Re: [gentoo-user] SMP Kernel

managed to compile one. > I've browsed the online documentation, and yes, there are a whole bunch > of different kernel, but no SMP. > How can I compile a SMP kernel for my system, preferrebly with 'genkernel'? Pick your kernel source genkernel --config Processor type and f

Re: [gentoo-user] nmap/iptables

be open because someone along the line is trapping port 80 traffic, probably to send it off to a proxy. I do this myself on my home network, and have seen that same behaviour with an ISP I was on. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/v4

Re: [gentoo-user] nmap/iptables

oubt saving them an awful lot of bandwidth, and support calls explaining what a web proxy is and why they have to use it. If privoxy is a web proxy which you have to specifically tell your software about, then no. The kind of thing we are seeing here is a proxy/cache which you aren't su

Re: [gentoo-user] nmap can detect my OS

l about me ? A firewall that drops all unknown incoming packets should do it. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/v5bFInuLMrk7bIwRAm5kAJ0cur849OvvX/s7UmCDGuB58uqAFACeMnkt R3yJDmKxiz2Oq1wq+MQ5B+E= =7ji7 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Howto apply patches

this? The process of emerging the kernel source will apply patches automatically. Look in the ebuild to find out what they are. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/v8cWInuLMrk7bIwRApnSAKCpRQ50DX7lrPGmrThwLr4SE6EMjQCffBQ9 WcGq60rWNzyiaXxwq

Re: [gentoo-user] Howto apply patches

ttempt to modify the ebuild to patch the source automatically, but I'd just do it manually after merging. Portage does track the kernel source files, but it's not exactly needed. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQE/v+IcInuLMrk7bIwRAls

Re: [gentoo-user] switching from uw-imap to courier-imap

(/var/spool/mail) to qmail/maildir(~/Maildir) at work. Had a good 150meg of mail to convert over nearly 50 users. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/v+W5InuLMrk7bIwRAv88AJ9bvzQSaYaA/wm8XFW5HyCR5QBpzgCfcjCx dze6GRMFL8MCciXdezAHRsw= =pRrE -

Re: [gentoo-user] SMTP proxy for spam filtering

etup ($IPT -t nat -A PREROUTING -i $LANIF -s ! ${ip} -p tcp --dport ${sprt} -j DNAT - --to-destination ${ip}:${dprt}) If you want all mail to be routed to a specific machine add :exchange.server in /var/qmail/control/smtproutes Or install webmin, it's qmail admin section is really good. - -

Re: [gentoo-user] PHP ebuild options

ild what you need? Alternatively you can pass an environment variables into an ebuild to alter the configure statement, like so myconf="--use-whatever" emerge php - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/wO8SInuLMrk7bIwRAnGQAKClD+g

Re: [gentoo-user] SMTP proxy for spam filtering

it missed it completely, but that could have been due to the naff out of date debian box I had to use. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/wPANInuLMrk7bIwRAsw1AJ4jhZ3FgmGyEAQ94RMe5UySYAYqvgCgqdIN 10XBoPJchhknEgFCFePMbC0= =QX2i -END

Re: [gentoo-user] mm-sources problems....

;t use them. Cutting edge is great, until you get cut. Unless there is a specific reason why you want/need to use mm-source, just use either the vanilla 2.6 development-sources or gentoo-dev-sources. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linu

Re: [gentoo-user] Using the 2 CD set to install ==

mented at the top of the installation guide. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/xgvmInuLMrk7bIwRAlT0AJ9mIBJhK82ZIIDgqC2fKbpB2z4SJwCbBP5N S13U7/oEOtpte8tRiwgLbP4= =EnnF -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge error in qingy

ve] Error 1 > > !!! ERROR: sys-apps/qingy-0.2.3 failed. > !!! Function src_compile, Line 20, Exitcode 2 > !!! (no error message) > > Any ideas? I had this problem too, didn't have a framebuffer console running at the time. - -- Mike Williams -BEG

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot install phpMyAdmin

e .keep in > /var/tmp/portage/phpmyadmin-2.5.4/image///var/ www/localhost/htdocs/ FEATURES=-userpriv emerge phpmyadmin Should probably file a bug, or search for one. That's been a problem for quite a while. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linu

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge of latest qmail seems to have broken mail delivery

erged this evening > was an new version of gcc, but I doubt this would have broken things. > > Had any one else had the same problem? and/or know of a fix. Was your pop server updated at the same time? Qmail is still doing the right thing. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot install phpMyAdmin

y. Unfortunately in this case, and with kernel ebuilds which chown to root, root privs are needed. Setting a FEATURE of -userpriv turns it off for the hole process. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/x+CLInuLMrk7bIwRAiuHAKCl1yPNqP+aJ6Dq/rIO

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot telnet to Gentoo box... how do I get this to go?

ity problems associated, but like any bad habit... Everyone, everything and their aunt can do ssh nowadays. Plus, saves you typing 3 letters :) - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/yKftInuLMrk7bIwRAgc6AKCmxYaPrT5RMh0i8BfyXyPlMTEwhQCfdtLN Kt5uv

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail openpgp

the public key from the keyservers, if the person has uploaded their key, and establish a trust relationship should you wish to. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/yiudInuLMrk7bIwRAvyxAKCmQu6to1rBDcRARvsS/dDoDiIRlACfZaD6 bKn7LTV37xxc/ewO2i3

Re: [gentoo-user] dual booting with winxp

ly presume to what the 'map' commands do, but if they are doing what they appear to be doing shouldn't your next 2 commands reference hd0 ? - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/ynEHInuLMrk7bIwRAmCxAJ9fAAukVix2Uj1zZMXct2lTvdCfJACcC0hR VyDKTbxJsbNjwpjCpNB49nE= =nZqa -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] spam after subscribing to gentoo-user

host used to spam and virus check my mail very well, but now they suck and don't seem to be catching anything. Which really sucks with virii at 150K a go on dialup! Might move my MX to the mail server I just rebuilt at work, it works! - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP

Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix and SASL problem

27;m still not very familiar with emerge and all > that stuff around. Now things are much more clear. Yeah, 'emerge -u postfix' wouldn't work, as there is no upgrade available. A simple 'emerge postfix' would have done the trick. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating mysql tables type=innodb

r than 4.x version. What am I > missing? I suspect you need to uncomment the 'skip innodb' line in /etc/mysql/my.cnf. Then you may need to add the variables to configure innodb, the data file size/path etc. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuP

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/modules.autoload.d options?

does that. If you have an /etc/modules.autoload delete it, the init scripts will pick the correct kernel-x.x.x for you. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/zzvtInuLMrk7bIwRAthlAJ95QHQ4TpDlsAmee1Wyzr7bzbtUdQCgl6xF WagH/AAVJN9yHoaleyiDVfc

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail

one status. More flexible layout (no message pane or panes side by side) Disconnected IMAP. We hope that you will enjoy KMail. Thank you, The KMail Team - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQE/z109InuLMrk7bIwRAniYAJj92cNcJoWjZTqaxktDsrtN+

Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel and bootsplash

access to functions provided by a module before the root fs is mounted, which you are very unlikely to need to. Just ignore the initrd from genkernel and use the bootsplash one. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/z2CIInuLMrk7bIwRAgYWA

Re: [gentoo-user] Wake on lan (Again...)

addressed machine. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/0ISuInuLMrk7bIwRAm3LAJ4yaYv3yY21OipEq7v6u03qmyWQtQCfYmI2 7muumzTr4lDSDrEYoYkA8lE= =40mR -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel compile error (2.6.0-test11-r1)

e/make should be intelligent enough to not recompile things that don't need to be recompiled. For a few minutes extra CPU work I always 'make clean' first. Saves any, admitedly unlikely, hassle later. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (G

Re: [gentoo-user] can gentoo run WM depending in the Kernel ?

wbattery$`" != "" ] > then > echo "kernel lowbattery, running xfce" > fi sauron root # uname=2.4.22-lowbattery sauron root # if [ "`echo $uname | egrep ck2$`" != "" ]; then echo "kernel ck2, running gnome"; elif [ "`echo $uname | eg

Re: [gentoo-user] make.conf ambiguity - i486 or i686

leave it at i486 and proceed with stage1, > or change it to i686? Should I leave it alone for stage1, then go > back and change it for stage2? Set them properly first. My P4 uses: CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-Os -march=pentium3 -pipe" # does pe

Re: [gentoo-user] can gentoo run WM depending in the Kernel ?

y uses /etc/rc.conf to decide what display manager to start ({k,g,x}dm). You then tell it what WM to run. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/0fS0InuLMrk7bIwRAp6cAJ9ZCcNGR5iwAbpXSyIwnTkNKS6jzACfSyO+ Bj5QWn1WTolYZ0RV4tJs1lw= =NM+c -END PGP SI

Re: [gentoo-user] make.conf ambiguity - i486 or i686

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 06 December 2003 06:18, Jason Stubbs wrote: > -march=pentium4 should work fine now with both arch and ~arch versions > of gcc. > > Jason Excellent, cheers! - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG

Re: [gentoo-user] Installation hangs continue!

unning. Won't be a big deal if it freezes during glibc cos glibc will still be installed. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/0dSLInuLMrk7bIwRAuXpAKCFHU1ZQxDjp7gcyN0SqtThOufr4gCgrkfs bMFKKNpNv/a1y7M8mWL4Jog= =FqBB -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] LAN performance issues

s very finicky about negotiation/duplex. I dumped one of mine for a cheapo realtek based one because of this. What sort of speed can you get between Win2K and OpenBSD with a crossover cable? - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/

Re: [gentoo-user] esearch & emerge -s results differ

nstalled: 2.0.49-r15 Size of downloaded files: 231 kB Homepage:http://www.gentoo.org Description: Portage ports system I don't know if eupdatedb will pickup ACCEPT_KEYWORDS from /etc/make.conf, but it does from the command line. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE--

Re: [gentoo-user] Managing Distributed Gentoo Boxes

the above? Just export /usr/portage via NFS, and mount/unmount on distributed servers as needed. If the arches match (my desktop is a p4, but compiles as a p3, and I am right now installing a p3 using images from the p4). 'emerge -k package' will use an image if available, or compile fr

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel upgrade

nge kernel, but want to keep the old config (as best is possible) I copy the config- to the new version and genkernel away. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/1LNzInuLMrk7bIwRAmtzAJ9dmjQp4MYZGaauSgia31Fvqy6gHACcDas+ E1tO33D5TsEID0gwrPAH

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel upgrade

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 08 December 2003 19:30, Helgi Örn Helgason wrote: > On 2003-12-08, Mike Williams wrote: > > genkernel creates an /etc/kernels/config- per kernel version. > > When I change kernel, but want to keep the old config (as best is

Re: [gentoo-user] kde packages

use kmail a lot, but i don't use kde as > window manager and i don't use the other programs almost at all. Easy :) http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=98118&highlight=DO_NOT_COMPILE - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQ

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge with configure options

ble-audio=alsa --enable-server --enable-alsaseq. > How do I do this? You used to be able to pass extra configure options into ebuilds. myconf="--configure-option" emerge package But it doesn't seem to work anymore :( - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: G

Re: [gentoo-user] depclean problem

* coreutils had been installed, otherwise the mtimes and md5sums would not have matched and the files would have been left. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/1i+RInuLMrk7bIwRAkwXAKCGe13s1lCxCJJko/pwmYrohlzL3QCgpK0+ p7YwDTZJN1sVPPOcR8pLjo4= =3fHY -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Xserver not connecting to XFS

y stopping and restarting xfs. I use xfs, with the same config as you (the default) on at least 2 boxes and it works fine. - -- Mike Williams > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/1i5eInuLMrk7bIwRAu2KAKCCMnbBvssagGCUDsCWTV+d4F5UCQCeJ5yc YVH8kitfiplgbkALXsm5xtk= =3apa -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] .bashrc over ssh

tion > that i guess the answer is already there... i just got > to try them all :) > > Amazing how many different solutions i've already seen. If you have to run 'bash' when you login I'd say your shell isn't bash. My shell is bash: sauron root # grep mike /etc/

Re: [gentoo-user] Solved: .bashrc over ssh

ense. When you add a user 'useradd' with the -m flag the contents of /etc/skel (a skeleton user) is copied to their newly created home directory. One of the first things I do on a new install is copy the contents of /etc/skel to /root - -- Mike Willia

Re: [gentoo-user] Gaim problem docked, gnome 2.4

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 10 December 2003 19:37, Christoph Schäfer wrote: > > > Could you please stop sending mail purely in HTML? - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail SMTP secure authentication problem

y -md5 methods, I doubt you can do base64 encoded md5 hashes in your head :) Input your username and password as requested, then try a 'MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>' and see what you get. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail SMTP secure authentication problem

. EHLO whatever.com 250-kylie.comodo.net Hi localhost [127.0.0.1] 250-PIPELINING 250-8BITMIME 250-SIZE 8388608 250 AUTH LOGIN auth login 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6 bWlrZTI=# a username base64 encoded 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6 bW9vYmxhaA==# a password base64 encoded 235 Authenticat

Re: [gentoo-user] local rsync server

etc/init.d/rsyncd status * status: started I sync from the public mirrors on redshat, and add SYNC=rsync://redshat/gentoo-portage to /etc/make.conf on my other boxes and sync as normal, but seemlessly from my local mirror. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.

Re: [gentoo-user] djbdns setup (again)

Stephan suggested, then put dnscache on one internal IP and dnscachex on the other altering any port forwards as needed, with tiny on localhost. You also might want to seperate your dns for internal machines on to a subdomain, I use home.mydomain.com. All your machines wou

Re: [gentoo-user] K3B on 2.6.0

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- (BHash: SHA1 (B (BOn Thursday 25 December 2003 03:35, Jason Stubbs wrote: (B> > In 2.6.0 you don't need ide-scsi emulation anymore. I'm using xcdroast (B> > to do CD burning with ATAPI ide. (B> (B> What's wrong with doing CD burning with ATAPI ide in 2.4.x?

Re: [gentoo-user] Daily job running

ld put that > script in a runlevel, but then it will run everytime I reboot. Is there an > easy way to limit it to once per day? You can stick any jobs you wish to run on startup in /etc/conf.d/local.start, and conversly jobs to run on shutdown in /etc/conf.d/local.stop - -- Mike Willia

Re: [gentoo-user] CD- recording

he scsi id structure cdrecord forced upon you. k3b also works with ATAPI cd recording, but I'm not sure at what version this function was added, as I use it and the rest of KDE from CVS. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/8Fc

Re: [gentoo-user] RPM and gentoo

ait a few hours (or pester someone on bugzilla, then wait a few hours) and it's a fair bet a new ebuild will be committed. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/8L6MInuLMrk7bIwRAvZ1AJ9vKcXwvqER8u+vZN8cASZ6aSvk9ACfQQjH /0yp+EMsBbvH

Re: [gentoo-user] double account adsl howto

or /etc/ppp/pap-secrets like username* password - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/9B9wInuLMrk7bIwRAt7ZAJ9HlZwbTmTzioPU1MDf2fvwxHlRhQCfdPAU K8nY1mtlnB2u2cDm5ki9+Zo= =d5IT -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Proc devices permissions

sions on the device i.e. chmod 666 > /proc/bus/usb/002/003 > > As I only have my computer on when needed I have to issue the above command > each time I boot the machine. > Is there a way to create the correct permissions for a proc device? /etc/conf.d/local.start is what you

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't watch DVD Movies!!

cular app that needs to be merged? My guess, dvd support in mplayer :) Either set the dvd USE flag in /etc/make.conf, or for a one off USE=dvd emerge mplayer - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/9Z+zInuLMrk7bIwRApN7

Re: [gentoo-user] DJBDNS setup

t find mydomain.net: NXDOMAIN What is 210.117.65.1 ? You might want to try host ns1.mydomain.net your.static.ip - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/9uMDInuLMrk7bIwRApwqAJ9J9REPu0ajCFcacPwoOZbR9YjW0ACfRLRj Tc437pzWVpMQJkDjnemwplA= =W2ns -END P

Re: [gentoo-user] DJBDNS setup

27;t ping or locate the site thru the net. > > let me screw with the config file again.. set it up to look more like the > one you provided. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/9un0InuLMrk7bIwRAtJ4AJ4vf+rRw41JVGyS1hGop7C7zzGsYQCfZe

Re: [gentoo-user] smb mount

. /home/mike/.cred.smbmike has: username= myusername password= mypassword Should it fail to mount during startup I can mount it as my user, without root privs. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/9ur7InuLMrk7bIwRArGlAKCB+2RkUDiWsYp961H

Re: [gentoo-user] K3B v0.10 with DVD support

Dependancy odditied will almost certainly ensue, but nothing a midly experienced user couldn't live with. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/+AJ0InuLMrk7bIwRAhRPAJ9r+PKYDmDD5QTx4RXn4AINxP14DgCgnMQz kEvDu3svMKQf3lNsGJ7+Zz8= =4gmo -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] K3B v0.10 with DVD support

is -pv? p = pretend v = verbose (it shows the USE flags available, and their set/non-set state) - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/+D87InuLMrk7bIwRAjvMAJwOZFXP0V5pZYGsk46yyefxOe6I1ACeJnNt QOb6alW+ejaEPr2mRay84Z0= =g2at -END PGP SIGNATUR

Re: [gentoo-user] New kernel - use old config ?

a 'make oldconfig'. A straight 'make {menu,x}config' will, I believe, just take the default for any new options automagically - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/+HgGInuLMrk7bIwRAi/8AJ9PT+NwwFvkBJ4kvqgeeeTe87P1RwCdEHtt cD

Re: [gentoo-user] Runlevels and configuration profiles

sappeared in Gentoo. My first question is > "How do you decide on using or not X at boot time?" qingy is seriously cool. A directfb getty replacement. If I want X I login to kde (same for gnome/xfce/etc) and it spawns an X server, if not I drop into a text console. - -- Mike W

Re: [gentoo-user] Worm Disassembly [Was] Spam from gentoo-lists

on our mail server at work. It was picking up swen properly, then it wasn't. But it was, and it still is. Installed clamav and it picked up the 'new' swen as Worm.Gibe.F - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie question: Does gentoo have an expiration date ??

emerge world -u and you are as upto date at the next guy. With skill and care there are almost no senarios which would require a reinstall from scratch. Hardware issues aside. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/+wl5InuLMrk7bIwRAoz2AJ9Ceb9hfmp

Re: [gentoo-user] command line tool for burning a music cd

e .wav files and then burn them, but that sounds like > too much work !!! dd if=/dev/cdrom of=abitforbitcopy.iso - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/+/ztInuLMrk7bIwRAumiAJ45jPxHvli675YBFxZYGcWy2VN04gCgq2EC XFjt0MejVJp5D+hqPTO

Re: [gentoo-user] AutoConf >= 2.50

alled: 2.57-r1 Size of downloaded files: 1,225 kB Homepage:http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/autoconf.html Description: Used to create autoconfiguration files kylie is a bog standard x86 box, a week or two out of date. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- V

Re: [gentoo-user] AutoConf >= 2.50

nward. Thanks for the assist. less /usr/bin/autoconf It's only a basic perl wrapper. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE//HdOInuLMrk7bIwRAiDhAKCbBYd5Mbr+LJpPXInDs7uOpx85+gCdEEpR 6dakOnaDylcemEVJuk1B0Mc= =wL+X -END PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: [gentoo-user] AutoConf >= 2.50

y stable boxes all use the horrible WANT_AUTOCONF_2_5=1 method. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE//IgsInuLMrk7bIwRAtYAAJ4/Y958geSh/xb8em6azGeqPhVAkACeKSGo u+ZpSqc82ECUcG7JAIAqIDc= =2x24 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] switching harddrives

s etc, x won't cross over into other filesystems) - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE//TV4InuLMrk7bIwRAsvKAJ0TP1RWlJVyvC59u58Kf6soKXi72wCfVMr1 Yeg4dkuKLJQIIEtXozFdWso= =I6JV -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] AutoConf >= 2.50

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 08 January 2004 04:16, Collins wrote: > This sounds like a complete crock. Is this a gentooism that no one else > in the linux universe would be aware of? Look at the perl script /usr/bin/autoconf It's not a gentooism.

Re: [gentoo-user] command line tool for burning a music cd

k installer. Then reversed the process, putting the data back. Windows booted first time. I had no need, at any point, to load the NTFS kernel module. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE//ecwInuLMrk7bIwRAsOAAJ0SLChNMIKYFkCpzzsJjdss54ir1gCfR

Re: [gentoo-user] What must I do to take a snapshot of portage on my system?

two /var/cache/edb files over and 'emerge world' (Totally untested mind!) - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE//oi/InuLMrk7bIwRAqzrAJ9EZskpXBEbrApvjC+S/H9gvzsx7gCgivDN DXMYMUTnBUVN9xZmifMupLE= =5I8a -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] How to apply Genkernel 2.4.22-r4 Patch.

applied when I configure genkernel?? > > Never applied a Kernel Patch before. portage handles the patches it downloads, in all circumstances. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE//ptPInuLMrk7bIwRAqeoAJ0SU6kmjapb5gqJ3WSrXNfBKoM2rgCcD1IW

Re: [gentoo-user] KDELIB not installing

t install kdelib with > my current verison of autoconf? Have you sync'd recently? First thing I always do is wait 1/2-1 hour, re-sync, and try again. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE//9FPInuLMrk7bIwRAtdJAJ4vexiV2fmHy00eDEDeRf5QdXfv

Re: [gentoo-user] VPN solution

namic IPs. - From my recent experiments withe freeswan and ipsec vpn's I'd say you'd need a roadwarrior vpn setup. Probably using certificates, which is described in a howto I found the otherday. http://www.natecarlson.com/linux/ipsec-x509.php Otherwise you will need to speci

Re: [gentoo-user] Framebuffer issue in 2.6.1

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 10 January 2004 01:03, Alan wrote: > Kernel 2.6.1 can probably be grabbed via "emerge development-sources" 2.6.1 is still, annoyingly, marked as ~x86 - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2

Re: [gentoo-user] KDELIB not installing

rsion has bugs. Go figure. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE//+zBInuLMrk7bIwRAh9LAJ9PXkCer9HFdZmLUuFijigsb+AzdQCeKpGz IToObHgxapTGozglSwPRiOI= =xh5W -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge mod_php - does not work :(

t very informative :( I just got caught by this. USE=debug emerge mod_php Don't understand why the pkg_setup function has to output something to exit sucessfully. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAAEjPInuLMrk7bIwRAjsTAJsFNukbEgm

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting ALSA_CARDS in make.conf (was: Is Alsa-1.0.1 up to date yet?)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 10 January 2004 20:09, Manuel McLure wrote: > I always add ALSA_CARDS='cs46xx' before the emerge - is it possible to > put this in make.conf instead? Yep. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: G

Re: [gentoo-user] qmail vs. sendmail

amassassin plugin is modified to not scan mail from local users. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAAt0MInuLMrk7bIwRAjLxAJ0YhJm6NwI5pNVmShpYUgQkMVXLdQCfbdld UQlz3/WqOzMgcRMl+L+c9p4= =5rJI -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] telnet localhost; connection refused

emote host: connection refused > > This problem seems to be pertinent to another problem I am > having in configuring sendmail. Nope, the error you're getting is a good thing, and nothing to do with sendmail. All it means is you don't have a telnet daemon running. - -- Mike Will

Re: [gentoo-user] qmail vs. sendmail

Only the code :) The people on the mailling list are helpful too. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAAvEsInuLMrk7bIwRAo+UAJ4hyWZGCbNdQ7CgewoqIVeduEQABwCeLxL+ +FcRcWeT71oWIJBoeuB9PbE= =fNbC -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] where to send patches for gentoo .ebuilds

to contribute :) That would be what http://bugs.gentoo.org is for :) - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAAyHdInuLMrk7bIwRAm8nAKCu3W1JE6rMJNI4YNZXBelQNt2x0QCaAumZ VOX4uohnFWh8smoECvR5HLM= =dQeg -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] What kind of filesystem encryption options are available in porta ge?

he list (if it's not too big)? - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFABRdWInuLMrk7bIwRAtbWAJ0QZt3yxOAb4NvIBRt0T/0V61GrRACfTpKa lV6zeH16rQPSRBnn/0QDocQ= =BdPM -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] IDE RAID 0 and 1

d nicely on my 2.6.1 gentoo desktop. I skipped the bits about booting off a rescue cd as I was only doing this on my /home partition. No need to create /dev entries as devfs takes care of that, and haven't bothered changing the partition type, works ok so far, but I haven't yet rebooted.

Re: [gentoo-user] DRBD Version

will be undone next time you sync, so if you want to keep it set a PORTAGE_OVERLAY and put it in there. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFABaaEInuLMrk7bIwRAiMtAJwP9D0Qle2urPlyLgH6Wv8f55K29QCeKU4T Qe0HdhDESEnWkgZv9h3TUWk= =ImLB -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading KDE

last week konqy would crash if loading 2 or more big images in separate tabs, the email section in control centre would crash too. That's about the worst I've ever had, and I try to update once a week or so. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version

Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading KDE

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 15 January 2004 21:11, gabriel wrote: > this must be my problem. i just went ahead and unmasked kde3.2_beta2 and > went "emerge -uD world". how do i do the cvs bit? http://dev.gentoo.org/~caleb/kde-cvs.html - -

Re: [gentoo-user] DRBD Version

hange the ebuild like: src_unpack() { unpack ${A} cd ${S} epatch ${FILESDIR}/0.6.10-Makefile.vars.patch # epatch ${FILESDIR}/0.6.6-drbd-Makefile.patch epatch ${FILESDIR}/0.6.6-scripts-Makefile.patch } I only fixed the errors during unpacking, I've no way to test it! Good luck. - --

Re: [gentoo-user] DRBD Version

6.10.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/drbd-0.6.10/work > > /usr/sbin/ebuild.sh: line 20: cd: > /var/tmp/portage/drbd-0.6.10/work/drbd-0.6.10: No such file or directory Doh The 0.6.10 tarball from linbit is b0rked, changed the SRC_URI to http://www.drbd.org/uploads/media/drbd-${PV}.tar.gz, delete

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge updating world

emerge --resume', or if the error continues to occur 'emerge --resume - --skipfirst'. Both these will work for any updates or installs. There is no way to do it automatically, and I doubt there ever will be. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: Gn

Re: [gentoo-user] where is /proc/config

can't locate ..." > > Do somebody know where is the responsible item > for /proc/config in menuconfig ? I can't find it ... It's in General Setup, but hasn't been around for long. My 2.4.23-ck1 kernel doesn't have the option, a 2.6.0-test6 does though. Don&#

Re: [gentoo-user] regenerating messages from emerge

ed with this new version. I'm at work now and want to > regenerate that message. How can I do that without re-emerging perl again? Look at the ebuild in /var/db/pkg/dev-perl/perlsomething/perlsomething.ebuild - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (G

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa and kernel 2.6 question

ng has changed. The modules are still named the same, and end up in roughly the same place (depmod sorts out the actual location) - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFADDZQInuLMrk7bIwRAlPkAKCnRLkPH/7ewtVqmbygNOUBU8lwhgCdGMed lVpwOJyFnoomEM6EL

Re: [gentoo-user] DRBD Version

sion inside the sandbox, or simply disable the sandbox (FEATURES=-sandbox emerge ...). - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFADELVInuLMrk7bIwRAqS1AJ9mRySir7ObpLjp/B3i77NFucpdxgCeMK8r 3ZwBVPOxiJ42dN1W7h6jd2M= =dvIJ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Searching OpenOffice documents

just add -o to grep :) -o, --only-matching Show only the part of a matching line that matches PATTERN. - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAEXxiInuLMrk7bIwRAlRmAJ0aaGp45LT3GXO/pymct1qKoSGKvACfZi1A HUg+NCsbKlcDdfZ

Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome 2.4 starting at level 3

utiful Gentoo Login screen. How do I > switch levels on this? Gentoo doesn't start, or not-start, X by init runlevels. If the xdm init script is set to start it will start. rc-update del xdm/rc-update add xdm default - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Versi

Re: [gentoo-user] depencie problem

enmotif-2.2.2-r1" > > I've look in my portage tree and effectively there is no package with that > name. > > How can I fix this problem ? Delete all the .revdep* files, and run 'revdep-rebuild -X', it now should just try to re-merge the packages instead of the

Re: [gentoo-user] gzip compressed gnome sources

The MD5sums will almost certainly not match now, so portage still won't be able to use them. For each ebuild you have source for you'll need to regenerate the digest. ebuild /usr/portage/gnome-stuff/gnomebuild1/gnomebuild1-2.0.4.ebuild digest - -- Mike Williams -BEGIN PGP SIGN

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo and iptables

from hand via the command line, it works just > fine, however. > > Anyone have any idea? iptables-save/restore don't use the command line syntax exactly. Start iptables, add the rules you want, then /etc/init.d/iptables save, and next time you start it your rules will be

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