Re: [gentoo-user] IP Load Sharing - Per Packet Load Balancing (Linux router)

2013-05-27 Thread thegeezer
Hi, re: load balancing it must be done by the ISP for bonding DSL lines properly. what they support is what you will have to implement, typically they will give you a managed router that you connect to and this will take care of the bonding for you. that said, you can do something similar with IPt

Re: [gentoo-user] IP Load Sharing - Per Packet Load Balancing (Linux router)

2013-05-27 Thread thegeezer
On 05/27/2013 02:53 PM, Nick Khamis wrote: > And who says you can't teach an old man new tricks huh geezer ;)? > Thank you so much for your response!!! That sorts out outgoing > traffic, have you had to setup rules for incoming traffic? I mean > from the outside world to a server for example? > > K

Re: [gentoo-user] systemd and initramfs

2013-08-19 Thread thegeezer
On 08/19/2013 10:58 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > what binaries and libraries have to be put into an initramfs for a system > booting with init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd ? > (I am building the initramsfs myself) > > Thanks for some hints, > Helmut > > my 2c would be to autobuild one using gen

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Optional /usr merge in Gentoo

2013-08-19 Thread thegeezer
On 08/19/2013 03:37 PM, Alecks Gates wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Alecks Gates wrote: >>> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 8:26 AM, Tanstaafl >>> wrote: On 2013-08-18 10:55 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > And, putting aside

Re: [gentoo-user] systemd and initramfs

2013-08-21 Thread thegeezer
On 08/21/2013 02:13 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 01:54:26AM -0500, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote >>> No, the kernel has a mini filesystem (doesn't matter which directory >>> structure has inside), and it executes the in

Re: [gentoo-user] systemd and initramfs

2013-08-21 Thread thegeezer
On 08/21/2013 04:10 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:40:32 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > update LVM2 kernel remains the same reboot initramfs finds all PVS and activates VG main system init /etc/init.d/lvm2 start error can't read from USB PVS log

Re: [gentoo-user] systemd and initramfs

2013-08-21 Thread thegeezer
On 08/21/2013 05:42 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 10:54 AM, thegeezer wrote: >> On 08/21/2013 04:10 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:40:32 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: >>> >>>>>> update LVM2 >>>>

Re: [gentoo-user] systemd and initramfs

2013-08-21 Thread thegeezer
On 08/21/2013 07:52 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:56:36 +0100, thegeezer wrote: > >> anyone have any good pointers to an initramfs interrogator, maybe that >> takes as argument kernel command line ? > I posted a script fragment that compares the con

Re: [gentoo-user] HA-Proxy or iptables?

2013-08-29 Thread thegeezer
On 08/29/2013 01:12 PM, Randy Barlow wrote: > Honestly, I think the best solution is to switch the company to using domain > names to access these resources. This makes it much easier to silently > introduce things like load balancers later on if you ever need to scale. It's > also much easier t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Install from USB stick; here's how

2013-09-04 Thread thegeezer
You can also create a Grub2 bootable usb which launches ISO. this is always useful to have. for a while now Gentoo has supported being launched this way. you need the following in your grub2 cfg the crucial part is the /iso/install-amd64-minimal-20110714.iso (yeah i know is an old iso but this al

[gentoo-user] GRE link state detection

2013-09-05 Thread thegeezer
Howdy all, i was wondering if anyone has any idea if there is a means by which i can detect GRE link state ? what i have is two sites each with two very unstable internet links in order to vpn between them i have ipsec tunnels linking each side twice (four ipsec tunnels in total) i then have 4x GR

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} image metadata and privacy

2013-09-05 Thread thegeezer
On 09/05/2013 02:32 PM, Grant wrote: > Has anyone found a way to completely sanitize images of all > potentially privacy-invading metadata for posting online? I recently > discovered that there is actually an EXIF thumbnail image. So if you > have a photo and you crop it and post it online, the E

Re: [gentoo-user] Internet security.

2013-09-09 Thread thegeezer
There's a lot FUD out there and equally there is some truth. the NSA "we can decrypt everything" statement was really very vague, and can easily be done if you have a lot of taps (ala PRISM) and start doing mitm attacks to reduce the level of security to something that is crackable. for 'compatibi

Re: [gentoo-user] GRE link state detection

2013-09-09 Thread thegeezer
too long. i'll keep you posted if the bird recommendations works better On 09/07/2013 07:23 PM, Mick wrote: > On Thursday 05 Sep 2013 15:49:55 thegeezer wrote: >> Howdy all, >> i was wondering if anyone has any idea if there is a means by which i >> can detect GRE link st

Re: [gentoo-user] Internet security.

2013-09-09 Thread thegeezer
> When a top-post is that long did you read it before noticing? > > Well, if you opened this email, "All ur base r belong to us!" :$ oops, was more focussed on my rant than the etiquette

Re: [gentoo-user] Internet security.

2013-09-09 Thread thegeezer
>> i read in slashdot that there is a question mark over SELinux because it came >> from the NSA [4] but this is nonsense, as it is a means of securing processes >> not network connections. i find it difficult to believe that a backdoor in a >> locked cupboard in your house can somehow give access

Re: [gentoo-user] Internet security.

2013-09-09 Thread thegeezer
On 09/09/2013 05:04 PM, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote: > On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 04:30:31PM +0100, thegeezer wrote: >> >> Interesting, I didn't realise LSM provisioned hooks for SELinux - >> thought it it was more modular (and less 'shoehorned') than that. >&

Re: [gentoo-user] creating an image of the system

2013-09-11 Thread thegeezer
On 09/11/2013 12:55 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Am 09.09.2013 08:30, schrieb Michael Hampicke: > >> Tar with permission preservation is fine. Just exlude everything >> in dev/sys/proc/tmp as you said. But make sure, that these >> directories are in your tar file, it does not matter if they ar

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Need a new server

2013-09-13 Thread thegeezer
On 09/13/2013 09:00 PM, Grant wrote: > It's time to switch hosts. I'm looking at the following: > > Dual Xeon E5-2690 > 32GB RAM > 4x SSD RAID10 nice > Can I count on this system to keep running if I lose an SSD? if a built in raid controller, yes. one thing you might want to check is linux tools

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Need a new server

2013-09-14 Thread thegeezer
On 09/14/2013 09:59 AM, Grant wrote: >> It's time to switch hosts. I'm looking at the following: >> >> Dual Xeon E5-2690 >> 32GB RAM >> 4x SSD RAID10 > If I make this 6x SSD RAID10 with redundant power supplies, what is my > weakest link as far as hardware? If a CPU craps out, will the system > k

Re: [gentoo-user] ZFS

2013-09-21 Thread thegeezer
On 09/17/2013 08:20 AM, Grant wrote: > I'm convinced I need 3-disk RAID1 so I can lose 2 drives and keep > running. I'd also like to stripe for performance, resulting in > RAID10. It sounds like most hardware controllers do not support > 6-disk RAID10 so ZFS looks very interesting. > > Can I oper

Re: [gentoo-user] Managing multiple systems with identical hardware

2013-09-30 Thread thegeezer
On 09/30/2013 06:31 PM, Grant wrote: >>> Keeping all of the laptops 100% identical as far as hardware is >>> central to this plan. I know I'm setting myself up for big problems >>> otherwise. >>> >>> I'm hoping I can emerge every package on my laptop that every other >>> laptop needs. That way I

Re: [gentoo-user] Where to put advanced routing configuration?

2013-10-05 Thread thegeezer
On 10/03/2013 08:27 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > Let's say you wanted to configure routing of TCP packets based on destination > port like in this example: > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Adv-Routing-HOWTO/lartc.netfilter.html > > [which contains a series of 'ip' and 'iptables' commands to get packe

Re: [gentoo-user] cflags for atom

2013-10-21 Thread thegeezer
On 10/21/2013 03:09 PM, Silvio Siefke wrote: > Hello, > > on my netbook Acer Aspire One D255 is running Gentoo amd64 but its so slow. > I have Samsung NC10 and there is running Gentoo better and that i understand > not so really. > > What Cflags i should use, at moment i use > > CFLAGS="-O2 -march

Re: [gentoo-user] a question about updating process

2014-07-29 Thread thegeezer
On 29/07/14 12:00, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 6:52 AM, behrouz khosravi > wrote: >> well chromium was just an example. I just think that when there is a version >> upgrade, a patch should be enough. > For things like backports you're fairly likely to only get a patch. > However

Re: [gentoo-user] why you've chosen your desktop environment? (no war !)

2014-08-17 Thread thegeezer
Howdy, on Enlightenment here, love the customisability mostly and it's slickness - i.e. can load tiling module that switches behaviour (have never used it myself though, can't say how it compares to awm or i3) krunner equivalent is "start everything module" and resembles gnome-do i prefer to use pc

Re: [gentoo-user] Automounting USB drives

2014-08-17 Thread thegeezer
> > udisks +1 > > Google knows enough about it to lead you to the nirvana state of > increased understanding. > +1 very loosely: udisks needs polkit to check the current user is authorised to mount internal drives or usb drives (this threw me at first as there are two rules you need to assign) u

Re: [gentoo-user] Clusters on Gentoo ?

2014-08-17 Thread thegeezer
there are many way to do clustering and one thing that i would consider a "holy grail" would be something like pvm [1] because nothing else seems to have similar horizontal scaling of cpu at the kernel level i would love to know the mechanism behind dell's equallogic san as it really is clustered

Re: [gentoo-user] why you've chosen your desktop environment? (no war !)

2014-08-17 Thread thegeezer
On 17/08/14 20:16, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am 17.08.2014 um 20:57 schrieb thegeezer: >> from my own experience a DE gives you >> 1. easy hotplug devices i.e. usb disks (or you can emerge dbus,polkit >> and udisks and add policy rules manually) >> 2. "session&

Re: [gentoo-user] why you've chosen your desktop environment? (no war !)

2014-08-17 Thread thegeezer
On 17/08/14 20:54, thegeezer wrote: > On 17/08/14 20:16, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> >> apps that actually work with each other. >> > honestly i've never had issues cross app -- copy/paste of text or files > from dolphin to konqueror have never been an issue.

Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags handling

2014-08-17 Thread thegeezer
On 29/07/14 18:04, behrouz khosravi wrote: > Hello everyone. > I just concurred my fear and jumped to installing gentoo! > So far so good! > Before installing on my laptop and desktop, I am trying on virtual box > and the system is running Fluxbox very good.(default profile) > Now I am thinking abo

Re: [gentoo-user] Clusters on Gentoo ?

2014-08-18 Thread thegeezer
On 18/08/14 15:31, J. Roeleveld wrote: > valid points, and interesting to see the corrections of my understanding, always welcome :) > Looks nice, but is not going to help with performance if the application is > not designed for distributed processing. > > -- > Joost > this is the key point i wo

Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB

2014-09-02 Thread thegeezer
On 02/09/14 14:10, Joseph wrote: > On 09/02/14 10:56, Mick wrote: >> On 2 September 2014 09:00, Dale wrote: >>> Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:23:45 -0500, Dale wrote: >> DeviceBoot Start End Blocks Id System >> /dev/sdb1 *0389119 194560 17 Hi

Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB

2014-09-02 Thread thegeezer
On 02/09/14 15:10, Joseph wrote: > On 09/02/14 14:38, thegeezer wrote: >> On 02/09/14 14:10, Joseph wrote: >>> On 09/02/14 10:56, Mick wrote: >>>> On 2 September 2014 09:00, Dale wrote: >>>>> Neil Bothwick wrote: >>>>>> On Tue,

Re: [gentoo-user] SSD discard / fstrim

2014-09-04 Thread thegeezer
On 04/09/14 20:07, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Сергей wrote: >> You need to run Fstrim if you mounted your partition WITHOUT "discard" >> option and did lots of changes. For example, if you installed your >> system without "discard", do fstrim and then add "discard" to >>

Re: [gentoo-user] File system testing

2014-09-25 Thread thegeezer
On 16/09/14 20:07, James wrote: > Hello, > > By now many are familiar with my keen interest in clustering gentoo > systems. So, what most cluster technologies use is a distributed file > system on top of the local (HD/SDD) file system. Naturally not > all file systems, particularly the distributed

Re: [gentoo-user] File system testing

2014-09-25 Thread thegeezer
On 17/09/14 19:21, J. Roeleveld wrote: > AFS has caching and can survive temporary disappearance of the server. > For me, I need to be able to provide Samba filesharing on top of that > layer on 2 different locations as I don't see the network bandwidth to > be sufficient for normal operations. (AD

Re: [gentoo-user] Reverse Tethering - How to?

2014-09-25 Thread thegeezer
On 17/09/14 10:24, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > how do I need to configure my Gentoo box to allow for reverse > tethering from my (rooted) Android phone? > > Many thanks for a hint, > Helmut > not sure if you can do this even on a rooted phone. the trouble is that usb tethering starts a dhcp se

Re: [gentoo-user] another "headless device"-question: In search of the LAN

2014-09-30 Thread thegeezer
On 30/09/14 11:21, Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 30 Sep 2014 11:12:34 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >> Thank you very much in advance for any help! >> Best regards, >> mcc > Typically used on laptops: > > [I] sys-apps/ifplugd > Available versions: > 0.28-r9 [doc selinux] > Install

Re: [gentoo-user] "Headless question": Harvesting the results...software needed.

2014-09-30 Thread thegeezer
On 30/09/14 15:05, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > with lot of help of this forum (***TAHNKS!***) I now > have a embedded device which is able to > dis/connect itsself from/to the LAN, set the clock via ntp-client > and is able to fire up a tool, which collects > data from sensors and put thos

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Making a bootable USB flash drive from ISO image

2014-10-03 Thread thegeezer
On 03/10/14 16:19, James wrote: > Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > > > >> I was also wrong in stating I use isohybrid for the LXFDVDs. I used to >> but since switching to using GRUB to boot the DVDs, there is no need for >> it. GRUB bootable DVD ISOs can boot from USB sticks by default. > Ne

Re: [gentoo-user] Again some "headless" stuff/question

2014-10-05 Thread thegeezer
On 05/10/14 05:34, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > for starting and running a script on a headless system for me "nohup" > works perfectly. > For interactive session via ssh screen/tmux turned out to be the > solution to detach from jobs started from the commandline. > Both are hints/help I re

[gentoo-user] net-mail/courier-imap-4.15-r1:0 and courier-imapd-ssl headsup

2014-10-06 Thread thegeezer
howdy all, just a friendly heads up after upgrading to latest courier i had a message that said Messages for package net-mail/courier-imap-4.15-r1: * Please read http://www.courier-mta.org/imap/INSTALL.html#upgrading * and remove TLS_DHPARAMS from configuration files or run mkdhparams * For a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Cohorent pool size too small...

2014-10-06 Thread thegeezer
On 06/10/14 17:34, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hinnerk van Bruinehsen [14-10-06 17:56]: >> On Sun, Oct 05, 2014 at 07:44:03PM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >>> walt [14-10-05 19:36]: On 10/05/2014 07:54 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > walt [14-10-05 16:16]: >>> On 10/05/2014 0

Re: [gentoo-user] Writing to tty01 (serial port) in simple straight forward way...?!?

2014-10-13 Thread thegeezer
On 13/10/14 10:08, Christian Groessler wrote: > On 10/13/14 11:06, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Sun, 12 Oct 2014 22:36:55 -0300, Francisco Ares wrote: >> >>> By using this approach, you might be able to send a command, but most >>> probably (never tried) will not be able to receive the device's reply

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Six non-Gentoo installs

2014-10-15 Thread thegeezer
On 15/10/14 04:14, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Grant Edwards > wrote: >> On 2014-10-15, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: >> >>> The main problem (imnho) is that you think CentOS cares about >>> configurability/multiple ways of doing things. >> Oh, I don't think that -- it's pre

Re: [gentoo-user] gigabyte mobo latency

2014-10-18 Thread thegeezer
On 18/10/14 16:49, James wrote: > Hello, > > > OK, so I run a minimalist DE (LXDE) and htop to monitor > system performance. The mobo has an fx8350 with 8 cores > (currently set at 4GHz (unclocked). The system rarily > uses over 8/32 gig of it's ram. So the resources are not > even close to exhaust

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gigabyte mobo latency

2014-10-18 Thread thegeezer
On 18/10/14 22:51, James wrote: > thegeezer thegeezer.net> writes: > > >>> So. Is there a make.conf setting or elsewhere to make the >>> terminal session response times, in the browsers (seamonkey, firefox) >>> faster? >>> the typing latenc

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gigabyte mobo latency

2014-10-19 Thread thegeezer
On 19/10/14 04:15, James wrote: > thegeezer thegeezer.net> writes: > > >> there is a little more here >> http://gentoo-en.vfose.ru/wiki/Improve_responsiveness_with_cgroups >> which will allow you to script creating a cgroup with the processID of >> an interacti

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Routing Problems

2014-10-19 Thread thegeezer
On 18/10/14 20:10, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: > On 10/18/2014 02:13 PM, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: >> I have no idea what's going on. I think what I'm gonna do is install my >> old router behind the new router and plug in all my device to that one >> and see if it works, because I absolutely need my desk

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to debug postgrey

2014-10-22 Thread thegeezer
On 22/10/14 06:12, Ajai Khattri wrote: > > Ive been running postgrey for years without any problems but today I > noticed I hadn't gotten email for awhile and realized upon > investigation that postgrey wasnt running so postfix was rejecting mail. > > What's maddening is that I can run postgrey qui

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to debug postgrey

2014-10-24 Thread thegeezer
On 24/10/14 15:37, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 10/22/2014 01:12 AM, Ajai Khattri wrote: >> Ive been running postgrey for years without any problems but today I >> noticed I hadn't gotten email for awhile and realized upon investigation >> that postgrey wasnt running so postfix was rejecting mail

Re: [gentoo-user] apcupsd to recycle power

2014-11-16 Thread thegeezer
On 15/11/2014 16:47, Daniel Frey wrote: If the above fails (if the above does indeed fail, some troubleshooting should happen to try to figure out why it doesn't work), KILLDELAY is the parameter you likely seek, but it is dangerous. If you set this it will wait x seconds after a shutdown was re

[gentoo-user] kexec

2014-11-16 Thread thegeezer
howdy folks, i've had a bit of a hiatus of internet access and just catching up with mails i notice a recurring systemd related spark about boot times. please this message is not to recreate a flame but to suggest something that may benefit folks from all preferred init systems. kexec is a g

Re: [gentoo-user] kexec

2014-11-17 Thread thegeezer
On 17/11/14 03:25, wraeth wrote: > Would I be correct in guessing that this is dependant on > sys-apps/kexec-tools being installed and CONFIG_KEXEC being enabled in > the kernel? correct. > And, with CONFIG_KEXEC, is that required for the old kernel, new > kernel or both? just the one you are kex

Re: [gentoo-user] question about binhost's

2014-11-17 Thread thegeezer
On 17/11/14 21:01, Michael Mair-Keimberger wrote: > Hi list, > > I was setting up an binhost recently and i couldn't found any > information how to keep old builds. > Usually, for example a newer version of tcpdump gets build, the old > build will be deleted. Only different slots were keeped. Howev

Re: [gentoo-user] Booted Gentoo the first time on the Arietta.G25...but...

2014-11-18 Thread thegeezer
On 18/11/14 18:27, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > How can I configure Gentoo on the Arietta board > to use ethernet-over-usb to be started while > booting the Arietta board? > > By "replace everything eth0 with usb0" ??? ;) if you still have emdebian image you can boot that and see which modules

Re: [gentoo-user] Booted Gentoo the first time on the Arietta.G25...but...

2014-11-18 Thread thegeezer
hi meino, i was curious about the board you are using, and found this page http://watchmysys.com/blog/2014/08/building-arietta-g25-kernel/ which says that the ethernet is a "Davicom DM96xx USB 2.0 10/100M Ethernet Adaptor" you need kernel modules dm9601 (USB_NET_DM9601) and sr9700 (USB_NET_SR9700)

Re: [gentoo-user] Usb over Ethernet: The rise and fall of one usb0 ;)

2014-11-19 Thread thegeezer
On 19/11/14 17:34, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > the little Linux board Arietta G25 has a ethernet over usb feature -- > no real PHY, no RJ45 plug/jack. > > The board is not permanently connected to my PC. > Both are running Gentoo. > > When I connect the Arietta board to my PC via USB > its

Re: [gentoo-user] Booted Gentoo the first time on the Arietta.G25...but...

2014-11-19 Thread thegeezer
On 19/11/14 17:44, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > J. Roeleveld [14-11-19 17:00]: >> On Tuesday, November 18, 2014 09:00:37 PM thegeezer wrote: >>> On 18/11/14 18:27, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >>>> How can I configure Gentoo on the Arietta board >>>> to

Re: [gentoo-user] Usb over Ethernet: The rise and fall of one usb0 ;)

2014-11-19 Thread thegeezer
On 19/11/14 18:00, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > thegeezer [14-11-19 18:40]: >> On 19/11/14 17:34, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> the little Linux board Arietta G25 has a ethernet over usb feature -- >>> no real PHY, no RJ45 plug/jack. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Booted Gentoo the first time on the Arietta.G25...but...

2014-11-19 Thread thegeezer
On 19/11/14 18:12, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi Joost, I tried that for the Beaglebone Black I also use. It will > not work constantly enough well to setup a complete system. There are > two sources for trouble: The makefiles access "meta-applications" like > moc fpr qt and either try to start

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-20 Thread thegeezer
On 20/11/14 18:19, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > But I like that trackpoint yeah at first it's odd, but then when you start getting used to navigating without removing hands from keyboard it does become almost a prerequisite. does anyone know if you can get usb keyboards that have the trackp

Re: [gentoo-user] Iron penguin on usb?

2014-11-20 Thread thegeezer
On 19/11/14 22:15, James wrote: > Hello, > > Ok the latest release of livedvd is here: > > https://www.gentoo.org/news/20140826-livedvd.xml from the forum link from the news article http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-995118.html "One of the great things about this new livedvd besides that it c

Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-26 Thread thegeezer
On 25/11/14 23:35, Emanuele Rusconi wrote: > On 25 November 2014 at 23:42, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> The point was that it could be changed. […] >> >> […] It's about as on-topic and relevant as WinXP. > No, the point was that sometimes even a small annoyance is plenty > enough to drive people away.

Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-26 Thread thegeezer
On 24/11/14 19:13, Marc Stürmer wrote: > Am 24.11.2014 um 19:25 schrieb Gevisz: > >> I switched from Ubuntu 10.04 to Gentoo just because it forced closing >> window button "x" to the upper-left corner of the window in Unity of >> Ubuntu 12.04 while I used to look for it in the upper-right corner. :

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-26 Thread thegeezer
On 2014-11-22 18:12, wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: The first 100 or so I looked at, are deprecated. They just need somebody to 'remove them' the BGO java backlog is being artificially used to prevent java work on gentoo. Somebody of authority needs to open up java for other folks to work on.

Re: [gentoo-user] World update and changed PYTHON_TARGETS

2014-11-26 Thread thegeezer
On 26/11/14 18:23, Marc Joliet wrote: > Am Tue, 25 Nov 2014 04:35:37 +0100 > schrieb Frank Steinmetzger : > >> Hey list >> >> during yesterday's upgrade I read the news about python 3.4 being the >> new profile default. > [...] > > Perhaps you've noticed by now, but the change was reverted in the m

Re: [gentoo-user] Slighty confused about net connections

2014-11-28 Thread thegeezer
On 2014-11-28 18:35, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Do I really need two interfaces isb0 and usb1 with different subnets here? Or do I miss something? howdy, yes you do. i.e. PC has real-eth0="192.168.1.1/24" PC has usb-eth0="192.168.2.1/24" PC has usb-eth1="192.168.2.2/24" sysA has usb-eth0="192

Re: [gentoo-user] TPM feature - do I need it?

2014-11-30 Thread thegeezer
On 29/11/14 19:53, Mick wrote: > I'm looking to buy a new PC and while looking at FM2+ MoBos I saw ASUS offers > one with a TPM feature. It also sells it as a separate component it seems: > > http://us.estore.asus.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=5793 > > I recall reading in this list about it,

Re: [gentoo-user] samba and window 7 NTFS

2014-12-04 Thread thegeezer
On 04/12/14 18:49, Joseph wrote: > I just installed windows 7 in VB and would like to mount windows 7 > shares (folder) via samba on Linux. > I think, I need to enable "CONFIG_NTFS_FS" in kernel? no just cifs > > In order to format the USB stick to NTFS I need this option in kernel > as well, am I

Re: [gentoo-user] [half OT] WLAN totally beginners question

2014-12-07 Thread thegeezer
On 07/12/14 19:10, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > I am just starting to do the first steps in configuring WLAN. > The problem is: This topic seems to be rich of terms, which I > dont know yet how to evaluate: AP, WAP, WEP, FSK...and dozens more. > > Since my use case is very limited I want t

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-08 Thread thegeezer
On 08/12/14 11:26, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Sunday, December 07, 2014 11:43:38 PM lee wrote: >> "J. Roeleveld" writes: >>> On Thursday, December 04, 2014 07:11:12 PM lee wrote: > Why is the networking complicated? Do you use bridging? Yes --- and it was terrible to begin with and still is

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-09 Thread thegeezer
On 08/12/14 22:17, lee wrote: > "J. Roeleveld" writes: > >> create 1 bridge per physical network port >> add the physical ports to the respective bridges > That tends to make the ports disappear, i. e. become unusable, because > the bridge swallows them. and if you pass the device then it becomes

Re: [gentoo-user] Something firewall-ish

2014-12-16 Thread thegeezer
On 15/12/14 20:39, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 15/12/2014 18:47, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >> Hi, >> >> this question is not related to a fully fledged, >> big local area network with DMZs and such. >> >> Even the word "firewall" seems to be a little too >> "huge and mighty" in this context to me. >

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo in a xen VM

2014-12-30 Thread thegeezer
On 29/12/14 13:55, lee wrote: > thegeezer writes: > >> On 08/12/14 22:17, lee wrote: >>> "J. Roeleveld" writes: >>> >>>> create 1 bridge per physical network port >>>> add the physical ports to the respective bridges >>&g

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing a thingy that does not have an ebuild

2015-01-07 Thread thegeezer
On 07/01/15 06:01, Andrew Lowe wrote: > Hi all, > I'm trying to install an engineering package by the name of > Salome-meca. There is no ebuild for this. They claim to have a > "universal installer" but I've spent too much time trying to get this > thingy to work and can now confidently say i

Re: [gentoo-user] Open Question: The feasibility of a complete portage binhost

2015-01-22 Thread thegeezer
On 22/01/15 15:46, Jc García wrote: > 2015-01-22 6:11 GMT-06:00 Andreas K. Huettel : >> Am Donnerstag 22 Januar 2015, 16:50:45 schrieb Sam Bishop: >>> On 22 January 2015 at 01:54, Andreas K. Huettel >> wrote: Am Mittwoch 21 Januar 2015, 20:36:55 schrieb Sam Bishop: > So I've been thinking

Re: [gentoo-user] chatting with the customer

2015-01-23 Thread thegeezer
On 23/01/15 12:57, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > On 23.01.2015 12:06, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > >> I suppose you're referring to 'written' chat. > Yes! > >> At work, on a local >> network, I'm using pidgin client with SIPE plugin >> (x11-plugins/pidgin-sipe ). Works fine to chat with co-workers

Re: [gentoo-user] iscsitarget or targetcli?

2015-01-29 Thread thegeezer
On 29/01/15 10:25, J. Roeleveld wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to set up an iSCSI server (target in iSCSI terminology) running on > Gentoo. > Does anyone know which of the following 2 are better: > - sys-block/iscsitarget > - sys-block/targetcli > > Both don't seem to have had an update for over 2

Re: [gentoo-user] netifrc & system init actions

2015-02-03 Thread thegeezer
On 30/01/15 09:26, Oleg wrote: > Hi all. > > I need to have some ip policy rules at system startup which isn't depend on > any interface. In debian i do this through /etc/network/interfaces - i add > needed rules as post-up actions to lo interface. > > In gentoo i've made postup() in /etc/conf.d/

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot disk "renames" /dev/md6 to /dev/md127.

2015-02-03 Thread thegeezer
On 03/02/15 13:14, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > In fact, do I really need an installation CD for a new installation? > Would I perhaps be better creating new partions then downloading a stage > 3 from my working system? > not at all. you can indeed just create a new LV called "newroot" or something mor

Re: [gentoo-user] netifrc & system init actions

2015-02-05 Thread thegeezer
On 05/02/15 11:11, Oleg wrote: > On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 09:41:22PM +0000, thegeezer wrote: >> howdy, >> don't use postup for this. >> netifrc is much cleverer >> u can directly in /etc/conf.d/net do >> >> rules_eth0=( >> "from 77.247.233

Re: [gentoo-user] netbook connects to Internet automatically, desktop doesn't

2015-02-11 Thread thegeezer
On 11/02/15 00:43, Philip Webb wrote: > 150210 Mick wrote: >> Your desktop hasn't. When the link comes up again nothing kicks in >> to either request an IP address from the DHCP server >> or to self-configure one temporarily. Either enable IPv4LL >> or install ifplug/netplug to achieve the same e

Re: [gentoo-user] netbook connects to Internet automatically, desktop doesn't

2015-02-11 Thread thegeezer
On 11/02/15 10:38, thegeezer wrote: > i vaguely recall that openrc started it's own version of dhcp client yes it did [3] http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Network_management_using_DHCPCD/OpenRC_message [4] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/linux.gentoo.dev/D_sFyfaQl2Y > not

Re: [gentoo-user] netbook connects to Internet automatically, desktop doesn't

2015-02-11 Thread thegeezer
On 11/02/15 11:09, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:38:27 +0000, thegeezer wrote: > >> the confusing bits are that gentoo can use hotplug detection from udev >> to start/stop interfaces for you magically >> also netplug/ifplug will detect carrier changes

Re: [gentoo-user] new linux router

2015-03-07 Thread thegeezer
On 04/03/15 15:10, James wrote: > Hello, > > It's time to build a new router. Surely, I would just like to > purchase hardware and run a minimized or embedded gentoo on it > along with iptables and a few other packages. But, I got to reading > and well it seems much has changed. Dansguardian is dep

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange network behaviour: NIC goes down, DHCP lease renewal fails

2015-03-07 Thread thegeezer
On 05/03/15 09:46, Marc Joliet wrote: > Hi all, > > at work I'm (well, *we* are) facing an interesting problem. Since we are sort > of stabbing in the dark here, I thought I'd ask here. Also, since this is > from > work, I will not be able to diverge very many details (not to mention that as >

[gentoo-user] CLVM and CMAN use flags dropped?

2019-04-21 Thread thegeezer
Howdy folks, around november 2018 the use flags clvm and cman seem to have been dropped for LVM2 the old ebuild has the lines if use clvm; then ... myconf="${myconf} --with-clvmd=${clvmd}" but the new ebuild just has the line myconf="${myconf} --with-clvmd=none --with-cluster=none" I'v

Re: [gentoo-user] surveillance cameras on gentoo

2020-03-25 Thread thegeezer
Howdy I've had great mileage with https://motion-project.github.io/ =media-video/motion-4.1.1-r1:0 it supports a rake of cameras, so you should be good to go almost straight away; multiple network cameras, usb cameras etc it will do timelapse footage, and motion detection recording, and can b

Re: [gentoo-user] surveillance cameras on gentoo

2020-03-25 Thread thegeezer
it's been a while, sorry all  for the top reply

Re: [gentoo-user] do subslots improve user-experience?

2013-11-02 Thread thegeezer
On 11/02/2013 12:04 PM, hasufell wrote: > Another round of questioning the users here. > > more specifically: > * how often do you experience useless rebuilds? not enough to notice, mostly using server based installs not desktop > * do you really have a problem with running > revdep-rebuild/haskell

Re: [gentoo-user] My first initramfs

2013-11-17 Thread thegeezer
On 11/17/2013 12:15 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2013-11-12 4:55 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: >>> Depending on your system, you might want to add one or more of the >>> following options: >>> Option Description >>> --disklabel Add support for LABEL= settings in your /etc/fstab >>> --dmraid Add su

Re: [gentoo-user] My first initramfs

2013-11-17 Thread thegeezer
On 11/17/2013 02:34 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2013-11-17 8:39 AM, thegeezer wrote: >> you only need lvm if root/usr is on lvm. > > root is on a normal partition, /usr is on a separate lvm partition. > you will need the intramfs.mount and lvm >> do you have kernel modul

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} video monitoring

2013-11-25 Thread thegeezer
On 11/23/2013 07:03 PM, Grant wrote: > I've been using motion along with USB cameras for a while. I need to > expand my monitoring capacity and I'm wondering if I should consider > changing software or hardware. motion seems fairly dead but is > stable. I'm reading conflicting info about the cur

Re: [gentoo-user] Debian just voted in systemd for default init system in jessie

2014-02-19 Thread thegeezer
On 02/19/2014 09:06 AM, Gevisz wrote: > On Wed, 19 Feb 2014 01:04:14 -0600 > Daniel Campbell wrote: > >> On 02/18/2014 12:14 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Andrew Savchenko >>> wrote: On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:22:23 -0600 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >> Y

Re: [gentoo-user] Fwd: How about the gentoo server or cluster in production environment?

2014-02-20 Thread thegeezer
On 02/20/2014 12:53 AM, Facundo Curti wrote: I think a "more stable" distro is better for production. My choice is debian. I think you cant find nothing more stable that debian... >Gentoo makes the

Re: [gentoo-user] looking a way to create a flash drive from scratch

2014-02-21 Thread thegeezer
On 02/21/2014 01:13 PM, Francisco Ares wrote: > Hi, > > I need to create a bootable flash stick, preferably using already > working Gentoo system (or at least most of it), which was tailored for > an embedded system. > > Already googled around, but I would like to know if anyone has already > succe

Re: [gentoo-user] Debian just voted in systemd for default init system in jessie

2014-02-21 Thread thegeezer
On 02/20/2014 08:06 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > > > Thinking about this more, since apparently using a separate profile > may just be 'overkill', how about something simpler, like, for > example, using eselect... > > Something like: > > # eselect init list > Available init systems: > [1] OpenRC * >

Re: [gentoo-user] Debian just voted in systemd for default init system in jessie

2014-02-22 Thread thegeezer
On 02/21/2014 08:33 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Fri, February 21, 2014 18:33, thegeezer wrote: >> On 02/20/2014 08:06 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > > >> .. setting systemd to log to syslog to make transitions smoother (as >> logs are lost on reboot by default) > Eeerh,

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