[gentoo-user] When to prefer Ext4 over Ext3

2009-07-17 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, I have to install some brand new machines (with Gentoo, of course) What are the advantages of using Ext4 partitions over Ext3 ones. Has anybody verified that the recent version of app-arch/dump can handle Ext4 partitions (of how do backup Ext4 partitions fast - tar is much to slow) Many than

[gentoo-user] iptables firewall script

2009-07-17 Thread Dave
Hello, Can anyone good with iptables give this script a once over? It is working, but in a very inconsistent manner, sometimes it lets traffic in, other times not. Two things it does not have are dhcp rules as this box gets it's address via dhcp and cifs rules, this machine mounts cifs shar

[gentoo-user] Re: iptables

2009-07-17 Thread James
Alejandro gmail.com> writes: > I use APF, for all my desktop/servers with debian and gentoo, > is quite easy and works great. In 10' you have iptables running. Interesting. I usually hack my rule by hand, as I like to learn as much about iptables and the ever changing kernel interaction iss

Re: [gentoo-user] iptables firewall script

2009-07-17 Thread Mick
2009/7/17 Dave : > Hello, >        Can anyone good with iptables give this script a once over? It is > working, but in a very inconsistent manner, sometimes it lets traffic in, > other times not. Two things it does not have are dhcp rules as this box gets > it's address via dhcp and cifs rules, thi

[gentoo-user] Re: Solved.Re: X/ati/amd/kde4/hal/evdev/??? problem

2009-07-17 Thread James
Volker Armin Hemmann googlemail.com> writes: > 106W with catalyst. > 170W with open source drivers. Nice to know. Can you be verbose on how you measured these values. > fan quiet with catalyst (not able to hear it) in KDE and most of the time > playing games. > fan extremely loud with open

Re: [gentoo-user] how to amrecover in amanda-2.6.0

2009-07-17 Thread John Blinka
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 2:32 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > > Try "amoldrecover" for a start ... > >From what I understand, amoldrecover is for recovering files on a >=2.5 client from a < 2.5 server. My server and clients are all >=2.6. Am I misunderstanding? John

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Solved.Re: X/ati/amd/kde4/hal/evdev/??? problem

2009-07-17 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Freitag 17 Juli 2009, James wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann googlemail.com> writes: > > 106W with catalyst. > > 170W with open source drivers. > > Nice to know. Can you be verbose on how you measured these > values. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattmeter > > > fan quiet with catalyst (not able

[gentoo-user] A little OT; ssmtp: Is this correct?

2009-07-17 Thread Michael Sullivan
On my PC (camille.espersunited.com) I have ssmtp installed. It's supposed to send all mail from camille to the exim server on baby.espersunited.com. My ssmpt.conf file looks like this: camille log # cat /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf # # /etc/ssmtp.conf -- a config file for sSMTP sendmail. # # The pers

[gentoo-user] Hard masked package

2009-07-17 Thread Mick
Hi All, I didn't have to do this before, so will need help to manage portage: A particular package has been hard masked for removal. I would like to either move it in my local portage, or even better emerge a more recent version. So, I found an ebuild, modified it a bit and now I am trying to e

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard masked package

2009-07-17 Thread Arttu V.
On 7/17/09, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I didn't have to do this before, so will need help to manage portage: > > A particular package has been hard masked for removal. I would like > to either move it in my local portage, or even better emerge a more > recent version. So, I found an ebuild, modif

[gentoo-user] [OT] WebTV downloader (like miro) on a headless server

2009-07-17 Thread Momesso Andrea
I'd like to set up a web tv downloader (able to download tv-shows, webcasts, podcasts, youtube videos etc), similar to miro, but with a server-client architecture (like mythtv). I know mythtv can do something similar with plugins, but I guess that mythtv without a dvb reciver would be an overkill,

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard masked package

2009-07-17 Thread Mick
2009/7/17 Arttu V. : > man portage: > > "package.unmask >                     Just  like package.mask above, except here you > list packages you want to unmask.  Useful for overriding the global > package.mask file (see >                     below).  Note that this does not override > packages tha

[gentoo-user] Re: Solved.Re: X/ati/amd/kde4/hal/evdev/??? problem

2009-07-17 Thread James
Volker Armin Hemmann googlemail.com> writes: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattmeter very cool > > What is a good game/prog to test 3D with on a given > > ATI video card? > ut2004? vegastrike? unigine? openarena? nexuiz? nice to know. as always, thanks for the excellent information. I

[gentoo-user] 10, 100, or 1000mbps uplink?

2009-07-17 Thread Grant
I'm about to sign up for a new remote dedicated system and I'm wondering if I should spring for the 100mbps or 1000mbps uplink upgrades from 10mbps? Is there a test I can run to find out? I'm running a lightweight website with maybe 300-400 visitors/day. - Grant

[gentoo-user] apache https setup

2009-07-17 Thread Roger Mason
Hello, I'm trying to set up an apache https server. I keep getting "Page Load Error" when trying to connect. I'm using apache 2.0.58. I've generated certificates, worked my way through various problems and apache starts OK, asking me for the passphrase for the certificate, but it is not serving

Re: [gentoo-user] 10, 100, or 1000mbps uplink?

2009-07-17 Thread Neil Walker
Grant wrote: > I'm about to sign up for a new remote dedicated system and I'm > wondering if I should spring for the 100mbps or 1000mbps uplink > upgrades from 10mbps? Is there a test I can run to find out? I'm > running a lightweight website with maybe 300-400 visitors/day 10Mbps should be fine

Re: [gentoo-user] 10, 100, or 1000mbps uplink?

2009-07-17 Thread Kyle Bader
> I'm about to sign up for a new remote dedicated system and I'm > wondering if I should spring for the 100mbps or 1000mbps uplink > upgrades from 10mbps?  Is there a test I can run to find out?  I'm > running a lightweight website with maybe 300-400 visitors/day. I wouldn't think 10mbps would be

Re: [gentoo-user] 10, 100, or 1000mbps uplink?

2009-07-17 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 13:48, Grant wrote: > I'm about to sign up for a new remote dedicated system and I'm > wondering if I should spring for the 100mbps or 1000mbps uplink > upgrades from 10mbps?  Is there a test I can run to find out?  I'm > running a lightweight website with maybe 300-400 visi

Re: [gentoo-user] A little OT; ssmtp: Is this correct?

2009-07-17 Thread Michael Higgins
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:26:24 -0500 Michael Sullivan wrote: > mailhub=baby.espersunited.com > # Where will the mail seem to come from? > rewritedomain=r...@camille.espersunited.com > > # The full hostname > > # Gentoo bug #47562 > # Commenting the following line will force ssmtp to figure > # ou

[gentoo-user] emerge and running tests as non-root

2009-07-17 Thread Mike Edenfield
In trying to merge the most recent mysql, I am getting this notice at the start of the ebuild: * Testing with FEATURES=-userpriv is no longer supported by upstream. Tests MUST be run as non-root. Is there a way to actually do what it suggests using just emerge, or would I need to ebuild this

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge and running tests as non-root

2009-07-17 Thread Daniel Iliev
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:04:38 -0400 Mike Edenfield wrote: > In trying to merge the most recent mysql, I am getting this notice at > the start of the ebuild: > > * Testing with FEATURES=-userpriv is no longer supported by upstream. > Tests MUST be run as non-root. > > Is there a way to actually

[gentoo-user] package for the scheme programming language

2009-07-17 Thread Allan Gottlieb
What (preferably gentoo stable on amd64) package do you recommend for the scheme programming language? I would prefer one that plays nicely within emacs. thanks, allan

Re: [gentoo-user] package for the scheme programming language

2009-07-17 Thread sunmoon1...@gmail.com
-- Sent from my Palm Unknown Allan Gottlieb wrote: What (preferably gentoo stable on amd64) package do you recommend for the scheme programming language? I would prefer one that plays nicely within emacs. thanks, allan