[gentoo-user] the user mode linux can't access network..
I have my user mode kernel running on my gentoo box following the gentoo's guide: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/uml.xmlbut can not access the Internet, pinging my host system appears to be no problem though.. my host system has a ADSL connection to the Internet, and eth0 has been assigned with IP 192.168.0.1.here is my command line that brings up the user mode linux: UML linux ubd0=root_fs ubd1=swap_fs eth0=tuntap,,,192.168.0.1I assigned 192.168.0.2 to my UML, added default route entry; copyed over my resolv.conf.but still can't contact with my name servers nor other Internet hosts.did I miss something? or the guide is just incomplete?thanks.daniel
Re: [gentoo-user] Very OT - Need help removing NTLDR
On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 17:30 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: Awhile back my wife asked me to add Windows 98 SE to the operating systems on her computer (Gentoo and WinXP) so that she could play old games that we couldn't get to work in Linux with wine. She attempted to boot into Windows XP today, but got an error message: NTLDR is missing Press any key to continue '98 believes it's the only OS in the entire world, and sets up the MBR on the boot disk to suit itself, so you need to put it back. Boot off the XP install disk, start the recovery option (not sure of the name right now, but it's obvious what it is from the menu), and run FIXBOOT from the prompt. That should put XP right. Then boot normally, and make sure grub.conf/menu.1st have the correct entries for the MS OSes. Something like: title WindowsXP root (hd0,1) chainloader +1 Adjust the root entry to suit the partitions used by each Windows OS as per normal grub rules. Everything should be back to normal. If you are unlucky enough to have run FIXMBR from XP, then you need to reinstall grub onto the MBR to get your usual boot loader back. Boot off any old LiveCD and run grub-install. After booting back into Linux you can then run the gentoo version of grub-install to restore things exactly as they were. alan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Installation - about creating /etc/fstab
On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 22:35 +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: Hi folks, About creating /etc/fstab [snip] Whether following entries are correct ? [snip] /dev/vg/usr /mnt/gentoo/usr ext3 noatime 0 1 This one (and the other 4 LVM entries) should follow this format: /dev/vg/usr /usr ext3 noatime 0 2 If you mount them at /mnt/gentoo then they are not in the right place to do their correct function. Just remove the /mnt/gentoo part from each (you do mount them there during the install process, but it's not their final location). The two numbers at the end should be '0 1' for the partition mounted at /, all other disk partitions get '0 2'. Mounts that are not real disk partitions (/proc, tmpfs, swap, etc) are 0. See 'man 5 fstab' for deatils. The first digit relates to a very old piece of software (dump/restore) that is effectively obsolete. alan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/conf.d/net
On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 01:52 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: 060819 David Corbin wrote: I emerged a bunch of stuff this morning, and got this: Gentoo is moving toward common config file for all network interfaces. I looked at /etc/conf.d/net.example it's woefully unclear how I port my /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 to the new file/format. Yes, the dox are not as detailed as they sb. To repeat my explanation to another troubled user a few weeks ago : Philip, Docs on /etc/conf.d/net are about as clear as mud from where I sit. The last thing I need to figure out is what exactly is the difference between config_eth0 and iface_eth0 entries? config_eth0 simply does not work for me at all - if the net cable is not plugged in, dhcp takes 60 seconds to time out. But iface_eth0 realizes in less than a second that there is no network cable and does the smart thing. I once found a note in some other obscure doc that iface_eth0 seems to be the syntax for ifconfig, while config_eth0 seems to be for iproute2. Can anyone confirm or deny this? alan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Fastest raw copy method ? (/dev/sda - /dev/sdb)
On Sat, 2006-08-19 at 13:50 +0200, Meino Christian Cramer wrote: Hi, I am interested, whether there more speedier methods of copying /dev/sda to /dev/sdb (both are identical hds -- only the serial # differs :) as the good old dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=cache size of one hd dd is about as fast as it gets - reads a bunch of raw sectors, write them somewhere else. alan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie ebuild question
On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 09:42 -0400, Andrew Frink wrote:
Jules,
I think you need to add something like(see below) Read the man page
for that one, or grep usr/portage/
Thanks a lot. 'nomirror' is not in the ebuild man page but there are
plenty of packages that are using it.
Thanks,
jules
Andrew
On 8/18/06, Jules Colding [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to create an ebuild file for evolution-brutus. It
is
presently looking like this (with comments removed):
### e-b ebuild start
inherit eutils flag-o-matic
DESCRIPTION=Brutus Exchange connector for Evolution 2.4 and
2.6
HOMEPAGE=http://www.omesc.com/;
SRC_URI=http://www.omesc.com/content/downloads/dist/SOURCES/evolution-brutus-1.1.6.tar.gz;
LICENSE=GPL-2
SLOT=0
KEYWORDS=~x86 ~amd64
RESTRICT=nomirror
IUSE=debug
DEPEND==gnome-base/orbit-2.14.1
=dev-libs/libIDL-0.8.5
=dev-util/pkgconfig-0.20
=dev-util/intltool-0.30
gnome-base/gnome-common
=gnome-base/gnome- keyring-0.4.2
=mail-client/evolution-2.6
=gnome-extra/evolution-data-server-1.6
DOCS=COPYING README INSTALL docs/building_from_source
docs/using_evolution-brutus
src_compile() {
BRUTUS_ECONF=--enable-brutus-dist=yes \
--enable-brutus-devel=yes\
$(use_enable debug brutus-debug yes)
econf ${BRUTUS_ECONF} || die econf failed
emake || die emake failed
}
src_install() {
emake DESTDIR=${D} install || die emake install failed
}
### e-b ebuild end
I then tried to follow:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Installing_3rd_Party_Ebuilds
to test if it worked. I tried:
ebuild /usr/local/portage/gnome-extra/evolution-brutus/evolution-
brutus-1.1.6.ebuild fetch
to test if ebuild could fetch the source. I naively assumed
that ebuild
would look at SRC_URI before trying to download the source.
Unfortunately it tried to connect to all possible gentoo
mirrors
instead. Can I get ebuild to download from my site without
modifying
make.conf?
Thanks,
jules
### emerge --info ###
omc-2 evolution-brutus # emerge --info
Portage 2.1-r2 (default-linux/amd64/2006.0, gcc-3.4.6,
glibc-2.3.6-r4, 2.6.17-gentoo-r4 x86_64)
=
System uname: 2.6.17-gentoo-r4 x86_64 AMD Opteron(tm)
Processor 252
Gentoo Base System version 1.12.4
app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present]
dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2, 2.4.3-r1
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache: [Not Present]
dev-util/confcache: [Not Present]
sys-apps/sandbox:1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7
sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3,
1.9.6-r2
sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r3
sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22
virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=amd64
AUTOCLEAN=yes
CBUILD=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
CFLAGS=-march=k8 -O2 -pipe
CHOST=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
CONFIG_PROTECT=/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb
/usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/
/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/
/usr/share/texmf/xdvi/
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK=/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild
/etc/terminfo
CXXFLAGS=-march=k8 -O2 -pipe
DISTDIR=/usr/portage/distfiles
FEATURES=autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox
sfperms strict
GENTOO_MIRRORS=http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/
http://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/
http://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/gentoo/
ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo http://mirror.gentoo.no/
http://gentoo.prz.rzeszow.pl http://ftp.du.se/pub/os/gentoo
ftp://mirror.pudas.net/gentoo;
MAKEOPTS=-j3
PKGDIR=/usr/portage/packages
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS=--recursive --links --safe-links --perms
--times --compress --force --whole-file --delete
--delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles'
--exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'
PORTAGE_TMPDIR=/var/tmp
PORTDIR=/usr/portage
Re: [gentoo-user] initng or runit?
On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:01:24 -0400, Jerry McBride wrote: Would some kind soul save me a bit of research time? Which of the two alternative init schemes are faster, initng or runit? There's a third option that doesn't involve switching init systems, set RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP=no in /etc/conf.d/rc. I saw a significant speedup when using this, and it is fully integrated into baselayout. -- Neil Bothwick If bankers can count, how come they have eight windows and only four tellers? signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie ebuild question
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:58:47 +0200, Jules Colding wrote: Thanks a lot. 'nomirror' is not in the ebuild man page but there are plenty of packages that are using it. It's covered in the ebuild HOWTO. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2chap=1 -- Neil Bothwick It's ten o'clock; do you know where your processes are? signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] .keep
Philip Webb wrote: 060821 Shaochun Wang wrote: Does anyone know the function of .keep file in a directory? It prevents the dir from being deleted by a script, eg esp during a package update. I believe it is to do with how tar handles directories. If there are no files in a dir, tar won't include the dir in the archive. So to ensure packages create dirs that will be needed by that package (i.e. an empty data directory, or empty log directory or some such) there is a .keep file placed in that directory. This will cause tar to create the directory when the archive is unpacked. Shawn -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: initng or runit?
· Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:01:24 -0400, Jerry McBride wrote: Would some kind soul save me a bit of research time? Which of the two alternative init schemes are faster, initng or runit? There's a third option that doesn't involve switching init systems, set RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP=no in /etc/conf.d/rc. I saw a significant speedup when using this, and it is fully integrated into baselayout. You saw a *speedup* when *disabling* parallel startup by setting RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP=no? I thought boot would be a bit faster, when parallel startup is *enabled*. Alexander Skwar -- Was eine Nation groß macht, sind nicht in erster Linie die großen Männer. Es ist das Format der Mittelmäßigen. -- José Ortega y Gasset -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] the user mode linux can't access network..
On 8/21/06, Etaoin Shrdlu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 21 August 2006 08:38, fei huang wrote: did I miss something? or the guide is just incomplete?I see you are directly connecting the real host to the virtual host usingtuntap (eg, you don't use uml_switch). I would like the most direct and easy way to access the network, seems the uml_switch needs just a lot more steps to set up the network... not sure though. You probably need to enable forwarding (and possibly masquerading) on thereal box:iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADEecho 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forwardThe guide DOES mention this, in the section using an existing network. yep, that's why I get so frustrated, I did exactly the same as what the guide instructs..any other posibilities that may cause the problem? HTH--gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing listthank you so much..daniel
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: initng or runit?
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:51:27 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: There's a third option that doesn't involve switching init systems, set RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP=no in /etc/conf.d/rc. I saw a significant speedup when using this, and it is fully integrated into baselayout. You saw a *speedup* when *disabling* parallel startup by setting RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP=no? I thought boot would be a bit faster, when parallel startup is *enabled*. Doh! I pasted from this box, on which I haven't enabled parallel startup (yet), but I'm using it on my other one, which is faster with it set to yes. I meant to change it but it's still too early in the week for me to function properly :( -- Neil Bothwick Welcome to the world of Windows 95. Stay a while -- stay foooreveeer. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Wireless WPA and ipw2200 problems
I'll throw two chickens in one pot. I have recently installed ubuntu on another partition in the mainly gentoo gateway laptop I've been running for over a year with great success. I have never had any wireless problems, using the ipw2200 centrino. I've not changed kernels for a long while, still running 2.5.15 something. Never a hiccough. Then, after installing ubuntu, accessing a few access points, suddenly the module for ipw2200 won't install consistently, and I get an error, the most recent error was -1 but there was another number earlier. Well, at school today, confounding all this, the wireless access points have now been set up with WPA keys. Trying WEP keys with Ubuntu was unsuccessful, after failling w/ gentoo altogether. Then when trying to run /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start again, as I've been doing, there is no happiness, and I tracked down this failure to load the module. After a couple of tried, the module did, I think load, but because of the WPA setup, I cannot figure out how to access the net. Back to ubuntu, back to gentoo---again module problems. These are firmware problems, failture to load firmware, not the ipw2200 module, sorry. Ubuntu too, I cannot figure out how to use the WPA key. Now I'm at a wifi access point cafe, and cannot get gentoo to work at all, even with this unsecured site. Ubuntu does work. So my questions are how to get WPA to work, with both, and what the heck is going on with the firmware? I suspect that ubuntu loads firmware that is incompatible with gentoo. Thanks for any help with any of the above. Alan Davis -- Alan Davis, Kagman High School, Saipan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1-670-256-2043 I consider that the golden rule requires that if I like a program I must share it with other people who like it. Richard Stallman -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless WPA and ipw2200 problems
On 8/21/06, Alan E. Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suspect that ubuntu loads firmware that is incompatible with gentoo. More likely you just don't have the right firmware installed under gentoo. Check the dmesg output after attempting to load the module, and look for something about missing firmware. It would also help us to know if you are using the in-kernel drivers, or the external net-wireless/ipw2200 package. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to start /usr/bin/nifd: No such file or directory
On 8/20/06, Goran Dubajic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: /sbin/start-stop-daemon: Unable to start /usr/bin/nifd: No such file or directory (No such file or directory) Does /usr/bin/nifd actually exist? What does ldd /usr/bin/nifd report? How about equery check net-misc/howl? -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] the user mode linux can't access network..
On 8/21/06, Etaoin Shrdlu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 21 August 2006 11:24, fei huang wrote: yep, that's why I get so frustrated, I did exactly the same as what the guide instructs.. any other posibilities that may cause the problem? Ok, let's see: you say that your eth0 (which I guess is the interfaceconnected to the ADSL and thus to the Internet) has ip address192.168.0.1. Then, you use this command to start uml: UML linux ubd0=root_fs ubd1=swap_fs eth0=tuntap,,,192.168.0.1this means that the *host's* tun/tap interface gets ip address192.168.0.1 as well. So, the host ends up with its two interfaces havingthe same ip address (do ip addr or ifconfig when uml is running toconfirm this) .yep, I did notice this problem, and tried to change the tun/tap interface to 192.168.0.3,I guess this must be the same network with eth0 of my host system,, but no luck... If the above is true, try using different addresses for the tun/tap-umlnetwork, for example from the 10.0.0.0 pool.--I'll try it out... hope this works. thanks. gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing listregards. daniel.
[gentoo-user] Nucleus CMS
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I want to install a blog on my web server and was going to install Nucleus CMS (http://nucleuscms.org/) as I've used it in the past but I can't find an ebuild. Is there an ebuild or is there a better package for blogging? Cheers, Dave. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE6ZUjx43ifHzpDVURAt5SAJ47+Z9Cf4UwTy+PuZ+5kmVmlcp8CQCdEx9Z /FeKPIAp25AJieihpwo/FN4= =Fn1+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: .keep
· Shawn Haggett [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Philip Webb wrote: 060821 Shaochun Wang wrote: Does anyone know the function of .keep file in a directory? It prevents the dir from being deleted by a script, eg esp during a package update. I believe it is to do with how tar handles directories. If there are no files in a dir, tar won't include the dir in the archive. Nope, tar doesn't have anything to do with this. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp/tartest$ mkdir emptydir [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp/tartest$ tar cfv test.tar emptydir emptydir/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp/tartest$ ls -la emptydir/ insgesamt 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 alexander alexander 1 2006-08-21 13:24 . drwxr-xr-x 3 alexander alexander 16 2006-08-21 13:24 .. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp/tartest$ rm -r emptydir [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp/tartest$ ls -la emptydir ls: emptydir: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp/tartest$ tar xvf test.tar emptydir/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp/tartest$ ls -la emptydir insgesamt 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 alexander alexander 1 2006-08-21 13:24 . drwxr-xr-x 3 alexander alexander 24 2006-08-21 13:25 .. Alexander Skwar -- Das Problem ist der Parser. Der ist nicht fuzzy genug. -- Klaus Knopper -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless WPA and ipw2200 problems
I am pretty sure I have the latest firmware installed---several versions are installed. I'll check whether I am using the package or the kernel-based firmware. I may upgrade the kernel, also. This will take a day or so. Thanks (again), Alan Davis On 8/21/06, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/21/06, Alan E. Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suspect that ubuntu loads firmware that is incompatible with gentoo. More likely you just don't have the right firmware installed under gentoo. Check the dmesg output after attempting to load the module, and look for something about missing firmware. It would also help us to know if you are using the in-kernel drivers, or the external net-wireless/ipw2200 package. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Alan Davis, Kagman High School, Saipan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1-670-256-2043 I consider that the golden rule requires that if I like a program I must share it with other people who like it. Richard Stallman -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Packages being Re-emerged after portage update
Following a portage update/sync and running 'emerge -auDvN world', packages sometimes show with 'R' but without any yellow or % USE flags shown. I assume that this is because a USE flag has been removed from either the ebuild or an eclass used by the ebuild. If this is correct, it would be nice if it was to show which USE flag(s) are no longer used. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless WPA and ipw2200 problems
I use the sourceforge ipw2200 stuff - never could get the kernel stuff to work, even on simple networks. bunyip ~ # esearch ipw2200 [ Results for search key : ipw2200 ] [ Applications found : 2 ] * net-wireless/ipw2200 Latest version available: 1.1.3 Latest version installed: 1.1.3 Size of downloaded files: 399 kB Homepage:http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/ Description: Driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG miniPCI and 2225BG PCI adapters License: GPL-2 * net-wireless/ipw2200-firmware Latest version available: 3.0 Latest version installed: 3.0 Size of downloaded files: 791 kB Homepage:http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/ Description: Firmware for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG miniPCI and 2225BG PCI adapters License: ipw2200-fw The above works! It might also be a good idea to bypass as much as possible of gentoos networking scripts (from experience, esp /etc/conf.d/net), at least until you get a working setup, then you can roll the changes back in and test as you go. They just do not work well when you have a dozen or more networks using vpn's, wireless. wired, wep, plain and wpa - mainly I think because of the way its documented means that while they tell you how to do many things, they dont tell you how or why, so its too easy to shoot oneself in the foot. I suspect they are trying to be all things to every possible combination, and fail dismally with wireless and laptops! And until I found a udev workaround, multiple network cards in a server :( BillK On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 19:53 +1000, Alan E. Davis wrote: I'll throw two chickens in one pot. I have recently installed ubuntu on another partition in the mainly gentoo gateway laptop I've been running for over a year with great -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: /etc/conf.d/net
On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 10:05 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: · Alan Mckinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Docs on /etc/conf.d/net are about as clear as mud from where I sit. The last thing I need to figure out is what exactly is the difference between config_eth0 and iface_eth0 entries? Oh, that's simple! config_eth0 exists and iface_* doesn't. Quite clear, as far as I'm concerned. Hmmm, it's now as clear as mud smeared all over a 100 foot black obsidian monolith. If iface_* doesn't exist, then why does it work on my machine? It not only works, but it works stably and well whereas config_* is unstable, eg if it can't find a dhcp server it tends to hang and wait forever. My /etc/init.d/net looks like: iface_eth0=192.168.0.3 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0 iface_eth1=dhcp modules=( wpa_supplicant ) wpa_supplicant_eth0=-Dipw2200 eth0 is a wired on-board nic, eth1 is an ipw2200 I once found a note in some other obscure doc that iface_eth0 seems to be the syntax for ifconfig, while config_eth0 seems to be for iproute2. Can anyone confirm or deny this? Check out the documentation in /etc/conf.d/net.example. It'll deny that iface_* is for one tool and config_* for the other tool. I read it, but it doesn't deny anything - it simply doesn't mention iface_* at all. Maybe iface_* is deprecated, but I've used it since 2005.0 and that's what the docs said then. I haven't seen any updates about it either. The baselayout ebuild has several checks at the end for old deprecated files and veriables, but iface_* isn't one of them. I'm using baselayout-1.12.4-r6 alan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Packages being Re-emerged after portage update
On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 13:21 +0100, Graham Murray wrote: Following a portage update/sync and running 'emerge -auDvN world', packages sometimes show with 'R' but without any yellow or % USE flags shown. I assume that this is because a USE flag has been removed from either the ebuild or an eclass used by the ebuild. If this is correct, it would be nice if it was to show which USE flag(s) are no longer used. Now there's an idea, why didn't I think of that? Submit it as a feature request, I'll give you a me too! vote alan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] terminal access through web-browser...
On Monday 21 August 2006 10:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AFAIK, webmin has such a feature, but it seems to me rather heavy, I would prefer light-weight solution. Any ideas? I think you have to use a java applet, see for example mindterm [1] or JTA [2]. [1] http://www.appgate.com/products/80_MindTerm/50_Running_MindTerm/ [2] http://javassh.org/space/start -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: /etc/conf.d/net
Don't feel bad Alan - for me, also this is very unclear. I upgraded baselayout then got the message my conf.d/net was using deprecated syntax so I went to net.example, copied it to net which is symlinked to net.eth0 (after backing upG). I then went through the file and found that it appears iproute2 is now preferred although there are no man pages or docs and it got installed on my system. I use static so I updated the address with the new function per the in-file instructions and set the route. I restarted net.eth0 and immediately lost internet access - I had pop and https but no news or regular http or sync! After much hassle all I did was comment out some nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf and left a couple more and it worked again. To be honest I can't say the upgrade was to blame - I'm checking into the nameservers having issues. However, the differences between the old and new or what the new is supposed to do better is very unclear. From: Alan Mckinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/08/21 Mon AM 09:43:17 EDT To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: /etc/conf.d/net On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 10:05 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: · Alan Mckinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I read it, but it doesn't deny anything - it simply doesn't mention iface_* at all. Maybe iface_* is deprecated, but I've used it since 2005.0 and that's what the docs said then. I haven't seen any updates about it either. The baselayout ebuild has several checks at the end for old deprecated files and veriables, but iface_* isn't one of them. I'm using baselayout-1.12.4-r6 alan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] the user mode linux can't access network..
still no luck... I tried to build everything in kernel, and later build additional iptable_filter as module, add iptable to my default run level,, neither of them works.. I found there is a warning message after emerge iptables says: ip forwarding is not included in iptables any more. what does it mean? is that related with the issue? any hints ?... thanksdaniel
Re: [gentoo-user] the user mode linux can't access network..
On Monday 21 August 2006 16:22, fei huang wrote: still no luck... I tried to build everything in kernel, and later build additional iptable_filter as module, add iptable to my default run level,, neither of them works.. I'd try first with iptables filters *disabled*, to make sure it's not a firewall issue. Once it works, enable packet filtering (if you need it). But until you are sure it works, make sure nothing prevents traffic flow, so disable iptables filters. I found there is a warning message after emerge iptables says: ip forwarding is not included in iptables any more. what does it mean? is that related with the issue? It means that, if you want ip forwarding, you have to enable it manually using the command echo 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward To verify that forwarding is working, simply do cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward and it should print 1. Keep in mind that if you reboot, you have to re-enable forwarding if you want it again. Finally, run a network analyzer like wireshark and see for yourself what's happening. I'd look at ARP packets first: make sure ARP is working correctly. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless WPA and ipw2200 problems
On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 07:53:52PM +1000, Penguin Lover Alan E. Davis squawked: I have recently installed ubuntu on another partition in the mainly gentoo gateway laptop I've been running for over a year with great success. I have never had any wireless problems, using the ipw2200 centrino. I've not changed kernels for a long while, still running 2.5.15 something. Never a hiccough. Upgrading your kernel might be a good idea. Then, after installing ubuntu, accessing a few access points, suddenly the module for ipw2200 won't install consistently, and I get an error, the most recent error was -1 but there was another number earlier. I take it that you are trying to install the net-wireless/ipw2200 package? (since it does not come built into the kernel until somewhere around 2.6.8) Well, at school today, confounding all this, the wireless access points have now been set up with WPA keys. Trying WEP keys with Ubuntu was unsuccessful, after failling w/ gentoo altogether. Then when trying to run /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start again, as I've been doing, there is no happiness, and I tracked down this failure to load the module. After a couple of tried, the module did, I think load, but because of the WPA setup, I cannot figure out how to access the net. Back to ubuntu, back to gentoo---again module problems. These are firmware problems, failture to load firmware, not the ipw2200 module, sorry. Which versions of firmware/ipw2200/kernel are you running here exactly? Ubuntu too, I cannot figure out how to use the WPA key. We should tackle one thing at a time. But have you looked at http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Wireless_Configuration_and_Startup W -- BOOK...Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much... the wheel, New York, wars, and so on, whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely the dolphins believed themselves to be more intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons. Sortir en Pantoufles: up 1 day, 19:57 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Packages being Re-emerged after portage update
On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 03:51:47PM +0200, Penguin Lover Alan Mckinnon squawked: On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 13:21 +0100, Graham Murray wrote: Following a portage update/sync and running 'emerge -auDvN world', packages sometimes show with 'R' but without any yellow or % USE flags shown. I assume that this is because a USE flag has been removed from either the ebuild or an eclass used by the ebuild. If this is correct, it would be nice if it was to show which USE flag(s) are no longer used. Now there's an idea, why didn't I think of that? Submit it as a feature request, I'll give you a me too! vote That would be a neat idea. But I don't think that's what the OP described. Packages shown with R implies it is being re-compiled. yellow or % USE flags are new ones. If you have already installed the package once, the USE flags cannot be new ;) I would think that if IUSE changed in an ebuild, that would warrant a version bump, but I don't know the dev's policy on that. Most likely those packages are being re-merged because of a changed USE flag on your configuration: does it have something green or followed by *? That means a USE flag that changed since the last install. HTH, W -- Fortunately, this is where we stop, for the equations of motion are 2nd order. If it were 5th order you'd all probably switch to biology. ~DeathMech, S. Sondhi. P-town PHY 205 Sortir en Pantoufles: up 1 day, 20:03 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] the user mode linux can't access network..
On 8/21/06, Etaoin Shrdlu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 21 August 2006 16:22, fei huang wrote: still no luck... I tried to build everything in kernel, and later build additional iptable_filter as module, add iptable to my default run level,, neither of them works.. I'd try first with iptables filters *disabled*, to make sure it's not afirewall issue. Once it works, enable packet filtering (if you need it).But until you are sure it works, make sure nothing prevents traffic flow, so disable iptables filters.mm, I disabled it from auto loading. I found there is a warning message after emerge iptables says: ip forwarding is not included in iptables any more. what does it mean? is that related with the issue?It means that, if you want ip forwarding, you have to enable it manually using the commandecho 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forwardTo verify that forwarding is working, simply docat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forwardand it should print 1.Keep in mind that if you reboot, you have to re-enable forwarding if you want it again.gentoo might do that trick for me, everytime I check that value, it shows 1. Finally, run a network analyzer like wireshark and see for yourselfwhat's happening. I'd look at ARP packets first: make sure ARP isworking correctly.--gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing listuh, that's a good idea, I'll emege wireshark and see what's happening, the most annoying thing is that there's no log for troubleshooting, I wonder why iptable never write anything to syslog? that's wierd. regardsdaniel
Re: [gentoo-user] the user mode linux can't access network..
On Monday 21 August 2006 17:11, fei huang wrote: uh, that's a good idea, I'll emege wireshark and see what's happening, the most annoying thing is that there's no log for troubleshooting, I wonder why iptable never write anything to syslog? that's wierd. It will, if you tell it. Look at the LOG/ULOG targets. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Packages being Re-emerged after portage update
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:11:57 -0400, Willie Wong wrote: That would be a neat idea. But I don't think that's what the OP described. Packages shown with R implies it is being re-compiled. yellow or % USE flags are new ones. If you have already installed the package once, the USE flags cannot be new ;) They can if the ebuild has changed, but new flags would be highlighted. What is happening here is that flags have been removed, and portage currently does not highlight those. I think the feature request is a god idea. Post the bug number and I'll add my vote. I would think that if IUSE changed in an ebuild, that would warrant a version bump, but I don't know the dev's policy on that. Ebuild fixes and other general tidying up that do not alter the installed code do not get a revision bump. -- Neil Bothwick Help put the fun back in dysfunctional ! signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless WPA and ipw2200 problems
I'm using the latest kernel, with the ipw2200 driver it provides (not the one in portage). Evrything works great in WPA, but I don't use the -Dipw option of wpa_supplicant; I use -Dwext: the tip is in http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_ipw2200 I'm using the suspend2 sources, so I don't have 2.6.17 yet. Canek On 8/21/06, Willie Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 07:53:52PM +1000, Penguin Lover Alan E. Davis squawked: I have recently installed ubuntu on another partition in the mainly gentoo gateway laptop I've been running for over a year with great success. I have never had any wireless problems, using the ipw2200 centrino. I've not changed kernels for a long while, still running 2.5.15 something. Never a hiccough. Upgrading your kernel might be a good idea. Then, after installing ubuntu, accessing a few access points, suddenly the module for ipw2200 won't install consistently, and I get an error, the most recent error was -1 but there was another number earlier. I take it that you are trying to install the net-wireless/ipw2200 package? (since it does not come built into the kernel until somewhere around 2.6.8) Well, at school today, confounding all this, the wireless access points have now been set up with WPA keys. Trying WEP keys with Ubuntu was unsuccessful, after failling w/ gentoo altogether. Then when trying to run /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start again, as I've been doing, there is no happiness, and I tracked down this failure to load the module. After a couple of tried, the module did, I think load, but because of the WPA setup, I cannot figure out how to access the net. Back to ubuntu, back to gentoo---again module problems. These are firmware problems, failture to load firmware, not the ipw2200 module, sorry. Which versions of firmware/ipw2200/kernel are you running here exactly? Ubuntu too, I cannot figure out how to use the WPA key. We should tackle one thing at a time. But have you looked at http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Wireless_Configuration_and_Startup W -- BOOK...Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much... the wheel, New York, wars, and so on, whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely the dolphins believed themselves to be more intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons. Sortir en Pantoufles: up 1 day, 19:57 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Canek Peláez Valdés Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: 2006.0 install
Martin S shieldfire at gmail.com writes: I am having problems installing Gentoo 2006.0. The computer has partitions and data I want to save. Whenever I try to install (using the LiveCD) I get as far as entering the root password but when the actual installation is about to start the installation dies. Using the cli it simply quits, using the graphical thing I get failed to set root password. Any suggestions (other than use the minimal CD)?Regards,Martin S An early paragraph in this newsletters talks about liveCD 2006.1 http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20060814-newsletter.xml From a previous post: Subject: Re: Incompatibility of gentoo 2006 Newsgroups: gmane.linux.gentoo.user Date: 2006-08-15 15:15:09 GMT (6 days and 16 minutes ago) Daniel da Veiga danieldaveiga at gmail.com writes: The GUI (as for Gentoo Installer) is not perfect (yet). Boy, that's showing some restraint.. Of my (3) installs using LiveCD 2006.0, all three had to be completed manually, Lots of wasted time using LiveCD 2006.0. This was a result of scant-to-nil documentation explaining what path (i.e. sequence of choices) to follow. So you just have to float around the various 'sequences of choices'. Once I got a bootable kernel out of the liveCD 2006.0, I learned to finish the installation manually. (ugly, real ugly)... On a positive note, the liveCD 2006 does do a pretty good job of hardware discover, selection and driver loading. Currently, *in my opinion*, the manual installation process is the only one to use. I have some additional systems to to install, but, I'm waiting for 2006.1, which should be released any day now. [1] will let you track the progress of 2006.1 liveCD release schedule.. I'd be willing to beta test it, if it were released... ( I'd even promise not to bitch or ask any questions to anyone, if a BETA of livedCD 2006.1) were available, for us commoners. [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/release/2006.1/2006.1.xml ymmv, James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on a PDA (mda III or xda III)
JC Denton jcdentonmail at yahoo.de writes: Hi Group!I was looking for a project that installs Gentoo on a PDA (MDA III or XDA III) but did not find something useful. Is there such a project? I found the familiar and xandux project so far but I would like to try Gentoo. Regards If you do not find anything, depending on the processor, you might find more 'spartan' gentoo installation info from the gentoo-embedded group. Google for 'gentoo-embedded' and the model of the PDA or the processor it uses and see what you find. hth, James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] How to properly change CFLAGS ?
I *don't* want to start some flamewar her, I am a newbie in this group, and I just would like some info on how to do it right, as my extensive rtfm'ing/googling/etc. has still not given me a satisfying answer. I started my Gentoo-installation with CFLAGS containing -O3, believing to do it right ... Now I read about the fact that -O3 results in bigger binaries and isn't at all guaranteed to give me a faster system. The bigger files result in more load on IO, so this tells me that it puts the load on the (relatively slow) 5400 rpm HDD I have in my laptop. OTOH I have only 512 MB RAM in there so it seems interesting to me to go the -O2 way of doing Gentoo ... Now the question: Do I have to do emerge -e --newuse world on my system or what else would be needed? Is it worth the effort or should I prefer to spend the cpu-cycles on re-emerging only the core-apps of my system? Or forget about it all and enjoy my nice and shiny system as it is, simply editing make.conf to use -O2 for any new emerges coming? I am not asking this to get the best result in terms of speed or performance, but to make sure that I don't break my system (which has been backed up, sure, thanks ...). Greets and thanks, Stefan. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] How to properly change CFLAGS ?
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:51:43 +0200, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Now I read about the fact that -O3 results in bigger binaries and isn't at all guaranteed to give me a faster system. The bigger files result in more load on IO, so this tells me that it puts the load on the (relatively slow) 5400 rpm HDD I have in my laptop. OTOH I have only 512 MB RAM in there so it seems interesting to me to go the -O2 way of doing Gentoo ... I agree with Richard's response to the other other parts of your mail, but I'd also add that -O2 may not be the best setting for your system. -Os applies some of the optimisations of -O3 but also optimises for size. It is often the best setting for systems with slow memory and disk I/O, i.e. laptops. -- Neil Bothwick A bug in the hand is better than one as yet undetected. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] terminal access through web-browser...
The clients above are java based clients and as such I dont believe will solve your issue. Is it that you dont want to open 22 on your server or is it that work or whereever is locking you out? if its home then many people leave 22 open quite safely and you can even move the port to something non standard to avoid the script kiddies. If its work then you are limited, I am only aware of webmin but though it can be big at least it is a well known supported app so will [should] keep ahead of the dark people out there whereas a less supported apache plugin may not. stu my 0.02$ On 21/08/06, Etaoin Shrdlu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 21 August 2006 10:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AFAIK, webmin has such a feature, but it seems to me rather heavy, I would prefer light-weight solution. Any ideas? I think you have to use a java applet, see for example mindterm [1] or JTA [2]. [1] http://www.appgate.com/products/80_MindTerm/50_Running_MindTerm/ [2] http://javassh.org/space/start -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- There are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary, those who don't --Unknown -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Very OT - Need help removing NTLDR [SOLVED]
On Sun, 20 Aug 2006, Michael Sullivan wrote: [...] I found this site: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Dual_Boot_from_Windows_Bootloader_(NTLDR)_and_why#Single_disk_installation It's got my wife's computer doing what she wanted it to now, for the most part. I should have thought to look at the Gentoo wiki before I sent off my original mail. We're still having a problem with ALSA in Linux, but I want to work on that a bit more on my own before I go asking for help. On the one hand, yeh, RTFM. On the other, I, at least, was intrigued by your post, having come across the same issue. You've at least spread knowledge :) -Thufir -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: launch a program at boot
On Monday 21 August 2006 17:38, Alexander Skwar wrote: · [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: How do I launch a java script at boot time??? By starting it at boot time ;) That's done with an init script, normally. Other options include to add it to inittab or to /etc/conf.d/local.start. But are there JS interpreters for the command line? Alexander Skwar I think so I am not shure the program was installtd to launch through xdm as a server for the graphical interface. I cal login and launch the script but ti wont auto launch. rob -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem booting after reinstall
On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:16:01 -0700 Richard Fish wrote: On 8/20/06, frank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone an Idea? I don't have further :( Since the kernel is being found it is not a grub setup problem. Either: a. The filesystem drivers are not compiled into your kernel. You said you configured them...are they built in (=y) or as modules (=m)? b. You did not configure the drivers for your IDE chipset or IDE hard drive into the kernel. Here again, they should be =y in the .config file. The outputs of lspci and grep '=[ym]' /usr/src/linux/.config may be helpful for us to look at if you can't find the answer. Or he used genkernel but has not given grub the appropriate options for initrd and ramfs. here is a sample from the install manual: title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.12-r10 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r10 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 udev initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r10 (because of email wrapping I have put a space between separate lines, the section starting kernel and ending udev is all one line.) http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1 -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on a PDA (mda III or xda III)
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006, JC Denton wrote: From: JC Denton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Gentoo on a PDA (mda III or xda III) Newsgroups: gmane.linux.gentoo.user Hi Group! I was looking for a project that installs Gentoo on a PDA (MDA III or XDA III) but did not find something useful. Is there such a project? I found the familiar and xandux project so far but I would like to try Gentoo. Regards Out of curiosity, what's your PDA? An MDA III? -Thufir -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: launch a program at boot
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think so I am not shure the program was installtd to launch through xdm as a server for the graphical interface. It is a Java application then... I cal login and launch the script but ti wont auto launch. Check script permisions and add it to local.start: chmod +x /path/to/script echo /path/to/script params /etc/conf.d/local.start Does it work now? Does it call the Java interpreter (i.e. #!/usb/bin/java)? How do you call/run the script once you login? Regards, Norberto pgpDP9emyfbks.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems emerging wesnoth - SDL-Mixer ogg support
El Martes, 22 de Agosto de 2006 00:37, Fede escribió: Hello i have problems emerging wesnoth. Error: configure: error: *** SDL_mixer has no OGG support! You need SDL_mixer with OGG support I try to recompile SDL-Mixer with ogg support, USE=ogg emerge sdl-mixer, but i have the same error. Sorry for my english. Thanks [code] # emerge -pv media-libs/sdl-mixer These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] media-libs/sdl-mixer-1.2.7 USE=mikmod mp3 vorbis -timidity 0 kB [/code] Try USE=vorbis Jesús. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: launch a program at boot
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:09:09 -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: Check script permisions and add it to local.start: chmod +x /path/to/script echo /path/to/script params /etc/conf.d/local.start echo /path/to/script params /etc/conf.d/local.start Otherwise it will block anything set to run after it. -- Neil Bothwick Q: Why do PCs - even modern ones - have reset buttons on the front? A: Because they come with Microsoft operating systems. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Greylisting vs. reject_rbl_client
I've followed the steps outlined here to eliminate spam up to the section on SPF and greylisting on the second page: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/focus_spam_postfix/ The author is really into greylisting: If you take nothing else from this article, let it be that greylisting is a Good Thing and your customers will love you for using it but the feedback I got on it from this list was not as positive. Of the stuff I've implemented, these lines seem to have been the most effective: reject_rbl_client relays.ordb.org, reject_rbl_client list.dsbl.org, reject_rbl_client sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org, with the spamhaus.org line doing most of the work according to the logs. Do you think the reject_rbl_client stuff is safer than greylisting? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems emerging wesnoth - SDL-Mixer ogg support
On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 07:37:32PM -0300, Penguin Lover Fede squawked: Error: configure: error: *** SDL_mixer has no OGG support! You need SDL_mixer with OGG support I try to recompile SDL-Mixer with ogg support, USE=ogg emerge sdl-mixer, but i have the same error. USE=vorbis W -- Does it worry you that you don't talk any kind of sense? Sortir en Pantoufles: up 2 days, 4:52 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Greylisting vs. reject_rbl_client
Grant wrote: Do you think the reject_rbl_client stuff is safer than greylisting? - Grant 1. Blacklists have the HIGHEST false positive rate of any anti-spam technique other than sending all mail to /dev/null. 34% http://www.paulgraham.com/falsepositives.html 2. Blacklists block the least amount of spam. 24% So it's wrong more often than right. 3. All Blacklists are run by jackasses. Yes, even the ones you like. http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/8_1143551 http://www.peacefire.org/anti-spam/group-statement.5-17-2001.html http://www.networkworld.com/research/2001/0910feat.html and far too much personal experience* In my experience over the past two to three years greylisting and simple header checks have blocked 99% of spam before it gets to the queue and generated less admin overhead with false positives and other nonsense. I'd call its accuracy a solid 99.9% since I've only had to whitelist three sets of servers over the years, YMMV. It might not be 99.9 for everyone, but it will be far better than blacklisting. There are some quirks with greylisting, but overall it's been very effective without much downside. I can't say enough bad things about blacklisting. kashani * The first ISP I worked for actually hosted public.com which has probably been the most hijacked domain ever. It's a fun Monday morning when some moron decided to block your entire ISP without actually looking at the headers. It gets slightly less fun the fifth and sixth time it happens. Homicide is considered when they assume they are automatically right, are as rude as possible to you, and then stall for a day before they grudgingly remove you. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] odd emerge problem
Greetings all; Emerge is doing some odd things. Most of the time it works, but when I try to run emerge -pv world I get: - Mon Aug 21 19:47:13 /usr/portage/distfiles/portage-snapshots root $ emerge -pv world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating world dependencies Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/emerge, line 3440, in ? if not mydepgraph.xcreate(myaction): File /usr/bin/emerge, line 1416, in xcreate elif not portage.db[/][vartree].dbapi.match(x): File /usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py, line 4665, in match mydep=dep_expand(origdep,mydb=self,use_cache=use_cache) File /usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py, line 3531, in dep_expand return prefix+cpv_expand(mydep,mydb=mydb,use_cache=use_cache)+postfix File /usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py, line 3694, in cpv_expand if (not mydb.cp_list(mykey,use_cache=use_cache)) and virts and virts.has_key(mykey): File /usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py, line 4606, in cp_list mystat=os.stat(self.root+VDB_PATH+/+mysplit[0])[stat.ST_MTIME] TypeError: stat() argument 1 must be (encoded string without NULL bytes), not str emerge -pv system works just fine. I have been currently am installing other things. I've gotten the same (or a very similar) message when trying to install or fetch some packages, but I can consistently reproduce this when I try to do the emerge -pv world. Or anything else with the 'world'. Mon Aug 21 19:47:38 /usr/portage/distfiles/portage-snapshots root $ emerge --ask -v world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating world dependencies Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/emerge, line 3440, in ? if not mydepgraph.xcreate(myaction): File /usr/bin/emerge, line 1416, in xcreate elif not portage.db[/][vartree].dbapi.match(x): File /usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py, line 4665, in match mydep=dep_expand(origdep,mydb=self,use_cache=use_cache) File /usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py, line 3531, in dep_expand return prefix+cpv_expand(mydep,mydb=mydb,use_cache=use_cache)+postfix File /usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py, line 3694, in cpv_expand if (not mydb.cp_list(mykey,use_cache=use_cache)) and virts and virts.has_key(mykey): File /usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py, line 4606, in cp_list mystat=os.stat(self.root+VDB_PATH+/+mysplit[0])[stat.ST_MTIME] TypeError: stat() argument 1 must be (encoded string without NULL bytes), not str - and Mon Aug 21 19:51:51 /usr/portage/distfiles/portage-snapshots root $ emerge -f world Calculating world dependencies Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/emerge, line 3440, in ? if not mydepgraph.xcreate(myaction): File /usr/bin/emerge, line 1416, in xcreate elif not portage.db[/][vartree].dbapi.match(x): File /usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py, line 4665, in match mydep=dep_expand(origdep,mydb=self,use_cache=use_cache) File /usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py, line 3531, in dep_expand return prefix+cpv_expand(mydep,mydb=mydb,use_cache=use_cache)+postfix File /usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py, line 3694, in cpv_expand if (not mydb.cp_list(mykey,use_cache=use_cache)) and virts and virts.has_key(mykey): File /usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py, line 4606, in cp_list mystat=os.stat(self.root+VDB_PATH+/+mysplit[0])[stat.ST_MTIME] TypeError: stat() argument 1 must be (encoded string without NULL bytes), not str --- As always, I am very thankful for any assistance or leads. Adrian -- On The Fly Photography -:- Creation From Chaos On The Fly Photography: http://204EastSouth.com Purchase from On The Fly: http://204EastSouth.com/OTFStore.htm The Cynical Libertarian Society: http://www.204EastSouth.com/cls -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems emerging wesnoth - SDL-Mixer ogg support
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Willie Wong wrote: On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 07:37:32PM -0300, Penguin Lover Fede squawked: Error: configure: error: *** SDL_mixer has no OGG support! You need SDL_mixer with OGG support I try to recompile SDL-Mixer with ogg support, USE=ogg emerge sdl-mixer, but i have the same error. USE=vorbis W Thanks Jesus and Willie it`s working! Bye -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE6mjzRvHJx4aAyVIRAqk1AJ0QF91/uQJ4WjN+bu+IrxMQWEry5gCgngq6 jbN6BonZb5VszcVxGLyL7Os= =e11d -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] How to properly change CFLAGS ?
On 8/21/06, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:27:14 +0200, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: So it is not *that* constrained in terms of RAM and disk, I assume. But I am also ready to go the -Os-way if you recommend/suggest it for my system. Many laptops have relatively poor memory and HD speed, irrespective of their capacity. -Os helps with slow IO. I'm just curious. The last time I participated in a -O2 vs. -Os discussion was 1 -1/2 to 2 years ago. There were certain software components (don't remember which) where -Os was contraindicated - warnings against compiling them with -Os. Have things progressed to the point where -Os can be generally recommended? -- Collins Richey If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Too many X modules pulled in
On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 21:18 +0200, Fredrik Tolf wrote: On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 11:56 -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote: Fredrik Tolf wrote: I'm not an expert with portage, but the fact that xorg-server is indented one space from gtk+ means that gtk+ depends on it directly, doesn't it? If so, whence does that dependency come from (it's obviously not on the DEPEND or RDEPEND variables)? It's because it inherits the virtualx.eclass -- gtk+ requires an X server (Xvfb) to build. What you can do is set USE=minimal -dmx -xorg -xprint in your package.use for xorg-server to minimize this. Also try VIDEO_CARDS= and INPUT_DEVICES= in make.conf. However, this only works well on xorg-server-1.1, so you will also need to add it to package.keywords. I see... how troublesome. Well, I guess there's no choice, but would anyone happen to know the reason why gtk+ requires Xvfb? Actually, it seems that it doesn't require Xvfb, or any other X server, after all. I just tried emerge gtk+ with USE=-X, and it works perfectly. It didn't emerge any X server, and it works just fine with all the programs I've tried so far. Does that mean that the virtualx eclass is unnecessary, and that I should file a bug report to have it removed? Fredrik Tolf -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] odd emerge problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Adrian wrote: root $ emerge --ask -v world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating world dependencies Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/emerge, line 3440, in ? if not mydepgraph.xcreate(myaction): File /usr/bin/emerge, line 1416, in xcreate elif not portage.db[/][vartree].dbapi.match(x): File /usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py, line 4665, in match mydep=dep_expand(origdep,mydb=self,use_cache=use_cache) File /usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py, line 3531, in dep_expand return prefix+cpv_expand(mydep,mydb=mydb,use_cache=use_cache)+postfix File /usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py, line 3694, in cpv_expand if (not mydb.cp_list(mykey,use_cache=use_cache)) and virts and virts.has_key(mykey): File /usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py, line 4606, in cp_list mystat=os.stat(self.root+VDB_PATH+/+mysplit[0])[stat.ST_MTIME] TypeError: stat() argument 1 must be (encoded string without NULL bytes), not str It seems that /var/lib/portage/world is corrupt and contains NULL bytes. You should probably check your filesystem for additional corruption. Zac -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE6m/A/ejvha5XGaMRAv4VAKDGVR6akfOrLz8ywPL0c+A4yObW0gCg5BOh ooFTc2ndsl2KU5jWuuprNBY= =DRd6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: launch a program at boot
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:09:09 -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: chmod +x /path/to/script echo /path/to/script params /etc/conf.d/local.start echo /path/to/script params /etc/conf.d/local.start Otherwise it will block anything set to run after it. Thanks Neil :) pgpzmdJscJ6zS.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] How to properly change CFLAGS ?
On 8/21/06, Stefan G. Weichinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Acer TM 634 P4-M 1.8GHz (cpu family : 15, model : 2) 512 MB RAM 30 GB 5200 rpm HDD It's all relative. I have a 2.1Ghz Core Duo with 2G of RAM and a 160Gb HD, so *I* would consider your laptop, um, underpowered. :-) But I also run with -Os. The fact is that some things will run slightly faster at -Os than -O2, and some things will be slightly slower. The same applies comparing -O3 to -O2, or -O3 to -Os; it all depends on what you are doing at the moment. So you should not assume that -O3 is faster for some random task just because it is more optimized. It simply makes different trade-offs than -O2 or -Os, and because of the way CPUs and caches work these days, those trade-offs may help or hurt a particular segment of code. FYI, in all of the tests I did, the performance was within 10% of the median. The real deciding factor for me now is that -Os seems to take much less time and memory to compile than -O2 or -O3. And being a ~arch user, time-to-compile is a nice thing to reduce. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Greylisting vs. reject_rbl_client
Do you think the reject_rbl_client stuff is safer than greylisting? - Grant 1. Blacklists have the HIGHEST false positive rate of any anti-spam technique other than sending all mail to /dev/null. 34% http://www.paulgraham.com/falsepositives.html 2. Blacklists block the least amount of spam. 24% So it's wrong more often than right. 3. All Blacklists are run by jackasses. Yes, even the ones you like. http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/8_1143551 http://www.peacefire.org/anti-spam/group-statement.5-17-2001.html http://www.networkworld.com/research/2001/0910feat.html and far too much personal experience* In my experience over the past two to three years greylisting and simple header checks have blocked 99% of spam before it gets to the queue and generated less admin overhead with false positives and other nonsense. I'd call its accuracy a solid 99.9% since I've only had to whitelist three sets of servers over the years, YMMV. It might not be 99.9 for everyone, but it will be far better than blacklisting. There are some quirks with greylisting, but overall it's been very effective without much downside. I can't say enough bad things about blacklisting. kashani * The first ISP I worked for actually hosted public.com which has probably been the most hijacked domain ever. It's a fun Monday morning when some moron decided to block your entire ISP without actually looking at the headers. It gets slightly less fun the fifth and sixth time it happens. Homicide is considered when they assume they are automatically right, are as rude as possible to you, and then stall for a day before they grudgingly remove you. I've removed the blacklisting and thank you very much for your response. I guess I'm back to greylisting and/or content filtering. - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Practical log reviewing
Does anyone know of a practical way to review all the various logs on the system each day? Does it just come down to a brisk scroll through the previous day's rotated logs? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] How to properly change CFLAGS ?
On 8/21/06, Stefan G. Weichinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richard Fish schrieb: or emerge -e world to complete. I would be tempted to just change the flags and hold off on recompiling everything until the next version of gcc comes out. ( ... next version in terms of minor- or major-version?) Gcc version numbers are in the form of X.Y.Z, so at a change in X or Y. The .Z changes should be just bug-fixes. The sad thing is that, due to changes in the C++ library, it is commonly to recompile all C++ applications when a new version of gcc comes out. And even if it isn't strictly /necessary/, an emerge -e world is considered the safe way to handle a gcc upgrade. I see the point in this. (AFAIK there is no way to break up emerge -e xy into smaller pieces, something to do in several separated steps. Actually there is. You can find all packages not compiled with -Os and rebuild them with something like: cd /var/db/pkg for pkg in */* ; do grep -v -- -Os $pkg/CFLAGS /dev/null test $? -eq 0 emerge --oneshot =$pkg done From your posting I conclude that it also won't do any harm to re-emerge selected parts with new CFLAGS?) Correct. Apart from this I have enough computer-related experience to know that I simply should be happy with the luks-encrypted/cpufreq'ed/hibernating/etc. gentoo-system I now have at hand, instead of spending numerous hours to gain minimal speedups. Hrm, I also have the experience, but apparently not the good sense :-P -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Greylisting vs. reject_rbl_client
Do you think the reject_rbl_client stuff is safer than greylisting? - Grant 1. Blacklists have the HIGHEST false positive rate of any anti-spam technique other than sending all mail to /dev/null. 34% http://www.paulgraham.com/falsepositives.html 2. Blacklists block the least amount of spam. 24% So it's wrong more often than right. 3. All Blacklists are run by jackasses. Yes, even the ones you like. http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/8_1143551 http://www.peacefire.org/anti-spam/group-statement.5-17-2001.html http://www.networkworld.com/research/2001/0910feat.html and far too much personal experience* In my experience over the past two to three years greylisting and simple header checks have blocked 99% of spam before it gets to the queue and generated less admin overhead with false positives and other nonsense. I'd call its accuracy a solid 99.9% since I've only had to whitelist three sets of servers over the years, YMMV. It might not be 99.9 for everyone, but it will be far better than blacklisting. There are some quirks with greylisting, but overall it's been very effective without much downside. I can't say enough bad things about blacklisting. kashani * The first ISP I worked for actually hosted public.com which has probably been the most hijacked domain ever. It's a fun Monday morning when some moron decided to block your entire ISP without actually looking at the headers. It gets slightly less fun the fifth and sixth time it happens. Homicide is considered when they assume they are automatically right, are as rude as possible to you, and then stall for a day before they grudgingly remove you. Do you think this postfix anti-spam configuration is OK: smtpd_delay_reject = yes smtpd_helo_required = yes smtpd_helo_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject_non_fqdn_hostname, reject_invalid_hostname, permit smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject_non_fqdn_sender, reject_unknown_sender_domain, permit smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject_non_fqdn_recipient, reject_unknown_recipient_domain, reject_unauth_destination, permit Would it be OK to remove the following aliases since I never use them: # Well-known aliases -- these should be filled in! root: grant operator: grant # Standard RFC2142 aliases abuse: grant ftp:grant hostmaster: grant news: grant noc:grant security: grant usenet: grant uucp: grant webmaster: grant www:grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Practical log reviewing
On 8/21/06, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a practical way to review all the various logs on the system each day? Does it just come down to a brisk scroll through the previous day's rotated logs? Isn't that why logwatch was created? -- Collins Richey If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
