Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk writes:
On 1 June 2012, at 09:33, Harry Putnam wrote:
...
I am running thru a kvm switch, but don't really have the option
without a fair bit of juggling to try it with everything hooked
direct. I have tried plugging a keyboard direct, with no result
Hinnerk van Bruinehsen h.v.bruineh...@fu-berlin.de writes:
On 01.06.2012 10:33, Harry Putnam wrote:
On a fresh install on older dell P4, I've been unable to get the
usb keyboard to respond.
It responds at the grub screen, but once past there... no response
SNIP
Anyone have ideas
On a fresh install on older dell P4, I've been unable to get the usb
keyboard to respond.
It responds at the grub screen, but once past there... no response
I am running thru a kvm switch, but don't really have the option
without a fair bit of juggling to try it with everything hooked
direct. I
Arttu V. arttu...@gmail.com writes:
It looks like the @INC list (the directory list perl uses for finding
its modules) is not right or is not processed right. Only one
directory is looked into? (You can see @INC with perl -V, it should
be up to about ten directories on a Gentoo install.)
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com writes:
[...]
| Checking prerequisites...
| build_requires:
| ! Parse::CPAN::Meta (1.40) is installed, but we need version =
| 1.4401
| ERRORS/WARNINGS FOUND IN PREREQUISITES. You may wish to install
the versions | of the modules indicated
I have a light minimalish system (noX) and not a lot installed but for a the
last few weeks, when I try to update with emerge -vuD world
It caves about a perl versioning problem, and specifically about:
perl-core/Module-Build-0.400.0
Abbreviated output:
,
| Emerging (1 of 12)
Willie WY Wong wong...@member.ams.org writes:
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 06:24:29PM -0500, Penguin Lover Harry Putnam squawked:
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 08:42:00PM +, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
(a) using less, and have it take just 10 screen lines; (b) using cat etc.,
and have
Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com writes:
[...]
(c) use less -F and less will automatically exit if the entire file can fit
on one screen. One can export LESS='-F' to have less always do the above.
Maybe I'm seeing behavior that is not supposed to happen, but if I say
echo '## ONE
Kevin Monceaux ke...@rawfeddogs.net writes:
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 08:42:00PM +, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
(a) using less, and have it take just 10 screen lines; (b) using cat etc.,
and have the interesting part scroll away.
(c) use less -F and less will automatically exit if the entire
First my setup:
Fairly basic (newish) install (noX) in a Virtual Box vm on windows7 host
I'd like to hear some of the ways you all keep up with syncing and
update world.
Of course the basic call with cron is clear enough:
eix-sync
emerge -vuD world
But what I mean is how you handle
I've never yet managed to build a booting vm with gentoo. Probably my
own fault, but I don't want to wrangle and study and diddle around
endlessly. Which appears to be what it takes for me anyway.
This is a i7 64 bit system using semi newish and common sata disks (WD
500GB [black]), and I don't
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com writes:
You described your frustration but never mentioned what it is you want.
Is it a download source for a working appliance? Google will find one
of those for you.
Since both of you agree that I never said what I wanted, I guess I'm
guilty. Somehow I
Allan Gottlieb gottl...@nyu.edu writes:
I have a linksys wrt54G that is acting a little funny.
Since my new laptop supports 1Gig wired ethernet and the wrt is 100Meg,
I should upgrade even if the funny turns out to be just a config error
on my laptop.
If you talking 100Meg at the internet
Running Wheezy
Can anyone suggest pointers, urls, or coaching toward getting an
m-audio USB Fast Track Pro (external sound card) working?
When I run `alsamixer' it lists the Fast Track as one of the sound
cards available. When I choose it, alsamixer reports there are no
controls available
Kfir Lavi lavi.k...@gmail.com writes:
On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote:
Harry Putnam wrote:
Running Wheezy
Can anyone suggest pointers, urls, or coaching toward getting an
m-audio USB Fast Track Pro (external sound card) working?
When I run `alsamixer
Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com writes:
However, when I attempt tp play something with `mplayer some.wav', I
get no sound.
Stupid question: Are you specifying to mplayer which audio device to use?
No... and really not sure where to find the correct name to specify either.
Kfir Lavi lavi.k...@gmail.com writes:
You need to change the 1.0 to your card.
Read more here:
http://linux.dsplabs.com.au/mplayer-multiple-sound-cards-select-audio-device-p77/
Kfir
Thank you, once I got the device names with aplay -l
mplayer -ao alsa:device=hw=1.0
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com writes:
[...]
| Athinfo:smtp.gmail.com U:root I:hputn...@gmail.com P:??XX?? M:
| LOGIN PLAIN Athinfo:smtp.gmail.com:587 U:root I:hputn...@gmail.com
| P:??XX?? M: LOGIN PLAIN
`
Did you try just M: PLAIN without the LOGIN ?
If PLAIN doesn't do it, then
NOTE: Sorry if I've gone sort of hog wild posting this question
various places but it is a perplexing problem and I suspect there may
be help available here. Not to mention that many groups are slow due
to Christmas holidays.
---- ---=--- -
Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de writes:
AFAIK you also need to use a supporting Graphics driver. I, for instance,
Even for a no X setup?. What ever it needs must be there since it
pops up in a high resolution, but then drops back. If the good
weren't there to create that resolution, I doubt
What is the simplest way to get a higher resolution screen when
booting gentoo into console mode?
I used to have something in /boot/grub/grub.conf that did that but I
have forgotten the full syntax. My best guess is:
[...] vga=0x31a video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap
on kernel line.
With that in
[...]
Harry wrote:
[...] vga=0x31a video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap
(Does not work with newly installed gentoo guest on win7 Vbox)
Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com responded:
VESA framebuffer should work with absolutely everything PC-derived. I don't
know the grub configuration details,
Under the newest portage with x86~, if I run `emerge -vuD world'
should I see something besides:
Jobs 0 of 71 complete, 1 running [...]
Shouldn't there be more jobs running?
(This is on gentoo installed as guest on win7 using Vbox)
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com writes:
On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:55:38 -0600
Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote:
Under the newest portage with x86~, if I run `emerge -vuD world'
should I see something besides:
Jobs 0 of 71 complete, 1 running [...]
Shouldn't there be more jobs
Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com writes:
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote:
What is the simplest way to get a higher resolution screen when
booting gentoo into console mode?
I used to have something in /boot/grub/grub.conf that did that but I
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com writes:
Have you tried:
vga=ask
It'll give you a list of hopefully supported resolutions.
Yes but those are not really resolutions are they?... I thought they
were actual font size changes.
5 is closest but any of the smaller ones look too silly and
Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com writes:
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote:
This is a brand new install, and I've changed very little. I've done
nothing consciously to effect how many jobs are to be run.
In that case I think it is working
Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com writes:
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote:
Under the newest portage with x86~, if I run `emerge -vuD world'
should I see something besides:
Jobs 0 of 71 complete, 1 running [...]
Shouldn't there be more jobs
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk writes:
On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:52:04 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:
No, it doesn't appear at all in rc-update output. What I actually see
happen as boot starts is the vbox window expands quickly to about 3-4
times its original size, then after only a moment
Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com writes:
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk writes:
On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:52:04 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:
No, it doesn't appear at all in rc-update output. What I actually see
happen as boot starts is the vbox window expands quickly to about 3-4
times its
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com writes:
Yes, I see the latest screenshot now. Must have missed that one.
Harry, that error almost always indicates you do not have the drivers
for PIIX compiled into the kernel. I assume you are not using an
initramfs so that driver must be compiled in,
Claudio Roberto França Pereira spide...@gmail.com writes:
From the first post, you've ran, under grub, setup (hd0,0). This
installs grub on the first partition boot loader, you want to install
it on the DISK boot loader, on the MBR. Maybe gparted fixed that for
you. The correct way would be
One point no one has mentioned and I've wondered from time to time
myself is whether one can expect gentoo to continue into the future
for a long while, as compared to the likely hood of opensuse or maybe
debian that has been around a very long time.
It seemed at one time a year or so ago that
At distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/x86
I see 10.1, 11.0, 11.2
Which is the latest usable?
Installing fresh gentoo in guest vm on win7
Before I even try to configure a kernel, because I've been down this
road a few times, and so far have always had trouble getting a kernel
config that boots first time on gentoo vm.
The vm is a gentoo guest installed with Vbox on windows 7.
Its been
Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info writes:
On Dec 4, 2011 11:40 PM, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote:
Installing fresh gentoo in guest vm on win7
Before I even try to configure a kernel, because I've been down this
road a few times, and so far have always had trouble getting a kernel
Leho Kraav l...@kraav.com writes:
grab my 3.0.2 virtualbox config [1] and do make oldconfig on it
[1]: http://codepad.org/QreqHSMs
Thank you.. that is exactly what I was after... I'll be trying it out
in the next few hours.
On new install, first attempt at kernel build.
I hit this same old problem that was here mnths ago:
usr/src/linux-3.1.14-gentoo/scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh: Cannot open
`/usr/share/v86d/initramfs [...] initramfs.cpio] Error 1
I know that one way to fix it is to emerge v86d which I am now
Leho Kraav l...@kraav.com writes:
On Sunday, December 4, 2011 9:20:02 PM UTC+2, Harry Putnam wrote:
Leho Kraav le...@kraav.com writes:
grab my 3.0.2 virtualbox config [1] and do make oldconfig on it
[1]: http://codepad.org/QreqHSMs
Thank you.. that is exactly what I was after
If I wanted to enable something during an emerge using ECONF to add a
./configure option... what is the proper syntax?
I want to enable rootcommit for cvs. I thought I remembered something
like:
ECONF='--enable-rootcommit' USE='server' emerge -v cvs
But when I watch that run I see
Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com writes:
If I wanted to enable something during an emerge using ECONF to add a
./configure option... what is the proper syntax?
I want to enable rootcommit for cvs. I thought I remembered something
like:
ECONF='--enable-rootcommit' USE='server' emerge -v
Fresh install of gentoo as guest vm on win7
Configured kernel, fdisked like so:
/dev/sda1 boot
/dev/sda2 swap
/dev/sda3 /
set boot as bootable
emerged various things...
emerged grub and ran it
grub
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0,0)
bla bla
[...]
succeeded
Edited fstab
/dev/sda1
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com writes:
[...]
A Gentoo VM on a Linux host works fine here with the same setup. Let's
examine the host settings first as that affects booting too.
What settings do you have on the System and Storage tabs on the VBox
host for that vm?
I guess the easiest
Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com writes:
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com writes:
[...]
A Gentoo VM on a Linux host works fine here with the same setup. Let's
examine the host settings first as that affects booting too.
What settings do you have on the System and Storage tabs
Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info writes:
On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote:
Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com writes:
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com writes:
[...]
A Gentoo VM on a Linux host works fine here with the same setup. Let's
examine the host
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com writes:
FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted
That's a BIOS error, the vm's kernel and it's drivers have not yet been
loaded, never mind running when that happens. In this respect a VM
works just like physical hardware, so what does one do with
Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info writes:
On Dec 5, 2011 7:55 AM, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote:
Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info writes:
On Dec 5, 2011 7:19 AM, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote:
Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com writes:
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info writes:
Just before emerging the source, you really should tarball *everything*
(except /proc, /sys, /var/tmp/*, and /usr/portage/distfiles/*), so you can
just 'pick up where you left it' :-)
That's almost as slow as starting over from scratch... hehe.
Albert W. Hopkins mar...@letterboxes.org writes:
On Sat, 2011-11-26 at 17:01 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:
Creating a gentoo vm has always been a serious pita to me. I'm sure
there will be those who claim its `simple'.
Simple or not, I want to bypass it if possible.
So wondering
James Wall wallservi...@gmail.com writes:
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote:
Creating a gentoo vm has always been a serious pita to me. I'm sure
there will be those who claim its `simple'.
Simple or not, I want to bypass it if possible.
So wondering
Albert W. Hopkins mar...@letterboxes.org writes:
This is just a minimal Gentoo install, I have specialized appliances as
well.
where?
Albert W. Hopkins mar...@letterboxes.org writes:
On Sun, 2011-11-27 at 04:52 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:
Albert, I cloned your hg repo and tried to build from it, but it fails
at downloading gentoo-sources. Something about not being able to
resolve the kernel URLS.
I suspect
Creating a gentoo vm has always been a serious pita to me. I'm sure
there will be those who claim its `simple'.
Simple or not, I want to bypass it if possible.
So wondering if anyone here has (or has seen) a gentoo (vbox)
appliance available for download?
cov...@ccs.covici.com writes:
Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com wrote:
On 2011-11-24, cov...@ccs.covici.com cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote:
I am using rdiff-backup which is no longer maintained, but still seems
to work, but I was thinking to use rsnapshot instead which seems like a
Sorry about the OT, this was one of those times where I cannot think
of a better place to ask this... and there are many well informed
people here.
I've been unable to turn up a mailing list about Xming. gmanes active
list doesn't appear to have any group with xming in the
name... googling turns
Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com writes:
I've only used it on Ubuntu, and maybe it's just Ubuntu's
implementation -- but it was both complicated and difficult. There
are 10X as many files, and to change anything you edit a whole set of
configuration files and run a utility that
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk writes:
Also, its not clear how one would install a new kernel. Where to put
the information and so forth.
See above. You don't put anything anywhere when installing a new kernel,
just run grub-update and it will be found and added to the menu. At the
same
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com writes:
What do your basics performance tools like top and friends say? See
what swap usage looks like outside the chroot while the compile is
running - is it thrashing? What speed are you getting for the hard disk
from hdparm -t -T?
Top shows CC taking
I've been looking around for a way to install gentoo just by plopping
an ISO into a known partition,.
I'm not getting much from google on this search string:
install gentoo directly from iso. Or I should say:
I've found a couple of how toos but they involve quite a lot of mumbo
jumbo like
What is the lowdown on the new Firefox 6 that is currently on auto
mask in portage. It appears I can set
`EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS=--autounmask=n'
in /etc/make.conf and go right ahead emerging. Any opinions about
yeah or neigh?
I caught just a hint of some kind of recent trouble when updating on
this list a few days ago but lost track of the thread or message.
I'd like to do update world and am some 4-5 mnths out of date right
now.
Am I likely to hit some horrible snag that has come up recently.
PS - I'm already past
Pretty lame and pretty OT, but here it is:
I've installed Opera... in the last 40 min or so, I've attempted to
determine how to set a home page. Googled etc.
Directions found on google appear NOT to apply to linux version.
Navigate to and click the preferences link at top of opera page.
Stefano Crocco stefano.cro...@alice.it writes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . you have to click on the Opera
button, just below the title bar and at the left of the first open
tab. A menu will popup.
Many thanks friend. That one bit is the key to all of it. Just a
small mention
meino.cra...@gmx.de writes:
Hi,
I have to old (technical identical) harddisks formerly used for backup
purposes. They contain each a different set of files -- the
partitioning is identical. Both disks are nearly filled.
The harddisk in my PC has more free space (they contain a totally
Albert Hopkins mar...@letterboxes.org writes:
On Friday, July 8 at 11:55 (-0500), Harry Putnam said:
[..]
Somehow I managed to really hurt the installation ... here is what I
remember having done:
Some how I got mixed up when running as root, and attempted to mount a
users encfs
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk writes:
On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:35:55 -0400, Albert Hopkins wrote:
Having said that:
One of encfs's Achilles heel is its dependency on the boost C++ library
which is *very* sensitive wrt to API/ABI changes and the like. It also
depends on OpenSSL which also
Sorry about the OT, I couldn't raise a stir on the encfs group in
several days... I'm hoping someone here is experienced with encfs.
Actually I'm somewhat experienced with it myself. I've been keeping
encfs directory for yrs now for special stuff.
Somehow I managed to really hurt the
walt w41...@gmail.com writes:
On 07/03/2011 03:07 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
I'm getting output from emerge -v emacs-vcs like this:
* ERROR: app-editors/emacs-vcs-24.0.-r1 failed (unpack phase):
* bzr.eclass: can't pull from bzr://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/emacs/trunk/
I tried
bzr
Albert Hopkins mar...@letterboxes.org writes:
On Sunday, July 3 at 22:07 (-0500), Harry Putnam said:
this is a no X machine... it appears at the cited URL they expect you
to be running xorg.
KMS doesn't require X, but Xorg can use it. Basically Xorg can let the
kernel handle graphics mode
cov...@ccs.covici.com writes:
I've been able to do this for years using VESA.
I use uvesafb and it works without X -- I get 60x164, depending on the
resolution your mileage may vary.
If it done in the kernel line of grub.conf? I realize it must be
enabled in kernel and I have done that.
Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de writes:
[...]
Harry wrote:
So I'm a little confused.
Nikos replied:
The guide deals with how to make X.Org use KMS. That does not mean
that KMS requires X. For your X-less machine, all you need to do is
enable the driver for your card in the kernel
I've been booting with a framebuffer for some time. So long that I
fear my kernel line may be out of date.
At any rate my settings are apparently causing the resolution setting
to be ignored and I'm sometimes asked for a selection and sometimes it
just boots with the huge 80x25 standard.
I'm getting output from emerge -v emacs-vcs like this:
* ERROR: app-editors/emacs-vcs-24.0.-r1 failed (unpack phase):
* bzr.eclass: can't pull from bzr://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/emacs/trunk/
I tried
bzr branch bzr://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/emacs/trunk/
by hand and had no problems with it.
Albert Hopkins mar...@letterboxes.org writes:
On Sunday, July 3 at 16:39 (-0500), Harry Putnam said:
I've been booting with a framebuffer for some time. So long that I
fear my kernel line may be out of date.
A lot of people nowadays are using KMS. It's the one true way™ for
doing
Albert Hopkins mar...@letterboxes.org writes:
On Tuesday, June 28 at 10:57 (-0400), Albert Hopkins said:
Anyway, I will rebuild an image with AHCI support and upload it
shortly.
Done, uploaded to the same place:
http://starship.python.net/crew/marduk/base-dist.vmdk.bz2
I also made the
Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com writes:
resolved I kept getting really strange output from emerge. It appeared
to be the output of something like vmstat or maybe the upper portion
of `top'. Stuff about user loads and such... right after the first
few lines of emerge output, and nothing
Albert Hopkins mar...@letterboxes.org writes:
[...]
Yeah, sorry if I didn't mention before. In the interest of size, I
remove the portage tree (and also kernel sources) before creating the
image. So in order to do portage-related stuff one must first:
# emerge --sync
[...]
Should
Albert Hopkins mar...@letterboxes.org writes:
[...]
You've never heard of FEATURES (or --jobs)? May want to peruse the man
pages a bit. FEATURES is a very fundamental part of portage (man
make.conf).
Sorry for being a lazy slug... I've used the same /etc/make.conf for
several yrs with no
Albert Hopkins mar...@letterboxes.org writes:
Well, thanks for pointing out the error in my appliance creation script
that mistakenly sets up the serial console on non-headless VMs. I've
fixed the bug and created and uploaded a new image.
My tiny input isn't much... the big thanks goes to
Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com writes:
I'm very curious - did you happen to try appending something like
init=/sbin/init 1
to the boot kernel command and seeing what happens? That might be
instructive about where it's really getting to or what is stopping it
from proceeding.
Mark, I
Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com writes:
Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com writes:
I think we're not communicating then. The file I sent you was
[...]
Egad... I wasn't far off about brain dead. I got mixed up with
another fellow who posted an appliance. I'm really sorry. And thanks
Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com writes:
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote:
SNIP
The boot process does get a little farther but comes to a halt at
Switching to clock source tsc
And there it has sat for some time now. Apparently is not going
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk writes:
On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:34:56 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
(From chrooted shell)
root@sysresccd /dev % ls -l console null
crw-rw 1 root root 5, 1 Jun 26 17:33 console
crw-rw 1 root root 1, 3 Jun 26 17:33 null
When you chroot to the install
Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com writes:
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote:
Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com writes:
I didn't think to get the right wording before rebooting into
SystemRescueCD and am now chrooted into the vm again.
Here are the boot
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk writes:
On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:18:57 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
But now that I tried booting, I think I'm missing some kind of driver
from the kernel build... boot is not able to find my root on sda3.
And has a kernel panic.
I remember having a heck
Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com writes:
Here's the kernel config from my 64-bit 2.6.38-gentoo-r3 VM
Mark is that guest running in vmware or something else than Virtual Box.
The guest that uses that kernel is running in Virtualbox-4.0.8.
The host is a Gentoo64-bit system, 98% stable, 2%
Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com writes:
I think we're not communicating then. The file I sent you was
/usr/src/linux.config in the VM. It's not a file that VB would run,
but rather a kernel config you might use to build a kernel to make
your VM boot. That of course assumes that the hardware
Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk writes:
On 24 June 2011, at 02:02, Harry Putnam wrote:
I just happened to run into a situation where rsync would have been
really handy to have on board while booting a minimal install iso.
I was surprised to find rsync was not amongst the onboard
Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com writes:
As for Gentoo installs, IMHO, they are in a bit of a mess right
now. Last weekend a friend decided to give Linux a try and I helped
him install Gentoo. The tarballs still, after nearly a month I think,
didn't include all the required /dev stuff in
walt w41...@gmail.com writes:
Yes, it's a trivial fix (everything's trivial if you know how to do it :)
The /dev directory (before udev starts) is missing the /dev/console
device -- or maybe it's the /dev/null device. Crap, I can't recall
just now but I fixed the problem a week or two ago
Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com writes:
I didn't think to get the right wording before rebooting into
SystemRescueCD and am now chrooted into the vm again.
Here are the boot messages in a screen grab
www.jtan.com/~reader/vu2/disp.cgi
I just happened to run into a situation where rsync would have been
really handy to have on board while booting a minimal install iso.
I was surprised to find rsync was not amongst the onboard tools.
Isn't rsync a pretty basic tool to be missing from a bootable install
disc?
I realize I can
walt w41...@gmail.com writes:
I've been reading the monthly security bulletin from sans.org for
several years. During that time I've noticed some recurring themes,
including multiple appearances from Adobe products like Flash.
Another recurring theme is ftp servers (of which there are
The times I've tried to get a recent gentoo version running in a vm on
windows turned out to be labor taking days to get right.
Does anyone know if there is a fairly current gentoo appliance
somewhere that I can just install and then update or customize?
I'd prefer to run it with vbox but if the
Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com writes:
Hi Harry,
I have an up-to-date Gentoo 64-bit/KDE Virtualbox VM but I haven't
tested it on a Windows host. I suppose could try that given some time.
I'd have no problem donating a copy if people wanted it and there
was some public place that we
kashani kashani-l...@badapple.net writes:
On 6/22/2011 2:52 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
If that isn't available maybe someone has a fairly current kernel
config that is known to boot on a windows host with guest gentoo.
http://badapple.net/files/gentoo-vbox.config
Windows 7, vbox 4.0.8, gentoo
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com writes:
modules=fuse
Which appears to be the proper syntax judging from the comments in
the stub file provided (/etc/conf.d/modules).
But `fuse' never gets auto loaded. There must be something more or
different it needs.
Your syntax is correct.
James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com writes:
Harry Putnam reader at newsguy.com writes:
Is there some quick and sure way to discover any IPs on the home lan?
emerge fping
man fping
fping -g 192.168.222.0/24
searches quite fast and accurate...
Yup, that's quick and easy... thanks
Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de writes:
If you have modules you wish to get loaded automatically on boot,
only then put entries for them in /etc/conf.d/modules.
Sorry to butt in and change the subject slightly:
Do you happen to know the exact syntax for that kind of rule or
whatever it's
There must be a number of people who post here that have had to do
this problem.
Discover the addresses of computers on a home network that have
connected by way of DHCP. For example: Several wireless connections.
I've used static IPS for around 10 yrs, always seemed handier for
things like ssh
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