Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with script calling OOCalc on amd64

2010-03-16 Thread Amit Dor-Shifer
What does xterm -fg green -bg black -e 'gpg Personal/data.ods.gpg;echo $?' tell you? I'm thinking that gpg fails, so oocalc never launches (because you conditioned its execution with '', and the script continues to shred the file. My amd64 succeeds executing this (s/gpg/echo-to-tmpfile/). I

[gentoo-user] Re: how to git-bisect in a portage-compatible way ?

2010-03-16 Thread Nicolas Richard
Hm. I'm not sure what you are asking. It was unclear, but you answered the question indirectly. Thanks, Nico.

[gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Dale

Re: [gentoo-user] what's wrong with rsync 3.0.6?

2010-03-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:00:21 +, David W Noon wrote: As do the log files in $PORT_LOGDIR, they contain exactly the same output you would see in the terminal. Not quite. The sequence in which the ebuilds were run is lost when the discrete logs are your only source of tracing through,

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Dirk Uys
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Guess it's a keyboard error? Regards d

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:42:57 -0500, Dale wrote: In *nix, no output means no error, so it looks like you've already fixed it :) -- Neil Bothwick Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable. - Mark Twain signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Dale
Dirk Uys wrote: On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Guess it's a keyboard error? Regards d Actually this is a Seamonkey error. Seamonkey 1 doesn't work with some sites, banking mostly, and Seamonkey 2 just loves to send blanks

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:42:57 -0500, Dale wrote: In *nix, no output means no error, so it looks like you've already fixed it :) Actually, I have two problems. The error plus this stinking Seamonkey 2 sending blank messages. I'm headed to the shop to get

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:15:15 -0500, Dale wrote: Mar 16 01:55:54 smoker udevd[1275]: SYSFS{}= will be removed in a future udev version, please use ATTR{}= to match the event device, or ATTRS{}= to match a parent device, in /lib/udev/rules.d/70-nut-usbups.rules:42 There are more but they are

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:15:15 -0500, Dale wrote: Mar 16 01:55:54 smoker udevd[1275]: SYSFS{}= will be removed in a future udev version, please use ATTR{}= to match the event device, or ATTRS{}= to match a parent device, in /lib/udev/rules.d/70-nut-usbups.rules:42 There

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:30:19 -0500, Dale wrote: Now to go beat up Seamonkey a little bit. Given the amount of trouble is causes, is it really worth the effort? There are plenty of good email programs out there. -- Neil Bothwick Use Colgate toothpaste or end up with teeth like a Ferengi.

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:30:19 -0500, Dale wrote: Now to go beat up Seamonkey a little bit. Given the amount of trouble is causes, is it really worth the effort? There are plenty of good email programs out there. I think it is a problem from it transferring

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Philip Webb
100316 Dale wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: In *nix, no output means no error, so it looks like you've already fixed it :) Actually, I have two problems. The error plus this stinking Seamonkey 2 sending blank messages. Have you tried Mutt (smile) ? --

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Dale
Philip Webb wrote: 100316 Dale wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: In *nix, no output means no error, so it looks like you've already fixed it :) Actually, I have two problems. The error plus this stinking Seamonkey 2 sending blank messages. Have you tried Mutt (smile) ?

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:13:07 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: Have you tried Mutt (smile) ? Not if it uses HAL :) -- Neil Bothwick I don't know if I can assimilate one more Borg Tagline! signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Zeerak Mustafa Waseem
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:44:06PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:13:07 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: Have you tried Mutt (smile) ? Not if it uses HAL :) -- Neil Bothwick I don't know if I can assimilate one more Borg Tagline! Hells to the no. I use mutt. I can

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Strategy for using SAN/NAS for storage with Gentoo...

2010-03-16 Thread Steve
On 15/03/2010 22:29, Andrea Conti wrote: This IMHO pretty much rules out any kind of server-class hardware, which tends to be both costly and power-hungry. If you're thinking about buying used stuff, be sure to factor in the cost and difficulty of finding spares in some years' time. I'm

Re: [gentoo-user] (EE) XKB: No components provided for device Virtual core keyboard

2010-03-16 Thread Leandro Boscariol
Hi Mick. On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 19:26, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday 12 March 2010 19:37:33 Leandro Boscariol wrote: Hi guys. While trying to find a solution for this error: (EE) XKB: No components provided for device Virtual core keyboard I came along with a

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Willie Wong
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 04:37:28PM +0100, Zeerak Mustafa Waseem wrote: On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:44:06PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:13:07 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: Have you tried Mutt (smile) ? Not if it uses HAL :) Hells to the no. I use mutt. I can

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Zeerak Mustafa Waseem
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 01:19:31PM -0400, Willie Wong wrote: On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 04:37:28PM +0100, Zeerak Mustafa Waseem wrote: On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:44:06PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:13:07 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: Have you tried Mutt (smile) ?

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread James Ausmus
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:15 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: snip Mar 16 01:55:54 smoker udevd[1275]: SYSFS{}= will be removed in a future udev version, please use ATTR{}= to match the event device, or ATTRS{}= to match a parent device, in /lib/udev/rules.d/70-nut-usbups.rules:42 snip

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Dale
Zeerak Mustafa Waseem wrote: On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 01:19:31PM -0400, Willie Wong wrote: On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 04:37:28PM +0100, Zeerak Mustafa Waseem wrote: On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:44:06PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:13:07 -0400, Philip Webb

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:33:13 +0100, Zeerak Mustafa Waseem wrote: I usually always look to see if Dale has been involved in a thread if HAL is mentioned :-) It's reasonable to assume that if he hasn't been involved in such a thread, he soon will be :) -- Neil Bothwick The three Rs of

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Dale
James Ausmus wrote: equery b /lib/udev/rules.d/70-nut-usbups.rules r...@smoker ~ # equery b /lib/udev/rules.d/70-nut-usbups.rules * Searching for /lib/udev/rules.d/70-nut-usbups.rules ... sys-power/nut-2.4.1-r1 (/lib/udev/rules.d/70-nut-usbups.rules) r...@smoker ~ # I am emerging nut again

Re: [gentoo-user] what's wrong with rsync 3.0.6?

2010-03-16 Thread Stroller
On 15 Mar 2010, at 20:46, David W Noon wrote: ... Because emerge jobs produce copious amounts of output that is difficult to read as it scrolls past. I much prefer the cron daemon or at daemon to send me the output as email, so I can scroll backwards and forwards through it at my leisure.

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:33:13 +0100, Zeerak Mustafa Waseem wrote: I usually always look to see if Dale has been involved in a thread if HAL is mentioned :-) It's reasonable to assume that if he hasn't been involved in such a thread, he soon will be :)

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 16 March 2010 20:38:28 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:33:13 +0100, Zeerak Mustafa Waseem wrote: I usually always look to see if Dale has been involved in a thread if HAL is mentioned :-) It's reasonable to assume that if he hasn't been involved in such a thread, he

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Strategy for using SAN/NAS for storage with Gentoo...

2010-03-16 Thread Stroller
On 16 Mar 2010, at 16:32, Steve wrote: ... Given the point above I would also stick with software RAID. ... If reliability is your primary concern, I would go for a simple RAID1 setup; Absolutely. Software raid is cheaper and implies less hardware to fail. Similarly, RAID1 minimises the

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:25:29 -0500, Dale wrote: Funny thing is, I don't bring up hal, everyone else does. ;-) You bring it down :P -- Neil Bothwick Bang on the LEFT side of your computer to restart Windows signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Strategy for using SAN/NAS for storage with Gentoo...

2010-03-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:57:49 +, Stroller wrote: How does your system boot if your RAID1 system volume fails? You put GRUB on both disks, then you can boot from either on its own. -- Neil Bothwick Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional!! signature.asc Description: PGP

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Strategy for using SAN/NAS for storage with Gentoo...

2010-03-16 Thread Stroller
On 16 Mar 2010, at 20:04, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:57:49 +, Stroller wrote: How does your system boot if your RAID1 system volume fails? You put GRUB on both disks, then you can boot from either on its own. Is this reliable? I don't contest it, I'm just asking.

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:25:29 -0500, Dale wrote: Funny thing is, I don't bring up hal, everyone else does. ;-) You bring it down :P Actually, it sort of did that itself. It broke my rig. I don't take to much of a liking to something that is broke. ;-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Strategy for using SAN/NAS for storage with Gentoo...

2010-03-16 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Tuesday 16 March 2010 21:13:29 Stroller wrote: On 16 Mar 2010, at 20:04, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:57:49 +, Stroller wrote: How does your system boot if your RAID1 system volume fails? You put GRUB on both disks, then you can boot from either on its own. Is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Strategy for using SAN/NAS for storage with Gentoo...

2010-03-16 Thread Steve
On 16/03/2010 19:57, Stroller wrote: How does your system boot if your RAID1 system volume fails? The one you have grub on? I think you mentioned a flash drive, which I've seen mentioned before. This seems sound, but just to point out that's another, different, single point of failure. Well,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Strategy for using SAN/NAS for storage with Gentoo...

2010-03-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:13:29 +, Stroller wrote: How does your system boot if your RAID1 system volume fails? You put GRUB on both disks, then you can boot from either on its own. Is this reliable? I don't contest it, I'm just asking. It's just this was one of my

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:15:45 -0500, Dale wrote: That isn't just my opinion either. It worked for a lot of people but for some, it just plain failed to do its thing. I know, but you're the only one to make a career out of it :) -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 18: Taped live

Re: [gentoo-user] (EE) XKB: No components provided for device Virtual core keyboard

2010-03-16 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 16 March 2010 16:35:09 Leandro Boscariol wrote: Hi Mick. On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 19:26, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday 12 March 2010 19:37:33 Leandro Boscariol wrote: Hi guys. While trying to find a solution for this error: (EE) XKB: No components

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:15:45 -0500, Dale wrote: That isn't just my opinion either. It worked for a lot of people but for some, it just plain failed to do its thing. I know, but you're the only one to make a career out of it :) I didn't bring hal up. I

Re: [gentoo-user] what's wrong with rsync 3.0.6?

2010-03-16 Thread Alex Schuster
Stroller writes: I'm going to assume that you're not being facetious, however I'm amazed you don't know `screen`. Everyone should know `screen`! It's amazing, and I can't believe that if you had tried it then you wouldn't have it installed. I sure you'll wonder how you lived without it. Yes

Re: [gentoo-user] what's wrong with rsync 3.0.6?

2010-03-16 Thread Stroller
On 16 Mar 2010, at 22:26, Alex Schuster wrote: ... I want to add one thing: I suggest changing the defscrollback value in /etc/screenrc from 100 to something much larger, I have 10. If not, you can only scroll back 100 lines, which is not that much. I don't *think* the default is as

Re: [gentoo-user] what's wrong with rsync 3.0.6?

2010-03-16 Thread Alex Schuster
Stroller writes: On 16 Mar 2010, at 22:26, Alex Schuster wrote: ... I want to add one thing: I suggest changing the defscrollback value in /etc/screenrc from 100 to something much larger, I have 10. If not, you can only scroll back 100 lines, which is not that much. I don't

[gentoo-user] syslog-ng filtering

2010-03-16 Thread Ralph Slooten
Hi all, Has anyone here worked out how to filter out syslog messages using syslog-ng v3? The old syntax doesn't work (well complains bitterly about performance and says to use regex), and no matter what I try I cannot get the new syntax to work :-/ I have a syslog-ng server which logs to MySQL

Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng filtering

2010-03-16 Thread Roy Wright
On Mar 16, 2010, at 6:22 PM, Ralph Slooten wrote: Hi all, Has anyone here worked out how to filter out syslog messages using syslog-ng v3? The old syntax doesn't work (well complains bitterly about performance and says to use regex), and no matter what I try I cannot get the new syntax

Re: [gentoo-user] Strategy for using SAN/NAS for storage with Gentoo...

2010-03-16 Thread Andrea Conti
1. Are there reliability issues surrounding this technology in Gentoo? My only experience is with a Gentoo-based iSCSI target (ie. server); my clients are windows-based. The system is a low-end Core 2 duo running the latest stable kernel and Iscsi Enterprise Target; I have been running this

Re: [gentoo-user] what's wrong with rsync 3.0.6?

2010-03-16 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 16 March 2010 22:26:28 Alex Schuster wrote: Yes screen is quite essential. It is? In that case I don't know how I've managed with Linux since 1993 without it. -- Rgds Peter.

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 16 March 2010 17:33:13 Zeerak Mustafa Waseem wrote: usually always look to see if ... Sorry, but I'm having terrible trouble parsing this expression. -- Rgds Peter.

Re: [gentoo-user] what's wrong with rsync 3.0.6?

2010-03-16 Thread Stroller
On 17 Mar 2010, at 00:50, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Tuesday 16 March 2010 22:26:28 Alex Schuster wrote: Yes screen is quite essential. It is? In that case I don't know how I've managed with Linux since 1993 without it. I don't know how I managed in my youth without a washing machine,

Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng filtering

2010-03-16 Thread Ralph Slooten
On 17 March 2010 13:00, Roy Wright r...@wright.org wrote: I just started with the example at: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Syslog-ng HTH, Roy Thanks Roy, however they have the same syntax which isn't working on my side. filter f_shorewall { not match(regex value(Shorewall)); } I just

Re: [gentoo-user] Strategy for using SAN/NAS for storage with Gentoo...

2010-03-16 Thread Keith Dart
=== On Mon, 03/15, Steve wrote: === Any hints or tips? === I recommend setting up your server hardware on a decent mini-PC with server grade disks and installing openfiler. The openfiler uses XFS for local storage and exports NFS and CIFS (and iSCSI if you want that).