[gentoo-user] Re: What does it take to get debug symbols from /lib/ld-2.9.so?

2009-09-05 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/06/2009 09:43 AM, Erik wrote: I have emerged glibc with "debug -glibc-omitfp" and restarted the system. But when I execute "valgrind /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox" I only see things like this: Invalid read of size 4 at 0x4018620: (within /lib/ld-2.9.so) No filename:linenumber here.

[gentoo-user] What does it take to get debug symbols from /lib/ld-2.9.so?

2009-09-05 Thread Erik
I have emerged glibc with "debug -glibc-omitfp" and restarted the system. But when I execute "valgrind /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox" I only see things like this: Invalid read of size 4 at 0x4018620: (within /lib/ld-2.9.so) No filename:linenumber here. What does it take to get debug symbols

Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg problems: Intel 945GM (Gigabyte Motherboard onboard video)

2009-09-05 Thread Alan E. Davis
Thank you, Volker. I'm uncertain what did it: I have fluxbox working now. Many intervening steps, lots of error messages. Somehow, it just works. Thanks again. Alan On 2009-09-06, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Alan E. Davis wrote: >> I got caught, apparently lik

[gentoo-user] Re: Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-09-05, Mick wrote: > The cheapest solution by far to networking a second PC in the > LAN is to use your first PC as a router and forward packets > through it. Buying an Ethernet switch is probably a lot easier. > The second option is to buy another router. In this case I > recommend th

[gentoo-user] Re: Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-09-05, Dale wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2009-09-05, Dale wrote: >> >> >>> As some may know already, I recently got DSL. >>> >> [...] >> >>> The DSL modem I am using is the Motorola 2210. It seems to be >>> a gateway thing. I have no router at the moment >>> >> >>

[gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/06/2009 05:21 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: [...] I've used your .config. I only changed CPU from AMD to Intel Core 2, as well as the SATA and network drivers. Same problems. I worked with that kernel for a while and I can definitely say it's *much* worse than the one using my .config. I

[gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/06/2009 05:10 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 09/06/2009 03:50 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: and maybe you should decrapify your config a bit? Namespaces? Seccomp? Process accounting? no compat vdso? You really hate performance,

[gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/06/2009 05:08 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: You are complaining here, but I can not remember one single mail from you on lkml. Why? http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/26/199

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 09/06/2009 03:50 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> On 09/06/2009 02:26 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >>> On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 09/

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 09/06/2009 03:43 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> On 09/06/2009 02:23 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >>> On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sunday

[gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/06/2009 03:50 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 09/06/2009 02:26 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 09/06/2009 01:48 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Samstag 05 September 200

[gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/06/2009 03:43 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 09/06/2009 02:23 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Sunday 06 September 2009 00:48:40 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: Also, have you con

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 09/06/2009 03:44 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> I don't know. Maybe it's just that you're as perceptive as the average > >> turtle. > > > > oh, and now we are going down the

[gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/06/2009 03:50 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 09/06/2009 02:26 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 09/06/2009 01:48 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Samstag 05 September 200

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 09/06/2009 02:26 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> On 09/06/2009 01:48 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >>> On Samstag 05 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 09/

[gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/06/2009 03:44 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: I don't know. Maybe it's just that you're as perceptive as the average turtle. oh, and now we are going down the insulting lane? Well done. That was not intended as an insult. Man

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > I don't know. Maybe it's just that you're as perceptive as the average > turtle. > oh, and now we are going down the insulting lane? Well done.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 09/06/2009 02:23 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On Sunday 06 September 2009 00:48:40 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Also, have you considered that you got it all backwards?

[gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/06/2009 02:26 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 09/06/2009 01:48 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Samstag 05 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 09/05/2009 05:59 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: 1000 Hz timer freq change

Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg problems: Intel 945GM (Gigabyte Motherboard onboard video)

2009-09-05 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Alan E. Davis wrote: > I got caught, apparently like many others, installing Gentoo to another PC. > I've been running Ubuntu (probably Intrepid Ibex, two versions ago), so I > know this video adapter is supported. But various issues have ambushed me > in trying to ge

[gentoo-user] cb2bib doesn't install from the ebuild

2009-09-05 Thread Alan E. Davis
Has anyone successfully installed cb2bib from the ebuild? Every time I have tried, there are a number of tenuous blocks, so I've installed from source. Alan You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever abo

[gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/06/2009 02:23 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Sunday 06 September 2009 00:48:40 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: Also, have you considered that you got it all backwards? The kernel configuration tells you that for lower latencies, you shou

[gentoo-user] Xorg problems: Intel 945GM (Gigabyte Motherboard onboard video)

2009-09-05 Thread Alan E. Davis
I got caught, apparently like many others, installing Gentoo to another PC. I've been running Ubuntu (probably Intrepid Ibex, two versions ago), so I know this video adapter is supported. But various issues have ambushed me in trying to get this working. 1. On first install, the keyboard didn't

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} reverse DNS problem?

2009-09-05 Thread Stroller
On 6 Sep 2009, at 00:05, Grant wrote: ... The remainder of those you're inefficiently filtering are Linux enthusiasts running Postfix on their Gentoo boxes. Yeah, I was planning on setting up postfix on my home Gentoo box too. I guess I could relay through my ISP to avoid delivery problems

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} reverse DNS problem?

2009-09-05 Thread Stroller
On 6 Sep 2009, at 00:52, Grant wrote: When I try to send an email to a ucla.edu email address from my hosted server, the message bounces and I'm directed to this page: http://info.smtp.ucla.edu/faq.php which says: "The gateway disallows direct connections from residential broadband systems

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} reverse DNS problem?

2009-09-05 Thread Grant
>> When I try to send an email to a ucla.edu email address from my hosted >> server, the message bounces and I'm directed to this page: >> >> http://info.smtp.ucla.edu/faq.php >> >> which says: >> >> "The gateway disallows direct connections from residential broadband >> systems, from other dynamic

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 09/06/2009 01:48 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Samstag 05 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> On 09/05/2009 05:59 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > 1000 Hz timer freq > >>> > >>> change that to 300 > >>> > Did

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sunday 06 September 2009 00:48:40 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > > Also, have you considered that you got it all backwards? The kernel > > > configuration tells you that for lower latencies, you should use 1000Hz > > > and PREEMPT. It even

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Mick
On Saturday 05 September 2009, Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: > > Have you tried pointing your browser to: http://192.168.1.254 ? > > Yep, did that and bookmarked it. THAT was mistake #1. It bookmarked a > different part of the modem. Therefore, it didn't give me the other > pages you are referring

[gentoo-user] Re: Flash drive and file systems

2009-09-05 Thread james
walt gmail.com> writes: > Anyway, the only difference is ext3 has journalling -- if you turn off > the journal file you have ext2. that's nice to know James

[gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/06/2009 01:48 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Samstag 05 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 09/05/2009 05:59 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: 1000 Hz timer freq change that to 300 Did you mean tickless system with "noticks"? I have this enabled ATM deactivate that. Even

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 06 September 2009 00:48:40 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > Also, have you considered that you got it all backwards? The kernel > > configuration tells you that for lower latencies, you should use 1000Hz > > and PREEMPT. It even says "Desktop" right there. Why should I take > > your wor

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} reverse DNS problem?

2009-09-05 Thread Grant
>> Every other solution out there has this one little problem that people >> seem to >> ignore. >> >> Per RFC, if you accept the connection and the mail, you will deliver it. >> That's what it says. It also says this since days long before spam >> problems, >> but still. We all conveniently ignore

[gentoo-user] Re: Flash drive and file systems

2009-09-05 Thread james
Dale gmail.com> writes: > I just checked and ext2 option is there in menuconfig. Here is the > options available: Downloaded it again. I must have munged something up cause now it's there. thx James

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 05 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 09/05/2009 05:59 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >> 1000 Hz timer freq > > > > change that to 300 > > > >> Did you mean tickless system with "noticks"? I have this enabled ATM > > > > deactivate that. > > Even with that, there still are

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization

2009-09-05 Thread walt
On 09/05/2009 01:59 PM, Nick Khamis wrote: Hey Neil, I tried to compile virtualbox using intructions here "http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/VirtualBox";. And it was unsuccesful, I have attached the build.log As I said in a different thread, that version of virtualbox-modules will build successfu

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

2009-09-05 Thread Nick Khamis
Hey Neil, I tried to compile virtualbox using intructions here " http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/VirtualBox";. And it was unsuccesful, I have attached the build.log Regards, Ninus. build.log Description: Binary data

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

2009-09-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 5 Sep 2009 20:17:30 +, Nick Khamis wrote: > Do any of the emulators work with 2.6.30r5 kernel? I am not bound to > only vmware, what about XEN, VirtualBox etc... VMware Workstation and VirtualBox work with ~gentoo-sources-2.6.30 here. -- Neil Bothwick It may be that your sole pur

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

2009-09-05 Thread David Snider
On Sep 5, 2009, at 2:17 PM, Nick Khamis wrote: Do any of the emulators work with 2.6.30r5 kernel? I am not bound to only vmware, what about XEN, VirtualBox etc... Thanks In Advnaced, Ninus. VMWare 2.x is your best bet Sat Sep 5 14:19:26 2009 dsni...@cabernet ~ $ eix -I vmware-serv

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

2009-09-05 Thread Nick Khamis
Do any of the emulators work with 2.6.30r5 kernel? I am not bound to only vmware, what about XEN, VirtualBox etc... Thanks In Advnaced, Ninus.

[gentoo-user] Re: Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/05/2009 12:56 PM, Dale wrote: Hi, As some may know already, I recently got DSL. It's not a super fast connection by broadband standards but it does mean that my box may be easier to find for a hacker. So, I have a few questions about security. I think I am OK but want to make sure. 1:

[gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/05/2009 05:59 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: 1000 Hz timer freq change that to 300 Did you mean tickless system with "noticks"? I have this enabled ATM deactivate that. Even with that, there still are problems. With composite enabled, move an mplayer window around and see how the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: > On Saturday 05 September 2009, Dale wrote: > > >> As far as I can tell, I can't configure anything in the modem, at all. >> That is the weirdest modem I have ever seen. Unless I am missing >> something, I can't enable or disable anything at all. >> > > Hmm ... you haven't s

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

2009-09-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 05 September 2009 19:21:57 Nick Khamis wrote: > Hello Group, > > I do not meean to be persistent regarding this problem So you are being accidentally persistent then? And not doing it deliberately? > but I am unable to > emerge vmware-server or xen. the error I am experioencing is at

Re: [gentoo-user] Flash drive and file systems

2009-09-05 Thread pk
Dale wrote: > I just checked and ext2 option is there in menuconfig. Here is the > options available: Yep, that's basically what I was trying to say, in my own convoluted way... I haven't heard about ext2 (and as someone else pointed out ext3 is basically ext2 with journalling so that would be a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Mick
On Saturday 05 September 2009, Dale wrote: > As far as I can tell, I can't configure anything in the modem, at all. > That is the weirdest modem I have ever seen. Unless I am missing > something, I can't enable or disable anything at all. Hmm ... you haven't searched this much now, have you?

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

2009-09-05 Thread Michael Higgins
On Sat, 5 Sep 2009 17:21:57 + Nick Khamis wrote: > I do not meean to be persistent regarding this problem LOL!!! -- Michael Higgins

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.30 and vmware-server build.log

2009-09-05 Thread Michael Higgins
On Sat, 5 Sep 2009 13:23:32 + Nick Khamis wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I have been at this for a week, and I am stumped. Trying to emerge > vmware-server 1.0.9 using x86 environment and 2.6.30 kernel. I gave http://lmgtfy.com/?q=vmware-server+1.0.9+kernel+2.6.30 Good luck! Be sure to post

Re: [gentoo-user] Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Stroller
On 5 Sep 2009, at 15:48, Willie Wong wrote: On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 08:11:30AM -0600, Penguin Lover John J. Foster squawked: Hey Willie - a 67 line sig ? festus My apologies. My sigs are randomly pulled from fortune (with some custom databases). Usually I *_try_* to make sure that the one

[gentoo-user] Re: Flash drive and file systems

2009-09-05 Thread walt
On 09/05/2009 05:28 AM, James wrote: Hello, I'm building up a P3 as a firewall, using 4 GB Compact Flash to IDE as the hard drive (SANDISK). I've done this before and it works great. The kernel is gentoo-30-r5 and it does not support EXT2. I have already formatted the Flash as EXT2: Disk /dev/

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: error compiling virtual box

2009-09-05 Thread Nick Khamis
Hey Walt, Thank you for your response, I know that there is a number of patches out there but I just want to know which one to use. Surely someone has vmware-server 2 or XEN, or Virtual box running off of the 2.6.30-r5 kenrel. I know that I can uise layman and emerge vmware-server 2 the problem wi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: > On Saturday 05 September 2009, Dale wrote: > >> Grant Edwards wrote: >> >>> On 2009-09-05, Dale wrote: >>> As some may know already, I recently got DSL. >>> [...] >>> >>> The DSL modem I am using is the Motorola 2210. It seems to be

[gentoo-user] Re: error compiling virtual box

2009-09-05 Thread walt
On 09/04/2009 06:31 PM, Nick Khamis wrote: Hello Everyone, I am recieving the following message when trying to compile virtualbox. I receieved the same error when trying to compile vmwareserver * * ERROR: app-emulation/virtualbox-modules-1.6.6-r1 failed. That version needs a kernel prior

Re: [gentoo-user] Flash drive and file systems

2009-09-05 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday 05 September 2009 13:55:40 pk wrote: > Huh? Do you mean to say that "CONFIG_EXT2_FS" is not set (when you > compiled it) or that it's gone from the kernel source? It's certainly in my 2.6.30-gentoo-r6: $ grep EXT2 /usr/src/linux/.config CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR=y CONFIG_

[gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

2009-09-05 Thread Nick Khamis
Hello Group, I do not meean to be persistent regarding this problem but I am unable to emerge vmware-server or xen. the error I am experioencing is attached at a the build.log. Environment: x86, 2.6.30-r5 Your Help is Greatly Appreciated, Ninus build.log Description: Binary data

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Mick
On Saturday 05 September 2009, Dale wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2009-09-05, Dale wrote: > >> As some may know already, I recently got DSL. > > > > [...] > > > >> The DSL modem I am using is the Motorola 2210. It seems to be > >> a gateway thing. I have no router at the moment > > > > Th

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new install

2009-09-05 Thread Mick
On Friday 04 September 2009, James wrote: > James tampabay.rr.com> writes: > > stage3-i686-20090901.tar.bz2 > > Well I found the doc: > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Safe_Cflags/Intel > > so here are my answers to my questions: > > > CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" > CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -Os -pipe -

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot connect hp 840c on parallel port.

2009-09-05 Thread Mick
On Thursday 03 September 2009, vasya wrote: > Hi. Here some problem - can't connect printer hp 840c on parallel port > LPT1. Necessary kernel modules I've enabled. But CUPS by foomatic db or > hplip by their own drivers can't detect this printer. Hplip tells me that > "error: No device selected/spe

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Dale
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2009-09-05, Dale wrote: > > >> As some may know already, I recently got DSL. >> > [...] > >> The DSL modem I am using is the Motorola 2210. It seems to be >> a gateway thing. I have no router at the moment >> > > The 2210 is a router that is doing NAT wi

[gentoo-user] Re: Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-09-05, Dale wrote: > As some may know already, I recently got DSL. [...] > The DSL modem I am using is the Motorola 2210. It seems to be > a gateway thing. I have no router at the moment The 2210 is a router that is doing NAT with a stateful firewall. It will (assuming it's not too bu

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 05 September 2009, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Samstag, 5. September 2009 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: > > > > There are lots of people mentioning interactivity problems on their > > > > Linux machines when compared to Windows or OS X. It's not "1 in a > > > > thousand". > > > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Samstag, 5. September 2009 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: > > > There are lots of people mentioning interactivity problems on their > > > Linux machines when compared to Windows or OS X. It's not "1 in a > > > thousand". > > > > I second that. My whole system becomes quite unresponsive if I onl

Re: [gentoo-user] Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Willie Wong
On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 08:11:30AM -0600, Penguin Lover John J. Foster squawked: > Hey Willie - a 67 line sig ? > > festus My apologies. My sigs are randomly pulled from fortune (with some custom databases). Usually I try to make sure that the ones that ends up going to mailing lists are not e

Re: [gentoo-user] Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Dale
John J. Foster wrote: > Hey Willie - a 67 line sig ? > > festus > It was funny tho. LOL Dale :-) :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 05 September 2009, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Samstag, 5. September 2009 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: > > On 09/05/2009 03:06 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > > well, and your workload asks for rt. But rt also means overhead, > > > reduction of performance. So why cater for 1 in a t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Samstag, 5. September 2009 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: > On 09/05/2009 03:06 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > well, and your workload asks for rt. But rt also means overhead, > > reduction of performance. So why cater for 1 in a thousand system and > > punish the other 999? > > There are lots

Re: [gentoo-user] Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread John J. Foster
Hey Willie - a 67 line sig ? festus -- I just want to break even. pgpu1Of2XUcCi.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Willie Wong
On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 06:01:21AM -0500, Penguin Lover Dale squawked: > Since ssh is not running, I assume it doesn't matter at this point? > I'll check into fail2ban and denyhosts. Any one better or more > preferred than the other? AFAIK, either of those are for brute force attacks on SSHD. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

2009-09-05 Thread Nick Khamis
Hey Guys, I really apperciate your help but as it sits I am unable to compile vmware-server 1.x or XEN. I have attached the build log. Basically I know I can larman the new version of vmware-server2 but I heard it is a clunker. I really need to get virtual servers up on the server before I get fir

Re: [gentoo-user] IDE/USB problem : not both disks recognized on same IDE channel

2009-09-05 Thread Willie Wong
On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 10:46:00AM +0100, Penguin Lover Rohit squawked: > I have an IDE disk enclosure (can house 2 disks per IDE channel, a total of > 4 currently plugged in) which makes IDE disks available to the main computer > via 2x USB 2.0 connection (One USB 2.0 port connected to IDE adapter

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Blocked packages emerging xfce4-meta

2009-09-05 Thread Willie Wong
On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 01:31:21AM -0700, Penguin Lover Cinder squawked: > I'm sorry! Please forgive me. I don't why these messages are comming up > blank. I've been getting your messages just fine. Are you sure the problem isn't on the receiving end over there? Best, W -- "He expanded his c

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

2009-09-05 Thread Xi Shen
haha, some one has found that my english is not very good. sorry, i made the sentence too short, and did not made myself clear. of course i know the PV thing about xen. but for many people who want to use virtualization on linux, they want to run windows on it too, especially for linux desktop usa

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Blocked packages emerging xfce4-meta

2009-09-05 Thread Willie Wong
On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 10:53:00PM -0700, Penguin Lover Cinder Cinder squawked: > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/man-1.6f-r3 [1.6e-r3] USE="nls -lzma%" 249 kB > [ebuild N] sys-apps/man-pages-posix-2003a 949 kB > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/man-pages-3.21 [2.76] USE="nls" LINGUAS="-cs% -da% > -de% -es

[gentoo-user] 2.6.30 and vmware-server build.log

2009-09-05 Thread Nick Khamis
Hello Everyone, I have been at this for a week, and I am stumped. Trying to emerge vmware-server 1.0.9 using x86 environment and 2.6.30 kernel. I gave up on amd64 earlier this week please help. Attached is the build.log Thanks In Advanced! Ninus. build.log Description: Binary data

Re: [gentoo-user] Flash drive and file systems

2009-09-05 Thread Dale
pk wrote: > James wrote: > > >> The kernel is gentoo-30-r5 and it does not support EXT2. >> I have already formatted the Flash as EXT2: >> > > Huh? Do you mean to say that "CONFIG_EXT2_FS" is not set (when you > compiled it) or that it's gone from the kernel source? > > I haven't followed t

Re: [gentoo-user] Flash drive and file systems

2009-09-05 Thread pk
James wrote: > The kernel is gentoo-30-r5 and it does not support EXT2. > I have already formatted the Flash as EXT2: Huh? Do you mean to say that "CONFIG_EXT2_FS" is not set (when you compiled it) or that it's gone from the kernel source? I haven't followed the kernel mailing list closely but i

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server error log

2009-09-05 Thread Nick Khamis
Arghhh to early in the morining here in Toronto. This is the build.log build.log Description: Binary data

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server error log

2009-09-05 Thread Nick Khamis
Now for the real build log (oops) vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r2.ebuild Description: Binary data

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server error log

2009-09-05 Thread Nick Khamis
Hey William, Thanks again for your help I have attached the complete build log file. I know with the layman overlay vmware-server 2 is easily done but I woule rather vmware-server 1x. I know there are a few pathces for this I just want to make sure after shcking with you guys what I should do. Th

[gentoo-user] Flash drive and file systems

2009-09-05 Thread James
Hello, I'm building up a P3 as a firewall, using 4 GB Compact Flash to IDE as the hard drive (SANDISK). I've done this before and it works great. The kernel is gentoo-30-r5 and it does not support EXT2. I have already formatted the Flash as EXT2: Disk /dev/hda: 4110 MB, 4110188544 bytes 128 head

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-server error log

2009-09-05 Thread William Kenworthy
You still need to post messages from further back - this is still the results, not the cause. Also, does 1.0.0.15 support later kernels? - I am using 1.0.0.25 and workstation 6.5 with 2.6.28 - and even there had to use the layman vmware overlay. vmware usually lags behind current kernels, and you

[gentoo-user] vmware-server error log

2009-09-05 Thread Nick Khamis
Hey Everyone, I have been at this for a week now, going from amd64 to x86. I still want to use 2.6.30-r5. When trying to build vmware-server this is the error I am presented with: /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r2/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function 'LinuxDriver_Op

[gentoo-user] DOSEMU keystrokes

2009-09-05 Thread David Relson
G'day, I have dosemu-1.4.0.1 on my AMD X2 system. The keyboard seems to be overly sensitive. Most of the time hitting a key results in 2 copies of the letter on the command line. For example, typing "d" results in "dd". What setting should I change to fix this? Thanks. David

Re: [gentoo-user] error compiling virtual box

2009-09-05 Thread Nick Khamis
Hey Everyone, This is the error I am experiening when trying to build vmware-server: /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r2/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function 'LinuxDriver_Open': /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r2/work/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:5

Re: [gentoo-user] Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 05 September 2009 11:56:09 Dale wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> As some may know already, I recently got DSL. It's not a super fast >> connection by broadband standards but it does mean that my box may be >> easier to find for a hacker. So, I have a few questions about

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

2009-09-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 05 September 2009 07:58:22 Xi Shen wrote: > xen requires your cpu support hardware virtulization. and i only heard > it support windows, but i do not know how well it supports. This is utterly and completely wrong on so many levels it doesn't deserve an explanation. Just forget you e

Re: [gentoo-user] Recompile Gentoo Environemnet

2009-09-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 05 September 2009 03:29:46 Nick Khamis wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > what emerge parameters recompiles everything in my gentoo environment afer > changing use flags > > emerge --update --deep --*newuse* world? > > I issued a > > emerge -e world > > > and I saw it was installing 450

Re: [gentoo-user] error compiling virtual box

2009-09-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 05 September 2009 03:31:47 Nick Khamis wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I am recieving the following message when trying to compile virtualbox. I > receieved the same error when trying to compile vmwareserver > > > * > * ERROR: app-emulation/virtualbox-modules-1.6.6-r1 failed. That's

Re: [gentoo-user] Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 05 September 2009 11:56:09 Dale wrote: > Hi, > > As some may know already, I recently got DSL. It's not a super fast > connection by broadband standards but it does mean that my box may be > easier to find for a hacker. So, I have a few questions about > security. I think I am OK bu

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Virtualization

2009-09-05 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Sat, 2009-09-05 at 13:58 +0800, Xi Shen wrote: > xen requires your cpu support hardware virtulization. and i only heard > it support windows, but i do not know how well it supports. > Both statements are so very far from the truth: Firstly, PV Xen guests require no hardware virtualization supp

[gentoo-user] Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-05 Thread Dale
Hi, As some may know already, I recently got DSL. It's not a super fast connection by broadband standards but it does mean that my box may be easier to find for a hacker. So, I have a few questions about security. I think I am OK but want to make sure. 1: I have a good root password. It's n

Re: [gentoo-user] IDE/USB problem : not both disks recognized on same IDE channel

2009-09-05 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 05 September 2009, Rohit wrote: > Hi there, > > I rejoin the list after 5-6 years. Was able to fix most of the things > myself but this one has me totally bowled over. > > I have an IDE disk enclosure (can house 2 disks per IDE channel, a total of > 4 currently plugged in) which makes

[gentoo-user] IDE/USB problem : not both disks recognized on same IDE channel

2009-09-05 Thread Rohit
Hi there, I rejoin the list after 5-6 years. Was able to fix most of the things myself but this one has me totally bowled over. I have an IDE disk enclosure (can house 2 disks per IDE channel, a total of 4 currently plugged in) which makes IDE disks available to the main computer via 2x USB 2.0 c

Re: [gentoo-user] Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 05 September 2009 02:06:05 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > Fire up Ardour and record 32 channels of audio at the same time set to > > <5mS latency using Jack and see if whatever version of the mainline > > kernel you are running doesn't have. I've recorded as many as 48 > > channels @ 4

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Blocked packages emerging xfce4-meta

2009-09-05 Thread Cinder
O.K.! I'm on the move! My Gentoo is updating deeply now \o/. I had tried unmerging man-pages-3, but I must have mistyped. Maybe it was the that <. Wow! Look at it Go! Thank you so much. I am overflowing with eternal gratitude. P.S. I wonder why my mail show's up blank when I reply.

Re: [gentoo-user] How to get an old ebuild

2009-09-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 4 Sep 2009 21:29:36 -0700, Jim Cunning wrote: > I am currently running kernel 2.6.25-r7 and have an emerge that fails > because it can't find a Makefile for the kernel. I somehow no longer > can run genkernel, or emerge sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.25-r7. I > would rather not upgrade my

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Blocked packages emerging xfce4-meta

2009-09-05 Thread David
Cinder wrote: I'm sorry! Please forgive me. I don't why these messages are comming up blank. Just to recap. I've installed Gentoo for the first time. Emerged vim, links, and xorg-server. Trying to emerge xfce4-meta... Code: # emerge -pv --update --deep world output > http://pastebin.com/m5ef785

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Blocked packages emerging xfce4-meta

2009-09-05 Thread Boris Fersing
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 10:31, Cinder wrote: > I'm sorry! Please forgive me. I don't why these messages are comming up blank. > Just to recap. I've installed Gentoo for the first time. Emerged vim, links, > and xorg-server. > Trying to emerge xfce4-meta... > > Code: > # emerge -pv --update --deep w

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Internet providers' IP range (xinetd.conf)

2009-09-05 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 02 September 2009, walt wrote: > On 09/02/2009 07:11 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'd like to allow remote access (via ssh only) to a given machine. > > Unfortunately, my remote IP is dynamic and reverse lookup > > (e.g. specifying only_from = .skynet.be in /etc/xinetd.co

[gentoo-user] Re: Blocked packages emerging xfce4-meta

2009-09-05 Thread Cinder
I'm sorry! Please forgive me. I don't why these messages are comming up blank. Just to recap. I've installed Gentoo for the first time. Emerged vim, links, and xorg-server. Trying to emerge xfce4-meta... Code: # emerge -pv --update --deep world output > http://pastebin.com/m5ef78564 Thank you a

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