Re: [gentoo-user] How to install a package that is blocked by dependencies?

2003-10-18 Thread Mike Williams
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 18 October 2003 21:46, Claus Ladekjær Wilson wrote: > I want to install postfix but have the problem that ssmtp is blocking the > install. How do I solve this? Unmerge ssmtp. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- V

Re: [gentoo-user] djbdns setup questions

2003-10-18 Thread Mike Williams
k You'll have to read Dans docs on the data format, I can never remember :) HTH - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/kV6rInuLMrk7bIwRAnqEAJ4lQKee+8P6ROpq1INeFk1YxFWQqQCfWFBU urdoSJWz9me/akgKV1SC/8M= =ZalF -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] reiserfs corruption likelihood?

2003-10-18 Thread Mike Williams
with the lack of problems with reiser, and a lack of problems with *any* fs. My only minor beef with with either ext3, reiser, or xfs is with xfs in that it can't be shrunk. All my LVM partitions are reiser for this very reason. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: Gnu

Re: [gentoo-user] Qmail or Postfix "Cluster" -- how?

2003-10-17 Thread Mike Williams
e/is as stable as any Linux OS, if properly looked after, and doesn't suffer from horrible binary dependancies. But that's another arguement :) We do need virtual domains, but Exim can do this too. Gentoo's qmail also applies the TLS patch with the ssl use flag, and qmailscanner is de

Re: [gentoo-user] Qmail or Postfix "Cluster" -- how?

2003-10-17 Thread Mike Williams
. Not necessarily. You *can* do it with just one box (no redundancy), or 2 boxes (failover mailstore, and backup MX), or 3, or 4, or 5, or .. Apart from the load, or any monetary issues, I see no reason why a "fileserver" can't do mail too. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGN

Re: [gentoo-user] Qmail or Postfix "Cluster" -- how?

2003-10-17 Thread Mike Williams
eboot to fix. I'll be setting up a proper system in the next few weeks, hopefully, earlier if I can swipe a working hard drive to get my pair of k6-2 350's I managed to salvage going. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/kA/WInuLM

Re: [gentoo-user] Qmail or Postfix "Cluster" -- how?

2003-10-17 Thread Mike Williams
s see Did you miss my post about DRBD? Heartbeat between the server and a nominated failover. Primary fails failover takes over the primaries IP via ARP clients are none the wiser. The failover (and primary) can still function as mail servers too. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: [gentoo-user] Qmail or Postfix "Cluster" -- how?

2003-10-17 Thread Mike Williams
chines doing mail all sharing an NFS export and mbox's! - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQE/kAPKInuLMrk7bIwRAt5lAJ4sOg4LkZA98qYnP/BU1ha3O7HqrACYvqSa pxKGZse6gJjqB/ofM4pK8A== =Ljfy -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Qmail or Postfix "Cluster" -- how?

2003-10-17 Thread Mike Williams
server reappears. Doubly in theory if a secondary server (the previously mentioned DRBD mirror of it) does some arp magic and steals the primaries IP NFS will reconnect fail the transfer try again, or bounce the message with a temporary problem. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Versi

Re: [gentoo-user] Qmail or Postfix "Cluster" -- how?

2003-10-17 Thread Mike Williams
econdary/backup into a failover backend storage system, and do it all over NFS. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/j7nEInuLMrk7bIwRAgrDAKCSoftM5iCRKfw7oAwWWuHii4WkoACfUAeW Ze8Cio9lP26zjSAqqUMjK0A= =f1tG -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Remove user permission for graphical login - kdm

2003-10-15 Thread Mike Williams
ogin Manager (Administrator Mode) > Users and tick the boxes to hide users. I don't think you can prevent users logging in completely. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/jbcYInuLMrk7bIwRApKFAJ9dp8KCDHdRhD1Y03job9TqFheoCwCgl+vg xTi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: updating portage broke portage

2003-10-14 Thread Mike Williams
o rerun that > > program, and if so, what is it? > > don't start a new thread by replying to an existing message. it only > creates threading problems. Well spoken that man! But to help Lewis, try looking at /usr/portage/sys-apps/portage/files/README.RESCUE - -- Mike Willia

Re: [gentoo-user] security updates ?! easy way ?

2003-10-14 Thread Mike Williams
d.. then if I want I can update > the packges i want to update.. > probably this can be achieved with DEPEND="..." Nope. Quite probably an open bug about it though. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/i91UInuLMrk7bIwRArleAK

Re: [gentoo-user] COUNTER file

2003-10-14 Thread Mike Williams
right after a recent portage update. I have heard that /usr/lib/portage/bin/fix-db.py (NOTE THE Y!) fixes it. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/i9yzInuLMrk7bIwRAjvIAJ0d9TPcSBFlH+VZufrVGfgTZFNMQACfaV5v FDbJ7oA6l1ZcCutghuTPLaQ= =C+OG -END

Re: [gentoo-user] Bypass SCSI hw probing

2003-10-13 Thread Mike Williams
rs only need to do 'genkernel --config'). Another option is to make the SCSI driver a module, not load it on startup, and only attempt to load it when needed. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/ixtwInuLMrk7bIwRAuYoAKCuPJAPhZ

Re: [gentoo-user] Logger Problems

2003-10-13 Thread Mike Williams
ully remove sysklogd? I did emerge > unmerge syslogd in the past already but the error is still there. init scripts are considered configuration files, so are not removed when unmerge'ing. Just delete the sysklogd init script and re-run depscan.sh - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNA

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't load 3c59x after kernel update

2003-10-13 Thread Mike Williams
nlike me (who's that hiding under the desk! In the corner, I can see you!), delete away :) - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/isoFInuLMrk7bIwRAvktAJ4zZz22rPkusGZmbYDpzRruSJxMzgCeMPFL 2gurMaP3waRJtLOVNIKZGzc= =X7pr -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Package installation question

2003-10-13 Thread Mike Williams
pected it to be. > >Root installs, user runs. > > Where shall I untar the tarball, on which folder? Will installation > find the right folder automatically. I think you are missing the point of Gentoo. You don't do anything but issue a command, portage does the rest.

Re: [gentoo-user] Package installation question

2003-10-13 Thread Mike Williams
e package # download and compile emerge -k package # try to use a precompile binary, or download and compile Root installs, user runs. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/ircwInuLMrk7bIwRAkZdAKCv0t5HoJldALyd8rsb2DFXf1AosACeLxIS Cn1F80vZyRA

Re: [gentoo-user] COUNTER file

2003-10-13 Thread Mike Williams
ts/dictd-dicts-1.0 to not mess up any dependencies. > > Any Help ? (nothing in google/gentoo.org) Remove the directory, and gnome-applets-2.2.2, and any others that complain in the same way later. If you have them installed, install them again afterwards, otherwise your don

Re: [gentoo-user] POP3 spam filter suggestions

2003-10-12 Thread Mike Williams
st version available: 0.4 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded files: 131 kB Homepage:http://pop3vscan.sf.net/ Description: A transparent POP3-Proxy with virus-scanning capabilities. ? I have no idea what it actually does, or how it works, I

Re: [gentoo-user] CD Writer and Dell Inspirion 8200

2003-10-09 Thread Mike Williams
CD. As much as I hate to say it. Me to! - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/hTQ7InuLMrk7bIwRAjbQAJ9qc9ANXvlyeHmr2Zl/TjI//69pWQCeJJMh IB+Ei6ugSfyDwWlw6UacDv0= =ksB3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Rebuild of my new PC

2003-10-07 Thread Mike Williams
e -ep system|grep glibc [ebuild N] sys-libs/glibc-2.3.2-r1 sauron root # emerge -ep world|grep glibc [ebuild N] sys-libs/glibc-2.3.2-r1 You only need one term/screen fetching world (emerge -ef world), and one compiling it (emerge -e world). HTH :) - -- Mike Willia

Re: [gentoo-user] local.cf for spamassassin

2003-10-07 Thread Mike Williams
e question though. Is it possible to get local.cf to include a second config file? I'd rather not start cat'ing files together everytime I update the blacklist. Cheers - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/gugvInuLMrk7bIwRAoqrAKCEobP47

Re: [gentoo-user] CD Writer and Dell Inspirion 8200

2003-10-07 Thread Mike Williams
E/QT man. Pretty sure k3b and/or arson work well with ATAPI burning, possible cdbakeoven too, but I'm working from KDE CVS (last tried about a month ago). - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/goeVInuLMrk7bIwRAlxxAJ9A9Bt638+2LFdgjp

Re: [gentoo-user] CD Writer and Dell Inspirion 8200

2003-10-06 Thread Mike Williams
Do I need to create some /dev/pgN devices? (presumably with mknod) ? cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATAPI: NO NEED FOR SCSI EMULATION ANYMORE! :) cdrecord dev=ATAPI:0,0,0 -speed=16 driveropts=burnfree -v -data \ downloads/gentoo/x86-1.4-20030911-cd2.iso Works just fine for me, on my stable x86 :) - --

[gentoo-user] [OT] LVM move troubles

2003-10-03 Thread Mike Williams
ng to have to borrow a 200gig drive from work on monday? (I can do that, as I have a spare one, and I'm the sys admin, but I'd prefer not to have to wait until monday) Cheers - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/ffsNInuLMrk7bIwR

Re: [gentoo-user] Suggestions on partitions sizes and what directories to mount?

2003-10-02 Thread Mike Williams
6.4G 5.3G 779M 88% /home 7.6 meg for /boot, 2.0 meg free, and I have 3 kernels (2 x 2.4, 1x 2.6) & matching System.map's, and a bootsplash initrd! You will need a *lot* of kernels to fill 250meg! - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) i

Re: [gentoo-user] kdm scripts

2003-10-02 Thread Mike Williams
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 02 October 2003 14:10, Pupeno wrote: > Hello Gentooers... > Where are the scripts that are run by KDM acording to the option you choose > (Xsessions, KDE-3.1.4, etc) on Gentoo ? > Thanks. /etc/X11/Sessions - -- Mike William

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge depclean

2003-09-30 Thread Mike Williams
; (Control-C to abort)... >>> Depclean in: 10 9 sauron root # Warning enough I think :) - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/eZxaInuLMrk7bIwRAuIIAJ9IIR5CktalVgkUiv+zBsT4v/rYLQCeLqPc as6tvLtBoS4Cv8a8C/CCc60= =Z5x0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Operation not permitted rm: cannot remove

2003-09-29 Thread Mike Williams
problem went away. Not tried 2.6.0-test6 yet. > > Could you be more specific? Err ? 2.6.0-test5-mm3 has problems 2.6.0-test5 does not. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/eGXVInuLMrk7bIwRAtOLAKCZuFb94cez++gOaFcEf5YYNpUdsACdFjeH aZQ

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about distcc

2003-09-29 Thread Mike Williams
eck on the faster machine? If you list localhost first, it shouldn't slow it down. I found this out last week with 2 laptops (mine gentoo: celery 650, work winxp: p4m 1.8). The work laptop was sending all the work off to my laptop, as it was listed first. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIG

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with masked files

2003-09-29 Thread Mike Williams
; for koreancodecs. i comment it out and try to install cjkcodecs, but it > still tells me that it is still masked. > > am i missing something? Both are marked as unstable for x86, easiest way round is ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNA

Re: [gentoo-user] Driven to distraction with really simple problem.

2003-09-29 Thread Mike Williams
It's something trivial but I can't see the wood for the trees. Try adding 'gid=100', or a gid of any other group you are in. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/eFX+InuLMrk7bIwRAsU+AJ9iowadAJ6wYpznlggYhXvf2Djd4QCd

Re: [gentoo-user] Operation not permitted rm: cannot remove

2003-09-29 Thread Mike Williams
] > emerge --version > Portage 2.0.49-r3 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1, > 2.6.0-test5-mm3) ^ There's your problem! I had exactly the same issue as you, changed to stock 2.6.0-test5 and the problem went away. Not tried 2.6.0-test6 yet. -

Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel and new kernel version

2003-09-27 Thread Mike Williams
in the original kernel source tree and it > kept the settings. > What is different about the new kernel source tree that would make it > not keep the .config settings? Genkernel keeps kernel configs in /etc/kernel/. It does this so it can safely do a 'make mrproper' before eac

Re: [gentoo-user] still mplayer problems

2003-09-26 Thread Mike Williams
same outcome too on my laptop, stable x86, upto date, mplayer 0.91 and without realplayer. My desktop is unstable x86, week or so out of date, mplayer 1.0pre1 with realplayer installed and it CAN play that rtsp stream. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2

Re: [gentoo-user] Depend problem

2003-09-26 Thread Mike Williams
. dev-python/python-selinux is marked as unstable. Easiest way round is ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge portage Then do your world/system update. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/dHFJInuLMrk7bIwRArCHAJ9lOPM8PTDKXgIcTATEnvYaqqtAGwCfSw37 1TkpMvNNCi3DD69lXJLkvow= =9Q6B -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Dependency problem

2003-09-26 Thread Mike Williams
with the extra space on the end! - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/dGNPInuLMrk7bIwRAnxfAJwMbc7+2asnSfFumsxHzwRxALG/AQCghR2z 8E7CDO0rT5KQhSU/+Rfuh9I= =8ow6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] Automated PEAR ebuild generation

2003-09-25 Thread Mike Williams
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hihi, Is there a (planned) way to automagically make ebuilds, or just install, PHP PEAR modules like the script for CPAN stuff? Cheers - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE

[gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-dev] gentoo vs. the FHS

2003-09-23 Thread Mike Williams
with them too much.[/plea] I whole hartedly agree with your comments, and those of Caleb. If gentoo were to just blindly follow the FHS, or anyone with anything for that matter, things wouldn't change for the better. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU

Re: [gentoo-user] IBM Thinkpad R40e

2003-09-23 Thread Mike Williams
g the key duing that module load, the keyboard > works file. Hmm, usb or bash the keyboard during boot up! Much appreciated, it's working now! - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/cLo5InuLMrk7bIwRApgWAKCbWOKVesM0l

[gentoo-user] IBM Thinkpad R40e

2003-09-23 Thread Mike Williams
rd doesn't work, *at all* once booted. Obviously it works fine from the livecd, and windows, and knoppix too. I've tried loading the modules which the livecd loads, via modules.autoload, but no joy. Can anyone help? Cheers - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version

Re: [gentoo-user] Cleaning up ../distfiles from make.conf

2003-09-23 Thread Mike Williams
boxes have non at all. Well, apart from this laptop, but I'm at work, and it only has what I've installed/upgraded today. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/cD+kInuLMrk7bIwRAiwXAJsGAtW23jMUF13qI6JlMe59m8ybaQCghcgd 4xbkRHRSj6RQeWa

Re: [gentoo-user] two Ethernet card

2003-09-23 Thread Mike Williams
ule alias eth1 module With 2 of the same card... erm... :) I guess Ian's experience is correct, makes sense. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/b/pGInuLMrk7bIwRAmX1AKCuTRoOSGbbAg+syFrX/nSdCkQzaACbBmzA zP/ypIBquElIVXrsL1FTIwk= =W5

Re: [gentoo-user] scsihosts question..

2003-09-22 Thread Mike Williams
7;m looking to do is > say USB device you goto 4,0,0 even if there is nothing on > scsibus3(3,X,X). I still don't know if I can use scsihosts on the 2.6.0 > kernel. Guys, sorry to butt in, but could I make a weally weally small plea? Please? Snip, snip, snip... :) Thanks - -- Mike Wi

Re: [gentoo-user] qmail-scanner and clamav

2003-09-20 Thread Mike Williams
ng around right now that someone sent me. I'll > send that through the server after the update runs and see what happens. F-prot will catch it. Clamav not catching it was what caused me to switch. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: G

Re: [gentoo-user] qmail-scanner and clamav

2003-09-20 Thread Mike Williams
obig','winevar' scanners="fprot_scanner" > > while re-emerging qmail-scanner, so I guess it picked it up. Alright, > now what? How do I change the local-domains and virus-admin values? How > do I activate it? You have to edit the script itself to change values. It&

Re: [gentoo-user] qmail-scanner and clamav

2003-09-20 Thread Mike Williams
Secondly, can you post your tcp.smtp and local IP. Cheers - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/bO0eInuLMrk7bIwRAkh8AJ9S0mnyRpyPV4MnTLkDPfUkLF+GWgCfS4z/ W61LndCgK5hfHPYX1WIzOP4= =MR+P -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] Operation not permitted

2003-09-20 Thread Mike Williams
ing created that can't be deleted? Cheers - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/bOpyInuLMrk7bIwRAhBGAJ43wy8DtzkFqeqwcRfLpHz3XOtqOgCeOOXE X6LY/OP0f8HAJdRbi5ECXq4= =X9qH -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] portage masked problem

2003-09-20 Thread Mike Williams
ly want the them installed add the package(s), without version numbers (category/package), to /etc/portage/package.unmask (the directory probably doesn't already exist) - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/bL7XInuLMrk7bIwRAo5sAJ4gW

Re: [gentoo-user] Simple HOWTO for ClamAntivirus?

2003-09-19 Thread Mike Williams
RELAYCLIENT="" disables spamassassin 192.168.0.:allow,RELAYCLIENT="",QMAILQUEUE="/var/qmail/bin/ qmail-scanner-queue.pl" # spam and virus check everything from everywhere else :allow,QMAILQUEUE="/var/qmail/bin/qmail-scanner-queue.pl" tcprules /etc/tcp.sm

Re: [gentoo-user] SCSI module loading problem

2003-09-18 Thread Mike Williams
chroot negates almost all need to reinstall. Once you've chroot'd into your gentoo install from Suse, Suse doesn't exist anymore and you are using gentoo. Just boot into Suse, mount the partitions, chroot in and recompile the kernel, as per the installation instructions.

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync daemon logs alot

2003-09-18 Thread Mike Williams
hell open on the server where I can restart the > metalog daemon. > > What possibilities do I have? > * Silencing the rsync daemon. How? > * Switching to another syslog daemon. Which one? > * Anything else? /etc/rsync/rsyncd.conf transfer logging = no It'll only log the c

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with webservers.

2003-09-17 Thread Mike Williams
another machine, or something like > that. Does this ring a bell for anyone? That'll be mod_proxy, can't remember any syntax off the top of me head, but shouldn't be hard to find. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge gnome 2.4

2003-09-17 Thread Mike Williams
s from, but create a /etc/portage/package.unmask and list the things you want to unmask. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/aKfMInuLMrk7bIwRAmy6AKCrxpx3LkC17NB/Dpg+/5z4/2vC0wCgh9ot esRfmvnZHE+5wnQUBZgj0UI= =gZp3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] SMP Kernel Problem

2003-09-13 Thread Mike Williams
bject. It messes up the threading of messages. > Just checked and proc shows two but top shows one. When i booted up > with the live cd top showed two processors. I noticed this a while ago on a redhat box, there is an option to toggle between single and separate cpu views, just hit 1

Re: [gentoo-user] blocker

2003-09-13 Thread Mike Williams
rtage rightly refuses to start if there is even one blockage. I believe perl 5.8 now incorporates the functionality of MakeMaker, so is safe to remove. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Y6cUInuLMrk7bIwRAuMNAJ95FMQgJUmomaWHLeRdLvUEVEJ+

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-kernel to vanilla-kernel?

2003-09-13 Thread Mike Williams
x27;t understand and build a fresh, corrected, config for you. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Y2luInuLMrk7bIwRAmloAJ9LsJtPwfWtup6pB6oG7Sp6MRNqewCfRR9/ HbfwKY60Fe1npF5t9PpxkuA= =43nU -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] HDs dying. please save me

2003-09-13 Thread Mike Williams
, but it doesn't have a temperature sensor. I've had no permenant errors, ever. Apart from one of the deathstars, which miraculously fixed itself after I wiped the partition table, grr. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: Gn

Re: [gentoo-user] kde apps w/out kde

2003-09-12 Thread Mike Williams
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- (BHash: SHA1 (B (BOn Friday 12 September 2003 03:00, Jason Stubbs wrote: (B (B> You can't just emerge Konsole and Konqueror individually like you can with (B> gnome. However, you can emerge just those packages that you want from kde. (B> Konsole and Konquer

Re: [gentoo-user] opengl

2003-09-11 Thread Mike Williams
could satisfy "virtual/glu" have been masked. > > !!! Error calculating dependencies. Please correct. > > so thats not the problem same for opengl btw. All my machines already have something (xfree) installed which PROVIDEs virtual/opengl and virtual/glu, so can't comme

Re: [gentoo-user] opengl

2003-09-11 Thread Mike Williams
"opengl" have been masked. > > !!! Error calculating dependencies. Please correct. > > the same goes for glu. > > Please help. to much on the comp wont emerge anymore. emerge virtual/opengl virtual/glu The virtual category, obviously, doesn't physically exists so

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources and freeswan won't compile

2003-09-11 Thread Mike Williams
t with the latest > freeswan kernel patch. But, when I compile bzImage, I get pages of error > messages. To save bandwidth, the error message can be seen at: Are you using the (super-)freeswan ebuild? There is a bit at the top about what kernel you need. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I setup Kmail to use postfix to send mails?

2003-09-09 Thread Mike Williams
ity you can select 'Sendmail'. All of this is done via the Sending tab on the Network page of Settings -> Configure KMail - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/XmZfInuLMrk7bIwRAq9rAJsF+1gAH2eTU6A1SYraHfy72cD0kwCfbIy1 XkxOL7XuGEQR

Re: [gentoo-user] time always wrong with dual boot

2003-09-09 Thread Mike Williams
ng wrong in one of them or tell Linux not to use GMT. > > > > Edit /etc/rc.conf and set CLOCK="local". > > ok, thanks... > > ...sob :-(( > > alb You could always stop using Windows :) - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Vers

Re: [gentoo-user] My HD is collapsing

2003-09-09 Thread Mike Williams
so don't know how it would react to a partition move. Win2K knows the physical location of partitions, and where it is, but we're talking about a Microsoft product here... Grub can take over duties of booting easily. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: disabling pam (cracklib)

2003-09-08 Thread Mike Williams
dialogs (something like "no shadow > entry for user ") for _every_ user and have to click them > away;-( Do your users have passwords? Shadow passwords are the MD5sums of the password, and stored in /etc/shadow. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: [gentoo-user] update portage

2003-09-08 Thread Mike Williams
mpiler javac failed > (see config.log, check the CLASSPATH? > ) What does the config.log say? :) - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/XK34InuLMrk7bIwRAq33AJ49gAJvRGiOHUO0ePp+6TlEOMWaPgCgl30b ajCg9j5TPOsU2yM7opO+pJI= =iv+U

Re: [gentoo-user] Is dial-up doable?

2003-09-08 Thread Mike Williams
ll learn more doing things like > this. :D Good lad. Knowing the "hard way" is always a good idea. Just watch out for where things are logged, I spent ages trying to figure out what was wrong, then realised the important stuff was being split between debug and messages/ppp. I really must

Re: [gentoo-user] disabling pam (cracklib)

2003-09-08 Thread Mike Williams
related. PAM and Shadow are part of system, so can't be removed easily anyway. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/XG5uInuLMrk7bIwRArE1AKCmV9Jmf8hNQZhDRwdpIdcOdbJwegCdH5Yf I/xuW1m14xLZqkf39awUm/8= =0DHZ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] nspluginscan

2003-09-08 Thread Mike Williams
USE flag. Try a quick search on the forums, I'm sure I found the answer there. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/XFXtInuLMrk7bIwRApF2AJ9dvWJ1uIP9RXI2WJCf8xQ4NL1TeQCeJQqj Ah1uzUNk21DTQJwm5ptZWZs= =96Md -END PGP SIGNATURE- --

Re: [gentoo-user] disabling pam (cracklib)

2003-09-08 Thread Mike Williams
at's all on one line) Just comment out, in my case, line 9 of /etc/pam.d/system-auth. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/XFNuInuLMrk7bIwRAu1JAJ9xetPjNB16CQ48u6VrR6ayI9ggRQCaA7cO NyBeY6nAdCDaorMVcTkeCSo= =pV7c -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Is dial-up doable?

2003-09-08 Thread Mike Williams
get a 'network not reachable' warning. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/XFMGInuLMrk7bIwRAvvBAJ4yY0RL5mHmf6Pw99PuWnkqPwSrvgCfQQaS hTRzAHVrCbP9kgsJV8e2Guo= =iFST -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Is dial-up doable?

2003-09-08 Thread Mike Williams
> for what ever reason? You specify 'persist' in the config file. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/XEt9InuLMrk7bIwRAtqvAJ4+L7oZixBKzbCuX7/ZD72N9+aINwCgkiZ2 1/QtC+7cfP2AHE6A1r7CrRI= =Cy3Z -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Curious..

2003-09-07 Thread Mike Williams
g fine. For some reason, nearly everything is masked > though. My make.conf has Keyword "~x86". Any suggestions? Have you got an example of a package or 2, or 3 which you believe are incorrectly masked? Are you *sure* your ACCEPT_KEYWORDS is set to ~x86, and not ~X86 or similar? emer

Re: [gentoo-user] Apache2 php4 error

2003-09-07 Thread Mike Williams
hat's complaining. p.s. apologies to any blonde geeks :o) - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/W6seInuLMrk7bIwRAsUzAJ4+y0fnFivLjsQDZe5pMHIj1bVaVwCgjWTS 5QVSprSrAVQ01Rae+Vpf68o= =IMXx -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Apache2 php4 error

2003-09-07 Thread Mike Williams
Cannot load /etc/apache2/extramodules/libphp4.so into server: > /usr/lib/libxslt.so.1: undefined symbol: xmlXPathOrder Re-emerge mod_php making sure you have apache2 in your USE flags, so it builds for apache2, not apache. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG

Re: [gentoo-user] Can Gentoo install source file?

2003-09-07 Thread Mike Williams
art from Gentoo being a kick ass distro :) - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Ww7lInuLMrk7bIwRAqiMAJ9OXe7+HAH1ASf8xMKdT3dyrTY7tgCeMw0b X12OF/Ui3VaMFWrbydkIhBw= =KYMs -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Can Gentoo install source file?

2003-09-07 Thread Mike Williams
#x27;s not in portage, then yes, that's basically what you would have to do. If feeling brave you could try knocking up a simple ebuild for it. Just don't put it into /usr/portage cos your next rsync will delete it. :) - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- V

Re: [gentoo-user] Upgraded from 2.4.20r5 to r6 ???'s...

2003-09-07 Thread Mike Williams
llow the convention of putting them into /usr/local/..., and remove them again if they appear in portage. All kinds of horrid compilation problems can ensue if out of date libraries are found, especially when they aren't under portage's control. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNAT

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev permissions

2003-09-06 Thread Mike Williams
un/reloading of the appropriate modules or a reboot, otherwise /dev entries are basically the same as normal files. If what you have changed doesn't get reset after a reboot, and is causing you trouble post to the list and I'm sure someone can tell you the default. - -- Mike Williams

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerging without ccache

2003-09-06 Thread Mike Williams
orcing ccache or distcc not to be used? Yep, check /etc/make.conf and remove ccache and distcc from FEATURES. If FEATURES isn't set, thus using the defaults, then do an 'emerge info' find out what is being used and set FEATURES minus what you don't want. - -- Mike Williams -

Re: [gentoo-user] continued depmod problems

2003-09-06 Thread Mike Williams
ou shouldn't *have* to, as to find the current running kernel, source tree and module location you can use 'uname -r'. But I'm pretty sure there are things in the portage tree which check for the symlink, so it's best to keep it current. > Can anyone venture a guess

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: module errors

2003-09-06 Thread Mike Williams
e support at all, so who knows. > * Cleaning /var/lock, /var/run... [ok] > xargs: environment is too large for exec [snip] > I would like to clean up the four modprobe errors. Also, I am curious > about the "xargs" entry as well. So would I! Couple weeks back I tried to figure

Re: [gentoo-user] log in without X

2003-09-06 Thread Mike Williams
I don't see anything in /etc/rc.conf that could 'trash' X. I assume it just doesn't start? So why not just log into the text console and fix it? :) - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Wm1pInuLMrk7bIwRAiLDAJ0dOTg

Re: [gentoo-user] subversion

2003-09-02 Thread Mike Williams
ference. > > I think that subversion was easy than cvs... :( Did you create a totally fresh repository? - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/VQS7InuLMrk7bIwRAtCaAJ0TQwu3+T2w7uz4WFpt1b5PEBoP9gCdFHa9 IAOFC3K+x6ryEDR3raTErbc= =kElx -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Add a window manager to KDM

2003-09-02 Thread Mike Williams
pecific thing, probably isn't. Drop an init script into /etc/X11/Sessions. Seems to only need to be called whatever you associate with, and contain enough to start the desktop environment, for example: > sauron root # cat /etc/X11/Sessions/kde-5 > #!/bin/sh > /usr/kde/cvs/bin/startkd

Re: [gentoo-user] php installation

2003-09-01 Thread Mike Williams
pm. So I'm not sure why it can't be found. Where is XML/Parser.pm on your system, and what version of perl do you have installed? - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/U83nInuLMrk7bIwRAi90AJ92c65YZpVnOxIXyKJPEA7CEejPRgCfX7XH KuG

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge wanting to install gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r6

2003-09-01 Thread Mike Williams
which depends on virtual/ linux-sources as portage believes you don't have anything installed which provides it, it's picking something. You can add the line you need yourself, just like the rest. Note the extra space(s) on the end of each line, don't know if it matters, but suspec

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync back up

2003-09-01 Thread Mike Williams
in fact transferring the files over ssh. This is what I have always had to do when using rsync in this manner. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/U7hvInuLMrk7bIwRAh9XAJ9smnLd6aVICr+XF4mgIRMgFYBhiQCfSDds TsZTkuVGUaQW9Pjg6VmSsIk= =3soY -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync back up

2003-09-01 Thread Mike Williams
ve them problem, does anybody have > an idea ? Thanks. Do you have any symlinks out of the are you're backup? - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/U50eInuLMrk7bIwRAkj5AJ0TdhSp9p7+Z2kS4q2mhf793lHnkwCgrmlI TCzCYjlWxhs3UTpQ7EsDrVo= =7

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge wanting to install gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r6

2003-09-01 Thread Mike Williams
I think I remember having a similar problem, and it turned out that portage, at some point, had left gentoo-sources in virtual/linux-sources. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/U5BSInuLMrk7bIwRApCvAJ4inzU9uvaDYGO0fa3yM3xBNIfHHgCcChM

Re: [gentoo-user] keyboard from hell (Logitech Elite Duo)

2003-09-01 Thread Mike Williams
, with USB mouse plugged into it. The computer turns on and off, runs KDE, logs in and out, and reboots without error. My Mum and brother use it, neither are IT literate and have no problems so it must work well :) Sorry I can't be of any more use. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNA

Re: [gentoo-user] k3b not detecting burner

2003-09-01 Thread Mike Williams
ou might try something else, like cdbakeoven. > when i changed the lilo conf, k3bsetup dident detect either my dvdrom or > burner as a reader or writer > > also /dev/cdrw doesent exist on my pc... Maybe I added that symlink then, I forget :) - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [gentoo-user] k3b not detecting burner

2003-09-01 Thread Mike Williams
t it properly, sometimes it won't. But k3bsetup (and cdbakeoven) find it everytime, weird. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/U2odInuLMrk7bIwRAgEzAJ9XkGaHcZqkk171qPevjmVG/YxBngCfUg+3 0404G4tdn5GC0Ml761kGGWE= =I+8M -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] PyXML disappeared?

2003-08-31 Thread Mike Williams
hat I get when I go for the unstable > branch...) You could try re-emerging *pyxml*. It would seem PyXML became pyxml, caused all sorts of problems when the modified ebuild hit the mirrors. Until the name was changed back to PyXML *inside* the ebuild. - -- Mike Williams -BEG

Re: [gentoo-user] libphp4.so

2003-08-31 Thread Mike Williams
forget emerging php and follow the instructions on php.net php is the command line executable, mod_php is for inclusion in apache. The output from the ebuild will tell you which version of apache it's being compiled and installed for. - -- Mike Williams

Re: [gentoo-user] libphp4.so

2003-08-31 Thread Mike Williams
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 31 August 2003 18:02, Ben Anderson wrote: > so then shouldn't php create this file when it emerges? Why is it not on > my system and how do I get it? No. Your problem relates to apache, so you need mod_php. - -- Mike Williams

Re: [gentoo-user] basic Gentoo CD doesn't boot

2003-08-31 Thread Mike Williams
up connection? Celine Dion flooding a broadband connection? - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Uc/5InuLMrk7bIwRAlrwAKCkSkbd06U8JIjCE3+KdNKz9BTsvQCgpY00 o6pKNPV7hiurk5mWBD2VTqQ= =2SlV -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

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