Redoing Arch from scratch...

Since I am in a constant learning mode with Arch I wanted to do an utter format and reinstall it on the stand alone computer I have. This is the one where I installed arch once before ( and it was working ok ). Going through the installer, I partitioned the hard drive as follows:
disc1 = bootable 1015 MB Primary Root
disc5=780 MB Logical Swap
disc6 =5015 MB Logical usr
disc7 = 7005 MB Logical Var
disc8= 19000 Mb Logical home
All were using ext 3 except swap of course. The part that annoys me is that when it came time to set the mount points ( which is the last column in my small list above), the screen shows a disc2 in the list. What is disc2 and where is it from????? The thing is that I had figured it out before, but I just have no clue at this point.
This is a straightforward ( I thought ) format and install of Arch ( much like you can do with Windows....which may be my first mistake )
Thanks,
BobL

Ah,
Thank you! The moment I read your reply the answer was obvious! Then again, I should not have done this when I was tired. *sigh*
Anyway I can now proceed.
Thanks again!
BobL

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Arch from scratch

Hi there,
I am planning on installing LFS next week with a good friend, for the learning experience. But the lack of a package manager is a big drawback.
Would it be possible to get pacman running on lfs but then also make it possible to upgrade every package on my system. This includes the packages build from source before I installed pacman. Then I could make everything i686 compliant so I could bzip my files and extract it elsewhere and rebuild it for pentium4 or athlon-xp on the computer it's meant for.
I have found some wiki pages on how to install pacman from scratch and make it work on LFS but it doesn't really say how to upgrade packages allready installed. The arch creator, Judd Vinet, made archlinux kind off like this. I guess it would be a very good experience to know the ins and outs of a linux system.

Let's see here, how to explain this.
The way Arch, or any distro for that matter, started off was as an LFS system. This system, we'll call it the bootstrap system since that's basically what it is, serves as an environment in which packages for an entire new system can be created as packages. Once the packages are all built, they can be installed as a new distro and the bootstrap system gets dumped. In other words the bootstrap system ends up being an entirely separate system from the eventual distro, and just a way to get the distro itself on its legs and running.
As I understand it, what you want to do is create something like a bootstrap system and sort of install it in/on top of itself. It seems to me that while it's possible to do, it's incredibly difficult, and PITA to say the least. As an alternative idea, what you might want to do is compile pacman from source, then compile all of BASE using pacman, and take the resulting packages and install them to another partition and in that sense make your own Arch from scratch

Starting over: how do I restart my audio setup from scratch?

I've had JACK, Pulseaudio and ALSA on my desktop at one point or another and seem to be having real issues as of late (ex: VOIP, bluetooth headset works great for audio out, but mic volume stays maxed out and unusable... built-in audio mic works great, but speakers have static + echo effect... playing audio via MPD is fine, but doing anything with VLC locks the computer up... lastly, mplayer or any avriant of is completely unusable, but XBMC works just fine)... I just wanna remove all settings for audio, reboot, and redo it all from scratch... but wanna focus on removing the right things... any help is welcome...

remove jack an pulseaudio. I only have alsa-{utils,oss}
and the sound works flawless
and use alsamixer (in a terminal) to set the vol of all, if you want to save the current vol on reboots add @alsa to the daemons in /etc/rc.conf
Good Luck.
Last edited by joseperezc (2011-04-01 22:07:55)

Filters.cfg - enough info to rebuild my filters from scratch?

I have the luxury of 2 BM servers. On the one, I want to completely delete
all the filters and rebuild from scratch - lots of unneeded, old stuff in
there, and I want to simply put in what I _know_ is needed and wait to get
asked for the rest.
To that end, I copied filters.cfg to my home dir and have been looking over
a printed copy. It seems that everything I need is in there - is there
anything else I should preserve before doing this?
I'm probably also going to replace the NIC for the public side, so I thought
I might swap the NIC, put things right in INETCFG, then go about rebuilding
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TIA.
-S-

"Craig Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, Steve
> Freides
> wrote:
>> To that end, I copied filters.cfg to my home dir and have been
>> looking over
>> a printed copy. It seems that everything I need is in there - is
>> there
>> anything else I should preserve before doing this?
>
> It is a good idea to save all the files in SYS:ETC, and at least save
> the .cfg
> files. Those contain the bulk of the networking info.
>>
>> I'm probably also going to replace the NIC for the public side, so I
>> thought
>> I might swap the NIC, put things right in INETCFG, then go about
>> rebuilding
>> the filters.
>>
> Be sure to rename the NIC to public or private in INETCFG once you
> replace it.
> That requires you to delete and reinstall (manually) the nic, if you
> let
> NetWare autoinstall it. Redoing the public nic in this way wipes out
> your NAT
> config to, so be sure you can redo any static NAT you have in place.
> (It's
> also backed up in the tcpip.cfg file...)
Thanks, Craig. It turns out (as discussed on a thread of mine in the
nw65 abends forum) that my B57.LAN is pretty old, and it was current
through NW65SP5UPD1, but SP6 has a newer one, so I'm going to try that
and see if it can let me avoid replacing the NIC. But I really want to
tear down and redo the filters, so I will take your suggestion and just
copy SYS:\ETC before messing with anything. At some point in the past,
I tried a newer B57 than the one I'm now using and it was worse, not
better, but I'm trying to be an optomist here. :)
No static NAT currently in use, although we have filters in place to
support it on one or two w/s so that adding the NAT means doing just
that and nothing else. The powers that be have decided that any public
IPs that can be avoided should be avoided, so everyone use the VPN
client or they don't get in, save those of us who remote into a BM
server's public IP. I confess I agree with this to the extent that not
having a windows machine on a public IP makes me rest easier.
Thanks again.
-S-
>
> Craig Johnson
> Novell Support Connection SysOp
> *** For a current patch list, tips, handy files and books on
> BorderManager, go to http://www.craigjconsulting.com ***
>
>

Fdisking and reinstalling Windows on a T61 from scratch

I am about to buy a Thinkpad T61. I already have a license for Windows XP Pro at home from my previous computer, and an install CD for it, so I'm thinking of ordering this one with Windows Vista Business, essentially for having the license for the system. I'm pretty sure I will be able to get my hands on an install CD for it eventually.
I'm fairly certain I will want to erase the hard drive from scratch and redo the partitioning once I receive it, and install Windows myself, be it XP or Vista. I understand that by fdisking the hard drive, I will lose the embedded restore capabilities of the machine.
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Thanks.

do you have spare HDD's you can practice on..?
when i do that sort of thing, i make the recovery CD set and then use it on a new/different HDD and keep the original aside for backup..
the recovery process might be different with vista..
the X300 i have created a recovery set without the os as part of it..
so be sure the official release recovery WILL restore all including the OS..
Bill Morrow, kept by parrots
Sysop - forum.thinkpads.com
X300, T60p, X60s,X60T (sxga+), Transnote, MacBook Pro, iPhone, iPod
She was not what you would call refined.
She was not what you would call unrefined.
She was the type of person who kept a parrot.
Mark Twain

My first from-scratch pkgbuild - [solved]

Hi Archers!
Yesterday, I set off on writing my own PKGBUILD from scratch for a package I have adopted - monkey. (http daemon) I had used it previously on Damn Small Linux, and it was one of the programs that spurred my initial interest in Linux. Enough history...
So, I copied over the PKGBUILD.proto into my working directory, and set to work. I filled in the fields per the wiki's packaging guidelines, and stared down the build() function. As much as I know, what happens in here was (and kind of is) still a mystery to me. From my reading, it appears that the build() calls fakeroot and runs the ./configure && make && make install while inside a fakeroot, of course allowing me to record changes made to a fake root filesystem, tar them up, and make a package out of it. Now that I've toyed with it for a while, I see thats not the case. (or maybe it is?) I'm noticing that if I place the ./configure --(opts here) && make && make install inside the build() function, I run into permission errors as the make install tries to install the files on the real root filesystem. hmm.
So I go back and check a few other similar PKGBUILDS. I notice that they use either the prefix= env var or INSTALLDIR= env var to control where to drop the files. So, I tried both (make prefix=$pkgdir install, or make DESTDIR=$pkgdir install ) but nether of those changed anything, and after closer inspection of the Makefile, it appears that neither of those vars are referenced. Poo.
So, I changed the ./configure line to read: ./configure --prefix=$pkgdir/usr --confdir=$pkgdir/etc/$pkgname etc etc... for all the configure opts. That seems to at least drop the files in the right place (the pkg/ dir under the folder that the PKGBUILD is in)
But... there are some changes I would need to make to the Makefile, first of which is that the Makefile actually starts the daemon as part of make install. I tried to write a little sed one liner, but it doesn't seem to work, and I'm getting a little confused at this point. (check the attached PKGBUILD) Also, I tried using diff -u and making a patch which also cut out the last few lines of the make install (@echo *** instructions here) which would be better placed in an .install file, but I can work on that later.
Anyway, I would appreciate any help getting this to work the right way (i.e. not having a bunch of install commands in the build() func), but I may end up going that way anyway. Tell me where I'm going wrong.
Thanks,
Gary.
You can check out the very broken sourceball here
My PKGBUILD:
#Maintainer : Gary Wright <wriggary at g mail.com>
pkgname=monkey
pkgver=0.10.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Monkey HTTP Daemon, is a very small and fast open source web server for Linux"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://www.monkey-project.com/"
license=('GPL2')
groups=()
depends=('gcc-libs')
makedepends=()
optdepends=('php: currently not working, but planned for 0.11.0')
provides=("monkey=$pkgver")
conflicts=()
replaces=()
backup=()
options=()
install=
source=("http://www.monkey-project.com/releases/0.10/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"
"monkey")
noextract=()
md5sums=('d96d79d0768812a179c9fcf95317bda8'
'c6dce4218ef222e60489a4289d8da347')
build() {
cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver
./configure --prefix=$pkgdir/usr --bindir=$pkgdir/usr/bin --sysconfdir=$pkgdir/etc/$pkgname --datadir=$pkgdir/srv/http/htdocs --logdir=$pkgdir/var/log/$pkgname --plugdir=$pkgdir/usr/share/$pkgname --cgibin=$pkgdir/srv/http/htdocs/cgi-bin
make || return 1
sed -n 's/\$(BINDIR)\/monkey/#\${BINDIR}\/monkey/' Makefile
make install || return 1
# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:
The (stupid) Makefile that gets generated with this ./configure line:
# Monkey HTTP Daemon: Makefile
# ============================
PREFIX=/home/gary/aur/monkey-010/pkg/usr
BINDIR=/home/gary/aur/monkey-010/pkg/usr/bin
CGIBIN=/home/gary/aur/monkey-010/pkg/srv/http/htdocs/cgi-bin
SYSCONFDIR=/home/gary/aur/monkey-010/pkg/etc/monkey
DATADIR=/home/gary/aur/monkey-010/pkg/srv/http/htdocs
LOGDIR=/home/gary/aur/monkey-010/pkg/var/log/monkey
PLUGINDIR=/home/gary/aur/monkey-010/pkg/usr/share/monkey
default:
@(cd src; make all)
clean:
@(cd src; make clean)
distclean:
@(cd src; make distclean)
install:
make -C src all
install -d $(BINDIR)
install -d $(CGIBIN)
install -d $(SYSCONFDIR)
install -d ${SYSCONFDIR}/sites
install -d ${SYSCONFDIR}/plugins
install -d $(DATADIR)
install -d ${DATADIR}/imgs
install -d ${DATADIR}/php
install -d ${DATADIR}/docs
install -d ${LOGDIR}
install -d ${PLUGINDIR}
install -m 755 bin/monkey $(BINDIR)
$(BINDIR)/monkey
install -m 755 bin/banana $(BINDIR)
install -m 644 ./conf/*.* $(SYSCONFDIR)
cp -r conf/plugins/security ${SYSCONFDIR}/plugins/
install -m 644 ./conf/sites/* ${SYSCONFDIR}/sites
install -s -m 644 plugins/cheetah/*.so ${PLUGINDIR}
install -s -m 644 plugins/security/*.so ${PLUGINDIR}
install -m 644 ./htdocs/*.* $(DATADIR)
install -m 644 ./htdocs/imgs/*.* ${DATADIR}/imgs
Last edited by wriggary (2010-04-09 15:13:08)

Andrwe - he already posted the Makefile - it doesn't use DESTDIR, prefix, of any other variable that could specify an alternative package root.
wrigarry - here's my version. It installs everything under $pkgdir, doesn't try to run the daemon, and doesn't echo any message - that's as far as I'm going. You can do the rest.
pkgname=monkey
pkgver=0.10.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Monkey HTTP Daemon, is a very small and fast open source web server
for Linux"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://www.monkey-project.com/"
license=('GPL2')
depends=('gcc-libs')
#optdepends=('php: currently not working, but planned for 0.11.0')
provides=("monkey=$pkgver")
source=("http://www.monkey-project.com/releases/0.10/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"
Makefile.patch)
build() {
cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver
./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sysconfdir=/etc/$pkgname \
--datadir=/srv/http/htdocs --logdir=/var/log/$pkgname \
--plugdir=/usr/share/$pkgname --cgibin=/srv/http/htdocs/cgi-bin || return 1
patch -Np0 -i ../Makefile.patch || return 1
make || return 1
make DESTDIR=$pkgdir install || return 1
md5sums=('d96d79d0768812a179c9fcf95317bda8'
'cf61afddb4c53bea688bc225678e3001')
Makefile.patch
--- Makefile 2010-04-09 10:30:26.781831483 +0100
+++ Makefile.new 2010-04-09 10:28:08.591830541 +0100
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
# Monkey HTTP Daemon: Makefile
# ============================
-PREFIX=/usr
-BINDIR=/usr/bin
-CGIBIN=/srv/http/htdocs/cgi-bin
-SYSCONFDIR=/etc/monkey
-DATADIR=/srv/http/htdocs
-LOGDIR=/var/log/monkey
-PLUGINDIR=/usr/share/monkey
+PREFIX=$(DESTDIR)/usr
+BINDIR=$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin
+CGIBIN=$(DESTDIR)/srv/http/htdocs/cgi-bin
+SYSCONFDIR=$(DESTDIR)/etc/monkey
+DATADIR=$(DESTDIR)/srv/http/htdocs
+LOGDIR=$(DESTDIR)/var/log/monkey
+PLUGINDIR=$(DESTDIR)/usr/share/monkey
default:
@(cd src; make all)
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
install -d ${LOGDIR}
install -d ${PLUGINDIR}
install -m 755 bin/monkey $(BINDIR)
- $(BINDIR)/monkey
install -m 755 bin/banana $(BINDIR)
install -m 644 ./conf/*.* $(SYSCONFDIR)
cp -r conf/plugins/security ${SYSCONFDIR}/plugins/
@@ -38,12 +37,4 @@
install -s -m 644 plugins/security/*.so ${PLUGINDIR}
install -m 644 ./htdocs/*.* $(DATADIR)
install -m 644 ./htdocs/imgs/*.* ${DATADIR}/imgs
- @echo
- @echo " Running Monkey :"
- @echo " ----------------"
- @echo
- @echo " # /usr/bin/monkey"
- @echo
- @echo " For more help use '-h' option"
- @echo
Also, you didn't post the code for the "monkey" in your SOURCE array - I presume it's the rc script - so I left it out.

How to start collector inventory from scratch

Hi there,
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Nic

Hi Nic,
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[Solved] Linux From Scratch - gnu-versions.h missing

I am using Arch to build a Linux From Scratch on another partition, but I am having problems compiling as not having the file "gnu-versions.h" is causing problems.
I searched the net and the forums and didn't come up with anything useful.
I installed the automake and autoconf along with other listed prerequisites but still no gnu-versions.h.
I am pretty sure it is part of one of the gnu dev files, but i can't find it.
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Last edited by richs-lxh (2008-10-06 18:59:07)

ghostHack wrote:
errr....
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I was wondering how many of you have built a Linux From Scratch system, and what you thought of it?
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cwgonzalez1192
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Well there is no "official Apple HD / SSD" in any regard, no worries there.
If as you say youre only using same for surfing and word processing, why the need for a SSD? You would not notice any speed diff. in use on either of those,....in boot times yes, but in word or surfing, not.
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Concerned with a boot clone? yes and no. Its an ideal immediate recovery, since you cannot boot from Time Machine, ....in case of HD crash, recovery takes seconds from boot, or 20 mins or so from removing old and installing a clone. All the prosumers and pros have at least one updated clone of their prime machines.
You can do a "fresh install" if you choose, however if your current drive is FINE, why not merely clone it and save yourself some headache?...., but that is your prerogative of course.    Ideally 2 drives, one to backup your data (you need that regardless of installing a new drive for sake of a backup/archive,...ideally 2 actually, not merely one).
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CLONE Apps :
Superduper does not clone the recovery partition, but that is NOT necessary if you keep the original HD as a “backup clone”. Most don’t bother with the recovery partition in a clone, however that is your prerogative.
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
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CCC App
http://www.bombich.com/

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We run EP6 SP2.
I did NOT create a 'crawler profile' for this set up.
thanks,
Biju.

Hi Biju,
re. your NW'04 SP stack 4 migration intention:
NW'04 is still in ramp-up (SP stack 4 is the current shipment bundle of it) so at the current point in time, only participating ramp-up customers can use it.
A migration from EP6.0 SP2 to NW'04 will be possible (but not during the ramp-up phase).
From a Knowledge Management & Collaboration perspective, we will port most of the NW'04 SP stack 4 functions to EP6.0 SP2 as well. These functions will be shipped as EP6.0 SP2 Patch 5 (planned shipment date beginning of Q4 / 2004) so for mid-term, you can also plan to stay on EP6.0 SP2 if you have no other pressing reasons for going to NW'04 (e.g. enhanced Web AS functions).
This feature porting from NW -> EP6.0 SP2 is an 'only-once' action, however, and NetWeaver will be the release for new features in the future.
Regards,
Joerg

Hi Friends... I'm trying to delete a back-up file on mu TC but I get the message "The operation could not be completed because the item "bands" is in use. I'd like to start the Back from scratch, could help me out with deleting the current file?

Hi Friends...
I’m trying to delete a back-up file on mu TC but I get the message “The operation could not be completed because the item “bands” is in use. I’d like to start the Back from scratch, could help me out with deleting the current file?

Sorry, I am very confused. I asked the following question....
Is this the only backup file on your Mac, or do you have other backup files and data on the Time Capsule disk?
The answer that you gave was....
This is the only one
Now you are saying that....
But I have lots of other files on Time Capsule! The back up file is only one of them.
Can you clarify, please?

I am trying to create a RSS feed from scratch

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http://www.networkcomputing.com/rss.php
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http://www.voip-news.com/rss/vnar.xml
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Can I do this without having to input each item individually?
Is this how I should do it anyways with a button linking to this xml file?
I really want to have like 3-5 of the posts to auto update on my home page but I dont know how to embed the RSS into my HTML home page file.
Also, the way I have it coded, will it automatically update the new posts?
or do I have to wait for the new post and input the item into the xml file?
I am very new to the RSS feed so please help.
Thanks,
cp

Here is my HTML code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>

</style>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
<link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="SpryAssets/SpryMasterDetail.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<style type="text/css">
body {
    background-color: #3B5998;
.style2 {
    font-size: 14px
.style6 {
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 11px;
    color: #97B1F4;
.style7 {color: #FFFFFF}
.style8 {
    color: #97B1F4;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 12px;
    font-family: Helvetica;
    margin-left: 35px;
.style9 {color: #97B1F4}
.style10 {
    color: #97B1F4;
    font-size: 12px;
    font-family: Helvetica;
    font-weight: bold;
.style11 {
    color: #97B1F4;
    font-size: 12px;
    font-family: Helvetica;
</style>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<script src="http://config.spry-it.com/js?f=1.7/data/1.7/jsondataset/nestedjsondataset"></script>
<script src="SpryAssets/SpryDataYQLDataSet.js"></script>
<script>
var dsItem = new Spry.Data.YQLDataSet(
    'select * from xml where url="http://www.networkcomputing.com/all.xml"',
    false,
        format:"xml",
        preparseFunc: function( strxml ){
            var xml = Spry.Utils.stringToXMLDoc( strxml ), ds = Spry.Data.XMLDataSet.getRecordSetFromXMLDoc( xml, "rss/channel/item" );
            return ds.data;
function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
window.open(theURL,winName,features);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="banner"></div>
<div id="navigation">
<div id="navbar">
<ul class="style2">
    <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
    <li><a href="solutions.html">Solutions</a></li>
    <li><a href="services.html">Services</a></li>
    <li><a href="support.html">Support</a></li>
    <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
    <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div id="navigation2">
<img src="images/navigation_2.jpg" />
</div>
<div id="content">
<div id="right_content">
<div id="video">
<embed src="network.mp4" width="320" height="162" autostart="true" style="background-color: Black; " type="video/quicktime" autoplay="true" loop="true" controller="true" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/"></embed>
</div>
<div id="title_bar">
    <p class="style8"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.networkcomputing.com/all.xml">RSS Network Computing</a></p>
    </div>
<div id="PageWrap">
<div class="MasterDetail">
<p class="style10">Select a Channel:</p>
    <div spry:region="dsItem" id="MasterContainer" class="MasterContainer">
      <div spry:repeat="dsItem" spry:test="{ds_RowID}<4" spry:choose="choose">
        <div class="MasterColumn" spry:when="{ds_RowID} == {ds_CurrentRowID}" spry:select="MasterColumnSelected" spry:selectgroup="master" spry:selected="MasterColumnSelected" spry:hover="MasterColumnHover" spry:setrow="dsItem">{title}</div>
        <div class="MasterColumn" spry:default="default" spry:select="MasterColumnSelected" spry:selectgroup="master" spry:hover="MasterColumnHover" spry:setrow="dsItem">{title}</div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <br/>
    <div spry:detailregion="dsItem" class="DetailContainer">
      <div class="DetailColumn"><span class="style9">Category:</span>  <span>{category}</span></div>
      <div class="DetailColumn"><span class="style9">Published:</span>  <span>{pubDate}</span></div>
      <div class="DetailColumn"><span class="style9">Author:</span>  <span>{author}</span></div>
      <br/>
      <div class="DetailColumn"><span class="style9">Description:</span><br><span>{description}</span>  <button onClick="MM_openBrWindow('{link}','','')">More...</button></div>
    </div>
    <br style="clear:both" />
</div>
</div>
<div id="title_bar">
    <p class="style8"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.voip-news.com/rss/vnar.xml">RSS VoIP News</a></p>
    </div>
    <p class="style11"><a href="voip_rss.html">View Now (Click Here)</a></p>
</div>
<div id="left_content">
</div>
<div id="logos">
</div>
</div>
<div id="footer">
<div id="footerbox">
<p class="style6"><span class="style7">Stanford Technologies</span> © Copyright, 2010. All Rights Reserved. Powered by <span class="style7">Chris Proett</span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
I just want to take away the scroll bar in FF.

Scratch 22: Creating XML Publisher report from scratch in eBS

Problem:
How to build a XML Publisher (XMLP) report in eBS from scratch. Thus NOT adapting or converting an existing report.
Context:
I have an eBS R12 Vision instance up and running where I want to learn building XMLP reports.
This is what all tutorials I can find tell me to do:
Most reports apparently consist of a layout template e.g. TEST.rtf and a data template e.g. TEST.xml. Now in order to generate a new report layout I am supposed to take existing output in XML format and (using ‘Load Data’ function in Template Builder plugin in Word) specify in my layout template where and how I want the actual data to pop up. So far so good.
But now I want to build the data template from scratch and use it combined with a layout template. So I build the data template but can’t use that for building the layout template. For that I need output, for which I need a layout template.....
Sounds like Catch 22 to me. How do I break this?
1. Can I generate an XML-output file from the XML Data Template alone?
2. Can I build my (RTF) layout template directly based upon the XML Data Template?
3. Or have I completely lost the plot?
Oh yes, dunno the first thing about Java and do not have My Oracle Support..
Edited by: rjvencken on Jul 5, 2012 10:39 AM
Edited by: rjvencken on Jul 5, 2012 10:51 AM

1. Can I generate an XML-output file from the XML Data Template alone?
create data definition with your data template-> create concurrent -> output as xml -> run -> view output and your xml
I thought the XDODTEXE engine would pick up the (Layout) Template through concurrent program definition CPD short name which in turn points to the Data Definition (and thus Data Template). So does your answer mean I can call straight from CPD to Data Definition? I tried registering my Data Template in the Template Tab but it will not take XML as a type.2. Can I build my (RTF) layout template directly based upon the XML Data Template?
if you want to use xml publisher desktop then you need xml (with data, not definition)
So that's not an option I understand. Weird cuz I'd expect this to be technically easier.btw you can create your layout (rtf) without xml (data) and without data template (xml with select statement)
create filed and past tag definition
Yes but in that case I'd have an empty report. How would that help me?bouble click on filed:
"Text Form Field Options" -> "Add Help Text ..." -> "Status Bar" (tab) -> "Type your own:"
if you use bi publisher desktop plugin
bouble click on filed:
"BI Publisher Properties" -> "Advanced" -> "Code"
or switch to Word Properties
"BI Publisher Properties" -> "Word Properties" and use above path
3. Or have I completely lost the plot?
may be ;)

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