[gentoo-user] Port scan

I've just been notified by some one that they are being port scanned by one of the ips on one of our production gentoo servers I don't see any evidence of this when I look at iptraf but I realize that that may not be the best way to check. Does any one have suggestions about what I can check for?

Re: [gentoo-user] Blocking weirdness

On Friday 20 January 2006 08:49, Jean Blignaut wrote: > Just saw similar on my system: > > [blocks B ] dev-php/PEAR-Archive_Tar (is blocking > dev-php/PEAR-PEAR-1.3.6-r4) > [blocks B ] dev-php/PEAR-Console_Getopt (is blocking > dev-php/PEAR-PEAR-1.3.6-r4) > [blocks B ] dev-php/mod_php (

[gentoo-user] Re: getting rid of gnome

Ernie Schroder wrote: [...] Yeah, Thanks Neil. After some more playing, it had become pretty clear that xscreensaver was calling for libglade. I want to keep that. I had tried removing the gst-plugins and gstreamer, but an emerge -uaDntv wanted to bring them all back. I've more or less resigned

[gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

I wanna to know KDE and Gnome which is more popular.

Re: [gentoo-user] How to safely unmerge a package

Hi, Thanks a lot for the replies, I managed to get qpkg working. However, it's very interesting that I asked for a way to achieve the functionality of a deprecated tool with the current tools. Everybody explained to me how to obtain the deprecated tool, yet nobody answered to "how to do thi

Re: [gentoo-user] How to safely unmerge a package

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 01:08:55 +0100, Dave Jones wrote: > Try installing portage-utils, which has a new version of qpkg. It is not a new version, it is a different program with the same name. > qpkg seems to have disappeared from gentoolkit/bin since the latest > release of portage too, so unfortu

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

Linux Java wrote: > I wanna to know KDE and Gnome which is more popular. > I use KDE. I tried Gnome and didn't like it. Some people with older/slower systems like Gnome or some other light desktops. It really isn't about what others like, it's about what you like. Install them both, login and

Re: [gentoo-user] How to safely unmerge a package

Paul Varner wrote: However, there are two problems with equery: 1. it disregards the use flags. equery depends displays all packages that may depend on a package, not the ones that really do on my system. I remember seeing something in bugzilla about this issue, but is was marked as

Re: [gentoo-user] How to safely unmerge a package

Catalin Grigoroscuta wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks a lot for the replies, I managed to get qpkg working. > > However, it's very interesting that I asked for a way to achieve the > functionality of a deprecated tool with the current tools. > Everybody explained to me how to obtain the deprecated tool, ye

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware Testing a PC

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:55:23 +, Midnight Toker wrote: > I'm wondering if anyone can recommend software which will put a "PC" > through a full series of tests, including CPU, RAM, HDD... just > generally thrash a machine so I know the hardware is good. Try searching Freshmeat for "stress t

Re: [gentoo-user] Need help getting packages available.

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:26:56 -0600, Dale wrote: > Me and equery are not the best of friends. What command will tell me > the versions that are available, masked and all? I think it used to be > etcat -v ppp and it will list them all. emerge eix update-eix eix ppp -- Neil Bothwick New: Diff

Re: [gentoo-user] How to safely unmerge a package

Dale wrote: Catalin Grigoroscuta wrote: Hi, Thanks a lot for the replies, I managed to get qpkg working. However, it's very interesting that I asked for a way to achieve the functionality of a deprecated tool with the current tools. Everybody explained to me how to obtain the de

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE? [OT]

quoth the Linux Java: > I wanna to know KDE and Gnome which is more popular. Unscientific: Google for: "kde rules" --> 40,900 "kde sucks" --> 9,660 "gnome rules" --> 554 "gnome sucks" --> 10,500 Draw your own conclusions. -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

> I use KDE. I tried Gnome and didn't like it. Some people with Me too. I've given Gnome a try several times (the latest on a recent Ubuntu Live CD, and I just don't like the whole look and feel as much as KDE, which is great IMHO. -- Ant... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] How to safely unmerge a package

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:10:20 +0200, Catalin Grigoroscuta wrote: > However, it's very interesting that I asked for a way to achieve the > functionality of a deprecated tool with the current tools. > Everybody explained to me how to obtain the deprecated tool, yet nobody > answered to "how to do t

Re: [gentoo-user] How to safely unmerge a package

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:23:57 +0200, Catalin Grigoroscuta wrote: > > That is because the packages don't depend on xorg-x11, they depend on > > anything the provides the functionality of X. An equery depends > > virtual/x11 will show all of the packages that are dependent upon X. > > > > I have no

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:10:13 +0800, Linux Java wrote: > I wanna to know KDE and Gnome which is more popular. Why? Use whatever suits you. If you want to use the most popular desktop, you probably need WinXP :) -- Neil Bothwick "Everything takes longer than expected, even when you take into

Re: [gentoo-user] different video formats to mpeg2

Hi Nick, > Looks interesting > > how did you get it on your system? There doesn't seem to be an ebuild > (not even in bugzilla ). > > Did you write an ebuild? if so please post it to bugs.gentoo.org and let > us all know :) KmPg2 you can find here http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE? [OT]

Unscientific: Google for: "kde rules" --> 40,900 "kde sucks" --> 9,660 "gnome rules" --> 554 "gnome sucks" --> 10,500 Nice approach. I extend it. "I love KDE" --> 959 "I hate KDE" --> 1670 "I love GNOME" --> 608 "I hate GNOME" --> 2040 "I use KDE" --> 43.500 "I don't use KDE" --> 851 "I use GN

Re: [gentoo-user] How to safely unmerge a package

Catalin Grigoroscuta wrote: > This is an easy one :) > equery l -p -o -i ppp > Thanks. It wasn't quite what etcat does but it is a start. I got the info I needed anyway. Now to go put my nose in the manual for a bit. Dale :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

Neil Bothwick wrote: >On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:10:13 +0800, Linux Java wrote: > > > >>I wanna to know KDE and Gnome which is more popular. >> >> > >Why? Use whatever suits you. > >If you want to use the most popular desktop, you probably need WinXP :) > > > > Which really sucks by the way.

Re: [gentoo-user] Need help getting packages available.

Neil Bothwick wrote: >On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:26:56 -0600, Dale wrote: > > > >>Me and equery are not the best of friends. What command will tell me >>the versions that are available, masked and all? I think it used to be >>etcat -v ppp and it will list them all. >> >> > >emerge eix >update

Re: [gentoo-user] How to safely unmerge a package

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:25:18 -0600, Dale wrote: > I wonder the same thing about etcat. It's gone It's not gone, it's moved - to the same place as qpkg. -- Neil Bothwick The world is coming to an end... SAVE YOUR BUFFERS!! signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] How to safely unmerge a package

On Friday 20 January 2006 04:30, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:25:18 -0600, Dale wrote: > > I wonder the same thing about etcat. It's gone > > It's not gone, it's moved - to the same place as qpkg. Now we're cooking. [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # etcat -v ppp [ Results for search key

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

I use Fluxbox but have been experimenting with KDE 3.5. I must say I really like it however it is not the complete KDE I emerged all the apps that I use and then emerged kdebase so I have the very very basic KDE system without all the other rubbish and bloatware that you get. KDE detects all my ins

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

to get the most out of kde run the following commands :emerge -C kdeemerge gnome-lite:Pok flame awayOn 1/20/06, Ryan Viljoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I use Fluxbox but have been experimenting with KDE 3.5. I must say Ireally like it however it is not the complete KDE I emerged all theapps that I

Re: [gentoo-user] Kppp and two different accounts

Dale wrote: > > >Nobody has ever set up two accounts before? This is strange. I also tried >wvdial, same thing. I notice that in the pap-secrets file it has both >exceedtech and bellsouth login/passwords with exceedtech being on top. Is >this the reason for this? I don't want to loose my e

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

Anthony Roy skrev: I use KDE. I tried Gnome and didn't like it. Some people with Me too. I've given Gnome a try several times (the latest on a recent Ubuntu Live CD, and I just don't like the whole look and feel as much as KDE, which is great IMHO. -- Ant... I prefer Gnome, but KDE has s

Re: [gentoo-user] Proxy server related issue

First off I have very little knowledge on best practises regarding where servers should be located and such. I set up a proxy server at home which acts as a firewall/router and all other little things. In doing so I found the following guides and how to's rather helpful: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

Ryan Viljoen wrote: >I use Fluxbox but have been experimenting with KDE 3.5. I must say I >really like it however it is not the complete KDE I emerged all the >apps that I use and then emerged kdebase so I have the very very basic >KDE system without all the other rubbish and bloatware that you ge

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

Paul wrote: > to get the most out of kde run the following commands : > > emerge -C kde > emerge gnome-lite > > :P > > ok flame away > > > < cough cough > Can we assume you don't like KDE? LOL No flames here. I'm to pissed at kppp at the moment. I can only get mad at one thing/person at a

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

my findings with KDE is that its bloadwareif I wanted bloat , I'd run windowsGnome-lite is just that , lightIt serves my purposes fine and the menus are easy to edit to my liking. On 1/20/06, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Paul wrote:> to get the most out of kde run the following commands :>> emer

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

On Friday 20 January 2006 12:11, Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > >On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:10:13 +0800, Linux Java wrote: > >>I wanna to know KDE and Gnome which is more popular. > > > >Why? Use whatever suits you. > > > >If you want to use the most popular desktop, you probably need WinXP :) >

Re: [gentoo-user] Proxy server related issue

Thanks, Ryan. I'll look trough the info you sent. askar On 1/20/06, Ryan Viljoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First off I have very little knowledge on best practises regarding > where servers should be located and such. I set up a proxy server at > home which acts as a firewall/router and all ot

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 13:37:57 +0200, Paul wrote: > to get the most out of kde run the following commands : > > emerge -C kde > emerge gnome-lite > > :P > > ok flame away For what, pushing GNOME or top posting with full quotes? -- Neil Bothwick Oops. My brain just hit a bad sector. signatu

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:00:51 +0200, Paul wrote: > my findings with KDE is that its bloadware > if I wanted bloat , I'd run windows > > Gnome-lite is just that , light So a small part of GNOME is less bloated than all of KDE? That's a revelation! -- Neil Bothwick Life Support System Failure -

Re: [gentoo-user] Port scan

Hello Jean, What about using PortSentry to check on Port Scanning? $emerge -av portsentry Best Regards Jesus Rivero (Neurogeek) Jean Blignaut wrote: >I've just been notified by some one that they are being port scanned by >one of the ips on one of our production gentoo servers > >I don't see

Re: [gentoo-user] X ?

Probably placeholders for character codes invalid in currently selected encoding? i have this in AmaroK: http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/5130/xisaretleri8yh.png and this in Kontact: http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1793/kontactxleri9

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

Am Freitag, 20. Januar 2006 13:00 schrieb ext Paul: > my findings with KDE is that its bloadware > if I wanted bloat , I'd run windows I've heard rumours there are split ebuilds for KDE *SCNR* Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager |

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

Couldnt resist adding my 2p I prefer to spend my "configuring time" ie. admin on the Big picture eg. setting up mail, apache, firewall, ... For the little things eg. desktop background one click icons to start daily apps and so on I am happy to let others give me a pleasent default. So what t

RE: [gentoo-user] Port scan

Any tips on how to use portsentry? -Original Message- From: Jesus Rivero [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 3:11 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Port scan Hello Jean, What about using PortSentry to check on Port Scanning? $emerge -av

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

quoth the Paul: > my findings with KDE is that its bloadware Right. It takes code to make software usable ;) > if I wanted bloat , I'd run windows You seem to be implying that the only problem with windows is its size... > Gnome-lite is just that , light So is fat-free ice cream, but I wouldn'

[gentoo-user] problems removing a package

Ive been trying to install horde and it keeps saying: [blocks B ] dev-lang/php (is blocking dev-php/mod_php-4.4.0-r9) [blocks B ] dev-lang/php (is blocking dev-php/php-4.4.0-r4) when i try to remove it i get: mail ~ # emerge unmerge dev-lang/php --- Couldn't find dev-lang/php to unmerge

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing KDE...Again....

On 1/19/06, Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I want, is to end up with kde 3.4.3 (only) installed, without arts. > I would first like to unmerge both 3.5 and 3.4.1, but as I used the split > ebuilds Im not sure how How about: cd /var/db/pkg for x in kde-base/*-3.5*; do emerge --unm

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

On 1/20/06, Linux Java <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wanna to know KDE and Gnome which is more popular. Linus recommends you use KDE. http://lists.osdl.org/pipermail/desktop_architects/2005-December/000390.html -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing KDE...Again....

Thanks for the help!I want to get rid of 3.5 because of incompatabilities with my mouse (through ksynaptics)and themes. Ill probably install it again when 3.5.1 is out or something. :)Ian On 1/20/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1/19/06, Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> What I want, is

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

Neil Bothwick schreef: > On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:10:13 +0800, Linux Java wrote: > >> I wanna to know KDE and Gnome which is more popular. > > Why? Use whatever suits you. > I hope that you all appreciate my extreme restraint in not posting to this thread until now, given how very much I dislike

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 04:11 -0600, Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > >On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:10:13 +0800, Linux Java wrote: > > > > > > > >>I wanna to know KDE and Gnome which is more popular. > >> > >> > > > >Why? Use whatever suits you. > > > >If you want to use the most popular deskt

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 07:17:43 -0700, Richard Fish wrote > Linus recommends you use KDE. > > http://lists.osdl.org/pipermail/desktop_architects/2005-December/000390.html > > -Richard > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list Yup, and that's because he can't do what _he_ wants to. His complain

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware Testing a PC

Neil, Thank you, looks like this could be the thing i'm looking for. Midnightoker. On 20 Jan 2006, at 09:26, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:55:23 +, Midnight Toker wrote: I'm wondering if anyone can recommend software which will put a "PC" through a full series of t

Re: [gentoo-user] SATA Hardware vs Software RAID

O 13:33 Thu 19 Jan , Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > I'm moving from SCSI to SATA and was wondering if anyone has any experience > with the speed of software RAID vs hardware RAID. I'm currently using > hardware RAID. > I've have two Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM 8MB Cache Serial

Re: [gentoo-user] problems removing a package

On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 08:47 -0500, Nick Smith wrote: > Ive been trying to install horde and it keeps saying: > > [blocks B ] dev-lang/php (is blocking dev-php/mod_php-4.4.0-r9) > [blocks B ] dev-lang/php (is blocking dev-php/php-4.4.0-r4) > > when i try to remove it i get: > > mail ~ # e

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware Testing a PC

On Jan 20, 2006, at 8:47 AM, Midnight Toker wrote: Neil, Thank you, looks like this could be the thing i'm looking for. Midnightoker. me, too, just hadn't gotten around to asking :) On 20 Jan 2006, at 09:26, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:55:23 +, Midnight Toke

Re: [gentoo-user] Packages list

Phil Sexton wrote: Felipe Ribeiro wrote: Where do I find the list with all installed packages? Cheers, Felipe The ones you emerged are listed in the file: /var/lib/portage/world Want it in alphabetical order? cat /var/lib/portage/world|less Isn't that a superfluous use of cat? Why no

[gentoo-user] OT - Mozilla: Bug or problem with MY system

I upgraded to mozilla-1.7.12-r2 last night. Now when I try to start mozilla, I get this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ mozilla No running windows found Type Manifest File: /usr/lib/mozilla/components/xpti.dat nsNativeComponentLoader: autoregistering begins. nsNativeComponentLoader: autoregistering succee

Re: [gentoo-user] Kppp and two different accounts

Dale wrote: > Can someone tell me where in the world this is stored? This is nuts. I > couldn't change ISPs even if I wanted to since it works this way. I > would have to reinstall looks like. That sounds like winders. > Try: find -name '*' -exec fgrep -l \{\} \; This search all files fo

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing KDE...Again....

3.5 is still keyworded, iirc. If you remove kde from /etc/packages.keyword, it should install 3.4.3. This command will insert a "#" before each kde line. (It also makes a backup). sed -i.bak s/kde-/\#\ kde-/ /etc/portage/package.keywords KDE is slotted, and I'm not sure what happens when you

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:37:47 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: > My wife and I use GNOME. KDE is too Windows-like for us. I always thought Windows was rather KDE-like in some ways, but that's probably because I used KDE before windows. -- Neil Bothwick Any sufficiently advanced bug is indisting

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

My wife and I use KDE. I, mainly because I don't see the point in having multiple GUIs (they're not that facinating to me (other than to get into the source code), but for my wife, I find that for someone coming from using Windows, it seems that out of the box, KDE seems to have a stronger appeal t

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Mozilla: Bug or problem with MY system

On 2006-01-20 09:03 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > /usr/lib/mozilla/mozilla-bin: symbol lookup > error: /usr/lib/mozilla/components/libgfx_gtk.so: undefined symbol: > pango_x_font_map_for_display > mozilla-bin exited with non-zero status (127) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ Have you tried a revdep-reb

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

I wanna to know KDE and Gnome which is more popular. Linus recommends you use KDE. http://lists.osdl.org/pipermail/desktop_architects/2005-December/000390.html I've been using KDE for years but switched to Gnome recently. Though I'm still using Kate. It's a matter of taste. Try them both. You

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Mozilla: Bug or problem with MY system

On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 15:35 +, Michael Kjorling wrote: > On 2006-01-20 09:03 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > /usr/lib/mozilla/mozilla-bin: symbol lookup > > error: /usr/lib/mozilla/components/libgfx_gtk.so: undefined symbol: > > pango_x_font_map_for_display > > mozilla-bin exited with non-z

[gentoo-user] Re: How many people use KDE?

Linux Java gmail.com> writes: > I wanna to know KDE and Gnome which is more popular. Well Hello Linux-Java, I'll attempt to give you some non-subjective reasons for KDE. Let me start out by saying, depending on what you are doing and what are your key applications, Gnome might be good for you

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

> my findings with KDE is that its bloadware > if I wanted bloat , I'd run windows > > Gnome-lite is just that , light > > > It serves my purposes fine and the menus are easy to edit to my liking. Ah! What gnome-lite is for gnome is what kdebase is for KDE. emerge kdebase doesnt install all the r

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: getting rid of gnome

Ernie Schroder wrote: On Thursday 19 January 2006 12:39, a tiny voice compelled Neil Bothwick to write: On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:30:52 -0500, Ernie Schroder wrote: Calculating world dependencies ...done! [nomerge ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-alsa-0.8.10 [nomerge ] media-libs/gs

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How many people use KDE?

060120 Linux Java wrote: > I wanna to know KDE and Gnome which is more popular. This gets asked regularly in one form or another & the proper answer is that Gentoo gives you a real choice, so who cares ? KDE got a bad reputation a few years ago, partly due to bloat & sloth & originally because Qt

[gentoo-user] trouble with CUPS

Hello everybody, According to the Gentoo Printing Guide -> Installing the Printer, I'm to go to http://localhost:631 and then click on "Administration". Well, there's "Do Administrative Tasks", so I clicked on that. The guide says to "enter root login and password" into the box but the box only a

[gentoo-user] vim USE flag: vim-with-x

I've been trying to determine what this particular USE flag does but there doesn't seem to be a description of it anywhere (I also checked gentoo-portage.com). Does anyone know what this USE flag does or what additional functionality it enables in vim? Thanks in advance for your help. -- gentoo-

[gentoo-user] Re: OT - How to stop spamassassin marking mail from gentoo-user (and other mailing lists) as spam

On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 11:09 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: > I set up spamassassin the other day. I've added a few of my own rules, > targeted at the specific spam we usually get here. I've set up procmail > to filter mail spamassassin has marked to a special spam filter to be > later reviewed fo

[gentoo-user] OT - How to stop spamassassin marking mail from gentoo-user (and other mailing lists) as spam

I set up spamassassin the other day. I've added a few of my own rules, targeted at the specific spam we usually get here. I've set up procmail to filter mail spamassassin has marked to a special spam filter to be later reviewed for legitimacy. I've added '140.105.134.' to the trusted_networks va

Re: [gentoo-user] vim USE flag: vim-with-x

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tom Smith wrote: > I've been trying to determine what this particular USE flag does but > there doesn't seem to be a description of it anywhere (I also checked > gentoo-portage.com). > > Does anyone know what this USE flag does or what additional > fu

Re: [gentoo-user] vim USE flag: vim-with-x

On (20/01/06 10:00), Tom Smith wrote: > I've been trying to determine what this particular USE flag does but > there doesn't seem to be a description of it anywhere (I also checked > gentoo-portage.com). > > Does anyone know what this USE flag does or what additional > functionality it enables in

[gentoo-user] Java SDK 1.5

Does anyone know if Java SDK 1.5 (blackdown, sun, anyone) will be available soon through portage? I am having troubles with the Java Web Start (applications are downloaded but no executed) and i am blaming the 1.4 release. Thanks in advance Rafael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Packages list

Michael A Smith wrote: Phil Sexton wrote: Felipe Ribeiro wrote: Where do I find the list with all installed packages? Cheers, Felipe The ones you emerged are listed in the file: /var/lib/portage/world Want it in alphabetical order? cat /var/lib/portage/world|less Isn't that a supe

Re: [gentoo-user] vim USE flag: vim-with-x

take a look at: /usr/portage/profiles/use.local.desc app-editors/vim:vim-with-x - Link console vim against X11 libraries to enable title and clipboard features in xterm br richard Tom Smith wrote: > I've been trying to determine what this particular USE flag does but there doesn't seem to b

Re: [gentoo-user] vim USE flag: vim-with-x

Rumen Yotov wrote: >On (20/01/06 10:00), Tom Smith wrote: > > >>I've been trying to determine what this particular USE flag does but >>there doesn't seem to be a description of it anywhere (I also checked >>gentoo-portage.com). >> >>Does anyone know what this USE flag does or what additional >>f

[gentoo-user] prioritise outbound emails

Dear friends, would anyone know how to prioritise outbound emails based on size/priority etc for sendmail/qmail/postfix ./? for an example, A rule that says schedule all emails larger than 2 MB to be sent duting 6-8pm -- ... "The future lies ahead." ___ < Have you mooed t

Re: [gentoo-user] Java SDK 1.5

On 1/20/06, Rafael Barrera Oro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know if Java SDK 1.5 (blackdown, sun, anyone) will be > available soon through portage? It is available now, but you have to unmask it. If you do, you should rebuild all java packages on your system, or you may run into troub

Re: Re: [gentoo-user] SATA Hardware vs Software RAID

Based on your post to my other thread I've been looking at the drives you mentioned. What do you know about the WD Caviar drives? They are cheaper than the Raptors. > > From: Bill Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/01/20 Fri AM 09:52:01 EST > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject:

Re: [gentoo-user] Java SDK 1.5

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Richard Fish wrote: > On 1/20/06, Rafael Barrera Oro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Does anyone know if Java SDK 1.5 (blackdown, sun, anyone) will be >> available soon through portage? > > It is available now, but you have to unmask it. If you do, you

Re: [gentoo-user] Java SDK 1.5

I was already reading the faq when i received your anser :) It seems this can be done, but not without certain risks. Thanks for the info On 1/20/06, Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Richard Fish wrote: > > On 1/20/06, Rafael Barrera Oro

Re: [gentoo-user] vim USE flag: vim-with-x

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:49:36 -0700, Tom Smith wrote: > The first place I always look for USE flag descriptions is in > /usr/portage/profiles/use.desc--this particular flag isn't listed. Try usr/portage/profiles/use.* I have this in my bash profile alias useflag='grep --color -i /usr/portage/pro

Re: [gentoo-user] How to safely unmerge a package

Dale wrote: Catalin Grigoroscuta wrote: This is an easy one :) equery l -p -o -i ppp Thanks. It wasn't quite what etcat does but it is a start. I got the info I needed anyway. Now to go put my nose in the manual for a bit. Dale :-) I know its not from the command line but porthole is

Re: [gentoo-user] vim USE flag: vim-with-x

Tom Smith schreef: > Rumen Yotov wrote: >>> >> Hi, Two ways (i know) to see the USE-flag descriptions. 1.Run >> :#euse -i opengl ('euse' is part of app-portage/gentoolkit). >> 2.Use"#grep USE-flag-name /usr/portage/profiles/use.desc (or >> use.local.desc) use.desc - global USE flags, use.local.

Re: [gentoo-user] How to safely unmerge a package

On Friday 20 January 2006 04:31, Catalin Grigoroscuta wrote: > Dale wrote: > > Catalin Grigoroscuta wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Thanks a lot for the replies, I managed to get qpkg working. > >> > >> However, it's very interesting that I asked for a way to achieve the > >> functionality of a deprecate

Re: [gentoo-user] vim USE flag: vim-with-x

On (20/01/06 10:49), Tom Smith wrote: > Rumen Yotov wrote: > > >On (20/01/06 10:00), Tom Smith wrote: > > > > > >>I've been trying to determine what this particular USE flag does but > >>there doesn't seem to be a description of it anywhere (I also checked > >>gentoo-portage.com). > >> > >>Does

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

On Friday 20 January 2006 13:00, Paul wrote: > my findings with KDE is that its bloadware > if I wanted bloat , I'd run windows > > KDE is not bloated, it is feature complete, fully integrated (while gnome is a collection of third party applications) and while gnome takes away choices, KDE enab

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

On Friday 20 January 2006 15:37, Michael Sullivan wrote: > > My wife and I use GNOME. KDE is too Windows-like for us. I can't stand > Windows XP. I think it's the most annoying OS I've ever attempted to > use... gnome is much more windows like than KDE. With KDE you have lots and lots of opti

Re: [gentoo-user] How to safely unmerge a package

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 13:30:57 -0500, Robert Crawford wrote: > I too like qpkg more than equery, at least for what I usually need to > do. My solution is just to put a copy of qpkg and ecat in /usr/bin, and > make a backup copy somewhere for when it's no longer available (in > gentoolkit, or a new g

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with CUPS

Le 20 janvier à 17:55:17 maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> écrit notamment: | And can somebody explain the need to use http to set | up a printer on one's own computer? Afterall PC | *does* mean personal computer. I'm assuming that | localhost:631 is on my own machine. But even so it | seems a bit

Re: [gentoo-user] Java SDK 1.5

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rafael Barrera Oro wrote: > I was already reading the faq when i received your anser :) > > It seems this can be done, but not without certain risks. It's pretty safe if you keep blackdown-jdk-1.4 as the system vm (for building packages) and use jav

Re: [gentoo-user] How to safely unmerge a package

On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 19:15 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 13:30:57 -0500, Robert Crawford wrote: > > > I too like qpkg more than equery, at least for what I usually need to > > do. My solution is just to put a copy of qpkg and ecat in /usr/bin, and > > make a backup copy somewh

[gentoo-user] python: stack smashing attack

Dear my friends, i just try to issue '#emerge -e world' but it stoped by giving following error... please help me to solve this problem. #emerge info Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre14 Portage 2.1_pre3-r1 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.5, glibc-2.3.6-r2, 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 i686) ==

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

AybOwan! i'm too using KDE. it's nice... colorfull world... On 1/21/06, Hemmann, Volker Armin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 20 January 2006 15:37, Michael Sullivan wrote: > > > > > My wife and I use GNOME. KDE is too Windows-like for us. I can't stand > > Windows XP. I think it's the

Re: [gentoo-user] Kppp and two different accounts

On Friday 20 January 2006 05:38, Dale wrote: > find -name '*' -exec fgrep -l \{\} \; Good call. The only one in my home directory is kppprc and mozilla's email stuff. I renamed kppprc and set up a new one, it still sends the wrong info. It does the same on all users: dale, dale2 and my new

[gentoo-user] iptables question

somewhat offtopic, but since I need any help I can get: how do I redirect trafic from outward facing interface (192.168.1.114:80) to loopback device (127.0.0.1:80) ? my most obvious trick: iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp -d 192.168.1.114 --dport 80 \ -j DNAT --to 127.0.0.1:80 and

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with CUPS

And can somebody explain the need to use http to set up a printer on one's own computer? Afterall PC *does* mean personal computer. I'm assuming that localhost:631 is on my own machine. But even so it seems a bit much. Because you have the same interface to set up a printer on your, your neigh

[gentoo-user] Re: iptables question

Dmitry S. Makovey athabascau.ca> writes: > somewhat offtopic, but since I need any help I can get: > how do I redirect trafic from outward facing interface > (192.168.1.114:80) to loopback device (127.0.0.1:80) ? > my most obvious trick: > iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp -d 192.168.1.114

Re: [gentoo-user] iptables question

Under the *nat rule, -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 58443 -j DNAT --to 192.168.7.1:443 Under the *filter rules. -A ADAMS-FW-INPUT -i eth0 -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT On 1/20/06, Dmitry S. Makovey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > somewhat offtopic, but si

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

On Friday 20 January 2006 19:59, Holly Bostick wrote: > more comfortable with a more Windows-like environment, and Windows-like > assumptions about what a user wants/needs from their desktop, KDE may be > just the thing; that is, after all, what it's designed to do to a great > extent. That stateme

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