Re: [gentoo-user] About Gnome desktop
Hi Iain, gdmsetup is part of gdm. Do you have gdm installed? Even though you're running gnome, it's possible not to have gdm... # equery l gdm [ Searching for package 'gdm' in all categories among: ] * installed packages [I--] [ ] gnome-base/gdm-2.14.9-r1 (0) * end * It is there. Tks B.R. SL -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot unsubscribe
On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 15:02 -0400, Ed Jabbour wrote: I sent mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] which bounced with a notice:_Recipient_address_rejected:_User_unknown_in_local_recipient_table. Consequently, I'm still getting list mail. Not sure anyone here with a clue for the clueless, but if so . . . . Thanks. I might just be being dense here, but did you actually send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or was it actually listname [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE login with non-us keyboard
On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 16:53:42 +0200, Charles Trois wrote: No. One finds only US English there. French is not available. It's the same with Control Centre - Regional - Country and Language. How could one make the system aware of French? It sounds like you don't have kde-i18n installed. Set LINGUAS in make.conf before you emerge it. -- Neil Bothwick It's the year 2000. Where are all the flying cars? I was promised flying cars! signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Portage: Show list of required files without downloading anything?
On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 22:08:29 +0200, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: # export DISTDIR=$(emerge --info | sed -n 's/^DISTDIR=\(.*\)$/\1/p') DISTDIR=$(portageq distdir) looks less like line noise and it harder to mis-type :) -- Neil Bothwick I do not like this dumb machine I really ought to sell it. It never does just what I want But only what I tell it. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] OT - mbox to maildir conversion
I want to reconfigure my SMTP server from mbox to maildir. The problem is that I have hundreds of messages saved in imap folders in the mbox style. Is there a way to convert those folders to maildir style? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT - mbox to maildir conversion
On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 04:21:12AM -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: I want to reconfigure my SMTP server from mbox to maildir. The problem is that I have hundreds of messages saved in imap folders in the mbox style. Is there a way to convert those folders to maildir style? This one worked fine for me: http://untroubled.org/mbox2maildir. Backups recommended. Rasmus -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] cleaning up my gentoo
I would like to clean up my gentoo installation. ... What about old ebuilds in /usr/portage/ directory should they be removed as well. What about other things that I'm not aware of. They should be automatically removed with rsync. Does this mean that they are removed during emerge-webrsync as well ? thank You for answer __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT - mbox to maildir conversion [SOLVED]
On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 11:39 +0200, Rasmus Andersen wrote: On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 04:21:12AM -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: I want to reconfigure my SMTP server from mbox to maildir. The problem is that I have hundreds of messages saved in imap folders in the mbox style. Is there a way to convert those folders to maildir style? This one worked fine for me: http://untroubled.org/mbox2maildir. Backups recommended. Rasmus I found another one at http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/mb2md/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] cleaning up my gentoo
Am Montag, 9. Oktober 2006 11:46 schrieb ext Pawel K: They should be automatically removed with rsync. Does this mean that they are removed during emerge-webrsync as well ? Yes. Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hambornerstraße 55 | Web: http://www.capgemini.com D-40472 Düsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: www.keyserver.net pgpkF6MNSi0qn.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} dvdrip permissions error, alternative?
On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 20:56:45 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: You're right. I read this information some years ago in a normally reliable source, and saw no reason to doubt it as it made sense. bit I've just tried a dd copy and it worked. It failed on the first attempt, but after running lsdvd, it worked for the whole disc, and mplayer played it. It here refers to the attempt to copy the disc with dd. The copy failed after around 100MB the first time, but succeeded after lsdvd. What is happenning here is that lsdvd is cracking the css keys via libdvdcss and caching the keys in ~/.dvdcss. If you move the image to another computer, or try to read it as another user, the keys will neeed to be cracked again. I've tried playing the ISO image as root and it still worked. -- Neil Bothwick I wonder how much deeper would the ocean be without sponges. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Auto-mount USB device
Hi Iain, Still failed. # cat /etc/group | grep plugdev plugdev:x:1004:haldaemon,satimis if the logout-login doesn't work, then post the relevant part of /var/log/messages when plugging in the usb device. /var/log/message .. Oct 10 02:53:09 localhost usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Oct 10 02:53:09 localhost scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Oct 10 02:53:09 localhost usb-storage: device found at 3 Oct 10 02:53:09 localhost usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost Vendor: Maxtor 9 Model: HAQA Rev: 5215 Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost SCSI device sda: 13281408 512-byte hdwr sectors (6800 MB) Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: Write Protect is off Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00 Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: assuming drive cache: write through Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost SCSI device sda: 13281408 512-byte hdwr sectors (6800 MB) Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: Write Protect is off Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00 Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: assuming drive cache: write through Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: Write Protect is off Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00 Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: assuming drive cache: write through Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: unknown partition table Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost usb-storage: device scan complete Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost scsi.agent[7446]: disk at /devices/pci:00/:00:0b.1/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0 Oct 10 02:53:45 localhost kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds Oct 10 02:53:45 localhost EXT3 FS on sda, internal journal Oct 10 02:53:45 localhost EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. * end * Also, post details of the usb thing that you're trying to use - what is it? USB enclosure is a box for mounting a HD inside to be used for external storage. It is connected to USB port. and the gnome, udev and kernel version. # equery l gnome-light [ Searching for package 'gnome-light' in all categories among: ] * installed packages [I--] [ ] gnome-base/gnome-light-2.12.0 (2.0) # equery l udev [ Searching for package 'udev' in all categories among: ] * installed packages [I--] [ ] sys-fs/udev-087-r1 (0) # cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.17-gentoo-r7 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1)) #5 SMP Mon Sep 25 18:27:54 HKT 2006 Tks B.R. SL -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: OT - mbox to maildir conversion
Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I want to reconfigure my SMTP server from mbox to maildir. The problem is that I have hundreds of messages saved in imap folders in the mbox style. Is there a way to convert those folders to maildir style? formail in combination with procmail. You use formail to parse the MBOX file and then procmail to store the mails in Maildirs. Another way: Use mutt(ng). mutt can read mbox and write Maildir (amongst other formats). Alexander Skwar -- Someone in DAYTON, Ohio is selling USED CARPETS to a SERBO-CROATIAN -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] About Dictionary
On Monday 09 October 2006 11:40, Stephen Liu wrote:
[SNIP]
I just have dictionary installed.
# equery l dictionary
[ Searching for package 'dictionary' in all categories among: ]
* installed packages
[I--] [ ] app-misc/jdictionary-1.8-r1 (0)
* end *
But it did not work on OpenOffice.
$ eix jdictionary
* app-misc/jdictionary
Available versions: 1.8 1.8-r1 ~1.8-r2
Installed: none
Homepage:http://jdictionary.sourceforge.net/
Description: A online Java-based dictionary
So why oh why do you think that has anything to do with openoffice???
Openoffice uses app-text/hunspell which in turn uses app-dicts/myspell-?? to
provide the actual languages.
# cat `equery w openoffice`
[...]
pkg_postinst() {
[...]
einfo Spell checking is now provided through our own myspell-ebuilds,
einfo if you want to use it, please install the correct myspell package
einfo according to your language needs.
[...]
}
[...]
Type
# eix -c myspell
or
# emerge -s myspell
to get a list of languages...
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problem getting UTF-8 locale
Hello BoOn 10/6/06, Bo Ørsted Andresen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 06 October 2006 20:51, Liviu Andronic wrote: Thanks for answering.Was a mistake by me that I replied to the wrong mail of yours.. ;) [SNIP] Please note that here locale -a doesn't show en_US.UTF-8, but en_US*.utf8 *(case change and missing dash).That's expected. Not an error. Furthermore, I wouldn't have written on this matter if I didn't have problems with an application.Yes, but we aren't mind readers. Knowing that you probably had a reason that you decided wasn't worth mentioning really isn't helpful...This was my mistake, to not have written all the problems. I use emelFM2 as file manager and it uses LC_* variables to determine the encoding to be used for file names (if not mistaking anything). Now, after having made changes to the locales (emelFM2 was using C locale before, including for it's configuration file), filenames containing peculiar characters (Cyrillic and others) are illisible in the filelist. Moreover, although in debugs emelFM2 determines correctly that LC_ALL indicates en_US.UTF-8, it falls back (I believe) to using C locale instead of the utf-8 one (reads from and saves to config-C instead of config-en_US.UTF-8).As you may have noticed emelfm2 has been removed from the portage tree because it lacks a maintainer. Are you saying that it lacks a maintainer for keeping emelFM2 up-to-date in portage?Sincethisisonegoodtwo-panedependency-lessfilemanager,Icannotunderstandwhyportagedoesn'tprovideusers with it.Isthereanywaytoask portagedevelsto updateregularly emelFM2ebuilds? (As it can be seen in [1], there are people providing ebuilds for each emelFM2 release; couldn't they help maintaining emelFM2 in portage?). I'vetesteditonGentooanditworksin a prettystablemanner (so that ~x86 would largely suffice for version 0.2). The latest ebuild is on bug #90476 [1]. Unlike the latest ebuild in portage that actually has a unicode use flag. Did you use that one [2]? I'm novice enough to Gentoo to not yet master emerging from custom ebuilds. So I build it from source (make make install). I used version 0.2. However, the problem isn't emelFM2 specific. It is more linked to GTK+2 applications. For example, Qalculate! isn't able to display the pi sign (the unicode pi sign). Or Xfce cannot display corefonts (Arial, Tahoma, Verdana). Instead of displaying a unicode character (my guess), it displays anincomprehensible series of numbers. My guess is that it has to be somehow linked to locale, but I cannot see how. I have a fresh 2006.1 Gentoo installation, with a customised kernel having nls_utf8 built-in. The only crucial change that I made was upgrading Xorg to 7.1.Igenerallybuildallmyapplicationswith+nlsflag. [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90476 [2] http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=97568-- Bo Andresen -- Liviu
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: no usb mouse in xorg 7.1
Harm Geerts wrote: On Sunday 08 October 2006 18:38, Harm Geerts wrote: On Sunday 08 October 2006 17:10, Andrew Frink wrote: Will evdev handle unicode charecters? i have a mouse that has the copyright symbol in it's name. No idea about that, just have to try, but you can always fall back to the event* device node. I couldn't remember where I got the information, but now I do. man evdev And according to that you can use wildcards :) I tried with my MS mouse(that one with the buttons on the side), i ended using the phys tag to do it. I'll try the wildcard thing later today. Thanks, Andrew -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Auto-mount USB device
Stephen Liu wrote: Hi Iain, Still failed. # cat /etc/group | grep plugdev plugdev:x:1004:haldaemon,satimis if the logout-login doesn't work, then post the relevant part of /var/log/messages when plugging in the usb device. /var/log/message .. Oct 10 02:53:09 localhost usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Oct 10 02:53:09 localhost scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Oct 10 02:53:09 localhost usb-storage: device found at 3 Oct 10 02:53:09 localhost usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost Vendor: Maxtor 9 Model: HAQA Rev: 5215 Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost SCSI device sda: 13281408 512-byte hdwr sectors (6800 MB) Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: Write Protect is off Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00 Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: assuming drive cache: write through Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost SCSI device sda: 13281408 512-byte hdwr sectors (6800 MB) Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: Write Protect is off Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00 Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: assuming drive cache: write through Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: Write Protect is off Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00 Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: assuming drive cache: write through Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: unknown partition table Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost usb-storage: device scan complete Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost scsi.agent[7446]: disk at /devices/pci:00/:00:0b.1/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0 Oct 10 02:53:45 localhost kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds Oct 10 02:53:45 localhost EXT3 FS on sda, internal journal Oct 10 02:53:45 localhost EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. * end * Also, post details of the usb thing that you're trying to use - what is it? USB enclosure is a box for mounting a HD inside to be used for external storage. It is connected to USB port. and the gnome, udev and kernel version. # equery l gnome-light [ Searching for package 'gnome-light' in all categories among: ] * installed packages [I--] [ ] gnome-base/gnome-light-2.12.0 (2.0) # equery l udev [ Searching for package 'udev' in all categories among: ] * installed packages [I--] [ ] sys-fs/udev-087-r1 (0) # cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.17-gentoo-r7 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1)) #5 SMP Mon Sep 25 18:27:54 HKT 2006 Tks B.R. SL Do you have gnome-volume-manager installed and in your session(not sure if thats needed). Andrew
Re: [gentoo-user] Auto-mount USB device
Hi Andrew, Still failed.# cat /etc/group | grep plugdevplugdev:x:1004:haldaemon,satimis if the logout-login doesn't work, then post the relevant partof /var/log/messages when plugging in the usb device. /var/log/message..Oct 10 02:53:09 localhost usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choiceOct 10 02:53:09 localhost scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devicesOct 10 02:53:09 localhost usb-storage: device found at 3Oct 10 02:53:09 localhost usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanningOct 10 02:53:14 localhost Vendor: Maxtor 9 Model: HAQA Rev: 5215Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost SCSI device sda: 13281408 512-byte hdwr sectors (6800 MB)Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: Write Protect is offOct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: assuming drive cache: write throughOct 10 02:53:14 localhost SCSI device sda: 13281408 512-byte hdwr sectors (6800 MB)Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: Write Protect is offOct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: assuming drive cache: write throughOct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: Write Protect is offOct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: Mode Sense: 00 38 00 00Oct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: assuming drive cache: write throughOct 10 02:53:14 localhost sda: unknown partition tableOct 10 02:53:14 localhost sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdaOct 10 02:53:14 localhost usb-storage: device scan completeOct 10 02:53:14 localhost scsi.agent[7446]: disk at /devices/pci:00/:00:0b.1/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0Oct 10 02:53:45 localhost kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 secondsOct 10 02:53:45 localhost EXT3 FS on sda, internal journalOct 10 02:53:45 localhost EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.* end * Also, post details of the usb thing that you're trying to use - what isit? USB enclosure is a box for mounting a HD inside to be used for external storage. It is connected to USB port. and the gnome, udev and kernel version. # equery l gnome-light[ Searching for package 'gnome-light' in all categories among: ] * installed packages[I--] [ ] gnome-base/gnome-light-2.12.0 (2.0)# equery l udev[ Searching for package 'udev' in all categories among: ] * installed packages[I--] [ ] sys-fs/udev-087-r1 (0)# cat /proc/versionLinux version 2.6.17-gentoo-r7 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1)) #5 SMP Mon Sep 25 18:27:54 HKT 2006 Do you have gnome-volume-manager installed and in your session(not sure if thats needed). Yes.# equery l gnome-volume-manager[ Searching for package 'gnome-volume-manager' in all categories among: ]* installed packages[I--] [ ] gnome-base/gnome-volume-manager-1.5.15-r2 (0)* end *B.R.SL
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} dvdrip permissions error, alternative?
and dd means bad portability. What do you mean by this? dd simply mirrors the UDF filesystem from the disc in a file? According to someone else's post, the CSS keys would need to be cracked again if the backup was moved to a different computer. That's all I meant. If you want to extract the files from the filesystem, use vobcopy. Would vobcopy -m decrypt the DVD so that it can be played back without a need to crack or use stored CSS keys? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] [OT] RSA Vs DSA keys for SSH authentication
Hi All, I have looked around and have found confusing info regarding which is a better key cipher to use for ssh authentication. Some say that RSA is widely considered more secure than DSA. Some say that it doesn't really matter, as long as you use a large enough bits setting in creating your key. RSA takes longer to create but it takes less time to authenticate on the server and DSA is the other way around. Not sure what to believe and I'd rather not be guessing which one is best What is the recommended/'best practice' approach on creating ssh keys for Gentoo users and why? -- Regards, Mick pgp57yxBjzsw2.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: usb- seriial(minicom) problem
Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace.net.au writes: and you see this: usb 2-1: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0 Hello Ian, which is strange cause I also see /dev/ttyUSB0... did you actually manually check for the device /dev/ttyUSB0? Yes apart from that, I'm not sure what could be wrong... Well, I did major surgery on a new kernel for the USB stuff. Not sure what fixed it but now it works. I have most everthing statically compiled into the kernel for USB and it works. The next time I build a kernel for this machine, I'll try and make it loadable. I'm going to be adding a second device, so I can use the portable to sniff all sorts of legacy(proprietary) RS232 protocols. James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} dvdrip permissions error, alternative?
On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 07:55:10 -0700, Grant wrote: Would vobcopy -m decrypt the DVD so that it can be played back without a need to crack or use stored CSS keys? Yes. -- Neil Bothwick IBM: Inferior But Marketable. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] About Dictionary
Hi BoØrsted,
Tks for your advice.
# cat `equery w openoffice`
[...]
pkg_postinst() {
[...]
einfo Spell checking is now provided through our own myspell-ebuilds,
einfo if you want to use it, please install the correct myspell package
einfo according to your language needs.
[...]
}
[...]
# cat `equery w openoffice`
!!! No masked or unmasked packages found for openoffice
(hanging here)
# ls /etc/portage/
package.keywords package.use
No package.mask and package.unmask found
# cat /etc/portage/package.keywords
app-cdr/brasero ~amd64
# cat /etc/portage/package.use
x11-libs/cairo X png
app-text/acroread cups nls ldap nsplugin
media-gfx/gimp python -aalib -altivec -debug doc gimpprint gtkhtml -hardened
jpeg lcms mmx -mng png smp -sse svg tiff -wmf
* end *
Where can I find samples to create them. TIA
Type
# eix -c myspell
or
# emerge -s myspell
to get a list of languages...
# emerge -pv app-dicts/myspell-en
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild N] app-dicts/myspell-en-20060316 4,295 kB
Total size of downloads: 4,295 kB
* end *
# emerge -av app-dicts/myspell-en
Now openoffice has its own dictionary. Tks.
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[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] RSA Vs DSA keys for SSH authentication
Mick wrote: I have looked around and have found confusing info regarding which is a better key cipher to use for ssh authentication. Some say that RSA is widely considered more secure than DSA. Some say that it doesn't really matter, as long as you use a large enough bits setting in creating your key. RSA takes longer to create but it takes less time to authenticate on the server and DSA is the other way around. Not sure what to believe and I'd rather not be guessing which one is best DSA keys are always 1024 bits, as this is mandated by the standard. RSA keys can have variable length. From man ssh-keygen: -b bits Specifies the number of bits in the key to create. For RSA keys, the minimum size is 768 bits and the default is 2048 bits. Gen- erally, 2048 bits is considered sufficient. DSA keys must be exactly 1024 bits as specified by FIPS 186-2. Another argument in favor of RSA is mentioned in the PuTTY FAQ: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/faq.html#faq-dsa Personally, I use RSA keys because I want to use a 2048 bit key length. -- Remy Remove underscore and suffix in reply address for a timely response. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} dvdrip permissions error, alternative?
Would vobcopy -m decrypt the DVD so that it can be played back without a need to crack or use stored CSS keys? Yes. That does seem to work with the stubborn The Life of Mammals. I wish I didn't have to mount the DVD before running vobcopy though. I suppose a mkisofs command after vobcopy would make for a pretty good process. - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: About Dictionary
On Monday 09 October 2006 17:30, Stephen Liu wrote: # cat `equery w openoffice` !!! No masked or unmasked packages found for openoffice (hanging here) amd64 only supports openoffice-bin And the command was only used to show you the einfo lines which would have told you to use myspell. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ath0 turbo mode (108Mbps)
On Sunday 08 October 2006 20:14, Grant wrote: Has anyone gotten turbo mode to work with their madwifi/ath0 cards? It is supported according to this (search for turbo): http://madwifi.org/wiki/FAQ/HowDoI I'm using the latest madwifi-ng on my router and client, and the client uses wpa_supplicant to connect. I've set these: iwpriv ath0 mode 3 iwpriv ath0 turbo 1 on both systems, and both return 1 from: iwpriv ath0 get_turbo The problem is, I only see a maximum of 54Mbps from: iwlist ath0 rate Does anyone have any suggestions? Also, how can I set up the above commands to be executed automatically? I can't seem to make it happen in /etc/conf.d/net. - Grant Hi Grant, You won't like this and probably I'll get hammered, but... I stopped using a lot of the gentoo startup scripts months ago, including the network stuff... I simply add them to /etc/conf.d/locale.start. Much faster startup and much more reliable in terms of setup anyways I do hate to hear that. I can have the iwpriv settings executed with: iwpriv_ath0=( mode 3 turbo 1 ) and I was told on the madwifi IRC channel that the 108Mbps rate won't actually show up with iwlist ath0 rate because turbo just does rate*2 down the line. I'm still wondering if turbo mode should work with wpa_supplicant and if there is any way to determine if turbo mode is actually functional on my system though. - Grant Out f curiosity, Grant, what brand wifi hardware are you using. I'll be doing a wifi install early next year and I'm always interested in hearing about personal experiences rather than hear say... Thank you, Jerry. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} dvdrip permissions error, alternative?
On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 09:42:21 -0700, Grant wrote: That does seem to work with the stubborn The Life of Mammals. I wish I didn't have to mount the DVD before running vobcopy though. vobcopy reads the VOB files directly, rather than reading /dev/dvd as a video source. I suppose a mkisofs command after vobcopy would make for a pretty good process. It works for me. I've used it to copy encrypted DVDs that are 4.3GB. -- Neil Bothwick What do you call a Tellytubbie with a finger up its bum? Stinky Pinky! signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] RSA Vs DSA keys for SSH authentication
On Monday 09 October 2006 16:59, Remy Blank wrote: DSA keys are always 1024 bits, as this is mandated by the standard. RSA keys can have variable length. From man ssh-keygen: -b bits Specifies the number of bits in the key to create. For RSA keys, the minimum size is 768 bits and the default is 2048 bits. Gen- erally, 2048 bits is considered sufficient. DSA keys must be exactly 1024 bits as specified by FIPS 186-2. Another argument in favor of RSA is mentioned in the PuTTY FAQ: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/faq.html#faq-dsa Personally, I use RSA keys because I want to use a 2048 bit key length. Blast! I now need to reconsider my whole keying strategy. :-( Thank you Remy for a quick and succinct response. -- Regards, Mick pgpsSFx8p3j6n.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Xorg 7.0+composite+radeon OSS drivers+radeon9200se : X cpu usage sometimes rockets to 80%
Hi, Today I tried to enable the composite extension on my Xorg. Nice eye candy :) and everything works pretty good. The only problem is that sometimes the CPU usage shots to 80% for intervals of 20-60 minutes (at pretty random intervals, but it seems to me that switching desktops a lot helps the bug to come out) and then quietly settles out. If I kill xcompmgr the CPU usage instantly comes down to almost zero. Restarting composite makes the CPU usage rise again to something like 10-20% (it depends), quite high but bearable. I should be using a fully hw-accelerated Xorg, however. I have an ATI Radeon 9200se card with the following options: [...] Section Device #VideoRam131072 # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate Identifier ** ATI Radeon (generic) [radeon] Driver radeon Option AccelMethod EXA Option AGPMode 8 Option AGPFastWrite 1 Option BackingStore true EndSection [...] that, according to http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Xorg_X11_and_Transparency , should give most acceleration for my card. What seems strange to me is that the problem happens at random (a misconfiguration should fit better a constant high CPU usage). I am using latest stable 7.0 Xorg. Any idea to help me understand what the problem can be? Thanks, m. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] RSA Vs DSA keys for SSH authentication
On Monday 09 October 2006 09:07, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about '[gentoo-user] [OT] RSA Vs DSA keys for SSH authentication': Some say that RSA is widely considered more secure than DSA. DSA is mathematically stronger than RSA. However, that doesn't mean much since most attacks don't come from attacking the core of the algorithm anyway. -- If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability. -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh pgpBSOqTuAbVR.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] RSA Vs DSA keys for SSH authentication
On Monday 09 October 2006 22:48, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 09 October 2006 09:07, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about '[gentoo-user] [OT] RSA Vs DSA keys for SSH authentication': Some say that RSA is widely considered more secure than DSA. DSA is mathematically stronger than RSA. However, that doesn't mean much since most attacks don't come from attacking the core of the algorithm anyway. Do you mean that an RSA key with twice the number of bits (e.g. 2048 or even higher) is still weaker (i.e. easier to crack) than the DSA key? I know it's all psychological, but in my paranoid state it'll make me feel better . . . :)) -- Regards, Mick pgp2e0LBG0Byn.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] RSA Vs DSA keys for SSH authentication
DSA is mathematically stronger than RSA. However, that doesn't mean much since most attacks don't come from attacking the core of the algorithm anyway. Do you mean that an RSA key with twice the number of bits (e.g. 2048 or even higher) is still weaker (i.e. easier to crack) than the DSA key? I know it's all psychological, but in my paranoid state it'll make me feel better . . . :)) I think what he means is that for a given key length, 1024bits in this case, the DSA key is, mathematically speaking, a stronger key. RSA has the advantage of allowing longer key lengths which makes RSA a stronger key, if you use 1024bits key length. But as he also pointed out, most hackers try to find other areas of weakness to exploit so the key strength becomes moot in that case. -Andrew Kay -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Problem with disk: cannot mount as ext3 but can as ext2
On 10/8/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try |dmesg | tail or so This was good advice | # fsck.ext3 -p /dev/hdd | fsck.ext3: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hdd | /dev/hdd: Should have used /dev/hdd1 here | # e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/hdd | e2fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006) | e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hdd ...and here... ext2... and it worked!!! I tried then to mount it normally, not anymore as read-only with ext2 format... and it worked!!! So my first question is: how come? Possibly a disk error on the blocks that would normally be reserved for the ext3 journal... | /dev/hdd1: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while reading block 525 | | /dev/hdd1: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read reading journal superblock ...which is sort of what this message says. Is there anything wrong with my hardware? Is it a super-block problem? Is there a way to solve it? First, check the dmesg output after running fsck.ext3 /dev/hdd1. That may show read errors on the disk, and if so, I'm guessing those blocks are now bad. You can also use smartctl (emerge smartmontools) to query the SMART information from the drive, or to run a SMART self-test of the disk. I believe you can also convert the filesystem to ext2, with tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/hdd1. This should allow you to run fsck.ext2 on the filesystem, to check it for other consistency errors. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] About Gnome desktop
On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 09:13 +0100, Stephen Liu wrote: Hi Iain, gdmsetup is part of gdm. Do you have gdm installed? Even though you're running gnome, it's possible not to have gdm... # equery l gdm [ Searching for package 'gdm' in all categories among: ] * installed packages [I--] [ ] gnome-base/gdm-2.14.9-r1 (0) * end * did you try running gdmsetup manually? find out where it is and specify the full path, as root: /usr/sbin/gdmsetup -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Denver, n.: A smallish city located just below the `O' in Colorado. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Auto-mount USB device
On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 09:37 -0400, Andrew Frink wrote: Stephen Liu wrote: Hi Iain, Still failed. Also, post details of the usb thing that you're trying to use - what is it? USB enclosure is a box for mounting a HD inside to be used for external storage. It is connected to USB port. I actually meant brand chipset if you know it :) But nevermind, your and the gnome, udev and kernel version. # equery l gnome-light [ Searching for package 'gnome-light' in all categories among: ] * installed packages [I--] [ ] gnome-base/gnome-light-2.12.0 (2.0) # equery l udev [ Searching for package 'udev' in all categories among: ] * installed packages [I--] [ ] sys-fs/udev-087-r1 (0) # cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.17-gentoo-r7 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1)) #5 SMP Mon Sep 25 18:27:54 HKT 2006 AFAIK this seems to be OK. There were problems with various versions of udev, gvm, but you seem to have avoided those... Read here for some more info if you're feeling adventurous: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107784 Do you have gnome-volume-manager installed and in your session(not sure if thats needed). Of course! well spotted Andrew! you need to start gvm - run `gnome-volume-manager ` from a terminal, then logout and back in again, and see if it works. After that, you could try the preferences for gvm, (in preferences removable drives and media) and make sure automounting and such is checked. If that _still_ fails, then gnome 2.14 would be looking tempting to me - but you may not want to go that way... HTH! -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse. -- Groucho Marx -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] RSA Vs DSA keys for SSH authentication
On Monday 09 October 2006 17:51, Drew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] RSA Vs DSA keys for SSH authentication': RSA has the advantage of allowing longer key lengths From what I understand, the DSA algorithm has no particular ties to the 1024-bit key length (implementations should be easy to modify for a different length) but there are no protocols that support using other key lengths with DSA as part of their standard. -- If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability. -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh pgp6NS8D69aAS.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Java Config Problems.
Java Config is screwing up. (The gentoo java changes have been a long haul of sucky experiance.) I have severeal systems that now work, and one that doesn't which i will speak of. I have others, but likely they all have the same problems: java-config-2 doesn't exist. java-config-1 reports: hosting java_config # java-config-1 Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/java-config-1, line 14, in ? from java_config import jc_options ImportError: No module named java_config oops. =) Can someone help me? I have un/re merged everything that I can think of. Help? It seems to be installing everything under /var/tmp/ /var/db/pkg/dev-java/java-config-1.3.7/CONTENTS === hosting java_config # cat /var/db/pkg/dev-java/java-config-1.3.7/CONTENTS dir /usr dir /usr/lib dir /usr/lib/python2.4 dir /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages [snip] dir /var/tmp/portage/java-config-1.3.7/homedir/lib/python2.4/site-packages/java_config obj /var/tmp/portage/java-config-1.3.7/homedir/lib/python2.4/site-packages/java_config/__init__.py d6a785e6cb18346d9990dc6162484aee 1160436992 obj /var/tmp/portage/java-config-1.3.7/homedir/lib/python2.4/site-packages/java_config/cfg_parse.py e1f662293df29a718fcfaaa8595059f2 1160436992 obj /var/tmp/portage/java-config-1.3.7/homedir/lib/python2.4/site-packages/java_config/jc_envgen.py 8763d26e9416840e597189065a019090 1160436992 obj /var/tmp/portage/java-config-1.3.7/homedir/lib/python2.4/site-packages/java_config/jc_exceptions.py 8208380b077dbf4c230890f94ff81643 1160436992 obj /var/tmp/portage/java-config-1.3.7/homedir/lib/python2.4/site-packages/java_config/jc_iface.py 1903388af549ecccb2eac4014acec4a6 1160436992 obj /var/tmp/portage/java-config-1.3.7/homedir/lib/python2.4/site-packages/java_config/jc_options.py 649b5d15f3d805b008f0a461e08b08c2 1160436992 obj /var/tmp/portage/java-config-1.3.7/homedir/lib/python2.4/site-packages/java_config/jc_output.py 32e4e06e4f504baa0741052afa29d4c6 1160436992 obj /var/tmp/portage/java-config-1.3.7/homedir/lib/python2.4/site-packages/java_config/jc_util.py 2cb56c8b4ab53c0e395d6c0b4051d3ef 1160436992 === -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} dvdrip permissions error, alternative?
That does seem to work with the stubborn The Life of Mammals. I wish I didn't have to mount the DVD before running vobcopy though. vobcopy reads the VOB files directly, rather than reading /dev/dvd as a video source. I suppose a mkisofs command after vobcopy would make for a pretty good process. It works for me. I've used it to copy encrypted DVDs that are 4.3GB. Yeah vobcopy is definitely doing some serious decrypting. After it mirrors The Life of Mammals mplayer and totem can play it, and with dd (or straight from the disc) only VLC could play it. I think I'll use this command to mount, rip, image, and delete: mount /dev/cdrom vobcopy -m -o MOVIE_NAME mkisofs -l -o MOVIE_NAME.iso MOVIE_NAME rm -rf MOVIE_NAME How can I set that up in a script and execute just the script? This is also better for performance because the system won't have to decrypt while it's playing right? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Java Config Problems.
On Tuesday 10 October 2006 01:47, Joshua Schmidlkofer wrote: Java Config is screwing up. (The gentoo java changes have been a long haul of sucky experiance.) I have severeal systems that now work, and one that doesn't which i will speak of. I have others, but likely they all have the same problems: java-config-2 doesn't exist. java-config-1 reports: hosting java_config # java-config-1 Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/java-config-1, line 14, in ? from java_config import jc_options ImportError: No module named java_config oops. =) Can someone help me? I have un/re merged everything that I can think of. Help? It seems to be installing everything under /var/tmp/ [SNIP] Wow! Fortunately your bug report [1] contains more info: !!! SELinux module not found. Please verify that it was installed. I don't really know anything about SELinux but I did find [2]... If you haven't read the SELinux handbook maybe you should. [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150690 [2] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/selinux/selinux-handbook.xml?part=3chap=3#doc_chap4 -- Bo Andresen pgp5iqSBOaoNw.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] lsmod and startx don't agreeRESOLVED
--- Bo Ørsted Andresen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 09 October 2006 06:54, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: At that point you were supposed to follow the migration to modular X guide [1]. Heh, forgot the reference.. [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/modular-x-howto.xml That was the answer. Interesting, I googled high and low and never came across it. One more thing -- in the Howto it says to #emerge -Ca xorg-x11 virtual/x11. What's this virtual/x11? Portage said it couldn't find it. Thanks Bo. -Maxim __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
