Re: [gentoo-user] touchpad can't scroll
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 28 March 2008, Chuanwen Wu wrote: Hi, You should change your server-layout to something like Section ServerLayout Identifier Layout0 Screen Screen1 InputDeviceKeyboard1 CoreKeyboard InputDeviceTouchpad CorePointer Option AIGLX true EndSection I have changed it, but after I restart X, I found it doesn't work, yet. This is what I have in mine under ServerLayout: === InputDeviceMouse0 CorePointer InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard InputDeviceMouse1 AlwaysCore === And this is what I have under InputDevice: === Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver synaptics Option Protocol SynPS/2 Option InputFashion Mouse Option Device /dev/input/mice Option Name SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad Option SHMConfig on Option Vendor 0002 Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 Option Emulate3Buttons True Option Buttons 3 EndSection Section Input Device Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option Protocol IMPS/2 Option InputFashion Mouse Option Device /dev/input/mice Option Name GenPS/2 Genius Mouse Option Vendor 0002 Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 Option Emulate3Buttons False Option Buttons 9 EndSection === So, you may want to replace your /dev/input/mouse1 for mice and see if that fixes things. Still can't fix the problem. -- Regards, Mick -- wcw -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] touchpad can't scroll
On Sunday 30 March 2008, Chuanwen Wu wrote: On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, you may want to replace your /dev/input/mouse1 for mice and see if that fixes things. Still can't fix the problem. Hmm, what does xorg.0.log spit back out? I assume that you have all the necessary built in your kernel and or emerged (e.g. x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev)? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Cryptfs
Am Samstag, 29. März 2008 schrieb Florian Philipp: My goal is to open a Luks-mapping for /var with a gpg-encrypted file on /boot and then open a mapping for /var/tmp with a plaintext file on /var. See below. But while we're at it, can anybody tell me what's the advantage of a gpg-encrypted keyfile over a keyfile generated from /dev/urandom? I thought it would work with the following settings: /etc/conf.d/cryptfs It's /etc/conf.d/dmcrypt nowadays. target=var source='/dev/mapper/vg-crypt_var' key='/boot/key.gpg:gpg' target=var_tmp source='/dev/mapper/vg-crypt_var_tmp' key='/var/lib/tmp_key' I've read the warning in /etc/conf.d/cryptfs about /usr on a separate partition and followed their advice. Which warning, btw.? Works just fine here. However, the setup doesn't work. I'm not asked for the passphrase, the mappings are not created. What did I forget? That the mappings are created all in one go before anything is mounted, so you can't put the keyfile for /var into /boot. The only thing that would work is to put the keyfile on the root fs, because that's the only one that is mounted when the mappings are created, like: target='c-usr' source='/dev/evms/usr' key='/etc/crypt/keyfile' Bye... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] Re: Boot Gentoo to clean windows
On Saturday 29 March 2008, Stroller wrote: Thanks! I'll look into PING. The documentation on PING's homepage seems a little scanty, but I'm sure a Google will be a bit more forthcoming. It's very easy to use, I found a pdf somewhere that described it in few pages. There are a couple of reasons I appreciate copying on a file-by-file basis - I don't know if PING would allow me the same flexibility. Sure it won't. You provide plenty of examples... While reading them I remembered dar kdar but it seems the latter is no more actively mantained. And anyway not a solution for windows users if you want to let them to take a bit of care of themselves. An option is to shrink the old disk to a secondary partition and leave it on the same disk, but again having another partition isn't the best for end users: it's easier to claim back space without specializer tools if everything's is just a folder away. Ciao Francesco -- Linux Version 2.6.24-gentoo-r3, Compiled #1 PREEMPT Thu Feb 28 22:23:31 CET 2008 One 2.2GHz AMD Athlon 64 Processor, 2GB RAM, 4408.90 Bogomips Total aemaeth -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Boot Gentoo to clean windows
On Saturday 29 March 2008, 19:53, Stroller wrote: One of my biggest bugbears against reinstalling is drivers. Dell Sony are wonderful! You just enter the tag or model number on their website and the correct drivers are listed. Advent - and here, in the UK, other brands of computer which are only available exclusively from PC World - can be a royal PITA, and once every month or two I encounter a machine for which it takes HOURS to find the correct drivers for all devices. Ok, this is going /way/ OT already, however, speaking of windows driver recovery, drivergrabber and drivermax (just google a bit to find them) have helped me *a lot* in the past, especially with old or esoteric hardare. Hope this helps. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Cryptfs
On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 09:50 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: Am Samstag, 29. März 2008 schrieb Florian Philipp: My goal is to open a Luks-mapping for /var with a gpg-encrypted file on /boot and then open a mapping for /var/tmp with a plaintext file on /var. See below. But while we're at it, can anybody tell me what's the advantage of a gpg-encrypted keyfile over a keyfile generated from /dev/urandom? Keys for urandom work great for /tmp and swap but how should I use this for a partition which is supposed to keep its content between reboots? I thought it would work with the following settings: /etc/conf.d/cryptfs It's /etc/conf.d/dmcrypt nowadays. Interesting, why is there no hint that cryptfs is deprecated/obsolete? target=var source='/dev/mapper/vg-crypt_var' key='/boot/key.gpg:gpg' target=var_tmp source='/dev/mapper/vg-crypt_var_tmp' key='/var/lib/tmp_key' I've read the warning in /etc/conf.d/cryptfs about /usr on a separate partition and followed their advice. Which warning, btw.? Works just fine here. # Note when using gpg keys and /usr on a separate partition, you will # have to copy /usr/bin/gpg to /bin/gpg so that it will work properly # and ensure that gpg has been compiled statically. # See http://bugs.gentoo.org/90482 for more information. However, the setup doesn't work. I'm not asked for the passphrase, the mappings are not created. What did I forget? That the mappings are created all in one go before anything is mounted, so you can't put the keyfile for /var into /boot. The only thing that would work is to put the keyfile on the root fs, because that's the only one that is mounted when the mappings are created, like: target='c-usr' source='/dev/evms/usr' key='/etc/crypt/keyfile' Bye... Dirk Thanks, I'll try it. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[gentoo-user] MythTV ebuild reports the wrong video cards - I think
Hi all, I'm in the process of installing MythTV on a VIA Epia motherboard I have and have come across something that's causing me a bit of concern. I do an: emerge --pretend mythtv and have a look at the output. Amongst all of the new/updated packages there is the line for the MythTV build: [ebuild N] media-tv/mythtv-0.21_p16658 USE=aac alsa dvb dvd mmx opengl perl python vorbis xvmc (-altivec) -autostart -dbox2 -debug -directv -hdhomerun -ieee1394 -iptv -ivtv -jack -joystick -lcd -lirc -opengl-video -opengl-xvmc VIDEO_CARDS=via -nvidia The problem/concern revolves around the VIDEO_CARDS variable. In my make.conf I have this set to: VIDEO_CARDS=openchrome fbdev via Now my concern is if the make.conf values for VIDEO_CARD are going to supercede the values from the ebuild - I had a look in the ebuild and that's where the via -nvidia come from. I'm concerned that my use of OpenChrome won't be used. Do I have cause for concern or will it all sort itself out in the wash and eventually I'll end up with a MythTV that will use OpenChrome as the driver? Any thoughts, greatly appreciated, Andrew -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Cryptfs
Am Sonntag, 30. März 2008 schrieb Florian Philipp: On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 09:50 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: Am Samstag, 29. März 2008 schrieb Florian Philipp: My goal is to open a Luks-mapping for /var with a gpg-encrypted file on /boot and then open a mapping for /var/tmp with a plaintext file on /var. See below. But while we're at it, can anybody tell me what's the advantage of a gpg-encrypted keyfile over a keyfile generated from /dev/urandom? Keys for urandom work great for /tmp and swap but how should I use this for a partition which is supposed to keep its content between reboots? See my example below. Which warning, btw.? Works just fine here. # Note when using gpg keys and /usr on a separate partition, you will # have to copy /usr/bin/gpg to /bin/gpg so that it will work properly # and ensure that gpg has been compiled statically. # See http://bugs.gentoo.org/90482 for more information. Ah, I see. Since I don't use gpg it doesn't matter to me. target='c-usr' source='/dev/evms/usr' key='/etc/crypt/keyfile' Bye... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] Cannot compile gcc-3.3.6-r1 using gcc-4.2.3
Hi, I think I screwed up :-( Sorry about post length, there's a lot of error output. (If I need to, I have a 2005.0 stage 3 with an old compiler. If this can't be easily fixed, I reckon I could mount/chroot/quickpkg gcc and install it on the host) While cleaning up my machine, I unmerged gcc-3.3.6-r1 and the spare quickpkg I had of it. Now virtual/libstdc++ needs it and the build fails with the error: configure: error: can only configure for one host and one target at a time My system compiler is gcc-4.2.3: Installed versions: 4.2.3(4.2)(10:35:08 19/02/08)(doc gtk mudflap openmp -altivec -bootstrap -build -fortran -gcj -hardened -ip28 -ip32r10k -libffi -multilib -multislot -n32 -n64 -nls -nocxx -objc -objc++ -objc-gc -test -vanilla) USE for gcc-3.3.6-r1 looks like so: [ebuild NS ] sys-devel/gcc-3.3.6-r1 USE=doc (-altivec) -bootstrap -boundschecking -build -fortran -gcj -gtk (-hardened) -ip28 -ip32r10k -libffi (-multilib) -multislot (-n32) (-n64) -nls -nocxx -nopie -nossp -objc -test -vanilla 0 kB (trimmed) emerge --info: Portage 2.1.4.4 (default-linux/x86/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.2.3, glibc-2.7-r2, 2.6.24-gentoo-r3 i686) = System uname: 2.6.24-gentoo-r3 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7500 @ 2.20GHz Timestamp of tree: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:30:01 + app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.5 dev-lang/python: 2.5.1-r5 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox:1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.24 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=x86 ~x86 CBUILD=i686-pc-linux-gnu CFLAGS=-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe CHOST=i686-pc-linux-gnu CONFIG_PROTECT=/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/4.0/env /usr/kde/4.0/share/config /usr/kde/4.0/shutdown /usr/share/config CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK=/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/init.d /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d CXXFLAGS=-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe DISTDIR=/var/distfiles FEATURES=distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox GENTOO_MIRRORS=/mnt/distfiles http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo; LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_GB.UTF-8 LINGUAS=en_US MAKEOPTS=-j3 PKGDIR=/var/packages PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS=--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages PORTAGE_TMPDIR=/var/tmp PORTDIR=/var/portage PORTDIR_OVERLAY=/var/portage/local/layman/enlightenment /var/portage/local/layman/sunrise /var/portage/local/layman/mozilla /var/portage/local/alan SYNC=rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage USE=X a52 aac aalib acl acpi adns aiglx alsa apache2 audiofile bash-completion berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt css cups curl curlwrappers cvs dbus dga dri dts dv dvb dvd dvdr dvdread emboss encode exif expat fam ffmpeg firefox flac fontconfig foomaticdb ftp gd gdbm gif gimp glitz glut gnuplot gnutls gpm gtk gtkhtml hal hddtemp iconv icq id3tag ieee1394 imagemagick imap imlib ipod isdnlog jabber java javascript jbig jce jpeg jpeg2k kde keyring lcms ldap lesstif libc_glibc libcaca libg++ libnotify libsamplerate libsndfile libwww lm_sensors mad maildir matroska mbox mcal midi mikmod milter mime mmx mng motif mp3 mp4 mpeg mtp mudflap mysql mysqli ncurses netboot nfs nptl nsplugin odbc offensive ogg openal opengl openmp pam pango pcmcia pcre pdf perl php plotutils pmu png posix postgres ppds pppd profile python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline real reflection samba sasl scanner sdl session slp sms spell spl sqlite sqlite3 sse sse2 ssl ssse3 startup-notification subversion svg sysvipc tcl tcltk tcpd tetex theora threads tiff tk truetype udev unicode usb utempter vcd vim-syntax vorbis wifi win32codecs wmf wxwindows x264 x86 xattr xcomposite xine xinerama xinetd xml xorg xosd xpm xulrunner xv xvid xvmc zeroconf zlib ALSA_CARDS=intel8x0 intel8x0m Error output: Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-3.3.6-r1/work/gcc-3.3.6 ... * CFLAGS=-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe * CXXFLAGS=-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe * Configuring gcc ... * running gcc-compiler-configure * configuring for GCC_LANG: c,c++,treelang * PREFIX: /usr * BINPATH: /usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.3.6 * LIBPATH: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.6 * DATAPATH:/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.6 * STDCXX_INCDIR: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.6/include/g++-v3
Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot compile gcc-3.3.6-r1 using gcc-4.2.3
Hi, On Sunday 30 March 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: I think I screwed up :-( Sorry about post length, there's a lot of error output. (If I need to, I have a 2005.0 stage 3 with an old compiler. If this can't be easily fixed, I reckon I could mount/chroot/quickpkg gcc and install it on the host) While cleaning up my machine, I unmerged gcc-3.3.6-r1 and the spare quickpkg I had of it. Now virtual/libstdc++ needs it and the build but do you really, really need it? virtual/libstdc++ depends on sys-libs/libstdc++-v3, sys-libs/libstdc++-v3-bin or gcc-3. you will need either one of those. I have installed on ~amd64 the combination virtual/libstdc++ with sys-libs/libstdc++-v3 and that works fine. Rudmer -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Cryptfs
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:50:47 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: However, the setup doesn't work. I'm not asked for the passphrase, the mappings are not created. What did I forget? That the mappings are created all in one go before anything is mounted, so you can't put the keyfile for /var into /boot. The only thing that would work is to put the keyfile on the root fs, because that's the only one that is mounted when the mappings are created, like: You can if you add pre_mount=mount /dev/mapper/boot /boot to the boot stanza of dmcrypt, it forces the filesystem to be mounted immediately. I ue a variant of this, where keys are stored on a dedicated partition. The pre_mount and post_mount (which unmounts the filesystem) ensure that the keys are only visible for as long as it takes to mount the other filesystems. -- Neil Bothwick Thesaurus: ancient reptile with an excellent vocabulary signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] MythTV ebuild reports the wrong video cards - I think
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:09:53 +0800, Andrew Lowe wrote: I'm in the process of installing MythTV on a VIA Epia motherboard I have and have come across something that's causing me a bit of concern. [ebuild N] media-tv/mythtv-0.21_p16658 USE=aac alsa dvb dvd mmx opengl perl python vorbis xvmc (-altivec) -autostart -dbox2 -debug -directv -hdhomerun -ieee1394 -iptv -ivtv -jack -joystick -lcd -lirc -opengl-video -opengl-xvmc VIDEO_CARDS=via -nvidia The problem/concern revolves around the VIDEO_CARDS variable. In my make.conf I have this set to: VIDEO_CARDS=openchrome fbdev via openchrome is not a recognised value for VIDEO_CARDS, use via but install the openchrome drivers and all will be well. There were some problems with the mythtv build process and openchrome but these have been resolved now. Make sure you install the openchrome drivers before mythtv. -- Neil Bothwick If I want your opinion, I'll ask you to fill out the necessary form. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot compile gcc-3.3.6-r1 using gcc-4.2.3
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:48 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: While cleaning up my machine, I unmerged gcc-3.3.6-r1 and the spare quickpkg I had of it. Now virtual/libstdc++ needs it and the build fails with the error: It doesn't need gcc-3.3, but that it the default it tries to install if none of the providers of this are available. Install sys-libs/libstdc++-v3 instead and the virtual will be happy. I'm sure the devs have a good reason for not making sys-libs/libstdc++-v3 the default libstdc++ but /I'm not going to try to guess what it may be ;-) -- Neil Bothwick Sects, sects, sects, is that all you monks think about? signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Upgrade of dhcpcd
Hi all, yesterday I upgraded dhcpcd, now at boot time I receive this message: err, eth0: Failed to lookup hostname via DNS: Name or service not known Even so, the IP is correctly assigned by the router. Could anyone help me to understand? ;-) Bye emilio -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrade of dhcpcd
econti написа: Hi all, yesterday I upgraded dhcpcd, now at boot time I receive this message: err, eth0: Failed to lookup hostname via DNS: Name or service not known Even so, the IP is correctly assigned by the router. Could anyone help me to understand? ;-) Bye emilio Hi, Look at the new USE-flags, there are two IIRC - zeroconf vram Specially vram in this case. HTH. Rumen smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot compile gcc-3.3.6-r1 using gcc-4.2.3
On Sunday 30 March 2008, Rudmer van Dijk wrote: Hi, On Sunday 30 March 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: I think I screwed up :-( Sorry about post length, there's a lot of error output. (If I need to, I have a 2005.0 stage 3 with an old compiler. If this can't be easily fixed, I reckon I could mount/chroot/quickpkg gcc and install it on the host) While cleaning up my machine, I unmerged gcc-3.3.6-r1 and the spare quickpkg I had of it. Now virtual/libstdc++ needs it and the build but do you really, really need it? virtual/libstdc++ depends on sys-libs/libstdc++-v3, sys-libs/libstdc++-v3-bin or gcc-3. you will need either one of those. I have installed on ~amd64 the combination virtual/libstdc++ with sys-libs/libstdc++-v3 and that works fine. ah, that makes sense. I'd actually never really researched what libstdc++ even does. If I can get away with -bin, that will be better than a complete new gcc Thanks! -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot compile gcc-3.3.6-r1 using gcc-4.2.3
On Sunday 30 March 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: I'm sure the devs have a good reason for not making sys-libs/libstdc++-v3 the default libstdc++ but /I'm not going to try to guess what it may be ;-) Me neither :-) Like I replied to Rudmer, now that I understand what the thing actually does, I can make a more sane decision that what I had. I suppose I'm not the only one here who has it proven to him at least once a day just how little he actually knows? ... :-) -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] touchpad can't scroll
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 3:19 PM, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 30 March 2008, Chuanwen Wu wrote: On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, you may want to replace your /dev/input/mouse1 for mice and see if that fixes things. Still can't fix the problem. Hmm, what does xorg.0.log spit back out? I assume that you have all the necessary built in your kernel and or emerged (e.g. x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev)? I have CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y in my kernel config. and have this line: INPUT_DEVICES=keyboard mouse evdev synaptics in my make.conf And the last line in the Xorg.0.log is: (II) 3rd Button detected: disabling emulate3Button so, doest it indicate the problem? Best regards, -- wcw -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently
On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:39:07 + (UTC), Michael Schmarck wrote: I don't. I disagree with his most important point: It's no good to post as much information as possible. Instead, the amount of information posted should be condensed to only the important pieces. You have a problem to which you do not know the solution, so how are you supposed to know what is important and what is not? The answer is, you don't, because not knowing the solution means you cannot know for sure what is relevant and what is not, so err on the side of verbosity. Of course, none of this really matters as people will be hesitant to offer any advice in future, no matter how complete your post, because you have demonstrated a complete lack of civility and respect for those that you expect to help you. -- Neil Bothwick WinErr 01E: Timing error - Please wait. And wait. And wait. And wait. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:34:38 + (UTC), Michael Schmarck wrote: You were not supposed to post such a comment in the first place. Who dictates that? There is no list moderation except the self-moderation of the users, an none of them have objected to light-hearted comments by Alan, or other, in the past. If you don't like a reply, ignore it like an adult. -- Neil Bothwick Electrocution, n.: Burning at the stake with all the modern improvements. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Cryptfs
Am Sonntag, 30. März 2008 schrieb Neil Bothwick: On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:50:47 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: However, the setup doesn't work. I'm not asked for the passphrase, the mappings are not created. What did I forget? That the mappings are created all in one go before anything is mounted, so you can't put the keyfile for /var into /boot. The only thing that would work is to put the keyfile on the root fs, because that's the only one that is mounted when the mappings are created, like: You can if you add pre_mount=mount /dev/mapper/boot /boot to the boot stanza of dmcrypt, it forces the filesystem to be mounted immediately. I ue a variant of this, where keys are stored on a dedicated partition. The pre_mount and post_mount (which unmounts the filesystem) ensure that the keys are only visible for as long as it takes to mount the other filesystems. I protect the root fs with a passphrase and all other volumes with a keyfile stored in this fs. No need to mount anything (however, I _do_ need an initramfs because of this). Bye... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] 2 dispatch-conf questions
Hi, On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Alex Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Question 2: I also have replace-unmodified=yes, but I often see files that I never even looked at before. What about that? That's because dispatch-conf saves every file it processes in it's archive directory. When checking if you modified a file, it compares it to the one in it's archive. So you have to look at each file at least once, because when it is changed the first time, dispatch-conf does not have the old version Benedikt -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] fast CLI package-Changelog viewer
Is there such one? -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot compile gcc-3.3.6-r1 using gcc-4.2.3
Alan McKinnon wrote: I suppose I'm not the only one here who has it proven to him at least once a day just how little he actually knows? ... :-) Nope you are not. ;-) Sometimes this happens to me more than once a day. o_O Dale :-) :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently
Neil Bothwick neil at digimed.co.uk writes: On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:34:38 + (UTC), Michael Schmarck wrote: You were not supposed to post such a comment in the first place. Who dictates that? I don't know. Ask Alan, as he tries to dictate which post are allowed and which not. Michael -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot compile gcc-3.3.6-r1 using gcc-4.2.3
On Sunday 30 March 2008, Dale wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: I suppose I'm not the only one here who has it proven to him at least once a day just how little he actually knows? ... :-) Nope you are not. ;-) Sometimes this happens to me more than once a day. o_O Dale, Somehow I just knew you'd be first to reply :-) Ironically, right now I'm preparing to deliver a Red Hat training course tomorrow. I *think* I know enough to pull it off now, I had lots of practise the last 30 times! -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently
Neil Bothwick neil at digimed.co.uk writes: On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:39:07 + (UTC), Michael Schmarck wrote: I don't. I disagree with his most important point: It's no good to post as much information as possible. Instead, the amount of information posted should be condensed to only the important pieces. You have a problem to which you do not know the solution, so how are you supposed to know what is important and what is not? As it seems, I knew what was not important. Just have a look at the real root cause of the problem. Of course, none of this really matters as people will be hesitant to offer any advice in future, no matter how complete your post, because you have demonstrated a complete lack of civility and respect for those that you expect to help you. Oh, that's wrong. Alan very much demonstrated that he did not want to help. Why else would he have posted his snide comment? And if you look carefully, you'll see that I even treated him respectfully, when he tried to be helpful. Care to point out where I showed a complete lack of civilty? And care to point out the civilty in what Alan posted in his (maybe unintended) flamebait? Michael -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot compile gcc-3.3.6-r1 using gcc-4.2.3
On Sunday 30 March 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Sunday 30 March 2008, Dale wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: I suppose I'm not the only one here who has it proven to him at least once a day just how little he actually knows? ... :-) Nope you are not. ;-) Sometimes this happens to me more than once a day. o_O Dale, Somehow I just knew you'd be first to reply :-) Ironically, right now I'm preparing to deliver a Red Hat training course tomorrow. I *think* I know enough to pull it off now, I had lots of practise the last 30 times! I have been a professional Linux/UNIX system and network administrator for more years than I care to remember. Still, there are those moments when I do incredibly stupid things - while I am not bone tired, drunk or have fallen in love just then. Happens. Fortunately, not too often. I am with the two of you. ;-) Uwe -- Informal Linux Group Namibia: http://www.linux.org.na/ SysEx (Pty) Ltd.: http://www.SysEx.com.na/ -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] uvesafb fails to work
Hi All, I've just compiled kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 which comes with uvesa and thought of using it on a box of mine. However, amidst other weird and wonderful errors that the new kernel gives me on this box, I have completely failed to get uvesafb to work. When it boots up it comes up with these errors: = * Setting framebuffer console images Can't open cfg file //etc/splash/emergence/640x480.cfg No 8bpp silent picture specified in the theme No 8bpp verbose picture specified in the theme * Failed to set background image on tty1 = Meanwhile the penguins and fonts on the boot console are shown in some impossibly large size. My kernel line is: kernel /kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/sda3 \ video=uvesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED],ywrap,mtrr:4, \ splash=silent,fadein,theme:emergence quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 initrd /boot/fbsplash-emergence-1280x1024 Any ideas? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] Clone a running gentoo machine onto another machine
Hi All , I've been wondering how one can clone an entire gentoo system and copy it to another physical machine , while the original system is still running ( means , ghost , acronis and other tools that force me to shutdown the system are not acceptable ) So , someone told me to try just tar the whole system to the other machine and untar it there. The question is how can I do that ? what are the correct attributes and flags ? Or maybe someone have other ideas ? Thanks Benyamin
Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb fails to work
Mick schrieb: Hi All, I've just compiled kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 which comes with uvesa and thought of using it on a box of mine. However, amidst other weird and wonderful errors that the new kernel gives me on this box, I have completely failed to get uvesafb to work. When it boots up it comes up with these errors: = * Setting framebuffer console images Can't open cfg file //etc/splash/emergence/640x480.cfg No 8bpp silent picture specified in the theme No 8bpp verbose picture specified in the theme * Failed to set background image on tty1 = Meanwhile the penguins and fonts on the boot console are shown in some impossibly large size. My kernel line is: kernel /kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/sda3 \ video=uvesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED],ywrap,mtrr:4, \ splash=silent,fadein,theme:emergence quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 initrd /boot/fbsplash-emergence-1280x1024 Any ideas? Just a shot in the dark are you using any kind of tv-out? I had this problem with tv-out. I specified a resolution of 1280x1024. When I connect my tv to my box the maximal resolution possible is 1024x768 because the tv-encoder does not offer higher resolutions. So instead of switching to the next greatest resolution of 1024x768 the uvesafb driver switches to smallest resolution of 640x480. This resolution is not available in the emergence theme thus the splash fails! If you have a problem like this there are existing patches whto the kernel which are fixing this issue! What does cat /sys/devices/platform/uvesafb.0/vbe_modes say? Regards, Daniel -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Clone a running gentoo machine onto another machine
Benyamin Dvoskin wrote:
Hi All ,
I've been wondering how one can clone an entire gentoo system and copy
it to another physical machine , while the original system is still
running ( means , ghost , acronis and other tools that force me to
shutdown the system are not acceptable )
So , someone told me to try just tar the whole system to the other
machine and untar it there.
It is possible, that I know, but it is also difficult.
The question is how can I do that ? what are the correct attributes
and flags ?
You cannot use tar unless you create an exclude file, as it will copy
the contents of /dev and /sys, which means the entire contents of RAM,
and anything that is currently being generated by your devices will be
copied as well.
Personally, I would use either tar or rsync to do this, however, in
saying that, I have never actually done this with a live system. This is
the tar command I use for copying inactive systems, and it works quite well.
(cd /mnt/source; tar cfpl - .) | (cd /mnt/dest; tar xfp -)
I assume you could just generate an exclude file, and include that in
the first command ('tar cfpl - .') and it *should* work for you.
The other way would be to use rsync, which I have less experience using,
but should do the job.
rsync -avHp --progress / /mnt/dest/
There's a space between / and /mnt/dest, just incase that's unclear...
Or maybe someone have other ideas ?
Again, you'd have to find a way to exclude /dev /sys, and probably
another directory or two too, but again, I don't really have any
experience copying a live system. I'm sure other learned people on this
list will have lots of useful suggestions for you!
Thanks
Benyamin
-Hal
--
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Re: [gentoo-user] Clone a running gentoo machine onto another machine
Hello On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 10:29:39PM +0300, Benyamin Dvoskin wrote: I've been wondering how one can clone an entire gentoo system and copy it to another physical machine , while the original system is still running ( means , ghost , acronis and other tools that force me to shutdown the system are not acceptable ) So , someone told me to try just tar the whole system to the other machine and untar it there. rsync is usually faster, as it reads the first one and writes to the second one at the same time. You should read its' man page, there are nice things like '-x' flag (so it copies only one filesystem and does not enter sub-filesystems, like dev and) As it uses ssh by default, you need only sshd on the remote server and you can tweak thinks like compression while transferring. -- All flame and insults will go to /dev/null (if they fit) Michal 'vorner' Vaner pgpJAfTajkT6S.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Clone a running gentoo machine onto another machine
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:48:54 -0400, Hal Martin wrote: You cannot use tar unless you create an exclude file, as it will copy the contents of /dev and /sys, which means the entire contents of RAM, and anything that is currently being generated by your devices will be copied as well. Personally, I would use either tar or rsync to do this, however, in saying that, I have never actually done this with a live system. This is the tar command I use for copying inactive systems, and it works quite well. (cd /mnt/source; tar cfpl - .) | (cd /mnt/dest; tar xfp -) I assume you could just generate an exclude file, and include that in the first command You don't need an exclude file to avoid /dev and /sys because they are on separate filesystems, so your use of -l takes care of this. Rsync may work, or it may complain that files have changed between building the list and copying them and you'd need to use -x to do the same as -l with tar. Either way, shut down as many services as possible during the copy, particularly anything that uses databases. -- Neil Bothwick If you got the words it does not mean you got the knowledge. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:39:09 + (UTC), Michael Schmarck wrote: You have a problem to which you do not know the solution, so how are you supposed to know what is important and what is not? As it seems, I knew what was not important. Just have a look at the real root cause of the problem. Isn't hindsight wonderful? You now know what is relevant to the solution of a problem you did not understand at the time. Of course, none of this really matters as people will be hesitant to offer any advice in future, no matter how complete your post, because you have demonstrated a complete lack of civility and respect for those that you expect to help you. Oh, that's wrong. Alan very much demonstrated that he did not want to help. Why else would he have posted his snide comment? And if you look carefully, you'll see that I even treated him respectfully, when he tried to be helpful. Care to point out where I showed a complete lack of civilty? And care to point out the civilty in what Alan posted in his (maybe unintended) flamebait? This has nothing to do with Alan, (who, incidentally, has demonstrated his knowledge and willingness to help many times over) ad everything to do with your attitude. So you found his post unhelpful, well get over it. Either ignore the post or respond by expressing your views without insult. You have done yourself no favours. -- Neil Bothwick RISC: Reduced Into Silly Code signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot compile gcc-3.3.6-r1 using gcc-4.2.3
Uwe Thiem wrote: On Sunday 30 March 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Sunday 30 March 2008, Dale wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: I suppose I'm not the only one here who has it proven to him at least once a day just how little he actually knows? ... :-) Nope you are not. ;-) Sometimes this happens to me more than once a day. o_O Dale, Somehow I just knew you'd be first to reply :-) Ironically, right now I'm preparing to deliver a Red Hat training course tomorrow. I *think* I know enough to pull it off now, I had lots of practise the last 30 times! I have been a professional Linux/UNIX system and network administrator for more years than I care to remember. Still, there are those moments when I do incredibly stupid things - while I am not bone tired, drunk or have fallen in love just then. Happens. Fortunately, not too often. I am with the two of you. ;-) Uwe What I hate is when I come here and ask a question then right after hitting the send button, I realize it was something stupid I did. Sort of makes me really think before I hit the send button now. LOL Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot compile gcc-3.3.6-r1 using gcc-4.2.3
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:24:47 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: I suppose I'm not the only one here who has it proven to him at least once a day just how little he actually knows? ... :-) You're not, plenty of us are married :-) -- Neil Bothwick I understand the answers, the questions throw me. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Cryptfs
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:50:59 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: I use a variant of this, where keys are stored on a dedicated partition. The pre_mount and post_mount (which unmounts the filesystem) ensure that the keys are only visible for as long as it takes to mount the other filesystems. I protect the root fs with a passphrase and all other volumes with a keyfile stored in this fs. No need to mount anything (however, I _do_ need an initramfs because of this). That still means your keys are readable all the time, whereas mine disappear long before the network comes up. -- Neil Bothwick Remember, it takes 47 muscles to frown And only 4 to pull the trigger of a sniper rifle signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb fails to work
I have had problems getting this to work also, but was able to get it working finally after being directed to the authors website and following his instructions. What I did was get a 2.6.24 kernel working for me fully with no errors then proceded to follow spock's instructions to get uvesafb working properly on both my desktop and laptop. Hope this gives you what you need to get it working. Matt On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Daniel Pielmeier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mick schrieb: Hi All, I've just compiled kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 which comes with uvesa and thought of using it on a box of mine. However, amidst other weird and wonderful errors that the new kernel gives me on this box, I have completely failed to get uvesafb to work. When it boots up it comes up with these errors: = * Setting framebuffer console images Can't open cfg file //etc/splash/emergence/640x480.cfg No 8bpp silent picture specified in the theme No 8bpp verbose picture specified in the theme * Failed to set background image on tty1 = Meanwhile the penguins and fonts on the boot console are shown in some impossibly large size. My kernel line is: kernel /kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/sda3 \ video=uvesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED],ywrap,mtrr:4, \ splash=silent,fadein,theme:emergence quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 initrd /boot/fbsplash-emergence-1280x1024 Any ideas? Just a shot in the dark are you using any kind of tv-out? I had this problem with tv-out. I specified a resolution of 1280x1024. When I connect my tv to my box the maximal resolution possible is 1024x768 because the tv-encoder does not offer higher resolutions. So instead of switching to the next greatest resolution of 1024x768 the uvesafb driver switches to smallest resolution of 640x480. This resolution is not available in the emergence theme thus the splash fails! If you have a problem like this there are existing patches whto the kernel which are fixing this issue! What does cat /sys/devices/platform/uvesafb.0/vbe_modes say? Regards, Daniel -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb fails to work
Oops forgot the link to the website. http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/http://dev.gentoo.org/%7Espock/projects/uvesafb/ On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Matt Edens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have had problems getting this to work also, but was able to get it working finally after being directed to the authors website and following his instructions. What I did was get a 2.6.24 kernel working for me fully with no errors then proceded to follow spock's instructions to get uvesafb working properly on both my desktop and laptop. Hope this gives you what you need to get it working. Matt On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Daniel Pielmeier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mick schrieb: Hi All, I've just compiled kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 which comes with uvesa and thought of using it on a box of mine. However, amidst other weird and wonderful errors that the new kernel gives me on this box, I have completely failed to get uvesafb to work. When it boots up it comes up with these errors: = * Setting framebuffer console images Can't open cfg file //etc/splash/emergence/640x480.cfg No 8bpp silent picture specified in the theme No 8bpp verbose picture specified in the theme * Failed to set background image on tty1 = Meanwhile the penguins and fonts on the boot console are shown in some impossibly large size. My kernel line is: kernel /kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/sda3 \ video=uvesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED],ywrap,mtrr:4, \ splash=silent,fadein,theme:emergence quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 initrd /boot/fbsplash-emergence-1280x1024 Any ideas? Just a shot in the dark are you using any kind of tv-out? I had this problem with tv-out. I specified a resolution of 1280x1024. When I connect my tv to my box the maximal resolution possible is 1024x768 because the tv-encoder does not offer higher resolutions. So instead of switching to the next greatest resolution of 1024x768 the uvesafb driver switches to smallest resolution of 640x480. This resolution is not available in the emergence theme thus the splash fails! If you have a problem like this there are existing patches whto the kernel which are fixing this issue! What does cat /sys/devices/platform/uvesafb.0/vbe_modes say? Regards, Daniel -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fast CLI package-Changelog viewer
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:26:12 +0400, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: Is there such one? emerge -l package | less? -- Neil Bothwick Loose bits sink chips. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Clone a running gentoo machine onto another machine
Benyamin Dvoskin wrote: Hi All , I've been wondering how one can clone an entire gentoo system and copy it to another physical machine , while the original system is still running ( means , ghost , acronis and other tools that force me to shutdown the system are not acceptable ) So , someone told me to try just tar the whole system to the other machine and untar it there. The question is how can I do that ? what are the correct attributes and flags ? Or maybe someone have other ideas ? Thanks Benyamin Could you be more specific about the destination machine? Is it already running some Linux distro, or is it a new machine with no OS? If it's the latter, you'll have to be more careful with the boot procedure, kernel options, etc. -Tim -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot compile gcc-3.3.6-r1 using gcc-4.2.3
On Sunday 30 March 2008, Dale wrote: What I hate is when I come here and ask a question then right after hitting the send button, I realize it was something stupid I did. Sort of makes me really think before I hit the send button now. LOL It's hitting the send button that gets you to the right answer ... soo, if you don't click it you don't get the lightbulb moment :-) I think you should stop thinking so much -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot compile gcc-3.3.6-r1 using gcc-4.2.3
On Sunday 30 March 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:48 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: While cleaning up my machine, I unmerged gcc-3.3.6-r1 and the spare quickpkg I had of it. Now virtual/libstdc++ needs it and the build fails with the error: It doesn't need gcc-3.3, but that it the default it tries to install if none of the providers of this are available. Install sys-libs/libstdc++-v3 instead and the virtual will be happy. I'm sure the devs have a good reason for not making sys-libs/libstdc++-v3 the default libstdc++ but /I'm not going to try to guess what it may be ;-) Yup, this works. Thanks Neil and Rudmer. In hindsight the answer was there in the ebuild all the time. I should have done what I usually do and read the thing! -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Clone a running gentoo machine onto another machine
It is a running gentoo system in this case But it doesnt make a difference to me. I want to know generally. anyway I will try what everyone wrote here and we'll see how it goes. Thanks again. On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 11:40 PM, Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Benyamin Dvoskin wrote: Hi All , I've been wondering how one can clone an entire gentoo system and copy it to another physical machine , while the original system is still running ( means , ghost , acronis and other tools that force me to shutdown the system are not acceptable ) So , someone told me to try just tar the whole system to the other machine and untar it there. The question is how can I do that ? what are the correct attributes and flags ? Or maybe someone have other ideas ? Thanks Benyamin Could you be more specific about the destination machine? Is it already running some Linux distro, or is it a new machine with no OS? If it's the latter, you'll have to be more careful with the boot procedure, kernel options, etc. -Tim -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently
On 30 Mar 2008, at 06:47, Michael Schmarck wrote: ... In your world, an aggressor is doing nothing wrong? Do I understand that right? ... Get real. When you're describing someone who has annoyed you on the Internet as an aggressor it probably means you need to take a break for a while (and, indeed, get yourself real). Stroller. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb fails to work
On Sunday 30 March 2008, Daniel Pielmeier wrote: Mick schrieb: Hi All, I've just compiled kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 which comes with uvesa and thought of using it on a box of mine. However, amidst other weird and wonderful errors that the new kernel gives me on this box, I have completely failed to get uvesafb to work. When it boots up it comes up with these errors: = * Setting framebuffer console images Can't open cfg file //etc/splash/emergence/640x480.cfg No 8bpp silent picture specified in the theme No 8bpp verbose picture specified in the theme * Failed to set background image on tty1 = Meanwhile the penguins and fonts on the boot console are shown in some impossibly large size. My kernel line is: kernel /kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/sda3 \ video=uvesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED],ywrap,mtrr:4, \ splash=silent,fadein,theme:emergence quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 initrd /boot/fbsplash-emergence-1280x1024 Any ideas? Just a shot in the dark are you using any kind of tv-out? I had this problem with tv-out. I specified a resolution of 1280x1024. When I connect my tv to my box the maximal resolution possible is 1024x768 because the tv-encoder does not offer higher resolutions. So instead of switching to the next greatest resolution of 1024x768 the uvesafb driver switches to smallest resolution of 640x480. This resolution is not available in the emergence theme thus the splash fails! If you have a problem like this there are existing patches whto the kernel which are fixing this issue! What does cat /sys/devices/platform/uvesafb.0/vbe_modes say? Thanks Daniel, I am not using tvout, just a LCD monitor. You're right, there's no 1280x1024 in the above file! Changed it to 1024x768 and it works, although the quality of the image is poor (it looks sort of pixelated). What controls what resolutions exist in that file? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb fails to work
On Sunday 30 March 2008, Matt Edens wrote: Oops forgot the link to the website. http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/http://dev.gentoo.org/%7Espo ck/projects/uvesafb/ Thanks Matt, I have followed spock's instructions in the first place. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:32:47 +0100, Stroller wrote: When you're describing someone who has annoyed you on the Internet as an aggressor it probably means you need to take a break for a while RFC 1: Count to ten before hitting send. -- Neil Bothwick Politics: Poli (many) - tics (blood sucking parasites) signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb fails to work
Mick schrieb: On Sunday 30 March 2008, Daniel Pielmeier wrote: Mick schrieb: Hi All, I've just compiled kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 which comes with uvesa and thought of using it on a box of mine. However, amidst other weird and wonderful errors that the new kernel gives me on this box, I have completely failed to get uvesafb to work. When it boots up it comes up with these errors: = * Setting framebuffer console images Can't open cfg file //etc/splash/emergence/640x480.cfg No 8bpp silent picture specified in the theme No 8bpp verbose picture specified in the theme * Failed to set background image on tty1 = Meanwhile the penguins and fonts on the boot console are shown in some impossibly large size. My kernel line is: kernel /kernel-2.6.24-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/sda3 \ video=uvesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED],ywrap,mtrr:4, \ splash=silent,fadein,theme:emergence quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 initrd /boot/fbsplash-emergence-1280x1024 Any ideas? Just a shot in the dark are you using any kind of tv-out? I had this problem with tv-out. I specified a resolution of 1280x1024. When I connect my tv to my box the maximal resolution possible is 1024x768 because the tv-encoder does not offer higher resolutions. So instead of switching to the next greatest resolution of 1024x768 the uvesafb driver switches to smallest resolution of 640x480. This resolution is not available in the emergence theme thus the splash fails! If you have a problem like this there are existing patches whto the kernel which are fixing this issue! What does cat /sys/devices/platform/uvesafb.0/vbe_modes say? Thanks Daniel, I am not using tvout, just a LCD monitor. You're right, there's no 1280x1024 in the above file! Changed it to 1024x768 and it works, although the quality of the image is poor (it looks sort of pixelated). What controls what resolutions exist in that file? Output of /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt ... snip 2. Caveats and limitations -- uvesafb is a _generic_ driver which supports a wide variety of video cards, but which is ultimately limited by the Video BIOS interface. The most important limitations are: - Lack of any type of acceleration. - A strict and limited set of supported video modes. Often the native or most optimal resolution/refresh rate for your setup will not work with uvesafb, simply because the Video BIOS doesn't support the video mode you want to use. This can be especially painful with widescreen panels, where native video modes don't have the 4:3 aspect ratio, which is what most BIOS-es are limited to. - Adjusting the refresh rate is only possible with a VBE 3.0 compliant Video BIOS. Note that many nVidia Video BIOS-es claim to be VBE 3.0 compliant, while they simply ignore any refresh rate settings. . snip . 4. The sysfs interface -- uvesafb provides several sysfs nodes for configurable parameters and additional information. Driver attributes: /sys/bus/platform/drivers/uvesafb - v86d (default: /sbin/v86d) Path to the v86d executable. v86d is started by uvesafb if an instance of the daemon isn't already running. Device attributes: /sys/bus/platform/drivers/uvesafb/uvesafb.0 - nocrtc Use the default refresh rate (60 Hz) if set to 1. - oem_product_name - oem_product_rev - oem_string - oem_vendor Information about the card and its maker. - vbe_modes A list of video modes supported by the Video BIOS along with their VBE mode numbers in hex. - vbe_version A BCD value indicating the implemented VBE standard. . snip . So this depend on the Video Bios of your card and you maybe can't do anything about it! Although 1280x1024 should normally work and i guess you use this resolution for your Desktop. How do you generate your initrd? Which card do you have? dmesg | grep uvesafb and fbset --info -v? Regards, Daniel -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless: Limit rate to strengthen connection?
I'm trying to strengthen a wireless connection that spans about 150 feet and has to go through about 5 walls. I bought two of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164110 for either end of the connection, but I'm having trouble making it work well. I've noticed the connection will be perfect for a short time, but then disappear. When watching iwconfig during this process, it looks like the connection is good when on a low rate, but when it goes to 54 Mbps it falls apart. Should limiting the rate solve this problem? If so, how can I do that? I'm using hostapd on the AP and wpa_supplicant on the client. - Grant Grant, Yes, lowering the rate to a slower speed will help greatly. The lower rates use less compression and modulation... less complex wave forms better connects over long hauls. The antennas look very good, but what's driving them? I use and whole heartedly endorse SENAO products and have had very good luck with these models: ECB-3220 (400 mw) or 2611CB3 PLUS (200 mw) at: http://www.wlansolution.com. Either unit with the high gain antennas you have, will penetrate what you stated and probably go pretty high on the speed scale doing it too. Should the adapter itself make a lot of difference when driving an external antenna? I think I'm going to use one of these with my laptop and an external antenna and I may need to pick up weak signals: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833315075 Does anyone know of a strong antenna that is more portable than this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164110 I'm mainly concerned with how much space it will take up in carry-on luggage. - Grant -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Attempting to compile (patched) Qemu
All,
I'm trying to compile a patched version of Qemu, found here:
http://alex.csgraf.de/self/?qemu/
The patched version has support for virtualizing OS X. However, when
attempting to compile, I get the following fatal error:
make -C i386-linux-user all
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/qemu/i386-linux-user'
gcc -Wall -O2 -g -fno-strict-aliasing -I. -I.. -I/tmp/qemu/target-i386
-I/tmp/qemu -MMD -MP -DNEED_CPU_H -I/tmp/qemu/linux-user
-I/tmp/qemu/linux-user/i386 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -I/tmp/qemu/fpu -DHAS_AUDIO -DHAS_AUDIO_CHOICE
-I/tmp/qemu/slirp-c -o main.o /tmp/qemu/linux-user/main.c
/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2317: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2318: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2322: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2323: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2327: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2328: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2335: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2336: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2340: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2341: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2345: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2346: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2353: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2354: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2358: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2359: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2363: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2371: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2383: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2388: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2393: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2401: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2402: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2408: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2409: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2415: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2416: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2420: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2421: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2425: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2426: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2433: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:2434: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:8233: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:8234: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:8235: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:8236: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:8239: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata section}
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/tmp/ccOCd3LZ.s:8240: Error: can't resolve `.rodata' {.rodata
Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot compile gcc-3.3.6-r1 using gcc-4.2.3
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Sunday 30 March 2008, Dale wrote: What I hate is when I come here and ask a question then right after hitting the send button, I realize it was something stupid I did. Sort of makes me really think before I hit the send button now. LOL It's hitting the send button that gets you to the right answer ... soo, if you don't click it you don't get the lightbulb moment :-) I think you should stop thinking so much True but I have cheated before. I compose the email but just put it in the drafts folder, then wait a bit to see what happens. LOL Well, it works sometimes. I don't make quite as big a fool as myself. I sort of see the 'being in love' comment earlier tho. I'm nuts over someone that I can't see right now because of distance. Plan to go see her soon tho. Maybe that will help then again it may make it worse. Dale :-) :-) :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fast CLI package-Changelog viewer
Hi! === On Monday 31 March 2008, you wrote: === On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:26:12 +0400, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: Is there such one? emerge -l package | less? I have tried it. Unfortunately, it is slow and ... well, it doesn't show Changelog to me :-) Say, this is full output: emerge -l sun-jdk --changelog implies --pretend... adding --pretend to options. These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] dev-java/sun-jdk-1.6.0.05-r1 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Re: rhythmbox plays silently
Stroller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 30 Mar 2008, at 06:47, Michael Schmarck wrote: ... In your world, an aggressor is doing nothing wrong? Do I understand that right? ... Get real. When you're describing someone who has annoyed you on the Internet as an aggressor it probably means you need to take a break for a while How else would you describe Alan in his first post in the thread? Troll? Would that fit better? Michael -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
