Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Where is this IP/site ?
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 6:15 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi all, thanks for all the input ! :) In the meantime I found this: http://www.ip-adress.com/ip_lokalisieren/ip-address where ip-aaddress is for example 192.168.192.168. ;) Further links on that page leads to a satelite-map marked with the location of the IP...plus a unknown offset of some meters/miles... Best regards, mcc For what it's worth, I wrote one too a few years back on http://www.axllent.org/projects/webtrace - Probably not as accurate as the one you posted as it uses the free version of the Geolite City database, but maybe worth a look ;) Kind regards, Ralph
Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng filtering
Fantastic, you hit the nail right on the head! Works like a charm now.
Now I'm wondering how it is you found out that it was this way and not the
other? Robert maintains the documentation for rsync which I did look at, but
with 225 pages I wasn't able to find this useful piece of information. Man
syslog-ng.conf does not explain it either, in fact I searched Google and
found several tutorials, none mentioning this ;-)
Maybe I'm the idiot here, however I thought that this was a common way of
getting rid of unwanted crud from the syslog?
Also, I just read the gentoo-wiki site page again and it says :
filter f_shorewall { not match(regex value(Shorewall)); }; #
Filter everything except regex keyword Shorewall
Surely this is the exact same mistake I made? Either that or I'm reading it
wrong
On 17 March 2010 23:39, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wednesday 17 March 2010 01:22:59 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 to work :-/ I have a syslog-ng server which logs to MySQL
for multiple clients in a network, however the database just keeps
growing
with irrelevant data I'd prefer to just quietly ignore on the server
side.
I'm trying to filter out (exclude) messages such as:
(root) CMD (/root/bin/vmware-checker)
and
(root) CMD (test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons /usr/sbin/run-crons )
==
filter myfilter {
not match(regex value(\/usr\/sbin\/run-crons))
and not match(regex value(vmware-checker));
}
Hah! this caught me out too.
The value of value cannot be anything arbitrary - syslog-ng has no clue
what
you mean. The value is a field name, either a pre-defined one, or something
you defined using a parser. The docs are ambiguous on this, it's not clear
that the supplied values are abstracts. You are truing to search for the
string regex in a field called /usr/bin/vmware-checker.
Which obviously will not work.
I think you want:
match(\/usr\/sbin\/run-crons value MESSAGE)
Note that it is MESSAGE. You want the field name, not it's dereferenced
value.
log {
source(src);
source(remote);
filter(myfilter);
destination(d_mysql);
};
===
However they just keep coming through the filter (ie: not matching the
not
match filter). I've tried escaping the slashes, not escaping them ...
even
partial words, but I obviously am missing something somewhere.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Ralph
--
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng filtering
On 18 March 2010 09:40, Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz wrote: You can comment that out and then those annoying run-cron entries won't be logged. Yes, dropping those entries on the client side is an option, however then I have to do it for each client in the network. Doing it on the server means just once... and it's all local network, no bandwidth isn't an issue either. There are also some cron jobs I do want logged ~ things that run maybe weekly or monthly, but some run every minute and really don't need to be logged.
[gentoo-user] syslog-ng filtering
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 for multiple
clients in a network, however the database just keeps growing with
irrelevant data I'd prefer to just quietly ignore on the server side.
I'm trying to filter out (exclude) messages such as:
(root) CMD (/root/bin/vmware-checker)
and
(root) CMD (test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons /usr/sbin/run-crons )
==
filter myfilter {
not match(regex value(\/usr\/sbin\/run-crons))
and not match(regex value(vmware-checker));
}
log {
source(src);
source(remote);
filter(myfilter);
destination(d_mysql);
};
===
However they just keep coming through the filter (ie: not matching the not
match filter). I've tried escaping the slashes, not escaping them ... even
partial words, but I obviously am missing something somewhere.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Ralph
Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng filtering
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 tried a single rule (to make sure it wasn't my syntax):
filter killVmMessages {
not match(regex value(vmware-checker));
};
yet the (root) CMD (/root/bin/vmware-checker) messages still go through?!
log {
source(src);
source(remote);
filter(myfilter);
filter(killVmMessages);
destination(d_mysql);
};
I'm really stumped here. All other filters (non regex) works fine though,
such as facility() host().
Are you able to filter by content?
Ralph
[gentoo-user] MPD Streaming ID3 tags
Hi guys gals, I must be missing something here, but for the life of me I cannot work it out. I'm streaming radio channels off the internet with MPD (note: to MPD, not from), but all I get is Unknown for artist/album info. Playing the same channels with audacious displays them without a problem, but MPD won't display the tags. Anyone got any ideas? MPD plays the stream fine though, and has no issues displaying tags of local files (ogg mp3). MPD was compiled with USE=alsa curl ffmpeg id3 lame mad mikmod ogg vorbis -aac -ao -audiofile -debug -doc -flac -icecast -ipv6 -jack -libsamplerate -musepack -oss -pulseaudio -unicode -wavpack -zeroconf What am I missing? Cheers, Ralph
Re: [gentoo-user] rsync via ssh
I have done a similar thing at work, except what I do is first create an
ssh tunnel, then rsync to the locally listening port. Works perfectly.
In my setup the remote server is running an SSH server which is not
accessible directly. Maybe this will help you.
#!/bin/bash
SSL_COMMAND=ssh -p [EMAIL PROTECTED] -f -N -L 8000:localhost:873
SSL_PID=`ps aux | grep $SSL_COMMAND | egrep -v 'grep' | awk '{print $2}'`
if [ $SSL_PID == ]; then
echo = Creating SSH tunnel to myserver
$SSL_COMMAND
SSL_PID=`ps aux | grep $SSL_COMMAND | egrep -v 'grep' | awk
'{print $2}'`
else
echo = SSH tunnel already exists. Using existing tunnel.
fi
if [ $SSL_PID != ]; then
echo = Connecting through SSH tunnel with PID $SSL_PID
rsync rsync://localhost:8000/wwwroot
/mnt/samba/hotcopy/myserver/wwwroot \
-rvtzp --delete --modify-window=1
echo = Closing SSH tunnel
kill $SSL_PID
else
echo ERROR: SSH Connection failed! The backup could not complete
fi
Cheers,
Ralph
Roger Mason wrote:
Hi Richard,
Richard Ruth [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Try adding -e ssh to your rsync command.
Search for -e in the rsync man page for an example.
===
This is the crontab entry (in rmason's crontab):
0,15,30,45 * * * * rmason /usr/bin/rsync -av /home/rmason backup_machine:my
machine_rmason
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately that did not work, the same error
ocurs.
This is what I have currently:
0,15,30,45 * * * * /usr/bin/rsync -av -e ssh /home/rmason [EMAIL
PROTECTED]:mymachine_rmason
I've tried with and without the quotes plus with and without the
rmason@ but none worked.
I think I'll try scp and see what happens.
Cheers,
Roger
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Multi-user pop3 mail delivery
So if a mail is sent to A and B and only A is a valid user, both copies go to postmaster? Exactly. This wasn't a problem as one employee would sift through the postmaster email every day, that was until spammers started spamming randomly generated addresses at their domain. She received all these too :-/ Not so, it forwards all mail for unknown users at one of your domains to a specified user, so I have luser_relay=neil to get all such mail sent to myself. Ahh, I se what you mean. This howerver would lead to the same issue I have above .. over populating the email with fake addresses and a load of spam. Before we get into the spam topic ... this is being sorted soon ;-) Ah, I see now. Having never used fetchmail in multi-drop mode (RTFMing is a good way of making sure I don;t even attempt things like this) I don;t know where you'd go next. It is not fetchmail's fault ...it's multidrop... an email account was never designed for several users, as in several accounts coming into one, and then being split again after download. This is in fact what is happening. MUltidrop is simply a solution to the problem, bt it'snot failproof and stuff goes wrong. I thought there might be a better way to solve the problem though, but the solution is simple: get them onto a real system ;-) Anyway, thanks for your input! Greetings, Ralph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Multi-user pop3 mail delivery
Hi Guys. I am trying to replace a server setup at one of our client's offices. They have a domain name, and an email account - both hosted by a 3rd party. This third party gives them a single pop3 account where all email is stored (for all users@domain.com), downloadable by a single user login. Now the old setup (which I had nothing to do with) uses fetchmail to poll the server every 10 minutes, and then forwards the mail to the smtp on the localhost. I have tried to replicate this, but am hitting several disadvantages, one being that all spam messages sent to non-existing users are forwarded to the local postmaster account. I keep thinking that there must be a much more logical way to do this. When I try it without setting the postmaster messages are not bounced. How is this setup normally done? The local server has postfix running, but is *not* accessable from outside directly (firewalled). Mail will have to be polled I guess. I am using the following fetchmail conf: set postmaster postmaster set bouncemail set properties set syslog set invisible set daemon 600 poll pop3.server.com protocol POP3 checkalias timeout 30 envelope Received: localdomains mydomain.com user accountuser pass accountpass to * here smtphost localhost smtpaddress mydomain.com fetchall; Any advice? Thanks in advance, Ralph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Lots of missing gentoo-user mail
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:08:41 +0200, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: I'm seeing the same. The amount of missing mails doesn't qualify for lots, but I'm missing some. When several mails on a daily basis continue to go missing, over a period of weeks, I call that lots. If each mail missing was a nut or bolt used to put together your car (or in my case archive them accordingly in a database), it becomes lots ;-) I see the same. I've seen quite a few replies to mails I never received. Yes, this is what first caught my eye, the secondly being the software I wrote not positively finding threads, and now and then not finding the first message to the new thread (as Neil writes above). The strange thing is gmane seems to be receiving all the mail, or at least 99% of it ~ so why gmane and not us? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFEyKMWCt0ZF9kLPvYRAiPJAKCHutev8Jxbw4ffV+GlEGtNe/81mACfYRZt b3t+Rn8g+k+aAdrNnYxIGRA= =3rtx -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Lots of missing gentoo-user mail
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Frink wrote: hello, i hear that it's a problem with gmail, it would seem that if you sent the mail to a thread it doesn't show up in your inbox.. as it already has a copy and isn't new mail Hello Andrew. I am well aware of this problem which isn't a problem at all. It is not what I am referring to though, and has nothing to do with the problem described. What I am referring to are actual missing emails (never delivered). Thanks anyway for the idea/contribution ;-) - -- Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEyOM/Ct0ZF9kLPvYRApJ/AJ9HDJe4QLJ3SANyZwsPDpiOY6YYDwCeIU5f zcVkNJDTnnAGORpsoV/1guY= =QwZR -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Lots of missing gentoo-user mail
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jeremy Olexa wrote: I couldn't find this thread on gmane. Anyone got a link to the thread? Or could tell me how many posts there have been before mine? I would like to contribute to the bug report if I am seeing the problem too. In the bug report is the url ;-) http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/14/focus=14 - - Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEyZ6bCt0ZF9kLPvYRArO9AJ4tndOBK49RUT4o5dL9posxAVBuMACePOW0 w0yeId/2DZNfFBE17QeKf1o= =RsED -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Lots of missing gentoo-user mail
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ralph Slooten wrote: Subject Local gmane Kde menu11 12 MythTV vs. Gentoo VDR 9 10 PORTAGE_ELOG error 24 28 strange [ file 27 31 can't install ati-drivers 13 16 How packages becomes stable?8 9 Unable to mount root fs on uknown - block (0,0) 14 17 And excluding this post, and for this thread: Local = 15 Gmane = 17 I think it just proves my point. * Missing one from Hemmann, Volker Armin [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Missing one from Randy Barlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEyaMDCt0ZF9kLPvYRAoMbAKCAB9UfaxUYZFbSGlpuCan342l5gACfTuNc Cm++57z/k+3i0xyGkGDu4wM= =+81y -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Lots of missing gentoo-user mail
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hiya, For the last 2 years I have been archiving structurally all my gentoo-user mails I have received into MySQL. In the last few months I have noticed that I have been receiving more and more broken threads (In-Reply-To and References), indicating missing mails from those threads. At present I use gmail to receive the mail which is then downloaded via fetchmail to my imap server. Recently I added the gmane.linux.gentoo.user newsgroup to my thunderbird to make some comparisons between that I am receiving and what they are receiving. To my surprise I am missing between 1 and 4 messages per thread (of more than let's say 10 messages). It is not a threading problem, and not a pop3 problem ~ I can confirm that what I have in gmail is what I have locally. To give some examples of totals in some larger threads over the last couple of days: Subject Local gmane Kde menu 11 12 MythTV vs. Gentoo VDR 9 10 PORTAGE_ELOG error24 28 strange [ file27 31 can't install ati-drivers 13 16 How packages becomes stable? 8 9 Unable to mount root fs on uknown - block (0,0) 14 17 I have confirmed that that I have locally is exactly what I have in gmail, so the problem is not local, and they are not caught anywhere in gmail's spam filters. What I am trying to work out if if it's just me having an issue with gmail (which I will confront the gmail team there about), or if the gentoo-user mailing server is skipping addresses or having issues sending. Tracing mail logs over a few days to check threads can be a painfully annoying job ;-) I am subscribed to other lists too which I seem to be having absolutely no problems with, although they are somewhat less active than the gentoo-user one. Are any of you (gmail or not) having the same problem? What is the correct way to go about locating and confronting this issue? Thanks for any advise. Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEyFGzCt0ZF9kLPvYRAjlMAJ9INepH8Zz4ceFCf+jXKmFDu7onkQCcC5n4 TuT8NnAi1cZWRU+6PIdibFk= =s5g+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone else getting bounces from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 19/07/06, Janusz Bossy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/19/06, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For the last week or so, every email I have sent to gentoo-user has resulted in a bounce message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anybody else seeing this? It's getting really annoying... I have exactly the same thing and it annoyes me too. Me too, but what's even more weird is I didn't get Richard's initial post to this thread, and IIRC Richard, you use gmail too with an alias or something?! ... awaiting response from kyavuz ... LOL -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Reiserfs meltdown
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hiya list, Just need some opinions here, and am not looking for a raving flame-war regarding which file system is better etc ;-) ~ Oh and please excuse the long mail, but I need explain my situation clearly to avoid confusion. Last week Friday while I was work I successfully upgraded my home workstation via ssh to the current Xorg 7.0. The wife came home and unintentionally turned Off the main power to the PC instead of On (she thought the PC was off). Since then everything started going really bad on my root partition. KDE needed a few things to be upgraded to fix dependencies which seemed to trigger the following errors. Random KDE components (like kdm) would sometimes start, sometimes not, depending on the reboot. Sometimes in /var/log/messages there were hints to *missing* *.so files in the /usr/kde/3.5/lib folder, yet they did *appear* to be there ~ although when doing a simple `ls` of the lib directory I got (depending on the reboot) between 10 and 30 errors about missing files or directories. It seemed that reiserfs had catalogued that files were supposed to be there, but `ls /usr/kde/3.5/lib` could not find them. For the record I am using reiserfs 3.6 (default in vanilla kernel, no patches) ~ not 4.x. The lib dir is also included in /etc/ld.so.conf and ldconfig was run several times to test. After a reboot I would get different errors, and sometimes none when it would just work (Xorg / kde). `revdep-rebuild -p` came up after every reboot with different packages, indicating it detected different missing *.so files after each reboot, mainly in the /usr/kde/3.5/lib. Now I know Linux, and errors like this are not normal in any way. I rebooted with the Gentoo Live-cd and did a few disc scans (fsck) of my root reiserfs partition. Every single time I ran it it would find errors and fix. I did a `--rebuild-tree -S` and for 45 minutes I got error after error after error (thousands), apparently all fixed. Re-running the scan started the whole error-fixing process again. A badblocks test showed no error on the partition though. I decided that my reiserfs file tree must have been corrupt, and formatted the root drive (`mkreiserfs /dev/hda3`) and restored a full backup (dar). After a reboot a repreated the scan, to find the same issues again. It seems a format did not clean the file table or something, I don't know. As a last test I formatted the root partition as an ext2 partition, and again restored the backup. No errors, no bad blocks, no problems. What gives? I don't want to use ext2 or ext3, and I have for a couple of years now relied on reiserfs on all my systems, but what could be the problem here? Why did reiserfs seem to mess up like this, and why after formatting it did I get the same errors again? Regards, Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFEu2cgCt0ZF9kLPvYRAqzAAJ9txAJIhhVTnVd1SUwzvfrPHeelWwCfTt5c +X+APrx+dbAjanSBKcYJOIU= =PYzO -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reiserfs meltdown
Alan McKinnon wrote: It looks like you have a problem with some reiser-related binary that is not on the / partition. There is obviously nothing wrong with hda3 as ext3 works on it. Which partition hosts the /lib and /sbin directories? Both are on the same partition too. This goes for everything except for /boot and /home. The rest is all on / (/dev/hda3). Unfortunately you seem to have been a victim of the off button being hit at exactly the right moment to cause maximum difficulty :-( I fear this too yes, however after a re-format (`mkreiserfs /dev/hda3`) off the boot-cd and restore of filesystem from a backup this should have been solved. If the backup was damaged, I would have gotten errors during the initial create, the restore, and also from the current ext2 / partition ~ but I got no errors at all. If all else fails you could take the long route: emerge -e system emerge -s world A drastic measure, but it would rebuild everything and almost certainly fix the problem. I fear not actually, as I think this problem is reiserfs-related, and has to do with a corrupted journal or something, but not sure though. What is the best way to *really* format a drive before recreating a journalled filesystem (reiserfs) so that I really know it's not using an old corrupt one or something? I have other working partitions on that drive so an fdisk is not possible: ~ `cat /dev/zero /dev/hda3` ? -- Ralph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reiserfs meltdown
On 17/07/06, Janusz Bossy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I always managed to restore my partition after mkfs.reiserfs and fsck.resierfs --rebuild-tree -S. It should (at least I think so) clear the tree and the journal. I agree that this *should* fix it, but with my first attempts it found a couple of thousand errors, apparently fixed them, until I ran it again where it kept finding the same errors. This was of course with an already-restored backup. I will try your way when the filesystem is still empty. Nice tip though, thanks. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reiserfs meltdown
On 17/07/06, Janusz Bossy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IIRC there's also an options to fsck.reiserfs that makes it repair errors because by default it only show what it has found. Look into the man page for more detail (I'm currently at work using Windows). --fix-fixable Yes, I had done this, however each time I ran it it found 2 problems and supposedly fixed them .. that is until I ran it again where it found the same two errors again ... again and again ;-) I will (when I get home this evening): a) format the current ext2 as reiserfs and reboot b) Rebuild tree (--rebuild-tree -S) with an empty partition c) run a scan (--fix-fixable) d) Restore files from backup e) run the scan again (--fix-fixable) f) reboot and hope If this doesn't solve the problem then I have no idea Does anyone foresee problems doing this, or other things I should check too while at it? Thanks Ralph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reiserfs meltdown
On 17/07/06, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Install and run smartmontools, it could be a drive on the way out. Nice tip .. thanks. I have this on my servers, but not (yet) on workstation. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] gtkam+non-rootuser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 cristi wrote: I'm trying to download my pictures from the digital camera but I can't seem to succeed I get Could not list folders in '/'. Both my wife and I use gtkam on my PC at home, both as normal users with no setuid programs or sudo. I am not at home at the moment but iirc what I had to do was: in /etc/fstab: none /proc/bus/usb usbfs user,auto,devmode=0660,devgid=85 0 0 and in user's groups add plugdev I *think* that was all there was to it. Greetings, Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFEm+++Ct0ZF9kLPvYRAoDlAJ48nShEsRdbG8JgCt1kskbPkeJJsACfXIug cvJRNJcWaNltRapgAFSfF8k= =vkM2 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] gtkam+non-rootuser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 cristi wrote: My user is plugdev group, tried also the /etc/fstab part but still no go(when that happenedi got the hole /proc/bus/usb/ dir on my desktop) but I had no usbfs in my /etc/fstab all usebdevices worked fine till now is that line mandatory somehow? When you plug in your camera into your USB, what does `lsusb` show? Here: beast ~ # lsusb Bus 005 Device 001: ID : Bus 004 Device 001: ID : Bus 003 Device 010: ID 04a9:3055 Canon, Inc. PowerShot G2 Bus 003 Device 001: ID : Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c00b Logitech, Inc. MouseMan Wheel Bus 002 Device 001: ID : Bus 001 Device 001: ID : Then, looking in /proc/bus/usb/[Bus-id_of_your_camera] beast ~ # ll /proc/bus/usb/003/ total 0 - -rw-rw 1 root usb 43 Jun 23 08:39 001 - -rw-rw 1 root plugdev 57 Jun 23 18:32 010 You see, the new device created here is the root:pludged one. What does yours show? The thing you need to keep in mind here is that you have to have rw permissions to that new device file, else you get that error. If yours is roor:root or something, do a chown of it and then try as user... the chances are it'll work (until you next plug your camera is of course). Doing a grep for plugdev in /etc returns /etc/hotplug/usb/usbcam ... seems that file is responsible for the permissions, but what happens then is a mystery to me ;-) As for that line being mandatory, no I don't believe so, but about 1 year ago I had the same issues, got talking with some usb-gurus and they said to add that. At that time it did the trick, and since then I've kept it ;-) Greetings, Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEnBnLCt0ZF9kLPvYRAlxvAJ4uPDxfpIgH8XNx7zItpTYA1mBGdACfe7WY h35yYDMAsDN8pn8cgntDU1w= =2Wk9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2GB of RAM
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi David, David Klempner wrote: Actually, I side with the kernel developers on this; the fact that they're hiding the VMSPLIT options is basically a subtle hint that they don't want people using them who don't *really* know what they're doing. Like me .. hence all the questions ;-) I just want to be able to use my full RAM, as having 2GB and using 1GB is just uncool ;-) I strongly suggest using CONFIG_HIGHMEM, and sticking with the default 3/1 split. (I mean, it's *slightly* slower, but on the other hand what caused them to do this was random breaking of java that took a long time to diagnose.) That said... OK. I definitely will keep this in mind. I noticed too that if I select the embedded option, but unselect all new options that come with it I still get the memory split options. Is this the right way to go? NO. As in, all of those options (with the exception of CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS) default to yes, and all of those defaults are very important. If you disable them, you will, for example, break most of the kernel's logging (printk), lose the ability to get core dumps, and lose futexes (which will break a lot of modern threading). Basically, saying no to any option option on that page (with the exception of the KALLSYMS stuff) *WILL* break your system. So, make sure that everything, except CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS, on that page is enabled. (that might be what you meant in the first place, of course, but it's worth making sure...) All you need to be able to select the VMSPLIT options is CONFIG_EMBEDDED (that is, saying yes to the Configure standard kernel features (for small systems) item) which doesn't actually have any impact on the code. Sorry, but one thing remains unclear. Ignoring the fact that adding embedded extras to your kernel on a non-embedded system just to get the the VMSPLIT options is (in my opinion) confusing and unlogical, is this step actually needed considering I (according to your advice) would take the default VMSPLIT anyway? What I mean is simply: If I enable HIGHMEM4GB to allow the kernel to use my 2GB of RAM, do I still need to add the embedded options (as you explain above), or is simply using HIGHMEM4GB enough? It's maybe a tough question is ask, but you definitely seem to know exactly what you are talking about ;-) Hope this helps. Is sure does! Any advice to the above question? With that I should be complete I think ;-) Where do you get your information from btw (I'm curious as I didn't find much via Google explaining as clear as you did)? Thanks again, Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFEmQt3Ct0ZF9kLPvYRAt69AKCe/ClqjzQHMTZ3yvuNQ9sXwVbFsQCeMdwb BREkUr+u9/o9K8ZImMCdJmM= =8vc3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2GB of RAM
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Klempner wrote: For whatever reason, they made prompting about VMSPLIT dependent on CONFIG_EMBEDDED. I upgraded yesterday to 2.6.17 and also noticed that there was no split option. Not thinking much of it I installed the kernel which works fine, except now /proc/kcore reports 897M, and `free` something to that effect too. So I take it I'm only using just less than 1/2 my RAM now, correct? With 2GB of RAM, Do I now have to enable the embedded option (which gives me a lot more options, most likely all of which I don't need), and then select the 2/2 split, or ? I noticed too that if I select the embedded option, but unselect all new options that come with it I still get the memory split options. Is this the right way to go? It's a 64bit processor compiled and running on a 32bit system. Greetings, Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEmNRKCt0ZF9kLPvYRAorFAJ98PfKOjoeh+88eeIkZ/LqLI8OSVwCfdQTH Tl88Zk0UWqpPhCq2fNUOhc8= =HzF9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2GB of RAM
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks David for the clear answers I'll investigate further. As for the rest of the PC running great with extra RAM ~ it's just UT2004 I have discovered to have an issue here. The 2/2 is what I'm running with at the moment ... seems to be fine. Thanks again, Ralph David Klempner wrote: * Ralph Slooten [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-06-19 00:25]: David Klempner wrote: Note that without doing *anything*, with a normal 3G/1G split, you'll actually get 896M. Recent kernels added in a config option to have a 2.75G/1.25G split, which solves this problem; it makes sense to use that if you have 1G of RAM. This option must be really new because I don't have it. I have two 3/1 options, a 2/2 option and a 1/3 option. Either way, I'm now using 2GB. It's one of the two 3/1 options; one of them is a PAGE_OFFSET of 0xC000 (3G) and the other is 0xB000 (2.75G); the latter is suggested for someone using 1GB. (I was making that change myself by hand until they added that option.) In fact, the 2G option is slightly lower than 2G, which is why it works with 2G of RAM. Maybe this is the case, I'm not sure. For testing some other software I upgraded to 2.16.6.16 2 weeks ago (when I still had 1GB) which resulted in the same problem. I then went back to the previous-compiled 2.6.16.5 version which worked flawlessly. It is only now that I have actually rebuilt the 2.6.16.5 kernel (due to RAM upgrade) and am having the same problem. The NVidial kernel and glx (to be sure) were also rebuilt. I did a bit of testing last night before I went to bed and it seems that no matter what options I use in the kernel I'm getting bad performance now from the graphics card. It still gets 4000 fps with glxgears though, so I'm not 100% sure it is the graphics card. The question I was meaning to ask is what the ideal kernel settings should be for 2GB of RAM... from there I'll look for other explanations why the 3d isn't performing well. Do you have performance problems with any other applications? It wouldn't surprise me too much if it's some random library issue that specifically affects that game. Should I use 2/2 *and* highmem, or just 2/2 ? You suggest the highmem does very little, but it's there for a valid reason I take it. If you're doing 2/2, then don't bother with highmem. Without highmem, the kernel maps all of physical memory into its address space; this is naive and fast, but it means that normal processes don't get use of that space. This isn't a problem for most applications, but there are a few that expect the extra address space to be available. A direct result of the 2/2 split is that no single process can, even in theory, (directly) use more than 2G of RAM, because it can't even *address* more than 2G. This would be a more noticeable issue if you had 3G of RAM and did the 1/3 split; at that point, no process could use more than 1G. I've seen long running processes (for example, firefox after a month with several dozen open tabs) use more than that. Highmem adds an extra layer of indirection to solve this problem; it's slightly slower (but, I understand, the cost is minimal) but lets you have your address space back while still being able to use all of your RAM. My suggestion is to use 3/1 with highmem. If you want, you could also use 2/2 without highmem; it would probably be just slightly faster, but could break stuff. Using 2/2 with highmem is (I think) pointless. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFEllAACt0ZF9kLPvYRAja0AJ4gKhWbGw9uQAWVnsqj/ii9xvPm3wCfZVYE N18blB/cTNxITFmcNMEC+Jw= =VBJE -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] svc: bad direction 268435456 [SOLVED]
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Matthias Langer wrote: i'm not sure which of these lines acually fixed my problem as i've just looked at the output of rpcinfo and grabbed all nfs relevant ports from there. This will probably fix your problems *until* you restart nfs. # lsof -n -P|egrep UDP|LISTEN|grep rpc\. rpc.statd 19260 nobody4u IPv4 178640062 UDP *:47496 rpc.statd 19260 nobody5u IPv4 178640054 UDP *:780 rpc.statd 19260 nobody6u IPv4 178640065 TCP *:42346 (LISTEN) rpc.mount 19277 root6u IPv4 178640109 UDP *:797 rpc.mount 19277 root7u IPv4 178640112 TCP *:800 (LISTEN) Restart NSF rpc.statd 19433 nobody4u IPv4 178641101 UDP *:47498 rpc.statd 19433 nobody5u IPv4 178641093 UDP *:953 rpc.statd 19433 nobody6u IPv4 178641104 TCP *:42347 (LISTEN) rpc.mount 19450 root6u IPv4 178641148 UDP *:970 rpc.mount 19450 root7u IPv4 178641151 TCP *:973 (LISTEN) Restart again rpc.statd 19534 nobody4u IPv4 178641453 UDP *:47499 rpc.statd 19534 nobody5u IPv4 178641445 UDP *:630 rpc.statd 19534 nobody6u IPv4 178641456 TCP *:42348 (LISTEN) rpc.mount 19551 root6u IPv4 178641500 UDP *:647 rpc.mount 19551 root7u IPv4 178641503 TCP *:650 (LISTEN) I never worked out how to get NSF to only listen on a single interface. Glad you at least now know what was causing the logs. Greetings, Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFElp5TCt0ZF9kLPvYRAuLxAJ4/UYqhRdRObf5ZEM7bX5qNZd/ukACfd+rG rEykTTIi6aWPzHRPiG7IjMs= =BKB9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] 2GB of RAM
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi list, Today I expended my RAM to 2GB (DDR) to my workstation, as apposed to the initial 1GB I had. The RAm added is identical to the initial RAM. Without changing the kernel (2.6.16.x) I still get 1GB available, and digging into the kernel I found the section regarding the High Memory Support and Memory split. I did a bit of googeling, the first page I found (old) said to turn on High Memory Support, however a more recent page (http://linux-vserver.org/Step-by-Step+Guide+2.6) states to leave it off and just change the split to 2/2 to make full use of 2GB of RAM. I tried both ways, but either way I get poor 3D performance from UT2004 when I have this extra memory in. Now I'm confused ;-) It's (kernel's) default is 3G/1G user/kernel split but there seems to be no documentation supplied with my kernel (2.6.16.5). Do any of you have experience with 1GB of RAM, and efficiently getting this to work _well_ on your systems? What ideal settings should I use in my kernel? Are there any downsides to 1GB? With 3G/1G user/kernel split selected, and High Memory Support (off) I get 1GB despite 2GB in the motherboard, even when lilo boots with append=mem=2048M. If I enable the 2/2 option instead I get 2G of RAM. I tested the 2GB with 2x virtual machines (vmware) running each with 512MB ram (iE 1GB in use for vmware) and the system performed still exceptionally well, however UT2004 still sucks when playing (sluggish and screen jolts from time to time like I have too little RAM). Any ideas? Thanks, Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFElZFNCt0ZF9kLPvYRAtI/AJ0ctkVcrWRa1ROC9TwDMlPTpPNRbACdFvVJ wRKCLtGAKSSQMk613mtE/V8= =+Qh0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2GB of RAM
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steven Susbauer wrote: What graphics card are you using? Sluggish and screen jolts sound possibly like your graphics are too high for the card. Generally too little ram will result in your HD doing a lot of work during gameplay. GeForce 6600/GeForce 6600 GT No, with 1GB of RAM it worked just fine, but with 2GB of RAM it became sluggish. Greetings, Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEli98Ct0ZF9kLPvYRArkYAJ4mMCR6N0QdQUEQH23zKHJEIodHqgCfV8d4 9zR2QLFdCMjMWlNBAqYOeos= =SMcy -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2GB of RAM
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi David, David Klempner wrote: Note that without doing *anything*, with a normal 3G/1G split, you'll actually get 896M. Recent kernels added in a config option to have a 2.75G/1.25G split, which solves this problem; it makes sense to use that if you have 1G of RAM. This option must be really new because I don't have it. I have two 3/1 options, a 2/2 option and a 1/3 option. Either way, I'm now using 2GB. My understanding is that the performance hit from enabling high memory support is actually fairly small; if you have more than 1G (where the fix is unlikely to break anything) it's not worth worrying about. My guesses is, as has already been suggested, that something is messed up with your video driver. Did you recompile it when you recompile your kernel? Is acceleration still working at all? Do you get the current performance issues either without the extra RAM with a highmem kernel or with the extra RAM without a highmem or 2G/2G kernel? Maybe this is the case, I'm not sure. For testing some other software I upgraded to 2.16.6.16 2 weeks ago (when I still had 1GB) which resulted in the same problem. I then went back to the previous-compiled 2.6.16.5 version which worked flawlessly. It is only now that I have actually rebuilt the 2.6.16.5 kernel (due to RAM upgrade) and am having the same problem. The NVidial kernel and glx (to be sure) were also rebuilt. I did a bit of testing last night before I went to bed and it seems that no matter what options I use in the kernel I'm getting bad performance now from the graphics card. It still gets 4000 fps with glxgears though, so I'm not 100% sure it is the graphics card. The question I was meaning to ask is what the ideal kernel settings should be for 2GB of RAM... from there I'll look for other explanations why the 3d isn't performing well. Should I use 2/2 *and* highmem, or just 2/2 ? You suggest the highmem does very little, but it's there for a valid reason I take it. Thanks for the answers, Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEljNWCt0ZF9kLPvYRArMnAJ49+k5iZbZGr+UBiPOMtYCDzpJ0QgCghWkt KHDb0KCFbAnyyAQGymJvd70= =Weyw -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] svc: bad direction 268435456
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Matthias Langer wrote:
i've recently set up a local nfs server for my disfiles; to keep the WAN
out i have:
iptables -A INPUT -p TCP -i ! ${LAN} -d 0/0 --dport nfs -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -p UDP -i ! ${LAN} -d 0/0 --dport nfs -j DROP
everthing is working fine so far; however, my logs are full with these
messages:
svc: bad direction 268435456, dropping request
any comments ?
I have had this too from quite a while back
(http://blog.axljab.homelinux.org/post/6/). I turned on logging in my
firewall to find out that nfs listens on random ports for UDP
connections. The problem is that the random ports change ;-) In my
firewall *most* of 1024 is open so there isn't much I can do about it.
- From what I noticed it's nobody trying to hack you but rather just
internet static which by coincidence tries a port that your NFS is
listening on. I stopped worrying about it after a while. The option for
NFS to listen only on one interface wasn't then (iirc) an option .. not
sure about now though.
Greetings,
Ralph
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Re: [gentoo-user] mysql won't start
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Is it /var/run/mysql or /var/run/mysqld? You should probably recreate /var/run/mysqld and set the permissions. /var/run/mysqld must have mysql:mysql permissions (drwxr-xr-x) And make /etc/my.cnf a symlink to /etc/mysql/my.cnf CLI utilities probably look for /etc/my.cnf No, this is not needed. CLI programs will use whatever the mysql default is, and mysql is compiled under gentoo with /etc/mysql/my.cnf as default. Greetings, Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFEjVhnCt0ZF9kLPvYRArl5AJ4pLbYPQ69iX++2XjCWLDMaHDkuKACglNO2 F0ZmfCaF1C4gWRcQ1EXVBr8= =CF4Q -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] march athlon-xp to athlon64
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Hiya list,
I bought myself a new AMD Athlon64 in December, and initially installed
it as a 64-bit Gentoo. In January this year I decided to reinstall it as
a 32-bit OS due to constant issues with flash plugins, win32 codecs etc.
Seems I made one muck-up ... I used (for the 32-bit OS):
CHOST=i686-pc-linux-gnu
CFLAGS=-march=athlon-xp -msse2 -O2 -pipe -ftracer -fomit-frame-pointer
CXXFLAGS=${CFLAGS}
instead of (according to
http://gentoo-wiki.com/Safe_Cflags#Opteron.2FAthlon64_.28AMD.29):
CHOST=i686-pc-linux-gnu
CFLAGS=-march=athlon64 -msse2 -O2 -pipe -ftracer -fomit-frame-pointer
CXXFLAGS=${CFLAGS}
Notice the athlon-xp = athlon64...
Does anyone with an good understanding of these flags know the
consequences/results of
a) Keeping the old flags (athlon-xp)?
b) Changing to the new flags without a total reinstall?
While I understand that I quite possibly have to reinstall several
packages if I change the flags, which are the ones to pay particular
note to, or is such a change drastic to the OS requiring a total rebuild
of everything?
Please advise.
Greetings,
Ralph
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Re: [gentoo-user] march athlon-xp to athlon64
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Raymond Lewis Rebbeck wrote: netscape-flash works with mozilla-firefox-bin and any other 32-bit browser, it's also possible to make it work with 64-bit konqueror. You might also be interested in looking at net-www/gnash, still alpha quality but will hopefully become a fully fledged flash player with amd64 support. Yes hopefully ... An alternative to proprietary software is almost always my first choice, as long as it works ;-) One big issue I had was firefox with all the plugins ~ 32bit binary with flash was ok, but then the mplayer-plug-in wasn't ... etc etc... mplayer-bin will play all codecs that you normally need win32codecs for. Also if you're like many users and WMV3 videos are all you use win32codecs for, you might be interested to know that a VC-1 (WMV3) codec is a google summer of code project, so will hopefully be in a future version of ffmpeg soon. And again... hopefully. The thing was I didn't want to install bin files, and all the libs etc for compatibility was one of the reasons I switched (for the time being until 64bit is properly supported for everything). Another reason is I'm a Linux-beta tester for Skype, which is also of course 32bit. Either way, I'm not going back just yet to 64bit but simply looking for the 32bit solution ;-) -march=athlon64 implies -msse2, all amd64 cpus have sse2 support. Nice tip, I'll remove it. Also -ftracer is not in the safe cflags list, personally I would not use it but if you believe it benefits you then go ahead. Another handy tip. Can't remember why I had it (did the research when I reinstalled it 32bit). I'll remove it too. AFAIK '-march=athlon-xp -msse2' is equivalent to '-march=athlon64' Interesting. Maybe someone else can clarify this? It might be the reason I had these flags to start off with, but again I'm not sure. The gentoo wiki implies they are for different architectures: Athlon XP (AMD) = Opteron/Athlon64 (AMD) I would not bother with a full system rebuild, everything should be fine. Thanks Raymond for the tips. Greetings, Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFEfWdoCt0ZF9kLPvYRAmfnAKChkLJPlvgXZUv/tUfsomMm9E/chACcCfra 4y8n8hs18A+XEP9z2d/Nie8= =fS3B -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Cursor shape fo X.org ?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Calvin Walton wrote: core simply tells X to use the built-in default cursors, black with white borders. Because they are built-in, there are no theme files for them. Then why do I get a normal pointer-icon (mouse) on my desktop, but a triangle on my laptop when both state core? ;-) Obviously I'm missing something ... or maybe it's the KDE thing (desktop), and fluxbox on laptop. Thanks for the answer. Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEffsVCt0ZF9kLPvYRAjTeAJ9QE8LePX7R/xok561lmRF0fjVlJwCfSe5v kNkFOwaJ/Z1YuV6TcM7VwQk= =gplb -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Cursor shape fo X.org ?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 is there a legal way to change the shape of the Cursor in X.org ??? Thank you very much for any helpful reply in advance! Keep hacking! If you want it system-wide, try editing /usr/share/cursors/xorg-x11/default/index.theme with the name of one of the other themes (folder-names found in /usr/share/cursors/xorg-x11/), for instance: [Icon Theme] Inherits=redglass Now what I can't work out is why my laptop says core too, but all I get is a triangle default icon (on my desktop a more pretty one). I have to keep manually changing it to another theme. Any ideas what this core points to, as there is no core folder on either machine? Greetings, Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEfK7sCt0ZF9kLPvYRAr/WAKCaphbq9NeFSBi/XgnpSSID2HYqSwCdGE5F V/Um9bzkLLQtOcqweN/IOqc= =BdRU -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Alsa question: hw:0,0 - hw:0,1
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Dave Jones wrote:
Had similar problems here after the recent alsa-* updates.
Deleted /etc/asound.state, stopped kmix alsasound, restart alsasound.
Ran alsamixer to setup various levels (default = mute), then alsactl
store when levels OK.
Restarted kmix, as it seems to save it's volume levels at kde shutdown.
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong with this assumption.
Since doing this my sound levels have remained OK over reboot.
Cheers, Dave
Getting closer. Yes, this solves my problem partially. I stop alsasound,
delete the file (kmix isn't running atm), start alsasound, set levels
and wow, I have sound via both hw:0,0 and hw:0,1.
At this point I can restart alsasound as much as I want, works fine each
time, that is until I reboot ~ then I get the same issue, and restarting
alsasound does not help. I have to go through the same process again.
I did a diff on the old and new /etc/asound.state, the only difference
being the volume level:
beast ~ # diff asound.state.working /etc/asound.state -u
- --- asound.state .working 2006-04-15 14:14:44.0 +
+++ /etc/asound.state 2006-04-15 14:15:23.0 +
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
comment.range '0 - 63'
iface MIXER
name 'Master Playback Volume'
- - value.0 48
- - value.1 48
+ value.0 45
+ value.1 45
}
control.3 {
comment.access 'read write'
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@
comment.range '0 - 31'
iface MIXER
name 'PCM Playback Volume'
- - value.0 24
- - value.1 24
+ value.0 22
+ value.1 22
}
control.24 {
comment.access 'read write'
So I guess that proves it's not a corrupted state file either. Damn this
is mind-blowing.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Alsa question: hw:0,0 - hw:0,1 (solved)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I guess I just solved the issue ;-) /etc/conf.d/rc RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP=yes = no My guess is that something was seriously messing it up during the parallel startup! After changing this to no (default) and rebooting (tested 3x) it works perfectly every time. Thanks Christoph Dave for the help! Ralph Christoph Eckert wrote: Ideas? no :) . As Dave explained, it can be that your channels in the mixer are set incorrectly. Ensure to raise master and PCM levels, and ensure PCM isn't muted. Best regards ce -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEQQPwCt0ZF9kLPvYRAiaLAKCdp9+GpoF+93Rxt68jUzVJVYGg0QCeK8du p51eqfT+twQgfV3M6wMm++4= =DPXv -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Alsa question: hw:0,0 - hw:0,1
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dave Jones wrote: Hope this helps, I'm out of ideas otherwise... Actually no ;-) LOL, but both you and Christoph did. In the other post I discovered it was due to `RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP=yes` in my /etc/conf.d/rc file. Thanks again for the tips! Greetings Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEQRGoCt0ZF9kLPvYRAjfGAKCQ/a5lRnrcEoUgY104e9SdFnzMGwCfYByB qiM/BIkR1kfFR4uBVMEMl3U= =QjTn -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] reiserfs troubles
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: Message was signed by [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Key ID: 0xF3F90A1339B034DA). The signature is valid, but the key's validity is unknown. That's what kmail says to me. Looks ok to me: OpenPGP Security Info UNTRUSTED Good signature from Bo Ørsted Andresen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key ID: 0x39B034DA / Signed on: 04/14/2006 12:59 AM Key fingerprint: 5213 200F D0A9 05B1 83BB BF00 F3F9 0A13 39B0 34DA I get the same for yours: OpenPGP Security Info UNTRUSTED Good signature from Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key ID: 0xB8435D3A / Signed on: 04/14/2006 04:37 AM Key fingerprint: D52D 87C4 314F C51F 8E78 C5C5 ABBD A70D B843 5D3A Thunderbird - Enigmail -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEP/Y7Ct0ZF9kLPvYRAgDkAJ9/QsyNof+/1mbTZmrMYkD92E5K9gCeIMf1 E9ZiXbYWfyQaYPNoz8WDY30= =fWDT -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Now Signing Messages
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did. However, I sent the key anyway so that you don't have to go hunting for which keyservers I was able to use. Some of them didn't work. I'll re-try later, but right now there's a few (about two or three - I don't remember exactly) servers which I wasn't able to upload to. The important thing is that I think I got through the process correctly. If I missed something please tell me. Signature is fine (imported automatically here), and don't worry about the key servers, most of them sync with eachother ;-) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEQBX1Ct0ZF9kLPvYRAilpAKCKR687gzCL1HWd9bT437gmwAJGlACfRwLa WLmImki5DR6/AE5BJair1DM= =Yv+n -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] arts
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Maybe I misunderstand you, but here goes: The system bell is a kernel module in the 2.6 kernels ~ this is if you are meaning the actual system bell. If you are referring to a beep in the KDE konsole, then that is a separate settings that can be turned on and off, and has nothing to do with the system bell. In the kernel: Device Drivers - Input device support - Miscellaneous devices - PC Speaker support Greetings Ralph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I said yeasterday during the emerge of KDE I did not install arts. So I installed arts then re-emerging the already installed KDE packages. (argh, argh and argh). But the sistem bell does not ring yet.. Another bug? Ciao emilio -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFEKTNpCt0ZF9kLPvYRAvI5AJ0cfZ+0n7IMHg/sGvQ8XMm6T203gACeLf68 AGp+OdkEqwdYNO74lxYgjJ8= =B4wG -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] dovecat problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hiren Dave wrote: I have installed dovecat on my RHELv4WS machine. But when I am trying telnet localhsot 110 command, I am not able to log in with my username and password. The error is saying that ERR [AUTH] Invalid login. Please help. The /etc/dovecat.conf file contains protocols = pop3 pop3s Hi, While I can't speak for pop3, I too recently switched to dovecot (not vovecat). Had an issue too, but the answer was simple: disable_plaintext_auth = no I can't test if this works with pop3 though, as I don't have dovecot compiled with pop support but I'm pretty sure you have the same issue as I did. Hope this helps, Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEIYeZCt0ZF9kLPvYRAt4yAJ977RnW3T1ynQiB3EuXN6DhSmQ0hgCgmTsW QY0jbo7yA7zF0QRqcz4fVx8= =SPXB -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] skype experiences: good/bad/etc
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jason Weisberger wrote: Apparently Skype has been working furiously on a newer version where alsa support and the like will be built in, but I'm waiting to see that one. Just to give a little inside heads-up ~ Firstly I would not call it furiously ... it's more like when they have time. Yes it's true that alsa-support is being developed, and the current beta-beta builds (not available to the public) use alsa, but since they released their first alsa-supporting version until the present it has _never_ worked on either of my gentoo machines. I do beta testing for Skype btw. Some users on other distros (like redhat) report success, but I still have to find a gentoo-user who has. The idea of alsa is great, but the fact that it's all pre-compiled delivers the issue of compatibility problems with the different alsa versions. So don't hold your breath ;-) I think the current public release of Skype will be around for quite a long time, until either: a) they get more personal to develop the Linux port b) they open up certain parts of the application (like it's alsa integration) for self-compiling (like vmware and it's modules) which imho would solve some compatibility issues. They also have to eventually rebuild the whole Skype application too it seems, as it has many design flaws apparently. I'm not saying security flaws though, just limitations due to it's design. That being said though, I still think Skype is great. I use it quite a bit from time to time with good friends and all the main features work pretty darn well, even with plain OSS-emulation (/dev/dsp). Greetings, Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEIZawCt0ZF9kLPvYRAsIcAKCEyWFawXSBLVdUq2NtuVdmLOpUbgCfQk7p jh40V6tRLCTO6S5UfWMvYGw= =PctS -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: moving /usr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Knecht wrote: Very sorry to answer my own post. I found this link in the forums: Funny enough, you asked almost the exact same question on 04 June 2004! http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/83253 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFEEanXCt0ZF9kLPvYRAjUAAJ9Nplt3NIX97AFMw1qbysOzoDvBTgCfWZVQ jLXqFta8DczAmD+dTw08fQM= =A2nR -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: moving /usr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Knecht wrote: Very funny! Thanks for finding it! LOL, well it's not really like I was trying to find it. Truth be told it was my software that found it. I wrote a few scripts to archive all my gentoo-user mailing to a MySQL database (88,132 emails and counting). It got stuck on the reply from Sergio Polini, whose email doesn't comply with the standards (doesn't contain a In-Reply-To header). The software then checks the database for message-subjects matching the email's, in this case finding 2 (your old one and this one), and didn't know which to add it to, skipping it ~ that's how I spotted it ;-) Greetings Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEEc2xCt0ZF9kLPvYRAifEAKCQM0AVecVSz0F7gCdVAz7fZoBaawCeO8Au l6FSrQi84h7hgZ2r8Fdbm0U= =LdI0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] accelerate emerge
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There is some examples in /etc/make.conf.example, but not for prozilla ...
If you are using the latest prozilla:
RESUMECOMMAND='/usr/local/bin/proz -r --no-curses --no-getch -s ${URI}
- -P ${DISTDIR} --min-size=2048'
This will invoke an ftp mirror search if the filesize if above 2MB (I do
this because the time taken for a 2MB is less than the search for
faster mirrors). Adjust to your likings ;-)
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Re: [gentoo-user] Stupid Postfix alias question...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Eric Bliss wrote: I've got a user who wants his mail both kept locally and forked off to another server. Will the following work in the aliases file, or will it create an infinite loop? bob: bob, [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm thinking it should work safely, but I can't seem to find the reference to in in the documentation, although I know it's gotta be in there somewhere. It will work fine with postfix ;-) I use this system at work too (although with local users only) when people are on vacation and get their mail (copy) forwarded to another person. user1: user1,user2,user3 This way user1 still gets his original copy, and the other 2 a copy of it too. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD4a45Ct0ZF9kLPvYRAojpAKCj3Qy9X8Bhb8oN3+pYg9VCc1dPdgCfXXgh N9ar/2doc55+NPEK885yNyw= =DDQd -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ls of /
On 23/12/05, Martin S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: /dev/hda1 /ext3defaults0 1 I still get: ls: .: Permission denied when doing ls on the root directory Hi Martin. I had a problem like this a while ago, except my problem was purely related to the fact that *all* users could write to / ;-) It turned out that the permissions of / were wrong. Try: $ ls -ld / drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 432 Nov 27 11:38 / You will probably find that your permissions of / are wrong, something like drwx--x--x 19 root root 432 Nov 27 11:38 / The solution is simply to change those permissions as root to drwxr-xr-x Greetings Ralph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 64 bit or not
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Harry Putnam wrote: I'm about to install gentoo on an athlon64. Is there enough 64 bit software and other good reasons to use the 64 bit version? Although a long time linux user, I'm not particularly skilled at dealing with problems (a slow learning or just thick headed I guess). But have cross posted this to hear from both 32 and 64 bit advocates. Hi, I'm also curious to the answers to this question ;-) I just received (yesterday) my new AMD64 comp, and am busy installing it too as 64bit. I found this link which does answer quite a lot: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-amd64-faq.xml This does however not say if users are successfully using 64bit systems, and if there are actual advantages to it (double-libraries for some programs etc etc). Greetings Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFDlv7vCt0ZF9kLPvYRArUbAKCVh7HSK4KKdaNbhgBrWnd+4H8XwACePKlH TaCWrL1mCfjllBQBq2JyVQc= =Z4kq -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 64 bit or not
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Harry Putnam wrote: The amd64 faq link posted by Ralph Sooten tells a kind of bleak story as of June 2005 about there being nothing remarkable about 64 performance and futher that 32 bit out performs in many areas. It is also said that for `desktop' use there isn't much point. Somewhere in that FAQ there was a link to the gentoo forum (thread) where I read users were/are having the exact opposite results. They were getting much better results with the 64-bit. I think at the end this becomes one big debate, just like comparing AMD MHz and Intel MHz. My reasoning on whether to compile in a 64-bit environment, or a 32 is quite simple: if you don't want to hasle (which so far has not been as emerge sorts out everything it seems for you) of sometimes letting gentoo do tricks for you to run 32 bit programs with a second set of 32-bit libs etc, then just stick with 32 all the way. If you want to be stubborn (like me) and use your computer like it's supposed to be, and with a scense of adventure, use 64-bit. At the end of the day I can say hey guys, I'm running a 64-bit OS ;-) R Slootens link: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-amd64-faq.xml Leads here: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-amd64-faq.xml#perfup Which leads here: http://enterprise.linux.com/enterprise/05/06/09/1413209.shtml?tid=121 Do you guys agree with that assessment? The last link has a few comments at the bottom, the last one being: This benchmark is close to useless as described by the other posters. If anything it goes to show how well Athlon64 copes with non-optimized code. This is pretty much what the users said on the gentoo forum too iirc. Well, to fill you in on my progress I have now almost finished compiling my new system with 64-bit, with the exception of mozilla-firefox-bin and openoffice-bin (32-bit). I haven't had any problems yet. The computer is surprisingly fast with compiling although I cannot compare it to 32-bit code on the same machine, so this isn't a comparison, just a remark. I tested the NVidia drivers (64-bit version) last night ... no problems at all either. I think in general the only snatch with 64-bit is that closed-source software not providing 64-bit binaries will have to be run using 32-bit libs. This being said, more and more are and will be in the future, with the exception of companies like macromedia who just blatently refuse to release any 64-bit software, limiting all it's users to using a 32-bit browser just to be able to use the flash plugin. Greetings Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDl9oHCt0ZF9kLPvYRAkdnAKCgAa+t+edhKvUA6yDyMmaFH8xU/ACfWieg cr/0G2xsBWHansB+W8jiAeo= =Ka8y -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] how to create a pgp signature
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Holly Bostick wrote: Well, if someone asks how to create a signature, and someone else answers how to provide a key pair, clearly someone is confused as to the fact that a signature is not a key pair. No, actually I'm not confused as to the difference between a key pair and a signature (been using pgp/gnupg for years), but to get one you need the other, and users who have no idea where to begin with signing most likely don't have a key pair to start with. It all depends on how you interpret the question. @ Alexander As for out-of-order posting: when there is a short answer to a short question, I *really* don't see the point, or the point of making it a point considering it's a 4-line answer of a 3-line question. For long detailed answers to a long question, yes, I agree 100% (top-posting), but in this situation it was not the case. Greetings Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFDgxiJCt0ZF9kLPvYRAmslAKCZ7RmD9ONl7x/gtbV96WKy2LlwDACdF+Zg SAworHyIhI/rIy0dRQHo5T8= =WWNq -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] how to create a pgp signature
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 gpg --gen-key But you won't be able to use it with the gmail interface. I personally use it with thunderbird (enigmail extension). El Nino wrote: dear friends, can anybody tell me methode to create my own pgp signature? -- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDgFu9Ct0ZF9kLPvYRApeXAJ93iZbR+y+yrdPnAGYrPQDDnzkU5ACeIH2W V//gUYLUkynl8Dpq6B7dDbQ= =1qs4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] acpid
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Have you tried looking at http://www.linux-laptop.net/ ? It might give you some hints with the same (or similar) laptops. To see if you have working acpi support check /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state They should tell you more-or-less the state your battery is in (charging or not, power etc). If these files exists then you have working acpi support, and the problem might be the gnome applets. What kernel are you using? Ralph John Dangler wrote: I got acpid emerged, started, and added to run level, but when I go into gnome and mouse over the battery (the default applet) it says: System is running on battery power 0 minutes (0%) remain the laptop is plugged into the AC. John D emerged with +acpi -apm ... -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDFUCpCt0ZF9kLPvYRAgjnAKCQ9GtiMRXuNmWL+C4zLJ+b/5pIDACeNwFP u3EQXYMdejdnAa6fJ3j2n4M= =aBtE -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] I (user) can write to / ... but why?
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Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
No. It isn't mounted by you. You own it (at least this directory). Use
find / -xdev -uid 1000
Ahh, so what you are saying is that I own the / directory. Hmm, how
could that have happened, and on 2 separate machines? I never thought of
/ being a directory, more like the base there initial directories were
placed on. Anyway, when I get home today from work I'll check and change
the permissions. Thanks for the heads-up.
to find out if more files are owned by that user. Just to be save, repeat it
on /usr, too. If you find files with wrong ownership, run
find / -xdev -uid 1000 -exec chown root:root {} \;
Yeah, there are other files scattered throughout the filesystem owned by
me. Some are due to being compiled as me, and installed as root, and
others I'm not too sure about. Again, thanks for the tips, and I'll do a
followup on this once I confirmed /.
Greetings
Ralph
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Re: [gentoo-user] I (user) can write to / ... but why?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Frank Schafer wrote: This seems to be a bug in the 2005.* installer. I actually used iirc 2004.[2-3] or something which I still had lying around. That version I did use for both my workstation and laptop. My server was another version (no idea which though, one later I guess 2004.4?). Anyway, I tested at work on a test machine running gentoo and it was fine there too, however I was able to change permissions as earlier was suggested, replicating the circumstances. Again, I'll only definitely be sure when I get home this evening if it's the same issue I have. The problem with this security flaw is that you don't *just see* it ... I wonder how many other users have this issue. Was the bug linked always possibly to UID 1000 ? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFDAesiCt0ZF9kLPvYRAru9AJ9GzZoNNEPRk9psBvnOugfgnQPo3QCgn57s REf+r2Uc9J4pZeo0JUS6sVY= =H0pT -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] I (user) can write to / ... but why? (solved)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The problem on both my laptop and workstation was simply the fact that the root partition (/) was owned by UID=1000 GUI=100. Apparently this is a bug, but a simple `chown root:root /` was sufficient to fix the problem, and I also changed several file-permissions in underlying directories (like usr). Thanks all for your help Greetings Ralph Ralph Slooten wrote: Hiya all, Now I feel *really* stupid asking this, but for the life of me I cannot work it out. On two machines here at home I discovered that I can write as a particular normal user to the root partition (/). This also means I can rename /root to /root1 if I want (I just tried), and create / delete files on / too. The strange thing is this does not work for another account (wife's) on the same machine, which seems to have the same permissions. It's almost like / is getting mounted by user axllent here. Other partitions that get mounted do not work, just / I have checked fstab: /dev/hda3/ reiserfsnoatime 0 0 In /etc/lilo.conf (on one machine that uses it) I have: image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11.10 label=2.6.11.10 root=/dev/hda3 vga=791 read-only the permissions of /dev/hda3 are: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ll /dev/hda3 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Aug 15 18:55 /dev/hda3 - ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ll /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 brw--- 1 root root 3, 3 Jan 1 1970 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 My groups for this user on both machines are: wheel audio cdrom games cdrw usb users portage wheel audio at usb users My wife who cannot write to / has wheel audio games usb users Using Reiserfs3. Does anyone have any idea what's causing this, and possibly how I can make / read-only? Greetings Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDAg+jCt0ZF9kLPvYRAp4CAJwOFwRHHYQJ2iUWNLSro8/t3Uh4NgCfcsSq LH/k4Y/IpkR8MlneKp6Retg= =sMCd -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] I (user) can write to / ... but why?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hiya all, Now I feel *really* stupid asking this, but for the life of me I cannot work it out. On two machines here at home I discovered that I can write as a particular normal user to the root partition (/). This also means I can rename /root to /root1 if I want (I just tried), and create / delete files on / too. The strange thing is this does not work for another account (wife's) on the same machine, which seems to have the same permissions. It's almost like / is getting mounted by user axllent here. Other partitions that get mounted do not work, just / I have checked fstab: /dev/hda3/ reiserfsnoatime 0 0 In /etc/lilo.conf (on one machine that uses it) I have: image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11.10 label=2.6.11.10 root=/dev/hda3 vga=791 read-only the permissions of /dev/hda3 are: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ll /dev/hda3 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Aug 15 18:55 /dev/hda3 - ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ll /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 brw--- 1 root root 3, 3 Jan 1 1970 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 My groups for this user on both machines are: wheel audio cdrom games cdrw usb users portage wheel audio at usb users My wife who cannot write to / has wheel audio games usb users Using Reiserfs3. Does anyone have any idea what's causing this, and possibly how I can make / read-only? Greetings Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDAN6KCt0ZF9kLPvYRAueFAJ49kV9gKfRSPPPeVaOR+wexDHSBjACfXa5K pbfD7OBM9Aom2jO2rWFpxlo= =KeTJ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] I (user) can write to / ... but why?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 What does ls -ld / show? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ls -ld / drwxr-xr-x 20 axllent users 456 Aug 15 20:05 / Looks like it's mounted by me ;-) LOL. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDAXbVCt0ZF9kLPvYRAhUeAJ99Gg+ehuR8T6ntKpo8nGk119Vg/wCgmYSN EntErq1ft4x/JHVz1nqHbo8= =K86w -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] I (user) can write to / ... but why?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nick Rout wrote: after that id ralph id wife will show the differences between the accounts - perhaps ralph is in the root group? workstation ~ # id axllent uid=1000(axllent) gid=100(users) groups=100(users),10(wheel),18(audio),35(games),80(cdrw),85(usb),250(portage) workstation ~ # id sanne uid=1001(sanne) gid=100(users) groups=100(users),10(wheel),18(audio),35(games),85(usb) It appears not, but if I look at the post one thread above yours (`ls - -ld /`) it seems to make scense, the root partition is mounted apparently by me, right? Thanks all so far for the ideas Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDAXfZCt0ZF9kLPvYRAgeuAJ9QupmjGhh5HRkPQa6IReOfXSIeRwCgk2jg bZ0gEV81A2pYsf5QGMFhB+U= =q+4T -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Encripting /home
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pupeno wrote: I use the dm-crypt from the kernel I've read that it is unsecure and I also read that it is not yet vory well suported. You read wrong. Dm-crypt *is* the encryption technique now used in the kernel, and it wasn't chosen out of a hat. What you do with it can make it insecure though, like a postit with the password attached to the monitor ;-) As for being supported, well if something is actually in the kernel itself (without patches), then it IS fully supported. Dm-crypt is fully supported since linux 2.6.4 Basically, as with any encryption, your secret is as safe as your password. There are of course tools to help you make your password even harder to crack, like hashalot, which basically sends your password though a pipe which hashes it into greek ;-) I know I don't need a key, but I do want a key (stored in a remobable modia) encripted with a passphrase I will be able to change, or best, my wife can have the key protected with a different passphrase than I do. Beyond that, encripting with a key is much better than doing that with a passphrase because the passphrase can be cracked (dictionary attack) while the key-encripted that can't. It seems what you are looking for with your key is probably a GPG key needed to unlock your drive. This is definitely possible, but you will have to do the research yourself. I do know there are tutorials to use gpg keys with encryption passsords etc... and iirc there was a tutorial for loop-AES too on their site. If you need this is another story. I know that gpg can have two separate kleys to do the same thing, so I presume separate keys and passwords are an option, but I have never ventured down that lane, as I'm not that paranoid. I use gpg myself for mailing, and encrypting certain files themselves, but I'm not paranoid enough to encrypt all my files with such heavy encryption. In fact, not even the US military is that bad. They now use 256bit AES encryption, which is the default of dm-crypt, and from an atricle I read it still would take them a couple of decades to crack. I use dm-crypt on all three of my machines (laptop, workstation and server), but none of them are fully encrypted ~ just partitions (and in one case a looped back file acting as partition). All are mounted with a simple #bash script I wrote to create the decrypted device link, ask to password, mount the device link to the filesystem. This means that none of this is found in /etc/fstab either. Users who are allowed to mount (use that script) are added into sudoers. Good luck ... Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFC6dctAWKxH5yWMT8RAttKAJ0Y+NErA8lbji5HwzG+tPWbvnbzRACfYD4t DuFFNkZcURq3r41wHxjVuBM= =slBW -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Encripting /home
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 As I said in another message, what I read is that the userland tools weren't supporting dm-crypt propersy. Probably I've read something that was outdated. An old bug I believe. ATM there is nothing I know of that supports a bug or flaw in any way. I didn't mean to use gpg to encrypt the whole file system, that would be insane. I mean that instead of using a password te encript, to use a generated key, which is stronger and to encrypt that key with a password (and keep it on a remobable media). But now that I think of it, I don't need that much security (Am I the only one that when reading about security gets paranoid ?). I agree you don't need that much security, but no, you are not the only one paranoid ;-) I do not think howevere that any agency would spend more than 2 days trying to hack your computer without literally trying to force it out of you. If it's more serious than that, then I guess they suspect you of having all the plans /addresses of the taliban on your comp ;-) Then you're on your own, lol. Either way, with plain old AES it's a matter of brute-force, and with dm-crypt the choice is up to you what hashing you use. What I mean with hashing is that your PW is send though a whatever hash. The password passwd becomes kæ?GòÝ3e.!+1´¦G·Áç.??ñÓû (in plain ASCII through a sha256 bit system used by dm-crypt). Of couse it's more compicated than that, but try getting just that password (the ascii version) with just plain text ;-) ... See you next century. To give you an example: in Holland they can give you a maximum of 3 months jail sentence for something you refuse to co-operate on .. IE: the password to your filesystem. If you think the contents are worth more then 3 months jail sentence keep your mouth shut, else just tell them. They won't crack your system even if you use 265kbit encryption. Take the .. ummm what was it called... something with a cow-logo... it was like [EMAIL PROTECTED], they solved it, using thousands of computers all over the world, and it took quite some time (2 years or so? anyone?). The thing was, it was 56bit encryption ;-) 256bit is a little (actually a LOT) more. I'd like this: home to be encripted in a way that can be mounted thru fstab asking the passphrase at mount-time, with the posibility to change the password easily. I think that can be achieved by using a key and encripting the key on cryptoloop, or it is simpler on loop-AES, because the passphrase con be changed easily, right ? What about dm-crypt ? is the passphrase changeable ? I believe with loop-AES, yes, but not with dm-crypt .. at least not yet. They are working on this, but I don't know how far they are. The thing is, does it need to be changed? This is for home use right? You are your spouce know the password, but how many others? A password of this measure does (IMHO) not need to be changes often at all, unless sent over an uncrypted line often. As I believe I mentioned in my previous post (beer has gotten hold of me) I mough my partitions with a bash script. It just has a list of the commands (with some error-correction) saves as an executable file. Let's call it secdrive ... all I say is `secdrive on` and it mounts it, asking for the password, and `secdrive off` umounting it. Pretty much the same way as fstab, except no trace of it there, and what can't be seen there isn't notived even (at least until they search your .bash_history files etc). I hope this os actually of some relevance ;-) If you would like more info, I wrote a tutorial on http://axljab.homelinux.org/Encryption_-_dm-crypt , and if you want I can send you my bash script which you can modify to you needs. Greetings Ralph PS: excuse the spelling mistakes. It wasn't my fault ;-) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFC6obvAWKxH5yWMT8RAo8bAJ0SZdjAZAa4poKxfScSMeNDJCglBgCg4XS9 UEoMt3M9a1dTJD5SEVf4JKw= =PuMm -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Thunderbird and IMAP
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hiya, Abraham Marín Pérez wrote: Hi everyone, I recently migrated from Evolution to Mozilla Thunderbird and I must say that I has been a really good move ;-). However, I have a couple of problems to fix before finishing the migration; firstly, I can browse the main folder in an IMAP server, but I can't browse subfolders, Right-click on the account and select Subscribe. I'm not sure about evolution, but thunderbird allows you to subscribe to folders like they were newsgroups. I'm not sure which imap software you are using, so I just presume courier-imap ;-) although I could with Evolution (and still can). On the other hand, I've got loads of contacts in Evolution that I'd like to transfer to Thunderbird without copying all them by hand. In the addressbook go to tools - import. There are several formats to import from. Again, I'm not sure of evolution, but I do presume it can export entries in certain standard formats (ldif, tab delimited, comma separated). Export them from evolution in one of those formats, and import them into thunderbird. Any help with either of these two problems? Well I hope this helps ;-) Greetings Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFC6Q4mAWKxH5yWMT8RAqKeAJ4oGqIcwHpWuJ+YxUnspA8IuaExXgCdFaUB 8r0rRmvqx8fS9zZR6OG2MJI= =8NJj -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Skype is awesome, what is sound daemon for?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel da Veiga wrote: Skype searches for sound daemons, but I notice it never uses them, OSS always (or the emulated OSS under ALSA), maybe will come handy in the future of development. Skype does not search for demons at all, the gentoo sound-wrapper script does. I wouldn't worry about the Linux version dissapear, the FREE version, OH YES, just like Kazaa and its bunch of spyware. Skype will ramain free (they state this on the website, including skype-to-skype calls always), and it is also spyware-free too. Comparing KaZaA and Skype is not a very good comparison at all dude... Besides, if you take a look at the license you agree when you use it (and I am almost a lawyer), taking your freedom away is the least they are doying. You basically agree that they may use your idle bandwidth and CPU time for any anonymous purpose. I won't let them use my computer without me knowing what's going on. Sure, a GREAT software, but FREE?! *lol* don't be fooled, they are getting well paid, believe me. The licence states: quote 4.1 Permission to utilize Your computer. In order to receive the benefits provided by the Skype Software, you hereby grant permission for the Skype Software to utilize the processor and bandwidth of Your computer for the limited purpose of facilitating the communication between You and other Skype Software users. /quote This means (in simple english) that your Skype maintains it's own online status, and uses it's own bandwidth to stay online and in contact with other contacts you have in your list. for the limited purpose of facilitating the communication between You and other Skype Software users does *NOT* mean You basically agree that they may use your idle bandwidth and CPU time for any anonymous purpose at all ~ And you are almost a lawyer you say, p. Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFCqVuaAWKxH5yWMT8RAlsZAKD31segxIxHfi28+nzQyAp+DijPfwCgvgQL Fd9iSYce2AdZNayRfCDA6H0= =W64R -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Skype is awesome, what is sound daemon for?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Grant, Grant wrote: Very interesting. It's starting to sound like Skype isn't the devil after all. Is there any other software that will let me make calls to regular phone lines from my Linux computer? Free would be better, but I don't mind proprietary software and per-minute charges if there are no alternatives. ;-) .. That was my point exactly. Skype isn't the devil at all, at least it isn't if you don't have anything against closed-source commercial software. It was not my intention to cause waves, but it does iritate me when closed-source gets bashed right into the ground purely for being closed source/commercial without actually looking at the product itself. To tell you the truth I would also prefer an open-source alternative, however there are none that work as well on all 3 major platforms (yeah, I have friends who use all and skype works great for all of them). However to answer your question as best I can. Basically all software used to phone fixed lines will have some charge or another I believe. Gnomemeeting apparently does this too (since recently) or at least I heard, but I know too little about that to make a judgement. http://www.gnomemeeting.org/index.php?rub=3pos=0faqpage=index.html#AEN21 might shed some light (and links) to things you might want to look at if Skype bothers you ;-) I have used gnomemeeting before though, and although it's a great product it had a load of dependencies which deam it in my eyes as not-worth-the-effort, seeing as I don't have gnome installed. This was actually a reason I reccomend Skype to most users who are looking for such a program as it has very few dependencies, and is easy to configure and use. Hope this helps ;-) Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFCqbHWAWKxH5yWMT8RAunMAJ9uOrNP3oU+UVVwUBUoZNk+ih9hCgCePZYI U1R6AHMX2mqKxy9clsgFJsE= =7cSE -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Skype is awesome, what is sound daemon for?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sorry to reply late on this, but statements like this cannot go unchallenged: Christoph Eckert wrote: Skype isn't awesome. They did it right in terms of usability. But do not forget that they are abusing you, the user, to penetrate the market with their proprietary protocol- As soon as this happened, it is likely that the Linux version disappears. Skype *is* awesome in terms of any Linux product. It works on almost all major distros out-of-the-box without any configuration needed (firewall included). This cannot be said for apps like gnomemeeting etc... They need severasl ports forwarded before they work properly which is often a PITA for the Linux-newbie. The only real issues (sound) I have come across with users are mainly Gentoo users who use the ebuilds, which in term uses a self-created sound-wrapper file which unfortunately does not work with everyone. As for removing Skype in the future?? Where do you get your information from? It sounds to me like your personal opinion which is based on nothing more than your pro-gpl / anti-the-rest attitude. You do realise that Skype being commercial is a company which like *every* other commercial company *needs* to make money to survive? Their p2p method *will* remain free too, and as for them dropping the Linux version well you do realise that Linux is playing more and more of a major role in the business desktop market right? Why would they cut their own money-supply off by dropping Linux (which, for the record, they aren't). I am a beta tester for Skype and have regular contact with their developers ... I think I would know if they were dropping the Linux support ~ that is unless you know something I don't ? So, if you like your freedom, search for free alternatives, and if there are none, help building them. There already are alternatives like linphone, SFLphone or KPhone. Sigh ... another twisted opinion of the word freedom. Dude, it's freedom in terms of free to choose (and to have a choice), rather than as long as it's free (price) AND GPL then it's OK ~ otherwise they are just \abusing\ you. Greetings Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCqSX1AWKxH5yWMT8RAjgwAJ9X9F56kfids34h5dt7+P/Gey9XlACg7d6n l80AsmMe+zeAnaywV2j+ccA= =eU1S -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ctorrent abort
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Matt Garman wrote: zsh: abort ctorrent ../ubuntu-5.04-dvd-i386.iso.torrent Maybe it's just Gentoo's way of killing competition ;-) I think I see the error ~ no large-file-support it seems in ctorrent. Piece length: 1048576 ubuntu-5.04-dvd-i386.iso ... doesn't add up imho. I would think ubuntu's DVD image is bigger that what turns out to be exactly 2x 1024KB (1G). The latest stable release is 1.3.2, and gentoo's version is 1.3.4, so I don't know maybe it's a known issue. You will have to search further. Another option is to use bittornado, which I use myself with fluxtorrent (php interface). Very practical if you have your own webserver locally. The only issue I have with the python clients is that they are so heavy (hence me trying ctorrent). What I did also try (and liked) was rtorrent however both it an it's dependency libtorrent are masked. It provides a handy curses interface, and seems to have no problems with files larger that ctorrent. Greetings Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCnUj3AWKxH5yWMT8RAmdmAKD07uKn+OiZabIFpyeo0KM2vkH8ogCfZysq m4B9bAoVZRpJvMhx0tSKdgQ= =8f4R -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Which IMAP is happiest with gentoo?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 By the way, how is the thread information retained, even if the subject line is changed? Look in the source of the emails for the References: header. It simply states which mail this is a reply to. Most programs use this to overrule actual Subject: as these days many languages kind-of insist of doing the Re: (or sometimes RE:) in their own language changing the subject automaticaly. Also there is the issue with the Re: being sometimes before, and sometimes after the [gentoo-user] depending on what mailer you use. When you press Reply those headers are automatically taken with it by your program. The only way to start a new thread is to physically start a new thread ;-) Hope this explains it a bit. Greetings Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFChxzQAWKxH5yWMT8RAm+NAJ98IlP9DG+h+Nnwj3EIExJmApBoCQCg3vDe qJsyrseB+WgdzHJUQW5tB0Y= =4d1b -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] PAM error messsages
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 /etc/security/pam_env.conf Comment out all in that config. It was a bug in the ebuilds a while ago (it was in the bugs database, but you will have to search for that yourself if you want to confirm). The solution was I believe to uncomment: REMOTEHOST DEFAULT= [EMAIL PROTECTED] XAUTHORITY DEFAULT= [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just put a # infront and restart sshd. Greetings Ralph Patrick Marquetecken wrote: with my last computer i have these error when i login, it doens't matter if its with ssh or local. The machine has no gui installed. Apr 27 09:05:47 localhost PAM-env[18418]: Unknown PAM_ITEM: DISPLAY Apr 27 09:05:47 localhost sshd[18418]: PAM pam_putenv: delete non-existent entry; DISPLAY Apr 27 09:05:47 localhost PAM-env[18418]: Unknown PAM_ITEM: XAUTHORITY Apr 27 09:05:47 localhost sshd[18418]: PAM pam_putenv: delete non-existent entry; XAUTHORITY where can i change this, without problems? TIA Patrick -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCcQdYAWKxH5yWMT8RAmJSAJ9imv8ZnKHq5Z8PgnuUuyzKH7SnEQCdGDRW MCMCgAgJ4g7GrXlSZnbL8i8= =CSo6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] No MySQL 4.1 Support ?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 SLES8 is still on 3.23, not tried SLES9 yet though... SLES9 = mysql-4.0.18-32.13 ... just checked on one of our servers. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFCXijIAWKxH5yWMT8RAn3IAJ4iPjZSb8guGwFRSmPWAR6VLKxLWwCfVJ+a gM5CcLyggR9rA77U6QsnStU= =oPPm -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: /etc/resolv.conf and return mail
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, What is the error message you talk about? Are you running your own mailserver internally, or trying to post to your ISP's SMTP? It looks like you mean your own, but before passing judgement could you confirm? .. but I cannot telnet to their port 25. If it's your own mailserver, is it trying to post directly to whomever you send it to, or routing through your ISP's SMTP? ~ Maybe your ISP has blocked outgoing port 25 (may have been several spammers / hacked_computers_used_by_spammers reported to you ISP from it's own network)? Does 192.168.1.1 run it's own DNS? Greetings Ralph Michael Sullivan wrote: I forgot to say that mail between espersunited.com users works fine. As I said, I've had this problem for a few days and I previously thought that the messages simply weren't being sent from the message queue. Incoming mail to espersunited.com works fine too... --- Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last Wednesday CableOne (my ISP (unfortunately)) suffered a violent thunderstorm at their headquarters in Arizona. All CableOne internet customers were without Internet for about six hours. Ever since the internet became available again my mail server has not been able to send mail from espersunited.com to yahoo.com, gmail.com and possibly more. My mail server attempts to deliver the outgoing email, but returns the mail to the user who sent it with an error message. The interesting thing is that I can ping the address of the recipient mail servers at Yahoo and Gmail, but I cannot telnet to their port 25. I don't know if this is my problem or theirs, and if it is theirs I don't know how to notify them of it. CableOne assigns all addresses (including their DNS servers) through DHCP. Is there a way to query my router for DNS information and use that instead of the two hard-coded IP addresses in /etc/resolv.conf? Here is the /etc/resolv.conf file on my server box: domain espersunited.com nameserver 192.168.1.1 nameserver 24.116.0.160 nameserver 24.116.0.202 The 192.168.1.1 is the address of my router. I don't know if the other two addresses are still valid. I know that the Gentoo LiveCD has some way of finding what these IP addresses should be, but I don't know how it does it. Can anyone help me with this? Also any insight into my outgoing mail problem would be greatly appreciated... __ Do you Yahoo!? Not if I can help it ;-) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFCW86eAWKxH5yWMT8RAhp2AKD0ortelk5PqX3GuCllh/M8UKocpACfc5MB mGOIrl1ciBYecNgjEQgD0HU= =aWe9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ATAPI burning doesn't work
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, kernel is Linux-2.6.10-gentoo-r6 Let me guess, it all used to work perfectly until you upgraded to 2.6.10? If this is the case, then I had similar problems. I cannot say for sure if gentoo found and fixed the errors in their own patched version (I use vanilla kernels), however in the default 2.6.10 kernel I encountered 2 major problems (and a third point): I) I *did* have to reinstall (recompile) cdrtools else it bombed out each time with really strange warnings (and I got new coasters each time too). II) Possibly not relevant, but linux-2.6.10 has a bug with ISO-9960 filesystems (*.iso), which may also (possibly) interfere with burning. III) I know you are using ATAPI, but the use of IDE-SCSI emulation would hard-freeze the kernel every time too. Make sure you remove (if you haven't) any IDE-SCSI modules (or built in) totally, as they should not be used anyway with 2.6 ~ if you have it that is. Initially I solved it by using patches from Alan Cox, however I upgraded to 2.6.11 the minute it was released, as I would encounter from time to time (after 10+ days uptime) a hard-lockup of the complete system without warning (and no logs/dmesg output). Basically what I am trying to say is that there are several major bugs in 2.6.10 relating directly to cd-writing. The chances are that if you upgrade/downgrade kernerl's you will solve it IMHO. Maybe this helps somewhat ;-) Greetings Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCXLCxAWKxH5yWMT8RAv0iAKCbXahS1RS0ksRGZT7bY2jN5Au7MQCcCSL/ YHTJoWBphjz+pfO19bgMiTw= =YUB4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
