Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye to gentoo?

2012-03-19 Thread v_2e
Hello! On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:26:21 -0600 Maxim Wexler wrote: > ... The problem is syncing portage on another machine, my netbook, > ubuntu-based. > You could just download the portage snapshot and unpack it on your Gentoo machine. Regards, -

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye to gentoo?

2012-03-19 Thread David Haller
Hello, On Sun, 18 Mar 2012, Maxim Wexler wrote: >root@gnubu:~# route -n >Kernel IP routing table >Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface >0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 00 ppp0 >161.184.0.199 0.0.0.0 255.255.255

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye to gentoo?

2012-03-19 Thread Maxim Wexler
> Why show us what it was when it worked? What does route -n show from > your broken Gentoo now? > > > -- > Neil Bothwick Good question. Heading over there now. So if I can't get it working there's gonna have to be some awkward shuttling back and forth.

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye to gentoo?

2012-03-19 Thread Maxim Wexler
> > cat files-to-fetch.lst | cut -d " " -f1 | wget -c -i - > I know how to generate a fetch list and wget the files. The problem is syncing portage on another machine, my netbook, ubuntu-based. Or maybe, I could boot sysresc on the netbook. It's gentoo based IIRC and do a re-sync back home as per

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye to gentoo?

2012-03-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:44:33 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: > route -n shows nothing except ppp0 > (this is from ubuntu, but it was the same for gentoo when it was > working) root@gnubu:~# route -n > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse > If

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye to gentoo?

2012-03-19 Thread v_2e
Hello! On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:44:20 -0600 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > > You need to edit the file to remove duplicates and redundant mirrors > (I can usually do it inside emacs in two minutes or less), and then > check what files you already have in /usr/portage/distfiles (with a > tiny bash

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye to gentoo?

2012-03-18 Thread William Kenworthy
On Sun, 2012-03-18 at 22:44 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: > > > > Hi Maxim, what changed when the modem stopped working? > > Dunno > > > > > Also can you supply the output of the "route -n" and ifconfig commands > > to give us a chance of seeing if anything has gone adrift there. Also > > if you ar

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye to gentoo?

2012-03-18 Thread Matthew Finkel
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Maxim Wexler wrote: > > > > Hi Maxim, what changed when the modem stopped working? > > Dunno > > > > > Also can you supply the output of the "route -n" and ifconfig commands > > to give us a chance of seeing if anything has gone adrift there. Also > > if you are

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye to gentoo?

2012-03-18 Thread Maxim Wexler
> > Hi Maxim, what changed when the modem stopped working? Dunno > > Also can you supply the output of the "route -n" and ifconfig commands > to give us a chance of seeing if anything has gone adrift there. Also > if you are using (and have tested that its not the problem) any firewall > running

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye to gentoo?

2012-03-18 Thread Bruce Hill, Jr.
On March 18, 2012 at 8:36 PM Maxim Wexler wrote: > > Hope somebody can see a way out. > > MW > I'd probably swap my computer shop and all it's latest-and-greatest to live where you are, and leave all the computers, 'smart' phones, etc. "in town". Just me, the wife, the daughter, horses, chick

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye to gentoo?

2012-03-18 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mar 19, 2012 8:51 AM, "William Kenworthy" wrote: > > On Sun, 2012-03-18 at 18:36 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: > > I like gentoo; there's a steep learning curve but after you pass that > > it just clicks. As difficult as it ever became there was always an > > answer to be found, on a blog, irc, do

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye to gentoo?

2012-03-18 Thread William Kenworthy
On Sun, 2012-03-18 at 18:36 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: > I like gentoo; there's a steep learning curve but after you pass that > it just clicks. As difficult as it ever became there was always an > answer to be found, on a blog, irc, documentaiton... > > But I might have to give up on gentoo if I

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye to gentoo?

2012-03-18 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: > I like gentoo; there's a steep learning curve but after you pass that > it just clicks. As difficult as it ever became there was always an > answer to be found, on a blog, irc, documentaiton... > > But I might have to give up on gentoo if I ca

[gentoo-user] Goodbye to gentoo?

2012-03-18 Thread Maxim Wexler
I like gentoo; there's a steep learning curve but after you pass that it just clicks. As difficult as it ever became there was always an answer to be found, on a blog, irc, documentaiton... But I might have to give up on gentoo if I can't find a way to fix this latest difficulty. I live in the hin