Re: [gentoo-user] Re: revdep-rebuild keeps reinstalling binutils
=== On Sun, 02/07, Konstantinos Bekiaris wrote: === > Ok, nice approach. The problem is that no package can be installed > because the compiler gcc is not working...this is Gentoo...everything > has to do with compiling. The solution of the problem starts with > fixing gcc by hand. (You are right about python, i have an older > version).So? === try gcc-config first. See if that clears it up. then "source /etc/profile". -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: nfs-utils broken on ~amd64?
=== On Mon, 02/15, walt wrote: === > The next step is to build a new kernel with nfs4 support and unset the > 'nonfsv4' flag, but at the moment I'm running a ver-r-r-y long > partition resize with gparted so that I can add more space to my > experimental lvm2 volumes. (Working great so far.) I think I'll > fall asleep before gparted is finished, so I'll supply more > information tomorrow. === I had this problem. My solution was to have an fstab line like this: server:/mnt/vol1/home/home /althome nfsnfsvers=3 0 0 Note the nfsvers option. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] no libdri.so with ati-drivers-10.1
=== On Sat, 02/20, Adam wrote: === > So, any ideas or should i issue a bug report? === Yes, use the open source drivers: x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati ;-) -- Keith Dart -- -- ~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Does skencil work for anybody else?
=== On Fri, 03/12, Grant Edwards wrote: === > Does skencil work for anybody else? === You should probably be using inkscape instead. I'm not sure skencil is maintained. BTW, I have the exact same problem with skencil. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Strategy for using SAN/NAS for storage with Gentoo...
=== On Mon, 03/15, Steve wrote: === > Any hints or tips? === I recommend setting up your server hardware on a decent mini-PC with server grade disks and installing openfiler. The openfiler uses XFS for local storage and exports NFS and CIFS (and iSCSI if you want that). http://www.openfiler.com/ It is based on rpath linux and uses a different package management system than you may be used to. But it's relatively easy to configure and maintain. -- Keith Dart -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng filtering
=== On Thu, 03/18, Ralph Slooten wrote: === > Maybe I'm the idiot here, however I thought that this was a common > way of getting rid of unwanted crud from the syslog? === Probably the best method is to not send it there in the first place. For example, the script run by cron, /usr/sbin/run-crons, has this line in it: [ -x /usr/bin/logger ] && /usr/bin/logger -i -p cron.info -t run-crons "(`whoami`) CMD ($SCRIPT)" You can comment that out and then those annoying run-cron entries won't be logged. -- Keith Dart -- -- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] [HELP] Intermittent software RAID failures
=== On Thu, 03/18, Carlos Hendson wrote: === > I've experienced intermittent software RAID errors like those found in > the "softraid-fail.txt" attachment. === That's most likely your disk starting to fail. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: help
=== On Sat, 03/20, Neil Bothwick wrote: === > r maybe he needs help turning off the white text on a white background > setting :) === This is the longest thread about nothing that I have ever seen. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> = signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Can we please get a USB-stick install boot image?
=== On Wed, 06/30, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: === > able to modify a CD boot image get Gentoo to boot from a > USB stick. === I have done that. Here's basically what I did. #!/bin/sh ISO=/home/ftp/pub/install/install-amd64-minimal-20081213.iso mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/sdc1 dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sdc || exit mount -o loop,ro -t iso9660 $ISO /mnt/iso || exit mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /mnt/media1 || exit cp -r /mnt/iso/* /mnt/media1 || exit sync mv /mnt/media1/isolinux/* /mnt/media1 mv /mnt/media1/isolinux.cfg /mnt/media1/syslinux.cfg rm -rf /mnt/media1/isolinux* mv /mnt/media1/memtest86 /mnt/media1/memtest umount /mnt/iso #vim /mnt/media1/syslinux.cfg sed -i -e "s:cdroot:cdroot slowusb:" \ -e "s:kernel memtest86:kernel memtest:" /mnt/media1/syslinux.cfg umount /mnt/media1 syslinux /dev/sdc1 -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Safe to install libpng-1.2.44?
=== On Fri, 07/02, Graham Murray wrote: === > After an emerge --sync on an ~x86 system, the upgrade to opera-10.60 > wants to install libpng-1.2.44 in a new slot. Considering all of the > problems surrounding the upgrade to libpng-1.4.3, is it safe to let > portage install libpng-1.2.44? === Yes, but be prepared for some extra work and a lengthy upgrade (half your system will be recompiled). However, I have not tried Opera, but it should work. See flameeye's blog first. But ignore the part about the libpng-1.4.x-update.sh script being a hack. I found that necessary and it worked for me. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Safe to install libpng-1.2.44?
=== On Fri, 07/02, Dale wrote: === > This appears to be the opposite of a upgrade. He has a package that > wants the OLD slotted version of libpng not the NEW slotted version. > If I understand that correctly, he has already done the upgrade but > now something needs the old package installed in addition to the new > one. === Oh right, sorry, didn't look closely enough. I would recommend avoiding that until Opera is upgraded. I did have for a while both 1.2 and 1.4 slots installed and some things got dynamically linked with both of them. That caused me some problems. Overall, libpng12 to libpng14 was a real pain... But now that's over with. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Rooted/compromised Gentoo, seeking advice
On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 18:07:15 -0500 Paul Hartman wrote: > I do hope I can find some evidence that leads me to the point of > entry. It would set my mind at ease. Please let us know. I'm really curious about this also. I hope it wasn't a trojaned package in portage. -- -- ------ Keith Dart =
Re: [gentoo-user] How often -uD world?
=== On Wed, 09/09, Maxim Wexler wrote: === > Is there some sort of rule-of-thumb when it comes to timing or spacing > their updates that members use to keep gentoo happy? === Mine is "at least once a week". But I usually do it every few days on my desktop. -- Keith Dart -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Good fast IDE hard drive but cheap and BIG.
=== On Thu, 09/24, walt wrote: === > In other words, disk manufacturers have apparently decided to abandon > strict quality control in favor of low price, and seem happy to > replace failed drives as a substitute for quality control. It must > be a profitable strategy because they all seem to be doing it. === Yes, it's kind of sad. But I guess it makes some sense due the pace of innovation they become obsolete before they usually break. For example, I have some IBM Deskstar disks that are really high quality. They have been running non-stop for 10 years now! It's really amazing. However, they are "only" 9 GB disks that won't even hold a full bells-and-wistles Gentoo installation. -- Keith Dart -- -- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] gnome 2.26 stable?
=== On Wed, 09/30, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: === > Without any ranting ... I feel kind of stupid waiting for GNOME 2.26 > going stable within the gentoo-tree while GNOME 2.28 is out now at > gnome.org. === Just FYI, I always run unstable (now ~amd64), and rarely have problems, and those are mostly compile problems related to my particular mix of USE flags. Those are quickly fixed. Once running, everything has been stable for me. I guess that since "unstable" is so stable that no one is inclined to unmask it for "stable" mask. ;-) So go for it... By far the biggest headaches have been all the changes happening in the Xorg world, but that seems to have stabilized now also. But always keep in mind that as a Gentoo user you are your own system's integrator... -- Keith Dart -- -- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Is there an Apache configuration guide for gentoo?
=== On Mon, 10/05, David Juhl wrote: === > I gave up on apache. I'm positive the permissions are right, and > coughed it up to not understanding the config files. I use nginx now. === I use lighttpd and don't have any problems with it. Its configuration is a bit obtuse, however, so i have had to wrap wrapper scripts to configure it. -- Keith Dart -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Any good documentation out there? Anyone use NGINX?
=== On Mon, 10/05, David Juhl wrote: === > Any thoughts are appreciated... === Find another job? -- Keith Dart -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Any good documentation out there? Anyone use NGINX?
=== On Tue, 10/06, David Juhl wrote: === > Finding another job is impossible. I am under an enlistment contract. === Oh... sorry. Well then, my advice is don't try to get around any firewall or other security practices... -- Keith Dart -- ~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Interpreting /proc/cpuinfo
=== On Fri, 10/09, Florian Philipp wrote: === > Could the missing flags be related to a too old kernel (2.6.18)? === Yes, and also how you compile it (what processor type you choose). Also, some CPU features are altered by the BIOS settings. -- Keith Dart -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Interpreting /proc/cpuinfo
=== On Sat, 10/10, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: === > First of all 2.6.18 is not only old, it is a security risk. > Seriously, why do you (OP) even bother to sent an email to the list > without first upgrading to a more recent one and checking if the > problem persists? === It's possible he's running Xen kernel or something in which case he's stuck with that version. -- Keith Dart -- -- Keith Dart ===
Re: how to force libxcb version below 1.4 when re-installing X (was: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?)
=== On Tue, 10/13, Denis wrote: === > Any constructive thoughts appreciated! :-) === It sounds to me like you are worming your way into a deeper hole. Just FYI, I went through the libxcb upgrade procedure, am running the libxcb 1.4 and latest X server, etc. and everything is working just fine. On three different machines. The close-source binaries like Mathematica are usually the problem. They almost always lag behind the current open-source offering and only support older, stable versions of libraries. So if you really want to run that I would recommend that you stick with stable arch and re-compile and/or re-install your base system. You have /home on a separate partition, right? Another possibility is that these packages usually ship with a set of libraries that the pre-load using a launcher shell script. Does it install any copies of system libraries? An alternative, albeit a heavyweight one, is to look at Mathematica's supported OS/distro list and run a virtual machine with one of those in it. You can use gentoo as your host OS. -- Keith Dart -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges
=== On Sat, 10/17, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: === > It's a flat panel. === In that case I'd first try the monitor's own auto-adjust feature. Usually this is available by pressing some "menu" key on your monitor. If that doesn't work then make sure you have DDC support in your driver and enable it. You monitor is new enough that it should just work after being queried by DDC. -- Keith Dart -- -- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT Xfce4/KDE] A URL aware applet
=== On Sat, 10/17, Harry Putnam wrote: === > I wondered if there is anything like that for Xfce and if anyone knows > what that applet it? === I don't use that applet, and I think I would find that annoying. Here's what I do. I have a shell script: = 276 !$ cat ~/bin/urlhelper #!/bin/bash SEL=$(xclip -o -selection primary) if [ $? == 0 ] ; then xdg-open "$SEL" fi (be sure to emerge "xclip") Bound to a hot-key using the xfce4 keyboard configuration to -g (for GO). Then, whenever I know I have some url selected (I don't need an applet to tell me) I just have to press the key combination and off it goes. :-) -- Keith Dart -- -- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] cannot configure native vmware tools
=== On Wed, 10/21, Xi Shen wrote: === > why? is it because i am using genkernel, or the kernel source is > patched by gentoo? === Don't use that tool. Instead, just emerge app-emulation/vmware-modules. -- Keith Dart -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: cannot configure native vmware tools
=== On Wed, 10/21, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: === > Isn't that for having Gentoo as host OS only? (As opposed to running > Gentoo as a guest inside another OS.) === Oooh... you mean running Gentoo as a guest. Well, you do have to have built a kernel first (or at least a "make config"). The build sets up some symlinks that building other, third-party modules need. I also have a modified rc script for the tools, that works with openrc. Let me know if you want it. I also have an up-to-date Gentoo x86 server VM with the tools already installed. -- Keith Dart -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gnome audio (mixer) question [SOLVED YET AGAIN]
=== On Sun, 10/25, walt wrote: === > If I'm wrong about this, please correct me. I'd like to > know why all those devs spent so much energy building it. === Me too. ;-) I agree with you. It has done nothing but cause problems for me also. I don't think it provides any functionality that ALSA, or an ALSA plugin and configuration, can not also do. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] strange dmesg output
=== On Sun, 10/25, Maxim Wexler wrote: === > Did I leave something out of the kernel? I can't think what. === It looks like you have USB debug turned on. I remember there was a kernel that was released that had that. Normally it's off, but you should turn it off if it's on. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] public mail server for ELOG?
=== On Wed, 10/28, Grant wrote: === > So I need a relay somewhere along with ssmtp to get a message to an > email address? Yes, or you can install a more featureful local HTA, such as courier or exim, which can deliver directly to a destination MTA. > I likely can't use my ISP's mail relay when traveling, right? Depends on the ISP, but if your ISP provides an authenticating SMTP server then you can probably use it while traveling. -- Keith Dart -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] (g)PXE booting
=== On Mon, 11/02, James wrote: === > - are there any good PXE servers out there? I'm looking for something > with an easy-to-use front-end that I can use to easily deploy and > build new Linux "deployment" I want to boot via PXE === I use dnsmasq, which can also handle PXE booting (it's just a particular setup of DHCP and TFTP). -- Keith Dart -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] help with tinydns setup
=== On Sun, 11/08, James wrote: === > Thoughts? > - === What I have done is bind named to a dummy interface, which serves a psuedo TLD, and use dnsmasq for the local DNS. 2: eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast inet 10.111.1.130/24 brd 10.111.1.255 scope global eth0 3: dummy0: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state inet 172.17.211.1/24 brd 172.17.211.255 scope global dummy0 Then you have different interfaces to bind to, and different networks to route to internally. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Valve Steam on gentoo
=== On Thu, 12/03, Kirill Lipatov wrote: === > Any ideas? === There are many, many Windows applications that don't run under Wine. Especially games. That's probably one of them. Even if they do, they usually run only with certain video cards. Usually Nvidia. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] What magic does portage use?
=== On Sat, 12/12, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: === > except that is a myth and harddisk vendors say that modern desktop > harddisks are not built for 24/7 usage. === Right. That's why I always buy high-end server disks. It's worth it if you plan to use your system for a long time. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] What magic does portage use?
=== On Sat, 12/12, Dale wrote: === > Your mileage may vary tho. === I have an IBM hard disk (IBM DMVS09V) that has been running for 9 years non-stop. Device: IBM DMVS09V Version: 0100 Serial number: F801275875 SMART Health Status: OK Manufactured in week 01 of year 1999 Of course, at 9 Gigs it has become obsolete long before it fails. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
[gentoo-user] building your own stage3?
Does anybody here know how a stage3 tarball is made? I'd like to mode one myself. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] building your own stage3?
=== On Mon, 12/14, Joshua Murphy wrote: === > [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/ > [2] http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Custom_Stage4 === Thanks! I think that stage4 is what I really want. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] About gnash and swfdec
=== On Wed, 01/06, Xianwen Chen wrote: === > Hi guys and girls, > > Have you tried gnash or swfdec as alternatives to adobe flash player? > I tried both of them. The high consumption of cpu resource and the > lack of support to SWF version 8-10 are the main disadvantages in my > opinion. And it seems that swfdec hasn't published a new version for > more than a year. Perhaps gnash is our only hope currently? I did try them, and you are right. Adobe now has a 64-bit version of their flash plugin and that's what I use now and it works well. I had to do this, however, to get a clean 64 bit install: cat /etc/portage/package.use www-plugins/adobe-flash -32bit -multilib 64bit -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How can I move system to new disk?
=== On Sun, 01/17, Neil Bothwick wrote: === > Or you could simply use the -x option with rsync. But copying an in > use filesystem is a bad idea, better to boot from a live CD and do > the job there. If you want to minimise downtime, === I recently did something like this. I did use the 10th anniversary live DVD, but copied to USB stick, to perform it. :-) I like that so far, thanks guys. The "cp -a" on the mount points worked well, also. The tricky part for me was that the original (source) disk was once a pair in a RAID 1 array, with LVM. The other member failed. So you also have to start the array on the original in degraded mode and also rename the LVM volume group name. In the end it Gentoo live DVD is a handy tool. If you keep in on USB stick you can also update it and add new files, like Gentoo quick install guide. ;-) -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> = signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] How to determine if a NIC is playing gigabit?
=== On Mon, 01/18, Stroller wrote: === > I'm not ruling out the cable, because it's pretty beat up (but the > switch *is* lighting up as 1000), but how do I determine, please, > that the Linux server at the other end is recognising the NIC and > negotiating as gigabit speeds? === ethtool eth0 emerge ethtool if you don't have it. Not all chips/drivers support the ioctls necessary to report that, but most recent ones do. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Gracefully shut down program by request through ssh?
=== On Tue, 02/02, Mark Knecht wrote: === > Thanks for your responses. === FYI, it is possible to control VMware from the shell. Use the vmrun tool. If the guest has vmware tools installed and is working properly you can do a clean shutdown. e.g. vmrun -T ws /path/to/vm.vmx stop soft -- Keith Dart -- -- ~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] ARGH I uninstalled python
On Sat, 23 May 2009 19:08:50 -0300 Jorge Morais wrote: > Now, I do have concerns about your system having remains of multiple > python installations. > > Any person with python knowledge can give an opinion on whether this > is dangerous? And what is the easiest way to clean the mess? Python is designed to work with multiple versions installed. Therefore, the ebuild is also slotted so you can have multiple versions installed. Use "eselect python" to choose which one you want to use as the default. Also, don't forget to run python-updater after recent changes that installed Python 2.6 for you. You can always unmerge the specific old version afterwards. e.g. "emerge --unmerge =dev-lang/python-2.5.4-r2" HTH, Keith -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] ARGH I uninstalled python
On Sun, 24 May 2009 07:09:37 -0300 Jorge Morais wrote: > You don't seem to have taken into account that he has installed > multiple vanilla python versions *manually* (with ./configure, make, > and make install as root), to /usr, and then installed Python with > Portage. Oh, didn't read the whole thread. -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question
On May 26, 2009, at 4:07 PM, KH wrote:
You can do whatever you wish as long as USE contains all you need
in the
end. Example:
USE_FOO="this n that"
USE_BAR="some more flags"
BLAH="whatever else there might be"
USE="${USE_FOO} ${USE_BAR} ${BLAH}"
Thank's. That is exactly what I was looking for.
kh
But that will likely break, or render useless, the ufed tool.
If you don't use that, you probably should.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question
On May 26, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Wednesday 27 May 2009 00:33:12 Keith Dart wrote: But that will likely break, or render useless, the ufed tool. If you don't use that, you probably should. Why? Makes it easy to change USE flags. You see the flag name, current setting, and description all in one place. It also show inherited settings. It also rewrites your USE flag.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question
On May 26, 2009, at 6:16 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: Changing USE flags is easy enough already, isn't it? I don't think I want any program meddling in my make.conf, thanks. No, I have not yet memorized all of them, and they change frequently. But suit yourself, I like ufed.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another USE question
On May 26, 2009, at 6:41 PM, Dale wrote: Memorized all of what? Open a text editor and edit make.conf. What do you need to memorize? If you use KDE, you can edit them with kwrite which is about as easy as it gets. Heck, I been using Gentoo for years and I don't recall ever using ufed. Editing make.conf is easy, knowing what to put in it is the hard part. what are all the possible flag names you can enter? There are hundreds. What do they all mean? How does enabling or disabling a particular use flag effect the build of all packages that use it? Which packages share a use flag? Which flags are mutually exclusive? Which ones are enabled by default, that you want disabled? There is much more involved than simply editing a file.
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: buying a keyboard
On May 31, 2009, at 1:14 PM, Adrian wrote: Many moons ago I purchased a Linux Cool Keyboard. The great thing about this keyboard is that a. it has great tactile response and b. it has a cover which folds down to protect the keyboard when not in use. I had one too. :-) Had to replace it with a unicomp keyboard. Their website seems to have moved from before. looks like its here now: http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/keyboards.html
Re: [gentoo-user] cannot completely shut down my system from command line
On Jun 2, 2009, at 12:24 AM, John covici wrote: nit: no more processes in this run level, but it never will restart or shutdown if I use -h. How in the heck do I even debug such a thing or fix? Thanks in advance for any good ideas. I've seen this kind of thing on systems with buggy hardware and/or BIOS. It may not be a Linux or Gentoo problem. -- -- Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server-1.5 update/old kernel+old fglrx
On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:06:42 -0700 Mark Knecht wrote: > Am I hosed again? Did updating portage break my machine by removing > what I was just using: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. ;-) Portage does drop many old packages over time, to keep the package database to a reasonable size. -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Is grep broken?
On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:47:52 +0100 Peter Humphrey wrote: > I'm sure it used to work the way I want it to. I think I see insanity > looming... On a side note, you might also want to investigate "sgrep", since you're grepping inside html files. -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg won't start
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:03:20 +0100 Neil Bothwick wrote: > The elog message from the xorg-server emerge also warns about updating > drivers. Users should probably make sure there is at least the following in /etc/make.conf: PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="echo save_summary" So you get a permanent record and a change to view them at the end of a ebuild set. -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] *** WARNING : 2.6.30 kernel hangs and destroys filesystems on old hardware
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 12:26:00 +0100 Mick wrote: > Thanks for the warning Helmut. I am still trying to get the 2.6.29 to > work on my old laptop and was hoping that the 2.6.30 would offer a > fix, but from what you are saying it may be a retrograde step in old > hardware like mine. That's interesting. I have a new i7 system and any kernel earlier than 2.6.30-r2 would not boot from hard disk on my system (but would boot same image from USB flash, strange). This new kernel finally fixed it for me where I can boot from the hard disk. But seems to have broken older systems... -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 20:03:36 -0700 "Kevin O'Gorman" wrote: > I had tried holding back on xorg-server 1.5, but somewhere in May at > least one package got past my version limits and X broke. Rather than > to try to revert, I thought surely by now, X would be fixed. Sigh. Set the "hal" use flag and emerge x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev. See if that helps you. -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:18:35 -0700 Keith Dart wrote: > Set the "hal" use flag and emerge x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev. See if > that helps you. Also make sure you have this in your make.conf: INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" Remove mouse and keyboard sections in your xorg.conf file also. The evdev and HAL are supposed to make X much simpler to set up and use. ;-) -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Diskless client will not shutdown.
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:31:45 -0500 Harley Peters wrote: > But it never issues the power down command. > Yes acpi is setup correctly. I've seen buggy motherboards and/or bioses behave this way. But check your kernel config. Might also try some different BIOS settings and see if that helps. -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:53:22 -0700 "Kevin O'Gorman" wrote: > This is NOT the way for Linux to make progress in the desktop wars, > folks. Works for me. ;-) But its true that Xorg is making some rapid progress. There's some growing pains. If you are running Gentoo unstable mask (~) then you are on the "bleeding edge" of open source development. Therefore occasional breakage is to be expected. File a bug, make it better. If you want stable, then use Ubuntu LTS release, or CentOS. Stable, but boring. ;-) -- -- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server mouse and keyboard woes
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:47:09 -0500 Dale wrote: > What gets me is this, I even did a fresh install on another hard > drive, it don't work there either. hal and friends were included > from the very start of the install too. Either I am missing > something that is not in the guide or it just don't like my > hardware. My mouse is a old P/S2 type mouse. It's not even as > complicated as a USB thingy. Did you add the acpid, hald and dbus to the default runlevel? -- -- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] HOWTO stick a package
=== On Sat, 07/11, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: === > How to say portage to "keep this as is"? === I always just use /etc/portage/package.mask e.g.: >media-libs/mesa-7.3-r1 masks anything greater than that version. (for me, 3D/dri does not work with my Intel chipset (G35) for mesa greater than that). -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] HOWTO stick a package
=== On Sat, 07/11, Alex Schuster wrote: === > That's what Andrew already did. But now the specific version he needs > is no longer in portage, so portage wants to downgrade. Maybe masking > lower versions also would do the trick? > But putting the ebuild into the overlay is the cleanest solution. === Oh, I see. Well, regarding the Intel graphics (I have the same thing) I found that it is related to the mesa version and X configuration, anyway, not the X server version. I currently have the latest X server but with mesa-7.3 and it works fine. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Persistent conflict between readline 5 and 6
=== On Sat, 07/11, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: === > This has been going on now for months. Is there some reason these two > can't co-exist? Or is there some better fix than just ignoring it or > adding an entry to package.mask? === It's probably a bug that the readline package is not slotted. It is possible to have multiple versions of it installed on a system. Alternatively the ghc package could use some maintenance. It's the only one I know of that has that dependency locked to 5. for a quick fix you can lock readline to 5 in /etc/portage/package.mask -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Solved.Re: X/ati/amd/kde4/hal/evdev/??? problem
On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:10:35 + (UTC) James wrote: > I thought I'd post my working xorg.conf with ati-drivers-9.6. > It can probable be whittle down more, but it works with > xorg-server-1.6.2-r1 so I done for now. > thx to all that help Just FYI, I also have a recent ATI card in my system. I tried the ati-drivers initially, but they suck. They perform poorly for 2D, and they are strictly 32bit so you also have to run mixed-mode X server on a 64 bit system. The open-source x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati package works much better. If you don't really need the 3D acceleration I'd recommend you switch to that. -- -- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Solved.Re: X/ati/amd/kde4/hal/evdev/??? problem
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:56:57 +0200 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > so very wrong. From the AMD driver web site: "32-Bit packages must be installed for 64-Bit Linux drivers to install or work. " The ebuild also pulls in the app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-xlibs package. Please explain. > > > > The open-source x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati package works much > > better. If you don't really need the 3D acceleration I'd recommend > > you switch to that. > > except that they don't have working powermanagment, increasing energy > consumption (a lot) and noise (even more). I hadn't noticed that. I did notice a definite speed and stability improvement after switching to the open-source drivers. The ati-drivers also crashed my system occasionally. -- -- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Solved.Re: X/ati/amd/kde4/hal/evdev/??? problem
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:16:02 +0200 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > you said 'strictly 32bit' which is absolutely and utterly wrong. Sorry, bad wording on my part. I should have said "mixed" since that is what the web site (and ebuild) implies. My knowledge comes strictly from the "facts" from the official web site. That's all I have to go on. Well, there is also my experience with it... There is one thing I know for certain: This is the first ATI card I ever bought or spec-ed, and it will be the last one. -- -- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Solved.Re: X/ati/amd/kde4/hal/evdev/??? problem
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:25:06 +0200 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > sure. Support companies that don't care about open source drivers. I also use boards with Intel embedded graphics chips. :-) They also have a strong open-source effort. In fact, I think they have the best open-source driver support in the industry. > And remember: when Nvidia fucks up their drivers (look at nvnews for > people out of luck) you are screwed. With AMD the work on the open > drivers is nicely going forward - so you will be able to choose. Perhaps "never" is too harsh. When AMD chips have full support of features in open-source drivers for the Xorg server that are stable and fast without any 32-bitness then perhaps I will reconsider. But I don't expect that to happen any time soon. -- -- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Solved.Re: X/ati/amd/kde4/hal/evdev/??? problem
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:45:31 +0200 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > yeah? look at phoronix again. Their current drivers are completly > fucked up. Plus no drivers for Pulsbo' chips. I'm using current Intel drivers on another machine and they seem fine to me. But I don't care much about 3D performance. My own "benchmark" is how fast can I switch virtual desktops. ;-) The fglx (?) driver was very noticeably slow and annoying, and unstable. Another strange annoyance of it was my console would lock up for minutes at a time, but not exactly hang (I could ssh into the machine), but then mysteriously start working again. It would do that frequently. The open-source drivers don't do that. So that's my experience that I go by to make a recommendation to the OP. > again: there is no '32 bitness'. As bridgeman explained in the thread > I sent you the link to. Thanks for the clarification. One down... -- -- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: python 3.1 safe as default python?
=== On Sun, 08/02, Christer Ekholm wrote: === > Just installing it doesn't break portage. But using it does! :) === That's probably why it's there now. ;-) Thanks for the clarification everyone. I was wondering the same thing. -- Keith Dart -- -- -------- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: python 3.1 safe as default python?
=== On Mon, 08/03, Christer Ekholm wrote: === > I think that the comma on line 41 in /usr/bin/emerge is simply not > valid in python-3 === Right. http://docs.python.org/3.1/whatsnew/3.0.html -- Keith Dart -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Starting a daemon automatically without rc-update
=== On Wed, 08/12, Neil Bothwick wrote: ===
> start() {
> su - user -c /path/to/program/binary
> }
===
That works as long as the binary forks and runs as a daemon. If not,
you will probably have to use the start-stop-daemon helper program.
-- Keith Dart
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Keith Dart
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events
=== On Sat, 08/15, Dale wrote: === > Have you tried emerging xorg-server with hal disabled? That is > assuming you are using the 1.5 or 1.6 version. === FYI, I am using the latest X server with hal enabled and the evdev input driver and it all works fine. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.pycopia.net/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events
=== On Sun, 08/16, Dale wrote: === > Well, I had to disable hal on mine and so have a few others because > hal doesn't work for us. I for example ended up with a GUI but no > mouse or keyboard. So, just because something works for you does not > mean it works for everybody else. Re-emerging xorg-server with hal > disabled works just fine so I and a few others are not using hal. Yes, but my point is that, likewise, just because something doesn't work for you does not mean it won't work for everybody else. ;-) > I don't know if this will help the OP or not but it is worth a try. Try it, but it is probably something else. -- Keith Dart -- -- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events
=== On Sun, 08/16, Keith Dart wrote: === > Try it, but it is probably something else. > === BTW, another thing to try is to just comment out any input configuration in (e.g. for mouse or kbd driver) in your xorg.conf file. With hal/evdev it is now entirely automatic and having those in your config can confuse things. It's actually kind of nice that the X server config is getting smaller all the time. :-) -- Keith Dart -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Changing IPs in a hosted environment
=== On Sun, 08/16, Grant wrote: === > My new IP seems to be on at least 2 spam lists. === It might be better to just get them off the spam lists. ;-) Most of them have an automated system where they can re-check your IP and adjust the list. -- Keith Dart -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Changing IPs in a hosted environment
=== On Sun, 08/16, Grant wrote: === > Thanks Keith. Sounds like a good idea. Do you have a favorite > blacklist checker? === No, just go to the main web site of whatever list you're on. I've had to do this some time ago. ;-) It wasn't too hard, but I don't remember the details now, sorry. -- Keith Dart -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events
=== On Sun, 08/16, Moshe Kamensky wrote: === > Thanks, but I tried that and it didn't help. On the other hand, I > this time when I started X the problem is gone, so it seems that the > problem is a bit random. === Gotta hate those gremlins with dice. ;-) If it happens again I have some tools that can determine if the problem is in the X server, or the Linux kernel input/event subsystem. -- Keith Dart -- -- -------- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events
=== On Mon, 08/17, Dale wrote: === > So, another possible cause dealt with. Still watching for others > tho. === Any clues in /var/log/Xorg.0.log ? -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with pppd-added routes
=== On Mon, 08/17, Mike Kazantsev wrote: === > But then, as usual, pppd messes up the routing table, adding the > following route: > > __pptp_server_ip__ dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src > __given_ip__ That's not messed up, that's what it's supposed to do. > resulting in routing table like this: > > __pptp_server_ip__ dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src > __given_ip__ 192.168.0.0/28 dev ath0 proto kernel scope link src > 192.168.0.11 127.0.0.0/8 via 127.0.0.1 dev lo > default via 192.168.0.10 dev ath0 The __pptp_server_ip__ (you don't say what it is) should be the inner, or tunneled IP address to the server's tunneled interface. > ...and ppp0 falls off in two minutes, because of inability to access > __pptp_server_ip__. > > Naturally, all packets to __pptp_server_ip__ should go through > 192.168.0.10 gateway, so I've always managed to work around this > problem (with ISPs) by adding a route like this: No they shouldn't, because it probably isn't routable. It may be that your local IP network and the remote tunneled IP network are the same. That would cause you problems. If your connection is dropping then it may be that your destination is behind a firewall. It's hard to tell exactly what is going on with the limited information here. > So, the question: can I tell pppd/kernel not to add this route > somehow? I bet there should be some option, but I'm unable to find it > in man page or google. > Prehaps I can ban pppd from adding _any_ routes somehow? That's not the problem to solve. The most common problem is setting up routes to the tunneled destination. You probably need to add some static routes to the remote networks. You can do this by adding a shell script to /etc/ppp/ip-up.d directory: # cat 70-routes.sh #!/bin/sh # Used parameters and environment variables: # $1 - interface name # $6 - ipparam name case $6 in ipparamvalue) ip route add 10.0.0.0/8 dev $1;; esac -- Keith Dart -- -- ~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
[gentoo-user] warning: vmware workstation users should not use new 10.0 profile
The new 10.0 profile recently bumped libxcb, and other X libraries, to new versions that break the vmware workstation. Since that is a binary only package it can't be re-compiled by the user. So workstation users are advised to stick with 2008.0 profile for quite some time. (spoken from experience, was not a fun upgrade/downgrade) -- Keith Dart -- -- ~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Knock on wood
=== On Wed, 08/12, Paul Hartman wrote: === > I seem to feel that it's more mature, too. I haven't stopped using it, > but in the last 5 years that I've been using it, it has definitely > gotten much easier and more manageable thanks to the hard work of so > many people. === Oh, yes. It seems the portage build system is "smarter" now, and takes care of more things for you. Then there are the useful tools such as revdep-rebuild and eix. And openrc is just wonderful (thanks Roy!) The only problem with Gentoo is the constant, rolling updates you simply MUST do from time to time. And if you have several Gentoo systems, well, it starts to become a little burdensome... Each Gentoo system is unique in the world. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE4: Constant crashes in conjunction with Konsole
=== On Thu, 08/20, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: === > The 'dmesg' command and the ~/.xsession-errors > and /var/log/Xorg.0.log files should contain the specific error > messages. === X errors might actually be in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old by then. -- Keith Dart -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] epiphany and firefox want incompatible versions of xulrunner
=== On Thu, 08/20, Allan Gottlieb wrote: ===
>=net-libs/xulrunner-1.9.0* required by ('installed', '/',
> 'www-client/epiphany-2.24.3-r10', 'nomerge')
===
The latest version of epiphany is 2.26.3. try unmerging your epiphany
first.
-- Keith Dart
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Re: [gentoo-user] epiphany and firefox want incompatible versions of xulrunner
=== On Fri, 08/21, Beau Henderson wrote: === > Not if your @stable. === But firefox 3.5 is not marked stable. Then there is some mixup here. -- Keith Dart -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
[gentoo-user] impolite emerge
It seems that emerge can be rather impolite at times. [ebuild I FU ] app-emulation/vmware-workstation-6.5.3.185404 ;-) -- Keith Dart -- -- ~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] warning: vmware workstation users should not use new 10.0 profile
=== On Mon, 08/24, Paul Hartman wrote: === > Using the latest vmware-workstation and vmware-modules from the vmware > overlay (which were added in the past day, it looks like), everything > seems to be working fine here with 10.0 desktop profile. === Do you have the "xcb" use flag set? -- Keith Dart -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] warning: vmware workstation users should not use new 10.0 profile
=== On Mon, 08/24, Paul Hartman wrote: === > After switching to the 10.0 > profile, Xcb and other X-related things were emerged/upgraded, though, > and I ran xcb-rebuilder.sh and revdep-rebuild both of which found no > problems. === interesting. On my system some library named libxcb-xlib is used: 315 $ ldd /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/vmware/bin/vmware | grep xcb libxcb-xlib.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 (0x7ff7f67be000) But the new X libraries in 10.0 profile remove that file so it fails to dynamically link that library. Maybe I need to run the overlay... -- Keith Dart -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Intel dilemma
=== On Sat, 08/29, Andrés Becerra Sandoval wrote: === > kernel: gentoo-sources-2.6.28 > driver: xf86-video-intel: 2.7.1 === I was having this problem too, until I decide to really dig into the problem and finally have a working system with G35 chipset. Basically, the new intel drivers use a new acceleration system called UXA, and this requires kernel mode switching support. Also, it seems to use code from the framebuffer driver. So, you have to have a very specific kernel config that includes framebuffer driver, and console using framebuffer and the kernel must be 2.6.30-4 or above. CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=y CONFIG_DRM=m CONFIG_DRM_I915=m CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS=y CONFIG_VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL=m CONFIG_FB=m CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID=y CONFIG_FB_DDC=m CONFIG_FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT=y CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT=m CONFIG_FB_CFB_COPYAREA=m CONFIG_FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT=m CONFIG_FB_INTEL=m CONFIG_FB_INTEL_I2C=y CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK=y CONFIG_VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK_SIZE=256 CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=m Also emerge the latest mesa, latest xorg-server, and latest intel driver. Also remove all driver options in the xorg.conf file. If that works for you you might then also enabled XvMC: Option "XvMC" "true" Just for movie playback improvements. Works for me, YMMV. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Intel dilemma
=== On Sat, 08/29, Simon Hunt wrote: === > And you don't get freezes or anything? === No, everything seems to be working fine now. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] using SanDisk Ultra SDHC or USB memory stick
=== On Mon, 08/31, Paul Hartman wrote: === > Sure, it works fine for me using vfat. Be sure it's not mounted > read-only, and be sure the write-protect switch on the device is not > enabled. You may want to mount with the check=relaxed option to make > file accesses case-insensitive (since FAT is not case sensitive > itself). === Also use the user= option so the files and directories on it are "owned" by the you, the non-root user. -- Keith Dart -- -- ---- Keith Dart ===
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo + Macbook
On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:48:38 +0300 "." wrote: > I've tried to install Gentoo on Macbook, but got stuck with GRUB. > Here is the topic: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-6932124.html I've done it. Don't use grub. Use refit and elilo. At least that's what I used, but it was a couple of years ago. http://refit.sourceforge.net/ -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Python+readline?
On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:01:40 -0500 "Walter Dnes" wrote: > I've enabled the readline flag for the python build, but it doesn't > seem to work. Are there any other settings I'm missing? > What happens when you "import readline" ? -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Python+readline?
On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:25:30 -0500 "Walter Dnes" wrote: > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 10:42:47PM -0800, Keith Dart wrote > > On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:01:40 -0500 > > "Walter Dnes" wrote: > > > > > I've enabled the readline flag for the python build, but it > > > doesn't seem to work. Are there any other settings I'm missing? > > > > > > > What happens when you "import readline" ? > > waltdnes@d530 ~ $ python > Python 2.7.2 (default, Dec 14 2011, 00:09:44) > [GCC 4.5.3] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> import readline > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "", line 1, in > ImportError: No module named readline > >>> > > ok, how about the output of: emerge -pv dev-lang/python:2.7 Did you do something with the readline library? -- -- ~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Python+readline?
On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:38:55 -0500 "Walter Dnes" wrote: > The emerge output shows that python would be replaced, and that the > "readline" USE flag has been set on the previous merge. I also ran > revdep-rebuild, and it found nothing. The python command "modules", > from inside the interactive "help()" command shows a ton of modules, > but not "readline". Now what? That's very odd. Try this: $ find /usr/lib/python2.7 -name "readline*" -print And see if you get this: /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/readline.so also, "which python", in case you might have another one installed... and what is sys.path? Does sys.path contain '/usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload'? -- -- ~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
[gentoo-user] genkernel, mounting /usr and dmraid
Dear Gentoo Users, I've got the situation where I need to pre-mount /usr. I was already using dmraid and genkernel to make in initramfs so that's not a real big deal. However, I now get the following in the console when booting: - /lib/udev/write_root_link_rule: line 17: udevadm: command not found /etc/init.d/udev: line 74: udevadm: command not found /etc/init.d/udev: line 74: udevadm: command not found * Starting udev ... /lib/udev/udevd: error while loading shared libraries: libkmod.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory * start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/lib/udev/udevd' * Failed to start udev [ !! ] * ERROR: udev failed to start -- Yet after it boots up completely the udevd seems to be running fine. I suspect this comes from some init scripts from the initrd. The udev elog also has this: --- │If you build an initramfs including udev, then please │ │make sure that the /usr/bin/udevadm binary gets included, --- Which I guess is the problem. But my question is how to get the udevadm binary included in the initramfs? I can't find any docs anywhere that explain how to do that. -- Keith -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel, mounting /usr and dmraid
Re 20120414162015.6983b502@dartworks.biz20120414162015.6983b...@dartworks.biz, Canek Peláez Valdés said: > I don't use genkernel, but have you tried dracut? Just add dmraid to > MODULES_DRACUT, and try to generate an initramfs with dracut -H. > dracut takes care of everything udev related. If it doesn't work, at > least is not much effort. Hm, maybe I'll try that. Do you know if it will work with the Gentoo init and openrc? Thanks, -- Keith -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] portage slang - interpreter sought
Re 1335272778.22356.0@numa-i1335272778.22356.0@numa-i, Pandu Poluan said: > PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" emerge dev-python/xhtml2pdf You can also put PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" into your /etc/make.conf file. -- Keith -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] minimal web server
Re , James said: > #copy running-config [http | https] Routers can usually also write to a tftp or ftp server. Those are actually simpler to set up. To use HTTP you would also have to set up a POST handler. -- Keith -- -- ~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] ssh stalls - please help
Re , Helmut Jarausch said: > Is this bug known and is there a work around? Sorry no answer, but I also saw this when using scp. I wasn't sure what it was. But you're not alone... ;-) Maybe we should just downgrade? -- Keith -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] ssh stalls - please help
Re 1336460699.6491.0@numa-i1336460699.6491.0@numa-i, Neil Bothwick said: > re-emerge with USE="-hpn". I did the latter and everything is working > as it should now. Funny how "hpn" is supposed to enable "high performance". :-D -- Keith -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> = signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] what's wrong with pulseaudio?
Re , Easior said: > I found that there were some strange files or directories under root > directory. Let's see what happened? Ack! I have them too! Infected by pulseaudio again... and I'm using xfce, not gnome. I don't have a solution yet, but I'll also look into it. -- Keith -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] dracut + UUID : a problem solved
Re , Philip Webb said: > I recently reorganised my HDD to avoid having to use initramfs . > Having done so, I still have some spare space on the HDD, > which seemed a good place to have a couple of other distros installed > in case I want to use Flash (my Gentoo is 64-bit) or show Linux to > friends. FYI there is now a usable 64-bit version of flash available. > I use Lilo -- it's simple if you're not continually changing the > set-up -- LILO is ancient history. syslinux (extlinux) is a much better solution these days. -- Keith -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [HEADSUP] Beware of today's update to polkit-1.98.0
Re jqsvb2$3a0$1@dough.gmane.orgjqsvb2$3a0$1...@dough.gmane.org, walt said: > For reasons I don't know, the polkit daemon wasn't actually running. > Dunno if it failed to start or somebody forgot to start it. Either > way the system was broken, so I'll let the experts figure it out. > I had the same problem. I figured out what it was. :) This new polkitd creates a new psuedo-user named polkitd. It sets this with a home directory of /dev/null. which is usually fine. But polkitd attempts to chdir to that home directory when it starts, and of course fails since it's not a directory. So it bails. My quick and dirty solution was to change it's home directory to /var/empty. polkitd:x:122:987:added by portage for polkit:/var/empty:/sbin/nologin Now it will start. That's probably not the best place since it is actually used by and installed by sshd, but it works if you also have sshd installed. Or you can just make it. Now, my next project is to get rid of gnome... -- Keith -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
Re: [gentoo-user] dracut + UUID : a problem solved
Re 4FD4CE41.70503@gmail.com4FD4CE41.70503@gmail.com20120610034758.501a2693@dartworks.biz20120604094008.ga2...@ca.inter.net, Alan McKinnon said: > syslinux/extlinux and friends are more suited for embedded devices, > liveCDs and that sort of thing. They never found much traction for > desktop use which explains why the Handbook makes no real effort to > document them. I use syslinux everywhere, and on my desktop. It is already well documented on their website and wiki. It is a family of bootloaders that share similar config syntax for booting with PXE, CDROM, FAT partitions, or EXT2 partitions. It's smaller, simpler, and doesn't require a 32-bit build environment. Therefore making it much cleaner for pure 64-bit systems. It also does not require an already mounted /usr to configure it (as grub2 does). So quick fixes are easier. The handbook doesn't document it simply because the handbook is too old, and hasn't been updated. But it is a very good choice for bootloader even for a desktop system. -- Keith -- -- ~~~~~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =
