Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Why is the latest release 2006.1?
On Monday 16 April 2007 07:02:09 pm Dale wrote: > b.n. wrote: > > Dale ha scritto: > >> Me, I'd go back to Mandrake until a new release comes out. > > > > As a former Mandraker: > > for $DEITY's sake, not Mandrake! Not after Gentoo. Debian, Kubuntu, > > even Slack...but not Mandrake! :) > > > > m. > > Well, allow me to clarify a bit. I wouldn't want you to have a heart > attack and die on us. ;-) I would only do that until I could get a new > CD or could get access to DSL or something faster than what I have now. > I have a 26K connection right now. Let's not discuss OOo. O_O > Hi Dale... Umm... where do you live? I'm in New Jersey... If you are state side, I'm willing to burn a few Gentoo cd's or dvd's for you if you wish. Won't cost you a dime. Just email me if you are interested. -- Jerry McBride -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo rewrites "/etc/resolv.conf" automatically
On Monday 16 April 2007 07:01:11 am arnuld wrote:
> on every boot Gentoo cleans up the "/etc/resolv.conf" :-(
>
> any solution ?
>
> - /etc/hosts --
> 127.0.0.1 gnu.planet gnu localhost
>
> ::1 localhost
>
> -- /etc/conf.d/net -
> dns_domain_lo="planet"
>
> config_eth0=( "192.168.0.2/24" )
> routes_eth0=( "default via 192.168.0.1" )
>
>
> --
> http://arnuld.blogspot.com/
Yes... this is typical of the later versions of baselayout. You have to enter
your dns info into the file ate /etc/conf.d/net... Like this...
#/etc/conf.d/net
modules=("ifconfig")
config_eth0=("192.168.0.12 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255")
routes_eth0=("default via 192.168.0.1")
dns_domain_eth0=("my.domain")
dns_search_eth0=("search hsd99.nj.comcast.net.")
dns_servers_eth0=("68.87.75.194 68.87.64.146")
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Re: [gentoo-user] OT im more just curious
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What is the average age of the gentoo user here? > Sent via BlackBerry� from Vodafone z� ��(��&j)b�bst== 51... and feeling a lot like 40. :.) well... maybe 42. Cheers... -- Jerry McBride
[gentoo-user] Install Stage feature request and bug report.
Just a small request of the gentoo stage developers... Would it be at all possible to include rsync in the next round of development? Also, has ANYONE on this list been able to serve nfs shares from any of the 2006.1 stage3 iso's? I've recently cloned a 2006.1 install to a small cluster of Dell Optiplex GX50's and it would have been a god-send if I could have accessed the targets via rsync or nfs. On the 2006.1 stage3 iso, there's an nfs.ko kernel module and enough utilities to run a server, but it fails to work... It errors out with "nfssvc function not implemented" and rpc.nfsd fails to start Possibly the provided nfs.ko does not match the included kernel? However, the stage3 sshd daemon and nfs client works perfectly and a simple cp -a followed by a grub setup and each of the nodes in the cluster installed and runs perfectly. I now have Gentoo 2006.1 running as a 5 node distcc compile cluster... Awesome... -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Unsubcribe
On Sunday 18 March 2007 10:32:46 pm Fiifi Markin wrote: > unsubscribe NO! -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] off topic : Dolphin massacre in Japan
On Wednesday 21 February 2007 01:39:02 pm Albert Hopkins wrote: > Today 01:39:02 pm > > On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 17:58 +, Nelson, David (ED, PAR&D) wrote: > [...] > > > I hate to be a nasty evil person and say this, but I will anyway - this > > has no place on a Gentoo mailing list IMO. Post it in the off topic > > section of the Gentoo forums I guess but posting these on a mailing list > > is pretty much spam. > > To the contrary, I think that the OP has a lot to do with Gentoo and > Linux in general. > > You see every day, like the poor Japanese Dolphins, countless numbers of > cows are murdered every day. They are slaughtered, cut up, ground into > little bits, you name it, all in the name of greed (both in terms of > money and food). These innocent little souls are brought to an early > death so that some may enjoy a half pound greasy burger or perhaps a 12 > oz. prime rib (with grilled onions, mashed potatoes, and cream corn on > the side). Like our Rising Sun Flipper, we must do something to stop > the bovine genocide. Remember that our mascot and transgendered > spiritual leader, Larry, is a cow, and therefore shares the same risk to > his life as Willy or Bessie. > > And if they can go after dolphins and cows, then can penguins be next? > Could little Tux's life be in danger as well? > > These are the things every (Gentoo) Linux user should be concerned > about. Kudos to the OP for bringing this important issue to our > attention! > Mmmm roasted penguin... Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Firefox problems...
Anyone having problems saving images or links in firefox 2.0? I'm running the
latest firefox binary and mozilla launcher... and when I right click to save
an image, the browser dies. Running strace on it doesn't yield much info. It
says something like unlink("/root/.mozilla/firefox/nan3prqz.default/lock")
and then segfaults...
Anyone else?
At this moment I'm compiling firefox from sources to see if it's any better.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gcc 3.4.6 vs. 4.1.1
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 03:58:58 pm Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2007-02-14, Bo Ørsted Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --nextPart1799414.yjjTeni5oG > > Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="utf-8" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Content-Disposition: inline > > > > On Wednesday 14 February 2007 20:47:45 Grant Edwards wrote: > >> I'm curious what other people are doing. Â Have most people > >> switched over to 4.1 as their "main" compiler? > > > > I did that last May. And not just main but only C compiler (No I don't > > use qemu). ;) > > I do use Qemu, which was one reason I didn't switch earlier. > If it helps you, we compile the current sources using gcc-3.4.6-r2, then make a quickpkg of it and distribute as needed... Works well and you only need one machine with the older gcc. Cheers. -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 100% CPU usage with no processes to blame?
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 02:48:18 pm Pongrácz István wrote: > 2007. 02. 14, szerda keltezéssel 13.28-kor Jerry McBride ezt írta: > > I tracked my 100% cpu usage to FAMD... Killing it instantly freed the > > cpu... > > Change to gamin. > The same function in much better. > I did it about a year ago. (Or less, I don't remember). > It solved me some other problems (CD lock down etc.) > > In the gentoo documents you can find article about how to change it. > Thank you, for the tip. I never would have found it, without your help. Cheers. -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 100% CPU usage with no processes to blame?
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 12:25:27 pm brullo nulla wrote: > > Most likely you only looked at user cpu % and neglected to list the > > system and niced times as well. > > > > p.s. golden rule: ps lies. top lies. free lies. > > Don't believe the readings they give, rather interpret them in context. > > sob. it's not the first time I hear this. What should I believe to > really know my system state? > > m. I tracked my 100% cpu usage to FAMD... Killing it instantly freed the cpu... -- -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Did I just get hacked???
On Saturday 10 February 2007 09:27:10 pm Grant wrote: > The contents of my /home/grant/vmware folder have suddenly > disappeared. I haven't noticed anything else strange yet. I did > configure and start shorewall for the first time yesterday instead of > using a few iptables commands from the Gentoo Home Router Guide. I'm > also running PenguinTV (a video RSS aggregator with an ebuild in > bugs.gentoo.org) and transmission (a bittorrent client in portage) for > the first time. My shorewall config is here: > > http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_108375.xml > > What should I do next? > > - Grant 1 - if you aren't sure, then take it off the net untill you are sure. 2 - view the log files in /var/log 3 - look at the contents and the file dates... see anything "not rigt" 4 - from a "rescue disk" of some merit and run chkrootkit or simiar tool. 5 - did/are you running any internet services? Look at their log files with a magnifying glass for "any" discrepancy... -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] knotes: cannot move around notes
On Monday 05 February 2007 08:32:29 am brullo nulla wrote: > > Since knotes and xpad are being kicked around... Does anyone know of a > > light weight knotes style app that multiple users can access via a single > > server backend? I'm looking for such a solution. > > For this aim I use a web-based notes service: > http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/ > > but sure it's less handy that a knotes-style thing. > > m. Hmmm... Thanks for the link. I never would have found it and... this looks perfect. -- -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] knotes: cannot move around notes
On Sunday 04 February 2007 01:26:19 pm Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > On Sunday 4 February 2007 19:45, b.n. wrote: > > I also looked for other apps, but I found none. > > Did you try xpad? It's gtk+-based, so there should be no problems with > xfce. Seems to be quite lightweight and similar to what you're looking > for. Since knotes and xpad are being kicked around... Does anyone know of a light weight knotes style app that multiple users can access via a single server backend? I'm looking for such a solution. Cheers. -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] linux symlink?
On Sunday 04 February 2007 08:51:44 am Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > On Sunday 4 February 2007 13:45, Jorge Almeida wrote: > > I was under the impression that it is necessary to install Nvidia > > drivers. Is this correct? > > If the link is not in place, nvidia-drivers will not build. > > > And what should be done with the System.map file? Copy it to /boot > > under which name? (I mean, when booting with a particular kernel, how > > does the kernel know the path to the correct System.map?) > > There used to be a good system.map explanation here: > > http://dirac.org/linux/system.map/ > > however, it seems to have some problem at the moment. The google cached > copy works (just do a search for linux system.map, it's the first hit). > > Sorry, cannot comment on whether the symlink should or should not be > created, and it's been a lot since I built my last LFS. I have almost > always used it, and never had any problem. IIRC the handbook's advice is > to create the link. But, as always, YMMV. The server ar dirac.org need a kick, I emailed the admin there. As for the symlink with LFS... LFS is a totally different animal than most distributions. For us, the link is required in order to emerge anything that touches the kernel sources. -- -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Having a problem booting a vanilla kernel
On Monday 29 January 2007 09:43:45 pm Michael Sullivan wrote: > I wanted to try installing my Win4Lin 9x 5.0 software, so I unzipped my > vanilla kernel source Did you copy the old .config file into the new source directory??? -- -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE does not auto-mount my USB devices anymore
On Saturday 27 January 2007 11:13:28 am Dan Johansson wrote: > Hi, > > After the upgrade of dbus a few days ago, KDE won't mount my USB devices > automatically anymore. > Any suggestions where to start my search? HAL and DBUS are wonderful tools with KDE. They tend to be problemmatic at times though. Since you upgraded dbus... did you by chance reload the hal and dbus daemons? Howabout restarting kde? Upgrades aren't always seamless and you have to kick the daemons from time to time. That said, I've dumped hal, dbus and all the related support from KDE and have gone over to using automount... Cheers. -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Documentation Index
On Sunday 31 December 2006 20:28, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On 12/31/06, Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sunday 31 December 2006 00:00, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > > Hey, Jerry, wanna make a project team? I woulda done Python if I had > > > thought it was gonna get big. It now seems like that would be a good > > > idea. Care to: > > > 1) share your code? > > > 2) start a sourceforge project? > > > 3) just tantalize us with your results? > > > > It's far, far from being finished or polished... here it is: > > ... snip ... > > > As for manning a project... time hasn't allowed me the pleasure of a > > decent day off from work. I would, however, contribute as I can. > > > > Cheers all and enjoy > > Thanks very much. You don't need to man a project, only start one if > you're willing. I would need you to release your code under some Open > Source License. It would be most convenient if you did both at once, by > starting a sourceforge project with your code and chosen license. Then > authorize at least one alternate project manager, and you never need do > anything about it again. > > Normal ettiquette would allow you as originator "considerable" > (understatement) influence over any decisions made in the project, but you > can also just ignore them. > > BTW, I like your program but its package search sure seems slow. That > would probably be the first thing I'd try to improve. It's still running a > few hours after > starting. > It's low alright. What it does is compare found matches to what exists in portage using equery as the lookup tool. Equery is not fast... -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Documentation Index
On Sunday 31 December 2006 00:00, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> Hey, Jerry, wanna make a project team? I woulda done Python if I had
> thought it was gonna get big. It now seems like that would be a good idea.
> Care to:
> 1) share your code?
> 2) start a sourceforge project?
> 3) just tantalize us with your results?
>
It's far, far from being finished or polished... here it is:
#!/usr/bin/python
#
try:
import psyco
psyco.full()
except ImportError:
print "Non-Fatal error importing PSYCO"
pass
#
try:
import readline
except ImportError:
print "Fatal Error importing readline"
sys.exit(1)
#
try:
import struct
except ImportError:
print "Fatal Error importing struct"
sys.exit(1)
#
try:
import string
except ImportError:
print "Fatal Error importing string"
sys.exit(1)
#
try:
import sys
except ImportError:
print "Fatal Error imporing sys"
sys.exit(1)
#
try:
import os
except ImportError:
print "Fatal Error imporing os"
sys.exit(1)
al="array.list"
il="index.list"
ni="/var/www/localhost/htdocs/index2.html"
z=0
rightNow="today!"
version="1.0"
print "Every Damn Index - version ",version
print ""
print 'Scanning hard drive and creating list of all discovered files.'
print ""
os.system('tree -fixn --noreport -o '+il+' /')
print 'Construction of index list completed!'
print ""
print"Reading text from: ", il
print ""
#
# read index.list and create new array list
#
input=open(il,'r')
output=open(al,'w')
for line in input.readlines():
# strip off leading and trailing spaces
line = string.strip(line, " ")
# stip off CR's
line = string.rstrip(line,chr(10))
words=string.split(line,"/")
steps=len(words)
if words[steps-1]=="index.html":
output.writelines(line+chr(10))
words=string.split(line,".")
steps=len(words)
if words[steps-1]=="pdf":
output.writelines(line+chr(10))
words=string.split(line,".")
steps=len(words)
if words[steps-1]=="chm":
output.writelines(line+chr(10))
z=z+1
if z > 2000:
print ".",
z=0
print""
print "Successfully processed ",il
print""
input.close()
output.close()
print"Reading text from: "+al+" and building new "+ni
print""
input=open(al,'r')
output=open(ni,'w')
output.writelines('http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>'+chr(10))
output.writelines(""+chr(10))
output.writelines(""+chr(10))
output.writelines("Evey Damn Index "+version+"- copyright Jerome D.
McBride - 2006"+chr(10))
output.writelines(''+chr(10))
output.writelines(''+chr(10))
#output.writelines('http://www.expertsrt.com/images/xrt.png"; alt="ERT Logo"
style="vertical-align:top"/>'+chr(10))
output.writelines(""+chr(10))
output.writelines(""+chr(10))
output.writelines(""+chr(10))
output.writelines(" Every Damn Index - Version "+version+"
"+chr(10))
output.writelines(""+chr(10))
output.writelines("This page conatins a list of all available html
indexes, .pdf and .chm files"+chr(10))
output.writelines("created "+rightNow+chr(10))
output.writelines(""+chr(10))
output.writelines(""+chr(10))
z=0
for line in input.readlines():
# strip off leading and trailing spaces
line = string.strip(line, " ")
# strip off leading and trailing slashes
line = string.strip(line, "/")
# stip off CR's
line = string.rstrip(line,chr(10))
print 'Looking for package info for:', line
#clean up previous info.dat file
os.system("rm info.dat 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null")
os.system('/usr/bin/equery belongs '+line+' >info.dat')
inputData=open('info.dat','r')
infoText=inputData.read()
inputData.close()
if len(infoText)==0:
infoText="PNA/PNA"
words=string.split(infoText,"/")
steps=len(words)
groupName=words[0]
packageName=words[1]
output.writelines('--'+packageName+'-- documentation found at '+line+''+chr(10))
output.writelines(""+chr(10))
output.writelines("The end..."+chr(10))
output.writelines(""+chr(10))
output.writelines(""+chr(10))
output.writelines(""+chr(10))
print "New index2.html written to ",ni,"."
print ""
print "Program successfully shutdown."
print ""
input.close()
output.close()
os.system("rm "+al+" 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null")
os.system("rm "+il+" 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null")
os.system("rm info.dat 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null")
sys.exit(0)
As for manning a project... time hasn't allowed me the pleasure of a decent
day off from work. I would, however, contribute as I can.
Cheers all and enjoy
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Re: [gentoo-user] Documentation Index
On Saturday 30 December 2006 19:03, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > There's a lot of HTML documentation on my computer, but it's > wonderfully hard to find and use compared to man pages > because it's not indexed. > > So I started building a Perl script to create a top-level > HTML index page automatically from the .html files it > finds lying around. I started with just the contents of > /usr/share/doc. > > Before I go too much farther, I thought I'd ask if anyone knows > of an existing product (that is surely more refined than > this little starter gizmo I've got so frar) that does the > same or similar thing? > > If not, are there any other places where generally useful > HTML might be hiding? > I've been doing a similar project using python. I scan the entire filesystem for html, pdf and chm files. Once found, I grab matching portage names and build a master html index for use with apache... Nice to know that someone else has the desire for handy document indexes... -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Has Linux "jumped the Shark"?
On Wednesday 20 December 2006 21:32, Jeff Rollin wrote: > Hi all > > A discussion on the staff blogs over at OSNews about the Linux desktop > got me thinking. Thom and Eugenia seem to think that "the linux > desktop peaked in 2001-2004", but I don't remember the hype around > Ubuntu starting till well after that. Their argument seemed to be that > because GNOME is running into problems and because KDE is behind > schedule, the Linux desktop is dead. > > How true is this? > PURE Microsoft FUD... "They" are pulling out all the stops now, trying to block the advancement of Linux in any areas they can. The fact is, they are loosing big time, big money. Do a simple google safari for "ie 7" and "windows vista" and read the posts from ordinary windows users (not the professional microsoft shills)... There's so much discontentment "out there" with microsoft products that Microsoft will never be able to quell it. It's a literal "Linux Breeding Ground" and Linux could fill their needs. If "you guys and gals" want to do some serious Linux advocating, start lending as much help as you can on the micosoft support usenet forums. Help as much as you can. If you are successful, then perhaps you've made a friend. If you fail at fixing their windows toys, offer them a free copy of linux... You may make a friend for life. As example, I offer: I just spent two hours on the phone, helping a guy with his brand new Dell desktop. It worked great a couple of days ago, today IE7 says is..."cannot display webage". All webpages...dead. Turned out he "somehow" turned on the windows firewall AND a third party firewall. Un-installing the second firewall got him backup and in business. I helped him configure the windows firewall as best as I could and recommend a few places to google for more information on firewall setups. Yeah, I helped fix a windows box... It took 2 hours... The guy was a total nubie... However, at the end of the session, he did take me up on my recommendation of using FireFox for general browsing and IE7 for those sites that absolutely have to have it. He also took me up on my offer of a free copy of a Live Linux DVD. There's a gold mine of new linux users/converts out there. They just have to be told that there really is CHOICE amongst OS's, browsers, etc... -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Mysql vs Mysql-community...
Can someone tell me the major differences between mysql and mysql-community? Thank you, in advance... P.S. before you beat me up too badly, I've googled this one to death and not found anything that satisfies my curiousity. -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Static ip address
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 13:46, Uwe Thiem wrote:
> On 13 December 2006 17:38, Felipe Ribeiro wrote:
> > i tried this, but still doesn't work
> >
> > modules=("ifconfig")
>
> Why do you insist on ifconfig? /etc/conf.d/net.example clearly indicates
> that "iproute2" is the default - for good reason.
>
What's wrong with ifconfig?
> > config_eth0=("192.168.254.2")
>
> Try:
>
> config_eth0=( "192.168.254.2/24" )
>
> "/24" tells the system to use the first 24 bits of the IP address as the
> network part and the remaining 8 bits as the host part. Simply a shorter
> notation than the netmask 255.255.255.0.
>
It 's just as good as specifying the complete mask. For some of us, it's
iminately more readable
> > routes_eth0=("default via 192.168.254.254")
> > dns_servers_eth0=("192.168.254.254")
>
> Uwe
>
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Re: [gentoo-user] Static ip address
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 00:47, Uwe Thiem wrote:
> On 12 December 2006 23:15, Felipe Ribeiro wrote:
> > Did they change anything on how you configure your static ip address?
> > I've updated my system today and connot access the internet anymore,
> > when using my static ip address, just dhcp.
> >
> > I used to use my /etc/conf.d/net like this:
> >
> > config_eth0=("192.168.254.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast
> > 192.168.254.255") routes_eth0=("default via 192.168.254.254")
>
> The syntax has changed slightly. Have a look at /etc/conf.d/net.example.
>
Yes, it has changed, but I don't see any init complaints... so I decided to
let it run as-is.
Thank you.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Static ip address
On Tuesday 12 December 2006 16:15, Felipe Ribeiro wrote:
> Did they change anything on how you configure your static ip address?
> I've updated my system today and connot access the internet anymore,
> when using my static ip address, just dhcp.
>
> I used to use my /etc/conf.d/net like this:
>
> config_eth0=("192.168.254.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast
> 192.168.254.255") routes_eth0=("default via 192.168.254.254")
>
Yes! Much has changed in baselayout... The more recent versions
rewrite /etc/resolv.conf with the data you spec in /etc/conf.d/net
Here's a simple /etc/conf.d/net file I have set for a client on my home lan:
modules=("ifconfig")
config_eth0=("192.168.0.12 netmask 25.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255")
routes_eth0=("default via 192.168.0.1")
dns_domain_eth0=("my.domain")
dns_search_eth0=("search hs.ma.comcast.net.")
dns_servers_eth0=("68.87.75.255 68.87.64.255")
Cheers...
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Re: [gentoo-user] ifconfig -> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address
On Monday 11 December 2006 12:34, Leandro Melo de Sales wrote: > Hi list, > > # ifconfig eth0:0 192.168.1.3 > SIOCSIFADDR: File exists > SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address > > My /etc/conf.d/net is correct: > > config_eth0=( "192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0" > "192.168.1.3 netmask 255.255.255.0" > "192.168.1.6 netmask 255.255.255.0" > ) > routes_eth0=( "default gw 192.168.1.1" ) > > When I start /etc/init.d/net.eth0 (which is a sym link to net.lo) > everything seems to be ok, but when I type ifconfig I can see just eth0 > interface. So, I tried to execute the ifconfig command listen above but I > got that error. What is wrong? > > Thank you, > > Leandro Normally this means you haven't loaded the required nic driver or have loaded the wrong one... The lspci tool is your friend, if you need help figuring out which nic driver you need. -- -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] rekall-2.4.4 ebuild anywhere?
On Thursday 07 December 2006 19:32, Jerry McBride wrote: > On Thursday 07 December 2006 07:14, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am in need for an ebuild for rekall-2.4.4 since only > > this version works with Python-2.5 (and my GenToo > > system is solely based on Python-2.5) > > > > Many thanks for a pointer or hint, > > > > Helmut Jarausch > > > > Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik > > RWTH - Aachen University > > D 52056 Aachen, Germany > > Goggle is YOUR friend... > > Results 1 - 20 of about 90 English pages for rekall-2.4.4. (0.33 seconds) > > It's free for download... at http://www.rekallrevealed.org/packages > OOPS... Sorry... you want an ebuild... Hmmm not yet... -- -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] rekall-2.4.4 ebuild anywhere?
On Thursday 07 December 2006 07:14, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > I am in need for an ebuild for rekall-2.4.4 since only > this version works with Python-2.5 (and my GenToo > system is solely based on Python-2.5) > > Many thanks for a pointer or hint, > > Helmut Jarausch > > Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik > RWTH - Aachen University > D 52056 Aachen, Germany Goggle is YOUR friend... Results 1 - 20 of about 90 English pages for rekall-2.4.4. (0.33 seconds) It's free for download... at http://www.rekallrevealed.org/packages -- -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] The KDE splitbuilds
I've just done a couple of kde updates on computers that had KDE via the split builds. Wow, does that save a lot of time! Who ever is responsible for supporting them, A BIG THANK YOU. Merry Christmas, everyone. -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] EXt4
On Monday 04 December 2006 12:29, Randy Barlow wrote: > Jerry McBride wrote: > > The ext2 fs was formatted with "mke2fs" and mounted with "-t ext2 -o > > sync" The ext3 fs was formatted with "mke2fs -j" and mounted with "-t > > ext3 -o sync" The ext4 fs was formatted with "mke2fs -j" and mounted with > > "-t ext4dev -o sync" > > The ext4 fs was formatted with "mke2fs -j" and mounted with "-t ext4dev > > -o sync,extents" > > So the only thing that will make an FS ext4 is mounting it as ext4? > Does this mean that you could take an existing ext3 FS and just plain > mount it as ext4? > > R Which version of e2fsprogs are you using and how much are you willing to test a developing filesystem? That aside... as long as you don't use the ext4dev "extents" mount option, there does not seem to be a problem. Atleast none for me and the bit of expirementing that I've done. -- -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] EXt4
On Monday 04 December 2006 15:11, Dale wrote: > Randy Barlow wrote: > > Jerry McBride wrote: > >> The ext2 fs was formatted with "mke2fs" and mounted with "-t ext2 -o > >> sync" > >> The ext3 fs was formatted with "mke2fs -j" and mounted with "-t ext3 > >> -o sync" > >> The ext4 fs was formatted with "mke2fs -j" and mounted with "-t > >> ext4dev -o sync" > >> The ext4 fs was formatted with "mke2fs -j" and mounted with "-t > >> ext4dev -o sync,extents" > > > > So the only thing that will make an FS ext4 is mounting it as ext4? > > Does this mean that you could take an existing ext3 FS and just plain > > mount it as ext4? > > > > R > > and once you do mount ext4 there is no turning back?? > > Dale > > :-) :-) :-) Not true. Once you mount ext4 AND use the "extents" mount option and THEN write to the ext4 partition... THEN there's no going back... -- -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] EXt4
To help dispell some boredom tonight and satisfy some of my curiosity... I did a little impromptu benchmarking with the new ext4 filesystem as delivered in the 2.6.19 kernel. What I did, was pop a 256meg cfdisk into my laptop and did a few file operations on it via a simple script that formatted the card, mounted it and then copied 256meg of data onto it in various fashions... I compare ext2, ext3 and ext4dev. The ext4dev was tested both with and without extents enabled, to get a basic feel for the differences. I then did a test to see just how backward compatible ext4dev is to ext3 and ext2... All three file systems were mounted with the sync flag enabled to eliminate any delay of actually writing the data to the cf card and ended with a sync before ending the timing loop for good measure. Anyways... I got some really interesting results which all boils down to this. The ext2 test run took so damn long that I manually terminated the test after 10minutes... Ext3 took about 6minutes to complete, ext4dev with extents took 4 minutes, ext4dev without extents took about 5. The same numbers came up, again and again during three complete runs of the test script. The ext2 fs was formatted with "mke2fs" and mounted with "-t ext2 -o sync" The ext3 fs was formatted with "mke2fs -j" and mounted with "-t ext3 -o sync" The ext4 fs was formatted with "mke2fs -j" and mounted with "-t ext4dev -o sync" The ext4 fs was formatted with "mke2fs -j" and mounted with "-t ext4dev -o sync,extents" Results: ext2 - never completed... I got too tired waiting for it to eor. ext3 - 6 minutes. ext4 - 5 minutes no extents ext4 - 4 minutes with extents Then... after running the ext4dev with extents test, I unmounted the cf card and tried mounting it with ext2, ext3 and ext4dev (no extents), failing all three times. Once you write to an ext4 file system using the extents option, it ext4 forever... After reformatting the card, mounted with ext4dev (no extents option) and did some simple writes to the card (no extents), I then ran my mount tests again... ext2, ext3 and ext4dev (with extents) and it succeeded all three times. >From my humble tests, I conclude the following: The ext4dev filesystem has some serious performance offerings for those of us that use ext3. Also, as long as you don't write to an ext4dev filesystem mounted with the extents option, it'll be as backwards compatible to ext3 and ext2, just as ext3 is currently to ext2. That is to say, if you don't use ext4 extents for the added performance benefits, you'll have the option open to you to back level to ext3 with out problems or even back to ext2. NOTE: When changing filesystems in such a manner on a partition with valuable data, besure to backup before making the change and running fsck on it before actually using it... Wow... Let the real testing begin. For my workhorse test box, I'm going to convert a document server to ext4dev tomorrow. The server is a little used, heavily backed up box, sporting about 600gid worth of some of the most boring stuff you have ever read. It'll be interesting to see just how it behaves in "the wild". >From the little testing I've done, I'm quite impressed with the first public exposure to a developing filesystem. I can't imagine how things will progress with ext4, but based on these early developments... it's going to be good. Cheers all... hmmm... I'm finally sleepy enough to get some sleep. :'O -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Best method for automounting...
On Saturday 02 December 2006 03:45, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 07:00:50 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote: > > Yes, very sure. You can't use autofs on a system that is using hald... > > You can modify hal actions via config files to play nice with cdroms > > and such, but you never get hal to leave cf cards alone. On a few of > > the forums that I've found, have called this a pretty major bug... > > I don't normally want it to leave CF cards alone, but just tried and it > worked perfectly. Bear in mind that there is no differentiation between > different physical formats of flash media, but that KDE considers > anything with a dcim directory in the root to be a camera. I just set the > auto-action for unmounted camera to Ignore and plugged in my camera's > CF card and it did not automount. all that happened was that an icon > appeared on the desktop, which I could also disable if I wished. > > It sounds more like a misconfiguration than a bug. If you spend a bit of time googleing the problem, a lot of people are trying to deal with it. Not everyone works on a desktop/gui all the time... What happens, and this is documented in a lot of google matches, once you mount a cf card... hald won't let go... the only way to get in unmounted is to turn the hal daemon off. This is a horrible situation if you do work with cli while kde is being used by someone else. Misconfiguation? Not on my part. Form the looks of everything offered... it's easier to not support the kde media manager and use autofs... It'll be something to plan on administrating, but at least it works 100% with concurrent kde and cli sessions. Cheers. -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Daylight Savings Time patch ...
On Saturday 02 December 2006 04:58, Dale wrote: > Statux wrote: > > AFAIK, this should have been addressed with the timezone-data updates. > > The zoneinfo files, et al, are what define how the changes happen for a > > particular timezone. > > > > On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 15:45 -0500, McCaffrey, Ennis wrote: > >> Does Gentoo have a patch for the new Daylight Savings Time standard > >> that has been enacted and will be put in place next spring? > >> > >> Sincerely, > >> > >> Ennis McCaffrey > >> > >> Engineering Product Manager > >> Advanced Technology Group > >> > >> Time Warner Cable > >> 7910 Crescent Executive Drive > >> Charlotte, NC 28217 > >> > >> Tel (704) 731-3914 > >> Fax (704) 731-1188 > >> Cell (704) 877-1621 > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> AIM:EnnisMac > > I think a better solution would be to get rid of the DST and be done > with it. What exactly is that for anyway? > > Dale > > :-) :-) :-) Where have you been?? It saves energy... More daylight hours during the most productive time of day. -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] lirc emerging: ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY
On Friday 01 December 2006 06:28, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: > After installing sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.19 I have tried > to reinstall lirc and got the error shown below. > > Where is my fault? > > > === > ... > make[1]: Leaving directory > `/wrk/tmp/portage/portage/app-misc/lirc-0.8.0-r6/work/lirc-0.8.0' > > >>> Source compiled. > > --- ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY > --- LOG FILE = > "/var/log/sandbox/sandbox-app-misc_-_lirc-0.8.0-r6-8905.log" > > open_wr: /usr/src/linux-2.6.19-gentoo/astest13467.out > open_wr: /usr/src/linux-2.6.19-gentoo/astest13471.out > open_wr: /usr/src/linux-2.6.19-gentoo/astest13478.out > open_wr: /usr/src/linux-2.6.19-gentoo/astest13482.out > open_wr: /usr/src/linux-2.6.19-gentoo/astest13535.out > open_wr: /usr/src/linux-2.6.19-gentoo/astest13539.out > open_wr: /usr/src/linux-2.6.19-gentoo/astest13546.out > open_wr: /usr/src/linux-2.6.19-gentoo/astest13550.out > open_wr: /usr/src/linux-2.6.19-gentoo/astest13601.out > open_wr: /usr/src/linux-2.6.19-gentoo/astest13605.out > open_wr: /usr/src/linux-2.6.19-gentoo/astest13612.out > open_wr: /usr/src/linux-2.6.19-gentoo/astest13616.out > --- >- Andrew... If you are still following this thread... It's not your problem... it's an unexpected reaction between kbuild in latter version of kernels and portage. The simple fix is to patch kbuild in /usr/src/linux... Here's the relevent patch from gentoo-sources... Index: linux-2.6.19/scripts/Kbuild.include === --- linux-2.6.19.orig/scripts/Kbuild.include +++ linux-2.6.19/scripts/Kbuild.include @@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ as-option = $(shell if $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $ # as-instr # Usage: cflags-y += $(call as-instr, instr, option1, option2) -as-instr = $(shell if echo -e "$(1)" | $(AS) >/dev/null 2>&1 -W -Z -o astest.out ; \ +as-instr = $(shell if echo -e "$(1)" | $(AS) >/dev/null 2>&1 -W -Z -o \ + $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(firstword $(KBUILD_EXTMOD))/)astest.out ; \ then echo "$(2)"; else echo "$(3)"; fi; \ - rm -f astest.out) + rm -f \ + $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(firstword $(KBUILD_EXTMOD))/)astest.out) # cc-option # Usage: cflags-y += $(call cc-option, -march=winchip-c6, -march=i586) Basicly what it does is prevents emerge process from writing into /usr/src/linux... Cheers... -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Best method for automounting...
On Thursday 30 November 2006 23:54, Richard Fish wrote: > On 11/30/06, Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anyway, I've looked into using hal,dbus and "media:/" in konqueror... It > > works to a degree, but the hal daemon has a nasty habit of polling the cd > > card/pcmcia to such a degree that autofs won't unmount the then when > > you're done... > > I've had very good results just using the hal+dbus+pmount method with > KDE. I haven't had any issues with Unmount/Eject options from the KDE > device menu popups, or noticed any signfiicant "polling" by hal. Are > you sure it is hald, and not something else (like ivman or autofs) > that is polling? > Yes, very sure. You can't use autofs on a system that is using hald... You can modify hal actions via config files to play nice with cdroms and such, but you never get hal to leave cf cards alone. On a few of the forums that I've found, have called this a pretty major bug... On my own personal view, the way that kde handles things with hal, dbus and pmount are kinda of kludgy. Thanks for the message. -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Best method for automounting...
It seems as though there's a couple of different way to support automounting drives and shares and I was wondering what you guys thought was the best method. Currently, I'm using autofs to handle all my personal needs for cds, dvd compact cards and an occasional usb stick or two. No problems and I'm a happy camper. However, what I'm getting ready to do is to deploy a number of kde/gentoo desktops that will need to automount an occasional data cd or cf card and I was looking for an easier way of managing it all. What I'd rather do is discover a broader approach for supporting plugable media, without having be be present to "set it all up" as in autofs. The mentioned desktops aren't all going to have the same hardware... Anyway, I've looked into using hal,dbus and "media:/" in konqueror... It works to a degree, but the hal daemon has a nasty habit of polling the cd card/pcmcia to such a degree that autofs won't unmount the then when you're done... Using a udev only approach is a lot like working/seting up autofs... you gotta be there to support something new when it comes up... Not what I want. Has anyone figured out a reasonable approach for auto mount/unmount for removeable media that's as "hands off" as possible? Thanks, in advance. What I find with autofs, hal constantly polls any cf card that I plugin and subsequently does not auto-unmout -- -- Jerry McBride -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: BIG reiserfs problem
On Saturday 28 October 2006 17:47, Alexander Skwar wrote: > · Hemmann, Volker Armin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > [ JFS ] > > > And it is very slow. > > Based on what evidence/test? > > According to http://linuxgazette.net/122/TWDT.html#piszcz it's quite > fast. > Nice graphs... looking them over make me quite happy I use EXT3 as my filesystem of choice Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Quake3 Can't load libGL.so.1 from /etc/ld.so.conf
On Saturday 14 October 2006 22:27, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > On Friday 13 October 2006 19:18, Fred Kastl wrote: > > Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > > > On Tuesday 10 October 2006 16:41, Fred Kastl wrote: > > >> when i try to start quke3 i always get this error message: Quake3 > > >> Can't load libGL.so.1 from /etc/ld.so.conf > > >> although it exists and ld knows about it. > > >> It also seems that the game can find it too, but don't load it. > > > > > > [SNIP] > > > > > > I suggest you post the output of: > > [SNIP] > > I guess I would just file a bug.. One other thing to try is to lower your screen resolution. Over here, running at 1280x800 will cause that errot to popup when I run quake. Going to a slightly lower res, 1024x768 and quake will load normally for me... Cheers. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] linux-headers-2.6.18
I anyone else having problems compiling anything after emerging linux-headers-2.6.18? Over here, a number of old favorites, like sysklogd, fail to compile... I am seeing a slew of missing includes and a few "syntax errors" with various packages. I thought I'd ask before posting a bug report. Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ath0 turbo mode (108Mbps)
On Sunday 08 October 2006 20:14, Grant wrote: > > > Has anyone gotten turbo mode to work with their madwifi/ath0 cards? > > > It is supported according to this (search for "turbo"): > > > > > > http://madwifi.org/wiki/FAQ/HowDoI > > > > > > I'm using the latest madwifi-ng on my router and client, and the > > > client uses wpa_supplicant to connect. I've set these: > > > > > > iwpriv ath0 mode 3 > > > iwpriv ath0 turbo 1 > > > > > > on both systems, and both return "1" from: > > > > > > iwpriv ath0 get_turbo > > > > > > The problem is, I only see a maximum of 54Mbps from: > > > > > > iwlist ath0 rate > > > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > > > > > Also, how can I set up the above commands to be executed > > > automatically? I can't seem to make it happen in /etc/conf.d/net. > > > > > > - Grant > > > > Hi Grant, > > > > You won't like this and probably I'll get hammered, but... I stopped > > using a lot of the gentoo startup scripts months ago, including the > > network stuff... > > > > I simply add them to /etc/conf.d/locale.start. Much faster startup and > > much more reliable in terms of setup anyways > > I do hate to hear that. > > I can have the iwpriv settings executed with: > > iwpriv_ath0=( "mode 3" "turbo 1" ) > > and I was told on the madwifi IRC channel that the 108Mbps rate won't > actually show up with "iwlist ath0 rate" because turbo just does > rate*2 down the line. I'm still wondering if turbo mode should work > with wpa_supplicant and if there is any way to determine if turbo mode > is actually functional on my system though. > > - Grant Out f curiosity, Grant, what brand wifi hardware are you using. I'll be doing a wifi install early next year and I'm always interested in hearing about personal experiences rather than "hear say"... Thank you, Jerry. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ath0 turbo mode (108Mbps)
On Sunday 08 October 2006 14:26, Grant wrote: > Has anyone gotten turbo mode to work with their madwifi/ath0 cards? > It is supported according to this (search for "turbo"): > > http://madwifi.org/wiki/FAQ/HowDoI > > I'm using the latest madwifi-ng on my router and client, and the > client uses wpa_supplicant to connect. I've set these: > > iwpriv ath0 mode 3 > iwpriv ath0 turbo 1 > > on both systems, and both return "1" from: > > iwpriv ath0 get_turbo > > The problem is, I only see a maximum of 54Mbps from: > > iwlist ath0 rate > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > Also, how can I set up the above commands to be executed > automatically? I can't seem to make it happen in /etc/conf.d/net. > > - Grant Hi Grant, You won't like this and probably I'll get hammered, but... I stopped using a lot of the gentoo startup scripts months ago, including the network stuff... I simply add them to /etc/conf.d/locale.start. Much faster startup and much more reliable in terms of setup anyways Cheers... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT - NFS and port numbers
On Wednesday 04 October 2006 15:14, Michael Sullivan wrote: > How do I discover (or define) which port numbers NFS uses, and whether > they are TCP or UDP so that I can let them through my firewall? You can manually assign nfs port numbers. First stop is: /etc/conf.d/nfs. I set THE following options: RPCMOUNTDOPTS="-P 4002" RPCSTATDOPTS="-p 4000" Second stop is /etc/sysctl.conf. I set the following options: fs.nfs.nlm_tcpport=4001 fs.nfs.nlm_udpport=4001 Third stop is the kernel sources. The nfs modules must be compiled into the kernel, not as modules if you want the changed in sysctl.conf to be set correctly at boot time. Once this is satisfied... after a reboot, rpcinfo returns: program vers proto port 102 tcp111 portmapper 102 udp111 portmapper 1000241 udp 4000 status 1000241 tcp 4000 status 132 udp 2049 nfs 133 udp 2049 nfs 134 udp 2049 nfs 132 tcp 2049 nfs 133 tcp 2049 nfs 134 tcp 2049 nfs 1000211 udp 4001 nlockmgr 1000213 udp 4001 nlockmgr 1000214 udp 4001 nlockmgr 1000211 tcp 4001 nlockmgr 1000213 tcp 4001 nlockmgr 1000214 tcp 4001 nlockmgr 151 udp 4002 mountd 151 tcp 4002 mountd 152 udp 4002 mountd 152 tcp 4002 mountd 153 udp 4002 mountd 153 tcp 4002 mountd Nfs will use only those ports now and very easily accessed through a firewall. Cheers. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT- tv tuner cards
On Monday 02 October 2006 21:04, maxim wexler wrote: > Hi group, > > Do these things work very well? What's a good one? Is > it gentoo-friendly. > > I'll be using it with a Viewsonic 17" LCD with a > digital connector and a ATI Radeon 256M vid card. > > I saw one work back in 2000 and thought the picture > quality quite poor. Have they improved much since > then? > > -Maxim > I'm runing three Hauppage PVR-150 capture cards on a mythtv media server with Gentoo. No problems. Everthing needed is in portage. Also running mvpmc for watching recorded videos on the big screen in the living room. Again, no real problems and most all of the software for that is in portage, except for the mvpmc firware. About the best high light of my hobby aspect for linux. Cheers. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] MythTV 0.20 ebuild
On Thursday 28 September 2006 00:09, Bryce Verdier wrote: > I've had it up for a couple of days. Nothing seriously wrong yet. > Although, watching live TV on my box is a little choppier now... for > some reason. The "chmod +s mythfrontend" did help, but its still not > fluid on the live tv playback (i have pvr-250). > LiveTV works ok here, not other real problems to report except for an "occasional" lockout because the capture card is busy recording... problem is, noone scheduled a recording session... Today it's ok... More on this one later. > Speaking of Mythtv, does anyone else have problems with mythbackend > starting ONLY with the init scripts (if i call it manually it starts > just fine)? > Mythbackend has NEVER started for me using the supplied init.d script. PERIOD :') Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] DRI lost after modular X and gcc-4.1.1
On Monday 25 September 2006 02:59, Sergio Polini wrote: > Jerry: > > Which kernel? > > 2.6.12-r10 > > (2.6.18 is masked ;-) > > > Here, running 2.6.18, I compile the kernel drm, > > agpgart and ati-agp. I then emerge x11-drm. In > > /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 I add; agpgart, ati-agp, drm > > then radeon. In that specific order. Also, run eselect opengl and > > be sure xorg-x11 is selected. > > I can't comile agpgart as a module, nor get ati-agp compiled. > When I make menuconfig: > > --- /dev/agpgart (AGP Support) [I can't select it] >Intel 440LX/BX/GX, I8xx and E7x05 chipset support > Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support) >ATI Radeon > > after make, in /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/drm: > [root] ls -l ati* > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14061 25 feb 2006 ati-agp.c > [root] ls -l *.o > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49283 25 set 08:36 agpgart.o > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15728 25 set 08:36 amd64-agp.o > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12039 25 set 08:36 backend.o > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 62203 25 set 08:36 built-in.o > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10944 25 set 08:36 frontend.o > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26452 25 set 08:36 generic.o > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7816 25 set 08:42 intel-agp.mod.o > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39056 25 set 08:36 intel-agp.o > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5704 25 set 08:36 isoch.o > > How did you compile ati-agp? > I selected it and then compiled them with make modules. Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Hooks for Portage 2.1?
On Sunday 24 September 2006 19:16, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > On Sunday 24 September 2006 23:05, Jerry McBride wrote: > > Well... it's time I revisited my /etc/portage/bashrc file, now that > > Portage 2.1 is vogue. My old bashrc doesn't work anymore and things have > > changed sufficiently with 2.1 that I need some help... documentation. > > > > Would anyone happen to know where the API for Portage 2.1, that explains > > the new hook framework layout? > > I'm not sure such documentation exists... What do you want to do? I had a bash script that would simply delete the archives downloaded to distfiles, after the emerge completed. Really a handy thing to have, managed my distfiles automaticly. It doesn't work anymore since the upgrade to portage 2.1.x. I could fix it, but the hooks have either moved or have been eliminated in favor of some other mechanism. Hence my need for documentation or tips... Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] DRI lost after modular X and gcc-4.1.1
On Sunday 24 September 2006 17:33, Sergio Polini wrote: > I need your help ;-) > I've switched to modular X and gcc-4.1.1, and I've lost DRI :-( > --snip-- > > Any hints? > > Thanks > Sergio Which kernel? Here, running 2.6.18, I compile the kernel drm, agpgart and ati-agp. I then emerge x11-drm. In /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 I add; agpgart, ati-agp, drm then radeon. In that specific order. Also, run eselect opengl and be sure xorg-x11 is selected. Now, I found it necessary to reboot the machine to reload everything in correct order, before dri would work. It works pretty well too. Cheers. Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Hooks for Portage 2.1?
Well... it's time I revisited my /etc/portage/bashrc file, now that Portage 2.1 is vogue. My old bashrc doesn't work anymore and things have changed sufficiently with 2.1 that I need some help... documentation. Would anyone happen to know where the API for Portage 2.1, that explains the new hook framework layout? Thanks. Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Installing 2006.1 from the livedvd - is it really possible?
On Wednesday 13 September 2006 03:49, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > GenToo (at least the 2006.1 livedvd) is driving me nuts. > I have tried several installations (more than 6) and they all > fail by e.g. > EmergePackageError :FATAL: emerge: Could not emerge mail-mta/ssmtp > > it cannot build a kernel (just copy the kernel on the dvd) > it cannot build > EmergePackageError :FATAL: emerge: Could not emerge > media-libs/xine-lib-1.1.2-r2 > > Furthermore I cannot enter the URIs for the ftp-proxie and the > rsync-proxie. The fields are too short. > I have been using the command line installer in 'advanced' mode. > > So, what can I do? > > If you have broadband, then fall back to installing gentoo manually. I have had nothing but problems, similar t yours, with both the live-cd and live-dvd. Neither one finished to completion, however, the failed live-dvd install left just enough system on the target harddrive that I was able to finish up the install manually. Who ever thought these live disks were good for installing from... well... it isn't. That said, the Knoppix Live-DVD installs flawlessly to hard drives. Jerry. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Live dvd?
On Sunday 10 September 2006 22:45, Richard Fish wrote: > On 9/10/06, Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There's hardly anyone sharing it > > Just let it send in pending for awhile...eventually one of the main > seeders will become available to you. > > FWIW, you reminded me that I needed to restart ktorrent... > > -Richard Thanks for the bounce Richard. My ktorrent has been waiting around for some activity for... awhile now. Isn't anyone seeding it? All the other torrents are streaming like normal Cheers, Jerry. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Live dvd?
On Sunday 10 September 2006 22:06, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > On Sunday 10 September 2006 21:35, Jerry McBride wrote: > > Is there ANY good torrent source for the live dvd 2006.1 ISO??? > > > > This is really horrible. > > Not really sure what you mean. Please provide more details in the future. > What's wrong with http://torrents.gentoo.org ? There's hardly anyone sharing it -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Live dvd?
Is there ANY good torrent source for the live dvd 2006.1 ISO??? This is really horrible. Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mc-4.6.1 not showing graphical characters in terminal
On Sunday 10 September 2006 07:18, Peter wrote: > On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 21:31:50 -0400, Jerry McBride wrote: > snip... > > > Hi Peter, > > > > I just had a look at the bug report and comment #5 from Jakub Moc is the > > correct fix. > > > > I'll chime in and post my thoughts anyway... > > > > > > Jerry > > For over two years, I took LC_* for granted. Never touched it, never > looked at it (snobbery of being en_US I suppose!). Now, with the 2006.1 > profile, I am forced to learn an essential part of Linux. So now, I am set > with en_US and ISO8895-15 although I still don't know where the 02locale > file should have been set from. I manually created it. > Same here. > Interestingly, there are some problems with the line drawing characters. > In particular > 1) the vertical lines don't meet the horizontal ones to make a T or > inverted T. They just stop short and the character for joining the two is > not drawn > 2) At the right, just before the corner, there is a v> > 3) At the right vertical line, where the horizontal should meet line --| > there is a gap and the vertical is interrupted and the character to make > that join is not drawn. > Over here they match up perfectly... Which console font do you use? I prefer TERMINUS Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: The Real Darkside...
On Sunday 10 September 2006 04:07, Alexander Skwar wrote: > · Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Saturday 09 September 2006 16:31, Alexander Skwar wrote: > >> · Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > Although she promised that when the NTFS drivers for Linux are > >> > developed adequately to allow her to work on her NTFS stored data from > >> > both OS, she will make an effort to migrate. Let's see . . > >> > >> You might want to have a look at ntfs-3g. It's supposed to work > >> very well and allows true access to NTFS filesystems - the only > >> thing which might get lost is the ACL, IIRC. > > > > Not in my life We're talking about my Wifes computer. ;') > > Uhm? I'm not talking to you - I responded to Mick. > Hmmm... sorry old man... I was the original OP and your comment was indirectly aimed my way. Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] The Real Darkside...
On Saturday 09 September 2006 21:21, Nick Rout wrote: > On Sat, 9 Sep 2006 15:03:58 -0400 > > Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My son, all of thirteen years old, the master of all he surveys, the > > supreme keeper of all knowledge of the known and unknown universes, the > > pinultimate ruler of mankind... Has "asked" me to put Linux on his > > desktop computer... > > > > It seems he has become weary of maintaining/re-installed his beloved > > XP... > > > > Life is good. > > > > Cheers, Jerry > > > > P.S. the next to be converted beneath my humble roof is my wife... Stay > > tuned. > > There must be something in the air. My 10 year old son Miles and I have > an ongoing friendly banter about the relative merits of windows and > linux. He has windows software at school and games to play after all. > > Anyway last night he was reading a section in the latest APC magazine > about the latest innovations in linux desktops, and comparing linux to > vista. He suddenly asked if he could obtain SuSE 10.1. I said "I think > its on the cover DVD". He said "Can I install it then?". Nice! Maybe there's hope for the X-generation anyways... XBOX-Generation... Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mc-4.6.1 not showing graphical characters in terminal
On Saturday 09 September 2006 19:01, Peter wrote: > On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 17:55:35 -0400, Jerry McBride wrote: > > On Saturday 09 September 2006 16:02, Peter wrote: > >> After > >> 1) upgrade to gcc 4.1.1 > >> 2) upgrade to profile 2006.1 > >> 3) revdep-rebuild recompile for libstdc++ and for new profile uses > >> (which included mc) > >> > >> Now, issuing mc at a terminal prompt (not inside X) shows no border > >> characters. Does this have something to do with unicode support? The > >> only way I can get any useful terminal output is to use the -a output > >> for stick characters. Inside an xterm or similar, mc shows graphical > >> characters fine. I re-emerged mc with -unicode, but the results are the > >> same. > >> > >> Clues? > > > > Yup... > > > > I had the same MC issue after upgrading to the 2006.1 levels. It's a very > > basic language issue. I'm not sure if it's gcc, glibc or perhaps an xorg > > module... > > > > Prior to this upgrade, I never gave language setting a second thought... > > but once mc began acting up, I started digging around with google and > > this is what I cobbled up. > > > > In "/etc/env.d/02locale " I have set: LC_ALL="en_US.ISO-8859-1" > > In "/etc/rc.conf" I set "UNICODE=no" > > In "/etc/conf.d/consolefont" I have set: > > CONSOLETRANSLATION=8859-1_to_UNI" > > > > That last line makes no since to me, but it seems to be required for MC. > > > > Last but least run env-update, source /etc/profile and check > > /etc/profile.env has LC_ALL set to "en_US.ISO-8859-1". It may take a > > reboot, but once I had made the change, midnight commander began drawing > > lines again. > > > > The only other problems I ever had with MC is, if I leave mc running for > > any length of time, it begins to take more and more cpu resource... Top > > will show like 80% useage. Once I kill off mc, everything is back to > > normal. Anyone have a tip for that one? > > > > Jerry... > > > > P.S. I welcome all comments. > > It required a reboot although I think I could have run console manually. > Turning off UNICODE and enabling the cache translation setting as you > suggested worked. This needs to be documented. Jerry, would you like to > add your comments to the bug? I'd like to see you credited for your help. > Hi Peter, I just had a look at the bug report and comment #5 from Jakub Moc is the correct fix. I'll chime in and post my thoughts anyway... Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] mc-4.6.1 not showing graphical characters in terminal
On Saturday 09 September 2006 16:02, Peter wrote: > After > 1) upgrade to gcc 4.1.1 > 2) upgrade to profile 2006.1 > 3) revdep-rebuild recompile for libstdc++ and for new profile uses (which > included mc) > > Now, issuing mc at a terminal prompt (not inside X) shows no border > characters. Does this have something to do with unicode support? The only > way I can get any useful terminal output is to use the -a output for stick > characters. Inside an xterm or similar, mc shows graphical characters > fine. I re-emerged mc with -unicode, but the results are the same. > > Clues? Yup... I had the same MC issue after upgrading to the 2006.1 levels. It's a very basic language issue. I'm not sure if it's gcc, glibc or perhaps an xorg module... Prior to this upgrade, I never gave language setting a second thought... but once mc began acting up, I started digging around with google and this is what I cobbled up. In "/etc/env.d/02locale " I have set: LC_ALL="en_US.ISO-8859-1" In "/etc/rc.conf" I set "UNICODE=no" In "/etc/conf.d/consolefont" I have set: CONSOLETRANSLATION=8859-1_to_UNI" That last line makes no since to me, but it seems to be required for MC. Last but least run env-update, source /etc/profile and check /etc/profile.env has LC_ALL set to "en_US.ISO-8859-1". It may take a reboot, but once I had made the change, midnight commander began drawing lines again. The only other problems I ever had with MC is, if I leave mc running for any length of time, it begins to take more and more cpu resource... Top will show like 80% useage. Once I kill off mc, everything is back to normal. Anyone have a tip for that one? Jerry... P.S. I welcome all comments. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] The Real Darkside...
My son, all of thirteen years old, the master of all he surveys, the supreme keeper of all knowledge of the known and unknown universes, the pinultimate ruler of mankind... Has "asked" me to put Linux on his desktop computer... It seems he has become weary of maintaining/re-installed his beloved XP... Life is good. Cheers, Jerry P.S. the next to be converted beneath my humble roof is my wife... Stay tuned. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dash as /bin/sh?
On Saturday 02 September 2006 14:10, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 04:06:15 +0200, Harm Geerts wrote: > > > A 20% reduction in boot time is a reasonable impact IMO. > > > > Any chance that was a fluke? > > I ran the test several times, and switched back top bash to confirm. The > boot times were consistent, within the accuracy of the idiot holding the > stopwatch :) The only downside to this is that some emerges will fail if they rely on bash's enhanced features. I just did the roundy-round with this and ffmepg. Linking sh back to bash allowed the emerge to complete. The failure, by the way, was during configure. -- Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dash as /bin/sh?
On Friday 01 September 2006 22:06, Harm Geerts wrote: > On Friday 01 September 2006 17:21, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > Speaking of which, you probably should see the shell used in the > > > scripts from the sys-apps/baselayout package. All shell scripts > > > use /bin/bash and not /bin/sh. > > > > > > So linking (d)ash as the default shell doesn't nearly have the impact > > > you'd like it to have. > > > > A 20% reduction in boot time is a reasonable impact IMO. > > Any chance that was a fluke? > > I've done a few reboots with bootchart to confirm this and I don't get any > speedup. In fact /bin/sh is never called because the gentoo init scripts > explicitly use bash. (sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.4-r7) I can't do it right now, I'm doing an "emerge -e world" on my laptop, but tomorrow I'll do a grep and sed and change #!/bin/bash to #!/bin/dash on the relavant parts of the baselayout and see if it has any impact, other than performance. "Slapping right hand to forehead...", This something I never thought of! Thanks for the idea. The other thing to consider is, you don't have to use "all" the gentoo init scripts... Just this week, I evaluated minit, initng, runit and fcache. For me, initNG offered the best overall improvement. However, I got even better performance with my own solution. Basicly, I use the very minimum number gentoo startup scripts. All I use are those that initialize the disks and that's it. The rest of the bootup process is done in local.start. My local.start configures all the devices on my laptop, including the lo, eth0 services. It loads the modules in correct order, brings up portmap, nfs, samba, cups, fam, hal, dbus, alsa, etc., etc. Where possible I run the commands as detached processes for even more performance... My local.start is ugly as hell, but very fast as there's very little bash/python scripting involved... and none of the python bloat that gentoo has going on in /etc/init.d. I'm able to get to a fully functioning command prompt in like 10 seconds after the kernel is done loading. Some configuration still goes on in the background, but I never notice it. I've got a lot more testing to do, but at first blush I believe the generation of this type of local.start could be automated. What I see happening is, once a gentoo user is satisfied that the box is setup to their liking, they'd run a script that would evaluate /etc/runlevels, scoop the necessary setup information from /etc/conf.d and generate a local.start providing the new boot process. The runlevels could be pruned automatically and on the next reboot, the new boot process is used for a dramatic decrease in boot time. I dunno, this could be fun. ;') Cheers all, Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with net.eth0
On Tuesday 29 August 2006 16:28, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote: > Hi, > > I updated the installed packages, which includes baselayout. However, > restarting a the network, I get the error: > > hydrauser5 ~ # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart > * Caching service dependencies ... > [ ok > ]/etc/init.d/net.eth0: line 34: > /lib/rcscripts/net.modules.d/helpers.d/functions: No such file or > directory > * Starting > find: /lib/rcscripts/net.modules.d/: No such file or directory > * no interface module has been loaded > > > hydrauser5 ~ # equery belongs /etc/init.d/net.eth0 > [ Searching for file(s) /etc/init.d/net.eth0 in *... ] > sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.4-r7 (/etc/init.d/net.eth0 -> net.lo) > > What packages am I missing or have misconfigured? > Perhaps you forgot etc-update? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Nice article about the Sony PS3
The folding cluster will be the most powerful machine on earth... Not bad for a game console running linux. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5287254.stm -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] initng or runit?
On Wednesday 23 August 2006 21:28, Daniel Iliev wrote: > > I appreciate this info about fcache. Now I have a good idea of what I > have to expect. It's the reason for this mailling list. Enjoy. > I've got some unpartitioned space and nothing prevents me to do some > tests. The only question that I have is how much space does fcache need? > The way it works is... you cache the files that are normally loaded up to a point that you choose. We tried just the time from boot to a console and then again from boot to a fully loaded KDE desktop... A rule of thumb we followed would be what ever you have for ram, plus whatever you use for swap. About 1gig for us. The number you end up with will be overkill, but you are assured of enough cache space for all your needed files. Cheers. > BTW, the "ck-sources", which can be found in the portage comes with > several performance related patches. Emerge automatically applies these > patches and fcache is among them. > > -- > Best regards, > Daniel -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] initng or runit?
On Wednesday 23 August 2006 10:17, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: > Hi, --snip-- > > I'd like to add that gentoo's own /sbin/rc is not a feature of > sysvinit. sysvinit is not *that* bad, after all. What has gone wild is > the /etc/init.d style of doing things. > Amen! And a bottle neck of epic proportions. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] initng or runit?
On Wednesday 23 August 2006 18:42, Daniel Iliev wrote: > Jerry McBride wrote: > > Would some kind soul save me a bit of research time? Which of the two > > alternative init schemes are faster, initng or runit? > > > > > > Thank you in advance , Jerry > > I have tried initng several months ago. It rocks. It's several times > faster then the "normal" init. The problem at the time was there were no > scripts for everything I wanted to start automatically. So one day I > figured out that writing scripts and using faster init takes me more > time then using slower init which works with almost no maintenance. This > made me go back to the normal init. I have to say that while using > initng I noticed that many scripts were added for a relatively short > time. It is possible that now there are initng scripts for most of the > services one would ever use, but you have to check it out for yourself. > > I can't say a word about "runit", because it's the first time I read > about it. > > My next experiment for speeding the boot up will be fcache, but I'm > waiting for a proper mood to try it ( it means: "I'm too lazy" ) > Hi Daniel, Fcache works, but we didn't see the performance boost that going to initng gave. Since it requires it's very own ext3 partition to work, plus a kernel patch... we dropped it. Using initng is the ticket... Maybe the gentoo devs will directly support it or a variant someday... Cheers, Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] initng or runit?
On Monday 21 August 2006 09:35, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:01:24 -0400 Jerry McBride > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Would some kind soul save me a bit of research time? Which of the two > > alternative init schemes are faster, initng or runit? > > That most likely doesn't depend on the init process. Most time is > consumed by the numerous (re-)starts of /bin/sh, i.e. bash in most > cases, through all the init scripts. > > If you're about to play with an embedded device like machine and boot > time really matters, I'd suggest writing the system setup tasks (rcS) > in pure C. If you want to save a few shell startups, you might as well > use /etc/inittab and sysvinit. Sysvinit, initng, runit or minit (which > I like best) doesn't really matter for timing. That time is wasted in > other places. > > For a VDR (digital PVR) machine, I'm using busybox' reduced sysvinit > clone. Works like a charm, from boot till VDR running it's about 30sec. > You might get a few more seconds for reimplementing system setup in > pure C, as suggested. AFAIK, e.g. the Linksys Linux firmware does that. > You might consider using their program as a template.. > We've settled upon initng and fcache. Between the two, I can boot a "fully loaded" laptop in under 13 seconds. That's pretty impressive. Thanks for the tips and info. Cheers... Jerry. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] initng or runit?
Would some kind soul save me a bit of research time? Which of the two alternative init schemes are faster, initng or runit? Thank you in advance , Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] RealVNC 4.1.2!!!
Thank you, so much. Getting an ebuild like this into main stream usage is heavenly!!! Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Video Card of Death! (Yes its on topic.)
On Tuesday 15 August 2006 18:29, Ian Kabeary wrote: > I can for sure get the error message for you in a few hours. > Im away from home (and my laptop for that matter) right now. > Thanks for the reply though! > ~Ian > > On 8/15/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/15/06, Ian Kabeary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > should do, I started X. (I have 7.1.1 by the way). What I end up with > > > is that it cant find the drivers because the version of the radeon > > > driver version doesn't match the server version or something? I have no > > > idea > > > > what > > > > > that means > > > > > > Well, maybe you could like try a different version, or something? > > > > > > I really suggest when asking for help that you provide the actual > > error message you are getting. Otherwise we have to guess at both > > the error *and* the solution, rather than the normal thing we do, > > which to just guess at the solution. For X errors, it also never > > hurts to provide your xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log files. > > > > -Richard > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list What problems are you having again? My current work laptop is a Compaq Presario R3000 with ATI 9000igp video chips. 3D acceleration works perfectly on it, using Xor 7.1.1 and it's native dri drivers. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Guidance on encrypting my /home
On Saturday 12 August 2006 20:22, John J. Foster wrote: > Hi, > > I've been playing with encrypting my home directory using cfs and > following the instructions at > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Encrypt_Your_Home_Directory_Using_CFS > > I guess it mostly works, although I've had cfsd die randomly a few > times in a couple days. It sorta bothers me that app-crypt/cfs is > almost 2 years old and is still testing (~x86). This is one of those > apps I'd prefer stable. > > So, before I get to settled on using this, a few questions. > > Do you encrypt your home directory? > Yes and others as well. > What apps and/or combination of apps do you use, and why? > We use dmcrypt, which is used to encrypt loop devices as well as complete partitions. > Which ciphers do you prefer? Why? > aes-i586 keeps prying eyes out of sensitive data. > Is it well supported? > Most of it is in the kernel... so it's pretty well supported "right out of the box"... > What apps and/or files don't play well with encrytion? > None that we run. > I'm sure I'll have more questions after I've read some more. > Feel free to post here or email me directly. Cheers, Jerry. P.S. is your name foster or festus? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] launching iptables
On Wednesday 02 August 2006 16:41, James wrote: > Hello, > > I've got my own iptables script to launch a customized firewall, located in > /usr/local/bin. > > I'm aware of /etc/init.d/iptables the 'runscipt'. I do not wish to edit > this scipt as 'gentoo' updates nuke my edits therein. Where is the gentoo > place of preference to launch my scipt after the gentoo runscipt > '/etc/init.d/iptables' is finished running? > > Is their a way to get 'rc-update add default' to launch > my_firewall without putting it in the /etc/init.d/ dir and using the > runscipt template for my script? > > > thoughts, suggestions and examples are most welcome. > > Over here I edited /etc/conf.d/local.start and have my firewall started from there. Then I edited local.stop to turn it off when shutting down. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] New Hardware...
Howdy, I'm gearing up for a new hardware purchase and I find that I need a little help figuring out "what is" and "what isn't" linux compatible. The days of pci, agp video and socket A hardware are slowly coming to a close and I'm itching to try something new. Does anyone here run any cutting edge hardware, like socket am2 motherboards and pci-e video cards? Sounds dumb, but I've no hands on experience with the new stuff and would love to hear from those with first hand knowledge. In particular, what hardware are you using and how does it work on your desktop? Any driver issues with xorg-x11, etc.? My goal is to build a desktop, taking full advantage of the current available video hardware... maybe even use xgl on it too. Anything would be welcomed. Feel free to email me off list if you desire. Thanks, Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/jail.conf: why exec permission???
On Friday 28 July 2006 13:31, Jarry wrote: > Hi, > > I just installed jail-1.9-r1 and noticed it has following > permissions: > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 543 Jul 28 17:09 /etc/jail.conf > > Is it necessary to have exec-permission on this file? > If I remember correctly, there should be only config > files in /etc, and afaik they do not need it... > > Jarry I can't answer your question, however I can suggest changing it to non-exec and see how behaves after. Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Howto Encrypt a USB-key [gentoo-windows]
On Monday 24 July 2006 19:50, Javier wrote: > Hi there, > > now I'm working on some projects and I store all files in a usb key. I > have the necessity of encrypt the data. The problem is this data have > to be accessible from windows workstations and linux workstations. In > the windows workstations there is no problem of installing things as > admin but in the linux machine I have no root access. > > I only have found a solution but is very ugly, encrypt each file using > gpg. There is a better choice? > Forgive me... The easiest and best answer is to format the windows boxes to use Linux. Then buy a pizza and some beer for the admin and ask for him/her to setup loop devices where ever you need them. End of problems. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] REMOVE
On Wednesday 19 July 2006 18:00, Nunya Bidness wrote: > REMOVE NO! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user]
On Sunday 16 July 2006 17:48, Tom Stoddard wrote: > unsubscribe NO! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] chkrootkit LKM trojan ?
On Sunday 16 July 2006 15:54, Dave S wrote: > On Sunday 16 July 2006 19:54, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > > On Sunday 16 July 2006 20:25, Dave S wrote: > > > HI, I have a potential security problem ... > > > > > > and err its not on gentoo, its on ubuntu but I am not getting any > > > response there & you guys are the most tech bunch I know - Thought I > > > would lay it on the table :) > > > > > > I just had an email from chkrootkit last night - > > > > > > --- > > > > > > The following suspicious files and directories were found: > > > > > > You have 3 process hidden for readdir command > > > You have 3 process hidden for ps command > > > chkproc: Warning: Possible LKM Trojan installed > > > > > > --- > > > > > > Running chkrootkit now and all is OK > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# chkrootkit | grep chkproc > > > Checking `lkm'... chkproc: nothing detected > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# > > > > > > I have even 'sudo install --reinstall chkrootkit' in case its binarys > > > have been modified (paranoid) > > > > if you installed using the tools of the system, it could be worthless, > > because compromised. Boot from a cd and check from the cd. > > I understand. Booted from knoppix 5.0.1, executed a > > 'chroot /mnt/hda1 chkrootkit' and a > 'chroot /mnt/hda1 rkhunter -c' > > - both scans brought back nothing. From what I have read the chkrootkit & > rkhunter binarys would have been from the CD and therefore untainted ? Am I > correct ? > > Are there any other checks I can do - re-installing the system is not my > preferred option :) > > Dave Hi Dave, Just went through the same scare with an OLD linux server a few weeks ago. This "could" be a false positive... What you should do is run chkrootkit with verbose option turned on. Take the pids it show you and compare them to what's listed in /proc. Each running process has a pid and it's listed under /proc. In each pid listed under proc there's a /exe link that gives you the path to the program owning the pid. There a /status file that will give you the name of the program. There's other info there also. If there's any discrepancies between what's list in /proc and what ps tells you, you've been infected with LKM for sure. Naturally, you have to be there when chkrootkit complains... But don't stop here... You can also try running rootkit-hunter and compare the output. You can cp known good tools (in your case, ps) from a backup to your infected box and run it to get "true" information. I knew a co-worker that ran "tree" across a suspected infected box and found a number of hidden directories on it. It was indeed infected. Also, if this machine was running a firewall, look in the logs. If you've kept a running archive, hopefully spanning a week or two, you may be able to figure out when and where the attack came from. Hope that helps. Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Null Modem Cables Between Windoze XP and Linux
On Saturday 24 June 2006 15:49, Lord Sauron wrote: > I dug out of this ancient computer book (Upgrading and Repairing PCs > 12th Ed.) this relic technology of the Null Modem Cable. It's a > twisted Parallel Cable that allows 2 PCs to almost literally talk to > each other. So, I found in the depths of some old computer hardware > box this old Symantec null modem cable, plugged it between my X40 and > XP Desktop, and hoped for the best. I was able to configure XP as the > host with no difficulties, however, I'm not sure what to do about > Linux. I'm looking though Kuroo for things about Null Modems, but I'd > imagine there's a more command-line friendly way to do this, since I > am very much pro-command line. > ---snip--- The problem you'll face is the protocols on both ends of the wire will have to be the same. That said, you won't have much luck. However, I ran a similar setup between two linux computers using plip... Something like a poor mans ethernet. Good luck -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Should I give up gentoo ?
On Thursday 22 June 2006 10:55, Allan Spagnol Comar wrote: > Hi list, I had ask for some help with instaling nvraid with dmraid on > a gentoo system yesterday and no one could or wanted to help me. Is > there any kind soul that can help me solve the problem, or should I > change to a distribution that this work . I love gentoo and I am > using it for 2 and a half years now, never had a problem that the list > could no help. I was wondering if none of the wise guys expirience the > same problem. > > Thanks, Allan > Two and a half years??? Allan... ever heard of GOOGLE? Enter Google search for: gentoo nvraid Results 1 - 20 of about 382 English pages for nvraid gentoo. (0.30 seconds) Top result: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_Gentoo_with_NVRAID_using_dmraid Hmmm... exactly what you need. Have fun. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] gcc-4.1.1
On Wednesday 07 June 2006 21:50, Bob Young wrote: > > On 6/7/06, Roy Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You might want to read: > > > > > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=282474&highlight= > > > > > > which basically recommends: > > > > > > emerge -s > > > emerge -s > > > emerge -e > > > emerge -e > > > > Ugh, this is completely pointless. A single "emerge -e world" is > > sufficient. > > Depends on what you consider sufficient. Although what the page recommends > was misquoted, it actually suggests: > > emerge -e system > emerge -e system > emerge -e world > emerge -e world > > That's probably is a little bit excessive, but the reason for doing the two > emerge -e systems is so that the new tool chain is built with the new tool > chain. At the end of the first emerge -e system you may have a new > compiler, but that new compiler was built with the old compiler. What you > actually want is a gcc-4.1.1 that was built with gcc-4.1.1. You could > emerge the compiler twice before doing the emerge -e system, but the the > emerges that happen before glibc is rebuilt are linked against a glibc that > was built with the old compiler. Same with the rest of the tool chain and > libraries. > > That being said "emerge -e system" is probably overkill just for a new > toolchain. Updating a subset of all possible toolchain related things and > then following that by a single emerge -e world would probably be > sufficient for most people. This page: > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-345229.html is about doing an install, > but it shows how to update a subset of the entire tool chain. Note that the > article does in the end, do a double emerge -e system, so the the value of > updating a toolchain subset is questionable for the article's purposes. > > In short: > > emerge gcc-config glibc binutils libstdc++-v3 gcc > emerge gcc-config glibc binutils libstdc++-v3 gcc > emerge -e world > > To be clear, in order to make sure absolutely everything is updated and the > libraries that are linked against are also updated prior to use, the two > emerge -e system commands, are the definitive solution. For those who don't > want to spend many extra hours of compile time, in order to gain a 0.5% > increase in performance, the above is offered for consideration. > > Regards, > Bob Young Wow! I said the same thing a week or so ago and got the same rebuttal. However, it's what I do none the less. And it works. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] GCC 4.1.1 Problems
First time I ever did this on a mailing list... John Laremore... you are PLONKED... My email filter now drops your emails into the bit bucket where they belong On Sunday 28 May 2006 21:03, John Laremore wrote: > quit fucking email bombing me you ass holes. > > > From: Bo ظrsted Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] GCC 4.1.1 Problems > Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 00:10:25 +0200 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Received: from robin.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102]) by > bay0-mc2-f10.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Sun, > 28 May 2006 15:14:51 -0700 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost > [127.0.0.1])by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id > k4SMD7KS003610;Sun, 28 May 2006 22:13:07 GMT Received: from > cicero2.cybercity.dk (cicero2.cybercity.dk [212.242.40.53])by > robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4SMALei017832for > ; Sun, 28 May 2006 22:10:21 GMT > Received: from user2.cybercity.dk (user2.cybercity.dk [212.242.41.35])by > cicero2.cybercity.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1DA9244F08for > ; Mon, 29 May 2006 00:10:20 +0200 (CEST) > Received: from BA.zlin.dk (port78.ds1-abs.adsl.cybercity.dk > [212.242.227.17])by user2.cybercity.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id > 6BB172869D7for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 00:10:20 > +0200 (CEST) > > >Sunday 28 May 2006 21:48 skrev Hemmann, Volker Armin: > > > > This change could be a > > > > bugfix. By making your own digest you don't get this bugfix... > > > > > > more probably - the mirror corrupted the file. Or someone replaced it > > > with a hacked package. > > > >While that is possible I'm not really sure why you consider it more > > likely. > > > >At least in my case this bug showed when I upgraded from perl-cleaner-1.03 > > to perl-cleaner-1.03-r1. Those two ebuilds are identical and use the same > > tar file as source. This means that when I originally (a couple of weeks > > ago) installed 1.03 the digest fitted the other, smaller tar file, which > > means that devs has approved both versions of that tar file). It did > > install successfully (and seemed to work) so it couldn't be too > > corrupted. > > > >So while it is possible that the devs approved a file that shouldn't have > > been approved, I prefer to think that upstream just did something stupid > > by upgrading the package without a revision bump.. :) > > > >-- > >Bo Andresen > > > ><< attach3 >> > > Join the new Messenger beta now -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 300GB HD
On Monday 22 May 2006 17:18, Samuel Baldwin wrote: > I'm planning on buying a 300GB HD from maxtor for my next primary HD. > It's a "Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB 3.5" IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive - OEM" > --snip-- That's a nice drive, but this one is slightly better Maxtor MaxLine III 7L300R0 300GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive - OEM * Model #: 7L300R0 * Item #: N82E16822144237 * It's enterprise rated, 1,000,000 MTBF and I think it carries a 5 year warranty. Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use
On Sunday 21 May 2006 15:35, JimD wrote: > Cliff Wells wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 11:52 -0600, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > >> I have not used it though I plan on getting the OS X version once my > >> Mac Mini arrives... > > > > I have doubts about the performance of a VM on that hardware. I've got > > a mini and it's not fast (at least running Linux). Usable for > > general-purpose stuff but it feels pretty sluggish if I ask it to do > > anything heavy. I don't know any benchmarks, but if I had to give you a > > "feel" describing it, I'd put it on par with a 1GHz PIII with a slow > > drive and not *quite* enough memory. In short, it's great for doing > > testing on or just day-to-day stuff, but I think running a VM may be out > > of its league. > > > > If you can, replace the disk with a 5400RPM drive which will help a lot. > > > > Regards, > > Cliff > > Do you have the "old" mini with a G4 and the dog slow 4200 RPM drive? > If so that would explain a lot. The new Intel based ones have a much > faster processor and a much better hard drive. The difference is > night-and-day. > Wot? They're using Intel in the mini too? Hmmm... time to rethink my next linux server appliance... Thank you for the heads up. Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Portage 2.1-rc1-r2
I don't know where one would post this kind of messages, so here it is. I'm using the latest version of portage on a couple of ~x86 boxes and I am very impressed. All my cry-babying about portage performance is a thing of the past. So, thank you, Portage Devs. You've made my Gentoo experience nearly 100% enjoyable. Jerry McBride -- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] After gcc-3.4.6-r1 & glibc-2.4-r2 emerge!
I can't find the exact discussion on the subject of running two emerges for both system and world, but this link gives the kernel of the idea. The original doc went into some details that's missing here and as mentioned, following the suggestions helped clear up some goofy mplayer problems I was having. http://lcni.uoregon.edu/mediawiki/index.php/SOFT:Gentoo_AMD64_1 Emerging world twice may be a bit overkill, but then it's never something I sit and watch... It's amazing what you can do with a bit of bash and cron when you are happily sleeping. Cheers... On Friday 12 May 2006 14:07, Richard Fish wrote: > On 5/12/06, Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 11 May 2006 19:47, Richard Fish wrote: > > > On 5/11/06, Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm going one step further with gcc 4.1.0. After I emerged gcc and > > > > glibc... I did an "emerge -e system" twice and am now following up > > > > with two "emerge -e world" commands... > > > > > > Wow, you like to waste a lot of CPU cycles... > > > > Actually... nothing is wasted. I've read that this is the best way to > > rebuild the tool chain, then the applications. Sources that rely on other > > sources are guaranteed to be accurately built after the second pass of > > "world" > > I'm sorry, but what you read was simply wrong, written by somebody who > probably didn't understand how compilers, linkers, dynamic libraries, > and executables interact. > > I could see _some_ value in emerge -e system followed by emerge -e > world. There can be some (very small) effects of system packages on > each other. But you are building system again when you emerge -e > world, and there is simply no reason at all to emerge -e world twice. > > -Richard -- ** Registered Linux User Number 185956 FSF Associate Member number 2340 since 05/20/2004 Join me in chat at #linux-users on irc.freenode.net Buy an Xbox for $149.00, run linux on it and Microsoft loses $150.00! Buy an Xbox 360 core for $299.00, run linux on it and Microsoft loses $11.00! Buy an Xbox 360 for $399.00, run linux on it and Microsoft loses $126.00! 5:37pm up 49 days, 2:16, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.04, 0.00 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] After gcc-3.4.6-r1 & glibc-2.4-r2 emerge!
On Thursday 11 May 2006 19:47, Richard Fish wrote: > On 5/11/06, Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm going one step further with gcc 4.1.0. After I emerged gcc and > > glibc... I did an "emerge -e system" twice and am now following up with > > two "emerge -e world" commands... > > Wow, you like to waste a lot of CPU cycles... > Actually... nothing is wasted. I've read that this is the best way to rebuild the tool chain, then the applications. Sources that rely on other sources are guaranteed to be accurately built after the second pass of "world" -- ** Registered Linux User Number 185956 FSF Associate Member number 2340 since 05/20/2004 Join me in chat at #linux-users on irc.freenode.net Buy an Xbox for $149.00, run linux on it and Microsoft loses $150.00! Buy an Xbox 360 core for $299.00, run linux on it and Microsoft loses $11.00! Buy an Xbox 360 for $399.00, run linux on it and Microsoft loses $126.00! 7:07am up 48 days, 15:46, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.04, 0.00 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Warning: Color name "black" is not defined
On Friday 12 May 2006 01:57, Alexander Skwar wrote: > Jerry McBride wrote: > > Is this an Xorg 7.0 installation?? > > Yep. > > > Did you also include x11-apps/rgb?? > > Yep - else I wouldn't have a /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt, would I? :) > Ok... fair enough... but I use "/usr/share/X11/rgb" and my color problems are gone... -- ** Registered Linux User Number 185956 FSF Associate Member number 2340 since 05/20/2004 Join me in chat at #linux-users on irc.freenode.net Buy an Xbox for $149.00, run linux on it and Microsoft loses $150.00! Buy an Xbox 360 core for $299.00, run linux on it and Microsoft loses $11.00! Buy an Xbox 360 for $399.00, run linux on it and Microsoft loses $126.00! 7:06am up 48 days, 15:45, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.03, 0.00 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] After gcc-3.4.6-r1 & glibc-2.4-r2 emerge!
On Thursday 11 May 2006 14:53, Christopher E wrote: > Hello All, > > What should I do after I do a emerge of gcc and glibc vers in subject line? > > I have also when doing that emerged told it to do kde and gnome so > both of them will be at the latest versions in the tree that are > ~amd64. > > X 7 modular is already on the system and appears to be working great. > > Sincerely, > Christopher I'm going one step further with gcc 4.1.0. After I emerged gcc and glibc... I did an "emerge -e system" twice and am now following up with two "emerge -e world" commands... Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Warning: Color name "black" is not defined
On Thursday 11 May 2006 18:02, Alexander Skwar wrote: > Mick wrote: > > On 11/05/06, Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Well, mine looks different: > >> > > >> > Section "Files" > >> > RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb" > >> > >> Is there such a file? On my system, there isn't. > > > > On the other hand theres this: > > > > # ls -la /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt > > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 17371 May 5 22:20 /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt > > > > Well: > > [10:09:19 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~] $ ls -la /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17371 10. Mai 10:07 /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt > > So, all is fine on my system, sort of... > > > but my xorg.conf is as shown without the .txt ending. How confusing . . > > . > > Well, not really. The xorg.conf clearly states, that no extension > like .txt or .db is to be added in the xorg.conf: > > # The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the > # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally > # no need to change the default. > Is this an Xorg 7.0 installation?? Did you also include x11-apps/rgb?? Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Glibc-2.4 and Gcc-4.0.3??
On Tuesday 09 May 2006 02:11, Farhan Ahmed wrote: > Jerry McBride wrote: > > Anyone here running a ~x86 box and have the latest glibc and a 4.0.3 gcc > > running on it? > > I used to run gcc-4.0.3 and latest glibc (don't remember the version > number) some time ago.. But now running gcc-4.1.0 and glibc-2.4-r2.. No > problems with both.. > > > Any hurdles to leap? > > Well except doing a emerge -e system && emerge -e world after upgrading > to gcc-4.x, no hurdles to leap.. :) > > Farhan Ahmed Thanks for the info Farhan. I'm in the process of completeing the upgrade. So far, everything has been perfectly ok. It's all compiling cleanly, no errors and there's even a slight performance increase. I haven't done and real, hard performance evaluation... but my glxgears number has jumped from 800 fps to just over 1200 fps... and that was only after competing a "emerge -e system" with the new glibc and gcc. I can;t wait to see what it looks like after a complete system recompile... I'll be back after a day or so to report. Cheers. And thank you. Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] New USE flags???
On Monday 08 May 2006 22:43, Justin Findlay wrote: > On 5/8/06, Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Would someone know what the following two USE flags do? latin and aio > > > > It seems latin1 relates to mysql and aio relates to slocate... But what > > do they do? > > There's a neat little utility called equery (from gentoolkit) that > will give you descriptions of local package USE flags, so in your case > try, > > $ equery uses mysql > > and > > $ equery uses slocate > > and enjoy. (: Alternatively, you can grep for latin1 or aio in > /usr/portage/profiles/use.local.desc to see all the packages that have > USE flags with those particular names. > > The suggested equery wasn't much help, but grep-ing use.local.desc was a gold mine. Thanks! I had already looked into use.desc and I stopped there and posted my request for help. Why is it, that use.desc contains less information about the use flags than use.local.desc? Other than that, thank you very much. Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] New USE flags???
Would someone know what the following two USE flags do? latin and aio It seems latin1 relates to mysql and aio relates to slocate... But what do they do? Thank you, in advance, Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Glibc-2.4 and Gcc-4.0.3??
Anyone here running a ~x86 box and have the latest glibc and a 4.0.3 gcc running on it? Any hurdles to leap? Thanks in advance, Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] QEMU questions?
On Sunday 09 April 2006 14:33, Andrew Frink wrote: > On 4/9/06, Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All... > > > > Anyone here using QEMU? > > > > I've run into a problem that I can't iron out... > > > > I've created an image of a winxp install disk using dd. When I run the > > image > > using QEMU, I get the "NTLDR no found" error... > > > > I'm using the current .0.8.0 version with kqemu enabled. > > > > Does anyone know of a fix? Google yields no answers, fixes or work a > > rounds... > > > > Thank you, inn advance. > > > > Jerry > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > Are you using it as a disk or as a cdrom? > > Cynyr I tried both... as a disk it can't read the contents... as a cdrom, I get the "NTLDR can be found"... Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] QEMU questions?
Hi All... Anyone here using QEMU? I've run into a problem that I can't iron out... I've created an image of a winxp install disk using dd. When I run the image using QEMU, I get the "NTLDR no found" error... I'm using the current .0.8.0 version with kqemu enabled. Does anyone know of a fix? Google yields no answers, fixes or work a rounds... Thank you, inn advance. Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Eclipse IDE For Java
On Thursday 06 April 2006 19:36, Lord Sauron wrote: > On 4/6/06, Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 06 April 2006 16:13, Richard Fish wrote: > > > On 4/6/06, Lord Sauron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Actually, it is the eclipse project itself that has made this so > > > > > damn confusing. Take a look at their "About Us" page, and try to > > > > > find anywhere that it mentions an IDE. It is actually a > > > > > development platform for building IDEs, or other applications built > > > > > on top of a bunch of smaller tools. > > > > > > > > I just hear about it used a lot for making Java programs. If it gets > > > > too confusing, I'll just stick with KDevelop! > > > > > > Well, I think the IDE is very nice and easy to use. It is just the > > > description of the project this is a bit difficult to understand. > > > > > > -Richard > > > > He said, "easy to use"... > > > > I'm impressed. Well... maybe I'm too old. > > Well, I think we can all agree that the easiest to use [editor] is > nano[1]. However, I do appreciate the tools and automation offered by > a IDE. > > 1. IMHO, if you can't use nano, then you have some major issues. > Yes, I nano... I also aee... much better. IMHO. Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Eclipse IDE For Java
On Thursday 06 April 2006 16:13, Richard Fish wrote: > On 4/6/06, Lord Sauron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Actually, it is the eclipse project itself that has made this so damn > > > confusing. Take a look at their "About Us" page, and try to find > > > anywhere that it mentions an IDE. It is actually a development > > > platform for building IDEs, or other applications built on top of a > > > bunch of smaller tools. > > > > I just hear about it used a lot for making Java programs. If it gets > > too confusing, I'll just stick with KDevelop! > > Well, I think the IDE is very nice and easy to use. It is just the > description of the project this is a bit difficult to understand. > > -Richard He said, "easy to use"... I'm impressed. Well... maybe I'm too old. Cheers. Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] CPUFREQ and 2.6.16
On Monday 03 April 2006 18:18, Jerry McBride wrote: > I depend on cpufreq to help stretch out the battery life of my laptop and > it works quite well with 2.6.15.x kernels. However, upgrading to 2.6.16.x > renders cpufreq dead in the water. > > The boot complaint is, the start up script says I need to configure the > kernel for cpufreq support even though it already is... Even trying to > start cpufreq from the command line fails... > > Has anyone else seen this ? Does anyone know of a fix? The cpufreq website > ate sourceforge.net is pretty much orphaned and there's nothing at > bugs.gentoo.org either... > > Any help would be appreicated. > > Thank you, in advance. Jerry A follow up to my own request... the mentioned problem is fixed in 2.6.17-rc1. Hopefully it'll stay that way... Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] CPUFREQ and 2.6.16
I depend on cpufreq to help stretch out the battery life of my laptop and it works quite well with 2.6.15.x kernels. However, upgrading to 2.6.16.x renders cpufreq dead in the water. The boot complaint is, the start up script says I need to configure the kernel for cpufreq support even though it already is... Even trying to start cpufreq from the command line fails... Has anyone else seen this ? Does anyone know of a fix? The cpufreq website ate sourceforge.net is pretty much orphaned and there's nothing at bugs.gentoo.org either... Any help would be appreicated. Thank you, in advance. Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] modular Xorg made it to ~x86
On Monday 27 March 2006 18:48, Iain Buchanan wrote: > I noticed after a sync a few nights ago, that modular xorg is in ~x86. > I also noticed a few people here have installed a while ago already. > > so, can I just go ahead with it? I need a functional X on this box, but > I'm happy to put up with a few quirks. What are the gotcha's? > For me, over a small mix of hardware I had to manually emerge twm, setx, some odd fonts to get equal service from 7.0 as I had in previous 6.x.x X. Also... one small plus... on my personal HP laptop sporting at 9100igt video chips... dri is already present in 7.0. Before I had to install it via dri.sourceforge.net. Cheers. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
