https://www.qualys.com/research/security-advisories/GHOST-CVE-2015-0235.txt
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 05:31:51PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
On 10/07/2014 13:51, Stroller wrote:
On Thu, 10 July 2014, at 4:11 am, List Reader gentooglel...@gmail.com
wrote:
...
What does it mean to satisfy =dev-python/chardet-2.2.1?
equery g =dev-python/chardet-2.2.1
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 09:01:51PM +, James wrote:
Stroller stroller at stellar.eclipse.co.uk writes:
Perhaps someone else can explain?
Does this mean OP should have no other version of Python on his system,
but 3.4.x?
Stroller.
I believe this thread (prolly) explains
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 08:53:59PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
On 10/07/2014 20:11, List Reader wrote:
Okay, I see. Thank you so much. Soo so much. I thought I was going round
the twist, or hopelesly ignorant. I couln't understand why emerge didn't
offer me
--autounmask-write, so I could
On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 01:18:27AM -0400, Dan O. wrote:
I don't believe you pasted everything you meant to. That paste doesn't
show what packages would need to be emerged.
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redchops.com
(Website forever under construction)
On Wed, 9 Jul 2014, List Reader wrote:
Hello
On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 01:18:27AM -0400, Dan O. wrote:
I don't believe you pasted everything you meant to. That paste doesn't
show what packages would need to be emerged.
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Dan Oriani
redchops.com
(Website forever under construction)
On Wed, 9 Jul 2014, List Reader wrote:
Hello
On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 12:02:38PM +0100, Stroller wrote:
On Wed, 9 July 2014, at 6:14 am, List Reader gentooglel...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello again kind friends, I'm not sure how to resolve the requirements
for merging media-gfx/blender-2.71
emerge -pvf media-gfx/blender
http
On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 12:02:38PM +0100, Stroller wrote:
On Wed, 9 July 2014, at 6:14 am, List Reader gentooglel...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello again kind friends, I'm not sure how to resolve the requirements
for merging media-gfx/blender-2.71
emerge -pvf media-gfx/blender
http
On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 03:14:51PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
On 09/07/2014 09:54, List Reader wrote:
On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 01:18:27AM -0400, Dan O. wrote:
I don't believe you pasted everything you meant to. That paste doesn't
show what packages would need to be emerged.
--
Dan
Hello, I don't fully understand this packages use flag constraints.
emerge -pqv =media-gfx/blender-2.71
http://bpaste.net/show/445090/
emerge --info =media-gfx/blender-2.71
http://bpaste.net/show/445091/
I have keyworded =dev-lang/python-3.4.0 in package.accept_keywords, but
On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 09:21:38AM +0300, Samuli Suominen wrote:
On 08/07/14 09:23, List Reader wrote:
Hello, I don't fully understand this packages use flag constraints.
emerge -pqv =media-gfx/blender-2.71
http://bpaste.net/show/445090/
emerge --info =media-gfx/blender-2.71
http
Hello again kind friends, I'm not sure how to resolve the requirements
for merging media-gfx/blender-2.71
emerge -pvf media-gfx/blender
http://bpaste.net/show/447617/
The reqired ebuilds seem to be in portage, but emerge says the're not
available. Any insight would be grearly apreciated.
Kind
On Tue, Jul 01, 2014 at 10:50:28PM -0700, Bryan Gardiner wrote:
On Wed, 2 Jul 2014 11:30:33 +1000
List Reader gentooglel...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi! I have been trying to install media-gfx/freecad for a while, but I
can't understand the build log.
emerge -pqv =media-gfx/freecad-0.13.1830
Hi! I have been trying to install media-gfx/freecad for a while, but I
can't understand the build log.
emerge -pqv =media-gfx/freecad-0.13.1830-r1
http://bpaste.net/show/426786/
emerge --info =media-gfx/freecad-0.13.1830-r1
http://bpaste.net/show/426793/
cat
Hi! I have been trying to install media-gfx/freecad for a while, but I
can't understand the build log.
emerge -pqv =media-gfx/freecad-0.13.1830-r1
http://bpaste.net/show/426786/
emerge --info =media-gfx/freecad-0.13.1830-r1
http://bpaste.net/show/426793/
cat
Whoops! Sorry! My first message('s :)) with mutt. Ahem! Thank you.
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com writes:
I notice that the size part is on its own line which may be the issue.
That will rotate his log when it gets to 100k, and only when it gets to 100k.
The OP wants to rotate when either the log file is a certain size, or every
week, whichever
Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk writes:
However the from: address is strol...@host.long.domain, which I
feel is a little untidy.
Hopefully you use sendmail as mta. If so either, Masquerading or
generics table can rewrite in or out going mail far as from field.
I'm familiar only with
How can user learn the exact fonts contained in the various font
package offered in portage without actually installing them?
Even after installing, unless you have something like xlsfonts
installed you still won't be able to tell.
equery files font-pkg
Gives a list of the files installed but
John P. Burkett burk...@uri.edu writes:
Suggestions for recovering the old 10x20 font would be appreciated.
I had the same problem but was able to view from an old backup of var
in a previous OS install what was installed.
It showed 38 packages I'd also like to know what specific fonts
are
rea...@newsguy.com writes:
Just for you own info in case you ever want to do it not that
wasn't why it didn't work.
Jesus... I'm getting more illiterate as time goes on.
Should say:
Just for [your] own info in case you ever want to do it... [No], that
wasn't why it didn' work.
Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com writes:
I'm ashamed to admit I made the most basic mistake. I compiled uvesafb
as a module. Oops! Compiled it as Y instead of M and now I have a
pair of Tux sitting atop my kernel boot screen and no more 80x25
horror. :)
Is there some difference in
I tried to install hwinfo today and failed with the latest
~hwinfo-14.19. I couldn't make anything usefull of the failure
message so backed off to the stable version 13.28. I got the same
failure so wondering if anyone can make sense of the (partial)
output below.
Does it mean this file is
In the first section during a `makeconfig' session, there is a line
(the second one) that says:
Local Version - append to kernel release
I like to use that and put `-$MYHOST' as string. I wondered if there
is any way to set a numericly incrementing string. Maybe some trick
syntax that can go
Dirk Heinrichs dirk.heinri...@online.de writes:
I like to use that and put `-$MYHOST' as string. I wondered if there
is any way to set a numericly incrementing string. Maybe some trick
syntax that can go in that spot?
The build system does that automatically as long as you don't make
Can anyone tell from the tail of this build failure if the problem is
related at all to gentoo, maybe use flags or such. Or if it is a
problem with the emacs-cvs code itself.
I know they are having problems... as reported on the emacs devel list
with `make bootstrap' but I'm not smart enough to
Sorry to include so much of the last of emerge output on an update of
mysql but not so easy to see what the real problem is.
Maybe someone here will recognize it:
Following and emerge -vuD world... at mysql:
Tail of mysql build:
[...]
../../././bdb/dist/../mutex/mut_pthread.c:66: error:
Is there any way to speed up the du command? I mean short of having
cron run it on target directories and store results. (not really
speeding up but at least not having to wait for a result)
I've seen various mention of du being slow but don't recall any
mentions of how to speed it up.
I use
After surviving the initial update to openrc I've now found after an
update world that the latest openrc no longer links /etc/init.d/lo to
/lib/rc/sh/net.sh.
In fact /lib/rc/sh/net.sh is completely gone. So I'm left with
several useless symlinks in /etc/init.d and no indication of what they
Andrés Becerra Sandoval [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Probably you didn't etc-updated your system. My box is working
correctly, /etc/init.d/net.lo is the attached file, and net.eth0 is a
symlink to this file.
Do you mean just update the new .cfg files against installed files?
Apparently I
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
'xpm' is a graphics format ( X Pix Map, IIRC) so that may be a problem.
There is also a USE flag for Xface as well.
Try adding '-xpm -xface' to your USE flags.
Well I can report that it wasn't the xpm flag. I haven't tried with
-xface yet but wouldn't the output
I'm curious how some-cvs type packages work.
In particular emacs-cvs. I'm running what gentoo tells me is
emacs-23.0..
I have certain font problems that judging by following the emacs-dev
list are now somewhat dealt with in current cvs.
AFter running `emerge --sync' I see that emacs-cvs
Folks.. I'm sorry to repost this under a new subject line... I got no
responses on a previous try... Is there someone here who is an emacs
user who might see whats going wrong with the emerge? Or someone how
can just spot something in the error output that provides a clue for
me to dig with.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 09:05:30AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Folks.. I'm sorry to repost this under a new subject line... I got no
responses on a previous try... Is there someone here who is an emacs
user who might see whats going wrong with the emerge? Or
Stroller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 17 May 2008, at 16:00, Alexander Meinke wrote:
So again, if one wanted to set some use flags differently for layman
packages ... where and how would that be done?
I think that you should use package.use.
Yes. According to Strollers post this is done by
I've just started to use layman tools and wondered if setting such
things as /etc/portage/package.use would still be done in that same
place and same way?
I want to install an overlay of emacs-cvs but with different use flags
I'm following along with the instruction at:
I've just started to use layman tools and wondered if setting such
things as /etc/portage/package.use would still be done in that same
place and same way?
deface [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
assuming you've got your make.conf setup appropriately, the overlay
will take precisidence.
Alexander Meinke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
So again, if one wanted to set some use flags differently for layman
packages ... where and how would that be done?
I think that you should use package.use.
Yes. According to Strollers post this is done by an package.use file
in
I want to get emacs-cvs installed on a machine with no X or xorg stuff
installed. I want version 23 for the newly merged multi-tty
functionality. (a way to connect to a running emacs remotely)
When I try to emerge it:
[...]
xfaces.c:(.text+0x42a6): undefined reference to
Following a recent jump from pre openrc to post openrc via emerge -vuD
world, sendmail is now failing to authenticate with my Smart host.
I'll say in advance that I am not interested in switching MTAs for the
inevitable suggestions to switch to a different MTA.
Far as I know nothing has changed
Justin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It appears to be, at root, just another snivel about how MS does
things with no substance.
I understand it the other way round. It is not an active knocking on
your ports, but a passive MS thing. Lots of Chinese bought a new
computer with an MS operating
James [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
# mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev
[...]
Any of the above steps that are not necessary?
Other have commented about the .../boot stuff but in dozens of times
chrooting during all kinds of install situations I've never done
`mount -o bind /dev
When running `eix-test-obsolete' after update world and revdep-rebuild
I get a list of 14 pkgs under the heading as listed below.
What does this mean... I'm running ~x86 and have been for yrs so the
ones that show `U' should have gotten updated during ... -vuD world.
root # emerge -vp
Has anyone else noticed jwhois queries to have quit working?
I get
root # jwhois 128.111.24.43
[Querying whois.arin.net]
[Error creating socket]
[Unable to connect to remote host]
If I change the default server, still get the same message.
Changing to alpha style notation:
jwhois
On on a cable provider (comcast).
My router shows a constant hammering from numerious chinese IPs on
port 1027 and 1026.
Its not really apparent what is going on .. looking at the date graph
presented here:
http://isc.sans.org/port.html?port=1027
Other google hits don't say much about it
Justin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If so what is the massive chinese interest in icq?
found this in the net:
http://www.grc.com/port_1026.htm
http://www.grc.com/port_1027.htm
That doesn't give any analysis of why this port is being hammered by
hundreds, even thousands of IP originating
Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Tue, 13 May 2008 07:18:33 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
I guess I don't understand how the system got these packages but
appears not to know much about them.
Try adding --with-bdeps y and see if that addresses it. I've got this
in my make.conf
Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I guess I don't understand how the system got these packages but
appears not to know much about them.
Try adding --with-bdeps y and see if that addresses it. I've got this
in my make.conf file
It does want to upgrade one of the pkgs with that set.
Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think you should, as long as nothing system-critical is listed, and
emerge shouts loudly about removing those.
I think your are probably right...
For example, one of the listed pkgs is:
gnome-base/libgnomeui
which equery says `firefox' and
Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, 13 May 2008 11:46:26 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Another possibility is that ypou merged them with the --oneshot
option, or that they were pulled in as a
I'm trying to bone up on netfilter, iptables, conntrack etc etc.
Using the howto at:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Iptables_and_stateful_firewalls#Firewall_design_basics
Early on after describing how to generate a netfilter enabled kernel,
the author has this to say:
If you've already
Where do I learn how to use elog?
googling with `site:gentoo.org elog' only turned up forum
conversations. And bug reports...
Is there no HOWTO about elog?
`man portage' and search on elog shows nothing whatever.
Isn't the elog stuff part of portage?
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In man portage I see examples of using package.use
Its listed with address /etc/portage/package.use and shows usage like
this:
some/package:useflag(to add a specific use flag)
I want to subtract a use flag so trying:
(tried with and without quotes just in case the dash (-) was not
Akselii [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Any tips or tricks for me?
tip # 1: You will get much better results asking something specific
and maybe some details of what yov've tried.
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Kenneth Prugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
net-analyzer/tcpdump:-samba
net-analyzer/tcpdump:-samba
Neither way appears to have an effect on
emerge -vuDNp tcpdump
[...]
try:
net-analyzer/tcpdump -samba
It works ... thanks .. I was confused with this info which is
apparently really about
Adam Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Do this;
/etc/init.d/net.eth0 stop
- verify the interface is down, if its not maybe just 'ifconfig eth0 down' it
/etc/init.d/net.eth0 zap
/etc/init.d/net.eth0 start
A reboot cured the problem... It now works like one would expect.
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Albert Hopkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Enterprise WPA or whatever it's called. I haven't been able to log in,
but a workmate of mine installed a fresh copy of Hardy Heron and it
worked the first time. I haven't really had the time/interest to figure
out why it wasn't working on my Gentoo
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
vi was written by Bill Joy
Bill Joy wrote lots of good stuff in BSD
Our favourite OS owes a lot to BSD
using vi pays homage to those magnificent BSD'ers of old
I second all the vi accolades.
I like the fact that Bill Joy was horribly drunk when he
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
All kde all gnome all xorg for example, before update world.
It seems fine in theory, but every time I've done it in real life I get
into deep dependency trees that take more time to sort out than simply
emerging world first.
The trouble seems to
Brandon Mintern [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Call me old school, but that method never takes me more than a few
minutes to do. I am also someone in the vim camp. It fires up quickly
Unless you are updating a vmappliance built on old (even for 2006)
2006 pkgs to current 2008 pkgs.
I know this is
In the middle of doing a major upgrade from very old pkgs to current
2008 and compiling lots and lots of stuff.
Seeing that line `checking for WHATEVER' go by 486,211 times so far
makes me wonder if there wouldn't be someway to cache all those
answers somewhere so whatever test is done for each
I thought I remembered someway to compile a single module after the
fact that didn't involve recompiling everthing... but just now I
entered the usr/src/linux directory and edited .config adding the
sshfs FUSE module.
when I ran `make' I see it grinding thru the whole thing again. Is
that
updating from an old 2006 pkg based install to latest 2008 and have
gotten pretty far along... right now emerging udev in an
emerge -vuDN system
command.
The emerge is hung at:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild U ] sys-fs/udev-120 [087-r1] USE=(-selinux) 0 kB
Total: 1
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ctrl-C to kill the emerge and
rm /var/tmp/portage/sys-fs/.udev-120.portage_lockfile
Egad and how many times have done that in other situations...
I tried emerge -vC udev followed by emerge -v udev
No help
Its just udev-120 that does this.
Before
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You are expecting autoconf to actually do something sane when it runs???
Har har.
You must be new here.
hehe... no not new... you'd never know it by the questions I ask but
I've been running linux since redhat 3 series circa 1995-6 or so.
I probably
After updating to 2008 pkgset after merging openrc I lost the
net.eth0 link.. I see other have seen this and even at least 2 bug
reports but the cure is said to be recreating by hand.
I find that not to work... DETAILS:
First, net.lo is itself a symlink to /lib/rc/sh/net.sh, so I'm
creating a
Albert Hopkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
So what is the correct procedure here?
Did you try
# /etc/init.d/net.eth0 zap
It has no effect whatsoever:
root # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 zap
* Manually resetting net.eth0 to stopped state
(In fact it is not stopped I can ping www.gentoo)
root
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[...]
I cannot seem to get past a kernel panic that appears to be expecting
an intramfs (You may remember this from a previous thread) After
hand rolling 3 different kernels and trying genkernal all its all
ended in the same kernel panic.
Yes,
Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
eix-sync
eix-test-obsolete
emerge -pvDuN --with-bdeps=y world
emerge -p --depclean
-p --depclean tells me:
!!! You have no system list.
What does that mean?
Also:
emerge -pvDuN --with-bdeps=y world
neither man emerge nor man portage show any
Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:08 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
eix-sync
eix-test-obsolete
emerge -pvDuN --with-bdeps=y world
emerge -p --depclean
-p --depclean tells me:
!!! You have no system list.
Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
eix-sync
eix-test-obsolete
emerge -pvDuN --with-bdeps=y world
emerge -p --depclean
emerge -pvDuN --with-bdeps=y world
revdep-rebuild -p
eix-test-obsolete
Assuming everything is totally clean, or at least understood, now I
change the profile and
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[...]
-p --depclean tells me:
!!! You have no system list.
What does that mean?
Trouble, big trouble.
Does /etc/make.profile point to an actual existing profile? That's the
only thing I can think of that takes system away. It's defined in the
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[2] vi /var/lib/portage/world
What if I emerge -vC all I know I don't want.
All kde all gnome all xorg for example, before update world.
I was hoping to accomplish much the same thing by editing world. But
strangely I see only a few candidates to
I'd like to jump an 2006 install up to 2008. I've never made that big
an update without a fresh install.
What is the smoothest way to do it?
How might I manage to change the current profile from x86/2006 to
x86/2008
That option is of course not available currently at
/usr/portage/profiles.
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'd like to jump an 2006 install up to 2008. I've never made that
big an update without a fresh install.
There's no such thing as a 2006 install. What does exist, is the
collection of packages that were on the LiveCDs released in 2006. It's
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Saturday 26 April 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is turning into a big time sink that I don't really have so I'll
probably just use cygwin stuff to get some unix tools onto vista.
But first, are you running gentoo in a vmware on vista?
I was
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Friday 25 April 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, I'm thinking it probably won't do any real good to monkey around
with the kernel either, if the initramfs thing isn't the problem them
it seems likely to be a vista problem.
The kernel is exactly
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The kernel is exactly where you should be monkeying. I reckon you have a
driver you need compiled in and it's a module because of the make
allconfig.
I went thru the makeconfig carefully. Even disallowing an early item
allowing intramfs boot, built
Just when I began to think I knew a thing or two about grub I'm
finding I am failing to get a working grub.conf going on a new
install.
True, the install is inside a vmware machine on windows vista but that
has not presented a problem in previous versions of windows and it
does not appear to be
/kernel-2.6.25-r1 root=/dev/sda3
(This also works as noted by using completion at `/ktab')
grub boot
In the screen shot provided note that it appears grub is expecting an
intramfs and only lists those types of devices, rejecting both
(hd0,0) and /dev/sda3.
http://www.jtan.com/~reader/vu
a simple test would be to insert the intramfs options and see
if it works.
If so then I will redo the kernel with makemenuconfig and eventually
get a working kernel with no initramfs baloney.
Reader, do you have an XP machine with VMWare where you could copy
through
vmware gust over to and try
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Something seems to have changed with 2.6.25, more so than normal for new
versions. For instance, b43 refuses point blank to work here or do
anything remotely useful like a nice driver should. b43legacy doesn't
work either. They both work with earlier
Etaoin Shrdlu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Tuesday 22 April 2008, 17:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...]
Which version of vmware? Workstation of server? I assume server in the
following.
Your detailed explanation about bridged verses nat has answered my
questions in full.
I add this
Net Warrior [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
HI there guys.
I've already installed gentoo, and wanting to setup the ethernet , trying to
use net-setup seems not to be installed, which package do I nneed to install
in order to have this util?
It seems I missed something.
Thanks for your time and
I'm unable to log in as root on the installer OS for 2008.1_beta iso.
I see nothing telling me what the root password is but the installer
prompts me for a username and password. When logging in as root
fails I'm eventually logged in as user `gentoo' but can do none of the
things necessary to
Chris Brennan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I haven't used 2008.1b1 yet so forgive me if I am a little off.
By default, 200X.X would give you a prompt whereby you type passwd
and set the root password to a known value.
Not on the installer iso for i686 2008.1
But I think another poster has
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
NOTE:
[ Sorry if this repost is a little abusive - possibly people just
felt it was too off topic and ignored it. I'm trying again since I
am not getting useful input from the vmware forums where this
properly belongs. Apparently not many of those vmware
Are their some simple steps to get tightvnc to work and allow me to
connect to windowsxp box on home lan?
It's pretty impossible to tell what is supposed to be done from the
man pages.
Is running tightvnc from linux to a windows box likely to require
endless jerking around and diddling with
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Are their some simple steps to get tightvnc to work and allow me to
connect to windowsxp box on home lan?
It's pretty impossible to tell what is supposed to be done from the
man pages.
Is running tightvnc from linux to a windows box likely to require
endless
How can I make Konqueror use the same plugins as Firefox?
I've installed mplayer and that seems to have allowed Firefox to
display online videos in QuickTime format, but try the same link in
Konqueror and I get a message telling me no plugin for Quictime video
is found and offering to download
Anyone else noticed there is no man page for ping? I know I've looked
up things in man ping in the past, maybe quite far in the past and
possibly even on a different distribution, but still I thought maybe
my man page setup was borked but looking at:
equery files net-misc/iputils (which contains
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
sigh Code like this makes me want to vomit. The
OS-that-shall-not-be-named pulls stunts like this, I really think FLOSS
stuff should be better.
So, I have to emerge an entire sgml kit to generate a man page. Wow.
Especially since last time I
Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 2008-02-11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've recently switched from DSL to Cable connection but still have
both working currently.
I've snipped all responses but carefully read through them. I think I
Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The cable modem acquires an IP address by dhcp from comcast but also
internalizes the MAC of the NIC in the PC, so if you change the MAC
(By inserting a router in between, with a different MAC in this case)
then the modem continues to try to connect to the MAC
I'm sorry to be bringing so much stuff up on this forum that is
actually off topic. No one has complained but if anyone knows where
this question should be sent... please let me know.
I'm trying to work out the sequence of events when playing videos from
the internet. There are many freebies
Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
AFAICT, cable modems that act as bridges are becoming more rare
(DSL bridges were always more rare than cable bridges for some
reason). Comcast has tried to replace my (rented) bridge with
a router a couple times, but I always insist that I want it
Dan Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I wanted to try to gauge if there was much of a noticeable difference
with the two IP connections. And it would be handy to just step
through the links changine the GW intermittently.
Yes, you can do that, but if you put a linux box between the gateways
I happen to be in a situation where I have both a DSL and CABLE
connection to internet up for the time being... (Until the DSL
contract month runs out).
It affords a nifty opportunity to do some experiments. Of course I
tested the speeds of both and it varies between 200 and 500 % faster
on the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've recently switched from DSL to Cable connection but still have
both working currently.
I've snipped all responses but carefully read through them. I think I
didn't provide enough info at the outset.
I see now that this cable modem has no ethernet address as
Sorry for the OT, but unable to raise anyone at comcast right now.
I think I recall having read somewhere that one can do something to
discover what devices are on a network (Home lan). And what there
addresses are.
I've recently switched from DSL to Cable connection but still have
both working
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