Re: [gentoo-user] Newsgroups gateway
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 09:38:55AM +0100 or thereabouts, Gerhard W. Gruber wrote: Is there some way to get the newsgroup without the mailinglist, or can I stop getting mails on the mailinglist, while still being subscribed? No. Not at this time. --kurt pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] phpBB emerge
On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 01:51:50PM + or thereabouts, Rus Foster wrote: Also I tried ACCEPT_KEYWORD=~x86 and still nothing. Could someone give me a push in the right direction please Try: ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86 emerge -p phpBB (Note the S on the end of ACCEPT_KEYWORDS) --kurt pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] rsync.namerica problem
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 06:31:34PM -0800 or thereabouts, lodger wrote: lodger root # emerge sync starting rsync with rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage... checking server timestamp ... rsync: failed to connect to 128.227.212.225: Connection refused rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(83) retry ... I ran emerge-webrsync after this but still get the same error when I tried emerge sync again and again. Anyone else having problems w/namerica? When you get this type of error, it generally means that one of the mirrors in our rotation is down or misbehaving. In these cases, we would greatly appreciate it if you could file a bug on bugs.gentoo.org and assign it to the rsync category. Including the IP address in the bug as well as the name of the rotation you were using is generally enough for us to track it down. --kurt pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] How many gentoo users ?
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 08:01:50PM +0100 or thereabouts, Oliver Lange wrote: Has anyone tried to estimate how many people are currently using gentoo-linux ? Or other distros ? Good question, huh ? About the only sort of global metrics we can easily poll are DNS stats. The gentoo.org name servers answer 6MM - 7MM queries per month. As for how many users that translates into, I've no idea, but somehow, I have a feeling there will be no shortage of opinions... --kurt pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] local rsync server
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 08:00:49PM +0100 or thereabouts, Oliver Lange wrote: The gentoo rsync mirror guide explains how to setup a public rsync mirror. What about an easier guide for the home user who wants to setup a simple LAN rsync mirror ? Should be easy to understand and also cover an example configuration file for rsyncd. emerge app-admin/gentoo-rsync-mirror --kurt pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] packages.gentoo.org offline for a bit
packages.gentoo.org is offline at the moment as there is an undetermined bug in the system that causes loads to go off the charts. It's either a bug in the code or a conflict with the kernel settings on the new kernel we just installed. We're looking at the problem and as soon as we have it fixed, we'll bring it back online. --kurt pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Patch-2.5.9 is NOT on internet
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 03:42:31PM -0400 or thereabouts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: im trying to build the bootstrap (stage 1) and emerge can't find patch-2.5.9 You mean *this* patch-2.5.9? http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/distfiles/patch-2.5.9.tar.gz http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/distfiles/patch-2.5.9.tar.gz ftp://mirror.iawnet.sandia.gov/pub/gentoo/distfiles/patch-2.5.9.tar.gz rinse and repeat for any of our other mirrors. --kurt pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Where have all the (POST Sep 21) snapshots gone?
On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 06:04:08PM +0930 or thereabouts, David Stewen wrote: Does anyone know why I have no permission to browse snapshots in the following gentoo mirrors: Slight hitch in the rsync script we use. It removed a+x permissions from the snapshot directory which made apache unhappy. It's fixed on the main OSU server now: http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/snapshots/ and should propgate out to the other mirrors shortly. --kurt -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Migrating to a commercial PHP-based forums package for forums.gentoo.org
As many of you have noticed, the forums have been having significant performance problems lately. Without going into the gory details, most of these issues have to do with the inefficient way phpBB 2.0.x interacts with the database. Right now, the apache part of the forums are hosted on OSU's cluster of dual xeon boxes and the database part is hosted by a dual xeon w/ 4GB of RAM, so there is ample hardware behind us. Adding more hardware is not likely to be a tenable solution. We have a couple of options we're considering, none of which are ideal. One option is to delete older posts and/or move them to an archive section which would be unsearchable or really hard to search (which is, imo, effectively deleting them because nobody is going to sift through all that) Another option is to migrate to an alternate forums package. Specifically, vBulletin, which has proven to be quite scalable and effective with larger sites. The main drawback to this is the fact that it is a commercial software package, which tends to raise the ire of some of the more zealous GNU folks out there. So, my question to you is, how would you feel if we were to do this? Horribly offended? Saddened because there isn't a GPL'd program to meet our needs, but pragmatic about the need to do *something*? Or C, none of the above? Basically, the choice comes down to one of two things: 1) Lose some older posts and stay on a GPL-compatible package 2) Move to a commercial solution and keep all the posts. Note that vBulletin *is* open source in that you have access to the source code and can modify it. It's just not Free. Finally, to keep this process somewhat manageably, I ask that you make your responses on the forums. I've also set up a poll there so we can vote on what should be done. I will likely limit my responses to that discussion. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=554174 --kurt pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Making the forums searchable
On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 03:46:28PM +0200 or thereabouts, Klavs Klavsen wrote: All this could be resolved easily, by inserting some rewite rules in apache and an output-filter in php (or apache - it too has modules/features for this kinda stuff) which simply rewrites urls like: Send me some working code and we'll look at implementing it. --kurt pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Donation disclosure
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 07:31:44PM + or thereabouts, Louis C. Candell wrote: I wouldnt expect monetary compensation from Debian (GNU/Linux), because they are non-profit, but Gentoo, on the other hand, is trying to make a buck not only from it's users, but from the people who are pouring sweat and blood into the outcome of this project. This is so patently false and misleading as to be offensive. Please kindly get your facts straight before posting complete and total FUD to the mailing list. --kurt pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Donation disclosure
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 09:41:14AM +0200 or thereabouts, Matthias F. Brandstetter wrote: All in all, it's not a must, but I think everyone who wants to donate something would be glad if (s)he would know what happens with the money. This was covered recently (sorry about line wrapping) Master Thread: http://news.gmane.org/onethread.php?group=gmane.linux.gentoo.userroot=%3C20030626032450.GA15746%40force.stwing.upenn.edu%3E Key Posts: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/38206 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/38231 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/38280 Key Points: Gentoo is working actively towards becoming a Not For Profit (NFP) corporation. This is one of the stated goals (on the front page) of store.gentoo.org -- to help raise money to pay the legal fees to become a NFP. Gentoo is not profitable. Despite the fact that we're currently registered as a for profit company, we don't make any money. Were it not for donations, both of cash as well as bandwidth, hardware, mirrors, etc. Gentoo *would not be possible*. gentoo.oregonstate.edu alone transfers ~400GB - 600GB of data *per day*. That's 36Mbps of average utilization or most of a DS-3 connection. Anyone who has ever priced a DS-3 before knows that they're not cheap. So, despite what the tax man thinks about Gentoo, we very much operate just like a real NFP company does. As soon as we get enough money together, we'll make the change official. If you want to help, send a donation and note on it that you want the money to be used expressly for converting Gentoo to a NFP corp. (the last link that I posted above states that you can do just that) --kurt pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] what has happenned to wiki.dev.gentoo.org?
On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 10:03:56AM +1200 or thereabouts, Nick Rout wrote: When distcc emerges you get a message to look at http://wiki.dev.gentoo.org/gentoo/moin.cgi/UsingDistcc however that server seems to have been unavailable for quite some time. Anyone know whats going on? That server was lost as part of our recent infrastructure changes that we were forced to make. I do not have an ETA for when it might re-appear. Unfortunately, I'm also not sure where else you may obtain that information. My best advice at this point is to file a bug on the distcc package on bugs.gentoo.org. --kurt -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] typo found in /etc/conf.d/hdparms
On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 06:42:26AM -0400 or thereabouts, Tom Allison wrote: /etc/conf.d/hdparm has a small typo # disc0_args=-d # disc1_args-d missing = No effect, but it's there. Did you file a bug report on bugs.gentoo.org? --kurt -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Bayesian spam filtering
On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 08:31:48AM -0500 or thereabouts, Larry Wright wrote: I am currently running qmail + fetchmail + procmail + spamassassin. Everything works pretty well, but I'm a little dissapointed in spamassassin's accuracy. As Jens said, the latest version of SpamAssassin supports bayesian filtering. I've been using it for almost 2 weeks now and, after taking the time to train it properly, it has been remarkably accurate. --kurt pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Question on Portage
On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 09:18:06PM -0800 or thereabouts, Susie wrote: Why is there 2 of pretty much every ebuild? I ask as I noticed awhile back there seems to be ebuilds in both /var/db/pkg/ and /usr/portage/ Isn't that redundant? Don't we need just one copy of an ebuild per package? I'm just curious why... /var/db/pkg contains copies of installed ebuilds which may or may not also exist in /usr/portage (see below) Anyways other than that why even with my frequent rsyncs do I have some fairly old ebuilds in there? I can see the testing/new being masked being in the tree and the current stables being in the tree but why are some fairly old versions in the tree? Because you don't always want to upgrade your machine all that often. Take a firewall for example -- it filters packets. Nothing more. Short of security fixes, if it's working just fine, why upgrade it? So, by having older versions of ebuilds available in the tree, we are able to provide choice to more of our users. --kurt -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Do I need to join to roll my own tarballs?
On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 10:07:27AM -0500 or thereabouts, Jesse Jacobs wrote: I've been trying to build a few stage-2/3 tar balls. But it appears that I need access to gentoo-src CVS. If anyone could please direct me, it would be greatly appreciated. We don't offer anonymous access to CVS. We used to, but then Gentoo got popular and our poor box couldn't handle it any more. :) If someone would like to donate a really (REALLY) beefy machine for anon cvs access along with the colo space and bandwidth to support it, I'd be happy to look at re-enabling it. --kurt -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Do I need to join to roll my own tarballs?
On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 11:13:34AM -0500 or thereabouts, Jesse Jacobs wrote: Thanks for your prompt reply. I'm just a basement Linux user. But would like to help any way I can. How could I assist and(to cut to the chase) gain access to these sources? Well, right now to have access to cvs, you have to be a developer. If you're interested in becoming a developer, best way is to head over to bugzilla and start patching bugs. Look for a more informative how to become a gentoo developer in next Monday's GWN. :) --kurt -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] CVS access
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 02:44:17PM +0200 or thereabouts, Nick Katsamas wrote: Is there any problem with cvs. I try to connect and here is the answer: Um...Gentoo doesn't offer anon CVS access -- hasn't for months. --kurt -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] CVS access
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 03:30:10PM +0200 or thereabouts, Nick Katsamas wrote: Well then the FAQ http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/faq.xml; must change at : How can I manage my own ebuilds without destroying them by (r)sync? Yep -- sure does. Can you file a bug on that via bugs.gentoo.org? --kurt -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Setting up distcc
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 12:14:35AM -0600 or thereabouts, Stephen Boulet wrote: There is a distcc in Gentoo HOWTO at: http://cvs.gentoo.org/~hanno/distcc.html This page is out-of-date. We've already contacted the developer and asked him to take it down. --kurt -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone know if they are redoing the website?
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 01:48:38PM -0800 or thereabouts, Susie wrote: I just went to check out the online database and is it just me or does alot of stuff seem to be missing? What online database are you speaking of? The package database? That's an error that we're looking at. Otherwise, no, no major changes are happening to gentoo.org atm. --kurt msg01889/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
