Re: [gentoo-user] Warning: /lib64/rc/cache is not writable

2015-03-05 Thread German
On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 16:13:59 -0500 Mike Gilbert flop...@gentoo.org wrote: On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 2:08 PM, German gentger...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 13:45:51 -0500 Mike Gilbert flop...@gentoo.org wrote: On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 12:28 PM, German gentger...@gmail.com wrote: On

Re: [gentoo-user] No network ( Solved, I am connected, thanks)

2015-03-05 Thread Mick
On Thursday 05 Mar 2015 10:12:33 German wrote: On Thu, 05 Mar 2015 09:36 + Peter Humphrey pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk wrote: On Wednesday 04 March 2015 21:26:53 German wrote: On Wed, 4 Mar 2015 18:25:07 + Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: Now that you're connected, or

Re: [gentoo-user] Warning: /lib64/rc/cache is not writable

2015-03-05 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 2:08 PM, German gentger...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 13:45:51 -0500 Mike Gilbert flop...@gentoo.org wrote: On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 12:28 PM, German gentger...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 12:47:36 + Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange network behaviour: NIC goes down, DHCP lease renewal fails

2015-03-05 Thread Mick
On Thursday 05 Mar 2015 18:33:23 Todd Goodman wrote: * Marc Joliet mar...@gmx.de [150305 04:47]: [..SNIP..] 1.) The NIC is brought up (some built-in Intel model). 2.) A DHCP client configures it. 3.) The network connection is lost at some point (the amount of time this takes

[gentoo-user] Virtualbox-guest-additions-4.3.24 breaks 3D acceleration in linux guests (?)

2015-03-05 Thread walt
I state this as a question because I'm seeing different behavior on different ~amd64 machines (as usual ;) After upgrading from vbox-4.3.20-r1 to 4.3.24 yesterday I find that my linux guests have no 3D acceleration. Downgrading Virtualbox to 4.3.20-r1 fixes the problem on one ~amd64 machine but,

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange network behaviour: NIC goes down, DHCP lease renewal fails

2015-03-05 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Thu, 5 Mar 2015 13:33:23 -0500 schrieb Todd Goodman t...@bonedaddy.net: * Marc Joliet mar...@gmx.de [150305 04:47]: [..SNIP..] 1.) The NIC is brought up (some built-in Intel model). 2.) A DHCP client configures it. 3.) The network connection is lost at some point (the amount of

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange network behaviour: NIC goes down, DHCP lease renewal fails

2015-03-05 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Thu, 5 Mar 2015 21:19:46 + schrieb Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com: On Thursday 05 Mar 2015 18:33:23 Todd Goodman wrote: * Marc Joliet mar...@gmx.de [150305 04:47]: [..SNIP..] 1.) The NIC is brought up (some built-in Intel model). 2.) A DHCP client configures it.

Re: [gentoo-user] See bootup/poweroff screen?

2015-03-05 Thread Fernando Rodriguez
On Thursday, March 05, 2015 3:16:55 AM Dale wrote: Yea, it won't catch everything. This is sort of designed for that point where one log stops and the other hasn't started yet. This is usually where dmesg stops and syslog and friends hasn't yet started. Of course, if /var isn't mounted,

[gentoo-user] Re: new linux router

2015-03-05 Thread James
Nicolas Sebrecht nicolas.s-dev at laposte.net writes: On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 03:10:40PM +, James wrote: I'd like to be able to download some open source linux to the router hardware if updates and pathces are not maintained by the vendor? That way I do not purchase something that

[gentoo-user] Re: Virtualbox-guest-additions-4.3.24 breaks 3D acceleration in linux guests (?)

2015-03-05 Thread walt
On 03/05/2015 02:25 PM, walt wrote: Downgrading Virtualbox to 4.3.20-r1 fixes the problem on one ~amd64 machine but, of course, not the other one sigh. For reasons I don't know, the gentoo devs split the guest-additions into two parts: they put the vboxvideo kernel module into the gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] Warning: /lib64/rc/cache is not writable

2015-03-05 Thread German
On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 12:47:36 + Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 07:37:39 -0500, German wrote: Is /var on your root filesystem? If so, it sounds like something is trying to write to it before it has been remounted rw. Try adding rw (and removing ro if

Re: [gentoo-user] See bootup/poweroff screen?

2015-03-05 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 03:08:46 -0500, German wrote: Thanks Dale, done it. Unfortunately it doesn't log everything. For instance Warning: /lib64/rc/cache is not writable wasn't written to /var/log/rc.log Of course it wasn't. Warnings about /var not being writeable are not

Re: [gentoo-user] See bootup/poweroff screen?

2015-03-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 03:08:46 -0500, German wrote: Thanks Dale, done it. Unfortunately it doesn't log everything. For instance Warning: /lib64/rc/cache is not writable wasn't written to /var/log/rc.log Of course it wasn't. Warnings about /var not being writeable are not going to be written to

Re: [gentoo-user] Warning: /lib64/rc/cache is not writable

2015-03-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 03:09:46 -0500, German wrote: How to fix this? Thanks Is /var on your root filesystem? If so, it sounds like something is trying to write to it before it has been remounted rw. Try adding rw (and removing ro if resent) to your kernel options. -- Neil Bothwick For security

Re: [gentoo-user] See bootup/poweroff screen?

2015-03-05 Thread German
On Thu, 05 Mar 2015 00:17:34 -0600 Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: German wrote: I have a SSD in my laptop and the system boots really fast so I can't see the details of the warnings it displays. Are there any way to scroll the screen or see some system boot's logs? Thanks You

[gentoo-user] Warning: /lib64/rc/cache is not writable

2015-03-05 Thread German
How to fix this? Thanks -- German gentger...@gmail.com

Re: [gentoo-user] See bootup/poweroff screen?

2015-03-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 09:38:07 -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: I personally use dracut which has quite a few bells and whistles. If you're using systemd as has already been pointed out it runs the journal during early boot and merges it into the system journal when it pivots. I believe that if

Re: [gentoo-user] See bootup/poweroff screen?

2015-03-05 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 09:38:07 -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: I personally use dracut which has quite a few bells and whistles. If you're using systemd as has already been pointed out it runs the journal during early boot and

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2015-03-05 Thread Ryan Tasson
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Re: [gentoo-user] No network ( Solved, I am connected, thanks)

2015-03-05 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 04 March 2015 21:26:53 German wrote: On Wed, 4 Mar 2015 18:25:07 + Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: Now that you're connected, or should I say BEFORE you got connected, you should also consider configuring a firewall for your IPv4 (and/or IPv6) network. What

Re: [gentoo-user] No 'libs' in world file?

2015-03-05 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 8:06 AM, Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: On Tue, Mar 03, 2015 at 12:01:04AM +0100, Andreas K. Huettel wrote Well... let's say it like this: If you look at your world file, you should for each line be able to immediately say yes I know what this is and I

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange network behaviour: NIC goes down, DHCP lease renewal fails

2015-03-05 Thread Todd Goodman
* Marc Joliet mar...@gmx.de [150305 04:47]: [..SNIP..] 1.) The NIC is brought up (some built-in Intel model). 2.) A DHCP client configures it. 3.) The network connection is lost at some point (the amount of time this takes varies, but it can be as little as 20 minutes). 4.)

Re: [gentoo-user] Warning: /lib64/rc/cache is not writable

2015-03-05 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 12:28 PM, German gentger...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 12:47:36 + Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 07:37:39 -0500, German wrote: Is /var on your root filesystem? If so, it sounds like something is trying to write to it

[gentoo-user] Re: new linux router

2015-03-05 Thread Nicolas Sebrecht
On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 03:10:40PM +, James wrote: I'd like to be able to download some open source linux to the router hardware if updates and pathces are not maintained by the vendor? That way I do not purchase something that is to be abandoned in a few years by the vendor. It's

Re: [gentoo-user] Warning: /lib64/rc/cache is not writable

2015-03-05 Thread German
On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 13:45:51 -0500 Mike Gilbert flop...@gentoo.org wrote: On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 12:28 PM, German gentger...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 12:47:36 + Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 07:37:39 -0500, German wrote: Is /var on your

Re: [gentoo-user] No network ( Solved, I am connected, thanks)

2015-03-05 Thread German
On Thu, 05 Mar 2015 09:36 + Peter Humphrey pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk wrote: On Wednesday 04 March 2015 21:26:53 German wrote: On Wed, 4 Mar 2015 18:25:07 + Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: Now that you're connected, or should I say BEFORE you got connected, you should also

Re: [gentoo-user] Warning: /lib64/rc/cache is not writable

2015-03-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 05:10:03 -0500, German wrote: Is /var on your root filesystem? If so, it sounds like something is trying to write to it before it has been remounted rw. Try adding rw (and removing ro if present) to your kernel options. Ok, thanks. What file should I write these

Re: [gentoo-user] Warning: /lib64/rc/cache is not writable

2015-03-05 Thread German
On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 12:34:05 + Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 05:10:03 -0500, German wrote: Is /var on your root filesystem? If so, it sounds like something is trying to write to it before it has been remounted rw. Try adding rw (and removing ro if

Re: [gentoo-user] Warning: /lib64/rc/cache is not writable

2015-03-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 07:37:39 -0500, German wrote: Is /var on your root filesystem? If so, it sounds like something is trying to write to it before it has been remounted rw. Try adding rw (and removing ro if present) to your kernel options. Ok, thanks. What file should I

Re: [gentoo-user] Warning: /lib64/rc/cache is not writable

2015-03-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 03:09:46 -0500 German gentger...@gmail.com wrote: How to fix this? Thanks I haven't the foggiest idea. But, in your shoes, I'd probably find out more about chown and chmod -- alan.mckin...@gmail.com

[gentoo-user] Strange network behaviour: NIC goes down, DHCP lease renewal fails

2015-03-05 Thread Marc Joliet
Hi all, at work I'm (well, *we* are) facing an interesting problem. Since we are sort of stabbing in the dark here, I thought I'd ask here. Also, since this is from work, I will not be able to diverge very many details (not to mention that as a student worker I simply don't *know* many

Re: [gentoo-user] Warning: /lib64/rc/cache is not writable

2015-03-05 Thread German
On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 08:24:44 + Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 03:09:46 -0500, German wrote: How to fix this? Thanks Is /var on your root filesystem? If so, it sounds like something is trying to write to it before it has been remounted rw. Try adding rw (and

Re: [gentoo-user] See bootup/poweroff screen?

2015-03-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 05 Mar 2015 03:16:55 -0600, Dale wrote: Of course it wasn't. Warnings about /var not being writeable are not going to be written to /var. Yea, it won't catch everything. This is sort of designed for that point where one log stops and the other hasn't started yet. This is usually

Re: [gentoo-user] Warning: /lib64/rc/cache is not writable

2015-03-05 Thread German
On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 12:22:07 +0200 Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 03:09:46 -0500 German gentger...@gmail.com wrote: How to fix this? Thanks I haven't the foggiest idea. But, in your shoes, I'd probably find out more about chown and chmod Perhaps

Re: [gentoo-user] See bootup/poweroff screen?

2015-03-05 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 8:19 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: I just recall reading somewhere, systemd or not, that that is how it is supposed to work. After all, it can't run fsck and such while mounted rw from my understanding. Keep in mind that an initramfs is nothing more than an

Re: [gentoo-user] See bootup/poweroff screen?

2015-03-05 Thread covici
Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 03:08:46 -0500, German wrote: Thanks Dale, done it. Unfortunately it doesn't log everything. For instance Warning: /lib64/rc/cache is not writable wasn't written to /var/log/rc.log Of course it wasn't.

Re: [gentoo-user] See bootup/poweroff screen?

2015-03-05 Thread Dale
cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 03:08:46 -0500, German wrote: Thanks Dale, done it. Unfortunately it doesn't log everything. For instance Warning: /lib64/rc/cache is not writable wasn't written to /var/log/rc.log Of

Re: [gentoo-user] Warning: /lib64/rc/cache is not writable

2015-03-05 Thread German
On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 12:47:36 + Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 07:37:39 -0500, German wrote: Is /var on your root filesystem? If so, it sounds like something is trying to write to it before it has been remounted rw. Try adding rw (and removing ro if

Re: [gentoo-user]

2015-03-05 Thread Rod
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Re: [gentoo-user] Strange network behaviour: NIC goes down, DHCP lease renewal fails

2015-03-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 13:33:23 -0500 Todd Goodman t...@bonedaddy.net wrote: * Marc Joliet mar...@gmx.de [150305 04:47]: [..SNIP..] 1.) The NIC is brought up (some built-in Intel model). 2.) A DHCP client configures it. 3.) The network connection is lost at some point (the amount of

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Virtualbox-guest-additions-4.3.24 breaks 3D acceleration in linux guests (?)

2015-03-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thu, 05 Mar 2015 16:27:25 -0800 walt w41...@gmail.com wrote: On 03/05/2015 02:25 PM, walt wrote: Downgrading Virtualbox to 4.3.20-r1 fixes the problem on one ~amd64 machine but, of course, not the other one sigh. For reasons I don't know, the gentoo devs split the guest-additions into

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange network behaviour: NIC goes down, DHCP lease renewal fails

2015-03-05 Thread Mick
On Thursday 05 Mar 2015 21:46:12 Marc Joliet wrote: Am Thu, 5 Mar 2015 21:19:46 + schrieb Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com: On Thursday 05 Mar 2015 18:33:23 Todd Goodman wrote: Is this a WiFi NIC? Is it possible the device is powering down? I've had lots of problems with