[gentoo-user] Re: Reaching my network over the internet
Grant wrote: Hello, I'd like to ssh into my network over the internet. Do I need to set up VPN for that? Can anyone point me in the right direction? It depends on what you're trying to do. If you just want to ssh into a machine on your network... then no. From a shell session on that machine you can access the other hosts on your network. If you want to ssh into your network and have your computer connected as if you were actually on the network... then yes you will need VPN for that. What sort of network access are you wanting? -Gabriel -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Re: PostgreSQL with unknown message to starting
Mariusz P?kala wrote: This time it's about no entry for postgres in /etc/shadow. :-) This line, added to /etc/shadow, would be OK: postgres:!:12654:0:9:7::: Hi Mariusz, This is what I had: postgres:!!:0:0:9:7:::8021806 This is what I changed it to: postgres:!!:13066:0:9:7:::8021806 And the problem goes away. But this doesn't make any sense. According to the man pages there should have been no problem to begin with (password expiry was turned off.) Before: # chage -l postgres Last password change: never Password expires: never Password inactive : never Account expires : never Minimum number of days between password change : 0 Maximum number of days between password change : 9 Number of days of warning before password expires : 7 After: # chage -l postgres Last password change: Oct 10, 2005 Password expires: never Password inactive : never Account expires : never Minimum number of days between password change : 0 Maximum number of days between password change : 9 Number of days of warning before password expires : 7 Is this a bug or obscurely documented feature for PAM? Thanks, Gabriel -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: xml mode for emacs
Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote: Hi all, I emerged nxml to edit xml files with emacs; it works great, but when I open an xml file it is sgml xml-mode, I have to switch to nxml by hand; this seems to be new since some time ago nxml was the default mode. In the site-gentoo.el file which is generated every time a packet from app-emacs is installed, I have the following: What does your ~/.emacs file look like? Does it have: (load site-gentoo) The site-gentoo.el appears to work fine for me on Emacs 22.0.50.1. However, if you load neither 'site-gentoo' nor the equivalent code in your ~/.emacs file, then the default for Emacs is SGML mode. HTH, Gabriel -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: PostgreSQL with unknown message to starting
Javier Uribe wrote: hi people. I have compile PostgreSQL satisfactorily, my doubt is when starting, it appears the next message highwaystar ~ # /etc/init.d/postgresql start * Starting PostgreSQL ... su: Authentication service cannot retrieve authentication info. (Ignored) [ ok ] any ideas? it can be by change to the user postgres? I have the same problem (see my post on 10/7). It appears postgres works OK, though. If anyone knows how to put PAM in it's place, let me know! -Gabriel -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] PAM problem: su: Authentication token is no longer valid; new one required.
I recently install postgresql. When I start the server, I'm getting what looks like a PAM error. orion ~ # /etc/init.d/postgresql start * Starting PostgreSQL ... You are required to change your password immediately (root enforced) su: Authentication token is no longer valid; new one required. (Ignored) [ ok ] orion ~ # Also: orion ~ # su - postgres You are required to change your password immediately (root enforced) su: Authentication token is no longer valid; new one required. (Ignored) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ After this, the su session and the postgres database appear to work normally. I'm concerned with the error message, though. Googling got me nowhere. Any ideas what the problem is? Thanks, Gabriel -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: New list member installing gentoo
Jason Castonguay wrote: /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1/work/build-default-i586-pc-linux-gnu-linuxthreads/rt/aio_notify.og The bug is not reproducible, so it is likely a hardware or OS problem. make[2]: *** Are you finding the bug to be repeatable? Did you try it again? Do you get this error every time? I ask, because once I got an odd error like this when bootstrapping on a 486. When I tried it again, everthing worked without fail. ...FWIW. -- G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Getting PCMCIA to work
Digby Tarvin wrote: Base system is now coming up fine, but my PCMCIA lan card is not being recognised. What is the make/model of the NIC you are trying to use? Please post the output from either command: 'lspci' or 'cat /proc/pci' There's about 3 typical PCMCIA drivers, and then many more on top of that depending on the card you're using. -- G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Anyone Know Why a New Kernel Would Kill Networking?
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, May 27, 2005 2:27 am, Gabriel M. Beddingfield said: This sounds like you need to re-emerge the driver for your NIC. For example, every time I upgrade my kernel I have to do something like this: # cd /usr/src # rm linux # ln -s newkernel linux If you set the symlink USE flag, this is taken care of automatically when emerging a new kernel source. Thanks, I didn't know that was there. However, I'm not sure that's what I want unless the USE flag also updates .config, builds the new kernel, installs it, updates grub, emerges all my other kernel-module-dependent ebuilds, and then tries to figure out why the new kernel doesn't work because someone updated the functionality of some driver (with a *minor* side-effect that it breaks my system). Because of this somewhat long admin process, I often don't want the symlink updated until I can get around to building the new kernel. US $ 0.02 -- G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Anyone Know Why a New Kernel Would Kill Networking?
Michael Haan wrote: I'll take a look at those things, but the odd thing is I can boot the old kernel and networking is just fine. Only the kernel has changed (and not even the kernel options). This sounds like you need to re-emerge the driver for your NIC. For example, every time I upgrade my kernel I have to do something like this: # cd /usr/src # rm linux # ln -s newkernel linux # cd linux # make oldconfig # make make modules_install # emerge ipw2100 (ipw2100 is my wireless NIC) If I don't re-emerge ipw2100, then the NIC *will not* work in the new kernel. If I boot to the old kernel, things work fine. Why? The ebuild makes kernel modules, and they are marked for a specific kernel version. If this is new to you, do some exploring in /lib/modules. This is where all of your modules are stored, and each kernel (and kernel revision) gets a separate directory. If you re-emerge with /usr/src/linux linked to the *old* kernel, it won't help you any. You have to update the link and then re-emerge your driver. HTH! Forgive me if you already know all this. :-P Peace, Gabriel -- G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: RESOLVED: No sound: ALSA and software suspend2
Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote: 2. If there's not already a bug report on bugs.kde.org, I plan to post one. Viz bug # 106189 http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106189 -- G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Panasonic Toughbook
Ian K wrote: Can you please tell me where to go to get this mailing list's archives? What does this error mean anyway? Ian http://www.google.com/search?q=acpi+mailing+listie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8 -- G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] RESOLVED: No sound: ALSA and software suspend2
This is in reference to: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-userm=111525434728903w=2 Summary of problem: Audio in KDE didn't work when switching from 2.6.9 kernel to 2.6.11 kernel. Resolution/workaround: 1. Open KMix mixer window 2. Select Switches tab 3. Turn off both Headphone Jack Sense and Line Jack Sense (that is, the radio-button-like circles should be dark). Steps to recreate problem: 1. Start with a working system with KDE 3.3.2, with working audio and alsa, and with Linux kernel 2.6.9. 2. Compile new 2.6.11 kernel (using 'make oldconfig' or something equivalent). 3. Reboot kernel to single-user or level 3. (Make sure KDE doesn't start.) 4. Test ALSA by using /usr/bin/aplay on a wav file or something. You should hear it fine. 5. Go to level 3 (# init 3) and start up KDE. 6. You will likely hear your KDE is starting sound, but it will be interrupted midway. 7. Use any audio player (aplay, artsplay, etc.), and you will get no sound... but it will appear as if it's really playing. Use steps above to correct. Notes: 1. This appears to be specific to KDE. Apparently when KMix restores Mixer settings, it's chosing poor defaults based on the changes to ALSA that have apparently taken place between 2.6.9 and 2.6.11. 2. If there's not already a bug report on bugs.kde.org, I plan to post one. 3. I was able to recreate the bug in KDE HEAD. 4. This may be hardware specific. Mine is an IBM Thinkpad R51 with 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01). -- G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo discrimination
Ognjen Bezanov wrote: There was that whole Gentoo is for ricers website which generally mocked the gentoo community for their 'futile' quest to eck every last ounce of CPU power from their machines. The gentoo community generally Pretty funny website! Their URL is pretty fitting, too: http://funroll-loops.org/ had a sense of humour though, and i dont think the site is very malicious itself. Besides - whats wrong with optimising to get the most power out of your machine? I call that efficiency. ;) I like the website because some of the criticisms are quite valid. (Some are just caricatures.) Like the optimizing thing: Their (valid) point is that spending hours of tweaking to get 1% extra efficiency is actually less efficient. It's a diminishing return. -- G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Re: DSL modem + Web Server + Home Box
david wrote:
Thanks for the reply.I'm new to this so your explanation really
helps.The dsl modem's set-up page is at 192.168.1.254.It is also the
default gateway.Here is resolv.conf;
snip
I'm getting a little lost here. It looks like you're trying to do 2
distinct tasks here. It looks like:
1. You're trying to set up a web server that is publicly available to the
internet
2. You're trying to share your network connection with another computer.
It might be a good idea to tackle them one at a time. If you don't have
nmap installed: install it ('emerge nmap').
0. INFORMATION
==
What's the make and model of the DSL modem you're trying to use? You say
you
1. WEB SERVER UP
Get the web server up and running. When it's running, on the same server
enter the command:
nmap -p 80 192.168.1.96
If it is up, then you will see something like:
Starting nmap 3.75 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2005-05-15 13:20 CDT
Interesting ports on foo.local (192.168.1.96):
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open http
Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.129 seconds
If you see this (STATE: open), then make sure the web browser works. Fire
up Konq or Firefox and navigate to http://192.168.1.96. If the page looks
correct, then move on to the next step (port forwarding). If not, then you
probably saw:
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp closed http
That means that you need to configure your web server properly, and start it
up.
2. PORT FORWARDING
==
Lets say that your assigned static ip address is a.b.c.d. If you indeed
have forwarded the port to the web server, then you will see:
$ nmap -p 80 a.b.c.d
Starting nmap 3.75 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2005-05-15 13:20 CDT
Interesting ports on (a.b.c.d):
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open http
Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.129 seconds
If the web server is up, and you see STATE closed, then you need to get your
port forwarding working correctly. Possibly the routings are messed up in
your Modem.
If you see STATE open, then test with:
$ firefox http://a.b.c.d
And make sure the web content looks right. If some does, and some
doesn't... then it means your web server isn't properly configured.
(Things like bind addresses, etc.) You said your setting up a LAMP
(Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) -- focus on 'LA' for now. Getting all four to
work together the way you want is a little trickier.
3. AVAILABLE VIA WAN
Check to see if Bellsouth is blocking your IP from being a server. SSH to
an external machine, or call your aunt in Toledo and have them navigate a
web browser to:
http://a.b.c.d
If it works, then all is good with your web server. If not, then you
probably have issues with Bellsouth. Most 'for-the-masses' ISP's are
blocking people from running servers. And those that don't, still have
policies against it. This includes Verizon (port blocking), and Comcast
(policy). Exceptions include Speakeasy, Earthlink (for some
subscriptions), and Covad.
If they see the web page, and all the content looks good -- then your web
server is set up and ready for action.
4. INTERNET SHARING WITH OTHER COMPUTER
===
Get your web server working, and then move on to this.
Hope this helps!
--
G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d
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[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: DSL modem + Web Server + Home Box
Colin wrote: I know that EarthLink dial-up has no port forwarding or port blocking in effect. I think they'll let you run servers from behind dial-up connections, but I know that it's a no-no from behind their high-speed connections, unless you get a business plan. IIRC, their gamers DSL plan (w/static IP) allows servers... but I could have misunderstood. -- G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: DSL modem + Web Server + Home Box
david wrote: My DSL modems's add is 192.168.1.254 so that is the default gateway.The server's add is eth0/192.168.1.96 and I enabled ip pass through in the modem to the server,works fine.Next I wanted to set up the server as a router with a crossover cable to home box.home box address is 192.168.1.97 eth1/192.168.1.1 is set up for home box in server.I followed this guide; Here is what you have explained, if I understand correctly: (INTERNET) | [ ?.?.?.? ] [ DSL MODEM ] [192.168.1.254] | [192.168.1.96 ] [LOCAL SERVER ] [192.168.1.1 ] | [192.168.1.97 ] [ HOME BOX ] I'm assuming you are using 255.255.255.0 as your subnet mask. If this is the case, I don't know how to make it work -- but it's unnecessarily difficult. Try to set up this: (INTERNET) | [ ?.?.?.? ] [ DSL MODEM ] [192.168.1.254] | [192.168.1.96 ] [LOCAL SERVER ] [192.168.2.1 ] | [192.168.2.97 ] [ HOME BOX ] This puts the home box on a different sub-net. Question: Which one is supposed to be the web server? Notes: 1. The reason why they have to be on different subnets has to do with how packages are routed. Whenever a package is sent over the network the computer has to route it -- like a post office. The first the the router looks at is the sub-net. If your subnet is 255.255.255.0, it ignores the last number. If it's on the same subnet as the router, it just broadcasts it to the network. This is like a postmaster looking at the zip codes. He throws the local zip code in one pile, everything else goes to a different pile to be sorted. Using this analogy, you have DSL MODEM and HOME BOX in two different zip codes and LOCAL SERVER is your postmaster. However, you're acting like everyone is in the same zip code, so LOCAL SERVER is putting some of the letters in the wrong pile. 2. It appears to me odd that your DSL MODEM has an IP address, but you're running a server behind it. Usually, I see the DSL MODEM acting transparently. So the setup looks more like: (INTERNET) | [(TRANSPARENT)] [ DSL MODEM ] [(TRANSPARENT)] | [ 68.23.54.12 ] [ ROUTER] [ 192.168.1.1 ] | [192.168.1.97 ] [ WORKSTATION ] If you can set this up, it further simplifies your network arrangement. 3. If you're trying to give internet access to HOME BOX, you will have to set up LOCAL SERVER with NAT. This is especially true if HOME BOX is actually supposed to be the web server. and I had to swap eth0 for eth1 for me eth0 is the WAN and eth1 is the LAN.It worked but closed port 80 so I redid iptables and added this; I got lost in all this. Are you running Apache on one of the machines? Should I try another router? By me opening port 80 in the modem to serve web pages over the WAN keeping me from being able to do this?I think it can be done it's just over my head/experence.thanks Well, if you're just trying to get a router for a LAN, the WAL-MART off-the-shelf routers work great, with minimal setup. They also allow you to forward ports to specific computers on your network to act as servers. HTH! -- G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: XMMS Stopped Playing
Kent Borg wrote: Recently xmms stopped working. It will launch, but it won't play anything. I try to play a file and nothing happens, I try to play an internet stream and I get a file dialog. I think it broke in the upgrade from 1.2.10-r13 to 1.2.10-r5. Suggestions? Have you recently upgraded your kernel to 2.6.10? -- G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: equery which gives wrong version?
Nick Rout wrote: equery which packagename is meant to give you the full path and name of the ebuild file for the version of packagename that portage would install. however on my system it gives the latest unstable version, at least of mythtv. For some reason, this problem intrigued me... So I did some digging around. I am getting the same results as you. I reviewed the sourcecode for equery and gentoolkit, and found that it's coded to do exactly what you're saying... but not what you thought it should do. Using gentoolkit-0.2.0, here's what I found: equery line 901-902, within the command 'CmdWhich' performs the query like this: matches = gentoolkit.find_packages(query, True) matches = gentoolkit.sort_package_list(matches) gentoolkit lines 198-204 starts off the 'find_packages' command like this: def find_packages(search_key, masked=False): Returns a list of Package objects that matched the search key. try: if masked: t=portage.portdb.xmatch(match-all, search_key) else: t=portage.portdb.match(search_key) If you look close, you'll see that it *always* includes masked packages, and the sort function is only looking for version (not package mask). I recommend one or more of the following: 1. Contact a gentoo dev on IRC and get their input -- perhaps they don't think it should work the way you think it should. 2. Based on their input, file a bug report. IMHO, I think the default should work the way you suggest, and there should be some way to expand it to include packages. 3. If you do any code at all, add the functionality to the Python scripts yourself and submit the patch to the gentoo devs. 4. If just want it working the way you want it for today, edit /usr/bin/equery line 901 to read: matches = gentoolkit.find_packages(query, False) I tested it quickly, and it seems to work. Peace, Gabriel -- G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: equery which gives wrong version?
Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote: 2. Based on their input, file a bug report. IMHO, I think the default should work the way you suggest, and there should be some way to expand it to include packages. That should read: ...to include masked packages. -- G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Wrong Aspell PATH
Luigi Pinna wrote: Hello! I installed a new Gentoo box with KDE3.4 and aspell but, if I try to use aspell in kmail (I said in the control center to use aspell), I read that the PATH is wrong or check if I installed apell. I use aspell 0.60.2 from the portage tree, where can I modify the PATH? Or where was the old PATH (I can create a soft link)? Thanks a lot, Luigi What do you get when you (not root) enter the commands: $ which aspell $ echo $PATH When creating a new message in KMail, at the top there is a line that says, Identity:. What does it say? (Mine says Default (Default)) From KMail: 1. go to Settings | Configure KMail... 2. Select the profile you found in the Identity line -- Default (Default) 3. Click the Modify button 4. Click the Advanced button 5. What do you see on the line that says Dictionary:? HTH! -- G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: No sound: ALSA and software suspend2
Richard Fish wrote: Do you have /etc/hibernate/hibernate.conf setup to restart alsa on suspend/resume? # StopServices alsasound No, I didn't. After adding various versions (including 'ResumeServices alsasound'), the problem actually got worse. Does the sound card start working after boot if you do a /etc/init.d/alsasound restart? Nope. More info, though: 1. I can boot so single user, run '/etc/init.d/alsasound start', and it works fine. This is true for the current 'suspend' kernel as well as some old kernels (like 2.6.9-gentoo-r13). 2. When I go to 'init 3', it still works fine before logging into KDE. 3. After I log into KDE, the sound card brakes. Only way to recover it so that it's usable to KDE is to hibernate and then resume. I'm befuddled. :-| -- G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Re: equery which gives wrong version?
Nick Rout wrote: Thanks for your investigation, you are obviously far more au fait with the finer points of the portage/python thing than I am. Nope. That's actually my first delve into tracing a python. I can't even do Hello, World! in Python. However, the syntax looks like a cross between bash and C++... so I was able to follow along. -- G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Re: No sound: ALSA and software suspend2
Walter Dnes wrote: KDE uses the artsd sound daemon. Have you configured artsd properly? Whether artsd is properly configured or no... I would never wager on it, but I think it's OK. Everything works great with a 2.6.9 kernel, but not 2.6.11. In trying to isolate the problem, I went into KDE and turned off arts (Control Center - Sound Multimedia - Sound System - Enable the Sound System (uncheck), hit the apply button). On reboot, I do the following sequence... 1. Power On. 2. Boot a 2.6.11 kernel into single user. (Grub: kernel /kernel-2.6.11-suspend2-9 root=/dev/hda10 video=vesafb vga=0x305 resume2=/dev/hda6 s) 3. In single user mode: # /etc/init.d/alsasound start 4. # aplay /usr/share/games/tuxracer/sounds/tux_hit_tree1.wav 5. I hear the sound of tux hitting the tree. 6. # init 3 (includes kdm starting) 7. As root or normal user: $ aplay /user/share/games/tuxracer/shounds/tux_hit_tree1.wav 8. Again, poor tux. 9. Log in to KDE (remember, artsd is turned off) 10. No sound. Neither aplay nor xmms via ALSA... nothing. 11. Here, I can fix it with $ sudo hibernate 12. Or, I can break it until the next boot with: # /etc/init.d/alsasound restart (Honest, when I do that it stays broke) Reboot with 2.6.9 kernel, and all is well. I keep trying to nail where the problem is. I suspect it's KNotify or something. I've seen hints on google where others have their KDE sound broken with 2.6.11... but I don't see any bug reports or anything. Again, any help or tips is appreciated! -- G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] No sound: ALSA and software suspend2
I recently upgraded my kernel from 2.6.9-gentoo-r13 to 2.6.11-suspend2. I wanted to get software suspend v2 working. (I'm using a laptop, and boot / shutdown is just taking forever.) I seem to have most everything worked out except this: When I boot, I can't get the soundcard to make any noise at all. When I hibernate, then restore, the sound card works fine. (Go figure... something actually gets *fixed* by a software suspend.) This is repeatable. Once, on boot up / log in via xdm to KDE -- I actually heard the log-in sound. But it got cut short, and the sound card didn't work until I hibernated and then resumed. I can't see much difference in lsmod before and after hibernate. Same with lsof... I can't see much difference between before and after hibernate. I sorted lsmod before and after hibernate... here's the diff: # diff lsmod0s.txt lsmod1s.txt 2c2 arc41600 1 --- arc41600 0 7c7 ieee80211_crypt_wep 3972 1 --- ieee80211_crypt_wep 3972 0 10c10 snd47844 13 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer --- snd47844 13 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer lsof is a little more difficult to parse... But I didn't see any ownership red flags on files named dsp, sound, or snd. Basics: Pentium M, 512MB Ram, ALSA w/OSS emulation, Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM AC'97 soundcard, KDE desktop with aRts, up-to-date gentoo running 2.6.11-suspend2 kernel (sys-kernel/suspend2-sources-2.6.11), hibernate is sys-power/hibernate-script Any advice would be appreciated! -- G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
