[gentoo-user] date and gentoo running under vmplayer
Hi all - it's been awhile This past week I've set up Gentoo running in a VM built by http://www.easyvmx.com/ under a XP host. Installation and configuration went fine. I normally leave the VM running when I walk away from the machine, but when I return, time is way off. Shutting down Gentoo the VM rebooting solvles the problem, as vmplayer must initially get the date and time from the host, but it sure doesn't keep it right after that. I tried openntpd, but it kept setting the time further and further off. I live in Fort Collins, Co and my locatime is set correctly (America/Denver). This is my 1st time playing with VM's. Is this common? Is there any way around it? I'm not really sure why openntpd didn't work. Any and all help appreciated. Thanks, festus -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] date and gentoo running under vmplayer
On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 08:25:59PM -0700, John J. Foster wrote: Hi all - it's been awhile This past week I've set up Gentoo running in a VM built by http://www.easyvmx.com/ under a XP host. Installation and configuration went fine. I normally leave the VM running when I walk away from the machine, but when I return, time is way off. Shutting down Gentoo the VM rebooting solvles the problem, as vmplayer must initially get the date and time from the host, but it sure doesn't keep it right after that. I tried openntpd, but it kept setting the time further and further off. I live in Fort Collins, Co and my locatime is set correctly (America/Denver). This is my 1st time playing with VM's. Is this common? Is there any way around it? I'm not really sure why openntpd didn't work. Any and all help appreciated. I need to explain this a little further, me thinks. My Gentoo VM is losing right around 20 seconds every minute! This is not a problem that ntp in any of its incarnations is designed to solve. A couple other thing I have tried are clock=pit noapic appended to the kernel command line. I tried these together and separately with no luck. Right now I'm trying another suggestion I found, which is to change the kernel frequency timer from 1000Hz to 250Hz. I'm recompiling now and will let you know. Any other suggestions still welcome. Thanks, festus pgpOxNVvHGBE9.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] date and gentoo running under vmplayer
On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 08:00:00PM -0700, John J. Foster wrote: On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 08:25:59PM -0700, John J. Foster wrote: Hi all - it's been awhile This past week I've set up Gentoo running in a VM built by http://www.easyvmx.com/ under a XP host. Installation and configuration went fine. I normally leave the VM running when I walk away from the machine, but when I return, time is way off. Shutting down Gentoo the VM rebooting solvles the problem, as vmplayer must initially get the date and time from the host, but it sure doesn't keep it right after that. I tried openntpd, but it kept setting the time further and further off. I live in Fort Collins, Co and my locatime is set correctly (America/Denver). This is my 1st time playing with VM's. Is this common? Is there any way around it? I'm not really sure why openntpd didn't work. Any and all help appreciated. I need to explain this a little further, me thinks. My Gentoo VM is losing right around 20 seconds every minute! This is not a problem that ntp in any of its incarnations is designed to solve. A couple other thing I have tried are clock=pit noapic appended to the kernel command line. I tried these together and separately with no luck. Right now I'm trying another suggestion I found, which is to change the kernel frequency timer from 1000Hz to 250Hz. I'm recompiling now and will let you know. Switching to 250Hz looks like it has solved the problem. No time lost for a little over an hour now, and ntp is syncing properly, I think. But my reading of the help on this setting led me to believe that 1000Hz was right for a desktop system. Can any explain what this setting actually does, and why it works now? * from make menuconfig help * CONFIG_HZ_1000: 1000 Hz is the preferred choice for desktop systems and other systems requiring fast interactive responses to events. Symbol: HZ_1000 [=n] Prompt: 1000 HZ Defined at kernel/Kconfig.hz:42 Depends on: choice Location: - Processor type and features - Timer frequency (choice [=y]) pgpG30DmnsjHG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] date and gentoo running under vmplayer
On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 09:28:01AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Just for interest, what are the Hz settings on host and guest? Guest - Gentoo - now set at 250Hz and working just fine Host - XP Professional SP2 - I don't have a clue. How do I find out? Thanks, festus -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list pgpgzsDCmvrTC.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] I've hosed portage
I unmasked portage-2.2_pre4 to see if it would help with the extreme slowness of portage updating of its cache during a sync. I had also previously emerged cdb to try to help with that also. Anyway, I'm not really sure what state my portage is in right now, except that now every emerge command returns [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ emerge --info Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/emerge, line 31, in ? import emergehelp, xpak, commands, errno, re, socket, string, time, types File /usr/lib/portage/pym/emergehelp.py, line 7, in ? from portage_const import PRIVATE_PATH,PRELINK_BINARY,HASHING_BLOCKSIZE File /usr/lib/portage/pym/portage_const.py, line 7, in ? from portage_const import PRIVATE_PATH,PRELINK_BINARY,HASHING_BLOCKSIZE ImportError: cannot import name PRIVATE_PATH I already tried http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/doc/manually-fixing-portage.xml but it didn't help. Me thinks I should have done a quickpkg! Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks, festus pgpNxTcJnQfWy.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] I've hosed portage
Chris, Strong and Emil - most excellent suggestions, and I'd love to try them out as soon as someone helps me get portage working again! Thanks, festus pgpAMIgASTf6H.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] I've hosed portage
Please !!! This was installed in an empty VM and it would be real slow to recompile all of Gentoo. There has to be a way to fix it. Pointers and links greatly appreciated. TIA, festus On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 07:22:41PM -0600, John J. Foster wrote: I unmasked portage-2.2_pre4 to see if it would help with the extreme slowness of portage updating of its cache during a sync. I had also previously emerged cdb to try to help with that also. Anyway, I'm not really sure what state my portage is in right now, except that now every emerge command returns [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ emerge --info Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/emerge, line 31, in ? import emergehelp, xpak, commands, errno, re, socket, string, time, types File /usr/lib/portage/pym/emergehelp.py, line 7, in ? from portage_const import PRIVATE_PATH,PRELINK_BINARY,HASHING_BLOCKSIZE File /usr/lib/portage/pym/portage_const.py, line 7, in ? from portage_const import PRIVATE_PATH,PRELINK_BINARY,HASHING_BLOCKSIZE ImportError: cannot import name PRIVATE_PATH I already tried http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/doc/manually-fixing-portage.xml but it didn't help. Me thinks I should have done a quickpkg! Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks, festus pgpZZ8JiUAAAG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] I've hosed portage
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 08:29:57AM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:31:29 -0600, John J. Foster wrote: This was installed in an empty VM and it would be real slow to recompile all of Gentoo. There has to be a way to fix it. You could unpack a stage 3 tarball to a temporary location then copy the portage files over. If you have portage-utils or equery installed and working, you could use qlist or equery to generate a list of files to copy. Alternatively, as you are using VMs, begin a basic stage 3 install in a new VM, as far as being able to quickpkg portage, then unpack the tarball in the root of the broken VM. Thanks so much Neil, option #1 worked just fine, followed by a emerge -auvDN world emerge --depclean revdep-rebuild I think what I did wrong in following the instuctions for repairing portage as described at http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/doc/manually-fixing-portage.xml was that I blindly just copied and pasted, thereby bringing in a way old version. I'm not sure, though (probably more because of too much Patron). But it didn't work. Thanks so much for your help! festus pgpSEYNqH01Qz.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] I've hosed portage
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:05:54AM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:51:05 -0600, John J. Foster wrote: You could unpack a stage 3 tarball to a temporary location then copy the portage files over. If you have portage-utils or equery installed and working, you could use qlist or equery to generate a list of files to copy. Thanks so much Neil, option #1 worked just fine, followed by a emerge -auvDN world emerge --depclean revdep-rebuild You should also re-emerge postage, so the package database is in sync with the files you have on your disk. Done, thanks festus -- I just want to break even. Richard Manuel pgp8dZE62Wegz.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't extend an LVM2 volume
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 09:16:40PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:16:10 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Also have a look at the physical device the pv lives on. Do the device size and the pv data about it's size match? This isn't a size problem, in that case lvresize reports something like insufficient extants. I wouldn't be surprised if this is a hardware fault, have you run smartctl on the drive? Thanks Neil, but I'm unfamiliar with this tool. What I've got so far is: mockingbird ~ # smartctl /dev/sda -i smartctl version 5.38 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 Serial Number:GEA530RE2YB3LE Firmware Version: GM4OA5FA User Capacity:500,107,862,016 bytes Device is:Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4 Local Time is:Tue Jan 13 17:19:42 2009 MST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled What options should I try? Thanks, festus
Re: [gentoo-user] Backups
On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 09:53:27AM -0700, Richard Fish wrote: My personal favorite for my desktop and laptop is using 'dar' with big USB hard drivesbut that's what works well for me. ditto - very easy, very efficient John pgpdB8qaDSaQE.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] private files
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 12:41:51PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What options are out there? My personal favorite is app-crypt/gnupg John pgp20czflhBuS.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Courier-imap won't start after system world rebuild
Good evening all, 3 days ago I rebuilt my system to use gcc-3.4.4-r1. I first used gcc-config to change to the new compiler, and then ran emerge -aev system, followed by emerge -aev world. All went extremely well, I thought. Today I noticed that courier-imap has failed to start. (The only reason I knew was because my wife uses this box to store her sent mail for backup purposes, and wwas getting connection errors) Trying to start it manually yields: //garbanzo/root # /etc/init.d/courier-imapd-ssl start * Starting courier-imapd over SSL ... * [ !! ] No log entries are generated that I can find. I compared config files in /etc/courier and /etc/courier-imap with archived copies. They're the same. The following packages have been emerged since upgrading. Wed Dec 21 18:33:07 2005 dev-util/xdelta-1.1.3 Wed Dec 21 21:18:44 2005 sys-process/lsof-4.75 Thu Dec 22 14:02:01 2005 app-admin/showconsole-1.07 Thu Dec 22 14:05:38 2005 sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.0_pre12 Fri Dec 23 09:03:30 2005 sys-apps/findutils-4.1.20-r2 Fri Dec 23 09:21:37 2005 net-mail/courier-imap-4.0.1 I'm not sure whether courier-imap started after the upgrade, or one of these have caused my problems. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks, John pgpee3oHu3V2c.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Courier-imap won't start after system world rebuild
On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 06:43:40PM -0500, Dan Meltzer wrote: On Friday 23 December 2005 18:22, John J. Foster wrote: Good evening all, 3 days ago I rebuilt my system to use gcc-3.4.4-r1. I first used gcc-config to change to the new compiler, and then ran emerge -aev system, followed by emerge -aev world. All went extremely well, I thought. Today I noticed that courier-imap has failed to start. (The only reason I knew was because my wife uses this box to store her sent mail for backup purposes, and wwas getting connection errors) Trying to start it manually yields: //garbanzo/root # /etc/init.d/courier-imapd-ssl start * Starting courier-imapd over SSL ... * [ !! ] No log entries are generated that I can find. I compared config files in /etc/courier and /etc/courier-imap with archived copies. They're the same. The following packages have been emerged since upgrading. Wed Dec 21 18:33:07 2005 dev-util/xdelta-1.1.3 Wed Dec 21 21:18:44 2005 sys-process/lsof-4.75 Thu Dec 22 14:02:01 2005 app-admin/showconsole-1.07 Thu Dec 22 14:05:38 2005 sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.0_pre12 Fri Dec 23 09:03:30 2005 sys-apps/findutils-4.1.20-r2 Fri Dec 23 09:21:37 2005 net-mail/courier-imap-4.0.1 I'm not sure whether courier-imap started after the upgrade, or one of these have caused my problems. Does anyone have any ideas? Try a revdep-rebuild, you may be missing a dependancy. If this fails, try starting courier-imap manually, instead of via the initscript. Sorry, I should have stated that I've already done a depclean and revdep-rebuild. What is the correct syntax for starting manually? What should I be looking for? Thanks, John pgpWcNQzXv8SJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Courier-imap won't start after system world rebuild
On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 09:43:12PM -0500, Dan Meltzer wrote: On Friday 23 December 2005 19:38, John J. Foster wrote: What is the correct syntax for starting manually? What should I be looking for? I've never used courier/imap, but if you look in the init file (in /etc/init.d/ ) in the start() function, you should see the command it runs. Try running that on the command line //garbanzo/root # start-stop-daemon --quiet --start \ --exec /usr/bin/env \ - /usr/lib/courier-imap/gentoo-imapd-ssl.rc produces no visible errors, but still can't connect to maildirs. Thanks, John pgpF7Fyyv8vNv.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Courier-imap won't start after system world rebuild
On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 03:06:03PM +0100, Christoph Gysin wrote: Just run: /usr/lib/courier-imap/gentoo-imapd-ssl.rc //garbanzo/root # /usr/lib/courier-imap/gentoo-imapd-ssl.rc gives the following 2 new processes, but no connection still. //garbanzo/root # ps aux|grep courier-imap root 1159 0.0 0.0 1548 540 ?S09:17 0:00 \ /usr/lib/courier-imap/couriertcpd -address=0 \ -stderrlogger=/usr/lib/courier-imap/courierlogger \ -stderrloggername=imapd-ssl -maxprocs=40 -maxperip=4 \ -pid=/var/run/imapd-ssl.pid -nodnslookup -noidentlookup 993 \ /usr/sbin/couriertls -server -tcpd /usr/sbin/imaplogin \ /usr/sbin/courier-imapd Maildir/ root 1164 0.0 0.0 1452 456 ?S09:17 0:00 \ /usr/lib/courier-imap/courierlogger imapd-ssl John pgpSLxJmFeLcq.pgp Description: PGP signature
SOLVED - Re: [gentoo-user] Courier-imap won't start after system world rebuild
On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 06:22:23PM -0500, John J. Foster wrote: Good evening all, 3 days ago I rebuilt my system to use gcc-3.4.4-r1. I first used gcc-config to change to the new compiler, and then ran emerge -aev system, followed by emerge -aev world. All went extremely well, I thought. Today I noticed that courier-imap has failed to start. (The only reason I knew was because my wife uses this box to store her sent mail for backup purposes, and wwas getting connection errors) Trying to start it manually yields: //garbanzo/root # /etc/init.d/courier-imapd-ssl start * Starting courier-imapd over SSL ... * [ !! ] No log entries are generated that I can find. I compared config files in /etc/courier and /etc/courier-imap with archived copies. They're the same. The following packages have been emerged since upgrading. Wed Dec 21 18:33:07 2005 dev-util/xdelta-1.1.3 Wed Dec 21 21:18:44 2005 sys-process/lsof-4.75 Thu Dec 22 14:02:01 2005 app-admin/showconsole-1.07 Thu Dec 22 14:05:38 2005 sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.0_pre12 Fri Dec 23 09:03:30 2005 sys-apps/findutils-4.1.20-r2 Fri Dec 23 09:21:37 2005 net-mail/courier-imap-4.0.1 I'm not sure whether courier-imap started after the upgrade, or one of these have caused my problems. Turns out it was the update of baselayout to ~x86. I went back to the stable version (boy, I don't think I'd do that again, cause downgrading sure screwed a bunch of other things up) and sure enough, courier-imap worked properly. Instead of fixing the other things that broke with the downgrade, I just updated baselayout to ~x86 again, and then emerged the latest ~x86 version of courier-imap, and all is still well. Thanks for you help, John pgp59k6GdAyWn.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] help
On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 10:58:11AM -0700, Lares Moreau wrote: On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 23:14 +0800, gentoo user mail list wrote: I need somebody, HELP, not just anybody, Help. When I was younger so much younger then today... I never needed anybody's help in any way... pgp1k89Olw7ex.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Multi-user Console Viewing
On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 03:20:48PM -0600, John Jolet wrote: one called poke and peekworks on all unixes I've found so far. pretty inexpensive, but not free. peek allows you to watch, and the poke part lets you take over. or you can use vnc with a particular argument to share the :0 display. Wow, a flash from the past. I know the guy, Randy Styka, at Computronics who wrote them programs. We used them quite extensively at my last job about 9 years ago. Good programs. John pgpa9KVVHLTaG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and USB Stick
On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 03:40:57PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: See http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_D-BUS,_HAL,_KDE_media:/ Neil, have you tried that link, even after removing the trailing :/ festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgp8IhZ0OecTQ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and USB Stick
On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 05:19:33PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:08:58 -0500, John J. Foster wrote: See http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_D-BUS,_HAL,_KDE_media:/ Neil, have you tried that link, even after removing the trailing :/ I pasted it from Konqueror, so yes. Sorry 'bout that. I should know better than to try using IE from work 8-( festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgp4ZaXVqssow.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] [OT] mrtg and mrtg_total.pl
Good evening all, I've been running mrtg for the last few months or so collecting data on different network ports around the house. I also use Wildblue satellite service as my ISP (out in the boonies, but works pretty darn well). They just changed their FAP to a rolling 30 days, and I started looking at how to be able to display my routers WAN port via mrtg. I ran across a perl script called mrtg_total.pl http://www.geocities.com/josef_wendel/mrtg_total.html that runs in conjunction with mrtg, and presents a pretty nice graph. But it's only monthly and yearly totals, based on the calendar. What I'm looking for is to be able to display a running 30 day total usage. A google search brings nothing helpful, and I'm not fluent in perl to be able to modify the mrtg_total script. Thanks, festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgp3tjbzeTXdz.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Wireless print server recommendations
Good afternoon, I'm looking for recommendations for a wireless print server with a minimum of 1 USB2.0 port and 1 parallel port. I currently have a Linksys WRT4GS router running openWRT Linux firmware. I've looked at the Linksys WPS54G WPS54GU printer servers, but can't determine, and can't find via Scroogle, whether they support 3rd party firmware. Does anyone have any recommendations that: 1) Works just fine in a Linux environment. 2) Will accept 3rd party open source firmware, preferably openWRT. 3) Is just an outstanding deal. 4) Supports a HPDeskJet 5550 printer. (I only mention this because some reviewers have mentioned that the WPS54GS doesn't work with some USB printers.) Thanks, festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgpWvZyfCsPEX.pgp Description: PGP signature
[OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless print server recommendations
On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 11:46:39AM -0700, Richard Fish wrote: On 2/6/06, John J. Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking for recommendations for a wireless print server with a Networked gentoo server with cups? This is a gentoo list after all... Richard - My apologies, I should have labeled this post as [OT]. The printer is currently setup as a networked printer hanging off a USB port on my Gentoo box. It works fine, both for me and my wifes XP machine. What I want to do is place it in another room, thus the wireless print server. I asked here because this group has some of the finest knowledge and experience I've seen anywhere. festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgp5yJNsITt5M.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless print server recommendations
On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 12:35:35PM -, Michael Kintzios wrote: Please let us know what you find on the wireless front, although I suspect that it ain't going to be cheap, especially if your printer is of the CAPT/GDI variety (mind you, it doesn't look as if it is). Proprietary printer servers are 4-5 times the cost of a simple TCP/IP PS121. More if you want wireless connectivity on top. Thanks Mick, I'm going to try the Linksys WPS54GU wireless print server this weekend. I'll let you know of success or failure. festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgpzBX05klirK.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Firefox OOo oddness
Good evening, I'm running a KDE desktop and in the File Open dialog boxes on both Firefox OOo I can't seem to find where to tell them to display hidden folders and/or files. Also, in Firefox the only columns available in the File dialog boxes are Name and Modified. I know size was there in 1.0.7. These apps are emerged as follows: //garbanzo/home/festus emerge -pv mozilla-firefox openoffice These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild R ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.1-r1 -debug -gnome +ipv6 +java -mozdevelop -xinerama -xprint 0 kB [ebuild R ] app-office/openoffice-2.0.1 -binfilter +curl -eds +gnome -gtk +java +kde +ldap -mozilla +xml2 0 kB Can anyone help me out? Thanks, festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgpujmTACfDFC.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox OOo oddness
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 02:59:19AM +0100, Holly Bostick wrote: John J. Foster schreef: Good evening, I'm running a KDE desktop and in the File Open dialog boxes on both Firefox OOo I can't seem to find where to tell them to display hidden folders and/or files. For firefox, if a Save dialog, select Browse for other folders, then right-click inside the file list on the right -- not the folder list on the left-- and select Show hidden files. For the Open dialog, you don't have to browse, obviously. Setting will remain until you revoke it, though possibly not across browser sessions (not sure). Thanks, that works fine. Even for the Open File, which I'm not sure why you wouldn't think I'd have to browse. However, if you do this a lot, you might consider making a symlink from the hidden folder or file to a link of the same name, but without the preceding ., that way the symlink won't be hidden. Yeah, but that's really lame that I'd have to do that. OOo can be so advanced on some things, and so incredibly stupid on others. Thanks agin, festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgp5dw0UQxr7R.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox OOo oddness
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 12:55:05PM +, Peter Ruskin wrote: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=384087highlight=filepicker+kde Thank you, thank you, thank you - just what I wanted festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgp97KvSCY6zZ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] What happens with masked packages?
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 02:40:31PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: At this point, I'd really like to take this theoretical discussion off the the general user list; I doubt many users will be interested. I haven't done any coding work on this proposal or even began writing a GLEP, so this is all theory without any action at this point. Please don't take this off list, as I think this is quite relevant here. festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgpdQTz1xGGNS.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] What happens with masked packages?
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 04:11:08PM +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: Absolutely not. If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability. Excuse me my friend, but I switched to Gentoo because of this attitude with every other distro I've moved away from !!! festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgpjKGx32wM68.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] What happens with masked packages?
On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 12:11:02AM +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:29:52 -0500 John J. Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 04:11:08PM +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | Absolutely not. If there's one thing we've established over the | years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the | slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability. | | Excuse me my friend, but I switched to Gentoo because of this | attitude with every other distro I've moved away from !!! The distro people are right. The difference between Gentoo and most other distributions is that we make it easier for you to override our decisions, should you feel the need. Ciarin, That's a very true statement, and part of the attraction of Gentoo. But your comment about most users (at least of this distro) not having the slightest clue what's best for them is totally off base, (except, perhaps, where I'm concerned ;-)). \rant mode off\ festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgp0rwcrcasYD.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] [OT] Buffalo LinkTheater Wireless Media Player
Just wondering if anybody is using this device, and what their experience with it is. Possibly in conjuction with their TeraStation Home Server. Thanks, festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgpTDzB8ELUWa.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Image resize question..
On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 12:07:32AM +, Rohit Sharma wrote: Apologies in advance for this quick question which isn't about Gentoo per se, but is about work on Linux. Is there a command [hint man command shall do] which I can use to resize an image? I have 200 of them in a directory which I want to resize to fit my cellphone. I haven't used it for a couple years, but take a look at imagemagick. festus -- I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer gods than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. ...Stephen F Roberts pgppRgx9OitaG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] [getting on-topic I think] dial-up, switching isp's and other thoughts.
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 02:32:54AM -0500, Dale wrote: For me, I have the following biggies: Inbox: ~660 Gentoo-dev: ~13,000 Gentoo-user: ~27,000 Kde-linux list: ~3,000 LVM: ~2,200 Hey Dale - just out of curiosity, why do you store mailing lists when they're all available online? festus -- I just wanna break even. pgph1aJJz9xHG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Email client for a SLOW connection
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 03:42:04PM +, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2008-10-21, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm on an excruciatingly slow internet connection right now. The email client seems to be the major productivity blocker. Thunderbird spends a lot of time loading or whatever and squirrelmail is just slow. Would something like mutt be an improvement? I've used mutt over a 14Kbps link with latencies in the 200-300ms range. You'll need to configure it so that it doesn't check for new mail very often, and limit the number of mailboxes it's checking for incoming mail. You'll also want to make sure that header caching is enabled. I think the cache supoprt is built by default these days, but you'll need to enable it by setting the header_cache configuration variable in your .muttrc file so that it points to the file where you want the header cache database stored. I have to 2nd the mutt recommendation. Been using it for years as my only email client. (Works well with a fast connection, too!) festus -- Reputation's changeable. Situation's tolerable. But Baby you're adorable. Handle me with Care. pgp4VJNadGzuh.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Setting Putty window title to currently executing command
I seem to remember ssh'ing into an old Gentoo box and having the window title change to the currently executing command. For instance, when emerging something that had 10 packages, the title would show something like emerging (4 of 10) perl_something_or_other I'm not sure whether I was using screen at the time, or not. I'm not even positive I was using Putty (I might have been on another 'nix). Can anyone help me out? Thanks, festus -- I just want to break even. pgpqML3Sc9TyT.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Setting Putty window title to currently executing command
On Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 03:58:36PM -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 3:11 PM, John J. Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I seem to remember ssh'ing into an old Gentoo box and having the window title change to the currently executing command. For instance, when emerging something that had 10 packages, the title would show something like emerging (4 of 10) perl_something_or_other I'm not sure whether I was using screen at the time, or not. I'm not even positive I was using Putty (I might have been on another 'nix). Can anyone help me out? I use PuTTY on Windows and the title updates as you described. I don't think I had to do anything special to accomplish it. Thanks Paul, but mine doesn't do it anymore. I'm ssh'ing to 2 different Gentoo boxes, one is a VM on my wifes XP box and the other is a just rebuilt Gentoo workstation. Think this could have anything to do with the Bash configuration? Thanks, festus -- I just want to break even. pgpxZGDwGKSok.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] gentoo vmware guest on winXP
On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 12:56:39PM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: I've been monkeying around with a vmware appliance of gentoo.2008.0 from July. Downloaded from bagvapp.com. It fired right up inside vmware running on winXP with no problems. But now updating I'm finding I cannot get a newer kernel compiled that will boot. The original kernel is 2.6.24-r8 and boot just fine. I attempted to compile a somewhat leaner meaner version. It appears the original was a `genkernel' creation. I paid close attention to SCSI settings in the original and any other settings having to do with disks. However my attempts consistently break out with the message: /dev/sda3 is an invalid device Try appending noapic (without the quotes, of course) to your kernel line in grub.conf. I was having the same issues. festus -- I just want to break even. pgpRCMvBHa7Hz.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] gentoo vmware guest on winXP
On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 08:56:06PM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: John J. Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 12:56:39PM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: However my attempts consistently break out with the message: /dev/sda3 is an invalid device Try appending noapic (without the quotes, of course) to your kernel line in grub.conf. Doesn't make any difference here. I was having the same issues. So you are running gentoo inside a vmware on winXP? Yeah, running 2.6.23-gentoo-r9 in vmplayer on XP. I was getting the same error till I read somewhere about trying the noapic option. Fired right up. Here's my grub.conf entry for the kernel in case it helps. title Gentoo Linux 2.6.23-r9 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.23-gentoo-r9 root=/dev/sda3 noapic If you'd like the .config even though it's a different kernel, just say so. festus -- I just want to break even. pgpVMVUgM5oIo.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Hard to find netiquette, enculturation bug. (Was: Re: [gentoo-user] GNOME: Cant logout and Lock Screen is showing different background from GNOME screensaver)
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 09:32:26AM +0800, Mark David Dumlao wrote: I think you're missing the point. I never asked the community to change its rules. I'm only saying that these particular rules were invisible, and there's no way to find out about it, and that's going to be a problem for any user community. OK, but don't you honestly think we could just move on now and talk about Gentoo. Please. festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpHXjjRPXU4L.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Can't extend an LVM2 volume
In trying to extend a volume I get the following error: mockingbird ~ # lvextend -v -L400G /dev/vg00/data Finding volume group vg00 Archiving volume group vg00 metadata (seqno 22). Extending logical volume data to 400.00 GB Creating volume group backup /etc/lvm/backup/vg00 (seqno 23). Found volume group vg00 Found volume group vg00 Loading vg00-data table device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument Failed to suspend data The following show in /var/log/messages: Jan 13 11:23:30 mockingbird device-mapper: table: device 8:5 too small for target Jan 13 11:23:30 mockingbird device-mapper: table: 254:5: linear: dm-linear: Device lookup failed Jan 13 11:23:30 mockingbird device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table Machine is sync'd and up-to-date. Emerge --depclean revdep-rebuild come back clean. Other pertinent info: mockingbird ~ # uname -a Linux mockingbird 2.6.26-gentoo-r3 #6 Thu Jan 8 13:00:01 MST 2009 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux mockingbird ~ # pvdisplay --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sda5 VG Name vg00 PV Size 500.00 GB / not usable 3.81 MB Allocatable yes PE Size (KByte) 4096 Total PE 127999 Free PE 106239 Allocated PE 21760 PV UUID eq8G5G-va5U-dF9I-i0q8-PFc5-oLrq-767XVk mockingbird ~ # vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name vg00 System ID Formatlvm2 Metadata Areas1 Metadata Sequence No 22 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV0 Cur LV6 Open LV 6 Max PV0 Cur PV1 Act PV1 VG Size 500.00 GB PE Size 4.00 MB Total PE 127999 Alloc PE / Size 21760 / 85.00 GB Free PE / Size 106239 / 415.00 GB VG UUID 97vsli-KlDD-VhYS-dWq0-Nw9m-smF0-1uuj60
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't extend an LVM2 volume
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 08:44:38PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Tuesday 13 January 2009 20:31:33 John J. Foster wrote: In trying to extend a volume I get the following error: mockingbird ~ # lvextend -v -L400G /dev/vg00/data Finding volume group vg00 Archiving volume group vg00 metadata (seqno 22). Extending logical volume data to 400.00 GB Creating volume group backup /etc/lvm/backup/vg00 (seqno 23). Found volume group vg00 Found volume group vg00 Loading vg00-data table device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument Failed to suspend data The following show in /var/log/messages: Jan 13 11:23:30 mockingbird device-mapper: table: device 8:5 too small for target You are trying to create an lv that is bigger than the maximum Despite the fact that pvdisplay says you have 415GB unallocated space, you cannot make a 400G volume as lvm wants more than 15G for metadata. Looking at the existing usage, it is using around 5% for this. Try using the -l option to lvextend and specifying a number of extents instead of space usage. Thanks Alan, but that didn't do the trick. Even if I try to only make it 200GB, same problem. mockingbird ~ # lvextend -v -l10 /dev/vg00/data Finding volume group vg00 Archiving volume group vg00 metadata (seqno 22). Extending logical volume data to 390.62 GB Creating volume group backup /etc/lvm/backup/vg00 (seqno 23). Found volume group vg00 Found volume group vg00 Loading vg00-data table device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument Failed to suspend data mockingbird ~ # lvextend -v -L200G /dev/vg00/data Finding volume group vg00 Archiving volume group vg00 metadata (seqno 22). Extending logical volume data to 200.00 GB Creating volume group backup /etc/lvm/backup/vg00 (seqno 23). Found volume group vg00 Found volume group vg00 Loading vg00-data table device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument Failed to suspend data
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't extend an LVM2 volume
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 07:53:02PM +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: Am Dienstag, 13. Januar 2009 19:31:33 schrieb John J. Foster: In trying to extend a volume I get the following error: mockingbird ~ # lvextend -v -L400G /dev/vg00/data Finding volume group vg00 Archiving volume group vg00 metadata (seqno 22). Extending logical volume data to 400.00 GB Creating volume group backup /etc/lvm/backup/vg00 (seqno 23). Found volume group vg00 Found volume group vg00 Loading vg00-data table device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument Failed to suspend data The following show in /var/log/messages: Jan 13 11:23:30 mockingbird device-mapper: table: device 8:5 too small for target Try -l+100%FREE instead of -L400G. mockingbird ~ # lvextend -v -l+100%FREE /dev/vg00/data Finding volume group vg00 Archiving volume group vg00 metadata (seqno 22). Extending logical volume data to 465.00 GB Creating volume group backup /etc/lvm/backup/vg00 (seqno 23). Found volume group vg00 Found volume group vg00 Loading vg00-data table device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument Failed to suspend data Thanks, festus
Re: [gentoo-user] stage1 install
On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 02:59:49PM -0400, John J. Foster wrote: Good afternoon, I feel that it is time to move to Gentoo. After a few years of RH, Fedora and Suse, I want better and more precise control over my system. My problem, maybe, is that I only have a 28.8 modem connection to the net. But, I want to start installation from stage1 in order to be able to build _everything_ from scratch. At work I have access to a high speed connection and could easily download sources from there. My browsing through the Gentoo 2005.0 Handbook _seems_ to say this is not possible. Is that true? If so, I would gladly buy the CD's (and help to support Gentoo) if that would work. My last option, which I don't really want to do, is to bring my machine to work and do all from there. But I can't drink beer at the same time:-) All help and guidance appreciated, Thanks, John Thanks to all who offered suggestions and advice. I'm in the process of repartitioning and gathering enough documentation to get started this weekend. Once again, thanks. I'm sure I'll be back seeking guidance. John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] partition resizing problem
Good afternoon, Well.. Last night I attempted to resize a few partitions from my Suse install to make room for Gentoo. I booted off a Knoppix CD, ran qtparted to resize /dev/hda2 (/boot, it wasn't mounted), and rebooted to do some other work. Didn't boot. Instead brought me to a grub prompt at which point I am pretty clueless. I booted back into Knoppix and mounted /dev/hda2 under /mnt. The top-level directory seems fine, but the grub subdirectory is corrupted. An ls of grub shows Input/Output error. I'm not sure of the wording as I'm at work right now and was too stupid to write it down. I unmounted /dev/hda and attempted an fsck. Reported that the superblock was something like 127000 and the physical size was like 2. Way different. The original resize was from 1GB down to 100MB, with only 32 MB being used. I aborted the fsck after the first question because I was not sure how to proceed. I'm leaning toward just wiping all partitions except /home and just going straight to Gentoo, unless there is a fairly painless mechanism for recovery. Bye the way, the original / (root) partition, which contains everything else, is intact and everything there is accessible. Thanks, John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] partition resizing problem
On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 09:17:43PM +0200, Richard Fish wrote: I don't know how painless these are...it will depend on your level of comfort with grub and disaster recovery from Knoppix, but my suggestions are: 1. If you can set the partition table back _exactly_ as it was before (don't use qtparted for this, use fdisk directly), meaning the same starting and ending cylinders, you *might* be able to mount /boot again and recover all the files. ONLY do this from Knoppix, only as read-only, and DON'T try to mount any other filesystems. Tar the files off to a USB disk key if you can. Be sure to note the partition table before you modify it though, and change everything back to the same settings, or you risk losing the ability to mount / or /home. This option worked quite well, luckily, because I was not looking forward to option #2. Probably just would have wiped everything but /home and installed Gentoo immediately. Thank you, thank you, John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Admin system documentation
Good afternoon, I had intended on starting my conversion from Suse 9.1 to Gentoo over the weekend, but the weather turned out to be way to nice to remain indoors. But in my planning stages I realized I have a bit of a longer learning curve than I initially anticipated. So, I'm going to remedy this by starting off with: Question #1 What do the professional (and amateur) admins among you consider to be essential system documentation in the event of a disaster. I am fairly well versed on the requirements of a M$ based system and network, but have only been dabbling in Linux for a couple years. Backups I know, but what is considered a fairly necessary _paper_ trail in the event that the unexpected happens, and a total rebuild is necessary in the shortest time possible. Thanks, John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] 1st class documentation user community
Good afternoon all, During the last few days I've managed my first Gentoo install. I now have pretty much everything I need. Gentoo base fetchmail mutt ssh kde still working on courier ... One of the finest learning experiences I can remember. The decision to walk away from Suse was not easy, as she had been my distribution of choice for more than a year. But because of the direction I think they're heading, I decided it was time. Just as I had with Red Hat a year earlier. It wasn't really to difficult to pick Gentoo, although Debian did cross my mind, because I felt the need to build from scratch and see how much more knowledge I could cram into the gray matter. snipped my own babbling Major thanks to the developers for an excellent product and excellent documentation. Major thanks to all who contribute to this newsgroup for having previously answered most of the questions I had. Posters and respondents alike. Major thanks to marc.theaimsgroup.com for providing archives of this list. (As well as most other lists that are worthwhile) And finally, thanks to Google. John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Next step - dialup networking
On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 06:23:52PM -0400, John J. Foster wrote: Good evening, Having only dialup at home forced me to bring my machine to work for a new installation. That all worked fine over a few days. My problem now is that I'm unable to get dialup to connect properly. I have only ever done this before through KDE. I get connected, exchange login and password info, and then the PPPD daemon dies instantly with a status of 16. I'm not really sure which direction to take with this. Is it PPP related? PAM related? I'm a member of the dialout group. Am I missing something really obvious? Something obvious, of course. I hadn't had to setup my credentials for a few years, and in a dream last night I realized that my ISP required [EMAIL PROTECTED] and not just username. Sorry for the waste of bandwidth on the obvious. John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Turn off monitor
Good afternoon, While working in X, my monitor automatically shuts off after 10 minutes idle. That is expected behavior. However, I've found my increasingly working only at a console. Right now the screen just blanks. Is it possible to have it power off after a certain idle time? Thanks, John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Turn off monitor
On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 10:31:59PM +0200, Peter De Zutter wrote: Hi John screensave on terminals setterm blank 0 Greetz Peter In KDE -- Control Center -- Peripherals -- Display On the Power Control tab, set monitor to power off after 10 minutes, or whatever. This is the behavior I want from a vc. Not just to blank. Thanks, John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers
On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 09:34:13AM -0300, Mauro Faccenda wrote: Hi all, Does anyone can recommend a well-supported inkjet printer for using with Linux? HP Deskjet 5550 works just fine -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpf7Wf2lafBY.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo workstation x/kde: disk size requirement...
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[gentoo-user] openoffice 2 rc3 revdep rebuild
Good evening, I've been fighting the install of OOo rc3 for a few days now. Everything is fine until running revdep-rebuild, which wants to re-install the OOo I just installed. I remember having trouble with various binary packages before, including OOo, which I always solved, or hid, by NOT having /opt in revdep-rebuilds search dirs. That was the first place I looked, thinking that an update along the way had changed something. Sure enough, /opt was back in there. However, now OOo is looking like it's installing to regular directory structures, and I don't want to remove those from checking. [end long-windedness and get to the point] Is anybody else seeing these issues with the latest OOo's, rc2 and rc3? Thanks, John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpLZRYYhC1Ek.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2 rc3 revdep rebuild
On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 07:49:28PM -0400, Michael Crute wrote: On 10/16/05, John J. Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is anybody else seeing revdep-rebuild weirdness with the latest OOo's, rc2 and rc3? Yes, I too have the same problems, mostly it would seem, with some embedded python interpreter. I ignore it and things seem to work fine for me. Yeah, it works just fine here too. Something about revdep-rebuild complaints that just makes me want a clean run. Thanks, John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgp6ODOD1jFpS.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2 rc3 revdep rebuild
On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 09:35:55PM -0400, Michael Crute wrote: Well the only thing I can think is emerge -C openoffice-bin. But that has other side-effects that you may like even less than a non-clean run of revdep-rebuild :-) Yeah - I guess that would teach that stinking dependency checker a lesson or two. But.. Not happening. John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpkj0LFrp8cg.pgp Description: PGP signature
SOLVED Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2 rc3 revdep rebuild
On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 09:37:45AM -0500, Paul Varner wrote: On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 05:58 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: 051016 John J. Foster wrote: I've been fighting the install of OOo rc3 for a few days now. Everything is fine until running revdep-rebuild, which wants to re-install the OOo I just installed. I haven't done this with OO, but my experience is that Revdep-rebuild always wants to remerge what I just merged, so I do '^c' merge the other listed items by hand. It looks like a bug in Revdep-rebuild: report it, if you want. There is no need to open a bug as it is a known issue with revdep-rebuild. Your best bet to install gentoolkit-0.2.1_pre8 and follow the instructions in Holly's message. The issue is being actively worked on and by the time that gentoolkit-0.2.1 is released as stable, the issue should be resolved. Thanks Paul. Upgrading gentoolkit and following Holly's advice worked fine. All is good in gentooland. John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpwE1zYxu7n1.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Leery of Gnome dependencies for Openoffice
Good morning all, I've been running the binary versions of oo for about three months now, while waiting for v2.0 to become stable. It looks pretty close to me. I'd very much like to run the regular build procedures, but am quite worried about what the pulling in of Gnome dependencies will do do my stable KDE system. About six months ago I installed whatever version of the Gnome desktop that was stable then, but ended up spending 3 or 4 days trying to remove all remnants of it after I decided that I didn't really like it that well. Am I being overly concerned here, or are that legitimate problems I may encounter? Thanks, John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpAQSviBF0Vr.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Leery of Gnome dependencies for Openoffice
On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 12:58:30AM -0700, Richard Fish wrote: Well, I just emerged openoffice today (had been using the -bin). I found you also have to turn off the eds use flag if you really want to avoid any gnome dependancies. With eds, OOo can use the evolution-data-server as an address book source, but it pulls in a bunch of gnome dependancies to do that: Last night I remembered that eds flag being mentioned a while back. As soon as I added -eds and -mozilla to package.use, the install was more along the lines of what I had hoped for as far a dependencies. The 7 hour compile is a different story. Thankfully, I was required to sleep for 9. John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpkI6q7EkEWG.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] local.start and sending an email
Good afternoon,
I have the following 2 entries in /etc/conf.d/local.start
# Record system restart
echo System restart on `date +%F` at `date +%R` /var/log/reboot.log
# Send email notification that the system just restarted
date|mutt -s 'System restarted' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The first one properly records the fact that the system has been
restarted, but I do not receive an email. Watching the console as the
system comes up, I see a Segmentation Fault when the second command
executes. Running that command from a shell prompt works fine. I am
under the impression, possibly incorrectly, that local.start is run
after all other init scripts.
depend() {
after *
}
Do I perhaps need to pause a bit in order to let something else finish?
I am using ssmtp for mail.
Thanks,
John
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Re: [gentoo-user] local.start and sending an email
On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 08:14:59AM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 20:48:43 -0500, John J. Foster wrote: I tried changing this to /usr/bin/date | /usr/bin/mutt -s 'System restarted' [EMAIL PROTECTED] and get the same segmentation fault. Isn't mutt overkill for this? Do you really need a full MUA on a server. I use mail for this sort of thing, emerge mailx. I agree that this would most certainly be overkill for a server. But this is my home machine, and I'd just like to receive notification at work if it reboots for some odd reason. Having said that, it would be useful to find out why mutt is segfaulting. You can eliminate and environment differences by sourcing /etc/profile before running it. I find this often helps with cron scripts. I did note something I consider quite odd, though. While rebooting, local.start runs right _before_ inittab starts to bring the system to runlevel 3. A couple thing here. rc-status shows /etc/init.d/local as part of the _default_ runlevel. /etc/init.d/local stop - warns about shutting a boot service. This warning only happens the first time it is stopped after a reboot. Subsequent stops and starts produce no warnings. It looks to me like _local_ is for some reason being started earlier than it should, or my understanding of the boot process is limited. Thanks, John -- Neil Bothwick Minds are like parachutes; they only function when fully open. * Sir James Dewar -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDaxiDum4al0N1GQMRAqPDAJ9LOt/L/8QsADVTK/odaA3FRtzYlQCbBiuV R70e5FCXgWWoH/5dkVOlQzc= =pPl0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpLM4cn4Boa7.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] local.start and sending an email
On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 01:47:55PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 08:16:07 -0500, John J. Foster wrote: I did note something I consider quite odd, though. While rebooting, local.start runs right _before_ inittab starts to bring the system to runlevel 3. That's odd, it definitely runs last here, as it appears is should. Agreed. Have you trued using mail instead of mutt? It should give a clue as to where the problem lies. May I ask why trying mail, which I will this weekend, would at all explain why local is starting in the wrong runlevel? Thanks, John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpH6ZPfvUzyf.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] local.start and sending an email
On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 08:16:07AM -0500, John J. Foster wrote: I did note something I consider quite odd, though. While rebooting, local.start runs right _before_ inittab starts to bring the system to runlevel 3. A couple thing here. rc-status shows /etc/init.d/local as part of the _default_ runlevel. /etc/init.d/local stop - warns about shutting a boot service. This warning only happens the first time it is stopped after a reboot. Subsequent stops and starts produce no warnings. It looks to me like _local_ is for some reason being started earlier than it should, or my understanding of the boot process is limited. OK, I may have found the answer here, which I'll verify tonight when I get home and can watch a reboot. /etc/init.d/local needsme showed that /etc/init.d/splash was dependent on local. splash was in the boot runlevel, although I haven't used splash for a few months now, and obviously forgot to remove it. I am pretty sure this will solve my problem. I'll let you know. John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpSryQwtBezB.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] local.start and sending an email
On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 10:14:28AM -0500, John J. Foster wrote: On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 08:16:07AM -0500, John J. Foster wrote: I did note something I consider quite odd, though. While rebooting, local.start runs right _before_ inittab starts to bring the system to runlevel 3. A couple thing here. rc-status shows /etc/init.d/local as part of the _default_ runlevel. /etc/init.d/local stop - warns about shutting a boot service. This warning only happens the first time it is stopped after a reboot. Subsequent stops and starts produce no warnings. It looks to me like _local_ is for some reason being started earlier than it should, or my understanding of the boot process is limited. OK, I may have found the answer here, which I'll verify tonight when I get home and can watch a reboot. /etc/init.d/local needsme showed that /etc/init.d/splash was dependent on local. splash was in the boot runlevel, although I haven't used splash for a few months now, and obviously forgot to remove it. I am pretty sure this will solve my problem. Well damn. Removing /etc/init.d/splash from the boot runlevel did in fact cause /etc/init.d/local to run as the last initscript, just like it's supposed to. But it didn't solve the problem of mutt segfaulting when called here. I took Neil's advice and emerged mailx. All is well again in gentooland. (I'd sure like to know why mutt didn't work in local.start, though) Thanks for all the help, John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpJ1rhRw4yCc.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] local.start and sending an email
On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 10:52:20PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: If the same command works in a terminal, it could be a difference in the environment. The first thing I would try is running source /etc/profile right before the mutt call. No go. Just for review, here's a few lines from local.start. source /etc/profile /usr/bin/date | /usr/bin/mutt -s System restarted [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now, the error message Error sending message, child exited 1 (). /etc/conf.d/local.start: line 15: 19174 Done /usr/bin/date 19175 Segmentation fault | /usr/bin/mutt -s System restarted [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpOVZp7dd9co.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: local.start and sending an email
On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 08:16:44AM +0100, Francesco Talamona wrote: source /etc/profile /usr/bin/date | /usr/bin/mutt -s System restarted [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now, the error message Error sending message, child exited 1 (). /etc/conf.d/local.start: line 15: 19174 Done /usr/bin/date 19175 Segmentation fault | /usr/bin/mutt -s System restarted [EMAIL PROTECTED] I reread the whole thread, till now we focused on mail program, but segfault came just after date command, maybe we just looked in the wrong direction... Yeah, I thought that at first. Except for the error sending message line and that changing to mailx works properly. Do you have all partitions mounted at the time local runs, are /usr /var /lib ... all mounted and accessible by then? Yep - only have a /, /boot and a swap permission problem? So who is the user running the script?... root during boot Thanks, John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgp7ANvN325sG.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] emerge --security
Good evening all, Just before I had to kill-file a thread earlier today, I saw mention of emerge --security Running this on my system produces: //garbanzo/root # emerge --security !!! Error: --security is an invalid option. This is with portage-2.0.51.22-r3. Is this an option in an upcoming version? Thanks, John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgp0gE1zJslNc.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --security
On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 01:07:19AM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 19:07:51 -0500, John J. Foster wrote: //garbanzo/root # emerge --security !!! Error: --security is an invalid option. This is with portage-2.0.51.22-r3. Is this an option in an upcoming version? It's not in 2.0.53_rc7 either, although glsa-check does the job for now. I run glsa-check via cron, even security updates should be inspected before applying them. That's what I do also, along with an emerge -puDNv world via cron and just have the results mailed to me to check in the morning. I thought there was a new emerge option that I wasn't aware of yet. Thanks for the reply, John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpYPkaI09Wjh.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] system clock keeps getting reset to weird times
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 03:57:27PM -0700, Richard Fish wrote: Also, the KDE clock has a (IMO a very annoying) feature that will change the timezone it displays in response to the scroll wheel. So I never knew of that feature till you just mentioned it. I think that's pretty cool! John -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpfYMGCb24JW.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: default stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?)
On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 01:20:12PM -0600, kashani wrote: The last top posting/html thread was 3 weeks ago... so yes it's time for another Keep Gentoo leet thread. Gentoo isn't about pain, it's about getting work done. Anything, and I mean *anything*, that allows me to spend less time working and more time having a life is a good thing. Well said !!! -- If voting could change anything, it would be illegal pgpgKK22aj9Ve.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] wvdial: dialup for users
On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 10:20:15PM -0600, Dale wrote: Now wvdial, it dials out, then sits for a minute, then disconnects with the error that my password is wrong, which is crap because it is correct. I only got wvdial to work once on another rig. It has never worked on this one though. Anybody have a clue on that one? I just like to have options in case it pours instead of just a little shower. Hi Dale - I had the same problem until I set Stupid Mode=yes in /etc/wvdial.conf. All was fine then. John pgpecgNDnLri5.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] [Not specifically Gentoo] Forcing a new IP address with DHCP
Good afternoon, I have a Linksys WRT54GS router running openWRT firmware that gets its IP via DHCP from my ISP. That's all working fine. I also have an account with dyndns.org that is supposed to get updated when my IP changes. This is where I've screwed something up because it's wasn't. I think I have it configured properly now, but won't know until my IP changes again. I'm going on the road for a few weeks, and will need to access my home machine, so I'd like to test this out. So, first off, is there a way for the network startup script to say Expire this lease and give me a different IP address? If not, is anyone here familiar with openWRT, udhcpc, ez-ipupdate and dyddns.org configurations? I'd be glad to take this offline if it's too un-Gentoo specific. Thanks, John -- How can anyone realistically expect the increasingly superfluous masses to lay down their weapons and be peaceful when our own elected (sic) leaders solve all their problems through violence and our own government is the largest arms dealer the world has ever known? Mickeyz. pgpNMOYfgP9B2.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags
On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 03:14:43PM -0500, Jeff wrote: Hey all. Just a quick one - where can I find the USE flag compendium? For convenience, try emerging profuse. John pgpHjge4sSrv5.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] [Not specifically Gentoo] Forcing a new IP address with DHCP
On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 05:07:22PM -0800, Ryan Tandy wrote: I have a Linksys WRT54GS router running openWRT firmware that gets its IP via DHCP from my ISP. That's all working fine. I also have an account with dyndns.org that is supposed to get updated when my IP changes. This is where I've screwed something up because it's wasn't. I think I have it configured properly now, but won't know until my IP changes again. In the configuration on the dyndns website, enter an IP for your entry that you know is wrong. Wait the interval you configured and see if it updates to the correct one. Also, there should be an option somewhere to force your dyndns client to update immediately, but I'd recommend waiting the interval just to make sure that works too. Maybe turn it down to 5 minutes or something to reduce the wait. ;) I've done this, and also had to change the IP in /tmp/ez-ipup, which holds the routers config for the last time IP was changed. After doing these changes, ipdown wan ipup wan recognized that the IP was different, and updated appropriately. Right now I have the following command being run hourly from crontab /usr/sbin/ez-ipupdate -c /etc/ez-ipupdate.conf and that doesn't work if wan hasn't been taken down and back up again, because the ez-ipdupdate script just compares the values in /tmp/ez-ipup file with dyndns, and doesn't account for the actual value shown with ifconfig vlan1. But what doesn't happen, and I think _should_, probably via udhcpc, is that if my satellite modem goes down or changes IP, the router should recognize this fact and automagically reconfigure wan via ipdown and ipup. I'm really confused here. Thanks, John pgpYeouQtA8BX.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] problems in world file?
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 09:22:23PM +0100, Holly Bostick wrote: Also possible. Certainly there's nothing /wrong/ with running emaint --check world. I only wanted to point out that this error could also be a false positive. Simple question here, but what is emaint? No trace of it on my up-to-date system. Thanks, John pgpzmYvHzC1nB.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] problems in world file?
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 07:46:07PM -0500, Willie Wong wrote: portage-2.0.53, I have it on my laptop running ~x86, but not on my desktop running x86. running it without arguments give: Currently emaint can only check and fix problems with one's world file. Future versions will integrate other portage check-and-fix tools and provide a single interface to system health checks. Willie, thanks for the post. I really look forward to the part about better integration among all the tools available. John pgpmFHvruGQN9.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Encrypt USB flash drive
On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 04:09:45PM -0500, Thomas Lingefelt wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi. I'm looking for a portable (Linux, *BSD, Mac, Win) way to carry around encrypted files on a USB drive. I would like for the encryption/decryption to be transparent to me, so something that I can mount would be great. I know pretty much how to do encrypted file systems on Linux, but don't know of a way to do it under Windows that would be compatible. Something with AES256 or better would be preferable. Mac compatibility is not too much of an issue at the moment, but I do plan to buy one in the future. Thanks much. I've been using http://www.freeotfe.org/ on the windows side for a little over a year with no issues. festus -- Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion. -- Oscar Wilde pgp1mU887d2ll.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Mails getting lost?
On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 12:26:46PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: Are my mails to the list getting to anyone else? I'm not seeing them myself, and I wanted to make sure they weren't disappearing into the ether. I checked that I could email myself directly, so I don't think it's a problem on this side, but I sent a helpful reply about kde-meta and kate earlier today and I still haven't seen it yet. Same with a comment I sent to gentoo-desktop around the same time. Last list mail I have from you is dated 2-2. festus -- Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion. -- Oscar Wilde pgpXVcdVcsQRO.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] daylight savings time [Slightly OT]
Anyone else having trouble with the format (^M's) in Ennis' email? On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 09:29:16AM -0500, McCaffrey, Ennis wrote: -Original Message- From: Hans-Werner Hilse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 7:35 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] daylight savings time Hi, On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:45:42 -0330 Roger Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My home province (Newfoundland Labrador) has, in its infinite wisdom, decided to adopt daylight savings time from 11 to 04 November, rather than the more common dates in April October. Can someone tell me what I need to do to accommodate this change, if anything? Hm, set your hardware clock to UTC and do as root: rm /etc/localtime ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Newfoundland /etc/localtime should work... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_Standard_Time_Zone suggests that it was changed just recently. Make sure your timezone-data ebuild is up to date and installed. In order to get an 2007 version, you might need to architecture unmask it. http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm has wealth of information regarding zoneinfo. -hwh Running the following command will tell you how your current timezone is set: zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007 For EST the result should look as follows: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007 /etc/localtime Sun Mar 11 06:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2007 EST isdst=0 /etc/localtime Sun Mar 11 07:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2007 EDT isdst=1 /etc/localtime Sun Nov 4 05:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:59:59 2007 EDT isdst=1 /etc/localtime Sun Nov 4 06:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:00:00 2007 EST isdst=0 -Ennis -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list - This E-mail and any of its attachments may contain Time Warner Cable proprietary information, which is privileged, confidential, or subject to copyright belonging to Time Warner Cable. This E-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this E-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this E-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of this E-mail and any printout. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list pgpanrsgcaBBI.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Can't start X after a few months of updates
Hi, My system had been happily chugging along with X and KDE running for a few months nonstop. Every Saturday I'd run an update world. But, I never restarted X and obviously never rebooted. Yesterday we had a 3 hour power outage that my UPS couldn't keep up with, and when I finally got power back, X won't start. I _think_ this is the relevant portion of /var/log/Xorg.0.log. (II) Module fglrx: vendor=FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc. compiled for 7.1.0, module version = 8.28.8 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0 [R200Setup] X version mismatch - detected X.org 7.2.0.0, required X.org 7.1.0.0 (II) UnloadModule: fglrx (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so (EE) Failed to load module fglrx (module requirement mismatch, 0) Can anyone help me, as I have know idea what to do? Thanks, festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgplnZzaP2rJf.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't start X after a few months of updates
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 10:03:23PM -0500, deface wrote: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ATI_Drivers#Module_Requirement_Mismatch On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 22:52 -0400, John J. Foster wrote: Hi, My system had been happily chugging along with X and KDE running for a few months nonstop. Every Saturday I'd run an update world. But, I never restarted X and obviously never rebooted. Yesterday we had a 3 hour power outage that my UPS couldn't keep up with, and when I finally got power back, X won't start. I _think_ this is the relevant portion of /var/log/Xorg.0.log. (II) Module fglrx: vendor=FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc. compiled for 7.1.0, module version = 8.28.8 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0 [R200Setup] X version mismatch - detected X.org 7.2.0.0, required X.org 7.1.0.0 (II) UnloadModule: fglrx (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so (EE) Failed to load module fglrx (module requirement mismatch, 0) Can anyone help me, as I have know idea what to do? Thanks, festus deface - thanks, but I'd already read that section after finding it via scroogle. That particular advice didn't work for me. However, as long as I had that page open, I saw a bit about making the following change in xorg.conf. from --- Section Device Identifier ATI Graphics Adapter 0 Driver fglrx BusID PCI:3:0:0 EndSection to --- Section Device Identifier ATI Graphics Adapter 0 Driver radeon BusID PCI:3:0:0 EndSection ...and this worked. So thanks for getting me to reread that page!!! festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgp58Y2qVSgs6.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Wha' hoppen to firestarter?
On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 06:35:18AM -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: That helps some, but in net-firewall I'm finding a lot of unstable packages, and no really good idea which ones will be the best for a personal firewall, let alone which ones are best supported upstream so this doesn't happen to me again. So I'm interested in recommendations. What did you switch to? I've been using net-firewall/fwbuilder for a few years with no issues. I also find it pretty easy to use. Plus, it will also write rules for a Linksys WRT54G running openwrt. festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgppuLIPOkrmf.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Updating eix bombs
Yesterday morning while updating world I got the following errors during the emerge of app-portage/eix: i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -o update-eix update-eix.o varsreader.o global.o setmask.o database/libdatabase.a portage/libportage.a portage/conf/libportageconf.a portage/cache/libcache.a eixTk/libeixTk.a eixrc/libeixrc.a -lbz2 setmask.o: In function `CascadingProfile::applyMasks(Package*) const': setmask.cc:(.text+0x3b): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::KEY_ALL' portage/libportage.a(mask.o): In function `Mask::apply(Version*, unsigned int)': mask.cc:(.text+0x1663): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::PROFILE_MASK' mask.cc:(.text+0x1698): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::SYSTEM_PACKAGE' mask.cc:(.text+0x16ec): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::PACKAGE_MASK' portage/conf/libportageconf.a(portagesettings.o): In function `PortageSettings::setStability(Package*) const': portagesettings.cc:(.text+0x23): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::KEY_STABLE' portage/conf/libportageconf.a(portagesettings.o): In function `PortageUserConfig::setStability(Package*, unsigned int) const': portagesettings.cc:(.text+0x5520): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::KEY_STABLE' portagesettings.cc:(.text+0x56dc): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::KEY_UNSTABLE' portagesettings.cc:(.text+0x57bd): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::KEY_STABLE' portagesettings.cc:(.text+0x5a0a): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::KEY_ALIENSTABLE' portagesettings.cc:(.text+0x5b73): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::KEY_ALIENUNSTABLE' portagesettings.cc:(.text+0x5ccf): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::KEY_MINUSASTERISK' portagesettings.cc:(.text+0x5dbd): undefined reference to `KeywordsFlags::KEY_MINUSKEYWORD' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [update-eix] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/app-portage/eix-0.9.8/work/eix-0.9.8/src' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/app-portage/eix-0.9.8/work/eix-0.9.8/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/app-portage/eix-0.9.8/work/eix-0.9.8' make: *** [all] Error 2 !!! ERROR: app-portage/eix-0.9.8 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1615: Called dyn_compile ebuild.sh, line 972: Called qa_call 'src_compile' ebuild.sh, line 44: Called src_compile eix-0.9.8.ebuild, line 20: Called die I resynced this morning, but nothing has changed. Any ideas are welcome. Thanks, festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpGfgiHE8rc5.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Updating eix bombs
On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 10:41:09PM +0200, Vaeth wrote: I resynced this morning, but nothing has changed. Resync once more. The patch was included in the tree today without a revbump. Thanks you so much Vaeth! festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpZeqPJQTbVa.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Upgrade/Downgrade loop for gst-plugins
Good afternoon, For about the past 10 days I've been having problems with gst-plugins. I'm in a constant upgrade/downgrade loop, and am not really sure what brought me to this state. The only _major_ changes have been adding ~x86 for kde and amarok. //garbanzo/home/festus emerge -puvDNt world These are the packages that I would merge, in reverse order: Calculating world dependencies ...done! [nomerge ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-esd-0.8.12 [nomerge ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-flac-0.8.11 [ebuild UD] media-libs/gst-plugins-0.8.11 [0.8.12] +alsa -debug +esd +oss 0 kB If I'm reading this dependency correctly, gst-plugins-flac depends on gst-plugins. But, //garbanzo/home/festus equery depends gst-plugins [ Searching for packages depending on gst-plugins... ] //garbanzo/home/festus I don't really know which direction to begin searching. All suggestions are welcome. Thanks, festus P.S. What determines the order of entries in world? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrade/Downgrade loop for gst-plugins
On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 01:30:52PM -0400, John J. Foster wrote: Good afternoon, For about the past 10 days I've been having problems with gst-plugins. I'm in a constant upgrade/downgrade loop, and am not really sure what brought me to this state. The only _major_ changes have been adding ~x86 for kde and amarok. Downgrading amarok to stable seems to have cured this up/down cycle for gst-plugins. festus pgptX4F3prFYn.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] ssmtp and/or mailx delivery problem
The following script is run as part of a nitely cron job. //garbanzo/home/festus cat /usr/bin/emerge_sync.sh #! /bin/bash ## /usr/bin/emerge_sync.sh # Sync now /usr/sbin/eix-sync 21 glsa-check --test all 21 | mailx -s GLSA check on $(hostname) [EMAIL PROTECTED] emerge world --update --deep --tree --newuse --pretend --verbose | mailx -s Updated packages for $(hostname) [EMAIL PROTECTED] This has been executing properly every night for about 7 months now. The following is what I started getting back as of last night, and a few test runs today from a CLI. send-mail: 554 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sender address rejected: Address locked or deactivated; see http://mail.messagingengine.com/docs/locked.html (all on one line) I use ssmtp to get mail off of my machine, and this still works fine from within mutt. /var/log/mail.* and /var/log/messages files do not provide any clues. The last system updates were: Tue Apr 25 07:20:24 2006 sys-devel/gcc-config-1.3.13-r2 Tue Apr 25 08:38:20 2006 sys-libs/glibc-2.3.6-r3 Tue Apr 25 08:38:53 2006 app-misc/pax-utils-0.1.11-r1 Tue Apr 25 08:39:32 2006 sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.0_pre18-r1 Tue Apr 25 08:40:18 2006 media-sound/alsa-headers-1.0.11 Tue Apr 25 08:43:24 2006 media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.11 Tue Apr 25 08:44:24 2006 media-sound/alsa-utils-1.0.11 Tue Apr 25 08:44:53 2006 app-portage/portage-utils-0.1.15 Tue Apr 25 08:45:51 2006 app-editors/nano-1.3.10-r1 Tue Apr 25 08:48:15 2006 sys-fs/xfsprogs-2.7.11 Tue Apr 25 08:48:44 2006 sys-apps/memtest86+-1.65 Tue Apr 25 11:19:29 2006 net-misc/tightvnc-1.2.9-r1 However, the overnight script ran just fine after these updates Wednesday AM. Does anyone know what might be going on here? Thanks, festus -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] ssmtp.conf security concern
Good afternoon, I solved my problem of a few days ago by adding [EMAIL PROTECTED] AuthPass=PASSWORD to /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf. This was related to my ISP now requiring SMTP AUTH for mail. But I'm concerned about the security implications of having this in a world-readable file. If this was only necessary to get mutt mail off my system, I could just add set sendmail=/usr/sbin/ssmtp -au [EMAIL PROTECTED] -ap PASSWORD to my .muttrc file. But cron also need this in order to mail me results of nightly jobs using mailx. I realize this is just a single user system, but this solution just doesn't seem right. Are there config options that can be placed in individual $HOME rc files, ie. $HOME/.ssmtp.conf. I can't seem to track down much documentation on ssmtp.conf. I don't really want to go with something fullblown like sendmail. Thanks, festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpYJ9VLmyHgF.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] ssmtp.conf security concern
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 02:37:20AM +0530, Farhan Ahmed wrote: How bout using msmtp? It's lightweight and is well documented (?).. To use it change the value of sendmail in your .muttrc to this: I'm reading the manual right now, and will probably try it tonight. Farhan Ahmed P.S: Give muttng a try.. It has lots of features like nntp, smtp, sidebar support and plenty.. I tried using muttng on and off since it came out. Had some nice features that aren't in mainline, but too unstable for me, and just about totally unsupported right now. Thanks, festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpJ9w4dFQAw0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] ssmtp.conf security concern
On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 05:48:41PM -0400, John J. Foster wrote: On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 02:37:20AM +0530, Farhan Ahmed wrote: How bout using msmtp? It's lightweight and is well documented (?).. To use it change the value of sendmail in your .muttrc to this: I'm reading the manual right now, and will probably try it tonight. Well OK, I installed msmtp last night and all seems to be working just fine. Thanks Farhan, festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpAn5wgwgZ9a.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: OpenWRT on Netgear (was: Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-()
On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 10:20:00AM +, Mick wrote: Thanks, I've had a look and it seems to be work-in-progress. When it becomes stable I may have a go. I've been running White Russian RC3 for 9 months - zero problems. -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpwU1Pcojpk2.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] glsa-check script
On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 05:09:41PM -0400, Nick Smith wrote: On 5/11/06, Rasmus Andersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 04:35:46PM -0400, Nick Smith wrote: has anyone written a script that checks for glsa security updates and then has it auto emerge the packages it needs to get rid of the security risk? if so i would be very interested in looking at that script. Keeping 5 gentoo machines up to date security wise is becoming very time consuming. There is glsa-check from gentoolkit. I never used it, though. Rasmus -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list thats what im talking about, has anyone ever wrote a script that would automate the check and apply the updates as needed? from glsa-check --help -f --fix : try to auto-apply this GLSA (experimental) Use at your own risk. I wouln't think of applying anything without seeing what it is first. YMMV festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpx3IX7XHc9b.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] revdep-rebuild problem and gcc-3.4.5-r1
Good morning all, I usually run //garbanzo/root # emerge -pv depclean followed by //garbanzo/root # revdep-rebuild -p after all world updates, and rarely have any issues at all. This is a stable x86 system, except for kde, mutt, amarok and their dependencies. For about a week now, revdep-rebuild is spitting out //garbanzo/root # revdep-rebuild -p ... broken /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.5/lib-org-w3c-dom.la (requires /usr/lib/libgcj.la) broken /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.5/lib-org-xml-sax.la (requires /usr/lib/libgcj.la) done. ... All prepared. Starting rebuild... emerge --oneshot -p =sys-devel/gcc-3.4.5-r1 These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild R ] sys-devel/gcc-3.4.5-r1 Now you can remove -p (or --pretend) from arguments and re-run revdep-rebuild. I go ahead and remove the pretend option or reemerge gcc, and the next run of revdep-rebuild show the same thing. I'm not real sure how to proceed. All ideas welcome, Thanks, festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgp3nRM80DHUM.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] revdep-rebuild problem and gcc-3.4.5-r1
On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 07:31:14PM +0300, Rumen Yotov wrote: John J. Foster wrote: //garbanzo/root # revdep-rebuild -p ... broken /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.5/lib-org-w3c-dom.la (requires /usr/lib/libgcj.la) broken /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.5/lib-org-xml-sax.la (requires /usr/lib/libgcj.la) done. Hi, Check Bug-125728, there's a solution too, but only for GCC-4.X branch. For 3.4.X manually fix the two broken files. Two steps below: 1.qlist gcc | grep -i libgcj.la (equery files gcc | grep -i libgcj.la); 2.manually replace /usr/lib/libgcj.la with /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.5/libgcj.la (from step 1). PS:the solution for gcc-4.X is by putting a new option in an eclass. HTH.Rumen Thanks so much Rumen, all is working well. festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpOCWPOhV1cr.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] package.mask and my thick skull
Good afternoon, This has been discussed over and over in this list, but I am unable to find any references that make sense to me. Could someone please explain the different ways that you can specify an atom in package.mask? I currently have app-office/openoffice ~x86# in package.keywords app-office/openoffice-2.0.2-r2 is currently installed I would like to be able to mask all updates until app-office/openoffice-2.0.3 or app-office/openoffice-2.1 Is this possible? Thanks, festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpiCxNluUOfN.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] package.mask and my thick skull
On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 06:14:41PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 15 May 2006 12:44:05 -0400, John J. Foster wrote: I currently have app-office/openoffice ~x86# in package.keywords app-office/openoffice-2.0.2-r2 is currently installed I would like to be able to mask all updates until app-office/openoffice-2.0.3 or app-office/openoffice-2.1 Use /etc/portage/package.keywords =app-office/openoffice-2.0.2-r2 ~x86 =app-office/openoffice-2.0.3 ~x86 Just for arguments sake, let's say I wanted to run openoffice stable only. First I remove app-office/openoffice ~x86 from package.keywords and reemerge app-office/openoffice-2.0.2-r1. Now, where do I specify that I only want the next stable openoffice if it's at least -2.0.3 ? festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpO8zbNM5qoO.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Unpacking an ISO Image
Kris Kerwin wrote: Hi folks, Quick question. Is there any way that one can unpack an ISO image: extracting the data that is contained within it like a tarball, without having to burn it to a CD? I'm sure there's an option somewhere within either the mkisofs or cdrecord man pages, but I feel like I'm searching for a needle in a haystack. Maybe this will help. http://www.linuxhelp.net/isos/ festus -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Hardware clock, software clock and ntpd
Good morning all, About 10 days ago we had a lightning strike very nearby that fried our electric utilities transformer and my APC RS800 UPS. This in turn caused my system to crash. When I brought it back up, all CMOS settings had been lost. After setting what I could remember (no, I didn't have them written down), I brought Gentoo back up. Massive complaints about the time being off (I had forgotten to set the hardware clock). # /etc/init.d/ntpd stop followed by # ntpdate pool.ntp.org set the system time correctly. So I #/etc/init.d/ntpd start Since then, ntpd does not work. According to ps, ntpd is running //garbanzo/etc # ps aux|grep ntp root 19874 0.0 0.3 3656 3656 ?SLs 09:05 0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid But all that shows in the /var/log/ntp.log is 12 Jun 09:05:46 ntpd[19515]: ntpd exiting on signal 15 I've also noticed that the software clock is running about 2 minutes fast per hour. I know I could setup a cron job to run ntpdate regularly, but that is the wrong solution. ntpd had been working fine for years. Does anyone have any possible ideas what could have happened here? Thanks, festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware clock, software clock and ntpd
On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Uwe Thiem wrote: snip after this: hwclock -wu to get your hardware clock right. Without u if your hw clock is running in local time. snip But all that shows in the /var/log/ntp.log is 12 Jun 09:05:46 ntpd[19515]: ntpd exiting on signal 15 It probably terminated right after your ps. Would be interesting to know why it is terminating. Maybe you should run ntpd in the foreground once: ntpd -n Uwe - thanks for the tip on hwclock -wu The following output is what /var/log/ntp.log looks like after issuing the following 2 commands: #/etc/init.d/ntpd stop #ntpd -n 12 Jun 14:16:02 ntpd[8885]: ntpd exiting on signal 15 12 Jun 14:20:56 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 212.79.244.34, stratum 2 12 Jun 14:20:56 ntpd[9340]: kernel time sync disabled 0041 12 Jun 14:28:32 ntpd[9340]: kernel time sync enabled 0001 I'll keep an eye on it and let you know. Thanks, festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware clock, software clock and ntpd
On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 02:52:59PM -0400, John J. Foster wrote: On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Uwe Thiem wrote: The following output is what /var/log/ntp.log looks like after issuing the following 2 commands: #/etc/init.d/ntpd stop #ntpd -n 12 Jun 14:16:02 ntpd[8885]: ntpd exiting on signal 15 12 Jun 14:20:56 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 212.79.244.34, stratum 2 12 Jun 14:20:56 ntpd[9340]: kernel time sync disabled 0041 12 Jun 14:28:32 ntpd[9340]: kernel time sync enabled 0001 This is what it looks like as of this morning. I think I'll leave ntpd running from a console for a day or 2 longer just in case in crashes. 12 Jun 15:49:58 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 209.237.225.10, stratum 3 12 Jun 17:19:47 ntpd[9340]: no servers reachable 12 Jun 17:23:55 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 193.201.52.56, stratum 3 12 Jun 17:29:15 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 212.79.244.34, stratum 2 12 Jun 17:47:31 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 209.237.225.10, stratum 3 12 Jun 17:56:49 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.251.30.199, stratum 3 12 Jun 17:56:52 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.142.103.194, stratum 1 12 Jun 17:56:52 ntpd[9340]: kernel time sync disabled 0041 12 Jun 18:02:15 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.5.1.130, stratum 2 12 Jun 18:03:19 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.142.103.194, stratum 1 12 Jun 18:03:19 ntpd[9340]: kernel time sync enabled 0001 12 Jun 19:35:27 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.5.1.130, stratum 2 12 Jun 19:39:35 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.142.103.194, stratum 1 12 Jun 20:16:03 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.5.1.130, stratum 2 12 Jun 20:24:34 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.142.103.194, stratum 1 12 Jun 21:15:51 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.5.1.130, stratum 2 12 Jun 22:13:27 ntpd[9340]: no servers reachable 12 Jun 22:31:44 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.251.30.199, stratum 3 12 Jun 22:32:40 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.5.1.130, stratum 2 12 Jun 22:39:16 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.142.103.194, stratum 1 13 Jun 00:10:03 ntpd[9340]: no servers reachable 13 Jun 00:13:15 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.5.1.130, stratum 2 13 Jun 00:15:23 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.142.103.194, stratum 1 13 Jun 00:35:46 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.5.1.130, stratum 2 13 Jun 00:37:55 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.142.103.194, stratum 1 13 Jun 02:16:30 ntpd[9340]: no servers reachable 13 Jun 02:20:31 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.5.1.130, stratum 2 13 Jun 02:28:02 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.142.103.194, stratum 1 13 Jun 03:09:48 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.5.1.130, stratum 2 13 Jun 03:37:31 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.251.30.199, stratum 3 13 Jun 04:03:07 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.5.1.130, stratum 2 13 Jun 04:07:25 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.251.30.199, stratum 3 13 Jun 04:37:35 ntpd[9340]: no servers reachable 13 Jun 04:42:43 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.142.103.194, stratum 1 13 Jun 06:05:02 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.5.1.130, stratum 2 13 Jun 06:17:52 ntpd[9340]: synchronized to 64.142.103.194, stratum 1 Thanks, festus -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgp5h2M2XlwI9.pgp Description: PGP signature
