Re: [gentoo-user] update gentoo without network

2016-01-17 Thread Raffaele BELARDI
J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Monday, January 18, 2016 07:52:08 AM Raffaele BELARDI wrote: >> I have gentoo system A (~x86) on a network that does not allow portage >> access to internet due to some authentication issue. System B (~amd64) >> is on another network with no such restrictions. >> >> To bypa

Re: [gentoo-user] update gentoo without network

2016-01-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Monday, January 18, 2016 07:52:08 AM Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > I have gentoo system A (~x86) on a network that does not allow portage > access to internet due to some authentication issue. System B (~amd64) > is on another network with no such restrictions. > > To bypass the restrictions I ma

[gentoo-user] update gentoo without network

2016-01-17 Thread Raffaele BELARDI
I have gentoo system A (~x86) on a network that does not allow portage access to internet due to some authentication issue. System B (~amd64) is on another network with no such restrictions. To bypass the restrictions I made a copy of A on a removable media, chroot into it from B and 'emerge-we

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-01-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Monday, January 18, 2016 02:02:27 AM lee wrote: > "J. Roeleveld" writes: > > On 17 January 2016 18:35:20 CET, Mick wrote: > > > > [...] > > > >>I use the icaclient provided by Citrix to access my virtual desktop at > >>work, > >>but have never tried to set up something similar at home. What

[gentoo-user] Re: How to get rid of 32bits libraries

2016-01-17 Thread James
Nikos Chantziaras gmail.com> writes: > > I'd like to get rid of all 32bits libraries. There are only two > > packages which I'd like to keep and which need some 32bits libraries. OK, so I run:: EIX_LIMIT=0 eix -I --only-names | equery hasuse abi_x86_32 | wc -l and get '279'. Maybe I missed

[gentoo-user] Re: How to get rid of 32bits libraries

2016-01-17 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 17/01/16 10:32, Helmut Jarausch wrote: Hi, I'd like to get rid of all 32bits libraries. There are only two packages which I'd like to keep and which need some 32bits libraries. That's dev-util/android-sdk-update-manager and app-text/acroread both of which I use only occasionally. Look in

[gentoo-user] cannot boot system whose root is zfs

2016-01-17 Thread covici
Hi. Using dracut and systemd I am having a terrible time trying to boot a system whose root file system is zfs, along with some other datasets I have created in the pool. the zfs module does load, but it cannot find the pool. It gets to the sysroot.mount service and dies. I think the problem se

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-01-17 Thread wabenbau
lee wrote: > Rich Freeman writes: > > > On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 6:38 AM, lee wrote: > >> Suppose you use a VPN connection. How do does the client > >> (employee) secure their own network and the machine they're using > >> to work remotely then? > > > > Poorly, most likely. Your data is proba

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-01-17 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 7:26 PM, lee wrote: > Rich Freeman writes: > >> However, while an RDP-like solution protects you from some types of >> attacks, it still leaves you open to many client-side problems like >> keylogging. I don't know any major corporation that lets people RDP >> into their

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-01-17 Thread lee
"J. Roeleveld" writes: > On 17 January 2016 18:35:20 CET, Mick wrote: > [...] >>I use the icaclient provided by Citrix to access my virtual desktop at >>work, >>but have never tried to set up something similar at home. What >>opensource >>software would I need for this? Is there a wiki some

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-01-17 Thread lee
Rich Freeman writes: > On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 6:38 AM, lee wrote: >> Suppose you use a VPN connection. How do does the client (employee) >> secure their own network and the machine they're using to work remotely >> then? > > Poorly, most likely. Your data is probably not nearly as important t

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-01-17 Thread Mick
On Sunday 17 Jan 2016 13:10:42 Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 1:03 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > I would prefer a method that is independent of OS used. And provides > > server side limitations with regards to filesharing and clipboard access. > x2go is just X11, so it should be OS-in

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-01-17 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 1:03 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > I would prefer a method that is independent of OS used. And provides server > side limitations with regards to filesharing and clipboard access. > x2go is just X11, so it should be OS-independent as long as you have a client/server for it.

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-01-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 17 January 2016 18:59:36 CET, Rich Freeman wrote: >On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Mick >wrote: >> I use the icaclient provided by Citrix to access my virtual desktop >at work, >> but have never tried to set up something similar at home. What >opensource >> software would I need for this?

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-01-17 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Mick wrote: > I use the icaclient provided by Citrix to access my virtual desktop at work, > but have never tried to set up something similar at home. What opensource > software would I need for this? Is there a wiki somewhere to follow? > There might be someth

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-01-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 17 January 2016 18:35:20 CET, Mick wrote: >On Sunday 17 Jan 2016 16:51:00 J. Roeleveld wrote: >> On Sunday, January 17, 2016 10:46:38 AM Rich Freeman wrote: >> > On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 10:27 AM, J. Roeleveld >wrote: >> > > Actually, there are several large corporations that use RDP-like >> >

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-01-17 Thread Mick
On Sunday 17 Jan 2016 16:51:00 J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Sunday, January 17, 2016 10:46:38 AM Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 10:27 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > Actually, there are several large corporations that use RDP-like > > > technologies. Although those are called "VDI" and

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-01-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Sunday, January 17, 2016 10:46:38 AM Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 10:27 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > Actually, there are several large corporations that use RDP-like > > technologies. Although those are called "VDI" and usually use XenDesktop > > on the server side and "icaclien

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-01-17 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 10:27 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > Actually, there are several large corporations that use RDP-like technologies. > Although those are called "VDI" and usually use XenDesktop on the server side > and "icaclient" on the client. > Runs through HTTPS and apart from keyloggers a

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-01-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Sunday, January 17, 2016 07:27:45 AM Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 6:38 AM, lee wrote: > > Suppose you use a VPN connection. How do does the client (employee) > > secure their own network and the machine they're using to work remotely > > then? > > Poorly, most likely. Your d

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-01-17 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 6:38 AM, lee wrote: > Suppose you use a VPN connection. How do does the client (employee) > secure their own network and the machine they're using to work remotely > then? Poorly, most likely. Your data is probably not nearly as important to them as their data is, and mo

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-01-17 Thread lee
Mick writes: > On Saturday 16 Jan 2016 09:39:24 Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 16/01/2016 06:17, Grant wrote: >> > I'm considering allowing some employees to work from home but I'm >> > concerned about the security implications. Currently everybody shows up >> > and logs into their locked down Gento

Re: [gentoo-user] (Re-) Configuring X11 with two graphic cards (NVidia)

2016-01-17 Thread lee
meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > Hi, > > previously there were two graphic cards installed in my Gentoo box: > > Geforce GT 430 > Geforce GT 560TI > > The first was used for desktop purposes only and the second was used > only by Blender as "render engine". > > Then the Geforce GT 560TI went crazy an

[gentoo-user] Kmail2 with standalone PostgreSQL - first impressions

2016-01-17 Thread Mick
Some initial impressions after 3 weeks of daily usage: 1. Sometimes akonadi does not start when I start Kmail. The kmail window is greyed out with the message "The Akonadi personal information management service is not running. This application cannot be used without it." The greyed out area

[gentoo-user] How to get rid of 32bits libraries

2016-01-17 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, I'd like to get rid of all 32bits libraries. There are only two packages which I'd like to keep and which need some 32bits libraries. That's dev-util/android-sdk-update-manager and app-text/acroread both of which I use only occasionally. Is it possible to install this on /usr/local in such