[gentoo-user] Previous system uptime - not Gentoo specific
I lost utility power for 2 hours today while at work (on my home machine). UPS probably help for 20 minutes, or so. Just out of curiousity, is there a way to determine previous system uptime. I know I was getting close to 11 months, which would be a record for me. Thanks, festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpR3tzbGzpCB.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Previous system uptime - not Gentoo specific
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 01:02:01AM +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: > John J. Foster writes: > > > I lost utility power for 2 hours today while at work (on my home > > machine). UPS probably help for 20 minutes, or so. Just out of > > curiousity, is there a way to determine previous system uptime. I know > > I was getting close to 11 months, which would be a record for me. > > The system logs boot and login dates in /var/log/wtmp, the last command > shows the content of this binary file. > > last | grep "system boot" | head > > Hope you broke the record, > Wonko > fes...@localhost ~ $ last | grep "system boot" reboot system boot 2.6.28-gentoo-r5 Thu May 13 16:39 - 17:30 (00:51) OK, so after looking at "man last", I tried fes...@localhost ~ $ last reboot reboot system boot 2.6.28-gentoo-r5 Thu May 13 16:39 - 17:30 (00:51) wtmp begins Sat May 1 08:23:36 2010 which doesn't really help much. Any other ideas, festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpOB0O11vdoL.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Previous system uptime - not Gentoo specific
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 05:18:08PM -0600, John J. Foster wrote: > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 01:02:01AM +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: > > John J. Foster writes: > > > > > I lost utility power for 2 hours today while at work (on my home > > > machine). UPS probably help for 20 minutes, or so. Just out of > > > curiousity, is there a way to determine previous system uptime. I know > > > I was getting close to 11 months, which would be a record for me. > > > > The system logs boot and login dates in /var/log/wtmp, the last command > > shows the content of this binary file. > > > > last | grep "system boot" | head > > > > Hope you broke the record, > > Wonko > > > fes...@localhost ~ $ last | grep "system boot" > reboot system boot 2.6.28-gentoo-r5 Thu May 13 16:39 - 17:30 (00:51) > > OK, so after looking at "man last", I tried > > fes...@localhost ~ $ last reboot > reboot system boot 2.6.28-gentoo-r5 Thu May 13 16:39 - 17:30 (00:51) > > wtmp begins Sat May 1 08:23:36 2010 > > which doesn't really help much. > > Any other ideas, > festus Damn - log-rotate cleans wtmp monthly > -- > It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a > clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. > Noam Chomsky -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpC7eePbIwir.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] 1st class documentation & user community
Good afternoon all, During the last few days I've managed my first Gentoo install. I now have pretty much everything I need. Gentoo base fetchmail mutt ssh kde still working on courier ... One of the finest learning experiences I can remember. The decision to walk away from Suse was not easy, as she had been my distribution of choice for more than a year. But because of the direction I think they're heading, I decided it was time. Just as I had with Red Hat a year earlier. It wasn't really to difficult to pick Gentoo, although Debian did cross my mind, because I felt the need to build from scratch and see how much more knowledge I could cram into the gray matter. Major thanks to the developers for an excellent product and excellent documentation. Major thanks to all who contribute to this newsgroup for having previously answered most of the questions I had. Posters and respondents alike. Major thanks to marc.theaimsgroup.com for providing archives of this list. (As well as most other lists that are worthwhile) And finally, thanks to Google. John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Next step - dialup networking
On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 06:23:52PM -0400, John J. Foster wrote: > Good evening, > > Having only dialup at home forced me to bring my machine to work for a > new installation. That all worked fine over a few days. My problem now > is that I'm unable to get dialup to connect properly. I have only ever > done this before through KDE. I get connected, exchange login and > password info, and then the PPPD daemon dies instantly with a status of > 16. I'm not really sure which direction to take with this. Is it PPP > related? PAM related? I'm a member of the dialout group. Am I missing > something really obvious? Something obvious, of course. I hadn't had to setup my credentials for a few years, and in a dream last night I realized that my ISP required [EMAIL PROTECTED] and not just username. Sorry for the waste of bandwidth on the obvious. John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Turn off monitor
Good afternoon, While working in X, my monitor automatically shuts off after 10 minutes idle. That is expected behavior. However, I've found my increasingly working only at a console. Right now the screen just blanks. Is it possible to have it power off after a certain idle time? Thanks, John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Turn off monitor
On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 10:31:59PM +0200, Peter De Zutter wrote: > Hi John > screensave on terminals > > setterm blank 0 > > Greetz > Peter > In KDE --> Control Center --> Peripherals --> Display On the Power Control tab, set monitor to power off after 10 minutes, or whatever. This is the behavior I want from a vc. Not just to blank. Thanks, John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Turn off monitor
On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 03:11:03PM -0700, Zac Medico wrote: > Check the setterm manpage. Looks like you want the > -powerdown option. I guess you could do it in > ~/.bashrc Thanks Zac - setterm -powersave powerdown -powerdown 10 works fine. John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] emerge -auDv world question
Good evening, This evening I ran across something I have have not seen in my long experience with Gentoo (about 2 months now). I just did an # emerge --sync # emerge -auDv world which returned Calculating world dependencies - !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=sys-devel/libperl-5.8.6" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - sys-devel/libperl-5.8.6 (masked by: ~x86 keyword) For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or section 2.2 "Software Availability" in the Gentoo Handbook. !!!(dependency required by "dev-lang/perl-5.8.6-r4" [ebuild]) Am i reading this right? A stable package has an unstable dependency ! Please let me know if you beleive this is an error in the perl ebuild. Thanks, John -- The revolution will not be televised. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -auDv world question
On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 10:06:41PM -0500, Paul Varner wrote: > On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 20:05 -0400, John J. Foster wrote: > > Calculating world dependencies - > > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=sys-devel/libperl-5.8.6" have been > > masked. > > !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your > > request: > > - sys-devel/libperl-5.8.6 (masked by: ~x86 keyword) > > > > For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page > > or > > section 2.2 "Software Availability" in the Gentoo Handbook. > > !!!(dependency required by "dev-lang/perl-5.8.6-r4" [ebuild]) > > > > Am i reading this right? A stable package has an unstable dependency ! > > > > Please let me know if you beleive this is an error in the perl ebuild. > > Rerun emerge --sync and try again. I believe you synced while it was in > the middle of being marked stable. Thanks Paul - will try again tonight. John -- The revolution will not be televised. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -auDv world question
On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 10:06:41PM -0500, Paul Varner wrote: > On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 20:05 -0400, John J. Foster wrote: > > Calculating world dependencies - > > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=sys-devel/libperl-5.8.6" have been > > masked. > > !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your > > request: > > - sys-devel/libperl-5.8.6 (masked by: ~x86 keyword) > > > > For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page > > or > > section 2.2 "Software Availability" in the Gentoo Handbook. > > !!!(dependency required by "dev-lang/perl-5.8.6-r4" [ebuild]) > > > > Am i reading this right? A stable package has an unstable dependency ! > > > > Please let me know if you beleive this is an error in the perl ebuild. > > Rerun emerge --sync and try again. I believe you synced while it was in > the middle of being marked stable. I did an emerge --sync last night, and now all is right in gentooland. >From now on I will wait a few hours after receiving what seems like an unlikely condition to be occuring, and try sync'ing again. Thanks for your help. [OT] An interesting (scary) read http://www.theregister.com/2005/07/01/bush_net_policy/ John -- The revolution will not be televised. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] sudo echo cannot write to /etc/ files ?
On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 09:42:27PM +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: > > So it will. Shoot. Oh, well. Maybe I'll rework this, or I should then > ask for: > > 1) firewall recommendations (personal, as the router has one too; atm > I'm liking firestarter) > For configuring iptables on Linux, I've had good luck with Guarddog. Pretty simple to use, yet seems quite complete. I tried using firestarter back when I was using Suse, but never could quite get the hang of it. It was probably from the fact that that was my first foray into firewalls, and I was clueless about the different options, and what it all meant. (Not to say that much has changed on my part even now !) I also use fwbuilder on my Linksys router, mainly because it supports, and has a pre-configured firewall for, custom Sveasoft firmware running way-stripped down version of Linux on the router. HTH, John -- The revolution will not be televised. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Hanging out with fbsplash
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 10:44:52PM +0200, Richard Fish wrote: > I need to write up some howto's in the next week or so, because using an > initramfs works much better than an initrd for encrypted root. > Please, please do! -- The revolution will not be televised. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Seeking recommdations for multi-card reader.
Good evening all. My San Disk ImageMate dual reader said goodbye to our family today. She should have left a few months ago. So, what I'm searching for is a replacement reader. I saw some good reviews for ImageMate® 8-in-1 Reader/Writer. I don't really need all eight, but so what. What I'd really like, though, is the ability plug and unplug cards while the reader remains attached via usb2 or firewire. My old San Disk gave me problems for years. Sometimes no connection. Sometimes inserted card could be any of sdb[1-15]. Udev helped with this a little, but basically the reader was a POS (for you wtf users). I'm looking for something that will react the same every time. Any recommendations? Boy - I just read this over, and the fact that I've been up close to 30 hours has severely affected my grammar. Apologies. Thanks, John -- The revolution will not be televised. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Seeking recommdations for multi-card reader.
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 10:01:17PM -0400, Colin wrote: > I've got an AFT PRO-9. It's a 9-in-1 connects via USB 2.0 > internally/externally and has Secure Digital, Multimedia Card, > SmartMedia, xDigital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, CompactFlash, > MicroDrive and a 4-pin FireWire 400 port (pass-through, you need a > FireWire port somewhere on your computer). > > I've only tested it with an SD card, and it seems to work perfectly. > > To use this, you need to compile in SCSI support (the same you need for > USB Mass Storage) and make sure you select the "Probe all LUN's" option. > Thanks Colin. It seems to get some pretty good reviews elsewhere too. John -- Contrary to the lie machine, the world is not safer. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Howto speed up compilations
Good afternoon all, A few weeks ago I read in one of the newgroups a way to greatly decrease compilation times. The author noted that this was particularly noticable when working with something like OO. The general jist of it was to create temporary file system in memory and mount your portage tmpdir there. For the life of me, I can't find that thread anymore. Does anyone do something similar to this? Are there noticable gains to be had. I have an Athlon 2800XP and 1 GB ram. Thanks, John -- Contrary to the lie machine, the world is not safer. pgpfPfnFThvIN.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Howto speed up compilations
On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 02:40:18PM -0400, Colin wrote: > Plus, you can charge people if they want to come over and rent your > computing power. (Virginia Tech does that with their "System X," 1,100 > dual-2.3GHz-processor XServe G5's.) :-) As I'm a little short of this total right now, I think I'll stick with the -pipe option for now ;-) John -- Contrary to the lie machine, the world is not safer. pgpplUmibjrZX.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Howto speed up compilations
On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 01:07:38PM -0400, John J. Foster wrote: > Good afternoon all, > > A few weeks ago I read in one of the newgroups a way to greatly decrease > compilation times. The author noted that this was particularly noticable > when working with something like OO. The general jist of it was to > create temporary file system in memory and mount your portage tmpdir > there. For the life of me, I can't find that thread anymore. Does anyone > do something similar to this? Are there noticable gains to be had. I > have an Athlon 2800XP and 1 GB ram. > > Thanks, > John OK, this happens all the time. I search, can't find what I want, post a question, search again, and there it is. This is not the "thread" I was talking about, but it was right in front of me on the Gentoo Wiki. http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Speeding_up_portage_with_tmpfs Does anyone have any "tips" on these "tips"? John > > -- > Contrary to the lie machine, the world is not safer. -- Contrary to the lie machine, the world is not safer. pgpOCzlVjdruu.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] [A little OT] Is anybody else seeing these? - [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Messages from gentoo-user@gentoo.org to you have been bouncing]
I've gotten about 4 or 5 of these in the past few days, and don't really know what to make of them. Is anybody elese seeing this? Or do I have an issue? It's not happenning on any other lists, and all headers seem like it's legit. Thanks, John - Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Messages from gentoo-user@gentoo.org to you have been bouncing Hi, this is the mlmmj program managing the mailinglist gentoo-user@gentoo.org Some messages to you could not be delivered. If you're getting this message it means things are back to normal, and it's merely for your information. Here is the index(es) of the messages that bounced in the attempt of delivering them to you: 16398 - End forwarded message - -- Contrary to the lie machine, the world is not safer. pgpsVXtOzDo3r.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] [A little OT] Is anybody else seeing these? - [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Messages from gentoo-user@gentoo.org to you have been bouncing]
Thanks Jean - I guess I should have expected nothing less from the Gentoo folks! On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 07:50:57PM +0200, Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote: > Le 20 juillet à 19:21:34 "John J. Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> écrit notamment: > > | I've gotten about 4 or 5 of these in the past few days, and don't really > | know what to make of them. Is anybody elese seeing this? Or do I have an > | issue? It's not happenning on any other lists, and all headers seem like > | it's legit. > | > | Thanks, > | John > | > | - Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] - > | > | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Subject: Messages from gentoo-user@gentoo.org to you have been bouncing > | > | Hi, this is the mlmmj program managing the mailinglist > | > | gentoo-user@gentoo.org > | > | Some messages to you could not be delivered. If you're getting this > | message it means things are back to normal, and it's merely for your > | information. > | > | Here is the index(es) of the messages that bounced in the attempt of > | delivering them to you: > | > | 16398 > | > | > | > | > | - End forwarded message - > > Yes, I receive this kind of message when my mail server is down and > gentoo's server cannot reach my address; these messages are quite normal > and innocuous; and actually I know of no other ML being as polite as > gentoo's ML! > > cheers, > -- > Jean Magnan de Bornier |Cours Victor Hugo > e-mots: jean at bornier.net|13980 Alleins France > T 08 70 39 34 03 |P 06 09 17 35 87 > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- Contrary to the lie machine, the world is not safer. pgpZK7qVvAvI9.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] date and gentoo running under vmplayer
Hi all - it's been awhile This past week I've set up Gentoo running in a VM built by http://www.easyvmx.com/ under a XP host. Installation and configuration went fine. I normally leave the VM running when I walk away from the machine, but when I return, time is way off. Shutting down Gentoo & the VM & rebooting solvles the problem, as vmplayer must initially get the date and time from the host, but it sure doesn't keep it right after that. I tried openntpd, but it kept setting the time further and further off. I live in Fort Collins, Co and my locatime is set correctly (America/Denver). This is my 1st time playing with VM's. Is this common? Is there any way around it? I'm not really sure why openntpd didn't work. Any and all help appreciated. Thanks, festus -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] date and gentoo running under vmplayer
On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 08:25:59PM -0700, John J. Foster wrote: > Hi all - it's been awhile > > This past week I've set up Gentoo running in a VM built by > http://www.easyvmx.com/ under a XP host. Installation and configuration > went fine. I normally leave the VM running when I walk away from the > machine, but when I return, time is way off. Shutting down Gentoo & the > VM & rebooting solvles the problem, as vmplayer must initially get the > date and time from the host, but it sure doesn't keep it right after > that. I tried openntpd, but it kept setting the time further and further > off. I live in Fort Collins, Co and my locatime is set correctly > (America/Denver). This is my 1st time playing with VM's. Is this common? > Is there any way around it? I'm not really sure why openntpd didn't > work. > > Any and all help appreciated. > I need to explain this a little further, me thinks. My Gentoo VM is losing right around 20 seconds every minute! This is not a problem that ntp in any of its incarnations is designed to solve. A couple other thing I have tried are clock=pit noapic appended to the kernel command line. I tried these together and separately with no luck. Right now I'm trying another suggestion I found, which is to change the kernel frequency timer from 1000Hz to 250Hz. I'm recompiling now and will let you know. Any other suggestions still welcome. Thanks, festus pgpOxNVvHGBE9.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] date and gentoo running under vmplayer
On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 08:00:00PM -0700, John J. Foster wrote: > On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 08:25:59PM -0700, John J. Foster wrote: > > Hi all - it's been awhile > > > > This past week I've set up Gentoo running in a VM built by > > http://www.easyvmx.com/ under a XP host. Installation and configuration > > went fine. I normally leave the VM running when I walk away from the > > machine, but when I return, time is way off. Shutting down Gentoo & the > > VM & rebooting solvles the problem, as vmplayer must initially get the > > date and time from the host, but it sure doesn't keep it right after > > that. I tried openntpd, but it kept setting the time further and further > > off. I live in Fort Collins, Co and my locatime is set correctly > > (America/Denver). This is my 1st time playing with VM's. Is this common? > > Is there any way around it? I'm not really sure why openntpd didn't > > work. > > > > Any and all help appreciated. > > > I need to explain this a little further, me thinks. My Gentoo VM is > losing right around 20 seconds every minute! This is not a problem that > ntp in any of its incarnations is designed to solve. A couple other > thing I have tried are > > clock=pit noapic > > appended to the kernel command line. I tried these together and > separately with no luck. Right now I'm trying another suggestion I > found, which is to change the kernel frequency timer from 1000Hz to > 250Hz. I'm recompiling now and will let you know. > Switching to 250Hz looks like it has solved the problem. No time lost for a little over an hour now, and ntp is syncing properly, I think. But my reading of the help on this setting led me to believe that 1000Hz was right for a desktop system. Can any explain what this setting actually does, and why it works now? * from make menuconfig help * CONFIG_HZ_1000: 1000 Hz is the preferred choice for desktop systems and other systems requiring fast interactive responses to events. Symbol: HZ_1000 [=n] Prompt: 1000 HZ Defined at kernel/Kconfig.hz:42 Depends on: Location: -> Processor type and features -> Timer frequency ( [=y]) pgpG30DmnsjHG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] date and gentoo running under vmplayer
On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 09:28:01AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Just for interest, what are the Hz settings on host and guest? Guest - Gentoo - now set at 250Hz and working just fine Host - XP Professional SP2 - I don't have a clue. How do I find out? Thanks, festus > -- > Alan McKinnon > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com > > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > pgpgzsDCmvrTC.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] I've hosed portage
I unmasked portage-2.2_pre4 to see if it would help with the extreme slowness of portage updating of its cache during a sync. I had also previously emerged cdb to try to help with that also. Anyway, I'm not really sure what state my portage is in right now, except that now every emerge command returns [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ emerge --info Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 31, in ? import emergehelp, xpak, commands, errno, re, socket, string, time, types File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/emergehelp.py", line 7, in ? from portage_const import PRIVATE_PATH,PRELINK_BINARY,HASHING_BLOCKSIZE File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage_const.py", line 7, in ? from portage_const import PRIVATE_PATH,PRELINK_BINARY,HASHING_BLOCKSIZE ImportError: cannot import name PRIVATE_PATH I already tried http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/doc/manually-fixing-portage.xml but it didn't help. Me thinks I should have done a quickpkg! Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks, festus pgpNxTcJnQfWy.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] I've hosed portage
Chris, Strong and Emil - most excellent suggestions, and I'd love to try them out as soon as someone helps me get portage working again! Thanks, festus pgpAMIgASTf6H.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] I've hosed portage
Please !!! This was installed in an empty VM and it would be real slow to recompile all of Gentoo. There has to be a way to fix it. Pointers and links greatly appreciated. TIA, festus On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 07:22:41PM -0600, John J. Foster wrote: > I unmasked portage-2.2_pre4 to see if it would help with the extreme > slowness of portage updating of its cache during a sync. I had also > previously emerged cdb to try to help with that also. Anyway, I'm not > really sure what state my portage is in right now, except that now every > emerge command returns > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ emerge --info > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 31, in ? > import emergehelp, xpak, commands, errno, re, socket, string, time, types > File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/emergehelp.py", line 7, in ? > from portage_const import PRIVATE_PATH,PRELINK_BINARY,HASHING_BLOCKSIZE > File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage_const.py", line 7, in ? > from portage_const import PRIVATE_PATH,PRELINK_BINARY,HASHING_BLOCKSIZE > ImportError: cannot import name PRIVATE_PATH > > I already tried > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/doc/manually-fixing-portage.xml > but it didn't help. Me thinks I should have done a quickpkg! > > Any help greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > festus pgpZZ8JiUAAAG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] I've hosed portage
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 08:29:57AM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:31:29 -0600, John J. Foster wrote: > > > This was installed in an empty VM and it would be real slow to recompile > > all of Gentoo. There has to be a way to fix it. > > You could unpack a stage 3 tarball to a temporary location then copy the > portage files over. If you have portage-utils or equery installed and > working, you could use qlist or equery to generate a list of files to > copy. > > Alternatively, as you are using VMs, begin a basic stage 3 install in a > new VM, as far as being able to quickpkg portage, then unpack the tarball > in the root of the broken VM. > Thanks so much Neil, option #1 worked just fine, followed by a emerge -auvDN world emerge --depclean revdep-rebuild I think what I did wrong in following the instuctions for repairing portage as described at http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/doc/manually-fixing-portage.xml was that I blindly just copied and pasted, thereby bringing in a way old version. I'm not sure, though (probably more because of too much Patron). But it didn't work. Thanks so much for your help! festus pgpSEYNqH01Qz.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] I've hosed portage
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:05:54AM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:51:05 -0600, John J. Foster wrote: > > > > You could unpack a stage 3 tarball to a temporary location then copy > > > the portage files over. If you have portage-utils or equery installed > > > and working, you could use qlist or equery to generate a list of > > > files to copy. > > > Thanks so much Neil, option #1 worked just fine, followed by a > > emerge -auvDN world > > emerge --depclean > > revdep-rebuild > > You should also re-emerge postage, so the package database is in sync > with the files you have on your disk. > Done, thanks festus -- "I just want to break even." Richard Manuel pgp8dZE62Wegz.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.
Hey Willie - a 67 line sig ? festus -- I just want to break even. pgpu1Of2XUcCi.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Setting Putty window title to currently executing command
I seem to remember ssh'ing into an old Gentoo box and having the window title change to the currently executing command. For instance, when emerging something that had 10 packages, the title would show something like emerging (4 of 10) perl_something_or_other I'm not sure whether I was using screen at the time, or not. I'm not even positive I was using Putty (I might have been on another 'nix). Can anyone help me out? Thanks, festus -- I just want to break even. pgpqML3Sc9TyT.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Setting Putty window title to currently executing command
On Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 03:58:36PM -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 3:11 PM, John J. Foster > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I seem to remember ssh'ing into an old Gentoo box and having the window > > title change to the currently executing command. For instance, when > > emerging something that had 10 packages, the title would show something > > like > > > > emerging (4 of 10) perl_something_or_other > > > > I'm not sure whether I was using screen at the time, or not. I'm not > > even positive I was using Putty (I might have been on another 'nix). > > > > Can anyone help me out? > > I use PuTTY on Windows and the title updates as you described. I don't > think I had to do anything special to accomplish it. > Thanks Paul, but mine doesn't do it anymore. I'm ssh'ing to 2 different Gentoo boxes, one is a VM on my wifes XP box and the other is a just rebuilt Gentoo workstation. Think this could have anything to do with the Bash configuration? Thanks, festus -- I just want to break even. pgpxZGDwGKSok.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] gentoo vmware guest on winXP
On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 12:56:39PM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > I've been monkeying around with a vmware appliance of gentoo.2008.0 > from July. Downloaded from bagvapp.com. > > It fired right up inside vmware running on winXP with no problems. > > But now updating I'm finding I cannot get a newer kernel compiled that > will boot. The original kernel is 2.6.24-r8 and boot just fine. > > I attempted to compile a somewhat leaner meaner version. It appears > the original was a `genkernel' creation. > > I paid close attention to SCSI settings in the original and any other > settings having to do with disks. > > However my attempts consistently break out with the message: > /dev/sda3 is an invalid device > Try appending "noapic" (without the quotes, of course) to your kernel line in grub.conf. I was having the same issues. festus -- I just want to break even. pgpRCMvBHa7Hz.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] gentoo vmware guest on winXP
On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 08:56:06PM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > "John J. Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 12:56:39PM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: >> > >> However my attempts consistently break out with the message: > >> /dev/sda3 is an invalid device > >> > > > Try appending "noapic" (without the quotes, of course) to your kernel > > line in grub.conf. > > Doesn't make any difference here. > > > I was having the same issues. > > So you are running gentoo inside a vmware on winXP? Yeah, running 2.6.23-gentoo-r9 in vmplayer on XP. I was getting the same error till I read somewhere about trying the noapic option. Fired right up. Here's my grub.conf entry for the kernel in case it helps. title Gentoo Linux 2.6.23-r9 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.23-gentoo-r9 root=/dev/sda3 noapic If you'd like the .config even though it's a different kernel, just say so. festus -- I just want to break even. pgpVMVUgM5oIo.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Hard to find netiquette, enculturation bug. (Was: Re: [gentoo-user] GNOME: Cant logout and Lock Screen is showing different background from GNOME screensaver)
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 09:32:26AM +0800, Mark David Dumlao wrote: > I think you're missing the point. I never asked the community to > change its rules. I'm only saying that these particular rules were > invisible, and there's no way to find out about it, and that's going > to be a problem for any user community. > OK, but don't you honestly think we could just move on now and talk about Gentoo. Please. festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpHXjjRPXU4L.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Can't extend an LVM2 volume
In trying to extend a volume I get the following error: mockingbird ~ # lvextend -v -L400G /dev/vg00/data Finding volume group vg00 Archiving volume group "vg00" metadata (seqno 22). Extending logical volume data to 400.00 GB Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/vg00" (seqno 23). Found volume group "vg00" Found volume group "vg00" Loading vg00-data table device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument Failed to suspend data The following show in /var/log/messages: Jan 13 11:23:30 mockingbird device-mapper: table: device 8:5 too small for target Jan 13 11:23:30 mockingbird device-mapper: table: 254:5: linear: dm-linear: Device lookup failed Jan 13 11:23:30 mockingbird device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table Machine is sync'd and up-to-date. Emerge --depclean & revdep-rebuild come back clean. Other pertinent info: mockingbird ~ # uname -a Linux mockingbird 2.6.26-gentoo-r3 #6 Thu Jan 8 13:00:01 MST 2009 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux mockingbird ~ # pvdisplay --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sda5 VG Name vg00 PV Size 500.00 GB / not usable 3.81 MB Allocatable yes PE Size (KByte) 4096 Total PE 127999 Free PE 106239 Allocated PE 21760 PV UUID eq8G5G-va5U-dF9I-i0q8-PFc5-oLrq-767XVk mockingbird ~ # vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name vg00 System ID Formatlvm2 Metadata Areas1 Metadata Sequence No 22 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV0 Cur LV6 Open LV 6 Max PV0 Cur PV1 Act PV1 VG Size 500.00 GB PE Size 4.00 MB Total PE 127999 Alloc PE / Size 21760 / 85.00 GB Free PE / Size 106239 / 415.00 GB VG UUID 97vsli-KlDD-VhYS-dWq0-Nw9m-smF0-1uuj60
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't extend an LVM2 volume
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 08:44:38PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 13 January 2009 20:31:33 John J. Foster wrote: > > In trying to extend a volume I get the following error: > > > > mockingbird ~ # lvextend -v -L400G /dev/vg00/data > > Finding volume group vg00 > > Archiving volume group "vg00" metadata (seqno 22). > > Extending logical volume data to 400.00 GB > > Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/vg00" (seqno 23). > > Found volume group "vg00" > > Found volume group "vg00" > > Loading vg00-data table > > device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument > > Failed to suspend data > > > > The following show in /var/log/messages: > > > > Jan 13 11:23:30 mockingbird device-mapper: table: device 8:5 too small > > for target > > You are trying to create an lv that is bigger than the maximum > > Despite the fact that pvdisplay says you have 415GB unallocated space, you > cannot make a 400G volume as lvm wants more than 15G for metadata. Looking at > the existing usage, it is using around 5% for this. > > Try using the -l option to lvextend and specifying a number of extents > instead > of space usage. > Thanks Alan, but that didn't do the trick. Even if I try to only make it 200GB, same problem. mockingbird ~ # lvextend -v -l10 /dev/vg00/data Finding volume group vg00 Archiving volume group "vg00" metadata (seqno 22). Extending logical volume data to 390.62 GB Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/vg00" (seqno 23). Found volume group "vg00" Found volume group "vg00" Loading vg00-data table device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument Failed to suspend data mockingbird ~ # lvextend -v -L200G /dev/vg00/data Finding volume group vg00 Archiving volume group "vg00" metadata (seqno 22). Extending logical volume data to 200.00 GB Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/vg00" (seqno 23). Found volume group "vg00" Found volume group "vg00" Loading vg00-data table device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument Failed to suspend data
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't extend an LVM2 volume
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 07:53:02PM +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Dienstag, 13. Januar 2009 19:31:33 schrieb John J. Foster: > > In trying to extend a volume I get the following error: > > > > mockingbird ~ # lvextend -v -L400G /dev/vg00/data > > Finding volume group vg00 > > Archiving volume group "vg00" metadata (seqno 22). > > Extending logical volume data to 400.00 GB > > Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/vg00" (seqno 23). > > Found volume group "vg00" > > Found volume group "vg00" > > Loading vg00-data table > > device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument > > Failed to suspend data > > > > The following show in /var/log/messages: > > > > Jan 13 11:23:30 mockingbird device-mapper: table: device 8:5 too small > > for target > > Try "-l+100%FREE" instead of "-L400G". > mockingbird ~ # lvextend -v -l+100%FREE /dev/vg00/data Finding volume group vg00 Archiving volume group "vg00" metadata (seqno 22). Extending logical volume data to 465.00 GB Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/vg00" (seqno 23). Found volume group "vg00" Found volume group "vg00" Loading vg00-data table device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument Failed to suspend data Thanks, festus
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't extend an LVM2 volume
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 09:16:40PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:16:10 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > Also have a look at the physical device the pv lives on. Do the device > > size and the pv data about it's size match? > > This isn't a size problem, in that case lvresize reports something like > "insufficient extants". I wouldn't be surprised if this is a hardware > fault, have you run smartctl on the drive? > Thanks Neil, but I'm unfamiliar with this tool. What I've got so far is: mockingbird ~ # smartctl /dev/sda -i smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 Serial Number:GEA530RE2YB3LE Firmware Version: GM4OA5FA User Capacity:500,107,862,016 bytes Device is:Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4 Local Time is:Tue Jan 13 17:19:42 2009 MST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled What options should I try? Thanks, festus
Re: [gentoo-user] [getting on-topic I think] dial-up, switching isp's and other thoughts.
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 02:32:54AM -0500, Dale wrote: > For me, I have the following biggies: > > Inbox: ~660 > Gentoo-dev: ~13,000 > Gentoo-user: ~27,000 > Kde-linux list: ~3,000 > LVM: ~2,200 > Hey Dale - just out of curiosity, why do you store mailing lists when they're all available online? festus -- I just wanna break even. pgph1aJJz9xHG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Email client for a SLOW connection
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 03:42:04PM +, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2008-10-21, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm on an excruciatingly slow internet connection right now. > > The email client seems to be the major productivity blocker. > > Thunderbird spends a lot of time loading or whatever and > > squirrelmail is just slow. Would something like mutt be an > > improvement? > > I've used mutt over a 14Kbps link with latencies in the > 200-300ms range. You'll need to configure it so that it doesn't > check for new mail very often, and limit the number of > mailboxes it's checking for incoming mail. You'll also want to > make sure that header caching is enabled. I think the cache > supoprt is built by default these days, but you'll need to > enable it by setting the header_cache configuration variable in > your .muttrc file so that it points to the file where you want > the header cache database stored. > I have to 2nd the mutt recommendation. Been using it for years as my only email client. (Works well with a fast connection, too!) festus -- Reputation's changeable. Situation's tolerable. But Baby you're adorable. Handle me with Care. pgp4VJNadGzuh.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Encrypt USB flash drive
On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 04:09:45PM -0500, Thomas Lingefelt wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > Hi. I'm looking for a portable (Linux, *BSD, Mac, Win) way to carry > around encrypted files on a USB drive. I would like for the > encryption/decryption to be transparent to me, so something that I can > mount would be great. I know pretty much how to do encrypted file > systems on Linux, but don't know of a way to do it under Windows that > would be compatible. Something with AES256 or better would be > preferable. Mac compatibility is not too much of an issue at > the moment, but I do plan to buy one in the future. Thanks much. > I've been using http://www.freeotfe.org/ on the windows side for a little over a year with no issues. festus -- Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion. -- Oscar Wilde pgp1mU887d2ll.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Mails getting lost?
On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 12:26:46PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > Are my mails to the list getting to anyone else? I'm not seeing them > myself, and I wanted to make sure they weren't disappearing into the > ether. I checked that I could email myself directly, so I don't think > it's a problem on this side, but I sent a helpful reply about kde-meta and > kate earlier today and I still haven't seen it yet. Same with a comment I > sent to gentoo-desktop around the same time. > Last list mail I have from you is dated 2-2. festus -- Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion. -- Oscar Wilde pgpXVcdVcsQRO.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] daylight savings time [Slightly OT]
Anyone else having trouble with the format (^M's) in Ennis' email? On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 09:29:16AM -0500, McCaffrey, Ennis wrote: > > > -Original Message- > From: Hans-Werner Hilse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 7:35 AM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] daylight savings time > > Hi, > > On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:45:42 -0330 Roger Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > My home province (Newfoundland & Labrador) has, in its infinite > > wisdom, decided to adopt daylight savings time from 11 to 04 November, > > > rather than the more common dates in April & October. > > > > Can someone tell me what I need to do to accommodate this change, if > > anything? > > Hm, set your hardware clock to UTC and do as root: > > rm /etc/localtime > ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Newfoundland /etc/localtime > > should work... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_Standard_Time_Zone suggests > that it was changed just recently. Make sure your timezone-data ebuild > is up to date and installed. In order to get an 2007 version, you might > need to architecture unmask it. > > http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm has wealth of information > regarding zoneinfo. > > -hwh > > Running the following command will tell you how your current timezone is > set: > > zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007 > > For EST the result should look as follows: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007 > /etc/localtime Sun Mar 11 06:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2007 > EST isdst=0 > /etc/localtime Sun Mar 11 07:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2007 > EDT isdst=1 > /etc/localtime Sun Nov 4 05:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:59:59 2007 > EDT isdst=1 > /etc/localtime Sun Nov 4 06:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:00:00 2007 > EST isdst=0 > > -Ennis > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > - > This E-mail and any of its attachments may contain Time Warner > Cable proprietary information, which is privileged, confidential, > or subject to copyright belonging to Time Warner Cable. This E-mail > is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which > it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this > E-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents > of and attachments to this E-mail is strictly prohibited and may be > unlawful. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify > the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any > copy of this E-mail and any printout. > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > pgpanrsgcaBBI.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Can't start X after a few months of updates
Hi, My system had been happily chugging along with X and KDE running for a few months nonstop. Every Saturday I'd run an update world. But, I never restarted X and obviously never rebooted. Yesterday we had a 3 hour power outage that my UPS couldn't keep up with, and when I finally got power back, X won't start. I _think_ this is the relevant portion of /var/log/Xorg.0.log. (II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc." compiled for 7.1.0, module version = 8.28.8 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0 [R200Setup] X version mismatch - detected X.org 7.2.0.0, required X.org 7.1.0.0 (II) UnloadModule: "fglrx" (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so (EE) Failed to load module "fglrx" (module requirement mismatch, 0) Can anyone help me, as I have know idea what to do? Thanks, festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgplnZzaP2rJf.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't start X after a few months of updates
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 10:03:23PM -0500, deface wrote: > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ATI_Drivers#Module_Requirement_Mismatch > > On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 22:52 -0400, John J. Foster wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > My system had been happily chugging along with X and KDE running for a > > few months nonstop. Every Saturday I'd run an update world. But, I never > > restarted X and obviously never rebooted. Yesterday we had a 3 hour > > power outage that my UPS couldn't keep up with, and when I finally got > > power back, X won't start. I _think_ this is the relevant portion of > > /var/log/Xorg.0.log. > > > > > > (II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc." > > compiled for 7.1.0, module version = 8.28.8 > > Module class: X.Org Video Driver > > ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0 > > [R200Setup] X version mismatch - detected X.org 7.2.0.0, required X.org > > 7.1.0.0 > > (II) UnloadModule: "fglrx" > > (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so > > (EE) Failed to load module "fglrx" (module requirement mismatch, 0) > > > > > > Can anyone help me, as I have know idea what to do? > > > > Thanks, > > festus deface - thanks, but I'd already read that section after finding it via scroogle. That particular advice didn't work for me. However, as long as I had that page open, I saw a bit about making the following change in xorg.conf. from --- Section "Device" Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter 0" Driver "fglrx" BusID "PCI:3:0:0" EndSection to --- Section "Device" Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter 0" Driver "radeon" BusID "PCI:3:0:0" EndSection ...and this worked. So thanks for getting me to reread that page!!! festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgp58Y2qVSgs6.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Wha' hoppen to firestarter?
On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 06:35:18AM -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > That helps some, but in net-firewall I'm finding a lot of unstable > packages, and no really good idea which ones will be the best for a > personal firewall, let alone which ones are best supported upstream so > this doesn't happen to me again. So I'm interested in > recommendations. What did you switch to? > I've been using net-firewall/fwbuilder for a few years with no issues. I also find it pretty easy to use. Plus, it will also write rules for a Linksys WRT54G running openwrt. festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgppuLIPOkrmf.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Updating eix bombs
Yesterday morning while updating world I got the following errors during the emerge of app-portage/eix: i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -o update-eix update-eix.o varsreader.o global.o setmask.o database/libdatabase.a portage/libportage.a portage/conf/libportageconf.a portage/cache/libcache.a eixTk/libeixTk.a eixrc/libeixrc.a -lbz2 setmask.o: In function `CascadingProfile::applyMasks(Package*) const': setmask.cc:(.text+0x3b): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::KEY_ALL' portage/libportage.a(mask.o): In function `Mask::apply(Version*, unsigned int)': mask.cc:(.text+0x1663): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::PROFILE_MASK' mask.cc:(.text+0x1698): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::SYSTEM_PACKAGE' mask.cc:(.text+0x16ec): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::PACKAGE_MASK' portage/conf/libportageconf.a(portagesettings.o): In function `PortageSettings::setStability(Package*) const': portagesettings.cc:(.text+0x23): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::KEY_STABLE' portage/conf/libportageconf.a(portagesettings.o): In function `PortageUserConfig::setStability(Package*, unsigned int) const': portagesettings.cc:(.text+0x5520): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::KEY_STABLE' portagesettings.cc:(.text+0x56dc): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::KEY_UNSTABLE' portagesettings.cc:(.text+0x57bd): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::KEY_STABLE' portagesettings.cc:(.text+0x5a0a): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::KEY_ALIENSTABLE' portagesettings.cc:(.text+0x5b73): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::KEY_ALIENUNSTABLE' portagesettings.cc:(.text+0x5ccf): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::KEY_MINUSASTERISK' portagesettings.cc:(.text+0x5dbd): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::KEY_MINUSKEYWORD' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [update-eix] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/app-portage/eix-0.9.8/work/eix-0.9.8/src' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/app-portage/eix-0.9.8/work/eix-0.9.8/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/app-portage/eix-0.9.8/work/eix-0.9.8' make: *** [all] Error 2 !!! ERROR: app-portage/eix-0.9.8 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1615: Called dyn_compile ebuild.sh, line 972: Called qa_call 'src_compile' ebuild.sh, line 44: Called src_compile eix-0.9.8.ebuild, line 20: Called die I resynced this morning, but nothing has changed. Any ideas are welcome. Thanks, festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpGfgiHE8rc5.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Updating eix bombs
On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 10:41:09PM +0200, Vaeth wrote: > > > I resynced this morning, but nothing has changed. > > Resync once more. The patch was included in the tree today > without a revbump. Thanks you so much Vaeth! festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpZeqPJQTbVa.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Google privacy changes
Dale - I've been using Fastmail since 2005. Absolutely no issues at all. I do pay for the enhanced account. Good luck festus On Thu, Jan 26, 2012, at 01:16 AM, Dale wrote: > Hi list, > > I ran across this news item about Google: > > http://alturl.com/s7xi5 > > The long URL is below. I'm sort of getting to where I don't like Google > since they seem to be doing things that I'm just not comfy with. Next > they will want a camera on my rig so they can watch me surf. I found a > search engine that may work. It is here: > > www.ixquick.com > > Does anyone have a better search tool? I don't like Yahoo either. I do > like froogle so that would be a bonus. You know, shopping tool. > > Now to my next issue. I'm thinking about switching emails too. Yea, > everyone on here knows my addy but I bet most can recognize my posts > anyway. Plus, if the init thingy goes south, well, it happens. Anyway, > what is a nice stable email account server that allows pop access, > Seamonkey as the email program, that is not tracking everything or nosey > as heck? Free would be nice but I would pay something inexpensive on a > yearly basis if it is really good. I think Yahoo has this but ain't > they sort of like Google already? Plus, I'm not sure how much longer > Yahoo is going to last or make similar changes itself. I'm sort of > getting tired of switching emails every time I switch ISPs or there is a > policy change. That is why I switched to gmail in the first place. No > matter what ISP I use, I can still use Gmail. Yet, here I am again. > > Thoughts? Suggestions? > > Dale > > :-) :-) > > Long URL just in case the shorty above doesn't work. It may be broken > tho. Copy and paste alert. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/google-tracks-consumers-across-products-users-cant-opt-out/2012/01/24/gIQArgJHOQ_story.html?wpisrc=al_comboNE_b > > -- > I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or > how you interpreted my words! > > Miss the compile output? Hint: > EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n" > >
Re: [gentoo-user] Google privacy changes
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012, at 07:59 AM, Dale wrote: > John J. Foster wrote: > > Dale - I've been using Fastmail since 2005. Absolutely no issues at all. > > I do pay for the enhanced account. > > > > Good luck > > festus > > > > > Do they allow encrypted messages too? I looked at the help pages and > I'm pretty sure it does. > > Thanks. > > Dale > > Have sent any for quite some time (2-3 years), but it should work just fine. http://www.fastmail.fm/help/overview_security.html
Re: [gentoo-user] Google privacy changes
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012, at 08:22 AM, John J. Foster wrote: > On Thu, Jan 26, 2012, at 07:59 AM, Dale wrote: > > John J. Foster wrote: > > > Dale - I've been using Fastmail since 2005. Absolutely no issues at all. > > > I do pay for the enhanced account. > > > > > > Good luck > > > festus > > > > > > > > > Do they allow encrypted messages too? I looked at the help pages and > > I'm pretty sure it does. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Dale > > > > > Have sent any for quite some time (2-3 years), but it should work just > fine. > > http://www.fastmail.fm/help/overview_security.html > > uh, happy fingers - I meant "haven't" sent any
Re: FW: [gentoo-user] Protecting a package in package.keywords?
> > Am I the only person getting these emails? > Not any more. pgpjwgktqDQvL.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get php4
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 09:38:34AM -0500, John covici wrote: > OK, that did it -- now I have to find out why it wants a bunch of X > libraries, but that is another question for another day. > > thanks much guys for all your help. > Thanks so much for listening to others concerning group etiquette and top-posting. festus pgpc2QziKa5rl.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] help
On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 10:58:11AM -0700, Lares Moreau wrote: > On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 23:14 +0800, gentoo user mail list wrote: > > "I need somebody, HELP, not just anybody, Help. > When I was younger so much younger then today..." "I never needed anybody's help in any way..." pgp1k89Olw7ex.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Multi-user Console Viewing
On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 03:20:48PM -0600, John Jolet wrote: > one called "poke" and "peek"works on all unixes I've found so > far. pretty inexpensive, but not free. peek allows you to watch, > and the "poke" part lets you take over. or you can use vnc with a > particular argument to share the :0 display. Wow, a flash from the past. I know the guy, Randy Styka, at Computronics who wrote them programs. We used them quite extensively at my last job about 9 years ago. Good programs. John pgpa9KVVHLTaG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and USB Stick
On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 03:40:57PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > See http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_D-BUS,_HAL,_KDE_media:/ > Neil, have you tried that link, even after removing the trailing :/ festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgp8IhZ0OecTQ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and USB Stick
On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 05:19:33PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:08:58 -0500, John J. Foster wrote: > > > > See http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_D-BUS,_HAL,_KDE_media:/ > > > > > Neil, have you tried that link, even after removing the trailing :/ > > I pasted it from Konqueror, so yes. > Sorry 'bout that. I should know better than to try using IE from work 8-( festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgp4ZaXVqssow.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] [OT] mrtg and mrtg_total.pl
Good evening all, I've been running mrtg for the last few months or so collecting data on different network ports around the house. I also use Wildblue satellite service as my ISP (out in the boonies, but works pretty darn well). They just changed their FAP to a rolling 30 days, and I started looking at how to be able to display my routers WAN port via mrtg. I ran across a perl script called mrtg_total.pl http://www.geocities.com/josef_wendel/mrtg_total.html that runs in conjunction with mrtg, and presents a pretty nice graph. But it's only monthly and yearly totals, based on the calendar. What I'm looking for is to be able to display a running 30 day total usage. A google search brings nothing helpful, and I'm not fluent in perl to be able to modify the mrtg_total script. Thanks, festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgp3tjbzeTXdz.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Wireless print server recommendations
Good afternoon, I'm looking for recommendations for a wireless print server with a minimum of 1 USB2.0 port and 1 parallel port. I currently have a Linksys WRT4GS router running openWRT Linux firmware. I've looked at the Linksys WPS54G & WPS54GU printer servers, but can't determine, and can't find via Scroogle, whether they support 3rd party firmware. Does anyone have any recommendations that: 1) Works just fine in a Linux environment. 2) Will accept 3rd party open source firmware, preferably openWRT. 3) Is just an outstanding deal. 4) Supports a HPDeskJet 5550 printer. (I only mention this because some reviewers have mentioned that the WPS54GS doesn't work with some USB printers.) Thanks, festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgpWvZyfCsPEX.pgp Description: PGP signature
[OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless print server recommendations
On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 11:46:39AM -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > On 2/6/06, John J. Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm looking for recommendations for a wireless print server with a > > Networked gentoo server with cups? This is a gentoo list after all... > Richard - My apologies, I should have labeled this post as [OT]. The printer is currently setup as a networked printer hanging off a USB port on my Gentoo box. It works fine, both for me and my wifes XP machine. What I want to do is place it in another room, thus the wireless print server. I asked here because this group has some of the finest knowledge and experience I've seen anywhere. festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgp5yJNsITt5M.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless print server recommendations
On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 12:35:35PM -, Michael Kintzios wrote: > > > Please let us know what you find on the wireless front, although I > suspect that it ain't going to be cheap, especially if your printer is > of the CAPT/GDI variety (mind you, it doesn't look as if it is). > Proprietary printer servers are 4-5 times the cost of a simple TCP/IP > PS121. More if you want wireless connectivity on top. Thanks Mick, I'm going to try the Linksys WPS54GU wireless print server this weekend. I'll let you know of success or failure. festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgpzBX05klirK.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Firefox & OOo oddness
Good evening, I'm running a KDE desktop and in the File Open dialog boxes on both Firefox & OOo I can't seem to find where to tell them to display hidden folders and/or files. Also, in Firefox the only columns available in the File dialog boxes are Name and Modified. I know size was there in 1.0.7. These apps are emerged as follows: //garbanzo/home/festus > emerge -pv mozilla-firefox openoffice These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild R ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.1-r1 -debug -gnome +ipv6 +java -mozdevelop -xinerama -xprint 0 kB [ebuild R ] app-office/openoffice-2.0.1 -binfilter +curl -eds +gnome -gtk +java +kde +ldap -mozilla +xml2 0 kB Can anyone help me out? Thanks, festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgpujmTACfDFC.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox & OOo oddness
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 02:59:19AM +0100, Holly Bostick wrote: > John J. Foster schreef: > > Good evening, > > > > I'm running a KDE desktop and in the File Open dialog boxes on both > > Firefox & OOo I can't seem to find where to tell them to display hidden > > folders and/or files. > > For firefox, if a Save dialog, select "Browse for other folders", then > right-click inside the file list on the right -- not the folder list on > the left-- and select "Show hidden files". For the Open dialog, you > don't have to browse, obviously. Setting will remain until you revoke > it, though possibly not across browser sessions (not sure). Thanks, that works fine. Even for the "Open File", which I'm not sure why you wouldn't think I'd have to browse. > > However, if you do this a lot, you might consider making a symlink from > the hidden folder or file to a link of the same name, but without the > preceding ".", that way the symlink won't be hidden. > Yeah, but that's really lame that I'd have to do that. OOo can be so advanced on some things, and so incredibly stupid on others. Thanks agin, festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgp5dw0UQxr7R.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox & OOo oddness
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 12:55:05PM +, Peter Ruskin wrote: > http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=384087&highlight=filepicker+kde > Thank you, thank you, thank you - just what I wanted festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgp97KvSCY6zZ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] What happens with masked packages?
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 02:40:31PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > At this point, I'd really like to take this theoretical discussion off the > the general user list; I doubt many users will be interested. I haven't > done any coding work on this proposal or even began writing a GLEP, so > this is all theory without any action at this point. Please don't take this off list, as I think this is quite relevant here. festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgpdQTz1xGGNS.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] What happens with masked packages?
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 04:11:08PM +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > Absolutely not. If there's one thing we've established over the years, > it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue > what's best for them in terms of package stability. > Excuse me my friend, but I switched to Gentoo because of this attitude with every other distro I've moved away from !!! festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgpjKGx32wM68.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] What happens with masked packages?
On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 12:11:02AM +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:29:52 -0500 "John J. Foster" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 04:11:08PM +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > | > Absolutely not. If there's one thing we've established over the > | > years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the > | > slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability. > | > | Excuse me my friend, but I switched to Gentoo because of this > | attitude with every other distro I've moved away from !!! > > The distro people are right. The difference between Gentoo and most > other distributions is that we make it easier for you to override our > decisions, should you feel the need. > Ciarin, That's a very true statement, and part of the attraction of Gentoo. But your comment about most users (at least of this distro) not having the slightest clue what's best for them is totally off base, (except, perhaps, where I'm concerned ;-)). \rant mode off\ festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgp0rwcrcasYD.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] [OT] Buffalo LinkTheater Wireless Media Player
Just wondering if anybody is using this device, and what their experience with it is. Possibly in conjuction with their TeraStation Home Server. Thanks, festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgpTDzB8ELUWa.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Image resize question..
On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 12:07:32AM +, Rohit Sharma wrote: > Apologies in advance for this quick question which isn't about Gentoo > per se, but is about work on Linux. > Is there a command [hint "man command" shall do] which I can use to > resize an image? I have 200 of them in a directory which I want to > resize to fit my cellphone. I haven't used it for a couple years, but take a look at imagemagick. festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgppRgx9OitaG.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] [Maybe OT] Recommendations for getting started in Web design
Good afternoon, I'm looking to get started in Web design, with the long term goal of bringing a business (mine) online. I know nothing about design, what to look for in choosing a hosting service, editing tools, or good reference materials. Basically, I'm quite a newbie in this area. Any and all input is greatly appreciated. Thanks, John -- It's true that this 9/11 was a horror story, maybe the worst single terrorist atrocity in history. But you put it in the general framework, it's the kind of thing we do to the Third World all the time. Noam Chomsky pgpyPJ37K9dNH.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] stage1 install
Good afternoon, I feel that it is time to move to Gentoo. After a few years of RH, Fedora and Suse, I want better and more precise control over my system. My problem, maybe, is that I only have a 28.8 modem connection to the net. But, I want to start installation from stage1 in order to be able to build _everything_ from scratch. At work I have access to a high speed connection and could easily download sources from there. My browsing through the Gentoo 2005.0 Handbook _seems_ to say this is not possible. Is that true? If so, I would gladly buy the CD's (and help to support Gentoo) if that would work. My last option, which I don't really want to do, is to bring my machine to work and do all from there. But I can't drink beer at the same time:-) All help and guidance appreciated, Thanks, John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpdVDrGU5IrH.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] stage1 install
On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 02:59:49PM -0400, John J. Foster wrote: > Good afternoon, > > I feel that it is time to move to Gentoo. After a few years of RH, > Fedora and Suse, I want better and more precise control over my system. > My problem, maybe, is that I only have a 28.8 modem connection to the > net. But, I want to start installation from stage1 in order to be able > to build _everything_ from scratch. At work I have access to a high > speed connection and could easily download sources from there. > > My browsing through the Gentoo 2005.0 Handbook _seems_ to say this is > not possible. Is that true? If so, I would gladly buy the CD's (and help > to support Gentoo) if that would work. > > My last option, which I don't really want to do, is to bring my machine > to work and do all from there. But I can't drink beer at the same > time:-) > > All help and guidance appreciated, > > Thanks, > John Thanks to all who offered suggestions and advice. I'm in the process of repartitioning and gathering enough documentation to get started this weekend. Once again, thanks. I'm sure I'll be back seeking guidance. John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] partition resizing problem
Good afternoon, Well.. Last night I attempted to resize a few partitions from my Suse install to make room for Gentoo. I booted off a Knoppix CD, ran qtparted to resize /dev/hda2 (/boot, it wasn't mounted), and rebooted to do some other work. Didn't boot. Instead brought me to a grub prompt at which point I am pretty clueless. I booted back into Knoppix and mounted /dev/hda2 under /mnt. The top-level directory seems fine, but the grub subdirectory is corrupted. An ls of grub shows Input/Output error. I'm not sure of the wording as I'm at work right now and was too stupid to write it down. I unmounted /dev/hda and attempted an fsck. Reported that the superblock was something like 127000 and the physical size was like 2. Way different. The original resize was from 1GB down to 100MB, with only 32 MB being used. I aborted the fsck after the first question because I was not sure how to proceed. I'm leaning toward just wiping all partitions except /home and just going straight to Gentoo, unless there is a fairly painless mechanism for recovery. Bye the way, the original / (root) partition, which contains everything else, is intact and everything there is accessible. Thanks, John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] partition resizing problem
On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 09:17:43PM +0200, Richard Fish wrote: > I don't know how painless these are...it will depend on your level of > comfort with grub and disaster recovery from Knoppix, but my suggestions > are: > > 1. If you can set the partition table back _exactly_ as it was before > (don't use qtparted for this, use fdisk directly), meaning the same > starting and ending cylinders, you *might* be able to mount /boot again > and recover all the files. ONLY do this from Knoppix, only as > read-only, and DON'T try to mount any other filesystems. Tar the files > off to a USB disk key if you can. Be sure to note the partition table > before you modify it though, and change everything back to the same > settings, or you risk losing the ability to mount / or /home. This option worked quite well, luckily, because I was not looking forward to option #2. Probably just would have wiped everything but /home and installed Gentoo immediately. Thank you, thank you, John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Admin system documentation
Good afternoon, I had intended on starting my conversion from Suse 9.1 to Gentoo over the weekend, but the weather turned out to be way to nice to remain indoors. But in my planning stages I realized I have a bit of a longer learning curve than I initially anticipated. So, I'm going to remedy this by starting off with: Question #1 What do the professional (and amateur) admins among you consider to be essential system documentation in the event of a disaster. I am fairly well versed on the requirements of a M$ based system and network, but have only been dabbling in Linux for a couple years. Backups I know, but what is considered a fairly necessary _paper_ trail in the event that the unexpected happens, and a total rebuild is necessary in the shortest time possible. Thanks, John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Admin system documentation
On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 07:51:57PM +0100, Neil Walker wrote: > John J. Foster wrote: > > >but what is considered a fairly necessary _paper_ trail in the event > >that the unexpected happens, > > Errrm.like an invasion from Mars? Paper probably won't > susrvive. ;) Huh... > > >and a total rebuild is necessary in the > >shortest time possible. > > I just can't get my head around why you would want or need to do a total > rebuild. I myself can't imagine _wanting_ to do a rebuild, but needing to, yes. Flood, tornado, theft, etc . Users have work to do. Let's see, what's my SAMBA configuration? And those SQL databases looked like what? How quickly could you bring a system with many users back online _and_ functional? If you are in a position of being responsible for thoses entities, you had better have your ass covered. That's what I'm trying to do. Thanks, John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Admin system documentation
Please excuse the tone of my reply above. I just came from a meeting with HQ bozos looking to further strip my authority to administer current systems. John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Seeking recommdations for multi-card reader.
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 10:01:17PM -0400, Colin wrote: > John J. Foster wrote: > > >Good evening all. My San Disk ImageMate dual reader said goodbye to our > >family today. She should have left a few months ago. > > > >So, what I'm searching for is a replacement reader. I saw some good > >reviews for ImageMate® 8-in-1 Reader/Writer. I don't really need all > >eight, but so what. What I'd really like, though, is the ability plug > >and unplug cards while the reader remains attached via usb2 or firewire. > >My old San Disk gave me problems for years. Sometimes no connection. > >Sometimes inserted card could be any of sdb[1-15]. Udev helped with this > >a little, but basically the reader was a POS (for you wtf users). I'm > >looking for something that will react the same every time. > > > >Any recommendations? > > > I've got an AFT PRO-9. It's a 9-in-1 connects via USB 2.0 > internally/externally and has Secure Digital, Multimedia Card, > SmartMedia, xDigital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, CompactFlash, > MicroDrive and a 4-pin FireWire 400 port (pass-through, you need a > FireWire port somewhere on your computer). > > I've only tested it with an SD card, and it seems to work perfectly. > > To use this, you need to compile in SCSI support (the same you need for > USB Mass Storage) and make sure you select the "Probe all LUN's" option. > > -- > Colin Colin, Thanks for the good advice. I meant to write back earlier, but ... Although I've only used the CF port so far, all 4 physical ports were correctly recognized, and the appropriate devices created. Life is good again. John -- Contrary to the lie machine, the world is not safer. pgpJvGrUSoONX.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] [OT] Mozilla & Google behind the scenes payola
http://www.scroogle.org/gscrape.html#ffox Just wondering if anyone had heard of this. Although, if true, it certainly doesn't surprise me with todays corporate ethics as they are. Just a bad mark on Mozilla. John -- Contrary to the lie machine, the world is not safer. pgph2dnfZQiXY.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Mozilla & Google behind the scenes payola
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 05:05:34PM -0400, Paul M Foster wrote: > On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 03:52:10PM -0400, John J. Foster wrote: > > > http://www.scroogle.org/gscrape.html#ffox > > > > Just wondering if anyone had heard of this. Although, if true, it > > certainly doesn't surprise me with todays corporate ethics as they are. > > Just a bad mark on Mozilla. > > > > I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with this. Google pays Mozilla to > make Google the default search engine for Firefox. Mozilla could have > made it Yahoo or someone else, but Google paid them and that's bad? This > seems the same to me as Ford offering a television show free cars so > that whenever you see a car in the show, it's a Ford. This is as old as > advertising itself. > > Mind you, all the link has is rumor and innuendo to go on. No solid > proof. A supposed insider blogger makes an accusation, they ask for > corroborating documents which haven't yet been filed, and the principals > have no comment for them. They've interpeted the silence of those > involved to mean their "guilt". Despite the fact that they aren't > _required_ to disclose any information about the matter, either way, > except perhaps in quarterly filings. While they may indeed be "guilty", > this is scant evidence to even make such an accusation, much less grant > it any credence. > I did not mean in any way to try and pass off accusations and inuendoes as statements of fact. That is the reason I asked in the first place. But I strongly disagree with much of what you said regarding these actions, if true, being OK. Even "IF" only one of those allegations are true, I'm disappointed in Mozilla's choices. They were, until a few days ago, "non-profit". Google may be the best general purpose search engine out there right now, but "IF" Mozilla made it the default for cash, I have a problem with that. If Mozilla knows that a Google search deposits cookies from sites never visited, I have a problem with that. IF anything in that article is true, and you think that that type of underhandedness (is that a word?) and deception is OK, fine. I don't. John -- Contrary to the lie machine, the world is not safer. pgp616xKMfC8o.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Hard drive activity indicator light
Good morning, Something that's been bothering me, although not that much, for about 3 years now. I've never investigated, and perhaps the answer is simple, but every distro I've used (RH9, FC1, FC2, Suse 9.1, and now Gentoo), has not shown the tiny blinking drive activity indicator on the front of my tower. This machine has always, until a few weeks ago when I finally dumped it for good, dual-booted with XP. And XP always showed activity via the light when there was activity. I would have thought that this was actually a hardware signal, and not OS related. But it doesn't appear that way. This is with a WD 36GB SATA drive on a ASUS A7N8X deluxe mobo w/ onboard Silicon Image controller. Any, and all, help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, John -- Contrary to the lie machine, the world is not safer. pgpG5D9J3znzj.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update -> "the best version available"
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 08:01:42AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, >I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the > --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge > pick, "the best version available"? > Although I'm not totally sure, my reading is that it will grab the highest version marked stable. But I've been wrong before! John -- Contrary to the lie machine, the world is not safer. pgpXZ62i23YTu.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] /etc/init.d/local - one thing led to another
Good evening all,
I figured it was about time to start the Guarddog firewall script
automatically, instead of always typing /etc/rc.firewall. The obvious
thing to do was add it to /etc/conf.d/local.start. Easy enough. But it
didn't start. OK, let's put a few logger commands in there and see where
it fails. Nothing logged. Nada. Zilch. Tried the same thing in the
/etc/init.d/local script. Once again, nothing logged. Here's the
beginning of the local script
depend() {
after *
}
start() {
ebegin "Starting local"
# Add any misc programs that should be started
# to /etc/conf.d/local.start
logger -p auth.info "This is right before local.start is sourced"
if [[ -e /etc/conf.d/local.start ]] ; then
source /etc/conf.d/local.start
fi
eend $? "Failed to start local"
}
The initial "Starting local" is displayed as the system boots, but
that's all that happens. If I do a /etc/init.d/local restart, all is
well, and all is logged.
Am I once again missing the obvious?
Thanks,
John
--
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Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/init.d/local - one thing led to another
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 09:26:08PM -0400, Michael Crute wrote: > > > You should use rc-update to run the startup script. Local is for commands > that you want run, not really a great way to run other startup scripts. The > command you want is probably `rc-update add rc.firewall default`. > -Mike > Thanks - I'll do this when I get home tonight. But a question remains. Why didn't it work even if not the proper way of doing it? Why did a restart of the /etc/init.d/local script work properly? John > -- > > Michael E. Crute > Software Developer > SoftGroup Development Corporation > > Linux, because reboots are for installing hardware. > "In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?" -- Contrary to the lie machine, the world is not safer. pgpyEA74fLPnO.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/init.d/local - one thing led to another
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 09:26:08PM -0400, Michael Crute wrote: > > > You should use rc-update to run the startup script. Local is for commands > that you want run, not really a great way to run other startup scripts. The > command you want is probably `rc-update add rc.firewall default`. > -Mike Last nigh I started to add rc.firewall to the default runlevel, but I noticed that there was already an iptables script in /etc/init.d. Reading through it, and it companion in /etc/conf.d, it became clear that this seemed like the more elegant solution. So I did the following: /root > /etc/rc.firewall# to start the guarddog firewall /root > /etc/init.d/iptables save # to save the current state /root > rc-update add iptables default # to start automatically /root > reboot At first this didn't work because the rc.firewall script loaded necessary kernel modules for ip-conntrack, etc... I decide to build that capability into the kernel instead of using modules. All is working right now, and I don't have to worry about any changes made to guarddog, as the iptables script saves state before shutting down. Thanks for the pointers, John - who realizes that he needs a better understanding of initscripts -- Contrary to the lie machine, the world is not safer. pgp7e2wUYcgLj.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Initscript execution order
Good afternoon all, Is there a simple way to determine the order initscripts are executed, taking into account ineed, iuse, before, etc...? Perhaps something that would show a tree structure similar to emerge -auDt. Thanks, John -- Contrary to the lie machine, the world is not safer. pgp6nzcc5kct8.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers
On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 09:34:13AM -0300, Mauro Faccenda wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anyone can recommend a well-supported inkjet printer for using with > Linux? > HP Deskjet 5550 works just fine -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpf7Wf2lafBY.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo workstation x/kde: disk size requirement...
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[gentoo-user] openoffice 2 rc3 & revdep rebuild
Good evening, I've been fighting the install of OOo rc3 for a few days now. Everything is fine until running revdep-rebuild, which wants to re-install the OOo I just installed. I remember having trouble with various binary packages before, including OOo, which I always solved, or hid, by NOT having /opt in revdep-rebuilds search dirs. That was the first place I looked, thinking that an update along the way had changed something. Sure enough, /opt was back in there. However, now OOo is looking like it's installing to regular directory structures, and I don't want to remove those from checking. [end long-windedness and get to the point] Is anybody else seeing these issues with the latest OOo's, rc2 and rc3? Thanks, John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpLZRYYhC1Ek.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2 rc3 & revdep rebuild
On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 07:49:28PM -0400, Michael Crute wrote: >On 10/16/05, John J. Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is anybody else seeing revdep-rebuild weirdness with the latest OOo's, > rc2 and rc3? > >Yes, I too have the same problems, mostly it would seem, with some >embedded python interpreter. I ignore it and things seem to work fine for >me. > Yeah, it works just fine here too. Something about revdep-rebuild complaints that just makes me want a "clean" run. Thanks, John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgp6ODOD1jFpS.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2 rc3 & revdep rebuild
On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 09:35:55PM -0400, Michael Crute wrote: > >Well the only thing I can think is emerge -C openoffice-bin. But that has >other side-effects that you may like even less than a non-clean run of >revdep-rebuild :-) Yeah - I guess that would teach that stinking dependency checker a lesson or two. But.. Not happening. John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpkj0LFrp8cg.pgp Description: PGP signature
SOLVED Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2 rc3 & revdep rebuild
On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 09:37:45AM -0500, Paul Varner wrote: > On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 05:58 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > > 051016 John J. Foster wrote: > > > I've been fighting the install of OOo rc3 for a few days now. > > > Everything is fine until running revdep-rebuild, > > > which wants to re-install the OOo I just installed. > > > > I haven't done this with OO, but my experience is > > that Revdep-rebuild always wants to remerge what I just merged, > > so I do '^c' & merge the other listed items by hand. > > It looks like a bug in Revdep-rebuild: report it, if you want. > > There is no need to open a bug as it is a known issue with > revdep-rebuild. Your best bet to install gentoolkit-0.2.1_pre8 and > follow the instructions in Holly's message. > > The issue is being actively worked on and by the time that > gentoolkit-0.2.1 is released as stable, the issue should be resolved. > Thanks Paul. Upgrading gentoolkit and following Holly's advice worked fine. All is good in gentooland. John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpwE1zYxu7n1.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Leery of Gnome dependencies for Openoffice
Good morning all, I've been running the binary versions of oo for about three months now, while waiting for v2.0 to become stable. It looks pretty close to me. I'd very much like to run the regular build procedures, but am quite worried about what the pulling in of Gnome dependencies will do do my stable KDE system. About six months ago I installed whatever version of the Gnome desktop that was stable then, but ended up spending 3 or 4 days trying to remove all remnants of it after I decided that I didn't really like it that well. Am I being overly concerned here, or are that legitimate problems I may encounter? Thanks, John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpAQSviBF0Vr.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Leery of Gnome dependencies for Openoffice
On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 12:58:30AM -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > > Well, I just emerged openoffice today (had been using the -bin). I > found you also have to turn off the eds use flag if you really want to > avoid any gnome dependancies. With eds, OOo can use the > evolution-data-server as an address book source, but it pulls in a bunch > of gnome dependancies to do that: > Last night I remembered that eds flag being mentioned a while back. As soon as I added -eds and -mozilla to package.use, the install was more along the lines of what I had hoped for as far a dependencies. The 7 hour compile is a different story. Thankfully, I was required to sleep for 9. John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpkI6q7EkEWG.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] local.start and sending an email
Good afternoon,
I have the following 2 entries in /etc/conf.d/local.start
# Record system restart
echo "System restart on `date +%F` at `date +%R`" >> /var/log/reboot.log
# Send email notification that the system just restarted
date|mutt -s 'System restarted' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The first one properly records the fact that the system has been
restarted, but I do not receive an email. Watching the console as the
system comes up, I see a Segmentation Fault when the second command
executes. Running that command from a shell prompt works fine. I am
under the impression, possibly incorrectly, that local.start is run
after all other init scripts.
depend() {
after *
}
Do I perhaps need to pause a bit in order to let something else finish?
I am using ssmtp for mail.
Thanks,
John
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Re: [gentoo-user] local.start and sending an email
On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 04:19:39PM -0500, Billy Holmes wrote: > John J. Foster wrote: > >date|mutt -s 'System restarted' [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > try putting in the full path to the commands? > I tried changing this to /usr/bin/date | /usr/bin/mutt -s 'System restarted' [EMAIL PROTECTED] and get the same segmentation fault. Don't know if it matters, or not, but I'm running kernel 2.6.13-gentoo-r5, fully patched Thanks, John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpOSmJHGGxa6.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] local.start and sending an email
On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 08:14:59AM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 20:48:43 -0500, John J. Foster wrote: > > > I tried changing this to > > > > /usr/bin/date | /usr/bin/mutt -s 'System restarted' [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > and get the same segmentation fault. > > Isn't mutt overkill for this? Do you really need a full MUA on a server. > I use mail for this sort of thing, emerge mailx. > I agree that this would most certainly be overkill for a server. But this is my home machine, and I'd just like to receive notification at work if it reboots for some odd reason. > Having said that, it would be useful to find out why mutt is segfaulting. > You can eliminate and environment differences by sourcing /etc/profile > before running it. I find this often helps with cron scripts. > I did note something I consider quite odd, though. While rebooting, local.start runs right _before_ inittab starts to bring the system to runlevel 3. A couple thing here. rc-status shows /etc/init.d/local as part of the _default_ runlevel. /etc/init.d/local stop - warns about shutting a boot service. This warning only happens the first time it is stopped after a reboot. Subsequent stops and starts produce no warnings. It looks to me like _local_ is for some reason being started earlier than it should, or my understanding of the boot process is limited. Thanks, John > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > Minds are like parachutes; they only function when fully open. * Sir > James Dewar > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFDaxiDum4al0N1GQMRAqPDAJ9LOt/L/8QsADVTK/odaA3FRtzYlQCbBiuV > R70e5FCXgWWoH/5dkVOlQzc= > =pPl0 > -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpLM4cn4Boa7.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] local.start and sending an email
On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 01:47:55PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 08:16:07 -0500, John J. Foster wrote: > > > I did note something I consider quite odd, though. While rebooting, > > local.start runs right _before_ inittab starts to bring the system to > > runlevel 3. > > That's odd, it definitely runs last here, as it appears is should. Agreed. > > Have you trued using mail instead of mutt? It should give a clue as to > where the problem lies. May I ask why trying mail, which I will this weekend, would at all explain why local is starting in the wrong runlevel? Thanks, John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpH6ZPfvUzyf.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] local.start and sending an email
On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 08:16:07AM -0500, John J. Foster wrote: > > > I did note something I consider quite odd, though. While rebooting, > local.start runs right _before_ inittab starts to bring the system to > runlevel 3. > > A couple thing here. > > rc-status shows /etc/init.d/local as part of the _default_ runlevel. > > /etc/init.d/local stop - warns about shutting a boot service. This > warning only happens the first time it is stopped after a reboot. > Subsequent stops and starts produce no warnings. > > It looks to me like _local_ is for some reason being started earlier > than it should, or my understanding of the boot process is limited. > OK, I may have found the answer here, which I'll verify tonight when I get home and can watch a reboot. /etc/init.d/local needsme showed that /etc/init.d/splash was dependent on local. splash was in the boot runlevel, although I haven't used splash for a few months now, and obviously forgot to remove it. I am pretty sure this will solve my problem. I'll let you know. John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpSryQwtBezB.pgp Description: PGP signature
