[gentoo-user] Emerge -puv really slow?
For the last couple of weeks I've noticed that emerge -puv world takes an absolute age on my machine (currently at 5 mins and counting), while the cpu gows to 100%. The little emerge rotator bar that spins while it calculates dependencies moves extremely slowly. Is there any known bug that causes this? How can I go about troubleshooting? Cheers, Paul -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge -puv really slow?
Paul Sobey schrieb: For the last couple of weeks I've noticed that emerge -puv world takes an absolute age on my machine (currently at 5 mins and counting), while the cpu gows to 100%. The little emerge rotator bar that spins while it calculates dependencies moves extremely slowly. Is there any known bug that causes this? How can I go about troubleshooting? Cheers, Paul My guess is you have removed the portage-cache before using emerge. Normally this happens when a previous emerge --sync fails because of an error or there are identical timestamps on the server and the local machine. When this happens you have no portage-cache because portage deletes the cache first when syncing. If the timestamps are identical the cache is not regenerated. If there is an error while syncing the cache is missing too, because the regeneration of the cache is done in the end of the sync. So the cache is regenerated when doing the first emerge and this takes quite a while. Even on a Core2Duo [EMAIL PROTECTED] i takes more then three minutes :-). In case of the timestamp issue i think it is a bug [1]. I think portage should first check the timestamps and if they are different it should delete the cache! [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202535 Regards, Daniel -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: emerging eric
alain.didierjean at free.fr writes: I could'nt emerge eric-3.7.2 (a python IDE) which depend on PyQt with qscinttilla support... Any specific USE flag for that? Has anyone succeeded in getting eric to work? Well, I just tried it. It emerged 7 packages on an amd64 based system, with no issues. Eric-3.7.2-r1 was the last package compiled. All 7 packages installed without issue. However, I expected to find a gui(ide) to launch Eric from my kde menu. I could not locate Eric anywhere in the kde menu, but, I'm not familiar with the tool Eric. So it appears to be install, but I cannot find out how/where to launch this Python IDE hth, James -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] How to boot into single user mode
Hi all, I have a kernel generated with genkernel and do need the initramfs because I am using lvm and luks. Now I am trying to create a second entry in grub.conf that lets me boot into single user mode in an emergency. Of course, adding 1 or single on the kernel line does not work together with an initrd. I followed the advise in the gentoo wiki on booting into single user mode and added: real_init 1 to the kernel line in grub.conf. This however lets my kernel panic on boot. Error: switch_root Bad init '1' Attempt to kill init. Kernel Panic I tried sustituting real_init 1 with real_init single and real_init S1, but get the same result. Does anyone now what I am doing wrong? Peter -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] How to boot into single user mode
,--- Peter Wood writes: | Hi all, | I have a kernel generated with genkernel and do need the initramfs | because I am using lvm and luks. Now I am trying to create a second | entry in grub.conf that lets me boot into single user mode in an | emergency. | Of course, adding 1 or single on the kernel line does not work | together with an initrd. | I followed the advise in the gentoo wiki on booting into single user | mode and added: | real_init 1 | to the kernel line in grub.conf. | This however lets my kernel panic on boot. | Error: switch_root Bad init '1' | Attempt to kill init. Kernel Panic | I tried sustituting real_init 1 with real_init single and real_init | S1, but get the same result. | Does anyone now what I am doing wrong? How about adding 'init=/bin/bb' to kernel line. | Peter | -- | gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list HTH -- Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल http://wahjava.wordpress.com/ ·-- ·- ·--- ·- ···- ·- ·--·-· --· -- ·- ·· ·-·· ·-·-·- -·-· --- -- pgpPtZjqEF6c8.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] How to boot into single user mode
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 08:50:58PM +0530, Ashish Shukla ??? wrote: ,--- Peter Wood writes: | Hi all, | I have a kernel generated with genkernel and do need the initramfs | because I am using lvm and luks. Now I am trying to create a second | entry in grub.conf that lets me boot into single user mode in an | emergency. | Of course, adding 1 or single on the kernel line does not work | together with an initrd. | I followed the advise in the gentoo wiki on booting into single user | mode and added: | real_init 1 | to the kernel line in grub.conf. | This however lets my kernel panic on boot. | Error: switch_root Bad init '1' | Attempt to kill init. Kernel Panic | I tried sustituting real_init 1 with real_init single and real_init | S1, but get the same result. | Does anyone now what I am doing wrong? How about adding 'init=/bin/bb' to kernel line. I find that softlevel=single works for me pgpszBYGVlxan.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] disks order
Hello, Is it possible to define disk order for the USB disks? For example I have external disk A and external disk B and I want to bundle disk A always with /dev/sdd and disk B always with /dev/sde. Thanks a lot Pat -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] disks order
Am Sonntag, 15. Juni 2008 schrieb pat: Hello, Is it possible to define disk order for the USB disks? For example I have external disk A and external disk B and I want to bundle disk A always with /dev/sdd and disk B always with /dev/sde. You can use udev to give them any names you like, see http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html HTH... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] disks order
Dirk Heinrichs schrieb: Am Sonntag, 15. Juni 2008 schrieb pat: Hello, Is it possible to define disk order for the USB disks? For example I have external disk A and external disk B and I want to bundle disk A always with /dev/sdd and disk B always with /dev/sde. You can use udev to give them any names you like, see http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html HTH... Dirk You can also use the UUID to mount it, which let you distinguish between the different usb devices. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] disks order
Am Sonntag, 15. Juni 2008 schrieb Justin: Dirk Heinrichs schrieb: Am Sonntag, 15. Juni 2008 schrieb pat: Hello, Is it possible to define disk order for the USB disks? For example I have external disk A and external disk B and I want to bundle disk A always with /dev/sdd and disk B always with /dev/sde. You can use udev to give them any names you like, see http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html You can also use the UUID to mount it, which let you distinguish between the different usb devices. I always find it easier to remember names I have chosen myself, instead of some 40 char long random string. Additionally, the UUID is the one of the filesystem, which may change over time. Bye... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] disks order
On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:51:23 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: You can also use the UUID to mount it, which let you distinguish between the different usb devices. I always find it easier to remember names I have chosen myself, instead of some 40 char long random string. Additionally, the UUID is the one of the filesystem, which may change over time. I'd go with udev rules, but if you can't be bothered, filesystem labels are a lot more intuitive than UUIDs. -- Neil Bothwick The program is absolutely right; therefore, the computer must be wrong. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Portage, RPM or DPKG: number of packaged software comparison
Hi Gentoo users I am just curious which distribution have the most packaged Open Source software. It seems to me this is Gentoo. Is there a good comparison (numbers, statistics, etc)? cheers Simon signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] disks order
On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:41:29 +0200, Justin wrote Dirk Heinrichs schrieb: Am Sonntag, 15. Juni 2008 schrieb pat: Hello, Is it possible to define disk order for the USB disks? For example I have external disk A and external disk B and I want to bundle disk A always with /dev/sdd and disk B always with /dev/sde. You can use udev to give them any names you like, see http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html HTH... Dirk You can also use the UUID to mount it, which let you distinguish between the different usb devices. So, if I use Hitachi disk in box and Seagate disk in box, I'll be able to define their order in both ways? (udev and UUID). Thanks a lot Pat -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo 2007.0
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 1:07 AM, Norman Hakim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi...I have one problem,after boot my Gentoo liveCD,after i chose to boot for the kernel and hardware,after the gui appeared and also progress bar until it finished boot the system,suddenly my monitor goes to standby mode,i'm wondering why is this happen. Thank you. Regards, Norman Hakim * NORMAN HAKIM YAHYA* Sounds like a problem with it detecting your video card or your monitor. I'd suggest doing the text-based install instead. -- - Mark Shields
Re: [gentoo-user] How to boot into single user mode
Matt Harrison wrote: On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 08:50:58PM +0530, Ashish Shukla ??? wrote: ,--- Peter Wood writes: | Hi all, | I have a kernel generated with genkernel and do need the initramfs | because I am using lvm and luks. Now I am trying to create a second | entry in grub.conf that lets me boot into single user mode in an | emergency. | Of course, adding 1 or single on the kernel line does not work | together with an initrd. | I followed the advise in the gentoo wiki on booting into single user | mode and added: | real_init 1 | to the kernel line in grub.conf. | This however lets my kernel panic on boot. | Error: switch_root Bad init '1' | Attempt to kill init. Kernel Panic | I tried sustituting real_init 1 with real_init single and real_init | S1, but get the same result. | Does anyone now what I am doing wrong? How about adding 'init=/bin/bb' to kernel line. I find that softlevel=single works for me Hi, Thanks for both replies. The thing that bugs me about the softlevel option is that the computer apparently enters into the default runlevel first before switching to single. If I do not want to have any of the services running, why would I have to start and stop them all (which might take quite a bit of time considering a computer that is set up for networking via dhcp, but booting up in an environment where there is no network connection. Is the real_init option on the kernel line no longer working? I guess I'll go with the busybox solution. Best, Peter -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Portage, RPM or DPKG: number of packaged software comparison
On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:27:39 +0200, Simon Jolle sjolle wrote: I am just curious which distribution have the most packaged Open Source software. It seems to me this is Gentoo. Is there a good comparison (numbers, statistics, etc)? How would you measure it? Number of packages wouldn't work, because distros split up packages differently. -- Neil Bothwick Gravity isn't MY fault! I voted for VELCRO! signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge -puv really slow?
Daniel Pielmeier wrote: Paul Sobey schrieb: For the last couple of weeks I've noticed that emerge -puv world takes an absolute age on my machine (currently at 5 mins and counting), while the cpu gows to 100%. The little emerge rotator bar that spins while it calculates dependencies moves extremely slowly. Is there any known bug that causes this? How can I go about troubleshooting? Cheers, Paul My guess is you have removed the portage-cache before using emerge. Normally this happens when a previous emerge --sync fails because of an error or there are identical timestamps on the server and the local machine. When this happens you have no portage-cache because portage deletes the cache first when syncing. If the timestamps are identical the cache is not regenerated. If there is an error while syncing the cache is missing too, because the regeneration of the cache is done in the end of the sync. So the cache is regenerated when doing the first emerge and this takes quite a while. Even on a Core2Duo [EMAIL PROTECTED] i takes more then three minutes :-). In case of the timestamp issue i think it is a bug [1]. I think portage should first check the timestamps and if they are different it should delete the cache! Interesting idea - I've been running eix-sync in my crontab. Perhaps that hasn't been updating the edb cache. I've changed it eix-sync -r, perhaps that will fix things. Paul -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Portage, RPM or DPKG: number of packaged software comparison
On 06/15/2008 08:55 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: How would you measure it? Number of packages wouldn't work, because distros split up packages differently. Most accurate would be number of upstream projects cheers Simon signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Portage, RPM or DPKG: number of packaged software comparison
On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:12:02 +0200, Simon Jolle sjolle wrote: How would you measure it? Number of packages wouldn't work, because distros split up packages differently. Most accurate would be number of upstream projects Yes it would, but calculating it would be a fair old task. -- Neil Bothwick Open the disk drive door, Hal. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] How to boot into single user mode
Matt Harrison wrote: On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 02:43:42PM -0400, Peter Wood wrote: Hi, Thanks for both replies. The thing that bugs me about the softlevel option is that the computer apparently enters into the default runlevel first before switching to single. If I do not want to have any of the services running, why would I have to start and stop them all (which might take quite a bit of time considering a computer that is set up for networking via dhcp, but booting up in an environment where there is no network connection. Is the real_init option on the kernel line no longer working? I guess I'll go with the busybox solution. Of course I forgot it goes runlevel 3 - runlevel 1. It serves my purposes but maybe not yours. Let me know if the bb solution works, i'm interested :) best of luck Matt Harrison Ok, I tried the init=/bin/bb solution. It didn't work. Which is probably related to the fact that I am using an initramfs. If I use real_init=/bin/bb, things work howvever. Provided you remount your root filesystem with read/write enabled, this gives you the option to do any maintenance work and then reboot. I guess, if real_init + runlevel ever worked, it does not do any more. real_init takes a command as an argument, not the name of a runlevel. Best, Peter -- Peter Wood Ph. D. Candidate Germanic Slavic Studies University of Waterloo Canada -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Detecting printers at a remote site
Mick, Thanks for the great write up. I really appreciate it. On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP Check first that you allow connections on port 631 at your dad's firewall from your mom's IP/MAC address (nmap or nc your dad's address from your mom's machine), e.g.: $ nc -vv -n -z 10.10.10.4 631 (UNKNOWN) [10.10.10.4] 631 (ipp) open sent 0, rcvd 0 I don't have nc and so far cannot find what package might contain it. Can you check that for me and I'll emerge but nmap seems to say port 631 on gandlaf (the server) is open: DesertFlower ~ # nmap gandalf Starting Nmap 4.60 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2008-06-15 11:10 PDT Interesting ports on Gandalf (192.168.1.2): Not shown: 1713 closed ports PORTSTATE SERVICE 22/tcp open ssh 631/tcp open ipp MAC Address: 00:26:54:11:0F:BC (3Com) Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.389 seconds DesertFlower ~ # What commands can I run from the command line to see whether a printer is available? My parents are not terribly computer literate (who is in their 80's) so I need to ensure this is really working before I tell them to use it. $ lpstat -a will show you any printers that have been configured on your mom's machine. Unfortunately this is where things die: DesertFlower ~ # whoami root DesertFlower ~ # lpstat -a lpstat: Forbidden DesertFlower ~ # so solving this issue will likely start to open other things up. I've managed to get CUPS configured on their print server and my mom's machine such that she can see the printer, but when I try to print a test page I get a 403 Forbidden page which I'm assuming for now is CUPS version of the lpstat -a error message. Can you tell me whether the lpstat:Forbidden is saying the remote machine (my mom's) cannot use lpstat at all or does this mean the print server (my dad's machine) isn't allowing connections? Thanks, Mark -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Detecting printers at a remote site
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP DesertFlower ~ # lpstat -a lpstat: Forbidden DesertFlower ~ # This was a permissions issue in cupsd.conf on the print server. I had the allow/deny stuff out of order. So much for thinking I can follow directions. I cannot check the the page actually printed correctly as no one's home but watching the progress inside CUPS on my mom's machine it looked OK and looking in the server it said it printed so most likely everything is working. Thanks again for the great write up. It helped me and and will likely help others in the future. Thanks! Cheers, Mark -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] MPX in gentoo
Hi all, I was trying to get MPX, (the multi pointer X http://wearables.unisa.edu.au/mpx/ ) , working but I get no result. Anyone knows if it's already in the latest xorg-x11 (7.3) or just in the git of xorg? And parhaps does anyone know a guide to install/configure it? Thanks in advance to all. Davide.
Re: [gentoo-user] disks order
pat [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: So, if I use Hitachi disk in box and Seagate disk in box, I'll be able to define their order in both ways? (udev and UUID). Define the order is not the real problem. The problem is to be able to mount the file-systems to the correct mount points. Both ways can do that. -- Nicolas Sebrecht -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS
On Sun, 2008-06-15 at 00:58 -0300, luis jure wrote: El Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:17:42 -0600 Conway S. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: In my version of Claws, this only works for News folders, not for regular mail folders. Am I missing something? Are you using Gmane or some such mail/news proxy? Is this a new feature in 3.4? i'm using (old?) 3.0.2. you just have to select any mail folder, and click properties. you can choose to trim the subject line, select default To: field and primary account for new mails, as well as default spelling dictionary, u.s.w. Let me get this striaght: Claws will change your from account depending on what mail folder you're in when you hit new? If so, I switching to claws! i became aware of these features thanks to this thread. btw, are we hijacking it? :-) no, the discussion has progressed along related topics, as Stroller pointed out before this is fine, and the threading should be continued even if the subject changes. Some people like to add (was: HIJACKING THREADS) to the end of the subject if they change it this way. R, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Never face facts; if you do, you'll never get up in the morning. -- Marlo Thomas -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS
On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 08:16 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: Am Freitag, 13. Juni 2008 schrieb ext Iain Buchanan: 1. find email from list 2. click email address in to field (new email to that recipient is created) 3. write subject 4. write email 5. send or (in KMail, given that one uses its mailing list functions): 1a. hit ctrl-shift-n in the folder where the recipient list is stored, or 1b. right-click on the folder name, select new message to mailing list 2. write subject 3. write email 4. send Who has a shorter way? ;-) It wasn't a competition. I was trying to show the OP that it _wasn't_ quicker to hijack the thread. I was assuming the OP uses evolution - I can't remember if that's right or not... Who uses KDE nowadays anyway ;) -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing... -- Thomas Jefferson -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:38:34 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: Let me get this striaght: Claws will change your from account depending on what mail folder you're in when you hit new? If so, I switching to claws! From: and To: if you want, signatures too. -- Neil Bothwick Madness takes its toll. Exact change, please. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] htaccess file
On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 00:31 -0600, Joseph wrote: I have in my main htaccess file the following condition, is it still needed: -code # The following makes adjustments to the SSL protocol for Internet # Explorer browsers IfModule mod_rewrite.c RedirectMatch permanent (.*)cmd.exe(.*)$ http://www.microsoft.com RedirectMatch permanent (.*)root.exe(.*)$ http://www.microsoft.com RedirectMatch permanent (.*)\/_vti_bin\/(.*)$ http://www.microsoft.com RedirectMatch permanent (.*)\/scripts\/\.\.(.*)$ http://www.microsoft.com RedirectMatch permanent (.*)\/_mem_bin\/(.*)$ http://www.microsoft.com RedirectMatch permanent (.*)\/msadc\/(.*)$ http://www.microsoft.com RedirectMatch permanent (.*)\/MSADC\/(.*)$ http://www.microsoft.com RedirectMatch permanent (.*)\/c\/winnt\/(.*)$ http://www.microsoft.com RedirectMatch permanent (.*)\/d\/winnt\/(.*)$ http://www.microsoft.com RedirectMatch permanent (.*)\/x90\/(.*)$ http://www.microsoft.com /IfModule hee hee! When I had my apache webserver public, I used to get all these requests for wierd url's like that. Then I realised it was just the script kiddies trying the usual exploits that didn't exist. It's probably safe to leave or delete as you see fit. don't know about the rest of your questions :) -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Nothing can be done in one trip. -- Snider -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: HIJACKING THREADS
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:38:34 +0930 Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let me get this striaght: Claws will change your from account depending on what mail folder you're in when you hit new? Yep. If so, I switching to claws! Welcome aboard. :) -- »Q« Kleeneness is next to Gödelness. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo 2007.0
Mark Shields [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 1:07 AM, Norman Hakim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi...I have one problem,after boot my Gentoo liveCD,after i chose to boot for the kernel and hardware,after the gui appeared and also progress bar until it finished boot the system,suddenly my monitor goes to standby mode,i'm wondering why is this happen. Thank you. Regards, Norman Hakim NORMAN HAKIM YAHYA Sounds like a problem with it detecting your video card or your monitor. I'd suggest doing the text-based install instead. -- - Mark Shields Because after my monitor turn to standby mode, after a few seconds there is a sound from my graphic card. How do i actually do the text-based install? from the guideline handbook only show how to install by using gui. Thank you Norman NORMAN HAKIM YAHYA
Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo 2007.0
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 9:06 PM, Norman Hakim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *Mark Shields [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote: On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 1:07 AM, Norman Hakim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi...I have one problem,after boot my Gentoo liveCD,after i chose to boot for the kernel and hardware,after the gui appeared and also progress bar until it finished boot the system,suddenly my monitor goes to standby mode,i'm wondering why is this happen. Thank you. Regards, Norman Hakim * NORMAN HAKIM YAHYA* Sounds like a problem with it detecting your video card or your monitor. I'd suggest doing the text-based install instead. -- - Mark Shields Because after my monitor turn to standby mode, after a few seconds there is a sound from my graphic card. How do i actually do the text-based install? from the guideline handbook only show how to install by using gui. Thank you Norman * NORMAN HAKIM YAHYA* You'll need the minimal install cd. See: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=2#doc_chap2- the handbook covers both the liveCD install and the minimal cd install. Here's a link to the minimal cd for x86: http://bouncer.gentoo.org/fetch/gentoo-2007.0-minimal/x86/ - or if you don't use x86, see: http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml The text-based install is not automated like most of the gui installer. The text-based install does not give you a bootable, gui-based system; you have to build it yourself. But I assure you, you will learn a lot more by doing so, and you'll have a lean system built to the way you want it. This used to be the only method for any install until the gui installer came along. -- - Mark Shields
[gentoo-user] Claws-mail (was: Re: HIJACKING THREADS)
On Sun, 2008-06-15 at 19:13 -0500, »Q« wrote: On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:38:34 +0930 Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let me get this striaght: Claws will change your from account depending on what mail folder you're in when you hit new? Yep. If so, I switching to claws! Welcome aboard. :) Editable from line... get mail button can choose accounts... fast... real text-only client...? *cry* why didn't you tell me before? I didn't know it could do all that... I think that you shall never see Another message edited in Evolution from me And if Sylpheed-Claws does not fail I shall use it forever, for my mail :) One question: Evolution let me make a permanent folder with the results of my searches in it. Can I do similar for the Claws right-click search folder dialog? thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Luck is my middle name, said Rincewind, indistinctly. Mind you, my first name is Bad. -- (Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Detecting printers at a remote site
I don't have nc and so far cannot find what package might contain it. nc is in net-analyzer/netcat Ciao Francesco -- Linux Version 2.6.25-gentoo-r4, Compiled #1 PREEMPT Sun May 18 08:04:58 CEST 2008 One 2.2GHz AMD Athlon 64 Processor, 2GB RAM, 4408.92 Bogomips Total aemaeth -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Detecting printers at a remote site
On Sunday 15 June 2008, Mark Knecht wrote: Mick, Thanks for the great write up. I really appreciate it. You're welcome. :-) On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP Check first that you allow connections on port 631 at your dad's firewall from your mom's IP/MAC address (nmap or nc your dad's address from your mom's machine), e.g.: $ nc -vv -n -z 10.10.10.4 631 (UNKNOWN) [10.10.10.4] 631 (ipp) open sent 0, rcvd 0 I don't have nc and so far cannot find what package might contain it. Can you check that for me and I'll emerge but nmap seems to say port 631 on gandlaf (the server) is open: You want netcat (net-analyzer/netcat), or one of the telnet packages, but nmap does the job. As shown below there's no firewall blocking port 631 on your dad's machine. DesertFlower ~ # nmap gandalf Starting Nmap 4.60 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2008-06-15 11:10 PDT Interesting ports on Gandalf (192.168.1.2): Not shown: 1713 closed ports PORTSTATE SERVICE 22/tcp open ssh 631/tcp open ipp MAC Address: 00:26:54:11:0F:BC (3Com) Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.389 seconds DesertFlower ~ # What commands can I run from the command line to see whether a printer is available? My parents are not terribly computer literate (who is in their 80's) so I need to ensure this is really working before I tell them to use it. $ lpstat -a will show you any printers that have been configured on your mom's machine. Unfortunately this is where things die: DesertFlower ~ # whoami root DesertFlower ~ # lpstat -a lpstat: Forbidden DesertFlower ~ # so solving this issue will likely start to open other things up. I've managed to get CUPS configured on their print server and my mom's machine such that she can see the printer, but when I try to print a test page I get a 403 Forbidden page which I'm assuming for now is CUPS version of the lpstat -a error message. Can you tell me whether the lpstat:Forbidden is saying the remote machine (my mom's) cannot use lpstat at all or does this mean the print server (my dad's machine) isn't allowing connections? Yes, I would look again at the LAN IP addresse(s) that you have allowed connections from in the cupsd.conf file(s). -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] How to boot into single user mode
Am Sonntag, 15. Juni 2008 schrieb ext Peter Wood: If I use real_init=/bin/bb, things work howvever. Although you're all alone on that machine then it's _not_ single user mode. Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wanheimerstraße 68 | Web: http://www.capgemini.com D-40468 Düsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: wwwkeys.pgp.net signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] HIJACKING THREADS
Am Montag, 16. Juni 2008 schrieb ext Iain Buchanan: Who uses KDE nowadays anyway ;) /me does. Whenever I tried Gnome or XFCE in the past, they have been deinstalled again faster than I could spell their names :-) If I need something slim and fast, I take FVWM. :-) Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wanheimerstraße 68 | Web: http://www.capgemini.com D-40468 Düsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: wwwkeys.pgp.net signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
