Re: [gentoo-user] xfree86 & DGA
I made the following change to /etc/X11/XF86Config # This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables # initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module. SubSection "extmod" # Option"omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension EndSubSection The '#' in front of the Option allowed VMware to go full screen @ this end. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] xfree86 & DGA
Robert Cole wrote: > > How do I check xfree86 to see if it was built with dga? > Look for these files: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXxf86dga.a /usr/X11R6/lib/libXxf86dga.so.1.0 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXxf86dga.so.1 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXxf86dga.so ... some of those are symlinks, but you get the picture. -Dave -- Public key available at pgp.mit.edu keyID:36F46FD0 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] configuring wlan
Hi, > You need to create yourself a net.wlan0 init script. > Usually you can > just copy net.eth0 and add "need pcmcia" to the depend() section. I have a Linksys WPC11 up and running on my laptop. Unfortunately, the laptop is at home, and I am at work... I removed all Wireless support from the kernel, rebuild pcmcia-cs, and installed wlan-ng. I think the latter also gives you example net.DEFAULT-wlan (or something like that) files that you can use to create your own setup. I believe I also installed the wirelesstools (but don't use the tools), so the config files may be in there too. Whenever I pop in my wireless card, it is automatically started, and stopped when I pull it out. If you want detailed information, please let me know, and I will find out when I'm back at home. Gwendolyn. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] xfree86 & DGA
When I rebuilt my system I had in my use string "dga" among many many others. I now have need of dga for vmware but vmware complains that dga isn't available. How do I check xfree86 to see if it was built with dga? Thanks, Robert p.s. This is gentoo 1.4rc2 I'm running on. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] configuring wlan
You need to create yourself a net.wlan0 init script. Usually you can just copy net.eth0 and add "need pcmcia" to the depend() section. You'll also need to setup your wlan0 interface in /etc/conf.d/net...usually something like "iface_wlan0=dhcp" works just fine. After that, I *believe* there is a way to get it to start automatically, though I'm not sure (I always start it manually with /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start on my laptop). I haven't actually had much time to play around with my wireless configuration yet, so perhaps someone else can jump in here and add the part I'm missing. On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 22:36, Spundun Bhatt wrote: > Hi > I had this wireless card(Hawking somemodel) working on the same machine > 4 months back under redhat with linux-wlan-ng. So I tried to configure > it on the gentoo system. > I think I have got most of the pieces togather... only some small > (mostly gentoo specific) detail that I am missing. > > Here is the activity on the /var/log/everything/current as I insert the > card in pcmcia slot. > --- > Feb 19 22:26:37 [cardmgr] socket 0: Bromax OEM 11Mbps 802.11b WLAN Card > (Prism 2.5) > Feb 19 22:26:37 [cardmgr] executing: 'modprobe prism2_cs' > Feb 19 22:26:37 [kernel] init_module: prism2_cs.o: 0.1.16-pre8 Loaded > Feb 19 22:26:37 [kernel] prism2_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 10, io > 0x0100-0x013f > Feb 19 22:26:37 [/etc/hotplug/net.agent] how do I bring interfaces up on > this distro? > Feb 19 22:26:37 [/etc/hotplug/net.agent] register event not handled > Feb 19 22:26:37 [cardmgr] executing: './wlan-ng start wlan0' > Feb 19 22:26:37 [kernel] ident: nic h/w: id=0x800c 1.0.0 > Feb 19 22:26:37 [cardmgr] + message=dot11req_mibset > Feb 19 22:26:37 [cardmgr] + mibattribute=dot11PrivacyInvoked=false > Feb 19 22:26:37 [cardmgr] + resultcode=success > Feb 19 22:26:37 [cardmgr] + ./network: line 28: /etc/init.d/net.wlan0: > No such file or directory > Feb 19 22:26:38 [kernel] linkstatus=CONNECTED > -- > > but ifconfig shows only eth0 and lo interfaces. > I dont have a /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 file but the README with the package > doesnt say anything about that file. > Also when I do /etc/init.d/wlan start .. I get > -- > Starting WLAN Devices:message=dot11req_mibset > mibattribute=dot11PrivacyInvoked=false > resultcode=success > -- > > Also as I was typing this mail I saw some activity on the > /var/log/everything/current... might provide some info... > --- > Feb 19 22:26:38 [kernel] linkstatus=CONNECTED > Feb 19 22:33:29 [kernel] linkstatus=AP_OUTOFRANGE (unhandled) > Feb 19 22:33:29 [kernel] linkstatus=AP_INRANGE (unhandled) > Feb 19 22:33:29 [kernel] linkstatus=DISCONNECTED (unhandled) > Feb 19 22:33:31 [kernel] linkstatus=CONNECTED > --- > > Anybody have any idea about this? > Thanx a lot > Spundun > > > > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- - Joshua J. Berry "I haven't lost my mind -- it's backed up on tape somewhere." -- /usr/games/fortune PGP Key: http://deneb.condordes.net/node/16/view NOTE: Please do not submit this email address to any mailing lists or websites without prior permission. Thank you. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[gentoo-user] configuring wlan
Hi I had this wireless card(Hawking somemodel) working on the same machine 4 months back under redhat with linux-wlan-ng. So I tried to configure it on the gentoo system. I think I have got most of the pieces togather... only some small (mostly gentoo specific) detail that I am missing. Here is the activity on the /var/log/everything/current as I insert the card in pcmcia slot. --- Feb 19 22:26:37 [cardmgr] socket 0: Bromax OEM 11Mbps 802.11b WLAN Card (Prism 2.5) Feb 19 22:26:37 [cardmgr] executing: 'modprobe prism2_cs' Feb 19 22:26:37 [kernel] init_module: prism2_cs.o: 0.1.16-pre8 Loaded Feb 19 22:26:37 [kernel] prism2_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 10, io 0x0100-0x013f Feb 19 22:26:37 [/etc/hotplug/net.agent] how do I bring interfaces up on this distro? Feb 19 22:26:37 [/etc/hotplug/net.agent] register event not handled Feb 19 22:26:37 [cardmgr] executing: './wlan-ng start wlan0' Feb 19 22:26:37 [kernel] ident: nic h/w: id=0x800c 1.0.0 Feb 19 22:26:37 [cardmgr] + message=dot11req_mibset Feb 19 22:26:37 [cardmgr] + mibattribute=dot11PrivacyInvoked=false Feb 19 22:26:37 [cardmgr] + resultcode=success Feb 19 22:26:37 [cardmgr] + ./network: line 28: /etc/init.d/net.wlan0: No such file or directory Feb 19 22:26:38 [kernel] linkstatus=CONNECTED -- but ifconfig shows only eth0 and lo interfaces. I dont have a /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 file but the README with the package doesnt say anything about that file. Also when I do /etc/init.d/wlan start .. I get -- Starting WLAN Devices:message=dot11req_mibset mibattribute=dot11PrivacyInvoked=false resultcode=success -- Also as I was typing this mail I saw some activity on the /var/log/everything/current... might provide some info... --- Feb 19 22:26:38 [kernel] linkstatus=CONNECTED Feb 19 22:33:29 [kernel] linkstatus=AP_OUTOFRANGE (unhandled) Feb 19 22:33:29 [kernel] linkstatus=AP_INRANGE (unhandled) Feb 19 22:33:29 [kernel] linkstatus=DISCONNECTED (unhandled) Feb 19 22:33:31 [kernel] linkstatus=CONNECTED --- Anybody have any idea about this? Thanx a lot Spundun -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] prelinking
* Bryce Verdier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: ==< snip > > How does one pre-link programs? I don't think its done naturally for us, and i > would love to speaze as much power from my box as i can. Well, you could always read the howto yourself: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/prelink-howto.xml -- Leslie C. Miller LHH 447 Dept. of Philosophy Mesa State College Grand Junction, CO 81506 GnuPG KeyID F5F77F94 Key fingerprint = EA66 E27F 1A8D 0316 B4D0 E437 3AE5 61AF F5F7 7F94 gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys F5F77F94 msg01820/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] OT: Dell Inspiron 2650C
Sorry OT, but... Anyone own or purchased one of these machines as of late? Dell is selling them for $750 with 1.6GHZ Celeron. It's come down to this or an 800mhz ibook. Anyone have some rants or raves as far as the Dell goes? TIA -- Bobby R. Cox - Wednesday Feb 19 2003 21:05:01 PST - 21:05:01 up 3 days, 2:25, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 - Calm down, it's *only* ones and zeroes. msg01819/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] prelinking
On Wednesday 19 February 2003 04:44 pm, Alan wrote: > On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 04:07:22PM -0800, Robert Cole wrote: > > Well it appears I've successfully prelinked my entire system I just built > > (1.4 RC2) and I was wondering if I could prelink openoffice since I built > > it from scratch instead of using the -bin build). > > > > It took almost as long to built openoffice as it did to build KDE 3.1! > > About 11 hours. I'm hoping to get some added benifit of prelinking it. > > Will I? > > > > I've noticed a marked improvement in system response time in KDE and > > Gnome since prelinking. > > On a related note, a question about prelinking from me is does portage > deal with prelinking properly after it's been set up? I got prelinking > working a while back, and have installed quite a few files (including > the new kde 3.1)... will portage keep them prelinked or do I have to go > and re-run the prelink periodically. How does one pre-link programs? I don't think its done naturally for us, and i would love to speaze as much power from my box as i can. thanks, bryce -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo init system
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 12:13:28AM -0500, Phil Barnett wrote: > On Wednesday 19 February 2003 11:01 pm, Andrew Dacey wrote: > >> I'm not saying that you shouldn't be able to do it the way you're >> used to. I'm just saying that it shouldn't effect the way I work. >> The whole point is to have choice. > > Did you read that before you sent it? It makes my point perfectly. > > Nothing about the script in question would effect the way you work, it > would just give choice. > > I'm glad you agree with me. /me gurgles. The fundamental thing here is this: Redhat attempts to provide you with a complete, pre-made, OS solution. Gentoo provides the bare-bones, tools, and a big sign that says "Do It Yourself" in large, menancing, script. The fact that this 'service' script is not there means that not enough people have need of it. Or, more likely, since this is a do-it-yourself dist, those people have just quickly copied this off of some other machine. -- Tyler Trafford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo init system : was [Re: [gentoo-user] service parameter passing?]
On Wednesday 19 February 2003 11:01 pm, Andrew Dacey wrote: > I'm not saying that you > shouldn't be able to do it the way you're used to. I'm just saying that it > shouldn't effect the way I work. The whole point is to have choice. Did you read that before you sent it? It makes my point perfectly. Nothing about the script in question would effect the way you work, it would just give choice. I'm glad you agree with me. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] k3b makes me emerge two versions of the same package?
the wierdest thing has been happening to my box over the last few days... i would run emerge --update --deep world and i would ALWAYS be installing one of two versions of avifile. if one was installed, i'd be upgrading to the other, or downgrading if the positions were reversed. i finally narrowed it down to k3b: root@zathras /root # emerge --pretend --update --deep k3b These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N ] media-libs/a52dec-0.7.4 [ebuild N ] media-libs/xvid-0.9.0 [ebuild N ] app-text/texi2html-1.64 [ebuild N ] media-video/ffmpeg-0.4.6-r1 [ebuild N ] media-sound/mad-0.14.2b-r2 [ebuild N ] media-video/avifile-0.7.29.20030204 [ebuild N ] media-libs/libmpeg3-1.5-r1 [ebuild N ] media-libs/quicktime4linux-1.5.5-r1 [ebuild N ] media-video/avifile-0.7.15.20020816-r1 [ebuild N ] media-video/transcode-0.6.2 [ebuild N ] app-cdr/k3b-0.7.5 note the two different occurances of avifile that i've indented... is this a bug? and if so, where is it? in k3b or one of the dependents? my use flags are as follows: USE="cdr dga doc dvd -gtk maildir mozilla mysql pda perl samba scanner tiff zlib" -- after "power" was lost, then came human kindness. after human kindness was lost, then came morality. after morality was lost, then came ritual. now ritual is the mere husk of loyalty and promise-keeping and is indeed the first step towards brawling - lau tzu, "tao te ching: chapter xxxviii" -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] wdm as login manager
Collins wrote: > OK, I tried it, and it does indeed "just work," except that I had to > tinker with the ebuild. The line truetype? (x11-libs/xft) would not > compute, so I cahnged it to truetype ? =x11-libs/xft-2.0.1 just to get > the ebuild to complete. > > Now most everything is goodness. > > Thanks again. Don't mention it. :) The typo in the ebuild is mentioned in the bug, too (the solution is different, adding spaces between the brackets and x11-libs/xft seems to work, too). I guess the author hasn't come around to changing it, but the final version in portage will probably take care of this. Cheers Ulrich Plate -- gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key CF7D6206 Fingerprint CDD6 3225 3489 1305 D4D6 1CCF 50E8 6505 CF7D 6206 msg01814/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] wdm as login manager
On Wednesday 19 February 2003 08:24 pm, Ulrich Plate wrote: > Collins wrote: > > A user on another group suggested wdm as a better version of xdm. It > > has session choices and reboot/shutdown built into the gui login menu. > > And it includes PAM, for example, meaning you can authorize access with > a smartcard if you feel so inclined. :) I can't help all that much with > your problem, but I wanted to point out that there's an ebuild now that > apparently "just works", too. It's been admitted to Portage, but as long > as that's frozen it's not being handed down, so you'd have to get it > from bugs.gentoo.org, right here: > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15660 > > Cheers > Ulrich Plate OK, I tried it, and it does indeed "just work," except that I had to tinker with the ebuild. The line truetype? (x11-libs/xft) would not compute, so I cahnged it to truetype ? =x11-libs/xft-2.0.1 just to get the ebuild to complete. Now most everything is goodness. Thanks again. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Athlon-XP gentoo 1.4_rc2 kde 3.1 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Win4Lin
Ulrich Plate wrote: > jim wrote: > > > Is there a way I can purchase Win4Lin that will benefit Gentoo? > > > > The URL www.netravers.com/gentoo.htm no longer works. > > Well, if you had spelt it right, it would: > http://www.netravese.com/gentoo.htm > > Cheers > Ulrich Plate NEVER type in a hurry... :) http://www.netraverse.com/gentoo.htm Phew. Ulrich Plate -- gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key CF7D6206 Fingerprint CDD6 3225 3489 1305 D4D6 1CCF 50E8 6505 CF7D 6206 msg01812/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Win4Lin
jim wrote: > Is there a way I can purchase Win4Lin that will benefit Gentoo? > > The URL www.netravers.com/gentoo.htm no longer works. Well, if you had spelt it right, it would: http://www.netravese.com/gentoo.htm Cheers Ulrich Plate -- gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key CF7D6206 Fingerprint CDD6 3225 3489 1305 D4D6 1CCF 50E8 6505 CF7D 6206 msg01811/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] slow linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r1
For the time being I've given up on making the gentoo kernel's work fast. I'm very happy with just the vanilla kernel. -- Stephen On Tuesday 18 February 2003 09:17 pm, Bryce Verdier wrote: > On Tuesday 18 February 2003 02:47 pm, Joe Stone wrote: > > Hi ! > > > > Today I tried linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r1. > > It compiled well. But then I booted and my system was slow. > > Every CPU had about 30% system per "default" and that's too much for > > my old dual Celeron 333 :-) > > > > > > But do somebody know why? Was it my fault? > > I think I have compiled both relative equal. ( > > Below I gave the a part of the output of top and a diff between two > > .configs Do somebody need more info? > > > > thanx > > Joe > > Hey joe, you know i recently built the new gentoo-sources kernel, and had > some serious slowdown as well. To solve my problem i disabled IO-APIC > support on uniprocessors, under Processor type and features. With that > enabled i couldn't play any opengl enbled games.( not like there are alot, > but that's a another bug that needs fixing). > > Hope this helps. > > bryce -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fonts
Yes. I moved it to the top of my list: ___ Stephen On Wednesday 19 February 2003 06:24 pm, Robert Cole wrote: > If I have ttf fonts from a windows system in a directory can I (and should > I) add that to the list in /etc/X11/XF86Config ?? Seems like I should. > That true? Or should I use KDE font installer to add them to an existing > directory? > > Thanks, > Robert > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Win4Lin
Is there a way I can purchase Win4Lin that will benefit Gentoo? The URL www.netravers.com/gentoo.htm no longer works. Jim -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo init system : was [Re: [gentoo-user] serviceparameter passing?]
On 2/19/03 10:56 PM, "Phil Barnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps this is true, but if you can admit that you are more likely to have a > room full of RH servers than a room full of Gentoo or any other distro > servers, you are on the way to my point. And, this mythical room full of > servers is statistically proven. RH has more servers out there. Yes, but it's not going to be like that everywhere. For instance, the machine room at my work is a room full of Solaris boxes with a few Linux boxes that are being phased out. In this situation, it makes far more sense to adopt Solaris-style abstractions on the Linux boxes, not the other way around. The point is that different situations will have very different requirements. The whole point of Gentoo is to be configurable, almost nothing is forced onto the user. With this in mind, no abstraction layer from another OS or distro should be included by default, no matter how common that OS or distro is. However, that's not to say that these abstractions shouldn't be available to install if you want them. Someone already suggested making an ebuild for service. Someone could take that even further to make a rh-emu package that brings over even more RH features. It should even be possible to have that script structure the init scripts to behave the same way as RH does. Personally though, I came to Gentoo to get away from Redhat and Mandrake (primarily because of rpm). > I don't have any problems with that, but everyone here is biased. The fact is > that there are more RH servers out there than any other single distro. With > that said, I do see that RH has symlinked /etc/init.d to /etc/rc.d/init.d. > > Didn't know that was there. Learned RH long before that. I just checked my copy of O'Reilly's "Essential System Administration" (mine's the 1995 edition) which shows the directory structure for System V init to have /etc/init.d, not /etc/rc.d/init.d. This again sounds like a case of RH adopting a non-standard behaviour, however a symlink lets you have it both ways. On a quick skim through the System V init section the major variation seems to be certain Unices installing the rc structure in /sbin instead of /etc, I don't see any mention of /etc/rc.d/init.d/. I started using RH 4.2 back in 96 and I seem to recall it being /etc/init.d but that's really taking me back. I might still be able to track down a box that's running 4.2 or 5 to check (I know I can track down a 4.2 install disk if I'm really stuck, should just be able to check the files for the sysvinit rpm). > Exactly, and it's not just in RH by the way. At any rate, that service script > is already on more servers that you give credit for. Hence my suggestion above that it be an option. By your logic, Gentoo (and any other Linux) should really behave more like a Windows box because there's far more Windows boxes than Linux boxes. We should be using \ instead of / for directory paths for instance. I'm not saying that you shouldn't be able to do it the way you're used to. I'm just saying that it shouldn't effect the way I work. The whole point is to have choice. > Well, it's been my desktop for about 6 months and I'm doing just fine with it. > I just miss the service abstraction that I've become used to from several > other distros. > > And, yes, I can put it there. But, being such a small script and being as > widely used as it is, I don't see any reason for it to not be in there. There > are literally dozens of other abstractions that we all take for granted in > nearly every distro. This is just another one. Yes, but by the same argument you could complain that Gentoo doesn't even install a kernel, logger, cron daemon, or boot loader by default. These are all things that nearly every distro includes but aren't included with Gentoo. Like I said above, the point of Gentoo is to be configurable. Make the modifications you want. If you think enough other people could use them as well, then make a package for them (or find someone who will). But there is also a point where you do have to ask why you're using distro X modified to behave like distro Y instead of just installing distro Y. If every distro behaved the same way, there'd be no reason to have more than one distro. The big question is which distro gets you the closest to what you want and allows you to setup as much of the rest as possible. For some people, RH (or another distro) does most of what they want, perhaps with some modification. For others, Gentoo is more what the want but they might still want to modify it to work the way they like. Personally, I took one look at Gentoo's init structure and was sold. I always found it to be a pain when I had to create a new init script in RH or Mandrake and then add it to the runlevels I wanted (although maybe I was missing an abstraction layer that was there). With Gentoo, you just setup the dependencies and rc-update figures out the rest. Granted, it does sound like you ran into a problem with
[gentoo-user] Linux Sound -or- converting a gcc2 object file to gcc3 ABI
My desktop PC came with an aureal vortex (au8830) based sound card. I used to be able to get it to work with the drivers on sourceforge (http://aureal.sourceforge.net/). I was recently upgrading my Gentoo to 1.4 and now, the driver won't load because it says the kernel was made with gcc3 and the module (which has a binary part because it was released without source code from aureal before they went bankrupt) was compiled with gcc2. Is there anyway to convert this gcc2 binary to the gcc3 abi so that it will load and work? Can I force the module to load and see what happens to my kernel? If not, anyone know where I can find a driver for my sound card? Ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] portage userpriv (again, sorry)
Hi all, I added the "portage" user and group to /etc/passwd and /etc/group. Then I re-logged in and made new portage deps (under /var). I also put the two "user*" features to my "FEATURES" line in /etc/make.conf. But I'm still not able to emerge packages as a normal user (which I added to the group "portage" as well!). Did I forgot something? TIA, Matthias -- The slim lazy Homer you knew is dead. Now I'm a big fat dynamo! And where's that cake? - Homer Simpson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: confirm unsubscribe from gentoo-user@gentoo.org
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Re: [gentoo-user] wdm as login manager
Collins wrote: > A user on another group suggested wdm as a better version of xdm. It > has session choices and reboot/shutdown built into the gui login menu. And it includes PAM, for example, meaning you can authorize access with a smartcard if you feel so inclined. :) I can't help all that much with your problem, but I wanted to point out that there's an ebuild now that apparently "just works", too. It's been admitted to Portage, but as long as that's frozen it's not being handed down, so you'd have to get it from bugs.gentoo.org, right here: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15660 Cheers Ulrich Plate -- gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key CF7D6206 Fingerprint CDD6 3225 3489 1305 D4D6 1CCF 50E8 6505 CF7D 6206 msg01803/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Symmetrical Vs Asymmetrical GPG Encryption
Arthur Britto wrote: Here is an example command to use symmetrical encryption with gpg: cat passphrase.txt | gpg -c --no-secmem-warning --cipher-algo RIJNDAEL256 --command-fd 0 --yes -o OUTPUT INPUT If you choose a pass phrase you can remember, you need never worry about loosing a floppy or piece of paper with a private key. Having known plain text in the data you encrypt significantly weakens your security. A known plain text attack is a vulnerability, but with a good encryption algorithm, very little can be gained even with a few known plaintext pairs. To the best of my knowledge, there are no known serious "known plaintext" attacks on Rijndael (but cryptanalysis methods improve daily). Even with a plaintext cyphertext pair, you'll still need on the order of 2^255 cycles to find a matching key. However, the concern is reasonable for the long term if someone finds such a weakness in your cypher of choice. In particular, since you are making multiple files with the same pass phrase, having the same known plain text could be particularly bad. Hmm... if the archive always starts with the same plain text, you don't really gain any information (other than the fact that it always starts with the same plain text). If it were in other parts of the file, and you were encrypting in ECB mode, someone might be able to start picking apart separate files to attack (potentially in a larger known plaintext attack if they can get the original files). If you are using tar or a similar program to create the file which you are backing up, then the back up file will have a fixed sequence of characters at the very beginning. This is known plain text. Yes, but the first block will be 32 bytes long. I believe tar files start with the file name. So an attacker will need to know what the first file name is. Unfortunately, I am not able to recall where I heard this and would appreciate if anyone can provide the source or refute the following: To eliminate a weakness with known plain text at the very beginning of a file to be encrypted, you can insert a fixed amount of random data before the data you are encrypting. When decrypting your data, you simply discard the random data after decryption. Ideally gpg would do this for you, but I have not checked the program to see if it does this. As long as you are using CBC or some other feedback mode, yes - this will improve the security. Without going into a lot of detail (you'd be better reading a good crypto book) - known plaintext attacks are vulnerable to this countermeasure whereby each successive block is dependant on the previous block's data. In ECB mode, you essentially have a dictionary that is indexible between plaintext and cyphertext blocks. A very large dictionary - given. So, if you were to employ this paranoid (although when encryption is being discussed, that is a compliment) strategy, you'd really want to start with a random file name: NAME=`dd if=/dev/urandom count=16 bs=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -e '"%x"'` touch /tmp/$NAME tar -cf $ARCHIVE_NAME /tmp/$NAME $FILES_FOR_ARCHIVE rm /tmp/$NAME ... that will give you a mostly random first 32 bytes, and won't require manipulating the tar archive directly (like prefixing the file with garbage). This would protect you from a known cyphertext attack on the first block, and set up the the CBC for the remaining with a good random initial vector. I'm not sure how to tell gpg to use a particular encryption mode (ECB/CBC), so I can't help you there. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia: 3123 or 4191 drivers?
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 01:48:38AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am installing Gentoo on my midtower right now but when the time comes to install X >I don't know whether to install the Nvidia 3123 or 4191 drivers. I've heard that the >4191 drivers have better 3D performance but the 2D sucks, has anyone been able to fix >this or is it a Nvidia problem? I'm thinking that I should stick with the 3123 >drivers. > That's what I'm doing Kent, I noticed a slowdown in 2d, and if there was a speed up in 3d, it wasn't so hugely noticable on my system that it was needed. I figure that if nvidia knows about it it'll be fixed in the next release, and I'll update then. alan -- Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://arcterex.net - "The only thing that experience teaches us is that experience teaches us nothing. -- Andre Maurois (Emile Herzog) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] IMAP USE flag
I actually ran into this awhile back but hadn't had the chance to look into it further at the time. But now I've got a fresh box installed and I'm coming across it again. I plan to run IMAP on this box so I added imap to my use flags. What I'm noticing though is that when I go to install a package that can use IMAP (like PHP), it wants to install uw-imap. I haven't yet decided which IMAP server I want to use, but this seems to force me into using uw-imap. My options seem to be: 1. Install uw-imap even though I might use another imap server, resulting in an extra package that I'm not really using taking up space. 2. Remove imap from my USE flags, possibly resulting in reduced functionality in some programs. I notice that cyrus-imapd, courier-imap, and uw-imap all provide virtual/imapd. So I'm assuming that it would be possible to modify the ebuild file to depend on virtual/imapd instead of uw-imap but then I'd lose that as soon as I do an emerge sync right? Is there a more permanent way I can fix this? -- Andrew "Frugal" Dacey [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tildefrugal.net/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] wdm as login manager
A user on another group suggested wdm as a better version of xdm. It has session choices and reboot/shutdown built into the gui login menu. In actuality, it's and etension of the xdm sources. Unfortunately the user who recommended it runs debian, and wdm "just works, so he doesn't have a cl;ue about my problem. Here's the scoop: 1. Had to install WindowMaker (wdm uses a wraster lib from wmaker) 2. config, make, make install were ok 3. xdm is still in default runscripts 4. Changed WM to wdm in /etc/rc.conf 5. Reboot Wdm comes up, allows me to change the session, enter my user id, enter my password, then I always get 'login failed.' regardless of the user or session selected. This will be great when it works; right now, it's a boat anchor. Has anyone used wdm, or does anyone know what I could look for? I don't find any error messages logged in the wdm error log or any of the ususal logging places. TIA -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Athlon-XP gentoo 1.4_rc2 kde 3.1 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo init system : was [Re: [gentoo-user] service parameter passing?]
On Wednesday 19 February 2003 1:11 pm, Sundance wrote: > I heard Phil Barnett said: > > If I have a room full of several differing servers and I'm and admin, > > the last thing I want to have to remember in the heat of the moment > > is how to do something on _this_ machine. > > Hmm, then I'd say it's pretty much -your- responsibility, not Gentoo's, > to add this abstraction layer the way -you- want it. Perhaps this is true, but if you can admit that you are more likely to have a room full of RH servers than a room full of Gentoo or any other distro servers, you are on the way to my point. And, this mythical room full of servers is statistically proven. RH has more servers out there. > I mean, you want your room full of servers working the RH way, and > that's fine, but other people may very well prefer their abstraction to > work the Debian or the BSD way, and there is no compelling reason for > Gentoo to favor a system over any other. (If anything, the Gentoo way > is IMO more modern and more powerful, so I'd rather port it to other > distros than the other way around!) I don't have any problems with that, but everyone here is biased. The fact is that there are more RH servers out there than any other single distro. With that said, I do see that RH has symlinked /etc/init.d to /etc/rc.d/init.d. Didn't know that was there. Learned RH long before that. > Besides, it's not like writing this abstraction layer was anywhere near > difficult, as the many fine scripts already posted here show. :) Exactly, and it's not just in RH by the way. At any rate, that service script is already on more servers that you give credit for. > Good luck with Gentoo, Phil, I hope you'll enjoy it! Well, it's been my desktop for about 6 months and I'm doing just fine with it. I just miss the service abstraction that I've become used to from several other distros. And, yes, I can put it there. But, being such a small script and being as widely used as it is, I don't see any reason for it to not be in there. There are literally dozens of other abstractions that we all take for granted in nearly every distro. This is just another one. I'll not tilt at windmills. It's not for me to say which abstractions you never notice and which you do. I'm sure you will agree that you take advantage of dozens of abstractions just like that one every day... -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Forum Administrator - who is it???
Yes, I saw nitro but never associated that with being and administrator - I guess I need it spelled out . Thanks. > Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > > Anyone know what the email address is of the forum administrator? > > The bottom line on each forum page shows this: [EMAIL PROTECTED], aka > Kyle Manna. Actually, there are three admins, nitro, klieber and rac, > all @gentoo.org. > > Cheers > Ulrich Plate -- Brett I. Holcomb AKA Grunt <>< -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fonts
On Wednesday 19 February 2003 05:24 pm, Robert Cole wrote: > If I have ttf fonts from a windows system in a directory can I (and should > I) add that to the list in /etc/X11/XF86Config ?? Seems like I should. > That true? Or should I use KDE font installer to add them to an existing > directory? > Don't know about the KDE font installer. What I do is: 1. copy the ttf fonds to a directory 2. execute mkfontdir 3. execute fc-cache 4. Add to the list in XF86Config 5. Restart the X server Not sure about the sequence of 3-5. Maybe it should be 4-5-3? It's been a while. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Athlon-XP gentoo 1.4_rc2 kde 3.1 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Forum Administrator - who is it???
Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > Anyone know what the email address is of the forum administrator? The bottom line on each forum page shows this: [EMAIL PROTECTED], aka Kyle Manna. Actually, there are three admins, nitro, klieber and rac, all @gentoo.org. Cheers Ulrich Plate -- gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key CF7D6206 Fingerprint CDD6 3225 3489 1305 D4D6 1CCF 50E8 6505 CF7D 6206 msg01795/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Forum Administrator - who is it???
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[gentoo-user] Trying to locate /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.3
lib-compat-1.1 only goes up to libstdc++.so.2.8 gcc-3.2.2 includes libstdc++.so.5 Can someone point me to whatever package I need to get libstdc++.so.3? If I would have to downgrade gcc to get it, perhaps somebody could point me to a binary of the library? I'm on an Athlon-mp as far as architecture is concerned... Thanks, Eric -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Forum Administrator - who is it???
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[gentoo-user] Forum Administrator - who is it???
I registered for the Gentoo forums some time ago (about a month) but haven't used them for a while as I prefer the list. I was looking for some information in them yesterday and while doing that saw someone's post that I could answer so I tried to post but couldn't login because my account is "inactive" and was told to contact the administrator. Unfortunately NOWHERE on the forum pages does it list who the admin is so that makes it hard to contact him!!! Anyone know what the email address is of the forum administrator? Thanks. -- Brett I. Holcomb AKA Grunt <>< -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Nvidia: 3123 or 4191 drivers?
I am installing Gentoo on my midtower right now but when the time comes to install X I don't know whether to install the Nvidia 3123 or 4191 drivers. I've heard that the 4191 drivers have better 3D performance but the 2D sucks, has anyone been able to fix this or is it a Nvidia problem? I'm thinking that I should stick with the 3123 drivers. Thanks, Kent -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Non root build
On Wednesday 19 February 2003 10:22, Arturo di Gioia wrote: > Yesterday I updated portage to version 2.0.47-r2. > It suggested me to add a 'portage' group to allow non root build. > Unfortunately it didn't give any more information. I tried it (I > created the portage group and added my user to it). It doesn't work > (portage still requires root privileges to fetch and compile). I > tried with no luck to search any information on the forums and on > portage and make.conf man pages. Does anyone have any useful info > about that topic? Thanks in advance. I'm not sure about this, but I think you have to re-login to your machine ... only then changes made to /etc/passwd and/or /etc/group will take effect. HTH, Matthias -- Ooh, I'll never eat chili again ... Woohoo CHILI! - Homer Simpson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -u glibc failing
On Wednesday 19 February 2003 03:56 pm, Martin Schlemmer wrote: > On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 12:25:39 -0800 > > Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello: > > > > I'm attempting to update an older 1.2 system and am running into the > > following error: > > > > - > > --- > > ...done! > > > > >>> emerge sys-libs/glibc-2.2.5-r7 to / > > >>> md5 ;-) glibc-2.2.5.tar.bz2 > > >>> md5 ;-) glibc-linuxthreads-2.2.5.tar.bz2 > > > > !!! emerge aborting on > > /usr/portage/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-2.2.5-r7.ebuild . > > > > > > Can anyone offer any suggestions? > > A more complete log that contained the actual error would help ... > > > Regards, Thank you so much. To be honest I ran the command with nohup and the resulting file was over 7mb's, with the last lines all looking so similar I didn't know how much to include. Now however, after looking a little deeper, I can see that there is something more informative when I scrolled back over a hundred lines (still it looks pretty ambiguous to my untrained eyes ;-) : ... /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.2.5-r7/image/lib/libnss_nisplus-2.2.5.so /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.2.5-r7/image/lib/libnss_compat-2.2.5.so /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.2.5-r7/image/lib/libutil-2.2.5.so /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.2.5-r7/image/sbin/sln /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.2.5-r7/image/sbin/ldconfig >>> Completed installing into /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.2.5-r7/image/ ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY --- LOG FILE = "/tmp/sandbox-glibc-2.2.5-r7-12860.log" chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep chown: /var/cache/edb chown: /var/cache/edb/dep open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes open_wr: /var/cache/edb/mtimes chown: /var/cache/edb/mtimes ...done! >>> emerge sys-libs/glibc-2.2.5-r7 to / >>> md5 ;-) glibc-2.2.5.tar.bz2 >>> md5 ;-) glibc-linuxthreads-2.2.5.tar.bz2 !!! emerge aborting on /usr/portage/sys-
Re: [gentoo-user] prelinking
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 04:07:22PM -0800, Robert Cole wrote: > Well it appears I've successfully prelinked my entire system I just built (1.4 > RC2) and I was wondering if I could prelink openoffice since I built it from > scratch instead of using the -bin build). > > It took almost as long to built openoffice as it did to build KDE 3.1! About > 11 hours. I'm hoping to get some added benifit of prelinking it. Will I? > > I've noticed a marked improvement in system response time in KDE and Gnome > since prelinking. On a related note, a question about prelinking from me is does portage deal with prelinking properly after it's been set up? I got prelinking working a while back, and have installed quite a few files (including the new kde 3.1)... will portage keep them prelinked or do I have to go and re-run the prelink periodically. -- Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://arcterex.net - "The only thing that experience teaches us is that experience teaches us nothing. -- Andre Maurois (Emile Herzog) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] fonts
If I have ttf fonts from a windows system in a directory can I (and should I) add that to the list in /etc/X11/XF86Config ?? Seems like I should. That true? Or should I use KDE font installer to add them to an existing directory? Thanks, Robert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] sshd on liveCD?
On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 21:19:01 -0500 Cedric Veilleux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to help someone install gentoo. It would be very > easy it he > could boot his computer with the liveCD, configure its network and > then start sshd so I can log in its installation environment and then > set everything up for him. > > Is there a way to do this? > > > Thank you, > > Cedric > sshd is included on the latest livecd. Andrew -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] prelinking
Well it appears I've successfully prelinked my entire system I just built (1.4 RC2) and I was wondering if I could prelink openoffice since I built it from scratch instead of using the -bin build). It took almost as long to built openoffice as it did to build KDE 3.1! About 11 hours. I'm hoping to get some added benifit of prelinking it. Will I? I've noticed a marked improvement in system response time in KDE and Gnome since prelinking. Thanks in advance for your help. Robert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -u glibc failing
On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 12:25:39 -0800 Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello: > > I'm attempting to update an older 1.2 system and am running into the > following error: > > - > --- > ...done! > >>> emerge sys-libs/glibc-2.2.5-r7 to / > >>> md5 ;-) glibc-2.2.5.tar.bz2 > >>> md5 ;-) glibc-linuxthreads-2.2.5.tar.bz2 > !!! emerge aborting on > /usr/portage/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-2.2.5-r7.ebuild . > > > Can anyone offer any suggestions? > A more complete log that contained the actual error would help ... Regards, -- Martin Schlemmer Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer Cape Town, South Africa -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Symmetrical Vs Asymmetrical GPG Encryption
A correction: You could use /dev/urandom to add 1K of random data to the start of your archive as follows: head -c 1024 /dev/urandom > NEW cat ORIGINAL >> NEW On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 14:18, Arthur Britto wrote: > Here is an example command to use symmetrical encryption with gpg: > > cat passphrase.txt | gpg -c --no-secmem-warning --cipher-algo > RIJNDAEL256 --command-fd 0 --yes -o OUTPUT INPUT > > If you choose a pass phrase you can remember, you need never worry about > loosing a floppy or piece of paper with a private key. > > Having known plain text in the data you encrypt significantly weakens > your security. > > In particular, since you are making multiple files with the same pass > phrase, having the same known plain text could be particularly bad. > > If you are using tar or a similar program to create the file which you > are backing up, then the back up file will have a fixed sequence of > characters at the very beginning. This is known plain text. > > Unfortunately, I am not able to recall where I heard this and would > appreciate if anyone can provide the source or refute the following: > > To eliminate a weakness with known plain text at the very beginning of a > file to be encrypted, you can insert a fixed amount of random data > before the data you are encrypting. When decrypting your data, you > simply discard the random data after decryption. Ideally gpg would do > this for you, but I have not checked the program to see if it does this. > > Ideally you could use /dev/random for random data, as this provides real > randomness vs pseudo-randomness of /dev/urandom. Unless you have a real > random number source, using /dev/random in a script can cause the script > to hang until enough entropy is collected. > > For example, you could use /dev/random if: (1) you are around to move > the mouse and type keys on the keyboard to generate entropy or (2) you > have an Intel random number generator your computer and you having > installed the intel-rng-tools ebuild: > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8997 > > You could use /dev/urandom to add 1K of random data to the start of your > archive as follows: > head -c 1024 /dev/urandom > NEW > cat INPUT >> OUTPUT > > Hope this helps, > > Arthur > > On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 07:59, Bruno Lustosa wrote: > > * Michael Jinks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [18-02-2003 19:03]: > > > If what you want is to store a bunch of stuff, for however long, in a > > > small number of encrypted cpio (or tar or whatever) archives, are there > > > really going to be so many of them that it justifies a script with a > > > password in it? And, if you're worried enough about privacy to want to > > > store your files in an encrypted form, why would you also simultaneously > > > want to store the key to unlock them in a script on the same system? If > > > you store the password+script elsewhere, you're back to the same problem > > > you had with keeping a key on a floppy, only now it's a script instead of > > > a key. > > > > Also, if you think that floppies aren't all that reliable, you could > > still print (on paper) the ascii armoured private key and store it > > somewhere safe. > > In case the floppy doesn't work anymore, you could still get the paper, > > type it and re-import on gpg. Of course, would be a tedious thing to do, > > but that's the last resort thing, isn't it? > > > > Just my $.02 > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Su problems
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 08:16:55 -0500 "John P. Marr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am hoping you guys can give me a hand with a problem I am having. > > I have a 1ghz dell inspiron (8000) with gentoo linux on it. It is > running kernel 2.4.20 with gnome 2.2 on it. > > My problem is that I am unable to su into root from my normal user. I > have tried everything I can think of to fix this, but it is still > broken. > # ls -l /etc/pam.d/ And paste in reply. Btw, please CC me. Regards, -- Martin Schlemmer Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer Cape Town, South Africa -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with alsa
On Monday 17 February 2003 01:11 am, Robert Arroyo i Andreu wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello, > > I am trying to configure alsa. I have a intel8x0. [ rest snipped } > > The only strange thing i can see is that every time i start kde, i have to > chown o+rw /dev/sound/* > > But with all this, i can't use sound. Aplay doesn't sound, xmms doesn't > sound... > This has nothing to do with alsa. Please check the postings for the last week or so for the answer. You need to fix your /etc/devfsd.conf (per the comments in that file) and insure that your user is a part of the audio group. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Athlon-XP gentoo 1.4_rc2 kde 3.1 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Su problems
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 14:25:34 +0100 "DESMET Bram (BDSR)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > make your user part of the wheel group > > regards > > Bram He's already done that. Read the whole email. Andrew -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] PHP installation problem
On Wednesday 19 February 2003 16:58, rafailow wrote: > On 19 Feb 2003 17:38:28 +0100 > > Brave Cobra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 17:24, Arturo di Gioia wrote: > > > On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 17:24, Brave Cobra wrote: > > > > emerge sun-jdk > > > > java-config --list-available-vms (to list the available ones) > > > > java-config --set-system-vm=sun-jdk-1.4.1.01 (or your corresponding > > > > version) > > > > > > 1) > > > > > > > emerge php > > > > > > I had to do > > > > > > 1) > > > env-update > > > source /etc/profile > > > > > > before emerging php, otherwise it complained about not being able to > > > find /bin directory while searching for jar files (my JAVA_HOME was > > > pointing to blackdown-jre, my previous vm). > > > > Oops, yep, indeed, Tnx for the correction. > > > > -- > > Brave Cobra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > yeah thx... it works fine... :)) > Do all you guys really need java support with php ? Whole idea of use flags is to customize the software to your needs. If not, why not set -java in USE flags (along with X and qt while at it) ? -- Meir Kriheli MKsoft systems -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] X Configuration
On Wednesday 19 February 2003 15:22, Kurt Bechstein wrote: > I think that program used to be called Xconfigurator but I'm not sure > how to get ahold of it. That's redhat program if I remember correctly. So you need to instal kudzu etc as well to get it work. I would say not worth it. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Symmetrical Vs Asymmetrical GPG Encryption
Here is an example command to use symmetrical encryption with gpg: cat passphrase.txt | gpg -c --no-secmem-warning --cipher-algo RIJNDAEL256 --command-fd 0 --yes -o OUTPUT INPUT If you choose a pass phrase you can remember, you need never worry about loosing a floppy or piece of paper with a private key. Having known plain text in the data you encrypt significantly weakens your security. In particular, since you are making multiple files with the same pass phrase, having the same known plain text could be particularly bad. If you are using tar or a similar program to create the file which you are backing up, then the back up file will have a fixed sequence of characters at the very beginning. This is known plain text. Unfortunately, I am not able to recall where I heard this and would appreciate if anyone can provide the source or refute the following: To eliminate a weakness with known plain text at the very beginning of a file to be encrypted, you can insert a fixed amount of random data before the data you are encrypting. When decrypting your data, you simply discard the random data after decryption. Ideally gpg would do this for you, but I have not checked the program to see if it does this. Ideally you could use /dev/random for random data, as this provides real randomness vs pseudo-randomness of /dev/urandom. Unless you have a real random number source, using /dev/random in a script can cause the script to hang until enough entropy is collected. For example, you could use /dev/random if: (1) you are around to move the mouse and type keys on the keyboard to generate entropy or (2) you have an Intel random number generator your computer and you having installed the intel-rng-tools ebuild: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8997 You could use /dev/urandom to add 1K of random data to the start of your archive as follows: head -c 1024 /dev/urandom > NEW cat INPUT >> OUTPUT Hope this helps, Arthur On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 07:59, Bruno Lustosa wrote: > * Michael Jinks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [18-02-2003 19:03]: > > If what you want is to store a bunch of stuff, for however long, in a > > small number of encrypted cpio (or tar or whatever) archives, are there > > really going to be so many of them that it justifies a script with a > > password in it? And, if you're worried enough about privacy to want to > > store your files in an encrypted form, why would you also simultaneously > > want to store the key to unlock them in a script on the same system? If > > you store the password+script elsewhere, you're back to the same problem > > you had with keeping a key on a floppy, only now it's a script instead of > > a key. > > Also, if you think that floppies aren't all that reliable, you could > still print (on paper) the ascii armoured private key and store it > somewhere safe. > In case the floppy doesn't work anymore, you could still get the paper, > type it and re-import on gpg. Of course, would be a tedious thing to do, > but that's the last resort thing, isn't it? > > Just my $.02 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Eclipse?
Hello! I think it is the same problem which appeared here some weeks before. There is a bug that the newest gtk (i think 2.2) and the eclipse swt-jar do not work togehter very well. Eclipse always dies when its progress bar appears. I think you have to downgrade gtk (like i did it) or use a hacked jar (i got it from ask "Hogye, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> him). -Jan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Need to downgrade KDE; how is a specificversion specified with emerge?
On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 14:23, Adrian Head wrote: > Doing a grep on /var/cache/edb/world for kde only provides: > hercules edb # grep kde world > =kde-base/kde-3.0.5a > media-gfx/pixieplus-kde > net-analyzer/kdevmon > > Is there something else or should I rebuild Gentoo from scratch to see if it > works? Yep (kinda), and no. Just lose the = -- Mike Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] Portage?
I actually had to add both lines...things that make you go h. Anyway, all is good. Interesting though. On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 03:32:36PM -0500, Lloyd H. Meinholz wrote: > I got the same thing this morning. I'm not sure what went wrong, but portage was >gone from /etc/passwd (but was still in /etc/group). I manually added line 1 like the >directions said and everything seems ok since then. > > Not sure what the deal is and I'm surprised more people haven't complained, so I >don't know if this is for particular configurations or if everyone is hesitant to >upgrade portage after the mess a couple of weeks back... > > Anyway, just fix /etc/passwd manually, that should fix it... > > Lloyd > > > > On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:27:10 -0500 > "Bobby R. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Got this interesting message after emerging the new portage. > > > > portage: 'portage' user or group missing. Please update baselayout > > and merge portage user(250) and group(250) into your passwd > > and group files. Non-root compilation is disabled until then. > > For the defaults, line 1 goes into passwd, and 2 into group. > > portage:x:250:250:portage:/var/tmp/portage:/bin/false > > portage::250:portage > > > > Why would this feature be added? Did I do something wrong? > > > > -- > > Bobby R. Cox > > - > > Wednesday Feb 19 2003 12:05:01 PST > > - > > 12:05:01 up 2 days, 17:25, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.01, 0.00 > > - > > Administration: An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to > > receive > > the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. > > -- Ambrose Bierce > > > -- Bobby R. Cox - Wednesday Feb 19 2003 12:05:01 PST - 12:05:01 up 2 days, 17:25, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.01, 0.00 - Administration: An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. -- Ambrose Bierce msg01773/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Eclipse?
As my brother in law is bigtime into IBM, I was forced to take a look at Eclipse instead of the "old and crappy VIm/Emacs" which I've been using up until now. =) Unfortunately, I can't get very far with it, as it hangs every time I try to create a project. I've tried all java jre's I could find, but still no luck. Is this a problem on my end? Or am I just clueless? -- Erlend M. Simonsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fifth Season AS -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo with Symbios 53c1030
What have you tried? Have you booted the LiveCD and done a modprobe on the symbios or ncr drivers? I assume you are talking about a SCSI card. On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 13:59:58 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the correct procedure for getting Gentoo to load and see the Symbios card? I have tried for weeks to get this card loaded but I have come to think their isn't any support for it currently. Any help would be great. Thanks in advanced -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Portage?
I got the same thing this morning. I'm not sure what went wrong, but portage was gone from /etc/passwd (but was still in /etc/group). I manually added line 1 like the directions said and everything seems ok since then. Not sure what the deal is and I'm surprised more people haven't complained, so I don't know if this is for particular configurations or if everyone is hesitant to upgrade portage after the mess a couple of weeks back... Anyway, just fix /etc/passwd manually, that should fix it... Lloyd On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:27:10 -0500 "Bobby R. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Got this interesting message after emerging the new portage. > > portage: 'portage' user or group missing. Please update baselayout > and merge portage user(250) and group(250) into your passwd > and group files. Non-root compilation is disabled until then. > For the defaults, line 1 goes into passwd, and 2 into group. > portage:x:250:250:portage:/var/tmp/portage:/bin/false > portage::250:portage > > Why would this feature be added? Did I do something wrong? > > -- > Bobby R. Cox > - > Wednesday Feb 19 2003 12:05:01 PST > - > 12:05:01 up 2 days, 17:25, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.01, 0.00 > - > Administration: An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to > receive > the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. > -- Ambrose Bierce > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Portage?
Got this interesting message after emerging the new portage. portage: 'portage' user or group missing. Please update baselayout and merge portage user(250) and group(250) into your passwd and group files. Non-root compilation is disabled until then. For the defaults, line 1 goes into passwd, and 2 into group. portage:x:250:250:portage:/var/tmp/portage:/bin/false portage::250:portage Why would this feature be added? Did I do something wrong? -- Bobby R. Cox - Wednesday Feb 19 2003 12:05:01 PST - 12:05:01 up 2 days, 17:25, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.01, 0.00 - Administration: An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. -- Ambrose Bierce msg01769/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE-3.1 emerge
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 09:34:41PM +0200, Fanie Smith wrote: > Hi > > I want to update from KDE 3.0.5a to KDE 3.1. > I know this was decussed in detail a while back. I would just like to know how > I must search at Google to get to those threads. You should be able to just "emerge -u kde" to update from whatever your current system is to the new kde 3.1 ebuilds. Or is there something other than that that I'm missing -- Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://arcterex.net - "The only thing that experience teaches us is that experience teaches us nothing. -- Andre Maurois (Emile Herzog) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE-3.1 emerge
> I want to update from KDE 3.0.5a to KDE 3.1. I know this was decussed > in detail a while back. I would just like to know how I must search at > Google to get to those threads. no need for google, just go to: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-user&r=1&w=2 later, ajay Satyajot (Ajay) Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Problems creating an ebuild
Hello List,
I'm attempting to create an ebuild for GRASS 5.0.1, and I'm having some difficulties.
This is my first ebuild, so it's probably something simple. The error I'm getting
when I try to emerge is as follows:
!!! ERROR: app-misc/grass-5.0.1 failed.
!!! Function econf, Line 349, Exitcode 1
!!! no configure script found
And the ebuild is as follows:
+--+
# Copyright 1999-2003 Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Header: $
# NOTE: The comments in this file are for instruction and documentation.
# They're not meant to appear with your final, production ebuild. Please
# remember to remove them before submitting or committing your ebuild. That
# doesn't mean you can't add your own comments though.
# The 'Header' on the third line should just be left alone. When your ebuild
# will be commited to cvs, the details on that line will be automatically
# generated to contain the correct data.
# Short one-line description of this package.
DESCRIPTION="An open-source GIS with raster and vector functionality."
# Homepage, not used by Portage directly but handy for developer reference
HOMEPAGE="http://grass.baylor.edu/";
# Point to any required sources; these will be automatically downloaded by
# Portage.
SRC_URI="http://grass.baylor.edu/grass5/source/grass-5.0.1_src.tar.gz";
# License of the package. This must match the name of file(s) in
# /usr/portage/licenses/. For complex license combination see the developer
# docs on gentoo.org for details.
LICENSE="GPL-2"
# The SLOT variable is used to tell Portage if it's OK to keep multiple
# versions of the same package installed at the same time. For example,
# if we have a libfoo-1.2.2 and libfoo-1.3.2 (which is not compatible
# with 1.2.2), it would be optimal to instruct Portage to not remove
# libfoo-1.2.2 if we decide to upgrade to libfoo-1.3.2. To do this,
# we specify SLOT="1.2" in libfoo-1.2.2 and SLOT="1.3" in libfoo-1.3.2.
# emerge clean understands SLOTs, and will keep the most recent version
# of each SLOT and remove everything else.
# Note that normal applications should use SLOT="0" if possible, since
# there should only be exactly one version installed at a time.
# DO NOT USE SLOT=""! This tells Portage to disable SLOTs for this package.
SLOT="0"
# Using KEYWORDS, we can record masking information *inside* an ebuild
# instead of relying on an external package.mask file. Right now, you
# should set the KEYWORDS variable for every ebuild so that it contains
# the names of all the architectures with which the ebuild works. We have
# 5 official architecture names right now: "~x86", "~ppc", "~sparc", "~sparc64"
# and "~alpha". The ~ in front of the architecture indicates that the
# package is new and should be considered unstable until testing proves its
# stability. Once packages go stable the ~ prefix is removed.
# So, if you've confirmed that your ebuild works on x86 and ppc,
# you'd specify: KEYWORDS="~x86 ~ppc"
# For packages that are platform-independant (like Java, PHP or Perl
# applications) specify all keywords.
# DO NOT USE KEYWORDS="*". This is deprecated and only for backward
# compatibility reasons.
KEYWORDS="~x86"
# Comprehensive list of any and all USE flags leveraged in the ebuild,
# with the exception of any ARCH specific flags, i.e. "ppc", "sparc",
# "sparc64", "x86" and "alpha". This is a required variable. If the
# ebuild doesn't use any USE flags, set to "".
IUSE="tcltk png jpeg tiff postgres odbc gd"
# Build-time dependencies, such as
#ssl? ( >=openssl-0.9.6b )
#>=perl-5.6.1-r1
# It is advisable to use the >= syntax show above, to reflect what you
# had installed on your system when you tested the package. Then
# other users hopefully won't be caught without the right version of
# a dependency.
DEPEND=">=sys-devel/make-3.80
>=sys-libs/zlib-1.1.4
>=sys-devel/flex-2.5.4a
>=sys-devel/bison-1.35
>=sys-libs/ncurses-5.3
>=x11-base/xfree-4.2.1
>=sys-libs/gdbm-1.8.0
>=sys-devel/gcc-3.2.1"
# Run-time dependencies, same as DEPEND if RDEPEND isn't defined:
#RDEPEND=""
# Source directory; the dir where the sources can be found (automatically
# unpacked) inside ${WORKDIR}. S will get a default setting of ${WORKDIR}/${P}
# if you omit this line.
S=${WORKDIR}/${P}
src_compile() {
# Most open-source packages use GNU autoconf for configuration.
# You should use something similar to the following lines to
# configure your package before compilation. The "|| die" portion
# at the end will stop the build process if the command fails.
# You should use this at the end of critical commands in the build
# process. (Hint: Most commands are critical, that is, the build
# process should abort if they aren't successful.)
local myconf=""
use tcltk \
&& myconf="${myconf} --with-tcltk" \
|| mycon
[gentoo-user] KDE-3.1 emerge
Hi I want to update from KDE 3.0.5a to KDE 3.1. I know this was decussed in detail a while back. I would just like to know how I must search at Google to get to those threads. thanks fanie -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo with Symbios 53c1030
What is the correct procedure for getting Gentoo to load and see the Symbios card? I have tried for weeks to get this card loaded but I have come to think their isn't any support for it currently. Any help would be great. Thanks in advanced -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Strange problem with portage-2.0.47-r2
Yesterday I emerged the new portage-2.0.47-r2... Now, whenever I run 'emerge' in any flavour, it displays 'uptime' and a fortune various times, just like this: #emerge 19:38:29 up 1 day, 24 min, 2 users, load average: 1.11, 1.48, 1.53 The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people. -- Lucille S. Harper emerge: please tell me what to do. Usage: etc... If I actually try to merge something, it works, but displays those messages a number of times. Note that I have 'uptime' and 'fortune' in my /etc/profile for display when I log on, but emerge never did that before the latest upgrade. The funniest part is that when I removed the messages from /etc/profile emerge insists on showing them... ...even after a env-update && source /etc/profile... ...even after a complete reboot. I have not tried to revert to the old portage yet, because for the rest it is fully functional. Any clues? Thanks in advance Michele Noberasco -- Linux *IS* user friendly: it just appears to be selective who it is friend with! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Why wipe masked?
% emerge search wipe Searching... [ Results for search key : wipe ] [ Applications found : 1 ] * app-misc/wipe [ Masked ] Latest version available: 2.1.0 Latest version installed: 2.1.0 Size of downloaded files: 68 kB Homepage:http://wipe.sourceforge.net/ Description: Secure file wiping utility based on Peter Gutman's patterns -- Kurt --- There is no good and evil; there is only power. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo init system : was [Re: [gentoo-user] service parameter passing?]
I heard Phil Barnett said: > If I have a room full of several differing servers and I'm and admin, > the last thing I want to have to remember in the heat of the moment > is how to do something on _this_ machine. Hmm, then I'd say it's pretty much -your- responsibility, not Gentoo's, to add this abstraction layer the way -you- want it. I mean, you want your room full of servers working the RH way, and that's fine, but other people may very well prefer their abstraction to work the Debian or the BSD way, and there is no compelling reason for Gentoo to favor a system over any other. (If anything, the Gentoo way is IMO more modern and more powerful, so I'd rather port it to other distros than the other way around!) Besides, it's not like writing this abstraction layer was anywhere near difficult, as the many fine scripts already posted here show. :) Good luck with Gentoo, Phil, I hope you'll enjoy it! -- S. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with artsd
Well I deleted the .kde directorys and now everything seems normal, don't know why. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] kdm login failed - pam errors
Hello, I recently emerged a new glibc, kdelibs and kdebase (no 3.0.x versions around). I cannot use kdm to login anymore - it just says login failed. root@linux roger # cat /var/log/syslog |grep kdm shows: . Feb 19 17:56:20 linux kdm[5075]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_stack.so) Feb 19 17:56:20 linux kdm[5075]: PAM [dlerror: /lib/security/pam_stack.so: undefined symbol: _pam_make_env] Feb 19 17:56:20 linux kdm[5075]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_stack.so Feb 19 17:56:20 linux kdm[5075]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_nologin.so) Feb 19 17:56:20 linux kdm[5075]: PAM [dlerror: /lib/security/pam_nologin.so: undefined symbol: pam_get_item] Feb 19 17:56:20 linux kdm[5075]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_nologin.so Feb 19 17:56:20 linux kdm[5075]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_console.so) Feb 19 17:56:20 linux kdm[5075]: PAM [dlerror: /lib/security/pam_console.so: undefined symbol: pam_get_item] Feb 19 17:56:20 linux kdm[5075]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_console.so How do I get rid of these? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks Roger -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't Get Audacity To Work
Does anybody have any suggestions? On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, I wrote: > > I've been running 1.4rc1 and when I tried to emerge audacity the compile > failed. So I did an emerge sync and then emerged audacity. This time it > built (version 1.1.1) and installed correctly. However when I run it, I > get a pop up dialog that just says "Host Error". Then the audacity window > pops up and I can load a wave file. But when I try to play a dialog pops > up and says I need to set the playback device in the preferences. When I > bring up the preferences there are no playback or record devices to > select. > > So I looked at the Audacity web page and could not find any further > information about setting the playback or record devices. But I notice > that it says not to use version 1.1.1 because it is still beta. It says > to use 1.0.0, which I believe is the version which wouldn't compile. > > Other sound programs like xmms and mpg123 work fine. Should I try to go > back to version 1.0.0 or is there something I have not configured > correctly? > > Thanks > -Scott > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] PHP installation problem
On 19 Feb 2003 17:38:28 +0100 Brave Cobra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 17:24, Arturo di Gioia wrote: > > > On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 17:24, Brave Cobra wrote: > > > > > emerge sun-jdk > > > java-config --list-available-vms (to list the available ones) > > > java-config --set-system-vm=sun-jdk-1.4.1.01 (or your corresponding > > > version) > > 1) > > > emerge php > > > > I had to do > > > > 1) > > env-update > > source /etc/profile > > > > before emerging php, otherwise it complained about not being able to > > find /bin directory while searching for jar files (my JAVA_HOME was > > pointing to blackdown-jre, my previous vm). > > Oops, yep, indeed, Tnx for the correction. > > -- > Brave Cobra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > yeah thx... it works fine... :)) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Non root build
hi ! have you played with userpriv and usersandbox features in make.conf? part of portage-2.0.47-r2.ebuild: The 2.0.47 line of portages contains an optional userpriv mode that enables portage to drop root privleges and run as a normal user. It is enabled via FEATURES by adding userpriv. ciao Joe On Wednesday 19 February 2003 10:22, Arturo di Gioia wrote: > Yesterday I updated portage to version 2.0.47-r2. > It suggested me to add a 'portage' group to allow non root build. > Unfortunately it didn't give any more information. I tried it (I created > the portage group and added my user to it). It doesn't work (portage > still requires root privileges to fetch and compile). I tried with no > luck to search any information on the forums and on portage and > make.conf man pages. Does anyone have any useful info about that topic? > Thanks in advance. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] portage upgrade problems
On Wednesday 19 February 2003 3:17 am, Jeff Ames wrote: | > mv /var/cache/edb/dep | > emerge regen | > rm -rf | > Yea, that fixed it...odd thing is the old dep was 31M, the new one is only 28M. Odd... -- Kurt --- There is no good and evil; there is only power. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] PHP installation problem
On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 17:24, Arturo di Gioia wrote: On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 17:24, Brave Cobra wrote: > emerge sun-jdk > java-config --list-available-vms (to list the available ones) > java-config --set-system-vm=sun-jdk-1.4.1.01 (or your corresponding > version) 1) > emerge php I had to do 1) env-update source /etc/profile before emerging php, otherwise it complained about not being able to find /bin directory while searching for jar files (my JAVA_HOME was pointing to blackdown-jre, my previous vm). Oops, yep, indeed, Tnx for the correction. -- Brave Cobra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: [gentoo-user] PHP installation problem
On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 17:24, Brave Cobra wrote: > emerge sun-jdk > java-config --list-available-vms (to list the available ones) > java-config --set-system-vm=sun-jdk-1.4.1.01 (or your corresponding > version) 1) > emerge php I had to do 1) env-update source /etc/profile before emerging php, otherwise it complained about not being able to find /bin directory while searching for jar files (my JAVA_HOME was pointing to blackdown-jre, my previous vm). -- Arturo di Gioia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] PHP installation problem
On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 13:49, Paul de Vrieze wrote: On Wednesday 19 February 2003 13:18, rafailow wrote: > On 19 Feb 2003 10:57:14 +0100 > > the same for me... > please help... thx The problem is (at least) with blackdown-1.3.1 With sun-jdk-1.4.1 it seems to compile well Paul Indeed, now it worked :) For the ones that don't know how to fix it: emerge sun-jdk java-config --list-available-vms (to list the available ones) java-config --set-system-vm=sun-jdk-1.4.1.01 (or your corresponding version) emerge php For some reason apache wants to update to 2.0.44 (regarding the mod_php). I have 1.3.27-r2 and the apache flag is not set in the make.conf...strange..? -- Brave Cobra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: [gentoo-user] PHP installation problem
On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 13:49, Paul de Vrieze wrote: > On Wednesday 19 February 2003 13:18, rafailow wrote: > > On 19 Feb 2003 10:57:14 +0100 > > > > the same for me... > > please help... thx > > The problem is (at least) with blackdown-1.3.1 > With sun-jdk-1.4.1 it seems to compile well > > Paul I emerged blackdown-jdk-1.4.1 (masked package) and now php is compiling well (I also cleared and injected the previous version). It also works with mozilla. -- Arturo di Gioia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Symmetrical Vs Asymmetrical GPG Encryption
* Michael Jinks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [18-02-2003 19:03]: > If what you want is to store a bunch of stuff, for however long, in a > small number of encrypted cpio (or tar or whatever) archives, are there > really going to be so many of them that it justifies a script with a > password in it? And, if you're worried enough about privacy to want to > store your files in an encrypted form, why would you also simultaneously > want to store the key to unlock them in a script on the same system? If > you store the password+script elsewhere, you're back to the same problem > you had with keeping a key on a floppy, only now it's a script instead of > a key. Also, if you think that floppies aren't all that reliable, you could still print (on paper) the ascii armoured private key and store it somewhere safe. In case the floppy doesn't work anymore, you could still get the paper, type it and re-import on gpg. Of course, would be a tedious thing to do, but that's the last resort thing, isn't it? Just my $.02 -- Bruno Lustosa, aka Lofofora | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator/Web Programmer | ICQ UIN: 1406477 Rio de Janeiro - Brazil | msg01750/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo init system : was [Re: [gentoo-user] serviceparameter passing?]
- Original Message - From: "Phil Barnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 10:25 AM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo init system : was [Re: [gentoo-user] service parameter passing?] > > I'm not sure what you mean here. Yes, there are some differences with the > > layout of the runlevel directories but Gentoo uses the same basic structure > > as RH and Mandrake do. > > Well, I guess that's where you and I differ. I don't think they work at all > the same. I see Gentoo's run levels as more like BSD than RH. > > Really, the service script is only about one thing. > > Abstraction. > > If I have a room full of several differing servers and I'm and admin, the last > thing I want to have to remember in the heat of the moment is how to do > something on _this_ machine. /etc/init.d servicename start|stop|restart will work for Gentoo, RH, Mandrake, etc (I just double checked on one of the Solaris boxes at work and it's the same syntax there too). The problem is that instead of using the standard way of doing it, you've gotten used to using a non-standard addition that RH made. Gentoo is behaving exactly the same way as any other System V style init works. This is where it becomes incredibly important to know what the standard way of doing something is and when/how your distro offers a different way of doing things. Yes, Gentoo does use a very different structure for the runlevels than a standard System V style. However, since the runlevel directories just contain symlinks to the scripts in /etc/init.d, it's not a big issue. Abstraction is good but you still need to know how the underlying system works to be a good admin. > Stopping and starting services is one of the admins primary job. > > All the service script does is abstract the stopping and starting of servers > so you no longer need to know which directory to look in to find the scripts. > Perhaps you have never dealt with a room full of a hundred different servers, > but anything we can do to help that guy out will be appreciated. Yes I have, but usually this is where having a common platform because extremely important. Again though, using the service script actually gets you into a bad habbit, using /etc/init.d will actually get you into better habbits that will work across a much wider range of systems. But if you are administrating a wide variety of platforms then yes, having a suite of standard scripts on each system can become extremely handy, but this is more of the job of that admin to set up these types of things to suit their own needs. > Other than abstraction of where the service files lie, the service script is > of no use whatsoever. And I still don't think it even has much use there, unless you're dealing with multiple platforms which don't already have a consistent method for handling services (such as a mix of BSD and System V style boxes). In that type of situation, writing an abstraction script is useful. However, in that case you're going to need to write custom scripts for the different platforms but which take the same arguments from the command-line. Having an included script with the distro is not all that useful because you're needs are going to be too individualized. Andrew "frugal" Dacey [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tildefrugal.net/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Su problems
On Wednesday 19 February 2003 15:56, Bruno Lustosa wrote: > * Henti Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [19-02-2003 10:25]: > > > I have checked and verified correct ownership of /bin/su, and made sure > > > the permission is set correctly. I found this info here. > > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=23378&highlight=authentication > > >+error Root can su to normal users, but the error I recieve with all of > > > my normal users is: su: authentication failure I had a /et/passwd entry without any shell set, and had no problem with su. Are you sure that you are using the right password :-/. I tried to su, and slipped one letter and then I got the "su: autentication failure" too. If it was a problem with the wheel group thing, you would have got a "su: permission denied" error. So my bet is that there is something wrong with what you type in as the password, either another keymap, or a letter thats wrong. -- Sigurd Stordal President of GOGS Experimental Petrologist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Su problems
* Henti Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [19-02-2003 11:59]: > > I think valid shell is determined by checking if user's shell is listed > > in /etc/shells. > > I still had problems logging on even with /bin/sh in /etc/shells > > *shrug* changing to /bin/bash solved it Do you get some kind of message in /var/log/* ? I think su does log alot of things. -- Bruno Lustosa, aka Lofofora | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator/Web Programmer | ICQ UIN: 1406477 Rio de Janeiro - Brazil | msg01747/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Su problems
> I think valid shell is determined by checking if user's shell is listed > in /etc/shells. I still had problems logging on even with /bin/sh in /etc/shells *shrug* changing to /bin/bash solved it Henti -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Su problems
* Henti Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [19-02-2003 10:25]: > > I have checked and verified correct ownership of /bin/su, and made sure the >permission is set correctly. I found this info here. > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=23378&highlight=authentication+error > > Root can su to normal users, but the error I recieve with all of my normal users >is: > > su: authentication failure > > Sorry. > > Make sure your user has a valid shell in /etc/passwd /bin/sh is not valid, I'm not >sure if this effects "su" but I knwo that if my user is /bin/sh I cannot ssh into the >machine > I suspect this is related. I think valid shell is determined by checking if user's shell is listed in /etc/shells. -- Bruno Lustosa, aka Lofofora | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator/Web Programmer | ICQ UIN: 1406477 Rio de Janeiro - Brazil | msg01745/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo init system : was [Re: [gentoo-user] serviceparameter passing?]
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Phil Barnett wrote: |>> Anything that makes it easier to transition from the other Linux |>> flavors where the init files are laid out very differently would make those |>> testing the waters feel much more welcome. If that's not anyone's |>> goal here, then I'm tilting at windmills. |> |> I'm not sure what you mean here. Yes, there are some differences |> with the layout of the runlevel directories but Gentoo uses the |> same basic structure as RH and Mandrake do. | | Well, I guess that's where you and I differ. I don't think they work | at all the same. I see Gentoo's run levels as more like BSD than RH. I have a Redhat 7.3 machine on this network and I've just checked and Redhat uses the same /etc/init.d/ directory for keeping its init scripts in as Gentoo does. | Really, the service script is only about one thing. | Abstraction. | If I have a room full of several differing servers and I'm and admin, | the last thing I want to have to remember in the heat of the moment | is how to do something on _this_ machine. As far as I'm aware, /etc/init.d/ is the standard Unix place to keep these scripts and the argument you've made above for abstraction is really just an argument for standardisation. If all your servers keep their init scripts in /etc/init.d/ then there's no problem is there? You know where to find them. | All the service script does is abstract the stopping and starting of | servers so you no longer need to know which directory to look in to | find the scripts. Perhaps you have never dealt with a room full of a | hundred different servers, but anything we can do to help that guy | out will be appreciated. I fail to see that a script that can be summarised as a one line bash script provides any useful level of abstraction. I've just checked a Debian machine, and that doesn't have a 'service' script either. I'd like to turn this argument around on you: If you want this 'abstraction' so that you don't have to remember each distro's individual way of doing things then surely you agree that encouraging the use of a 'service' script that only Redhat (after a very quick check) seems to use is a BAD thing, not a good thing? If it means that much to you just copy the service script over to your Gentoo machine from a Redhat machine and be done with it, or, produce an ebuild (like say sys-apps/redhat-compatibility) which supplies this and any other of Redhat's home-made scripts that you like. Then you and any other future Redhat refugees can add all this stuff in in one go and everyone's happy. I don't think there's a good argument for including it in the core Gentoo distribution though. Andy -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+U5oTX3TTUvZURBERArGYAKCTQv8tBBz9mHjuWShaLJ0MWYmqmACfXpR0 dN08JZVsH4b4FUblIHV+/64= =Oliz -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo init system : was [Re: [gentoo-user] service parameter passing?]
On Wednesday 19 February 2003 8:02 am, Andrew Dacey wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Phil Barnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 1:31 AM > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo init system : was [Re: [gentoo-user] > service parameter passing?] > > > Anything that makes it easier to transition from the other Linux flavors > > where > > > the init files are laid out very differently would make those testing the > > waters feel much more welcome. If that's not anyone's goal here, then I'm > > tilting at windmills. > > I'm not sure what you mean here. Yes, there are some differences with the > layout of the runlevel directories but Gentoo uses the same basic structure > as RH and Mandrake do. Well, I guess that's where you and I differ. I don't think they work at all the same. I see Gentoo's run levels as more like BSD than RH. Really, the service script is only about one thing. Abstraction. If I have a room full of several differing servers and I'm and admin, the last thing I want to have to remember in the heat of the moment is how to do something on _this_ machine. Stopping and starting services is one of the admins primary job. All the service script does is abstract the stopping and starting of servers so you no longer need to know which directory to look in to find the scripts. Perhaps you have never dealt with a room full of a hundred different servers, but anything we can do to help that guy out will be appreciated. Other than abstraction of where the service files lie, the service script is of no use whatsoever. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Need to downgrade KDE; how is a specific version specified with emerge?
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 12:51 am, J. A. Langdorf-Jørgensen wrote: > Edit /var/cache/edb/world so that the version of KDE is specified > there: your KDE entry should look like this "=kde-base/kde-3.0.5a". > KDE will then be locked at that version. I've just done this; however, when I do an emerge -up world I still get some packages wanting to be updated :-( hercules edb # emerge -up world portage: 'portage' user or group missing. Please update baselayout and merge portage user(250) and group(250) into your passwd and group files. Non-root compilation is disabled until then. For the defaults, line 1 goes into passwd, and 2 into group. portage:x:250:250:portage:/var/tmp/portage:/bin/false portage::250:portage These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating world dependencies ...done! [ebuildU ] gnome-base/gnome-panel-2.2.0.1-r1 [2.2.0.1] [ebuildU ] kde-base/arts-1.1.0 [1.0.5a] [ebuildU ] kde-base/kdelibs-3.1-r2 [3.0.5a-r1] [ebuildU ] media-libs/xine-lib-1_beta2 [0.9.13-r2] Doing a grep on /var/cache/edb/world for kde only provides: hercules edb # grep kde world =kde-base/kde-3.0.5a media-gfx/pixieplus-kde net-analyzer/kdevmon Is there something else or should I rebuild Gentoo from scratch to see if it works? Thanks for your help. Adrian -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Su problems
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 08:16:55 -0500 "John P. Marr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am hoping you guys can give me a hand with a problem I am having. hope so. > I have a 1ghz dell inspiron (8000) with gentoo linux on it. It is running kernel >2.4.20 with gnome 2.2 on it. > My problem is that I am unable to su into root from my normal user. I have tried >everything I can think of to fix this, but it is still broken. > I have added my user to the wheel group, both by hand and 'usermod -G' can you send me a "grep wheel /etc/group" output ? > I have checked and verified correct ownership of /bin/su, and made sure the >permission is set correctly. I found this info here. > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=23378&highlight=authentication+error > Root can su to normal users, but the error I recieve with all of my normal users is: > su: authentication failure > Sorry. Make sure your user has a valid shell in /etc/passwd /bin/sh is not valid, I'm not sure if this effects "su" but I knwo that if my user is /bin/sh I cannot ssh into the machine I suspect this is related. Henti Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] Su problems
make your user part of the wheel group
regards
Bram
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From: John P. Marr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: woensdag 19 februari 2003 14:17
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [gentoo-user] Su problems
I am hoping you guys can give me a hand with a problem I am having.
I have a 1ghz dell inspiron (8000) with gentoo linux on it. It is running
kernel 2.4.20 with gnome 2.2 on it.
My problem is that I am unable to su into root from my normal user. I have
tried everything I can think of to fix this, but it is still broken.
I have added my user to the wheel group, both by hand and 'usermod -G'
I have checked and verified correct ownership of /bin/su, and made sure the
permission is set correctly. I found this info here.
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=23378&highlight=authentication+erro
r
Root can su to normal users, but the error I recieve with all of my normal
users is:
su: authentication failure
Sorry.
I have recompiled pam, shadow, pam-login and still have the same error.
I have even done a reinstall of my system, and I am getting the same error
again and again...
This is the result of strace/bin/su: I hope it helps someone ...
bash-2.05b$ strace /bin/su
execve("/bin/su", ["/bin/su"], [/* 44 vars */]) = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="johnic.mrmarr.com", ...}) = 0
brk(0) = 0x805357c
open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY)= 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
close(3)= 0
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=47980, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 47980, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40014000
close(3)= 0
open("/lib/libcrypt.so.1", O_RDONLY)= 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0\n\0\000"...,
1024) =
1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=22852, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 182268, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4002
mprotect(0x40025000, 161788, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap2(0x40025000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x4)
= 0x40025000
mmap2(0x40026000, 157692, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40026000
close(3)= 0
open("/usr/lib/libcrack.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0P\33\0\000"...,
1024) =
1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=31194, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0x4004d000
mmap2(NULL, 44416, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4004e000
mprotect(0x40055000, 15744, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap2(0x40055000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x6)
= 0x40055000
mmap2(0x40056000, 11648, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40056000
close(3)= 0
open("/lib/libpam.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0 \25\0\000"...,
1024) =
1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=35762, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 32716, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40059000
mprotect(0x4006, 4044, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap2(0x4006, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x6)
= 0x4006
close(3)= 0
open("/lib/libpam_misc.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\300\r\0"..., 1024)
= 1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=11800, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 11668, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40061000
mprotect(0x40063000, 3476, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap2(0x40063000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x1)
= 0x40063000
close(3)= 0
open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)= 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\20_\1\000"...,
1024) =
1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1422891, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 1244260, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40064000
mprotect(0x4018b000, 35940, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap2(0x4018b000, 20480, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3,
0x127)
= 0x4018b000
mmap2(0x4019, 15460, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4019
close(3)= 0
open("/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0 \31\0\000"...,
1024) =
1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=11820, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 11484, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40194000
mprotect(0x40196000, 3292, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap2(0x40196000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x1)
= 0x40196000
close(3)= 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0x40197000
munmap(0x40014000, 47980) = 0
brk(0) = 0x805357c
brk(0x805457c)
[gentoo-user] Problems with artsd
Hello! I got some Problems with my artsd. It uses up to 90% cpu time, also when I don't use any sound. I can not deactivate the program in the KDE control center, because the center chrashes when i switch to the sound server part. I also can not kill the artsd process only a restart helps. When I shutdown the alsa modules there are some strange error messages about a busy device (i think its my soundcard). So shutting down KDE does not stop my mad demon. But I can hear sound all the time. Does anybody knows this problems and better knows a solution. It would also help when I could deactivate artsd manually. Thanks for your help and excuse my bad english... Jan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Su problems
I am hoping you guys can give me a hand with a problem I am having.
I have a 1ghz dell inspiron (8000) with gentoo linux on it. It is running kernel
2.4.20 with gnome 2.2 on it.
My problem is that I am unable to su into root from my normal user. I have tried
everything I can think of to fix this, but it is still broken.
I have added my user to the wheel group, both by hand and 'usermod -G'
I have checked and verified correct ownership of /bin/su, and made sure the permission
is set correctly. I found this info here.
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=23378&highlight=authentication+error
Root can su to normal users, but the error I recieve with all of my normal users is:
su: authentication failure
Sorry.
I have recompiled pam, shadow, pam-login and still have the same error.
I have even done a reinstall of my system, and I am getting the same error again and
again...
This is the result of strace/bin/su: I hope it helps someone ...
bash-2.05b$ strace /bin/su
execve("/bin/su", ["/bin/su"], [/* 44 vars */]) = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="johnic.mrmarr.com", ...}) = 0
brk(0) = 0x805357c
open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY)= 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
close(3)= 0
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=47980, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 47980, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40014000
close(3)= 0
open("/lib/libcrypt.so.1", O_RDONLY)= 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0\n\0\000"..., 1024) =
1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=22852, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 182268, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4002
mprotect(0x40025000, 161788, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap2(0x40025000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x4) =
0x40025000
mmap2(0x40026000, 157692, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS,
-1, 0) = 0x40026000
close(3)= 0
open("/usr/lib/libcrack.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0P\33\0\000"..., 1024) =
1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=31194, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4004d000
mmap2(NULL, 44416, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4004e000
mprotect(0x40055000, 15744, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap2(0x40055000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x6) =
0x40055000
mmap2(0x40056000, 11648, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS,
-1, 0) = 0x40056000
close(3)= 0
open("/lib/libpam.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0 \25\0\000"..., 1024) =
1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=35762, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 32716, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40059000
mprotect(0x4006, 4044, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap2(0x4006, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x6) =
0x4006
close(3)= 0
open("/lib/libpam_misc.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\300\r\0"..., 1024) = 1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=11800, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 11668, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40061000
mprotect(0x40063000, 3476, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap2(0x40063000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x1) =
0x40063000
close(3)= 0
open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)= 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\20_\1\000"..., 1024) =
1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1422891, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 1244260, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40064000
mprotect(0x4018b000, 35940, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap2(0x4018b000, 20480, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x127)
= 0x4018b000
mmap2(0x4019, 15460, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS,
-1, 0) = 0x4019
close(3)= 0
open("/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0 \31\0\000"..., 1024) =
1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=11820, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 11484, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40194000
mprotect(0x40196000, 3292, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap2(0x40196000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x1) =
0x40196000
close(3)= 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40197000
munmap(0x40014000, 47980) = 0
brk(0) = 0x805357c
brk(0x805457c) = 0x805457c
brk(0x8055000) = 0x8055000
getuid32() = 1000
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE, {B38400 opost i
Re: [gentoo-user] X Configuration
I think that program used to be called Xconfigurator but I'm not sure how to get ahold of it. On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 01:49, Jimmy Rosen wrote: > personally I think xf86cfg is easier than xf86config, but it doesn't work > perfectly all the time. > There used to be some (ncurses based I think) config tool with old redhats. > Anyone know what that was? > > Also xfree.org has good documentation on configuring X. > I think you can find it from http://xfree.org/support.html > > > Jimmy > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo init system : was [Re: [gentoo-user] serviceparameter passing?]
- Original Message - From: "Phil Barnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 1:31 AM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo init system : was [Re: [gentoo-user] service parameter passing?] > Anything that makes it easier to transition from the other Linux flavors where > the init files are laid out very differently would make those testing the > waters feel much more welcome. If that's not anyone's goal here, then I'm > tilting at windmills. I'm not sure what you mean here. Yes, there are some differences with the layout of the runlevel directories but Gentoo uses the same basic structure as RH and Mandrake do. The init scripts are stored in the same place (/etc/init.d) and operate in the same way from the command-line (/etc/init.d servicename start|stop|restart). Yes there are differences, the scripts are written in a different (and IMO, better) syntax which allows for service dependencies (instead of the system that RH and Mandrake use of Sxx and Kxx to indicate if a service should be started or killed and the order). The other difference is in the structure of the runlevel directories but that's not really a big deal because this was always just a place where symlinks to the scripts in /etc/init.d were stored. Now if you're coming from a BSD style init structure, then you will find the init structure to be extremely different but I thought that RH and Mandrake both used System V style by default (certainly that's always been the way I've had boxes with either distro setup and I don't remember ever explicitly setting it to System V style). I don't see what the big deal of the service script is other than just as a shortcut from typing /etc/init.d/. However, that's not a standard part of System V style init, that's something that RH added. A number of list members have already posted sample scripts (some more complicated than others) that would work and you've also shown that service from RH is just a shell script as well (which would probably work fine on a gentoo box with little or no modification). --- Andrew "frugal" Dacey [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tildefrugal.net/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] PHP installation problem
On Wednesday 19 February 2003 13:18, rafailow wrote: > On 19 Feb 2003 10:57:14 +0100 > > the same for me... > please help... thx The problem is (at least) with blackdown-1.3.1 With sun-jdk-1.4.1 it seems to compile well Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Researcher Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.cs.kun.nl/~pauldv msg01735/pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Cups trouble
Got it now. Thanks. On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 10:11:56 +0100 Paul de Vrieze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tuesday 18 February 2003 21:30, brett holcomb wrote: I'm not sure what you mean - did mean that http://x.x.x.x:631 did not work but http://localhost:631 worked? If I remember correctly I think I used the IP address. By default cups is configured to allow only access from localhost. To allow other hosts to access cups, you need to edit cups.conf. Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Researcher Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.cs.kun.nl/~pauldv -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] PHP installation problem
On 19 Feb 2003 10:57:14 +0100 Brave Cobra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 08:45, Leonid Podolny wrote: > > > Hi, when I try to upgrade to new php (4.3.1) the configure script > > gives me the following eror: > > > > checking whether to enable pcntl support... yes > > checking for fork... no > > configure: error: pcntl: fork() not supported by this platform > > > > !!! ERROR: dev-php/php-4.3.1 failed. > > !!! Function src_compile, Line 183, Exitcode 1 > > !!! bad ./configure > > Having the same problem right here. Any help would appreciated. Glad > though that I'm not the only one. Thought I was doing something wrong > ;).(And I probably am) > -- > Brave Cobra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > the same for me... please help... thx -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo init system : was [Re: [gentoo-user]service parameter passing?]
On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 09:28:18 -0500, Phil Barnett wrote: > On Tuesday 18 February 2003 8:56 am, Alexander Futasz wrote: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > /etc/init.d/$1 $2 > > > > > > put that in /usr/sbin or whereever you like, name it "service", give > > it the right permissions and you will have the functionality you > > described. > > > > i read that before on the list, so it must be somewhere on the > > archives too. > > 1. It should be part of Gentoo, not some hack that I put together. if you want to have it officially in gentoo you'd have to file a bugreport. bugzilla.gentoo.org -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] PHP installation problem
On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 08:45, Leonid Podolny wrote: Hi, when I try to upgrade to new php (4.3.1) the configure script gives me the following eror: checking whether to enable pcntl support... yes checking for fork... no configure: error: pcntl: fork() not supported by this platform !!! ERROR: dev-php/php-4.3.1 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 183, Exitcode 1 !!! bad ./configure Having the same problem right here. Any help would appreciated. Glad though that I'm not the only one. Thought I was doing something wrong .(And I probably am) -- Brave Cobra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: [gentoo-user] Java GUI apps on gentoo (an adventure report :-)
Another possible solution is the "new" Blackdown release of 1.4.1 that is already compiled with gcc-3.2. This should fix java-plugin problems as well. Regards, Craig On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 16:19, Ulf Kister wrote: > Hi all, > > I wanted to install a java GUI application on gentoo and experienced > two hurdles to take. Since I think other gentoo users might get stuck > in the same traps, I post the solutions here: > > 1. Problem: > > The installer/launcher complains about being able to open neither > libc.so.6 nor librt.so.1: > > > dirname: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: > cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > /bin/ls: error while loading shared libraries: librt.so.1: > cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > > > The solution (Thank you, Anders!) is with a good probaility to modify > the installer/launcher like this: > > $ sed 's/LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=/'#D_ASSUME_KERNEL=/g' > > > 2. Problem: > > More complaints to come. Now it is the lack of libstdc++: > > > java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: > /opt/sun-jdk-1.4.1.01/jre/lib/i386/libfontmanager.so: > libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: > cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > > > Now you have two alternatives: > > - The first and fast solution is either to "emerge sys-libs/lib-compat" > (contains the desired library, a reminiscence to gcc-2.9.x), which > makes things work (at least in my case). Thanks again Anders and > Paul! > > - The second solution (which I can definitely recommend, becaus it > speeds up things significantly) is compiling Suns JDK from source > with your shiny new gcc-3.2. > > I did "emerge /usr/portage/dev-java/sun-j2sdk/sun-j2sdk-1.4.1.ebuild" > because this one does not conflict with openmotif (I love Xemacs, > your milage may vary). > > Now libfontmanager.so knows about your system and will know where to > look for what - without the old libstdc++ and with a speedup you can > feel (don't ask for the factor, jboss initializes with factor ~0.8). > > Thank you for being such a great help and hope this helps too > > Regards, Ulf > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Symmetrical Vs Asymmetrical GPG Encryption
Just use a different symetric key on every encryption (someway autogenerate it), and encrypt that key with your public key so that in the end you can get the symetric key with your private key when you want it. Isn't that the way asymmetric encryption works anyway, internally? That's because public-key ciphers are very slow, so they're only used to encrypt the random symmetric key, and then the symmetric cipher is used for the data itself. -- -- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http://www.chromatix.uklinux.net/ tagline: The key to knowledge is not to rely on people to teach you it. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Symmetrical Vs Asymmetrical GPG Encryption
> Or maybe I'm misunderstanding something. The source for the information (My personal computer) is trusted. But what I want to do is create backups of personal data at a remote location (on an untrusted computer). That's why I want the information encrypted both in transit (easy) and at the remote backup location (which is where the question was aimed). OK, here's how the two options work. Symmetric: a key is generated, based on a passphrase. You enter the passphrase when encrypting (it must be embedded in your backup script), and again when decrypting. Asymmetric (public key): Two keys are generated, one public, one private. You use the public one to encrypt, this does not need a passphrase. The data can then *only* be decrypted using the private key, which does also require the passphrase. You also have the option of "signing" the data with your private key (to make tampering obvious), but you must provide your private-key passphrase to sign the data, and you use your public key to verify the signature. Encryption and signing can be used separately or together. It should be reasonably obvious that if you absolutely trust your local machine, and everyone who has physical access to it, and your passphrase is a good one, that the two are basically equivalent. However, public-key encryption is generally more secure, because you don't have to keep your passphrase around where everyone can read it. You only use the passphrase to decrypt, which for a backup solution is much less frequent or predictable, and therefore less useful to a potential cracker. You still have to watch your private key, but your passphrase helps to protect that too. Generally, if you sign data, you want to be physically there to do so. Typical examples are verifying your identity for various legal and contractual reasons. Signing data with an automated batch script is slightly suspect in my view. -- -- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http://www.chromatix.uklinux.net/ tagline: The key to knowledge is not to rely on people to teach you it. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Non root build
Yesterday I updated portage to version 2.0.47-r2. It suggested me to add a 'portage' group to allow non root build. Unfortunately it didn't give any more information. I tried it (I created the portage group and added my user to it). It doesn't work (portage still requires root privileges to fetch and compile). I tried with no luck to search any information on the forums and on portage and make.conf man pages. Does anyone have any useful info about that topic? Thanks in advance. -- Arturo di Gioia web: http://www.ing.unitn.it/~digioia/ PGP public key: http://www.ing.unitn.it/~digioia/files/adg_gpg_pub.asc Registered Linux user #230853 (http://counter.li.org). Instructions for using my e-mail address: http://netiquette.info/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
