Re: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix

2008-10-30 Thread KH
Allan Gottlieb schrieb: At Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:43:38 -0400 James Homuth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: Mark Knecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] E1fsprogs and com_err have apparently been merged into the new package portage wants to install for you.

Re: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix

2008-10-30 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:46:30 +0100, Momesso Andrea wrote: It's a bit late now, but installing a second distro, or a bare stage 3 gentoo, as a dual boot so you can still access the machoine if it breaks. As an

Re: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix

2008-10-30 Thread Alex Schuster
Mark Knecht writes: Having a second install is a reasonable idea. I suppose I can probably install that remotely but I cannot test it remotely (AFAIK) without someone handy to choose the right line in the grub menu... You can use the grub-set-default command to boot another than the default

Re: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix

2008-10-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:44:53 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote: Unless you have a kernel panic, and the system is just halted. Does anyone know if there is something one could do about that? Isn't there a kernel option to force a reboot in the event of a panic? -- Neil Bothwick Death to all

Re: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix

2008-10-30 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:44:53 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote: Unless you have a kernel panic, and the system is just halted. Does anyone know if there is something one could do about that? Isn't there a kernel option to force

Re: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix

2008-10-30 Thread BRM
] To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 4:44:53 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix Mark Knecht writes: Having a second install is a reasonable idea. I suppose I can probably install that remotely but I cannot test it remotely (AFAIK) without someone handy

Re: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix

2008-10-30 Thread Mark Knecht
@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 4:44:53 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix Mark Knecht writes: Having a second install is a reasonable idea. I suppose I can probably install that remotely but I cannot test it remotely (AFAIK) without someone handy to choose the right line

Re: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix

2008-10-29 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
+++ Allan Gottlieb [gentoo-user] [Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:11:48PM -0400]: It is not quite that simple. There were many posts today (28 oct) on this. I suggest reading them. You might need to unmask mit-krb5 for example. There is a danger of rendering wget and hence emerge unusable (but if

Re: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix

2008-10-29 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Andrew MacKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: +++ Allan Gottlieb [gentoo-user] [Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:11:48PM -0400]: It is not quite that simple. There were many posts today (28 oct) on this. I suggest reading them. You might need to unmask mit-krb5 for

Re: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix

2008-10-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:00:41 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: Thanks all. I do need to be careful about this as the machine is 400 miles away and the user is completely unable to be of any help if it stops working meaning I have to drive or the box has to be shipped. Either alternative is not good.

Re: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix

2008-10-29 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:00:41 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: Thanks all. I do need to be careful about this as the machine is 400 miles away and the user is completely unable to be of any help if it stops working meaning I have

Re: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix

2008-10-29 Thread Momesso Andrea
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 08:49:13PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:00:41 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: Thanks all. I do need to be careful about this as the machine is 400 miles away and the user is completely unable to be of any help if it stops working meaning I have to

RE: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix

2008-10-28 Thread James Homuth
-Original Message- From: Mark Knecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 28, 2008 10:35 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix Are there any issues with all these blocks that I need to fix for updates? Thanks, Mark [ebuild U ]

Re: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix

2008-10-28 Thread Allan Gottlieb
At Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:43:38 -0400 James Homuth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: Mark Knecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 28, 2008 10:35 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix Are there any issues with all these