Re: [gentoo-user] Network configuration: looking up URLs is very slow; how can I fix this?
On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 14:59 +0100, Stroller wrote: On 12 Sep 2008, at 21:59, Alan Mackenzie wrote: ... I do # route (as root), and get this: ## ### Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 00 eth0 loopback* 255.0.0.0 U 0 00 lo default speedport.ip0.0.0.0 UG0 00 eth0 ## ### I'd also specify 192.168.2.1 as the default route explicitly, rather than by name. Stroller. I think that route rDNS'es the host, and is not set. I could be wrong though. -- Daniel.
Re: [gentoo-user] SSH fixed; now su doesn't work
On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 23:36 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 23:27 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: I can ssh over to the old box now, but my su command doesn't work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ su - su: Authentication failure From /var/log/messages: Sep 13 23:23:07 bullet sshd[24134]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user michael by (uid=0) Sep 13 23:23:10 bullet su[24142]: FAILED su for root by michael Sep 13 23:23:10 bullet su[24142]: - pts/1 michael:root At first, I thought I might not be in the wheel group, so I checked: bullet log # grep wheel /etc/group wheel:x:10:root,michael,amy What have I done wrong this time? (I know somebody's going to gripe at me about using the root account this way; don't bother. There are far too many tasks I do every day that require root privileges to configure them all for sudo...) Please disregard what I said about sudo. I was misinformed. I was told that every command I wanted to use as a regular user that required root privileges had to be listed in /etc/sudoers. Now I see that that is not true. I apologize for my ignorance... Or you could do sudo -i or sudo -s... But that's not a good solution, up to fix su! (Although, I can't help you. The info you gave us is not much, but I can't help getting any more...) :-) -- Daniel.
Re: [gentoo-user] Network configuration: looking up URLs is very slow; how can I fix this?
On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 18:47 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hi, Gentoo! I bought a new hard drive on Wednesday, and am seriously getting Gentoo installed (after doing a trial installation in July). However looking up URL's is very, very slow. This is most noticeable when running emerge. It is very also noticeable running Firefox; the looking up is _much_ slower than on my existing Debian sarge system. Presumably, I need to configure some sort of DNS cache, or proxy, or whatever it might be called. I've looked in http://www.gentoo.org/doc/, but couldn't find a network configuration manual there. Would somebody give me a pointer, please? Thanks! Where are your DNS-server, and how does your routes look like? I'd like to see your /etc/resolv.conf aswell. :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Network configuration: looking up URLs is very slow; how can I fix this?
As long as speedport.ip is 192.168.2.1, the routes are okay, and the resolv-file is okay aswell. It's most likely either DNS-cacheer, i.e. your own router, or the DNS-server your ISP is giving you beeing the bottleneck. You could go ahead and dig(1) both those servers and perhaps time(1) that. If you can find any logs in your router that would help aswell. -- Daniel. On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 20:59 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hi, Daniel, On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 08:50:13PM +0200, Daniel Beecham wrote: However looking up URL's is very, very slow. This is most noticeable when running emerge. It is very also noticeable running Firefox; the looking up is _much_ slower than on my existing Debian sarge system. Presumably, I need to configure some sort of DNS cache, or proxy, or whatever it might be called. I've looked in http://www.gentoo.org/doc/, but couldn't find a network configuration manual there. Would somebody give me a pointer, please? Thanks! Where are your DNS-server, and how does your routes look like? I'd like to see your /etc/resolv.conf aswell. :-) /etc/resolv.conf: # # Generated by dhcpcd for interface eth0 search Speedport_W_700V nameserver 192.168.2.1 # [translation: A router/DSL modem (called Speedport) at local address 192.168.2.1.] I do # route (as root), and get this: # Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 192.168.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 00 eth0 loopback* 255.0.0.0 U 0 00 lo default speedport.ip0.0.0.0 UG0 00 eth0 # Er, where is my DNS-server? That's the entry in resolv.conf, isn't it, i.e. the router at 192.168.2.1?
Re: [gentoo-user] Debugging X
Dale wrote: forgottenwizard wrote: I'm having a problem getting X to work. It is seg faulting on me, and despite countless revdep-rebuilds and emerge -e world, it still doesn't work. It dies after the cursor shows up, spitting this backtrace and output. Sorry if the formatting sucks. The last line is probably refering to the fact I tried to run it from within screen, so if that could cause a problem say so, and tell me how the heck to get a log of this output (since startx log.txt doesn't work) #--- startx output ---# X Window System Version 1.3.0 Release Date: 19 April 2007 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3 Build Operating System: UNKNOWN Current Operating System: Linux localhost 2.6.25-gentoo-r7 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Aug 1 21:56:38 CDT 2008 x86_64 Build Date: 22 July 2008 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Wed Aug 20 00:11:37 2008 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf (WW) NVIDIA: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:1:3) found (II) Module already built-in The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: Warning: Multiple names for keycode 211 Using I211, ignoring AB11 Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server Backtrace: 0: X(xf86SigHandler+0x6d) [0x49690d] 1: /lib/libc.so.6 [0x7fae2c0a4430] 2: X(NumMotionEvents+0x12) [0x447822] 3: X(CreateConnectionBlock+0x53) [0x439623] 4: X(main+0x658) [0x43a168] 5: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4) [0x7fae2c091b74] 6: X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0x229) [0x439259] Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting waiting for X server to begin accepting connections giving up. xinit: Connection reset by peer (errno 104): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console #--- end ---# I've brought this to #x (or xorg, whichever the X support channel in freenode is), #linux, #gentoo, and the forums. I'm at a bit of a loss as to what the problem is, or how to go about trying to find out what is the problem. If I read this correctly, it appears that it can not find the keyboard or something. This is what makes me think that: The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: Warning: Multiple names for keycode 211. In your make.conf, do you have a line that is something like this: INPUT_DEVICES=keyboard mouse Also make sure you have something like the following in your xorg.conf file: Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard0 Driver kbd EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option Protocol auto Option Device /dev/input/mouse0 Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 6 7 EndSection This may not have anything to do with the problem but it is something that didn't look right to me. Dale :-) :-) Nah, that's not the problem, aas you can see here; Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server / Daniel.
Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 3 stability
I agree with whoever said opera without mail is flying. It really is. I cant see the major improvements in firefox as preposed - ie speed, stability, memoryconsumption, etc. Opera still outdoes firefox imo. On 7/4/08, Graham Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jason Messerschmitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've noticed an odd visual glitch with blogspot pages- it superimposes my desktop on some pages. It's a bit hard to explain so here's a pic. As far as I know it's only this page, but might be good fodder for some of you troubleshooters out there. There is something which lots of people have noticed. The suggested solution, which worked for me, was to change the X acceleration from XAA to EXA in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This will only work if your video driver supports EXA acceleration. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Brainstorm?
On 3/7/08, Jerry McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Welcome Daniel! The BrainStorm idea is a good one, but it closely resembles the gentoo forums and perhaps a bit like the gentoo wiki too... Heck... if you squint a bit and don't look real close, brainstorm looks a bit like the gentoo bugs site too. Probably a good place for this to land is in the wiki... Call it my wish list (sorry) or something else though. Also, if the gentoo version closely copies the Ubunt BrainStorm, it desperately needs a better indexing method, other than offering pages and pages of unknown topics that you must page through to find something useful... Cheers All! Would'nt that be the same thing, just as a subpage on the wiki?
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Brainstorm?
On 3/5/08, Rodrigo Lazo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Have you seen ubuntu brainstorm? http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ What do you think? Personally I believe is a very good idea and may be worth copying. Regards -- Rodrigo Lazo (rlazo) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list I too think this is a good idea. I'll be happy to help out on this one. Btw, this is my first mail to this mailinglist - hi!
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Brainstorm?
On 3/7/08, Ale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/3/7, Daniel Beecham [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 3/5/08, Rodrigo Lazo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Have you seen ubuntu brainstorm? http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ What do you think? Personally I believe is a very good idea and may be worth copying. Regards -- Rodrigo Lazo (rlazo) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list I too think this is a good idea. I'll be happy to help out on this one. Btw, this is my first mail to this mailinglist - hi! Welcome!! :D Thank you! A warm welcome, i think i'll like it here. (:
