Re: [gentoo-user] Re: latest gentoo-sources and nvidia ?
Am 31.03.2014 03:21, schrieb Jonathan Callen: USE=acpi does one thing, and one thing only: adds a dependency on sys-power/acpid. USE=multilib installs the 32-bit libGL.so, etc. libraries on amd64 (so that `eselect opengl` can set them for both amd64 and x86). I think I don't need that ... at least I don't know. Won't hurt much, anyway ... a few more files, right? I think I had that set for years now. Thanks, Stefan
[gentoo-user] Script to tar.tgz /etc, works run manually, broken when run from cron
Hi all, Ok, this is really irritating me... I have a script that simply performs some backups. The commands are like this: # perform tar.tgz backup of /etc tar -czpvf $BKUP_DIR_etc/$BKUP_DateTime-dev-ecat-etc.tgz /etc When I run this script manually, it does what it is supposed to, and the resulting file is about 500K. When it runs from cron (roots crontab), it results in a 20 byte (empty) file. So what am I missing/doing wrong?
Re: [gentoo-user] Script to tar.tgz /etc, works run manually, broken when run from cron
On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 07:01:48 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: I have a script that simply performs some backups. The commands are like this: # perform tar.tgz backup of /etc tar -czpvf $BKUP_DIR_etc/$BKUP_DateTime-dev-ecat-etc.tgz /etc When I run this script manually, it does what it is supposed to, and the resulting file is about 500K. When it runs from cron (roots crontab), it results in a 20 byte (empty) file. You're running tar with -v so it should produce output no matter what it does. Is that mailed to you? What does it say? You could add set -x at the start of the script for an even more verbose report. -- Neil Bothwick Did you know that eskimos have 17 different words for linguist? signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Script to tar.tgz /etc, works run manually, broken when run from cron
On 03/31/2014 01:01:48 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: Hi all, Ok, this is really irritating me... I have a script that simply performs some backups. The commands are like this: # perform tar.tgz backup of /etc tar -czpvf $BKUP_DIR_etc/$BKUP_DateTime-dev-ecat-etc.tgz /etc When I run this script manually, it does what it is supposed to, and the resulting file is about 500K. When it runs from cron (roots crontab), it results in a 20 byte (empty) file. So what am I missing/doing wrong? This is what I do when debugging such things put echo $BKUP_DIR_etc/$BKUP_DateTime-dev-ecat-etc.tgz /tmp/cron.LOG into an executable script and run it with at now+1minute and check /tmp/cron.LOG perhaps one of $BKUP_DIR_etc or $BKUP_DateTime-dev-ecat-etc isn't know in that environment Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] Script to tar.tgz /etc, works run manually, broken when run from cron
On 3/31/2014 7:13 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 07:01:48 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: I have a script that simply performs some backups. The commands are like this: # perform tar.tgz backup of /etc tar -czpvf $BKUP_DIR_etc/$BKUP_DateTime-dev-ecat-etc.tgz /etc When I run this script manually, it does what it is supposed to, and the resulting file is about 500K. When it runs from cron (roots crontab), it results in a 20 byte (empty) file. You're running tar with -v so it should produce output no matter what it does. Is that mailed to you? What does it say? I don't have these mailed to me, but like I said, it absolutely does produce output - the problem is, when run from cron, the resulting file is only 20 bytes (empty), when I run the exact same script manhually, it produces a file of about 500K that containes the contents of /etc.. On 3/31/2014 7:27 AM, Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote: perhaps one of $BKUP_DIR_etc or $BKUP_DateTime-dev-ecat-etc isn't know in that environment They are - see above...
[gentoo-user] systemd-networkd: simpler config for my network
Aside from all the discussions around systemd, I simply gave the new systemd-networkd a try. It helped me to simplify my config for my main machine where I run KVM for virtualization and need a network bridge: http://www.oops.co.at/en/publications/systemd-networkd-network-configuration-for-a-kvm-server Maybe someone else can make use of that as well. Stefan
Re: [gentoo-user] Script to tar.tgz /etc, works run manually, broken when run from cron
On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:01:03 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: You're running tar with -v so it should produce output no matter what it does. Is that mailed to you? What does it say? I don't have these mailed to me, but like I said, it absolutely does produce output - the problem is, when run from cron, the resulting file is only 20 bytes (empty), when I run the exact same script manhually, it produces a file of about 500K that containes the contents of /etc.. So you have no idea what output the script is producing when run from cron? Not a good plan when it is not working :( When a script runs from the terminal but not from cron it is almost always because of a difference in the environments, but without seeing its output we can only guess at the problem. -- Neil Bothwick - How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? - Two: one to hold the giraffe, the other to fill the bathtub with lots of brightly colored machine tools. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] systemd-networkd: simpler config for my network
On 31-Mar-2014 5:45 pm, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote: Aside from all the discussions around systemd, I simply gave the new systemd-networkd a try. It helped me to simplify my config for my main machine where I run KVM for virtualization and need a network bridge: http://www.oops.co.at/en/publications/systemd-networkd-network-configuration-for-a-kvm-server Maybe someone else can make use of that as well. Stefan IMHO, tap interfaces are not required there because they get created automatically as needed when you specify the bridge to which QEMU must attach to. It's an overkill.
Re: [gentoo-user] systemd-networkd: simpler config for my network
Am 31.03.2014 14:17, schrieb Nilesh Govindrajan: On 31-Mar-2014 5:45 pm, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote: Aside from all the discussions around systemd, I simply gave the new systemd-networkd a try. It helped me to simplify my config for my main machine where I run KVM for virtualization and need a network bridge: http://www.oops.co.at/en/publications/systemd-networkd-network-configuration-for-a-kvm-server Maybe someone else can make use of that as well. Stefan IMHO, tap interfaces are not required there because they get created automatically as needed when you specify the bridge to which QEMU must attach to. It's an overkill. So the openrc-example might be simplified? ok with me ... does anyone confirm? Thanks, Stefan
Re: [gentoo-user] Script to tar.tgz /etc, works run manually, broken when run from cron
On 03/31/2014 04:01 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: Hi all, Ok, this is really irritating me... I have a script that simply performs some backups. The commands are like this: # perform tar.tgz backup of /etc tar -czpvf $BKUP_DIR_etc/$BKUP_DateTime-dev-ecat-etc.tgz /etc When I run this script manually, it does what it is supposed to, and the resulting file is about 500K. When it runs from cron (roots crontab), it results in a 20 byte (empty) file. So what am I missing/doing wrong? You need to use the full path to commands in your script or set an environment variable. In my case using full paths to executables was enough. i.e. # perform tar.tgz backup of /etc /bin/tar -czpvf $BKUP_DIR_etc/$BKUP_DateTime-dev-ecat-etc.tgz /etc Dan
Re: [gentoo-user] Script to tar.tgz /etc, works run manually, broken when run from cron
On 31/03/2014 13:01, Tanstaafl wrote: Hi all, Ok, this is really irritating me... I have a script that simply performs some backups. The commands are like this: # perform tar.tgz backup of /etc tar -czpvf $BKUP_DIR_etc/$BKUP_DateTime-dev-ecat-etc.tgz /etc When I run this script manually, it does what it is supposed to, and the resulting file is about 500K. When it runs from cron (roots crontab), it results in a 20 byte (empty) file. So what am I missing/doing wrong? It's almost always the same two things that cause this: 1. cron doesn't give you an environment so there's no $PATH. Other posters covered this nicely. 2. I had this one just last week in fact - pwd is not what you think it is. In cron it ends up being / so the solution was again to use full paths. In my case, I had a config file listed on the command line. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: latest gentoo-sources and nvidia ?
Am 31.03.2014 09:38, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: Am 31.03.2014 03:21, schrieb Jonathan Callen: USE=acpi does one thing, and one thing only: adds a dependency on sys-power/acpid. USE=multilib installs the 32-bit libGL.so, etc. libraries on amd64 (so that `eselect opengl` can set them for both amd64 and x86). I think I don't need that ... at least I don't know. Won't hurt much, anyway ... a few more files, right? I think I had that set for years now. Ha, and now there is gentoo-sources-3.14.0 ;-) Will that work with these nvidia-drivers as well? I will see in a few minutes.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: latest gentoo-sources and nvidia ?
Am 31.03.2014 19:52, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: Am 31.03.2014 09:38, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: Am 31.03.2014 03:21, schrieb Jonathan Callen: USE=acpi does one thing, and one thing only: adds a dependency on sys-power/acpid. USE=multilib installs the 32-bit libGL.so, etc. libraries on amd64 (so that `eselect opengl` can set them for both amd64 and x86). I think I don't need that ... at least I don't know. Won't hurt much, anyway ... a few more files, right? I think I had that set for years now. Ha, and now there is gentoo-sources-3.14.0 ;-) Will that work with these nvidia-drivers as well? I will see in a few minutes. nope. nvidia-drivers don't even build. *sigh*
[gentoo-user] Fwd: sandbox access violations while running matlab binary installer
Hi all, I'm trying to create an ebuild to install matlab MCR on gentoo. The installer InstallShileld try to create directory /root/InstallShield ;-) mkdir is run by java binary that try this. So I have no access to change it. There is no option to provide InstallShield it's relative install path. I can provide matlab's install path and other options, but this made permanent /root/InstallShield What can I do? Thanks, Kfir
Re: [gentoo-user] Fwd: sandbox access violations while running matlab binary installer
On 31/03/2014 20:25, Kfir Lavi wrote:
Hi all,
I'm trying to create an ebuild to install matlab MCR on gentoo.
The installer InstallShileld try to create directory /root/InstallShield ;-)
mkdir is run by java binary that try this. So I have no access to change it.
There is no option to provide InstallShield it's relative install path.
I can provide matlab's install path and other options, but this made
permanent /root/InstallShield
What can I do?
Thanks,
Kfir
As pointed out in -dev, let's first establish if the installer really
wants to write to /root or if it's actually ${HOME}
Do you get the identical error if you run the installer as a regular user?
--
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckin...@gmail.com
