[gentoo-user] Re: A List Question
Florian Philipp wrote: Am Dienstag 15 Mai 2007 02:45 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I think that once my internet access becomes functional (even then it will just be .edu, .org, .gov, and .mil sites), I will see how well the gmane page loads for me. :) I will use it to read the messages, and email to post. How do they find out if you're using IE or anything else? AFAIK it is possible to make Firefox identify as IE (or any other browser for that matter), Yes, you can forge the User-Agent http header. But with javascript, only IE will respond positively to: window.RunningIE4 or creating an ActiveX component. -- Régis -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Good arguments to use Gentoo Linux?
qfpvajdy wrote: Hello, I would like to convince my boss and my collegues to use Gentoo GNU/Linux at the company office for the desktop system (and maybe one day also for servers). Currently everybody uses its own Linux/Unix system, but soon we could be forced to uses for everybody only one system. I must probably convince the people to use Gentoo Linux against RedHat Scientific Linux and FreeBSD. Does somebody has some good key arguments? No: I use Gentoo at home but could not imagine a place at my company. Gentoo requires a real internet connection when we are behind a restricted proxy Gentoo requires a lot of administration. For instance: etc-update (dispatch-conf) needs to be run after a package upgrade Gentoo takes time with compilation and requires fine tuning for things to work when we just a standard works-for-everybody application. Gentoo is not appropriate for my company. Mandriva or Suse would be better choices. The mines are: - newests packages with newests security updates, encryption support and full integreated KDE desktop to be used in office without problems like any desktop oriented distribution. Red Hat, Suse and Mandriva, Ubuntu offer the same. - high performance desktop Why do you compare only these three OS? Why is freebsd in this list? higher than the other Desktop distros? In my opinion, Gentoo is not appropriate for most companies. Now it depends... What are your criteria? - support? Gentoo has a great community, but so do ubuntu or Mandriva. But Mandriva, Suse and red Hat offer paid support, ie someone to blame whan things don't work - configuration? Do you need fine configuration (gentoo wins)? - easyness or put hands in the dirt? - cost of maintenance (I really doubt Gentoo wins) -- Régis -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: LVM problem
Jorge Almeida wrote: I'm about to start using LVM. LVM-user or LVM2? So, what's the problem? The problem is that vgdisplay, vgscan, vgchange, pvdisplay, lvdisplay all say there are no volumes to be found! What did I miss? Have you modified lvm.conf? Can you provide /etc/lvm/.cache? One other thing i don't understand is what to do regarding init scripts. The gentoo init script already manages lvm. Cheers, -- Régis -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: NFS Wont mount
timothy johnson wrote: Having a little issue with NFS mount 10.250.107.10:/home /mnt/pdc1Home returns mount: 10.250.107.10:/home failed, reason given by server: Permission denied /etc/exports /home (no_root_squash,rw) Stupid question: What about /etc/host.allow and /etc/host.deny ? -- Régis -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: keyboard layout
Luigi Pinna wrote: I have a layout problem: I had until yesterday the xorg 7. I choosed to come back to stable xorg 6.8 for easier the automatic updating. After that I lose the keyboard layout: in the normal console (with ctr+alt+f1) I had the german layout, but under x I cannot set it (it is still to us layout). What can I do? Maywbe with KDE Control Center Internationalisation Accessibility Keyborard Layout. -- Régis -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] DCOP call to minimize all windows?
Hi, I'd like to use Win+D to toggle the desktop view, instead of Ctrl+Alt+D. It seems everyone else has Panel, toggle showing desktop in khotkeys. I don't -- and it does not matter too much. Can you simply tell me what DCOP call to do; I can't find something appropriate, even with the help of kdcop. Thanks, -- Régis -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: No /dev/sda1 with Klingston usb disk. Wrong lsusb output.
Frédéric Grosshans wrote: I've a problem with a recently bought usb disk:there is a /dev/sda node but no /dev/sda1 . When I try to access /dev/sda, I've the following errors : sanduleak ~ # fdisk /dev/sda Unable to open /dev/sda sanduleak ~ # dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/null dd: opening `/dev/sda': No medium found I think many USB keys have pseudo-partitions, exactly like floppy disks. You should be able to mount /dev/sda directly fdisk /dev/sda will fail or displays a broken partition table. -- Régis -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: evms
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 17 April 2006 09:14, John Jolet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about '[gentoo-user] evms': Trying to set up a new server using evms, but the howto on the gentoo site seems very old and incomplete. basically, i've got 3 hot-swappable scsi drives, but no raid controller.. I want to end up with lvm logical volumes on top of a software raid-5. but getting there with evms is presenting me some issues. In your situation, I'd get rid of evms, it's not needed. Use mdadm to create a raid5 volume from your 3 drives, then use the command-line lvm tools to create a pv, vg, and all the lvs you want. I agree. I tried to use evms and I was not very lucky. I am happily running lvm on top of raid with mdadm lvm2. -- Régis -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Help : need grub,conf file : kernel wouldn't boot
Rohit and Bhavana wrote: Hi all, I have built my kernel 2.6.15-r5 [not the latest I know but should support all that I have]. I am unable to boot it. It stops looking for root device when booting. Corresponding line from my grub,conf is title Linux-latest kernel (hd0,2)/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/hda2 init=/linuxrc vga=7 CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 initrd (hd0,2)/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r5 I have both root= and real_root= title Gentoo kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz real_root=/dev/sda5 root=/dev/sda5 gentoo=nodevfs vga=0x317 initrd (hd0,0)/initramfs-gentoo Good luck, -- Régis -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
