Re: [gentoo-user] missing default route
Sorry to reply to myself, but I just thought of something else. Have you tried configuring the interface using dhcpcd from the command-line (ie. disable the Gentoo net.eth* initscripts)? Andrew Ross wrote: When using DHCP, you shouldn't have to set the default gateway (either using route, or in /etc/conf.d/net). Are you invoking dhcpcd using -d (so that debug info is sent to syslog)? What do the logs say? What is the output of route? (before you manually add the default route). -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] missing default route
When using DHCP, you shouldn't have to set the default gateway (either using route, or in /etc/conf.d/net). Are you invoking dhcpcd using -d (so that debug info is sent to syslog)? What do the logs say? What is the output of route? (before you manually add the default route). Ian Truelsen wrote: It is at the bottom of /etc/conf.d/net, ala: # For setting the default gateway # gateway="eth0/192.168.100.5" -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -e world ??
You are better off using usechange (http://www.coe.uncc.edu/~danderse/www/usechange). Of course, a forum search (as Brian suggested) would have found this anyway! Cheers Andrew Brian wrote: emerge -e world will rebuild everything. If you just want to rebuild some that the flags changed for there is a combination of commands to tell you which ones need it. then re-emerge them. such as: emerge -vep world | grep mysql will display all installed ebuilds with a mysql use flag. then just check and make a list of the ones that need rebuilding. emerge a_pkg another_pkg there may be a complete script out there for it. do a search on the forums to see if one turns up. I know I would like to add that function to to a portage/emerge gui called porthole that is in development. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild for flexlm
"FLEXlm license manager and utils 9.0.0" http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23221 Hope this helps Andrew Valmor de Almeida wrote: Is there an ebuild for flexlm? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Files in /etc/pam.d
Short of something like emerge -eD world and rebuilding everything, you could try to parse the output of usechange (http://www.coe.uncc.edu/~danderse/www/usechange). Hope this helps Andrew Scharf Yuval wrote: Anyhow, How do I tell portage that I've changed a USE flag and want it to rebuild what ever is needed? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Mplayer without X
Try USE=-* emerge -pv mplayer On my server the results are: These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N] dev-lang/nasm-0.98.38 -doc -build [ebuild N] media-sound/cdparanoia-3.9.8 [ebuild N] media-libs/xvid-0.9.1 [ebuild N] sys-libs/lib-compat-1.3 [ebuild N] media-libs/divx4linux-20030428-r1 [ebuild N] media-libs/win32codecs-0.90.1-r2 -quicktime [ebuild N] media-video/mplayer-0.92 -dga -oss -xmms -jpeg -3dfx -sse -matrox -sdl -X -svga -ggi -oggvorbis -3dnow -aalib -gnome -xv -opengl -truetype -dvd -gtk -gif -esd -fbcon -encode -alsa -directfb -arts -dvb -gtk2 -samba -lirc Now you can review the mplayer use flags and add the ones you want. Cheers Andrew Tianran Chen wrote: what about install MPlayer without qt and kde? i add "-qt -kde" in my USE flag, but qt and kde still show up when i do emerge -pv mplayer. any idea? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Files in /etc/pam.d
Scharf Yuval wrote: When I look at the filed in /etc/pam.d using "qpkg -f" I can see that some of them came from ebuilds and some of them not. That's strange - a quick check of my /etc/pam.d shows 14 files, all belong to either shadow, openssh, or squid. Perhaps you could supply us with the list of files you are referring to? The reason I'm asking is because I'm building a new system and I can't login into it. It says that the authentication failed :-( I once had this problem (ie. unable to log into a newly built system, even as root). It was because I'd taken pam out of my use flags when the system was built (eg. USE=-pam emerge system). I rebooted using the live cd and redid the emerge system. Everything worked fine after that. Hope this helps Andrew -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] su issues
Your user account needs to be a member of the group wheel (gid 10 under Gentoo Linux, gid 0 under FreeBSD) in order to su to the root user. You can check group membership this using the "id" command. This is an additional security measure taken, I believe from *BSD (I might be wrong about that). Cheers Andrew Dan Egli wrote: su: Permission denied Sorry. Huh? Permission denied? Whats up with this? Anyone experience it beore? How can I fix it? sudo works fine but if I want to do several things as root I don't want to sudo each of them. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Bash Scripting - pipes, quoting & stuff
You are erroneously escaping the shell variables on line 61 of your script: cat $1 | $MAKEMIME -c \"$TYPE\" -e \"$ENCODING\" - Change it to this: cat $1 | $MAKEMIME -c "$TYPE" -e "$ENCODING" - and it should work (or at least, it did for me). Cheers Andrew Stroller wrote: I start to write a little shell script as a wrapper. I've spent a little time making sure each part works ok... piping text-files into sendmail, and renaming the original file after the time&date when the script has finished. But when I get to the actual piping of a file into `makemime` it falls over. Now this is really weird, because I can do it from the commandline fine, but not it seems as part of a shell script. At the commandline: $ cat foo.wav | makemime -c "audio/x-wav" -e "base64" - Content-Type: audio/x-wav Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 UklGRqaKAQBXQVZFZm10IBABAAEAIBwAACAcAAABAAgAZGF0YYGKAQCAf39/f39/ gICAgICA gICAgIB/f39/f39/f4CAgICAgICAf39/fn5+fn9/gICAgYGBgYGAgH9/f39/ f3+AgICAgICAgH9/ ... I've attached my script. I'm guessing that someone out there will find it laughably easy to explain why this isn't working for me, but I'm absolutely baffled. If I run this script the result of the 2nd-last (uncommented) line indicates that I am trying the very same commands & variables as I've shown above, and if I copy & paste that line back into my terminal, it works fine. But when I run the script I `makemime` always fails with its usage message: Usage: makemime -c type [-o file] [-e encoding] [-C charset] [-N name] \ [-a "Header: Contents"] file ... I'm extremely indebted for any clarification, Stroller. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] trouble with gaim
> On Sat, 2003-12-27 at 14:56, Roger wrote: > > happy new year to all. > > > > I want to use gaim to act as MSN to chat with other, but I fail to > > logon, I got the following error message. > > "Protocol dose not support." > > anyway, when are you coming here for the evening of drinking > disgusting > amounts of alcohol > > -- > Tom Wesley Gee, how nice. Is everyone on the list invited? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] emerge: Invalid db entry
> I now get this message when doing anything with emerge: > > >>> Auto-cleaning packages ... > !!! Invalid db entry: /var/db/pkg/*sys-fs/devfsd!!! Invalid db entry: > /var/db/pkg/*sys-fs/devfsd > > Does anyone know what this means? Look for a file named "-MERGING*" in your /var/db/pkg path. I'm going from memory, so it may be something a little different. In any case, it's a file with a "-" in front. Delete it. -jrh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] no libstdc++
> Hi, > > I have installed gcc-3.3.2-r4, and now I no longer have > libstdc++.so.5 > anywhere. It broke many of the programs. When I try to run > g++ or c++ I > get the message "Can't locate/run g++" (I don't know who emits this > message; I don't think it is the shell). Anyone knows what's > going on? > Also, is it possible to ask emerge to not clean the temporary > files it > creates? There's a script at /usr/portage/sys-devel/gcc/files/fix_libtool_files.sh that probably needs running. It should update those pesky .la files that are hard-coded to the old gcc path. If you're truly missing /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.2/libstdc++.*, then something is awry. I'd try re-emerging gcc and see if that corrects the problem. > BTW: Am I the only person getting each message on this list twice? Only getting one copy here. -jrh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] vncserver + gnome setup problem
> On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 21:09, Shane Bouslough wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I'm using a GRP 1.4 install, and I did an emerge of tightvnc. > > > > When I start a vncserver session and then connect remotely via a > > vnc client, I always get the typical X gray background as if twm > > was started. > > > > My ~/.vnc/xstartup file just contains > > > >#!/bin/sh > >exec /usr/bin/gnome-session & > > > > I've read several of the Gentoo tutorials on setting up > > vnc, but most replies seem to show many people still have > > this same issue. > > > > Any ideas? > > > there is a xsetroot line too, that one sets the bg > > -Shane Here's my ~/.vnc/xstartup file: --- #!/bin/bash --login if [ -f "$HOME/.Xresources" ]; then /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb -display $DISPLAY -load "$HOME/.Xresources" fi /usr/X11R6/bin/xhost +LOCAL: /usr/bin/gnome-session -display $DISPLAY 2>.xsession-errors & --- Good luck, -jrh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] emerge -up world
> Patrick Börjesson wrote: > >>So how can i emerge updates for everything installed > >>on my box ? > > > > emerge -u `qpkg -nc -I` -vp > > > > ^ Should show all updates that are available for the > packages that you currently have installed. > > *** WARNING *** > > Argh... i've accidently used this without the -p option, now my > world file contains all these packages... now i got to sort them > out by hand, piece-by-piece... > > any better solutions for automatically updating all packages on my box > without changing my world favorites ??? emerge --oneshot Emerge as normal, but do not add the packages to the world profile for later updating. -jrh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] what is wrong with head and tail?
> Hi, > > I noticed this about a week ago: > > head: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1' > Try `head --help' for more information. > > and tail seems to do the same thing... > this is very annoying since it breaks a lot of scripts, > including configure > scripts to build packages... > > why is this obsoleted? > > And the most irritating part is that is not phased out, like > giving a warning > and then continue, but it only gives an error and stops. > > Rudmer Do an "info coreutils" and read the section about standards conformance. In short, "export _POSIX2_VERSION=199209" in your profile will enable traditional behavior with head, tail & sort. -jrh I'll save you a few keystrokes. Here's the relevant piece: Standards conformance = In a few cases, the GNU utilities' default behavior is incompatible with the POSIX standard. To suppress these incompatibilities, define the `POSIXLY_CORRECT' environment variable. Unless you are checking for POSIX conformance, you probably do not need to define `POSIXLY_CORRECT'. Newer versions of POSIX are occasionally incompatible with older versions. For example, older versions of POSIX required the command `sort +1' to sort based on the second and succeeding fields in each input line, but starting with POSIX 1003.1-2001 the same command is required to sort the file named `+1', and you must instead use the command `sort -k 2' to get the field-based sort. The GNU utilities normally conform to the version of POSIX that is standard for your system. To cause them to conform to a different version of POSIX, define the `_POSIX2_VERSION' environment variable to a value of the form MM specifying the year and month the standard was adopted. Two values are currently supported for `_POSIX2_VERSION': `199209' stands for POSIX 1003.2-1992, and `200112' stands for POSIX 1003.1-2001. For example, if you are running older software that assumes an older version of POSIX and uses `sort +1', `head -1', or `tail +1', you can work around the compatibility problems by setting `_POSIX2_VERSION=199209' in your environment. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] emerge OpenOffice.org fails
> Hi all. > > emerge openoffice.org fails with the following message: > > ERROR: Error 65280 occurred while making /var/tmp/portage/ > openoffice-1.1.0-r2/work/oo_1.1_src/basctl/source/basicide > > !!! ERROR: app-office/openoffice-1.1.0-r2 failed. > !!! Function src_compile, Line 471, Exitcode 1 > !!! Build failed! > > > anyone have any ideas how I might get this app installed? I saw the > warning about cflags, but mine are conservative. > > tia, > -srlinuxx You might want to try openoffice-ximian if you can't resolve the openoffice problem. It doesn't require java to build, but does require some extra gnome libraries. I guess it's a tradeoff in some respects. I successfully compiled OOo-ximian using really, really conservative flags: "-march=pentium3 -O2 -pipe". You might want to try something similar on your system. Good luck, -jrh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] moving to new partition
> Hello everybody, > > I'd like to change the /home & /var location > to newly added harddisk partitions, so i need > the correct cp command phrase which regards > all and every link & permission issue, like: > > cp -??? /mnt/gentoo/var /mnt/gentoo/newvar > > (booted from gentoo-basic without chroot) > > Sorry if this thread isn't very gentoo-specific. I've always used this for moving data to new partitions: % cd /mnt/gentoo/var % find -xdev -depth -print | cpio -padvmB /mnt/gentoo/newvar find options: -xdev Don't descend directories on other filesystems. -depth Process each directory's contents before the directory itself. -print Print the full file name on the standard output, followed by a newline. cpio options: -p Run in copy-pass mode. -a Reset the access times of files after reading them, so that it does not look like they have just been read. -d Create leading directories where needed. -v Verbose. List the files processed. -m Retain previous file modification times when creating files. -B Set the I/O block size to 5120 bytes. Initially the block size is 512 bytes. Good luck, -jrh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] rebuild all
> Hello everyone, > > Is there an emerge option for rebuilding the whole box > (assuming all emerged source tarballs still present) ? > > It's the -O3 issue... Try this, it works better than "emerge -e" because it rebuilds the currently installed packages only (no upgrades or downgrades). qpkg -I -nc -v | sed "s:^:\\\=:" | xargs emerge -p Just remove "-p" when ready to rebuild. Good luck, -jrh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] Querying the Portage database
> I'm new to Gentoo (switching from RH9) and have become used > to RPMs and > their query tools. > > I've been looking for a way to query the Portage database to > determine > what's installed and get general info regarding the packages--I'm > looking for something similar to "rpm -qa". > > At the end of this > section--http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/portage-manual.xml#doc_c > hap3--in > the Portage user manual it indicates that there's an > app-admin/gentoolkit to assist with Portage queries. I have > yet to find > this package or a way to query the Portage database. > > Can anyone direct me to the package or tools that I need in > order to do > this? If you're familiar with rpm, emerge epm as well as gentoolkit. epm is a script that emulates a subset of rpm commands. It's good for learning, but isn't functional enough to rely on. gentoolkit contains qpkg, which is the best tool for querying portage. "qpkg --help" should be enough to get you going. Also, in answer to your question, the "rpm -qa" equivalent with qpkg is: "qpkg -nc -I -v". Good luck, -jrh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] vncserver + gnome setup problem
> Hi All, > > I'm using a GRP 1.4 install, and I did an emerge of tightvnc. > > When I start a vncserver session and then connect remotely via a > vnc client, I always get the typical X gray background as if twm > was started. > > My ~/.vnc/xstartup file just contains > >#!/bin/sh >exec /usr/bin/gnome-session & > > I've read several of the Gentoo tutorials on setting up vnc, but most > replies seem to show many people still have this same issue. > > Any ideas? > > -Shane Here's a script that's always worked for me: --- $HOME/.vnc/xstartup --- #!/bin/bash --login if [ -f "$HOME/.Xresources" ]; then /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb -display $DISPLAY -load "$HOME/.Xresources" fi /usr/X11R6/bin/xhost +LOCAL: /usr/bin/gnome-session -display $DISPLAY 2>.xsession-errors & - Just fire up vncserver and you should be able to connect. -jrh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] openssl 0.9.7
> Halo > > i have a problem > i updated openssl form 0.9.6 => 0.9.7 > > gnome crashed > > i found that > # revdep-rebuild > will help > > but when i run it there is problem with kde-base, that wants > sun-jdk but i have blackdown-jdk. > > what to do? > > than ypu ! > > > miks Perhaps injecting sun-jdk will do the trick: % emerge -i sun-jdk -jrh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] vmware config script
> Hi, > > When i try to boot up and run vmware the system tells me that > i need to > run the vmware-config.pl script. I do this and everything works just > fine. > > However, if i reboot my machine i need to run it again. Everytime. > > Any idea's. ? > > Thanks. > > ps: I was converted from FreeBSD/XP to Gentoo about 1 week > ago, and i'm > not looking back this Distro is awesome. > > Jeff. # rc-update add vmware default -jrh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Submitting ebuilds
Thanks. The software is freely available from their site - as both a linux and windows binary - and they have no problem with it being distributed, they just don't want to release the source. On Thursday 25 September 2003 10:21, donnie berkholz wrote: > On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 03:34, Ross wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Just a quick question about ebuilds - I want to make and ebuild for a > > closed-source program, and hopefully one day have it added to portage - > > would it being closed-source prevent it from being added? > > > > thanks, Ross. > > > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > Not at all. The only problem that could come up would be the license; if > we can't distribute it this way, etc. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Submitting ebuilds
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Re: [gentoo-user] stage1,2,or 3 install
Sounds like an interesting idea/project... now if only it it were possible to install Gentoo on my ZX Spectrum! :P Ross. On Monday 22 September 2003 15:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Maybe that's due to my non-recent hardware: PIII 733, 256MB ram, > > VIA M/B chipsets. > > Are you serious? > > I'm currently doing a stage1 installation on a 486 with 20MB of RAM. And > I'm happy for those last 4MB of RAM, bringing it up from "standard" 16MB to > 20MB. :-) > > That's what I call "non-recent hardware". :-) > > The bootstrap has run for almost 60 hours so far and is still not near > completion. Then I will do an 'emerge sync' and an 'emerge system'. Plus > the remaining stuff, including the kernel. You know, the lot. > > If successfull, I will report the outcome in the Gentoo forums. > Biker (because it can(?) be done (can it?)) > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] what program plays avi's
I use Xine - it's played everything I've need it to, so far (except for DVDs). See http://xinehq.de for more info, or just "emerge xine-ui" Ross. On Friday 19 September 2003 12:16, Davide Brini wrote: > On Friday 19 September 2003 10:42, Joshua Banks wrote: > > If your running KDE it comes with "Kaboodle" (media player) and this > > plays AVI's. > > But upgrading to kde 3.1.3 kaboodle seems to have some problems. See here: > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=83601 > > Bye > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless Mice
Surely it's handled at a hardware level, and treated as a normal mouse? Gentoo shouldn't even need to know it's wireless. Ross. On Wednesday 17 September 2003 14:40, brett holcomb wrote: > I've acquired a MS wireless mouse (it was free ) and > wondered if anyone had used a wireless mouse successfully > on Gentoo. This mouse has a base station that plugs into > the ps/2 or usb port and the mouse communicates with it. > > Thanks. > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] "etc-update" versus Manual update opinions..
*agrees with brett* if I haven't modified the file, I leave all the work up to etc-update :) it isn't much effort looking out for the 4 or 5 files you need to worry about. Ross. On Wednesday 17 September 2003 14:33, brett holcomb wrote: > If you blindly say update it then etc-update sure will > mess it up. Every update that etc-update has wanted to do > has wanted to replace my /dev/... with /dev/BOOT and take > out my stuff and that would sure hose the system. Other > than running it through an editor manually I don't know of > anyway to let etc-update do it. I suppose you could try > an interactive update but for files like fstab I'll do it > by hadn. > > > On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:11:24 -0400 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 08:00:59AM -0400, brett holcomb > > > >wrote: > >> Well, if you use etc-update on files like /etc/fstab > >>your > >> system will break. Also, when you modify your make.conf > >> file you don't want it overwritten mindlessly. If you > >> notice etc-update will remove all your changes. > > > >etc-update won't break /etc/fstab if you pay attention to > >what you're > >doing. > > > >The etc-update interface takes some getting used to... I > >made a mess > >the first time I tried it - so it's a good idea to save > >the files you're > >updating before you start. But once you get the hang of > >using it, it's > >a lot less trouble than doing it by hand. > > > >Nathan Meyers > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 02:42:59 -0400 > >> > >> Ben Sparks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >why not use etc-update? seems to save much hassle and > >> >time for me. > >> > > >> >On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 02:30, Joshua Banks wrote: > >> >>Come-on... No fish in the Gentoo pond..tonight > >> > >> -- > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > >-- > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] private rsync mirror ?
You could just run FTP on your "server", and update the distfiles on it (by rsync or FTP) whenever necessary, and set all the other machines to use it as a mirror (making it the first entry in the "GENTOO_MIRRORS" line in "make.conf"). Not really the answer you're looking for though. Can't blame me for trying *noob* :) Ross On Wednesday 17 September 2003 14:04, raptor wrote: > hi, > > I read the etiquete page about becoming portage-rsync mirror > I'm interested in making local portage mirror for my internal machines, > they grow constantly :"). I'm interested in the tehnical part of the > stuff.. > > I'm not intending to sync even every day, but probably every couple of days > or week... So that all my internal servers are updating from one place... > what I need : > > 1. how to setup - the server .. > 2. how to make it so that it sync from one or more rsync-mirrors. Rotate > them or fallback from one to the next.. 3. "emerge sync" is doing rsync > isn't it ? So that if I set my box in the make.conf it will first contact > it ?! > > any links or guides are welcome.. > tia > > PS. Does the same apply to distfile-mirror.. > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT networking question
"emerge netcat" :) On Wednesday 17 September 2003 12:57, Stroller wrote: > On 6 Sep 2003, at 1:52 am, Spider wrote: > > begin quote > > On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 18:39:16 -0400 (EDT) > > > > Marshal Newrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Ernie Schroder wrote: > >> > >> > >> As far as measuring bandwidth, there's a program called 'bing' (which > >> is not in portage) which will determine the available bandwidth > >> between twopoints. I'm sure there's many good programs in > >> net-analyzer as well which do things like that. > > > > Lets play some homebrew stuff here: > > > > on the server: > > dd if=/dev/zero of=testfile bs=1M count=100 > > nc -l -p < testfile; > > > > on the client: > > time nc server >/dev/null > >ts. I'm sure there's many good programs in > > ; > > > > Repeat three or four times for good measure. > > Sorry for replying to this so late - I seem to have some latency with > my POP3 server & this has only just come through. > > But I don't seem to have `nc` installed. What is it, please, and what > package might I find it in..? > > Thanks, > > Stroller. > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] joystick
[snip] > I managed to get something to happen. I emerged alsa-utils. I did > 'alsactl store', edited the file /etc/asound.state to enable the > joystick, and then 'alsactl restore'. I then did 'modprobe > analog' and > 'modprobe joydev'. > > I get these lines in my dmesg but still no /dev/input/js0: > > analog.c: 0 out of 0 reads (0%) on failed > input: Analog 3-axis 4-button joystick at [TSC timer, 981 MHz > clock, 1069 ns res] > > What does this mean? I believe the kernel modules should be loaded before starting alsa. Also, the joydev module should be loaded before the analog module. You might want to try these three in order: modprobe -a joydev modprobe -a ns558 modprobe -a analog If that doesn't help, check out this link for additional information. http://www.freelink.cx/joystick.html -jrh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] joystick
[snip]
> I recompiled my kernel so that ns558, analog, and joydev are
> modules. I have the ALSA driver for my Ensoniq 1371 built into
> the kernel. I think the gameport driver is part of the es1371
> driver. I tried adding analog and joydev to my
> /etc/modules.autoload. They load just fine, although, there is
> no ouput in dmesg and I have no /dev/input/js0. I tried unloading
> them and then loading ns558 and I got a 'No such device' error.
> I reloaded analog and joydev by hand. Still no /dev/input/js0.
> I'm going out of my mind.
>
> --
> Andrew Gaffney
First, make sure the correct joystick modules are loaded. Then, edit your
/etc/asound.state file look for a section similar to this:
control.2 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
iface CARD
name 'Joystick Enable'
value true
}
Make sure the value is set to "true". Save the file and try the following
commands:
% alsactl store
% alsactl restore
Check dmesg and hopefully the joystick module has been loaded. Hope this
helps,
-jrh
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Re: [gentoo-user] Well, my RAID array is screwed (was df != fdisk)
> > > Note that the TX4 "RAID" card, is essentially a *software* raid card > > (i.e. glorified IDE controller). There is very few true IDE raid card > > with support under linux. 3ware and ARCO DupliDisk are the only ones. > > http://www.linux-ide.org/chipsets.html > > > > -Ross > > Do you mean by that that the pdcraid kernel module is doing the RAID work, > as opposed to a chip on the card? Yes. -Ross -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Well, my RAID array is screwed (was df != fdisk)
> My only regret is that I'll no longer be using the RAID card to its full > extent. However, I've also read some interesting opinions that talk about > how a low-end RAID card (such as the tx4) can be a bottleneck on higher-end > systems. Mine's a dual-mp 1.4Ghz (1600+) configuration. Such opinions say > that on such a multi-processor, relatively fast system software RAID can > actually be *faster* than relying on a card such as the tx4. I hope that's > true! Note that the TX4 "RAID" card, is essentially a *software* raid card (i.e. glorified IDE controller). There is very few true IDE raid card with support under linux. 3ware and ARCO DupliDisk are the only ones. http://www.linux-ide.org/chipsets.html -Ross -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Burning CDs with CD Bake Oven
> > Anyone know if it's possible, with CD Bake Oven, to burn a data CD that > isn't an ISO image. I want to burn a CD with a few files so I can use > them on another computer. If this is not possible can anyone recommend > CD burning software for Linux that doesn't suck? Every burning software > I've tried seems to not be able to have some major flaw or not be able > to do something at all (like not burning data CDs that aren't ISO > images). > What's wrong with burning ISOs? mkisofs + cdrecord. It does everything you need. -Ross -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on a Java-Station
> > Hi, > > did anybody manage to get gentoo installed (via nfs of course) on a Java Sta- > tion? I am currently trying this. Yes, I did manage this. It is a slow process =) Mail me offlist and I can send you the fs image. -Ross -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Problems - Reboot on Load
> > I'm a newbie on Gentoo, i've made the installation from stage 1, compile = > everything and when i reboot the system, i see Grub then when i choose = > to load the linux, it seems to load the kernel, but the screen go black = > and after 2 seconds the system is rebooting. I think it's a kernel = > compilation problem but i don't know the solution. Sounds like you didn't compile VGA support: Console drivers/VGA text console CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE = y -Ross -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] SATA-RAID
> > I've got my hands on an ABIT KD7-S SATA RAID motherboard (Silicon > Image SIL3112A chipset). Has anyone had any experience with the > on-board SATA-controller (with or without the RAID)? I'd like to be > able to use the hardware RAID (two disks, one on each channel), but > software will work also. It is doubtful that any (ide) on-board controller is really hardware RAID. They are usually just IDE controller with drivers (i.e. software) for RAID support. The supported chipsets and vendors page is here: http://www.linux-ide.org/chipsets.html It lists the sil3112 as SATA controller (not hardware raid). Cheers, Ross -- Mr. Cole's Axiom: The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] cloning a gentoo installation
> Partition Image for Linux might be useful. Oops, should have included: [ Results for search key : partimage ] [ Applications found : 1 ] * sys-apps/partimage Latest version available: 0.6.2 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded files: 652 kB Homepage:http://www.partimage.org/ Description: Console-based application to efficiently save raw partition data to an image file. Optional encryption/compression support. -jrh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] cloning a gentoo installation
Partition Image for Linux might be useful. http://www.partimage.org/ "Partition Image is a Linux/UNIX utility which saves partitions in many formats (see below) to an image file. The image file can be compressed in the GZIP/BZIP2 formats to save disk space, and split into multiple files to be copied on removable floppies (ZIP for example), The partition can be saved across the network since version 0.6.0" -jrh > Hello, > > I have an installation just the way I like it. Now I need to > replicate it > onto 4 other identical machines. > > I'd appreciate input on how best to accomplish this. > > My perfect world scenario would be to be able to create a bootable > installation CD that would do the trick for me. > > Thanks in advance! > > == > Jeff Adams > 650-654-4148 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] Memory problems (compiling on a different machine)
You might want to give this a try on the broken machine: http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram/ (BadRAM: Linux kernel support for broken RAM modules) -jrh > Hiya. > > My brother's computer (with Gentoo on it) has some memory > problems quite > probably caused by the motherboard (Memtest86 shows errors > always at the end > of test 5 and changing mem chips doesn't help). This > obviously causes quite a > bit of problems while compiling stuff, but under normal load > it doesn't seem > to be a problem. > > Obviously the only long term solution is to get a new > motherboard, but in > the mean time I would like to update the system on the > current hardware. I > have two other Gentoo systems at my disposal (800MHz Duron > and 400MHz K6-2, > while the borked one is a Athlon XP 1700+ with DDR RAM) and > they're all in > the same network. > > So, any ideas on how I could sidestep the memory issue > while updating the > system? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] Samba
> I have a bit of an odd Samba problem. I've got a Gentoo 1.4_rc4 box > running CUPS and Samba sharing a printer on the network. I > can print to > it perfectly from my Gentoo box but Windows PCs (running W2K) cannot > print to the printer in question. > The Windows boxes can get to a shared directory on the Samba > server but > not the printer. I have pasted my smb.conf file below: > > [global] > log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m > printer = Deskjet > smb passwd file = /etc/samba/private/smbpasswd > encrypt passwords = yes > > read raw = yes > load printers = yes > name resolve order = lmhosts host bcast > socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY > create mask = 0644 > null passwords = yes > public = yes > dns proxy = no > netbios name = Zim > write cache size = 262144 > writeable = yes > server string = Gentoo Linux Server > printing = cups > default = Deskjet930C > local master = yes > workgroup = WORKGROUP > debug level = 1 > os level = 65 > directory mask = 0755 > > [printers] > comment = All printers > browsable = yes > path = /var/spool/samba > > [Deskjet930C] > printer = Deskjet > printable = yes > > [Shared] > path = /share > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > If the printer driver is already installed on your Win2k machine, you may need the 'use client driver = Yes' parameter in your [globals] section. See 'man smb.conf' for details. -jrh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] CVS portage tree
Does anyone know when 1.4 will be released and so the portage tree updated. I am behind a firewall and can only update my portage tree through emerge-websync. Portage has been frozen for ages and I'm starting to miss emerge -up world. Also I'm worried the load on my server ( compiling so much updated software ) will be too much. Is there anyway for me to get at the CVS tree? Thanks -- "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." Albert Einstein -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
