[gentoo-user] No auto-add to programs list in GNOME after emerges

2005-09-01 Thread Greg Shikhman
Hi,   After installing gentoo and gnome on my current system, I don't get programs added to my program files after emerging them (ex: firefox-bin does not enter the menu after emerging it, I have to do it manually). Could anyone list any reasons why this could happen?

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

2005-09-01 Thread Greg Shikhman
I have tried out KDE and I am now using GNOME. It seems like GNOME has more of a skinning functionality although it does look a lot more bland initially.   ++ OT:   In KDE, if I emerged an app, it would appear in the applications menu. In GNOME, I have to add them in manually. Is there any configu

Re: [gentoo-user] Forgotten root password on remote system

2005-08-26 Thread Greg Shikhman
Well, when one of my servers got brute forced it was 5+ computers doing it at a time in 10 second intervals... On 8/26/05, Michael Crute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 8/26/05, Fernando Meira < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You're lacking optimism... Of course the brute-force attack was not supposed

Re: [gentoo-user] Forgotten root password on remote system

2005-08-25 Thread Greg Shikhman
Well, I just remembered hearing about rootkits. I think all you need is access to a user and a rootkit, but I haven't used one so I wouldn't know...but a simple google search came up with some linux rootkits :p

Re: [gentoo-user] Forgotten root password on remote system

2005-08-25 Thread Greg Shikhman
Well, if you or someone at the location has access to grub they could add the singleuser flag. This will allow you to change the password. On 8/25/05, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have forgotten the root password of my remote server.  Is there anyway to retrieve or reset it? - Grant--gentoo-u

Re: [gentoo-user] VMWare?

2005-08-21 Thread Greg Shikhman
The only issue with running WinXP inside a virtual environment is it becomes useless for gaming (making windows COMPLETELY useless) because VMWare doesn't have support for DirectX. On 8/21/05, Sandy McGuffog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I too run VMWare 5 on XP (as well as a dual boot installation) a

Re: [gentoo-user] First time Nvidia user - help required

2005-08-20 Thread Greg Shikhman
FPS in Half-Life is net_graph 3 or cl_showfps 1. Some people say cl_showfps one is a bit inconsistent, but I find it to be accurate enough. the CL command may require sv_cheats to be set to 1. Linux tends to run games a bit worse so if you need HL optimization, just email me :) On 8/20/05, Mark Kn

Re: [gentoo-user] Injecting files into a gentoo installation ISO?

2005-08-18 Thread Greg Shikhman
Unfortunately, I have all space taken up. I would need to ask the colo technician to insert a floppy and run the program, which is a bit much... On 8/18/05, Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Greg Shikhman wrote:>  I have a computer colocated and I want to switch to gentoo, bu

[gentoo-user] Injecting files into a gentoo installation ISO?

2005-08-18 Thread Greg Shikhman
Hi,   I have a computer colocated and I want to switch to gentoo, but I want to cause the technical support there minimal hassle (and a minimal cost to me :) ). The most I want them to do is pop in the gentoo disk, restart, and run a script that changes the root password and implements the correct