Re: [gentoo-user] about grub

2007-07-05 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Donnerstag, 5. Juli 2007 schrieb ext sain yan: > Hi > On my gentoo box, Useing grub and it work fine! > But I`m NOT find the file menu.lst in /etc and /boot,Why??? Because you didn't mount /boot? > and I install another kernel , Then write the file "menu.lst" at > /boot/grub/

Re: [gentoo-user] usb mp3 player can't be mounted

2007-07-05 Thread Willie Wong
On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 12:20:38PM -0700, Penguin Lover maxim wexler squawked: > > concerning USB settings, the same. But how about > > SCSI disk support? It > > It's there. > > > CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y > > > > No help. > > OS finds the device and scans it but refuses to assign > a drive l

[gentoo-user] Re: memtest fails, but is it the RAM?

2007-07-05 Thread James
Iain Buchanan pcorp.com.au> writes: > I've swapped the sticks around, used either by themselves, tried > different slots, - everything except completely different RAM. hello Iain, Not sure this is useful, but, if you can get the system to boot, you and look more closely at the memory specifics

[gentoo-user] Problems compiling ikvm

2007-07-05 Thread Martin Larsson
I'm trying to compile ikvm-0.34.0.2 but i fails with no errors. It looks as if javac doesn't get any input and therefore spits out usage information, much like typing javac on a shell prompt: [nant] /var/tmp/portage/dev-dotnet/ikvm-0.34.0.2/work/ikvm-0.34.0.2/classpath/classpath.build

[gentoo-user] usb external drive

2007-07-05 Thread James
Hello, I use ivman with usb sticks and move them between windoze and linux systems without issue. I just got a FreeAgent usb 2.0 external disk drive and expected it to work just like a usb stick (not really sure why I had this expectation). It does not show up with a 'df' command, like a usbstic

[gentoo-user] memtest fails, but is it the RAM?

2007-07-05 Thread Iain Buchanan
Hi all, slightly OT I know, but the usual excuses apply :) I'm running memtest from a live-cd on a P4 3GHz HT desktop, with two sticks of corsair VS512MB on an ASUS P4P800-X. It always freezes at the start of "test 3". The cursor keeps flashing, and there is no display corruption, but I can't do

Re: [gentoo-user] System for PIII now lives in K7; any way to rebuild without full reinstall?

2007-07-05 Thread Dan Farrell
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:31:33 -0500 Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan Farrell wrote: > > Howdy folks. Today I have a fun exercise but am short on ideas. > > Any suggestions? > > > > I have an old hard drive from my router, a Pentium III. Now i've > > gone and put that hard drive in an Athlo

Re: [gentoo-user] System for PIII now lives in K7; any way to rebuild without full reinstall?

2007-07-05 Thread Dale
Dan Farrell wrote: > Howdy folks. Today I have a fun exercise but am short on ideas. Any > suggestions? > > I have an old hard drive from my router, a Pentium III. Now i've gone > and put that hard drive in an Athlon-based machine, which doesn't > support the P-III instruction set completely.

Re: [gentoo-user] PPTP connection to Windows server 2003 vpn

2007-07-05 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 12:50 -0500, Karl Haines wrote: > I've been following the guide at: > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_PPTP_VPN_client_%28Microsoft-compatible_with_mppe%29 > > Trying to get my vpn to work going from my linux laptop. That would > really make the boss jealous! heh, vpn from my li

Re: [gentoo-user] New kernel does not boot up on remote host

2007-07-05 Thread Dale
Galevsky wrote: > > > Thank you Dan, but I did it before, and boot.log remains empty. In > fact, the new kernel boot turns on like grub couldn't find the kernel > image > > < SNIP > > > and my grub.conf: > > ### START (grub.conf) > sd-4421 boot # cat /boot/grub/grub.conf > # Customized boot pro

[gentoo-user] System for PIII now lives in K7; any way to rebuild without full reinstall?

2007-07-05 Thread Dan Farrell
Howdy folks. Today I have a fun exercise but am short on ideas. Any suggestions? I have an old hard drive from my router, a Pentium III. Now i've gone and put that hard drive in an Athlon-based machine, which doesn't support the P-III instruction set completely. The computer boots and the

Re: [gentoo-user] New kernel does not boot up on remote host

2007-07-05 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 00:44 +0200, Galevsky wrote: > and my grub.conf: > > ### START (grub.conf) > sd-4421 boot # cat /boot/grub/grub.conf > # Customized boot procedure > > default 0 > timeout 1 > #fallback 1 2 > > title Gentoo Linux 2.6.16-gentoo_xen_dom0 > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/vmlin

Re: [gentoo-user] New kernel does not boot up on remote host

2007-07-05 Thread Galevsky
Sorry, I was building again my kernel image to confirm that It was not a stupid mistake. 2007/7/6, Albert Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I recently discovered 'savefallback' in grub which I did not know about. I'll assume you're using that but again, I haven't seen your grub.conf. Dan Farrell mad

Re: [gentoo-user] New kernel does not boot up on remote host

2007-07-05 Thread Galevsky
2007/7/5, Dan Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 18:40:20 +0200 Galevsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2007/7/5, Albert Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 11:36 +0200, Galevsky wrote: > > > Many thanks for you suggestion. I tried a boot with no fall back, > > > bu

Re: [gentoo-user] usb-storage detected but drive not assigned-FIXED

2007-07-05 Thread maxim wexler
> Did you include modules for scsi disks? I think > it's sd_mod. Well, I *thought* I did. Thanks Dan. Maxim Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us

Re: [gentoo-user] New kernel does not boot up on remote host

2007-07-05 Thread Albert Hopkins
I recently discovered 'savefallback' in grub which I did not know about. I'll assume you're using that but again, I haven't seen your grub.conf. Dan Farrell made an intresting point about boot log and showconsole, but I assumed you were already using that. But I still don't that will help you bec

[gentoo-user] Switching virtual desktops in KDE with Xinerama

2007-07-05 Thread Aleksey V. Kunitskiy
Hi Can I switch virtual desktops in KDE with Xinerama separately on each screen? I know that it can be done without Xinerama(by using two X11 screens), but I might have the ability moving windows between screens - with Xinerama I can this. Thanks for any suggestions -- best regards, Aleksey V

Re: [gentoo-user] New kernel does not boot up on remote host

2007-07-05 Thread Dan Farrell
On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 18:40:20 +0200 Galevsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2007/7/5, Albert Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 11:36 +0200, Galevsky wrote: > > > Many thanks for you suggestion. I tried a boot with no fall back, > > > but nothing added neither to boot.log nor to dm

Re: [gentoo-user] Spamassassin

2007-07-05 Thread Dan Farrell
On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 12:49:23 +0530 "Gentoo Voyager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how do i confirm whether my spamassassin woking or no. i'm using > qmail,qmail-scanner & spammassassin in gentoo.. > > I typed up some notes while setting up SA enhancements. Maybe they'd prove useful to you: http

Re: [gentoo-user] usb-storage detected but drive not assigned

2007-07-05 Thread Dan Farrell
On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 18:57:49 -0700 (PDT) maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi group, > > I can't mount a usb music stick with a fat fs because > a drive letter eg /dev/sda has not been assigned. > Here's dmesg: > > > usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and > address 2 > usb

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Storing ssh and gpg keys in USB flash drives

2007-07-05 Thread Kent Fredric
On 7/5/07, José González Gómez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi there, I would like to store my ssh and gpg keys in my usb flash drive, but I'm not sure what's the best way to do it: If I use vfat so I can also read them from Windows I have two problems: first you must mount your USB key with a 00

Re: [gentoo-user] usb mp3 player can't be mounted

2007-07-05 Thread maxim wexler
> concerning USB settings, the same. But how about > SCSI disk support? It It's there. > CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y > No help. OS finds the device and scans it but refuses to assign a drive letter. -mw We

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge claws-mail

2007-07-05 Thread Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > Why are you posting this? Was I unclear about anything? Nevermind, man. - -- Arturo "Buanzo" Busleiman - Consultor Independiente en Seguridad Informatica ¿Su empresa consume demasiado ancho de banda? ¡Consulteme! Free (a

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge claws-mail

2007-07-05 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Thursday 05 July 2007 20:07:58 Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote: > > -u means direct deps will be updated too and that the target (in this > > case claws-mail) won't be remerged unless there's an upgrade (or > > downgrade). Without -u it still merges the latest visible version of the > > target i

Re: [gentoo-user] about grub

2007-07-05 Thread Paul Gibbons
On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 19:51:10 +0800 "sain yan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > On my gentoo box, Useing grub and it work fine! > But I`m NOT find the file menu.lst in /etc and /boot,Why??? > > > and I install another kernel , Then write the file "menu.lst" at > /boot/grub/menu.

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge claws-mail

2007-07-05 Thread Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > -u means direct deps will be updated too and that the target (in this case > claws-mail) won't be remerged unless there's an upgrade (or downgrade). > Without -u it still merges the latest visible version of the target i

Re: [gentoo-user] about grub

2007-07-05 Thread Don Jerman
On 7/5/07, Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] As I wrote in my first answer to this thread (which somehow didn't make it to the list, yet), the problem is (IMHO) with /boot not beeing mounted at all. Yes, if you followed the Gentoo install instructions closely /boot is not mounted

Re: [gentoo-user] usb mp3 player can't be mounted

2007-07-05 Thread John covici
on Thursday 07/05/2007 Michael Niggli([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote > maxim wexler wrote: > > Hi group, > > > > I posted earlier on this subject but scored no hits. > > I've been poking around on the Web for answers but so > > far without luck. > > > > When I plug the player into port and $dmesg

Re: [gentoo-user] New kernel does not boot up on remote host

2007-07-05 Thread Galevsky
2007/7/5, Albert Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 11:36 +0200, Galevsky wrote: > Many thanks for you suggestion. I tried a boot with no fall back, but > nothing added neither to boot.log nor to dmesg. I am sure to target > the right kernel image with no typo into grub.conf . Thi

Re: [gentoo-user] New kernel does not boot up on remote host

2007-07-05 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 11:36 +0200, Galevsky wrote: > Many thanks for you suggestion. I tried a boot with no fall back, but > nothing added neither to boot.log nor to dmesg. I am sure to target > the right kernel image with no typo into grub.conf . This new kernel > is a =xen-sources-2.6.16.49, and

Re: [gentoo-user] usb mp3 player can't be mounted

2007-07-05 Thread Michael Niggli
maxim wexler wrote: Hi group, I posted earlier on this subject but scored no hits. I've been poking around on the Web for answers but so far without luck. When I plug the player into port and $dmesg, this comes up: Why won't it assign a drive, like /dev/sda? It does on another machine with v

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge claws-mail

2007-07-05 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Wednesday 04 July 2007 02:09:43 Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote: > David Relson wrote: > > Why is emerge giving me 2.9.2 rather than the newer 2.10.0_rc1 ??? > > try "emerge -upv claws-mail" > > If you omit -u (means --upgrade), you will re-emerge currently installed > version. -u means direct

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo Healthy? (The Return)

2007-07-05 Thread Mark Knecht
On 7/5/07, Paul Waring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 09:40:10PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > emerge is along the same lines. "make menuconfig" is the limits of my > expertise. I remember "RPM hell" with Redhat linux, trying to find an > RPM package for a program I wanted,

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.21 and sundance.ko problems.

2007-07-05 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi, On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 15:08:42 +0200 "Dominik Żyła" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have 4 port D-Link DFE-580TX NIC and running Gentoo with 2.6.21 > kernel. When I load sundance.ko there is no interfaces available in > my `ifconfig -a` output. Besides, all 4 interfaces are listed in > `lspci` ou

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.21 and sundance.ko problems.

2007-07-05 Thread Dominik Żyła
2007/7/4, Dominik Żyła <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: 2007/7/4, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > Dominik Żyła wrote: > > Hi, > > I have 4 port D-Link DFE-580TX NIC and running Gentoo with 2.6.21 > > kernel. When I load sundance.ko t

Re: [gentoo-user] Monitor recognition at boot time

2007-07-05 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Aleksandar L. Dimitrov wrote: > I would really like to automate this process - that's why I woul > really like to be able to acquire the EDID or something similar > (model specs or just a unique binary value) at boot time, so I can > invoke an appropriate script during system init. $ eix edid * x

Re: [gentoo-user] Monitor recognition at boot time

2007-07-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 14:37:02 +0200, Aleksandar L. Dimitrov wrote: > Yes, that's pretty close to what I'm doing right at the moment. But I > would really like to automate this process - that's why I woul really > like to be able to acquire the EDID or something similar (model specs or > just a uniqu

Re: [gentoo-user] about grub

2007-07-05 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Donnerstag, 5. Juli 2007 schrieb ext Dominik Żyła: > 2007/7/5, Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Am Donnerstag, 5. Juli 2007 schrieb ext Dominik Żyła: > > > Hi, > > > [14:01] concubine:~ $ ll /boot/grub/menu.lst > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 gru 14 2005 /boot/grub/menu.lst -> > > > grub.

Re: [gentoo-user] Monitor recognition at boot time

2007-07-05 Thread Aleksandar L. Dimitrov
> What I do is maintain two xorg.conf files: xorg.conf.home & xorg.conf.work. Hm... that's what I wanted to avoid, since it's usually a PITA to maintain multiple instances of a config (I'm already doing this with sendmail...). > Then I do not start X during startup. Instead I log into the consol

Re: [gentoo-user] about grub

2007-07-05 Thread Dominik Żyła
2007/7/5, Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Am Donnerstag, 5. Juli 2007 schrieb ext Dominik Żyła: > Hi, > [14:01] concubine:~ $ ll /boot/grub/menu.lst > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 gru 14 2005 /boot/grub/menu.lst -> grub.conf > [14:01] concubine:~ $ So what? Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinr

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is Gentoo Healthy? (The Return)

2007-07-05 Thread Colleen Beamer
Thufir wrote: > On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:40:10 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > >> Try doing that with >> RPMs. > > Generally, works fine with YUM. I expect that yum and portage are about > the same, and end result differences on dependencies are more due redhat/ > fedora using multiple "repo's" for l

Re: [gentoo-user] about grub

2007-07-05 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Donnerstag, 5. Juli 2007 schrieb ext Dominik Żyła: > Hi, > [14:01] concubine:~ $ ll /boot/grub/menu.lst > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 gru 14 2005 /boot/grub/menu.lst -> grub.conf > [14:01] concubine:~ $ So what? Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Config

Re: [gentoo-user] about grub

2007-07-05 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Donnerstag, 5. Juli 2007, sain yan wrote: > Hi > On my gentoo box, Useing grub and it work fine! > But I`m NOT find the file menu.lst in /etc and /boot,Why??? > > > and I install another kernel , Then write the file "menu.lst" at > /boot/grub/menu.lst, > But Grub DON`T re

Re: [gentoo-user] about grub

2007-07-05 Thread Paul Waring
On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 07:51:10PM +0800, sain yan wrote: > On my gentoo box, Useing grub and it work fine! > > But I`m NOT find the file menu.lst in /etc and /boot,Why??? The file you want is stored as: /boot/grub/grub.conf on Gentoo systems. You need to edit that file in order

[gentoo-user] about grub

2007-07-05 Thread sain yan
Hi On my gentoo box, Useing grub and it work fine! But I`m NOT find the file menu.lst in /etc and /boot,Why??? and I install another kernel , Then write the file "menu.lst" at /boot/grub/menu.lst, But Grub DON`T read it when booting,Why?? anybody help me? tha

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Beryl, kde and updating

2007-07-05 Thread Novensiles divi Flamen
Thanks for the tip. Turns out it was the newer i810 video driver, which also breaks dual monitor output. I downgraded back to 1.7.4 and normal operation is resumed. Would this be considered a reportable bug in the video driver? - Noven On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 19:24:02 Marc Blumentritt wrote: > Nov

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is Gentoo Healthy? (The Return)

2007-07-05 Thread David Relson
On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 08:37:14 + (UTC) Thufir wrote: > On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:40:10 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > Try doing that with > > RPMs. > > Generally, works fine with YUM. I expect that yum and portage are > about the same, and end result differences on dependencies are more > due re

[gentoo-user] [OT] Storing ssh and gpg keys in USB flash drives

2007-07-05 Thread José González Gómez
Hi there, I would like to store my ssh and gpg keys in my usb flash drive, but I'm not sure what's the best way to do it: If I use vfat so I can also read them from Windows I have two problems: first you must mount your USB key with a 0077 umask, so ssh and gpg doesn't complain about key permiss

[gentoo-user] Re: Beryl, kde and updating

2007-07-05 Thread Marc Blumentritt
Novensiles divi Flamen schrieb: > Since syncing the night before last beryl is no longer diplaying properly. I > get the desktop, I get the cube, and I get window decorations on programs. > But most programs display absolutely nothing inside the window decorations, > and a few other programs (ie

Re: [gentoo-user] New kernel does not boot up on remote host

2007-07-05 Thread Galevsky
Many thanks for you suggestion. I tried a boot with no fall back, but nothing added neither to boot.log nor to dmesg. I am sure to target the right kernel image with no typo into grub.conf . This new kernel is a =xen-sources-2.6.16.49, and I configured it making an oldconfig based on current =gent

Re: [gentoo-user] Mailman wont start

2007-07-05 Thread Johannes Skov Frandsen
Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote: >> Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote: >> >>> mailman # /etc/init.d/mailman start * Starting mailman ... [ !! ] >>> >>> Obliviously something did not went as plan, but I can't seem to find >>> anything in the log files (/var/log/mail.*). Am I looking the wrong pla

[gentoo-user] Re: problem emerging gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.16.3-r1 - SOLVED

2007-07-05 Thread Alexander Skwar
Stefán István <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But I think that maybe it is a bug in the portage. This package > (gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.16.3-r1) should be dependent from > automake-1.9.6-r2. If you think so, go to bugzilla and check, if that issue has been filed already. If not, go ahead and create

Re: [gentoo-user] problem emerging gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.16.3-r1 - SOLVED

2007-07-05 Thread Stefán István
szerda 04 július 2007 15.26 dátummal Stefán István ezt írta: > Hello! > > I got the following error: > > * Failed Running automake ! > * > * Include in your bugreport the contents of: > * > * /var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.16.3-r1/temp/automake-24490.out > > > !!! ERROR: gnome

Re: [gentoo-user] problem emerging gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.16.3-r1

2007-07-05 Thread Stefán István
csütörtök 05 július 2007 03.04 dátummal Rumen Yotov ezt írta: > On (04/07/07 15:26) Stefán István wrote: > > Hello! > > > > I got the following error: > > > > * Failed Running automake ! > > * > > * Include in your bugreport the contents of: > > * > > * /var/tmp/portage/gnome-base/gnome

[gentoo-user] Re: Is Gentoo Healthy? (The Return)

2007-07-05 Thread Thufir
On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:40:10 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > Try doing that with > RPMs. Generally, works fine with YUM. I expect that yum and portage are about the same, and end result differences on dependencies are more due redhat/ fedora using multiple "repo's" for liability/policy reasons, not

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo Healthy? (The Return)

2007-07-05 Thread Kent Fredric
On 7/5/07, Paul Waring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 09:40:10PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > emerge is along the same lines. "make menuconfig" is the limits of my > expertise. I remember "RPM hell" with Redhat linux, trying to find an > RPM package for a program I wanted,

Re: [gentoo-user] Mailman wont start

2007-07-05 Thread Johannes Skov Frandsen
>Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote: >> mailman # /etc/init.d/mailman start * Starting mailman ... [ !! ] >> >> Obliviously something did not went as plan, but I can't seem to find >> anything in the log files (/var/log/mail.*). Am I looking the wrong place? >> >> If not where should I look? > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo Healthy? (The Return)

2007-07-05 Thread Paul Waring
On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 09:40:10PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > emerge is along the same lines. "make menuconfig" is the limits of my > expertise. I remember "RPM hell" with Redhat linux, trying to find an > RPM package for a program I wanted, where the developer hadn't linked it > against a bun