Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix and no worthy mechs found
> warning: SASL authentication failure: No worthy mechs found > Authentication failed: cannot SASL authenticate to server > smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com[68.142.229.41]: no mechanism available This seems to imply that the problem's with SASL, and not postfix. > I've edited main.cf and added the following: > > smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes > smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/saslpass > smtp_sasl_mechanism_filter = plain, login > smtp_sasl_security_options = > > I've updated my password file "saslpass" to contain : > [smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com] login:password > > and ran postmap hash:/etc/postfix/saslpass > > And I've run postfix reload... Oh, I also crossed my fingers that didn't > seem to help either :-) That all looks correct to me... > Is SASL able to log into an smtp server like outlook does to send email? Yes, and you're headed in the right direction. > Or is there another solution I need to pursue? Nope - but I'd be looking at SASL at this point... I seem to recall it being a pain in the arse to set this up, though... but it's been at least a year since I've looked at it. > Thank you for your help Dunno if _I_ was much help, but maybe someone else'll chime in, too - they usually do. ;) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] courier problems
> ive been trying to setup a mail server following the how-to at > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Linux_Virtual_Hosting_Server#Virtual_Mail_Hosting > and everything seems to have been setup correctly, but i keep getting these > errors and cant login I know I had to reduce the set of authentication modules in /etc/courier/authlib/authdaemonrc to get my install of courier-imap to let me login properly... I changed authmodulelist="authuserdb authpam authshadow authldap authmysql authcustom authpipe" to just authmodulelist="authpam authshadow" ...and that resolved my problems. I seem to recall errors about invalid MySQL configuration, though, which is what twigged me to the problem... maybe your issue is somewhat similar? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] USB mobile phone connection..
> Thanks for going to all the trouble of testing out the phone
> operation on your SuSE machine. I havn't had any breakthrough
> yet, but your help has given me the confidence to persevere..
No problem -- I'm a software tester in Real Life (tm), so stuff like
this bugs the crap out of me. I have a tendency to get a hold of a
problem, and beat it into the ground sometimes, and this is one of
those things that drives me absolutely crazy: inconsistent behaviour
of software is _extremely_ annoying and frustrating - especially when
_I'm_ the one with the "works for me" response, but I can't figure out
what I did (if anything) to solve the problem.
Anyway... I'm not convinced that the problem's in the kernel. If it
was, then anybody with the same kernel would run into the same
problem(s)...
...and, following that logic, I started digging through the code for
moto4lin, trying to see if there was anything spectacularly obvious
that _might_ be causing the behaviour we're seeing. In so doing, I
_think_ I _might_ have found a typo in moto_ui/p2kproc.cpp, on line
729... here's the function where that line appears:
// Connect to phone.
int P2kProc::drv_connect()
{
FUNC("drv_connect");
int ph=drv_findPhone();
if (ph==PHONE_NONE) RAISE("no phone")
if (ph==PHONE_AT) drv_switchP2K();
int t;
t=time(NULL);
while ((time(NULL)-t<5) && (ph!=PHONE_P2K))
{
usb_find_devices();
ph=drv_findPhone();
usleep(1);
}
if (ph!=PHONE_P2K) return(-1);
return(drv_openPhone());
}
What's got me thinking there's a typo are the following two lines:
if (ph==PHONE_NONE) RAISE("no phone")
if (ph==PHONE_AT) drv_switchP2K();
This looks to me like if there's no phone, an error is spit out (to
the terminal, if you started moto4lin from there), then it checks to
see if the phone's in AT mode, and then it tries to switch it to P2K
mode. The problem here is that the switch to P2K will never be
reached, because there's a missing semi-colon at the end of the first
line, which means that if there's no phone _and_ it's in AT mode, then
it'll do the switch... which makes little to no sense to me, if I'm
reading this correctly...
...it might be worth trying out, though, to see if adding a semi-colon
here would help, so that it looks like this instead:
if (ph==PHONE_NONE) RAISE("no phone");
if (ph==PHONE_AT) drv_switchP2K();
I checked out the current CVS version, using the instructions on the
moto4lin website, and it looks as though this entire function's been
rewritten (and moved to line 857-ish), and would work the way I'm
thinking it should: if it doesn't find a phone, it prints an error;
then it checks to see if it's an AT phone, and switches to P2K mode if
it is...
...but - as I said before - I'm a software tester, not a developer...
so it's entirely possible that I'm just jumping at shadows...
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Re: [gentoo-user] USB mobile phone connection..
> I've just tried to use moto4lin with a Motorola Razr. It starts as with > yours, but when I click "Switch to P2K", /dev/ttyACM0 disappears! nothing > works after that until I disconnect and reconnect the phone, at which > point I am back in AT mode and it all starts again. That's what was happening for me for several hours until it magically started working... I honestly don't know what the heck changed. But once it decided to work, it works consistently. There's a note in the moto4lin wiki specifically for Razr phones (http://moto4lin.sourceforge.net/wiki/Razr_V3) that says that it's inconsistent, and you may need to run echo AT+MODE=8 > /dev/ttyACM0 When I was doing that last night on my laptop, the first time would work, and the second time it removed the device... I honestly don't know what the heck is going on with this program, but it _is_ a pretty early release... There isn't much info for the C380 in the wiki, other than the settings that should be used (which are the defaults)... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] USB mobile phone connection..
> ...I keep thinking that I've forgotten about something that I did in > moto4lin to get it to work, but I can't for the life of me remember > what that was... maybe I'll try installing it on my laptop, and see if > I can reproduce what I did on my desktop once I get home from work > this evening... So... I got home from work, and started poking around at this on my laptop. I'm running SuSE 10 on it, not Gentoo, but I figured it'd work pretty much the same - most of the software on it is pretty close to the same as my desktop... I downloaded the source from the moto4lin site, unpacked it, and compiled it. For two hours, I tried to get moto4lin to connect to my phone, with no luck whatsoever. Finally, not five minutes ago, it suddenly decided to work. What it looks like is that the AT Product ID is one off of the P2K Product ID - the moto4lin website suggests that this is usually the case. For my phone, the values are as follows (these go into the Preferences dialog): AT Vendor ID: 22b8 AT Product ID: 4902 P2K Vendor ID: 22b8 P2K Product ID: 4901 Looking at the moto4lin wiki, your phone apparently uses the exact same values. When my phone's initially plugged in, the "USB View" list shows it as 22b8:4902. If I click the "Switch to P2K" button, I see a message in the main window that says that my phone's unplugged. If I update the "USB View" again, the phone shows up as 22b8:4901. If I click the "Switch to P2K" button yet _again_, I see "[info] Phone pluged as P2K" (the typo's in the program ) -- this is the magic message. ;) At this point, I can actually use moto4lin properly... don't ask me why this works, but it does. Maybe something in there'll help ya out... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel updates
> As I am going from 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 to 2.6.12-gentoo-r10, which is more > than just a revision change, it would seen that 'make oldconfig' is not > recomended. Recommendations are just that: recommendations. You can take them or leave them. :) And I have to agree with Holly on this one: it's a good starting point, and it does make it easier. If you're at all worried about it, though, follow the guide's recommendation. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel updates
> I gather one cannot just copy the .config file for this much of a jump, > so I guess the best thing to do is a simultaneous 'make menuconfig' in both > old and new kernel using two different windows so that I can be sure > to copy each of the current settings across. Easier solution: copy the .config, and then run "make oldconfig" -- it'll prompt you for any changes made in the new kernel, and dump any invalid options... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] USB mobile phone connection..
> Looks like the main clues are the error messages produced when I plug in: > usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8 > usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71 > usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71 > usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 9 > usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71 > cdc_acm 1-1:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device Yup - I'd buy that assessment. > and the fact that you get a /dev/ttyACM0 and I get a /dev/usb/acm/0. > I wonder if that indicates a slight USB driver change between our > two kernels? The device file difference might just be from me running sys-fs/udev-070-r1... not sure, though. > I assume the two addresses I get on connect reflect the fact that my > phone has two interfaces defined - one comm. with a single endpoint, and > one data with 2 endpoints. Yours seems to have two configurations > whereas mine has Cfg#=1 You lost me there, but that's ok -- I think I know what you're talking about > Errno 71 corresponds to "protocol error" which doesn't sound good. No, that it doesn't. > What does your /proc/bus/usb/devices entry show for the phone? Here you go -- hope it makes more sense to you, than it does to me. ;) T: Bus=04 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 4 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=02(comm.) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 2 P: Vendor=22b8 ProdID=4902 Rev= 0.01 S: Manufacturer=Motorola Inc. S: Product=Motorola Phone (V3) C:* #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr=500mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=02(comm.) Sub=02 Prot=01 Driver=cdc_acm E: Ad=89(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 16 Ivl=10ms I: If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=0a(data ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=cdc_acm E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 32 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 32 Ivl=0ms C: #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 2 Atr=c0 MxPwr=100mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=02(comm.) Sub=02 Prot=01 Driver= E: Ad=89(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 16 Ivl=10ms I: If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=0a(data ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver= E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 32 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 32 Ivl=0ms -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] USB mobile phone connection..
> That is encouraging. Which model phone to you have it working > with? Razr V3 - it's a pretty sweet phone. ;) > You were right - my initail problem was having omitted the cdc_acm > driver from my kernel config. Excellent. I like it when I'm right - it happens so infrequently... :) > cdc_acm 1-1:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device Now _that's_ what I was expecting you to get -- the rest of the messages are gibberish to me, though... :( > But when I try moto4lin I get > [info] Phone pluged as AT > Try to connect > [error] Unable to connect > [info] Phone is unpluged Did you specify the correct device for moto4lin? Should be /dev/ttyACM0. Also, check the permissions on /dev/ttyACM0 -- by default, they're too restrictive. If you run moto4lin from a terminal, it spits out a bit of debugging info that might help too, that looks like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ moto4lin Form1 PhoneMan New mode: 1 doActConnect doActConnect P2kProc::doConnect() sh: /dev/ttyACM0: Permission denied ...so I changed the permissions, and tried clicking the Connect/Disconnect button again, and go this: doActConnect doActConnect P2kProc::doConnect() New mode: 2 doActConnect Filelist received: 527 > What do your system messages look like? When I first plugged in the phone, I got this: usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 2 choices usb.agent[24980]: Keeping default configuration with /sys//devices/pci:00/:00:1d.3/usb4/4-2 cdc_acm 4-2:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device usbcore: registered new driver cdc_acm drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c: v0.23:USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters After fixing the permissions on /dev/ttyACM0 and clicking the Connect/Disconnect button in moto4lin, I got this: usb 4-2: USB disconnect, address 2 usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 usb 4-2: config 1 has an invalid interface number: 5 but max is 2 usb 4-2: config 1 has an invalid interface number: 6 but max is 2 usb 4-2: config 1 has an invalid interface number: 8 but max is 2 usb 4-2: config 1 has no interface number 0 usb 4-2: config 1 has no interface number 1 usb 4-2: config 1 has no interface number 2 ...which looks pretty much the same as yours, but everything works the way it should after that, so the only thing I can think of is the permissions thing. > Any ideas what you are doing differently? Well, it's a slightly different configuration from the default: I've got the Settings -> Preferences -> File Manager -> "Load File list on connect" option selected, the "ACM Device" pointed at /dev/ttyACM0, and read-write permissions for everybody on /dev/ttyACM0... I suspect I may have also gone into the Preferences -> Connection section, and clicked the "Update List" button, selected my phone from the list of devices, and clicked both the "Set As AT Device" and "Set As P2k Device" as well, since I've got the right Vendor/Product IDs set, as well... Anyway... hope _something_ in there helps... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] USB mobile phone connection..
> Do you have it working? Yes. > And if so, which kernel are you using? gentoo-sources-2.6.13-r3 (or some other -r? value - can't recall offhand) > Is it a Kernel V2.6 thing, or is there some configuration that I need > to do? As I said in my reply to your other post, make sure you have USB Modem support in the kernel compiled as a module, and pay attention to dmesg when you plug your phone in -- it'll give you the right device path... just slap that into the configuration for moto4lin, and it should work... (I suspect I also had to change the permissions/ownership of the /dev entry for the USB Modem driver, but that was pretty straight-forward: since I'm working on a single-user system, I did the horribly insecure thing and just chmod 777'd the dev entry... ;) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] USB interface
> Anyone know if the missing file is supposed to exist, or is this a > relic from an earlier instance of the USB driver software? It's actually one of the USB modules in the kernel that produces it... Device Drivers -> USB Support -> USB Modem (CDC ACM) Support -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] USB mobile phone connection..
On 10/23/05, Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looking for anyone that can offer advice on connecting a Motorola C380 > mobile phone to my gentoo Linux system via the USB interface. I'd suggest trying moto4lin -- it's pretty slick. Not too sure about the error messages you're getting, though, so I'm not sure how much help moto4lin'll actually be... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] root (/) read-only?
On 9/27/05, glumtail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This happens offen in my system. > > My root filesystem is reiserfs and /home is ext3, when i extract tar > packages it says it is a readonly filesystem. Fix your /etc/fstab - it thinks your root partition is xfs, when it isn't. You either: a) didn't change it during installation; or b) overwrote it in a recent update. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] properly repartition a windows XP disk?
> The system rescue disk has nfstools in it and a nice gui interface > called qtparted I think. That is how I did the repartition on my laptop. QTParted is also included in Knoppix, and I've successfully used it to resize 2000/XP NTFS partitions. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] apcupsd - apache module
> Is there an apache module for apcupsd or is it installed during emerge> apcupsd? Add the "cgi" USE flag, and re-emerge. It'll get installed automagically.
Re: [gentoo-user] Setting default MTU for rp-pppoe
> James I grep'd all the files in /etc/ppp/ for 1432 with out any success. Sorry -- it's been a long time since I've fiddled with rp-pppoe. The setting's actually buried and hard-coded in /usr/sbin/adsl-connect... around line 223 (PPP_STD_OPTIONS)... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Setting default MTU for rp-pppoe
> Could anyone tell me how I go about setting the default MTU of my > pppoe connection. I am using rp-pppoe to bring it up. It currently > sets it to 1432 and I need it to be 1352. It's buried in the rp-pppoe config file (can't remember what the name of the option is, but if you look for 1432, that should help). rp-pppoe will always override the MTU you set elsewhere... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [ot] An iptables like setup on windowsxp
> I want to find a packet filter like iptables for use on windows. That > is, a text based/editable driven packet filter with most or all the > capabilities of iptables. There's something similar in XP to iptables, but it's not really the same -- take a look at the IPSec Policy (Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Local Security Policy -> (whatever the bottom option is... can't remember exactly, but it's something to do with IPSec)). It might be close enough to what you're looking for... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] can't unload modules
> > Sounds like a forgotten "make mrproper" or "make > > clean" before a full > > build? > > Aren't they for 2.4.x kernels? I'm using a 2.6.11. You need to rebuild the kernel proper - it's responsible for loading and unloading modules. Rebuilding just the modules won't help you. And no, those make commands aren't just for 2.4 kernels - they work with 2.6 kernels as well. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] switching to LCD monitor
> >My question to anyone who can advise is this: > >do I just unplug the CRT & plug in the LCD ? will it work so simply ? In most cases, yes, but you'll need to restart X if you do the swap while it's running. > The horysontal sync and vertival refresh rates aren't likely > to be the same, so you'll have to adapt your current xorg.conf > I've read a few times that wrong values can harm your screen > (but never seen it happen) so be careful. > > Or you can use 'xorgconfig' and answer the questions step by step. > I did this on a 17'' dell TFT at work and it worked first try. ...or you could just remove the horizontal sync & vertical refresh lines from your xorg.conf, and let xorg figure it out for you... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DVD-cd usage
> Warning: There is absolutely NO DMA, operations thus are slow. > Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. > Device type: Removable CD-ROM > Version: 0 > Response Format: 2 > Capabilities : > Vendor_info: 'TOSHIBA ' > Identifikation : 'DVD-ROM SD-R2412' > Revision : '1015' > Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-ROM. This seems suspect to me... it looks like cdrecord is detecting your burner as a CD/DVD-ROM, not a burner. I had a similar problem with an external USB 2.0 DVD+-RW drive that would get misdetected. Took a while to figure out what the heck was going on... Is it possible that that's what you're running into? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3
> Hi James Just for clarification, I'm not the one trying to resize an ext3 partition: Bruno is... > You can make your ext3 an ext2 partition by > removing the "has_journal" feature (tune2fs -O ^has_journal > /dev/partition). ...and your advice was similar to the advice I gave him (but you actually managed to write the command out correctly, whereas I didn't ;), but he's still running into problems (parted is complaining that there's an "unsupported filesystem feature enabled", which is why he posted the output of tune2fs). I'm at a loss to help, but I've also been suggesting using parted (which I've used successfully in the past)... maybe resize2fs will work better as both you and Richard have suggested, but I've got no experience with it... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3
> i think the line > Filesystem features: has_journal resize_inode filetype needs_recovery > can help me, but i dont know how... any idea about wich feature i can > desable ? I think you're right, but as I said, I'm kinda out of my depth, now. ...but, you may want to pay attention to that "needs_recovery" flag: you may want to fsck the partition, and correct any potential errors (if any) before continuing. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3
> It stills in trouble (with -C it does not work, so i tryied man tune2fs > and i found out that it should be -O)... any idea ? My guess? I wrote down the wrong option. Wouldn't really surprise me - I tend to reply to these things first thing in the morning, and I'm rarely entirely awake. ;) > note that now (after tune2fs ...) the option "Resize" in QTparted, is > avaiable for this partition, but when i put 60GB i get an error... The only other thing(s) I can think of is that there's an option similar to the "has_journal" one that's turned on that parted can't deal with, or you're trying to resize the partition too much, or there's data past the 60GB mark on the disk that parted can't move for you... that last one seems a bit of a stretch to me, though, given the error you're getting. I can't recall ever having used parted directly, though, so I'm a bit out of my depth here. You might want to look at the man page for tune2fs again, and see if there's a way to spit out the filesystem features on the partition you're trying to resize, and disable them the same way you did with the journal... not sure if that'll help, though... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3
On 7/18/05, Bruno Gola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Error: File system has an incompatible feature enabled. 1) Remove the journal from the ext3 partition using tune2fs: tune2fs -C ^has_journal 2) Resize using parted 3) Add the journal back using tune2fs: tune2fs -j See 'man tune2fs' (as root) for important warnings & information (and I really hope I've got that right...) Qtparted might be an easier way to do the resize, as well... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] PHP Odd Error
> But it only happens when I run php as a user, not when I run as root. > My emerge world is up to date, should a normal user need to write there or > what other thing do I switch to turn this > off. I personally just got rid of the snmp flag for the php ebuild. PHP (the command-line version) tries to do something to the net-snmp file you referenced, but I don't know what. I didn't need SNMP support in the command-line version, so I got rid of it. As I said, though, I'm not sure what it's trying to change, so I played it safe, rather than letting it overwrite a (possibly) existing file. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update
> PartitionMagic is the best for this, but at $70 it is a bit pricey. > There may be free programs to do this, but I have no experience with them. QTparted: open-source alternative to PQMagic, _and_ it's significantly faster (e.g. resizing a 40GB NTFS partition to 10GB with PQMagic took me an hour or two; with qtparted, it took about ten minutes) and less error-prone (e.g. I've had qtparted fail many times, but only once was it so catastrophic that I couldn't fix it easily; with PQMagic, if it failed, I knew I was screwed...). I've been using PartitionMagic since 4.x, and stumbled across QTparted after having PQMagic 8 consistently wipe my entire 120GB drive at startup - before I'd even done anything! The support folks didn't help at all on that one, so I gave up on PQMagic (although they did give me some help later that wasn't great, but got me on the right path to fixing the problem I was having). You can get a decent version of qtparted (assuming you don't care much for English grammar) with the current Knoppix - which is pretty much the only reason why I still use Knoppix. ;) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Another question on mailing cron-job output
> Is there any way to *not* receive mail from specific cron jobs, while
> leaving the rest of the mails intact? I looked at man cron and man
> crontab, but they seemed to indicate that it's kind of an all-or-nothing
> deal.
It's not an all-or-nothing deal, depending on how you create the cron
job: instead of adding a script to
/etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly} (where it _is_ an
all-or-nothing deal, because of the /etc/crontab entry that runs the
jobs), just add it to /etc/crontab, and redirect the output to
/dev/null for the jobs you don't want the output for, as was already
suggested.
...or, if you want the job to be run by a specific user, use "crontab
-e" to create a job schedule for a given user.
> What I'd *really* like is the output from the jobs that I've set to mail
> me output, and a summary of names of any other jobs that ran
> successfully, just so I know that they ran successfully.
For this, you can do something like:
* * * * * echo "somescriptsomewhere" && /some/script/somewhere
That'd get you the name of the script (anything after echo) and all of
the output of /some/script/somewhere... and the way I've written that
crontab entry, the script would be run every minute of every day,
which probably isn't what you want. See "man 5 crontab" for info on
the file format. There's no need for a "mail -s" command in there at
all...
(one other suggestion, although I'm not sure it's going to be useful
for ya: you might want to add "-q" to your esync cron job [on the
update-eix part], so you don't get that annoying output at the end
when it's updating the cache... of course, that'll kill any output
from update-eix, so I'm not entirely sure how much that'll help...)
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Re: [gentoo-user] Syncing data between servers
> I've got all access but i can't change anything, the both servers are > 'snap aplience' it has a Linux version 2.4 on it, you administrate it by a > webinterface, its got ssh, but no scp even no cron. > Its 'forbidden' to install anything on it. > You don't even get a root password even if you by it. > I can export directories with nfs witch i have done and so a Gentoo server > in the middle can sync the data between the two machines. Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't you use rsync or ssh from the gentoo server in the middle, without using the NFS-mounted drives? Something like: rsync [EMAIL PROTECTED]:src [EMAIL PROTECTED]:dest ...and you can probably do the same with with scp. I don't think either of them care if they're just a man-in-the-middle... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] grub prblems...
> After recent update of the system my GRUB became partially broken. > Namely: "default saved"/"savedefault" statements stopped working. Is > it me or it's a common problem and how do I fix it. I attach my > grub.conf for those who might be interested... Once you've managed to boot your system, run "grub-set-default". It'll create /boot/grub/default, and then the savedefault stuff will work properly. ...at least, that's what fixed it for me... Seems to apply to sys-boot/grub-0.96-r1... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Dynamic DNS
> I want to use dhcp on my home network to assign IP addresses which means > I'll need a dynamic DNS. I know I can go to dyndns.org and set up > something with them but can I setup my own name server (BIND or whatever) > and some program that will work with that to keep the DNS updated? There's a much simpler solution, specifically for LAN setups: dnsmasq. You might want to look into it - much easier than dealing with BIND or a more full-featured DNS server, especially when coupled with dhcpd/dhcpcd... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] remote server access?
> Is it possible to securely access the nfs sharea, and smb shares on the bsd > machine, or the other linux desktops like I am on teh LAN. Both ends use > dynamic IP's, so it also has to be compatible with dyndns or something like > that to find them. Maybe setup a VPN using OpenVPN? Not sure how secure it is, but I suspect you'd be able to wrap it in an ssh tunnel... ...but then, I've never done (or had a need to do anything like) this myself, so I'm might be completely crazy... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo discrimination
> He said that once you > copy your files to it, then it automatically synchs with iTunes, so you > can't just use it like a hard drive and copy off the music due to the > FairPlay DRM. My other iBook, iTunes and iPod-owning friend said he was > right. Bollocks. I actually own an iPod (40GB, 4th gen, USB2.0), and there's no such limitation that I've run into... and I've got just over 4000 tracks on it... but now I'm getting distracted. I've run into some discrimination, but I typically recommend SuSE for the less hardcore folks that ask for suggestions: it's less annoying to use than RedHat (when RedHat actually had a non-enterprise version), less unstable than FC, and just all-around easier to install/maintain than Slackware (which is what I actually started with... sometime around 3.0, IIRC - it's been a long time...) I've been using Gentoo since I first heard about it, and immediately turned it into my full-time desktop OS. These days, I have Windows around for when I want to play a game without trying to convince Cedega to run properly, or when I have to do something for work, which usually only happens about once a week. I've also got a web/mail/ssh/whatever server that's running Gentoo as well, and I've managed to physically swap machines close to half-a-dozen times over the years without having more than a few hours' downtime - not enough to cause my mail to bounce, but enough that you'd notice if you were paying attention. I just ignore the folks who have a better-than-thou attitude since it's really all about choice - and I try to make that clear to them instead of trying to push Gentoo on everyone. Gentoo isn't for everyone, just like action movies aren't for everyone: some people just like dramatic films. There's really no accounting for taste, though. ;) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] vonage and wav files
> I just got vonage (Voip), and I'm reasonable happy. However, the voice > mail messages are in .wav format. I can play cd's on the gentoo system, > so I know audio works. What applications are good for playing wav files, > particularly with vonage? sox, maybe? It installs a 'play' command, and I have yet to find a wav file it can't play. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] LVM2 won't compile...?
> This is not a major problem (I have LVM2 partitions, but EVMS compiled > fine, so I can manage them), but I don't like it, as it seems weird for > the main tool for the fs not to compile. Nothing related seems to be on > B.G.O (which is also weird), so I'm wondering if anyone might know what > I (presumably) did wrong to get this error: I had no problems compiling & installing sys-fs/lvm2-2.00.33-r1... setting sys-fs/lvm2 to ~x86 gets me device-mapper-1.01.00 (after ~x86'ing device-mapper, as well) & lvm2-2.01.09, both of which also compiled cleanly. My first guess would've been the kernel headers, since that appears to be where the error is coming from, but that doesn't make (much) sense, since I've got the same version installed here...? So... Maybe a ccache problem? Or maybe your profile's outdated? I would assume you're running a partial ~x86 system here, since the versions of glibc, gcc, and lvm2 are all ~x86, but ACCEPT_KEYWORDS is just x86...? Here's my emerge info, in case it helps: Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 i686) = System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, May 1 2005, 13:29:28)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox:[Not Present] sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.8.5-r3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.4_p6, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r7 sys-devel/libtool: 1.4.3-r4, 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig buildpkg ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ ftp://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ ftp://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.seren.com/gentoo http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo"; LANG="en_US.UTF-8" MAKEOPTS="-j3 -s" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X aalib acpi alsa apm arts artswrappersuid audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdparanoia cdr crypt curl dga directfb divx4linux dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd fam fbcon flac foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile hal imagemagick imlib java jpeg kde ldap libg++ libwww lzo mad mikmod mmx mmx2 motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses network nptl nvidia offensive ogg oggvorbis opengl pam pda pdflib perl pic png python qt quicktime readline real rtc sasl sdl sftplogging snmp spell sse sse2 ssl svg svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts v4l v4l2 vhosts vorbis xanim xine xinerama xml2 xv xvid xvmc yv12 zlib video_cards_nvidia userland_GNU kernel_linux libc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Finally! But a few issues...
> That's for each login. If you want programs executed at startup, put them > in /etc/init.d/local.start. ...actually, you'll probably want to put them in /etc/conf.d/local.start... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Fax & answerphone/voicemail server...
> This is a Class 1 faxmodem, which, AFAIR, doesn't work with m|vgetty. ...yeah... [vm]getty has no support for Class 1 fax, but it's (theoretically) still ok for voice... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Capturing caller id data...
> Is there a way to throw a modem on my gentoo box in order to capture and log > the caller id data? I don't want to set up a pbx or answering machine or > anything like that, I just want to capture the incoming caller id info. I suspect you could do that by just setting up vgetty, but never letting it answer the phone... not entirely sure, though... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Fax & answerphone/voicemail server...
> What do other gentoo users do for answer phone and/or fax services for a > POTS line? You might want to check out vocp (http://vocpsystem.com/) as an alternative - there's a (horribly experimental - read: partially completed) ebuild for it on bugs.gentoo.org... I'm still trying to tweak stuff to get it working, but it's pretty straight-forward. What kind of modem are you using? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo security guide question
> 'Scuse me, this must be the English class -- I thought I was in the > Computer Science / Political Science Building... Sorry. > > Enough already please, everybody? ...sorry... showing my BA here... I get a little picky about silly things like that... ;) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo security guide question
> You might also say equivalent or counterpart ... ...hmmm... Dictionary.com says something else entirely: pen·dant1 also pen·dent( P ) Pronunciation Key (pndnt) n. 1. Something suspended from something else, especially an ornament or piece of jewelry attached to a necklace or bracelet. 2. A hanging lamp or chandelier. 3. A sculptured ornament suspended from a vaulted Gothic roof or ceiling. ...but answering your question anyway: net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1 ...should do what you're asking for (and it's commented out in the default sysctl.conf...) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
