Re: [gentoo-user] why multiple versions of java-config, automake, and autoconf?
On Thursday 31 May 2007 06:25:58 Denis wrote: > > > While on the subject, I ran a pretend on revdep-rebuild, and it's > > > complaining about some broken libraries in GCC... > > > > [SNIP] > > > > > broken /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/libgcjawt.la (requires > > > /usr/lib/lib-gnu-java-awt-peer-gtk.la) > > > broken /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/libgij.la (requires > > > /usr/lib/libgcj.la) > > > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125728#c29 > > Oh fun! found me a bug... which is still "open" for over a year... > It's funny how my other Gentoo box doesnt have any broken GCC > libraries (although also upgraded to GCC 4.1.2) but instead has a > broken GIMP library that needs libexif.so.10. Those two .la files only exist when the gcj use flag is enabled for gcc. > So... edit the *.la files or create symlinks? ;-) Yes. -- Bo Andresen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] why multiple versions of java-config, automake, and autoconf?
> While on the subject, I ran a pretend on revdep-rebuild, and it's > complaining about some broken libraries in GCC... [SNIP] > broken /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/libgcjawt.la (requires > /usr/lib/lib-gnu-java-awt-peer-gtk.la) > broken /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/libgij.la (requires > /usr/lib/libgcj.la) https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125728#c29 Oh fun! found me a bug... which is still "open" for over a year... It's funny how my other Gentoo box doesnt have any broken GCC libraries (although also upgraded to GCC 4.1.2) but instead has a broken GIMP library that needs libexif.so.10. So... edit the *.la files or create symlinks? ;-) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] why multiple versions of java-config, automake, and autoconf?
On Thursday 31 May 2007 05:53:08 Denis wrote: > On 5/30/07, Ric de France <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think what is more useful is --prune (I'm guessing as I'm not in > > front of a Gentoo box at the moment). I usually try: --prune makes no checks of what's still required. [SNIP] > But doesn't --prune just remove all but the most recent installation > of a given package? Yes. > While on the subject, I ran a pretend on revdep-rebuild, and it's > complaining about some broken libraries in GCC... [SNIP] > broken /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/libgcjawt.la (requires > /usr/lib/lib-gnu-java-awt-peer-gtk.la) > broken /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/libgij.la (requires > /usr/lib/libgcj.la) https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125728#c29 -- Bo Andresen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] why multiple versions of java-config, automake, and autoconf?
On 5/30/07, Ric de France <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think what is more useful is --prune (I'm guessing as I'm not in front of a Gentoo box at the moment). I usually try: # emerge -Pp Here's the output: myhost etc # emerge -Pp These are the packages that would be unmerged: dev-java/java-config selected: 2.0.32 protected: 1.3.7 omitted: none sys-devel/automake selected: 1.10 1.6.3 1.7.9-r1 protected: 1.9.6-r2 omitted: none sys-devel/autoconf selected: 2.61 protected: 2.13 omitted: none 'Selected' packages are slated for removal. 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed. But doesn't --prune just remove all but the most recent installation of a given package? While on the subject, I ran a pretend on revdep-rebuild, and it's complaining about some broken libraries in GCC... langevin etc # revdep-rebuild -p -v Configuring search environment for revdep-rebuild Environment mismatch from previous run, deleting temporary files... Checking reverse dependencies... Packages containing binaries and libraries broken by a package update will be emerged. Collecting system binaries and libraries... done. (/root/.revdep-rebuild.1_files) Collecting complete LD_LIBRARY_PATH... done. (/root/.revdep-rebuild.2_ldpath) Checking dynamic linking consistency... broken /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/libgcjawt.la (requires /usr/lib/lib-gnu-java-awt-peer-gtk.la) broken /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/libgij.la (requires /usr/lib/libgcj.la) done. (/root/.revdep-rebuild.3_rebuild) Assigning files to ebuilds... done. (/root/.revdep-rebuild.4_ebuilds) Evaluating package order... done. (/root/.revdep-rebuild.5_order) All prepared. Starting rebuild... emerge --oneshot -p -v =sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2 These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2 USE="fortran gcj gtk mudflap nls (-altivec) -bootstrap -build -d -doc (-hardened) (-ip28) (-ip32r10k) (-multilib) -multislot (-n32) (-n64) -nocxx -objc -objc++ -objc-gc -test -vanilla" 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB Now you can remove -p (or --pretend) from arguments and re-run revdep-rebuild. I'm a little uneasy doing a --oneshot emerge of GCC when I just recompiled my system twice... I'm not sure how that will affect my GCC upgrades in the future. I only upgraded a minor version of GCC, too. Any thoughts? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] why multiple versions of java-config, automake, and autoconf?
On Thursday 31 May 2007 04:43:07 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > There could be other multi-version > > packages... Is this normal for portage that is configured to > > autoclean? > > Yes. Autoclean doesn't uninstall versions in a different slot. I'm not > sure about depclean. With the latest versions of portage --depclean does clean unneeded slots for packages not in system or world. Since system and world doesn't support specifying slots it can't do it for those though. -- Bo Andresen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] why multiple versions of java-config, automake, and autoconf?
Hi, On 31/05/07, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There could be other multi-version > packages... Is this normal for portage that is configured to > autoclean? Yes. Autoclean doesn't uninstall versions in a different slot. I'm not sure about depclean. I think what is more useful is --prune (I'm guessing as I'm not in front of a Gentoo box at the moment). I usually try: # emerge -Pp to see all the possible "pruning" that can be done. Then individually prune packages using: # emerge -P I'm sure there's a better way to do things. Also be sure to follow up a prune with a "deep world" emerge, ie.: # emerge -DNuva world It'll make sure if you prune something like automake that isn't back / forth - compatible will be restored to your system. HTH, Ric -- Ric de France Ph: +61412945554 (international) or 0412945554 (Australia) ==> Do you, uh... Gentoo? Gent-hooo!! <== ==> http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/about.xml <== -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] FW: mail-mta/exim (is blocking mail-mta/ssmtp-2.61-r2) (more info added)
On Thursday 31 May 2007 04:57:53 Paul Varner wrote: > > But at least it will never use the horrible hack that revdep-rebuild uses > > with --package-names because of the lack of support for the > > =category/package-version:slot syntax in portage-2.0* which it still > > supports.. :) > > Hey, I'm proud of that horrible hack! Didn't say you shouldn't be. It was necessary when you made it. > However, on that note, I can't wait to get rid of it and use the > =category/package-version:slot syntax. I've been strongly thinking of > doing it in 0.2.4 which is in the pre-release cycle right now. The equal sign was a mistake. I've actually been meaning to poke you about that. At the same time you should drop the --emptytree parsing and just use --deep directly. With the circular deps in the tree now that gets much better results. :) -- Bo Andresen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] FW: mail-mta/exim (is blocking mail-mta/ssmtp-2.61-r2) (more info added)
On Thursday 31 May 2007 04:37:52 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > If it's really useful, it should be chmod'd +x and installed or linked > into /usr/sbin. I can do that myself (in that case /usr/local/sbin), but > such wonderful utilities shouldn't be hidden. :) I can't really disagree with that, heh. It has been added to the faq though, however, it won't go online till the next release. > > It does still lack a couple of features though. > > Namely --library and the ability to pick another version when the ebuild > > for an installed version has been removed. At least the latter is soon to > > come. > > I noticed it was also trying to reinstall all my binary-only packages: > sun-jdk, blackdown-jdk, skype, and emul-linux-x86-compat. I guess > revdep-rebuild has some blacklist that prevents it from doing so. Ah yeah, forgot that one. It doesn't parse the variables that control where revdep-rebuild should and shouldn't look and what libs it should ignore. Instead it iterates over each installed package and runs ldd on every *.la and *.so* file. > > But at least it will never use the horrible hack that revdep-rebuild uses > > with --package-names because of the lack of support for the > > =category/package-version:slot syntax in portage-2.0* which it still > > supports.. :) > > You mean that portage actually supports slot deps now? Yes. There shouldn't have been an equal sign though. Using it in the tree is against policy, however, until we get an EAPI bump. But the new python-updater does take advantage of it and drops the horrible hacks it used to use. Also because portage has become much better at figuring out the build order with --deep when handed a list of broken packages in random order. Really dropping the horrible hacks in revdep-rebuild would be easy when just raising the dependency on portage to >=2.1.2. -- Bo Andresen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] FW: mail-mta/exim (is blocking mail-mta/ssmtp-2.61-r2) (more info added)
On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 04:20 +0200, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > But at least it will never use the horrible hack that revdep-rebuild uses > with --package-names because of the lack of support for the > =category/package-version:slot syntax in portage-2.0* which it still > supports.. :) Hey, I'm proud of that horrible hack! However, on that note, I can't wait to get rid of it and use the =category/package-version:slot syntax. I've been strongly thinking of doing it in 0.2.4 which is in the pre-release cycle right now. Regards, Paul -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] why multiple versions of java-config, automake, and autoconf?
On Wednesday 30 May 2007 21:23:00 Denis wrote: > Why are there multiple versions of java-config, autoconf, and > automake shown on my system? They are incompatible, slotted, and each slot is individually required (or was at some time). > There could be other multi-version > packages... Is this normal for portage that is configured to > autoclean? Yes. Autoclean doesn't uninstall versions in a different slot. I'm not sure about depclean. > If so, I find it rather interesting that packages would > depend on so many different versions of automake, for instance! HA. autohell is that way because there's little backward or forward compatibility. (Well, that and m4.) -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.org/ \_/ pgpGlwvJ7LX05.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] FW: mail-mta/exim (is blocking mail-mta/ssmtp-2.61-r2) (more info added)
On Wednesday 30 May 2007 21:20:52 Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > On Thursday 31 May 2007 04:09:10 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > I found check_linkage.rb, but it's not installed (or linked) to any of > > the standard $PATH directories. Instead, it's in a "demo" directory. Is > > it fully functional? > > Yes. You run it with ruby. Yeah, I figured a .rb was run with ruby. :P If it's really useful, it should be chmod'd +x and installed or linked into /usr/sbin. I can do that myself (in that case /usr/local/sbin), but such wonderful utilities shouldn't be hidden. :) > It does still lack a couple of features though. > Namely --library and the ability to pick another version when the ebuild > for an installed version has been removed. At least the latter is soon to > come. I noticed it was also trying to reinstall all my binary-only packages: sun-jdk, blackdown-jdk, skype, and emul-linux-x86-compat. I guess revdep-rebuild has some blacklist that prevents it from doing so. > But at least it will never use the horrible hack that revdep-rebuild uses > with --package-names because of the lack of support for the > =category/package-version:slot syntax in portage-2.0* which it still > supports.. :) You mean that portage actually supports slot deps now? -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.org/ \_/ pgpr0zqBz2ntK.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] why multiple versions of java-config, automake, and autoconf?
Hi all... This is the output of "emerge --info" for the Gentoo box that I'm still configuring - fresh install. I configured and compiled a working version of the kernel, configured CFLAGS and USE flags, etc. I also ran "emerge -eD system" and "emerge -eD world" and updated /etc configs accordingly. Now... Why are there multiple versions of java-config, autoconf, and automake shown on my system? There could be other multi-version packages... Is this normal for portage that is configured to autoclean? If so, I find it rather interesting that packages would depend on so many different versions of automake, for instance! Portage 2.1.2.7 (default-linux/x86/2007.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r3, 2.6.20-gentoo-r8 i686) = System uname: 2.6.20-gentoo-r8 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 Timestamp of tree: Wed, 30 May 2007 16:50:01 + dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.32 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 sys-apps/sandbox:1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=prescott -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] FW: mail-mta/exim (is blocking mail-mta/ssmtp-2.61-r2) (more info added)
On Thursday 31 May 2007 04:09:10 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > I found check_linkage.rb, but it's not installed (or linked) to any of the > standard $PATH directories. Instead, it's in a "demo" directory. Is it > fully functional? Yes. You run it with ruby. It does still lack a couple of features though. Namely --library and the ability to pick another version when the ebuild for an installed version has been removed. At least the latter is soon to come. But at least it will never use the horrible hack that revdep-rebuild uses with --package-names because of the lack of support for the =category/package-version:slot syntax in portage-2.0* which it still supports.. :) -- Bo Andresen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] FW: mail-mta/exim (is blocking mail-mta/ssmtp-2.61-r2) (more info added)
On Wednesday 30 May 2007 07:20:45 Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > On Wednesday 30 May 2007 05:39:01 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > However, paludis does have some missing features that may be critical for > > your environment: > > a revdep-rebuild equivalent (although this can be hacked around) > > With the ruby use flag there's check_linkage.rb. I didn't know about that. I've been using revdep-rebuild, but having it pass "cat-egory/package" as an additional argument to emerge, which cause the emerge to fail. I then run paludis using packages from one of revdep-rebuild's temporary files. Finally I remove revdep-rebuild's temporary files. It's a nasty hack, but it has worked so far. I found check_linkage.rb, but it's not installed (or linked) to any of the standard $PATH directories. Instead, it's in a "demo" directory. Is it fully functional? -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.org/ \_/ pgpNAZg34RJwf.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to mount a bad disk
On Tue, 29 May 2007 22:13:58 -0400 sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Kirkwood wrote: > > sean wrote: > >> I have a Windows XP driver here that belongs to a friend that just > >> crashed. > >> > >> I am trying to figure out if there is some way I can force the > >> drive to mount on my system so that I can get some data off it for > >> her. > >> > >> Not having much luck, would anyone have any tips as to how I might > >> be able to make this happen? > > > > What happened when you tried to mount it (and is it formatted NTFS > > or FATXX)? > > > > If the disk has real errors (i.e bad sectors as opposed to > > software/windows problems), then app-forensics/autopsy might get the > > important user data off. > > > > Cheers > > > > Mark > > Tried to mount it as NTFS. > > Not familiar with this software, will have to check it out. > > Thanks > Sean There are things you can do if - AND ONLY IF - the drive doesn't work when used as usual. Don't try this until you're sure there's no other option. Also, I have never done this, but have had it explained to me by 2 techs, one who owns his own shop, and another who worked at compUSA, in the tech department, and I belive them. The first thing you can try is to freeze the drive. How to keep the condensation out, I don't know.. I seem to recall seeing a drive in an antistatic bag in a freezer but I don't know the details. hopefully the internet can fill them in. You might also try keeping it cold with compressed air cleaning canisters held upside down, or using them for light cooling by themselves. Look into it, at any rate, because I think this one's promising. Secondly, a drive sometimes needs a little 'encouragement' before it'll cough up the data. Try tapping , nudging, or banging it around a little before you decide to throw it away. I certainly hope this helps a bit. This is of course a last resort -- people are probably going to say it's rediculous, but there's no loss at the point of your trashing the disk. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] which -march flag to pick for Intel Core 2 Duo in make.conf?
On Fri, 25 May 2007 14:26:32 -0400 Denis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/25/07, Andreas Claesson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Since you (Denis) are doing a lot of mathematical calculations you > > will probably benefit from running in 64bit mode. > > I often need to run Monte Carlo simulations (in C) which involve a lot > of array storage and array scanning/searching operations... I wonder > what the speed-up would be for those simulations if run under a 64-bit > mode. Are there any requirements on how the simulations should be > programmed in order to take advantage of the 64-bit arch, or is that > automatically done by the GCC compiler and the kernel? Would you mind telling us what kind of performance difference you experience? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Suspend to swap on a diskless host
On Sun, 27 May 2007 16:21:03 +0200 "Michal 'vorner' Vaner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > AFAIK, I think you do not want to do that. Not on important boxes, that's for sure! > First: You need to load the kernel from the swap, in the time it > loads, you have no running kernel (well, there is a little part, but > that one has no clue about network). My observations lead me to believe that, after going into hibernation with swap suspend, the kernel boots up normally, and it's only at the point of init running that it really comes 'out' of hibernation. As far as running kernel before networking, it's a diskless host so the kernel does do dhcp configuration at boot time. > Second: You do not want swap on nfs, since it is terribly slow, buggy, > nfs can allocate memory to transfer data and you get a circular > problem > - to get a memory, you need to get a memory. And, what if your cat > steps on the ethernet cable? Better risk that then constantly be running out of memory. I haven't had a single problem with this. To be fair, it has 1/2 gig of RAM and only 64M of swap, and although it only uses about a meg, it does use that up pretty much right away. > Third: the suspend does not use swap as a swap, but as a part of a > disc. As a block device you might say. A loop device is a block device like any other, is it not? > You might try suspend to ram, thought. It should work on diskless > machine as well as on any other. That is my preferred solution. Perhaps someday I will get it to work... Anyhow, Hans-Werner-Hilse already provided a solution, which by the way I haven't actually implemented, and probably never will, because it's clearly a convoluted scheme in the first place. He suggested using an initrd suspension, since you can get an initrd from a tftp server just like a kernel image. Thanks for the feedback, Dan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Portage: garbage after EOF
On Thursday 31 May 2007 00:34:04 Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > On Wednesday 30 May 2007 23:45:40 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Wed, 30 May 2007 21:15:28 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: > > > bunzip2: /home/dsl/distfiles/openmotif-2.2.3-r9.tbz2: trailing garbage > > > after EOF ignored > > > [...] > > > > > > It affects *.tbz2 only. > > > > That's correct, portage stores some metadata at the end of the archive. > > It doesn't store anything in DISTDIR though. It appears that this file > should be in PKGDIR. Ah, the possibility I hadn't thought of is the emul-linux-x86-* packages some of which use portage binpkgs in their SRC_URI. In this case it's emul-linux-x86-xlibs/emul-linux-x86-xlibs. -- Bo Andresen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Portage: garbage after EOF
On Wednesday 30 May 2007 23:45:40 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 30 May 2007 21:15:28 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: > > bunzip2: /home/dsl/distfiles/openmotif-2.2.3-r9.tbz2: trailing garbage > > after EOF ignored > > [...] > > > > It affects *.tbz2 only. > > That's correct, portage stores some metadata at the end of the archive. It doesn't store anything in DISTDIR though. It appears that this file should be in PKGDIR. -- Bo Andresen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Deactivate keyboard
> > Hi, > > > Hi! > > I have set up Gentoo on a system that I would like to use as a video, > music > > player and sometimes to check my emails. There is a remote control > connected > > to it and is detected as a serial keyboard. Now I want the > >> xorg-server > not > > to process events coming from this "keyboard". I also have a > >> bluetooth > > keyboard that I want to connect to that system and events coming > >> from > this > > keyboard should be processed. > > > > So, is it possible to deactivate one keyboard? > > > I think so, what about deactivating the one you do not want to use in > >>> your > xorg.conf? > > >>> Thats exactly what I'm trying to do: deactivate the keyboard in my > >>> xorg.conf. But how can I do it? > >> > >> > >> Removing the part in your conifg, I suppose. A question: Don't you want > to > >> use the keyboard anymore with X? > >> > >> Sven > > > > I suppose you meant the part: > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Standard Keyboard" > > Driver "kbd" > > Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" > > Option "XkbRules" "xorg" > > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > > Option "XkbLayout" "de" > > Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" > > EndSection > > > > If I remove this part from my config X would use a standard > configuration for keyboads connected to that computer. > > My goal is that only one keyboard will not work. This way I can use a > daemon to process events coming from this device. > > I haven't ever tried this, but have you looked into using a keyboard > section with an option similar to: > > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > > but replacing /dev/input/mice with the path to the keyboard you *do* > want to use (I have no idea what that path would be...)? > Nice idea but after a short test I found out that this configuration doesn't work. The path to a keyboard-event ist for example /dev/input/event5 or /dev/input/by-id/. The problem is that this device nodes create key-press-events, key-release-events and so on. I think I'll leave the special buttons on the remote control alone and only use the arrow and ok keys. -- Ist Ihr Browser Vista-kompatibel? Jetzt die neuesten Browser-Versionen downloaden: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/browser -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Portage: garbage after EOF
On Wed, 30 May 2007 21:15:28 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: > bunzip2: /home/dsl/distfiles/openmotif-2.2.3-r9.tbz2: trailing garbage > after EOF ignored > [...] > > It affects *.tbz2 only. That's correct, portage stores some metadata at the end of the archive. -- Neil Bothwick Politically Incorrect -- and damn proud of it! signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] [perhaps OT] ssh from Gentoo into a RedHat server
On Wednesday 30 May 2007 21:12, Fabio wrote: > Hello Mick mic ! :D > > On 30/05/07, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > debug1: Next authentication method: publickey > > debug1: Trying private key: /home/michael/.ssh/id_rsa > > debug1: Offering public key: /home/michael/.ssh/id_dsa > > I am not sure if you know the publickey authentication method, so > there goes an unnecessary explanation: > > If you register the id_dsa.pub contents in the file > /home/mic/.ssh/authorized_keys in the server, then the publickey > authentication method returns success, what means, you enter the > server without typing your password. The debug messages suggest that > publickey method failed because you did not register the key. Thanks for the explanation. I had already created an authorized_keys file in /home/mic/.ssh and pasted my id_dsa.pub key in there. Then checked that there was nothing untoward in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file and restarted the sshd service. > > debug1: Authentications that can continue: > > publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password debug1: Next authentication method: > > password > > == > > > > I find it confusing. First of all I do not have a id_rsa. > > You can generate one with the command ssh-keygen and using the default > statements. Sure, but I don't need an rsa key. I am happy using my dsa key for now. > > Second, my id_dsa > > is my private key not my public key. My public key is id_dsa.pub > > No problem, ssh respects that completely. I know that it does. What I don't know is why the debug message says: "Offering public key: /home/michael/.ssh/id_dsa" when id_dsa is a private key. -- Regards, Mick pgpFTN0iZwyWX.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] seg fault emerging abiword
Mat Harris wrote: > So from now on I should always install a package with "-meta" if > its from kde (providing one is available eg. kdevelop)? Not necessarily. The meta packages are there to pull in a whole group of packages, so you don't have to name them all separately. But if you just use a few parts of KDE, you would install just those parts. They will still pull in a lot of dependencies, but not everything KDE under the sun. But back to the segfaults... Seeing that it also segfaulted on kdepim, this really looks like overheating. Or like bad RAM. Make sure your fans and vents are free of dust, that connectors and RAM modules are well seated. Debian or Red Hat might run without a problem, but compiling really heats up a CPU and uses all of the memory. Benno -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] how do you keep up with system administration?
On Wed, 30 May 2007 13:20:13 -0400, Denis wrote: > I read the "man make.conf" and also the "make.conf.example". Seems > pretty clear, except what is the "qa" option for the > PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES variable? And I assume the "info" option logs > all the green-star stuff at the end of emerge? qa = Quality Assurance, generally warnings about faulty ebuilds and meant for developers. warn, error and log should be enough, info contains a lot of trivial information. -- Neil Bothwick Too many clicks spoil the browse. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] [perhaps OT] ssh from Gentoo into a RedHat server
On Wednesday 30 May 2007 16:57, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > [...] > > I find it confusing. First of all I do not have a id_rsa. it tries the default keys (id_rsa or id_dsa), if exists. if you don't want it to try it, you can use the -i parameter to ssh pointing to your private key (ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_dsa @), > Second, my id_dsa is my private key not my public key. My public key is > id_dsa.pub but you will need your private key to be authenticated. that's why it is *private*. > Is this a server configuration issue, or something to do with my Gentoo set > up? ana in the server you'll need to put your *public* key into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file. > PS. Not sure if this is relevant but although my user name on the server is > mick, for reasons better known to him the sysadmin has created my home > directory as /home/mic - could it be that sshd is looking for /home/mick? that messages isn't from the server, is from client running locally. but it doesnt matter for what you want. []'s .m -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [perhaps OT] ssh from Gentoo into a RedHat server
Hello Mick mic ! :D On 30/05/07, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All, debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Trying private key: /home/michael/.ssh/id_rsa debug1: Offering public key: /home/michael/.ssh/id_dsa I am not sure if you know the publickey authentication method, so there goes an unnecessary explanation: If you register the id_dsa.pub contents in the file /home/mic/.ssh/authorized_keys in the server, then the publickey authentication method returns success, what means, you enter the server without typing your password. The debug messages suggest that publickey method failed because you did not register the key. debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password debug1: Next authentication method: password == I find it confusing. First of all I do not have a id_rsa. You can generate one with the command ssh-keygen and using the default statements. Second, my id_dsa is my private key not my public key. My public key is id_dsa.pub No problem, ssh respects that completely. Is this a server configuration issue, or something to do with my Gentoo set up? PS. Not sure if this is relevant but although my user name on the server is mick, for reasons better known to him the sysadmin has created my home directory as /home/mic - could it be that sshd is looking for /home/mick? sshd looks into /home/mic on the server side. Regards, Mick Cheers! -- Fabio A. Correa D. Physics Dept, Universidad Nacional, Bogota, Colombia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] My webpage and OpenPGP key at http://facorread.150m.com My alexandria.cc address is not available anymore. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] seg fault emerging abiword
On Wednesday 30 May 2007 19:26, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 May 2007 21:16:18 Mat Harris wrote:
> > > Don't use --nodeps. That would just make a mess out of [your] system.
> > > If you've installed split kde (kde-meta) then why are you trying to
> > > install monolithic kde packages? I.e. why are you trying to install
> > > kdebase rather than kdebase-meta and kdepim rather than kdepim-meta?
> > > And why are you installing either of those at all when they have
> > > already been pulled in by kde-meta?
> > >
> > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/kde-split-ebuilds.xml
> >
> > Aah ok well the howto i found on google didn't mention anything about
> > using meta packages for the apps once i had the base installed. This
> > could explain why I have spent the last week compiling stuff for kde ;)
>
> Well, you only need meta packages if you want to install everything that
> ships together upstream. You could just emerge the split packages you want
> such as e.g. konqueror, kcontrol, etc..
>
> > Ok i'll probably re-install unless there's some easy way to clean up.
>
> There certainly is an easier way than reinstalling for this issue. What
> you've posted thus far actually suggests that you haven't made a mess out
> of your system yet as it showed kdepim and kdebase as not yet installed. In
> that case you just need to stop trying to install monolithic packages.
I have stopped as soon as I read that last email :)
> Otherwise you need to unmerge the monolithic packages you've installed
> with --nodeps and remerge the split packages that they've overwritten. Code
> Listing 3.1 in the above document shows you how to get the name of the
> packages any monolithic package would overwrite.
I am don't seem to have installed many monlithic packages, mainly just trying
to do kdepim, i did have kdegames but i've got rid of that.
So from now on I should always install a package with "-meta" if its from kde
(providing one is available eg. kdevelop)?
> E.g. if you've emerged kdebase-meta and kdebase at the same time and you
> want to stick with split packages you can do this:
>
> # emerge -Cva kdebase
> # function die() { echo $@; }
> # source $(portageq portdir)/eclass/kde-functions.eclass
> # emerge --oneshot -va $(get-child-packages kde-base/kdebase)
I don't have kdebase, just kdebase-meta. But i've spent a while compiling kde
stuff. I will keep checking for others.
Thanks
Mat Harris
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[gentoo-user] [perhaps OT] ssh from Gentoo into a RedHat server
Hi All, I am trying to ssh into a RH server (CentOS) using pubkey authentication and this is what I am getting back: == debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Trying private key: /home/michael/.ssh/id_rsa debug1: Offering public key: /home/michael/.ssh/id_dsa debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password debug1: Next authentication method: password == I find it confusing. First of all I do not have a id_rsa. Second, my id_dsa is my private key not my public key. My public key is id_dsa.pub Is this a server configuration issue, or something to do with my Gentoo set up? PS. Not sure if this is relevant but although my user name on the server is mick, for reasons better known to him the sysadmin has created my home directory as /home/mic - could it be that sshd is looking for /home/mick? -- Regards, Mick pgpSofFfxoUf2.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] seg fault emerging abiword
On Wednesday 30 May 2007 21:16:18 Mat Harris wrote:
> > Don't use --nodeps. That would just make a mess out of [your] system. If
> > you've installed split kde (kde-meta) then why are you trying to install
> > monolithic kde packages? I.e. why are you trying to install kdebase
> > rather than kdebase-meta and kdepim rather than kdepim-meta? And why are
> > you installing either of those at all when they have already been pulled
> > in by kde-meta?
> >
> > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/kde-split-ebuilds.xml
>
> Aah ok well the howto i found on google didn't mention anything about using
> meta packages for the apps once i had the base installed. This could
> explain why I have spent the last week compiling stuff for kde ;)
Well, you only need meta packages if you want to install everything that ships
together upstream. You could just emerge the split packages you want such as
e.g. konqueror, kcontrol, etc..
> Ok i'll probably re-install unless there's some easy way to clean up.
There certainly is an easier way than reinstalling for this issue. What you've
posted thus far actually suggests that you haven't made a mess out of your
system yet as it showed kdepim and kdebase as not yet installed. In that case
you just need to stop trying to install monolithic packages.
Otherwise you need to unmerge the monolithic packages you've installed
with --nodeps and remerge the split packages that they've overwritten. Code
Listing 3.1 in the above document shows you how to get the name of the
packages any monolithic package would overwrite.
E.g. if you've emerged kdebase-meta and kdebase at the same time and you want
to stick with split packages you can do this:
# emerge -Cva kdebase
# function die() { echo $@; }
# source $(portageq portdir)/eclass/kde-functions.eclass
# emerge --oneshot -va $(get-child-packages kde-base/kdebase)
--
Bo Andresen
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[gentoo-user] Portage: garbage after EOF
Hi! As part of some testing I've decompressed my distfiles into another directory. I've done it that way: cp /usr/src/portage/distfiles/*.tar.bz2 /home/dsl/distfiles && bunzip2 /home/dsl/distfiles/*.tar.bz2 && cp /usr/src/portage/distfiles/*.tbz2 /home/dsl/distfiles && bunzip2 /home/dsl/distfiles/*.tbz2 && cp /usr/src/portage/distfiles/*.tar.gz /home/dsl/distfiles && gunzip /home/dsl/distfiles/*.tar.gz && cp /usr/src/portage/distfiles/*.tgz /home/dsl/distfiles && gunzip /home/dsl/distfiles/*.tgz I've got some weird errors: [...] bunzip2: /home/dsl/distfiles/arts-3.5.5.tbz2: trailing garbage after EOF ignored bunzip2: /home/dsl/distfiles/openmotif-2.2.3-r9.tbz2: trailing garbage after EOF ignored [...] It affects *.tbz2 only. pgpcLkeXZAXkt.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which syslog?
quoth the kashani: > darren kirby wrote: > > quoth the Sven Köhler: > >>> It does not read /etc/syslog.conf, it > >>> reads /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf for it's configuration. Chances are > >>> the default is to send most everything to messages > >> > >> Yes, that's the default. > >> > >> And actually, i don't want to configure all my machines. I would prefer > >> a more suitable default config. > > > > You're using the wrong OS then ;) > > > > Is it really too hard to copy and paste the config from the quickstart > > guide that Galevsky posted a link to? > > > > -d > > Sane defaults, which Gentoo has most of the time, would be nice in this > case. Oddly Gentoo used to include a nice syslog-ng.conf back in > 2003/2004 which was dropped in favor of the current lobotomized conf file. > > kashani Perhaps we need an enhancement bug. See if it gains any traction. I can only imagine that the syslog-ng dev(s) thinks /var/log/messages alone is the sane default. Oh, here it is: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108313 -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] seg fault emerging abiword
On Wednesday 30 May 2007 18:01, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > On Wednesday 30 May 2007 19:34:49 Mat Harris wrote: > > It appears I may have more of a problem than I thought. By the way I > > installed kdebase-meta I believe (as the kde howto suggested) but now > > when trying to install most kde apps I have to do --nodeps otherwise i > > get this: > > > > Calculating dependencies... done! > > [ebuild N ] kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4 USE="arts cups opengl pam > > ssl -debug -hal -ieee1394 -java -kdeenablefinal -kdehiddenvisibility > > -ldap -lm_sensors -logitech-mouse -openexr -samba -xcomposite -xinerama > > -xscreensaver -zeroconf" 0 kB > > [ebuild N ] kde-base/kdepim-3.5.5-r4 USE="arts > > crypt -debug -gnokii -kdeenablefinal -pda -xinerama" 0 kB > > [blocks B ] =kde-base/kcheckpass-3.5* (is blocking > > kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4) > > [SNIP] > > > =kde-base/libkdenetwork-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdepim-3.5.5-r4) > > [SNIP] > > Don't use --nodeps. That would just make a mess out of just system. If > you've installed split kde (kde-meta) then why are you trying to install > monolithic kde packages? I.e. why are you trying to install kdebase rather > than kdebase-meta and kdepim rather than kdepim-meta? And why are you > installing either of those at all when they have already been pulled in by > kde-meta? > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/kde-split-ebuilds.xml Aah ok well the howto i found on google didn't mention anything about using meta packages for the apps once i had the base installed. This could explain why I have spent the last week compiling stuff for kde ;) Ok i'll probably re-install unless there's some easy way to clean up. Thanks Mat Harris pgpkZDJDHKFM4.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] seg fault emerging abiword
On Wednesday 30 May 2007 20:01:43 Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > > [...] By the way I installed kdebase-meta I believe [...] [SNIP] > And why are you installing either of those at all when they have already > been pulled in by kde-meta? Heh, I somehow read kdebase-meta as kde-meta... Disregard that question then.. -- Bo Andresen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which syslog?
quoth the Sven Köhler: > > It does not read /etc/syslog.conf, it > > reads /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf for it's configuration. Chances are > > the default is to send most everything to messages > > Yes, that's the default. > > And actually, i don't want to configure all my machines. I would prefer > a more suitable default config. You're using the wrong OS then ;) Is it really too hard to copy and paste the config from the quickstart guide that Galevsky posted a link to? -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A List Question
Am Dienstag 15 Mai 2007 02:45 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I think that once my internet access becomes functional (even then it > will just be .edu, .org, .gov, and .mil sites), I will see how well the > gmane page loads for me. :) I will use it to read the messages, and > email to post. > How do they find out if you're using IE or anything else? AFAIK it is possible to make Firefox identify as IE (or any other browser for that matter), pgpkIaBl8IQyb.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] how do you keep up with system administration?
I read the "man make.conf" and also the "make.conf.example". Seems pretty clear, except what is the "qa" option for the PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES variable? And I assume the "info" option logs all the green-star stuff at the end of emerge? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] seg fault emerging abiword
On Wednesday 30 May 2007 10:22, Benno Schulenberg wrote: > Mat Harris wrote: > > My only little problem is that when I try to emerge AbiWord > > (2.4.5-r1), it compiles fine but when it tries to install to > > files into the real filesystem it segfaults like so: > > [...] > > > /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord/glade/ap_UnixDialog_Options.glade > /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord/glade/ap_UnixDialog_WordCount.glade > /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord/glade/ap_UnixDialog_Styles.glade > > > > Segmentation fault > > This is repeatable? That is, it happens every time at the same > spot when you try to emerge abiword? If not, it sounds like an > overheating problem. Also look in your syslog for disk errors. Yes it happens at the same place every time (I have tried to merge it about 3 times just now). Nothing appears in the logfiles to indicate any disc based problems. > Otherwise, try removing /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4 and then fsck'ing > your file system before attempting a merge again. And check there > is enough space left on the device. I was about to try that then I found that kdepim which I left last night to compile has seg faulted too but not in the same place: i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I../libkcal -I../libemailfunctions -I.. -I../libkdepim -I/usr/kde/3.5/include -I/usr/qt/3/include -I. -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Wno-long-long -Wundef -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -DNDEBUG -DNO_DEBUG -O2 -O2 -march=i686 -pipe -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wno-non-virtual-dtor -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_TRANSLATION -c -o konsolekalendarvariables.o konsolekalendarvariables.cpp i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++: Internal error: Segmentation fault (program cc1plus) Please submit a full bug report. See http://bugs.gentoo.org/> for instructions. make[3]: *** [konsolekalendardelete.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/kde-base/kdepim-3.5.5-r4/work/kdepim-3.5.5/konsolekalendar' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/kde-base/kdepim-3.5.5-r4/work/kdepim-3.5.5/konsolekalendar' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/kde-base/kdepim-3.5.5-r4/work/kdepim-3.5.5' make: *** [all] Error 2 It appears I may have more of a problem than I thought. By the way I installed kdebase-meta I believe (as the kde howto suggested) but now when trying to install most kde apps I have to do --nodeps otherwise i get this: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N] kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4 USE="arts cups opengl pam ssl -debug -hal -ieee1394 -java -kdeenablefinal -kdehiddenvisibility -ldap -lm_sensors -logitech-mouse -openexr -samba -xcomposite -xinerama -xscreensaver -zeroconf" 0 kB [ebuild N] kde-base/kdepim-3.5.5-r4 USE="arts crypt -debug -gnokii -kdeenablefinal -pda -xinerama" 0 kB [blocks B ] =kde-base/kcheckpass-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/kwin-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/konqueror-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/ksmserver-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/ksysguard-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/kicker-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/konsole-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/libkdenetwork-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdepim-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/kontact-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdepim-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/kcontrol-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/ksplashml-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/kdepim-kioslaves-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdepim-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/kreadconfig-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/kxkb-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/kdm-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/kdesu-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/ktip-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/kappfinder-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/libkcal-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdepim-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/mimelib-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdepim-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/klipper-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/libkpgp-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdepim-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/kdebase-data-3.5* (is blocking kde-base/kdebase-3.5.5-r4) [blocks B ] =kde-base/kt
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo gets as bad SuSE: Circular dependencies [WAS: Thank you Gentoo devs]
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That is exactly what the xorg-x11 metapackage is designed to do. Not exactly. The xorg-x11 package pulls in much more than just the server w/ some drivers. cu -- - Enrico Weigelt== metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ - Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Xserver @ oss-qm overlay [WAS: Gentoo gets as bad SuSE: Circular dependencies ...]
* Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 20 May 2007 18:49:31 +0200, Enrico Weigelt wrote: > > > The circular dependencies between Xserver and drivers do not come > > from upstream. They're artificial. If we just want an simple-to-use > > package which gets the Xserver *and* drivers based on useflags > > (which IMHO is an good idea), it's quite trivial to do this by an > > virtual/meta package. I've did it and it works good. You can get > > it from my overlay via CVS: > > How is this different prom portage installing the server and required > drivers according to USE flag settings? The difference is that you have *really NO* circular dependency. PDEPENDS are in fact depencencies (no matter how many people deny this fact), but with some hint for serialization. An additional complexity which is not needed with my approach. cu -- - Enrico Weigelt== metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ - Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A List Question
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Strictly http and https, and only through Internet Explorer. Ugh, why that ? cu -- - Enrico Weigelt== metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ - Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Wildcards stopped working
> $ ls -l *.torrent > ls: invalid option -- [ > Try `ls --help' for more information. Torrent files can have weird names, you probably have one named "-- [kewl doodz] -- some dodgy file.torrent". The shell is expanding the wildcard and passing it to ls, which thinks it is an option. The standard way of avoiding this is to use "ls -l -- *.torrent". The -- tells ls that there are no more options and everything else is to be treated as a file. Works perfectly. Thanks Neil. - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Wildcards stopped working
> I routinely use commands like this: > > ls -l *.torrent > > but today I get this: > > $ ls -l *.torrent > ls: invalid option -- [ > Try `ls --help' for more information. > > I get similar results when trying to use wildcards with scp. Did an > update change this behavior for anyone else? You probably have a dodgy alias with a [ in it See if '/bin/ls -l *.torrent' gives different results. If so, check what 'alias ls' returns Hi Alan, I get: $ /bin/ls -l *.torrent /bin/ls: invalid option -- [ Try `/bin/ls --help' for more information. $ alias ls alias ls='ls --color=auto' Gimp stopped working last night too. - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Wildcards stopped working
On Wed, 30 May 2007 07:25:51 -0700, Grant wrote: > $ ls -l *.torrent > ls: invalid option -- [ > Try `ls --help' for more information. Torrent files can have weird names, you probably have one named "-- [kewl doodz] -- some dodgy file.torrent". The shell is expanding the wildcard and passing it to ls, which thinks it is an option. The standard way of avoiding this is to use "ls -l -- *.torrent". The -- tells ls that there are no more options and everything else is to be treated as a file. -- Neil Bothwick "Bother," said Pooh, as the pin fell out of the grenade. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Wildcards stopped working
On Wednesday 30 May 2007, Grant wrote: > I routinely use commands like this: > > ls -l *.torrent > > but today I get this: > > $ ls -l *.torrent > ls: invalid option -- [ > Try `ls --help' for more information. > > I get similar results when trying to use wildcards with scp. Did an > update change this behavior for anyone else? You probably have a dodgy alias with a [ in it See if '/bin/ls -l *.torrent' gives different results. If so, check what 'alias ls' returns alan -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Wildcards stopped working
I routinely use commands like this: ls -l *.torrent but today I get this: $ ls -l *.torrent ls: invalid option -- [ Try `ls --help' for more information. I get similar results when trying to use wildcards with scp. Did an update change this behavior for anyone else? - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] XFS problems
On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 08:24 -0400, Randy Barlow wrote:
> Jules Colding wrote:
> > May 30 10:29:40 omc-2 [10822.156355] sd 0:4:1:0: SCSI error: return code =
> > 0x00040001
> > May 30 10:29:40 omc-2 [10822.156423] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb,
> > sector 97564151
> > May 30 10:29:46 omc-2 [10827.996196] I/O error in filesystem ("sdb1")
> > meta-data dev sdb1 block 0x88b5ac3 ("xlog_iodone") error 5 buf count
> > 11776
> > May 30 10:29:46 omc-2 [10827.996210] xfs_force_shutdown(sdb1,0x2) called
> > from line 960 of file fs/xfs/xfs_log.c. Return address = 0x80398b06
> > May 30 10:29:46 omc-2 [10827.996299] Filesystem "sdb1": Log I/O Error
> > Detected. Shutting down filesystem: sdb1
> > May 30 10:29:46 omc-2 [10827.996305] Please umount the filesystem, and
> > rectify the problem(s)
> > May 30 10:29:46 omc-2 [10827.996983] sd 0:4:1:0: SCSI error: return code =
> > 0x00040001
> > May 30 10:29:46 omc-2 [10827.996986] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb,
> > sector 63
>
> Those to me look like you are having hardware issues...
My guess too, but I'm confused by the fact that these problems continue
even though I've put the only disk reported to have errors offline. Can
an offline disk provoke errors in the remaining array?
Thanks,
jules
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Re: [gentoo-user] XFS problems
Jules Colding wrote:
May 30 10:29:40 omc-2 [10822.156355] sd 0:4:1:0: SCSI error: return code =
0x00040001
May 30 10:29:40 omc-2 [10822.156423] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector
97564151
May 30 10:29:46 omc-2 [10827.996196] I/O error in filesystem ("sdb1") meta-data dev sdb1
block 0x88b5ac3 ("xlog_iodone") error 5 buf count 11776
May 30 10:29:46 omc-2 [10827.996210] xfs_force_shutdown(sdb1,0x2) called from
line 960 of file fs/xfs/xfs_log.c. Return address = 0x80398b06
May 30 10:29:46 omc-2 [10827.996299] Filesystem "sdb1": Log I/O Error Detected.
Shutting down filesystem: sdb1
May 30 10:29:46 omc-2 [10827.996305] Please umount the filesystem, and rectify
the problem(s)
May 30 10:29:46 omc-2 [10827.996983] sd 0:4:1:0: SCSI error: return code =
0x00040001
May 30 10:29:46 omc-2 [10827.996986] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 63
Those to me look like you are having hardware issues...
R
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Re: [gentoo-user] FW: mail-mta/exim (is blocking mail-mta/ssmtp-2.61-r2) (more info added)
On Wednesday 30 May 2007 05:39:01 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > However, paludis does have some missing features that may be critical for > your environment: binary packages (both building and using) True. And it misses pkgmoves and slotmoves (profiles/updates/*). > and a revdep-rebuild equivalent (although this can be hacked around) With the ruby use flag there's check_linkage.rb. > AND you can't "simply" switch between using paludis and emerge/portage; they > use the same VDB, but repositories are configured differently So if you want to use both at the same time you can either keep their configs synchronized manually or use the portage use flag for paludis and run it with '-E portage' (the latter loses features though). -- Bo Andresen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Deactivate keyboard
Lutz Schönemann wrote: Hi, Hi! I have set up Gentoo on a system that I would like to use as a video, music player and sometimes to check my emails. There is a remote control connected to it and is detected as a serial keyboard. Now I want the xorg-server not to process events coming from this "keyboard". I also have a bluetooth keyboard that I want to connect to that system and events coming from this keyboard should be processed. So, is it possible to deactivate one keyboard? I think so, what about deactivating the one you do not want to use in your xorg.conf? Thats exactly what I'm trying to do: deactivate the keyboard in my xorg.conf. But how can I do it? Removing the part in your conifg, I suppose. A question: Don't you want to use the keyboard anymore with X? Sven I suppose you meant the part: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Standard Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "de" Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" EndSection If I remove this part from my config X would use a standard configuration for keyboads connected to that computer. My goal is that only one keyboard will not work. This way I can use a daemon to process events coming from this device. I haven't ever tried this, but have you looked into using a keyboard section with an option similar to: Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" but replacing /dev/input/mice with the path to the keyboard you *do* want to use (I have no idea what that path would be...)? -- R -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] seg fault emerging abiword
Mat Harris wrote: /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord/glade/ap_UnixDialog_WordCount.glade /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord/glade/ap_UnixDialog_Styles.glade Segmentation fault Does this happen with any other packages or only AbiWord? R -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: which syslog?
Sven Köhler wrote: > But i guess, they have a more suitable default setting. Everything going > to /var/log/messes is just to simple, i think. Actually i don't want the > layout to be like sysklogd. But i would like a little more complicated > default setting. Okay, in that case, I'll say that metalog has a very-sensible-to-me default setting, tweaking which I resisted for quite some time. What seems sensible to me might be lunacy to you, however, so have a go at it and see for yourself. Anno. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which syslog?
http://gentoo-wiki.com/Syslog-ng Is that kind of conf (described in Quick Start section) far away from what you are looking for ? Gal' 2007/5/30, Sven Köhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I am curious, though: If you like the sysklogd > layout to the point that you want to replicate it exactly in other log > daemons, why do you want to switch log daemons? Last sysklogd version if from 2001. And portage contains 1.4.2_pre2007* versions. This was curious to me. And on the other hand, other distributions don't use sysklogd anymore. Instead they use syslog-ng, for example. But i guess, they have a more suitable default setting. Everything going to /var/log/messes is just to simple, i think. Actually i don't want the layout to be like sysklogd. But i would like a little more complicated default setting. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Deactivate keyboard
> > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > I have set up Gentoo on a system that I would like to use as a video, > > > music > > > > player and sometimes to check my emails. There is a remote control > > > connected > > > > to it and is detected as a serial keyboard. Now I want the > xorg-server > > > not > > > > to process events coming from this "keyboard". I also have a > bluetooth > > > > keyboard that I want to connect to that system and events coming > from > > > this > > > > keyboard should be processed. > > > > > > > > So, is it possible to deactivate one keyboard? > > > > > > > > > > > > I think so, what about deactivating the one you do not want to use in > > your > > > xorg.conf? > > > > > > > Thats exactly what I'm trying to do: deactivate the keyboard in my > > xorg.conf. But how can I do it? > > > > Removing the part in your conifg, I suppose. A question: Don't you want to > use the keyboard anymore with X? > > Sven I suppose you meant the part: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Standard Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "de" Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" EndSection If I remove this part from my config X would use a standard configuration for keyboads connected to that computer. My goal is that only one keyboard will not work. This way I can use a daemon to process events coming from this device. -- GMX FreeMail: 1 GB Postfach, 5 E-Mail-Adressen, 10 Free SMS. Alle Infos und kostenlose Anmeldung: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freemail -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] seg fault emerging abiword
Mat Harris wrote: > My only little problem is that when I try to emerge AbiWord > (2.4.5-r1), it compiles fine but when it tries to install to > files into the real filesystem it segfaults like so: > [...] /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord/glade/ap_UnixDialog_Options.glade /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord/glade/ap_UnixDialog_WordCount.glade /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord/glade/ap_UnixDialog_Styles.glade > Segmentation fault This is repeatable? That is, it happens every time at the same spot when you try to emerge abiword? If not, it sounds like an overheating problem. Also look in your syslog for disk errors. Otherwise, try removing /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4 and then fsck'ing your file system before attempting a merge again. And check there is enough space left on the device. Benno -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: which syslog?
I am curious, though: If you like the sysklogd > layout to the point that you want to replicate it exactly in other log > daemons, why do you want to switch log daemons? Last sysklogd version if from 2001. And portage contains 1.4.2_pre2007* versions. This was curious to me. And on the other hand, other distributions don't use sysklogd anymore. Instead they use syslog-ng, for example. But i guess, they have a more suitable default setting. Everything going to /var/log/messes is just to simple, i think. Actually i don't want the layout to be like sysklogd. But i would like a little more complicated default setting. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] how do you keep up with system administration?
Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On 5/29/07, Denis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I usually dread kernel updates because then I have to go > > through kernel menuconfig all over again, and for me, that > > takes some time. I guess one can reuse the old .config file, > > but I understand it's not always a safe thing to do. > > You can use the old .config safely if you "make oldconfig" before > anything else. It will prompt you for replies to any new things, > and quietly ditch anything it doesn't recognize. And this can ditch needed options when they get renamed or replaced, like happened with the netfilter stuff on the upgrade to 2.6.17, and with some IDE/ATA stuff on the upgrade to 2.6.20. Just running 'make oldconfig' on a 2.6.x to 2.6.y upgrade will not always give you a fully working kernel. > > Is it reasonably ok to wait for every "major" 2.6.x release to > > update, or is it necessary to update on every minor 2.6.x.y > > release also? If your kernel does everything you need and you are content with its performance, there's no need to upgrade to a new 2.6.y. Just put a ~sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.y into /etc/portage/package.mask and forget about it. But the -rn upgrades for your current version you normally _do want to install because they fix serious bugs. Often those bugs affect only specific hardware, but there's no harm in blindly upgrading: these little rev bumps _are safe. Benno -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] which syslog?
On Wednesday 30 May 2007, Sven Köhler wrote: > Hi, > > so until recently, i have been using sysklogd. So i had my auth.log, > mail.log, syslog, messages, etc. in /var/log. > > Now i switched to syslog-ng. Now, only /var/log/messages gets filled > with all, that i would expect in auth.log or mail.log. Did you configure syslog-ng correctly? It does not read /etc/syslog.conf, it reads /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf for it's configuration. Chances are the default is to send most everything to messages alan -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: which syslog?
Sven Köhler wrote: > So the next thing i could try is metalog. > > Does it have a nice default config? I think so, but I did modify it to better suit my needs. It doesn't need logrotate, which IMHO is a big plus, and I find its filters much easier to set up than syslog-ng's. I am curious, though: If you like the sysklogd layout to the point that you want to replicate it exactly in other log daemons, why do you want to switch log daemons? Anno. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] how do you keep up with system administration?
On 30.05.2007 10:21, Neil Bothwick wrote: > This runs in the early hours, so I can read it whenever it suits me during > the day and apply the changes as I want. I run testing, so frequent > updating is a good thing; with a stable system, weekly would be fine, but > the longer you leave it the more work is involved. I find that there are 2 problem-free approaches to updating. Either you update frequently or you "forklift" update the server, i.e. get the server out of the server room and install a new machine. -- Eray -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] XFS problems
Hi,
My XFS problems continue. Now I got this in my log. Do I have big
hardware problems or is this software? It happened under a fairly big
VMware clone operation.
Any help/advise would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
jules
May 30 10:29:27 omc-2 spamd[5932]: prefork: child states: II
May 30 10:29:40 omc-2 [10822.156355] sd 0:4:1:0: SCSI error: return code =
0x00040001
May 30 10:29:40 omc-2 [10822.156423] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector
97564151
May 30 10:29:40 omc-2 [10822.156509] sd 0:4:1:0: SCSI error: return code =
0x00040001
May 30 10:29:40 omc-2 [10822.156512] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector
97563767
May 30 10:29:40 omc-2 [10822.157103] sd 0:4:1:0: SCSI error: return code =
0x00040001
May 30 10:29:40 omc-2 [10822.157107] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector
97563767
May 30 10:29:41 omc-2 [10822.969946] sd 0:4:1:0: SCSI error: return code =
0x00040001
May 30 10:29:41 omc-2 [10822.969969] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector
71411967
May 30 10:29:41 omc-2 [10822.970584] sd 0:4:1:0: SCSI error: return code =
0x00040001
May 30 10:29:41 omc-2 [10822.970594] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector
71411967
May 30 10:29:46 omc-2 [10827.996111] sd 0:4:1:0: SCSI error: return code =
0x00040001
May 30 10:29:46 omc-2 [10827.996140] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector
143350530
May 30 10:29:46 omc-2 [10827.996196] I/O error in filesystem ("sdb1") meta-data
dev sdb1 block 0x88b5ac3 ("xlog_iodone") error 5 buf count 11776
May 30 10:29:46 omc-2 [10827.996210] xfs_force_shutdown(sdb1,0x2) called from
line 960 of file fs/xfs/xfs_log.c. Return address = 0x80398b06
May 30 10:29:46 omc-2 [10827.996299] Filesystem "sdb1": Log I/O Error Detected.
Shutting down filesystem: sdb1
May 30 10:29:46 omc-2 [10827.996305] Please umount the filesystem, and rectify
the problem(s)
May 30 10:29:46 omc-2 [10827.996983] sd 0:4:1:0: SCSI error: return code =
0x00040001
May 30 10:29:46 omc-2 [10827.996986] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 63
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[gentoo-user] Deactivate keyboard
On 5/30/07, "Lutz Schönemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Hi! > > I have set up Gentoo on a system that I would like to use as a video, > music > > player and sometimes to check my emails. There is a remote control > connected > > to it and is detected as a serial keyboard. Now I want the xorg-server > not > > to process events coming from this "keyboard". I also have a bluetooth > > keyboard that I want to connect to that system and events coming from > this > > keyboard should be processed. > > > > So, is it possible to deactivate one keyboard? > > > > I think so, what about deactivating the one you do not want to use in your > xorg.conf? > Thats exactly what I'm trying to do: deactivate the keyboard in my xorg.conf. But how can I do it? Removing the part in your conifg, I suppose. A question: Don't you want to use the keyboard anymore with X? Sven
Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to mount a bad disk
On Wednesday 30 May 2007, sean wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Sunday 27 May 2007, Albert Hopkins wrote: > >> On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 09:26 -0400, sean wrote: > >>> I have a Windows XP driver here that belongs to a friend that > >>> just crashed. > >>> > >>> I am trying to figure out if there is some way I can force the > >>> drive to > >>> mount on my system so that I can get some data off it for her. > >>> > >>> Not having much luck, would anyone have any tips as to how I > >>> might be able to make this happen? > >> > >> If the drive experienced a head crash, then there is pretty much > >> nothing you can do. > > > > Wrong. > > > > If the drive suffered a head crash, you would be amazed what data > > recovery experts can do. > > They are very expensive, if I recall correctly? If you mean expensive as in the price tag is a largeish number, then the answer is yes. But some data is priceless. One of our notebooks in the office had a disk crash two months back, no backups. The final cost was 50% the price of a new high end notebook, the cost of never getting that data back ever again was the loss of a 7 figure contract. For us, it was dirt cheap :-) If your friend needs to get back data that means something to them but is otherwise not valuable, then they might be in for a shock alan -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] which syslog?
Hi, so until recently, i have been using sysklogd. So i had my auth.log, mail.log, syslog, messages, etc. in /var/log. Now i switched to syslog-ng. Now, only /var/log/messages gets filled with all, that i would expect in auth.log or mail.log. Maybe syslog-ng can be configured to behave like sysklogd. But i would rather like a default-config that behaves like sysklogd. So the next thing i could try is metalog. Does it have a nice default config? Regards, Sven signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X11 from another machine [SOLVED]
On Tuesday 29 May 2007, Andrew Lowe wrote: > Sounds simple but the amount of stuffing around I had to do > before it eventually workedprobably best left unsaid. Anyway, > thanks to all for the help and here's hoping I get access to SSH the > next time I have to do anything like this. It's not all time wasted :-) In fact, I would say you've learned a ton of stuff that will stand you in very good stead for the future. You now know how to export X11 over the network, which is one of the basic things X was designed to do. However, very very very few Linux users seem to know how to do it :-) You know the secret to getting a DM to allow it all in the first place, and you also know what to do when ssh capabilities are on the server. So all round it sounds like a useful exercise you went through. In fact it sounds *exactly* like the stuffing around I had to do when I learned the same lessons :-) alan -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Deactivate keyboard
> > Hi, > > > > Hi! > > I have set up Gentoo on a system that I would like to use as a video, > music > > player and sometimes to check my emails. There is a remote control > connected > > to it and is detected as a serial keyboard. Now I want the xorg-server > not > > to process events coming from this "keyboard". I also have a bluetooth > > keyboard that I want to connect to that system and events coming from > this > > keyboard should be processed. > > > > So, is it possible to deactivate one keyboard? > > > > I think so, what about deactivating the one you do not want to use in your > xorg.conf? > Thats exactly what I'm trying to do: deactivate the keyboard in my xorg.conf. But how can I do it? > > Sven Lutz -- Ist Ihr Browser Vista-kompatibel? Jetzt die neuesten Browser-Versionen downloaden: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/browser -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] how do you keep up with system administration?
on Wednesday 05/30/2007 Denis([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote > While we're on the subject of administration, I have a question about > emerge. Sometimes emerge would display important information in green > or yellow stars after it's finished merging a package - such as > warnings or valuable tips. However, if emerge is processing several > packages in a chain, it flashes that information for several seconds > and then moves right along to the next package, and usually I'm not > fast enough to read/remember it. Can this information be retrieved? You can have it saved or mailed to you -- I did not know this for a while, but it comes in handy -- also you can log the whole thing if you set PORTAGE_LOGDIR -- for the full details look at make.conf.example in /etc . -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Why doesn't esearch find "exact" packages? [Bug: 180307]
On Tue, 29 May 2007 18:41:48 -0700, Daevid Vincent wrote: > Yes, I can use eix, but I don't have this on all my boxes, nor do I want > to install it and maintain yet another package cache and all that (for > example, on a dev VMWare guest that I want to keep as small as > possible). So use eix instead of esearch, it is faster and does what you want (eix -I and eix -e). -- Neil Bothwick If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] how do you keep up with system administration?
On Wed, 30 May 2007 00:37:16 -0400, Denis wrote: > While we're on the subject of administration, I have a question about > emerge. Sometimes emerge would display important information in green > or yellow stars after it's finished merging a package - such as > warnings or valuable tips. However, if emerge is processing several > packages in a chain, it flashes that information for several seconds > and then moves right along to the next package, and usually I'm not > fast enough to read/remember it. Can this information be retrieved? Look at the PORTAGE_ELOG settings in man make.conf and /etc/make.conf.example . -- Neil Bothwick He's so cool, he could get frostbite from masturbating. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] how do you keep up with system administration?
On Tue, 29 May 2007 23:05:56 -0400, Denis wrote: > > I use 'gunzip -c /proc/config.gz > .config && make oldconfig' > > consistently, never had a problem. I always keep a working kernel > > in > > Oh neat-o! I didn't know there was a copy of the running config > in /proc... It's an option you need to enable in the kernel, or you can copy .config from your current kernel source directory. > Does this basically just insert the current kernel configuration > inside the menuconfig interface of the new kernel as the starting > point? How does this play with the new kernel options that have since > appeared or those that have been eliminated? I suppose you still have > to check over every menu in the new kernel to make sure you're not > missing anything... That's what make oldconfig does, and prompts you for any new items. There's no need to run menuconfig unless you want to change something. Waiting for kernel version releases is not a good idea and the -r updates generally include security fixes. Read the Changelog and decide whether you need that particular update, some fixes only apply to certain architectures. Like many others, I have a cron task that syncs then mails the results of emerge -upvDN world to me, but I have added --changelog to that command so the mail also contains the details of each update. This runs in the early hours, so I can read it whenever it suits me during the day and apply the changes as I want. I run testing, so frequent updating is a good thing; with a stable system, weekly would be fine, but the longer you leave it the more work is involved. -- Neil Bothwick "Time is the best teacher., unfortunately it kills all the students" signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Deactivate keyboard
On 5/30/07, "Lutz Schönemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Hi! I have set up Gentoo on a system that I would like to use as a video, music player and sometimes to check my emails. There is a remote control connected to it and is detected as a serial keyboard. Now I want the xorg-server not to process events coming from this "keyboard". I also have a bluetooth keyboard that I want to connect to that system and events coming from this keyboard should be processed. So, is it possible to deactivate one keyboard? I think so, what about deactivating the one you do not want to use in your xorg.conf? Sven
