this system hosed.
> Funny thing though, its getting (except for things like this) plumb
> stable.  I play with kernels constantly, and I must say that if
> you aren't running 2.6.12-rc1, your rocket has a plugged fuel
> injector.  Most everything Just Works(TM).  I'm not running it
> at the moment, playing with one of Ingo Molnars realtime-preempt
> patches on top of 2.6.12-rc1.  Everything works but my pcHDTV-3000
> card.  It seems to lose dma priviledges or something.
> 
> Silly (probably) Q:  Is there an html build something step by step
> tutorial buried in this someplace that would give a rank beginner
> at EDA a helping hand?  I can read chip docs, and wirewrap fairly
> complex stuff which worked when I got done but that was 20 years
> back down in the pile of old calendars too, so I need a helping
> hand at 'larnin the lingo'.  Is there such a thing as a good starter
> book available at Borders or such that covers enough of this to be
> usefull?
> 
> Thanks Stuart
> 
> --
> Cheers, Gene
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