[gentoo-user] Re: Can I share my /boot and swap partitions with other Linux installs?

Daevid Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can I install Ubuntu in yet another partition and have it share the /boot > and swap ones I already have, or do I need dedicated ones for that distro > too? No, you don't NEED to have seperate /boot partitions. The problem might be, that the default fi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can I share my /boot and swap partitions with other Linux installs?

On 4/2/07, Rob Rutherford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have dual booted different distros on a single box sharing boot and swap done it worked fine. There was some lag in startup when changing systems. My guess would be differences in swap. Used different Kernel version, and everything. Just

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can I share my /boot and swap partitions with other Linux installs?

I have dual booted different distros on a single box sharing boot and swap done it worked fine. There was some lag in startup when changing systems. My guess would be differences in swap. Used different Kernel version, and everything. Just be very careful, some install scripts use symlinks in /

[gentoo-user] headphones don't work since upgrade to kernel 2.6.19???

Hi, I've rebooted today with kernel 2.6.19 (used 2.6.18 before). I have a Intel 945G/GZ/P/PL motherboard and a Intel hda on board soundcard (Alsamixer says "Card: HDA Intel" and "Chip: Realtek ALC260"). I've listened to music via headphones plugged in on the frontside. Suddenly this setup don't wor

Re: [gentoo-user] Any consequences to package.mask'ing newer kernels?

On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 04:11:42PM +0200, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote > Which risk? Which mess? There is not a risk, if you use oldconfig. With oldconfig, 99% of the updates seem to consist of added support for exotic raid controllers or network cards. Since my system has been running OK for t

Re: [gentoo-user] update-eix error message

070401 Adrian wrote: > Odd things with eix-0.7.9 I'm using 0.9.1 successfully. > when I run update-eix I get the following. > root $ update-eix > Reading Portage settings .. > Building database (/var/cache/eix) .. > [0] /usr/portage/ (cache: metadata) >Reading 053%Garbage at en

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can I share my /boot and swap partitions with other Linux installs?

»Q« wrote: > In , > Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> »Q« wrote: >> >>> In , >>> Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> You should be able to share /boot and swap without any problems. Just make sure you name the

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge-webrsync errors

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Adrian wrote: > File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/cache/flat_hash.py", line 47, in _pull > raise cache_errors.CacheCorruption(cpv, e) > cache.cache_errors.CacheCorruption: net-analyzer/etherape-0.9.6-r1 is > corrupt: dictionary update sequence element #

Re: [gentoo-user] Any consequences to package.mask'ing newer kernels?

On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 09:21:22AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > At around 300MB per kernel, that's ten excess kernels, so you can't be > doing it that often. I ran df and ll between each individual unmerge. The individual kernels take approx 250 megs, freshly emerged. Compiling generates anot

[gentoo-user] Re: Can I share my /boot and swap partitions with other Linux installs?

In , Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > »Q« wrote: > > In , > > Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> You should be able to share /boot and swap without any problems. > >> Just make sure you name the kernels something different or that > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can I share my /boot and swap partitions with other Linux installs?

»Q« wrote: > In , > Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> You should be able to share /boot and swap without any problems. Just >> make sure you name the kernels something different or that each distro >> is set up to use the same kernel version. >> > > Why the sam

[gentoo-user] Re: Can I share my /boot and swap partitions with other Linux installs?

In , Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You should be able to share /boot and swap without any problems. Just > make sure you name the kernels something different or that each distro > is set up to use the same kernel version. Why the same kernel version? -- »Q« -- gen

Re: [gentoo-user] Can I share my /boot and swap partitions with other Linux installs?

On 20:14 Sun 01 Apr , Daevid Vincent wrote: > > Can I install Ubuntu in yet another partition and have it share the /boot > and swap ones I already have, or do I need dedicated ones for that distro > too? > you can and you should. -- Good evening, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I be

Re: [gentoo-user] Can I share my /boot and swap partitions with other Linux installs?

Daevid Vincent wrote: > Can I install Ubuntu in yet another partition and have it share the /boot > and swap ones I already have, Yes. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Can I share my /boot and swap partitions with other Linux installs?

Daevid Vincent wrote: > Currently I dual-boot my notebook with XP and Gentoo. > > I'm curious to try out all this beryl stuff and see what all the rage is > with Ubuntu and the kids these days. > > Can I install Ubuntu in yet another partition and have it share the /boot > and swap ones I already h

[gentoo-user] Can I share my /boot and swap partitions with other Linux installs?

Currently I dual-boot my notebook with XP and Gentoo. I'm curious to try out all this beryl stuff and see what all the rage is with Ubuntu and the kids these days. Can I install Ubuntu in yet another partition and have it share the /boot and swap ones I already have, or do I need dedicated ones f

Re: [gentoo-user] netfilter tarpit target

On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 11:49:06AM -0600, darren kirby wrote: > I realize there is a sense of satisfaction from using the TARPIT target that > is appealing, however you must consider: > > 1. These ssh bruteforce attacks are almost certainly coming from a zombie > botnet, and thus there is no hum

Re: [gentoo-user] netfilter tarpit target

First of all thanks for your replies, guys! I'll try to answer to all of you in one (longer) response: Dave Jones wrote: > > Daniel complained about the sshd messages, not iptables messages. > > I fully agree that he should implement pub/priv key authentication, but > even so, that will not preve

[gentoo-user] update-eix error message

Odd things with eix-0.7.9 when I run update-eix I get the following. help/understanding please? Adrian -- root $ update-eix Reading Portage settings .. Building database (/var/cache/eix) .. [0] /usr/portage/ (cache: metadata) Reading 05

[gentoo-user] emerge-webrsync errors

Greetings all. When running emerge-webrsync I get the following message. Can anyone help me understand/fix this? Thanks very much Adrian - >>> Updating Portage cache: 66%Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4049, in ?

[gentoo-user] How to resolve policy conflicts?

Hello! ATM we have the situation where the current stable version of OpenOffice (2.1.0-r1) won't compile (at least on a lot of machines) unless an ~arch version of STLport is installed: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=172860 Looking at comments 34 and 37 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cg

Re: [gentoo-user] netfilter tarpit target

Hi Daniel Daniel Iliev wrote on 01/04/07 19:10: >>> My question: what is the best way get this iptables module working w/o >>> diverting too much from the official Gentoo installation. I mean the >>> normal way is to use patch-o-matic to patch iptables source and vanilla >>> kernel source, then bu

Re: [gentoo-user] netfilter tarpit target

Hi Mick, Mick wrote on 01/04/07 20:44: >> Recently I was looking through my logs when I got pissed off (again) by >> the big number of lines showing something like 'sshd: auth. error: >> unknown user "XXX" from "some IP address"'. I wrote a script which >> automatically sets all connections from

Re: [gentoo-user] Any consequences to package.mask'ing newer kernels?

On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 23:35:25 +0200, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > > 1)I only see gentoo-sources-2.6.X-rY, I never see > > gentoo-sources-2.6.X.a.b-rY .What am I installing when I install > > gentoo-sources-2.6.x-rY? > > look into the changelogs ;) > I don't use gentoo-sources, but AFAIK, the -

Re: [gentoo-user] Any consequences to package.mask'ing newer kernels?

On Montag, 2. April 2007, b.n. wrote: > Hemmann, Volker Armin ha scritto: > > On Sonntag, 1. April 2007, b.n. wrote: > >> Hemmann, Volker Armin ha scritto: > >>> In almost every kernel release a security problem is found, that is > >>> fixed in a stable release. > >> > >> Stable release? AFAIK, *al

Re: [gentoo-user] Any consequences to package.mask'ing newer kernels?

Hemmann, Volker Armin ha scritto: On Sonntag, 1. April 2007, b.n. wrote: Hemmann, Volker Armin ha scritto: In almost every kernel release a security problem is found, that is fixed in a stable release. Stable release? AFAIK, *all* 2.6.x releases are stable releases. No, they aren't. There ar

[gentoo-user] RAID-0 with LVM - is there any point?

I have two SATA drives, I have a partition on each combined as RAID-1 on which I use LVM to create my important partitions (/usr, /var, /home etc). I have another pair of partitions combined as RAID-0 on which I have another LVM group containing less important partitions, where speed and space matt

[gentoo-user] Re: cyrus-imapd not working after recompile against db4.3

> So as you can see, one database must be broken or in wrong format. > But i have NO idea, which one it is. OK, it was the database in /var/imap/db. Deleted all files in that directory, and now everything's fine again. I wonder, what i broke by doing this. Anyway: all my mails are still there.

Re: [gentoo-user] netfilter tarpit target

On Sunday 01 April 2007 14:03, Daniel Iliev wrote: > Hi, guys > > Recently I was looking through my logs when I got pissed off (again) by > the big number of lines showing something like 'sshd: auth. error: > unknown user "XXX" from "some IP address"'. I wrote a script which > automatically sets a

[gentoo-user] Flourish Conference Reminder

I just wanted to remind everyone that the Chicago Flourish Conference is coming up this weekend. Friday, April 6th and Saturday April 7th. If you are planning on attending be sure to mark you calendars and be sure to register on the website. The main website should have information on how to get

Re: [gentoo-user] Maya

Well, when I said commercial version, I meant the off the shelf product, which you do have to buy. You can probably try their demo version and see how you like it. I haven't played with their free version (assuming they have a linux version of it). -- Samir On 3/27/07, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Installation on Dell Inspiron Laptop

Iain Buchanan wrote: > On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 08:49 -0400, Colleen Beamer wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm having a problem. > [snip] >> and then, the laptop shuts off on me. > > It does sound like an overheating thing, as already mentioned, > especially since you had overheating problems before. I si

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessibility, or, Purple writing on black is a REALLY BAD idea.

On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:25:24 +0400, Jeff Rollin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In the last episode, Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: AG> AG> Do you mean www.gentoo.org? If yes: AG> AG> IMHO this should not be filed as a bug. The colors all over the page are AG> consistent and the links, which are not

Re: [gentoo-user] netfilter tarpit target

quoth the Daniel Iliev: > Next I decided to change "-j DROP" with "-j TARPIT" and I > realized that gentoo-sources doesn't provide the netfilter > target "TARPIT". - > Best regards, > Daniel I realize there is a sense of satisfaction from using the TARPIT target that is appealing, however you m

[gentoo-user] cyrus-imapd not working after recompile against db4.3

Hi, any ideas, why my cyrus-imapd isn't working anymore? In /var/log/imapd.log is says: Apr 1 19:21:27 gwinet master[25000]: process started Apr 1 19:21:27 gwinet master[25004]: about to exec /usr/lib/cyrus/ctl_cyrusdb Apr 1 19:21:27 gwinet ctl_cyrusdb[25004]: DBERROR àÓ^F^H: db4 Apr 1 19:21:

Re: [gentoo-user] netfilter tarpit target

Dave Jones wrote: > Hi Daniel > > >> My question: what is the best way get this iptables module working w/o >> diverting too much from the official Gentoo installation. I mean the >> normal way is to use patch-o-matic to patch iptables source and vanilla >> kernel source, then build and install.

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessibility, or, Purple writing on black is a REALLY BAD idea.

Hi Thomas In the last episode, Thomas Wouters wrote: TW> On Sunday 01 April 2007, Jeff Rollin wrote: TW> > Hi list TW> > TW> > I like the new look of the website, but how on Earth does anyone make any TW> > sense of the links? Purple on black is a really bad idea, and that's from TW> > someone w

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessibility, or, Purple writing on black is a REALLY BAD idea.

On Sunday 01 April 2007, Jeff Rollin wrote: > Hi list > > I like the new look of the website, but how on Earth does anyone make any > sense of the links? Purple on black is a really bad idea, and that's from > someone who doesn't have any accessibility issues with websites. > > Should this be filed

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessibility, or, Purple writing on black is a REALLY BAD idea.

Jeff Rollin wrote: > In the last episode, Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: > > AG> > AG> Do you mean www.gentoo.org? If yes: > AG> > AG> IMHO this should not be filed as a bug. The colors all over the page are > AG> consistent and the links, which are not exactly purple, are visible. > > The colors are co

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessibility, or, Purple writing on black is a REALLY BAD idea.

Hello Herman In the last episode, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: HV> On Sonntag, 1. April 2007, Jeff Rollin wrote: HV> > Hi list HV> > HV> > I like the new look of the website, but how on Earth does anyone make any HV> > sense of the links? Purple on black is a really bad idea, and that's from HV>

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessibility, or, Purple writing on black is a REALLY BAD idea.

On Sunday 01 April 2007, Jeff Rollin wrote: > Hi list > > I like the new look of the website, but how on Earth does anyone make any > sense of the links? Purple on black is a really bad idea, and that's from > someone who doesn't have any accessibility issues with websites. > > Should this be filed

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessibility, or, Purple writing on black is a REALLY BAD idea.

In the last episode, Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: AG> AG> Do you mean www.gentoo.org? If yes: AG> AG> IMHO this should not be filed as a bug. The colors all over the page are AG> consistent and the links, which are not exactly purple, are visible. The colors are consistent, but the links are only vi

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessibility, or, Purple writing on black is a REALLY BAD idea.

On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:07:15 +0400, Jeff Rollin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi list I like the new look of the website, but how on Earth does anyone make any sense of the links? Purple on black is a really bad idea, and that's from someone who doesn't have any accessibility issues with website

Re: [gentoo-user] netfilter tarpit target

Hi Daniel Daniel Iliev wrote on 01/04/07 15:03: > Recently I was looking through my logs when I got pissed off (again) by > the big number of lines showing something like 'sshd: auth. error: > unknown user "XXX" from "some IP address"'. I wrote a script which > automatically sets all connections

[gentoo-user] Re: Accessibility, or, Purple writing on black is a REALLY BAD idea.

In the last episode, Jeff Rollin wrote: JR> Hi list JR> JR> I like the new look of the website, but how on Earth does anyone make any JR> sense of the links? Purple on black is a really bad idea, and that's from JR> someone who doesn't have any accessibility issues with websites. JR> JR> Should thi

[gentoo-user] Accessibility, or, Purple writing on black is a REALLY BAD idea.

Hi list I like the new look of the website, but how on Earth does anyone make any sense of the links? Purple on black is a really bad idea, and that's from someone who doesn't have any accessibility issues with websites. Should this be filed as a bug? Jeff -- For a successful technology, real

Re: [gentoo-user] Ridiculous amount of borkage in portage

Hi again In the last episode, Jeff Rollin wrote: JR> Hi Mick JR> JR> In the last episode, Mick wrote: JR> Mi> If my experience is anything to go by, then there Mi> may be something wrong with your machine/build. JR> JR> Oh joy! JR> JR> More likely to be the machine because the build has been wor

[gentoo-user] netfilter tarpit target

Hi, guys Recently I was looking through my logs when I got pissed off (again) by the big number of lines showing something like 'sshd: auth. error: unknown user "XXX" from "some IP address"'. I wrote a script which automatically sets all connections from those IP addresses to be dropped. Next I d

Re: [gentoo-user] Any consequences to package.mask'ing newer kernels?

On Sonntag, 1. April 2007, b.n. wrote: > Hemmann, Volker Armin ha scritto: > > In almost every kernel release a security problem is found, that is fixed > > in a stable release. > > Stable release? AFAIK, *all* 2.6.x releases are stable releases. No, they aren't. There are the 'normal' releases (f

Re: [gentoo-user] Ridiculous amount of borkage in portage

Jeff Rollin ha scritto: Hi Am I the only one seeing a ridiculous amount of borkage in Gentoo this week? So far I have had gcc, perl, perl-dependent packages, autogen and some other packages fail on me this week. What kind of failures? Is it possible is your hardware at fault? m. -- gentoo-u

Re: [gentoo-user] Any consequences to package.mask'ing newer kernels?

Hemmann, Volker Armin ha scritto: In almost every kernel release a security problem is found, that is fixed in a stable release. Stable release? AFAIK, *all* 2.6.x releases are stable releases. The days of double trees (2.4.x and 2.5.x) are gone. Probably I don't get what you mean. I use x86

Re: [gentoo-user] Ridiculous amount of borkage in portage

Hi Mick In the last episode, Mick wrote: Mi> On Sunday 01 April 2007 01:04, Jeff Rollin wrote: Mi> > In the last episode, Jeff Rollin wrote: Mi> > JR> In the last episode, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: Mi> > JR> HV> On Sonntag, 1. April 2007, Jeff Rollin wrote: Mi> > JR> HV> > Am I the only one see

Re: [gentoo-user] depscan.sh?

Hi again In the last episode, Jeff Rollin wrote: JR> Hi Dale JR> JR> In the last episode, Dale wrote: JR> Da> Jeff Rollin wrote: JR> Da> > Hi all JR> Da> > JR> Da> > Somehow when updating the system the file /sbin/depscan.sh has gone JR> missing - Da> > please advise as to how to get it back! JR>

Re: [gentoo-user] depscan.sh?

Hi Dale In the last episode, Dale wrote: Da> Jeff Rollin wrote: Da> > Hi all Da> > Da> > Somehow when updating the system the file /sbin/depscan.sh has gone missing - Da> > please advise as to how to get it back! Da> Da> It is part of baselayout. So emerge -1v baselayout should work fine. Da> D

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Installation on Dell Inspiron Laptop

On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 08:49 -0400, Colleen Beamer wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm having a problem. [snip] > and then, the laptop shuts off on me. It does sound like an overheating thing, as already mentioned, especially since you had overheating problems before. Can you confirm that _all_ fans are wo

Re: [gentoo-user] Ridiculous amount of borkage in portage

On Sunday 01 April 2007 01:04, Jeff Rollin wrote: > In the last episode, Jeff Rollin wrote: > JR> In the last episode, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > JR> HV> On Sonntag, 1. April 2007, Jeff Rollin wrote: > JR> HV> > Am I the only one seeing a ridiculous amount of borkage in Gentoo > this JR> HV> >