Re: [gentoo-user] Applying patches without needing overlays and modifying ebuilds

2009-05-16 Thread Saphirus Sage
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Does anyone think that a mechanism of applying patches to a package > without the need to modify the ebuild of that package would be a > useful feature? There are cases of useful patches that are not > accepted by the maintainers of the ebuild (because they have not been

[gentoo-user] Applying patches without needing overlays and modifying ebuilds

2009-05-16 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Does anyone think that a mechanism of applying patches to a package without the need to modify the ebuild of that package would be a useful feature? There are cases of useful patches that are not accepted by the maintainers of the ebuild (because they have not been accepted upstream or other r

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: New xorg.conf with x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5

2009-05-16 Thread pk
Alan McKinnon wrote: > As I see it, at the bottom of the stack you have a kernel and at the top a > user space app (the X server will do for an example). Plug in a USB device > that the app can use, and the kernel needs to make a node in /dev for it if > it's not already there. The kernel shoul

Re: [gentoo-user] How to IPSEC "M$oft" VPN client setup

2009-05-16 Thread Mick
Thanks Graham, On Saturday 16 May 2009, Graham Murray wrote: > Here are some samples. > > /etc/racoon/racoon.conf > /etc/racoon/psk.txt > /etc/ipsec.conf Do I need a /etc/setkey.conf file? How do I create it? When I run '/etc/init.d/racoon start' this is what I get: =

Re: [gentoo-user] One of my cores sometimes sleeps

2009-05-16 Thread Alex Schuster
Roy Wright writes: > Alex Schuster wrote: [temporary freezes] > I replaced my media lan's router the other day with a > gentoo+dnsmasq+shorewall homebrew and hit this behavior. My observation > is that they freeze when you loose internet connection. Two quick > tests: 1) pull you internet cable

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Copying encrypted files from a DVD

2009-05-16 Thread Joerg Schilling
Stroller wrote: > > On 16 May 2009, at 19:00, Joerg Schilling wrote: > >>> ... > >>> There are still a lot of DVD-Video media that don't use CSS. > >> > >> I have certainly cloned region-protected DVDs on a number of > >> occasions > >> using `dd`. These disks have given no read errors, and the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Copying encrypted files from a DVD

2009-05-16 Thread Stroller
On 16 May 2009, at 19:00, Joerg Schilling wrote: ... There are still a lot of DVD-Video media that don't use CSS. I have certainly cloned region-protected DVDs on a number of occasions using `dd`. These disks have given no read errors, and the subsequent encrypted .iso image has produced pe

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: New xorg.conf with x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5

2009-05-16 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 16 May 2009 19:14:17 pk wrote: > >> Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >>> I'm not sure who's criticizing DeviceKit, but it isn't me :-) >>> >> I guess it was me... :-) >> >> I find this thread interesting: >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2009-Ma

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Copying encrypted files from a DVD

2009-05-16 Thread Joerg Schilling
Stroller wrote: > On 16 May 2009, at 17:46, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > ... > >> Certainly I have copied disks using `dd` a number of times, PRIOR to > >> decryption / ripping. However I cannot state the drives' status for > >> sure - most of mine have region-free firmware applied as soon as I >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: New xorg.conf with x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5

2009-05-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 16 May 2009 19:14:17 pk wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > I'm not sure who's criticizing DeviceKit, but it isn't me :-) > > I guess it was me... :-) > > I find this thread interesting: > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2009-May/045561.html > > ...especially this: > http://lis

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: New xorg.conf with x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5

2009-05-16 Thread pk
Alan McKinnon wrote: > I'm not sure who's criticizing DeviceKit, but it isn't me :-) I guess it was me... :-) I find this thread interesting: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2009-May/045561.html ...especially this: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2009-May/045574.html Which

Re: [gentoo-user] How to IPSEC "M$oft" VPN client setup

2009-05-16 Thread Graham Murray
Mick writes: > Any progress with this guys? I am also trying to get something running > between a router and my laptop (using kvnc) but I am failing with this error: Here are some samples. /etc/racoon/racoon.conf path pre_shared_key "/etc/racoon/psk.txt"; remote anonymous { exchange_

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with compiling kernel

2009-05-16 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 12 May 2009, Marc Blumentritt wrote: > Arnau Bria schrieb: > >> hive linux # make && make modules_install && make > > > > just one question about your compiling command, why make && ... && make? > > I just do make all && make modules_install ... > > I used this command only to show the p

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Copying encrypted files from a DVD

2009-05-16 Thread Stroller
On 16 May 2009, at 17:46, Joerg Schilling wrote: ... Certainly I have copied disks using `dd` a number of times, PRIOR to decryption / ripping. However I cannot state the drives' status for sure - most of mine have region-free firmware applied as soon as I get them. There are still a lot o

Re: [gentoo-user] help needed to connect wifi on eeeSTOKED!

2009-05-16 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Sat, 16 May 2009 09:28:47 -0700 (PDT) maxim wexler wrote: > > I've been running mine for over a year, using ~x86 so > > using ~x86? As a USE flag, in package.keywords, ACCEPT_KEYWORDS...? Must be ACCEPT_KEYWORDS for emerge since it's none too practical to set it for every package in .keyword

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/sr0 has disappeared: big mystery

2009-05-16 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag, 16. Mai 2009 18:38:26 schrieb Dirk Heinrichs: > > CONFIG_HAVE_IDE=y > > Useless. Hmm, seems to be selected automatically, thus not that useless ;) However, I can't even find it in menuconfig. Bye... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] * Boot (initramfs) .. does not continue

2009-05-16 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Sat, 16 May 2009 16:01:10 +0200 Maximilian Bräutigam wrote: > all of your mentioned options are enabled (since genkernel and me did > it). > > i copied all data to another partition /dev/sdb9 and disabled initrd. by > the way, i think that initrd was running, because all the scans after > exe

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Copying encrypted files from a DVD

2009-05-16 Thread Joerg Schilling
Stroller wrote: > > On 16 May 2009, at 17:20, Joerg Schilling wrote: > >> ... > >> It WILL make an exact copy of the DVD onto the drive (assuming DVD > >> video, and no ARccOS [1]), it will just be an exact copy of the > >> *encrypted* movie. It won't be playable without an additional > >> decryp

[gentoo-user] Re: Copying encrypted files from a DVD

2009-05-16 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-05-16, Joerg Schilling wrote: >> It WILL make an exact copy of the DVD onto the drive (assuming DVD >> video, and no ARccOS [1]), it will just be an exact copy of the >> *encrypted* movie. It won't be playable without an additional >> decryption step (although mplayer can include th

[gentoo-user] Re: Copying encrypted files from a DVD

2009-05-16 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-05-16, Stroller wrote: > > On 16 May 2009, at 16:56, Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2009-05-16, Stroller wrote: > Why don't you use the (very old, but still effective) dd [1] > command to create an ISO image? ... >> I've tried it numerous times, and it's never worked for me.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Copying encrypted files from a DVD

2009-05-16 Thread Stroller
On 16 May 2009, at 17:20, Joerg Schilling wrote: ... It WILL make an exact copy of the DVD onto the drive (assuming DVD video, and no ARccOS [1]), it will just be an exact copy of the *encrypted* movie. It won't be playable without an additional decryption step (although mplayer can include this

Re: [gentoo-user] How to IPSEC "M$oft" VPN client setup

2009-05-16 Thread Mick
On Monday 11 May 2009, Michael Higgins wrote: > On Tue, 05 May 2009 17:49:06 +0100 > > Graham Murray wrote: > > Michael Higgins writes: > > > Is there a useful Gentoo document anyone might suggest describing > > > how one *connects to* a VPN device of the 'Microsoft' flavour "with > > > IPSEC"? >

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/sr0 has disappeared: big mystery

2009-05-16 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag, 16. Mai 2009 11:55:18 schrieb Philip Webb: > 090516 Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > Please post your kernel config. Please post it completely, > > best together with output from "lspci -v" when booted into the LiveCD. > > I have got 2.6.25 to work again after enabling 'evdev' evdev is compl

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: New xorg.conf with x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5

2009-05-16 Thread Mick
On Friday 15 May 2009, Tony Davison wrote: > On Tuesday 07 April 2009 12:25:07 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Tuesday 07 April 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > Is so OBVIOUSLY the correct way to go, and so OBVIOUSLY much easier. > > > Right? I mean, what kind of twit do you have to be to not un

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Copying encrypted files from a DVD

2009-05-16 Thread Stroller
On 16 May 2009, at 16:56, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2009-05-16, Stroller wrote: Why don't you use the (very old, but still effective) dd [1] command to create an ISO image? ... I've tried it numerous times, and it's never worked for me. It WILL make an exact copy of the DVD onto the drive

Re: [gentoo-user] help needed to connect wifi on eeeSTOKED!

2009-05-16 Thread maxim wexler
> I've been running mine for over a year, using ~x86 so using ~x86? As a USE flag, in package.keywords, ACCEPT_KEYWORDS...? mw __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Do

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Copying encrypted files from a DVD

2009-05-16 Thread Joerg Schilling
Stroller wrote: > > On 16 May 2009, at 15:56, Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2009-05-16, Ricardo Bevilacqua wrote: > > > >> Why don't you use the (very old, but still effective) dd [1] > >> command to create an ISO image? > > > > Because it won't work. > > > > Have you tried it with an encrypted DV

[gentoo-user] Re: Copying encrypted files from a DVD

2009-05-16 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-05-16, Stroller wrote: > > On 16 May 2009, at 15:56, Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2009-05-16, Ricardo Bevilacqua wrote: >> >>> Why don't you use the (very old, but still effective) dd [1] >>> command to create an ISO image? >> >> Because it won't work. >> >> Have you tried it with an encryp

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Copying encrypted files from a DVD

2009-05-16 Thread Stroller
On 16 May 2009, at 15:56, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2009-05-16, Ricardo Bevilacqua wrote: Why don't you use the (very old, but still effective) dd [1] command to create an ISO image? Because it won't work. Have you tried it with an encrypted DVD? It'll work fine & I do it all the time befo

[gentoo-user] Re: Copying encrypted files from a DVD

2009-05-16 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-05-16, Ricardo Bevilacqua wrote: > Why don't you use the (very old, but still effective) dd [1] > command to create an ISO image? Because it won't work. Have you tried it with an encrypted DVD? > dd if=/dev/ of=/bakup.iso bs=2048 > conv=sync,notrunc > > That will make an exact copy of

Re: [gentoo-user] * Boot (initramfs) .. does not continue

2009-05-16 Thread Maximilian Bräutigam
Am Samstag, den 16.05.2009, 18:09 +0600 schrieb Mike Kazantsev: > On Sat, 16 May 2009 13:33:04 +0200 > Maximilian Bräutigam wrote: > > > could you please tell me, where to find these options in menuconfig, > > because if i'm compiling my kernel i use: > > genkernel --menuconfig all > > > > if yo

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying encrypted files from a DVD

2009-05-16 Thread Grant
>> I'd like to back up the files on my DVD-Audio discs.  The files are >> encrypted and I don't want to decrypt them, I just want to back them >> up.  I'm getting I/O errors when I try to cp the files, and I'm >> guessing it's because of the encryption.  Does anyone know of a method >> that would b

Re: [gentoo-user] * Boot (initramfs) .. does not continue

2009-05-16 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Sat, 16 May 2009 13:33:04 +0200 Maximilian Bräutigam wrote: > could you please tell me, where to find these options in menuconfig, > because if i'm compiling my kernel i use: > genkernel --menuconfig all > > if you are thinking of the options in > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86+raid

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: * Boot (initramfs) .. does not continue

2009-05-16 Thread Maximilian Bräutigam
Am Samstag, den 16.05.2009, 13:44 +0200 schrieb Remy Blank: > Maximilian Bräutigam wrote: > > by the way, if i'm booting w/o the initrd, i get a kernel panic because > > he is not able to mount/find the raid system -- something with > > "superblock not found". > > I assume you have set the partiti

[gentoo-user] Re: * Boot (initramfs) .. does not continue

2009-05-16 Thread Remy Blank
Maximilian Bräutigam wrote: > by the way, if i'm booting w/o the initrd, i get a kernel panic because > he is not able to mount/find the raid system -- something with > "superblock not found". I assume you have set the partition type of your RAID components to "fd" (RAID autodetect)? -- Remy s

Re: [gentoo-user] * Boot (initramfs) .. does not continue

2009-05-16 Thread Maximilian Bräutigam
Am Samstag, den 16.05.2009, 16:23 +0600 schrieb Mike Kazantsev: > On Sat, 16 May 2009 12:11:59 +0200 > Maximilian Bräutigam wrote: > > > on my new computer i recently installed gentoo using a raid1 > > of /dev/sda6 and /dev/sdb6. i'm using genkernel with nearly standard > > config (except the con

[gentoo-user] Re: Copying encrypted files from a DVD

2009-05-16 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Joerg Schilling wrote: Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Grant wrote: I'd like to back up the files on my DVD-Audio discs. The files are encrypted and I don't want to decrypt them, I just want to back them up. I'm getting I/O errors when I try to cp the files, and I'm guessing it's because of the en

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Copying encrypted files from a DVD

2009-05-16 Thread Joerg Schilling
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Grant wrote: > > I'd like to back up the files on my DVD-Audio discs. The files are > > encrypted and I don't want to decrypt them, I just want to back them > > up. I'm getting I/O errors when I try to cp the files, and I'm > > guessing it's because of the encryption.

Re: [gentoo-user] * Boot (initramfs) .. does not continue

2009-05-16 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Sat, 16 May 2009 12:11:59 +0200 Maximilian Bräutigam wrote: > on my new computer i recently installed gentoo using a raid1 > of /dev/sda6 and /dev/sdb6. i'm using genkernel with nearly standard > config (except the configs regarding raid and power management) and my > grub ist configured as u

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/sr0 has disappeared: kernel bug ?

2009-05-16 Thread Philip Webb
Further to my earlier report, I have got 2.6.25 to work again after enabling 'evdev' & have just successfully written System Rescue 1.2.0 using it. I also compiled 2.6.29-r4 -- the latest in Gentoo testing -- & enabled the alternative IDE mode without anything changing. I also recompiled Udev Dbus

Re: [gentoo-user] * Boot (initramfs) .. does not continue

2009-05-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 16 Mai 2009, Maximilian Bräutigam wrote: > Hi all, > > on my new computer i recently installed gentoo using a raid1 > of /dev/sda6 and /dev/sdb6. i'm using genkernel with nearly standard > config (except the configs regarding raid and power management) and my > grub ist configured as u s

[gentoo-user] * Boot (initramfs) .. does not continue

2009-05-16 Thread Maximilian Bräutigam
Hi all, on my new computer i recently installed gentoo using a raid1 of /dev/sda6 and /dev/sdb6. i'm using genkernel with nearly standard config (except the configs regarding raid and power management) and my grub ist configured as u see below: title Gentoo Linux x86_64-2.6.28-5 (fb) ro

Re: [gentoo-user] help needed to connect wifi on eeeSTOKED!

2009-05-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 15 May 2009 20:28:02 -0700 (PDT), maxim wexler wrote: > Yes, very much so. I understand there are issues with too many > read/write cycles on the SSHD. An SSD is not the same as a USB stick. They have wear levelling to avoid this problem. > Up to now I've re-jiggered the kernel at > leas

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/sr0 has disappeared: big mystery

2009-05-16 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag, 16. Mai 2009 08:56:38 schrieb Dirk Heinrichs: > Am Samstag, 16. Mai 2009 01:11:53 schrieb Philip Webb: > > 090515 Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > > Am Freitag, 15. Mai 2009 11:00:59 schrieb Philip Webb: > > >> For the 1st time in 2 months, I went to write a CD & discovered > > >> that /dev/s