Changeset 3336852 for introduction/welcome

Timestamp:

04/14/2003 06:29:34 PM (21 years ago)

Author:

Larry Lawrence <larry@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, v1_0, v5_0, v5_0-pre1, v5_1, v5_1-pre1, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

ec4b257

Parents:

73a7e571

Message:

edit kde, prune TOC

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@849 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Location:

introduction/welcome

Files:

• askhelp.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)

introduction/welcome/askhelp.xml

@@ -12 +12 @@
 your problem, include as much relevant information as possible in your
 request for help.</para>
+
+<sect2>
+<title>Things to check prior to asking</title>
+
+<para>Before asking for help, you should review the following
+items:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Is the hardware support compiled into the kernel or
+available as a module to the kernel.  If it is a module, is it configured
+properly in <filename>modules.conf</filename> and has it been loaded.  You
+should use <userinput>lsmod</userinput> to see if it's loaded. Check the
+<filename>sys.log</filename> or run <userinput>modprobe
+&lt;driver&gt;</userinput>
+to review any error message.  If it loads properly, you may need to add
+the <userinput>modprobe</userinput> to your boot scripts.</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>Are your permissions properly set, especially for
+devices.  LFS uses groups to make these settings easier, but it also
+adds the step of adding users to groups to allow access. A simple
+<userinput>moduser -G audio &lt;user&gt;</userinput> may be all that's
+necessary for that user to have access to the sound
+system.  Any question that starts out with "It works as root, but not as
+..." should review permissions throughly prior to asking.</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>BLFS liberally uses <filename>/opt/&lt;package&gt;</filename>. The main objection to this centers around the need to
+expand you environment variables for each package placed there (e.g.
+PATH=$PATH:/opt/kde/bin).  In some cases, the package will walk you
+through the changes, but some will not.</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist></sect2>
 
 <sect2>
@@ -33 +63 @@
 that we won't help you. It'll just help us to see other possible causes of your problem.)</para>
 
+<para>Expect guidance instead of specific instructions. If you are
+instructed to read something, please do so, it generally implies that
+the answer was way too obvious and that the question would not have been asked if a little
+research was done prior to asking. The volunteers in the mailing list
+prefer not to be used as an alternative to doing reasonable research on
+your end.  In addition, the quality of your experience with BLFS is also greatly
+enhanced by this research, and the quality of volunteers is enhanced
+because they don't feel that their time has been abused, so they are
+far more likely to participate.</para>
+
 <para>An excellent article on asking for help on the Internet in general
 has been written by Eric S. Raymond. It is available online at <ulink

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -10 +10 @@
 
 <itemizedlist>
+
+<listitem><para>April 14th,2003 [larry]: Tree pruning.  All unfinished
+work was commented out.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>April 12th 2003 [larry]: modified instructions for