Re: [gentoo-user] Auto-mount USB device

2006-10-11 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Iain, Sorry, previously I made a mistake running; # mount /dev/sdb1 /media/disk It should be # mount /dev/sda1 /media/ The USB enclosure can still be mounted. They are there. - snip - > Now that you kind-of have things happening, what does /var/log/messages > show when you plug in a usb

Re: [gentoo-user] Auto-mount USB device

2006-10-11 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Iain, >> Yes, it worked, no icons on gnome desktop. >> >> $ ls -al /media/disk >> $ ls -al /media/disk-l >> showed 2 partitions of the USB enclosure. >> # gnome-volume-propertie >> ... >> Mount removable drives when hot-plugged >> Mount removable media when inserted >> Browse removable media

Re: [gentoo-user] Auto-mount USB device

2006-10-10 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Iain, > I actually meant brand & chipset if you know it :) But nevermind, your Oh Sorry misunderstood your question Brand - Nil Chipset JM20337 0615 LGEZ1 86 11097027 There are dozens of these devices in the market. I just selected an economic one. > AFAIK this seems to be OK. There wer

Re: [gentoo-user] About Dictionary

2006-10-09 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi BoØrsted, Tks for your advice. > # cat `equery w openoffice` > [...] > pkg_postinst() { >[...] >einfo " Spell checking is now provided through our own myspell-ebuilds, " >einfo " if you want to use it, please install the correct myspell package " >einfo " according to your lang

Re: [gentoo-user] Auto-mount USB device

2006-10-09 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Andrew, Still failed.# cat /etc/group | grep plugdevplugdev:x:1004:haldaemon,satimis if the logout-login doesn't work, then post the relevant partof /var/log/messages when plugging in the usb device. /var/log/message..Oct 10 02:53:09 localhost usb 1-3: configuration #1 chos

Re: [gentoo-user] Auto-mount USB device

2006-10-09 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Iain, Still failed. # cat /etc/group | grep plugdev plugdev:x:1004:haldaemon,satimis > if the logout-login doesn't work, then post the relevant part > of /var/log/messages when plugging in the usb device. /var/log/message .. Oct 10 02:53:09 localhost usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen fro

Re: [gentoo-user] About Gnome desktop

2006-10-09 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Iain, > gdmsetup is part of gdm. Do you have gdm installed? Even though you're > running gnome, it's possible not to have gdm... # equery l gdm [ Searching for package 'gdm' in all categories among: ] * installed packages [I--] [ ] gnome-base/gdm-2.14.9-r1 (0) * end * It is there. Tks B

Re: [gentoo-user] Auto-mount USB device

2006-10-08 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Iain, Tks for your advice. > 2. add yourself to the plugdev group > 3. remove any lines in /etc/fstab for the same device you want to > automount # nano /etc/group adding "satimis" on; plugdev:x:1004:haldaemon;satimis (remark:- also tried "plugdev:x:1004:haldaemon,satimis") # cat /etc/fstab

[gentoo-user] About Gnome desktop

2006-10-06 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, Gentoo_64 Gnome-light Gnome desktop On Desktop --> Administration --> there is only 1 item "Login Window" clicking it starting; Could not launch menu item Details: Failed to execute child process "gdmsetup" (No such file or directory) Please advise how to fix it. What package shall

[gentoo-user] Auto-mount USB device

2006-10-06 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, Gentoo_64 gnome-light When the USB enclosure is plugin hotplug detects it. But it won't mount it automatically showing it as an icon on desktop. I have to mount it manually on console. Please advise which file I have to edit enabling auto-mount when the USB enclosure is plugge

Re: [gentoo-user] pppoe-start problem

2006-09-27 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Boyd, Gentoo_amd64 gnome-light > I belive you'll need to have a net.eth0 that is a symlink to net.lo as well > as a net.ppp0 that is a symlink to net.lo. > Before we go any further, what version of baselayout are you using? # equery l baselayout [ Searching for package 'baselayout' in all c

Re: [gentoo-user] pppoe-start problem

2006-09-26 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Boyd, Tks for your advice. > I thought the new baselayout handled > pppoe (and other ppp connections) just like normal connections: > 1. Configure in /etc/conf.d/net /etc/conf.d/net is a file # cat /etc/conf.d/net config_eth0=( "192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 brd 192.168.0.255" ) routes_

Re: [gentoo-user] About dig command and others

2006-09-26 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Boyd, > > Is there another method to check/verify my suspicion. TIA > Based on the original post, it sounds to me like your ISP is (intentionally > or not) blocking that site. There's very little (probably nothing) you > could do to prove they are doing it intentionally. Actually I'm no

[gentoo-user] pppoe-start problem

2006-09-26 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, Gentoo_amd64 gnome-light Frequently on running; # pppoe-start ... Connected. # ifconfig only showing 2 sections loLink encap:Local Loopback ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol "eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:D4:FE:DA:87" disappeared Internet can't be br

Re: [gentoo-user] About dig command and others

2006-09-25 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Bo, > Is there another method to check/verify my suspicion. TIA http://www.rommel.stw.uni-erlangen.de/~fejf/cgi-bin/pfs-web.pl?filter=%2Fusr%2Fbin%2Fdig&action=search_file&limit=500 Tks for your link. I have "dig' installed and running here. I can't recall which of the following commands i

Re: [gentoo-user] recompiing kernel quesiton

2006-09-25 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Pawel Kraszewski, Tks for your advice. > First of all - you may try the installation CD of Gentoo - boot it and > give 'halt -p' at command prompt. If it switches off, that means error in > your config. If it doesn't, this might be the hardware fault. I made following 2 tests 1) Booted "Ge

Re: [gentoo-user] Adjust date and time.

2006-09-25 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Dirk, > man date I got it done. Tks # date 092517312006 -s is not necessary. B.R. SL -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Adjust date and time.

2006-09-25 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, Gentoo-amd64 gnome-light Hi folks, I tried to adjust date and time of the OS. Right click on the date and time gnome panel widget I can't find "adjust date & time" item. Please advise whether I need to install additional package. TIA B.R. satimis -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mail

Re: [gentoo-user] About dig command and others

2006-09-24 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Ryan, > $ sudo emerge -av bind-tools I have dig installed. Tks B.R. SL -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] About dig command and others

2006-09-24 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Thomas, > $ equery belongs `which dig` > [ Searching for file(s) /usr/bin/dig in *... ] > net-dns/bind-tools-9.3.2-r3 (/usr/bin/dig) Noted with tks. B.R. SL -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] About dig command and others

2006-09-24 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, Gentoo_amd64 My ISP tried to block their unwellcome sites on the proxy server, I suppose, disallowing their subscribers visiting them. The blocked sites can be visited locally or abroad without problem via other ISPs OR via www.proxydom.com by me. I tried to verify my suspicion wit

Re: [gentoo-user] recompiing kernel quesiton

2006-09-24 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Mick > Unfortunately, both HTML posting and 'top posting' are still switched On. Now I checked the option again and reload yahoo. Would it be better? Tks Remarks: This is a beta version of Yahoo. I don't know how to change it back to its previous version. Tks B.R. SL -- gentoo-u

Re: [gentoo-user] recompiing kernel quesiton

2006-09-24 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Pawel,Tks for your advice.> Please, switch off HTML posting as it annoys plenty of users...Oh, sorry.  I did not recognise that after changing to "yahoo mail beta".  Now I enabled "Compose messages as plain text".  Please advise me if still on html posting.  Tks.I'm suffering poweroff problem, o

[gentoo-user] recompiing kernel quesiton

2006-09-23 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks,Gentoo_amd64I need to recompile kernel to enable/check some items.I'll run# cd /usr/src/linux# make menuconfigchecked "Legacy Power Management API", etc.# makeHere I hesitate what shall I copy.# ls arch/alpha  cris   i386  m68k   parisc   s390  sparc    v850arm    frv    ia64  m68knomm

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem after recompiling kernel

2006-09-22 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Dirk,>> CONFIG_NR_CPUS=32> Wow, what kind of machine is this?This is a AMD64 bit box.  But I did not touch this item on recompiling kernel.   Before recompilation there was no such a complaint on text scrolling at booting. >> # Multi-device support (RAID and LVM)>> #>> CONFIG_MD=y>> # CONFIG_BLK

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem after recompiling kernel

2006-09-22 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Dirk,> How, without knowing more about your system (esp. HD subsystem used)IDE ATA133 HD> your actual kernel config (/usr/src/linux/.config)?(Remark: already deleted some "commented out" lines to reduce file size)CONFIG_X86_64=yCONFIG_64BIT=yCONFIG_X86=yCONFIG_SEMAPHORE_SLEEPERS=yCONFIG_MMU=yCON

[gentoo-user] Problem after recompiling kernel

2006-09-22 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks,Gentoo_amd64gnome-lightAfter recompiling kernel to enable;checked "Legacy Power Management API"cheched "Video" on "ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support" following warning popup at booting;...Sep 22 23:01:01 localhost device-mapper: dm-linear: Device lookup failedSe

[gentoo-user] About .html and .pdf viewer

2006-09-21 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks,Gentoo_amd64gnome-lightAfter reading "All Packages By Name" on;http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/list.phpI can't resolve which packages I have to install to read .html and .pdf files, html-viewer and pdf-viewer.  Please advise.TIAB.R.SL

[gentoo-user] About update question

2006-09-20 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks,Gentoo-amd64I need to update all running packages to their latest version, if available on Internet.  Performed following steps;# emerge --sync# emerge --update worldPlease advise whether any further step is necessary thereafter.If I expect to clear all empty files on the box which will ta

Re: [gentoo-user] Screenshot package

2006-09-18 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Neil, >> but following warning popup There was an >> error running "gnome-screenshot": Failed to execute child process > emerge gnome-extra/gnome-utils Added following tools Applications --> Accessories --> Dictionary and Take Screenshot Applications --> System Tools --> Floppy Formatter Tk

Re: [gentoo-user] Screenshot package

2006-09-18 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Daniel, Tks for your advice. > If you have media-gfx/imagemagick installed I don't have it installed. I tried to do it on M$Windows way by pressing [PrintScreen] and paste the image on .doc or on Gimp, but following warning popup There was an error running "gnome-screenshot": Failed to exec

[gentoo-user] Screenshot package

2006-09-16 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, Gentoo amd64 Gnome-light Screenshot does not come with gnome-light. Please advise which package shall I emerge. TIA B.R. SL -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD burning package

2006-09-15 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Dirk, > > What will the correct command to emerge them? > > # emerge -pv kisofs > > then > > # emerge kisofs > > I'd guess this is a little typo: should be mkisofs. This is part of > the > famous cdrtools package. Noted with tks. Would # emerge cdrtools including mkisofs? > Don't know whe

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD burning package

2006-09-15 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Neil, Tks for your advice. > dvd+rw-tools. It does for DVDs what cdrecord does for CDs. Despite > the > name, it is for DVD-R(W) as well as DVD+RW It is the tool for burning both DVD+/-R(W), but not working well on DVD+R(W) > If you emerge k3b with the dvdr USE flag, it will pull in all of

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD burning package

2006-09-15 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Rumen, > Check "gnome-extra/nautilus-cd-burner" don't know if it's included in > gnome-light though. gnome-light is a very basic desktop with a few packages installed. Application Accessories -> Terminal Internet -> SeaMonkey System Tools -> Avahi Zeorconf Browser/File Browser/New Login/New L

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD burning package

2006-09-15 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Neil, Tks for your advice. > That depends on the type of discs you want to make. I prefer plain > old > kisofs + growisofs for data DVDs and tovid for video DVDs. Mainly for data burning. Do I need both of them or only either one? Do I need "cdrecord" as well? What will the correct command

[gentoo-user] DVD burning package

2006-09-14 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, Gentoo amd64 Gnome-light What DVD/CD burning packages will you recommend to emerge on Gentoo other than Gnomebaker and K3b. TIA B.R. SL -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem on installing Gnome (gnome-light) (SOLVED with gnome-light running)

2006-09-12 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Bo, Further to my late posting, I have Gnome-light up running with further 2 steps:- - ran "revdep-rebuild" - ran "emerge gnome-light" - update conf files - rebooted PC - login as user - gnome-light 2.14 started (a warning popup: The panel encountered a problem while loading "OAFHD:GBO

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem on installing Gnome (gnome-light) (gnome-light started)

2006-09-12 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Bo, Tke for your advice. > To get equery you need to emerge app-portage/gentoolkit. > > # emerge app-portage/gentoolkit. # emerge app-portage/gentoolkit # equery check gnome-base/gnome-session gnome-session not found # equery check gdm gdm not found # emerge gnome-session and manually upg

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem on installing Gnome (gnome-light)

2006-09-11 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Bo, - snip - > Otherwise please show the output of: > > # equery check gnome-base/gnome-session # equery check gnome-base/gnome-session -bash command not found # emerge --search equery Application not found # emerge equery emerge : there are no ebuilds to satify "equery" - snip - > Perh

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem on installing Gnome (gnome-light)

2006-09-09 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Bo, Tks for your advice. > Did you set the following USE flags > > USE="gtk gtk2 gnome hal avahi" > > in /etc/make.conf # cat /etc/make.conf . USE="gtk gtk2 gnome" I left out "hal avahi" because I have no idea what they are for. Neither I need them. > # emerge --newuse --update --de

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem on installing Gnome (gnome-light)

2006-09-09 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Ryan, > I think that what you found was not hald.sh, but rather halt.sh - > something quite different. Oh yes, my mistake. But I can't find "hald" there. # ls -al /etc/init.d/ | grep hald No printout B.R. SL -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Problem on installing Gnome (gnome-light)

2006-09-09 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, I followed "The GNOME Configuration HOWTO" http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gnome-config.xml installing Gnome. Steps writen there went though w/o problem until upto; Code Listing 2.7: Adding hald and avahi-dnsconfd to the default runlevel On running; # /etc/init.d/hald start I failed to

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Dale, > I recall having to work a bit to get it to see my mouse too. X will > not > start without the little rat being found. > > Mine is: > > > Option"Device" "/dev/input/mouse0" The above line works for me too. OR "/dev/input/mice" also works here. On the document mentioned

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf problem

2006-09-09 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, > I can't find an xorg.conf.example file I just finished installing X window server. # X -config /root/xorg.conf.new created a working xorg.conf for me. I don't need xorg.conf.example. Then; # cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf That is all. Some minor adjustment has to be m

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Again - problem on installing Gentoo (Solved, X window now started)

2006-09-08 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Neil, > > # ls -l /dev/vg /dev/mapper > > ls: /dev/vg: no such file or directory > > /dev/mapper: > > total 0 > > crw-rw 1 root root control > > > > # ls -l /dev | grep vg > > no printout > > > > # vgchange -a y > > -bash: vgchange: command not found > > That's because you haven't i

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Again - problem on installing Gentoo (Gentoo started)

2006-09-07 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Neil, > > /dev/vg/usr > > /dev/vg/home > > /dev/vg/opt > > /dev/vg/var > > /dev/vg/tmp > > Do the devices exist? What does "ls -l /dev/vg /dev/mapper" say? # ls -l /dev/vg /dev/mapper ls: /dev/vg: no such file or directory /dev/mapper: total 0 crw-rw 1 root root control # ls -l /dev

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Again - problem on installing Gentoo (Gentoo started)

2006-09-07 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Neil, > On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 19:09:58 +0800 (CST), Stephen Liu wrote: > > > > What does "zgrep BLK_DEV_DM /proc/config.gz" show? > > > > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=y > > # CONFIG_BLK_EEV_DM_BBR is not set. > > > > How to set it? By recompiling

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Again - problem on installing Gentoo (Gentoo started)

2006-09-07 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Neil, Tks for your advice. > > # modprobe de-mod > > FATAL: Module dm-mod not found. > > You may have it compiled i the kernel rather than as a module. It > makes > little sense to use a module when you need it all the time. I'll try to recompile the kernel on Gentoo itself. But I don't kno

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Again - problem on installing Gentoo (Gentoo started)

2006-09-06 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Dirk, > > I haven't installed LVM2 intentionally. > > Yes you have, otherwise it wouldn't be there. Starting Gentoo and login as root To fix "Volume activation" device-mapper: dm-linear: Device lookup failed device-mapper: error adding target to table Edited "/etc/evms.config" under "Sysfs_

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Again - problem on installing Gentoo (Gentoo started)

2006-09-06 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Jeff, > Sorry if this sounds harsh but if it works from the GUI but not from > the > commandline then the problem exists between keyboard and chair: > you're not > typing in the commands properly. I tried dozen times on Ubuntu unable to activate LV. Sorry I don't think it was keyboard problem

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Again - problem on installing Gentoo (Gentoo started)

2006-09-06 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Dirk, > > At time of installation I ran; > > # modprobe dm-mod > > No printout > > > > Afterwards I found it for "Loading the LVM2 module". I ran LVM not > > LVM2 so I did not care it further. > > There is no LVM2 module. Sorry, it's on the book: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/lvm2.xml Code Li

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Again - problem on installing Gentoo (Gentoo started)

2006-09-06 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Dirk, > Am Mittwoch, 6. September 2006 03:12 schrieb ext Stephen Liu: > > > I think following warning is critical; > > device-mapper : dm-linear : Device lookup failed > > device-mapper : error adding target to table > > Did you compile dm into the kernel (or:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Again - problem on installing Gentoo (Gentoo started)

2006-09-06 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Dirk, > > Your previous mail stated that you did not emerge lvm2. > > However, /dev/vg/usr IS a logical volume so it will never work > > until you install the lvm2 software. > > He has EVMS installed, he doesn't need lvm2 tools. My problem is LV not being activated on booting so all devices s

Re: [gentoo-user] OT Bookeeping recommendations

2006-09-05 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Brett, > What software does anyone use for bookeeping under Linux. I do some > consulting and need to be able to track income, expenses, and do > invoices and > payments. I don't need anything fancy. Maybe GnuCash http://www.gnucash.org/ I found it 2 years ago but not having experienced

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Again - problem on installing Gentoo (Gentoo started)

2006-09-05 Thread Stephen Liu
. I think following warning is critical; device-mapper : dm-linear : Device lookup failed device-mapper : error adding target to table Any advice??? TIA B.R. SL --- Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jean-Marc, > > > Do you follow the installation guide fr

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Again - problem on installing Gentoo (Booting started)

2006-09-05 Thread Stephen Liu
org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml > I mean, do you use a > "standard" scheme? I made some adjustment for my case. I did not emerge LVM2. If fail again. I'll run a final test according their HD config (w/o slave), not running LVM. B.R. SL > > > On 9/5/

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Again - problem on installing Gentoo (Booting started)

2006-09-05 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Neil, > /usr/src contains the source to the kernel (as you'd expect form the > name). The actual kernels live in /boot, this is the version that > must > match. Gentoo started booting after changing following line; kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r7 root=/dev/hda2 to kernel (hd0,0)/b

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Again - problem on installing Gentoo

2006-09-05 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Marc, > > kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.6.17/gentoo-r7 root=/dev/hda2 > ^^^ > You have release 5 and in grub.conf release 7. During installation after chroot, I ran; # ls -l /usr/src/linux lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root .. /usr/src/linux -> linux-2.6.17

Re: [gentoo-user] Again - problem on installing Gentoo

2006-09-04 Thread Stephen Liu
17-gentoo-r7 root=/dev/hda2' Sorry it was my typing mistake on my posting. B.R. satimis > On 9/4/06, Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi folks, > > > > Have another round installing Gentoo, running > > "install-amd64_m

[gentoo-user] Again - problem on installing Gentoo

2006-09-04 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, Have another round installing Gentoo, running "install-amd64_minimal-2006.1". Still encountered the same problem apart from that of Internet connection. Installation went through without difficulty. Grub started but ending at "Error 15 : File not found". I installed grub manually wit

[gentoo-user] Internet can't be accessed

2006-09-03 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, After the failure on installing Gentoo by running "install-amd64-minimal-2006.0". I wiped out the HD and started again. This time I ran "install-amd64-minimal-2006.1", the lastes version. However I encountered problem on networking, Internet access. "adsl-setup" is not working on thi

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo failed to start

2006-09-01 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Richard, > On 9/1/06, Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ran > > # ls -l /mnt/gentoo/boot > > boot -> . > > grub > > lost+found > > Well, this is why you cannot boot. You do not have a kernel image in > /boot. > > Are you

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo failed to start

2006-09-01 Thread Stephen Liu
ound # ls -l /mnt/gentoo/boot/boot/boot/boot boot -> . grub lost+found It looks to me quite funny. It seems continue endlessly. boot was symlink to "." There was no kernel nor bzimage there. B.R. SL --- Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Richard, > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo failed to start

2006-08-31 Thread Stephen Liu
tab Tks B.R. SL --- Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/31/06, Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Edited /etc/fstab as follows; > > /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 1 2 > > Does this filesystem contain a grub directory with sta

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo failed to start

2006-08-31 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Richard and folks, Further to my late posting, tried again still failed. Steps performed as follows; After activating lv, vg, mounting device, partitions, etc.; # cd /mnt/gentoo # mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc # mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev # chroot ./ ./bin/bash All w/o complain

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo failed to start

2006-08-31 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Richard, Tks for your advice. > On 8/31/06, Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > After activating lv, mounting all devices, etc., coming to; > > # mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc > > # mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev > > # env-update > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo failed to start

2006-08-31 Thread Stephen Liu
er console. (I suppose the working console is [Ctrl]+[Alt]+F4). But after switching back to the working console all the work disappeared. It did happen occassionally but not always. Any advice? TIA. B.R. SL --- Jarry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stephen Liu wrote: > > &g

[gentoo-user] problem re ebuilds

2006-08-30 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, Installing Gentoo amd64 Guide:- Gentoo Linux AMD64 Handbook http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml On running; # emerge --sync --quiet following warning popup: * An update to portage is available. It is highly recommended * that your update portage now, before any o

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning and LVM problem (partially solved)

2006-08-30 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Richard, > On 8/29/06, Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > /dev/hda4: No label detected > > Did you do "pvcreate /dev/hda4"? At that time, NO. Later I did, having completed vgcreate, lvcreated, mkdir, mounting, etc. All went through w/o prob

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning and LVM problem (partially solved)

2006-08-29 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Richard, New partitions # fdisk -l /dev/hda1 * 83 Linux /dev/hda283 Linux /dev/hda382 Linux Swap/Solaris /dev/hda48e Linux LVM * end * > Can you post the output of 'grep -v -e "^ *#" -e "^ *$" > /etc/lvm/lvm.conf'. devices { dir = "/dev" scan = [ "/dev" ] filter =

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning and LVM problem (partially solved)

2006-08-29 Thread Stephen Liu
can Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... No volume groups found # vgchange -a y No volume groups found I don't know whether this is a mistake. Because according to; Gentoo LVM2 installation http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/lvm2.xml It should be no printout. Tks B.R. SL

[gentoo-user] Partitioning and LVM problem

2006-08-29 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, I have following partitions on the HD # fdisk -l /dev/hda1 * 83 System (for /boot) /dev/hda2 5 Extended (as swap) /dev/hda3 83 Linux (for /root) /dev/hda4 8e Linux LVM (for /home /usr /var /opt /tmp) Encountered following problems; 1) # vgscan Reading all physical volumes. T

[gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo - question

2006-08-28 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, I followed; Gentoo Linux AMD64 Handbook http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml running "install-amd64-minimal-2006.0" CD to install Gentoo and encountered following problem; 1) Network connection ADSL broadband connection via ADSL modem --> telephone line Ethernet - on

Re: [gentoo-user] File replication

2006-08-28 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Valerio, > Try to add --delete. Could you please provide more detail? TIA B.R. SL > On 8/28/06, Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Neil, > > > > > In the rsync man page. > > > > > > rsync -ax ~/ /mnt/extdisk/myhome/ > >

Re: [gentoo-user] File replication

2006-08-28 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Neil, > In the rsync man page. > > rsync -ax ~/ /mnt/extdisk/myhome/ > > should do it. On which file of cron shall I add following line to rsync /mnt/extdisk/myhome/ quarterly? 0,15,30,45 * * * * rsync -ax ~/ /mnt/extdisk/myhome/ Whether -u update will do incremental copying for those fil

Re: [gentoo-user] File replication

2006-08-28 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Roger, Tks for your advice. > If you want to synchronize (i.e. > update > to the latest version, no matter where it is), try unison. Whether you suggested; Unison File Synchronizer http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ I'm trying to find out whether real time synchronization is possible

Re: [gentoo-user] File replication

2006-08-27 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Rumen, Tks for your advice. > Not very sure that's what you want, but check: sys-cluster/drbd. > Description: mirror/replicate block-devices across a > network-connection (requires a network connection though). sync+cron can do the job, incremental-copying files from /home/user on to

Re: [gentoo-user] File replication

2006-08-27 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Neil, > Shutdown involves unmounting the drive, and I recommended syncing > before unmounting. The USB enclosure will be automatically mounted/umounted. Whether on the script includes syncing once before poweroff/reboot starts. Where can I find similar syncing and cron script examples? TIA

Re: [gentoo-user] File replication

2006-08-27 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Neil, > but I still don't > see > why you need real-time mirroring. A script to sync the drive before > unmounting would give you an accurate mirror. A cron script to check > if > the drive is mounted and sync it every hour would cut down on the > amount > of data to sync when unmounting. If r

Re: [gentoo-user] File replication

2006-08-27 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Etaoin, Tks for your advice. > If you have networking, why not set up a network share of some kind > (nfs, > smb, or even ssh via shfs) and mount it (under the same path) from > each > computer you work on? This avoid having to replicate data and, with > decent network speed, is nearly as f

Re: [gentoo-user] File replication

2006-08-27 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Neil, > Do you really need such frequent syncing? Bear in mind the limited > write > lifespan of flash memory, if you have a file in your home directory > that > is frequently updated, you could wear out the memory in a short time. > what's wrong with using a script that syncs your hard disk wi

Re: [gentoo-user] File replication

2006-08-27 Thread Stephen Liu
e plugged in on any Linux PC when I work on the latter. B.R. SL > > On 8/25/06, Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi folks, > >> > >> I'm prepared using an USB enclosure for data stroage. > >> > >> I'm searching a

Re: [gentoo-user] File replication

2006-08-26 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Robert, Tks for your advice. > What about a perl script that just copies all files in /home/user to > the > device once it is plugged in? I'm not a programmer nor very acknowledgeable on perl. Could you please shed me some guide how to start. What I need is on saving a new file or edited f

[gentoo-user] File replication

2006-08-25 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, I'm prepared using an USB enclosure for data stroage. I'm searching a tool/method whenever I save a file on /home/user a duplicate copy will be saved automatically on /mnt/point/of/usb_enclosure/home/user simultaneously, similar to replication/mirroring. Thus the USB enclosure can be

[gentoo-user] Installation - about creating /etc/fstab

2006-08-20 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, About creating /etc/fstab HD partitions:- /dev/hda1 ext2/boot /dev/hda2 (swap) swap (ext) /dev/hda3 ext3/root /dev/hda4 LVM under Volume Group (vg) /home /usr /opt /var /tmp floppy cdrom cdwriter Whether following entries are correct ? /etc/fstab