Re: [gentoo-user] bindmount or symlink?

On 13.03.2012 09:15, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: If I'm understanding you, you want: fstab: /dev/XX /mnt/p1 ... /dev/YY /mnt/p2 ... and then /usr/portage -> /mnt/p1 /usr/src -> /mnt/p2 (or using bindmounting, whatever). This makes no sense at all (at least not to me), when you can s

Re: [gentoo-user] Failed gnome3 upgrade

On 05.07.2012 14:00, William Kenworthy wrote: Any hints where to look next as the gdm logs arent very informative. Hmm, do you have a user polkitd with invalid home directory in /etc/passwd? Philipp

Re: [gentoo-user] Failed gnome3 upgrade

On 05.07.2012 14:43, William Kenworthy wrote: On Thu, 2012-07-05 at 14:24 +0200, Philipp Riegger wrote: On 05.07.2012 14:00, William Kenworthy wrote: Any hints where to look next as the gdm logs arent very informative. Hmm, do you have a user polkitd with invalid home directory in /etc/passwd

Re: [gentoo-user] Failed gnome3 upgrade

On 05.07.2012 14:00, William Kenworthy wrote: Any hints where to look next as the gdm logs arent very informative. BTW, you could check ~/.xsession-error (or something like this). Nice logfile. Philipp

Re: [gentoo-user] python-2.6.2 site-packages path problem

On Tue, 2009-04-21 at 12:34 +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > with Python 2.6.2 I have (even re-)installed dev-python/pygtk. > And indeed, there is a directory > /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/gtk-2.0 > > But, still, > import gtk > fails. Looking closer, > there is NO pygtk.pth-2.0 pygtk.py-2.0 f

Re: [gentoo-user] python-2.6.2 site-packages path problem

On Tue, 2009-04-21 at 15:56 +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > There is a bug about this, search bugs.gentoo.org for your error/the > > problem where you get the error. You have to reemerge some packages, > > pygobject and maybe more. > > > Sorry, but I couldn't find something on bugs.gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-user] libtool question

On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 11:45 +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > unfortunately, libtool is one of my black spots in my Linux knowlegde. > > Trying to emerge app-editors/kile-2.0.3-r1 libtool fails with > libtool: link: cannot find the library `/usr/lib/libpcreposix.la' > > The libtool command is too

Re: [gentoo-user] libtool question

On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 11:59 +0200, Philipp Riegger wrote: > There was a bug about this (libpcre not installing the .la files). https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=266016 should be it btw.. Philipp

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 17:02 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > >> I'd look to see what is filling up the root partition, 10GB should be > > >> more than enough. > > > > > > Good tip! cd /usr/src/linux and make clean gave me back 2 GB. > > > > Also unmerge old unneeded kernels and remove leftovers fro

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh-agent & RSA

On Sun, 2009-05-10 at 22:18 -0700, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: > Hi all, [...] I would recommend you to try [I] net-misc/keychain Available versions: 2.6.6 2.6.8 Installed versions: 2.6.8(19:38:13 04/17/09) Homepage:http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/keychain/ Description:

Re: [gentoo-user] nfs over (lvm over nbd) ?

On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 01:58 +0200, Raph wrote: > There are 20 computers (2x1.6 Ghz, 1GB RAM, 160GB sata) > and 1 more (outside the room) with the same hardware > (so no real "server"). The whole is connected > with 10/100 ethernet. This sounds quite ok. The question is, what will you use the syst

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] RAID 1 over network

On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 12:40 +0200, Renat Golubchyk wrote: > Are there any viable solutions that could work over a WAN? Look into DRBD, . It is open source but not yet in the kernel, I think. Philipp

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] RAID 1 over network

On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 16:45 +0300, Daniel Iliev wrote: > DRBD is HA solution which is achieved by switching the role of the > nodes in case the "active node" goes offline. I think DRBD is not meant > for the schema OP has described, because only the "active node" is > accessible via FS. DRBD works

[gentoo-user] Firefox3 jumping between virtual desktops

Good morning, I installed firefox 3 rc2 some days ago and maybe some other applications, too. Since then, ther is a strange behaviour. Before: When i click a link in Evolution on Desktop 2, Firefox opens it in a new tab and stays on Desktop 1. After: Firefox moves to Desktop 2 and is the focused

Re: [gentoo-user] Back down to older version (emerge)

On 22.03.2007, at 11:52, Neil Bothwick wrote: to /etc/portage.package.mask /etc/portage/package.mask as far as i know. Philipp -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Booting Gentoo from a floppy and then chroot to finish install on old PC

On 07.05.2007, at 23:13, Richard Watson wrote: Apart from the obvious comment to buy a CD drive ... Is there anyone out there that has Gentoo 2.6 kernel that will boot of a floppy and can tell me how to do it? The only other command I would need to perform would be chroot. I cannot tell

Re: [gentoo-user] firewall on a cd

On 19.05.2007, at 01:19, Neil Walker wrote: Have a look at Redwall. If you want Gentoo, have a look at GNAP and catalyst. Philipp -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] increase the dmesg buffer

Hi! I get lots and lots of messages in dmesg which results in me only seeing stuff from hard disk drivers and some grsec java messages in dmesg after rebooting. Is there a way to increase the buffer for this, so that i see twice as many messages, for example? Thanks, Philipp -- [E

Re: [gentoo-user] increase the dmesg buffer

On 20.05.2007, at 17:58, David Relson wrote: Since the dmesg buffer exists in kernel space, a kernel build is required to change its size. If recollection serves, the setting is named CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT and the value is a power of 2. For example CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=18 sets the buffer size

Re: [gentoo-user] X11 monster rebuild forced? Can I defer it?

Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > A couple of days ago my usual emerge -aDvu world came up with a monster > list of blocked packages -- the switchover to modular x11 is apparently now > obligatory. Or is it something I did to make it spill over? It just went stable. > In any event, the web page on the top

[gentoo-user] xorg-x11 7.0 does not work with nvidia-glx-1.0.7174-r5

Hi! Unfortunately i am forced to use nvidia-glx-1.0.7174-r5 because my graphic card is not supported by newer versions of the driver. I also use kernel 2.6.11 because of that. But now xorg does not seem to work with that driver: (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module! (EE) NVIDI

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 7.0 does not work with nvidia-glx-1.0.7174-r5

On Jul 4, 2006, at 1:05 AM, Urs Schuetz wrote: Check whether you have /dev/nvidia[0..9] and /dev/nvidiactl. I don't have them. But the kernel module is loaded. I'll have a look at udev now. Philipp -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 7.0 does not work with nvidia-glx-1.0.7174-r5

On Jul 3, 2006, at 11:08 PM, Daevid Vincent wrote: See attached. It may help. DÆVID -Original Message- From: Philipp Riegger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 10:40 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 7.0 does not work with nvidia

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 7.0 does not work with nvidia-glx-1.0.7174-r5

I'm sorry, i did not want so send what i sent. On Jul 5, 2006, at 9:21 AM, Philipp Riegger wrote: On Jul 3, 2006, at 11:08 PM, Daevid Vincent wrote: I finally got this working it seems. These links were very helpful: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90047 http://forums.gento

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 7.0 does not work with nvidia-glx-1.0.7174-r5

On Jul 5, 2006, at 12:32 PM, Urs Schuetz wrote: Check whether you have /dev/nvidia[0..9] and /dev/nvidiactl. I don't have them. But the kernel module is loaded. I'll have a look at udev now. They are essential, you want them. From http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml : Code Listi

[gentoo-user] Error emerging media-videog/totem

Hi! I just did a emerge -uDvNa world and totem was on the list and i got teh following error: checking for intltool >= 0.20... 0.34.1 found checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl checking for XML::Parser... ok checking for iconv... /usr/bin/iconv checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt checking for m

Re: [gentoo-user] Error emerging media-videog/totem

Philipp Riegger wrote: > Any idea what i can do? Of course, i can emerge said package (it is > ~x86, i think) but that seems to be an error not only i have which > should be solved. Anyone had similar problems? Sorry, my fault, it is stable (gst-plugins-good). Is this a missing d