[gentoo-user] How to prevent Firefox from switching VT?

2009-01-06 Thread Ralf Stephan
Hello, I'm using mutt as MUA in an xterm on VT1 and calling up, via urlview, FF on VT2 with a web page from a mail URL. Up to some time recently, Firefox only switched VT the first time I did this, now it does it every time, annoyingly. I would like to make FF stick to a specific VT, or just not s

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7 won't load network!

2009-01-06 Thread Nicolas Sebrecht
On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 07:54:30AM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > That's just FUD. You should tell it to the documentation team. -- Nicolas Sebrecht

[gentoo-user] rsh failed : Connection reset by peer

2009-01-06 Thread Chuanwen Wu
Hi, I want to use iozone to test my cluster, and I found that iozone need rsh. But rsh never worked in my machine. I have followed this guide http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/hpc-howto.xml#doc_chap2, which including the configuration of rsh. # eix netkit-rsh [I] net-misc/netkit-rsh Available vers

Re: [gentoo-user] How to prevent Firefox from switching VT?

2009-01-06 Thread Nicolas Sebrecht
On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 09:21:35AM +0100, Ralf Stephan wrote: > I'm using mutt as MUA in an xterm on VT1 and calling up, > via urlview, FF on VT2 with a web page from a mail URL. > Up to some time recently, Firefox only switched VT the > first time I did this, now it does it every time, annoyingl

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7 won't load network!

2009-01-06 Thread Francisco Ares
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:44 AM, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 12:59:13AM -0200, Francisco Ares wrote: > > > > Avoid the HTML format in your mail, please. > Also, learn to quote. sorry about that > > -- > Nicolas Sebrecht > > Francisco

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7 won't load network!

2009-01-06 Thread Steven Susbauer
Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Dienstag, 6. Januar 2009 02:56:28 schrieb Denis: >> I have Intel network hardware that >> runs on the E1000 driver > > Did you try e1000e? > > Bye... > > Dirk e1000e had been disabled in 2.6.27 versions, was it put back in by -r7?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: weird cron mail problem

2009-01-06 Thread Philip Webb
090105 Harry Putnam wrote: > Philip Webb writes: >> The problem originated 090104 c0520 , >> when I edited ~/.fetchmailrc to delete the reference to a logfile. >> However, attempts to restore the STATVS QVO ANTE have failed: >> I've restored the previous version of .fetchmailrc without success

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7 won't load network!

2009-01-06 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Dienstag, 6. Januar 2009 11:14:08 schrieb Steven Susbauer: > e1000e had been disabled in 2.6.27 versions, was it put back in by -r7? Don't know. In vanilla-sources, it has always been there. Bye... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7 won't load network!

2009-01-06 Thread Eray Aslan
On 06.01.2009 12:14, Steven Susbauer wrote: > Dirk Heinrichs wrote: >> Am Dienstag, 6. Januar 2009 02:56:28 schrieb Denis: >>> I have Intel network hardware that >>> runs on the E1000 driver >> >> Did you try e1000e? >> >> Bye... >> >> Dirk > > e1000e had been disabled in 2.6.27 versions, was it p

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7 won't load network!

2009-01-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 09:34:31 +0100, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > > That's just FUD. > > You should tell it to the documentation team. The last time I looked at the docs for this, which was a while ago, they recommended against using it for major version updates, which makes perfect sense. -- N

Re: [gentoo-user] init script freezes when xdm (kdm) starts

2009-01-06 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 06 January 2009 02:02:16 Francisco Ares wrote: > This is a snippet of the end of the boot screen: > > * Setting framebuffer console images ... [ ok ] > * Starting gpm ... [ ok ] > * Setting up kdm ...

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7 won't load network!

2009-01-06 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 06 January 2009 11:42:58 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 09:34:31 +0100, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > > > That's just FUD. > > > > You should tell it to the documentation team. > > The last time I looked at the docs for this, which was a while ago, > they recommended against using

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7 won't load network!

2009-01-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:13:05 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > I've seen a dev complain that most of the problems he's had to deal > with have been due to oldconfig, so I don't use it at all. I copy the > config in from the previous tree, then I run menuconfig and search for > lines ending in [NEW] or

[gentoo-user] Re: rsh failed : Connection reset by peer

2009-01-06 Thread Chuanwen Wu
I think I have fixed part of the problem, I found this option "only_from = localhost" in file /etc/xinetd.conf, and mask it. And now I can rlogin into localhost or remotehost: node07 # rlogin master Password: Last login: Tue Jan 6 20:40:36 CST 2009 from node07 on pts/4 rlogin: connection clos

[gentoo-user] Re: rsh failed : Connection reset by peer

2009-01-06 Thread Chuanwen Wu
I am very sorry for the last e-mail, as I intented to save the email but clicked the "send" button. I will continue the last letter below. On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Chuanwen Wu wrote: > I think I have fixed part of the problem, I found this option > "only_from = localhost" in file /etc/

[gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant with madwifi partially stopped working after remerge

2009-01-06 Thread Jan Ubben
Hello. A few hours ago I tried to upgrade from 2.6.26-gentoo-r4 to 2.6.27-gentoo-r7. As expected, WLAN stopped working due to missing modules. I remerged madwifi-hal and madwifi-hal-tools contained in the overlay from allenjb to get the needed kernel modules. Afterwards remerged wpa_supplica

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7 won't load network!

2009-01-06 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 06 January 2009 12:45:15 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:13:05 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > I've seen a dev complain that most of the problems he's had to deal > > with have been due to oldconfig, so I don't use it at all. I copy the > > config in from the previous tree,

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7 won't load network!

2009-01-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 15:06:28 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > I've seen a dev complain that most of the problems he's had to deal > > > with have been due to oldconfig, so I don't use it at all. I copy > > > the config in from the previous tree, then I run menuconfig and > > > search for lines en

[gentoo-user] Re: kernel linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7 won't load network!

2009-01-06 Thread James
Denis gmail.com> writes: > I was just updating from kernel linux-2.6.24-gentoo-r7 to > linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7 using the "oldconfig" method, and I cannot get > the new kernel to load my network. I have Intel network hardware that > runs on the E1000 driver, which I generally compile right into t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7 won't load network!

2009-01-06 Thread Denis
Looks like there are other bugs filed elsewhere on the net about E1000 not loading with the 2.6.27 kernel. Here's a curious note from https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad-foundations/+bug/275611 = If I remove the line of the card in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and boot w

[gentoo-user] Re: rsh failed : Connection reset by peer

2009-01-06 Thread Chuanwen Wu
I guessed it is the pam problem, and I re-installed netkit-rsh with USE=-pam, now I can use rsh with common users, but root still not work: # rsh -l wcw master date Tue Jan 6 23:33:35 CST 2009 # rsh -l root master date Permission denied. Everytime when I tried to use root to login, I got the er

[gentoo-user] Network printing

2009-01-06 Thread Peter Humphrey
Hello, As it's the New Year, perhaps it's time to resume banging my head on this wall again. I have a server with two printers connected, set up using the cups Web page and operating properly. Now I want to send print jobs to them from my workstation, which is on the same network, and with the

[gentoo-user] How to install libselinux if it is masked?

2009-01-06 Thread Frank Schwidom
Hi, i want to setup selinux, but it seems to failure because of no installable tools and libs. All necessary packages are masked by /usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/package.mask and no alternative libs and tools are within reach. How can i solve this problem? Regards

Re: [gentoo-user] How to install libselinux if it is masked?

2009-01-06 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Dienstag, 6. Januar 2009 17:54:29 schrieb Frank Schwidom: > Hi, > > i want to setup selinux, but it seems to failure because of no > installable tools and libs. > > All necessary packages are masked by > /usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/package.mask and no alternative libs > and tools are wit

Re: [gentoo-user] weird cron mail problem

2009-01-06 Thread Willie Wong
On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 05:28:41PM -0500, Penguin Lover Philip Webb squawked: > 090105 Willie Wong wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 01:04:45PM -0500, Penguin Lover Philip Webb > > squawked: > > have you checked your outgoing mail logs > > to see if cron attempts to send mail when fetchmail is ca

Re: [gentoo-user] weird cron mail problem

2009-01-06 Thread Willie Wong
On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 11:56:55AM -0500, Penguin Lover Willie Wong squawked: > Okay, running fetchmail -s (or redirecting fetchmail output to > /dev/null) will probably cure the problem of the deluge. But I still > think you MDA is misconfigured for local mail. Oops, my mistake. I meant MTA, not

Re: [gentoo-user] Network printing

2009-01-06 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 7:39 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello, > > As it's the New Year, perhaps it's time to resume banging my head on this > wall again. > > I have a server with two printers connected, set up using the cups Web page > and operating properly. Now I want to send print jobs to them

Re: [gentoo-user] How to install libselinux if it is masked?

2009-01-06 Thread Jil Larner
Hi, You probably wish to read the Gentoo SELinux Handbook [1] and the Gentoo Security Handbook [2] ;) [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/selinux/selinux-handbook.xml [2] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/security/security-handbook.xml Sincerely, Jil Frank Schwidom a écrit : > Hi, > > i want

Re: [gentoo-user] Microphone not working

2009-01-06 Thread Grant
>> The microphone on my laptop isn't working and I'm not sure how to >> troubleshoot it. I've tried using it in twinkle and arecord but it >> doesn't work in either. The headset works fine on a different system. >> Can anyone help with this? >> >> - Grant >> > > * Do you get an error? I do

Re: [gentoo-user] weird cron mail problem

2009-01-06 Thread Philip Webb
090106 Willie Wong wrote: > this suggests that either cron or your mailer is misconfigured. > From the logs, you are running ssmtp. Check the config files for it > to see why mail intended for r...@localhost > is delivered to r...@ca.inter.net. /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf has the lines (the last refe

Re: [gentoo-user] Network printing

2009-01-06 Thread BRM
I think you are very close to getting it to work but just need to get LP configured correctly. It sounds like you have both systems configured as the "Server", which is not correct. For your workstation, follow the "Client" directions below: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/quick-samba-howto.xml#doc

Re: [gentoo-user] [Solved] Bash completion problem: can anyone confirm?

2009-01-06 Thread Willie Wong
Okay, like always, this is an I-D-ten-T error. On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 02:20:19PM -0500, Penguin Lover Willie Wong squawked: > So this suggests that, though I have not checked on my laptop, that on > my aterms bash-completion is actually NOT activated, since my .bashrc > almost certainly included

Re: [gentoo-user] weird cron mail problem

2009-01-06 Thread Willie Wong
On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 01:22:28PM -0500, Philip Webb wrote: > 090106 Willie Wong wrote: > > this suggests that either cron or your mailer is misconfigured. > > From the logs, you are running ssmtp. Check the config files for it > > to see why mail intended for r...@localhost > > is delivered to r.

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7 won't load network!

2009-01-06 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 15:06:28 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > I've seen a dev complain that most of the problems he's had to deal with have been due to oldconfig, so I don't use it at all. I copy the config in from the previous tree, then I run menuconfig and

Re: [gentoo-user] weird cron mail problem

2009-01-06 Thread Philip Webb
090106 Willie Wong wrote: > you may want to change the root line to "root=purslow", > so the mail gets sent to purslow instead of postmaster > (which according to /etc/mail/aliases becomes root again). That doesn't work, but adding '> /dev/null' or '-s' in crontab does. The latter seems simpler,

[gentoo-user] gentoo notebook

2009-01-06 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, My ISP just disappeared. *Poof*, gonzo. So I going to have to forage for wi-fi hotspots. Been looking at netbooks. I like the idea of the SS drive but I've heard that they're so compact they tend to deteriorate after lots of read/write cycles. What's been the group's experience? Mus

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo notebook

2009-01-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 13:01:13 -0800 (PST), maxim wexler wrote: > Been looking at netbooks. I like the idea of the SS drive but I've > heard that they're so compact they tend to deteriorate after lots of > read/write cycles. SSD drives have wear levelling, unlike flash memory cards and sticks, so th

[gentoo-user] Re: weird cron mail problem

2009-01-06 Thread Harry Putnam
Philip Webb writes: > 090106 Willie Wong wrote: >> you may want to change the root line to "root=purslow", >> so the mail gets sent to purslow instead of postmaster >> (which according to /etc/mail/aliases becomes root again). > > That doesn't work, but adding '> /dev/null' or '-s' in crontab d

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7 won't load network!

2009-01-06 Thread Denis
I'm doubtful that using oldconfig would make a driver not work because I have done it this way for a while, going between various 2.6.x versions, like 2.6.21 to 2.6.24... And there was never an issue. Maybe the E1000 driver somehow got messed up in this particular version of the kernel. Now, that

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7 won't load network!

2009-01-06 Thread Dale
Denis wrote: > Looks like there are other bugs filed elsewhere on the net about E1000 > not loading with the 2.6.27 kernel. > > Here's a curious note from > https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad-foundations/+bug/275611 > > = > If I remove the line of the card in > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-pe

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7 won't load network!

2009-01-06 Thread Norberto Bensa
On Tuesday January 6 2009 20:37:31 Denis wrote: > I'm doubtful that using oldconfig would make a driver not work because Unless the "driver" (module) changed name ;) (ata->pata/sata anyone?) Anyway, I've always used oldconfig except when moving from 2.4 to 2.6 Regards, Norberto

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7 won't load network!

2009-01-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 07 January 2009 00:37:31 Denis wrote: > I'm doubtful that using oldconfig would make a driver not work because > I have done it this way for a while, going between various 2.6.x > versions, like 2.6.21 to 2.6.24... And there was never an issue. > Maybe the E1000 driver somehow got mes

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7 won't load network!

2009-01-06 Thread Andreas Niederl
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Wednesday 07 January 2009 00:37:31 Denis wrote: >> I'm doubtful that using oldconfig would make a driver not work because >> I have done it this way for a while, going between various 2.6.x >> versions, like 2.6.21 to 2.6.24... And there was never an issue. >> Maybe the E