[gentoo-user] APM howto

2003-12-31 Thread Fabian Braennstroem
Hello, I am trying that gentoo shut my computer off, when I switch to 'init 0'. Under Debian I just loaded the module 'apm' (which doesn't work under my gentoo: /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/apm.o: unresolved symbol default_idle /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/apm.o: unr

[gentoo-user] trying to be hacked?

2003-12-31 Thread Aaron Walker
A week or so ago, I setup my cable router/firewall to forward port 80 to one of my machines so I could run Apache. Last night while at work, I checked to see if it worked, and it did. So just now, I went to check out the access_log and noticed some funny looking stuff, that doesnt look like n

Re: [gentoo-user] trying to be hacked?

2003-12-31 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 05:18:53 -0500 Aaron Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | is this someone trying to exploit apache? No, it's someone trying to exploit Microsoft IIS. Very likely to be an automated thing, probably an infected Windows box that still hasn't been cleaned up. -- Ciaran McCrees

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-sources vs GS-sources

2003-12-31 Thread Aaron Walker
Brett I. Holcomb wrote: The Gentoo docs say gs-sources are more stable and reliable then gentoo-sources but gentoo-sources have better performance. How much more stable are the gs vs gentoo-sources? For those who have used both - what is the difference in performance and stability, reliability

Re: [gentoo-user] trying to be hacked?

2003-12-31 Thread Aaron Walker
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 05:18:53 -0500 Aaron Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | is this someone trying to exploit apache? No, it's someone trying to exploit Microsoft IIS. Very likely to be an automated thing, probably an infected Windows box that still hasn't been cleaned u

Re: [gentoo-user] trying to be hacked?

2003-12-31 Thread Manuel Pérez López
Hellos: The log you send us it's completly normal. It comes from a worm. Linux and Apache are safe. (Perhaps if you administer a IIS you could have problems) --- Cordiales saludos Manuel Pérez López [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ieduca.net/ Gentoo Linux: Portage 2.0

Re: [gentoo-user] trying to be hacked?

2003-12-31 Thread Gerard Lledó
On 05:18 Wed 31 Dec , Aaron Walker wrote: > A week or so ago, I setup my cable router/firewall to forward port 80 to > one of my machines so I could run Apache. Last night while at work, I > checked to see if it worked, and it did. So just now, I went to check > out the access_log and noti

[gentoo-user] OT: CD-ROM problems

2003-12-31 Thread Jason Stubbs
Hello all, I have a SONY CD-RW/DVD-ROM CRX810E drive that seems to be malfunctioning. I can read DVDs and, er, 'bought' CDs without problems. I can even write CDs which can be read with no problems on other machines. However, I can't read CDs that have been burnt (before or after this problem s

[gentoo-user] Do I need NAT?

2003-12-31 Thread Ian Truelsen
I have been trying to figure this out with google, but the answer is still a little less than clear, so I thought I would bother you good folks. I have been trying to figure out whether NAT adds any additional functionality that I could not get with comprehensive iptables rules. In other words, if

Re: [gentoo-user] Do I need NAT?

2003-12-31 Thread Elton Algera
You need NAT if you have more machines you want to connect to the internet than PUBLIC ip adresses. If you have a home config, you probably only have one address. If you want to connect more than one machine to the internet simultaneously you need to do NAT. If you don't, traffic coming from m

[gentoo-user] Fwd: OT: CD-ROM problems

2003-12-31 Thread Jason Stubbs
Sent to @gentoo.org - maybe won't go through?! Further information: hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: command error: error=0x54 end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0 FAT: unable to read boot sector -- Forwarded Message -- Subjec

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources vs gs-sources

2003-12-31 Thread SN
I would use vanilla with ck patches for a desktop system, it has got all the cool preempt low latency O1 seduler stuff in :-) - Original Message - From: "Brett I. Holcomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 1:33 AM Subject: [gentoo-user] gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Radeon Mobility 7500

2003-12-31 Thread Paulo Jorge de Oliveira Cantante de Matos
I have a 7500 Mobility in a FS-7110E laptop. Using latest gentoo sources (not 2.6.0). Using xfree-drm: [EMAIL PROTECTED] pmatos $ glxgears 4680 frames in 5.0 seconds = 936.000 FPS 6239 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1247.800 FPS 6185 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1237.000 FPS 5314 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1062.8

Re: [gentoo-user] trying to be hacked?

2003-12-31 Thread Malte S. Stretz
On Wednesday 31 December 2003 12:03 CET Gerard Lledó wrote: > On 05:18 Wed 31 Dec , Aaron Walker wrote: > > 218.145.25.11 - - [28/Dec/2003:19:40:17 -0500] "GET > > /scripts/nsiislog.dll HTTP/1.0" 404 286 "-" "-" > > I have thousand of those messages, unfortunately, it's usual :( Once upon a ti

Re: [gentoo-user] trying to be hacked?

2003-12-31 Thread SN
This is no worm, but some kiddy is using a simple security tool to check if he finds old IIS servers that aren't patched against those redirect and unicode vulnerabilities. Lots of kids out ther that use these tools :-) If it is a worm, then you usually have only one or two strange lines in there,

Re: [gentoo-user] All versions of Portage masked??? Can't update anything...

2003-12-31 Thread Eric Livingston
> Eric Livingston wrote: > > Here's what I get when I try to perform an "update world" operation. I get > > other versions of the same thing if I try --deep and other options (meaning > > other packages besides baselayout crap out with the same message). > > > > For some reason, it seems my portage

Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-sources vs GS-sources

2003-12-31 Thread brettholcomb
Thank you Aaron. That's what I was looking for - some reassurance as to what "more stable" was. It sounds like gentoo-sources is pretty stable and reliable. As for asking twice that's my error - I'm just wrapping up the transisiton from Caldera WS 3.1 to Gentoo. KDE on the WS 3.1 box decide

Re: [gentoo-user] All versions of Portage masked??? Can't update anything...

2003-12-31 Thread Andrew Gaffney
Eric Livingston wrote: Eric Livingston wrote: Here's what I get when I try to perform an "update world" operation. I get other versions of the same thing if I try --deep and other options (meaning other packages besides baselayout crap out with the same message). For some reason, it seems my po

[gentoo-user] Re: [normal] [gentoo-user] APM howto

2003-12-31 Thread Marc Redmann
Hi Fabian, > CONFIG_PM=y > CONFIG_APM=m > # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set > CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y > # CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set > # CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set > # CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set > # CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set > CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y >

[gentoo-user] Dnscache install trouble

2003-12-31 Thread Joshua Banks
Hello, I reinstalled Gentoo linux and when I goto try and install "dnscache" following the directions I seem to get some strange effects. [EMAIL PROTECTED] jbanks # dnscache-conf dnscache dnslog /etc/dnscache 192.168.1.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] jbanks # ln -s /etc/dnscache /service [EMAIL PROTECTED] jb

Re: [gentoo-user] trying to be hacked?

2003-12-31 Thread Redeeman
sometimes this isnt automated, but people that type in the IP without scan first, if you are on a heavy connection, and aint scared that your ISP is gonna shut you down, try with ping -f 65.27.204.81 :-) just kidding, dont do it, it probably aint the true owners of the ip that does it, they are pro

Re: [gentoo-user] trying to be hacked?

2003-12-31 Thread Jaime D
Actually those are IIS that had been compromised with Code Red or NImda and are scaning port 80 for other IIS. You really don't have to worry about it. El Wednesday 31 December 2003 10:57, Redeeman balbuceó: > sometimes this isnt automated, but people that type in the IP without > scan first, if

[gentoo-user] Dynamic partition resize?

2003-12-31 Thread Vanh Phom
Hi folk, Happy new year to all. I recently get a hold of a 40G drive. So I'm planing to move Debian out to the new (new to me) drive. Debian currently occupied 2 partitions (1,2) while Gentoo takes 3,4. I want Gentoo to own current drive. Is there any app that would allow me to reallocate the oth

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [normal] [gentoo-user] APM howto

2003-12-31 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Wednesday 31 Dec 2003 12:57, Marc Redmann wrote: > Hi Fabian, > > > CONFIG_PM=y > > CONFIG_APM=m > > # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set > > CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y > > # CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set > > # CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set > > # CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set > > #

Re: [gentoo-user] Dynamic partition resize?

2003-12-31 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Wednesday 31 Dec 2003 06:42, Vanh Phom wrote: > Hi folk, > > Happy new year to all. > I recently get a hold of a 40G drive. So I'm planing to move Debian > out to the new (new to me) drive. Debian currently occupied 2 > partitions (1,2) while Gentoo takes 3,4. I want Gentoo to own current > driv

[gentoo-user] Re: Dnscache install trouble

2003-12-31 Thread Joshua Banks
--- Joshua Banks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I reinstalled Gentoo linux and when I goto try and install "dnscache" > following the directions I seem to get some strange effects. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] jbanks # dnscache-conf dnscache dnslog /etc/dnscache > 192.168.1.1 > [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [gentoo-user] trying to be hacked?

2003-12-31 Thread Aaron Walker
Jaime D wrote: Actually those are IIS that had been compromised with Code Red or NImda and are scaning port 80 for other IIS. You really don't have to worry about it. Is this the same reason I keep getting spam for MS this and MS that? that crap is really annoying. Aaron -- /usr/bin/fortune says

[gentoo-user] SpamAssassin doesn't want to learn anymore

2003-12-31 Thread Matthias F. Brandstetter
Hi all, since my upgrade from SA version 2.55 to 2.60-r1 I cannot sa-learn anymore. With the previous version I could do a $ sa-learn --dir --spam /path/to/mail/cur and got a "learned from xxx message(s)". But after the upgrade, I get a "Learned from 0 message(s) (193 message(s) examined)." wh

[gentoo-user] uv patchset

2003-12-31 Thread Wes Chow
Does there happen to be an ebuild for James Bourne's -uv patchset? http://www.hardrock.org/kernel/ I looked around on bugs.gentoo.org and the forums, but couldn't find anything. And also, any comments about it? Wes -- http://www.woahnelly.net/~wes/ OpenPGP key = 0xA5CA6644 fingerprin

[gentoo-user] I20/MegaRAID... what's I20?

2003-12-31 Thread Brian Downey
So... I have a MegaRAID 466 controller, and have been using the MegaRAID driver in the kernel. No big deal. Out of curiousity today, I ran lspci on the system and it came back with this: 00:0b.1 I2O: Intel Corp. 80960RP [i960RP Microprocessor] (rev 05) No big deal, the board has an Intel chips

RE: [gentoo-user] Centralized user authentication

2003-12-31 Thread Ric Messier
Frank J. Mattia wrote: > > cheers, > Frank J. Mattia > > i think thats the first time ive ever used cheers in a salutation. and > if anyone knows of a better name for the closing part of a letter (other > than salutation) - please, for the love of rediwhip... tell me. i've > been racking my br

Re: [gentoo-user] I20/MegaRAID... what's I20?

2003-12-31 Thread Tom Wesley
On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 15:34, Brian Downey wrote: > So... > > I have a MegaRAID 466 controller, and have been using the MegaRAID driver > in the kernel. No big deal. > > Out of curiousity today, I ran lspci on the system and it came back with > this: > > 00:0b.1 I2O: Intel Corp. 80960RP [i960RP

Re: [gentoo-user] SpamAssassin doesn't want to learn anymore

2003-12-31 Thread Malte S. Stretz
On Wednesday 31 December 2003 16:24 CET Matthias F. Brandstetter wrote: > since my upgrade from SA version 2.55 to 2.60-r1 I cannot sa-learn > anymore. With the previous version I could do a >[...] > Has anybody an idea what could be wrong here? SA learns mail only once, so maybe it had seen those

Re: [gentoo-user] I20/MegaRAID... what's I20?

2003-12-31 Thread Malte S. Stretz
On Wednesday 31 December 2003 16:43 CET Tom Wesley wrote: > On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 15:34, Brian Downey wrote: > > No big deal, the board has an Intel chipset. But the part that is > > intriguing me is the "I20". > > > > I've always wondering what the I20 stuff really did in the kernel. > >[...] > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [normal] [gentoo-user] APM howto

2003-12-31 Thread Marc Redmann
Hi Peter, > I always use CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y as well as ACPI, otherwise > my PCs will not power off. Seems to me that it depends on the hardware you use, cause i am running 2.6.0 kernel with acpi enabled and no apm and my pc is properly powering down on shutdown. brgds, Marc --

Re: [gentoo-user] I20/MegaRAID... what's I20?

2003-12-31 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Wednesday 31 Dec 2003 15:34, Brian Downey wrote: > So... > > I have a MegaRAID 466 controller, and have been using the MegaRAID > driver in the kernel. No big deal. > > Out of curiousity today, I ran lspci on the system and it came back > with this: > > 00:0b.1 I2O: Intel Corp. 80960RP [i960RP

Re: [gentoo-user] trying to be hacked?

2003-12-31 Thread Juri Haberland
Aaron Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jaime D wrote: >> Actually those are IIS that had been compromised with Code Red or NImda and are >> scaning >> port 80 for other IIS. You really don't have to worry about it. > > Is this the same reason I keep getting spam for MS this and MS that? > th

Re: [gentoo-user] SpamAssassin doesn't want to learn anymore

2003-12-31 Thread Thomas T. Veldhouse
Matthias F. Brandstetter wrote: > Hi all, > > since my upgrade from SA version 2.55 to 2.60-r1 I cannot sa-learn > anymore. With the previous version I could do a > > $ sa-learn --dir --spam /path/to/mail/cur > > and got a "learned from xxx message(s)". But after the upgrade, I get > a "Learned fro

[gentoo-user] Re: RivaTV troubles

2003-12-31 Thread James Orr
On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 23:45, James Orr wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having difficulty emerging the rivatv package. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root # emerge rivatv > Calculating dependencies ...done! > >>> emerge (1 of 1) media-tv/rivatv-0.8.2 to / > >>> md5 src_uri ;-) rivatv-0.8.2.tar.gz > >>> Unpacking sour

[gentoo-user] ebuild package broken?

2003-12-31 Thread Konstantinos Agouros
Hi, I built glibc as a .tbz2 using ebuild glibc-2.3.2-r3 package. This created a .tbz2 file as expected. When I try to emerge that on a slower system this was built for I get a: krupps root # emerge -u /glibc-2.3.2-r3.tbz2 Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) sys-libs/glibc-2.3.2-

[gentoo-user] devfs problem

2003-12-31 Thread Ben Munat
Hello, I recently built my first gentoo install, but discovered that I had inadvertently left devfs support out of the kernel. So, I recompiled (gentoo-sources) with devfs support and devfs mount on boot. However, I can't boot with this new kernel; the /sbin/rc script starts throwing "/dev/nul

[gentoo-user] Start X under user without XDM, KDM, or GDM

2003-12-31 Thread William L. Thomson Jr.
I have java POS app that runs on Linux. I have installed just what I need to run the app. The app does not require a window manager, as it takes over the entire screen. I have scripted what I need and am basically starting X using startx. I have modified startx to su to my user and start the java

Re: [gentoo-user] USB scanner/printer

2003-12-31 Thread Paul Stear
On Tue 30 December 2003 01:09, Norbert Kamenicky wrote: > Paul Stear wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have been trying to get my new epson scanner/printer CX5400 to work. I > > have followed the instructions and set the printer in cups as a C84. I > > also need to set the sane backend to recognise th

Re: [gentoo-user] Fwd: OT: CD-ROM problems

2003-12-31 Thread Ted Ozolins
Jason Stubbs wrote: mount gives me: /dev/cdroms/cdrom0: Input/output error mount: you must specify the filesystem type I have tried different kernels and using a lens cleaner. I even tried using FreeBSD which could read a burnt CD approx. 1 time in 20 attempts. Any ideas on what could have caused

Re: [gentoo-user] devfs problem

2003-12-31 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Ben Munat wrote: Hello, I recently built my first gentoo install, but discovered that I had inadvertently left devfs support out of the kernel. So, I recompiled (gentoo-sources) with devfs support and devfs mount on boot. However, I can't boot with this new kernel; the /sbin/rc script starts th

Re: [gentoo-user] devfs problem

2003-12-31 Thread Ben Munat
Norbert Kamenicky wrote: AFAIK there is no possibility to disable /dev/null to work in .config, therefore I think your kernel failed to mount /dev filesystem ... Have you got /dev directory ? What about other devices ? (e.g. /dev/hda1) noro Noro, Thank you very much for responding. I was just con

Re: [gentoo-user] Do I need NAT?

2003-12-31 Thread Mickey Mullin
Ian Truelsen wrote: I have been trying to figure out whether NAT adds any additional functionality that I could not get with comprehensive iptables rules. In other words, if I were to specifically forward those ports that I needed from the firewall to the correct internal machines and then do the s

Re: [gentoo-user] devfs problem

2003-12-31 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Ben Munat wrote: Thank you very much for responding. I was just considering wiping all the drives and starting all over again... but it seems like there must be a (fairly) easy solution to this. Agreed, it must be some problem with config. I wasn't thinking I had disabled /dev/null in the kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] floppy access

2003-12-31 Thread Bruce E. Harris
Still no luck. I have floppy compiled into the kernel. Everything else looks OK, but looking in /dev I see fb/ fd/ and full/ Under SuSE /dev I see many fd* including fd0, and it mounts and accesses my floppy just fine. So I am llost/ BR Bruce On Monday 29 December 2003 07:58 am, Alexander

[gentoo-user] digest problems

2003-12-31 Thread Wes Chow
Is anybody else having digest(ion) problems like: !!! File is corrupt or incomplete. (Digests do not match) >>> our recorded digest: 95972eb3fe4f401212a8c6b92aeee824 >>> your file's digest: da6ab4a1126cc412a1bf451345ae00d2 !!! File does not exist: /usr/portage/sys-devel/gcc-config//gcc-config-1.

Re: [gentoo-user] devfs problem

2003-12-31 Thread Ben Munat
Norbert Kamenicky wrote: h ... which mount devfs command ? In which script ? AFAIK kernel is mounting /dev itself (if devfs support is compilled in). I do not have any line for devfs in /etc/fstab also ... if u have one, comment it out ! The mount devfs command is in /sbin/rc. I tried taking i

[gentoo-user] Xerox Workcenter pro 416si

2003-12-31 Thread Michael W. Holdeman
Anyone have any exp. setting up one of these scanner/copier/fax/printers on linux? They (xerox) list no drivers for linux and these machines although the are PCL6, PCL 5e, PCL XL and Poscript 2 (emulation) in their specs. They list 10/100 base T as net and TCP/IP. shouldn't these work on a linux

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia module loads but is not found

2003-12-31 Thread michele . alzetta
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Spider wrote: > did you install nvidia-glx, run opengl-update nvidia , and configure > XF86Config to use "nvidia" instead of "nv" driver? opengl-update nvidia was the problem ... looks as if it is a case of RTFM again ! Oh, the XFree86Config-4 copied from Mandrake was ok ex

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird kernel problem ...

2003-12-31 Thread michele . alzetta
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Peter Ruskin wrote: > On Tuesday 30 Dec 2003 22:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have experience in various other distro's so I know the usual > > procedure ... BUT this time things don't work. Modules won't load, > > insmod module gives me a series of unresolved symbols. No

[gentoo-user] adsl-setup eth0 and eth1 note

2003-12-31 Thread michele . alzetta
When I installed gentoo I connected to the net easily with live CD's adsl-setup which offered me as default connection eth1 (I have 2 network cards). Once I booted into my new gentoo system however adsl-setup for some reason changed attitude and offered me eth0 as default connection - as I was co

[gentoo-user] Problem with emerge qmail-scanner

2003-12-31 Thread Robert Greenwell
Hi all, I am getting the following error while trying to emerge qmail-scanner: emerge qmail-scanner Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 9) net-mail/qmail-1.03-r13 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) qmail-1.03.tar.gz >>> md5 src_uri ;-) qmailqueue-patch >>> md5 src_uri ;-) big-todo.103.patch

[gentoo-user] HTML::Mason with mod_perl-1.99.09

2003-12-31 Thread Andrew Gaffney
I'm running Apache-2.0.4x on an ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" production server. I copied the mod_perl-1.99.09 ebuild to my overlay and unmasked it to install it with Apache 2. Now, I want to install HTML::Mason. Apparently Mason hasn't yet been thoroughly tested with modperl 2. I've read that some peop

Re: [gentoo-user] HTML::Mason with mod_perl-1.99.09

2003-12-31 Thread Redeeman
On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 00:19, Andrew Gaffney wrote: > I'm running Apache-2.0.4x on an ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" production server. I copied > the > mod_perl-1.99.09 ebuild to my overlay and unmasked it to install it with Apache 2. > Now, I > want to install HTML::Mason. Apparently Mason hasn't yet b

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird kernel problem ...

2003-12-31 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Wednesday 31 Dec 2003 10:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Peter Ruskin wrote: > > On Tuesday 30 Dec 2003 22:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I have experience in various other distro's so I know the usual > > > procedure ... BUT this time things don't work. Modules won't > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird kernel problem ...

2003-12-31 Thread William Kenworthy
genkernel mounts /boot as part of its operation - an ls with /boot mounted and then unmounted will tell if thats a problem (as will "uname -a") for the running kernel. gentoo uses "modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4" for 2.4 kernels, and a 2.6 one for that series. use "modules-update" instead of depmo

[gentoo-user] who broken?

2003-12-31 Thread Jorge Almeida
The who command is not working. "who am i" or "who -m" returns nothing. I'm using coreutils 5.0-r5 with gentoo-sources 2.4.22-r2. Any idea? (And what else can be broken?) TIA. Jorge Almeida -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: who broken?

2003-12-31 Thread Michael Mauch
Jorge Almeida wrote: > The who command is not working. "who am i" or "who -m" returns nothing. Same here in KDE's konsole, but it works in the Linux console. > I'm using coreutils 5.0-r5 with gentoo-sources 2.4.22-r2. > Any idea? (And what else can be broken?) "whoami" works (although it gives

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: who broken?

2003-12-31 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Thu, 1 Jan 2004, Michael Mauch wrote: > Jorge Almeida wrote: > > > The who command is not working. "who am i" or "who -m" returns nothing. > > Same here in KDE's konsole, but it works in the Linux console. > > > I'm using coreutils 5.0-r5 with gentoo-sources 2.4.22-r2. > > Any idea? (And wha

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: who broken?

2003-12-31 Thread Tom Wesley
On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 00:26, Jorge Almeida wrote: > On Thu, 1 Jan 2004, Michael Mauch wrote: > > > Jorge Almeida wrote: > > > > > The who command is not working. "who am i" or "who -m" returns nothing. > > > > Same here in KDE's konsole, but it works in the Linux console. > > > > > I'm using co

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: who broken?

2003-12-31 Thread KamaolaKid
who [am i] and whoami are different programs. -- Kyle S. Tom Wesley wrote: On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 00:26, Jorge Almeida wrote: On Thu, 1 Jan 2004, Michael Mauch wrote: Jorge Almeida wrote: The who command is not working. "who am i" or "who -m" returns nothing. Same here i

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: who broken?

2003-12-31 Thread Mark Knecht
Both work fine for me under fluxbox in an xterm: bash-2.05b$ who am i mark pts/0Dec 31 16:59 (:0.0) bash-2.05b$ who -m mark pts/0Dec 31 16:59 (:0.0) bash-2.05b$ Both fail under Eterm: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mark $ who am i [EMAIL PROTECTED] mark $ who -m [EMAIL PROTECTED

[gentoo-user] Re: who broken?

2003-12-31 Thread Michael Mauch
Mark Knecht wrote: > Both work fine for me under fluxbox in an xterm: > > bash-2.05b$ who am i > mark pts/0Dec 31 16:59 (:0.0) > bash-2.05b$ who -m > mark pts/0Dec 31 16:59 (:0.0) > bash-2.05b$ Ah, good hint. In an xterm in KDE, it works here, too. With "xterm -ut",

[gentoo-user] Installing from Debian without wiping disks?

2003-12-31 Thread Ricky Buchanan
Is it possible to install GenToo on a computer that's previously had Debian on it *without* any install media except an ADSL connection? I really don't want to dick around trying to buy or get written some CDs (don't have a CD burner) when I have an ADSL at my fingertips and a local cache of the

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing from Debian without wiping disks?

2003-12-31 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Thursday 01 Jan 2004 02:38, Ricky Buchanan wrote: > Is it possible to install GenToo on a computer that's previously had > Debian on it *without* any install media except an ADSL connection? > > I really don't want to dick around trying to buy or get written some > CDs (don't have a CD burner) w

[gentoo-user] Resizing root

2003-12-31 Thread lucas
Is it possible to resize (shrink) my root partition which is in reiserfs format? -- lucas$([EMAIL PROTECTED]) "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it." -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing root

2003-12-31 Thread Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is it possible to resize (shrink) my root partition which is in reiserfs format? Yes, you can use resize_reiserfs, included in sys-fs/reiserfsprogs. You will have to unmount it first. -- Jeremy Maitin-Shepard -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Fwd: OT: CD-ROM problems

2003-12-31 Thread Jason Stubbs
On Wednesday 31 December 2003 17:08, Ted Ozolins wrote: > Jason Stubbs wrote: > > mount gives me: > > > >/dev/cdroms/cdrom0: Input/output error > >mount: you must specify the filesystem type > > > >I have tried different kernels and using a lens cleaner. I even tried > > using FreeBSD which could r

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with emerge qmail-scanner

2003-12-31 Thread Robertt G. Waycott
On Wednesday 31 December 2003 06:04 pm, Robert Greenwell wrote: > Hi all, > > I am getting the following error while trying to emerge > qmail-scanner: > > emerge qmail-scanner > Calculating dependencies ...done! > > >>> emerge (1 of 9) net-mail/qmail-1.03-r13 to / > >>> md5 src_uri ;-) qmail-1.03.t

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing from Debian without wiping disks?

2003-12-31 Thread Steve Withers
On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 15:38, Ricky Buchanan wrote: > Is it possible to install GenToo on a computer that's previously had > Debian on it *without* any install media except an ADSL connection? > > I really don't want to dick around trying to buy or get written some CDs > (don't have a CD burner) wh

Re: [gentoo-user] WAS "A good book on C programming", now an APPOLOGY

2003-12-31 Thread SN
- Original Message - From: "Gerhard W.Gruber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 12:52 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] WAS "A good book on C programming", now an APPOLOGY On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 12:12:56 +0100, "SN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> you k

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing root

2003-12-31 Thread lucas
Jeremy Maitin-Shepard wrote: lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Is it possible to resize (shrink) my root partition which is in reiserfs format? Yes, you can use resize_reiserfs, included in sys-fs/reiserfsprogs. You will have to unmount it first. What about the underlying partition, ho

Re: [gentoo-user] HTML::Mason with mod_perl-1.99.09

2003-12-31 Thread Andrew Gaffney
Redeeman wrote: On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 00:19, Andrew Gaffney wrote: I'm running Apache-2.0.4x on an ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" production server. I copied the mod_perl-1.99.09 ebuild to my overlay and unmasked it to install it with Apache 2. Now, I want to install HTML::Mason. Apparently Mason hasn't

Re: [gentoo-user] devfs problem

2003-12-31 Thread Ben Munat
Just wanted to follow up in case anyone was wondering. I wound up pretty much redoing the install. Everything seems to work now... so far. And while I was working on the reinstall, it occured to me what the original problem probably was. When I recompiled the kernel to add in devfs, I don't thi