Re: [gentoo-user] Usign ansible

2015-01-11 Thread Tomas Mozes
On 2015-01-11 22:06, Alan McKinnon wrote: Out of curiosity, "ansible-controlled files, sysadmin-controlled files" means that something is managed via ansible and something is done manually? Yes Then it's clear why /etc is in git. Ideally one would not make manual changes to systems managed

[gentoo-user] cannot emerge dev-qt/qtcore, undefined reference to `__stack_chk_fail'

2015-01-11 Thread Justin Findlay
I am having a problem emerging dev-qt/qtcore that I have been unable to solve myself yet. The system is amd64 and I have ABI_X86='32 64' so that pipelight will work. I think the error is coming from somewhere within glibc's multilib compatability. # ebuild $(equery which qtcore) merge d>>> Ex

[gentoo-user] Re: Firefox bookmarks

2015-01-11 Thread »Q«
On Sun, 11 Jan 2015 03:21:08 -0500 "Walter Dnes" wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 12:10:33AM -0500, Philip Webb wrote > > Can anyone tell me where Firefox stores its bookmarks ? > > I want to copy the bookmarks from my Gentoo system to another > > system ; I've tried copying .cache/mozilla & .

Re: [gentoo-user] Is it wrong to install a specific version

2015-01-11 Thread Sid S
A package set is just a list of packages in a file under /etc/portage/sets. You can operate on every package in the set at once. https://dev.gentoo.org/~zmedico/portage/doc/ch02.html If you merged the packages by version they won't be automatically updated. This includes the case where they are p

[gentoo-user] restoring master boot record

2015-01-11 Thread Philip Webb
I'm trying to be prepared in case my SSD fails. If it did, I would buy a replacement & use my sync'ed copy of system files to restore the Gentoo system without needing to re-install it. One question, if anyone can help : in order to have a working system, I think I'ld need to rewrite the master bo

Re: [gentoo-user] Is it wrong to install a specific version

2015-01-11 Thread behrouz khosravi
> > > > I would edit your world file with a text editor and remove these packages. > They will still remain on your system, and they will still fulfil the > Plasma's dependencies. > > I didn't know that is possible. Thanks for this tip.

Re: [gentoo-user] pdf viewer

2015-01-11 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 01:21:19PM +0100, lee wrote > "Walter Dnes" writes: > > > Assuming you've already got "Content Type" "PDF file" in the list, > > click on the icon beside "emacsclient" in the "Action" column. This > > opens a dropdown menu. Click on "Use other..." and navigate to > > /

[gentoo-user] OT: Amplifier to connect to network

2015-01-11 Thread Joseph
I'm looking for a solution to stream music in a home from my Gentoo box. I have speaker wire inside wall (CL3 14AWG) going from each room to a central location in a basement. I was thinking to utilize these wires and put an amplifier in the basement where I could connect all the speakers to.

Re: [gentoo-user] Is it wrong to install a specific version

2015-01-11 Thread Stroller
On Sun, 11 January 2015, at 2:26 am, behrouz khosravi wrote: > > After that I … installed all of the required qt5 packages from qt-5.4.0 one > by one and using the specific version. > After that I did the same with qt-framework packages and so on. This is fine, if you use `emerge -1`. That in

Re: [gentoo-user] Usign ansible

2015-01-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 11/01/2015 19:41, Tomas Mozes wrote: > On 2015-01-11 09:22, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 11/01/2015 09:46, Tomas Mozes wrote: >>> On 2015-01-10 23:11, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 10/01/2015 21:40, Tomas Mozes wrote: > Ansible is a not a backup solution. You don't need to download yo

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2015-01-11 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 1:42 PM, lee wrote: > Rich Freeman writes: >> >> Generally you do backup at the filesystem layer, not at the volume >> management layer. LVM just manages a big array of disk blocks. It >> has no concept of files. > > That may require downtime while the idea of taking sna

Re: [gentoo-user] fail2ban: You have to create an init script for each container ...

2015-01-11 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 1:47 PM, lee wrote: > > Same here, so why does fail2ban get involved with containers? > Seems like there are three options here. 1. Run fail2ban on the host and have it look into the containers, monitor their logs, and add host iptables rules to block connections. 2. Run f

Re: [gentoo-user] fail2ban: You have to create an init script for each container ...

2015-01-11 Thread lee
Rich Freeman writes: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 10:48 AM, lee wrote: >>> >>> I don't want to run fail2ban in the container because the container must >>> not mess with the firewall settings of the host. If a container can do >>> that, then what's the point of having containers in the first place

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2015-01-11 Thread lee
Rich Freeman writes: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 8:14 AM, lee wrote: >> Rich Freeman writes: >>> >>> Doing backups with dd isn't terribly practical, but it is completely >>> safe if done correctly. The LV would need to be the same size or >>> larger, or else your filesystem will be truncated. >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Usign ansible

2015-01-11 Thread Tomas Mozes
On 2015-01-11 09:22, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 11/01/2015 09:46, Tomas Mozes wrote: On 2015-01-10 23:11, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 10/01/2015 21:40, Tomas Mozes wrote: Ansible is a not a backup solution. You don't need to download your /etc from the machines because you deploy your /etc to machi

Re: [gentoo-user] fail2ban: You have to create an init script for each container ...

2015-01-11 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 10:48 AM, lee wrote: >> >> I don't want to run fail2ban in the container because the container must >> not mess with the firewall settings of the host. If a container can do >> that, then what's the point of having containers in the first place? >> I've never used the LXC

Re: [gentoo-user] Usign ansible

2015-01-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 11/01/2015 17:12, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > And at keeping /etc in git: > > So far I made it a habit to do that on customer servers. Keeping track > of changes is a good thing and helpful. I still wonder how to centralize > this as I would like to have these, let's call them "profiles" in

Re: [gentoo-user] Usign ansible

2015-01-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 11/01/2015 14:25, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 3:22 AM, Alan McKinnon > wrote: >> The reason I'm recommending to keep all of /etc in it's own repo is that >> it's the simplest way to do it. /etc/ is a large mixture of >> ansible-controlled files, sysadmin-controlled files, and

Re: [gentoo-user] fail2ban: You have to create an init script for each container ...

2015-01-11 Thread lee
see https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536320 lee writes: > Hi, > > I'm trying to get fail2ban to work on the host and keep getting error > messages like: > > > , > | Jan 08 21:13:04 [/etc/init.d/fail2ban] You have to create an init script > for each container: > | Jan 08 21:13:04 [/

Re: [gentoo-user] Usign ansible

2015-01-11 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 11.01.2015 um 13:25 schrieb Rich Freeman: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 3:22 AM, Alan McKinnon > wrote: >> The reason I'm recommending to keep all of /etc in it's own repo is that >> it's the simplest way to do it. /etc/ is a large mixture of >> ansible-controlled files, sysadmin-controlled files,

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2015-01-11 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 8:14 AM, lee wrote: > Rich Freeman writes: >> >> Doing backups with dd isn't terribly practical, but it is completely >> safe if done correctly. The LV would need to be the same size or >> larger, or else your filesystem will be truncated. > > Yes, my impression is that i

Re: [gentoo-user] pdf viewer

2015-01-11 Thread lee
Andrew Savchenko writes: > On Sat, 10 Jan 2015 19:25:54 +0100 lee wrote: >> Andrew Savchenko writes: >> >> > On Fri, 09 Jan 2015 20:49:56 +0100 lee wrote: >> >> Andrew Savchenko writes: >> >> >> >> > When I need something simple (e.g. to read pdf books) I use mupdf. >> >> >> >> How did you g

Re: [gentoo-user] pdf viewer

2015-01-11 Thread lee
"Walter Dnes" writes: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 07:25:54PM +0100, lee wrote >> Andrew Savchenko writes: >> >> > 1) Configure your handlers in seamonkey. >> >> How? > > I've got Seamonkey 2.31. Go to > Edit ==> Preferences ==> Category;Browser ==> Helper Aplications > > Assuming you've alr

Re: [gentoo-user] alternative to dvbcut

2015-01-11 Thread lee
Neil Bothwick writes: > On Sat, 10 Jan 2015 19:38:36 +0100, lee wrote: > >> since dvbcut isn't available in Gentoo and doesn't compile either, >> what's the alternative? > > avidemux I tried that some time ago and found it unable to keep the sound in sync. dvbcut works great to remove commercia

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2015-01-11 Thread lee
Rich Freeman writes: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 1:22 PM, lee wrote: >> Rich Freeman writes: >>> >>> You can dd from a logical volume into a file, and from a file into a >>> logical volume. You won't destroy the volume group unless you do >>> something dumb like trying to copy it directly onto a

Re: [gentoo-user] Usign ansible

2015-01-11 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 3:22 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > The reason I'm recommending to keep all of /etc in it's own repo is that > it's the simplest way to do it. /etc/ is a large mixture of > ansible-controlled files, sysadmin-controlled files, and other arbitrary > files installed by the package

Re: [gentoo-user] alternative to dvbcut

2015-01-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 10 Jan 2015 19:38:36 +0100, lee wrote: > since dvbcut isn't available in Gentoo and doesn't compile either, > what's the alternative? avidemux -- Neil Bothwick There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants; and the other is getting it. - Oscar Wilde (1854-190

Re: [gentoo-user] alternative to dvbcut

2015-01-11 Thread Matti Nykyri
> On Jan 10, 2015, at 20:38, lee wrote: > > Hi, > > since dvbcut isn't available in Gentoo and doesn't compile either, > what's the alternative? Well I would use ffmpeg. Dvbcut is just a frontend for ffmpeg. Ffmpeg is a true swiss army knife for any video manipulation... You can do almost anyt

Re: [gentoo-user] Usign ansible

2015-01-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 11/01/2015 09:46, Tomas Mozes wrote: > On 2015-01-10 23:11, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 10/01/2015 21:40, Tomas Mozes wrote: >> >> >>> Ansible is a not a backup solution. You don't need to download your /etc >>> from the machines because you deploy your /etc to machines via ansible. >>> >>> I was

Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox bookmarks

2015-01-11 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 12:10:33AM -0500, Philip Webb wrote > Can anyone tell me where Firefox stores its bookmarks ? > I want to copy the bookmarks from my Gentoo system to another system ; > I've tried copying .cache/mozilla & .mozilla , > but it has no effect on the bookmarks shown by Firefox