[gentoo-user] nomad zen and gentoo

2003-12-20 Thread Stephen Turner
hey ive been strugling to figure out how to get my nomad zen to work with gentoo, is there any special files i need? does it just mount? i tried mounting it like my sony digital cam with flash disk and that didnt work out too well i tried a few other things sda1 2 sdb i see in the emerge tree a

[gentoo-user] emerge -U cvs fails on permission

2003-12-20 Thread Guy Van Sanden
Hello everyone I just tried to upgrade to the latest version of CVS, but it fail (where the previous packages worked). The Ebuild seems to want write access to /home, but this is an NFS mounted filesystem, so local root has no access there. Any ideas? /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/cvs-format.el

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6 test must read !!!!

2003-12-20 Thread SN
- Original Message - From: Shawn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gentoo.org ML [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 5:13 AM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6 test must read Did you ever think CPU accounting might be slightly different? Well I'm not sure what are you

Re: [gentoo-user] secure webserver based on gentoo?

2003-12-20 Thread Laurent Gatto
I never really tested this distribution, but if you are in a hurry, you may try OpenNa (http://www.openna.com). You can choose different type of typical server installation like web, ftp, ... and email server. You may also have a look on http://www.distrowatch.com/ for email server specific

[gentoo-user] Crypto trouble...

2003-12-20 Thread Elton Algera
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have my homedir encrypted, with a cryptoloop device. It works great for almost a year now. I would like to test the 2.6 kernels without giving up the possibility to boot 2.4. It seems however that the encryption algorithms in 2.4 and 2.6

[gentoo-user] 2.6 Disk trouble

2003-12-20 Thread Elton Algera
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have another problem with 2.6, this time it's lilo ;-) Some time ago, I tried to install 2.6 along 2.4 on the same rootdisk. However, after two boots, my reiserfs root partition lost a whole series of files, causing me to reinstall the

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6 Disk trouble

2003-12-20 Thread Redeeman
that thing shouldnt really cause trouble, mine have said such for a long time, nothing happend, but i have switched to grub now anyway :) On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 11:18, Elton Algera wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have another problem with 2.6, this time it's

Re: [gentoo-user] Crypto trouble...

2003-12-20 Thread SN
- Original Message - From: Elton Algera [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 11:11 AM Subject: [gentoo-user] Crypto trouble... -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have my homedir encrypted, with a cryptoloop device. It works

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6 Disk trouble

2003-12-20 Thread SN
Did you turn on debugging in kernel 2.6? My guess is, that you have problems with the kernel 2.6 and the ide controller either due to apic probs or just ide driver probs, which can cause this. If debugging is turned on you might see some error messages, that could reveal what's wrong. -

[gentoo-user] from kernel 2.4 to kernel 2.6 ... question

2003-12-20 Thread Primero.Franz
I'm going to upgrade my kernel version this night, so i'm tryng to solve all the question i have about it before starting this job :-) How can i install vew kernel related packages, like Xfree-drm, alsa,pcmcia-cs for the new kernel without unmerging the previous installation, so that the old

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0 upgrade HOWTO

2003-12-20 Thread Tom Wesley
On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 05:29, Manuel McLure wrote: Does anyone have any tips on how to move from 2.4 to 2.6? I currently have an ~x86 currently updated system. As well as the gentoo-sources-2.4.22-r1 kernel, I have latest alsa, i2c, lm_sensors and ati-drivers installed and working. What

Re: [gentoo-user] Crypto trouble...

2003-12-20 Thread Tom Wesley
On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 10:11, Elton Algera wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have my homedir encrypted, with a cryptoloop device. It works great for almost a year now. I would like to test the 2.6 kernels without giving up the possibility to boot 2.4. It

Re: [gentoo-user] Bin packages Portage (-g/-k)

2003-12-20 Thread Spider
begin quote On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 23:23:55 -0500 (EST) Nick Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Metadata is all data that relates about a package. Most important are the dependencies, controlled by USE flags, the license, homepage, description and so on. :) This explains alot how can I

[gentoo-user] Using tmpfs for /tmp

2003-12-20 Thread Sebastian Bergmann
In [1] I read about using tmpfs for /tmp, but where in GENTOO would be the appropriate place to do this automatically during boot? Thanks, Sebastian -- [1] http://www.edwardbear.org/serendipity/archives/1184_Making_things_faster.html -- Sebastian Bergmann

Re: [gentoo-user] Using tmpfs for /tmp

2003-12-20 Thread Lode Vanstechelman
My first idea would be to change it in the file /etc/fstab Lode (Brussels - Belgium) On Saturday 20 December 2003 13:13, Sebastian Bergmann wrote: In [1] I read about using tmpfs for /tmp, but where in GENTOO would be the appropriate place to do this automatically during boot? Thanks,

Re: [gentoo-user] Using tmpfs for /tmp

2003-12-20 Thread Heitzso
I believe: tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults in /etc/fstab is what you want. On Saturday 20 December 2003 13:13, Sebastian Bergmann wrote: In [1] I read about using tmpfs for /tmp, but where in GENTOO would be the appropriate place to do this automatically during boot? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [gentoo-user] Using local file tree as a mirror

2003-12-20 Thread Marius Mauch
On 12/19/03 Michael Balamuth wrote: Hi List, Wondering if there is a syntax for /etc/make.conf that allows using a local filesystem tree as a mirror. Something like this: Prior to editing /etc/make.conf plug in USB hard disk mkdir /mirror mount /dev/sda1 /mirror where /mirror then

[gentoo-user] Re: Using tmpfs for /tmp

2003-12-20 Thread Sebastian Bergmann
Heitzso wrote: tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults in /etc/fstab is what you want. Thanks, totally missed the obvious here, nevermind, Sebastian -- Sebastian Bergmann http://sebastian-bergmann.de/ http://phpOpenTracker.de/ Das Buch zu PHP 5:

[gentoo-user] Mailing List Archive

2003-12-20 Thread Colin Falkinburg
I saw someone mention mailing list archives. Does anyone know where they are? Calhoun _ Get dial-up Internet access now with our best offer: 6 months @$9.95/month! http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[gentoo-user] dell inspiron 8600 (gentoo) linux compatible?

2003-12-20 Thread Christian Bartels
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 hi list, can anyone tell me, whether the dell inspiron 8600 is fully (gentoo) linux compatible? especially these compoents: - - ati radeon 9600 pro turbo - - 10/100mbit lan - - modem - - Dell Truemobile® 1300 802.11b/g Wireless Mini-PCI-Card - -

[gentoo-user] Your suggestion: CDRW tool for gnome (ide cdrw)

2003-12-20 Thread Christoph Schäfer
Hi What is your suggestion for a good gui tool for allday cdr(w) to use within gnome? I would like to use it without the ide-scsi stuff :-) Thanks... Best regards Christoph -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6 Disk trouble

2003-12-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 02:18, Elton Algera wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have another problem with 2.6, this time it's lilo ;-) Some time ago, I tried to install 2.6 along 2.4 on the same rootdisk. However, after two boots, my reiserfs root partition

Re: [gentoo-user] Mailing List Archive

2003-12-20 Thread Renat Golubchyk
On Saturday 20 December 2003 14:34, Colin Falkinburg wrote: I saw someone mention mailing list archives. Does anyone know where they are? http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-user%40gentoo.org/ http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-userr=1w=2 or

Re: [gentoo-user] dell inspiron 8600 (gentoo) linux compatible?

2003-12-20 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi Christian, * Christian Bartels [EMAIL PROTECTED], Saturday, December 20, 2003, 2:29:10 PM: can anyone tell me, whether the dell inspiron 8600 is fully (gentoo) linux compatible? http://www.cse.ucsd.edu/~dgupta/articles/linux-dell-8600.html http://www.koeniglich.de/dell_8600.html especially

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0 on gentoo with nvidia

2003-12-20 Thread Cybercar
I'm really agree with you, if anyone who runs the X with nvidia on a 2.6.0 kernel could give us his .config file... On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 06:17, Robert G. Waycott wrote: On Friday 19 December 2003 04:21 am, Jason Stubbs wrote: On Friday 19 December 2003 17:59, Cybercar wrote: On Fri,

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0 on gentoo with nvidia

2003-12-20 Thread Redeeman
my config is attached On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 15:28, Cybercar wrote: I'm really agree with you, if anyone who runs the X with nvidia on a 2.6.0 kernel could give us his .config file... On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 06:17, Robert G. Waycott wrote: On Friday 19 December 2003 04:21 am, Jason Stubbs

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0 on gentoo with nvidia

2003-12-20 Thread Lode Vanstechelman
I've read on a forum that if you ran the 2.4 kernel and you wanted to switch to the 2.6 kernel, than you have to recompile your xfree in 2.6 I'm not sure if it would work, I havn't tried it myself, but you could give it a try... If it would work, please let us know Lode (Brussels - Belgium) On

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0 on gentoo with nvidia

2003-12-20 Thread Redeeman
i didnt have to On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 15:42, Lode Vanstechelman wrote: I've read on a forum that if you ran the 2.4 kernel and you wanted to switch to the 2.6 kernel, than you have to recompile your xfree in 2.6 I'm not sure if it would work, I havn't tried it myself, but you could give it

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0 on gentoo with nvidia

2003-12-20 Thread Collins
On Saturday 20 December 2003 07:11, Redeeman wrote: i didnt have to On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 15:42, Lode Vanstechelman wrote: I've read on a forum that if you ran the 2.4 kernel and you wanted to switch to the 2.6 kernel, than you have to recompile your xfree in 2.6 I'm not sure if it would

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0 on gentoo with nvidia

2003-12-20 Thread Pius Lee
I didn't have to recompile xfree either. here's my whole .config file and part of my XF86Config: --- Start .config --- # # Automatically generated make config: don't edit # CONFIG_X86=y CONFIG_MMU=y CONFIG_UID16=y CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA=y # # Code maturity level options # CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6 Disk trouble

2003-12-20 Thread SN
Yes this could probably be also the cause for your problem, I'm not using oss emulation, so that may be a reason why I didn't run into this yet. Thanks for the links. Do you use any programms that are configured to use oss? - Original Message - From: Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [gentoo-user] Intelligent mirrors

2003-12-20 Thread Brian
On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 21:52, Mitchell James wrote: Is there a way to set-up an intelligent mirror. One that downloads requested files only. The information systems people moved around mount points on the system that I maintain a local mirror for work causeing the mirror to start

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6 Disk trouble

2003-12-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 07:50, SN wrote: Yes this could probably be also the cause for your problem, I'm not using oss emulation, so that may be a reason why I didn't run into this yet. Thanks for the links. Do you use any programms that are configured to use oss? I didn't have this bug.

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync.namerica problem

2003-12-20 Thread Kurt Lieber
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 06:31:34PM -0800 or thereabouts, lodger wrote: lodger root # emerge sync starting rsync with rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage... checking server timestamp ... rsync: failed to connect to 128.227.212.225: Connection refused rsync error: error in socket

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS setup

2003-12-20 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
Thanks for the detailed explanation. I installed the server on one system and the client on another. They work and talk to each other. I made my user uids the same on all systems (I've done NFS before on VMS G) and started them at 100 so that matches. Right now I have a Gnatbox hardware

[gentoo-user] help on grub with scsi raid needed!

2003-12-20 Thread Christian Schfer
hi gentoo-user, I just got through an install og gentoo on a new box with scsi hardware raid 5. my hostdistri is knoppix 3.2 and this is my mount table: /dev/root on / type ext2 (rw) /dev/cdrom on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro) /dev/cloop on /KNOPPIX type iso9660 (ro) /ramdisk on /ramdisk type tmpfs

[gentoo-user] emerge --security-update world

2003-12-20 Thread KamaolaKid
I know it doesn't exist, but wouldn't it be a sweet feature to have an emerge switch that would only upgrade the packages that have known security issues? I would love to have this for my server so that I could easily patch it but not break it with unnecessary builds. How do you others do it

[gentoo-user] Gentoo the best

2003-12-20 Thread Paul Stear
Hi all, I just love gentoo, I have just changed my sound card and all works well, even surround sound. What a great distribution. Paul -- PLEASE NOTE, Only text messages will be downloaded, others will be deleted at the server. This message was sent using gentoo linux and kmail.

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --security-update world

2003-12-20 Thread Marius Mauch
On 12/20/03 KamaolaKid wrote: I know it doesn't exist, but wouldn't it be a sweet feature to have an emerge switch that would only upgrade the packages that have known security issues? I would love to have this for my server so that I could easily patch it but not break it with

Re: [gentoo-user] kde and radeon drm

2003-12-20 Thread knoxc
Thanks for the tips - unfortunately xfree-drm does not work with the 2.6 kernel. I tried recompiling xfree and kde with VIDEO_CARDS=radeon and USE=radeon... but that didn't help. Maybe I will just live without dri until gentoo 2004 is released and maybe that will do it properly as it is supposed

Re: [gentoo-user] kde and radeon drm

2003-12-20 Thread Andrew Gaffney
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the tips - unfortunately xfree-drm does not work with the 2.6 kernel. I tried recompiling xfree and kde with VIDEO_CARDS=radeon and USE=radeon... but that didn't help. Maybe I will just live without dri until gentoo 2004 is released and maybe that will do it

[gentoo-user] how migrate from mit-krb5 to heimdal ?

2003-12-20 Thread Andrew B. Panphiloff
I use ldap for authorization and mit-krb5 for authentification, but I want to store kerberos principals in ldap. So, I know that heimdal can use ldap to store principals, but now I have about 200 users with kerberos passwords, how can I transfer all principals from mit-krb5 to heimdal (ldap)? --