Re: [gentoo-user] Decrapifying my system
Michael Sullivan (Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:19:14 -0500): I'm running into space issues (my / partition is at 99% of capacity) and I'd like some advice on what I can remove and how. My USE line in /etc/make.conf looks like this: USE=-setup declarative static-libs gallium moonlight semantic-desktop -kdeprefix -aqua policykit cdda vhosts automount flashblock jadetex vanilla additions mplayer -evo gentoo a52 -asterisk dbus ctype session zaptel ivtv -kerberos gphoto2 pcre mode-owner -firefox seamonkey -mozilla candy apache2 oss -apm alsa arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups doc encode fortran f77 foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm -gnome gstreamer -gtk -gtk2 imlib jpeg -kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis pam pdf lib png ppds python -qt quicktime readline -samba sasl sdl threads nntp spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd truetype usb X xml xml2 xmms xv zlib x86 imap offensive java mysql examples mmx mmx2 perl divx4linux real mmxext audiofile nas snmp hal unicode guile slp tidy dvd dvdr dvdread flash glut new-login browserplugin nsplugin bzip2 win32codecs v4l v4l2 ruby sql lirc mythtv dvb ffmpeg userlocales php -debug jack jack-tempfs portaudio bash-completion bind-mysql joystick cli cgi ftp dba nptl nptlonly libclamav syslog jikes mpm-leader ithreads -nautilus tcl expat and I'd like to completely remove both gnome and kde (except for kpat). I use xfce, so that shouldn't be a problem, right? I've tried emerge -C gnome and emerge -C kde, but the gnome line only unmerged the final gnome package, and the kde line didn't work at all (I'm thinking it's called kde-meta now), but unmerging kde-meta only unmerged the final kde package. How do I do this? This strategy will do a thorough clean-up, although you'll have to be patient: 1. Re-check that you're on the right profile - now that you don't use KDE/GNOME anymore, the profile default/linux/$ARCH/10.0/desktop is probably the right one for you (unless you run hardened/selinux, of course). Use for example 'eselect profile' to read/set profiles. 2. Re-check that your /var/lib/portage/world only contains stuff you really need. 3. Remove all positive USE flags (i.e., those without a leading '-'). 4. Append the following line to /etc/portage/package.use: dev-lang/perl ithreads (Is it just me or does every other autoconf run fail if ithreads aren't in perl?) 5. Run 'emerge -pvuDN world' and focus on the flags that are going to be (newly) switched off - the green ones. 6. Put back (only) those such flags that you now know pull some actually useful functionality into your system and that you don't want removed. 7. Run 'emerge -vuDN world' - 'etc-update' - 'emerge -vc' - 'revdep-rebuild -i'. -rz
Re: [gentoo-user] Decrapifying my system
On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:30:44 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: I'm pretty sure those number don't add up to 21G. So why is it saying they do??? You have to understand what du is measuring, and that you are not supposed to add the numbers up. ./ is 21G Then, each individual directory is listed with it's total. The difference is the *files* in . Which is why I suggested using du -sh * Changing the command will change its behaviour. -- Neil Bothwick Good Enough is the death knell of progress. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Any way around Argument list too long?
On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:40:44 -0700, Grant wrote:
Alright, find is tricky. Is this the right spot for -delete?
/usr/bin/find /home/user -type f -name *-`/bin/date -d 'yesterday'
+\%Y\%m\%d`*.jpg - delete
Yes, but if you don't want irreversible mistakes, move the files instead.
find /home/user -type f -name blah -exec mv -t ~/.Trashcan {} +
--
Neil Bothwick
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[gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39
Is it a matter of waiting a bit longer? http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/edward/reiser4/reiser4-for-2.6/ -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39
On Monday 18 July 2011 12:18:47 Mick wrote: Is it a matter of waiting a bit longer? http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/edward/reiser4/reiser4-for-2.6 / yes -- #163933
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers
On 17 July 2011, at 17:54, Grant wrote: ... But at some point the 1s and 0s must be converted to some sort of an analog signal if only right behind the diode. A diode must be presented with a signal in some sort of analog form in order to illuminate, right? Digital is just a figment of our imagination after all. The pixel is either on or off. There's no way to make half of the adjacent pixel on (and the other half of that pixel off). Having said that, you may be on the right track. I hadn't looked at your photo before, so sorry for that, but it indeed looks like your telly may be doing some scaling on the image. Check for overscan / underscan settings in the TV's menus and on the remote. The button for overscan may not be at all obvious on the remote from the icon that labels it - if you can't find a button on the remote that resolves this issue, or a overscan setting in the TV's menus then check the manual. Overscan would cause this symptom, and it is such a common feature, that IMO you shouldn't pst back here again until you've identified it on your TV and checked it. Stroller.
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39
On 18 July 2011, at 12:18, Mick wrote: Is it a matter of waiting a bit longer? Yes, I think he'll be eligible for parole beginning 2023.
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39
On Monday 18 July 2011 14:30:28 Stroller wrote: On 18 July 2011, at 12:18, Mick wrote: Is it a matter of waiting a bit longer? Yes, I think he'll be eligible for parole beginning 2023. please refrain yourself from idiotic remarks like this. Thank you. -- #163933
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39
Is it a matter of waiting a bit longer? Yes, I think he'll be eligible for parole beginning 2023. lulz. You've mistakenly put an S in front of your username :)
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39
On Monday 18 Jul 2011 14:04:31 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Monday 18 July 2011 12:18:47 Mick wrote: Is it a matter of waiting a bit longer? http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/edward/reiser4/reiser4-for- 2.6 / yes Thanks. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Screen recorder?
Leonardo Guilherme leonardo.guilherme at gmail.com writes: Useful link http://verb3k.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/how-to-do- proper-screencasts-on-linux/ Leonardo2011/7/18 Mick michaelkintzios at gmail.com OK, I looked at this page and have a few questions on compiling ffmpeg for screencasts. x11grab = qx11grab ?? or use the X flag for ffmpeg? These ubuntu libs are listed as required: So set these flags: libx264 just use (ffmpeg) flag x246 libfaac just use (ffmpeg) flag faac libvpx just use (ffmpeg) flag vpx libvorbis just use (ffmpeg) flag vorbis libxvid just use (ffmpeg) flag xvid libmp3lame just use (ffmpeg) flag mp3 libtheora just use (ffmpeg) flag theora I have other flags set for ffmpeg. Do you have any other recommendations for flag setting to enable ffmpeg to be used for screencasts? James
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Screen recorder?
On Monday 18 Jul 2011 16:28:32 James wrote: Leonardo Guilherme leonardo.guilherme at gmail.com writes: Useful link http://verb3k.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/how-to-do- proper-screencasts-on-linux/ Leonardo2011/7/18 Mick michaelkintzios at gmail.com OK, I looked at this page and have a few questions on compiling ffmpeg for screencasts. x11grab = qx11grab ?? or use the X flag for ffmpeg? These ubuntu libs are listed as required: So set these flags: libx264 just use (ffmpeg) flag x246 libfaac just use (ffmpeg) flag faac libvpx just use (ffmpeg) flag vpx libvorbis just use (ffmpeg) flag vorbis libxvid just use (ffmpeg) flag xvid libmp3lame just use (ffmpeg) flag mp3 libtheora just use (ffmpeg) flag theora I have other flags set for ffmpeg. Do you have any other recommendations for flag setting to enable ffmpeg to be used for screencasts? James You probably did not look at my suggested thread? These are my flags: virtual/ffmpeg Installed versions: 0.6.90(06:46:22 07/01/11)(X encode mp3 sdl vaapi x264 - jpeg2k -theora -threads -vdpau) -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Screen recorder?
Mick michaelkintzios at gmail.com writes: You probably did not look at my suggested thread? Yep. These are my flags: virtual/ffmpeg Installed versions: 0.6.90(06:46:22 07/01/11)(X encode mp3 sdl vaapi x264 - jpeg2k -theora -threads -vdpau) ;-) ok thanks Mick
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless N PCMCIA/CardBus Recommendations...
- Original Message From: Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Fri, July 15, 2011 5:24:48 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless N PCMCIA/CardBus Recommendations... On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:54 PM, ny6...@gmail.com wrote: I have always had good luck with Atheros-based cards. HTH. Me too. Plus, they are usually more likely to be able to do the fun stuff like master mode, monitor mode, packet injection... Any specific PCMCIA or mini-PCI (not mini-PCIe) cards you all would recommend then - either Atheros (preferred) or Intel? I have only been able to find a couple - namely a few by HQRP, Everex, and TP-Link. I haven't been able to find much info on HQRP, and their cards seem to be 2.4GHz only - without proper 802.11n support. Same for Everex and most others random ones. TP-Link seems to support everything, but not sure about - Amazon reviews seem good (for the most part), but I have had trouble getting to their website for whatever reason - perhaps the Great Firewall of China is at play. At least the Intel ones I come across on Amazon seem not support Wireless-N or be mini-PCIe. TIA, Ben
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Screen recorder?
2011/7/18 James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com Leonardo Guilherme leonardo.guilherme at gmail.com writes: Useful link http://verb3k.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/how-to-do- proper-screencasts-on-linux/ Leonardo2011/7/18 Mick michaelkintzios at gmail.com OK, I looked at this page and have a few questions on compiling ffmpeg for screencasts. x11grab = qx11grab ?? or use the X flag for ffmpeg? These ubuntu libs are listed as required: So set these flags: libx264 just use (ffmpeg) flag x246 libfaac just use (ffmpeg) flag faac libvpx just use (ffmpeg) flag vpx libvorbis just use (ffmpeg) flag vorbis libxvid just use (ffmpeg) flag xvid libmp3lame just use (ffmpeg) flag mp3 libtheora just use (ffmpeg) flag theora I have other flags set for ffmpeg. Do you have any other recommendations for flag setting to enable ffmpeg to be used for screencasts? This is the command I use for screencasts and then encoding the converted video ffmpeg -f alsa -ac 2 -i hw:0,0 -acodec pcm_s16le -f x11grab -r 30 -i :0.0 -vcodec libx264 -vpre lossless_ultrafast -threads 0 raw.mkv ffmpeg -i raw.mkv -acodec libmp3lame -ab 128k -ac 2 -vcodec libx264 -vpre lossless_slow -crf 22 -threads 0 done.mp4 These are my flags for ffmpeg: 3dnow 3dnowext X aac alsa bzip2 encode faac hardcoded-tables mmx mmxext mp3 sdl ssse3 theora threads truetype v4l v4l2 vorbis vpx x264 xvid zlib Note that many are unrelated to screencasting.
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless N PCMCIA/CardBus Recommendations...
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:58:45AM -0700, BRM wrote: - Original Message From: Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Fri, July 15, 2011 5:24:48 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless N PCMCIA/CardBus Recommendations... On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:54 PM, ny6...@gmail.com wrote: I have always had good luck with Atheros-based cards. HTH. Me too. Plus, they are usually more likely to be able to do the fun stuff like master mode, monitor mode, packet injection... Any specific PCMCIA or mini-PCI (not mini-PCIe) cards you all would recommend then - either Atheros (preferred) or Intel? I have only been able to find a couple - namely a few by HQRP, Everex, and TP-Link. I haven't been able to find much info on HQRP, and their cards seem to be 2.4GHz only - without proper 802.11n support. Same for Everex and most others random ones. TP-Link seems to support everything, but not sure about - Amazon reviews seem good (for the most part), but I have had trouble getting to their website for whatever reason - perhaps the Great Firewall of China is at play. At least the Intel ones I come across on Amazon seem not support Wireless-N or be mini-PCIe. TIA, Ben I use the Dlink DWL-G630, http://www.amazon.com/D-Link-DWL-G630-AirPlus-G-802-11g-Wireless/dp/B0009OH4GA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1311014826sr=8-1 although I think I have also used the G650 with equivalent results. I would try that first. They are dirt cheap, anyways. You can't lose much. :) Terry
[gentoo-user] fcron: writes logs but it should not...
Hi, I just checked my log-files and found these strange messages: - 2011-07-18T18:31:02+00:00 game fcron[30032]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) 2011-07-18T18:31:04+00:00 game fcron[30032]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session closed for user root 2011-07-18T18:41:02+00:00 game fcron[30787]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) 2011-07-18T18:41:04+00:00 game fcron[30787]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session closed for user root - They are repeated exactly every 10min. I think reason for this is /etc/fcron/crontab (did not find anything else might cause it): - # Script for checking system crontabs and creating the fcron systab. # Runs every 10 minutes, does not mail output, doesn't log job runs # except for errors. @mail(false),nolog(true) 10 /usr/sbin/check_system_crontabs -s 0 - Now my question is: why is fcron sending messages to /dev/log, when it should not do it? Jarry -- ___ This mailbox accepts e-mails only from selected mailing-lists! Everything else is considered to be spam and therefore deleted.
Re: [gentoo-user] fcron: writes logs but it should not...
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Jarry mr.ja...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I just checked my log-files and found these strange messages: - 2011-07-18T18:31:02+00:00 game fcron[30032]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) 2011-07-18T18:31:04+00:00 game fcron[30032]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session closed for user root 2011-07-18T18:41:02+00:00 game fcron[30787]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) 2011-07-18T18:41:04+00:00 game fcron[30787]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session closed for user root Now my question is: why is fcron sending messages to /dev/log, when it should not do it? If I'm reading that correctly, it's not really fcron that's logging, but PAM. -- :wq
Re: [gentoo-user] fcron: writes logs but it should not...
On 18-Jul-11 21:07, Michael Mol wrote: - 2011-07-18T18:31:02+00:00 game fcron[30032]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) 2011-07-18T18:31:04+00:00 game fcron[30032]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session closed for user root 2011-07-18T18:41:02+00:00 game fcron[30787]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) 2011-07-18T18:41:04+00:00 game fcron[30787]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session closed for user root Now my question is: why is fcron sending messages to /dev/log, when it should not do it? If I'm reading that correctly, it's not really fcron that's logging, but PAM. I thought it is because cron is opening session as root. There is nothing else that could fire pam every 10 min. I already checked /etc/cron.hourly (daily, weekly, monthly), there is nothing else that could cause it. And the process name calling syslog is fcron (3rd field in message)... Jarry -- ___ This mailbox accepts e-mails only from selected mailing-lists! Everything else is considered to be spam and therefore deleted.
Re: [gentoo-user] fcron: writes logs but it should not...
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Jarry mr.ja...@gmail.com wrote: On 18-Jul-11 21:07, Michael Mol wrote: - 2011-07-18T18:31:02+00:00 game fcron[30032]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) 2011-07-18T18:31:04+00:00 game fcron[30032]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session closed for user root 2011-07-18T18:41:02+00:00 game fcron[30787]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) 2011-07-18T18:41:04+00:00 game fcron[30787]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session closed for user root Now my question is: why is fcron sending messages to /dev/log, when it should not do it? If I'm reading that correctly, it's not really fcron that's logging, but PAM. I thought it is because cron is opening session as root. There is nothing else that could fire pam every 10 min. I already checked /etc/cron.hourly (daily, weekly, monthly), there is nothing else that could cause it. And the process name calling syslog is fcron (3rd field in message)... Cron is opening a session as root. Pam is part of that process. Pam is logging its participation in that process. At least, that's what it looks like from here. -- :wq
Re: [gentoo-user] fcron: writes logs but it should not...
On 18-Jul-11 21:24, Michael Mol wrote: On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Jarrymr.ja...@gmail.com wrote: On 18-Jul-11 21:07, Michael Mol wrote: - 2011-07-18T18:41:02+00:00 game fcron[30787]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) 2011-07-18T18:41:04+00:00 game fcron[30787]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session closed for user root Now my question is: why is fcron sending messages to /dev/log, when it should not do it? If I'm reading that correctly, it's not really fcron that's logging, but PAM. I thought it is because cron is opening session as root. There is nothing else that could fire pam every 10 min. I already checked /etc/cron.hourly (daily, weekly, monthly), there is nothing else that could cause it. And the process name calling syslog is fcron (3rd field in message)... Cron is opening a session as root. Pam is part of that process. Pam is logging its participation in that process. At least, that's what it looks like from here. I'm no expert for logging, but I think syslog-message looks like: priority timestamp hostname program[pid]: message So to me it looks fcron (pid 30787) is sending output to /dev/syslog. pam is sending message back to fcron but not to syslog. And I wonder why fcron is forwarding that message to syslog, when it should not... Jarry -- ___ This mailbox accepts e-mails only from selected mailing-lists! Everything else is considered to be spam and therefore deleted.
Re: [gentoo-user] fcron: writes logs but it should not...
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Jarry mr.ja...@gmail.com wrote: On 18-Jul-11 21:24, Michael Mol wrote: On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Jarrymr.ja...@gmail.com wrote: On 18-Jul-11 21:07, Michael Mol wrote: - 2011-07-18T18:41:02+00:00 game fcron[30787]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) 2011-07-18T18:41:04+00:00 game fcron[30787]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session closed for user root Now my question is: why is fcron sending messages to /dev/log, when it should not do it? If I'm reading that correctly, it's not really fcron that's logging, but PAM. I thought it is because cron is opening session as root. There is nothing else that could fire pam every 10 min. I already checked /etc/cron.hourly (daily, weekly, monthly), there is nothing else that could cause it. And the process name calling syslog is fcron (3rd field in message)... Cron is opening a session as root. Pam is part of that process. Pam is logging its participation in that process. At least, that's what it looks like from here. I'm no expert for logging, but I think syslog-message looks like: priority timestamp hostname program[pid]: message So to me it looks fcron (pid 30787) is sending output to /dev/syslog. pam is sending message back to fcron but not to syslog. And I wonder why fcron is forwarding that message to syslog, when it should not... I'm not an expert on logging, PAM or fcron, but software is my day-job, and I know that many system functions are implemented as libraries, which get loaded into a process and perform activities from within that process. (DNS resolvers work this way, too) If getting elevated privileges via PAM is part of some library which is loaded into the fcron process, then any activity of PAM which is done from within userland will happen as an action by the fcron process. I'm fairly confident that the lines you're highlighting are not wholly unique to the fcron process. Taken from my server for example: Jul 18 19:56:47 [redacted] su[8878]: pam_unix(su:session): session opened for user root by shortcircuit(uid=0) Jul 18 19:56:48 [redacted] su[8878]: pam_unix(su:session): session closed for user root Here, I ran 'sudo su', and entered my password. The common components to your fcron lines are: pam_unix(...): session opened for user root by (...)(uid=0) Your line shows a PAM session for fcron:session, opened through pam_unix. My line shows a PAM session for su:session, opened through pam_unix. My line shows the username I was logged in as at the time, while yours does not. My expectation is that, if you want to hide those lines from you logs, you need to change your PAM configuration. -- :wq
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39
On 18 July 2011, at 14:50, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Monday 18 July 2011 14:30:28 Stroller wrote: On 18 July 2011, at 12:18, Mick wrote: Is it a matter of waiting a bit longer? Yes, I think he'll be eligible for parole beginning 2023. please refrain yourself from idiotic remarks like this. You really have no authority to talk, Volker. I seem to recall you can't even recognise filesystem corruption, likely a hard-drive failing with physical errors: On 3 June 2011, at 02:32, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: Next time I sat on a mac there were 37gb of stuff in trash. The poor owner tried to delete them. MacOS showed the apropriate reaction, no error anyway - and no file was deleted. Had to go down to the shell - and even after that some crap was still left. Undeletable and with no error messages or informations why. Stop posting idiotic remarks yourself, then you'll have a place to talk from. Stroller.
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39
On 07/18/2011 06:50 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Monday 18 July 2011 14:30:28 Stroller wrote: On 18 July 2011, at 12:18, Mick wrote: Is it a matter of waiting a bit longer? Yes, I think he'll be eligible for parole beginning 2023. please refrain yourself from idiotic remarks like this. Everyone *knows* he's got full internet access, Stroller.sheesh. File a bug report and the warden will pass it his way.
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39
On Monday 18 July 2011 21:39:41 Stroller wrote: On 18 July 2011, at 14:50, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Monday 18 July 2011 14:30:28 Stroller wrote: On 18 July 2011, at 12:18, Mick wrote: Is it a matter of waiting a bit longer? Yes, I think he'll be eligible for parole beginning 2023. please refrain yourself from idiotic remarks like this. You really have no authority to talk, Volker. I seem to recall you can't even recognise filesystem corruption, likely a hard-drive failing with physical errors: and the stuff you quote below have what to do with this? or with filesystem errors? or with a failing harddrive? I give you a hint, because you need it: nothing at all. That posting was about Macos making it impossible to delete stuff WITHOUT ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE REASONS. There were no errors. No error messages ANYWHERE. I am doing this crap for long enough to recognize an error. But failing silently? That is bad. Even worse people like you blaming the messanger for the shortcomings of a operating system. Instead of insulting me and trolling around you should waste a second or two and think before you hit the send button. You need it. On 3 June 2011, at 02:32, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: Next time I sat on a mac there were 37gb of stuff in trash. The poor owner tried to delete them. MacOS showed the apropriate reaction, no error anyway - and no file was deleted. Had to go down to the shell - and even after that some crap was still left. Undeletable and with no error messages or informations why. Stop posting idiotic remarks yourself, then you'll have a place to talk from. Stroller. -- #163933
Re: [gentoo-user] Any way around Argument list too long?
Alright, find is tricky. Is this the right spot for -delete?
/usr/bin/find /home/user -type f -name *-`/bin/date -d 'yesterday'
+\%Y\%m\%d`*.jpg - delete
Yes, but if you don't want irreversible mistakes, move the files instead.
find /home/user -type f -name blah -exec mv -t ~/.Trashcan {} +
Thanks Neil and everyone.
- Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39
On 18 July 2011, at 22:00, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: You really have no authority to talk, Volker. I seem to recall you can't even recognise filesystem corruption, likely a hard-drive failing with physical errors: and the stuff you quote below have what to do with this? ... Instead of insulting me and trolling around you should waste a second or two and think before you hit the send button. You need it. I can't possibly insult you, Volker. You're too much of an asshole for words to do you justice. A few weeks ago I wrote some strong things about another poster here, but having done so I realised that at least he earns enough respect to make that worthwhile. You don't. He'll rebut your points, but at least he'll bother to read them, address them and give them some credence in his responses. Not only are you compelled to think you're always right, but you're extremely rude about it, and arrogant, too. Had you come back to me previously and said you know what? maybe it is a failing hard-drive, I'll try that then I could have received some satisfaction about having helped you out. But, no, you did't think of that. You were wrong, and your ego did not permit you to acknowledge that. This is totally consistent with all your previous behaviour. You probably have some kind of mental problem or hereditary defect, but that doesn't mean the rest of us should have to put up with your behaviour. Stroller.
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers
... But at some point the 1s and 0s must be converted to some sort of an analog signal if only right behind the diode. A diode must be presented with a signal in some sort of analog form in order to illuminate, right? Digital is just a figment of our imagination after all. The pixel is either on or off. There's no way to make half of the adjacent pixel on (and the other half of that pixel off). Well, couldn't the digital information for a particular pixel mean blue, and the D/A mechanism attempts to create an analog signal that the diode would interpret as blue, but the D/A converter or the analog signal or the analog diode is affected by electric interference (which traveled from the computer to the TV along the HDMI cable) and the diode illuminates light blue instead of blue? Having said that, you may be on the right track. I hadn't looked at your photo before, so sorry for that, but it indeed looks like your telly may be doing some scaling on the image. Check for overscan / underscan settings in the TV's menus and on the remote. The button for overscan may not be at all obvious on the remote from the icon that labels it - if you can't find a button on the remote that resolves this issue, or a overscan setting in the TV's menus then check the manual. Overscan would cause this symptom, and it is such a common feature, that IMO you shouldn't pst back here again until you've identified it on your TV and checked it. You may be right about this. I can select the following aspect ratios on my TV's menu: 16:9 (this causes all 4 edges of the screen to be cut off) Just Scan (this is what I use and it fits perfectly on the screen) Set By Program (same as 16:9) 4:3 (same as 16:9 except with black boxes on the left and right) Zoom (same as 16:9 except more of the image is cut off) Cinema Zoom 1 (same as Zoom except nothing is cut off from the top of the image) I set 1920x1080 in xorg.conf but I just tried defining no resolution at all and it seems to have been set anyway: (II) RADEON(0): Output HDMI-0 using initial mode 1920x1080 The TV is an LG 47LH90 and and it is said to do 1080p. I looked for ghosting in 16:9 mode instead of Just Scan mode and strangely the shadows are there, but they're oriented top and bottom instead of left and right. I can take another photo if anyone would like to see. Why do I need to select Just Scan in order to prevent all 4 edges of the screen from being cut off? - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39
On Monday 18 July 2011 23:01:33 Stroller wrote: On 18 July 2011, at 22:00, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: You really have no authority to talk, Volker. I seem to recall you can't even recognise filesystem corruption, likely a hard-drive failing with physical errors: and the stuff you quote below have what to do with this? ... Instead of insulting me and trolling around you should waste a second or two and think before you hit the send button. You need it. I can't possibly insult you, Volker. You're too much of an asshole for words to do you justice. A few weeks ago I wrote some strong things about another poster here, but having done so I realised that at least he earns enough respect to make that worthwhile. You don't. He'll rebut your points, but at least he'll bother to read them, address them and give them some credence in his responses. I know you are talking about Alan - a person I respect a lot. A person who does not troll and is a usefull part of this mailing list. For some reason I never saw a need to call him out on stupid behaviour. There must be a reason Not only are you compelled to think you're always right, but you're extremely rude about it, and arrogant, too. and that from you. I am shocked. Thinking about it. No, I am not. Had you come back to me previously and said you know what? maybe it is a failing hard-drive, I'll try that then I could have received some satisfaction about having helped you out. hm, maybe because I checked back them, and made sure the harddrive was ok? Btw, in sane operating systems, harddrive malfunctions result in visible errors. If not displayed so in the logs. Guess what I checked? Oh look, no errors in all the logs. No errors at all. Have you tried to delete a damaged file on a damaged disk? rm will fail with an error. Guess what didn't happen back then. Believe me, I have had enough harddrive malfunctions in my life. I recognize the symptoms. Thank you. But hey, you are still sore that I did not thank you? Well, thanks for your time Stroller, but sadly I already checked, the harddrive in question is in fine working order. But, no, you did't think of that. oh yes, I did. See above. You were wrong, and your ego did not permit you to acknowledge that. This is totally consistent with all your previous behaviour. I am still right, you are attacking me for no reason whatsoever. Which is consistent with your trolling in your first post in this thread. You probably have some kind of mental problem or hereditary defect, but that doesn't mean the rest of us should have to put up with your behaviour. But we should put up with you trolling around and then acting all insulted and whiney when told to stop it? Hm, double standards.. love them. -- #163933
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers
But at some point the 1s and 0s must be converted to some sort of an analog signal if only right behind the diode. A diode must be presented with a signal in some sort of analog form in order to illuminate, right? Digital is just a figment of our imagination after all. The pixel is either on or off. There's no way to make half of the adjacent pixel on (and the other half of that pixel off). Well, couldn't the digital information for a particular pixel mean blue, and the D/A mechanism attempts to create an analog signal that the diode would interpret as blue, but the D/A converter or the analog signal or the analog diode is affected by electric interference (which traveled from the computer to the TV along the HDMI cable) and the diode illuminates light blue instead of blue? Having said that, you may be on the right track. I hadn't looked at your photo before, so sorry for that, but it indeed looks like your telly may be doing some scaling on the image. Check for overscan / underscan settings in the TV's menus and on the remote. The button for overscan may not be at all obvious on the remote from the icon that labels it - if you can't find a button on the remote that resolves this issue, or a overscan setting in the TV's menus then check the manual. Overscan would cause this symptom, and it is such a common feature, that IMO you shouldn't pst back here again until you've identified it on your TV and checked it. You may be right about this. I can select the following aspect ratios on my TV's menu: 16:9 (this causes all 4 edges of the screen to be cut off) Just Scan (this is what I use and it fits perfectly on the screen) Set By Program (same as 16:9) 4:3 (same as 16:9 except with black boxes on the left and right) Zoom (same as 16:9 except more of the image is cut off) Cinema Zoom 1 (same as Zoom except nothing is cut off from the top of the image) I set 1920x1080 in xorg.conf but I just tried defining no resolution at all and it seems to have been set anyway: (II) RADEON(0): Output HDMI-0 using initial mode 1920x1080 The TV is an LG 47LH90 and and it is said to do 1080p. I looked for ghosting in 16:9 mode instead of Just Scan mode and strangely the shadows are there, but they're oriented top and bottom instead of left and right. I can take another photo if anyone would like to see. Why do I need to select Just Scan in order to prevent all 4 edges of the screen from being cut off? - Grant BTW I think you're on to something Stroller because the overall picture is definitely improved in 16:9 mode compared to Just Scan mode. I just need to figure out how to prevent the edges of the screen from being cut off. - Grant
[gentoo-user] Need to turn on wireless
Hi all, I haven't used built-in wireless on Linux in years but come Thursday I'll likely have to spend 12 or more hours waiting around in a hospital so I'm making an attempt to get it working. Can someone point me at instructions oriented toward sitting down in a place like Starbucks on a public network and gaining basic connectivity? Everything I'm finding is based on running a properly secure network which I suspect isn't what one uses in a public place. Am I correct in this? The hardware is Atheros: slinky ~ # lspci | grep Atheros 03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) slinky ~ # so I'm building into my kernel anything that looks reasonably likely to be used. I didn't find anything for this specific chip though. What sort of apps are available to discover a public network ESSID? Something GUI based would be appreciated if it's in portage. Thanks in advance for any help. Cheers, Mark
[gentoo-user] Problems with Nvidia fake raid array
Hi all, After cleaning off my Opensuse O.S. and installing Gentoo, I'm having trouble getting my 3-disk nvidia SATA raid5 array back on line. The gentoo OS is on a separate non-raid IDE disk, and I can see the three individual disks which make up the raid array (/dev/sda, /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc). Unfortunately, the system does not seem to be able to detect the raid array, and dmesg shows no md disks detected or mounted. There are a few guides on line for setting up a system which boots to a raid array, but I haven't found any guides for simply mounting a raided disk. I think I've got all the kernel settings right, and the raid array was working before I cleared out the IDE disk. I know that the Nvidia array isn't a true hardware raid array, but it's a data disk only, and while I have a reasonably recent backup, I'm not keen on re-formatting it and setting up a kernel-based raid array. Any suggestions or pointers gratefully received. Thanks in advance. Jeff
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Screen recorder?
Does there exist a program that allows you to record the activity taking place on a computer screen for later review? I use this one to prep movies about using software etc ... files are not as small as camtasias for a given quality, but postprocessing helps get close if size is important. BillK moriah ~ # esearch recordmy [ Results for search key : recordmy ] [ Applications found : 3 ] * media-video/gtk-recordmydesktop Latest version available: 0.3.8-r1 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded files: 172 kB Homepage: http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/ Description: GTK interface for RecordMyDesktop License: GPL-2 * media-video/qt-recordmydesktop Latest version available: 0.3.8 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded files: 181 kB Homepage: http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/ Description: QT4 interface for RecordMyDesktop License: GPL-2 * media-video/recordmydesktop Latest version available: 0.3.8.1-r4 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded files: 194 kB Homepage: http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/ Description: A desktop session recorder producing Ogg video/audio files License: GPL-2 Good stuff, thank you everyone. I'm going to see how it goes with recordmydesktop. - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] Need to turn on wireless
on 2011-07-18 at 18:17 Mark Knecht wrote: What sort of apps are available to discover a public network ESSID? Something GUI based would be appreciated if it's in portage. i got good results with wicd in the past. i got it to work fine on a gentoo laptop for exactly what you need, if understood your mail correctly. i don't have a laptop anymore, and on my netbook i have xubuntu. they use network-manager as a default. wicd is lighter and works fine, but network-manager has the advantage of working with mobile broadband, while wicd doesn't. but i never could make network-manager work on gentoo...
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers
On Sunday 17 July 2011 09:54:33 Grant wrote: I gave it a try but there was no change. I tried plugging the TV and computer into a power strip and also into an isolation transformer. Any other ideas? I still think it's a driver problem. Again: it's *physically* impossible to have these problems with the HDMI signal. At most you get digital noise, which means some pixels get stuck or are missing. But not what you get; that's just something that can't be explained. I was thinking about this. The digital HDMI signal must be converted into an analog signal at some point if it's being represented as light on a TV screen. Electrical interference generated by the computer and traveling up the HDMI wire should have its chance to affect things (i.e. create weird shadows) at that point, right? Not with DFPs. Those work digital even internally. I assume of course that his HDMI TV *is* a DFP. But at some point the 1s and 0s must be converted to some sort of an analog signal if only right behind the diode. A diode must be presented with a signal in some sort of analog form in order to illuminate, right? no. If your tv is a standard flat panel, the sub pixels only go from on to off and back. Nothing else. There is no analog signal, no transformation nothing. And off means 'let light through' and on 'black' If you have an led display it is pretty much the same. All the levels you see are achieved with fast switching. There are no analog levels. Stroller is probably correct with overscan/underscan. But that has nothing to do with digital/analog conversion. Digital is just a figment of our imagination after all. emm, no, seriously not. -- #163933
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with Nvidia fake raid array
On 07/18/2011 09:26 PM, Jeff Cranmer wrote: Hi all, After cleaning off my Opensuse O.S. and installing Gentoo, I'm having trouble getting my 3-disk nvidia SATA raid5 array back on line. The gentoo OS is on a separate non-raid IDE disk, and I can see the three individual disks which make up the raid array (/dev/sda, /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc). Unfortunately, the system does not seem to be able to detect the raid array, and dmesg shows no md disks detected or mounted. Make sure your kernel supports RAID, and RAID5 (they're separate options). Then emerge mdadm. Once you get it up and running once, you can dump the current config to /etc/mdadm.conf so you don't have to assemble it again. Then add mdadm to the boot runlevel. # mdadm --assemble --help Usage: mdadm --assemble device options... mdadm --assemble --scan options... This usage assembles one or more raid arrays from pre-existing components. For each array, mdadm needs to know the md device, the identity of the array, and a number of sub devices. These can be found in a number of ways. The md device is either given on the command line or is found listed in the config file. The array identity is determined either from the --uuid or --super-minor commandline arguments, from the config file, or from the first component device on the command line. The different combinations of these are as follows: If the --scan option is not given, then only devices and identities listed on the command line are considered. The first device will be the array device, and the remainder will be examined when looking for components. If an explicit identity is given with --uuid or --super-minor, then only devices with a superblock which matches that identity is considered, otherwise every device listed is considered. If the --scan option is given, and no devices are listed, then every array listed in the config file is considered for assembly. The identity of candidate devices are determined from the config file. If the --scan option is given as well as one or more devices, then Those devices are md devices that are to be assembled. Their identity and components are determined from the config file. If mdadm can not find all of the components for an array, it will assemble it but not activate it unless --run or --scan is given. To preserve this behaviour even with --scan, add --no-degraded. Note that all of the components means as many as were present the last time the array was running as recorded in the superblock. If the array was already degraded, and the missing device is not a new problem, it will still be assembled. It is only newly missing devices that cause the array not to be started.
Re: [gentoo-user] Need to turn on wireless
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 6:41 PM, luis jure l...@internet.com.uy wrote: on 2011-07-18 at 18:17 Mark Knecht wrote: What sort of apps are available to discover a public network ESSID? Something GUI based would be appreciated if it's in portage. i got good results with wicd in the past. i got it to work fine on a gentoo laptop for exactly what you need, if understood your mail correctly. i don't have a laptop anymore, and on my netbook i have xubuntu. they use network-manager as a default. wicd is lighter and works fine, but network-manager has the advantage of working with mobile broadband, while wicd doesn't. but i never could make network-manager work on gentoo... Thanks, wicd seems to work well enough to show me the networks in my neighborhood. I'll have to figure out how to connect to one when I get to my destination tomorrow night. Cheers, Mark
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with Nvidia fake raid array
On Mon, 2011-07-18 at 22:29 -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote: Make sure your kernel supports RAID, and RAID5 (they're separate options). Then emerge mdadm. Once you get it up and running once, you can dump the current config to /etc/mdadm.conf so you don't have to assemble it again. Then add mdadm to the boot runlevel. I'm Ok so far - Raid and Raid5 options are both already compiled into the kernel, and mdadm is in the boot runlevel. # mdadm --assemble --help Usage: mdadm --assemble device options... mdadm --assemble --scan options... This usage assembles one or more raid arrays from pre-existing components. For each array, mdadm needs to know the md device, the identity of the array, and a number of sub devices. These can be found in a number of ways. The md device is either given on the command line or is found listed in the config file. The array identity is determined either from the --uuid or --super-minor commandline arguments, from the config file, or from the first component device on the command line. The different combinations of these are as follows: If the --scan option is not given, then only devices and identities listed on the command line are considered. The first device will be the array device, and the remainder will be examined when looking for components. If an explicit identity is given with --uuid or --super-minor, then only devices with a superblock which matches that identity is considered, otherwise every device listed is considered. If the --scan option is given, and no devices are listed, then every array listed in the config file is considered for assembly. The identity of candidate devices are determined from the config file. If the --scan option is given as well as one or more devices, then Those devices are md devices that are to be assembled. Their identity and components are determined from the config file. If mdadm can not find all of the components for an array, it will assemble it but not activate it unless --run or --scan is given. To preserve this behaviour even with --scan, add --no-degraded. Note that all of the components means as many as were present the last time the array was running as recorded in the superblock. If the array was already degraded, and the missing device is not a new problem, it will still be assembled. It is only newly missing devices that cause the array not to be started. Pardon my additional questions before taking the plunge here. So, given that I have three devices, /dev/sda, /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc, if I run the command mdadm --assemble --scan, would this find all the components and create a /dev/md0 disk without damaging the contents of the original RAID array? The only item in /dev/mapper is th default 'control' entry. There is a /dev/md0 item already listed, but presently when I try to mount it, it reports that it is unable to read the superblock. Would the command above fix this? Where is the config file mentioned in your e-mail, and do I need to edit it first to add the three raid disks? Thanks Jeff
[gentoo-user] [OT]: grep -Z not working ???
Hi, the manual page of grep mentioned the following: -Z, --null Output a zero byte (the ASCII NUL character) instead of the character that normally follows a file name. For example, grep -lZ outputs a zero byte after each file name instead of the usual newline. This option makes the output unambiguous, even in the presence of file names containing unusual characters like newlines. This option can be used with commands like find -print0, perl -0, sort -z, and xargs -0 to process arbitrary file names, even those that contain newline characters. for me (as a non-native English speak ;) ) this means: Replace a newlie after a filename with a zero-byte. So when doing find /tmp | grep -Z tmp | xargs -0 md5sum it should work comparable to find /tmp -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum but for me it does not. If my logic is not complete nonsense I dont understand the second part of the text of the manual page: This option can be used with commands like find -print0, perl -0, sort -z, and xargs -0 to process arbitrary file names, even those that contain newline characters. If I would do find /tmp -print0 | grep -Z tmp | xargs -0 md5sum there are no newlines which could be printed instead of the character that normally follows a file name. For example, grep -lZ outputs a zero byte after each file name instead of the usual newline. At this point confusion fills my head and nonsense follows my commands on the command line. What does that all mean? Thank you very much for any help and de-confusion in advance! :) Best regards, mcc
Re: [gentoo-user] Need to turn on wireless
I've been using NetworkManger for quite long time now. You might want to check it out. On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 6:41 PM, luis jure l...@internet.com.uy wrote: on 2011-07-18 at 18:17 Mark Knecht wrote: What sort of apps are available to discover a public network ESSID? Something GUI based would be appreciated if it's in portage. i got good results with wicd in the past. i got it to work fine on a gentoo laptop for exactly what you need, if understood your mail correctly. i don't have a laptop anymore, and on my netbook i have xubuntu. they use network-manager as a default. wicd is lighter and works fine, but network-manager has the advantage of working with mobile broadband, while wicd doesn't. but i never could make network-manager work on gentoo... Thanks, wicd seems to work well enough to show me the networks in my neighborhood. I'll have to figure out how to connect to one when I get to my destination tomorrow night. Cheers, Mark
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: grep -Z not working ???
On 07/18/11 23:12, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote:
Hi,
the manual page of grep mentioned the following:
-Z, --null
Output a zero byte (the ASCII NUL character) instead of the
character that normally follows a file name. For example, grep -lZ outputs a
zero byte
after each file name instead of the usual newline. This option
makes the output unambiguous, even in the presence of file names containing
unusual
characters like newlines. This option can be used with
commands like find -print0, perl -0, sort -z, and xargs -0 to process
arbitrary file names,
even those that contain newline characters.
for me (as a non-native English speak ;) ) this means:
Replace a newlie after a filename with a zero-byte.
So when doing
find /tmp | grep -Z tmp | xargs -0 md5sum
it should work comparable to
find /tmp -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum
but for me it does not.
If my logic is not complete nonsense I dont understand the second
part of the text of the manual page:
This option can be used with commands like find -print0, perl
-0, sort -z, and xargs -0 to process arbitrary file names,
even those that contain newline characters.
If I would do
find /tmp -print0 | grep -Z tmp | xargs -0 md5sum
there are no newlines which could be printed instead of the character that
normally follows a file name. For example, grep -lZ outputs a zero byte
after each file name instead of the usual newline.
This took me a few minutes to actually figure out exactly what -Z in
supposed to do. But I *think* it does exactly this. Whatever character
comes directly after the filename is replaces by NUL. As you can see in
my example below, the character that normally follows a filename is ':'
(a colon), but with the -Z option, the colon is replace with NUL, this
no 'character' follows it.
~/joe/sullivan $ grep -Z document ./*
./core.js$(document).ready(function() {
./core.js$(document).pngFix();
./core.jsvar map = new
google.maps.Map(document.getElementById(map_of_region), myOptions);
~/joe/sullivan $ grep document ./*
./core.js:$(document).ready(function() {
./core.js:$(document).pngFix();
./core.js:var map = new
google.maps.Map(document.getElementById(map_of_region), myOptions);
But please do correct me if I'm wrong.
At this point confusion fills my head and nonsense follows my commands
on the command line.
What does that all mean?
Thank you very much for any help and de-confusion in advance! :)
Best regards,
mcc
HTH (and that I'm not totally off track)
- Matt
[gentoo-user] Anyone have any trouble with rc_parallel=YES ?
Spelunking in /etc/rc.conf, I found the rc_parallel setting, accompanied with a quite significant WARNING. Have anyone experienced any trouble setting rc_parallel to YES? Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ Visit my Blog: http://pepoluan.posterous.com Google Talk: pepoluan Y! messenger: pepoluan MSN / Live: pepol...@hotmail.com (do not send email here) Skype: pepoluan
[gentoo-user] Which Union File System?
I am in the process of making an xva (XenServer Virtual Appliance) to replace the function of the minimal.iso. The main difference would be an 'out-of-the-box' PV-mode support. Since it is meant to replace minimal.iso, to make the xva small I plan on using squashfs as root. However, I do understand that some directories need to be writable (e.g., /etc, /var). So, I need to implement a union filesystem to allow writes to writable directories. No need for fancy stuffs like write-balancing or logging; the main need here is reliability (stability). Which union filesystem do you recommend? Rgds, -- -- Pandu E Poluan - IT Optimizer My website: http://pandu.poluan.info/
Re: [gentoo-user] qemu-kvm
On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:04:51 + j...@jdm.myzen.co.uk wrote: No unfortunately --Original Message-- From: Matthew Finkel To: Gentoo ReplyTo: Gentoo Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] qemu-kvm Sent: 16 Jul 2011 17:51 On 07/15/11 20:24, john wrote: I am running a gentoo amd64 qemu-kvm virtual image on my gentoo amd64 box. Everything is running well. Machine boots up and all looks to be ok. When I startx the screen goes purple (on guest) and locks up. The only error message I get is on host. KVM internal error. Suberror: 1 emulation failure I would guess this is a graphics issue but not entirely sure. I have tried -vga cirrus, std, vmware but all have the same effect. I have emerged these in guest as xorg-drivers. Any suggestions! Are there any entries in /var/log/messages or /var/log/X.0.log on the guest related to the lock up? Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on O2 Lost with this one. Installed Mageia and Mint (thnx to Linux Format). Both worked fine. Then tried calculate and ok. No messgaes in log other than emulation failure suberror :1 in terminal. Reinstalled gentoo with X and all worked ok. Must have been a bad image! The only thing I did different was use ext3 instead of reiserfs and change -march from k8 to native. Although on bad guest remerged all packages with native and still did not work. Happy now gentoo kvm is working. It's blinding quick. Thanks for suggestion of using system rescue. -- -- John D Maunder j...@jdm.myzen.co.uk
Re: [gentoo-user] Need to turn on wireless
On Tuesday 19 Jul 2011 04:03:46 Mark Knecht wrote: On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 6:41 PM, luis jure l...@internet.com.uy wrote: on 2011-07-18 at 18:17 Mark Knecht wrote: What sort of apps are available to discover a public network ESSID? Something GUI based would be appreciated if it's in portage. i got good results with wicd in the past. i got it to work fine on a gentoo laptop for exactly what you need, if understood your mail correctly. i don't have a laptop anymore, and on my netbook i have xubuntu. they use network-manager as a default. wicd is lighter and works fine, but network-manager has the advantage of working with mobile broadband, while wicd doesn't. but i never could make network-manager work on gentoo... Thanks, wicd seems to work well enough to show me the networks in my neighborhood. I'll have to figure out how to connect to one when I get to my destination tomorrow night. Cheers, Mark You can choose from wicd, networkmanager (this comes with different front ends depending on your DE) and wpa_supplicant gui. From what I read wicd is the best if you just want to use it for WiFi. The way to connect is to click on the access point of your choice and fill in the passphrase/key when it pops up and asks you for it. Unprotected wireless networks will just connect without asking for a key. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone have any trouble with rc_parallel=YES ?
On Tuesday 19 Jul 2011 04:39:49 Pandu Poluan wrote: Spelunking in /etc/rc.conf, I found the rc_parallel setting, accompanied with a quite significant WARNING. Have anyone experienced any trouble setting rc_parallel to YES? Rgds, Not so far (used on 3 boxen). However, if say mysql or something else fails to start you will miss the error message, because it will switch you over to X (depending on the sequence of start up processes). -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
