Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Interpret characters in /etc/inputrc
On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 02:31:45PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thats what I'm asking. Exactly what you see .. when you press what? In other words how can I tell what [2~ or any of the others, are without experimenting with C-v and testing different keys. I think I've seen a chart somewhere that shows but can't think where. They come from ncurses: use infocmp to get a list, and man pages for ncurses to make sense out of the list. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: default stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?)
On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 04:17:45PM +0100, Holly Bostick wrote: reinstall, again I must wonder why he would complain that such a reinstall is now likely to be much easier, and lead to a functioning system (from which he can emerge -e world to his heart's content) much faster. But maybe I just have a strange point of view. No, you presume a strange point of view on Steve's part, quite unfairly. That is why he posted: stage 3 did NOT leave him a functioning system from his POV. I don't know the right or wrong of this, but implying Steve is an idiot seems quite derogatory. But maybe I just have a strange point of view. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] (OT) Looking for ISP recommendation in Los Angeles, California
Does anyone have an ISP recommendation in Los Angeles (for a point-to-point T1)? For some reason everyone we've used has been the pits. Does anyone have a good experience to share with us? We really need trouble-free, 24x7, service (to the best of anyone's ability). -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Proposed option for etc-update
On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 11:44:24AM -0500, Joe Menola wrote: So I was thinking it would be nice to have a -B option for etc-update which creates /somewhere/logical/etc.tar.gz before running etc-update. Perhaps. But, I hope you don't find out the unpleasant way what it is not to backup your file systems. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge woes
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 02:57:05PM -0400, Nick Smith wrote: checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables I remember seeing this recently from sandbox: If configure fails with a 'cannot run C compiled programs' error, try this: FEATURES=-sandbox emerge sandbox Good luck. Haven't had this problem, so don't know exactly what the fix is. Just remember that warning from enotice. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get larger fonts in X ?
On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 11:28:44PM -0700, Zac Medico wrote: Although it seems like your X dpi setting should match the physical resolution of your monitor, it can be used to tweak font sizes. There is an X -dpi command line setting documented in the Xserver manpage and a DisplaySize directive that can go in your xorg.conf file. The xdpyinfo But his stated aim is to increase font sizes, and use gimp at a higher resolution. Changing the DPI would mess up his expectations about gimp, as I understood them. He might as well stick to the lower resolution he prefers. I have a similar problem, due to a large monitor size coupled with 2304x1440 resolution. Font sizes for most X programs can be changed, including widow managers. Most of the web sites out there refuse to respect settings about font sizes put in browsers, though. It is annoying. Only thing I know to do is change zoom factors (and Firefox doesn't make that easy as far as I know: Opera did), squint and hope you don't ruin your eyes, or change X resolutions on the fly (Ctl-Alt-+, etc.). Web sites have really lowered my respect for graphic artists, which used to be quite high when I worked in the print medium. They don't seem to get how to design with relationships instead of exact numbers. Wierd to me that an artist doesn't understand using relationships. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get larger fonts in X ?
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 12:58:26AM -0700, Zac Medico wrote: I know of a couple text size related extensions for firefox. http://www.splintered.co.uk/extensions/ https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefoxcategory=Miscellaneousnumpg=10id=55 Thanks for that. Turns out that Firefox 1.0.6 already has something to make it easier built-in, as far as I know. It is under view text size on the menu, and uses shortcut keys similar to X's. Sad thing is I remember noticing that a while back and then not using it :. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Portage dead -- don't know how to proceed
/usr/portage itself is NFS mounted from a server and is fine. However, emerge --metadata and emerge -av1 glibc both report problems with some bdb stuff and doesn't work. This all happened after a failed glibc emerge. It detected that it was nptlonly, said it was removing /lib/tls, does with a preinst problem (on the rm as far as I can tell), and emerge has been hosed ever since. (After I rm -rf /var/cache/edb): % emerge --metadata /var/cache/edb doesn't exist, creating it... /var/cache/edb/dep doesn't exist, creating it... Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/3Q-2002 clipped .. ** Skipping packages. Run 'fixpackages' or set it in FEATURES to fix the tbz2's in the packages directory. Note: This can take a very long time. skipping sync Updating Portage cache: Failed cache update: app-accessibility/SphinxTrain-0.9.1-r1 (38, 'Function not implemented -- process-private: unable to initialize environment lock: Function not implemented') Failed cache update: app-accessibility/at-poke-0.2.2 (38, 'Function not implemented -- process-private: unable to initialize environment lock: Function not implemented') and so on and on and on Here is emerge -av1 glibc: These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies !!! Problem in sys-libs/glibc dependencies. !!! (38, 'Function not implemented -- process-private: unable to initialize environment lock: Function not implemented') bsddb._db -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Portage dead -- don't know how to proceed
On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 11:30:10PM -0700, George Garvey wrote: /usr/portage itself is NFS mounted from a server and is fine. However, emerge --metadata and emerge -av1 glibc both report problems with some bdb stuff and doesn't work. This all happened after a failed glibc emerge. It detected that it was nptlonly, said it was removing /lib/tls, does with a preinst problem (on the rm as far as I can tell), and emerge has been hosed ever since. Never mind. I restored /lib/tls from backup, which emerge deleted, rendering emerge unusable. It couldn't even install the newly compiled glibc (which I have since deleted: yuck ;) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] [OT] Routing advice requested
I just installed a T1 to a new ISP using a Sangoma CSU/DSU card. I thought I could use aliased IPs on existing gigE NICS on our LAN to set up the hosts that need an internet routable presence. Maybe that can be done, but not by me. I don't understand enough. I can get it to work on the system with the T1. But not on another computer over the LAN. On the system with the T1, I have a gigE to the LAN, and one of the ISP's IPs for asterisk (as an alias to the T1). That works okay. It worked okay with the ISP's IP as an alias to eth0, too. Edited output from ifconfig: (this is the gigE NIC connected to a switch for our LAN) eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:07:E9:19:F3:F5 inet addr:192.168.1.17 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 (this is the T1. with the internet IP as an alias) w1g1 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1532 Metric:1 w1g1ppp Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:209.101.232.82 P-t-P:209.101.232.81 Mask:255.255.255.252 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 w1g1ppp:0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:216.132.251.226 P-t-P:216.132.251.226 Mask:255.255.255.224 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 (this is the routing table [route -n]) Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 216.132.251.227 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 eth0 209.101.232.80 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.252 U 0 00 w1g1ppp 216.132.251.224 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.224 U 0 00 w1g1ppp 192.168.2.0 192.168.1.12255.255.255.0 UG0 00 eth0 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 127.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 255.0.0.0 UG0 00 lo 0.0.0.0 209.101.232.81 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 w1g1ppp The problem I'm having is with an alias on another computer that needs to be on the internet. It is the IP 216.132.251.227. Traffic internal to our LAN is routed to the computer that has that alias (192.168.1.6). But, traffic coming from the internet gets to 209.101.232.82 and stops according to traceroute. I'm too ignorant to understand why the host route doesn't work for packets coming from the T1 (from the internet), and get sent to the computer that handles that IP. This is the latest in a series of attempts. I've also tried putting the 216.132.251.224 network on the LAN. I've tried using the 216.132.251.227's LAN address (192.168.1.6) as a gateway for the host route. I've tried removing the 216.132.251.224 network route entirely, and just having host routes. What I was hoping to do was have one computer (192.168.1.17) connected to the ISP with a T1, and serve as a router for the ISP's IPs. That would also be connected to the internet with one of the ISP's IPs for use by asterisk (216.132.251.226). This seems to be working okay. I wanted another computer (192.168.1.6) to have an aliased ISP IP (216.132.251.227) that would let that computer also have an internet routable address. This is what I don't seem to be able to do. The computer with the T1 doesn't seem to route packets from the internet to the other computer over our LAN. It does for packets originating from our LAN. But not for packets from the internet. I know my error is going to be obvious to everyone who actually understands this stuff ;) I hope I've given the info to make things clear. I can set up a small Fast enet switch for the ISP's network, I guess. But I was hoping not to need to do that, and add more NICs to the computers that eventually need to be on the internet. But maybe that is what I need to do. Any and all advice (including things to read to decrease my ignorance) appreciated. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
