Re: [gentoo-user] User password scanning on pop3

2010-06-20 Thread deface
On Jun 20, 2010, at 6:43 PM, kashani wrote: On 6/16/2010 5:26 PM, Rod wrote: Hi, Does anyone know how to block, or auto programs in Gentoo to limit or stop people scanning for a user/password hacking on your firewall? Besides disabling those ports, I still need the port accessable

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-20 Thread deface
ummm .. ok ? so your using the default xorg.conf .. could be why youve got bad performance. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml - deface On Apr 19, 2010, at 5:43 PM, Grant wrote: did etc-update over write xorg.conf ? I actually don't use an xorg.conf at all. - Grant I

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-19 Thread deface
did etc-update over write xorg.conf ? On Apr 19, 2010, at 5:06 PM, Grant wrote: I just updated a lot of packages on my laptop including xorg stuff, the intel-drivers, and firefox. Firefox is running really slowly now, with kind of a lag to everything. Does anyone know of anything to try in

Re: [gentoo-user] Possibly OT - Denyhosts regex question

2008-11-21 Thread deface
James Homuth wrote: Hello folks, I'm using the latest stable x86 versions of Denyhosts, Openssh and PAM as pulled off the portage tree, and am having a little bit of trouble getting Denyhosts to play nice with the messages PAM is throwing into auth.log. I've tried google for it, and threw the

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice emerge failing

2008-11-20 Thread deface
Michael P. Soulier wrote: On 20/11/08 Qian Qiao said: To quote the error message: * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if * relevant. * A complete build log is located at * '/var/tmp/portage/app-office/openoffice-3.0.0/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild

Re: [gentoo-user] Error booting new kernel

2008-10-31 Thread deface
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Re: [gentoo-user] Input in Vmware console is delay

2008-10-31 Thread deface
box, no delay, erverything seems nice. Many thanks for any hint. Have you installed the vmware tools package for once inside the vm? you will get much better performance. deface

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo-wiki.com - Needs your help!

2008-10-24 Thread deface
, a site I find to be extremely useful. :- Ben - Original Message From: Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 12:59:07 PM Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo-wiki.com - Needs your help! On 2008-10-24, deface [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo-wiki.com - Needs your help!

2008-10-24 Thread deface
to suite the backups deface

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-wiki.com - Needs your help!

2008-10-23 Thread deface
Please read the latest news @ www.gentoo-wiki.com deface Nick Pappin wrote: I would second all of this I use gentoo-wiki almost everyday and it is killing me that it isnt up. I think this would be a great service if we can give it to the community. -- W. Nick Pappin IT Staff Latah Federal

[gentoo-user] gentoo-wiki.com - Needs your help!

2008-10-22 Thread deface
at either of these locations, please let me or Mike know. Thanks in advance, deface

Re: [gentoo-user] Network configuration: looking up URLs is very slow; how can I fix this?

2008-09-12 Thread deface
I use opendns.com - take a peep at it, very highly recommended. deface On Sep 12, 2008, at 1:47 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hi, Gentoo! I bought a new hard drive on Wednesday, and am seriously getting Gentoo installed (after doing a trial installation in July). However looking up

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] installing firefox 3 from tarball

2008-06-17 Thread deface
yeah, sync your portage tree, then emerge it On Jun 17, 2008, at 11:30 PM, maxim wexler wrote: Hi group, digg.com announces this is firefox download day, so I got the tarball and unwrapped in my home dir. According to this http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Configuring_Build_Options

Re: [gentoo-user] problem starting X

2008-06-14 Thread deface
Marc Blumentritt wrote: Hi, when I try to start X with startx, I get these messages: X Window System Version 1.3.0 Release Date: 19 April 2007 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3 Build Operating System: UNKNOWN Current Operating System: Linux mediamachine 2.6.24-gentoo-r8 #13

Re: [gentoo-user] OO-bin on amd64

2008-06-08 Thread deface
tried running a revdep-rebuild? please paste the output of emerge --info On Jun 8, 2008, at 11:17 AM, Matt Harrison wrote: Hi all, I've just installed openoffice-bin and I'm getting these messages when trying to run anything from OO: /usr/lib32/openoffice/program/soffice: line 240:

Re: [gentoo-user] Apache2 + PHP5 problem

2008-05-21 Thread deface
try strace'ing it On May 21, 2008, at 6:15 PM, Mateusz A. Mierzwiński wrote: Alexey Medvedchikov pisze: On 5/20/08, Mateusz A. Mierzwiński [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anybody tell me what happend with PHP5 under (Linux athene 2.6.23-gentoo-r3 #1 PREEMPT RT Sun Dec 9 01:12:25 Local time

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set package.use for layman overlays

2008-05-17 Thread deface
assuming you've got your make.conf setup appropriately, the overlay will take precisidence. PORTDIR_OVERLAY=/usr/portage/local PORTDIR_OVERLAY=/storage/repos/uberpenguin/trunk source /usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf deface On May 17, 2008, at 6:26 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just

Re: [gentoo-user] non-root crontab failure (permissions issue?)

2008-05-17 Thread deface
user in cron group? King Spook wrote: I'm having trouble getting cron to be usable by normal users. I'm running vixie-cron 4.1-r10 on Gentoo Linux. My user is a member of both cron and crontab groups (being unsure which I needed, but speculating the former). There is no cron.allow, and an

Re: [gentoo-user] non-root crontab failure (permissions issue?)

2008-05-17 Thread deface
nm, just read that part .. haa King Spook wrote: I'm having trouble getting cron to be usable by normal users. I'm running vixie-cron 4.1-r10 on Gentoo Linux. My user is a member of both cron and crontab groups (being unsure which I needed, but speculating the former). There is no cron.allow,

Re: [gentoo-user] Canon Pixma driver cnijfilter-common-2.60-1.src.rpm

2008-05-12 Thread deface
Justin wrote: Hi guys! Is there anybody out there who has still the *cnijfilter-common-2.60-1.src.rpm* in his ${DISTDIR}? The original source isn't valid anymore and I need those drivers for my printer. If someone could give them to me, then I would host them for puplic on my site!

Re: [gentoo-user] installation cd for P1 P2

2008-05-08 Thread deface
2008 is still in beta, but it should still work. I'd use 2007.0. Also, i sure hope you have a box setup for distcc. compiling gentoo on these old/slow procs could take days. deface On May 8, 2008, at 12:03 PM, James wrote: Hello, I have an assortment of p1, p2 and old amd K6 (586) class

Re: [gentoo-user] Network manager for laptop

2008-05-05 Thread deface
changes are commited. (if you've gone up, sorry .. like i said; haven't read the rest of the replies on this one.) deface -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] using a HD with bad sectors

2008-05-04 Thread deface
Iain Buchanan wrote: Hi all, I have two 2.5in HD's, one 60Gb with a heap of bad sectors currently used in external Hd enclosure, and one 100Gb which seems in good condition, currently in my laptop. I'm upgrading my laptop, and I'd like to turn the old one into a myth frontend or something

Re: [gentoo-user] Apache status

2008-05-04 Thread deface
Adam Carter wrote: I'm running Apache 2.2.8 and want the status info, so i need to add Location /server-status SetHandler server-status Order Deny,Allow Deny from all Allow from .foo.com /Location But, in httpd.conf IfDefine INFO LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so /IfDefine So

Re: [gentoo-user] distcc: different arch (amd64, x86)

2008-05-03 Thread deface
http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_AMD64-x86-distcc On Sun, 2008-05-04 at 02:18 -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: Hello list, since Ubuntu Hardy didn't like my notebook, I'm currently installing Gentoo (amd64) on it. This is my first Gentoo install in almost six years!! So. I have two other

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Install Windows XP on Gentoo Laptop

2008-05-02 Thread deface
Some OEM disks give you no alternative but to format all. Such as a recovery partition. Always XP first. deface On Sat, 2008-05-03 at 01:27 +, James wrote: Michael Higgins linux at evolone.org writes: I have a laptop with a spare partition waiting for WinXP, to install from Dell OEM

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem running gnome as a normal user

2008-05-02 Thread deface
can you verify the user is in the video group? grep video /etc/group deface On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 23:06 -0400, John covici wrote: Hi. I can run gnome as root or log into it as root, but if I try as a normal user I get the following errors: /etc/X11/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup

Re: [gentoo-user] root password on 2008.1-i686 minimal install

2008-04-23 Thread deface
the root pass is scrambled. but it appears you failed to follow the instructions posted at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/index.xml?catid=install If you have network, use the minimal cd. On Apr 23, 2008, at 11:49 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm unable to log in as root on the installer OS

Re: [gentoo-user] root password on 2008.1-i686 minimal install

2008-04-23 Thread deface
Hit Send too quick. The 'installer' is frowned upon on the actual 'gentoo' scene. it lacks alot of customization that you can gain from doing it cli style. check out gentoo-install.com for a quick skinny guide. On Apr 23, 2008, at 11:49 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm unable to log in

Re: [gentoo-user] CONFIG_SCSI_WAIT_SCAN=m I don't want modules here.

2008-03-21 Thread deface
It's pretty simple, either disable it if you dont need it. if you do, you've got 2 options .. module or compile in .. ? Why make it so difficult ? On Mar 21, 2008, at 10:49 AM, Dale wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:00:52 -0500, Dale wrote: What is this and why is it

Re: [gentoo-user] CONFIG_SCSI_WAIT_SCAN=m I don't want modules here.

2008-03-21 Thread deface
try removing the .conf copy your old .config over .. then run a make oldconfig .. On Mar 21, 2008, at 11:13 AM, Dale wrote: deface wrote: It's pretty simple, either disable it if you dont need it. if you do, you've got 2 options .. module or compile in .. ? Why make it so difficult

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT again..] Technical networking question about changing GW

2008-02-11 Thread deface
FF will use whatever your conn is set to. as far as logging in thats cookie based (normally) so the browser should just resume session once the network is backup ( ie - /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart) On Feb 11, 2008, at 11:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I happen to be in a situation where

Re: [gentoo-user] Old machine having troubles syncing

2008-01-29 Thread deface
try emerge --sync; emerge --update --newuse --deep world; emerge -- depclean On Jan 29, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: I have a machine that hasn't been updated in quite awhile I turned it on today with the intention of possibly using it to replace an older MYthTV server that is going

Re: [gentoo-user] Lost /sbin/rc

2008-01-27 Thread deface
. Plenty of warning there. Not recommended to --depclean. UNLESS absolutely necessary. deface On Jan 27, 2008, at 9:10 PM, Alex Schuster wrote: Hi there! I just did an emerge -uDN on my system, followed by revdep-rebuild and emerge --depclean. When rebooting, my system did not come up because

Re: [gentoo-user] Lost /sbin/rc

2008-01-27 Thread deface
Not sure how far behind he was w/ the baselayout. It may have been removed from portage, and him masking it blocked. although he says he had recently installed it. but yes, it sounds as though something else went wrong. On Jan 27, 2008, at 10:43 PM, Dale wrote: deface wrote: It sounds

Re: [gentoo-user] Apache build error...

2008-01-26 Thread deface
There nos no apache2 use flag, it was replaced w/ just apache On Jan 26, 2008, at 4:57 PM, Benjamen R. Meyer wrote: I'm trying to update the software on my system, among which is Apache, going from 2.2.6-r5 to 2.2.6-r7. However, I am running into a problem with it. Apparently the old install

Re: [gentoo-user] VE-225 cable

2007-08-09 Thread deface
. then you can CD into it deface On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 21:58 +, James wrote: Hello, Previously it has been recommended to get a VE-225 cable for a variety of uses. I'm trying to salvage the contents of a hard drive, from a system that will not boot. Grub 1.5 starts up, but it's like

Re: [gentoo-user] Help me reboot X

2007-06-03 Thread deface
' /etc/init.d/xdm restart ' This would restart your login manager, assuming your running one. (gdm/kdm/xdm/slim) I would recommend on finding out the root of your X locking up, rather than actually trying to band-aid it. deface On Jun 3, 2007, at 8:22 PM, Dale wrote: Stratos Psomadakis

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo installation failed

2007-06-03 Thread deface
Here's your Help: 1. Do not use Gentoo Installer. Use CLI deface On Jun 3, 2007, at 10:57 PM, sanjaya athukorala wrote: hi all, I encounter following error while installing Gentoo 2007.0 DVD (x86) on my laptop; laptop configuration: Intel Core 2duo T7600 Processr 512 RAM

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't start X after a few months of updates

2007-05-21 Thread deface
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ATI_Drivers#Module_Requirement_Mismatch On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 22:52 -0400, John J. Foster wrote: Hi, My system had been happily chugging along with X and KDE running for a few months nonstop. Every Saturday I'd run an update world. But, I never restarted X and

Re: [gentoo-user] Why is the latest release 2006.1?

2007-04-14 Thread deface
If you want a new release, just emerge --sync. :) On Sat, 2007-04-14 at 20:44 -0500, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: Forgive me for being naive and maybe asking a question asked before; I have been away from active participation on this list for quite some time. I have done a lot of google

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh'ing livecd

2007-04-06 Thread deface
do you have ssh running on both machines? sshD is a service, must be installed. On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 17:55 -0700, maxim wexler wrote: Hi group, I want to copy some files from my gentoo box via eth0 to another box which has only livecd on it and a blank hard drive. I can ssh to the

RE: [gentoo-user] How can I force net.ath0 to use a certain channel?

2007-03-30 Thread deface
No Jakub is known for closing bugs without actually reading or understanding them; he's closed several of mine; which were legit. Well stated comments, although some of this should/could have been left on the forums. ie - breaking up a feature request, and a problem deface On Fri, 2007-03-30

Re: [gentoo-user] rfc viewer

2007-03-24 Thread deface
emerge eix - its 100x faster than emerge -s much better output On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 14:37 +0100, Marc Joliet wrote: Am Donnerstag, den 22.03.2007, 13:41 +0800 schrieb Shaochun Wang: Doesn't anyone know a good rfc viewer available for linux? -- Shaochun Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [gentoo-user] VOIP solution?

2007-03-22 Thread deface
Your better off to use a VPN device to hold the connection across the 2 offices. If your connection is extremely crap; then you'll need to upgrade to a better service provider. As far as your windows vpn issue, the device is not hidden; you just built your vpn connection wrong. you need to remove