So I've heard. I remember using gentoo a couple years ago, compiling everything was the only reason I didn't stay. And apt and .deb packaging is just awesome, I can recompile if required and push packages to all my machines. Has gentoo adopted packaging at all?
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Kveri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > try gentoo, everything in testing branch (~) is pretty stable. > > Kveri > > J T wrote / napísal(a): > > I've had debian installed for some time and its a great distro. However > it > > takes longer for versions of specific software to make its way into the > > stable branch. And sometimes testing can become pretty unstable. > > > > I'm starting to like ubuntu more. > > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 7:37 AM, Kveri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Nothing but true :). > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> On 10 Nov 2008, at 11:04, Crazy Canucks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Can't help you with your specific problem, and this is a bit ot, but > >>> stick with Linux, you'll be happy you did. I switched from Windows to > >>> Linux, and yes, it was a steep learning curve, but once I started > >>> figuring things out, I was extremely happy I did. > >>> > >>> Just an example of the benefits: > >>> > >>> I host game servers for my clan on the weekend, and I host our website > >>> on the the same box as the game servers. When I start up the game > >>> server, I take down the full website, and put up a minimal one in it's > >>> place. Anyway, on Windows, I used to have a check list, with about 20 > >>> steps on it for starting up and shutting down the game servers. > >>> > >>> I now have scripts that have replaced those twenty steps with one. I > >>> have a script that I run to start the servers, and I enter the name of > >>> the game I want to play, the script handles everything else, and a > >>> cron > >>> script shuts down the game server and puts back up the full website in > >>> the morning after the game nights. > >>> > >>> My servers are bandwidth challenged. When I switched to Linux I was > >>> able to essentially double the update rate for my servers. I can only > >>> guess that Windows attaches some kind of bulky header to the packets > >>> which Linux doesn't. Switching to Linux was the smartest thing I've > >>> ever done for my clan servers. > >>> > >>> Drek > >>> > >>> Arthur wrote: > >>> > >>>> Any hints as to which packages? New to Linux its proving a steep > >>>> learning > >>>> curve - windows is so much easier :( > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > >>>> Jordy van > >>>> Wolferen > >>>> Sent: Monday, 10 November 2008 7:22 PM > >>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > >>>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] [hlds] Left 4 Dead Demo Dedicated Server > >>>> filesavailable > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> This is only for an AMD64 box. > >>>> Maybe you can update the necessary packages for 32 bit, without > >>>> upgrading to lenny. > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 7:33 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Its a 32bit intel box, > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > >>>>> Jordy van > >>>>> Wolferen > >>>>> Sent: Monday, 10 November 2008 5:17 PM > >>>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > >>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] [hlds] Left 4 Dead Demo Dedicated Server > >>>>> filesavailable > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Did you keep the ia32-libs installed? You still need them > >>>>> > >>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 6:40 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Never mind :) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Relised i forgot to extract the .deb file, however still doesnt > >>>>>> work > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> running > >>>>> > >>>>> > >> http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.7-15_i386.deb > >> > >>>>>> Just segmentation faults on start up, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Anyideas? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > >>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>> Sent: Monday, 10 November 2008 4:20 PM > >>>>>> To: 'Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list' > >>>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] [hlds] Left 4 Dead Demo Dedicated Server > >>>>>> filesavailable > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Few questions for you, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> a) how do you remove the LD_PRELOAD paramater? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> b) output of my console now > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Could not locate steam binary:./steam, ignoring. > >>>>>> ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/games/l4d/temp/libc6_2.7-15_i386.deb' > >>>>>> from > >>>>>> LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored. > >>>>>> Failed to open bin/dedicated_i486.so (/lib/tls/libc.so.6: version > >>>>>> `GLIBC_2.4' not found (required by bin/dedicated_i486.so)) > >>>>>> Add "-debug" to the ./srcds_run command line to generate a > >>>>>> debug.log to > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> help > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> with solving this problem > >>>>>> ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/games/l4d/temp/libc6_2.7-15_i386.deb' > >>>>>> from > >>>>>> LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored. > >>>>>> Mon Nov 10 16:18:51 EST 2008: Server restart in 10 seconds > >>>>>> ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/games/l4d/temp/libc6_2.7-15_i386.deb' > >>>>>> from > >>>>>> LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Dual Core2 Quad Box running debian > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thanks in advance > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > >>>>>> Jordy van > >>>>>> Wolferen > >>>>>> Sent: Monday, 10 November 2008 12:14 PM > >>>>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > >>>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] [hlds] Left 4 Dead Demo Dedicated Server > >>>>>> filesavailable > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I fixed it on my Debian Etch AMD64 server. > >>>>>> I used this package: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libc6-i386 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> wget > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >> > http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/glibc/libc6-i386_2.7-15_amd64.de > >> > >>>>>> b > >>>>>> ar x libc6-i386_2.7-15_amd64.deb > >>>>>> tar xvzf data.tar.gz > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Then LD_PRELOAD the lib like this: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> export LD_PRELOAD=/home/l4d/tmp/lib32/libc-2.7.so (ofcourse your > >>>>>> path > >>>>>> to that file) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Run that before you start your server. > >>>>>> It seems to run fine :) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 9:41 PM, Jordy van Wolferen < > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>> If you do find a way to make a deb, let us know, so we can use > >>>>>>> it too :) > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 11:37 -0800, J T wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Debian Etch is the latest stable. The main reason why it has > >>>>>>>> libc6 2.3 > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>> is > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>>> because 2.3 still supports kernel 2.4, in the next release of > >>>>>>>> lenny it > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>> will > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>> ship with libc6 2.7 which should correct the problem. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> If you have the choice of installing a new OS, choose ubuntu, > >>>>>>>> since > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>> they > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>>>> seem to have newer version of most packages. Debian is sometimes > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>> doesn't > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>>>> include newer packages. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I'm looking at possibly trying to get glibc into a .dpkg so I > >>>>>>>> don't > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>> have > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>> to > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>> run debootstrap. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Cheers. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:22 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> No and yes... it's the most recent stable release of debian. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>>>>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>>>>>> [mailto:hlds_linux- > >>>>>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of CNU > >>>>>>>>>> Sent: 07 November 2008 19:20 > >>>>>>>>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > >>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] [hlds] Left 4 Dead Demo Dedicated > >>>>>>>>>> Server > >>>>>>>>>> filesavailable > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Are everyone running Debian Etch here or something? Isn't it > >>>>>>>>>> like...ancient? > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>>>> CNU > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>> archives, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> please visit: > >>>>>>>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>> archives, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>>>>> please visit: > >>>>>>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>>>>> archives, > >>>>>> please visit: > >>>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>>>>> archives, > >>>>>> please visit: > >>>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>>>>> archives, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> please visit: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>>>> archives, > >>>>> please visit: > >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>>>> archives, > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> please visit: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>>> archives, > >>>> please visit: > >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>>> archives, please visit: > >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>> archives, please visit: > >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > >> please visit: > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > -- --------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
