Re: [gentoo-user] SSLv2 is back today (gone tomorrow?)

2016-03-04 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 04/03/2016 15:57, walt wrote: > I notice that openssl-1.0.2g-r2 restores SSLv2 as a temporary fix > for the breakage caused by r1 yesterday. > > My machines are working just fine without SSLv2 so I'm going to skip > the update to r2 and keep r1 while waiting for a permanent fix. I'm > not a

[gentoo-user] SSLv2 is back today (gone tomorrow?)

2016-03-04 Thread walt
I notice that openssl-1.0.2g-r2 restores SSLv2 as a temporary fix for the breakage caused by r1 yesterday. My machines are working just fine without SSLv2 so I'm going to skip the update to r2 and keep r1 while waiting for a permanent fix. I'm not a security expert, so I'd like to hear opinions

[gentoo-user] Re: I don't understand version numbers in Gentoo security advisories

2016-03-04 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2016-03-04, Jonathan Callen wrote: > On 03/03/2016 04:00 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > >> I'm sure I'm just being stupid, but I don't understand the lists of >> affected and unaffected version numbers in Gentoo security >> advisories. >> >> For example: >> >> Package

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-03-04 Thread lee
Kai Krakow writes: > Am Sat, 20 Feb 2016 10:48:57 +0100 > schrieb lee : > >> Kai Krakow writes: >> >> > Am Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:52:30 +0100 >> > schrieb lee : >> > >> >> Is WSUS of any use without domains? If it

[gentoo-user] incremental ZFS backups

2016-03-04 Thread lee
Hi, when you want to use zfs send/receive to make incremental backups, do you need to keep all the snapshots you're making the backups from around indefinitely? I haven't found any documentation about how to deal with all the snapshots which would be created over time. Can they be destroyed

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-03-04 Thread lee
Kai Krakow writes: > Am Sat, 20 Feb 2016 11:24:56 +0100 > schrieb lee : > >> > It uses some very clever ideas to place files into groups and into >> > proper order - other than using file mod and access times like other >> > defrag tools do (which even

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Allow work from home?

2016-03-04 Thread lee
Daniel Frey writes: > On 02/21/2016 04:36 PM, lee wrote: >> Daniel Frey writes: >> >>> On 02/20/2016 02:27 AM, lee wrote: Daniel Frey writes: > I looked up x2go and rebuilt openssh on my home server as it suggested > to try

[gentoo-user] Need some help with switching KDE setup from i915 to radeon graphics

2016-03-04 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Hello Fellows, My PC had been running on Intel graphics for 1½ years. Finally, I got myself an AMD R7 370 today and installed it (together with a second set of 16 Gigs of RAM ^^). I could use some help getting it working properly. Here is what I did: yesterday I enabled VIDEO_CARDS=radeon in