https://www.qualys.com/research/security-advisories/GHOST-CVE-2015-0235.txt
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 08:53:59PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 10/07/2014 20:11, List Reader wrote:
> > Okay, I see. Thank you so much. Soo so much. I thought I was going round
> > the twist, or hopelesly ignorant. I couln't understand why emerge didn't
> >
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 09:01:51PM +, James wrote:
> Stroller stellar.eclipse.co.uk> writes:
>
>
> > Perhaps someone else can explain?
> >
> > Does this mean OP should have no other version of Python on his system,
> but 3.4.x?
> >
> > Stroller.
>
> I believe this thread (prolly) explains
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 05:31:51PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 10/07/2014 13:51, Stroller wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 10 July 2014, at 4:11 am, List Reader
> > wrote:
> >> ...
> >> What does it mean to satisfy >=dev-python/chardet-2.2.1?
> &g
On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 03:14:51PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 09/07/2014 09:54, List Reader wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 01:18:27AM -0400, Dan O. wrote:
> >> I don't believe you pasted everything you meant to. That paste doesn't
> >> show w
On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 12:02:38PM +0100, Stroller wrote:
>
> On Wed, 9 July 2014, at 6:14 am, List Reader wrote:
>
> > Hello again kind friends, I'm not sure how to resolve the requirements
> > for merging media-gfx/blender-2.71
> >
> > emerge -pvf media-
On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 12:02:38PM +0100, Stroller wrote:
>
> On Wed, 9 July 2014, at 6:14 am, List Reader wrote:
>
> > Hello again kind friends, I'm not sure how to resolve the requirements
> > for merging media-gfx/blender-2.71
> >
> > emerge -pvf media-
On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 01:18:27AM -0400, Dan O. wrote:
> I don't believe you pasted everything you meant to. That paste doesn't
> show what packages would need to be emerged.
>
> --
> Dan Oriani
> redchops.com
> (Website forever under construction)
>
>
On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 01:18:27AM -0400, Dan O. wrote:
> I don't believe you pasted everything you meant to. That paste doesn't
> show what packages would need to be emerged.
>
> --
> Dan Oriani
> redchops.com
> (Website forever under construction)
>
>
Hello again kind friends, I'm not sure how to resolve the requirements
for merging media-gfx/blender-2.71
emerge -pvf media-gfx/blender
http://bpaste.net/show/447617/
The reqired ebuilds seem to be in portage, but emerge says the're not
available. Any insight would be grearly apreciated.
Kind re
On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 09:21:38AM +0300, Samuli Suominen wrote:
>
> On 08/07/14 09:23, List Reader wrote:
> > Hello, I don't fully understand this packages use flag constraints.
> >
> > emerge -pqv =media-gfx/blender-2.71
> > http://bpaste.net/show/44509
Hello, I don't fully understand this packages use flag constraints.
emerge -pqv =media-gfx/blender-2.71
http://bpaste.net/show/445090/
emerge --info =media-gfx/blender-2.71
http://bpaste.net/show/445091/
I have keyworded =dev-lang/python-3.4.0 in package.accept_keywords, but
python_targets_pytho
On Tue, Jul 01, 2014 at 10:50:28PM -0700, Bryan Gardiner wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Jul 2014 11:30:33 +1000
> List Reader wrote:
>
> > Hi! I have been trying to install media-gfx/freecad for a while, but I
> > can't understand the build log.
> >
> > emerge -pqv =m
Whoops! Sorry! My first message('s :)) with mutt. Ahem! Thank you.
Hi! I have been trying to install media-gfx/freecad for a while, but I
can't understand the build log.
emerge -pqv =media-gfx/freecad-0.13.1830-r1
http://bpaste.net/show/426786/
emerge --info =media-gfx/freecad-0.13.1830-r1
http://bpaste.net/show/426793/
cat /var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/freecad-0.
Hi! I have been trying to install media-gfx/freecad for a while, but I
can't understand the build log.
emerge -pqv =media-gfx/freecad-0.13.1830-r1
http://bpaste.net/show/426786/
emerge --info =media-gfx/freecad-0.13.1830-r1
http://bpaste.net/show/426793/
cat /var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/freecad-0.
Stroller writes:
> However the "from: " address is strol...@host.long.domain, which I
> feel is a little untidy.
Hopefully you use sendmail as mta. If so either, Masquerading or
generics table can rewrite in or out going mail far as from field.
I'm familiar only with sendmail and masquerading.
Alan McKinnon writes:
>> I notice that the size part is on its own line which may be the issue.
>
> That will rotate his log when it gets to 100k, and only when it gets to 100k.
> The OP wants to rotate when either the log file is a certain size, or every
> week, whichever comes first.
>
> Logro
rea...@newsguy.com writes:
> Just for you own info in case you ever want to do it not that
> wasn't why it didn't work.
Jesus... I'm getting more illiterate as time goes on.
Should say:
Just for [your] own info in case you ever want to do it... [No], that
wasn't why it didn' work.
"John P. Burkett" writes:
> Suggestions for recovering the old "10x20" font would be appreciated.
I had the same problem but was able to view from an old backup of var
in a previous OS install what was installed.
It showed 38 packages I'd also like to know what specific fonts
are in which p
How can user learn the exact fonts contained in the various font
package offered in portage without actually installing them?
Even after installing, unless you have something like xlsfonts
installed you still won't be able to tell.
equery files
Gives a list of the files installed but the naming
Nikos Chantziaras writes:
> It doesn't seem you followed the instructions correctly. I don't know
> if that's the cause of the problem, but the instructions said:
>
> echo "-${MYHOST}-">localversion1
>
> but you seem to have used:
>
> echo "_${MYHOST}_">localversion1
>
> instead.
Just for y
Dirk Heinrichs writes:
>> I like to use that and put `-$MYHOST' as string. I wondered if there
>> is any way to set a numericly incrementing string. Maybe some trick
>> syntax that can go in that spot?
>
> The build system does that automatically as long as you don't "make
> mrproper",
> see
In the first section during a `makeconfig' session, there is a line
(the second one) that says:
Local Version - append to kernel release
I like to use that and put `-$MYHOST' as string. I wondered if there
is any way to set a numericly incrementing string. Maybe some trick
syntax that can go
I tried to install hwinfo today and failed with the latest
~hwinfo-14.19. I couldn't make anything usefull of the failure
message so backed off to the stable version 13.28. I got the same
failure so wondering if anyone can make sense of the (partial)
output below.
Does it mean this file is missi
Paul Hartman writes:
> I'm ashamed to admit I made the most basic mistake. I compiled uvesafb
> as a module. Oops! Compiled it as "Y" instead of "M" and now I have a
> pair of Tux sitting atop my kernel boot screen and no more 80x25
> horror. :)
Is there some difference in uvesafb and vesafb? I
Can anyone tell from the tail of this build failure if the problem is
related at all to gentoo, maybe use flags or such. Or if it is a
problem with the emacs-cvs code itself.
I know they are having problems... as reported on the emacs devel list
with `make bootstrap' but I'm not smart enough to
Sorry to include so much of the last of emerge output on an update of
mysql but not so easy to see what the real problem is.
Maybe someone here will recognize it:
Following and emerge -vuD world... at mysql:
Tail of mysql build:
[...]
../../././bdb/dist/../mutex/mut_pthread.c:66: error: expected
Is there any way to speed up the du command? I mean short of having
cron run it on target directories and store results. (not really
speeding up but at least not having to wait for a result)
I've seen various mention of du being slow but don't recall any
mentions of how to speed it up.
I use Re
"Andrés Becerra Sandoval" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Probably you didn't etc-updated your system. My box is working
> correctly, /etc/init.d/net.lo is the attached file, and net.eth0 is a
> symlink to this file.
Do you mean just update the new .cfg files against installed files?
Apparently I o
After surviving the initial update to openrc I've now found after an
update world that the latest openrc no longer links /etc/init.d/lo to
/lib/rc/sh/net.sh.
In fact /lib/rc/sh/net.sh is completely gone. So I'm left with
several useless symlinks in /etc/init.d and no indication of what they
shou
I'm curious how some-cvs type packages work.
In particular emacs-cvs. I'm running what gentoo tells me is
emacs-23.0..
I have certain font problems that judging by following the emacs-dev
list are now somewhat dealt with in current cvs.
AFter running `emerge --sync' I see that emacs-cvs st
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>> 'xpm' is a graphics format ( X Pix Map, IIRC) so that may be a problem.
>> There is also a USE flag for Xface as well.
>>
>> Try adding '-xpm -xface' to your USE flags.
>
> Well I can report that it wasn't the xpm flag. I haven't tried with
> -xface yet but wouldn't t
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 09:05:30AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Folks.. I'm sorry to repost this under a new subject line... I got no
>> responses on a previous try... Is there someone here who is an emacs
>> user who might see whats going wrong with the emerge?
Folks.. I'm sorry to repost this under a new subject line... I got no
responses on a previous try... Is there someone here who is an emacs
user who might see whats going wrong with the emerge? Or someone how
can just spot something in the error output that provides a clue for
me to dig with.
[EM
Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 17 May 2008, at 16:00, Alexander Meinke wrote:
>
So again, if one wanted to set some use flags differently for layman
packages ... where and how would that be done?
>>> I think that you should use package.use.
>>
>> Yes. According to Strollers po
I want to get emacs-cvs installed on a machine with no X or xorg stuff
installed. I want version 23 for the newly merged multi-tty
functionality. (a way to connect to a running emacs remotely)
When I try to emerge it:
[...]
xfaces.c:(.text+0x42a6): undefined reference to `FONT_WEIGHT_NAME_NUME
Alexander Meinke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> So again, if one wanted to set some use flags differently for layman
>>> packages ... where and how would that be done?
>>
>> I think that you should use package.use.
>
> Yes. According to Strollers post this is done by an package.use file
> in /usr
>> I've just started to use layman tools and wondered if setting such
>> things as /etc/portage/package.use would still be done in that same
>> place and same way?
deface <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> assuming you've got your make.conf setup appropriately, the overlay
> will take precisidence.
>
I've just started to use layman tools and wondered if setting such
things as /etc/portage/package.use would still be done in that same
place and same way?
I want to install an overlay of emacs-cvs but with different use flags
I'm following along with the instruction at:
http://www.enigmacurry.com
James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> # mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev
[...]
> Any of the above steps that are not necessary?
Other have commented about the .../boot stuff but in dozens of times
chrooting during all kinds of install situations I've never done
`mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gento
Justin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> It appears to be, at root, just another snivel about how MS does
>> things with no substance.
>>
>>
> I understand it the other way round. It is not an active knocking on
> your ports, but a passive MS thing. Lots of Chinese bought a new
> computer with an
Following a recent jump from pre openrc to post openrc via emerge -vuD
world, sendmail is now failing to authenticate with my Smart host.
I'll say in advance that I am not interested in switching MTAs for the
inevitable suggestions to switch to a different MTA.
Far as I know nothing has changed w
"Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 May 2008 11:46:26 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> > > Another possibility is that ypou merged them with the --oneshot
>> > > option, or that they were pulled
Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I think you should, as long as nothing system-critical is listed, and
> emerge shouts loudly about removing those.
>
I think your are probably right...
>> For example, one of the listed pkgs is:
>>
>> gnome-base/libgnomeui
>>
>> which equery says `
"Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I guess I don't understand how the system got these packages but
>> appears not to know much about them.
>
> Try adding --with-bdeps y and see if that addresses it. I've got this
> in my make.conf file
It does want to upgrade one of the pkgs with tha
Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, 13 May 2008 07:18:33 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
>
>> > I guess I don't understand how the system got these packages but
>> > appears not to know much about them.
>>
>> Try adding --with-bdeps y and see if that addresses it. I've got this
>> i
Justin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> If so what is the massive chinese interest in icq?
>>
>>
> found this in the net:
>
> http://www.grc.com/port_1026.htm
> http://www.grc.com/port_1027.htm
That doesn't give any analysis of why this port is being hammered by
hundreds, even thousands of IP or
On on a cable provider (comcast).
My router shows a constant hammering from numerious chinese IPs on
port 1027 and 1026.
Its not really apparent what is going on .. looking at the date graph
presented here:
http://isc.sans.org/port.html?port=1027
Other google hits don't say much about it eithe
Has anyone else noticed jwhois queries to have quit working?
I get
root # jwhois 128.111.24.43
[Querying whois.arin.net]
[Error creating socket]
[Unable to connect to remote host]
If I change the default server, still get the same message.
Changing to alpha style notation:
jwhois ftp.u
When running `eix-test-obsolete' after update world and revdep-rebuild
I get a list of 14 pkgs under the heading as listed below.
What does this mean... I'm running ~x86 and have been for yrs so the
ones that show `U' should have gotten updated during ... -vuD world.
root # emerge -vp dev-lang/n
I'm trying to bone up on netfilter, iptables, conntrack etc etc.
Using the howto at:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Iptables_and_stateful_firewalls#Firewall_design_basics
Early on after describing how to generate a netfilter enabled kernel,
the author has this to say:
"If you've already reboote
Where do I learn how to use elog?
googling with `site:gentoo.org elog' only turned up forum
conversations. And bug reports...
Is there no HOWTO about elog?
`man portage' and search on elog shows nothing whatever.
Isn't the elog stuff part of portage?
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Kenneth Prugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> net-analyzer/tcpdump:"-samba"
>> net-analyzer/tcpdump:-samba
>>
>> Neither way appears to have an effect on
>> emerge -vuDNp tcpdump
[...]
> try:
> net-analyzer/tcpdump -samba
It works ... thanks .. I was confused with this info which is
apparently
Akselii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Any tips or tricks for me?
tip # 1: You will get much better results asking something specific
and maybe some details of what yov've tried.
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In man portage I see examples of using package.use
Its listed with address /etc/portage/package.use and shows usage like
this:
some/package:useflag(to add a specific use flag)
I want to subtract a use flag so trying:
(tried with and without quotes just in case the dash (-) was not
a
Albert Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Enterprise WPA or whatever it's called. I haven't been able to log in,
> but a workmate of mine installed a fresh copy of Hardy Heron and it
> worked the first time. I haven't really had the time/interest to figure
> out why it wasn't working on my Ge
Adam Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Do this;
> /etc/init.d/net.eth0 stop
> - verify the interface is down, if its not maybe just 'ifconfig eth0 down' it
> /etc/init.d/net.eth0 zap
> /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start
A reboot cured the problem... It now works like one would expect.
--
gentoo-user
Albert Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> So what is the correct procedure here?
>
> Did you try
>
> # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 zap
It has no effect whatsoever:
root # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 zap
* Manually resetting net.eth0 to stopped state
(In fact it is not stopped I can ping www.gentoo)
After updating to 2008 pkgset after merging openrc I lost the
net.eth0 link.. I see other have seen this and even at least 2 bug
reports but the cure is said to be recreating by hand.
I find that not to work... DETAILS:
First, net.lo is itself a symlink to /lib/rc/sh/net.sh, so I'm
creating a sy
Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> You are expecting autoconf to actually do something sane when it runs???
>
> Har har.
> You must be new here.
hehe... no not new... you'd never know it by the questions I ask but
I've been running linux since redhat 3 series circa 1995-6 or so.
I proba
Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Ctrl-C to kill the emerge and
> rm /var/tmp/portage/sys-fs/.udev-120.portage_lockfile
Egad and how many times have done that in other situations...
I tried emerge -vC udev followed by emerge -v udev
No help
Its just udev-120 that does this.
Before
updating from an old 2006 pkg based install to latest 2008 and have
gotten pretty far along... right now emerging udev in an
emerge -vuDN system
command.
The emerge is hung at:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild U ] sys-fs/udev-120 [087-r1] USE="(-selinux)" 0 kB
Total: 1 pac
I thought I remembered someway to compile a single module after the
fact that didn't involve recompiling everthing... but just now I
entered the usr/src/linux directory and edited .config adding the
sshfs FUSE module.
when I ran `make' I see it grinding thru the whole thing again. Is
that normal
In the middle of doing a major upgrade from very old pkgs to current
2008 and compiling lots and lots of stuff.
Seeing that line `checking for WHATEVER' go by 486,211 times so far
makes me wonder if there wouldn't be someway to cache all those
answers somewhere so whatever test is done for each li
"Brandon Mintern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Call me old school, but that method never takes me more than a few
> minutes to do. I am also someone in the vim camp. It fires up quickly
Unless you are updating a vmappliance built on old (even for 2006)
2006 pkgs to current 2008 pkgs.
I know thi
Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> All kde all gnome all xorg for example, before update world.
>
> It seems fine in theory, but every time I've done it in real life I get
> into deep dependency trees that take more time to sort out than simply
> emerging world first.
>
> The trouble s
Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> vi was written by Bill Joy
> Bill Joy wrote lots of good stuff in BSD
> Our favourite OS owes a lot to BSD
> using vi pays homage to those magnificent BSD'ers of old
I second all the vi accolades.
I like the fact that Bill Joy was horribly drunk when
Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [2] vi /var/lib/portage/world
What if I emerge -vC all I know I don't want.
All kde all gnome all xorg for example, before update world.
I was hoping to accomplish much the same thing by editing world. But
strangely I see only a few candidates to de
Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
>> -p --depclean tells me:
>>
>> !!! You have no system list.
>>
>> What does that mean?
>
> Trouble, big trouble.
>
> Does /etc/make.profile point to an actual existing profile? That's the
> only thing I can think of that takes system away. It'
"Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:08 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> "Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>
>> > eix-sync
>> > eix-test-obsolete
>> > emerge -pvDuN --with-bdeps=y world
>> > emerge -p --depclean
>>
>> -p --depclean tells me:
>>
>
"Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> eix-sync
> eix-test-obsolete
> emerge -pvDuN --with-bdeps=y world
> emerge -p --depclean
-p --depclean tells me:
!!! You have no system list.
What does that mean?
Also:
emerge -pvDuN --with-bdeps=y world
neither man emerge nor man portage show
"Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> eix-sync
> eix-test-obsolete
> emerge -pvDuN --with-bdeps=y world
> emerge -p --depclean
> emerge -pvDuN --with-bdeps=y world
> revdep-rebuild -p
> eix-test-obsolete
>
> Assuming everything is totally clean, or at least understood, now I
> change the pro
Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> unpack gpm-1.20.3.tar.lzma: file format not recognized. Ignoring.
>
> There was a post earlier today about this very thing. Check today's
> inbox for more details. Apparently you need a very recent portage to
> use this feature, so I would suggest you
Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
>> I cannot seem to get past a kernel panic that appears to be expecting
>> an intramfs (You may remember this from a previous thread) After
>> hand rolling 3 different kernels and trying genkernal all its all
>> ended in the same kernel panic
Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I'd like to jump an 2006 install up to 2008. I've never made that
>> big an update without a fresh install.
>
> There's no such thing as a "2006 install". What does exist, is the
> collection of packages that were on the LiveCDs released in 2006. It's
I'd like to jump an 2006 install up to 2008. I've never made that big
an update without a fresh install.
What is the smoothest way to do it?
How might I manage to change the current profile from x86/2006 to
x86/2008
That option is of course not available currently at
/usr/portage/profiles.
--
Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Friday 25 April 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> So, I'm thinking it probably won't do any real good to monkey around
>> with the kernel either, if the initramfs thing isn't the problem them
>> it seems likely to be a vista problem.
>
> The kernel is
Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Saturday 26 April 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> This is turning into a big time sink that I don't really have so I'll
>> probably just use cygwin stuff to get some unix tools onto vista.
>>
>> But first, are you running gentoo in a vmware on vista
Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The kernel is exactly where you should be monkeying. I reckon you have a
> driver you need compiled in and it's a module because of the make
> allconfig.
I went thru the makeconfig carefully. Even disallowing an early item
allowing intramfs boot, bu
Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Something seems to have changed with 2.6.25, more so than normal for new
> versions. For instance, b43 refuses point blank to work here or do
> anything remotely useful like a nice driver should. b43legacy doesn't
> work either. They both work with ea
na since I have, as stated, used
genkernel and ignored the resulting initramfs many times.
I guess a simple test would be to insert the intramfs options and see
if it works.
If so then I will redo the kernel with makemenuconfig and eventually
get a working kernel with no initramfs baloney.
> Rea
/dev/sda3
(This also works as noted by using completion at `/k')
grub> boot
In the screen shot provided note that it appears grub is expecting an
intramfs and only lists those types of devices, rejecting both
(hd0,0) and /dev/sda3.
http://www.jtan.com/~reader/vu/disp.cgi
>
Just when I began to think I knew a thing or two about grub I'm
finding I am failing to get a working grub.conf going on a new
install.
True, the install is inside a vmware machine on windows vista but that
has not presented a problem in previous versions of windows and it
does not appear to be h
"Chris Brennan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I haven't used 2008.1b1 yet so forgive me if I am a little off.
>
> By default, <200X.X would give you a prompt whereby you type passwd
> and set the root password to a known value.
Not on the installer iso for i686 2008.1
But I think another poster h
I'm unable to log in as root on the installer OS for 2008.1_beta iso.
I see nothing telling me what the root password is but the installer
prompts me for a username and password. When logging in as root
fails I'm eventually logged in as user `gentoo' but can do none of the
things necessary to c
"Net Warrior" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> HI there guys.
> I've already installed gentoo, and wanting to setup the ethernet , trying to
> use net-setup seems not to be installed, which package do I nneed to install
> in order to have this util?
> It seems I missed something.
>
> Thanks for your
Etaoin Shrdlu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tuesday 22 April 2008, 17:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
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> Which version of vmware? Workstation of server? I assume server in the
> following.
Your detailed explanation about bridged verses nat has answered my
questions in full.
I add this
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
NOTE:
[ Sorry if this repost is a little abusive - possibly people just
felt it was too off topic and ignored it. I'm trying again since I
am not getting useful input from the vmware forums where this
properly belongs. Apparently not many of those vmware
I'm hoping some of you here have run gentoo on a windows host and will
know something about the various networking possibilities.
My setup:
Wireless connected laptop running windows vista premium home
Local lan network connected to internet via cable.
Home router has the internet connection and
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Are their some simple steps to get tightvnc to work and allow me to
> connect to windowsxp box on home lan?
>
> It's pretty impossible to tell what is supposed to be done from the
> man pages.
>
> Is running tightvnc from linux to a windows box likely to require
> endl
Are their some simple steps to get tightvnc to work and allow me to
connect to windowsxp box on home lan?
It's pretty impossible to tell what is supposed to be done from the
man pages.
Is running tightvnc from linux to a windows box likely to require
endless jerking around and diddling with sett
How can I make Konqueror use the same plugins as Firefox?
I've installed mplayer and that seems to have allowed Firefox to
display online videos in QuickTime format, but try the same link in
Konqueror and I get a message telling me no plugin for Quictime video
is found and offering to download it.
Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Code like this makes me want to vomit. The
> OS-that-shall-not-be-named pulls stunts like this, I really think FLOSS
> stuff should be better.
>
> So, I have to emerge an entire sgml kit to generate a man page. Wow.
> Especially since last time I loo
Anyone else noticed there is no man page for ping? I know I've looked
up things in man ping in the past, maybe quite far in the past and
possibly even on a different distribution, but still I thought maybe
my man page setup was borked but looking at:
equery files net-misc/iputils (which contains
Dan Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I wanted to try to gauge if there was much of a noticeable difference
>> with the two IP connections. And it would be handy to just step
>> through the links changine the GW intermittently.
>
> Yes, you can do that, but if you put a linux box between the
I'm sorry to be bringing so much stuff up on this forum that is
actually off topic. No one has complained but if anyone knows where
this question should be sent... please let me know.
I'm trying to work out the sequence of events when playing videos from
the internet. There are many freebies out
Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> AFAICT, cable modems that act as bridges are becoming more rare
> (DSL bridges were always more rare than cable bridges for some
> reason). Comcast has tried to replace my (rented) bridge with
> a router a couple times, but I always insist that I want i
Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> The cable modem acquires an IP address by dhcp from comcast but also
>> internalizes the MAC of the NIC in the PC, so if you change the MAC
>> (By inserting a router in between, with a different MAC in this case)
>> then the modem continues to try to connect to
I happen to be in a situation where I have both a DSL and CABLE
connection to internet up for the time being... (Until the DSL
contract month runs out).
It affords a nifty opportunity to do some experiments. Of course I
tested the speeds of both and it varies between 200 and 500 % faster
on the C
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