Re: [gentoo-user] Automatically mounting USB mass storage devices (camera)

2005-11-14 Thread Alexander Skwar
Norberto Bensa schrieb: > Alexander Skwar wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ epm -q dbus udev hal ivman pmount >> dbus-0.50-r1 > > downgrade to 0.36.2 > >> udev-073 >> hal-0.5.4 >> ivman-0.6.5 > > downgrade to 0.6.4 Done. Still no automount. Alexander Skwar -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] What is recommended behavior for complete updating of an old system ?

2005-11-14 Thread Jimmy Rosen
Hi Assembling a guide of recommended update usage seems like a good idea. Unfortunately I don't have much time (or much knowledge) on the matter, and submitting the cluster setup as docs and ebuild has higher priority (which doesn't mean I have much time for that either). Do you know if there

Re: [gentoo-user] Permitions on /etc/init.d

2005-11-14 Thread Alexander Skwar
Allan Spagnol Comar schrieb: > Thanks, I am not using sudo at time, Then start to do so. sudo really is the tool of choice for your task. > still think it got some security > issues If properly setup - no. PS: Top quotes with full quotes suck - bit time. Alexander Skwar -- gentoo-user@gentoo.

Re: [gentoo-user] Permitions on /etc/init.d

2005-11-14 Thread Alexander Skwar
Allan Spagnol Comar schrieb: > Hi all, is there a way to enable one user to control one service on > gentoo box ??? Check out the "sudo" tool. Alexander Skwar -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Messages during Emerge of Vmware-Workstation - setXid

2005-11-14 Thread Ow Mun Heng
Vmware-workstation is a binary. So.. does this message still applies? QA Notice: /opt/vmware/bin/vmware-ping is setXid, dynamically linked and using lazy bindings. This combination is generally discouraged. Try: CFLAGS='-Wl,-z,now' emerge vmware-workstation -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL

Re: [gentoo-user] yet more ALSA trouble

2005-11-14 Thread Dale
Robert Morris wrote: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cat /proc/asound/cards >0 [nForce2]: NFORCE - NVidia nForce2 > NVidia nForce2 with ALC650F at 0xe508, irq 19 > >Not sure that helps or not, but it looks like there are a few things >missing from your config. Specifically

Re: [gentoo-user] yet more ALSA trouble

2005-11-14 Thread Robert Morris
On Sun, 2005-11-13 at 23:13 -0800, Phil Thomson wrote: > Hi, > > Reading the archives, I noticed there's been a long thread on > ALSA trouble, so I hesitate to post a similar problem, but following > the relevant steps outlined in that thread so far hasn't seemed to > help my own problem w

Re: [gentoo-user] Question about editing a video file

2005-11-14 Thread darren kirby
quoth the Michael Sullivan: > My computer has a Hauppage WinTV-PVR-250 card in it and I've recorded > some video (my wife's brother, my wife, and I playing Super Smash > Brothers) and I'd like to make a video with highlights from it. I > recorded the video using WinTV2000's (at least I think that'

[gentoo-user] Re: squid quick start

2005-11-14 Thread Harry Putnam
Mike Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > By default it runs on port 3128, but you could always check with a 'netstat > -nplt'. > > Quick enough? :) Haha... Makes me think of rodeo's where the guy is supposed to rope and hog tie a yearling calf. He has a special light rope for the tying calle

Re: [gentoo-user] detecting SATA HD

2005-11-14 Thread maxim wexler
--- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 12:01:09PM -0800, maxim > wexler wrote > > Hello everybody, > > > > As a followup to my "ghosting" post, the SATA > drive is > > now in place. BIOS detects it as third master. A > boot > > CD finds it and assigns /dev/sda to i

[gentoo-user] Question about editing a video file

2005-11-14 Thread Michael Sullivan
My computer has a Hauppage WinTV-PVR-250 card in it and I've recorded some video (my wife's brother, my wife, and I playing Super Smash Brothers) and I'd like to make a video with highlights from it. I recorded the video using WinTV2000's (at least I think that's what it was called) recording feat

Re: [gentoo-user] ghosting(?) a drive

2005-11-14 Thread maxim wexler
--- "Jonathan A. Kollasch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 02:50:22PM -0800, maxim > wexler wrote: > > intention of moving my entire gentoo OS over to it > > from a flaky 120G ATA drive(reiserfs). Hopefully, > I > > can just boot up from the new drive as if nothing > had > >

Re: [gentoo-user] squid quick start

2005-11-14 Thread Mike Williams
On Monday 14 November 2005 23:51, Harry Putnam wrote: > Where can I get a current quick start guide for squid? If the network you want to allow access to squid is either 192.168.1.0/24 or 192.168.2.0/24, just start it. If not, open the config (/etc/squid/squid.conf), find the string our_networks,

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo box w/ 2 pci slots?

2005-11-14 Thread James
Nick Rout rout.co.nz> writes: > > > That isn't really a thin client but a small computer. TCs usually are > The question is, what's it all got to do with gentoo? Well, I understand your point, but, hardware issues centric to gentoo, on frequent issues on this list. I often put OT in front of t

[gentoo-user] squid quick start

2005-11-14 Thread Harry Putnam
Where can I get a current quick start guide for squid? The one installed with 2.5.11 apparently isn't accurate against that versions squid.conf. It has this promising line: Uncomment and edit the following lines in /usr/local/squid/etc/squid.conf: But then many of the lines are not present i

Re: [gentoo-user] fixing fstab

2005-11-14 Thread John Jolet
On Monday 14 November 2005 16:54, darren kirby wrote: > quoth the John Jolet: > > On Nov 14, 2005, at 3:43 PM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > > > (I prefer bottom posting but am following the prev poster.) > > > > > > I looks as though you had /boot on a separate partition from / (in you > > > new install

Re: [gentoo-user] Automatically mounting USB mass storage devices (camera)

2005-11-14 Thread Norberto Bensa
Alexander Skwar wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ epm -q dbus udev hal ivman pmount > dbus-0.50-r1 downgrade to 0.36.2 > udev-073 > hal-0.5.4 > ivman-0.6.5 downgrade to 0.6.4 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Local dictionary in KDE?

2005-11-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 03:56:57 +0530, abhay wrote: > I would like to install a dictionary application in KDE that can be run > without using internet. Though Kdict is available but it requires me to > have a internet connection for its search; which I am unable to provide > everytime. You could i

Re: [gentoo-user] fixing fstab

2005-11-14 Thread darren kirby
quoth the John Jolet: > On Nov 14, 2005, at 3:43 PM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > > (I prefer bottom posting but am following the prev poster.) > > > > I looks as though you had /boot on a separate partition from / (in you > > new install). > > > > So instead of > > > > mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo >

[gentoo-user] Local dictionary in KDE?

2005-11-14 Thread abhay
Hello, I would like to install a dictionary application in KDE that can be run without using internet. Though Kdict is available but it requires me to have a internet connection for its search; which I am unable to provide everytime. I have found some other good apps like jdictionary but they

Re: [gentoo-user] 300GB Hard drive& kernel 2.4.28

2005-11-14 Thread Willie Wong
On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 04:28:57PM -0500, Chris Bruyere wrote: > My server has a 2.4.28 kernel and I would like to > install a 300GB hard drive. > > I can 'see' it in BIOS and can fdisk it, but when I > mount it, I get an error message like: > "can't mount /dev/hdd2 bad superblock " (Exact >

Re: [gentoo-user] fixing fstab

2005-11-14 Thread Mark
hmmm. I think I'll start over on this one. I must have gone astray in the instructions somewhere. Thanks for trying to help guys! Mark On 11/14/05, John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 14, 2005, at 3:23 PM, Mark wrote: > > > Well, I thought so too. So I booted to the Universal CD. The

Re: [gentoo-user] 300GB Hard drive& kernel 2.4.28

2005-11-14 Thread Chris Bruyere
--- Catalin Trifu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi, > > Did you partioned and created the filesystems on > the hdd ? > if not there is nothing to mount. > > Catalin > yes __ Find your

Re: [gentoo-user] fixing fstab

2005-11-14 Thread John Jolet
On Nov 14, 2005, at 3:43 PM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: (I prefer bottom posting but am following the prev poster.) I looks as though you had /boot on a separate partition from / (in you new install). So instead of mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo you need mount /dev/hdax /mnt/gentoo where

Re: [gentoo-user] 300GB Hard drive& kernel 2.4.28

2005-11-14 Thread Catalin Trifu
       Hi,     Did you partioned and created the filesystems on the hdd ?     if not there is nothing to mount. Catalin Chris Bruyere wrote: Hi All. First post. Sorry if manners not proper. My server has a 2.4.28 kernel and I would like to install a 300GB hard drive. I can 'see' it in

Re: [gentoo-user] fixing fstab

2005-11-14 Thread Allan Gottlieb
(I prefer bottom posting but am following the prev poster.) I looks as though you had /boot on a separate partition from / (in you new install). So instead of mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo you need mount /dev/hdax /mnt/gentoo where x is 1 or 2 or whichever partition you used for /. HTH

Re: [gentoo-user] fixing fstab

2005-11-14 Thread John Jolet
On Nov 14, 2005, at 3:23 PM, Mark wrote: Well, I thought so too. So I booted to the Universal CD. Then I did mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo Then I did cd /mnt/gentoo and did a ls all I see is boot and lost+found you sure /dev/hda3 is your correct partition? Did I make a bigger mess than I

Re: [gentoo-user] fixing fstab

2005-11-14 Thread Mariusz Pękala
On 2005-11-14 16:23:41 -0500 (Mon, Nov), Mark wrote: > Well, I thought so too. So I booted to the Universal CD. Then I did > mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo > > Then I did cd /mnt/gentoo and did a ls > > all I see is boot and lost+found > > Did I make a bigger mess than I thought? > Just pick an

Re: [gentoo-user] fixing fstab

2005-11-14 Thread Renat Golubchyk
On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:23:41 -0500 Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I thought so too. So I booted to the Universal CD. Then I did > mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo > > Then I did cd /mnt/gentoo and did a ls > > all I see is boot and lost+found > > Did I make a bigger mess than I thought? W

Re: [gentoo-user] 32 bit binaries: installing/running on amd64 system

2005-11-14 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Monday 14 November 2005 22:11, Alan E. Davis wrote: > That sounds good. > > Would you recommend installing with rpm or apt? Or copying files over by > hand? > huh, that is a good question - hm, I would try to use the package, but also check where it installs, to make it easier to remove it lat

[gentoo-user] 300GB Hard drive& kernel 2.4.28

2005-11-14 Thread Chris Bruyere
Hi All. First post. Sorry if manners not proper. My server has a 2.4.28 kernel and I would like to install a 300GB hard drive. I can 'see' it in BIOS and can fdisk it, but when I mount it, I get an error message like: "can't mount /dev/hdd2 bad superblock " (Exact error message can be posted

Re: [gentoo-user] fixing fstab

2005-11-14 Thread Mark
Well, I thought so too. So I booted to the Universal CD. Then I did mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo Then I did cd /mnt/gentoo and did a ls all I see is boot and lost+found Did I make a bigger mess than I thought? On 11/14/05, Petteri Räty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark wrote: > > I made a mist

Re: [gentoo-user] fixing fstab

2005-11-14 Thread Dale
Mark wrote: >I made a mistake while creating my fstab on a new install, and I can't >boot. If I use my Universal CD to boot up, what command(s) will I have >to run to get access to the fstab to fix it? (I'm assuming I have to >re-mount & chroot but I don't know specifically what to do). Thanks! >

Re: [gentoo-user] 32 bit binaries: installing/running on amd64 system

2005-11-14 Thread Alan E. Davis
That sounds good. Would you recommend installing with rpm or apt?  Or copying files over by hand? AlanOn 11/15/05, Hemmann, Volker Armin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Monday 14 November 2005 15:14, Alan E. Davis wrote:> I really appreciate the help. >> I am looking at several 32 bit binary packag

Re: [gentoo-user] fixing fstab

2005-11-14 Thread Petteri Räty
Mark wrote: > I made a mistake while creating my fstab on a new install, and I can't > boot. If I use my Universal CD to boot up, what command(s) will I have > to run to get access to the fstab to fix it? (I'm assuming I have to > re-mount & chroot but I don't know specifically what to do). Thanks!

Re: [gentoo-user] fixing fstab

2005-11-14 Thread John Jolet
you don't even need to chroot. just mount / on /mnt/gentoo, etc should be there, edit the file and sync;unmount; reboot On Nov 14, 2005, at 2:58 PM, Mark wrote: I made a mistake while creating my fstab on a new install, and I can't boot. If I use my Universal CD to boot up, what command(s) wi

Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg.. twm not starting and terrible performance with fluxbox

2005-11-14 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Mrugesh Karnik wrote: > Benno Schulenberg wrote: > > Which ones precisely? See the output of 'lsmod'. > > Do an 'lsmod' on your FC4 too and compare. > > That'd be drm and via Could you post the output of 'lsmod' on your FC4? > 00:00.0 Host Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown Device 0204 Hmm

[gentoo-user] fixing fstab

2005-11-14 Thread Mark
I made a mistake while creating my fstab on a new install, and I can't boot. If I use my Universal CD to boot up, what command(s) will I have to run to get access to the fstab to fix it? (I'm assuming I have to re-mount & chroot but I don't know specifically what to do). Thanks! - Mark [unwieldy l

Re: [gentoo-user] posfix - localmail not working; was:postifix update and Hylafax

2005-11-14 Thread Joseph
On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 14:04 -0600, kashani wrote: > Joseph wrote: > > It looks like all local delivery mail is broken: > > If I send email to myself [EMAIL PROTECTED] is not going through. > > > > Looks like Postfix 2.2.5 went live. Did you overwrite your > /etc/postfix/main.cf with the ne

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo box w/ 2 pci slots?

2005-11-14 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:52:33 + (UTC) James wrote: > Uwe Thiem iway.na> writes: > > > > That isn't really a thin client but a small computer. TCs usually are > > diskless. > > > I gather you want to use it for streaming video? > > Yep, > > and router (frame relay) as well). > > James >

Re: [gentoo-user] postifix update and Hylafax

2005-11-14 Thread kashani
Joseph wrote: It looks like all local delivery mail is broken: If I send email to myself [EMAIL PROTECTED] is not going through. Looks like Postfix 2.2.5 went live. Did you overwrite your /etc/postfix/main.cf with the new config file? kashani -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE media ioslave, udev, hal, and ivman

2005-11-14 Thread Gerrit Thede
I fixed it by compiling a cvs-snapshot of hald. Now the property "volume.is_mounted =" behaves correctly. http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software_2fHalBuildInstructions I used /usr as prefix and installed. The init-script and the policies are used from hal-0.5.4 package, i didn't need to modify

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: NTFS resizing

2005-11-14 Thread Antoine
Strange. Even when I set the dirty bit and restart, no check was done. I think it's time to call up IBM. Maybe one of their wonderful contraptions is stopping chkdsk at startup >_< I don't know why you are having these problems... I had no probs at all with rescuecd. Just burn and boot (then

Re: [gentoo-user] yet more ALSA trouble

2005-11-14 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Thanks in advance for any help or > advice. I cannot really help you, but maybe searching the archives of ALSA-user or linux-audio-user will give you some hints. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] postifix update and Hylafax

2005-11-14 Thread Joseph
On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 10:41 -0600, kashani wrote: > Joseph wrote: > > After postfix upgrade, I'm not receiving any notification from Hylafax > > (on incoming faxes). > > Does anybody knows how to fix it? > > > > In /etc/mail/aliases I have an entry: > > FaxMaster: joseph > > > > Send an email

Re: [gentoo-user] postifix update and Hylafax

2005-11-14 Thread kashani
Joseph wrote: After postfix upgrade, I'm not receiving any notification from Hylafax (on incoming faxes). Does anybody knows how to fix it? In /etc/mail/aliases I have an entry: FaxMaster: joseph Send an email to faxmaster and look at the logs. That should tell you what is happening. ka

[gentoo-user] postifix update and Hylafax

2005-11-14 Thread Joseph
After postfix upgrade, I'm not receiving any notification from Hylafax (on incoming faxes). Does anybody knows how to fix it? In /etc/mail/aliases I have an entry: FaxMaster: joseph -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] DNS trouble

2005-11-14 Thread Allan Spagnol Comar
still the problem [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ host 210.200.1.230 Host 230.1.200.210.in-addr.arpa not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ host 210.200.1.232 232.1.200.210.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer shakan.commodity.com.br. and seems to me that both shakan.eng.com.br and thewho.eng.com.br is c

Re: [gentoo-user] DNS trouble

2005-11-14 Thread Michael Kjorling
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-11-14 12:46 -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > does someone have a clue about what is going on ? Yes, `nslookup' is fundamentally broken. Try `host' or `dig' (with its `-x' option) instead. And don't expect RFC 1918 address space to be resolva

Re: [gentoo-user] Server Mirroring...

2005-11-14 Thread Daniel da Veiga
For the mail, I would use remote mounts for the directories that matter, so, if your server goes down, you can script and/or use tools to change the mount dir to another server that is kept rsynced (or another similar tool) with the down server... This is easy job, you just have to somehow monitor

Re: [gentoo-user] baselayout broke my system

2005-11-14 Thread david
Iain Buchanan wrote: On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 02:16 -0800, Grant wrote: Hello everyone, I updated to something like baselayout pre9-r2 a few days ago and I immediately started getting this on boot up right after "Checking root filesystem": did you also upgrade glibc to 2.3.6? Apparently

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE media ioslave, udev, hal, and ivman

2005-11-14 Thread Gerrit Thede
Actually I can't help, but I'm stuck with the same problem: media:/ ioslave mounts for example my usbstick if I click on it, but doesn't show anything when it is trying to load the contents of media:/sda1, although it's mounted correctly on /media/sda1. There is a bug filed in bugs.kde.org at htt

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo box w/ 2 pci slots?

2005-11-14 Thread James
Uwe Thiem iway.na> writes: > That isn't really a thin client but a small computer. TCs usually are > diskless. > I gather you want to use it for streaming video? Yep, and router (frame relay) as well). James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] DNS trouble

2005-11-14 Thread Allan Spagnol Comar
Hi All, I am having a little problem with my DNS server; I using a DNS server at 210.200.1.230; when I do nslookup dnsserver.com.br it returns 210.200.1.230 when I try nslookup 192.168.0.2 it return ** server can't find 230.1.200.210.in-addr.arpa: NXDOMAIN does someone have a clue about what is go

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Keeping /usr/portage/distfiles empty. Need the room. :/

2005-11-14 Thread Dale
Nick Rout wrote: >On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 21:30:41 -0600 >Dale wrote: > > > >>What I was needing is this. Let's say I want to install mozilla. I >>issue the command, it downloads it from my local server. Then it >>compiles and installs it. Then it deletes the source files in >>/usr/portage/distf

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo box w/ 2 pci slots?

2005-11-14 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 14 November 2005 15:56, James wrote: > Hello, > > I need a x86 'thin client' or small form factor computer: > > (1) hard drive. (front-removable would be a bonus). > (2) empty pci slots. > (1 or more) RS232 9pin serial port. > (1) ethernet 10 or 100 mbps. > (1-2) ntsc inputs would eliminate the

Re: [gentoo-user] Intel 3G HT processor flags

2005-11-14 Thread abhay
On Monday 14 Nov 2005 8:34 am, James wrote: > I'm trying to figure out is exactly what (processor related) > flags to set in make.conf which processor flags to set > on package by package basis. > > > Any futher docs on these P4 flags and there merits are welcome. > > > James AFAIK use flags are ne

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Disable memory

2005-11-14 Thread Peper
> As a boot option for the kernel (e.g. /etc/lilo.conf): > append="mem=exactmap [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > Somehing like this worked with older kernels, don't know how to > do it with 2.6 kernels. I have found somewhere that in 2.6 mem changed to memmap, but i'm not

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE GUI for network settings

2005-11-14 Thread Chris Cox
On Thursday 03 November 2005 03:09, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 17:01:46 -0600, Qv6 wrote: > > Don't expect to find it with "emerge knetworkconf". Just wait for > > kde-3.5 > > It's not in beta2. Just to report that I got it working. After a bit of tweaking, I managed to get his eb

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo box w/ 2 pci slots?

2005-11-14 Thread Heinz Sporn
Am Montag, den 14.11.2005, 13:56 + schrieb James: > Hello, > > I need a x86 'thin client' or small form factor computer: > > (1) hard drive. (front-removable would be a bonus). > (2) empty pci slots. > (1 or more) RS232 9pin serial port. > (1) ethernet 10 or 100 mbps. > (1-2) ntsc inputs wou

Re: [gentoo-user] Permitions on /etc/init.d

2005-11-14 Thread Allan Spagnol Comar
There is another way besides sudo ? to do that ? allowing some user to change the runningscript On 11/14/05, Allan Spagnol Comar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, I am not using sudo at time, still think it got some security > issues but I will read some more material > > > On 11/14/05, Ha

Re: [gentoo-user] 32 bit binaries: installing/running on amd64 system

2005-11-14 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Monday 14 November 2005 15:14, Alan E. Davis wrote: > I really appreciate the help. > > I am looking at several 32 bit binary packages that are only downloadable > as 32 bit rpms or debs. For example: fledermaus and a related 3D viewer for > bathymetry files, and two different video editors. The

Re: [gentoo-user] 32 bit binaries: installing/running on amd64 system

2005-11-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:14:27 +1000, Alan E. Davis wrote: > I am looking at several 32 bit binary packages that are only > downloadable as 32 bit rpms or debs. emerge -av rpm Then try to install the package with rpm -ihv package.rpm, which will throw up a bunch of dependencies. Make sure you have

Re: [gentoo-user] 32 bit binaries: installing/running on amd64 system

2005-11-14 Thread Alan E. Davis
I really appreciate the help. I am looking at several 32 bit binary packages that are only downloadable as 32 bit rpms or debs.  For example: fledermaus and a related 3D viewer for bathymetry files, and two different video editors.  They are not available as source, and they certainly are not avai

[gentoo-user] Gentoo box w/ 2 pci slots?

2005-11-14 Thread James
Hello, I need a x86 'thin client' or small form factor computer: (1) hard drive. (front-removable would be a bonus). (2) empty pci slots. (1 or more) RS232 9pin serial port. (1) ethernet 10 or 100 mbps. (1-2) ntsc inputs would eliminate the need for one of the pci slots. OK. Hopefully a box tha

Re: [gentoo-user] Permitions on /etc/init.d

2005-11-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:50:16 -0300, Allan Spagnol Comar wrote: > Hi all, is there a way to enable one user to control one service on > gentoo box ??? sudo. > I am asking because I had an user that administrate a nagios system > and he needs to reload, restart, stop, start the system Add a

[gentoo-user] baselayout broke my system

2005-11-14 Thread Grant
Hello everyone, I updated to something like baselayout pre9-r2 a few days ago and I immediately started getting this on boot up right after "Checking root filesystem": The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an

[gentoo-user] Permitions on /etc/init.d

2005-11-14 Thread Allan Spagnol Comar
Hi all, is there a way to enable one user to control one service on gentoo box ??? I am asking because I had an user that administrate a nagios system and he needs to reload, restart, stop, start the system thanks -- An application asked: "Requeires Windows 9x, NT4 or better", so I´ve instal

Re: [gentoo-user] oxford vs prolific vs other firewire chipsets

2005-11-14 Thread Benjamin Fritzsche
On Monday 14 November 2005 08:31, Iain Buchanan wrote: > (A little OT, but hey, I use gentoo :) > > I am looking for a recommendation for a usb 2 and firewire 2.5 inch > external case. > > I heard that there are problems with the prolific firewire chipset, a > friend had one that wiped the partitio

Re: [gentoo-user] baselayout broke my system

2005-11-14 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Montag, 14. November 2005 11:16 schrieb ext Grant: > Hello everyone, I updated to something like baselayout pre9-r2 a few > days ago and I immediately started getting this on boot up right after > "Checking root filesystem": > > The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext

[gentoo-user] how to change drivers?

2005-11-14 Thread Fernando Meira
Hi, I have a Linksys WPC54G wireless card - Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03) and I been using Ndiswrapper with no problems. The thing is that I can't use kismet with windoze drivers.. so, I've heard that I could use Orinoco driver with this

Re: [gentoo-user] baselayout broke my system

2005-11-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 02:16 -0800, Grant wrote: > Hello everyone, I updated to something like baselayout pre9-r2 a few > days ago and I immediately started getting this on boot up right after > "Checking root filesystem": did you also upgrade glibc to 2.3.6? Apparently there's some behaviour with

Re: [gentoo-user] The attractive terminal on the installation disk?

2005-11-14 Thread Anthony Roy
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash Thanks - much appreciated. I wonder if this is a FAQ anywhere - I wouldn't have guessed at fbsplash if I was just browsing the HOWTO's! -- Ant... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Permitions on /etc/init.d

2005-11-14 Thread Allan Spagnol Comar
Thanks, I am not using sudo at time, still think it got some security issues but I will read some more material On 11/14/05, Haim Ashkenazi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 07:50 -0300, Allan Spagnol Comar wrote: > > Hi all, is there a way to enable one user to control one

Re: [gentoo-user] The attractive terminal on the installation disk?

2005-11-14 Thread Chris Cox
On Monday 14 November 2005 03:11, Anthony Roy wrote: > Hi all, > > I am getting on pretty well with Gentoo at the moment - I've found it > a great way to install Linux and get to know just how it all works and > holds together. I am using it for a server machine, and so I am not > running X. > > My

Re: [gentoo-user] Permitions on /etc/init.d

2005-11-14 Thread Haim Ashkenazi
On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 07:50 -0300, Allan Spagnol Comar wrote: > Hi all, is there a way to enable one user to control one service on > gentoo box ??? you can use sudo, or I think you can configure webmin to allow a user to control only one stop/start script (although I'm not sure about that...). By

Re: [gentoo-user] how to change drivers?

2005-11-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:56:45 +0100, Fernando Meira wrote: > I have a Linksys WPC54G wireless card - Network controller: Broadcom > Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03) > and I been using Ndiswrapper with no problems. The thing is that I > can't use kismet with windoze dri

Re: [gentoo-user] 32 bit binaries: installing/running on amd64 system

2005-11-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:21:00 +1000, Alan E. Davis wrote: > I think this is a step in the right direction. However, does this apply > to 32 bit binaries one might wish to install from an RPM, for example, > or a DEB file, from a 32 bit dist? Normally you just install those as normal. 32 bit binari

[gentoo-user] The attractive terminal on the installation disk?

2005-11-14 Thread Anthony Roy
Hi all, I am getting on pretty well with Gentoo at the moment - I've found it a great way to install Linux and get to know just how it all works and holds together. I am using it for a server machine, and so I am not running X. My question is: How do I get a terminal setup like the one that is us

Re: [gentoo-user] ghosting(?) a drive

2005-11-14 Thread abhay
On Monday 14 Nov 2005 10:13 am, maxim wexler wrote: > What's dump/restore? There are no manuals for either > and it's not mentioned in man rsync as far as I could > see. He is talking about xfsdump/xfsrestore. They are tools available for XFS file system and are available in "sys-fs/xfsprogs" pack

Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg.. twm not starting and terrible performance with fluxbox

2005-11-14 Thread Mrugesh Karnik
Benno Schulenberg wrote: Mrugesh Karnik wrote: Well, the kernel modules have been loaded already... Which ones precisely? See the output of 'lsmod'. Do an 'lsmod' on your FC4 too and compare. That'd be drm and via I noticed one thing, the agpgart option in the kernel is always disabled.

[gentoo-user] oxford vs prolific vs other firewire chipsets

2005-11-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
(A little OT, but hey, I use gentoo :) I am looking for a recommendation for a usb 2 and firewire 2.5 inch external case. I heard that there are problems with the prolific firewire chipset, a friend had one that wiped the partition table every time he plugged it into his PC's firewire port! (same