[gentoo-user] [konqueror] Can't invoke and editor when `view source'

2008-01-15 Thread reader
I didn't get much of a response on gmane.comp.kde.devel.kfm about this trouble I'm having with konqueror (although I was told on another kde group that was the place for it). I got one post that asked me for certain specific information which I supplied, but got no more replys (near 2 wks now).

[gentoo-user] Re: Installing via GRML

2008-01-15 Thread reader
Anyone talking about grml here know where to download: From grml.org: `Release grml 1.1-rc1 - Codename Skunk' Unless you want to use the baloney bit torrent download it appears none of the servers listed have that version. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: [konqueror] Can't invoke and editor when `view source'

2008-01-16 Thread reader
Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Don't know the first thing about emacs, but it may need bringing up a terminal first which in turn runs emacs. You may want to try selecting the Run in terminal or invoke it like so: xterm -e /usr/bin/emacs This should not be a factor with X enabled emacs.

[gentoo-user] Re: [konqueror] Can't invoke and editor when `view source'

2008-01-16 Thread reader
Hemmann, Volker Armin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Open webpage right click open with... choose kate or any other editor. Well that is at least progress... I can get kate and kwrite to appear but still not emacs. I just get the emacs icon bouncing until it times out. --

[gentoo-user] Re: Installing via GRML

2008-01-16 Thread reader
Michael Schmarck [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: `Release grml 1.1-rc1 - Codename Skunk' Unless you want to use the baloney bit torrent download What's baloney about a bittorrent download? It's a good way to save on bandwidth for the one, who offers a download. It's also not more insecure

[gentoo-user] Re: [konqueror] Can't invoke and editor when `view source'

2008-01-16 Thread reader
Håkon Alstadheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have this same problem on some machines. Notably the ones where I've put the most cruft in .emacs. I suspect that there is some bug that stops garbage-collection from happening during startup so emacs runs out of memory. Somehow having a tty

[gentoo-user] Re: [konqueror] Can't invoke and editor when `view source'

2008-01-16 Thread reader
Håkon Alstadheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Don't know the first thing about emacs, but it may need bringing up a terminal first which in turn runs emacs. You may want to try selecting the Run in terminal or invoke it like so:

[gentoo-user] [OT] Online bookmark keeper with good merge routine

2008-01-16 Thread reader
Sorry to pop up something so far off topic but hard to get answers that aren't pretty far from what you are after on other forums at times. I've been using sitebar as my online bookmark keeper for quite a while but seem to have trouble merging in new bookmarks from multiple machines ... what is

[gentoo-user] Re: [konqueror] Can't invoke and editor when `view source'

2008-01-16 Thread reader
Håkon Alstadheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can you start emacs without problems from konqueror at right click/open with/ on any machine? I mean without `xterm -e emacs' Not running konqueror here, but yes, emacs would fire up quite reliably when I had it as my source editor in mozilla,

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Online bookmark keeper with good merge routine

2008-01-18 Thread reader
Yahya Mohammad [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: Yahya Mohammad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OT] Online bookmark keeper with good merge routine Newsgroups: gmane.linux.gentoo.user To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:09:39 +0400 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] What

[gentoo-user] Drafting or simple blue print creation

2008-01-18 Thread reader
Searching with `eix -S draw' Dredges up a lot of hits I'm looking for something to help me draw a simple mechanical drawing. Just a wooden rack for a 5th wheel flat top trailer. The only linux type tool I've ever used for something like that was xfig and that was several yrs ago. Is xfig

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Online bookmark keeper with good merge routine

2008-01-18 Thread reader
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hehe... no if I only knew what ftp/webDav was ... Hehe... now if I only knew what ftp/webDav was ... ^^^ -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Online bookmark keeper with good merge routine

2008-01-18 Thread reader
A. Khattri [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been using sitebar as my online bookmark keeper for quite a while but seem to have trouble merging in new bookmarks from multiple machines ... what is supposed to be a merge turns into a replace

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Online bookmark keeper with good merge routine

2008-01-19 Thread reader
A. Khattri [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been using sitebar as my online bookmark keeper for quite a while but seem to have trouble merging in new bookmarks from multiple machines ... what is supposed to be a merge turns into a replace

[gentoo-user] Re: Daniel Robbins' come back ?

2008-01-19 Thread reader
Enrico Weigelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Part of the problmem might be too many quick+dirty hacks, another part's the philosophy of taking evrything as it comes from the upstream. It's not trivial to get out of this ;-o First off, your comments seem to be some of the more sensible here. Not

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Online bookmark keeper with good merge routine

2008-01-20 Thread reader
A. Khattri [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been using sitebar as my online bookmark keeper for quite a while but seem to have trouble merging in new bookmarks from multiple machines ... what is supposed to be a merge turns into a replace

[gentoo-user] Any one using www-apps/online-bookmarks

2008-01-21 Thread reader
I'm having a little trouble getting www-apps/online-bookmarks set up. Near as I can tell there is literally no help installed when you install this package A few readmes with a URL to an online help site: http://www.frech.ch/online-bookmarks/installation.php However, I'm not seeing the

[gentoo-user] Re: Any one using www-apps/online-bookmarks

2008-01-21 Thread reader
Jason Carson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You may have to emerge php with the apache2 USE flag if it still doesn't work. When I emerged the bookmarks package it pulled in php and I see apache2 was one of the useflags used. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: Any one using www-apps/online-bookmarks

2008-01-21 Thread reader
James Ausmus [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Haven't used online-bookmarks before myself, but it soulds like Apache isn't configured properly for PHP scripts - try *adding* the following to your /etc/conf.d/apache2 file in the APACHE2_OPTS line (inside the double-quotes): -D PHP -D PHP5 and then

[gentoo-user] Re: Any one using www-apps/online-bookmarks

2008-01-22 Thread reader
version: 5.0.44-log Gentoo Linux mysql-5.0.44-r2 Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. But when I try to run the command (wrapped for mail): mysql create database bookmarks; ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied for user 'reader'@'localhost' to database

[gentoo-user] Re: Any one using www-apps/online-bookmarks

2008-01-22 Thread reader
Etaoin Shrdlu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tuesday 22 January 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, this one is easy to fix: login in to MySQL as root: mysql -uroot -p enter your password when prompted That part fails here: # mysql -uroot -p Enter password: root passwd entered

[gentoo-user] Re: Any one using www-apps/online-bookmarks

2008-01-22 Thread reader
I may have spoken too soon. Re-installing mysql got me to where I can login to the console but the suggested commands still fail: # mysql -uroot -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 16 Server version: 5.0.44-log

[gentoo-user] Re: Any one using www-apps/online-bookmarks

2008-01-23 Thread reader
James Ausmus [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Jan 22, 2008 2:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I may have spoken too soon. Re-installing mysql got me to where I can login to the console but the suggested commands still fail: # mysql -uroot -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor.

[gentoo-user] Re: Any one using www-apps/online-bookmarks

2008-01-23 Thread reader
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And I guess... not surprisingly the bookmark page now works too? One lingering mysql command that is printed when the bookmarks page configuration steps is gone through: From bookmarks page: [...] After completing the configuration, create useraccounts with the

[gentoo-user] [way OT] Firefox qt download file names

2008-01-23 Thread reader
My sister has posted some video of my nieces wedding online for the family to view. When I hit the site (on WindowsXP) my browser (firefox) displays it in quicktime. I don't see any opportunity to download the file and I hate to have to just record it from the screen. I'm pretty sure firefox is

[gentoo-user] [OT] quicktime from linux

2008-01-23 Thread reader
Wanting to be able to see online videos that want quicktime to be installed, what applications do I need to emerge? Googling like: site:gentoo.org display quicktime in firefox Turns up dozens of hits but it appears very many of them are really just showing the USE flag quicktime and not about

[gentoo-user] Re: [way OT] Firefox qt download file names

2008-01-23 Thread reader
Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You probably don't want to give away the site, but if you get stuck post some of the source that you think might be relevant, and we can go from there. No, but I thought it might be easier to get the file out of wherever firefox does this... is that not

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] quicktime from linux

2008-01-23 Thread reader
Brian Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: net-www/mplayerplug-in Thanks... downloading now -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] [OT] Interrogate network for devices

2008-02-09 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Interrogate network for devices

2008-02-11 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Interrogate network for devices

2008-02-11 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] [OT] About Mozilla cache and online video watching

2008-02-11 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Interrogate network for devices

2008-02-11 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT again..] Technical networking question about changing GW

2008-02-11 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] [OT again..] Technical networking question about changing GW

2008-02-11 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Interrogate network for devices

2008-02-11 Thread reader
[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

[gentoo-user] No ping man page

2008-02-12 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: No ping man page

2008-02-12 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Make Konqueror use same plugins as Firefox

2008-02-13 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] [ot tightvnc] No connections work

2008-03-15 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: [ot tightvnc] No connections work

2008-03-15 Thread reader
[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

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT vmware] Networking Gentoo as guest on vista

2008-04-22 Thread reader
[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

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT vmware] Networking Gentoo as guest on vista

2008-04-23 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: net-setup package

2008-04-23 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] root password on 2008.1-i686 minimal install

2008-04-23 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: root password on 2008.1-i686 minimal install

2008-04-23 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Grub heartbreaker

2008-04-24 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: Grub heartbreaker

2008-04-24 Thread reader
/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

[gentoo-user] Re: Grub heartbreaker

2008-04-24 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: Grub heartbreaker

2008-04-24 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: Grub heartbreaker

2008-04-25 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: Grub heartbreaker

2008-04-26 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: Grub heartbreaker

2008-04-26 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] smoothest way to jump from 2006 to 2008

2008-04-29 Thread reader
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.

[gentoo-user] Re: smoothest way to jump from 2006 to 2008

2008-04-29 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: smoothest way to jump from 2006 to 2008

2008-04-30 Thread reader
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,

[gentoo-user] Re: smoothest way to jump from 2006 to 2008

2008-04-30 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: smoothest way to jump from 2006 to 2008

2008-04-30 Thread reader
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.

[gentoo-user] Re: smoothest way to jump from 2006 to 2008

2008-04-30 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: smoothest way to jump from 2006 to 2008

2008-04-30 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: smoothest way to jump from 2006 to 2008

2008-04-30 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: smoothest way to jump from 2006 to 2008

2008-05-01 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: smoothest way to jump from 2006 to 2008

2008-05-01 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: smoothest way to jump from 2006 to 2008

2008-05-01 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] checking for.....

2008-05-01 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] compiling a module after the fact

2008-05-01 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] re-appearance of `waiting for lock' bug?

2008-05-01 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: re-appearance of `waiting for lock' bug?

2008-05-01 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: checking for.....

2008-05-01 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] New eth.0/openrc setup - I'm confused

2008-05-01 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: New eth.0/openrc setup - I'm confused

2008-05-01 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: New eth.0/openrc setup - I'm confused

2008-05-02 Thread reader
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. --

[gentoo-user] Re: Network manager for laptop

2008-05-02 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Using package.use

2008-05-04 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: [off-topic] Hello all!

2008-05-04 Thread reader
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. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: Using package.use

2008-05-04 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Where is elog documentation

2008-05-06 Thread reader
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? -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing

[gentoo-user] conntrack and the netfilter howto

2008-05-11 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] eix-test-obolete

2008-05-13 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] jwhois quit working

2008-05-13 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Constant hammering from Chinese IPs on prt 102[67]

2008-05-13 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: Constant hammering from Chinese IPs on prt 102[67]

2008-05-13 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: eix-test-obolete

2008-05-13 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: eix-test-obolete

2008-05-13 Thread reader
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.

[gentoo-user] Re: eix-test-obolete

2008-05-13 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: eix-test-obolete

2008-05-13 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] sendmail trb post update wrld and jump to openrc

2008-05-14 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: Constant hammering from Chinese IPs on prt 102[67]

2008-05-14 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: Re enter chroot install

2008-05-14 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] How to set package.use for layman overlays

2008-05-17 Thread reader
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:

[gentoo-user] Re: How to set package.use for layman overlays

2008-05-17 Thread reader
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.

[gentoo-user] Re: How to set package.use for layman overlays

2008-05-17 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] emerge emacs-cvs fails on a fairly minimal install

2008-05-17 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: How to set package.use for layman overlays

2008-05-18 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Can't install emacs-cvs on semi-minimal install of gentoo (no X)

2008-05-19 Thread reader
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.

[gentoo-user] Re: Can't install emacs-cvs on semi-minimal install of gentoo (no X)

2008-05-19 Thread reader
[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

[gentoo-user] Re: Can't install emacs-cvs on semi-minimal install of gentoo (no X)

2008-05-20 Thread reader
[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

[gentoo-user] Are some-cvs items synced with actual cvs often?

2008-05-20 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] openrc all over again with version 0.2.4-r1

2008-05-23 Thread reader
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

[gentoo-user] Re: openrc all over again with version 0.2.4-r1

2008-05-23 Thread reader
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

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