Re: [gentoo-user] Eclipse - opening file - JVM crashes
=== On Thursday 27 March 2008, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: === Hi! ~amd64, eclipse 3.3.1.1 from portage, clean install/project dir. At opening/creating any file (when editor view must appear) a JVM crashes - example log file is attached. Any thoughts? Just an addition: the issue doesn't depend on JDK (1.5 or 1.6) and DE (KDE or fluxbox). The only valuable (at first look) update was glibc' one, but the portage system prevents glibc downgrading. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb and screen resolution
On Tuesday 25 March 2008 20:42:47 Ale wrote: Are you guys using uvesafb in the latest gentoo sources kernel? because i dont have the option to choose this one..i am using vesa You have to select Connector - unified userspace - kernelspace linker in the Device Drivers page. Then you will have uvesafb available for selection. It seems that you also need v86d installed, and start with an initramfs with that in it, though I haven't yet finished working this out for myself. -- Rgds Peter -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Gnome: No sound - No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 26 March 2008, Michael Schmarck wrote: Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps you could file a feature request at b.g.o. to get the old behaviour back. It seems entirely reasonable to me that rhythmbox should DEPENDs on gst-plugins-base which should conditionally DEPEND on -alsa or -oss (or other sound systems). Isn't that what the gst-plugins-meta package does? RDEPEND=oss? ( =media-plugins/gst-plugins-oss-0.10 ) alsa? ( =media-plugins/gst-plugins-alsa-0.10 ) esd? ( =media-plugins/gst-plugins-esd-0.10 ) X? ( =media-plugins/gst-plugins-x-0.10 ) xv? ( =media-plugins/gst-plugins-xvideo-0.10 ) dvb? ( media-plugins/gst-plugins-dvb =media-libs/gst-plugins-bad-0.10.6 =media-plugins/gst-plugins-fluendo-mpegdemux-0.10 .15 ) mythtv? ( media-plugins/gst-plugins-mythtv ) I filed a bug report at http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214831. It all makes sense in a kind of roundabout way: Does it? gst-plugins-meta MAY install everything, if all the USE flags are set. But I don't quite get, why rb (or any other gst using app) should not depend on it. gst-plugins-meta installs everything, so rhythmbox does not DEPEND on it - that would force a user to have every possible plugin with no option to not have them (very much a gentoo no-no). Nope, that's not the case. -meta packages tend to not be DEPENDED on, they are there as a convenience for user that want everything and can't be bothered to put the whole shebang in world. But that's not what gst-plugins-meta does. Read the ebuild again. It features alsa, oss and what-not USE flags. And only if those flags are set, stuff is installed. rhythmbox DEPENDS on gst-plugins-base to give you the required framework that will handle the plugins you want (you get to pick and install them manually...) No, that's not the case. Read the bug report and read the bugs that Jakub pointed out there. The question now is why were the alsa, oss and other drivers removed from the -base ebuild? Because they belong to the meta package, I suppose. The real question rather is, why was rb not updated to depend on -meta. I filed https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214852 for that. I recall something similar with another sound app a while ago, the reason is that it could be used as a networked sound delivery server and there's no good reason to require the user to have sound driver support on the local machine. I suspect your bug will be closed WONTFIX, with luck the dev will justify their reasoning. If not, I'll reopen it. Michael -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb and screen resolution
2008/3/27, Peter Humphrey [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tuesday 25 March 2008 20:42:47 Ale wrote: Are you guys using uvesafb in the latest gentoo sources kernel? because i dont have the option to choose this one..i am using vesa You have to select Connector - unified userspace - kernelspace linker in the Device Drivers page. Then you will have uvesafb available for selection. It seems that you also need v86d installed, and start with an initramfs with that in it, though I haven't yet finished working this out for myself. -- Rgds Peter -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list Yes! that was my problem. When i did this i follow gentoo wiki's tutorial, but this part is not there, yesterday i check the official web and i see this part, now is working great! Many thanks!. I have a n old notebook with a intel video chipset (810) should i use the * intelfb* instead of *uvesafb*? BTW: Is there any chance to avoid to see my background images when the kernel end load and just before kdm start? I get the image i choose two times...and it would be great if i just keep a dark screen or somethinf similar. Many thanks, Cheers!
[gentoo-user] portage/firewall
Hello, I have inst. gtoo on a workstation at work. But portage complains '-14:24:52-- ftp://cudlug.cudenver.edu/pub/mirrors/distributions/gentoo/distfiles/gcc-3.3.6-patches-1.4.tar.bz2 = `/usr/portage/distfiles/gcc-3.3.6-patches-1.4.tar.bz2' Resolving cudlug.cudenver.edu... 132.194.22.137 Connecting to cudlug.cudenver.edu|132.194.22.137|:21... failed: Network is unreachable. Downloading 'ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/distfiles/gcc-3.3.6-patches-1.4.tar.bz2' --14:24:52-- ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/distfiles/gcc-3.3.6-patches-1.4.tar.bz2 = `/usr/portage/distfiles/gcc-3.3.6-patches-1.4.tar.bz2' Resolving ftp.snt.utwente.nl... 130.89.175.1, 2001:610:1908:8000::175:1 Connecting to ftp.snt.utwente.nl|130.89.175.1|:21... failed: Network is unreachable. Connecting to ftp.snt.utwente.nl|2001:610:1908:8000::175:1|:21...' This may be a 'medicine dept' firewall. I cannot ask Them to alter it. Will someone help pls? Gavin. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: problem with 2 partition installation from gentoo minimal system
Fei Liu wrote: Here is the complete grub.conf file: more /boot/grub/grub.conf default 0 timeout 8 gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/message title 2.6.24.4-default root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/kernel root=/dev/sda1 splash=silent showopts /etc/fstab: #/dev/BOOT /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2 /dev/sda1 / ext3 noatime 0 1 /dev/sda2 noneswap sw 0 0 #/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom audo noauto,ro 0 0 #/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto 0 0 shm /dev/shmtmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 I am looking into the SCSI file system issue. Fei Error messages: ... md: ... autorun DONE VFS: Cannot open root device sda1 or unknown-block(0,0) Please append a correct root= boot option; here are the available partitions: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) There is one more thing, this is a vmware machine so the harddrive is a scsi harddrive. Fei I finally found this page and got this stuff to work, the catch is 'vmware' specific feature. http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_Gentoo_on_VMware_in_Windows_NT/2K/XP#Kernel_Options -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] rsync errors
Hi
I am running the command
/usr/bin/rsync -avO /var/lib/mysql [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/
/tmp/rsync-${TIMESTAMP}.log 21
I am getting the below error in the log file
mysql/
rsync: failed to set permissions on /var/lib/mysql: Operation not
permitted (1)
rsync: failed to open /var/lib/mysql/ib_logfile0, continuing:
Permission denied (13)
mysql/ib_logfile0
rsync: failed to open /var/lib/mysql/ib_logfile1, continuing:
Permission denied (13)
mysql/ib_logfile1
rsync: failed to open /var/lib/mysql/ibdata1, continuing: Permission
denied (13)
mysql/ibdata1
rsync: failed to open /var/lib/mysql/master.info, continuing:
Permission denied (13)
mysql/master.info
rsync: failed to open /var/lib/mysql/SCHEDULER
/ScheduleTasks.MYD, continuing: Permission denied (13)
Any thing I am missing
I did setfacl -R -dm u:sms:rwx /var/lib/mysql on hostaa
setfacl -R -dm u:mysql:rwx /var/lib/mysql on hostaa
chmod -R g-x,g+X /var/lib/mysql on hostaa
but no luck
Thanks and Regards
Kaushal
Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome: No sound - No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found
On Thursday 27 March 2008, Michael Schmarck wrote: The question now is why were the alsa, oss and other drivers removed from the -base ebuild? Because they belong to the meta package, I suppose. The real question rather is, why was rb not updated to depend on -meta. I filed https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214852 for that. Good luck with getting a dev to agree to that. I wouldn't, and don't know a single case in portage where an ebuild DEPENDS on a -meta ebuild (possible -metas DEPENDING on subordinate -metas excepted) -meta packages are designed to be manually added to world by users who wish an easy way to emerge everything. It's not described in policy anywhere I have ever seen, the actual usage in practise tells you the intended usage. Go back and read bug 159470 again, especially comments 3 and 4. The dependencies you propose cause circular dependency loops and recompilation of packages that depend on the USE flags when they change, even when the resulting files installed are EXACTLY the same as the ones replaced. This is the reason why the USE flags were removed from the ebuild, to save you from the horror that is circular deps. I recall something similar with another sound app a while ago, the reason is that it could be used as a networked sound delivery server and there's no good reason to require the user to have sound driver support on the local machine. I suspect your bug will be closed WONTFIX, with luck the dev will justify their reasoning. If not, I'll reopen it. And Jakob will probably just close it. He's brutal about that, and it's his job. The problem you are trying to solve would be much better served with a request for an ELOG to be emitted by rhythmbox alerting to user to the need to install gst-plugins-whatever. There's a damn good reason why rhythmbox does does depend on -meta. That will never happen, so you should get over it. Bug 159470 explains why it's not a good idea to depend on -base either, so now you get to issue one more emerge by yourself. These decisions are made taking the entire Gentoo ecosystem into account and what is best for all users. If you will be inconvenienced by a step taken for the greater good and there is no sane way to give you what you'd like, then the loser will be you. Sorry. -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] rsync errors
On Thursday 27 March 2008, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
Hi
I am running the command
/usr/bin/rsync -avO /var/lib/mysql [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/
/tmp/rsync-${TIMESTAMP}.log 21
I am getting the below error in the log file
mysql/
rsync: failed to set permissions on /var/lib/mysql: Operation not
permitted (1)
rsync: failed to open /var/lib/mysql/ib_logfile0, continuing:
Permission denied (13)
mysql/ib_logfile0
rsync: failed to open /var/lib/mysql/ib_logfile1, continuing:
Permission denied (13)
mysql/ib_logfile1
rsync: failed to open /var/lib/mysql/ibdata1, continuing:
Permission denied (13)
mysql/ibdata1
rsync: failed to open /var/lib/mysql/master.info, continuing:
Permission denied (13)
mysql/master.info
rsync: failed to open /var/lib/mysql/SCHEDULER
/ScheduleTasks.MYD, continuing: Permission denied (13)
Any thing I am missing
I did setfacl -R -dm u:sms:rwx /var/lib/mysql on hostaa
setfacl -R -dm u:mysql:rwx /var/lib/mysql on hostaa
chmod -R g-x,g+X /var/lib/mysql on hostaa
Please supply more info:
1. The permissions on the source and destination directories
2. The ACL's for those directories
3. Does your system have ACLs compiled in, and are they enabled?
4. Which user is rsync running as?
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Re: [gentoo-user] portage/firewall
On Thursday 27 March 2008, Gavin Seddon wrote: Hello, I have inst. gtoo on a workstation at work. But portage complains '-14:24:52-- ftp://cudlug.cudenver.edu/pub/mirrors/distributions/gentoo/distfile s/gcc-3.3.6-patches-1.4.tar.bz2 = `/usr/portage/distfiles/gcc-3.3.6-patches-1.4.tar.bz2' Resolving cudlug.cudenver.edu... 132.194.22.137 Connecting to cudlug.cudenver.edu|132.194.22.137|:21... failed: Network is unreachable. Downloading 'ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/distfiles/gcc-3.3.6-p atches-1.4.tar.bz2' --14:24:52-- ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/distfiles/gcc-3.3.6-pa tches-1.4.tar.bz2 = `/usr/portage/distfiles/gcc-3.3.6-patches-1.4.tar.bz2' Resolving ftp.snt.utwente.nl... 130.89.175.1, 2001:610:1908:8000::175:1 Connecting to ftp.snt.utwente.nl|130.89.175.1|:21... failed: Network is unreachable. Connecting to ftp.snt.utwente.nl|2001:610:1908:8000::175:1|:21...' This may be a 'medicine dept' firewall. I cannot ask Them to alter it. Will someone help pls? Gavin. Do you use a proxy for normal browsing? If so, you can set the proxy in /etc/wgetrc. Uwe -- Informal Linux Group Namibia: http://www.linux.org.na/ SysEx (Pty) Ltd.: http://www.SysEx.com.na/ -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] rsync errors
On Thursday 27 March 2008, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 8:36 PM, Alan McKinnon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thursday 27 March 2008, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
Hi
I am running the command
/usr/bin/rsync -avO /var/lib/mysql [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/
/tmp/rsync-${TIMESTAMP}.log 21
rsync should work with that setup, I don't know why you are getting
errors. I seriously recommend you take a close look at your permissions
for /var/lib/mysql though - you have it world-writeable - a big no-no
ACLs are working - the + at the end of the permissions in 'ls -l' proves
that.
I would be checking the individual files inside /var/lib/mysql/ and the
directory /var/lib itself.
Also, I don't know what (1) and (13) in the error logs means. It looks
like rsync result codes, but those numbers for rsync make no sense at
all in this context. Hopefully someone else reading this knows.
Finally, SELinux can do odd things like this, but it's errors are easy
to spot for what they are. Do you know what they look like, and do you
have SELinux enabled?
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Re: [gentoo-user] portage/firewall
If your proxy don't let ftp pass, use torify -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] portage/firewall
2008/3/27, Elyahou ITTAH [EMAIL PROTECTED]: If your proxy don't let ftp pass, use torify emerge gcc (from the tor package) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] PRNG is not seeded
Alex Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dale writes: Kaushal Shriyan wrote: Both the files /dev/random and /dev/urandom are missing in my system. I just noticed this on mine. Do you have the service urandom in the boot runlevel? Looking at the init script it seems like if the character device /dev/urandom does not exist, it exits directly. Does anyone know what exactly creates these device nodes and why it could fail? Some kernel option? grep RANDOM /usr/src/linux/.config CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=y CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_INTEL=y CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_AMD=y CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_GEODE=y CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_VIA=y Roger -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] touchpad can't scroll
Hi, I have a Dell 1400 laptop. The touchpad can implement most functions except vertical scrolling, horizontal scrolling and dragging (not only in firefox, and also other applications). I have followed this guide http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Synaptics_Touchpad, but still can't fix the problem. There is some information below: $ cat /proc/bus/input/devices [...] I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0008 Version=7325 N: Name=AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0 S: Sysfs=/class/input/input5 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=mouse1 event5 B: EV=f B: KEY=420 67 0 0 0 0 B: REL=3 B: ABS=103 [...] And some configurations in my Xorg.conf: Section InputDevice Identifier USB_Mouse Driver mouse Option ProtocolAuto # Auto detect Option Device /dev/input/mice Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier TouchPad Driver synaptics Option Device/dev/input/mouse1 Option Protocol alps Option SendCoreEvents true Option SHMConfig on Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 Option Emulate3Buttons on Option LeftEdge 130 Option RightEdge 840 Option TopEdge 130 Option BottomEdge640 Option FingerLow 7 Option FingerHigh8 Option MaxTapTime180 Option MinTapTime 110 Option ClickTime 0 Option EmulateMidButtonTime 75 # Option MaxTapMove220 Option VertScrollDelta 20 Option HorizScrollDelta 20 Option MinSpeed 0.40 Option MaxSpeed 0.65 Option AccelFactor 0.030 Option EdgeMotionMinSpeed 200 Option EdgeMotionMaxSpeed 200 Option UpDownScrolling 1 Option CircularScrolling 1 Option CircScrollDelta 0.1 Option CircScrollTrigger 3 Option VertEdgeScroll on EndSection Section ServerLayout Screen Screen 1 InputDevice USB_Mouse CorePointer InputDevice Keyboard1 CoreKeyboard Option AIGLX true EndSection Any help will be appreciated! -- wcw -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] PRNG is not seeded
Roger Mason writes: Alex Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [/dev/random, /dev/urandom] Does anyone know what exactly creates these device nodes and why it could fail? Some kernel option? grep RANDOM /usr/src/linux/.config CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=y CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_INTEL=y CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_AMD=y CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_GEODE=y CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_VIA=y No, I think they are for special hardware randoem generators only. I don't heve those enabled in my .config. Wonko -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Creating an initrd for loading...
I'm working on a Sparc system (SunBlade 2000 Desktop Server) that needs an initrd image to load (due to having a QLA 2200 SCSI controller); but I am having some trouble with the initrd image. (I had tried the gentoo-sparc list, but it is slow - I'm not getting responses - and I need to finish this server by Friday. And the issue right now is solely the initrd image.) The problem I am having is that the kernel is complaining about not having the initrd image. I have SILO (sparc equiv of LILO) installed, and have told it of the initrd image, but the kernel doesn't seem to find it. (SILO reports all is well, so I can only assume it is finding the initrd image without a problem.) My main question comes down to this: I am using the 'genkernel' package to build install the kernel and initrd image. Both show up in /boot. How much can I rely on genkernel to build a valid initrd image? How can I mount the initrd image to verify it has the modules, etc. and verify it is a valid image? TIA, Ben -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb and screen resolution
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 have you tried vga=ask ? Chuanwen Wu wrote: | On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 3:55 AM, Ricardo Saffi Marques | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Sergey Kobzar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | uvesafb works nice. | Can anyone help me with the following? | Do any of you know how to make uvesafb (that replaces the old vesafb-tng) | set to a pre-defined resolution? | May be you want this guide http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/ | | | -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH68698hUIAnGfls4RAj9HAJ9LdjRvAwW+DZAu5OrdbNBGO6c0tQCeMuS5 cMwBndcvDThMFz/4CngdHBI= =wT9b -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Static mod_perl with apache2
Hi list: The situation is the next, i'm trying to install mod_perl as a static module with apache2, but apparently this isn't possible directly with emerge or i haven't found the correct flag, can someone tell me if this is possible? or does it have manually?. I'm using apache2 with mpm_worker, if someone ask me the reason for use mod_perl as static module is because at the moment of init the service i have problems of segmentation fault, and reading in different posts this could be a solution. Thanks for your help. Mario Rdz. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb and screen resolution
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Chris Brennan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: have you tried vga=ask ? I did try that. But it suggests many different things. None of them works as I want it to (or as vesafb-tng would when I set up the resolution by myself on the kernel config). And worse: for me to try every option vga=ask provide me, there are several reboots. So... -- Ricardo Saffi Marques Laboratório de Administração e Segurança de Sistemas (LAS/IC) Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) Cell: +55 (19) 8128-0435 Skype: ricardo_saffi_marques Website: http://www.rsaffi.com
Re: [gentoo-user] Creating an initrd for loading...
On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 12:35 -0400, Benjamen R. Meyer wrote: I'm working on a Sparc system (SunBlade 2000 Desktop Server) that needs an initrd image to load (due to having a QLA 2200 SCSI controller); but I am having some trouble with the initrd image. (I had tried the gentoo-sparc list, but it is slow - I'm not getting responses - and I need to finish this server by Friday. And the issue right now is solely the initrd image.) The problem I am having is that the kernel is complaining about not having the initrd image. I have SILO (sparc equiv of LILO) installed, and have told it of the initrd image, but the kernel doesn't seem to find it. (SILO reports all is well, so I can only assume it is finding the initrd image without a problem.) My main question comes down to this: I am using the 'genkernel' package to build install the kernel and initrd image. Both show up in /boot. How much can I rely on genkernel to build a valid initrd image? Try genkernel menuconfig all to check for a valid kernel config before genkernel builds it. Refer to genkernel's man-page for further options. How can I mount the initrd image to verify it has the modules, etc. and verify it is a valid image? There is a wiki-entry about it: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Initramfs Hope this helps. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] PRNG is not seeded
On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 23:24 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:17:07 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: when i restart sshd I get PRNG is not seeded # /etc/init.d/sshd restart PRNG is not seeded Does /dev/urandom exist? What are it's permissions? -- Neil Bothwick Never eat more than you can lift. Hi Thanks for the clue, Both the files /dev/random and /dev/urandom are missing in my system. How do i go ahead in fixing this issue Thanks and Regards Kaushal I'm not sure if this is a permanent solution because /dev is a tmpfs created by udev on startup (maybe there is your problem?) but you could try mknod -m 444 /dev/random c 1 8 mknod -m 444 /dev/urandom c 1 9 Both commands are taken from Linux from Scratch. There is a static /dev lying on your root-partition. It should have been created when you extracted your stage3-tarball during installation. Maybe there is something wrong with that one and udev doesn't create (u)random when they are not in the static one. To see the static /dev you must unmount /dev, which you can only do from a live-cd. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] touchpad can't scroll
On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 23:58 +0800, Chuanwen Wu wrote: Hi, I have a Dell 1400 laptop. The touchpad can implement most functions except vertical scrolling, horizontal scrolling and dragging (not only in firefox, and also other applications). I have followed this guide http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Synaptics_Touchpad, but still can't fix the problem. There is some information below: $ cat /proc/bus/input/devices [...] I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0008 Version=7325 N: Name=AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0 S: Sysfs=/class/input/input5 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=mouse1 event5 B: EV=f B: KEY=420 67 0 0 0 0 B: REL=3 B: ABS=103 [...] And some configurations in my Xorg.conf: Section InputDevice Identifier USB_Mouse Driver mouse Option ProtocolAuto # Auto detect Option Device /dev/input/mice Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier TouchPad Driver synaptics Option Device/dev/input/mouse1 Option Protocol alps Option SendCoreEvents true Option SHMConfig on Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 Option Emulate3Buttons on Option LeftEdge 130 Option RightEdge 840 Option TopEdge 130 Option BottomEdge640 Option FingerLow 7 Option FingerHigh8 Option MaxTapTime180 Option MinTapTime 110 Option ClickTime 0 Option EmulateMidButtonTime 75 # Option MaxTapMove220 Option VertScrollDelta 20 Option HorizScrollDelta 20 Option MinSpeed 0.40 Option MaxSpeed 0.65 Option AccelFactor 0.030 Option EdgeMotionMinSpeed 200 Option EdgeMotionMaxSpeed 200 Option UpDownScrolling 1 Option CircularScrolling 1 Option CircScrollDelta 0.1 Option CircScrollTrigger 3 Option VertEdgeScroll on EndSection Section ServerLayout Screen Screen 1 InputDevice USB_Mouse CorePointer InputDevice Keyboard1 CoreKeyboard Option AIGLX true EndSection Any help will be appreciated! -- wcw You should change your server-layout to something like Section ServerLayout Identifier Layout0 Screen Screen1 InputDeviceKeyboard1 CoreKeyboard InputDeviceTouchpad CorePointer Option AIGLX true EndSection signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] portage/firewall
On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 17:55 +0200, Elyahou ITTAH wrote: If your proxy don't let ftp pass, use torify Please try to avoid doing this with large packages. Tor is a distributed net built by volunteers. Flooding it with large downloads is neither nice nor fast. I'd say, try http. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Boot Gentoo to clean windows
On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 22:13 -0400, 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: Mikie wrote: Does anyone know of a product (hopefully free) that can clean a Windows PC while booted on Gentoo? I guess I need a good malware tool that runs on Linux and cleans NTFS volumes. Thanks. FWIW, AntiVir, Bitdefender, and F-Prot run quite well on Linux, and each has BOTH Linux and Windows Trojan and virus signatures. So you can install these and scan your windows box, and then scan your Linux box/downloads for malware (e.g. openoffice files, media files, etc.). Add Dazuko, and you can get real-time scanning of your Linux box while downloading/compiling software. This is getting OT but I still want to ask: Is it really necessary to run an anti-virus on linux? I just want to hear some opinions on that topic because I thought security fixes for your software are the way to go for fighting virae on linux. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] PRNG is not seeded
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:38:15 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote: To see the static /dev you must unmount /dev, which you can only do from a live-cd. That's not true, you can also see it by bind mounting root somewhere else. mount -bind / /mnt ls -l /mnt/dev -- Neil Bothwick If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. * Wright signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Boot Gentoo to clean windows
Am Donnerstag, 27. März 2008 schrieb Florian Philipp: Is it really necessary to run an anti-virus on linux? I just want to hear some opinions on that topic because I thought security fixes for your software are the way to go for fighting virae on linux. The main purpose is to remove virae from _Windows_ drives. You boot from a Linux LiveCD, like german c't magazin's Knoppicillin, mount your NTFS partition(s) and clean them. HTH... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Static mod_perl with apache2
On Thursday 27 March 2008, Mario Ignacio Rodríguez Cortés wrote: Hi list: The situation is the next, i'm trying to install mod_perl as a static module with apache2, What is a static module?Something like a female stallion? Uwe -- Informal Linux Group Namibia: http://www.linux.org.na/ SysEx (Pty) Ltd.: http://www.SysEx.com.na/ -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Creating an initrd for loading...
Florian Philipp wrote: On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 12:35 -0400, Benjamen R. Meyer wrote: My main question comes down to this: I am using the 'genkernel' package to build install the kernel and initrd image. Both show up in /boot. How much can I rely on genkernel to build a valid initrd image? Try genkernel menuconfig all to check for a valid kernel config before genkernel builds it. Refer to genkernel's man-page for further options. Yes, I did that. I ran genkernel, and generated it all. The initrd just doesn't seem to be working. How can I mount the initrd image to verify it has the modules, etc. and verify it is a valid image? There is a wiki-entry about it: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Initramfs Ok, so I used zcat to decompress the image, and then cpio to extract the data to a temporary folder. (The instructions on the wiki didn't work for some reason...complaints about finding cpio and zcat complaining about arguments). Any how... I snooped around the extracted files and was unable to find either the qla2xxx module (or the qla2200 modules, or any modules for that matter) or the qla2200 firmware. The firmware is on the hard drive (/dev/sda1 - /lib/firmward/qla2200_fw.bin), and so is the module - /lib/modules/2.6.24-gentoo-r3/kernel/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla2xxx.ko. Is the initrd image invalid?? Or are they stored somehow in the files non-obviously? How could I easily add them to the initrd image? (This is really my first time playing with initrd images...) Thanks, Ben -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] portage/firewall
On Thursday 27 March 2008, Florian Philipp wrote: On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 17:55 +0200, Elyahou ITTAH wrote: If your proxy don't let ftp pass, use torify Please try to avoid doing this with large packages. Tor is a distributed net built by volunteers. Flooding it with large downloads is neither nice nor fast. I'd say, try http. Jeez. You didn't read the original posting, did you? It's FTP, period. I still advise to set the proxy in /etc/wgetrc. Uwe -- Informal Linux Group Namibia: http://www.linux.org.na/ SysEx (Pty) Ltd.: http://www.SysEx.com.na/ -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Weirdness Here
Hi Guys, Something weird is going on with my system. I have been trying to upgrade the kernel, but no matter what I select, I can't seem to get the sata drive on my laptop recognized. So, I've been sticking to a kernel that works. That is just a lead-in to the situation. Today, I wanted to check /boot to make sure that I had removed residual files from my last failed kernel upgrade. First, let me say that my system boots fine into the kernel that I have been using successfully - i.e. everything happens as expected when I boot. However, in /boot, all I have is a symlink that says that boot is a link to . (dot). I don't see any grub directory or any of the files that should be there. What gives? This is making me a little antsy! Any suggestions as to what is going on? Any ideas how to solve the situation? Regards, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Static mod_perl with apache2
I'm not totally sure what you are talking about but to get perl to work with apache2 you need to add -D PERL to /etc/conf.d/apache2 APACHE2_OPTS=-D PERL Hi list: The situation is the next, i'm trying to install mod_perl as a static module with apache2, but apparently this isn't possible directly with emerge or i haven't found the correct flag, can someone tell me if this is possible? or does it have manually?. I'm using apache2 with mpm_worker, if someone ask me the reason for use mod_perl as static module is because at the moment of init the service i have problems of segmentation fault, and reading in different posts this could be a solution. Thanks for your help. Mario Rdz. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Weirdness Here
Disregard the message below. I've figured it out. Sorry! ;-( Colleen CJoeB wrote: Hi Guys, Something weird is going on with my system. I have been trying to upgrade the kernel, but no matter what I select, I can't seem to get the sata drive on my laptop recognized. So, I've been sticking to a kernel that works. That is just a lead-in to the situation. Today, I wanted to check /boot to make sure that I had removed residual files from my last failed kernel upgrade. First, let me say that my system boots fine into the kernel that I have been using successfully - i.e. everything happens as expected when I boot. However, in /boot, all I have is a symlink that says that boot is a link to . (dot). I don't see any grub directory or any of the files that should be there. What gives? This is making me a little antsy! Any suggestions as to what is going on? Any ideas how to solve the situation? Regards, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Weirdness Here
Did you create a separate /boot partition when installing Gentoo. If so you need to mount it mount /dev/sda1 /boot or whatever is your boot partition Hi Guys, Something weird is going on with my system. I have been trying to upgrade the kernel, but no matter what I select, I can't seem to get the sata drive on my laptop recognized. So, I've been sticking to a kernel that works. That is just a lead-in to the situation. Today, I wanted to check /boot to make sure that I had removed residual files from my last failed kernel upgrade. First, let me say that my system boots fine into the kernel that I have been using successfully - i.e. everything happens as expected when I boot. However, in /boot, all I have is a symlink that says that boot is a link to . (dot). I don't see any grub directory or any of the files that should be there. What gives? This is making me a little antsy! Any suggestions as to what is going on? Any ideas how to solve the situation? Regards, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] virusses on Linux [was: Re: Boot Gentoo to clean windows]
On Thursday 27 March 2008, Florian Philipp wrote: This is getting OT but I still want to ask: Is it really necessary to run an anti-virus on linux? I just want to hear some opinions on that topic because I thought security fixes for your software are the way to go for fighting virae on linux. FWIW: I have been using Linux workstations for over 10 years now without any virus protection. Not a single accident. On the other hand, if you run a Linux server (say a mail server) for a mixed environment you definitely want a virus scanner on your server to protect your Windows clients. Uwe -- Informal Linux Group Namibia: http://www.linux.org.na/ SysEx (Pty) Ltd.: http://www.SysEx.com.na/ -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Weirdness Here
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 look in your /etc/fstab, is /boot set to noauto? If it is, then /boot isn't being mounted at boot, mount it by hand, then take a peek ... CJoeB wrote: | Hi Guys, | | Something weird is going on with my system. I have been trying to | upgrade the kernel, but no matter what I select, I can't seem to get the | sata drive on my laptop recognized. So, I've been sticking to a kernel | that works. That is just a lead-in to the situation. | | Today, I wanted to check /boot to make sure that I had removed residual | files from my last failed kernel upgrade. First, let me say that my | system boots fine into the kernel that I have been using successfully - | i.e. everything happens as expected when I boot. However, in /boot, all | I have is a symlink that says that boot is a link to . (dot). I don't | see any grub directory or any of the files that should be there. What | gives? This is making me a little antsy! Any suggestions as to what is | going on? Any ideas how to solve the situation? | | Regards, | | Colleen | -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH6+rS8hUIAnGfls4RApmdAJ9iOtiasTnsbay5F/lUEPKp5vDWoACfacvG tkQdm9R2YqmFNjLiF9qAYPQ= =Eorv -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Boot Gentoo to clean windows
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:18:57 +0100 Dirk Heinrichs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am Donnerstag, 27. März 2008 schrieb Florian Philipp: Is it really necessary to run an anti-virus on linux? I just want to hear some opinions on that topic because I thought security fixes for your software are the way to go for fighting virae on linux. The main purpose is to remove virae from _Windows_ drives. You boot from a Linux LiveCD, like german c't magazin's Knoppicillin, mount your NTFS partition(s) and clean them. Or to catch remove a virus before it reaches the Windows machines - say with a Linux file or email server on a network w/ Windows machines. Conway S. Smith -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Weirdness Here
Chris Brennan wrote: look in your /etc/fstab, is /boot set to noauto? If it is, then /boot isn't being mounted at boot, mount it by hand, then take a peek ... Thanks. I figured that out. The thing that stymied me is that I normally don't have to manually mount /boot. Anyway, things are okay now. Regards, Colleen CJoeB wrote: | Hi Guys, | | Something weird is going on with my system. I have been trying to | upgrade the kernel, but no matter what I select, I can't seem to get the | sata drive on my laptop recognized. So, I've been sticking to a kernel | that works. That is just a lead-in to the situation. | | Today, I wanted to check /boot to make sure that I had removed residual | files from my last failed kernel upgrade. First, let me say that my | system boots fine into the kernel that I have been using successfully - | i.e. everything happens as expected when I boot. However, in /boot, all | I have is a symlink that says that boot is a link to . (dot). I don't | see any grub directory or any of the files that should be there. What | gives? This is making me a little antsy! Any suggestions as to what is | going on? Any ideas how to solve the situation? | | Regards, | | Colleen | -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] PRNG is not seeded
Alex Schuster wrote: Roger Mason writes: Alex Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [/dev/random, /dev/urandom] Does anyone know what exactly creates these device nodes and why it could fail? Some kernel option? grep RANDOM /usr/src/linux/.config CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=y CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_INTEL=y CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_AMD=y CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_GEODE=y CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_VIA=y No, I think they are for special hardware randoem generators only. I don't heve those enabled in my .config. Wonko I don't have those either. [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # grep RANDOM /usr/src/linux/.config # CONFIG_HW_RANDOM is not set [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # Not sure where that device comes from. I do have them on my system tho. Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Gnome: No sound - No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found
Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon at gmail.com writes: On Thursday 27 March 2008, Michael Schmarck wrote: The question now is why were the alsa, oss and other drivers removed from the -base ebuild? Because they belong to the meta package, I suppose. The real question rather is, why was rb not updated to depend on -meta. I filed https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214852 for that. Good luck with getting a dev to agree to that. I wouldn't, and don't know a single case in portage where an ebuild DEPENDS on a -meta ebuild (possible -metas DEPENDING on subordinate -metas excepted) In that case, rb should depend on gst-plugins-base, but that's also not what them devs want. It rather seems, that they prefer that users have a non-functional system - which I find a quite strange attitude. But that's just me, I guess. -meta packages are designed to be manually added to world by users who wish an easy way to emerge everything. Fine, but did you actually have a look at the gst-plugins-meta package? It does *NOT* add everything. It is *NOT* at all like the kde-meta package. The gst-plugins-meta package only adds everything, if all the USE flags are set. Again, that's very much different from the kde-meta package - for it to be the same, the kde-meta would need to have, let's say, a ppp flag with which a user could control if ppp stuff (kppp for example) get's installed. But there's no such flag. It's not described in policy anywhere I have ever seen, the actual usage in practise tells you the intended usage. The actual usage of other meta packages (again, I'm thinking abut kde-meta and also gnome-base/gnome here) differs *completely* from the usage of the gst-plugins-meta package. So I don't see, how you can compare different things here. Go back and read bug 159470 again, especially comments 3 and 4. I don't quite understand that. Nobody is proposing, that rb should now grow an alsa USE flag. I'm also not saying that gst-plugins-base should re-grow the alsa USE flag. The dependencies you propose cause circular dependency loops Why's that? rb should depend on gst-plugins-meta which should depend on gst-plugins-alsa (if the USE flag is set so). and recompilation of packages that depend on the USE flags when they change, even when the resulting files installed are EXACTLY the same as the ones replaced. Care to expand on that? This is the reason why the USE flags were removed from the ebuild, That's fine. to save you from the horror that is circular deps. Could you cook up a testcase to show that? I recall something similar with another sound app a while ago, the reason is that it could be used as a networked sound delivery server and there's no good reason to require the user to have sound driver support on the local machine. I suspect your bug will be closed WONTFIX, with luck the dev will justify their reasoning. If not, I'll reopen it. And Jakob will probably just close it. Then I'll reopen it. He's brutal about that, and it's his job. Dunno. But let's not discuss Jakub. The problem you are trying to solve would be much better served with a request for an ELOG to be emitted by rhythmbox alerting to user to the need to install gst-plugins-whatever. I don't think so. There's a damn good reason why rhythmbox does does depend on -meta. I suppose you mean does not depend on -meta, right? That will never happen, so you should get over it. Bug 159470 explains why it's not a good idea to depend on -base either, so now you get to issue one more emerge by yourself. Actually, it doesn't. Comment #3 from Jakub doesn't apply. I totally agree with Jakub, that it might have been a bad idea to have something like mad? ( =media-plugins/gst-plugins-mad-0.10* ) in the totem ebuild. That sucks. Nobody wants that back. I seem to be missing something - what happens, if rb would depend on gst-plugins-meta? Suppose USE=alsa is set. Then if emerge rhythmbox would be done, gst-plugins-meta and gst-plugins-alsa would be emerged. Then the user thinks that dvb is a good idea and adds dvb to his make.conf file. If he'd recompile gst-plugins-meta, he'd also get gst-plugins-dvb installed. Would rb then need to be recompiled, in the point of view of emerge? Michael -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Boot Gentoo to clean windows
Florian Philipp wrote: This is getting OT but I still want to ask: Is it really necessary to run an anti-virus on linux? I just want to hear some opinions on that topic because I thought security fixes for your software are the way to go for fighting virae on linux. I have not ran a anti-virus here for years and no problems so far. I don't think Linux has this problem except for the rootkit thing. It seems Linux is just pretty much immune to this sort of thing. Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome: No sound - No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found
On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 16:56 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: There's a damn good reason why rhythmbox does does depend on -meta. That will never happen, so you should get over it. The GNOME 2.22 versions of Rhythmbox and Sound Juicer depend on gst-plugins-meta. So you should get over it. --a -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Gnome: No sound - No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found
Albert Hopkins marduk at letterboxes.org writes: The GNOME 2.22 versions of Rhythmbox and Sound Juicer depend on gst-plugins-meta. Great to hear! So you should get over it. I will. I don't care much about the 2.20 version then. They'll be history soon anyway. Cheers, Michael -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] portage/firewall
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:33:53 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote: I'd say, try http. Jeez. You didn't read the original posting, did you? It's FTP, period. It's FTP, which is blocked by the firewall, so use only HTTP mirrors in /etc/make.conf. There is no requirement to use FTP for downloads. If rsync is also blocked, use emerge-webrsync to update the portage tree over HTTP. -- Neil Bothwick Aw, mom, you act like I'm not even wearing a bungee cord! signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Creating an initrd for loading...
On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 14:31 -0400, Benjamen R. Meyer wrote: Florian Philipp wrote: On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 12:35 -0400, Benjamen R. Meyer wrote: My main question comes down to this: I am using the 'genkernel' package to build install the kernel and initrd image. Both show up in /boot. How much can I rely on genkernel to build a valid initrd image? Try genkernel menuconfig all to check for a valid kernel config before genkernel builds it. Refer to genkernel's man-page for further options. Yes, I did that. I ran genkernel, and generated it all. The initrd just doesn't seem to be working. How can I mount the initrd image to verify it has the modules, etc. and verify it is a valid image? There is a wiki-entry about it: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Initramfs Ok, so I used zcat to decompress the image, and then cpio to extract the data to a temporary folder. (The instructions on the wiki didn't work for some reason...complaints about finding cpio and zcat complaining about arguments). Any how... I snooped around the extracted files and was unable to find either the qla2xxx module (or the qla2200 modules, or any modules for that matter) or the qla2200 firmware. The firmware is on the hard drive (/dev/sda1 - /lib/firmward/qla2200_fw.bin), and so is the module - /lib/modules/2.6.24-gentoo-r3/kernel/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla2xxx.ko. Is the initrd image invalid?? Or are they stored somehow in the files non-obviously? How could I easily add them to the initrd image? (This is really my first time playing with initrd images...) Thanks, Ben They are in lib/modules. I think it should work if you just copy the modules to their respective folder and add their names to the respective file in etc/modules. To create a initrd new initrd, use the following command: find . | cpio --quiet --dereference -o -H newc | gzip -9 /boot/initrd signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Boot Gentoo to clean windows
On Thursday 27 March 2008, Dale wrote: Florian Philipp wrote: This is getting OT but I still want to ask: Is it really necessary to run an anti-virus on linux? I just want to hear some opinions on that topic because I thought security fixes for your software are the way to go for fighting virae on linux. I have not ran a anti-virus here for years and no problems so far. I don't think Linux has this problem except for the rootkit thing. It seems Linux is just pretty much immune to this sort of thing. Not really immune as such, just well protected. It's very hard to gain remote access as a user and then find an exploit to elevate to root priviledges. The devastation wrought on the internet by zombie windows machines is by and large not really possible on Linux to anything like the same degree - if an attacker dupes a user into running some malware it tends to run as the user which limits what the malware can do i.e. no ports open below 1024 etc etc. BUT some points to keep in mind: 1. Linux us still small fry in the desktop market, and not really a target for malware scumbags. Why should they? It's much harder to do especially when Redmond's finest code in the wild is such juicy low hanging fruit. This is bound to change, just a matter of time 2. There are some Linuxes out there that run everything as root. Xandros, I'm especially looking at you here. Apparently the Xandros devs like the way Redmond does things, right down to the brain dead design decisions sigh human stupidity is apparently boundless 3. If an attacker gains access to your machine, he can trash your personal stuff just for spite. This is catastrophic to the average user even though it leaves the rest of the internet just as it was -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless: Limit rate to strengthen connection?
I'm trying to strengthen a wireless connection that spans about 150 feet and has to go through about 5 walls. I bought two of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164110 for either end of the connection, but I'm having trouble making it work well. I've noticed the connection will be perfect for a short time, but then disappear. When watching iwconfig during this process, it looks like the connection is good when on a low rate, but when it goes to 54 Mbps it falls apart. Should limiting the rate solve this problem? If so, how can I do that? I'm using hostapd on the AP and wpa_supplicant on the client. - Grant Grant, Yes, lowering the rate to a slower speed will help greatly. The lower rates use less compression and modulation... less complex wave forms better connects over long hauls. The antennas look very good, but what's driving them? I use and whole heartedly endorse SENAO products and have had very good luck with these models: ECB-3220 (400 mw) or 2611CB3 PLUS (200 mw) at: http://www.wlansolution.com. Either unit with the high gain antennas you have, will penetrate what you stated and probably go pretty high on the speed scale doing it too. With careful antenna placement and use of 'iwconfig wlan0 rate 2M' I have a nice reliable connection. Thanks for the advice on lowering the rate. Does anyone think I would be better off with a 15 foot antenna extension cable and a PCI adapter than what I have now which is a USB adapter on the end of a 15 foot USB cable? I know antenna cables are lossy. - Grant -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] rate_wlan0= ( 2M ) not working
'iwconfig wlan0 rate 2M' works for limiting the wireless bitrate, but I'd like to have this limit applied whenever wlan0 is started. 'rate_wlan0=( 2M )' in '/etc/conf.d/net' doesn't work on either the client or router. That syntax isn't documented in net.wireless, but I did find it with Google. I've also tried it without the parenthesis. Should I file a bug? - Grant -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Unplugging USB wireless adapter
Whenever I unplug a USB wireless adapter I must reboot in order for it to be recognized again. Is there a way to avoid the reboot? - Grant -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Boot Gentoo to clean windows
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Thursday 27 March 2008, Dale wrote: Florian Philipp wrote: This is getting OT but I still want to ask: Is it really necessary to run an anti-virus on linux? I just want to hear some opinions on that topic because I thought security fixes for your software are the way to go for fighting virae on linux. I have not ran a anti-virus here for years and no problems so far. I don't think Linux has this problem except for the rootkit thing. It seems Linux is just pretty much immune to this sort of thing. Not really immune as such, just well protected. It's very hard to gain remote access as a user and then find an exploit to elevate to root priviledges. The devastation wrought on the internet by zombie windows machines is by and large not really possible on Linux to anything like the same degree - if an attacker dupes a user into running some malware it tends to run as the user which limits what the malware can do i.e. no ports open below 1024 etc etc. BUT some points to keep in mind: 1. Linux us still small fry in the desktop market, and not really a target for malware scumbags. Why should they? It's much harder to do especially when Redmond's finest code in the wild is such juicy low hanging fruit. This is bound to change, just a matter of time 2. There are some Linuxes out there that run everything as root. Xandros, I'm especially looking at you here. Apparently the Xandros devs like the way Redmond does things, right down to the brain dead design decisions sigh human stupidity is apparently boundless 3. If an attacker gains access to your machine, he can trash your personal stuff just for spite. This is catastrophic to the average user even though it leaves the rest of the internet just as it was True, but I did say 'pretty much'. Nothing is completely immune. A old Commodore Vic-20 can be hacked if you can connect it to the net. Although it is not fast enough to do much harm. LOL I also agree that as Linux grows, so will the people trying to hack them. As long as there are people using Linux that don't keep there box fairly secure, it will happen. I don't think it will be as easy as the finest Redmond software but they will try. If nothings else, they will try common passwords and there will always be some idiot with their password set to love, sex, god and other easy to guess ones. I like my password tho. It's numbers and letters and has no meaning whatsoever. Not even a birth date in it. I was not aware of #2. Sounds like a bunch of Redmond whatabees. o_O Dale :-) :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Unplugging USB wireless adapter
On Donnerstag, 27. März 2008, Grant wrote: Whenever I unplug a USB wireless adapter I must reboot in order for it to be recognized again. Is there a way to avoid the reboot? - Grant making usb modular and unload/reload the modules? -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Creating an initrd for loading...
Florian Philipp wrote: On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 14:31 -0400, Benjamen R. Meyer wrote: Florian Philipp wrote: On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 12:35 -0400, Benjamen R. Meyer wrote: How can I mount the initrd image to verify it has the modules, etc. and verify it is a valid image? There is a wiki-entry about it: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Initramfs Ok, so I used zcat to decompress the image, and then cpio to extract the data to a temporary folder. (The instructions on the wiki didn't work for some reason...complaints about finding cpio and zcat complaining about arguments). Any how... I snooped around the extracted files and was unable to find either the qla2xxx module (or the qla2200 modules, or any modules for that matter) or the qla2200 firmware. The firmware is on the hard drive (/dev/sda1 - /lib/firmward/qla2200_fw.bin), and so is the module - /lib/modules/2.6.24-gentoo-r3/kernel/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla2xxx.ko. Is the initrd image invalid?? Or are they stored somehow in the files non-obviously? How could I easily add them to the initrd image? (This is really my first time playing with initrd images...) They are in lib/modules. I think it should work if you just copy the modules to their respective folder and add their names to the respective file in etc/modules. Okay, I tried this two ways: 1) touched files in /etc/modules with the module names. (Probably not right) - didn't work. 2) added all the files in /lib/modules/2.6.24-gentoo-r3/kernel/drivers/scsi and sub-directories to /etc/modules/scsi - didn't work. Perhaps I need to add the information for the firmware??? To create a initrd new initrd, use the following command: find . | cpio --quiet --dereference -o -H newc | gzip -9 /boot/initrd Okay, used this instead of the lengthy process I was doing before: find ./ | cpio -H newc -o /boot/initrd.bmeyer.cpio gzip /boot/initrd.bmeyer.cpio mv /boot/initrd.bmeyer.cpio.gz /boot/initrd.bmeyer Any how...still stuck. Think I'm further along..but don't know. FYI - right after it runs 'mdev' there is a line saying it can't find 'ls'...not sure if that is an error with mdev, or an error after mdev. Either way, I can't find out since the system goes unusable until I reboot manually (cycle power). TIA, Ben -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] rate_wlan0= ( 2M ) not working
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:25:42 -0700, Grant wrote: 'iwconfig wlan0 rate 2M' works for limiting the wireless bitrate, but I'd like to have this limit applied whenever wlan0 is started. You could put it in the postup function of /etc/conf.d/net. -- Neil Bothwick Penis Envy is a total Phallusy. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless: Limit rate to strengthen connection?
On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 19:52 -0700, Grant wrote: I'm trying to strengthen a wireless connection that spans about 150 feet and has to go through about 5 walls. I bought two of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164110 for either end of the connection, but I'm having trouble making it work well. I've noticed the connection will be perfect for a short time, but then disappear. When watching iwconfig during this process, it looks like the connection is good when on a low rate, but when it goes to 54 Mbps it falls apart. Should limiting the rate solve this problem? If so, how can I do that? I'm using hostapd on the AP and wpa_supplicant on the client. - Grant Grant, Yes, lowering the rate to a slower speed will help greatly. The lower rates use less compression and modulation... less complex wave forms better connects over long hauls. The antennas look very good, but what's driving them? I use and whole heartedly endorse SENAO products and have had very good luck with these models: ECB-3220 (400 mw) or 2611CB3 PLUS (200 mw) at: http://www.wlansolution.com. Either unit with the high gain antennas you have, will penetrate what you stated and probably go pretty high on the speed scale doing it too. I'm using a Netgear PCI adapter on the AP and an Edimax USB adapter on the client. Do you know how I can limit the rate? Should it be done on the Gentoo AP or the client? - Grant I use wireless-tools from portage. In it is iwconfig. A simple man iwconfig will show you what you need. Other thing you could do is configure the Wireless AP for a fixed rate... works for me. I found this: rate_wlan0=( 5.5M ) which isn't documented in net.wireless, but it doesn't seem to have any affect. I've tried it on the router and the client which uses wpa_supplicant. I still see the rate on the client fluctuate all the way up to 54 Mb/s in the output from iwconfig. The router's rate is always reported as 0 kb/s. - Grant It appears 'iwconfig wlan0 rate 11M' works (at least as far as the output from iwconfig is concerned) but how can I set /etc/conf.d/net to always use this rate? - Grant The best way I found to do this is to just write your own script and run it at the default runlevel. write a script called wireless-up save it in your /root directory. Then in /etc/conf.d/local.start add the script name to the list: /root/wireless-up. Make sure the script is executable with chmod 666 /root/wireless-up. Here is what mine looks like. I laugh when I read this thing that I call a script. I'll be upgrading this in the future but for now maybe someone has a better idea and/or script. #!/bin/bash DATE=`date +%m_%d_%Y` ifconfig wlan0 up || echo wlan up failed iwconfig wlan0 essid ACCESSPOINTNAME || echo setting essid failed iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed || echo setting mode to managed failed iwconfig wlan0 key restricted YOURKEYHERE || echo key failed verification dhclient wlan0 || echo wlan0 failed to receive dhcp request response # if [ $DATE -ne `date +%m_%d_%Y -r /tmp/.wireless.* rm /tmp/.wireless.* iwconfig /tmp/.wireless.$DATE exit 0 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Boot Gentoo to clean windows
Florian Philipp wrote: snip FWIW, AntiVir, Bitdefender, and F-Prot run quite well on Linux, and each has BOTH Linux and Windows Trojan and virus signatures. So you can install these and scan your windows box, and then scan your Linux box/downloads for malware (e.g. openoffice files, media files, etc.). Add Dazuko, and you can get real-time scanning of your Linux box while downloading/compiling software. This is getting OT but I still want to ask: Is it really necessary to run an anti-virus on linux? I just want to hear some opinions on that topic because I thought security fixes for your software are the way to go for fighting virae on linux. Anti-Virus on Linux. No. (presuming that you don't run as root, and have lots of unprivileged users for individual applications.) Anti-Malware on Linux. Yes. (Malware gets to the box via spoofed or hacked software distribution or creation sites; bad links or poisoned DNS caches; or via (e.g.) browser memory attacks - at plugins or exploits) The oldtimers will tell you that safe hex and perhaps integrity monitoring (e.g. Samhain or tripwire) are all that's needed. But desktop Linux with Browsing, IM, etc. is changing that, IMHO. The three packages above have Linux Trojan and Rootkit signatures, as well as Windows malware sigs. Easy enough to run an occasional scan of the Linux box (or Windows partition); and to scan each Linux download before reading, compiling, or passing on. (Dazuko additionally allows realtime scans of compilation read/writes). IMHO, Linux and MAC are the next frontier for malware, and -SADLY- AntiMalware signature and heuristic techniques are one thing we can learn about from Windows :-( -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] touchpad can't scroll
Hi, You should change your server-layout to something like Section ServerLayout Identifier Layout0 Screen Screen1 InputDeviceKeyboard1 CoreKeyboard InputDeviceTouchpad CorePointer Option AIGLX true EndSection I have changed it, but after I restart X, I found it doesn't work, yet. -- wcw -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] OOo 2.4 and Java
Hi! Have installed OOo 2.4 on ~amd64/x86_64 with these flags: cups dbus eds firefox java kde ldap pam -binfilter -debug ... At starting any OOo programm konsole shows: javaldx failed! Tool-Options-Java dialog finds all three installed JREs, but after selecting radio control for any of them and clicking OK nothing changes. Next time the dialog finds JREs again (nothing checked at dialog opening). Help! -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Unplugging USB wireless adapter
Whenever I unplug a USB wireless adapter I must reboot in order for it to be recognized again. Is there a way to avoid the reboot? - Grant making usb modular and unload/reload the modules? I think I just needed to make sure to stop net.wlan0 before removing the adapter. I thought that didn't work before, but it seems to be now. - Grant -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Unplugging USB wireless adapter
Grant wrote: Whenever I unplug a USB wireless adapter I must reboot in order for it to be recognized again. Is there a way to avoid the reboot? - Grant making usb modular and unload/reload the modules? I think I just needed to make sure to stop net.wlan0 before removing the adapter. I thought that didn't work before, but it seems to be now. - Grant I haven't kept up with this but isn't there a hotplug/coldplug monitor that detects things like this? I'm thinking hotplug is the correct one since the machine is powered up. Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
