[gentoo-user] eix-update, run from root, failed to write database file

After today's world update, the eix-update command, run under root, failed to open the database file '/var/cache/eix/portage.eix' for writing. Nevertheless, the same command, run with ordinary user privileges, completed without error. Why? # eix-update Reading Portage settings .. Building

Re: [gentoo-user] eix-update, run from root, failed to write database file

Am 05.01.2015 um 11:54 schrieb Gevisz: After today's world update, the eix-update command, run under root, failed to open the database file '/var/cache/eix/portage.eix' for writing. Nevertheless, the same command, run with ordinary user privileges, completed without error. Obviously, while

Re: [gentoo-user] Suspend problem.

kirimaks kirim...@yahoo.com writes: Hi! I have a problem, when my laptop just stands it freezes after some time. Maybe completely unrelated, but have you turned off security chip[1] in BIOS? [1]

[gentoo-user] Suspend problem.

Hi! I have a problem, when my laptop just stands it freezes after some time. In syslog I have a lot of messages like this: Jan 5 03:26:11 localhost kernel: [ 3488.016576] Device suspended Jan 5 03:26:11 localhost kernel: [ 3488.042232] [c134ba9f] ? credit_entropy_bits+0x1df/0x2b0 Jan 5

[gentoo-user] Radeon driver - blank console

Hi, the recent update of virtual/opengl forced me to switch from my ati [legacy] driver to the open source driver (radeon) While I got X11 running, my console gets blanked before I can log in on the command line. Which (framebuffer?) kernel parameters have to set? It looks like the kernel or

Re: [gentoo-user] setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps

You should be using xmodmap OR xsetkbmap OR the configuration file, not all three (though they shouldn't interfere with each other if configured properly - they'd just all be doing the same thing). If you wish to set Caps_Lock to be Control_L, you need to redefine keycode 66, not 37 (37 is

Re: [gentoo-user] Radeon driver - blank console

Am 05.01.2015 um 14:42 schrieb Helmut Jarausch: Which (framebuffer?) kernel parameters have to set? Try compiling CONFIG_DRM_RADEON as module and do not enable any frame buffers, especially not CONFIG_FB_RADEON, as absurd as it sounds. This should take care of your invisible virtual

Re: [gentoo-user] Suspend problem.

On 01/05/2015 05:04 PM, Zesen Qian wrote: kirimaks kirim...@yahoo.com writes: Hi! I have a problem, when my laptop just stands it freezes after some time. Maybe completely unrelated, but have you turned off security chip[1] in BIOS? [1]

[gentoo-user] lsof on fail2ban

AFAIK fail2ban tails log files to find login failures, but when i try lsof its not reading daemon.log/auth.log/whatever for sshd's login failure messages. # ps -ef | grep fail2 root 518 1 0 Jan01 ?00:05:22 /usr/bin/python3.4 /usr/lib64/python-exec/python3.4/fail2ban-server -s

Re: [gentoo-user] setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps

Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com writes: On Sunday 04 Jan 2015 19:53:37 lee wrote: Hi, I'm trying to use the CapsLock key as control key. With 'setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps' that works --- until I use 'xmodmap' to load my keymap. Once the keymap is loaded, the CapsLock key again works as

Re: [gentoo-user] setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps

Sid S r03...@gmail.com writes: You should be using xmodmap OR xsetkbmap OR the configuration file, not all three (though they shouldn't interfere with each other if configured properly - they'd just all be doing the same thing). It would be fine if they did what I want :) If you wish to set

[gentoo-user] metalog: postrotate_cmd

Hi, what happens when a postrotate_cmd started by metalog never finishes? Am I assuming right that in ... , |postrotate_cmd | postrotate_cmd = /path/to/a/program. Run specified pro‐ | gram after a log file has been rotated. The program is |