erminal client and allegedly is better than
> Mutt, at least in the eyes of those who wrote it. Ruby people ted to be
> hyperbolic, but it probably at least merits a try. I do not, however,
> remember its name.
I used mutt for a while but when I switched to thunderbird I got way more done.
-
>> >>> Has anyone set up lightdm? I'm using it with the default config
>> >>> file but I get a black screen with no error in Xorg.0.log. gdm
>> >>> works fine. Any ideas?
>> >>>
>> >>> - Grant
>> >>
!!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size
!!! Got: 21746
!!! Expected: 21479
and the comments in this bug aren't encouraging:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=366405
- Grant
does it have to use lightdm/slim/something else?
>
> Does it matter on modern powerful machines? Less packages to merge?
I'm interested to hear anyone else's opinion on this. I thought it
came down to fewer dependencies, slightly lower use of system
resources, and a simpler and less cluttered interface.
- Grant
en overview. I don't have
> any systems not running slim right now, so I can't do a direct
> comparison without installing and configuring gdm.
>
> The only significant use I might require gdm for would be XDMCP
> support...slim doesn't appear to support that.
Same with multi-seat. GDM and lightdm both support it but slim doesn't AFAIK.
- Grant
gt;
>> !!! Fetched file: slimlock-.tar.gz VERIFY FAILED!
>> !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size
>> !!! Got: 21746
>> !!! Expected: 21479
>>
>> and the comments in this bug aren't encouraging:
>>
>> https://bugs.gentoo.o
If I understand it correctly, gnash is a substitute for adobe-flash?
Is anyone using it? It wouldn't work on the first flash page I tried
but maybe it needs a special config or something?
- Grant
>> If I understand it correctly, gnash is a substitute for adobe-flash?
>> Is anyone using it? It wouldn't work on the first flash page I tried
>> but maybe it needs a special config or something?
>>
>> - Grant
>>
>
> I tried it some months ago,
4.tar.bz2, extracting, adding
> the missing file as indicated, and recreating the bz2 tar archive, but
> there is a checksum failure with that file:
>
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-906838-start-0.html
>
> Does anyone have advice for navigating this?
>
> - Grant
I
>> use.
>
> Thanks, got it working by recompiling udev as mentioned in the last
> comment here:
>
> http://hwoarang.silverarrow.org/2011/09/18/lightdm-on-gentoo-artwork-needed/
>
> - Grant
It stopped working. I have the same problem described here:
https://bugs.gento
t;> downloading hal-0.5.14-gentoo-patches-4.tar.bz2, extracting, adding
>> the missing file as indicated, and recreating the bz2 tar archive, but
>> there is a checksum failure with that file:
>>
>> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-906838-start-0.html
>>
>> Does a
ere are any user-local errors or logs of
>>> use.
>>
>> Thanks, got it working by recompiling udev as mentioned in the last
>> comment here:
>>
>> http://hwoarang.silverarrow.org/2011/09/18/lightdm-on-gentoo-artwork-needed/
>>
>> - Grant
&g
ix described in the bug is to add dbus to use in /etc/init.d/xdm
>> but dbus is already in there. dbus is currently started on all 3
>> systems. Any ideas?
>>
>> - Grant
>
> This definitely has something to do with dbus but I can't put my
> finger on it. I a
Can I mask all packages from a layman overlay except for one?
- Grant
fo, I just copied it into /usr/local/portage. It's
hal so I don't think there is to much likelihood of an update.
- Grant
ade over and over and over again. Developers do not learn from
> history, every time this mistake is made the team doing it thinks *they*
> will be different.
What is that classic mistake? Is it the shark jumping thing?
- Grant
> This is their second big project - the most dangerous one a dev
rule seems to apply to almost every project a bunch of humans
> could tackle.
Brilliant explanation. Thank you for taking the time to write this out.
- Grant
or xautolock. What is the
best way to run it automatically in Gentoo?
Is there a keyboard shortcut to trigger xautolock?
- Grant
The gcc update just failed to compile on one of my systems with a
segfault, but then succeeded after trying again even though I didn't
change anything. Does that indicate a hardware problem for sure?
Should I run memtester? Any other tests to run? Nothing in dmesg.
- Grant
mpare OR : ok
Compare AND : ok
Sequential Increment: ok
Solid Bits : testing 29
Now I've emerged gimps and I'm running the mprime "Blend" stress test
so we'll see what that turns up.
- Grant
>> The gcc update just failed to compile on one of my systems with a
>> segfault, but then succeeded after trying again even though I didn't
>> change anything. Does that indicate a hardware problem for sure?
>> Should I run memtester? Any other tests to run? No
r xautolock?
>
> No, you will need to configure your environment. I configured a shortcut for
> my
> window manager that executes "xautolock -locknow", but you could also probably
> use something like xbindkeys instead.
Thanks Marc.
- Grant
bug report ensures
> that it won't be an issue in future.
OK you've inspired me to give it another try. So if I find a package
that doesn't build with -jn where n > 1 but does build with -j1 I
should file a bug?
- Grant
.
> FAILURE: 0x7b1c0d3184539edc != 0x5a590d3184539edc at offset 0x1ed37770.
> Compare MUL : FAILURE: 0x != 0x0001 at offset 0x0686b930.
> FAILURE: 0x != 0x0001 at offset 0x0de36970.
> Compare DIV : Compare OR : ok
> Compare AND
and restore
>> from your most recent backup ;)
>
> Thank you everyone. The system is remote so I will give this a try
> ASAP. BTW, this happened due to someone pushing the power button
> during an eclean operation.
>
> - Grant
I'm amazed but disconnecting and reconnecting the IDE and power cable
fixed it. Which is your favorite tool for testing a HD's integrity
with and without S.M.A.R.T. support?
- Grant
116
Is a self-test in order?
- Grant
I try to run a minimal system in general so I added the minimal USE
flag to /etc/make.conf. The only difference I've noticed so far is
the lack of color in vim. Do you add minimal to /etc/make.conf and
remove it as necessary in package.use or the other way around?
- Grant
ay around?
>
> I leave it off and add it per-package as needed.
>
> I suppose the best approach would be for each individual to look at
> their own copy of what this below does and decide for themselves if the
> majority is what the need or don;t need (and make a choice):
Than
x27;ve found the same thing. It does something different to just about
every package.
- Grant
I need to test a kernel config change on a remote system. Is there a
safe way to do this? The fallback thing in grub has never worked for
me. When does that ever work?
- Grant
t; There, you select an entry, press "e" and edit it. Press ENTER when you're
> finished, and then press "b" to boot your modified entry.
>
> That way, you can boot whatever kernel you want if the current one doesn't
> work.
I can't do that remotely though. I'm probably asking for something
that doesn't exist.
- Grant
f Grub:
>
> http://weichong78.blogspot.com/2007/04/grub-test-kernel-once.html
Perfect! That's exactly what I need. Here is an alternate method too:
http://fabbritech.blogspot.com/2009/07/make-grub-boot-something-once.html
I will test this ASAP.
- Grant
n boot whatever kernel you want if the current one
>> > doesn't work.
>>
>> I can't do that remotely though. I'm probably asking for something
>> that doesn't exist.
>>
>> - Grant
>>
>
> Don't do that if you don't have some too
d entry.
>> > >
>> > > That way, you can boot whatever kernel you want if the current one
>>
>> doesn't
>>
>> > > work.
>> >
>> > I can't do that remotely though. I'm probably asking for something
>> > t
ress "b" to boot your modified entry.
>>>>>
>>>>> That way, you can boot whatever kernel you want if the current one
>>>
>>> doesn't
>>>
>>>>> work.
>>>>
>>>> I can't do tha
est result: PASSED
>>
>> and:
>>
>> ATA Error Count: 116
>>
>> Is a self-test in order?
>>
>> - Grant
>
> Run smartctl --capabilities /dev/hda to find out what tests the drive can do.
I ran 'smartctl -t long /dev/sda' and I get
; > your modified entry.
>> >> >
>> >> > That way, you can boot whatever kernel you want if the current
>> >> > one doesn't work.
>> >>
>> >> I can't do that remotely though. I'm probably asking for something
reat (and sorely needed) frontend for smartmontools - it even
> colours lines in red when they indicate imminent failure!
That sounds good but I shy away from GUI tools. How does everyone go
about using smartctl for monitoring? Maybe just 'smartctl -a
/dev/sda' emailed daily?
- Grant
e the "boot once" functionality of Grub:
>>
>> http://weichong78.blogspot.com/2007/04/grub-test-kernel-once.html
>
> Perfect! That's exactly what I need. Here is an alternate method too:
>
> http://fabbritech.blogspot.com/2009/07/make-grub-boot-something-once.h
some newer versions of GNU/Linux, there is no
/sbin/grub-set-default (eg. Debian 3.1, Fedora Core 4,5). While some
distributions like Gentoo still has /sbin/grub-set-default"
http://sidvind.com/wiki/GRUB:_Boot_another_OS_once#Method_1_.28preferred.29
BTW, is there a way to tell which grub entry I'm booted into, or am I
best off examining the contents of /proc/config.gz?
- Grant
d not find the root block device in .
It must be reading the USB key fine or it never would have gotten that
far. Maybe it has no drivers for the disk controller, but then why
does it reference the cdrom? I tried the nosata and ide=nodma options
to no avail.
- Grant
r the disk controller, but then why
>> does it reference the cdrom? I tried the nosata and ide=nodma options
>> to no avail.
>
> Use some other distro on the USB device to get you a chroot.
Thanks Alan, I'm installing via a Kubuntu ISO. Does Gentoo have
anything like a daily live ISO?
- Grant
>> Does Gentoo have anything like a daily live ISO?
>
> Closer to weekly, but look in releases/autobuilds on your favourite
> mirror.
Got it, thanks.
- Grant
my USB->ethernet adapter to bring
up an eth0 (or any other) interface. It works if I boot the Kubuntu
USB key. I've definitely built the correct driver into the kernel
(mcs7380). I'm going through an emerge world right now to bring
everything up to date. Is there anything else I might need to do?
- Grant
s installed but I can't get my USB->ethernet adapter to bring
> up an eth0 (or any other) interface. It works if I boot the Kubuntu
> USB key. I've definitely built the correct driver into the kernel
> (mcs7380). I'm going through an emerge world right now to bring
> ever
ink I'm going with xautolock and either vlock or xlockmore. It
>> looks like there isn't an init.d script for xautolock. What is the
>> best way to run it automatically in Gentoo?
>>
>> Is there a keyboard shortcut to trigger xautolock?
>>
>> - Grant
&g
wnload (or copy) portage-latest tarball, and
> extract it into a re-created /usr/portage
I tried that but I get the same message:
"WARNING: One of more repositories have been ignored due to duplicate
profiles/repo_name entires:
/, gentoo, /usr/local/portage overrides
/usr/portage
All profiles/repo_name entries must be unique in order to avoid having
duplicates ignored. Set PORTAGE_REPO_DUPLICATE_WARN="0" in
/etc/make.conf if you would like to disable this warning."
- Grant
et the same message:
>
> "WARNING: One of more repositories have been ignored due to duplicate
> profiles/repo_name entires:
>
> /, gentoo, /usr/local/portage overrides
> /usr/portage
>
> All profiles/repo_name entries must be unique in order to avoid having
> duplicates ignored. Set PORTAGE_REPO_DUPLICATE_WARN="0" in
> /etc/make.conf if you would like to disable this warning."
>
> - Grant
Just figured it out. I had a duplicate tree in /usr/local/portage
which I just deleted. I had to re-set my profile with eselect.
Please let me know if there's anything else I might have to re-do.
- Grant
etween multiple hardware vendors to
> work well on any of them... raid arrays, SSDs, advanced format hard
> drives with 4k sectors on-disk, etc.
Just to confirm, starting at block 2048 is OK?
- Grant
tatus: stopped
# /etc/init.d/xdm start
and xdm/lightdm starts just fine. What could be the problem? It
works perfectly on the other laptop.
- Grant
> hard disk you're using has 4KiB-sectors.
I just looked up the start block for my other systems and they're all
on 63. Is performance impacted on all of these systems since they
aren't started on 64?
- Grant
backlight
doesn't work at all if I'm unplugged from AC. I've tried
acpi_osi=Linux and acpi_backlight=vendor in grub.conf. acpi_osi
doesn't seem to make any difference and xbacklight doesn't work at all
without acpi_backlight. Do I just need to wait for a newer kernel?
- Grant
f 8 (e.g., 64,
>>> 72, 80, and so on); this will save you a lot of grief if it happens that the
>>> hard disk you're using has 4KiB-sectors.
>>
>> I just looked up the start block for my other systems and they're all
>> on 63. Is performance impacte
or 63.
>> >>>
>> >>> HOWEVER, make sure that all partitions begin at multiples of 8
>> >>> (e.g., 64, 72, 80, and so on); this will save you a lot of grief
>> >>> if it happens that the hard disk you're using has 4KiB-sectors.
>>
lue.
That's a fine idea. The latest Gentoo minimal CD wouldn't boot this
laptop so I used Kubuntu to install and I should do something like
that for testing the backlight.
Is there a consensus on which LiveCD is kept really up-to-date and
works well across a lot of different hardware?
- Grant
I've been checking this daily for a while:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/index.xml
but every time there's a vulnerability in a package I know I have
installed, my installed version is unaffected. If I emerge world
daily, do I need to check on GLSA's?
- Grant
>> I've been checking this daily for a while:
>>
>> http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/index.xml
>>
>> but every time there's a vulnerability in a package I know I have
>> installed, my installed version is unaffected. If I emerge world
>>
daily, do I need to check on GLSA's?
>
> If you run testing, you usually have the fixed version before it gets
> into a GLSA. Just run glsa-check -t all after syncing.
Thanks, that works great.
- Grant
Can anyone recommend a photo browser/viewer other than gthumb which is
in portage or an overlay?
- Grant
> I typically use geeqie.
Love it! Thanks everyone!
- Grant
>> Can anyone recommend a photo browser/viewer other than gthumb which is
>> in portage or an overlay?
>>
>> - Grant
clue.
I tried the latest Kubuntu and Ubuntu LiveCDs via unetbootin but the
backlight behavior is the same as with Gentoo. Please let me know if
anyone has any ideas on this.
- Grant
correctly when running
>>> such a CD then listing the loaded kernel modules might give you a clue.
>>
>> I tried the latest Kubuntu and Ubuntu LiveCDs via unetbootin but the
>> backlight behavior is the same as with Gentoo. Please let me know if
>> anyone has any ideas
gt; hardened-sources-3.2.2-r1.
>>
>> BTW, I noticed baselayout1.start and baselayout1.stop are no longer
>> created in /etc/local.d.
>>
>> - Grant
>>
>
> Hi Grant,
> OK, that's interesting info. Here's what I'm currently seeing:
>
lders in /sys generated dynamically at boot?
- Grant
them on a new
> install - or an old install in which you'd renamed them to something more
> helpful.
Thanks Neil.
- Grant
I don't think you can
> remove any dir from it, and if you do, next boot it will show up
> again.
You're right, "operation not permitted" there.
- Grant
rom the intel video driver (i915 or whatever)
Sounds like I won't be able to remove it without removing support for
my video card.
I have to enter 'echo 0 >
/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness' again every time
xlockmore comes on. Does anyone know what's going on there?
- Grant
[snip]
> I have to enter 'echo 0 >
> /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness' again every time
> xlockmore comes on. Does anyone know what's going on there?
>
> - Grant
Strangely, this isn't required unless xlockmore has been running for
at least a
I have a fresh install of Gentoo on my laptop and I'm having some
trouble with the backlight that I think is related to the screen going
into some sort of power save mode or something along those lines. Are
there power management settings somewhere or something similar? I'm
on xfce4.
- Grant
? I'm
> on xfce4.
>
> - Grant
I found another clue. It happens whenever I shut my laptop screen,
even for a moment. Is this some kind of sleep mode? Might I be able
to disable it in the kernel somewhere?
- Grant
agement settings somewhere or something similar? I'm
>>>> on xfce4.
>>>>
>>>> - Grant
>>>
>>> I found another clue. It happens whenever I shut my laptop screen,
>>> even for a moment. Is this some kind of sleep mode? Might I be a
ttp://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11783826&postcount=40
I created it and made it executable but it doesn't work for me. Does
anyone know what the problem might be?
- Grant
nyone know how to do this?
- Grant
though. This would
actually probably work too:
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/FreeDOS_Flash_Drive
My problem was that I was trying to change to the C drive like this:
cd c:
instead of like this:
c:
:)
- Grant
tbootin as mentioned in my other post.
Thanks guys,
Grant
>> I'm amazed this is so difficult but I've just spent 3 hours trying to
>> update the BIOS on my Dell XPS 13 and hit nothing but dead ends. The
>> root of the problem seems to be that the 4MB BIOS update fil
unetbootin way. It's really easy and it doesn't require you
to extract anything from the executable. Just remember to change to
the C drive like "c:".
- Grant
> Grant schrieb:
>> I'm amazed this is so difficult but I've just spent 3 hours trying to
>
after working on the problem for hours last night.
- Grant
s anyone know why this is happening?
192.168.0.1 has the ISP in resolv.conf.
- Grant
I'm actually trying to figure out why the system is using
OpenDNS. I don't see any OpenDNS settings anywhere and yet
resolv.conf has OpenDNS IPs even after a reboot. Shouldn't the
192.168.0.2 system have 192.168.0.1 in resolv.conf after DHCP?
- Grant
>> One of my systems is
ouched.
>
> You can try it, edit /etc/resolv.conf by hand, reboot. Then you will see
> that your changes are still there.
>
> If you set an nameserver in /etc/conf.d/net - then resolv.conf will be
> overwritten when /etc/init.d/net.* gets started.
Perfect, thank you. I didn't realize /etc/resolv.conf isn't
overwritten if DHCP isn't used.
- Grant
ig, but this is just about everything including firefox and
chromium. Is that enough info to point me in the right direction?
- Grant
been reported in 4.10 .
> I use Fluxbox, but have used Xfce4 in the past
> & it sb ok once you get the latest version properly configured.
> I updated to Qt 4.8.1 recently & haven't had any problems there.
Thanks, it was the xfce4 "Appearance" setting. Sorry for the vague description.
- Grant
I bet you guys have some seriously good
insight on this.
Thanks,
Grant
pany.
>>
>> I'm sorry this is OT, but I bet you guys have some seriously good
>> insight on this.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Grant
>>
>
> For starters, you could give us a bit more insight into the kind of
> project we are talking about. What's t
shortly. Any other tips
regarding the management of one or more programmers working on various
small web projects? Maybe workflow or any key procedures a newbie
manager should follow?
- Grant
ne? I hope to hire someone for ongoing work on various
small projects, so the project itself wouldn't belong in the contract.
Maybe an NDA or something, but would that make sense with each of us
in a different country?
- Grant
th almost anything except these two things:
>
> Do not micro-manage
> Do not tell them how to do what they do
Could you give me an example of this last one?
- Grant
> For everything else, good old communication (that thing you do lots of
> in business) will see you through.
>
> --
> Alan McKinnnon
> alan.mckin...@gmail.com
te/book with
more gritty, practical advice like this on managing programmers?
These are the kinds of mistakes I will definitely make if someone
doesn't tell me not to.
Could you tell me really briefly what a manager *should* do?
I think I'll try to manage a single programmer working few hours and
see how it goes. My asking stupid questions is due to my lack of
experience and there's only one way to fix that.
- Grant
very specific way I want things to work, so
everything is broken down to a granular "task" level. In the old days
I would just dig in and start grinding away on things, but I'm ready
to pass that duty on to a real programmer and I can't imagine that
it's productive to have him submit a proposal, set up a schedule,
generate a roadmap, and create milestones for every little thing that
needs to be done. Can I hire one guy and give him one task at a time
and see how it goes without any of that stuff?
- Grant
sounds like that's
what I'm getting at. It's not at all. I'm just trying to preload
some management knowledge and fit it into my context (which does not
include obscuring the big picture from developers).
- Grant
managers
> want to do this daily.
How often should I read their code? I was planning on reading it a lot.
- Grant
ddles with your work while you are trying to do it, or gives
> "helpful suggestions" while you are trying to concentrate. All I'm
> saying is to avoid doing that to others. Good old common sense will
> tell you when this is happening - you already know how to do it, no
> need to analyze the thing any further than that
Got it, thanks Alan and thanks everyone for helping with this.
- Grant
and maintain?
- Grant
hopefully have more desktop-oriented USE defaults than
hardened/linux/x86?
- Grant
ully something
>> really easy to set up and maintain?
>>
>> - Grant
>>
>
> Depending on what type of documents you want to create, DokuWiki
> (http://www.dokuwiki.org/) might be what you're looking for. It worked
> great when I used it a few years ago, an
x86?
>
> I have never used hardened and am not in any way informed about it,
> but I seem to recall reading that hardened on desktop was not
> supported and that it is primarily intended for use on servers.
Can anyone confirm that a hardened profile is only supported for
servers? I&#x
I used to use slocate like this to search the filesystem for a file:
foo*.txt
but mlocate doesn't seem to accept wildcards. I tried to figure out
how to do it with find but failed. Can anyone point me in the right
direction?
- Grant
>> I used to use slocate like this to search the filesystem for a file:
>>
>> foo*.txt
>>
>> but mlocate doesn't seem to accept wildcards. I tried to figure out
>> how to do it with find but failed. Can anyone point me in the right
>> direction?
>> I used to use slocate like this to search the filesystem for a file:
>>
>> foo*.txt
>>
>> but mlocate doesn't seem to accept wildcards. I tried to figure out
>> how to do it with find but failed. Can anyone point me in the right
>> direction?
&
t could be a bunch of
> other things. Permissions springs to mind.
>
Yes, if I had posted the real stuff you would have been able to tell
me to use -wholename instead of -name to mimic mlocate functionality.
> But you'd rather waste our time in trying to conceal what you're looking for
> (I can only assume the file is called "Busty big sluts 3.avi") than help us
> help you.
>
I don't lose track of my Busty big sluts 3 AVI thank you very much.
- Grant
> Stroller.
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