Re: [gentoo-user] Which IMAP is happiest with gentoo?
Try http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/mb2md/ Bill Roberts On 17:45 Fri 13 May , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks for the excellent advice, Jonathan. Yes, I figured I'd have to > move out of mbox sooner or later. I wonder if there are tools to convert > mbox files to maildir format - I would guess yes. > > Michael > > > On Fri, 13 May 2005, Jonathan Nichols wrote: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>I already have Postfix running and I happily read email on my server, > >>but I'd like to read my email on my IMAP/SSL cellphone client. I've seen > >>Courier, UW, and Cyrus, and perhaps there are others. Any > >>recommendations, for or against? > >> > >>Currently I'm the only user, but I host about a dozen friend's websites, > >>and perhaps someday they too would like email, so I'd like to be able to > >>grow into that, but I don't feel I need a database to support a huge > >>number of clients. I support these virtual domains directly from > >>Postfix. > >> > >>Any other things I should be thinking about, or aware of? > >> > >>Thanks in advance, > >>Michael > > > >Courier-IMAP is pretty easy to deal with. Cyrus can get.. uh.. out of > >hand, real easily. It's overkill for many situations. the guy that wrote > >courier is also very active on the courier-users mailing list too, which > >is a big plus. > > > >uw-imap & the mbox format in general are outdated & sometimes dangerous, > >imo. back in the days where emails were nice & tiny, it worked a lot > >better.. pgpHVtlvvPDCE.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] adding files to an iso image
On 20:07 Fri 20 May , Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > Wouldn't that be nice! Oh, well till then we copy, modify, make new iso. > > On Fri, 20 May 2005, Zac Medico wrote: > > >Nice bluff though. I was hoping sombody added rw > >support to the iso9660 driver ;-) > > > >--- "Brett I. Holcomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >wrote: > > > >>Okay - it was a good idea in theory. However, he > >>can mount it, copy it > >>somewhere, modify it and then create an iso of the > >>changes. > >> > >>On Fri, 20 May 2005, Ryan wrote: > >> > >>>Sad Jack wrote: > >>> > >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>You can mount the iso on a loop device and > >>manipuilate it there. > > I did a little googling and found the following tutorial: http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue87/sunil.html Looks like a bit of work, but it is all laid out nicely. Bill Roberts pgpw32LDSCq9Y.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] emerge busybox Why?
My usual "emerge -uavDt world" this morning wanted to emerge busybox. It doesn't show as a dependency for anything, and I've never emerged it for anything. Any idea why?? Bill Roberts pgp1U8FSsV8oZ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] /var/log/messages becomes bigger
I'm using logrotate (and logwatch), and find them both very satisfactory. You could do it manually, or via a script. There is no automatic log rotation in syslog-ng. Bill On 17:11 Mon 27 Jun , askar ... wrote: > I noticed that the /var/log/messages file grows. > I'm using syslog-ng. > Do I have to install logrotate? > > askar > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > pgpnlSYdkLzvX.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Adaptec 1210SA / 1205SA opinions
If you have a SATA controller on your motherboard (i.e., SATA connections), the I would recommend foregoing the SATA controller and just going with software RAID. If you want hardware RAID, spend the money and get 3Ware. Linux software RAID works very well. Bill Roberts On 13:49 Mon 27 Jun , Jakub Krajcovic wrote: > Hi guys, > > i am about to buy an adaptec 1210SA "fakeraid" controller, or a 1205SA > host controller, and 2 SATA disks at about 200GB. Could someone please > recommend this, or say something against? I searched the whole net, > gentoo forums, gentoo wiki, and so far it looks quite good, but i still > am a bit afraid, whether or not this thing will work. (of course i am > going to install gentoo on this thing :-)) > > thanks > jakub > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > pgp8slsAoCt2a.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] driver for 3Com 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang]????
Do a search in 'make menuconfig' for CONFIG_E100. That's what you want. I think they call it something like 3c950 series or something that does not match 3c905. Bill Roberts On 21:24 Mon 27 Jun , askar ... wrote: > Hello! > > Is there anybody who knows how to make 3Com 3c905 100BaseTX > [Boomerang] work. I'm using gentoo 2005.0, gentoo-sources. In the > kernel there is no driver for it. > Help me. > > askar > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > pgp8DD8yDhbkn.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] (A bit OT) Gentoo on a Dell OptiPlex G1
There is a problem with the power supply on Dell. At some point, they reversed the polarity, making it proprietary. If you put a non-Dell motherboard on one of those machines without changing out the powersupply, you'll fry it. The details are available at http://hardwareguys.com . Bill Roberts On 15:16 Tue 28 Jun , Peng wrote: > On 6/28/05, Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Peng wrote: > > > > >On 6/28/05, Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > >>A. Khattri wrote: > > >> > > >>>On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, Colin wrote: > > >>> > > >>>>CPU: Undecided, some flavor of Pentium III > > >>>>RAM: 256 MB > > >>>>Storage: 700 MB IDE (/boot, something else) > > >>>>Storage: 18.2 GB Ultra160 SCSI (on a Series 428 MegaRAID) > > >>>>OS: Windows NT Server... kidding! Gentoo! > > >>>> > > >>>If you go to the Dell support web site and punch in the service tag or > > >>>serial number (on the back, probably on the PSU) you can get complete > > >>>technical specs on that machine. > > >>> > > >>Yeah, I know, but the only original parts are the case, riser card and > > >>power supply. :-) > > >> > > >> > > >The motherboard? I didn't know you could do that much to a Dell.. > > > > > > > > Don't get your hopes up. It's a replacement. The voltage regulator on > > the old one failed, so it would spontaneously reboot. But I imagine > > motherboards from similar Dell desktops of that era would also fit in > > that case. > > > > -- > > Colin > > Oh, so it's just a more or less identical replacement from Dell? Which > parts are just replacements and which are actually different? > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > pgpYQAwIWj7l9.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Disk Backup From One Machine To Another
I used to use rdiff-backup, I found it very satisfactory. But at one point I had a hard drive melt down, tried to do restore, mucked it up, ended up doing a full rebuild, pulling in configuration info from the backup files. There has to an easier way. Any suggestions on using rdiff-backup for a cold iron restore?? Bill Roberts On 11:14 Wed 29 Jun , Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 17:45:52 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > > > rdiff-backup --restore-as-of 1D12h /backup/path/to/file > > > > > > will restore file to the version you used 36 hours ago. > > > > Wow.. That does seem interesting. (I presume this is if you do a backup > > every 12 hours?) > > You can do the backup as often or as frequently as you like. it will pick > the version before the time to specify. > > > When Does it do a Full backup? > > The first time you run it. But then each subsequent backup you do becomes > the full one with the older files being the "incrementals". Basically, > it keeps a full mirror of the directory you backup, plus the information > needed to reconstruct older or deleted files. > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > God: What one human uses to persecute another. pgpBHAPOJvpju.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] mplayer codecs
On 09:11 Wed 06 Jul , Bruno Gola wrote: > I was trying to play some *.wmv files in mplayer, but it seems i dont > have the proper video codec (it complains about the video only), so, > where should i put the codecs files ? Because i've already downloaded > the codecs that i need... but i dont know where to put... can anyone > help me? My solution was to emerge mplayer with the xv and win32codecs USE flags set (among others), then set the default video output to xv in mplayer.conf. Bill Roberts pgppzPWtOXXNZ.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] vmware/xorg.conf issues
I am going NUTS trying to figure out how to make full-screen mode work properly in vmware-workstation 5. I can go into full-screen mode, but it looks like only half of the lines get drawn, so it's very ugly, impossible to read. I had beautiful screens in 4.5.2 which turned ugly at some point (don't know causal factor). I emerged 5, got beautiful screens again. I have been trying to get mplayer & hdtv working, so I've been playing around with xorg.conf a lot, and I guess I managed to break it. I think I need additional modelines to make vmware work properly, not sure how to get the right ones. At some point in this blur, I used a tool which automatically calculated all valid modelines for my combination of nvidia 6600gt and Dell monitor, using DDC and EDID. I threw them into xorg.conf, they didn't fix mplayer problems, I thought I didn't need them removed them without backup. Now I can't find the tool I used (I thought it was read-edid, but that won't run properly on my platform), I don't see a good way of reproducing the modelines, and I'm not even sure that they were responsible for the good screens I had in vmware. Both my vmware virtual machines (XP), and my real desktop run 1024x768, 24 bit color. Oh, one other oddity. The vmware modules vmmon and vmnet which should be loaded by /etc/init.d/vmware in default mode, don't get loaded. Can't figure out why. We are buying 15 Thinkpads T-43, I'm planning on installing Gentoo w/ vmware-workstation on top to create a mobile classroom. But I may have to use XP plus vmware if I can't sort these full-screen issues out. Any pointers are appreciated. Bill Roberts pgpoCgQ9mdCFc.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] vmware/xorg.conf issues
On 09:41 Fri 15 Jul , Antonino Sabetta wrote: > >Oh, one other oddity. The vmware modules vmmon and vmnet which should > >be loaded by /etc/init.d/vmware in default mode, don't get loaded. > >Can't figure out why. > > Make sure the kernel version in /usr/src/linux matches the version of > the kernel currently running. > What does the following command says? > # ls /etc/vmware ls -al /etc/vmware/ total 85 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 160 Jul 15 10:22 . drwxr-xr-x 83 root root 5496 Jul 15 10:04 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 211 Jul 15 10:22 config drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 240 Jul 15 10:04 init.d -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 14482 Jul 15 10:04 installer.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 58854 Jul 15 10:22 locations Kernel version matches. I also did an "emerge -C', removed all files, and re-emerged. Still blurred full-screen. Thanks Bill Roberts pgpZPj3OGEZVZ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Filesystem access to Gentoo from XP over SSH - suggestions?
On 16:08 Fri 15 Jul , Steve [Gentoo] wrote: > I was wondering if others have tackled this before me? > > I only have remote SSH access to my Gentoo box (everything else is fire > walled) and I use this to map ports on my client machine to > corresponding ports on my server machine - so, for example, I can access > IMAP; SMTP, X applications etc. on the Gentoo server remotely. My > remote client is WinXP, and I use Cygwin OpenSSH. Owing to low > bandwidth. While Xwindows is usable it is very slow - command line > interaction without X is acceptable for most tasks but imposes a very > restrictive interface. If possible I would like to be able to edit > (relatively small) configuration files remotely in a text editor running > under windows. > > What would be the easiest way to somehow "map" a network drive on my > Gentoo server from Windows given that I need to tunnel over SSH? I use "putty" as my sshclient whenever I'm on a Windows machine. For file editing, I use vim, but nano would be more user friendly. putty is nice because you can download the executable from the internet and don't even have to install, just run the executable. I have used tightvnc to access a remote box, which gives you the desktop, and it can be tunneled over ssh. Very nice. The fastest desktop product is nx and nxserver. It is not opensource, but I believe there is some provision for personal use. I would guess that it can be tunneled over ssh. Not sure about the mapping. Bill Roberts pgp1riCwg2HQA.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] vmware/xorg.conf issues
Richard I tried all of your suggestions, without success. See inline comments: Note device and monitor section of xorg.conf at end: I've had one further idea. I have a 4-port kvm switch (Cybex), it has never interferred with anything in the past four or five years. Wonder if. . . , maybe that could be having an effect. One other thought. In full screen, ever other line is black, giving the awful looking screen. Couldn't that have something to do with interlacing?? Wish I understood all of this better. On 21:05 Fri 15 Jul , Richard Fish wrote: > Well, nothing obvious is popping out at me, but see my comments > inline below... > > Bill Roberts wrote: > > >I am going NUTS trying to figure out how to make full-screen mode > >work properly in vmware-workstation 5. > > > >I can go into full-screen mode, but it looks like only half of the > >lines get drawn, so it's very ugly, impossible to read. > > > A major reason for this can be enabling framebuffer graphics in the > kernel. If you are using framebuffer graphics, try compiling a new > kernel with only text-mode console support. Full-screen vmware > sessions seem most reliable this way. > I did have framebuffer graphics enabled, just for the smaller fonts. I diabled them, didn't make any difference. Also, when I had good full screens, I did have framebuffer graphics enabled. > >I had beautiful screens in 4.5.2 which turned ugly at some point > >(don't know causal factor). I emerged 5, got beautiful screens again. > > > >I have been trying to get mplayer & hdtv working, so I've been playing > >around with xorg.conf a lot, and I guess I managed to break it. I think > >I need additional modelines to make vmware work properly, not sure how > >to get the right ones. > > My guess is that this has nothing to do with the modelines, because on a > modern system with a DDC capable monitor, everything should be > autodetected. Specifically, double check your monitor section and try > commenting out any HorizSync or VertRefresh settings that you have. > Modelines are supposed to be generally obsolete, and my Dell monitor is DDC compliant, but I've been having difficulty with mplayer/mythtv. Also, VmWare says I can run into these kind of problems if there isn't an appropriate resolution available. > >Oh, one other oddity. The vmware modules vmmon and vmnet which should > >be loaded by /etc/init.d/vmware in default mode, don't get loaded. > >Can't figure out why. > > Explain a bit more please...are you saying the vmware init script runs > as part of your startup, but produces errors? You didn't by chance > accidentally replace this with the VMWare version, did you? The second > line of that script should say "Copyright ... Gentoo Foundation". > I did a "rc-update add vmware default" and back when, it actually started the vmmon/vmnet modules. No longer. No error messages, no hiccups, nothing. And when I manually do a "/etc/init.d/vmware start", it works perfectly. The "Copyright ..." is there. > If this doesn't give you any ideas, I would like to see the device and > monitor sections from your xorg.conf file. > Here are the device and monitor sections of xorg.conf, plus a couple of extra, maybe pertinent items. Section "Monitor" DisplaySize 350 255 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "DEL" ModelName"DELL D1226H" # HorizSync30.0 - 95.0 # VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "n6600gt" Driver "nvidia" Option "NoLogo" "1" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "n6600gt" Monitor"Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Maybe some of the following should be disabled??? Section "Module" Load "record" Load "extmod" Load "dbe" Load "glx" Load "xtrap" Load "type1" Load "freetype" EndSection pgpJzYEyhAeru.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] vmware/xorg.conf issues --SOLVED--
On 00:03 Sat 16 Jul , Richard Fish wrote: > Bill Roberts wrote: > > >Richard > > > >I tried all of your suggestions, without success. See inline comments: > > > >Note device and monitor section of xorg.conf at end: > > > >I've had one further idea. I have a 4-port kvm switch (Cybex), it has > >never interferred with anything in the past four or five years. Wonder > >if. . . , maybe that could be having an effect. > > > >One other thought. In full screen, ever other line is black, giving > >the awful looking screen. Couldn't that have something to do with > >interlacing?? Wish I understood all of this better. > > Oh, one more thing. Modelines can be an issue, but only if VMWare and X > are running at different resolutions or color depths. For example, my > normal laptop resolution is 1600x1200. If I go fullscreen VMWare at > 1600x1200 or 1280x1024, everything works normally. However there is > also a 1400x1050 mode in XP, but my hardware doesn't seem to support > that resolution, so if I try to go fullscreen, I get a resolution that > results in a corrupted display for the right 1/3 of the screen. > > So it is possible that a particular modeline could fix that issue for > me, and may be related to why you had to specify modelines previously. > But if the resolution and depth are the same, then the same modeline > should apply whether VMWare is fullscreen or not, AFAIK. > I finally solved the mystery. I copied the modelines generated by the Knoppix 3.6 CD for this monitor into the Monitor section of xorg.conf, and, voila!!, the full screen issues disappeared. Vmware now works like a charm. Maybe it will do something for my mplayer/mythtv issues. Thanks, Richard, for your ideas. They helped me narrow down the potential problems, and eventually solve the problem itself. Bill Roberts pgprIVaby8LJm.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] OT SATA-2 drive support in Gentoo
I inherited two Western Digital Raptor 74G SATA drives. They run at 10,000 rpm, 4.5 seek time. I was prepared to be unimpressed, but they are phenomenonly fast and quiet. I strongly recommend them. I am running them as a RAID 0, connected directly to the motherboard, using linux software RAID. If you want hardware RAID, 3ware seems to be the ticket. hdparm -Tt /dev/md0 /dev/md0: Timing cached reads: 3080 MB in 2.00 seconds = 1538.70 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 410 MB in 3.00 seconds = 136.46 MB/sec Not cheap, but I think they're worth every nickel. Bill Roberts On 18:19 Wed 27 Jul , James wrote: > Hello, > > Has anyone successfully deploy mulitple SATA-2 drives in a Gentoo Server? > If so, have you benchmarked the performance of these drives? > If so, are you happy with the price/performance of SATA-2 > or what would you recommend for price/performance on a mid-range > Gentoo server? > > Any specfic controller cards recommendations for SATA(2) are > of interest too. > > TIA, > James > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > pgpjr5t8Lln0I.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: $LINGUAS question
I had something similar happen, and a reboot, or perhaps a restart of xwindows solved it. Bill Roberts On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 2:55 AM, »Q« <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 03:13:44PM +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote: >> >> > Does it matter in which order languages are emerged? >> >> Mplayer emerge says it uses the first one as the default language, and >> one firefox emerge showed all help menus etc in some non-English >> language. Wheteher anything else cares, I do not know. > > That might be fixed by setting the LC_* variables, I dunno. > > What's the output of emerge -pv mplayer ? > > -- > »Q« > Kleeneness is next to Gödelness. > > > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida
This is my first time replying to a thread using gmail, so I apologize in advance if It ends up on the wrong end of the thread. There seems to be a big change coming in graphics: Intel is coming out towards the end of the year with a motherboard with integrated graphics that will be competitive with the graphics provided by nvidia and ati cards. I am guessing that soon graphics for most applications will be provided in the same way that sound, ethernet, usb and others, which used to be provided by extension cards, are provided to most users today, as an integrated part of the motherboard. The days when ATI and NVIDIA can rack up huge profits selling cards for two, three, or four times the cost of a motherboard, are coming to a close. I'm sure there will always be a market for high end graphics cards, but for most of us, the graphics on the new motherboards will fill the bill. I'm hanging on with an old AGP nvidia 6600GT and relatively obsolete motherboard in anticipation of better solutions coming soon. Bill Roberts On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:32 PM, fire-eyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Platoali wrote: >> >> Well, last night the graphic card of my laptop got broken. So I'm >> considering to replace it with a workstation for some graphic >> applications (Mainly blender and gimp.) I need 3d acceleration, and my >> poor laptop was rendering for hours to get my job done. So I decide to >> buy a workstation instead a laptop. I want to ask, which graphic cards >> are better supported in Linux. I know that ATI have freed or in the >> process of freeing their graphic cards driver. But I did not have any >> good memory from my previous experience with ATI. My previous card was >> ATI radeon 9600m and it never worked the way it had to until broken. >> I want to know, what is the current status of ATI drivers in Linux? >> Does the problems have been solved? Can they compete with Nvidia? >> >> And I want to know which one is better supported in Linux kernel >> regardless of how much open/free the drivers is. I'm currently >> thinking between Nvidia Quadro fx 1700 and Ati firegl 5600. Does >> anyone have any comment about them? > > ATI's drivers have been buggy to the point that I avoid them 100% of the > time when using linux. In multiple systems, using their drivers means that > my system will hard hang 100% of the time when exiting xorg in any way. Such > as logging out, killing xorg, rebooting, etc. > > Nvidias drivers are far more stable in linux, I would strongly suggest going > that route. I do not know the specifics of those cards, sorry. > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Alternative Window Managers
On 03:18 Fri 30 Dec , Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > I'm wanting to experiment with some alternative window managers. I've > already emerged them, but I'd like to have them available as separate > sessions when I log in, and possibly migrate to one of them as default (or > only) session available. Over the past 3 years, I have been on a quest for a minimalist and functional window/desktop manager. It seems like I've tried everything. I started off with kde, hated the kitchensink approach they take, so I moved to gnome, which was, indeed, more subdued, some say boring. The standard package fit me okay, but it was so heavyweight, I used none of the desktop function except freecell and the weather applet. So I went minimalist with kahakai, interesting, but ultimately not worth the ongoing effort, then to ratpoison. which I dumped after a week or two. Brief visits to ion and icewm, finally settled on XFCE-4 for maybe a year and a half. It's minimalist as a desktop manager, but again, I used almost none of its functionality, I do everything except surfing the web from the commandline. I saw a number of people who opinions I value using fluxbox, so I decided to try that. I'm glad it came with good recommendations, because when I opened it up in its default configuration, it was almost as butt-ugly as ratpoison. I emerged the themes, played around with them, settled down with one, and now feel settled. The ease of configuration, the basic simplicity, the choice of themes, seems "just right" for me. Good luck in finding the one that is "just right" for you. Bill Roberts pgpQRfFWGRCNR.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Sata Controllers and drives
I just bought this sata controller: SYBA SY-VIA-150 PCI SATA /IDE Combo Controller Card, Non Raid Cost was $11.60 at Newegg. Gives you two satas, one ide. Only has one sata cable with it, and you will need sata power-adapters, depending on the sata drives you buy. Works well with the following kernel settings. CONFIG_SCSI=y CONFIG_SCSI_SATA=y CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_VIA=y CONFIG_SCSI_QLA2XXX=y Good luck. Bill Roberts On 20:50 Sun 08 Jan , Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > I have a system I need to upgrade from SCSI with an Adaptec 3210S RAID (I'm > using HItachi nee IBM SCSI Ultrastor drives which aren't holding up too well) > and am looking at going with SATA. Some input from the those with > recommendations or experiences would be appreciated. > > 1. SATA Controllers - I see a bunch listed in menuconfig but what have you > found to work? Is Promise any good? What are some good brands > > 2. Sata drives - what have you found to be reliable and work well. I've > crossed Hitachi off my list because of my experience with the Ultrastores. > > Thank you. > > -- > > Brett I. Holcomb > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > pgp4noxXKI0U1.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Sata Controllers and drives
Sata drives I am thrilled with are: Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3300831AS 300GB 7200 RPM At $131, seems to be good value for money. Quiet, good reputation. Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM I have two of these set up in software RAID0. Lightening fast, quiet given the speed. Expensive, but in my opinion, worth it. I see they have come out with 150GB. I'd better hold on to my pocketbook. Bill Roberts On 20:50 Sun 08 Jan , Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > I have a system I need to upgrade from SCSI with an Adaptec 3210S RAID (I'm > using HItachi nee IBM SCSI Ultrastor drives which aren't holding up too well) > and am looking at going with SATA. Some input from the those with > recommendations or experiences would be appreciated. > > 1. SATA Controllers - I see a bunch listed in menuconfig but what have you > found to work? Is Promise any good? What are some good brands > > 2. Sata drives - what have you found to be reliable and work well. I've > crossed Hitachi off my list because of my experience with the Ultrastores. > > Thank you. > > -- > > Brett I. Holcomb > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > pgp0XeejHz2By.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] cyrus-sasl, courier-authlib, which one? or both?
I am currently running my email server on my workstation, providing email for myself and my wife. I use mutt, my wife uses outlook. I basically used the virtual email server guide, it has run ok for two years, but my wife suddenly cannot access her email. The issue seems to be the pop3 server, not listening on port 110. I've decided to move the mail server to my router/firewall/proxy server. That will allow me to play harder on my workstation, without fear of disrupting email. Question is: How? I am planning on building a simpler email system (I don't use imap, virtual domains, or a user database). In my quest for Zen-like simplicity and rock-solid quality, I'm planning on using postfix, plus courier as a pop3 server. For authentication, some guides use sasl, some use authlib. Which is better?? And why would anyone use both?! They seem to both serve the same function. Any suggestions/pointer appreciated. Bill Roberts pgpVsFmwxnkO5.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] cyrus-sasl, courier-authlib, which one? or both?
On 16:10 Wed 11 Jan , Bill Roberts wrote: > I am currently running my email server on my workstation, providing email > for myself and my wife. I use mutt, my wife uses outlook. > > I basically used the virtual email server guide, it has run ok for two years, > but my wife suddenly cannot access her email. The issue seems to be the > pop3 server, not listening on port 110. > > I've decided to move the mail server to my router/firewall/proxy server. > That will allow me to play harder on my workstation, without fear of > disrupting email. Question is: How? > > I am planning on building a simpler email system (I don't use imap, > virtual domains, or a user database). In my quest for Zen-like simplicity > and rock-solid quality, I'm planning on using postfix, plus courier as a > pop3 server. For authentication, some guides use sasl, some use authlib. > Which is better?? And why would anyone use both?! They seem to both serve > the same function. Any suggestions/pointer appreciated. > > Bill Roberts Thanks for the suggestions. I decided to try the simplest guide I could find: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Small_Email_Server_with_Postfix_with_POP3_(TLS) It uses only postfix and courier-imap (which brings in courier-authlib). No cyrus-sasl. The only issue I ran into was the creation of a user with a /bin/false shell. That kept me from being able to log in with pop3 and retrieve mail. Changing the shell to /bin/bash solved the problem. Now I have to figure out how to redirect the stream of email, retrieve from the router, rather than locally, and add anti-virus/anti-spam. I'll probably use the mailfilter guide: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/mailfilter-guide.xml By the way, I would recommend these two guides for anyone setting up an email server for the first time. They may not be perfect, but they are much easier to follow than most of the howto's I've run into. Bill Roberts pgpxLeES2bfob.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] ipw2200 dmesg error [SOLVED]
On 14:11 Sun 15 Jan , Marco Calviani wrote: > Hi list, > i'm running gentoo on a laptop with a ipw2200 wireless card. I'm > running the current ipw2200 stable version, that is ipw2200-1.0.8-r1. > It is running well but when used i'm seeing in the kernel messages the > following messages: > > ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting. > ipw2200: Sysfs 'error' log captured. I had this error through several iterations of ipw2200 and gentoo-sources. It went away completely when I loaded genoo-sources-2.6.15. I am using net-wireless/ipw2200-1.0.8-r1, net-wireless/ipw2200-firmware-2.4, and net-wireless/ieee80211-1.1.6. I am not using the kernel modules. Machine is ibm tp-t43. Good luck to all. Bill Roberts pgp7lyQQTghqY.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] SATA Hardware vs Software RAID
O 13:33 Thu 19 Jan , Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > I'm moving from SCSI to SATA and was wondering if anyone has any experience > with the speed of software RAID vs hardware RAID. I'm currently using > hardware RAID. > I've have two Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150, set up in a software RAID0. My hdparm gives me: /dev/md0: Timing cached reads: 2776 MB in 2.00 seconds = 1387.91 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 398 MB in 3.00 seconds = 132.48 MB/sec For redundancy I use backups to a Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3300831AS 300GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive. Blazing speed with the raptors, lower speed, lower cost for the backups. Good luck. Bill Roberts pgpBOvMMTTbz5.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Re: [gentoo-user] SATA Hardware vs Software RAID
On 13:04 Fri 20 Jan , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Based on your post to my other thread I've been looking at the drives you > mentioned. What do you know about the WD Caviar drives? They are cheaper > than the Raptors. > > > I try to avoid Western Digital in general, except for the Raptors. I had bad experiences with them when teaching Windows networking. The Raptors are expensive because of the speed, 10,000 rpm vs. 7,200 rpm. They are supposed to be built more ruggedly, an attempt by Western Digital to steal some of high profit SCSI market. I can only say I've been running them for a year or more, and they have performed flawlessly. For slower drives, I prefer Seagate, because of their reputation. Don't know if they are really that much better. See: http://www.hardwareguys.com The other brand I avoid is IBM Deskstars, aka Deathstars. The brand has moved to Hitachi, I believe. They had so many problems, it was killing their business. I think they may have done some re-engineering, maybe they are "not bad" now, but I don't trust them anymore. Good luck. Bill Roberts pgpAiIKMhTs3j.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] How to activate PC speaker with kernel 2.6.14?
On 16:51 Sun 22 Jan , saf wrote: > Hi, > > I have a problem. > I can't use my pc speaker, but I know the speaker works because when > booting my PC I hear the check "biip". :-) > > I installed the program beep (emerge beep), but I hear nothing! > I don't get errors. > > Does sombebody knows how to activate the pc speaker? > Is there a kernel option for it? Setting this kernel option should take care of it: Symbol: INPUT_MISC [=n] │ │ Prompt: Miscellaneous devices │ │ Defined at drivers/input/misc/Kconfig:4 │ │ Depends on: INPUT │ │ Location: │ │ -> Device Drivers │ │ -> Input device support │ │ -> Generic input layer (needed for keyboard, mouse, ...) (INPUT [=y]) Not very obvious, is it? Good luck Bill Roberts pgpF0vdwMxsow.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] http-replicator: error: invalid directory '/var/cache/http-replicator' [ ok ]
On 12:09 Fri 27 Jan , Dan Sheffner wrote:
>I'm trying to get the http replicator working. I'm not sure what I'm doing
>wrong.
I assume you were using the howto:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Download_Cache_for_LAN-Http-Replicator
I noticed a couple of minor differences from my settings:
>Below is what my make.conf looks like on the server
>
># These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically
>built this stage
># Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example
>CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4"
>CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
>CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
>SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
Don't the "[1]" and "[2]" in the lines below invalidate them as URL's? They
don't work in a browser, maybe wget can use them?
>GENTOO_MIRRORS="[1]http://gentoo.osuosl.org/";
>http_proxy="[2]http://10.1.10.37.com:8080";
>RESUMECOMMAND=" /usr/bin/wget -t 5 --passive-ftp \${URI} -O
>\${DISTDIR}/\${FILE}"
>
>Below is what my client make.conf
>
># These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically
>built this stage
># Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example
>CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3"
>CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
>CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
>USE="mdadm"
>SYNC="rsync://10.1.10.37/gentoo-portage"
Same URL issue here:
>http_proxy="[3]http://10.1.10.37.com:8080";
>RESUMECOMMAND=" /usr/bin/wget -t 5 --passive-ftp \${URI} -O
>\${DISTDIR}/\${FILE}"
>
>Here is the proof that the rights are correct
>localhost ~ # ls -ld /var/cache/http-replicator/
>drwxrwxrwx 2 portage portage 8192 Jan 25 21:53 /var/cache/http-replicator/
>
My permissions were a bit different:
drwxr-xr-x 2 portage portage 36568 Jan 25 10:15 /var/cache/http-replicator/
>I run the command repcacheman and it works fine with the below output
>
>Found 22746 ebuilds.
>
>Extracting the checksums
>Done!
>
>SUMMARY:
>Found 0 duplicate file(s).
>Deleted 0 dupe(s).
>Found 19 new file(s).
>Added 0 of those file(s) to the cache.
>Rejected 0 corrupt or incomplete file(s).
>19 Unknown file(s) that are not listed in portage
>You may want to delete them yourself
>
>Done!
>
>When I go to start the server it says. And this is where I believe it
>fails.
>I have also tried repcacheman --user portage --dir
>/var/cache/http-replicator
>
>localhost / # /etc/init.d/http-replicator restart
>* Stopping Http-Replicator ...
>No http-replicator found running; none killed. [ ok ]
>* Starting Http-Replicator ...
>usage: http-replicator [options]
>
>http-replicator: error: invalid directory '/var/cache/http-replicator' [
>ok ]
My /etc/conf.d/http-replicator looks identical
>
>Below is my /etc/conf.d/http-replicator
>
Hope these notes help. It works great once in place.
Good luck
Bill Roberts
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Re: [gentoo-user] Electricsheep (General Question)
On 20:19 Fri 27 Jan , Ian wrote: >Hey everyone >I came across this app and and having issues getting it to work. >I was told to leave it running so it could do a download. After 8-10 >minutes, nothing came up. Is there any way I can verify what its >doing? Is this what Im supposed to do? I played with this a couple of years ago. It is a applet for xscreensaver, I don't recall the detail of configuring it, but it wasn't too difficult. But it does chew up alot of bandwidth, and the results were less than spectacular. I ended up unmerging it. Good luck Bill Roberts pgpWNKRhIwqd8.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] SOLVED: DHCP Timeouts
On 19:29 Sat 28 Jan , fire-eyes wrote: > fire-eyes wrote: > > I am having problems with dhcp on my wireless interface. Which is > > confusing, it worked fine before. It just times out. If I assign > > everything manually, there are no issues. > > > > Some ask if it's because association with the AP is taking too long, but > > I know it is not that, because I am manually starting wpa_supplicant > > (which fails in gentoo init scripts for some reason, looks like it's > > being called wrong). And that takes care of the association. > > > > So confused... > > Looks like I got it... Further investigation showed that dhcpcd was > requesting 192.168.1.103 , when it had 1.100 before. I force it to > request .100 and it immediately worked... > > Anyone know what that was all about? If you are using dnsmasq, note from the man page: -K, --dhcp-authoritative Should be set when dnsmasq is definatively the only DHCP server on a network. It changes the be- haviour from strict RFC compliance so that DHCP requests on unknown leases from unknown hosts are not ignored. This allows new hosts to get a lease without a tedious timeout under all circum- stances. Good luck. Bill Roberts pgpTYBCHOs7fi.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Changing role of router
On 20:44 Sat 04 Mar , Trey Sizemore wrote: > My current home network consists of several PC connected to a Netgear > wireless router (using its default factory IP of 192.168.0.1). It also > serves DHCP address to machines that need it. It, in turn, is > connected to my DSL modem. > > I will be adding a firewall to the mix and plan to use the Netgear > wireless router solely as a hub and WAP. I will disable it's DHCP > serving functionality. > > My questions are: > > a) Given it's new role, will it still require an IP address? If so, it > will be on my internal network (vs. DMZ with servers) and have an > address of 192.168.1.1 for example. Should this be changed now before > I rearrange the configuration? I assume it needs an IP as I will need > to access the web-based admin interface to turn wireless on and off, > etc. > > b) I would assume the WAN port would not be used and all machines > using the "hub" would just plug into one of the four LAN ports. > > c) I have a "true" hub that will be used in the DMZ consisting of > machines with addresses like 192.168.0.x. Here I assume the hub would > *not* have an IP assigned to it. The key, I think, is the capability of your wireless router. Can it act as a bridge? If so, you may have the choice of setting it up with or without an ip address. Normally, you would want it with a ip address, so that you can easily http in and reconfigure it as necessary. If you can set it up as a bridge with an ip address, the address will be on the internal network, 192.168.1.0, not the DMZ network. If you cannot set it up as a bridge, it will need two ip addresses, the "external" address on the DMZ network, and the "internal" network on the 192.168.1.0 network. It will then do NAT'ing, which will require you to put a route on your firewall, letting it know where to send the 192.168.1.0 traffic. Good luck Bill Roberts pgpsJn0yEAbCZ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] sound recording software in gentoo
On 23:45 Sun 05 Mar , Thomas Kear wrote: > On 05/03/06, Denis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wanted to see if there's a way to set up a home recording > > mini-studio using Linux. In Windoze, there's things like Cubase, > > Ableton, Reason, Wavelab, etc... What's available in Linux for that > > purpose (recording, sequencing, mixing, sound effects), and which of > > those does Gentoo have in the Portage tree? Try a search of the gentoo-users archives on gmane.org. Mark Knecht lead several discussions of exactly this topic. Good luck Bill Roberts pgpjNR13aawyY.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] OT - sudo doesn't do echo
I've started using sudo in preference to su'ing, but I've found that "echo" doesn't seem to work with sudo. When I: $ sudo echo something >> /etc/portage/package.keywords -/bin/bash: /etc/portage/package.keywords: Permission denied I look at the permissions: ls -l /etc/portage/package.keywords -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 520 Apr 8 06:11 /etc/portage/package.keywords Then I scratch my head. Anyone explain why? Bill Roberts pgpS8WY6COb2q.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] OT - sudo doesn't do echo
On 08:51 Fri 08 Apr , Daniel Westermann-Clark wrote: > On 2005-04-08 08:06:47 -0400, Bill Roberts wrote: > > $ sudo echo something >> /etc/portage/package.keywords > > -/bin/bash: /etc/portage/package.keywords: Permission denied > > Chris already gave one solution, but I can explain the problem. In > your original command, the redirection is happening in your user's > shell, not with the permissions granted by sudo. The command as sudo > sees it is "echo something". > > You can use sudo with redirection: > > sudo sh -c "echo something >> /etc/portage/package.keywords" Thanks. ...teach a man to fish... Bill Roberts pgpaG51ApnEmr.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] 2005 doesn't detect eth0
On 21:31 Sun 10 Apr , Kitti Jaisong wrote: > boot from liveCD it can detect eth0 and when boot by loader it can't detect > eth0 > what's the misstage ? When you configured the kernel, did you configure the driver for your ethernet card? If so, did you configure it as a module? Modules must be loaded. For your ethernet card, it is usually easier to build it into the kernel. Bill Roberts pgpq5Wo6vqmRd.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] 2005 doesn't detect eth0
On 11:36 Sun 10 Apr , Bill Roberts wrote: > On 21:31 Sun 10 Apr , Kitti Jaisong wrote: > > boot from liveCD it can detect eth0 and when boot by loader it can't detect > > eth0 > > what's the misstage ? > > When you configured the kernel, did you configure the driver for your > ethernet card? If so, did you configure it as a module? > > Modules must be loaded. For your ethernet card, it is usually easier > to build it into the kernel. The other issue you might be facing is dhcp. With 2005.0, you must emerge a dhcp client, if you require one. Bill Roberts pgpQWGRJCeg99.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] nvidia newbie
I just installed my first off-board video card, an Asus N6600GT. Followed the nvidia guide, it worked like a champ under kernel 2.6.11-gentoo-r5. Got a gazillion frames per second. Upgraded the kernel to r6. No joy, X won't start, can't find valid module. Says me, I'll just go through the steps in the guide again. No joy. Reverted to the r5 kernel, it works great. Can someone initiate me in the mysteries of nvidia and doing kernel upgrades? Thanks. Bill Roberts pgpzIyRzfw3EQ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia newbie
On 15:39 Fri 15 Apr , Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 09:27:17 -0400, Dave Nebinger wrote: > > > > Upgraded the kernel to r6. No joy, X won't start, can't find valid > > > module. > > > > After upgrading a kernel you need to boot into console mode and > > reinstall the drivers. > > Only the kernel part of the nvidia packages. You need to emerge > nvidia-kernel again, but not nvidia-glx. > > You can do it automatically by putting this in /etc/conf.d/local.start > > # Re-emerge NVidia drivers after a kernel compile > lsmod | grep --quiet nvidia || \ > (FEATURES="-sandbox" emerge --oneshot nvidia-kernel && modprobe -v > nvidia && /etc/init.d/xdm stop zap start) > Neil That worked like a charm. Thanks Bill pgprEzmqWHrQU.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] i810 Intel 82856G graphic 2
On 20:16 Fri 22 Apr , Devraj Mukherjee wrote: > Is there anyone using Xorg on an Intel 82865G card and can lend me their > Xorg configuration file. I got my card as a part of a Dimension 3000. Devraj I wouldn't hold my xorg.conf up as a exemplar of fine configuration, but it works for me. My hardware, courtesy of lshw: *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 1 My xorg.conf: --- Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "XFree86 Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb" FontPath "unix/:-1" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/local/" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/misc/" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/CID/" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/Speedo/" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/artwiz/" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/corefonts/" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic/" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/default/" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/freefont/" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/sharefonts/" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/terminus/" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera/" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/ukr/" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/unifont/" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/util/" ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" ModulePath "/usr/X11R6-DRI/lib/modules" EndSection Section "Module" Load "record" Load "extmod" Load "dbe" Load "dri" Load "glx" Load "GLcore" Load "xtrap" Load "type1" Load "freetype" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Monitor" DisplaySize 350 255 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "DEL" ModelName"DELL D1226H" HorizSync30.0 - 95.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "i810" Option "DDC" "false" VendorName "Intel Corp." BoardName "82865G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Integrated Graphics Device" VideoRam127680 BusID "PCI:0:2:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor"Monitor0" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" Mode0666 EndSection -- Best of Luck Bill Roberts pgpnXNFLnPLJE.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] i810 Intel 82856G graphic 2
On 20:58 Fri 22 Apr , Devraj Mukherjee wrote: > Hi Bill, > > Thanks for that. Are you using Xorg or Xfree? > > Devraj > > Bill Roberts wrote: > >On 20:16 Fri 22 Apr , Devraj Mukherjee wrote: > > > >>Is there anyone using Xorg on an Intel 82865G card and can lend me their > >>Xorg configuration file. I got my card as a part of a Dimension 3000. > > > > > >Devraj > > > >I wouldn't hold my xorg.conf up as a exemplar of fine configuration, > >but it works for me. > > > >My hardware, courtesy of lshw: Devraj I started out with Xfree, migrated to Xorg. As I recall, the only change required in configuration was the keyboard driver, I don't remember the name of the old, Xfree, one. You can Google or check http://forums.gentoo.org for the particulars. pgpLYCJ65oNsp.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] i810 Intel 82856G graphic 2
On 22:10 Fri 22 Apr , Devraj Mukherjee wrote: > Thanks for the various emails Bill. I managed to get your Xorg > configuration on my system. When I run X -config /root/xorg.conf.bill I > get the following messages and my screen is blank > > Any suggestions directions are welcome. I am using a Diemsnion 3000 by Dell. > > Thanks > > X Window System Version 6.8.2 > Release Date: 9 February 2005 > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2 > Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.11-gentoo-r3 i686 [ELF] > Current Operating System: Linux linux-dt 2.6.11-gentoo-r3 #1 SMP Thu Apr > 21 23:12:14 EST 2005 i686 > Build Date: 22 April 2005 > Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org > to make sure that you have the latest version. > Module Loader present > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Apr 23 08:06:05 2005 > (++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.bill" > Using vt 7 > (EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such file or directory) > Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list! > Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/local/, removing from > list! > Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/util/, removing from list! > > Devraj Try commenting out the offending lines, particulary the one with "unix/:-1" in it. The current "system" does not include support for a font server by default. I think that will solve the problem. Bill pgpz7SWhOUp2L.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] evolution
> > > I hadn't replied because I don't have an answer and haven't bothered to > > > do any troubleshooting or research yet. Anyhow, on one of my systems, > > > Evolution no longer has a calendar or task pane available at all. By not > > > available, I mean there are no menu entries under view->window in > > > addition to there not being any buttons to push at the lower left to get > > > into those panes. Email and Contacts are there, just not the calendar > > > or tasks. > > > > > > I believe that José is running into the same issue. There is a new USE flag, eds, which I believe stands for "Evolution Data Server". Turn that on in /etc/make.conf and see what happens. Bill Roberts pgp4CcmeKgCHE.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] making my own router
On 21:42 Thu 06 Oct , Mark wrote: >I'd like to build a gentoo box to act as a single router between a >hardware firewall (appliance) and two internal separate network segments. >The goal is to allow both internal segments to access the Internet via the >same firewall, but not allow them to see eachother. > >Here's my general idea - please tell me if it makes sense so far. Your outline looks good. Haven't ever used a hardware firewall, though. My setup is a firewall/router, external port to dsl modem, two internal, one wired, one wireless. I bridged the two internals into a single subnet. I used: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/home-router-howto.xml as my guide, then did some googling on bridging for the rest. Works great! By the way, I used iptables for the firewall, but there is some terrific documentation for shorewall, which you might find a bit easier. Bill Roberts pgp1tQvgIrtFk.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] udevstart Segmentation fault - Urgent
On 07:44 Wed 19 Oct , Rumen Yotov wrote: > On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 13:47 +1000, Dave Oxley wrote: > > I have just run 'emerge --update --deep --newuse world' on 2 of my > > Gentoo machines as I do every few days. This upgraded my udev from > > 068-r1 to 070. Neither machine will now boot. I've been investigating > > why on my server as it is most important that I get this machine up and > > running ASAP. > > During boot I get the following error: > > /sbin/rc: line 93: 1062 Segmentation fault /sbin/udevstart > > Then when it gets to checking root filesystem it reports /dev/sda3 is > > missing and drops me to a filesystem repair console. > > Dave. > Hi, > Don't think it's a problem with udev-0.70, running it for a day or two. > Maybe a hardware failure or try previous version (0.68), hope you have a > binary package of it if you can't emerge it again. Useful sometimes. > Boot with a LiveCD (gentoo) and re-emerge udev-0.68-rX or just install a > binary package of it. If emerge/portage isn't working unpack it at / > (root) dir, ignore warning about extra data at the end of archive. > HTH.Rumen I've had the same problem, it's been reported in b.g.o. See: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109789 I was able to boot using a "gentoo=noudev" option. The newest best guess on the problem involves the gcc2.patch. Guess I'll try going back to earlier udev 'til it gets fixed. Bill Roberts pgp0gwfsJQAcb.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] CFLAGS setting for Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHZ stepping 08
On 01:31 Sun 23 Oct , Richard Watson wrote: > I've just got a new laptop I'm installing Gentoo on and was wondering if > anyone could advise on the CFLAG setting I'm using. The CPU is a > Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHZ stepping 08. Currently I've set > CFLAGS="-02 -mcpu=pentium -pipe" > -- > Thanks, Richard > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > I have: CFLAGS="-02 -march=pentium4" Seems to work nicely on my M processor. Bill Roberts pgpEV7wAWznAr.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Connecting a Linux workstation to a Windoze server
On 14:07 Sun 23 Oct , Andrew Lowe wrote: > Hi all, > I have the situation where I work that it is a total M$ setup. Our > workstations use DHCP to grab IP addresses from the Win2003 server. For > various reasons I want to place a Gentoo box on the network. For some > reason when I try to bring up the network interface on the Gentoo box, > which has a dhcp client, the dhcp client times out and I can't obviously > get an IP address. > I'm getting my ip's form a W2k3 server, using dhcpcd as a client. I put the following in /etd/conf.d/net: iface_eth0="dhcp" dhcpcd_eth0="-h $(hostname) -N" I understand that Gentoo now sends the hostname by default, so the: "-h $(hostname)" may not be needed. Good luck. Bill Roberts pgpBD7eT8muYQ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] -mtune for P4M (dothan)
On 16:53 Tue 01 Nov , Ryan Viljoen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Trying to install gentoo on a notebook with a P4M (dothan), wondering > > what -mtune should I go for, the GCC manual says: > > > > pentium-m > > Low power version of Intel Pentium3 CPU with MMX, SSE and SSE2 > > instruction set support. Used by Centrino notebooks. > > > > pentium4, pentium4m > > Intel Pentium4 CPU with MMX, SSE and SSE2 instruction set support. > > > > This is what I use with my notebook (Intel 1.5GHz Centrino): > CFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -march=pentium-m -mcpu=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer > -mtune=pentium-m" > which seems to work fine. > > I am however curious about pentium4m though. > I am using "pentium4" with a Centrino 1.86 and it works fine. I mentioned that here before, and someone congratulated me for being smart. In fact, I chose "pentium4" out of an abundance of ignorance. I have googled the subject to death, and found nothing suggesting that "pentium4" or "pentium4m" should be used with this processor, except an indication that the "dothan" is pentium3 based, with some pentium4 tweaks. No indication as to which CFLAG to use, except the gcc documentation, which seems to point to pentium3 or pentium-m. I am planning on sticking with the pentium4 flag, on the theory of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it", until I get some definitive guidance, or until I need to do a recompile. Any cflag guru's out there?? Bill Roberts pgpoEugoP4wIK.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?
On 11:20 Wed 16 Nov , Derek Tracy wrote: >After restarting I noticed that ipw2200 did not load properly was posted >in my boot mesg WTF. I distinctly remembered during the install that I >waited until after I installed the kernel, then I went ahead and installed >the external modules. (NOTE: I did not use the built in kernel modules >for ipw2200 or ieee80211 I had read too many horror stories about >incompatible versions of ipw2200-firmware and I have always had good luck >with the external drivers) One other thing, instead of going for pure on >the edge goodness of using a Nitro-esque kernel (one optimized for speed >over stability) I decided to use Gentoo-sources again trusting the >developers judgement. After searching through tons of articles regarding >ipw2200 drivers not working with the latest "Stable" Gentoo-Sources I >decided to go with the kernel drivers and give them a shot. I recompiled >rebooted and low and behold the drivers still weren't working. After >trying all sorts of different combinations Unstable versions of this >stable versions of that. Nothing worked, so I proceeded to reboot back >into the livecd and re-chroot into my system so I could get a network >connection and install the Madwifi Drivers, for a pcmcia card that I have >laying around. Also note that the Madwifi drivers are considered >Unstable. I rebooted the computer and the drivers actually worked (Yea >Unstable). So I got the network connection up, then I decided to go ahead >and install X (I thought that it would be easier to troubleshoot the ipw >drivers from a graphical environment copy, paste, multiple xterms.). Well Maybe this will help a little. I am using the ipw2200 drivers, and they work fine. I am using the gentoo-sources kernel, 2.6.13-r4, with ipw2200-1.0.6-r3. My eix shows ipw2200-firmware 2.3 and 2.4 installed (I guess they are slotted), I'm not sure which one is being loaded. I tried upgrading to 2.6.14, wireless broke (I think that's when I tried loading the 2.4 firmware), so I went back to my current kernel. I'll hang out here for a while, 'til they get the bugs worked out of 2.6.14. I have an ati video, so no help there. My intial approach to my new laptop was a bit different than yours. Though I've been doing Gentoo three years, I've never done it on a laptop, never done Linux or wireless on a laptop. I've had good luck with Ubuntu, wanted to try their newest, so I loaded it up first, to get info on hardware, get a working xorg.conf, etc. Had a fully functional laptop in less than an hour. I then set up a dual boot gentoo, used the xorg.conf from Ubuntu, cherry-picked a few ideas from the nicely done Ubuntu. I've added additional functionality to my Gentoo build as I've needed it. So now, every time I fire up, I always have a choice. I can use the fully loaded Ubuntu, which I love for its ease of installation and administration, or I can use Gentoo, my stripped down hot rod, which on occasion gives me fits. Gentoo gets the nod every time, unless I'm looking for a bit of freecell. Why?, I ask myself. I think it's the same reason I liked to take watches apart when I was a kid. I want to know how things work. I love the Zen-like aesthetic, starting with a blank slate, and adding only what is absolutely essential. No cruft. It's not for everyone, and it's not the "only true way". But it works for me. Good Luck Bill Roberts pgpMrNqhSY0Ss.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] 80211/IPW2200 vs. Kernel 2.6.14
On 21:42 Fri 18 Nov , Matthias Bethke wrote: > I just noticed the new Gentoo kernel 2.6.14-r2 includes support for both > the generic 802.11 stack and the Intel IPW2200 driver. I've been using > the separate ebuilds for these two so far, now I was wondering if > there's still any advantage to that. Any opinions? I tried the 2.6.14 kernel with the ipw2200 driver, and it didn't work. Maybe it was fixed in release 2. Bill Roberts pgp7ld5VKi62A.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Let's make a map of Gentoo users
I can see the map in firefox on one computer, cannot see the map at all in firefox on another. Looked through the settings, use flags, etc., and couldn't find any differences. Anyone have an idea what might cause this?? Bill Roberts On 19:25 Tue 06 Dec , Daniel da Veiga wrote: > I would bet in being the first on Brazil, but the first on South > America is kinda odd, I guess not every gentooer around is part of > this list... > > On 12/6/05, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Billy Holmes wrote: > > > > > pclouds wrote: > > > > > >> We've got a map of Gentoo users here: http://www.frappr.com/gentoo > > > > > > > > > cool :) > > > > > > I see there are two representing Florida. (go FL!) > > > > We have one from Mississippi too, now anyway. That is me by the way. > > I'm not sure if there is anyone else here or not. My dial-up is so slow > > the map won't download. This sucks. Everybody is set up for braodband > > and I may never get it out here. I guess if I keep hitting the reload > > button it will eventually get it all. Stupid Bell South. :( > > > > Dale > > :-) > > > > -- > > To err is human, I'm most certainly human. > > > > > > > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > -- > Daniel da Veiga > Computer Operator - RS - Brazil > -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- > Version: 3.1 > GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- V- > PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ > --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > pgp8pKMYe9vLT.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Help with world update
On 01:55 Wed 07 Dec , Holly Bostick wrote: > Rafael Fernández López schreef: > >> Hello, I am running a emerge -u world and there is a package > >> (realplayer) that keeps failing the build due to an error in > >> package retrieval. > > Great idea, Rafael, but that may break other updates, if any of them > (like xmms, mplayer, xine, etc) use the "real" USE flag which is > probably > what's dragging in realplayer in the first place. > > As you later suggested, using the --verbose option is /always/ wise when > doing an emerge -uD world (myself, I use emerge -uaDtv world), in order > to get an idea of what USE flags are being enabled (or not), so that you > have the opportunity to make changes and keep unwanted packages from > being emerged as optional dependencies (or make sure that wanted > packages are emerged as optional dependencies). > > HTH, > Holly > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > I'm having exactly the same problem. The "USE" flag "real" is what is bringing "realplayer" in. In my case, I set it to add functionality to mplayer. When I remove it, no attempt is made to download "realplayer". There are two issues: first, I've seen some discussion indicating that the "real" flag shouldn't bring in "realplayer", just the libraries necessary to allow mplayer to play "real" media; second, the download of "realplayer" is blocked by failure of ssl to recognize a certificate. Curiously, I can go to the site, download the files manually, and no certificate issue appears. Downloading the files didn't solve the problem for me, the ebuild didn't seem to recognize the downloaded files. Maybe I put them in the wrong place. I was hoping waiting a few days would get the problem solved, but I see it's still there. Bill Roberts pgpfqk1LJwi6g.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] dmesg yes fdisk no - new HDD
On 17:34 Tue 06 Dec , Harry Putnam wrote: > I'm installing a new HDD on an older (in P4 terms) P4 2.0 GB. > > On bootup I see it noticed in dmesg or but doesn't get an IRQ. (See > snippet from dmesg) And once booted up, fdisk doesn't know about it. > > I pulled out the ribbon to two cd drives and connected This new drive > by itself as master with no slave. (Just to start tinkering). > > Anyone that can spot something or has a nifty idea or question please respond. > > DMESG: > > [...] > > Probing IDE interface ide0... > input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0 > hda: MAXTOR 6L060J3, ATA DISK drive > input: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse on isa0060/serio1 > hdb: WDC WD600BB-00CAA1, ATA DISK drive > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > Probing IDE interface ide1... > hdc: WDC WD3000JB-00KFA0, ATA DISK drive > hdd: ATAPI CD-RW 32/12/40X, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > Probing IDE interface ide2... > Probing IDE interface ide3... > Probing IDE interface ide4... > Probing IDE interface ide5... > hda: max request size: 128KiB > hda: 117266688 sectors (60040 MB) w/1819KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63, > UDMA(100) > hda: cache flushes supported > hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 > > hdb: max request size: 128KiB > hdb: 117231408 sectors (60022 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63, > UDMA(100) > hdb: cache flushes not supported > hdb: hdb1 < hdb5 hdb6 hdb7 hdb8 hdb9 > > EISA: Probing bus 0 at eisa.0 > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > Try disconnecting the atapi cdrw temporarily. Can fdisk see it then?? Bill Roberts pgpbksrDd3sGn.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Help with world update
On 13:35 Wed 07 Dec , Holly Bostick wrote: > Bill Roberts schreef: > > On 01:55 Wed 07 Dec, Holly Bostick wrote: > > > >> Rafael Fernández López schreef: > >> > >>>> Hello, I am running a emerge -u world and there is a package > >>>> (realplayer) that keeps failing the build due to an error in > >>>> package retrieval. > >> > >> Great idea, Rafael, but that may break other updates, if any of > >> them (like xmms, mplayer, xine, etc) use the "real" USE flag > >> which is probably what's dragging in realplayer in the first place. > > > > I'm having exactly the same problem. The "USE" flag "real" is what is > > bringing "realplayer" in. In my case, I set it to add functionality > > to mplayer. When I remove it, no attempt is made to download > > "realplayer". > > > > There are two issues: first, I've seen some discussion indicating > > that the "real" flag shouldn't bring in "realplayer", just the > > libraries necessary to allow mplayer to play "real" media; > > Realplayer is proprietary software (just as *.rm* files are a > proprietary media format). They are not open source, so the libraries > cannot be brought in separately; they are attached to Realplayer itself. > After realplayer is installed, then mPlayer can find the libraries and > use them. That's why using the "real" USE flag brings in Realplayer. > > > second, the download of "realplayer" is blocked by failure of ssl to > > recognize a certificate. Curiously, I can go to the site, download > > the files manually, and no certificate issue appears. > > > > Downloading the files didn't solve the problem for me, the ebuild > > didn't seem to recognize the downloaded files. Maybe I put them in > > the wrong place. > > The downloaded file should be placed in /usr/portage/distfiles. Perhaps > you've downloaded the wrong file? I have Realplayer 10.0.6 installed, > and the file in my /distfiles folder is > > RealPlayer-10.0.6.776-20050915.i586.rpm > > > I was hoping waiting a few days would get the problem solved, but I > > see it's still there. > > I don't remember having any problems with the certificate, but simply > downloading the file and placing it in /usr/portage/distfiles should > allow the emerge to continue. Downloading the file manually to /usr/portagedistfiles solved the problem. Tx, Holly Bill Roberts pgpD6xQjThbtv.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Let's make a map of Gentoo users
On 10:06 Wed 07 Dec , Billy Holmes wrote: > Bill Roberts wrote: > >I can see the map in firefox on one computer, cannot see the map at all in > >firefox on another. Looked through the settings, use flags, etc., and > >couldn't find any differences. > > it only works with javascript enabled. Do you have that off? I have javascript enabled. The only obvious difference in settings between the one that does, and the one that doesn't show the map is the "Allow web sites to install software" button, which was enabled on the one that allowed it. I changed that on the non-working browser, restarted it, to no avail. Use flags are the same. The maps & images on maps.google.com work nicely, so it seems to be a site specific problem. Oh, well, I guess I'll survive without that website. It did accept my zip, so I'm there, even if I can see it. Bill Roberts pgphplnAqq2lG.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] cups and virtual/X11
When I try to upgrade to the latest stable version of CUPS, portage trys to drag in X windows. I'm not sure if this is caused by the changes happening in preparation for the new version of xorg, or perhaps changes in the cups ebuild, which has seen some changes in USE variables. I meandered around b.g.o for a while, but did't find anything relevant. Any ideas? Bill Roberts pgpUlpNAdjjh1.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] cups and virtual/X11
On 18:49 Fri 16 Dec , Rumen Yotov wrote: > On (16/12/05 10:57), Bill Roberts wrote: > > When I try to upgrade to the latest stable version of CUPS, portage trys to > > drag in X windows. > > > > I'm not sure if this is caused by the changes happening in preparation for > > the new version of xorg, or perhaps changes in the cups ebuild, which has > > seen some changes in USE variables. > > > > I meandered around b.g.o for a while, but did't find anything relevant. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Bill Roberts > Hi, > Did the same (cups upgrade) yesterday. > New cups wanted to install two additional packages - xpdf & motif. > In my case "xpdf" had "motif X" as USE-flags, so it wanted to emerge motif > too, i have X. > In your case it's X. > Removed "motif" with "-motif" in package.use. > Check xpdf's USE flags and put "-X" for xpdf in package.use. > HTH.Rumen > Rumen You nailed the problem. Thanks for the assist. Bill Roberts pgptemnyZ2lk4.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Port named runs on
On 12:25 Fri 16 Dec , Michael Sullivan wrote: > How would I find out what port named runs on (so I could open that port > on my firewall)? > grep domain /etc/services Bill Roberts pgpOJ7bTpeoWj.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge Question
On 10:50 Sat 17 Dec , Dale wrote: > Jeff Grossman wrote: > > >When I ran emerge -uaD today, I got the following output: > > > >These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > > > >Calculating world dependencies ...done! > >[ebuild U ] sys-apps/man-pages-2.16 [2.15] > >[ebuild U ] net-misc/curl-7.15.1 [7.15.0] > >[ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.14-r5 > >[ebuild N] x11-apps/ttmkfdir-3.0.9-r3 > >[ebuild N] x11-base/opengl-update-2.2.1 > >[ebuild N] media-libs/fontconfig-2.2.3 > >[ebuild N] x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6 > >[ebuild N] virtual/x11-6.8 > >[ebuild N] app-arch/rpm2targz-9.0-r3 > >[ebuild N] sys-apps/utempter-0.5.5.6 > >[ebuild N] x11-terms/xterm-204 > >[ebuild N] x11-libs/openmotif-2.2.3-r3 > >[ebuild N] app-text/xpdf-3.01-r3 > >[ebuild U ] net-print/cups-1.1.23-r4 [1.1.23-r1] > > > > > >How do I find out why the x-11 programs are trying to be installed? I > >am running just a server, so I have no X or X-11 or any gui type > >programs installed. And, I don't want any gui type programs installed. The culprit is cups, which changed some USE flags, pulling in xpfd & openmotif. See: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/148810 for details. Bill Roberts pgp519Q2iBpmZ.pgp Description: PGP signature
