Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vixie-cron keeps stopping

2010-04-17 Thread David W Noon
On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:10:01 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote about Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vixie-cron keeps stopping: >On Saturday 17 April 2010 20:12:42 Mick wrote: [snip] >> Are they meant to make entries in cron.daily when installed? > >Not at all. > >They are meant t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vixie-cron keeps stopping

2010-04-17 Thread Mick
On Saturday 17 April 2010 23:01:19 you wrote: > On Saturday 17 April 2010 21:55:52 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Saturday 17 April 2010 20:12:42 Mick wrote: > > > > Do you have these packages installed: > > > > > > > > > > > > nazgul ~ # equery belongs /etc/cron.monthly/update-pciids > > > > > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vixie-cron keeps stopping

2010-04-17 Thread Mick
On Saturday 17 April 2010 21:55:52 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 17 April 2010 20:12:42 Mick wrote: > > > Do you have these packages installed: > > > > > > > > > nazgul ~ # equery belongs /etc/cron.monthly/update-pciids > > > > > > * Searching for /etc/cron.monthly/update-pciids ... > > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vixie-cron keeps stopping

2010-04-17 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 17 April 2010 20:12:42 Mick wrote: > > Do you have these packages installed: > > > > > > nazgul ~ # equery belongs /etc/cron.monthly/update-pciids > > > > * Searching for /etc/cron.monthly/update-pciids ... > > > > sys-apps/pciutils-3.1.7 (/etc/cron.monthly/update-pciids) > > nazgul ~

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vixie-cron keeps stopping

2010-04-17 Thread Mick
On Saturday 17 April 2010 16:39:19 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 17 April 2010 17:10:14 Mick wrote: > > On Saturday 17 April 2010 14:08:22 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > On Saturday 17 April 2010 14:59:09 Lie Ryan wrote: > > > > On 04/17/10 18:47, Mick wrote: > > > > > On Friday 16 April 2010 22:2

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vixie-cron keeps stopping

2010-04-17 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 17 April 2010 17:10:14 Mick wrote: > On Saturday 17 April 2010 14:08:22 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Saturday 17 April 2010 14:59:09 Lie Ryan wrote: > > > On 04/17/10 18:47, Mick wrote: > > > > On Friday 16 April 2010 22:25:47 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > >> On Friday 16 April 2010 20:29:2

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vixie-cron keeps stopping

2010-04-17 Thread Mick
On Saturday 17 April 2010 14:08:22 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 17 April 2010 14:59:09 Lie Ryan wrote: > > On 04/17/10 18:47, Mick wrote: > > > On Friday 16 April 2010 22:25:47 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > >> On Friday 16 April 2010 20:29:27 Dale wrote: > > > > > > Blimey! That sounds like horri

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vixie-cron keeps stopping

2010-04-17 Thread David Relson
On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:59:09 +1000 Lie Ryan wrote: > On 04/17/10 18:47, Mick wrote: > > On Friday 16 April 2010 22:25:47 Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On Friday 16 April 2010 20:29:27 Dale wrote: > > > > Blimey! That sounds like horribly_broken! > > > > Which cron do you recommend for a desktop? >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vixie-cron keeps stopping

2010-04-17 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 17 April 2010 14:59:09 Lie Ryan wrote: > On 04/17/10 18:47, Mick wrote: > > On Friday 16 April 2010 22:25:47 Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On Friday 16 April 2010 20:29:27 Dale wrote: > > Blimey! That sounds like horribly_broken! > > > > Which cron do you recommend for a desktop? > > One

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vixie-cron keeps stopping

2010-04-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 16 April 2010 19:58:23 Francesco Talamona wrote: > On Thursday 15 April 2010, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Thursday 15 April 2010 02:58:15 Matt Harrison wrote: > > > I apologise if this has come twice, it didn't appear to post > > > correctly first time, not even on the archives. > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vixie-cron keeps stopping

2010-04-16 Thread Stroller
On 16 Apr 2010, at 18:58, Francesco Talamona wrote: On Thursday 15 April 2010, Alan McKinnon wrote: ... You probably don't want to hear this, but: vixie-cron is problematic in the extreme. I have endless hassle with it's weird behaviours. Use a different cron daemon. Your advice is vague :)