Re: [gentoo-user] Oracle on Gentoo Linux

2005-03-08 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, There's an article on the Gentoo Wiki: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_Oracle_10g HTH, Chris simply change wrote: i need to install Oracle 10g on Linux @ my office new production server. i planed to download it free from oracle site. is it possible to deploy Oracle 10g on Gentoo 2004.3?

Re: [gentoo-user] gnu time command

2005-03-07 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, If you're using bash, it has its own built-in version of 'time. Try to use the full path to the command: /usr/bin/time -a -o log ls HTH, Chris Niall Moran wrote: Hi, Im trying to write some scripts to record some times for creating graphs. Im trying to use the time command and have it output

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Oracle 9iR2

2005-02-28 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, If I remember correctly, you'll have a hard time installing the database unless you can run the older version of Java: the NetCA that runs to create your database and setup your tnsnames.ora file requires JDK 1.1 and won't work on any newer version (it will complain about permissions or

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird dmesg message

2005-02-05 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, From the last two lines: Out of Memory: Killed process 22297 (links). oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x1d2 This is saying the kernel's Out of Memory system has kicked in and killed a process to free up some memory (in this case 'links'). Basically, you've run out of free memory (RAM + SWAP) and it's

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating xorg.conf automagically

2005-01-31 Thread Chris Boot
and then loads the radeon driver when it finds a radeon. It's normal. Chris -- Chris Boot [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bootc.net/ smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Apache Mysql Backup System

2005-01-28 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, If I'm not mistaken, this has been done and is in constant use on big sites like SourceForge and the like. I'm not sure of the details of the operation, but I seem to remember reading an overview about it on the site somewhere. They do, however, have lots of money to burn on load

Re: [gentoo-user] Procmail and mail aliasses

2005-01-27 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, Patrick Marquetecken wrote: On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 10:34 +0100, Patrick Marquetecken wrote: Hi, I'm a bit stuck with procmail, i have one email account and several mail aliasses at my ISP. I use fetchmail in a cron on user level to get my emails. I whan't now mails that are for a mail

Re: [gentoo-user] hosting plan? [OT]

2005-01-27 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, Well, I've been toying with the idea of getting a server colocated for a while, and the only way to make that pay off for myself would be to offer hosting for people. How many people on this list would be interested in joining such a scheme? The server would be colocated in the UK, and the

Re: [gentoo-user] iptables: block full ip-range

2005-01-26 Thread Chris Boot
this though: http://logi.cc/nw/NetBitCalc.html (using the netaddr option). Maybe it'll interest others too. Ralph Chris Boot wrote: Hi, I used the IP Address Converter section. I got the binary for the first IP (218.144.0.0), which is: 11011010 1001 Then for the second

Re: [gentoo-user] Connection to Courier IMAP server

2005-01-26 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, You need to create the folder as a subfolder of INBOX. You can either force yourself to do that manually, or set your mail client's IMAP Server Directory or mail prefix or whatever it calls it to INBOX. This is because Courier-IMAP has various shared folders capabilities and root

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: freetype vs. m$

2005-01-26 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, Ah, but then you compare it to Mac OS X and you get disappointed... It seems to bring out the font shapes so much better! For example, I take a TT font from my Mac, and install it on both Windows and Linux, and it just doesn't look the same, no matter how hard I try. Chris George Garvey

Re: [gentoo-user] APC UPS

2005-01-25 Thread Chris Boot
Hi there, I quite like apcupsd myself. HTH, Chris Chris Young wrote: I have received an old UPS ( APC Smart-UPS 1000Va (670W) ) ( DB9/RS232 Cable ) What should I use to Monitor the UPS? CRY smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature

Re: [gentoo-user] nVidia GeForce4 MX 4000 - X doesn't work

2005-01-25 Thread Chris Boot
Hi Nick, Nick Rout wrote: On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 22:05 +, Chris Boot wrote: Hi, I added a DefaultDepth 24 statement to my config and now I get the pretty nVidia logo, but my X is still no go! Any ideas? Many thanks, Chris On 24 Jan 2005, at 19:19, Chris Boot wrote: Hi all, I just got

Re: [gentoo-user] Moving e-mail

2005-01-25 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, The actual filename of the emails doesn't have to be the same, as long as it's rougly the same format. My emails look like: 1106132326.25836_0.tarquin.lan:2,RS The 'tarquin.lan' bit varies from host to host, depending on which machine put the mail in the maildir. The first portion is always

Re: [gentoo-user] nVidia GeForce4 MX 4000 - X doesn't work

2005-01-25 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, I did that. Before I added that DefaultDepth it was just black with a mouse pointer. Afterwards, it's the logo with a mouse pointer. Since then I've downgraded drivers and it works like a charm. Chris Bastian Balthazar Bux wrote: [snip] what does /var/log/Xorg.0.log say?

Re: [gentoo-user] nVidia GeForce4 MX 4000 - X doesn't work

2005-01-25 Thread Chris Boot
Hi Nick, Nick Rout wrote: On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 10:21 +, Chris Boot wrote: Hi, I did that. Before I added that DefaultDepth it was just black with a mouse pointer. Afterwards, it's the logo with a mouse pointer. Since then I've downgraded drivers and it works like a charm. Chris

Re: [gentoo-user] iptables: block full ip-range

2005-01-25 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, I found a nice IP address calculator at http://www.telusplanet.net/public/sparkman/netcalc.htm Using that, we get 218.144.0.0/12. HTH, Chris Ralph Slooten wrote: Hello fellow gentoo users, I run my own dedicated internet server from home with of course gentoo. What I have noticed, as

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a Network Drive

2005-01-25 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, The file name must be /etc/exports (with the s) for this to work. Also, make sure you have nfs-utils installed and started (/etc/init.d/nfs start). This will start portmap, you need this too (should be taken care of by dependencies). Needless to day you need NFS server and probably NFS

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a Network Drive

2005-01-25 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, Oops! Sorry! Didn't completely read your message! I see you've started portmap and nfs, I'll shut up now. :-P Chris Chris Boot wrote: Hi, The file name must be /etc/exports (with the s) for this to work. Also, make sure you have nfs-utils installed and started (/etc/init.d/nfs start

Re: [gentoo-user] problems with pgaccess

2005-01-25 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, I think it's part of tk. What USE flags did you use to build tcltk? Chris Rumen Yotov wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Using pgaccess-~x86 (frontend to postgresql) till now w/o problems. Now can't start it, error follows: ...BEGIN... Application initialization failed:

Re: [gentoo-user] iptables: block full ip-range

2005-01-25 Thread Chris Boot
. The issue I have is binary etc ... it's still greek to me (I will try learn it soon though). Ok, now for the real n00b question :-) In which section did you work it out on that page (possibly a screenshot sent to my email if explaining is hard)? Thanks for the help, Greetings Ralph Chris Boot wrote

Re: [gentoo-user] problems with pgaccess

2005-01-25 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, Sorry, I mean just 'tk', as in dev-lang/tk. An emerge -pv dev-lang/tk should show us. HTH, Chris Chris Boot wrote: Hi, I think it's part of tk. What USE flags did you use to build tcltk? Chris Rumen Yotov wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Using pgaccess-~x86 (frontend

Re: [gentoo-user] problems with pgaccess

2005-01-25 Thread Chris Boot
. Here's the USE-flags, but think they aren't the problem here: [ebuild R ] dev-lang/tcl-8.4.6-r1 +threads 0 kB [ebuild R ] dev-lang/tk-8.4.6-r1 +threads 0 kB [ebuild R ] dev-tcltk/tcllib-1.6.1 +X -doc 0 kB ...END... Thanks Rumen Chris Boot wrote: | Hi, | | I think it's part of tk

Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp/portage ?

2005-01-25 Thread Chris Boot
/var/tmp/portage is about 500 MB, can I erase its contents or there is something that is important there ? tia Chris -- Chris Boot [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bootc.net/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] nVidia GeForce4 MX 4000 - X doesn't work

2005-01-24 Thread Chris Boot
AGP V2 device at :01:00.0 into 4x mode Of course, I've merged and loaded nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629-r1, and it seems to load fine. My xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log (-logverbose 5) are posted online: http://www.bootc.net/xorg/ I hope someone has an idea or two! Many thanks, Chris -- Chris Boot [EMAIL

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: AMD64 vs P4 w/HT

2005-01-24 Thread Chris Boot
! I work for Oracle, in Apps IT, and I can say that our GSI production environment is in fact running on Database 10g and Applications 11i. This is, admittedly, something that only happened quite recently, but it's a long shot away from 9i. Regards, Chris -- Chris Boot [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: AMD64 vs P4 w/HT

2005-01-24 Thread Chris Boot
running 11i for a long time, we just moved to Database 10g and 11.5.10 (AFAIK it's not released to customers yet) after Christmas. Not sure how much of this I can actually speak about! :-) Chris -- Chris Boot [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bootc.net/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] nVidia GeForce4 MX 4000 - X doesn't work

2005-01-24 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, I added a DefaultDepth 24 statement to my config and now I get the pretty nVidia logo, but my X is still no go! Any ideas? Many thanks, Chris On 24 Jan 2005, at 19:19, Chris Boot wrote: Hi all, I just got a GeForce4 MX 4000 and I'm having trouble getting it working with Xorg 6.8.0-r4

Re: [gentoo-user] nVidia GeForce4 MX 4000 - X doesn't work

2005-01-24 Thread Chris Boot
be something with the new version of the driver, I might look into it later, or just wait for an upgrade. Any more ideas? Chris On 24 Jan 2005, at 22:28, Peter Ruskin wrote: On Monday 24 January 2005 19:19, Chris Boot wrote: lspci -v output for my card: :01:00.0 VGA compatible controller

Re: [gentoo-user] nVidia GeForce4 MX 4000 - X doesn't work

2005-01-24 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, On 24 Jan 2005, at 19:41, rodrigo ahumada wrote: On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:19:59 + Chris Boot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I change the driver from 'nvidia' to 'vesa' everything works fine, except I obviously can't configure TV and it's slow. lspci -v output for my card: :01:00.0 VGA

Re: [gentoo-user] Searching for mysqlcc replacement

2005-01-23 Thread Chris Boot
a wine-ed mysqlcc but it has some UI problems... so if anyone is using something he/she finds good please share! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Chris Boot [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bootc.net/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] whos got the time?

2005-01-22 Thread Chris Boot
of Thermodynamics: If you eat it, and you don't burn it off, you'll sit on it. http://www.uwix.iway.na (last updated: 20.06.2004) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Chris Boot [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bootc.net/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting a Network Drive

2005-01-22 Thread Chris Boot
on sylia:/export01 in order to mount it? I am trying to mount it as root on the client, and only the subdirectories are readable by users. Thanks for the help! Nick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Chris Boot [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bootc.net/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a disk image

2005-01-21 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, If you're running Mac OS X Server on your G4 servers, you'd probably be best to use LDAP for authentication, if I'm not mistaken. I've set up LDAP authentication on Linux many a time, so if you need help feel free to contact me (or this list, of course!). Chris Phill wrote: Kevin Philp

Re: [gentoo-user] Cron Jobs.

2005-01-20 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, Best way is to run 'crontab -e' as the user you want to set the crontab up for. You'll need to add that user to the 'cron' group in /etc/groups before it allow you to do it, unless you do it as root. Then, the line you want is probably: 10 */3 * * * wget -q -O

Re: [gentoo-user] Cron Jobs.

2005-01-20 Thread Chris Boot
. Hope this helps! -- Chris Boot [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bootc.net/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ipv6 addresses in browser bar

2005-01-18 Thread Chris Boot
Hi, If memory serves, you need to wrap the IPv6 address in square brackets: [ ] For example, mirror.switch.ch would be: http://[2001:620:0:8:203:baff:fe52:38e5]/ But I haven't done this for a long time, and don't have IPv6 set up on my newer machines HTH, Chris Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: I want to

[gentoo-user] Hauppauge WinTV GO 2 (34705) - snowy picture and no sound

2005-01-17 Thread Chris Boot
Hi all, I'm having a strange problem getting my TV card working... I've compiled kernel 2.6.10-gentoo-r4 (will upgrade to r5 this evening to check too) with the cx8800 modules for my TV card, and it seems to be recognised without any trouble at all. The tuner is detected correctly, the TV

[gentoo-user] Which Video Card for TV Out?

2005-01-17 Thread Chris Boot
Hi all, I need to connect my computer, running Gentoo of course, to my TV. I'd like to get everyone's opinion as to what graphics card I should use to get decent TV output. I live in the UK, so the card must be capable of doing PAL. Another **requirement** is that I can start X **without a

Re: [gentoo-user] Which Video Card for TV Out?

2005-01-17 Thread Chris Boot
to hear! Great stuff! PAL wouldn't matter except that the TV I have doesn't do NTSC very well (grainy and BW), so PAL is really my only option. Maybe when I shell out on a new TV it won't matter! ;-) But I'd rather just upgrade my computer. Many thanks, Chris -- Chris Boot [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [gentoo-user] problems with euse

2005-01-17 Thread Chris Boot
. HTH, Chris -- Chris Boot [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bootc.net/ smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature