Re: [gentoo-user] 回复： [gentoo-user] Help!

Hello Lavender, we are going to help you. So please relax, tell your mail client to wrap lines at 72 characters and use the reply button to answer. For now, build a kernel with genkernel according to the handbook and stick to the rest of the hints you already got in the other replies. Save manual

Re: [gentoo-user] Why grub can't load win kernel

Am Wed, 5 Oct 2011 17:39:59 +0200 schrieb Alan McKinnon : > What version of grub, and what options (USE flags) was grub built > with? which of the grub USE flags do you think could cause this behavior?

Re: [gentoo-user] Why grub can't load win kernel

Am Wed, 5 Oct 2011 23:48:09 +0800 schrieb "Lavender" <448463...@qq.com>: > Sorry, I'm a gentoo newcomer, so I am totally not familar with this > OS. Does USE make sense with grub ? And in the building there is no > error, I had grub-install done. which was the *exact* commandline for grub-instal

Re: [gentoo-user] Is grub2 stable and who uses it?

Am Wed, 5 Oct 2011 09:20:07 -0700 schrieb ny6...@gmail.com: > > > Why does Gentoo still 'standardize' on grub instead of going > > > forward with grub2? > > > > Grub2 is weird (coming from anything that isn't grub2), and if you > > mess up the upgrade, you can't boot. > > > > It's a support nigh

Re: [gentoo-user] Why grub can't load win kernel

Am Wed, 5 Oct 2011 21:20:07 +0200 schrieb Alan McKinnon : > > which of the grub USE flags do you think could cause this behavior? > > > > I have no idea. > > I'm asking for full fault report information, mentioning everything > I can think of that could be relevant. You know, the things one sh

[gentoo-user] OT: change and improvement (was: Is grub2 stable and who uses it?)

Am Thu, 6 Oct 2011 00:18:49 +0100 schrieb Peter Humphrey : > On Wednesday 05 October 2011 17:47:21 Jonas de Buhr wrote: > > > sometimes things indeed need to change in order to improve. > > I remember things being improved. While I was in my 50s I was > continually faced w

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: change and improvement

Am Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:27:14 -0400 schrieb Michael Orlitzky : > On 10/06/2011 04:20 AM, Jonas de Buhr wrote: > > > > most of the "oh it's so weird"-whining often comes from just not > > being used to it. flip your door lock upside down - you'll hate it

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: change and improvement

Am Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:23:32 -0400 schrieb Michael Orlitzky : > > nothing forces you to switch to grub2. > > > > True in theory, but not in practice. the purpose of theory is to predict what happens in practice. if it does't, the theory is wrong. >Legacy grub will go away > eventually. >If

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: change and improvement

Am 07.10.2011 02:55, schrieb Michael Orlitzky: On 10/06/11 19:42, Jonas de Buhr wrote: If we have some grub-legacy and some grub2 installs, why would you do that? Eventually, grub2 will be all that's available from portage. At that point, I can either, 1) Install grub2 on some machine

Re: [gentoo-user] kscd-4.7.2 fails to build

Am 07.10.2011 10:03, schrieb Dale: /usr/lib64/libneon.so.27: undefined reference to `gnutls_certificate_verify_peers' gnutls_certificate_verify_peers is deprecated in gnutls. you could try emerging net-libs/neon with USE="-gnutls ssl" for a quick workaround.

Re: [gentoo-user] kscd-4.7.2 fails to build SOLVED

Am 07.10.2011 10:47, schrieb Dale: Jonas de Buhr wrote: Am 07.10.2011 10:03, schrieb Dale: /usr/lib64/libneon.so.27: undefined reference to `gnutls_certificate_verify_peers' gnutls_certificate_verify_peers is deprecated in gnutls. you could try emerging net-libs/neon with USE="-

Re: [gentoo-user] kscd-4.7.2 fails to build SOLVED

d on my server ;) attach it to the bug report if it works, please. Am 07.10.2011 10:47, schrieb Dale: Jonas de Buhr wrote: Am 07.10.2011 10:03, schrieb Dale: /usr/lib64/libneon.so.27: undefined reference to `gnutls_certificate_verify_peers' gnutls_certificate_verify_peers is deprecated in

Re: [gentoo-user] kscd-4.7.2 fails to build SOLVED

Am 07.10.2011 12:31, schrieb Jonas de Buhr: mkdir -p /usr/local/portage/net-libs/ should have been mkdir -p /usr/local/portage/net-libs/files of course. cp verify_peer2.patch /usr/local/portage/net-libs/files/ i will stop spamming now :)

Re: [gentoo-user] kscd-4.7.2 fails to build SOLVED

Am Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:44:20 +0200 schrieb Jonas de Buhr : > Am 07.10.2011 12:31, schrieb Jonas de Buhr: > > > mkdir -p /usr/local/portage/net-libs/ > > should have been nope, that was still wrong... mkdir -p /usr/local/portage/net-libs/neon/files cp verify_peer2.patch /usr

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: change and improvement

Am Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:59:54 -0400 schrieb Michael Orlitzky : > On 10/07/2011 03:36 AM, Jonas de Buhr wrote: > > Am 07.10.2011 02:55, schrieb Michael Orlitzky: > >> On 10/06/11 19:42, Jonas de Buhr wrote: > >>>> If we have some grub-legacy and some grub2 inst

Re: [gentoo-user] I can't INSTALL vim-core!!!

please run etc-update and try again Am Sat, 8 Oct 2011 21:05:31 +0800 schrieb 1990 dqgcs : > HI > > After emerge -auvDN world,Portage asks me to reinstall > app-editors/vim-core-7.3.266,but finaly i failed > it stays at "installing > /var/tmp/portage/app-editors/vim-core-7.3.266/image//usr/share

Re: [gentoo-user] 回复： [gentoo-user] Anyone can afford information about build kernel?

hey guys, please don't get me wrong on this one, i mean no offense. can anyone explain to me what this is? are these lavender threads some kind of trolling i don't get? it (apparently on purpose, since hints in that direction are ignored) combines loads of annoying qualities: - nondescriptive ti

this is spam (was: Re: [gentoo-user] 回复： [gentoo-user] Anyone can afford information about build kernel?)

Am Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:03:27 +0200 schrieb Jonas de Buhr : > it's nice how much many people on this this list are willing to help > in spite of all this. but am i really the only one who finds the > behavior described above at least confusing? > anyway, i'm quite con

Re: this is spam (was: Re: [gentoo-user] 回复： [gentoo-user] Anyone can afford information about build kernel?)

Am Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:54:06 +0100 schrieb Mick : > On Tuesday 11 Oct 2011 12:51:12 Jonas de Buhr wrote: > > Am Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:03:27 +0200 > > > > schrieb Jonas de Buhr : > > > it's nice how much many people on this this list are willing to > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] 回复： [gentoo-user] Anyone can afford information about build kernel?

Am Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:54:37 -0400 schrieb Michael Mol : > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 7:03 AM, Jonas de Buhr > wrote: > > hey guys, > > > > please don't get me wrong on this one, i mean no offense. > > can anyone explain to me what this is? are these lavender

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: this is spam

Am 12.10.2011 01:16, schrieb Matthew Finkel: On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Jonas de Buhrwrote: Just because the person is from China, doesn't mean we should assume they're a spammer (following Alan's last reply). that was not my reason to assume it and i think i made that very clear.

Re: [gentoo-user] "/usr/bin/[" and coreutils

Am Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:42:00 -0700 schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés : > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:35 PM, William Kenworthy > wrote: > > I have been checking my system for some deep seated problems and in > > the process, ran across the fact that "equery files > > sys-apps/coreutils-8.7" shows a file

Re: [gentoo-user] How to cross compile Perl for ARM?

hi peter! Am Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:14:51 +0200 schrieb czernitko : > Hello! > I started playing a little bit with cross compilation for ARM > architecture. Using crossdev I created a toolchain for > arm-none-linux-gnueabi tuple. Now I'd like to emerge some more > packages, but perl constantly refus

Re: [gentoo-user] Set eth0 parameters via conf.d?

Am Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:31:57 +0700 schrieb Pandu Poluan : > Is it possible to set eth0 parameters (e.g., txqueuelen) > via /etc/conf.d/net ? yes, set: txqueuelen_eth0="1000" or whichever value you want. have a look at /usr/share/doc/openrc-0.8.3-r1/net.example.bz2 your version of openrc may

Re: [gentoo-user] Set eth0 parameters via conf.d?

Am Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:39:15 +0700 schrieb Pandu Poluan : > On Oct 14, 2011 9:12 PM, "Jonas de Buhr" > wrote: > > > > Am Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:31:57 +0700 > > schrieb Pandu Poluan : > > > > > Is it possible to set eth0 parameters (e.g., txqueue

Re: [gentoo-user] pam-1.1.4 emerge error on x86

Am Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:01:04 +0100 schrieb Mick : > Have you seen this before? > > /var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/pam-1.1.4/image//usr/share/doc/pam-1.1.4/ > make[3]: Leaving directory > `/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/pam-1.1.4/work/Linux-PAM-1 .1.4/doc/sag' > m

Re: [gentoo-user] CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND, where ?

Am Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:54:48 -0700 schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés : > On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Alain Didierjean > wrote: > > > > * Messages for package sys-fs/udisks-1.0.4-r1: > > > > *   CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND:         is not set when it should be. > > > > As the message above from emerge says

Re: [gentoo-user] Apologize to everyone for my nonprofessional

Am Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:31:24 +0100 schrieb Neil Bothwick : > On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 03:10:37 -0700, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > > > It's arbitrary (basically) on executables and libraries. If an > > script needs something more (from /var, lets say), then the rule > > should be written in such a way

Re: [gentoo-user] Dennis Ritchie

Am Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:26:40 +0100 schrieb Matt Harrison : > On 15/10/2011 12:33, luis jure wrote: > > > > hello boys [1], > > > > i know i don't participate much on this list, but this does not > > mean that i don't try to follow most of the threads (not all of > > them, i admit). > > > > i re

Re: [gentoo-user] pam-1.1.4 emerge error on x86

Am Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:24:02 +0100 schrieb Mick : > On Saturday 15 Oct 2011 00:20:14 Jonas de Buhr wrote: > > Am Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:01:04 +0100 > > > > schrieb Mick : > > > Have you seen this before? > > > > `/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/pam-1.1.4/wo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dennis Ritchie

Am Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:47:07 +0300 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras : > On 10/15/2011 03:26 PM, Matt Harrison wrote: > > On 15/10/2011 12:33, luis jure wrote: > > > > I have spent the last few hours trying to explain his work to the > > folks here who were so saddened by Steve Jobs passing. While it is >

Re: [gentoo-user] pam-1.1.4 emerge error on x86

Am Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:17:41 +0100 schrieb Mick : > On Saturday 15 Oct 2011 14:09:46 Jonas de Buhr wrote: > > Am Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:24:02 +0100 > > > > schrieb Mick : > > > On Saturday 15 Oct 2011 00:20:14 Jonas de Buhr wrote: > > > > Am Sat, 15 Oct 20

Re: [gentoo-user] pam-1.1.4 emerge error on x86

Am Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:50:23 +0100 schrieb Mick : >[snip snip] > [snip...] > > > > Thank you! :-) > > > > you're welcome ;) > > its really easy to help you because you provide the right > > information =) > > To save me asking next time ... how did you know that pax-utils was > to blame? i sa

Re: [gentoo-user] Build error on poppler

Am 19.10.2011 04:28, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: Hi, this morning I got this (after update poppler and xorgserver had to be updated): /var/tmp/portage/app-text/poppler-0.16.7/work/poppler-0.16.7/glib/poppler-private.h:125: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting ',' or ';' in ' time_

Re: [gentoo-user] Issue 3 - CD Playing

Am Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:27:20 -0400 schrieb Colleen Beamer : > On 10/19/11 10:25, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Wed, October 19, 2011 7:39 am, Colleen Beamer wrote: > >> Semi-solved. > >> > >> On 10/18/11 19:21, Mark Knecht wrote: > >>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Colleen Beamer > >>> wrote: > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Build error on poppler

Am Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:13:54 -0700 schrieb Mark Knecht : > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 5:03 PM, wrote: > > Jonas de Buhr [11-10-19 17:05]: > > >> > >> 1. equery b /usr/bin/g-ir-scanner > >> 2. emerge that package (should be something with gobject) > >&

Re: [gentoo-user] Issue 3 - CD Playing

Am Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:06:33 -0400 schrieb Colleen Beamer : > On 10/19/11 03:51, Mick wrote: > > On Wednesday 19 Oct 2011 04:54:02 Colleen Beamer wrote: > >> On 10/18/11 21:07, Mark Knecht wrote: > >>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Colleen Beamer > >>> wrote: > >>> >[snip] > > /dev/

Re: [gentoo-user] Issue 3 - CD Playing

Am Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:58:15 +0200 schrieb Jonas de Buhr : > Am Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:27:20 -0400 > schrieb Colleen Beamer : > > > On 10/19/11 10:25, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > On Wed, October 19, 2011 7:39 am, Colleen Beamer wrote: > > >> Semi-solved. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Networkmanager-9999 won't compile

Am Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:00:23 +0530 schrieb Nilesh Govindarajan : > This is what I get when I try to install networkmanager- which is > required by gnome-3.2.0 > [SNIP] > -pthread -pthread > -Wl,--as-needed ../marshallers/.libs/libmarshallers.a > ./logging/.libs/libnm-logging.a ./dns-manager/.

[gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] Fwd: gnome-applets-python 装不上

just give the *full* output of the emerge command you ran. Am 21.10.2011 10:03, schrieb co: Thankyou, I found this [SNIP]

[gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] Fwd: gnome-applets-python 装不上

uot;png14" then do revdep-rebuild. collect2: ld returned 1 exit status [SNIP] 2011/10/21 Jonas de Buhr just give the *full* output of the emerge command you ran. Am 21.10.2011 10:03, schrieb co: Thankyou, I found this [SNIP]

Re: [gentoo-user] consolekit daemon problem

Am Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:58:11 -0400 schrieb cov...@ccs.covici.com: > Hi. I am using consolekit on gentoo 64-bit unstable and its giving me > warnings saying unable to add monitor -- n o space left on device. > File systems seem to be fine and a google search did not show anything > relevant. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Issue 3 - CD Playing

Am Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:43:09 -0400 schrieb Colleen Beamer : > > > P.S. kscd will display the track listings on the CD, but will not > play. again, please check for the audio cable going from cd-rom to soundcard or have a look at the link i posted earlier.

Re: [gentoo-user] consolekit daemon problem

Am Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:43:43 -0400 schrieb cov...@ccs.covici.com: > Jonas de Buhr wrote: > > > Am Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:58:11 -0400 > > schrieb cov...@ccs.covici.com: > > > > > Hi. I am using consolekit on gentoo 64-bit unstable and its > > > giving me

Re: [gentoo-user] consolekit daemon problem

Am Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:11:33 -0400 schrieb cov...@ccs.covici.com: > > Jonas de Buhr wrote: > > > Am Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:43:43 -0400 > > schrieb cov...@ccs.covici.com: > > > > > Jonas de Buhr wrote: > > > > > > > Am Fri, 21 Oct

Re: [gentoo-user] Which desktop antivirus?

Am Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:43:53 +0200 schrieb Florian Philipp : > Am 22.10.2011 13:29, schrieb Nilesh Govindarajan: > > On Sat 22 Oct 2011 04:57:33 PM IST, Mick wrote: > >> Hi All, > >> > >> I'm asked for a desktop antivirus (the box is running KDE) but I > >> have never used an antivirus on Linux.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to install music player without graphic ?

Am 23.10.2011 06:58, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: On 10/23/2011 07:05 AM, Lavender wrote: I added "USE=-KDE" to /etc/make.conf , but when I use emerge like below : # sudo emerge mplayer OR #sudo emerge amorok I found that the emerge always download something which contact with X11/lib . I don't kn

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to login to gentoo

Am Tue, 1 Nov 2011 12:40:09 +0530 schrieb Vishnupradeep : > Installed Gentoo Linux with KDE. Worked on it for some days without > any problem. The disk became full (now deleted some files downloaded > to my documents to get 1.5Gb free space). Now i can't login to > Gentoo. > The login screen appe

Re: [gentoo-user] Network problem with linux server

Am 07/11/2011 12:13, schrieb Massimiliano Ziccardi: Hi All. [SNIP] Please!! Do you have any advice? yes. read and follow the manuals provided by your distribution (your description doesn't sound gentoo-ish, but EVERY distro should have this in their documentation). Thanks, Massimiliano

[gentoo-user] app-emulation/virtualbox-modules and kernel sources

Hello everyone! virtualbox modules fails with the following * Messages for package app-emulation/virtualbox-modules-4.1.4: * Could not find a Makefile in the kernel source directory. * Please ensure that /usr/src/linux points to a complete set of Linux sources * Unable to calculate Linux K

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: app-emulation/virtualbox-modules and kernel sources

Am Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:13:04 + (UTC) schrieb Grant Edwards : > On 2011-11-10, Jonas de Buhr wrote: > > Hello everyone! > > > > virtualbox modules fails with the following > > > > * Messages for package app-emulation/virtualbox-modules-4.1.4: > > > &g

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Failing to compile hydrogen

Am 15/02/2012 04:59, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: »Q« [12-02-14 18:12]: On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:58:49 +0100 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: How can I circumvent the problem? I can't vouch for it, but there's a patch attached to the bug. Hi,

[gentoo-user] Bug 290437 (gcc-config)

Hi guys, i just ran into this bug again: sys-devel/gcc-config suggests gcc re-merge when profile is invalid https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290437 which is in status RESOLVED FIXED which is clearly not the case. who can change the status of a bug? /jonas

Re: [gentoo-user] Cant connect to local webserver - ICMP admin prohibited

>ssh works. routing should be ok then. >Connection from the same client to a third gentoo box >running a webserver works. what about connecting to the webserver from that third gentoo box? >Anyone seen this behavior? There's no iptables, you did check that on both machines, didn't you? what a

Re: [gentoo-user] Cant connect to local webserver - ICMP admin prohibited

>> what about connecting to the webserver from that third gentoo box? > >Same ICMP response, so its not a client side issue. yep. >No iptables on any of the boxes. No tcpwrappers. is there anything in between on the network? does traceroute show anything unusual? what happens if you try to co

Re: [gentoo-user] Bug 290437 (gcc-config)

>Hmm, odd. I thought everyone used to be able to reopen bugs. Ooops. i assumed the opposite because several people complained about having the same bug after it was closed in the comments but did not reopen it. But in fact i did not try. Shame on me :) >Well, it looks like mailto:vap...@gentoo.or

Re: [gentoo-user] Cant connect to local webserver - ICMP admin prohibited

>The devices are connected, there's only a switch between them (a >billion ADSL router). wait... billion as in "billion the company"? and you are using your router as a switch? please connect the two computers without any switch (crossover cable if they aren't 1000mbit) and try again. maybe the r

Re: [gentoo-user] Modifying LiveCDs

>What I'd like to do is drop the stage3 and Portage snapshots onto the >ISO before burning, but I've never done anything with mastering >bootable discs. Could someone provide me with some pointers? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=build+your+own+live+cd+gentoo SCNR :P alternatively you could use catalyst:

Re: [gentoo-user] Modifying LiveCDs

>> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=build+your+own+live+cd+gentoo > >Not so useful, thanks. Google fails me regularly. Personalized >searches are getting to be a real sore spot for me; not just mine, but >those of people pointing me at Google assuming my searches for the >same keywords will get the same result

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: google search results (was: Modifying LiveCDs)

>This is because Google uses geo-targeting to determine what results >you may be interested in (assuming your geo-location from your IP >address), and are you sure google uses ip geo-location? the results change a lot if you just change the TLD or hl= /jonas

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Should I be worried that I won't be able to dual boot in Gentoo?

>> between a fully-signed system (Windows 9 / OS XI or so) or a cracked >> boot, with little in the way of switching between the two, at least >> initially >> >> I know which one I'd pick if it came down to it :) > >And you really need not worry about it, some geek (Torvalds?) will >surely find ou

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Should I be worried that I won't be able to dual boot in Gentoo?

>> yes, there will most likely be a technical way to circumvent it. the >> problem is that involved companies might try (and likely succeed) to >> make that illegal. >> the reasoning will be this: it is assumed that you only make that >> modification to run pirated copies of commercial operating sy

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Should I be worried that I won't be able to dual boot in Gentoo?

>I am assuming that unlike the old days when I used to boot Linux on >PCs using a floppy with SmartBootManager, now we'll need to generate >some key/hash for our freshly compiled kernel, then add it to the BIOS >firmware and flash the BIOS with it before we are able to boot into it? > >Is it more c

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Should I be worried that I won't be able to dual boot in Gentoo?

>On 26 September 2011 20:29, Jonas de Buhr >wrote: >>>> between a fully-signed system (Windows 9 / OS XI or so) or a >>>> cracked boot, with little in the way of switching between the two, >>>> at least initially >>> >>>And you really n

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel compiles ... monitoring

hi harry! don't take my word for it, but i don't think there is an easy solution to this :) cmake creates makefiles which show the percentage completed in a build step. maybe you can look into how it does that and apply that to the kernel? /jonas >Harry gmail.com> writes: > >> >> How can one

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT but interesting nonetheless...

>The only problem with that attitude is that it eventually leads you to >the same position that Microsoft is in with Windows -- where too many >years of refusing to drop backwards compatibility were completely >holding them back. i thought of that too. as with many other things, the trick is to f

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Should I be worried that I won't be able to dual boot in Gentoo?

>I used to build and blueprint my own engines (cars and motorbikes). >Then gradually cars became electronic appliances, locked down to the >extent where engine modifications became difficult and expensive to >implement. I fear that PCs and before that laptops may be heading the >same way. :-( th

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel compiles ... monitoring

>Top shows CC taking about 50% or in that vacinity... nothing else of >note is running. But man I've been at this for 3 days, or so. >Created at least 6 different kernels and none will get me >booted... either I get a panic and root cannot be mounted, or the >screen goes black shortly after grub

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Should I be worried that I won't be able to dual boot in Gentoo?

>On Monday, September 26, 2011 10:26:03 PM Jonas de Buhr wrote: >> >I am assuming that unlike the old days when I used to boot Linux on >> >PCs using a floppy with SmartBootManager, now we'll need to generate >> >some key/hash for our freshly compiled kernel, t

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Development framework with access restriction?

>I'd like to hire a freelancer to work on my website. I don't want to >provide access to all of my code, but instead only the particular file >or files being worked on. Does anyone know of a development framework >that would help facilitate that sort of thing? Would no shell access >along with r

[gentoo-user] build problems with vmware-modules

hello everone! i'm having problems running vmware. a recend "emerge -DuvaN world" upgraded vmware to version 6.5.5 and i upgraded the kernel to # uname -a Linux toxic 2.6.39-gentoo-r3 #4 SMP Thu Sep 22 16:06:58 CEST 2011 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9450 @ 2.66GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux w

Re: [gentoo-user] build problems with vmware-modules

i just figured a build log in english might be more useful  * Package:app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.25-r3  * Repository: x-portage  * Maintainer: vad...@gentoo.org vmw...@gentoo.org  * USE:amd64 elibc_glibc

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: build problems with vmware-modules

>On 09/27/2011 10:08 PM, Jonas de Buhr wrote: >> hello everone! >> >> i'm having problems running vmware. a recend "emerge -DuvaN world" >> upgraded vmware to version 6.5.5 and i upgraded the kernel to >> # uname -a >> Linux toxic 2.6.39-ge

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Development framework with access restriction?

>> svn can restrict access to directories >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2288810/how-to-restrict-svn-repository-user-account-to-one-directory > >That would be perfect if it allowed access per file instead of per >directory. I thought about re-arranging the layout to accommodate >that lim

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Development framework with access restriction?

>> The problem with that is he will need to test his code in the working >> system.   why in the production system? >>I need a way for him to be able to read/write to a certain >> file or files within the working system, but have no read/write >> access to any other files in the system. >> >> Is

[gentoo-user] Problems with booting from SD card on EEE 1201H

Hello Everyone! I am trying to install gentoo on my eee1201h and used this howto: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/liveusb.xml to setup a bootable SD card. The system boots but depscan fail with "line 128: /bin/chmod: Input/Output Error" "line 139: Bus Error" and a lot more. Almost every command i

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage + checksums

Hi! >Do you know if someone makes a change to a copy of apache hosted on a >public mirror, will the sync between the servers determine that it's >corrupted (via 'bad' checksum) on the public side and replace it? I'm not sure how gentoo mirrors do the syncing but in a lot of cases an error like

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage + checksums

>This was an argument against Gentoo more than six or seven years ago >with regards to the security of whole portage system. Every package management system which uses hashes to verify integrity has the same problems. I think a lot of source tarballs are downloaded from the official sites anyw

Re: [gentoo-user] Xauthority and su

>Hi, > >when maintaining a machine from remote I sometimes have to switch to >a non-root user (whose password I don't want to know) to try something >out. > >For that, I log into that machine by ssh -Y r...@ >Now, how can I switch to user USER such that the X credentials >are copied. >Unfortun

Re: [gentoo-user] Xauthority and su

>>Are there any means to achieve this? > >Hi Helmut, > >you need to read "man xauth" :) or maybe this: http://www.xs4all.nl/~zweije/xauth-6.html#ss6.3 skip the DISPLAY-part if you're using ssh -Y. /jdb

Re: [gentoo-user] Xauthority and su

>Hi Jonas, >unfortunately, I don't understand your advice. > >I do have X11 forwarding configured and I don't have any problems >when working as the same user for which I logged in via ssh -Y. >But if I change the user by using su (doesn't work) or sux (works on >a local machine), Xauthorization f

Re: [gentoo-user] Xauthority and su

>I do have X11 forwarding configured and I don't have any problems >when working as the same user for which I logged in via ssh -Y. >But if I change the user by using su (doesn't work) or sux (works on >a local machine), Xauthorization fails. oh wait... maybe the problem is something different? a

Re: [gentoo-user] help renaming files

>i'm using es_UY.UTF8 and i can't make tr do anything useful. > >any ideas? script it. python for example works well with unicode. you may want os.rename() and maybe a dictionary with your substitutions. /jdb

Re: [gentoo-user] Xauthority and su

>> oh wait... maybe the problem is something different? after the "su -" >> you also lose the DISPLAY setting which was set after logging in with >> "ssh -Y". you should check the DISPLAY variable before and after the >> su on the remote machine. >> >That's the reason why I tried sux from x11-m

Re: [gentoo-user] USB printer and new cups

>But my main problem is another one: How do I tell CUPS which device my >printer is? I tried usb:/dev/usb/lp0 (found this notation when >googling 'usb printer device uri'), but nothing happens when I try to >print. with cups loaded and printer connected: # /usr/libexec/cups/backend/usb direct u

Re: [gentoo-user] Amarok

Hi! >I'm thinking I will change Amarok to Audacious. Maybe you should have a look at aTunes, rhythmbox, exaile, gmusicbrowser and jajuk too... :) >Anybody else experienced this or just I'm cursed? :) I had a lot of stability problems with amarok on opensuse. IMHO it's not worth the hassle, go w