Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT im more just curious
Tony Stohne wrote: hehe, there are some experienced guys ( gals?) on the list. I'm 44... I'm also 44, have been using Unix since 1981 and still have my hardback book on the PDP 11/70 and my KR C book from then. I remember being told not to run 'vi' when too many people were on because it would slow the machine down. :-) (Bad info it seems, but funny now.) My first pc unix was in 1991 and I forget if it was BSDFree or FreeBSD. X11 dist was X386. I'm pretty sure the OS was version 0.1. I remember loading floppy after floppy after floppy to get the os on, then it took a long time for X to start up with the disk grinding away. I also remember earlier days as a teen never being able to convince my parents to spring for the $500 TRS-80 or Heathkit... :-) Mike -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Why are gentoo people so in love with colorized output?!?
Dan Farrell wrote: ...White terminal backgrounds, aside from the invisible color problem, also are hella ugly. When I look between reading printed papers or journals and the computer screen I like windows with white background (actually a little off-white) black text. That way I can quickly look between the two without needing to get reaccustomed to different colors. No biggie either way, but everyone's needs are different. Mike -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice help
Matt, Matthew R. Lee wrote: ...I want to change the openoffice splash screen. I know I have to overwrite the intro.bmp with the new one, but I can't find it... Here you go: kryten mm $ find /usr/lib/openoffice/ -name intro.bmp -print /usr/lib/openoffice/program/intro.bmp Mike -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Fios wireless laptop access problem
I just got Verizon's fios and love the high bandwidth. But I can't get my gentoo laptop fully connected through a wireless connection. Has anyone been through this already? Here are the highlights: - I'm using a Verizon supplied an Actiontec router which includes wireless and seems to be a pretty nice linux based router. - a Nintendo Wii makes a wireless connection and accesses internet sites fine, so the Verizon-provided Actiontec router seems to be set up ok. - the gentoo laptop requests (via dhcpcd eth1) and receives an ip address from the router's WAP. I thought I'd be home free at this point, but not so. - using wireshark to watch a ping 192.168.1.1 I can see a 192.168.1.1 ARP packet tell the laptop its mac address, then the laptop starts to send out a ICMP echo requests...and gets no response. Firewall settings in the router are at the minimal setting for this test. - my laptop connects fine to my neighbor's WAP and reaches the internet. So if it weren't for the Wii successfully connecting and getting out I'd say the firewall is to blame. I get the same symptoms trying to access web sites or even https://192.168.1.1 which is set up for this test to allow me to administer via wireless. - FWIW: kryten mm # route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway GenmaskFlags Metric RefUse Iface 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth1 127.0.0.00.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 00 lo 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0UG0 00 eth1 I'm stumped at the moment and hope someone sees what I'm missing. Thanks very much for any ideas. Mike -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] udev / ppp problem
I have a ~x86 box that is dial up only and uses ppp. Last weekend an 'emerge -uD world' seemed to complete without issue but now I can't make a ppp connection as seen by the error attached below. I admit to not knowing my way around udev yet what I've read isn't helping with this. I'm guessing I need to recreate something somehow. Penetrating insight... Does anyone see what it is I'm missing that causes the udevd-event[9376]: wait_for_sysfs: waiting for '/sys/class/net/ppp0/device/driver' failed error below? There's no ppp0 directory under /sys/class/net/ but I don't know what creates it. Thanks very much, Mike === snipped from /var/log/messages === Jan 27 15:40:03 home PPP generic driver version 2.4.2 Jan 27 15:40:03 home pppd[9349]: pppd 2.4.4 started by mm, uid 0 Jan 27 15:40:04 home chat[9360]: abort on (BUSY) Jan 27 15:40:04 home chat[9360]: abort on (NO CARRIER) [...typical modem connect msgs...] Jan 27 15:40:39 home pppd[9349]: Serial connection established. Jan 27 15:40:39 home pppd[9349]: Using interface ppp0 Jan 27 15:40:39 home pppd[9349]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS1 Jan 27 15:40:42 home udevd-event[9376]: wait_for_sysfs: waiting for '/sys/class/net/ppp0/device/driver' failed Jan 27 15:40:42 home udev-net.sh: /etc/init.d/net.ppp0: does not exist or is not executable Jan 27 15:40:48 home pppd[9349]: Modem hangup Jan 27 15:40:48 home pppd[9349]: Connection terminated. Jan 27 15:40:48 home udev-net.sh: /etc/init.d/net.ppp0: does not exist or is not executable Jan 27 15:40:49 home pppd[9349]: Exit. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] linux router setup - howto?
Ow Mun Heng wrote: On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 20:09 -0400, Mike Markowski wrote: echo 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward What more needs doing? Search through either gentoo-wiki or gentoo.org. IIRC there are step by step instructions on doing this. Great, thanks. For anyone else looking, I found one at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/home-router-howto.xml Seems my earlier google didn't turn this one up high on the list. I'm still struggling with some NAT issues, but looks like I'm not too far. Thanks again, Mike -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] linux router setup - howto?
Can anyone point me to a howto or advice for the following? On my gentoo box I have: - ppp dialup link to the internet (rural living is not very broadband friendly yet) - wireless access point on the ethernet interface I'd like to use this box as a router so that any wireless traffic through the WAP is routed appropriately between ppp0 and eth0. I selected Advanced Routing in the kernel (2.6.17-r1), and have /proc fs and sysctl support. I also turned on forwarding using echo 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward What more needs doing? Thanks! Mike -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted /boot
Norberto Bensa wrote: Mike Markowski wrote: Any ideas? Bueller? Bueller? Please post: $ cat /boot/grub/menu.lst $ ls -l /boot $ sudo fdisk -l $ ls -l /dev/console $ ls -l /dev/initctl $ ls -l /dev/null Ok, Norberto. Looks like the (or, a) problem is initctl. The named pipe is missing...or is it supposed to be created during boot? I got the info below after 'chrooting' from a livecd boot. I don't know what the pipe is for, so time to start reading. But I wanted to get this posted soon as I could. Thanks, Mike livecd / # cat /boot/grub/menu.lst timeout 10 default 0 title Gentoo 2.6.17 root (hd0,0) kernel /kernel-2.6.17-gentoo root=/dev/sda1 # Change the colors. title Change the colors color light-green/brown blink-red/blue livecd / # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 5 40131 83 Linux /dev/sda2 6 249 1959930 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda3 250972976148100 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdb: 1040 MB, 1040187392 bytes 32 heads, 32 sectors/track, 1984 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1024 * 512 = 524288 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 11984 10157926 FAT16 livecd / # ls -l /boot/ total 2218 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Jun 20 20:09 boot - . -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36667 Jun 19 19:32 config-2.6.17-gentoo drwxr-xr-x 2 root root1024 Jun 20 20:06 grub -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2208825 Jun 20 19:39 kernel-2.6.17-gentoo drwx-- 2 root root 12288 Jun 20 20:07 lost+found livecd / # ls -l /dev/console crw--- 1 root tty 5, 1 Feb 13 19:03 /dev/console livecd / # ls -l /dev/initctl /bin/ls: /dev/initctl: No such file or directory livecd / # ls -l /dev/null crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Feb 13 19:03 /dev/null livecd / # -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted /boot
Richard Fish wrote: On 6/21/06, Mike Markowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, Norberto. Looks like the (or, a) problem is initctl. The named pipe is missing...or is it supposed to be created during boot? I got No, /dev/initctl is a named pipe created when init runs... title Gentoo 2.6.17 root (hd0,0) kernel /kernel-2.6.17-gentoo root=/dev/sda1 Um, isn't /dev/sda1 your /boot filesystem? Shouldn't this be /dev/sda3? D'oh! Bangs head on desk I was seeing what I meant, I guess, rather than what was there. Thanks, Richard. I must have spent 2 hours on this. I'll go hide in my embarrassment now... Seriously, many thanks to everyone who helped! Mike -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Deleted /boot
Here's a little more info that might inspire some ideas out there in gentoo land. Since my /boot partition was possibly in a generally unhappy state, I booted the 2006.0 livecd, did a mkfs /dev/sda1 (my /boot partition), then put grub and kernel stuff back on /boot. I was confident this would do it, but no go. Just to be sure nothing was left out, I even went through the grub set up process again as Daniel recommended in another post in this thread. Still no change. The boot process continues just prior to the INIT 2.86 line when the init.d stuff is kicked off. While booted with the livecd, I checked and /sbin/init really is there (mine, not the livecd one). But when I tried to pass init=/sbin/init as a kernel arg in grub.conf, I got the same panic along with a message that /sbin/init couldn't be executed (or something similar - I forgot to write it down). But since I only hosed /boot and then reinstalled grub and kernel, I'm not sure why I'm not in business yet. Any ideas? Bueller? Bueller? Thanks, Frustrated in Pennsylvania (aka Mike) Mike Markowski wrote: Well, when I do it, I do it right. Through a bad combination of typos and missing an enter I deleted everything in /boot. :-( This is what I did to (try to) recover: # cd /boot # mklost+found # emerge grub [...edited grub.conf...] [...recompiled kernel modules and installed...] I *thought* that's all I'd need, but upon boot up: Warning:unable to open an initial console Kernel panic- not syncing: no init found. Try passing init= option to kernel I compiled the kernel myself, not with genkernel. I'm stumped at the moment would be glad to try any ideas anyone might have. Many thanks! Mike -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Deleted /boot
Well, when I do it, I do it right. Through a bad combination of typos and missing an enter I deleted everything in /boot. :-( This is what I did to (try to) recover: # cd /boot # mklost+found # emerge grub [...edited grub.conf...] [...recompiled kernel modules and installed...] I *thought* that's all I'd need, but upon boot up: Warning:unable to open an initial console Kernel panic- not syncing: no init found. Try passing init= option to kernel I compiled the kernel myself, not with genkernel. I'm stumped at the moment would be glad to try any ideas anyone might have. Many thanks! Mike -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ipw2200 chipset mini wireless card
Bill, William Kenworthy wrote: I have a new sony lappy with a ipw2200 chipset mini wireless card. Should I be using the in kernel (2.6.16-r3) drivers or the builds in portage? Is the a configuration guide for this setup on gentoo? You want the portage builds. I'm going by memory (laptop is at home, I'm at work) but there are three things to emerge: ieee80211, ipw2200 and ipw2200-firmware. (The names might be a little off...) In any case, the 802.11 ebuild will check your kernel config tell you if there is a problem with your config, and how to deal with it by running a (provided) script. Nice easy! Sorry my note isn't crisp on details, but I'm sure others will correct my fuzzy memory if I've left out anything. Good luck, Mike -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild for dev-java/sun-j2sdk?
Eugene Rosenzweig wrote: 2005/12/24, Mike Markowski [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [...] I tried an emerge -uD world but get: These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating world dependencies | emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy dev-java/sun-j2sdk. (dependency required by sys-libs/db-4.2.52_p2-r1 [ebuild]) I had a look at /usr/portage/sys-libs/db/db-4.2.52_p2-r1.ebuild and in there the dependencies are: DEPEND=tcltk? ( =dev-lang/tcl-8.4 ) java? ( virtual/jdk ) RDEPEND=tcltk? ( dev-lang/tcl ) java? ( virtual/jre ) I then located the /var/cache/edb/virtuals and in there I got: virtual/jre dev-java/blackdown-jdk virtual/jdk dev-java/blackdown-jdk I have gotten rid of blackdown recently and I have sun-jdk and sun-jre-bin installed. They provide the virtual/jdk and virtual/jre. I have sys-libs/db-4.2.52_p2-r1 installed but with -java. I tried 'USE=java emerge -vp db' and it did recognize that I have java installed already. I tried 'USE=java emerge -evp db' to see which java it would install and amongst the packages was sun-jdk-1.5.0.06 which is how I got my masking set up. Maybe if you re-emerge db your problem will disappear? Could it be in your virtuals file? Can it be your profile? Mine is: $ ls -ld /etc/make.profile lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 Aug 11 01:38 /etc/make.profile - /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.1 I dont fully understand how virtuals work but maybe any of this is can be of help. Eugene. Thanks very much, Eugene!, and all others who offered helpful hints. My make.profile pointed to 2005.0 (now updated to - 2005.1), but probably of more consequence is that I do have +java set. You are right that a re-emerge does the trick as long as I used the -O flag to avoid complaints and bail out by emerge. An emerge -uDO world is correcting things package by package. I'm currently waiting on openoffice to complete (oof!), but if the trend continues I'll be in good shape again shortly. Thanks once more! I hope everyone is enjoying their Christmas Day. Mike -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] ebuild for dev-java/sun-j2sdk?
I just accidentally zapped all my incoming gentoo-user emails, so apologies if this is a duplicate question... After a successful emerge sync I tried an emerge -uD world but get: These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating world dependencies | emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy dev-java/sun-j2sdk. (dependency required by sys-libs/db-4.2.52_p2-r1 [ebuild]) I thought sun-j2sdk had been removed from portage a while back. Any pointers on where I can start looking for the problem here? I'll start digging but thought I'd post a note in case someone else has already encountered and solved this. Thanks! Mike -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild for dev-java/sun-j2sdk?
Apparently not, though I would have thought so as well: # emerge -p sun-jdk These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild Rf ] dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.10 This is a strange one. Things were emerging uneventfully until last night (previous 'emerge' was probably around last weekend, give or take a little). Anyway, it's Christmas Eve with more pressing things to tend to. This will get sorted out in the days that come. Merry Christmas everyone!! Mike Raphael Melo de Oliveira Bastos Sales wrote: Doesn't sun-jdk satisfies this dependency? 2005/12/24, Mike Markowski [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I just accidentally zapped all my incoming gentoo-user emails, so apologies if this is a duplicate question... After a successful emerge sync I tried an emerge -uD world but get: These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating world dependencies | emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy dev-java/sun-j2sdk. (dependency required by sys-libs/db-4.2.52_p2-r1 [ebuild]) I thought sun-j2sdk had been removed from portage a while back. Any pointers on where I can start looking for the problem here? I'll start digging but thought I'd post a note in case someone else has already encountered and solved this. Thanks! Mike -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Want same ol' gentoo on new box
I'll be changing jobs Monday and want to be sure I bring along enough to easily rebuild the sort of gentoo set up I currently enjoy. After installing, will it be enough to use my current /var/lib/portage/world and /etc/make.conf followed by 'emerge -uDf world', etc., to get me going? Or am I overlooking other important system files? (I'll remember to remove hardware dependent world entries like graphics card drivers.) Thanks! Mike -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia drivers and glx
Bruno Lustosa wrote on 04/25/05 12:40 ET: Hello. After some update, the GLX extensions stopped working. I noticed it because opengl xscreensavers would just segfault. After I quit X and tried to restart it, I would get a segfault when trying to load the glx extension. [...] I noticed this Saturday morning after doing a Friday night update (Athlon 2600+, nvidia video). FWIW, the errors I see on my ~x86 set up are below. I haven't had a chance to start tracking it down yet... Mike X Window System Version 6.8.2 Release Date: 9 February 2005 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.11-gentoo-r2 i686 [ELF] Current Operating System: Linux home 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 #1 Sat Apr 23 11:02:21 EDT 2005 i686 Build Date: 06 March 2005 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: Sat Apr 23 15:13:39 2005 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf Using vt 7 Symbol __glXgetActiveScreen from module /usr/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved! Symbol __glXgetActiveScreen from module /usr/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved! XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server :0.0 after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
