Re: [gentoo-user] Share serial port over network

2005-05-17 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Raphael Melo de Oliveira Bastos Sales wrote: > Have you tried sharing it over NFS? This is wasting time, it really can't work :-(. Device special file is only a pointer to some driver built in local kernel, AFAIK there is no way, how to make a node pointing to remote kernel driver. > or maybe pr

Re: [gentoo-user] iptables blocks ssh

2005-06-13 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Antonio Coralles wrote: > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org wrote: > > >>On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, Antonio Coralles wrote: >> >> >>>I've recently turned my workstation into a router for my laptop, using >>>the great gentoo home router guide. Everthing is ok so far, with one >>>exception: I can't connect to

Re: [gentoo-user] Connect to a remote server with a modem

2005-06-29 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Patrick Marquetecken wrote: > Hi, > > I going to maintain a Gentoo server in another country, normal i'm going > to connect with the internet, but if something is wrong i'm thinking to > connect a modem to the machine. > What do i need of software so i can connect with a another machine to this >

Re: [gentoo-user] Alsa stops working after 'emerge -uD world'

2005-06-29 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
cothrige wrote: > I just finished running 'emerge -uD world' and everything seemed to go > okay. At least in the end it seemed to. I did have some troubles > with spamassassin and a couple of other strange dependencies which > were not dealt with automatically, but google and archives of such > l

Re: [gentoo-user] Simple question DVD

2005-06-29 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
B.S wrote: > Ok so here is my Problem. I install my gentoo box with a stage3. > Installing system with a "CDburner/dvdreader" drive. Down the road i > decide to put in a DVD-Burner. Swaping the physical drives out with out > changing any thing. My question is can i change the entry in the fstab

Re: [gentoo-user] bash_history missing

2005-07-05 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
maxim wexler wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I note there's no .bash_history file in my /home dir. > I created one in the vain hope that gentoo would start > filling it with command-line entries. No such luck. Try to adjust those variables: HISTFILE=/home/your_account/.bash_history HISTFILESIZE=50

[OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Using TV

2005-07-09 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Ryan Viljoen wrote: > ps aux | grep kdetv > or just a simple > ps aux > and than find the process number and use > kill or the simplest: pkill kdetv RTFM pgrep, pkill -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] authdaemond duplicates

2005-07-09 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
David Busby wrote: > * Cannot add provide 'authdaemond', as a service with the same name > exists! [ ok ] I think the message says it exactly, but run this: grep "provide authdaemond" /etc/init.d/* and u'll learn "who" provides authdaemon too (I guess it's "courier-authlib

[gentoo-user] ATAPI burner recognition fails on kernel 2.6.11

2005-04-28 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Hi, I have i865PE based mobo + SATA HDD on /dev/sda (primary/master). I had to setup BIOS to SATA+PATA (combined) mode, for my burner, which is secondary/master. BIOS sees both drives and even (older) Knoppix 3.7 is booting no problem (ide-scsi module is used for CDRW handling on /dev/scd0). I l

Re: [gentoo-user] ATAPI burner recognition fails on kernel 2.6.11

2005-04-29 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Walter Dnes wrote: > You probably have to be root to do the following. Try the command... > cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATA: > cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATAPI: > > They both generate a list CDROM/DVDROM devices. The "ATA:" version > returns the list immediately, but the "ATAPI:" version spins it

Re: [gentoo-user] ATAPI burner recognition fails on kernel 2.6.11 SOLVED

2005-04-29 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Richard Fish wrote: > > I could be wrong (don't have SATA yet), but I think maybe you also need > one or both of: > > CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y > Hi Richard, few minutes ago I built new kernel (added CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y) and rebooted ... dmesg |grep hd now says: hdc: AT

Re: [gentoo-user] Security Violation: A file exists that is not in the manifest

2005-05-03 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Nelis Lamprecht wrote: > Hi, > > I am getting several of the above/below errors which is preventing me > from updating my ports. How do I get around this ? Deleting the files > doesn't seem to help. > > !!! Security Violation: A file exists that is not in the manifest. I guess u clone portage tr

Re: [gentoo-user] encrypt/decrypt a file(s)

2005-05-05 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Regatta wrote: > Hi > > Is there any program that I can just right click in a file or folder in > gnome and just encrypt it with password or decrypt the file or the > folder ? emerge gnupg RTFM gnupg prepare scripts for tasks u like bind scripts to mouse/keyboard events in gnome HTH noro -- gen

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] - BIOS after Gentoo is up

2005-05-05 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Mark Knecht wrote: -snip- > 1) After my machines are running Gentoo is system BIOS still being > used in ANY way? Please assume P4/Athlon XP level machines. > > 2) If my machines are depending on system BIOS is there a way for me > to tell what calls are being made to system BIOS, or at least >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] - BIOS after Gentoo is up

2005-05-06 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
James wrote: > Norbert Kamenicky xmedia.sk> writes: > > > >>The purpose of BIOS is not to provide complete and excellent HW >>maintenance in multitasking environment, but system boot up only. >>Maybe there are some exceptions, but generaly if kernel is aliv

Re: [gentoo-user] pcimodules

2005-05-06 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Mike Williams wrote: -snip- > (I need to know what module(s) are required for the ethernet adaptor). -snip- Let me know, if I identified your question properly! :-) If u doesn't know, which chipset is used on your eth card, run # lspci | grep Eth and learn it. This info should be enough to con

Re: [gentoo-user] Please Use Subjects

2005-05-09 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > Our mailing list software is throwing a hissy fit and inserting double > subject lines. It might be confusing some email clients... > Yes, it made serious troubles to my Mozilla (and me) ... accessing mail via IMAP server. This script removes broken subject line from m

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems mounting CD-Rom device

2005-05-09 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Cornelia Menzel wrote: -snip- > root $ mount -t auto /mnt/cdrom > > If somebody knows what to do, I would be really happy about it (I would like > to hear my audio-cd's, for example). > Yes, u can mount even audio CD, but must have support for it. Let's have a loo at this link: http://www.el

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems mounting CD-Rom device

2005-05-11 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Christoph Gysin wrote: > Norbert Kamenicky wrote: > >> Yes, u can mount even audio CD, but must have support for it. >> >> Let's have a loo at this link: http://www.elis.rug.ac.be/~ronsse/cdfs/ > > > Learnt something new again ;-) > > Is there supp

Re: [gentoo-user] scsi tape support with live cd 2005

2005-05-11 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I can't get my scsi tape drive to work with the live cd 2005. > I would like to backup my system to a tape for backup, now its to disk both > way's would be nice. > > Patrick I have only 5-minutes experience with gentoo live CD (trying to install new system),

Re: [gentoo-user] setting "using_dma" on a BenQ DVD/RW drive

2005-08-08 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Roy Wright wrote: -snip- > I'm having the same issue with a Memorex DVD writer. > Googling suggests making sure the IDE controller > chipset module is loaded. My problem is that I don't > see a config module option for Intel 82801EB (ICH5). > Yes u are right, IMO it has nothing to do with CD/D

Re: [gentoo-user] SuperMicro P4SCT+ and SATA

2005-08-27 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
David Busby wrote: > I'm trying to get 2005.1 onto this box I was just gifted. It's got a > SuperMicro p4sct+ with a goofy SATA controller. I've got four hard > drives in it, connected to these four SATA connectors (labeled like 1/5, > 2/6, 3/7, 4/8). I guess i'm using them in 1,2,3,4 mode. B

Re: [gentoo-user] Forgotten root password on remote system

2005-08-28 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Grant wrote: > I have forgotten the root password of my remote server. Is there any > way to retrieve or reset it? This is my way to solve your problem (and a lot of other problems too): Ask some guy on remote side do this: 1. Put Knoppix CD into drive and reboot 2. answer "knoppix 2" to "boot

Re: [gentoo-user] Forgotten root password on remote system

2005-08-28 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Frank Schafer wrote: > There is no official hack to get the password out of the machine. It is > nowhere stored in uncrypted form and the crypting algorithm itself is > not reversable. Yes, u are right, but encrypted passwords are stored in /etc/shadow, and therefore u can try to decrypt them (usi

Re: [gentoo-user] how can i find out my motherboard?

2005-10-05 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
renna bud wrote: > is there a command to let me know the name and model of my motherboard, > without having to open my pc-case (or worse to find the manual and box > in which it came) ? thanks emerge lshw -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Which ebuild contains sgml2html command ?

2005-12-02 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Sorry for such a stupid question, but google doesn't help :-( noro -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Which ebuild contains sgml2html command ?

2005-12-02 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Peter Ruskin wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ qpkg -f `which sgml2html` > app-text/sgmltools-lite * Thanks Peter, it would be fine to have special search engine on gentoo.org for this purpose ;-) noro -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Which ebuild contains sgml2html command ?

2005-12-03 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Nick Rout wrote: > On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 01:37:24 +0100 > Norbert Kamenicky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Peter Ruskin wrote: >> >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ qpkg -f `which sgml2html` >>>app-text/sgmltools-lite * >> >>Thanks Peter, >&

Re: [gentoo-user] Which ebuild contains sgml2html command ?

2005-12-03 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Ryan Tandy wrote: > Actually, names of files aren't contained in the ebuilds - they're > created by the compilation process. Portage keeps track of what files > are created during the merge for uninstallation later, but it doesn't > know beforehand what the files will be. The only way to find ou

[gentoo-user] Howto setup tunnel in gentoo scripts

2006-05-30 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Hi everybody, to establish gre tunnel, these commands have to be run: (e.g. from local.start) # ip tunnel add vpn0 mode gre remote 1.1.1.1 local 2.2.2.2 dev eth0 # ip addr add 3.3.3.3 dev vpn0 # ip link set vpn0 mtu 1420 up Does anybody know, how to put it into /etc/conf.d/net ? I didn't succeed

Re: [gentoo-user] Howto setup tunnel in gentoo scripts

2006-05-30 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 30 May 2006 22:29:02 +0200, Norbert Kamenicky wrote: > > >>to establish gre tunnel, these commands have to be run: >>(e.g. from local.start) >> >># ip tunnel add vpn0 mode gre remote 1.1.1.1 local 2.2.2.2 dev eth0 >># ip ad

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Howto setup tunnel in gentoo scripts

2006-05-31 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Hi Neil, 1. I doesn't mind rc-scripts at all and do not like to write them from scratch 2. Do you start eth0 from postup() ? No ? So why should be tunneling interface started from there ? 3. I solved it, i.e. I showed you how it should be done. (At least I hope this is the way, as the autho

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Howto setup tunnel in gentoo scripts

2006-06-01 Thread Norbert Kamenicky
Neil Bothwick wrote: > > Are you making net.vpn0 a symlink to net.lo, as with net.eth0? If so, > what happens if you do /etc/init.d/net.vpn0 start and eth0 is not running? > Of course I did ... and it simply works, except of route setup for vpn0 (see my first reply) noro -- gentoo-user@ge