[gentoo-user] Mounting problem
Hai all, Is it normal after gentoo installation we have to mount the cdrom or even thumbdrive manually? Actually i'm still having problem until now, i have grouped my user account into cdrom,cdrw,usb,plugdev but i cant automount my cdrom. But if i mount it manually there is no problem at all. if i type these commands: /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0 the output will be: bash: /dev/cdrom Permission denied And also even if type these commands: /dev/cdrom the output will be still the same. I'm out of idea how to make it works. And i more question how do i mount my thumbdrive? Thank you. Regards, Norman -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problems compiling gcc 4.2.4 and 4.3.1-r1
on Tuesday 07/15/2008 Neil Bothwick([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:54:43 -0400, John covici wrote: Did you try updating glibc even though it's not a dependency with x86? Nope, because I was hesitant being this is an unstable version It is not unstable, the ~arch keyword means the ebuild is still in testing. Nowhere in the Gentoo docs does it say that setting ~arch will install unstable software. If software not fit for general use is included in the portage treee, like betas and release candidates, it is generally package-masked so even ~arch systems won't install it without specifically unmasking it. OK, thanks for the clarification -- and indeed getting the latest glibc did enable me to compile gcc-4.3.1-r1. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting problem
Am Mittwoch, 16. Juli 2008 schrieb Norman Hakim: Is it normal after gentoo installation we have to mount the cdrom or even thumbdrive manually? Actually i'm still having problem until now, i have grouped my user account into cdrom,cdrw,usb,plugdev but i cant automount my cdrom. But if i mount it manually there is no problem at all. How do you do this, then? if i type these commands: /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0 This is not a command, it's a line which should be put into /etc/fstab. the output will be: bash: /dev/cdrom Permission denied Sure, see above. And also even if type these commands: /dev/cdrom dito. the output will be still the same. Yes, see above. First put the line above into /etc/fstab, then type mount /mnt/cdrom. I'm out of idea how to make it works. And i more question how do i mount my thumbdrive? Just the same. Replace cdrom with whatever matches your thumbdrive, examine output of dmesg a few seconds after plugging it in. HTH... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] no beep in console
At Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:06:48 -0400, Peter Wood wrote: Hi list, I have been trying to get the console beep working on 2 laptops (one with a SIS and one with an Intel sound card). pcspkr is compiled as a kernel module on both laptops and shows as loaded in lspci, but I don't get any beeps either in the text console nor in X. I have had exactly the same problem, albeit only with an intel hda codec. The interesting thing is that the beep works only when the sound is deactivated (power saving mode on hda chip), so I think it has something to do with the hardware. Both laptops used to run Debian and issued beeps in console mode on double tab in bash, etc. I did modify any files to disable beeps, and yes I have unmuted all sound controls. Now that doesn't fit my theory. But hope this helps anyway. Regards, Jan -- Four bits at a time www.thenybble.de -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting problem
Am Mittwoch, 16. Juli 2008 schrieb Norman Hakim: ok, but then how do i put tose lines into /etc/fstab? By using your favorite text editor. Or with the echo command: echo /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0 /etc/fstab This will append the line to the file, but be careful, it must be . If you miss one and type the file will be overwritten and the previous contents are lost. Actually i'm a newbie to gentoo linux. In this case, it may be a good idea to read through http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html and, since you did a full quote when replying to my mail, reading http://learn.to/quote would also be nice. HTH... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting problem
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:09:24 -0700 (PDT), Norman Hakim wrote: ok, but then how do i put tose lines into /etc/fstab? Actually i'm a newbie to gentoo linux. You have already edited /etc/fstab during installation, the procedure is exactly the same. nano -w /etc/fstab Which desktop are you using? KDE handles this automatically, for anything else you should install ivman. -- Neil Bothwick Sussh. Be vewwy quiet, I'm hunting tagwines. hahahahah. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] user command auditing
Is there a tool or a way of keeping track of which commands user's are executing on a system? I understand that history files can be wiped out and they don't really contain the time at which a command and it's arguments were run so I refrain from relying on it. Regards, Richard -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting problem
Which desktop are you using? KDE handles this automatically, for anything else you should install ivman. I'm using GDM. To Dirk, I will read the 2 links that u had given and any problems i will let you know. Thank you. Regards, Norman -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Serial port over ethernet
Hi everyone, I would like to connect serial port from remote machine to my laptop and use it for PIC programmer. (both machines are running gentoo) It's easy to tunnel data using nc or similar tool, but it won't give me ioctl access to the port itself. (Or did I miss something?) Is there any tool/project that exports the whole device and make virtual one on the local side? I searched google for quite a while but without any success. There are many standalone devices for rs232-ethernet-rs232, but I don't want a standalone device... I realize it will be slow, but I dont care for lower speeds. Thanks for any hints and advices Regards Zdenek Travnicek
Re: [gentoo-user] Serial port over ethernet
Am Mittwoch, 16. Juli 2008 schrieb Zdenek Travnicek: I would like to connect serial port from remote machine to my laptop and use it for PIC programmer. (both machines are running gentoo) It's easy to tunnel data using nc or similar tool, but it won't give me ioctl access to the port itself. (Or did I miss something?) Is there any tool/project that exports the whole device and make virtual one on the local side? I know there's a serial port server tool which allows remote machines to access the servers serial ports over ethernet, by telnet'ing to a specific port. We use it at work in the lab, but I'm on vacation right know so I can't ask what's the name. Bye... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD and changing permissions
Daniel Pielmeier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By the way would you recommend those commands for creating dvd-video material, or should there be something changed. I mean it should be most compatible. Playable on PC and standalone players and different operating systems. Iso creation: mkisofs -dvd-video -UDF -R -iso-level 1 -v -volid DVD_VIDEO -sysid LINUX -input-charset utf-8 -o ../dvd-video.iso ./ Why do you like to do things like: -sysid LINUX that are default? Why do you use things like: -input-charset utf-8 which is may be wrong and which is by default handled correctly by mkisofs? Why do you like to use iso level 1? Burning: cdrecord dev=0,1,0 speed=8 driveropts=burnfree fs=16m -sao -eject -v dvd-video.iso If you only have one drive, you may omit the dev= parameter. Jörg -- EMail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin [EMAIL PROTECTED](uni) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD and changing permissions
2008/7/16, Joerg Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Daniel Pielmeier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By the way would you recommend those commands for creating dvd-video material, or should there be something changed. I mean it should be most compatible. Playable on PC and standalone players and different operating systems. Iso creation: mkisofs -dvd-video -UDF -R -iso-level 1 -v -volid DVD_VIDEO -sysid LINUX -input-charset utf-8 -o ../dvd-video.iso ./ Why do you like to do things like: -sysid LINUX that are default? Okay so I leave this out. Why do you use things like: -input-charset utf-8 which is may be wrong and which is by default handled correctly by mkisofs? I use utf-8 on my system, so i thought it is correct. Can you please explain me what are $INS_BASE/lib/profiled $INS_BASE/lib/siconv for. These two directories are not installed by the gentoo installation. I ask this because I guess the siconv folder has something to do with the locales. When I for example specify an unknown locale mkisofs is complaining about a missing $INS_BASE/lib/siconv folder. Why do you like to use iso level 1? I thought it is enough for the DVD file structure. From the manpage: With level 1, files may only consist of one section and filenames are restricted to 8.3 characters. AUDIO_TS VIDEO_TS VIDEO_TS.BUP VIDEO_TS.IFO VIDEO_TS.VOB VTS_01_0.BUP VTS_01_0.IFO VTS_01_0.VOB VTS_01_1.VOB VTS_01_2.VOB For this file names ISO-Level 1 maybe sufficient, or am I wrong? Burning: cdrecord dev=0,1,0 speed=8 driveropts=burnfree fs=16m -sao -eject -v dvd-video.iso If you only have one drive, you may omit the dev= parameter. Jörg I have two DVD drives so I think it is needed! Thanks, Daniel
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD and changing permissions
Dale wrote: Well, it worked the first time at least. Back to the drawing board. :-( I re-emerged hal and it umounts just fine now. Can someone tell me things to try to narrow down what the problem is exactly? I'm will to try some things if it will help. You may have to hold my hand a little tho. Any more ideas? Dale This appears to be a udf problem I would assume with the kernel. If I mount the DVD as iso9660 then it works fine but if it mounts with udf the permissions are wrong. Is there a way to tell hal, ivman and friends to always use iso9660? At least until there is a fix in the kernel anyway. Thanks Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: No progress indicator in bootsplash
Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 12:27 AM, Nikos Chantziaras [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/sdc1 video=uvesafb:1280x1024-32,mtrr:3,ywrap splash=silent,fadein,fadeout,theme:gentoo console=tty1 BOOT_MSG=Cool, huh? softlevel=native In my experience, if you user custom messages (like your Cool, huh?), the progress bar disappears. The same happened to me if I edited the keywords SPLASH_BOOT_MESSAGE, SPLASH_REBOOT_MESSAGE and SPLASH_SHUTDOWN_MESSAGE in /etc/conf.d/splash. I've removed BOOT_MSG. Still no go. It says Initializing the kernel and nothing else happens. One thing I noticed is that: splash_geninitramfs -g /boot/splash1280x1024 -r 1280x1024 livecd-2007.0 only includes the JPEG images in the initrd image. Things like icons/apmd_started.png, icons/sysklogd_started.png, etc, are not included. I've included them manually (-o /etc/splash/livecd-2007.0) but still no go; the splash remains static :( -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Problems compiling gcc 4.2.4 and 4.3.1-r1
John covici wrote: on Tuesday 07/15/2008 Neil Bothwick([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:54:43 -0400, John covici wrote: Did you try updating glibc even though it's not a dependency with x86? Nope, because I was hesitant being this is an unstable version It is not unstable, the ~arch keyword means the ebuild is still in testing. Nowhere in the Gentoo docs does it say that setting ~arch will install unstable software. If software not fit for general use is included in the portage treee, like betas and release candidates, it is generally package-masked so even ~arch systems won't install it without specifically unmasking it. OK, thanks for the clarification -- and indeed getting the latest glibc did enable me to compile gcc-4.3.1-r1. Please post in http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191088 about it, so that the newer glibc will become a dependency also for x86. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Serial port over ethernet
Dirk Heinrichs dirk.heinrichs at online.de writes: Am Mittwoch, 16. Juli 2008 schrieb Zdenek Travnicek: I would like to connect serial port from remote machine to my laptop and use it for PIC programmer. Why can't you just connect the pic programmer into a serial port (on a linux system near the PIC programmer) and just remotely telnet into the machine that is serially attached to the pic programmer, and run minicom from the telnet session? James -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Serial port over ethernet
On 2008-07-16, Zdenek Travnicek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to connect serial port from remote machine to my laptop and use it for PIC programmer. (both machines are running gentoo) It's easy to tunnel data using nc or similar tool, but it won't give me ioctl access to the port itself. (Or did I miss something?) Is there any tool/project that exports the whole device and make virtual one on the local side? The implimentations that I've seen for remote serial ports use a pty on the master end. On Linux (and AFAIK BSD), ptys only support a small subset of the features of a real serial port. If you need to do things like set parity, set the number of stop bits, set the character length, or interface to modem status/control lines you're out of luck. I searched google for quite a while but without any success. There are many standalone devices for rs232-ethernet-rs232, but I don't want a standalone device... I realize it will be slow, but I dont care for lower speeds. Speed isn't the problem. The problem is the Linux pty driver. To impliment a working remote serial port, you have to write a kernel-mode serial driver -- and that's a lot of work. [Writing one isn't bad, maintaining one is a complete bitch due to the way the infrastructure keeps shifting out from under you.] I've proposed fixing the pty driver to allow it to emulate a real serial port, but that proposal wasn't well accepted by the powers-that-be in the Linux kernel world. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! PUNK ROCK!! DISCO at DUCK!! BIRTH CONTROL!! visi.com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD and changing permissions
Daniel Pielmeier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why do you use things like: -input-charset utf-8 which is may be wrong
and which is by default handled correctly by mkisofs?
I use utf-8 on my system, so i thought it is correct.
Can you please explain me what are $INS_BASE/lib/profiled
$INS_BASE/lib/siconv for. These two directories are not installed by
the gentoo installation. I ask this because I guess the siconv folder
has something to do with the locales. When I for example specify an
unknown locale mkisofs is complaining about a missing
$INS_BASE/lib/siconv folder.
This is correct, your installation is incomplete.
Mkisofs cannot work correctly in all cases if siconv data is missing.
When I replaced the old libunls code by libsiconv more than a year ago,
there was a verbose instruction in the announcement file. I thought that
any maintainer would read this and update his install procedures...
If you omit -input-charset, mkisofs will chose the right values.
Why do you like to use iso level 1?
I thought it is enough for the DVD file structure.
From the manpage:
With level 1, files may only consist of one section and filenames are
restricted to 8.3 characters.
AUDIO_TS
VIDEO_TS
VIDEO_TS.BUP
VIDEO_TS.IFO
VIDEO_TS.VOB
VTS_01_0.BUP
VTS_01_0.IFO
VTS_01_0.VOB
VTS_01_1.VOB
VTS_01_2.VOB
For this file names ISO-Level 1 maybe sufficient, or am I wrong?
Well, level 1 is default too ;-)
Burning:
cdrecord dev=0,1,0 speed=8 driveropts=burnfree fs=16m -sao -eject -v
dvd-video.iso
If you only have one drive, you may omit the dev= parameter.
Jörg
I have two DVD drives so I think it is needed!
Correct (but you may create /etc/default/cdrecord with the right content to
default to the drive you usually like to use).
Thanks,
Daniel
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Jörg
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: No progress indicator in bootsplash
* Nikos Chantziaras ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [16.07.08 15:02]: I've removed BOOT_MSG. Still no go. It says Initializing the kernel and nothing else happens. One thing I noticed is that: splash_geninitramfs -g /boot/splash1280x1024 -r 1280x1024 livecd-2007.0 only includes the JPEG images in the initrd image. Things like icons/apmd_started.png, icons/sysklogd_started.png, etc, are not included. I've included them manually (-o /etc/splash/livecd-2007.0) but still no go; the splash remains static :( The icons are *not* needed in the initrd, they are used *after* the rootfs is mounted, so they can be accessed right in time. Please post your /etc/conf.d/splash, /etc/conf.d/fbcondecor and what # ls -l /etc/splash and # eselect rc list |grep fbcondecor are returning. Sebastian -- Religion ist das Opium des Volkes. Karl Marx [EMAIL PROTECTED]@N GÜNTHER mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpOIwjFvFAHf.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mail on multiple laptops
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 06:12:58PM +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: Grant Edwards schrieb: On 2008-07-15, Michael Pobega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 08:00:22AM -0700, Michael Higgins wrote: On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:11:08 -0400 (EDT) James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, July 15, 2008 9:05 am, Michael Pobega wrote: I've always had just one laptop so I've been a POP user for years now, but I'm finally buying a second laptop for travels (Asus Eee PC) and I was wondering what gentoo-user would recommend as a good way to keep the mail synced on both of my machines. Can I use procmail with IMAP or is that not possible? That depends. My ISP allows me to run my mail through procmail on the IMAP server. Gmail doesn't allow that, so you'd have to set up a cron job to read mail from the inbox, run it through procmail, and then store it back into folders on the IMAP server. And how do I configure Mutt to use download/sync IMAP? Mutt isn't really intended to download/sync IMAP (I presume you're referring to offline usage). Mutt is intended to be used online -- to be connected to an IMAP server while you're using it. The whole point of IMAP is that you don't download all your mail. You leave it on the server. I've read about MUAs who are supposed to maintain a local mirror of all of the mail and sync it periodically with the server, but I've never met anybody who actually uses IMAP that way. Take a look on net-mail/offlineimap. I used it for some time for offline-reading while taking a train but I found mail-readers with proper support for downloading mails automatically (a folder-specific option on Thunderbird, Evolution and Claws, for example) more convenient than running another app in the background. It works really nicely, but for some reason it dies when downloading message number 7088... I don't know what causes this. How can I tell which message is 7088 on Gmail? Perhaps I can just delete it and work around it... http://pastebin.com/m45fb8db4 -- If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs. - Richard Stallman -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Vmware install
I have a gentoo install (currently amd64/2007.0) with all of the current up to date packages. I have been trying to upgrade the kernel for quite a while now. The last kernel I can still seem to get running is 2.6.20-gentoo-r8. I've tried upgrading to every kernel as they have entered into portage, and none since 2.6.20-r8 seems to be able to find the Vmware SCSI disk. The most recent try was gentoo-sources-2.6.25-r6, which failed the same way. I've tried to download a 2008.0 current boot CD; that has the same problem. I've also tried SystemRescueCd, which does the same, but since it was based on gentoo, I wasn't too hopeful of it working. With 2.6.20-gentoo-r8 I am using the Fusion MPT device support and it works with no issues. I've tried using the drivers compiled in as well as modules, both with the same disappointing results. Any suggestions? The actual device detected with the older kernel is: scsi0 : ioc0: LSI53C1030, FwRev=h, Ports=1, MaxQ=128, IRQ=17 According to the kernel help, this should be supported by the MPT ScsiHost driver for SPI, which is selected... -- Matthew Daubenspeck http://oddprocess.org Gentoo Linux x86_64 Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 165 10:51:06 up 247 days, 1:38, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD and changing permissions
2008/7/16, Joerg Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I use utf-8 on my system, so i thought it is correct.
Can you please explain me what are $INS_BASE/lib/profiled
$INS_BASE/lib/siconv for. These two directories are not installed by
the gentoo installation. I ask this because I guess the siconv folder
has something to do with the locales. When I for example specify an
unknown locale mkisofs is complaining about a missing
$INS_BASE/lib/siconv folder.
This is correct, your installation is incomplete.
Mkisofs cannot work correctly in all cases if siconv data is missing.
When I replaced the old libunls code by libsiconv more than a year ago,
there was a verbose instruction in the announcement file. I thought that
any maintainer would read this and update his install procedures...
If you omit -input-charset, mkisofs will chose the right values.
I have a bug open addressing this and a few other things. Do you
remember the Announcement file, so I can add this information to the
bug! If not i will delve through the files myself.
Can you give me information about the $INS_BASE/lib/profiled folder
too. I mean the contents beside the size of the files are the same as
in $INS_BASE/lib/.
Why do you like to use iso level 1?
I thought it is enough for the DVD file structure.
From the manpage:
With level 1, files may only consist of one section and filenames are
restricted to 8.3 characters.
AUDIO_TS
VIDEO_TS
VIDEO_TS.BUP
VIDEO_TS.IFO
VIDEO_TS.VOB
VTS_01_0.BUP
VTS_01_0.IFO
VTS_01_0.VOB
VTS_01_1.VOB
VTS_01_2.VOB
For this file names ISO-Level 1 maybe sufficient, or am I wrong?
Well, level 1 is default too ;-)
okay :-)
Burning:
cdrecord dev=0,1,0 speed=8 driveropts=burnfree fs=16m -sao -eject -v
dvd-video.iso
If you only have one drive, you may omit the dev= parameter.
Jörg
I have two DVD drives so I think it is needed!
Correct (but you may create /etc/default/cdrecord with the right content to
default to the drive you usually like to use).
I think I prefer passing it at the command line.
Regards,
Daniel
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Re: [gentoo-user] user command auditing
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Richard Marzan wrote: Is there a tool or a way of keeping track of which commands user's are executing on a system? I understand that history files can be wiped out and they don't really contain the time at which a command and it's arguments were run so I refrain from relying on it. On traditional UNIX systems, system accounting logs (usually called acct) can be read via the lastcomm command. Im guessing that the sys-process/acct ebuild will give you those commands. NOTE: You will also need kernel support for process/login accounting - look for process accounting in your kernel config and make sure it is switched on. (Natrually, you will need to rebuild your kernel / modules if it isn't switched on and reboot to activate it). UPDATE: I just checked one of my kernels and the config option is called BSD-style process accouting - it lives in General Setup when configuring a kernel. -- A -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Evolution Doesn't Filter Incoming Mail
Dear all, I use Evolution as my mail client. I receive Gentoo mailing list email at my GMail address, and access this email in Evolution over IMAP. I want Gentoo mailing list messages to go into a Gentoo mailing list folder in Evolution, and so I've setup an incoming mail filter to take all mail with a sender or recipient address matching '@lists.gentoo.org' and move it to my Gentoo mailing list folder. Despite ticking the 'Apply filters to new messages in INBOX on this server' check-box in the Evolution Account Editor, I have to highlight new email and click 'Apply Filters' in Evolution's 'Message' menu so that Evolution will actually move them to the desired folder. Can anyone help with this? Thanks in advance, Richard -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Vmware install
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Matthew Daubenspeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a gentoo install (currently amd64/2007.0) with all of the current up to date packages. I have been trying to upgrade the kernel for quite a while now. The last kernel I can still seem to get running is 2.6.20-gentoo-r8. I've tried upgrading to every kernel as they have entered into portage, and none since 2.6.20-r8 seems to be able to find the Vmware SCSI disk. The most recent try was gentoo-sources-2.6.25-r6, which failed the same way. I've tried to download a 2008.0 current boot CD; that has the same problem. I've also tried SystemRescueCd, which does the same, but since it was based on gentoo, I wasn't too hopeful of it working. With 2.6.20-gentoo-r8 I am using the Fusion MPT device support and it works with no issues. I've tried using the drivers compiled in as well as modules, both with the same disappointing results. Any suggestions? The actual device detected with the older kernel is: scsi0 : ioc0: LSI53C1030, FwRev=h, Ports=1, MaxQ=128, IRQ=17 According to the kernel help, this should be supported by the MPT ScsiHost driver for SPI, which is selected... -- Matthew Daubenspeck http://oddprocess.org Gentoo Linux x86_64 Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 165 10:51:06 up 247 days, 1:38, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list Did you also select the appropriate low-level SCSI drivers? http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_Gentoo_on_VMware_in_Windows_NT/2K/XP#SCSI_Controller -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Evolution Doesn't Filter Incoming Mail
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:27:24 +0100 Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, I use Evolution as my mail client. I receive Gentoo mailing list email at my GMail address, and access this email in Evolution over IMAP. I want Gentoo mailing list messages to go into a Gentoo mailing list folder in Evolution, and so I've setup an incoming mail filter to take all mail with a sender or recipient address matching '@lists.gentoo.org' and move it to my Gentoo mailing list folder. I had a similar problem with Thunderbird and IMAP. The problem was that Sender is not amongst the standard headers which TB retrieves per default for newly arrived messaged. I had to somehow tell TB to fetch all headers, don't remember exactly how, since I'm using claws now. Despite ticking the 'Apply filters to new messages in INBOX on this server' check-box in the Evolution Account Editor, I have to highlight new email and click 'Apply Filters' in Evolution's 'Message' menu so that Evolution will actually move them to the desired folder. Can anyone help with this? This is just a guess, i haven't used evolution actually, but look for a retrieve option fetch all mail headers or something, it might be the same issue. HTH, Patric Schmitz -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Evolution Doesn't Filter Incoming Mail
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Despite ticking the 'Apply filters to new messages in INBOX on this server' check-box in the Evolution Account Editor, I have to highlight new email and click 'Apply Filters' in Evolution's 'Message' menu so that Evolution will actually move them to the desired folder. I had the exact same problem. I'm afraid I didn't find a solution. Google found multiple threads about this, some even with a solution but nothing worked for me. You may have better luck, if so, please share. As far as I can tell, this rather basic feature simply doesn't work with evolution. :-( Cheers, Hilco -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD and changing permissions
Dale schrieb: This appears to be a udf problem I would assume with the kernel. If I mount the DVD as iso9660 then it works fine but if it mounts with udf the permissions are wrong. Is there a way to tell hal, ivman and friends to always use iso9660? At least until there is a fix in the kernel anyway. So it would be a good idea to add this information to the bug. If it is not known already and nobody reports it, there will never be a fix! :-) Regards, Daniel -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Good Library Management software
CJoeB wrote: Eric Martin wrote: Before I recreated the wheel, does anybody know of any good library management software (preferably in portage)? My wife and I are having a hard time keeping track of what books we have, and what books we are lending out to people so I figured this would be a good way to keep track. Since it's for personal use it doesn't have to be anything big. Preferably backended by MySQL as I already have a server running for MythTV and Amarok. I did a few eix searches for portage and came up empty handed, and sourceforge.net has a ton of stuff but I was wondering what other people use. Have you heard of Tellico. It's a collection manager that can be used for books, music, video ... whatever. It allows you to enter the name of the book, a graphic if you have one, rate the book and indicate whether or not it's a gift, how much you paid for it and if you have lent it out. It *is* in Portage. Some information: http://periapsis.org/tellico/ Regards, Colleen Thanks to all who replied! Of course my homework load just doubled so this will have to wait a while before I take on any more projects but such is life. -- Eric Martin PGP fingerprint = D1C4 086E DBB5 C18E 6FDA B215 6A25 7174 A941 3B9F signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: No progress indicator in bootsplash
* Nikos Chantziaras ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [16.07.08 17:55]: Sebastian Günther wrote: * Nikos Chantziaras ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [16.07.08 15:02]: Thanks for helping in tracking down this issue. Here's /etc/conf.d/splash: SPLASH_VERBOSE_ON_ERRORS=no try turning this to yes, maybe there are some error messages that are missed. SPLASH_EFFECTS=fadein,fadeout SPLASH_TEXTBOX=no SPLASH_AUTOVERBOSE=0 Same with me. In /etc/conf.d/fbcondecor everything is commented out. and what # ls -l /etc/splash drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2008-07-14 16:06 emergence drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2008-07-14 16:06 gentoo drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 2008-07-15 10:52 livecd-2007.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 66372 2008-07-14 16:06 luxisri.ttf Seems OK. and # eselect rc list |grep fbcondecor fbcondecorboot (Note that I had to rc-update fbcondecor into boot by hand. The ebuild did not do this and also didn't mention the existence of the script at all. The only thing mentioned is there was a change from some older splash version which doesn't say much for 1st time users like me.) I have it in boot and default runlevel. Try that. Meanwhile I switched from uvesafb to the old vesafb to see if it has something to do with it. Same result. I also re-emerged klibc and splashutils. No go. As I assume you have v86d installed. Try the fbcondecor in default runlevel. Sebastian -- Religion ist das Opium des Volkes. Karl Marx [EMAIL PROTECTED]@N GÜNTHER mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp7M1ehX7gqO.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] user command auditing
Is there a tool or a way of keeping track of which commands user's are executing on a system? There is a .bash_history file in user's home folders. It contains all commands executed by this user. On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 7:22 PM, A. Khattri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Richard Marzan wrote: I understand that history files can be wiped out and they don't really contain the time at which a command and it's arguments were run so I refrain from relying on it. On traditional UNIX systems, system accounting logs (usually called acct) can be read via the lastcomm command. Im guessing that the sys-process/acct ebuild will give you those commands. NOTE: You will also need kernel support for process/login accounting - look for process accounting in your kernel config and make sure it is switched on. (Natrually, you will need to rebuild your kernel / modules if it isn't switched on and reboot to activate it). UPDATE: I just checked one of my kernels and the config option is called BSD-style process accouting - it lives in General Setup when configuring a kernel. -- A -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] xf86-video-ati-6.8.0-r1 problems
Hi All, Just emerged x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.8.0-r1 (I was previously using x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.6.3 and noticed this in my Xorg.0.log: == (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY (AGP) (ChipID = 0x4c59) (--) RADEON(0): Linear framebuffer at 0x4800 (II) RADEON(0): AGP card detected (II) RADEON(0): Legacy BIOS detected drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed [drm] failed to load kernel module radeon (EE) RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRIGetVersion failed to open the DRM [dri] Disabling DRI. == I looked in the log because my desktop font suddenly grew in size significantly (I am guessing that it grew from 12PS to 14-16PS). Any idea if there's anything I can do other than reverting to previous package? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] xf86-video-ati-6.8.0-r1 problems
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed [drm] failed to load kernel module radeon According to this there are no module named radeon in /lib/modules/kernel version/kernel/drivers/video Maybe new package renamed module? Try find it and load manually using modprobe. On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:30 PM, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, Just emerged x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.8.0-r1 (I was previously using x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.6.3 and noticed this in my Xorg.0.log: == (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY (AGP) (ChipID = 0x4c59) (--) RADEON(0): Linear framebuffer at 0x4800 (II) RADEON(0): AGP card detected (II) RADEON(0): Legacy BIOS detected drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed [drm] failed to load kernel module radeon (EE) RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRIGetVersion failed to open the DRM [dri] Disabling DRI. == I looked in the log because my desktop font suddenly grew in size significantly (I am guessing that it grew from 12PS to 14-16PS). Any idea if there's anything I can do other than reverting to previous package? -- Regards, Mick
Re: [gentoo-user] Good Library Management software
On 14 Jul 2008, at 13:06, CJoeB wrote: Eric Martin wrote: Before I recreated the wheel, does anybody know of any good library management software (preferably in portage)? My wife and I are having a hard time keeping track of what books we have, and what books we are lending out to people so I figured this would be a good way to keep track. Since it's for personal use it doesn't have to be anything big. Preferably backended by MySQL as I already have a server running for MythTV and Amarok. I did a few eix searches for portage and came up empty handed, and sourceforge.net has a ton of stuff but I was wondering what other people use. Have you heard of Tellico. It's a collection manager that can be used for books, music, video ... whatever. It allows you to enter the name of the book, a graphic if you have one, rate the book and indicate whether or not it's a gift, how much you paid for it and if you have lent it out. It *is* in Portage. Some information: http://periapsis.org/tellico/ The screenshots of this look really nice, however to me this seems like a really odd motivation for writing a program: I started developing it when I couldn't find a personal database program for KDE which didn't using a SQL backend. What's wrong with an SQL backend that needs you to re-invent the wheel? I'm not saying there's a better collection manager out there, or that the author's in the wrong for doing it the way he has. But it just seems a little odd, and I'd love for him to explain his reasons more fully. Stroller. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] xf86-video-ati-6.8.0-r1 problems
On Wednesday 16 July 2008, Andrew Tchernoivanov wrote: drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed [drm] failed to load kernel module radeon According to this there are no module named radeon in /lib/modules/kernel version/kernel/drivers/video Maybe new package renamed module? Try find it and load manually using modprobe. Well, it's not there . . . all I have is: # ls -la /lib/modules/2.6.24-gentoo-r8/kernel/drivers/video/* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4291 May 14 18:34 /lib/modules/2.6.24-gentoo-r8/kernel/drivers/video/output.ko /lib/modules/2.6.24-gentoo-r8/kernel/drivers/video/backlight: total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 72 May 14 18:34 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 112 May 14 18:34 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5610 May 14 18:34 lcd.ko -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] {OT} Screensaver to slideshow photos?
Does anyone know of a screensaver app in portage (xscreensaver?) that will slideshow through photos? How about using the internet as a source for the photos? - Grant -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Screensaver to slideshow photos?
Grant wrote: Does anyone know of a screensaver app in portage (xscreensaver?) that will slideshow through photos? How about using the internet as a source for the photos? - Grant There's webcollage in xscreensaver that will grab photos off the net and make a collage out of them. Gnome-screensaver has one that will do local files, but good luck configuring that POS. --Joshua Doll -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD and changing permissions
Daniel Pielmeier wrote: Dale schrieb: This appears to be a udf problem I would assume with the kernel. If I mount the DVD as iso9660 then it works fine but if it mounts with udf the permissions are wrong. Is there a way to tell hal, ivman and friends to always use iso9660? At least until there is a fix in the kernel anyway. So it would be a good idea to add this information to the bug. If it is not known already and nobody reports it, there will never be a fix! :-) Regards, Daniel Comment posted that iso9660 works and at least is a workaround. Is there a way to tell hal to mount only as iso9660 tho? I looked around in the /etc/hal directory but nothing poked me in the eye. Thanks Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] discarding sources of old kernels
I keep a few old kernel binaries around that I know have worked. They are not ancient; the oldest is 2.6.19* Am I correct in believing that I can run these backup kernels even if I discard the corresponding sources. I am fairly sure that I need keep only the contents of /lib/modules/version and can discard /usr/src/linux-version, but would appreciate confirmation. thanks, allan -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] discarding sources of old kernels
On AD 2008 July 16 Wednesday 07:08:15 PM -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: I keep a few old kernel binaries around that I know have worked. They are not ancient; the oldest is 2.6.19* Am I correct in believing that I can run these backup kernels even if I discard the corresponding sources. I am fairly sure that I need keep only the contents of /lib/modules/version and can discard /usr/src/linux-version, but would appreciate confirmation. You just won't be able to build modules against them, for example. I've run lots of kernels (on gentoo) after having deleted the source tree. All other distributions I've ever run had the source in a completely separate package. Justin -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: discarding sources of old kernels
Allan Gottlieb wrote: I keep a few old kernel binaries around that I know have worked. They are not ancient; the oldest is 2.6.19* Am I correct in believing that I can run these backup kernels even if I discard the corresponding sources. I am fairly sure that I need keep only the contents of /lib/modules/version and can discard /usr/src/linux-version, but would appreciate confirmation. You are correct; no sources needed. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] user command auditing
Andrew Tchernoivanov wrote: Is there a tool or a way of keeping track of which commands user's are executing on a system? There is a .bash_history file in user's home folders. It contains all commands executed by this user. But as the OP said, it can be edited or deleted so he can not rely on it. Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] discarding sources of old kernels
On Donnerstag, 17. Juli 2008, Allan Gottlieb wrote: I keep a few old kernel binaries around that I know have worked. They are not ancient; the oldest is 2.6.19* Am I correct in believing that I can run these backup kernels even if I discard the corresponding sources. I am fairly sure that I need keep only the contents of /lib/modules/version and can discard /usr/src/linux-version, but would appreciate confirmation. yes. and to speed up unmerging, delete the src directories first, unmerge after that. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] discarding sources of old kernels
At Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:08:15 -0400 Allan Gottlieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I keep a few old kernel binaries around that I know have worked. They are not ancient; the oldest is 2.6.19* Am I correct in believing that I can run these backup kernels even if I discard the corresponding sources. I am fairly sure that I need keep only the contents of /lib/modules/version and can discard /usr/src/linux-version, but would appreciate confirmation. Thank you all for the confirmation and the suggestion to first delete the src directory itself (to speed up the unmerge). allan -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] no beep in console
Jan Seeger wrote: I have had exactly the same problem, albeit only with an intel hda codec. The interesting thing is that the beep works only when the sound is deactivated (power saving mode on hda chip), so I think it has something to do with the hardware. In case others experience a similar problem: I got it working modifying the options line in /etc/modules.d/alsa. It now reads: options snd-hda-intel model=auto power_save=1 power_save_controller=on. Best, Peter -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] What is the gimmick to run tightvnc from windows to gentoo
Tightvnc installed with server flag and seems to be working, at least as far as viewing from gentoo through servers running on windows machines. But when tried the other way round I get no connecton and no log output from the gentoo server. Just a message on the windows machine `Failed to connect to Xxx.xxx.xxx'. There is some log info on the windows side bit it appears to only involve the server and nothing gets written to that file when I attempt to start the viewer on a windows xp box aimed at the linux box. The words `verbose' or `debug' do not appear anywhere in vncserver man pages. How can I get some debug info out of this thing? Or maybe someone knows what is needed to get the connection to work. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Screensaver to slideshow photos?
Grant emailgrant at gmail.com writes: Does anyone know of a screensaver app in portage (xscreensaver?) that will slideshow through photos? How about using the internet as a source for the photos? It's easy, if you run kde (3.5.9) -- control center -- screen saver -- Banners Pictures -- Slide show hth, James -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
