Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] openoffice
Ok. I have another story: In the mean time, tried to emerge Abiword. It had 7 dependents. All compiled nicely, only abiword failed. Some sort of seg.fault again. Then tried again (this time only abiword left to be compile) and wow... Success! If I'm right gcc is part of the toolchain. On my system, I have gcc-3.4.1-r3. But there is a 3.4.3-r1 stable available. Shall I try to emerge that? May it help? -- Best regards - Udvozlettel: Peter Kiraly ¤-¤ Pegasos II [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gentoo Linux PPC :) ¤-¤ -- gentoo-ppc-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Gentoo on Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology
Hello, I'm thinking of installing gentoo on server with Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology. Do I have to make something special in make.conf or to use usual flags: CHOST=i686-pc-linux-gnu CFLAGS=-march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer CXXFLAGS=-march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer MAKEOPTS=-j5 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] DVD drive not found on new AMD64 system
If this is better asked on gentoo-amd64, please let me know. I am new to Gentoo, but have used GNU/Linux as the only operating system whenever I have a choice (on workstations and servers) since early 2001. Even then, this has me really stumped. Maybe someone can offer some insight... Setup: AMD64 system built around a Canyon Tech CN-8N2ALSR4 motherboard (Nvidia NF3 chipset). Two PATA IDE channels on board and in use: on ide0, the system hard disk and a smaller one [which fails to be detected, but that is not a big issue], both using Cable Select; on ide1, a DVD+-R/RW drive as master (hdc) and a hard disk as slave (hdd), the latter used for data storage. System installed as stage3 followed by lots of emerges, including `emerge --update system' about 12 hours ago. The two disks that really matter show up just fine, and the one that doesn't (an old 20 GB one) doesn't show up in the BIOS either. The DVD drive, however, shows up during the POST but Linux won't recognize that it's there. `dmesg' says, in part: loop: loaded (max 8 devices) Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx NFORCE3-250: IDE controller at PCI slot :00:08.0 NFORCE3-250: chipset revision 162 NFORCE3-250: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later NFORCE3-250: BIOS didn't set cable bits correctly. Enabling workaround. NFORCE3-250: BIOS didn't set cable bits correctly. Enabling workaround. NFORCE3-250: :00:08.0 (rev a2) UDMA133 controller ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA Probing IDE interface ide0... hda: HDS722525VLAT80, ATA DISK drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 Probing IDE interface ide1... ide1: Wait for ready failed before probe ! hdd: ST3200822A, ATA DISK drive Losing some ticks... checking if CPU frequency changed. ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 Probing IDE interface ide2... Probing IDE interface ide3... Probing IDE interface ide4... Probing IDE interface ide5... hda: max request size: 1024KiB hda: 488397168 sectors (250059 MB) w/7938KiB Cache, CHS=30401/255/63, UDMA(100) hda: cache flushes supported /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p3 p5 p6 p7 hdd: max request size: 1024KiB hdd: 390721968 sectors (200049 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=24321/255/63, UDMA(100) hdd: cache flushes supported /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0: p1 md: linear personality registered as nr 1 ide2 and ide3 would presumably be the two S-ATA connectors on the motherboard (that's what they show up as in the BIOS) but those are not relevant right now. I think the wait for ready failed before probe on ide1 has something to do with this, but tried popping in a CD which changed nothing. My uname -a output is: Linux vuk 2.6.11-gentoo-r7 #1 Wed Jun 1 23:28:22 UTC 2005 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux and $ zcat /proc/config.gz | grep IDECD CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y $ but still $ ls -ld /dev/cd* ls: /dev/cd*: No such file or directory $ ls -ld /dev/hd* lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 32 Jun 3 09:37 /dev/hda - ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Jun 3 09:37 /dev/hda1 - ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Jun 3 09:37 /dev/hda2 - ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Jun 3 09:37 /dev/hda3 - ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Jun 3 09:37 /dev/hda5 - ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Jun 3 09:37 /dev/hda6 - ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Jun 3 09:37 /dev/hda7 - ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part7 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 32 Jun 3 09:37 /dev/hdd - ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/disc lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Jun 3 09:37 /dev/hdd1 - ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/part1 $ The kernel command line is (and yes I know that my partitioning is somewhat unusual: /boot is on hda5 and / on hda6): # grep ^kernel /boot/grub/menu.lst kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r7 root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/hda6 init=/linuxrc vga=0x318 video=vesafb:mtrr # dmesg | grep command Kernel command line: root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/hda6 init=/linuxrc vga=0x318 video=vesafb:mtrr pci=routeirq console=tty0 # There are other oddities in the dmesg output too, like ALSA claiming to not having found any sound card but sound working perfectly once I turn up the volume a bit. I will deal with that later, however. (Besides, it's more cosmetic than a real problem.) The DVD
Re: [gentoo-user] root block device unspecified error on boot
in /boot/grub/grub.conf, did you change your kernel root? kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 HTH, Roy Gentoo Linux Mailing List Client wrote: yeah I did that as well. grub is not the problem as far as I can tell. I get the boot menu just fine. my system stops when it tries to (re)mount the root partition. It seems to think I didn't specify it. I thought that's what fstab was for ??? any other suggestions? TIA, Tomoki On 6/2/05, Myk Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Have you directed the first-stage bootloader to find root on hda1? from http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2005.0/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=10#doc_chap2 try 'grub-install /dev/hda' or 'grub' and grub root (hd0,0) (Specify where your /boot partition resides) grub setup (hd0) (Install GRUB in the MBR) grub quit (Exit the GRUB shell) - --myk Gentoo Linux Mailing List Client wrote: I had to move my linux partition from /dev/hda3 to /dev/hda1 I have altered /etc/fstab to reflect the move, along with /boot/grub/menu.lst yet everytime I boot I still get the following error. The root block device is unspecified or not detected. Please specify a device or shell for a shell. BOOT () :: at this point if I enter /dev/hda1 the system continues to boot fine. what am I forgetting to fix? TIA, Tomoki Taniguchi -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCnsxnBOPsJyAQkeARAvGqAKDAFeCbyTVjPqezDwaGr3lITAiE4ACfTxku RwFWxRzeKggA0rutmGBTBaQ= =3UIJ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology
On 6/3/05, Khan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm thinking of installing gentoo on server with Intel(r) Extended Memory 64 Technology. Do I have to make something special in make.conf or to use usual flags: IIRC these chips are x86_64 compatible, so unless you have any specific reason to run them in 32-bit mode you'd be better off with the amd64 live CD and using something sane like CFLAGS=-O2 -m64 // Andreas -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] root block device unspecified error on boot
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ah, sounds similar to the discussion on http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/topic-23080.html short version: make sure the drivers for the hdd device and filesystem are compiled into the kernel and doubld check your grub.conf kernel= line. - --myk Gentoo Linux Mailing List Client wrote: yeah I did that as well. grub is not the problem as far as I can tell. I get the boot menu just fine. my system stops when it tries to (re)mount the root partition. It seems to think I didn't specify it. I thought that's what fstab was for ??? Gentoo Linux Mailing List Client wrote: I had to move my linux partition from /dev/hda3 to /dev/hda1 I have altered /etc/fstab to reflect the move, along with /boot/grub/menu.lst yet everytime I boot I still get the following error. The root block device is unspecified or not detected. Please specify a device or shell for a shell. BOOT () :: at this point if I enter /dev/hda1 the system continues to boot fine. what am I forgetting to fix? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCoBhSBOPsJyAQkeARAn9bAJ4kizZmArNUONC0+FjoSoR+0PLJiACfe3v8 lU22SEfXXLzhyx3de5U0Y7c= =OkNf -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] 3 Disk server setup - recommendations?
Hi guys, it has been a long time since i was last subscribed to this list, (we were still running gentoo 1.4 then), so let me say hello to everyone, i love being in the gentoo community. No, let me get to the point. In the near future, i am going to migrate one server for a local highschool onto another one. I am going to do a fresh install on the new server (an HP tc 2100) and i was thinking between FC3 and gentoo. But i am writing to this list, so you all know how i have decided :-). The new server has this problem: it's got one 36GB SCSI disk, and two 250GB IDE disks. And i need to build a RAID with LVM on top of that. (mirroring is a must) The problem i am having is this: how do i work this out with 3 disks? Should i leave the SCSI disk out of raid/lvm, and install the system on it, with the user data going to the RAID on top of the 2 IDE disks? (i quite inclined to do this). Or, would it be OK to stick all of the 3 disks into a RAID5?, (but i dont' really feel comfortable mixing ide and scsi disks into one cocktail...) The ideal situation would be, if i got my hands on another scsi disk. That would be totally great, (i'd put the system on top of one mirror built of the 2 scsi disks, and the rest of the user data would go on top of the ide disks mirror) but i don't see the school producing a new scsi disk for me just like that. If you have any opinions / recommendations concernign this issue, please let me know. I am really interested in the gentoo users opinion, (and myself being a libra, i hope i will able to make up my mind :-)) jakub gmail - the best way to share your privacy with others -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke
maxim wexler wrote: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-legacy-faq.en.html HTH, Michael Thanks for the tip. But before I try this(and this goes for Richard F's suggestion) how do I safely get rid of the grub I have? Or do I need to? The emerge -C flag comes w/ dire warnings, The manual entry for -c mentions slotted pkgs. And I see --depclean too, and --prune. If the problem is the one I had, you can simply test it by creating the /boot/boot directory and then copy the /boot/grub directory to /boot/boot. If that was your problem, then grub would be able to find the grub.conf file in /boot/boot/grub/ and everything should work. HTH, Michael -- Michael Ulm RD Team ISIS Information Systems Austria tel: +43 2236 27551-219, fax: +43 2236 21081 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit our Website: www.isis-papyrus.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Sound not working with XDM
Bob Sanders wrote: On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 11:25:20 -0300 Daniel da Veiga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: rc.conf to use xdm and everything works ok, but I have no sound, I tried command-line and X apps, and none has access to the alsa, oss or esound drivers. It's probably pam. Look as /dev/mixer, /dev/dsp, and the contents of /dev/sound and /dev/snd. Who is the group owner? If it's root, then the login isn't getting the permission through pam set correctly. Look through the forums, and there are some threads about editing pam permissions. If it's ownership-related, I had a similar problem, solved it by adding myself to the audio group, and changing the sound entry in /etc/security/console.perms so that it reads: console 0660 sound 0660 root.audio (notice the 0660, default is 0600). raf -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reiser4, encryption
Richard Fish wrote: rob3 wrote: Hi guys, I am very interested in encrypted directories and/or disks. Right now I am using ext3. Where can I find more info? The docs page at Gentoo? Probably, but someone else will have to point you to that. For dm-crypt: http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ For loop-AES, http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/loop-AES.README -Richard Thank you!! Rob. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Error when emerging dialog
Hi,
I did:
emerge --update --deep --newuse world
after having changed my USE flags to:
USE=-qt -kde gtk2 gtkhtml gnome hal cdr unicode bzip2 doc emacs examples tetex
Everything went well until dialog was to be emerged. The output is
below. The error went away when ncurses was emerged manually.
Is a dependency missing somewhere?
Thanks,
jules
emerge (23 of 48) dev-util/dialog-1.0.20050206 to /
Downloading
http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/distfiles/dialog_1.0-20050206.orig.tar.gz
--12:33:14--
http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/distfiles/dialog_1.0-20050206.orig.tar.gz
= `/usr/portage/distfiles/dialog_1.0-20050206.orig.tar.gz'
Resolving ftp.belnet.be... 193.190.198.20, 2001:6a8:3c80:0:203:baff:fe39:f931
Connecting to ftp.belnet.be[193.190.198.20]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 299,742 [application/x-gzip]
100%[=]
299,742 684.74K/s
12:33:14 (683.84 KB/s) -
`/usr/portage/distfiles/dialog_1.0-20050206.orig.tar.gz' saved [299,742/299,742]
md5 files ;-) dialog-1.0.20040731.ebuild
md5 files ;-) dialog-1.0.20050206.ebuild
md5 files ;-) ChangeLog
md5 files ;-) files/digest-dialog-1.0.20040731
md5 files ;-) files/digest-dialog-1.0.20050206
md5 src_uri ;-) dialog_1.0-20050206.orig.tar.gz
Unpacking source...
Unpacking dialog_1.0-20050206.orig.tar.gz to
/var/tmp/portage/dialog-1.0.20050206/work
Source unpacked.
* econf: updating dialog-1.0-20050206/config.guess with
/usr/share/gnuconfig/config.guess
* econf: updating dialog-1.0-20050206/config.sub with
/usr/share/gnuconfig/config.sub
./configure --prefix=/usr --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man
--infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc
--localstatedir=/var/lib --with-ncursesw
configure: WARNING: If you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host.
If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used.
checking for package version... 1.0
checking for package patch date... 20050206
checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for executable suffix...
checking for object suffix... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc accepts -g... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -E
checking whether i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc needs -traditional... no
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-ranlib... i686-pc-linux-gnu-ranlib
checking for a BSD compatible install... /bin/install -c
checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-ar... i686-pc-linux-gnu-ar
checking for POSIXized ISC... no
checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for makeflags variable...
checking if filesystem supports mixed-case filenames... yes
checking for ctags... no
checking for etags... no
checking if you want to see long compiling messages... yes
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
Configuring for linux-gnu
checking if this is really Intel compiler... no
checking if we must define _GNU_SOURCE... yes
checking version of i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... 686
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for inline... inline
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for off_t... yes
checking for size_t... yes
checking for working alloca.h... yes
checking for alloca... yes
checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for getpagesize... yes
checking for working mmap... yes
checking whether we are using the GNU C Library 2.1 or newer... yes
checking for argz.h... yes
checking for limits.h... yes
checking for locale.h... yes
checking for nl_types.h... yes
checking for malloc.h... yes
checking for stddef.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
checking for string.h... (cached) yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for sys/param.h... yes
checking for feof_unlocked... yes
checking for fgets_unlocked... yes
checking for getcwd... yes
checking for getegid... yes
checking for geteuid... yes
checking for getgid... yes
checking for getuid... yes
checking for mempcpy... yes
checking for munmap... yes
checking for putenv... yes
checking for setenv... yes
checking for setlocale... yes
checking for stpcpy... yes
checking for strchr... yes
checking for strcasecmp... yes
checking for strdup... yes
Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
On Thu, 02 Jun 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I re-emerged cups, got cupsd to hold, setup my deskjet 722c as parralel port 0, It said everything was good, but the test page will not print! Suggestion: Change in /etc/cupsd.conf: LogLevel info to LogLevel debug or even to LogLevel debug2 Then restart cupsd, print, and read the logfiles again. I once had a problem with wrong Ghostscript. I installed app-text/ghostscript-afpl instead of app-text/ghostscript (the ESP Ghostscript from www.cups.org). urs -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: 3 Disk server setup - recommendations?
Jakub Krajcovic wrote: Should i leave the SCSI disk out of raid/lvm, and install the system on it, with the user data going to the RAID on top of the 2 IDE disks? (i quite inclined to do this). Or, would it be OK to stick all of the 3 disks into a RAID5?, (but i dont' really feel comfortable mixing ide and scsi disks into one cocktail...) The latter won't work, as RAID5 needs all partitions to be approximately the same size. You could possibly work around that with LVM, but I have no experience with that. My advice: make several RAID1 devices out of the two 250GB disks (a pair of partitions for each /, /boot, /home, swap, whatever), install the system, data and swap on the mirror, and save the 36GB for data that is not critical enough to require a RAID. It's not that much space anyway (compared to the 250GB). Remember to connect the IDE disks to separate channels (i.e. not on the same cable). That way, you won't lose both elements of a mirror if one channel of the IDE controller fails. HTH. -- Remy Remove underscore and suffix in reply address for a timely response. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 3 Disk server setup - recommendations?
On Friday 03 June 2005 10:38, Jakub Krajcovic wrote: If you have any opinions / recommendations concernign this issue, please let me know. I am really interested in the gentoo users opinion, (and myself being a libra, i hope i will able to make up my mind :-)) I'd mirror, and LVM the 2 IDE disks for user data, and install the system on the SCSI. If you can ever imagine it necessary to alter partition sizes for the system, then LVM the SCSI disk too, but DON'T make it part of the same vg, it's unnecessary and can cause major headaches in the event of a failure or hardware moves. Personally, I wouldn't LVM the SCSI disk as, if you can get your hands on another disk at some point, it's relatively straight forward (from an livecd) to convert your system partitions to RAID mirrors. -- Mike Williams pgpBHRCzN7gIA.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: Error when emerging dialog
Jules Colding wrote: USE=-qt -kde gtk2 gtkhtml gnome hal cdr unicode bzip2 doc emacs examples tetex Everything went well until dialog was to be emerged. The output is below. The error went away when ncurses was emerged manually. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67524 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88161 -- Remy Remove underscore and suffix in reply address for a timely response. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Error when emerging dialog
On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 13:49 +0200, Remy Blank wrote: Jules Colding wrote: USE=-qt -kde gtk2 gtkhtml gnome hal cdr unicode bzip2 doc emacs examples tetex Everything went well until dialog was to be emerged. The output is below. The error went away when ncurses was emerged manually. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67524 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88161 I thought that ncurses would be automatically rebuild due to the -- newuse statement in my emerge command? Regards, jules -- Jules Colding PGP Public Key: 6266E7B7 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Sound not working with XDM
I definitely think it's ownership related. The problem is somewhere between pam and udev, but i think it's more likely pam. I experienced a very similar (if not the same) issue some time ago. When you start xdm, it starts as root, and somehow, something sets very restrictive (600) permissions on the sound devices. So, as pointed out before, play around with pam and fix the permissions (i think that there is a howto for this in the forums). jakub gmail - the best way to share your privacy with others On jún 2, 2005, at 12:27, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: If it's ownership-related, I had a similar problem, solved it by adding myself to the audio group, and changing the sound entry in /etc/security/console.perms so that it reads: console 0660 sound 0660 root.audio (notice the 0660, default is 0600). -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Sound not working with XDM
Yeah, that solved the problem, it seems that the mask 600 appear more secure to xdm than 660 :) that and group permissions and it was all working, thanks to all of you!!! On 6/3/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I definitely think it's ownership related. The problem is somewhere between pam and udev, but i think it's more likely pam. I experienced a very similar (if not the same) issue some time ago. When you start xdm, it starts as root, and somehow, something sets very restrictive (600) permissions on the sound devices. So, as pointed out before, play around with pam and fix the permissions (i think that there is a howto for this in the forums). jakub gmail - the best way to share your privacy with others On jún 2, 2005, at 12:27, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: If it's ownership-related, I had a similar problem, solved it by adding myself to the audio group, and changing the sound entry in /etc/security/console.perms so that it reads: console 0660 sound 0660 root.audio (notice the 0660, default is 0600). -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] linuxrc pass command line to kernel
Hi, I have one question. Can I change the passed boot-commandline within an initrd-image? Is it possible to tell the kernel that it read the changed commandline? Thx -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] More on Libretto/PCMCIA effort
A. GENKERNEL Well, I have now built a genkernal system to see if that helped, and it didn't seem to. It got noticably less far than my manually configured kernel, in that it did not recognise any PCMCIA slots at all :-( It also produced a suspicious error message during boot: /sbin/rc: line 271: /sbin/devfsd no such file or directory I followed the instructions in the handbook, with the following exceptions: 1. Where it says to copy the config file from /proc/config.gz, I had to grab one using an older install CD in another system (r1 rather than r3 kernel), as I was bootstrapping from a different Linux distro on this notebook as described earlier. 2. I could not do the hotplug/coldplug emerge as these seemed to need to download from from the net - and without PCMCIA I have not network interface yet. The only other thing that looked notable about the boot messages were a number of attempts to load modules which did not exist. But I assume genkernel knew what it was doing when deciding which modules to make. B. MANUAL CONFIG Going back to the more successful manaully configured kernel, it does detect the card bridge and 3Com card. a cat of /proc/bus/pccard/drivers gives: 3c589_cs1 1 serial_cs 1 1 As per Jerry's suggestion, the output of 'cardctl ident' is Socket 0: product info: 3Com Corporation, 3C562D/3C563D, EtherLink III, LAN+Modem PC Card manfid: 0x0101, 0x0562 function: 6 (network) Socket 1: no product info available ifconfig shows packets sent, but nothing received. My suspicion at this stage is that there is some problem with the interrupts. I wonder what changes have occured given that this bridge now seems to be supported in a different driver to the one which I was using on 2.4/suse? Here are what I think are the relevent lines from dmesg. Can anyone diagnose what they mean, or suggest something I should try? I have tried 'pci=routeirq' and it made no difference... ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15) PCI: setting IRQ 13 as level-triggered Linux Kernel Card Services options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing ** PCI interrupts are no longer routed automatically. If this ** causes a device to stop working, it is probably because the ** driver failed to call pci_enable_device(). As a temporary ** workaround, the pci=routeirq argument restores the old ** behavior. If this argument makes the device work again, ** please email the output of lspci to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** so I can fix the driver. serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 8 ports, IRQ sharing disabled ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A pnp: the driver 'serial' has been registered pnp: match found with the PnP device '00:0a' and the driver 'serial' ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP(,...)] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 11 PCI: setting IRQ 11 as level-triggered ACPI: PCI interrupt :00:13.0[A] - GSI 11 (level, low) - IRQ 11 Yenta: CardBus bridge found at :00:13.0 [1179:0001] Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0638, PCI irq 11 Socket status: 3011 PCI: Enabling device :00:13.1 ( - 0002) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 11 ACPI: PCI interrupt :00:13.1[B] - GSI 11 (level, low) - IRQ 11 Yenta: CardBus bridge found at :00:13.1 [1179:0001] Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0638, PCI irq 11 Socket status: 3007 cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0x800-0x8ff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0x800-0x8ff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x4ff: excluding 0x220-0x22f 0x330-0x337 0x370-0x37f 0x388-0x38f 0x480-0x48f 0x4d0-0x4d7 cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x4ff: excluding 0x220-0x22f 0x330-0x337 0x370-0x37f 0x388-0x38f 0x480-0x48f 0x4d0-0x4d7 cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean. cs: memory probe 0xa000-0xa0ff: clean. eth0: 3Com 3c562, io 0x300, irq 3, hw_addr 00:60:97:FE:BE:6C 8K FIFO split 5:3 Rx:Tx, auto xcvr ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 11) is a 16550A eth0: flipped to 10baseT irq 11: nobody cared! [c012c952] __report_bad_irq+0x22/0x80 [c012ca20] note_interrupt+0x50/0x80 [c012c600] __do_IRQ+0xd0/0xe0 [c01043e1] do_IRQ+0x41/0x60 === [c0102f3a] common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 [c0117a51] __do_softirq+0x31/0x90 [c01044c9]
Re: [gentoo-user] bandwidthd alternative
Hello, This is great stuff. Does anybody have any suggestions as to applications for monitoring web traffic(browsing) etc? -- Thank you, Vincent A. Primavera. - Original Message - From: Mark Shields To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 9:15 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] bandwidthd alternative ntop, iptraf. Both good programs. ntop is curses-based, iptraf is web-based. There was a thread a few weeks ago. See: http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org/msg04463.html where I originally saw these programs mentioned. On 5/31/05, Miguel Miranda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, im looking for a bandwidth monitor aplication, im using mrtg, but it only shows total values, i need a more granular option, that show me on a per ip basis, what ports, total bandwidth by ip, etc, i found banwidthd (http://bandwidthd.sourceforge.net/) Do you know any other alternative? --- Miguel -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- - Mark Shields -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] svgalib: Cannot open /dev/svga Is svgalib_helper module loaded?
Michael Sullivan schreef: I found a tutorial for svgalib this morning. I've always been fascinated by graphics programming, but never found a tutorial that was simple enough for me to follow in the beginning. I liked this tutorial. It provided source code for a simple c program that just plots a pixel to the screen. I copied the code into a file and compiled it. It all compiled fine. When I tried to run the program, I got this: svgalib: Cannot open /dev/svga Is svgalib_helper module loaded? Is this something I can fix, or yet another situation in my quest for graphics programming knowledge where I'm just out of luck? Ummm... the error message asked a pretty simple-seeming question: Is svgalib_helper module loaded? So as far as that goes, it does seem to be something you can check, and --if the answer turns out to be no-- to fix, by loading the module (it's a kernel module created during the install of svgalib, and if you haven't rebooted since you installed svgalib, it won't be loaded). If the module fails to load, what is the error after modprobe svgalib_helper? HTH, Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] svgalib: Cannot open /dev/svga Is svgalib_helper module loaded?
I modprobed svglib_helper and put it into my /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 file. When I tried to run the tutorial program again I got this: Not running in a graphics capable console, and unable to find one. Using SAVAGE driver, 12288KB. Chipset: ProSavage Not running in a graphics capable console, and unable to find one. svgalib 1.9.19 svgalib: Failed to initialize mouse. Not running in a graphics capable console, and unable to find one. and put me back at a terminal prompt. How do I fix this one? On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 16:44 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: Michael Sullivan schreef: I found a tutorial for svgalib this morning. I've always been fascinated by graphics programming, but never found a tutorial that was simple enough for me to follow in the beginning. I liked this tutorial. It provided source code for a simple c program that just plots a pixel to the screen. I copied the code into a file and compiled it. It all compiled fine. When I tried to run the program, I got this: svgalib: Cannot open /dev/svga Is svgalib_helper module loaded? Is this something I can fix, or yet another situation in my quest for graphics programming knowledge where I'm just out of luck? Ummm... the error message asked a pretty simple-seeming question: Is svgalib_helper module loaded? So as far as that goes, it does seem to be something you can check, and --if the answer turns out to be no-- to fix, by loading the module (it's a kernel module created during the install of svgalib, and if you haven't rebooted since you installed svgalib, it won't be loaded). If the module fails to load, what is the error after modprobe svgalib_helper? HTH, Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Does a stage 2 or 3 install eventually catch up with stage 1?
Check out the forums for info on this topic. My last installed was based off this thread: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-319349.html (info thread) http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-314985-highlight-emwrap.html (support thread) The main goals of this install method are: 1. Eliminate the circular dependencies caused by a stage1 install. 2. Eliminate the extra packages installed by a stage1/2, which are not listed in /var/db/pkg. 3. To create a pure GCC 3.4 built toolchain/system with platform specific optimizations, all from a stage3 tarball. (Effectively a stage1 install built from a stage3 tarball) 4. Oh yeah, NPTL. This is a bit OT for your case, I understand that you are trying to get away from a stage1 to save time but the method above is well worth the work. You could always script part of it and let it run during the weekend. ; ) What you could do is build a system like this, then create binaries of everything you install (or want to keep). Next time you want to redo your system all you have to do is partition and copy over whatever binaries you want. If you include the base system you will still have a completely optimized box, but in a fraction of the time. If nothing else, it's an interesting read. Also, if you would like to take everything one step further: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-282474-highlight-emwrap.html There is some interesting work being done in this thread related to properly building a toolchain. Have fun. -Matt- On 6/2/05, Phil Sexton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 20:20, Mark Shields wrote: That's an interesting idea, Phil. Perhaps a livecd that works like Knoppix, where you can choose to install it to your system? Actually, I did use a Knoppix CD to install both Gentoo and Debian SID on my 5 boot box (Windows XP Pro, Fedora Core 1 3, Debian SID and Gentoo), as I have DSL. I can install within X if I wish and use my /home partition if I need to turn off the box for some reason. -- Phil Our 2nd CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/naomisfancy Naomi's Fancy performances: http://naomisfancy.virtualave.net/schedule.html -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] svgalib: Cannot open /dev/svga Is svgalib_helper module loaded?
Michael Sullivan schreef: On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 16:44 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: Michael Sullivan schreef: I found a tutorial for svgalib this morning. I've always been fascinated by graphics programming, but never found a tutorial that was simple enough for me to follow in the beginning. I liked this tutorial. It provided source code for a simple c program that just plots a pixel to the screen. I copied the code into a file and compiled it. It all compiled fine. When I tried to run the program, I got this: svgalib: Cannot open /dev/svga Is svgalib_helper module loaded? Is this something I can fix, or yet another situation in my quest for graphics programming knowledge where I'm just out of luck? Ummm... the error message asked a pretty simple-seeming question: Is svgalib_helper module loaded? So as far as that goes, it does seem to be something you can check, and --if the answer turns out to be no-- to fix, by loading the module (it's a kernel module created during the install of svgalib, and if you haven't rebooted since you installed svgalib, it won't be loaded). If the module fails to load, what is the error after modprobe svgalib_helper? HTH, Holly I modprobed svglib_helper and put it into my /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 file. When I tried to run the tutorial program again I got this: Not running in a graphics capable console, and unable to find one. Using SAVAGE driver, 12288KB. Chipset: ProSavage Not running in a graphics capable console, and unable to find one. svgalib 1.9.19 svgalib: Failed to initialize mouse. Not running in a graphics capable console, and unable to find one. and put me back at a terminal prompt. How do I fix this one? Let's see not running in a graphics-capable console would imply that neither X nor the framebuffer (I'm kinda leaning towards the framebuffer) is running, and/or that svgalib requires some form of 3D hardware acceleration support which is not installed. I don't know which is the case (I don't know your setup-- i.e., how you're running this program-- or what requirements svgalib has), but presumably your interest in this subject (or the tutorial you're following) should give some kind of a clue as to which area of your graphics subsystem needs to be looked at. As to the mouse thing, well, a Google search for svgalib_helper links to this page, SM 5 BSZ - Installing svgalib-1.9.19 under different distributions at http://www.sm5bsz.com/linuxdsp/install/distrib2.htm . Now, naturally, Gentoo is not included, but it does say this for FC3: To get the mouse going, add a line mdev /dev/input/mice in the /etc/vga/libvga.config file. So I would check to see if there is a libvga.config file on the system, and see if that line is present, and add it if not-- it just might work, although it's also possible that this is related to your original issue with the lack of a graphics-related console insofar as the 'original' basic graphics setup would normally include the mouse, so if the graphics were fixed, the mouse issue might be as well. Hope this helps, Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke
Oops, What I was trying to say before I hit the wrong key, I paused the boot screen on the non-booting gentoo box and took a look at the HD line. It says the LBA mode is off. 32 bit mode is off. DMA mode is UDMA6, PIO mode is 4 FWIW -mw __ Discover Yahoo! Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/mobile.html -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD drive not found on new AMD64 system
--- Michael Kjorling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NFORCE3-250: BIOS didn't set cable bits correctly. snip ide1: Wait for ready failed before probe ! Hi Michael, Does your DVD drive still work with the livecd? If so you probably don't need to replace the drive. I ran a search for those messages from your dmesg: http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=%22BIOS+didn%27t+set+cable+bits+correctly.+Enabling+workaround.%22+%22Wait+for+ready+failed+before+probe+%21%22 This result looks similar to your issue: http://kerneltrap.org/node/3971 In that case the problem was the ata_piix driver. Did you compile the ata_piix driver? Zac __ Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] More on Libretto/PCMCIA effort
Mulling over this a little more, I think what these messages tell me is that the driver is expecting interrupts on level 3 : eth0: 3Com 3c562, io 0x300, irq 3, hw_addr 00:60:97:FE:BE:6C but they are actually occuring on level 11: irq 11: nobody cared! Disabling IRQ #11 So the next question is - how does the PCMCIA bridge driver, which seems to know it is using IRQ 11: Yenta: CardBus bridge found at :00:13.0 [1179:0001] Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0638, PCI irq 11 communicate the interrupt level to the 3c562 driver, and why do they seem to be disagreeing? Any suggestions? Regards, DigbyT On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 03:18:14PM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote: Here are what I think are the relevent lines from dmesg. Can anyone diagnose what they mean, or suggest something I should try? I have tried 'pci=routeirq' and it made no difference... ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15) PCI: setting IRQ 13 as level-triggered Linux Kernel Card Services options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing ** PCI interrupts are no longer routed automatically. If this ** causes a device to stop working, it is probably because the ** driver failed to call pci_enable_device(). As a temporary ** workaround, the pci=routeirq argument restores the old ** behavior. If this argument makes the device work again, ** please email the output of lspci to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** so I can fix the driver. serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 8 ports, IRQ sharing disabled ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A pnp: the driver 'serial' has been registered pnp: match found with the PnP device '00:0a' and the driver 'serial' ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP(,...)] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 11 PCI: setting IRQ 11 as level-triggered ACPI: PCI interrupt :00:13.0[A] - GSI 11 (level, low) - IRQ 11 Yenta: CardBus bridge found at :00:13.0 [1179:0001] Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0638, PCI irq 11 Socket status: 3011 PCI: Enabling device :00:13.1 ( - 0002) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 11 ACPI: PCI interrupt :00:13.1[B] - GSI 11 (level, low) - IRQ 11 Yenta: CardBus bridge found at :00:13.1 [1179:0001] Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0638, PCI irq 11 Socket status: 3007 cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0x800-0x8ff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0x800-0x8ff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x4ff: excluding 0x220-0x22f 0x330-0x337 0x370-0x37f 0x388-0x38f 0x480-0x48f 0x4d0-0x4d7 cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x4ff: excluding 0x220-0x22f 0x330-0x337 0x370-0x37f 0x388-0x38f 0x480-0x48f 0x4d0-0x4d7 cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean. cs: memory probe 0xa000-0xa0ff: clean. eth0: 3Com 3c562, io 0x300, irq 3, hw_addr 00:60:97:FE:BE:6C 8K FIFO split 5:3 Rx:Tx, auto xcvr ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 11) is a 16550A eth0: flipped to 10baseT irq 11: nobody cared! [c012c952] __report_bad_irq+0x22/0x80 [c012ca20] note_interrupt+0x50/0x80 [c012c600] __do_IRQ+0xd0/0xe0 [c01043e1] do_IRQ+0x41/0x60 === [c0102f3a] common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 [c0117a51] __do_softirq+0x31/0x90 [c01044c9] do_softirq+0x39/0x40 === [c01043e8] do_IRQ+0x48/0x60 [c0102f3a] common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 [c0101030] default_idle+0x0/0x30 [c0101054] default_idle+0x24/0x30 [c01010e1] cpu_idle+0x41/0x60 [c04996eb] start_kernel+0x13b/0x160 handlers: [c02aec10] (yenta_interrupt+0x0/0x30) [c02aec10] (yenta_interrupt+0x0/0x30) Disabling IRQ #11 eth0: interrupt(s) dropped! On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 11:29:47PM -0400, Jerry McBride wrote: On my end... with 2.6.11, /proc/bus/pccard has /drivers which at the moment says ide-cs due to the flashcard/pcmcia adapter I've got installed. Have you modprobed cs? How about a simple cardctl ident? -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.digbyt.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.digbyt.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] svgalib: Cannot open /dev/svga Is svgalib_helper module loaded?
--- Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found a tutorial for svgalib this morning. I've always been fascinated by graphics programming, but never found a tutorial that was simple enough for me to follow in the beginning. I liked this tutorial. Hi Michael, Sounds like fun. I've heard that svga is going to be dropped from the default 2005.1 profile. I'm not sure how popuar it is these days. You may want to consider alternatives such as sdl or directfb. I'm not experienced with any of these but they might be worth exploring. Zac __ Discover Yahoo! Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] bandwidthd alternative
Ethereal/Etherape? You can view the raw information that is sent from remote hosts on port 80, and information sent to servers at port 80. On 6/3/05, Vincent A. Primavera [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, This is great stuff. Does anybody have any suggestions as to applications for monitoring web traffic(browsing) etc? -- Thank you, Vincent A. Primavera. - Original Message - From: Mark Shields To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 9:15 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] bandwidthd alternative ntop, iptraf. Both good programs. ntop is curses-based, iptraf is web-based. There was a thread a few weeks ago. See: http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org/msg04463.html where I originally saw these programs mentioned. On 5/31/05, Miguel Miranda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, im looking for a bandwidth monitor aplication, im using mrtg, but it only shows total values, i need a more granular option, that show me on a per ip basis, what ports, total bandwidth by ip, etc, i found banwidthd (http://bandwidthd.sourceforge.net/) Do you know any other alternative? --- Miguel -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- - Mark Shields -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- - Mark Shields -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Your friendly Bugday Reminder
Hi all! Just a quick reminder that saturday 4 sees another gathering of users and developers in #gentoo-bugs on irc.freenode.net - a monthly gathering affectionally known as Bugday :) Hope you'll all have lots of fun. Regards, Bryan stergaard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] linuxrc pass command line to kernel
Frieder Bürzele wrote: Hi, I have one question. Can I change the passed boot-commandline within an initrd-image? Is it possible to tell the kernel that it read the changed commandline? Not AFAIK, because by the time initrd gets control, the kernel is already booted and all internal drivers have been initialized. You do have access to /sys and /proc, so anything that can be modified by sysctl is available for you to modify. But major flags like nosmp, acpi=, noapic, and so on are fixed at this point. I suppose you could mount the /boot filesystem, update the grub.conf file (assuming you are using grub), and reboot the system from an initrd. That would be the 'brute-force' approach. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] gnome and aterm
Hey I am trying to use aterm with gnome but aterm does not seem to read my .Xdefaults when using gnome. It works in openbox3 and fluxbox though. I have seen in the forums that you should make a link or new file like .Xdefaults-hostname but this hasnt worked either. What am i missing gnome-terminal is a little heavy and i would rather use Aterm, thanks. -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org PUBLIC KEY http://www.lostsonsvault.org/dls/lostson.asc signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD drive not found on new AMD64 system
That's why I decided to use genkernel and autoconfig, but even then I had to take a full list of my drives and all hardware config and tweak the kernel using menuconfig. Maybe if you take a look at yours you'll find out that you're missing modules for your specific needs. On 6/3/05, Zac Medico [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Michael Kjorling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NFORCE3-250: BIOS didn't set cable bits correctly. snip ide1: Wait for ready failed before probe ! Hi Michael, Does your DVD drive still work with the livecd? If so you probably don't need to replace the drive. I ran a search for those messages from your dmesg: http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=%22BIOS+didn%27t+set+cable+bits+correctly.+Enabling+workaround.%22+%22Wait+for+ready+failed+before+probe+%21%22 This result looks similar to your issue: http://kerneltrap.org/node/3971 In that case the problem was the ata_piix driver. Did you compile the ata_piix driver? Zac __ Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Terminal Transparency
Using my friends Debian machine yesterday and his terminals had a better transparency than mine. Gnome-terminal, Eterm and Aterm all refreshed their transparency when moving the terminals around, whereas on my box I have to drop the terminal before the transparency updates. He also informed me that the terminals had the same behaviour when using Gentoo, by default. Am i missing a USE flag or some option somewhere? Thanks, Simon -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] webmin, can't access from external host with default configuration
On Fri, June 3, 2005 5:55 pm, Claudinei Matos said: I've installed webmin on a server and I'm trying to get access there but always when I try I get Login failed. Please try again. using root user. I'm not on the same network and I didn't have a gui installed on the server to get local access via browser. I've even tryed to use links2 but there's no support for cookies ?? AFAIR, Webmin only permits localhost access by default. You can change this by editing the config files, or you can use elinks over SSH. -- Neil Bothwick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal Transparency
Simon Maynard wrote: Using my friends Debian machine yesterday and his terminals had a better transparency than mine. Gnome-terminal, Eterm and Aterm all refreshed their transparency when moving the terminals around, whereas on my box I have to drop the terminal before the transparency updates. He also informed me that the terminals had the same behaviour when using Gentoo, by default. Am i missing a USE flag or some option somewhere? Thanks, Simon I have the same thing, but on two gentoo boxes. On one it will not refresh until you drop the terminal. The other will update as I drag it along. I can send you my use flags (for the box that it does work on), but i dont think its that. The only difference between these machines is that the one where it has better transparency has been updated while the older one hasnt been updated so much (due to a lack of space on the HD) . I dont know, maybe i inadvertantly set it up, because i dont recollect deliberatly enabling it (oh yeah, the 'working' laptop has DRI and other HW-accel enabled, come to think if it maybe thats why the transparency works better). -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] symbolic link to var tmp
I am trying to upgrade my gentoo box but the partition where /var/tmp resides is too full. So I tried making a symbolic link to another disk which had a lot of space, but then gentoo refused to compile, giving me permission errors. So im asking, how can you use /var/tmp on another disk. I dont want to dedicate the whole disk and mount it to /var, so using links (or possibly giving portage a differnt path) would be better. thanks -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke
maxim wexler wrote: Oops, What I was trying to say before I hit the wrong key, I paused the boot screen on the non-booting gentoo box and took a look at the HD line. It says the LBA mode is off. 32 bit mode is off. DMA mode is UDMA6, PIO mode is 4 FWIW I took a peek at the manual for your MB. You might want to double check the BIOS settings for the hard disk and make sure that LBA/Large mode is set to Auto. Also, what is the CHS reported by the kernel in the dmesg output? If it says CHS=/255/63, then LBA mode is active. You might want to try a modified setup command in grub: root (hd0,1) setup --force-lba (hd0) -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] symbolic link to var tmp
Hello, Did you set the right permissions? something like chmod 1777 destination directory on the other disk Of course, as long as you are linking to a directory in the other disk, however, I don't really know what needs to be done if you are using the whole partition in the other disk as the target for /var/tmp ... Maybe the permissions are set in the /etc/fstab file? Regards, - AR On 6/3/05, Ognjen Bezanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to upgrade my gentoo box but the partition where /var/tmp resides is too full. So I tried making a symbolic link to another disk which had a lot of space, but then gentoo refused to compile, giving me permission errors. So im asking, how can you use /var/tmp on another disk. I dont want to dedicate the whole disk and mount it to /var, so using links (or possibly giving portage a differnt path) would be better. thanks -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- If the truth can't set you free, a lie will save you. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] symbolic link to var tmp
--- Ognjen Bezanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to upgrade my gentoo box but the partition where /var/tmp resides is too full. So I tried making a symbolic link to another disk which had a lot of space, but then gentoo refused to compile, giving me permission errors. Hi Ognjen, You can't use a symbolic link like that with sandbox. You need to set PORTAGE_TMPDIR in make.conf. Zac __ Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] symbolic link to var tmp
Ognjen Bezanov schreef: I am trying to upgrade my gentoo box but the partition where /var/tmp resides is too full. So I tried making a symbolic link to another disk which had a lot of space, but then gentoo refused to compile, giving me permission errors. So im asking, how can you use /var/tmp on another disk. I dont want to dedicate the whole disk and mount it to /var, so using links (or possibly giving portage a differnt path) would be better. thanks You could also try cleaning /var/tmp out: /var/tmp/portage can be emptied in its entirety, but most of the folders there should not be taking up much space, as successfully completed emerges will leave only a couple of bytes or kilobytes inside the program's folder. However, if you have failed emerges, especially for large compiles like openoffice (not the bin), or xorg or something, the folder for that emerge will still be in /var/tmp/portage/program_name/temp/work, because the temporary work files are not deleted if the emerge fails. That can take up a whole lot of space (the emerge for OOo uses some 3GB temp space before completeion). So you might consider deleting any program folders in /var/tmp/portage for programs you know failed to compile and see if that helps. Or, of course you could change your PORTAGE_TMPDIR setting in /etc/make.conf and then change it back when you were done making whatever new arrangements you wanted for the default /var/tmp. HTH, Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD drive not found on new AMD64 system
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 08:12:21AM +, Michael Kjorling wrote (Nvidia NF3 chipset). Two PATA IDE channels on board and in use: on ide0, the system hard disk and a smaller one [which fails to be detected, but that is not a big issue], both using Cable Select; on [...deletia...] NFORCE3-250: BIOS didn't set cable bits correctly. Enabling workaround. NFORCE3-250: BIOS didn't set cable bits correctly. Enabling workaround. Do *NOT* use cable select. Yes, it works with Windoze, but then so do Winmodems. Set master/slave properly. You are not the first person to have run into problems with cable select. -- Walter Dnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure, and has a lower TCO, than linux. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke
Ah, some progress at last! Seems like there is a problem in the grub.conf file, but nothing too serious. Could you re-post that file? default 0 timeout 30 title=Gentoo root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4 title=WinXP rootnoverify (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list __ Discover Yahoo! Use Yahoo! to plan a weekend, have fun online and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke
maxim wexler wrote: Ah, some progress at last! Seems like there is a problem in the grub.conf file, but nothing too serious. Could you re-post that file? default 0 timeout 30 title=Gentoo root (hd0,1) Remove the root (hd0,1) line. That should (I hope) let you boot gentoo from the floppy. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal Transparency
It might be that he's running the new KDE alpha transparency (That is itself in alpha stage). For Gentoo it comes in 3.4, but it is REALLY REALLY slow for me, so I dont use it. But I noticed that the console transperancy changes as you move the window rather than when you drop it. You can find the alpha transparency switches in the KDE Control panel in the Apperance/Style/Effects tab. Just put a check in enable GUI effects and you will notice that Konsole now uses real alpha transperency, but it'll probably slow down the system considerably. Simon Maynard wrote: It shouldn't be a hardware issue as my machine has a Geforce 4 running the nvidia-drivers. He has a Geforce 3 running the nvidia-drivers also. I am also running the latest stable versions of everything mixed with a few unstable packages. So it shouldn't be a problem regarding me running out of date software. Thanks Simon On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 18:46 +0100, Ognjen Bezanov wrote: Simon Maynard wrote: Using my friends Debian machine yesterday and his terminals had a better transparency than mine. Gnome-terminal, Eterm and Aterm all refreshed their transparency when moving the terminals around, whereas on my box I have to drop the terminal before the transparency updates. He also informed me that the terminals had the same behaviour when using Gentoo, by default. Am i missing a USE flag or some option somewhere? Thanks, Simon I have the same thing, but on two gentoo boxes. On one it will not refresh until you drop the terminal. The other will update as I drag it along. I can send you my use flags (for the box that it does work on), but i dont think its that. The only difference between these machines is that the one where it has better transparency has been updated while the older one hasnt been updated so much (due to a lack of space on the HD) . I dont know, maybe i inadvertantly set it up, because i dont recollect deliberatly enabling it (oh yeah, the 'working' laptop has DRI and other HW-accel enabled, come to think if it maybe thats why the transparency works better). -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal Transparency
Oppsie, I told you the wrong place for the alpha transperancy. It's in Desktop/Window Behavior/Translucency Simon Maynard wrote: It shouldn't be a hardware issue as my machine has a Geforce 4 running the nvidia-drivers. He has a Geforce 3 running the nvidia-drivers also. I am also running the latest stable versions of everything mixed with a few unstable packages. So it shouldn't be a problem regarding me running out of date software. Thanks Simon On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 18:46 +0100, Ognjen Bezanov wrote: Simon Maynard wrote: Using my friends Debian machine yesterday and his terminals had a better transparency than mine. Gnome-terminal, Eterm and Aterm all refreshed their transparency when moving the terminals around, whereas on my box I have to drop the terminal before the transparency updates. He also informed me that the terminals had the same behaviour when using Gentoo, by default. Am i missing a USE flag or some option somewhere? Thanks, Simon I have the same thing, but on two gentoo boxes. On one it will not refresh until you drop the terminal. The other will update as I drag it along. I can send you my use flags (for the box that it does work on), but i dont think its that. The only difference between these machines is that the one where it has better transparency has been updated while the older one hasnt been updated so much (due to a lack of space on the HD) . I dont know, maybe i inadvertantly set it up, because i dont recollect deliberatly enabling it (oh yeah, the 'working' laptop has DRI and other HW-accel enabled, come to think if it maybe thats why the transparency works better). -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal Transparency
He is running FVWM, same as me. He has also had this exact same kind of transparency for over a year now and also in two different distributions and with multiple types of terminal. Its really bugging me now :-) Thanks for your input, Simon On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 13:44 -0600, Ryan wrote: It might be that he's running the new KDE alpha transparency (That is itself in alpha stage). For Gentoo it comes in 3.4, but it is REALLY REALLY slow for me, so I dont use it. But I noticed that the console transperancy changes as you move the window rather than when you drop it. You can find the alpha transparency switches in the KDE Control panel in the Apperance/Style/Effects tab. Just put a check in enable GUI effects and you will notice that Konsole now uses real alpha transperency, but it'll probably slow down the system considerably. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal Transparency
One other note, you will also need Load extmod in your X server config file for the alpha to work. Otherwise you wont notice true alpha being on. The easiest way to tell if you have true alpha on is to make the taskbar transperant and then move a window BEHIND it. If you can see the window, you have alpha on. If it is still showing the desktop background, then alpha is still not working for some reason. Ryan wrote: It might be that he's running the new KDE alpha transparency (That is itself in alpha stage). For Gentoo it comes in 3.4, but it is REALLY REALLY slow for me, so I dont use it. But I noticed that the console transperancy changes as you move the window rather than when you drop it. You can find the alpha transparency switches in the KDE Control panel in the Apperance/Style/Effects tab. Just put a check in enable GUI effects and you will notice that Konsole now uses real alpha transperency, but it'll probably slow down the system considerably. Simon Maynard wrote: It shouldn't be a hardware issue as my machine has a Geforce 4 running the nvidia-drivers. He has a Geforce 3 running the nvidia-drivers also. I am also running the latest stable versions of everything mixed with a few unstable packages. So it shouldn't be a problem regarding me running out of date software. Thanks Simon On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 18:46 +0100, Ognjen Bezanov wrote: Simon Maynard wrote: Using my friends Debian machine yesterday and his terminals had a better transparency than mine. Gnome-terminal, Eterm and Aterm all refreshed their transparency when moving the terminals around, whereas on my box I have to drop the terminal before the transparency updates. He also informed me that the terminals had the same behaviour when using Gentoo, by default. Am i missing a USE flag or some option somewhere? Thanks, Simon I have the same thing, but on two gentoo boxes. On one it will not refresh until you drop the terminal. The other will update as I drag it along. I can send you my use flags (for the box that it does work on), but i dont think its that. The only difference between these machines is that the one where it has better transparency has been updated while the older one hasnt been updated so much (due to a lack of space on the HD) . I dont know, maybe i inadvertantly set it up, because i dont recollect deliberatly enabling it (oh yeah, the 'working' laptop has DRI and other HW-accel enabled, come to think if it maybe thats why the transparency works better). -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke
maxim wexler wrote: I took a peek at the manual for your MB. You might want to double check the BIOS settings for the hard disk and make sure that LBA/Large mode is set to Auto. It *is*. The only other choice is disabled. Also, what is the CHS reported by the kernel in the dmesg output? If it says CHS=/255/63, then LBA mode is active. CHS=65535/16/63 Damn. Looks like LBA is being disabled, most likely because the drive was initially partitioned without LBA. Parted might be able to fix this, but I'm not sure. You may have to restart from scratch If you are brave, follow these steps _very_ carefully to see if it is simply due to the partitioning of the disk. If you are careful, you can do this without damaging any data on your system. All of this will be from the livecd: First, backup your partition table and MBR to a floppy disk: # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy # dd if=/dev/hda of=/mnt/floppy/mbr.backup bs=512 count=1 # fdisk -l /dev/hda /mnt/floppy/partitions.txt # umount /mnt/floppy Now we need to erase things: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 ## DOUBLE CHECK THIS LINE And reboot the live CD. If LBA is working, CHS should now be reported as xxx/255/63. To restore things, run: # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy # dd if=/mnt/floppy/mbr.backup of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 ## DOUBLE CHECK AGAIN If you have logical partitions also, use the data in /mnt/floppy/partitions.txt to recreate them using fdisk with the exact starting cylinder, ending cylinder, and Id. # umount /mnt/floppy And reboot. If all went well, you didn't lose any data... If you do decide to rebuild the system, and we did not get LBA mode from blanking the partition table and rebooting above, then you can try running fdisk with -H 255, partition the drive, and reboot. That should basically force things to the right mode. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] symbolic link to var tmp
050603 Ognjen Bezanov wrote: I tried making a symbolic link to another disk IIRC you can make a symbolic link only within the same partition. others please correct me, if i'm mistaken. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban Community Studies TRANSIT`-O--O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke
Richard Fish wrote: maxim wexler wrote: Ah, some progress at last! Seems like there is a problem in the grub.conf file, but nothing too serious. Could you re-post that file? default 0 timeout 30 title=Gentoo root (hd0,1) Remove the root (hd0,1) line. That should (I hope) let you boot gentoo from the floppy. -Richard Um, sorry, what I meant to say was: Change the lines above to read: default 0 timeout 30 title Gentoo kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4 title WinXP rootnoverify (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal Transparency
Well, then I guess I wouldnt know. Thats the only way I've ever been able to get Konsole or Gnome Terminal to use real alpha transperency. I would check your Xorg config for that Extmod line I mentioned in the other post. Without it, you cant use real alpha transperency (well at least in my experiences anyways). Simon Maynard wrote: He is running FVWM, same as me. He has also had this exact same kind of transparency for over a year now and also in two different distributions and with multiple types of terminal. Its really bugging me now :-) Thanks for your input, Simon On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 13:44 -0600, Ryan wrote: It might be that he's running the new KDE alpha transparency (That is itself in alpha stage). For Gentoo it comes in 3.4, but it is REALLY REALLY slow for me, so I dont use it. But I noticed that the console transperancy changes as you move the window rather than when you drop it. You can find the alpha transparency switches in the KDE Control panel in the Apperance/Style/Effects tab. Just put a check in enable GUI effects and you will notice that Konsole now uses real alpha transperency, but it'll probably slow down the system considerably. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Terminal Transparency
Simon Maynard wrote: He is running FVWM, same as me. He has also had this exact same kind of transparency for over a year now and also in two different distributions and with multiple types of terminal. Maybe I am wrong (I can't actually stand terminal transparency...sure it looks cool, but I need to get work done!), but I think this is what the COMPOSITE extension for X was supposed to do...allow high-performance alpha blending among other things. You might check out (via xdpyinfo) whether his X is built/configured for composite support or not..and compare to yours. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
SOLVED: [gentoo-user] DVD drive not found on new AMD64 system
On 2005-06-03 14:52 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do *NOT* use cable select. Yes, it works with Windoze, but then so do Winmodems. Set master/slave properly. You are not the first person to have run into problems with cable select. First off: thanks, Walter! Yes, setting master/slave manually did make the smaller disk show up to both the BIOS and Linux. I also tried re-jumpering hdc and hdd, putting the hard disk as master and the DVD drive as slave instead of the other way around. And would you believe it? It solved all the problems at once! The drives seem to show up properly, and now the system will also reboot properly. (It failed - hanged - before the BIOS came to Detecting IDE drives when I used Cable Select.) Winmodems always makes me wonder what other crap might pass for hardware, but that's another tale for another day and one I am sure is told even here frequently enough anyway. -- Michael Kjörling, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://michael.kjorling.com/ * ASCII Ribbon Campaign: Against HTML Mail, Proprietary Attachments * * No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. -*- SM0YBY * *** Software patents hinder progress - see http://swpat.ffii.org/ *** pgpBq9a9VOjIh.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: SOLVED: [gentoo-user] DVD drive not found on new AMD64 system
Michael Kjorling wrote: On 2005-06-03 14:52 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do *NOT* use cable select. Yes, it works with Windoze, but then so do Winmodems. Set master/slave properly. You are not the first person to have run into problems with cable select. First off: thanks, Walter! Yes, setting master/slave manually did make the smaller disk show up to both the BIOS and Linux. I also tried re-jumpering hdc and hdd, putting the hard disk as master and the DVD drive as slave instead of the other way around. And would you believe it? It solved all the problems at once! The drives seem to show up properly, and now the system will also reboot properly. (It failed - hanged - before the BIOS came to Detecting IDE drives when I used Cable Select.) Winmodems always makes me wonder what other crap might pass for hardware, but that's another tale for another day and one I am sure is told even here frequently enough anyway. As far as I've heard, the Linux kernel doesn't work well with cable select. Don't know why, though. Personally, I've used cable select before with no problems. Anyway, with Serial ATA here, IDE master/slave settings and all those SCSI jumpers (ID, termination, power on, SE/LVD, etc.) should be a thing of the past. If the BIOS autodetects drives, why would the OS have so much trouble? My guess is the Linux kernel chooses to bypass the slow BIOS and access the hardware directly, which is why options such as hdx=stroke work with older BIOSes. -- Colin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Gentoo deployment scripts?
There's some SuSE-based workstations around me here I have to take care of. I guess they won't have to bear SuSE for much longer though. The alternatives I can imagine now are Debian and Gentoo. Personally I'd prefer Gentoo, but I don't feel like reinventing the weel by writing my own deployment scripts. There are not many different hardware setups, so I could do an initial install by installing one machine of each and then cloning its HD---the main problem is getting updates done without having to waste megawatthours on unneccessary compilation. I've seen people mentioning such setups here, so I guess somebody has developed the stuff I'd need already? I'd be thankful for any hint or pointer... cheers! Matthias -- I prefer encrypted and signed messages. KeyID: 90CF8389 Fingerprint: 8E 1F 10 81 A4 66 29 46 B9 8A B9 E2 09 9F 3B 91 pgp8uZcXGJbJj.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Does a stage 2 or 3 install eventually catch up with stage 1?
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 11:08:21PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 18:21:35 -0400, Phil Sexton wrote: After I have the new portage tree, I then emerge --update --deep --newuse world I think I have essentially a stage 1 install without having to re-compile working stuff that needs no changes. Except that any changes to your CFLAGS make no difference to packages that are not recompiled. If you really want the equivalent of a stage 1 install, you should do emerge -e world. However, most packages will be recompiled eventually, so you would reach almost a stage 1 at some time. Am I missing something here? Doesn't --newuse catch everything that is affected by changed flags? -- Walter Dnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure, and has a lower TCO, than linux. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo deployment scripts?
mentioning such setups here, so I guess somebody has developed the stuff I'd need already? I'd be thankful for any hint or pointer... This does not answer you question, but probably could be a partial solution: have you considered cloning the hd of the 'first' machine and then copying it to the hd of all the others? g4u for instance could be used for this purpose AS -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo deployment scripts?
Hi Antonino,
on Friday, 2005-06-03 at 20:55:43, you wrote:
So you're actually trying to reuse even the compilation work performed on
the 'first' (let's call it 'master') machine and avoid compiling on all
the others when you do an emerge --update world for instance?
That was my idea, or rather that's how I understood someone whose name I
forgot seems to have done it. Makes sense IMHO.
If there were such a script that could copy the binaries and the new
files to all the other machines I would probably not trust it! :)
Why? The total size of the shell/Python/whatever-scripts a simple
emerge foo triggers is probably over a meg, and it usually runs just
fine. Thinking about it, some simple parsing of emerge's output should
do something useful already:
emerge $package |
sed -n '/^ Merging $package/,/^ \* / {s/^[^ ] //; p}' |
while read f; do scp $f $somewhere ; done
I wouldn't mind adding another 500 bytes of Perl there :)
I'd try to automate as much as possible the update process, possibly
by keeping sincronized the configuration files of all the machines (but
this is to be done on a per-file basis!!) and/or triggering an emerge foo
on the other machines as soon as you do an emerge foo on the master.
I must admit that I see this process difficult to understand and to
debug in case of errors or misbehaviours
Yup. It's unlikely something should fail as long as all machines keep an
identical configuration, but glitches can still happen. So I'd have to
look through all the compilation logs...hm :-S We'll see.
cheers!
Matthias
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Re: SOLVED: [gentoo-user] DVD drive not found on new AMD64 system
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 09:07:35PM +, Michael Kjorling wrote Winmodems always makes me wonder what other crap might pass for hardware, but that's another tale for another day and one I am sure is told even here frequently enough anyway. tinfoil=tight Each time I hear about Bill Gates pushing a new hardware standard, I get nervous. It seems that Winmodems, Winprinters, USB modems, etc. have one goal... namely to only run on the latest version of Windows. Even if you can get a new computer without Windows, you'll find that linux (or for that matter your old copy of Windows98SE) won't work because the manufacturers do proprietary stuff with their peripherals and they only write drivers for the latest Windows version. /tinfoil Even nVidia, who do provide some proprietary drivers for linux, won't necessarily run on the latest linux kernel. And please don't get me started about mouse and keyboard connectors. It's annoying having to keep a computer 18 inches away from the wall because the serial mouse is connected to a serial-to-PS2 adaptor, which is connected to a PS2-to-USB adaptor. -- Walter Dnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure, and has a lower TCO, than linux. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Does a stage 2 or 3 install eventually catch up with stage 1?
On Friday 03 June 2005 06:41 pm, Walter Dnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 11:08:21PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 18:21:35 -0400, Phil Sexton wrote: After I have the new portage tree, I then emerge --update --deep --newuse world I think I have essentially a stage 1 install without having to re-compile working stuff that needs no changes. Except that any changes to your CFLAGS make no difference to packages that are not recompiled. If you really want the equivalent of a stage 1 install, you should do emerge -e world. Am I missing something here? Doesn't --newuse catch everything that is affected by changed flags? -N (--newuse) catches USE flags (which may or may not affect a package, and the ones that use are listed in the ebuild's IUSE variable), not CFLAGS (which affect all C-language packages) or CXXFLAGS (which affect all C++-language packages). -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] kde 3.4.1?
Howdy, I'm seeing an interesting change in behaviour between 3.4.0 and 3.4.1. When told to turn off or reboot the computer, KDM now exits to a console login prompt instead of shutting down. Any ideas? Overall 3.4.1 is feeling more stable. The only seg faults have been on shutdown. Konqueror would seg fault occasionally in 3.4.0. This is on a 3GHz P4 system. The more I use KDE, the more I'm liking it. Blows M$ away for usability. TIA, Roy -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] kde 3.4.1?
Maybe the user can't shutdown? Try the halt command from a console using the user that you log in with KDE. Also check the logs to see if any message appears while you command the shutdown. I personally dislike KDE, but that's related to the fact that I don't have such a computer (p4 3G) to run it, on my downclocked athlon xp 1.1 fluxbox rules. That's not something to discuss here, I'm just more of a no ruindow$ style. On 6/4/05, Roy Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howdy, I'm seeing an interesting change in behaviour between 3.4.0 and 3.4.1. When told to turn off or reboot the computer, KDM now exits to a console login prompt instead of shutting down. Any ideas? Overall 3.4.1 is feeling more stable. The only seg faults have been on shutdown. Konqueror would seg fault occasionally in 3.4.0. This is on a 3GHz P4 system. The more I use KDE, the more I'm liking it. Blows M$ away for usability. TIA, Roy -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] telnet without telnetd anyone???
Just poking around through my system today. I see a directory /etc/xinet.d complete with cupsd and telnetd config files (WTF?). I'm sure we're all aware of the (in)security of telnetd. And yes, I had /usr/sbin/in.telnetd but no xinetd or xinetd. /etc/var/lib/portage/world indicates that I had telnet-bsd installed. qpkg -q -I telnet-bsd said that nothing depends on it, so I unmerge it. Now I find that I have no telnet client for custom whois queries, etc. netkit-telnetd is obviously not what I want. Is there a package that provides a plain ordinary telnet client... period??? -- Walter Dnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure, and has a lower TCO, than linux. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
