RE: [gentoo-user] old or non-existant ebuild

2003-12-05 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> Suppose I want programs X and Y on my gentoo machine. I > notice that the > ebuild for program X is outdated, and there is no ebuild for > program Y. > > Is there some forum where I can request the update or creation of > ebuilds for these programs? Sometimes you can ask the devs, and they

RE: [gentoo-user] buildpkg + moving packages

2003-12-05 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> I'm maintaining 3 p3 computers, and i would like to compile stuff on > one of them (using --buildpkg also) and then make the others use that > package than compiling the whole thing again (although i'm using > distcc). How can I "publish" that package for the others to use it ? > Can I use ap

RE: [gentoo-user] Excluding maildirs from updatedb

2003-12-04 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> On Dec 4, 2003, at 2:11 am, Collins Richey wrote: > > > On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 01:52:42 + Stroller > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> > >> It is conceivable, however, that I might have several users on the > >> system, each of whom has a large Maildir who yet may > desire to be able > >>

RE: [gentoo-user] Kernels > 2.4.20 don't work with reiserfs

2003-12-03 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
You see this?? Starting with linux kernel v2.4.21 I cannot mount my FS anymore Special sanity checks were added to kernel code to prohibit mounting of filesystems that are bigger then underlying block device. If you now see this message on mount: Filesystem on xx:yy cannot be mounted because it

RE: [gentoo-user] spam after subscribing to gentoo-user

2003-12-03 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> > > The gentoo-user list is archived here for example - say > > hello to your > > > email address! > > > > > > http://www.cubik.ca/archives/gentoo-user/msg00840.html > > > > > > > And who is responsable for that archive*? Can I sue > > he/she/them for publishing > > my e-mail address? > > >

RE: [gentoo-user] spam after subscribing to gentoo-user

2003-12-03 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> > The gentoo-user list is archived here for example - say > hello to your > > email address! > > > > http://www.cubik.ca/archives/gentoo-user/msg00840.html > > > > And who is responsable for that archive*? Can I sue > he/she/them for publishing > my e-mail address? > > Norberto > > [*] sorr

RE: [gentoo-user] newbie gentoo install stage 1

2003-12-02 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Last time I checked it was. You can get around it by downloading what it needs.. But good luck with it. > I do not want to download anything. > > I just want to build the system using the isos i downloaded > and burned. > > Is this a stage 3 build then and not a stage 1? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [gentoo-user] newbie gentoo install stage 1

2003-12-02 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Well, you don't have the right portage version, or it wouldn't be going out after it.. Your going to have to figure out what version its trying to download, and get it.. It should be ok after that.. > I wish to do a total recompile using the iso I downloaded. > > I do not have to go out to t

RE: [gentoo-user] newbie gentoo install stage 1

2003-12-02 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Then why are you not follow the stage1 install like it says?? Your changing it.. If you do it step by step, It will work... I don't remember anywhere it saying to drop eth0.. If you don't have the internet connection, you need to do a stage3 install.. > > I wish to do a stage 1 total rebuild.

RE: [gentoo-user] newbie gentoo install stage 1

2003-12-02 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> i am having trouble with the bootstrap.sh script. > > I am doing a stage 1 install. > I read this over and over again and your confusing me. Which install are you really trying to do?? stage1 is doing a complete compile for every package, yet your moving pre compiled packages over. Lets st

RE: [gentoo-user] split a fat32 partition on my laptop.

2003-12-02 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
HMm, re-reading it doesn't really make sense.. I have used parted on fat32 just fine. I know it works.. If your not getting it to work, maybe it something local. > Nope.. > > Q: What is QTParted ? > A: QTParted is an attempt to create a linux-based clone of > Partition Magic. Actually, a clone

RE: [gentoo-user] split a fat32 partition on my laptop.

2003-12-02 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> isnt qtparted just a frontend? > > On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 21:37, Jeffrey Smelser wrote: > > > just to warn you, i just emerged qt parted and made a > test with resize > > > of fat32, and it failed, but recover tools could fix it > > > though, (i di

RE: [gentoo-user] split a fat32 partition on my laptop.

2003-12-02 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> just to warn you, i just emerged qt parted and made a test with resize > of fat32, and it failed, but recover tools could fix it > though, (i didnt > loose my own data, i had test partitions) > QTparted and parted are not the same.. Parted does much more that qtparted does... You have to watc

RE: [gentoo-user] Kmail openpgp

2003-12-02 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> Hi, > > You used that aegypten or just created gpg.conf at home > directory with those > two lines (keyserver and keyserver-options)? > > On Tuesday 02 December 2003 21:07, Jeffrey Smelser wrote: > > I saw that in my searches. That's for aegypten and I didn&#x

RE: [gentoo-user] Kmail openpgp

2003-12-02 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> > On Sunday 30 November 2003 5:50 pm, Jeff Smelser wrote: > > > > The mail will show yellow if you don't have the public key to > > > > validate the signature against, or the key is untrusted. > > > > also check your gpg.conf and set these: > > keyserver x-hkp://pgp.mit.edu > > keyserver-options

RE: [gentoo-user] spam after subscribing to gentoo-user

2003-12-02 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> > But, like I said, if you show me this law that says we are > all wrong, > > and your right, I will bow to the Collins law of proper netiquette. > > See http://www.albury.net.au/new-users/rfc1855.txt and search for top Few Things: one, This is not LAW, this is, and I quote "Netiquette Guidel

RE: [gentoo-user] spam after subscribing to gentoo-user

2003-12-02 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> And just why would you think that only bottom posters fail to > trim their posts? > That's even more likely with top posting - just start keying > away at the top of > the reply without looking at what was quoted below. Geez, I still can't believe people piss and moan about crap like this. Is

RE: [gentoo-user] spam after subscribing to gentoo-user

2003-12-02 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> Unfortunately it's not just newbies or Outlook-challenged > posters who do top > postings. There are confirmed top-posters (disgusting as > this may be) on every > list who are well aware of what they are doing and who could > care less about > netiquette. > > IMO, the proper way to handle t

RE: [gentoo-user] split a fat32 partition on my laptop.

2003-12-01 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
oppps, daniel did not write this, Jonas did.. Sorry daniel.. > > daniel wrote: > > > > > > > Well... > > My bank uses a "security plugin" that only supports IE or > > Netscape 4 on > > mac or windows. > > *ugly words*... > > Are you sure? Mozilla supports netscape plugins... As well as > Konq

RE: [gentoo-user] split a fat32 partition on my laptop.

2003-12-01 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> daniel wrote: > > > > Well... > My bank uses a "security plugin" that only supports IE or > Netscape 4 on > mac or windows. > *ugly words*... Are you sure? Mozilla supports netscape plugins... As well as Konquorer -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] too large vfat

2003-12-01 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
The Max size is 2TB... > that isnt true, because i have a 250gb usb hd, which has a 250gb fat32 > partition, but i just cant make a fat32 partition at my internal hd > bigger than 130mb :( > > On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 22:32, SN wrote: > > Maximum partition size of Fat32 is 128GB. > > > > -- [EMA

RE: [gentoo-user] split a fat32 partition on my laptop.

2003-12-01 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Your using fat32 with linux?? I don't know what your doing over there, but your scaring me just listening to this.. If you think fat32 is better, so be it, but I have no idea how your getting by with fat32 on a linux system.. Never loose files?? hmm... > On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 22:00,

RE: [gentoo-user] split a fat32 partition on my laptop.

2003-12-01 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
What does it matter? Fat16/32 is the same no matter how big it is.. Its all crap.. :) Should work just fine as long as the program doesn't limit itself. > However, I wonder if that software is up to date. They are talking > windows 95 and stuff on that homepage. Does it work even though my > h

RE: [gentoo-user] filtering spam and MSTDs through POP

2003-12-01 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Good question.. :) http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=pop+maildir§ion=projects Not much going on, and not sure if any of those can even work for you. Hopefully someone else has a better answer.. > Jeffrey Smelser wrote: > > Check this out.. > > > > http://dev.gentoo.org/~sp

RE: [gentoo-user] Odd crashes

2003-12-01 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
The problem I run into with kernel crashes, is that syslog never actually gets to process them. Kernel panics dies instantly.. The only way I have seen these is having a monitor on the box, with console up.. Not X or anything.. Its about the only way to see them.. > okay, this might not solve any

RE: [gentoo-user] Postfix and SASL problem

2003-12-01 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Did you read the ebuild?? DEPEND=">=sys-libs/db-3.2 >=dev-libs/libpcre-3.4 sasl? ( >=dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-1.5.27 ) ldap? ( >=net-nds/openldap-1.2 ) mysql? ( >=dev-db/mysql-3.23.28 ) ssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.6d )" Adding sasl looks like what works to me.

RE: [gentoo-user] emerge -e pam

2003-12-01 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> I just don't get this then. Apparently X is an indeirect > dependency of PAM and > PAM is a direct dependency of X. Why hasn't anyone else had > this problem? > Anybody here done a _FRESH_ build of gentoo 1.4 with both pam > and X flags > enabled? I just did, I am switching my desktop over

RE: [gentoo-user] filtering spam and MSTDs through POP

2003-12-01 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Check this out.. http://dev.gentoo.org/~spider/local-mail-0.3.0/local-email.html > The mail account that I use for all my mailing lists is > hosted on a friend's server. He > doesn't want to take the time to setup a virus scanner or > spamassassin on his box. Is > there a way for me to run t

RE: [gentoo-user] Kmail openpgp

2003-12-01 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Cool, I will set that up when I get home today.. Thanks.. > On Sunday 30 November 2003 5:50 pm, Jeff Smelser wrote: > > > The mail will show yellow if you don't have the public > key to validate > > > the signature against, or the key is untrusted. > also check your gpg.conf and set these: > keys

RE: [gentoo-user] spam after subscribing to gentoo-user

2003-12-01 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Yes, I just set up a new email over the weekend at home, I am already getting Microsoft patched and return mail BS.. Someone is posting the emails on a web site somewhere... > hi, before i subscriped to this list i got no spam at all, but after > subscribing it startet, anyone else experienced

RE: [gentoo-user] Anybody with ftape 4.x here?

2003-11-26 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
They are at 4.04.. http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/ftape/ http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/ftape-tools/ There are gz versions there.. They have been updated in 2002.. So it may work. Good luck in that endevor > hi, > > i have a iomega dittoMAX 3,5GB. It run's only with ftape

RE: [gentoo-user] courier-imap or cyrus-imap

2003-11-21 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> Hi, >I've recently had a rash of problems at work with my > Outlook mail files > growing too large and then getting corrupted. Some Googling > around says that > this is probably caused by them being larger than about > 300MB. Mine's about > a gig. Hmm, one of mine just grew over 300m.. I

RE: [gentoo-user] Finding packages by files

2003-11-21 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Google is your friend. Many times just putting in the library your looking for gives you what you need to know. > OK, ok, not very bad... :-) But I can imagine situation: I > compile some > program, which has no ebuild, and it depends on some library, > which is > in standard ebuild package,

RE: [gentoo-user] building openoffice

2003-11-20 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
yes > does the openoffice ebuild really require 4-5G of available > diskspace to > compile? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] Philosophical(?) question about 'emerge unmerge'

2003-11-20 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
hilosophical(?) question about 'emerge > unmerge' > > > works here > > On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 20:50, Jeffrey Smelser wrote: > > Isn't it broken?? > > > > > what is wrong with emerge --depclean ? > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: [gentoo-user] Philosophical(?) question about 'emerge unmerge'

2003-11-20 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Isn't it broken?? > what is wrong with emerge --depclean ? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] Philosophical(?) question about 'emerge unmerge'

2003-11-20 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> I ran gentoo on a system for a few days earlier this year, right up to > where my system became a casualty of an emerge limitation, > documented at > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/portage-manual.xml : > > Warning: Unmerging packages can be dangerous. If you remove any > core packages

RE: [gentoo-user] Finding packages by files

2003-11-20 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Host is given to you by bind-tools... I don't know if there is a utility for this, I know qpkg gives you what host was installed by, but I don't know if there is something BEFORE its installed.. ebuilds really don't know what's going to be installed.. I don't think.. > Hi, > I'm quite new in Ge

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo internal structure

2003-11-19 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
I feel like I am talking to my wife here. > Barry Marler wrote: > > > This forum's name is fairly illustrative of it's purpose: > to discuss issues relating to using the distribution. > > Before I decide, if I want to use a distribution, I want to know > something about it. Here are my ques

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo internal structure

2003-11-19 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
I may not like... But I am skeptical at heart, so. > Do you mean he's part of the debian team or just a debian > user? > > On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:42:20 -0600 > "Jeffrey Smelser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Sergey, > > > >I am curious, your a

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo internal structure

2003-11-19 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
this for some Company, or important reasons, you would be smart enough to know where to get the information you need. You, to me, seem to just be trying to get some information for some other reason.. Just my ¼ cent worth. You still have not answered MY question of why you need to know? >

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo internal structure

2003-11-19 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Sergey, I am curious, your a Debian guy from my google searches. If your trying to "fish" for information. Why don't you look at the home pages and talk to Daniel Robbins himself?? Your fishing for information from people who just simply love gentoo for what it is, and don't care about the poli

RE: [gentoo-user] rebuild all

2003-11-18 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Actually, that's every package there is an ebuild for, not on the system. Which is what he wants.. > No?? > > So why does it work on my system?? And what the hell does > that command do?? This to me looks like your installing every > package on the system, why would you want to do that? > > >

RE: [gentoo-user] rebuild all

2003-11-18 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
No?? So why does it work on my system?? And what the hell does that command do?? This to me looks like your installing every package on the system, why would you want to do that? > > > emerge -ep world.. > > > > Would thta also include all packages which are > > not depended on by any of the wor

RE: [gentoo-user] rebuild all

2003-11-18 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
That includes the kitchen sink and the dirty dishes.. :) > Jeffrey Smelser wrote: > > emerge -ep world.. > > > > Would thta also include all packages which are > not depended on by any of the world packages > or their dependencies ? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] rebuild all

2003-11-18 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
emerge -ep world.. Take p off when your satisfied its correct > Hello everyone, > > Is there an emerge option for rebuilding the whole box > (assuming all emerged source tarballs still present) ? > > It's the -O3 issue... -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo internal structure

2003-11-18 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
What's with your questions?? > Sven Vermeulen wrote: > > Thank you for anwers. Here are some more. > > >>3. How key decisions are done? Is there voting system? > > > > Gentoo has several top-level projects [1]. Each project is > in charge for a > > well-defined part of the distribution. When

RE: [gentoo-user] Tk for Python

2003-11-18 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Opps. my mistake.. I should have read it better.. There isn't one.. :) Let me crawl back in my hole.. > http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=Tkinter > > Most things python, are in dev-python.. > > > Hi, > > > > I'm looking for the Tkinter lib for Python. So far my > 'emerge search's >

RE: [gentoo-user] Tk for Python

2003-11-18 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=Tkinter Most things python, are in dev-python.. > Hi, > > I'm looking for the Tkinter lib for Python. So far my 'emerge search's > have not born any fruit. Does anyone know what ebuild this > lib is in. Is > it even in an ebuild? > > Yes I have done

RE: [gentoo-user] Gentoo SLOW with Seti@home

2003-11-18 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> Finallyrunning TOP occurred to me and when I did, I saw a root > session running nanoand i could not recall having logged > in as root > and run nano any time in the past few days. But I can't rule > it out as I > almost certainly would have adjusted the host name of the > local portag

RE: [gentoo-user] Portage is getting too confusing...

2003-11-17 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Look in virtuals.. Portage seems to hate cleaning up after itself there.. that will help what was unmerged, then later wants to be merged again.. Not sure if it fixes all of your problems. > Hi all, > > Portage is lately s strange. Check the following > problems: > > I don'

RE: [gentoo-user] where are ftp, configure scripts??

2003-11-17 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
You may not have ftp.. You need to install one probably.. Shameless plug for ncftp.. :) emerge ncftp -p configure comes with the program your going to compile.. I guess I am curious what your doing to feel you need a configure script? > I have installed Gentoo linux in my PC, and I have a probl

RE: [gentoo-user] after genkernel do I manually re-emerge module packages?

2003-11-16 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
I think you have to reemerge them.. Genkernel isn't really all that smart.. > I ran 'emerge sync' and picked up a new kernel source package > automatically. I noticed that it was upacked in /usr/src but not > compiled. > > I'm running genkernel now to build the kernel image and > modules. > > M

RE: [gentoo-user] wget & "Address family not supported "

2003-11-14 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Seems your to late.. :) *wget-1.9-r2 (10 Nov 2003) 10 Nov 2003; Greg Fitzgerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wget-1.8.2-r2.ebuild, wget-1.9-r2.ebuild: Removed ipv6 support till the patch is reworked. *wget-1.9-r1 (03 Nov 2003) 03 Nov 2003; Seemant Kulleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wget-1.9-r1.ebuild:

RE: [gentoo-user] wget & "Address family not supported "

2003-11-14 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Turn off ipv6 in your use flags.. > I did a recent sync and wget was updated to version 1.9. > Now, when it tries > to pull any source down from any location, I get the message > "Address family > not supported " and it fails. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] Moving /usr/portage

2003-11-14 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > And these can be put into /etc/fstab to 'mount' them at boot time? > > Yes! > Actually, I do --bind /usr/portage on /home/ftp/pub/os/gentoo/portage > > /usr/portage /home/ftp/pub/os/gentoo/portage nonebind > 0 0 > > > It would > > seem sensible to ord

RE: [gentoo-user] Moving /usr/portage

2003-11-14 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> Oh, that I knew, but it doesn't help in this case. Since the partition > /usr/portage was in was full, all I needed to do was move it > to some place > that wasn't full. Since I had an existing 20GB partition that > was 90% empty, > adding 1.5GB to it was no big deal, but it had to be a > dire

RE: [gentoo-user] OT: Dhcpcd and passing client options?

2003-11-14 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> Hello, > > Can someone please correct me if I'm wrong here. Im sure this is > totally basic but I'm unsure if this is correct or not and am > unable to > test without having my cable modem in place. > So for Eth0 I would just uncomment the "iface_eth0="dhcp" line and to > pass the "-R" option

RE: [gentoo-user]Multiple screens for 1 box

2003-11-14 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Might want to search this list. Not to long ago, I remember a conversation where someone was doing this sorta thing.. It is possible from what I think I read.. ;) > On 2003.11.14 03:29, Alex Unigovsky wrote: > > The problem lies here: how to split several USB mice and keyboards > > among > > se

RE: [gentoo-user] Compile power ?

2003-11-14 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> > > > > > Yep, that should be the case. > > > > I have openmosix here and all 4 of my machines are compiled > the same.. > > So wouldn't it be faster lets say, I nfs ccache, so all my other > > machines technically won't have to compile any code once > the first pc > > does it?? > > Actual

RE: [gentoo-user] removing color

2003-11-14 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> Is there a command line program or script I can filter > something through to remove color? > For example, if I want to run 'emerge' and get output with no > color, how can I do this? You could always use tee, and just set the file to /dev/null.. I think tee will cut the colors out and still

RE: [gentoo-user] Compile power ?

2003-11-14 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> begin quote > On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 00:01:58 +0900 > Jason Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > and slow down the direct IO from "fast" to "its faster to compile, > > > really" ? > > > > Well, depends on the situation but most of the time you're probably > > right. > > Well, okay. On a

RE: [gentoo-user] Starting Daemon at boot

2003-11-13 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
rc-update add samba default Check out the man page so you know what's goin on > Hi, > > Can anyone tell me how to start "/etc/init.d/samba start" at > boot so I don't > have to manually invoke the command. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] Yahoo videos

2003-11-13 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> I don't have to try it :-) > > I was sitting next to the guy who implemented Yahoo launch, > if you know what > I mean :-) > > So I just know it ain't possible can't tell you more. I wasn't going to reply to this, but I have decided to.. What was the reason he had for implementing this secur

RE: [gentoo-user] Compile power ?

2003-11-13 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> On Friday 14 November 2003 01:22, Jeffrey Smelser wrote: > > here is the problem with that.. Distcc does work like that > in 'theory'.. > > But your leaving out several things..Big problem with > distcc is that it > > likes to fail compiles if you

RE: [gentoo-user] Compile power ?

2003-11-13 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> gentoo > -> your already there! > > distcc > -> emerge distcc. follow instructions printed at end of ebuild > ccache > -> emerge ccache. follow instructions printed at end of ebuild I get this part > tmpfs > -> if you have lots of ram, run "mount tmpfs > /var/tmp/portage". if not, don't

RE: [gentoo-user] Compile power ?

2003-11-13 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> begin quote > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:39:25 +0100 > Oliver Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Just in case - does anyone know (or wants to write) > > an article about the best way how to setup: > > > >gentoo + distcc + ccache + tmpfs > > > > (question of the month ? :)

RE: [gentoo-user] How do I get gcc-config to do anything?

2003-11-13 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> > Is gcc emerged correctly? > > I'm not sure .. it looks a bit screwy. Why the N in the > first emerge feedback below? > > blommie i18n # emerge -p gcc > > These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > > Calculating dependencies ...done! > [ebuild N] sys-devel/gcc-2.95.3-r8 He

RE: [gentoo-user] fcrontab' editor

2003-11-13 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
;s don't have a $EDITOR variable set. > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wednesday 12 November 2003 09:58 am, Jeffrey Smelser wrote: > | cron always uses the $EDITOR variable first.. So its right. > | > | Whats the problem? > > | > % grep ed

RE: [gentoo-user] fcrontab' editor

2003-11-12 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
cron always uses the $EDITOR variable first.. So its right. Whats the problem? > In fcrontab, I notice that the editor variable is over-ruled by the > EDITOR variable. > > % echo $EDITOR > /bin/nano > > % grep editor /etc/fcron/fcron.conf > # Location of the default editor for "fcrontab -e" >

RE: [gentoo-user] emerge SUNK!!!

2003-11-12 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Why don't you just set make.conf to use the default, so it goes after a valid gentoo rsync server?? You don't need to find a host.. > My usual rsync mirror (gazza.citylink.co.nz) is out of action, so I > thought I would point at another rsync mirror: > > rsync.planetmirror.com.au > > .as li

RE: [gentoo-user] HELP - MySQL - OT

2003-11-12 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Passwords.html > Help I have a connect.php that allows for authentication of > my database > as a user "pmt" I changed the password and didnot back up the > file...Now I can't access at all. > > What is the command to change the password for user "pmt" without > know

RE: [gentoo-user] Updating

2003-11-12 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Add --deep or -D.. Actually.. Your best bet is emerge -Dupvl world.. This will give you a wealth of information so you can determine the best way to upgrade your packages. > Hi all.. I just want to know if the following command is the > right one to > use to see if I need to update any packages

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: libssl: error [fixed]

2003-11-12 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> "Jeffrey Smelser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Well, lets think about this for a minute.. You create a library for > > others to use. When you deem a change necessary enough to bump > > versions, this normally means you have changed the library in

RE: [gentoo-user] booting gentoo on alpha machine

2003-11-12 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-alpha-install.xml > A friend of mine just got an old alpha machine from work, and > he wanted > to try running linux on it so I told him to try gentoo. > > But we're having trouble getting started, I see no boot iso > for stage 1, > only the tar file. So how

RE: [gentoo-user] strange problems with wget

2003-11-11 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
A google search turned this upp. Only took a second.. http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/652.html > Hi > I've upgraded wget from 1.8.2 to 1.9 and when I tried to > download something I got: > bash-2.05b$ wget http://www.frazpc.pl/index.html > --23:32:04-- http://www.frazpc.pl/index.html >

RE: [gentoo-user] libssl: error [fixed]

2003-11-11 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Well, lets think about this for a minute.. You create a library for others to use. When you deem a change necessary enough to bump versions, this normally means you have changed the library in such a way, that calls to it should change... Wouldn't you think?? So are you really fixing the problem

RE: [gentoo-user] Portage seems to be against my will

2003-11-11 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> > ># nano /var/cache/edb/world > > > > > >Remove the lines containing simgear and flightgear from > that file. That's > > >all. :) > > > > Is this a bug in emerge/portage or is it too random to > track down ?? I had > > a similar issue last week with /var/cache/edb/world listing > the 2.6 kern

RE: [gentoo-user] anyone have success with daap (itunes sharing)?

2003-11-11 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> I did run the configure program and it seemed to go fine. > When I adjust > the gcc line to this: > > gcc -I../src -g -I../ -I/usr/local/include \ > -I/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.2.3/include/g++-v3/ > -D_OS_UNIX \ > -c protocol.c > > which includes the proper location of the iost

RE: [gentoo-user] cross gcc

2003-11-11 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
rk for you. > -Original Message- > From: Andrew B. Panphiloff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 4:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Jeffrey Smelser > Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] cross gcc > > > Ð ÐÑÑ, 11.11.2003, Ð 18:18, Jeffrey Smels

RE: [gentoo-user] How do I get gcc-config to do anything?

2003-11-11 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
hmm.. What version of gcc you running?? You MUST be running 2.95-3 (I think) or later to use this.. The env its talking about is /etc/env.d/gcc.. If you don't have that.. I would suspect your copy of gcc is older... If not, let me know and I will try it from another angle. > I've just emerged

RE: [gentoo-user] First time Install/Bootloader with Windows Query

2003-11-11 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> this: > /dev/hda1 (The first partition): Windows 2000 > Professional/MBR > /dev/hda2: Windows apps > /dev/hda3: Doc storage > And I wanted to add: > /dev/hda4: /boot partition for Linux (Grub: 0, 3) > /dev/hda5: Linux SWAP (Grub: 0, 4) > /dev/hda6: Linux root (/) (Grub: 0, 5) > 0=a1 1=a2 2=a3 3

RE: [gentoo-user] cross gcc

2003-11-11 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Might want to gander at this before you go cross compiling.. http://dev.gentoo.org/~brad_mssw/amd64-tech-notes.html > Where can I get cross compiler ? > I want build gentoo system for x86_64 (opteron). -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] anyone have success with daap (itunes sharing)?

2003-11-11 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> I'm trying to get daap going to share the mp3s and oggs on my > fileserver > via itunes sharing, with little success. > > I'm following the directions at > http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030711140157143 > > I have the files downloaded, but whenever I try to compile > libhttpd-p

RE: [gentoo-user] ssh keys

2003-11-10 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Oh.. why are you running it directly?? Do this. /etc/init.d/sshd start... that will do it.. Any reason your running it manually? > Jeffrey Smelser wrote: > > Gentoo runs this the first time you run the SSHD daemon.. > So it wasn't overlooked. > > I'm definately

RE: [gentoo-user] Kernel Selection

2003-11-10 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
genkernel doesn't care.. Just make sure you link /usr/src/linux to /usr/src/kernel-whatever.. Like me, I do ln -s /usr/src/openmosix-2.4.22 /usr/src/linux.. Once you have that, genkernel will run it.. > Ok. So I have read "Gentoo Linux Kernel Guide". I want to know, if I > elect to `emerge' a

RE: [gentoo-user] Openssl error after update

2003-11-10 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
well, of course not. You created the links.. Get rid of those links and run them. I just said you can create those links if you can't do it right away.. > Ok, I cd'd to /usr/lib and ran: > bash-2.05b# ln -s libssl.so.0.9.7 libssl.so.0.9.6 > bash-2.05b# ln -s libcrypto.so.0.9.7 libcrypto.so.0.9.

RE: [gentoo-user] ssh keys

2003-11-10 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Gentoo runs this the first time you run the SSHD daemon.. So it wasn't overlooked. > I've never had to generate my keys for ssh. Under Slackware > this is done > the first time you boot into a fresh install. Under Gentoo > this was not > done. Now I'm not sure if this is something I've messed

RE: [gentoo-user] Openssl error after update

2003-11-10 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
003 01:53 pm, Jeffrey Smelser wrote: > > openssl breaks a bunch of programs.. You need to run > revdep-rebuild to > > rebuild all the packages that require openssl.. > > > > You can create a link from 0.9.6 to 0.9.7 temporarly.. But > make sure you > > recompile

RE: [gentoo-user] Openssl error after update

2003-11-10 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
openssl breaks a bunch of programs.. You need to run revdep-rebuild to rebuild all the packages that require openssl.. You can create a link from 0.9.6 to 0.9.7 temporarly.. But make sure you recompile because it "could" have bad side affects, if not now, later. > this thing updated openssl las

RE: [gentoo-user] rpm -qa like

2003-11-10 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Try gentoolkit > Hi everybody, > > I saw early today a post that was saying that to see all the > packages in > the system, something like "rpm -qa", exists a command "qpkg > -I -v". I > tried this command but it seems I don't have this command in > my Gentoo. Is > there a package I should

RE: [gentoo-user] assigning net.eth? to specific nethwork devices

2003-11-10 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
You can autoload the module on boot in the order you want them to be. /etc/modules.autoload is a good start. > I have a wired and wireless nic on my laptop, I've noticed > the wireless > nic sometimes get eth0 and other times eth1. > > Is there a way to assign a nic to be a choosen eth device?

RE: [gentoo-user] MySQL 4.1 ebuild?

2003-11-07 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
According to http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=mysql an ebuild has not been created for it yet.. > Hi, I'm new to the list, but have been using Gentoo for awhile now. > > Does anyone know of any plans, or already completed ebuilds > of the newer > MySQL 4.1 tree? > > If not, how are p

RE: [gentoo-user] how to make own version of LiveCD?

2003-11-06 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Short answer: You can do just about anything you want. Its all a matter of figuring it out. > i am going to make my own version of the livecd, i read the thread on > the forum, but i still have questions, is it possible to recompile it > all? and then add more stuff too, and will it be possible t

RE: [gentoo-user] emerge transcode fail

2003-11-06 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
Its a bug: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30877 > > USE="mmx" emerge transcode > > It took me some time and many tries, but then I found that out. > Shouldn't emerge warn you about that. If it doesn't comile w/out mmx > then why do not activate mmx for transcode by default? -- [EMAIL PRO

RE: [gentoo-user] SATA grub question

2003-11-06 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> Yep, that's my next step. I'll possibly need to ask some > questions about > how to do that at this point. I don't want to do a complete > reinstallation just to do that, and I doubt I have to. Can I not just > mount the installation CD and then somehow mount and build the kernel > from what's

RE: [gentoo-user] emerge transcode fail

2003-11-06 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
USE="mmx" emerge transcode > I can't seem to emerge transcode 0.6.10, it seems to fail during > compile... > > Anyone solved this one yet? > > make: *** [all] Error 2 > > !!! ERROR: media-video/transcode-0.6.10 failed. > !!! Function src_compile, Line 115, Exitcode 2 > !!! (no error message)

RE: [gentoo-user] Building the kernel

2003-11-06 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
So the rule book says.. But if its a minor kernel change, your taking a chance that the module your using isn't using something thats changed.. SO its just safer.. I have used modules from different versions and they have worked, but its hit or miss at best and shouldn't really be done. (I did

RE: [gentoo-user] OT: System redesign

2003-11-05 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
This depends and correct me if I am wrong, when you use scsi, you can get this benefit of using two different hard drives and getting a performance benefit. The last I remembered, if your using ide, this is not the case unless you have them on two different ide cards.. Even though an ide card c

RE: [gentoo-user] SATA grub question

2003-11-05 Thread Jeffrey Smelser
> > Grub is working right, you got something else going.. It looks to > > me like its past grub and booting linux. Linux is trying to find > > your ide controller cards and locking.. Or something to that affect. > > That's my thought too, but slightly different. hda-hdd are > the chipset EIDE > c

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