Re: [gentoo-user] checksumming files

2008-12-06 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag, 5. Dezember 2008 19:48:18 schrieb Mick: On Thursday 04 December 2008, Heinrichs, Dirk (EXT-Capgemini - DE/Dusseldorf) wrote: Did you make sure the chunks are transfered in binary mode? Aha!! Since the split chunks were part of a video file I assumed that it would be binary -

[gentoo-user] Re: modules in use

2008-12-06 Thread Harry Putnam
Paul Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [ ... ] (good input, thanks posters) Paul wrote: Yes, I think the only real solution is to remove things and see what breaks. So is there consensus here that Pauls' comment above is right? »Q« choose the example of his wireless module I see the

[gentoo-user] Re: modules in use

2008-12-06 Thread Harry Putnam
»Q« [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I see the same kind of thing, using alsa instead of oss. But Whatever the 0's mean, the output of lsmod won't be enough to help the OP, who really wants to be able to tell what modules are *needed*. $ lsmod | grep iwl iwl4965 185000 0 mac80211

[gentoo-user] Re: modules in use

2008-12-06 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I see something in lsmod that really is confusing: lsmod Module Size Used by [...] ipv6 220812 16 [...] And I have ipv6 set negative (-ipv6) in /make.conf So very unlikely anything but other non-used

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: modules in use

2008-12-06 Thread Patric Schmitz
On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:51:02 +0200 Nikos Chantziaras [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 22:32:23 +0100, Sebastian Günther wrote: The third column of lsmod is headed with Used by and consists of a number and a list of modules which use it. Everything

[gentoo-user] Re: modules in use

2008-12-06 Thread Patric Schmitz
On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:51:02 +0200 Nikos Chantziaras [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 22:32:23 +0100, Sebastian Günther wrote: The third column of lsmod is headed with Used by and consists of a number and a list of modules which use it. Everything

[gentoo-user] gparted - safe on NTFS hardware RAID?

2008-12-06 Thread Mark Knecht
Anyone have any knowledge about this? Would it be mostly an issue of finding a Linux driver for the hardware card or does it work at all? I'd like to make some room on an existing windows machine for Gentoo. Thanks, Mark

Re: [gentoo-user] gparted - safe on NTFS hardware RAID?

2008-12-06 Thread Robert Bridge
On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 09:25:01 -0800 Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have any knowledge about this? Would it be mostly an issue of finding a Linux driver for the hardware card or does it work at all? If it is genuine hardware RAID linux should just see it as a single device, so that

Re: [gentoo-user] gparted - safe on NTFS hardware RAID?

2008-12-06 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 9:53 AM, Robert Bridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 09:25:01 -0800 Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have any knowledge about this? Would it be mostly an issue of finding a Linux driver for the hardware card or does it work at all? If it is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Buying a low-cost printer for Linux

2008-12-06 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2008-12-05, Peter Humphrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've had an HP LaserJet 1200 for about 4-5 years now. I only print once or twice a month, and I've never had a single problem. It's still on the original toner

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: modules in use

2008-12-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:51:02 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Not true. Anything with a 0 is not used by another module. That's not the same as not used. ath_pci 196472 0 So I am sending this over my wireless connection without using the wireless module. If the 0 means it

[gentoo-user] Re: modules in use

2008-12-06 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:51:02 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Not true. Anything with a 0 is not used by another module. That's not the same as not used. ath_pci 196472 0 So I am sending this over my wireless connection without using the wireless

[gentoo-user] Setting Putty window title to currently executing command

2008-12-06 Thread John J. Foster
I seem to remember ssh'ing into an old Gentoo box and having the window title change to the currently executing command. For instance, when emerging something that had 10 packages, the title would show something like emerging (4 of 10) perl_something_or_other I'm not sure whether I was using

[gentoo-user] boot to console (text) mode

2008-12-06 Thread Harry Putnam
Sorry for the lamer question but apparently things have changed since the days when putting default 3 in /etc/inittab would make the OS boot to text (console) mode. I'm running a vmappliance of gentoo-2008.0 from June and attempting to bring it up to date. Its setup to run xfce on boot. Looking

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: modules in use

2008-12-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:53:46 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: ath_pci 196472 0 So I am sending this over my wireless connection without using the wireless module. If the 0 means it is truly unused, I could rmmod it and not notice any difference. Why don't you try?

[gentoo-user] Ridiculous nagging problem unable to ping

2008-12-06 Thread Harry Putnam
I've had this silly problem for mnths and have posted on it here some time ago. I've thoroughly exhausted my meager knowledge and attempted any fixes suggested here. I'm running an uptodate 2008.0 (not the vmware I posted about in another thread) my main desktop at home. I have simple assigned

Re: [gentoo-user] boot to console (text) mode

2008-12-06 Thread Dale
Harry Putnam wrote: Sorry for the lamer question but apparently things have changed since the days when putting default 3 in /etc/inittab would make the OS boot to text (console) mode. I'm running a vmappliance of gentoo-2008.0 from June and attempting to bring it up to date. Its setup to

[gentoo-user] LVM2 log file puzzle

2008-12-06 Thread Philip Webb
At start-up shut-down, lines appear on screen : /var/log/lvm2.log : fopen failed : No such file or directory When I check for the file I get : root:537 log pwd /var/log root:538 log ls -l lvm2.log -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116194 2007-11-02 04:49 lvm2.log root:539 log file

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting Putty window title to currently executing command

2008-12-06 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 3:11 PM, John J. Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I seem to remember ssh'ing into an old Gentoo box and having the window title change to the currently executing command. For instance, when emerging something that had 10 packages, the title would show something like

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting Putty window title to currently executing command

2008-12-06 Thread John J. Foster
On Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 03:58:36PM -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 3:11 PM, John J. Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I seem to remember ssh'ing into an old Gentoo box and having the window title change to the currently executing command. For instance, when emerging

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM2 log file puzzle

2008-12-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 06 December 2008 23:40:15 Philip Webb wrote: At start-up shut-down, lines appear on screen : /var/log/lvm2.log : fopen failed : No such file or directory When I check for the file I get : root:537 log pwd /var/log root:538 log ls -l lvm2.log -rw-rw-rw- 1 root

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting Putty window title to currently executing command

2008-12-06 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 4:04 PM, John J. Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 03:58:36PM -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 3:11 PM, John J. Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I seem to remember ssh'ing into an old Gentoo box and having the window title change

[gentoo-user] QoS and tc

2008-12-06 Thread Matt Harrison
Hi list, I'm trying to set up some sort of QoS for my small network. I've got a pretty slow 512kb/256kb ADSL line and I'd like to have it managed better. All the examples I have found[1] talk a lot about outbound..or inbound, but not both. The problem is that my upstream bandwidth is half

[gentoo-user] Re: boot to console (text) mode

2008-12-06 Thread Harry Putnam
Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You may want to check /etc/rc.conf and make sure it is not starting there. I'm assuming you want to boot to the default level but just not wanting the GUI to start. You may want search for softlevel and add that to your boot loader. Thanks... yes /etc/rc.conf

[gentoo-user] totem build failure on profile change

2008-12-06 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi all, I have a machine that was running a 2007 profile. I switched it to 2008.0/desktop and proceeded to do updates. The updates completed but revdep-rebuild wanted to rebuild a few things where I ended with one failure - totem. Now, I'm trying to understand what's failed. I don't know

Re: [gentoo-user] QoS and tc

2008-12-06 Thread Paul Ezvan
Le Saturday 06 December 2008 23:50:33 Matt Harrison, vous avez écrit : Hi list, I'm trying to set up some sort of QoS for my small network. I've got a pretty slow 512kb/256kb ADSL line and I'd like to have it managed better. All the examples I have found[1] talk a lot about outbound..or

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: boot to console (text) mode

2008-12-06 Thread Dale
Harry Putnam wrote: Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You may want to check /etc/rc.conf and make sure it is not starting there. I'm assuming you want to boot to the default level but just not wanting the GUI to start. You may want search for softlevel and add that to your boot loader.

[gentoo-user] Re: Buying a low-cost printer for Linux

2008-12-06 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2008-12-06, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After reading through this thread again, doing some online study and sending my dad out to find out what he could buy locally he found Sam's Club has this HP Color LaserJet for $280 which has specs that look pretty good to me: Color

Re: [gentoo-user] Curious pattern in log files from ssh...

2008-12-06 Thread Joshua Murphy
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Evgeniy Bushkov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adam Carter пишет: Also take a note that there are no known-compromised hosts What about hosts listed in RBLs? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_DNS_blacklists. It would be interesting to see if how much