[gentoo-user] Re: emerge R

2005-10-27 Thread Ian Porter
Hi, Hi All, I am just wondering if there is an option within emerge that will tell me which packages need to be re-compiled [ R ] Soz, forgot to say that the wpa_supplicant is now 0.3.9 and I have tried going back to 0.3.8, but both do not work. I am running ndiswrapper (forgot the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Simple SMTP queue for a laptop

2005-10-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:15:08 +1300, Tom Eastman wrote: Hmm some interesting ideas, thanks! I also found something called 'nullmailer' which sounds like it works in a way similar to Stroller's description of the apple mailer. But I think it's a daemon, which wants to be running. The

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge R

2005-10-27 Thread Nagatoro
Ian Porter wrote: Hi All, I am just wondering if there is an option within emerge that will tell me which packages need to be re-compiled [ R ] try: module-rebuild list (and change list to rebuild if you want to rebuild them) This will give you the packages that needs to be rebuilt when

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge R

2005-10-27 Thread Iain Buchanan
Hi Ian, Iain here! On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 08:03 +, Ian Porter wrote: I am just wondering if there is an option within emerge that will tell me which packages need to be re-compiled [ R ] recompiled? generally you don't need to recompile packages. Soz, forgot to say that the

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge R

2005-10-27 Thread Ian Porter
Hi, Ian Porter wrote: Hi All, I am just wondering if there is an option within emerge that will tell me which packages need to be re-compiled [ R ] try: module-rebuild list (and change list to rebuild if you want to rebuild them) This will give you the packages that needs to be

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge R

2005-10-27 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 10:25 +, Ian Porter wrote: On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 08:03 +, Ian Porter wrote: I am just wondering if there is an option within emerge that will tell me which packages need to be re-compiled [ R ] recompiled? generally you don't need to recompile

Re: [gentoo-user] /var/log/messages size

2005-10-27 Thread Allan Spagnol Comar
Thank you all , sorry to take so long to answer and the logrotate really had worked for me. Thanks again. On 10/27/05, W.Kenworthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: syslog-ng does. bunyip ~ # ls /etc/logrotate.d apache2 hibernate-script mysql scrollkeeper syslog-ng bunyip ~ # qpkg -f

Re: [gentoo-user] MySQL 4.1 upgrade questions

2005-10-27 Thread Francesco R.
Nice, I was using the database named mysql for my data so that fits like a glove with the other software that accesses mysql. The grant tables are in the mysql database, so passwording that database secures my data and the grant tables right? Is it OK to leave the test database as is? For

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge R

2005-10-27 Thread Stroller
On Oct 27, 2005, at 9:03 am, Ian Porter wrote: ...I am running ndiswrapper (forgot the version because I am at work at present), but using rt2500.inf for the windows drivers. I am thinking about trying out the rtx00 drivers, has anyone had these drivers working ok ? You should definitely

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge R

2005-10-27 Thread Ian Porter
Hi, Oh soz, thought that R meant re-compile. sorry. it does mean recompile, however what your saying is: emerge -p package = compile newest stable version of package and if the newest stable version is the one you've already got, then it will Recompile it. K, cheers, I am still learning

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge R

2005-10-27 Thread Ian Porter
Hi, On Oct 27, 2005, at 9:03 am, Ian Porter wrote: ...I am running ndiswrapper (forgot the version because I am at work at present), but using rt2500.inf for the windows drivers. I am thinking about trying out the rtx00 drivers, has anyone had these drivers working ok ? You should

[gentoo-user] Re: internet/lan access control

2005-10-27 Thread James
Michael W. Holdeman lists at ptfd.org writes: I have a home and office LAN using comcast broadband cable for access. My office and laptop is Linus, the kids home computers for homeschooling are running xp-home. I want to switch the home machines to linux desktops and use vmware for

Re: [gentoo-user] OpenOffice 2.0 + NFS = hang

2005-10-27 Thread Konstantin V. Gavrilenko
Solved the problem. Apparently you need to disable file locking by commenting out the following lines: # file locking now enabled by default #SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING=1 #export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING in /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice as simple as it gets. yours, kos --

[gentoo-user] Wearab le Gentoo Computer?

2005-10-27 Thread James
Hello, Has anyone any experience with a Gentoo based wearable computer? I specifically need 802.11* an ethernet port, at least one video input and one audio i/o port. Speech recognition would be a bonus. Ideas or recommendations on software and hardware are most welcome. James --

Re: [gentoo-user] OpenOffice 2.0 + NFS = hang

2005-10-27 Thread Bruno Lustosa
On 10/27/05, Konstantin V. Gavrilenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Solved the problem.Apparently you need to disable file locking by commenting out thefollowing lines:# file locking now enabled by default#SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING=1#export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING in /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice I

Re: [gentoo-user] MySQL 4.1 upgrade questions

2005-10-27 Thread A. Khattri
On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, Francesco R. wrote: For a security hardened database you should drop the test database and all users with % access. Also you can play with bind-address and skip-networking in the my.cnf I think bind-address is 127.0.0.1 by default anyway. -- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-user] USB mobile phone connection..

2005-10-27 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 12:31:37AM -0400, James Hiscock wrote: Did you specify the correct device for moto4lin? Should be /dev/ttyACM0. Also, check the permissions on /dev/ttyACM0 -- by default, they're too restrictive. It defaults to /dev/usb/acm/0 which seems to be correct for me. At least

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: internet/lan access control

2005-10-27 Thread John Jolet
On Thursday 27 October 2005 07:53, James wrote: Well, there are lot's of ways to 'skin the cat' here. Here's a good overview of some of the tools tools that you could use: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/security/ security-handbook.xml?part=1chap=12#doc_chap1 The section on Squid would apply

RE: [gentoo-user] Gentoo system initialization scripts UDEV message

2005-10-27 Thread Budd, Tracy
Roy, I changed /dev/mouse to /dev/input/mice as you suggested. No luck. I checked the Xorg.0.log. The only error message there was Failed to initialize NVIDIA kernel module. I forgot to check dmesg. I am wondering if I need to use mknod. Eventhough the nvidia module seems to load (lsmod confirms

[gentoo-user] Re: Adsl, rp-ppoe and new IP assignment

2005-10-27 Thread James
Sean Lester SFLester at sbcglobal.net writes: First, if this is not the first time you've seen this I apologize. I lost all of my last 24hrs of email. If you use gmane: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user The postings never disappear I have been running pppoe

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2005-10-27 Thread Tamer Higazi

Re: [gentoo-user] a second and third network card: init.d/???

2005-10-27 Thread Alan E. Davis
Thanks for the answers. I MIGHT have gotten wireless working: have to wait until the router is working to find out. These answers help. AlanOn 10/26/05, John Jolet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 26, 2005, at 6:28 AM, Jerry McBride wrote: On Wednesday 26 October 2005 07:28, Alan E. Davis wrote: I

[gentoo-user] Re: internet/lan access control

2005-10-27 Thread James
John Jolet john at jolet.net writes: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/security/ security-handbook.xml?part=1chap=12#doc_chap1 The section on Squid would apply particularly to you. In this case, my policy states: * Surfing (HTTP/HTTPS) is allowed during work hours (mon-fri 8-17 and

[gentoo-user] portage and local mirrors

2005-10-27 Thread John Jolet
We're trying to set up a local portage repository for our webservers to use, as we'd like our webservers to NOT have compilers and other dev tools on them. We'd prefer to have the webservers get the packages via rsync over ssh, but I can't seem to find anywhere to specify that transport for

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo system initialization scripts UDEV message

2005-10-27 Thread Roy Wright
Howdy, You might want to try module-rebuild (see this week's Gentoo Linux Newsletter - http://www.gentoo.org). Basically: emerge module-rebuild module-rebuild list module-rebuild rebuild That should make sure all kernel modules are built. I did not hit this problem when I switched to

Re: [gentoo-user] OpenOffice 2.0 + NFS = hang

2005-10-27 Thread Konstantin V. Gavrilenko
tried it, but it did not solve the issue on my box. I guess, i'll stick to the commenting out the file_locking yours, kos -- Respectfully, Konstantin V. Gavrilenko Arhont Ltd - Information Security web:http://www.arhont.com http://www.wi-foo.com e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel:

Re: [gentoo-user] unsibscribe

2005-10-27 Thread Qian Qiao
On 10/27/05, Tamer Higazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying very hard to resist the temptation of sending you the manual for the unsubscribe kit, :P Meanwhile, I strongly recommend you to read the documentations on how to unsubscribe from the list, and also try to spell the word unsubscribe

Re: [gentoo-user] PANIC !!!!

2005-10-27 Thread Tamas Sarga
On Sat, 22 Oct 2005, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: direct experience. I have seen xine and mplayer break multiple times or KDE loosing its themes, because of qt updates or wesnoth. And that are the ones I remember without to much brain work. That is why I am healed from --deep updates Hi,

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo system initialization scripts UDEV message

2005-10-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:43:27 -0400, Budd, Tracy wrote: I checked the Xorg.0.log. The only error message there was Failed to initialize NVIDIA kernel module. I forgot to check dmesg. I am wondering if I need to use mknod. Eventhough the nvidia module seems to load (lsmod confirms this), I

Re: [gentoo-user] portage and local mirrors

2005-10-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:06:43 -0500, John Jolet wrote: We're trying to set up a local portage repository for our webservers to use, as we'd like our webservers to NOT have compilers and other dev tools on them. We'd prefer to have the webservers get the packages via rsync over ssh, but I

Re: [gentoo-user] portage and local mirrors

2005-10-27 Thread John Jolet
On Thursday 27 October 2005 09:53, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:06:43 -0500, John Jolet wrote: We're trying to set up a local portage repository for our webservers to use, as we'd like our webservers to NOT have compilers and other dev tools on them. We'd prefer to have the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: internet/lan access control

2005-10-27 Thread Michael W. Holdeman
On Thursday 27 October 2005 08:53, James wrote: Michael W. Holdeman lists at ptfd.org writes: I have a home and office LAN using comcast broadband cable for access. My office and laptop is Linus, the kids home computers for homeschooling are running xp-home. I want to switch the home

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerging without Internet connection

2005-10-27 Thread Tamas Sarga
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Michael Crute wrote: On 10/24/05, Gentoo Voyager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, My home gentoo box dos't have a internet connection, but i need to install Sendmail on my PC( for testing perposer), any one know how to do it without internet cennection..

[gentoo-user] Re: internet/lan access control

2005-10-27 Thread James
Michael W. Holdeman lists at ptfd.org writes: www.gentoo.org/doc/en/security/security-handbook.xml?part=1chap=12#doc_chap1 Your response is very helpfull. I was thinking about squid, fwbuilder to get the base up and going. I will read more, as for some reason I was under the impression I

Re: [gentoo-user] OpenOffice 2.0 + NFS = hang

2005-10-27 Thread Billy Holmes
Konstantin V. Gavrilenko wrote: Apparently you need to disable file locking by commenting out the following lines: either that or run lockd... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] OpenOffice 2.0 + NFS = hang

2005-10-27 Thread Billy Holmes
Bruno Lustosa wrote: It seems rpc.statd isn't running, because status monitor doesn't show on the list. ah.. that's right. lockd needs statd. silly nfs. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] xfs issue

2005-10-27 Thread Qv6
Folks: Just compiled a new kernel - 2.6.13-r3 (was using 2.6.11-r4), and upgraded kde from 3.3.2 to 3.4. On booting into the new kernel, the base system boots fine, but kde hangs. It seems from the error that xfs could not be started. The error when I start xfs manually is: gentoo#

Re: [gentoo-user] xfs issue

2005-10-27 Thread Holly Bostick
Qv6 schreef: Folks: Just compiled a new kernel - 2.6.13-r3 (was using 2.6.11-r4), and upgraded kde from 3.3.2 to 3.4. On booting into the new kernel, the base system boots fine, but kde hangs. It seems from the error that xfs could not be started. The error when I start xfs manually is:

[gentoo-user] Python - !!! Failed to complete python imports.

2005-10-27 Thread Ryan Viljoen
Ok I am in need of some serious help well my home server is: After emerging python (with distcc running and attempting to do a cross compilation) I get the following message when I try run any program associated with python: o_O / # env-update

[gentoo-user] Veritas Backup Exec 10d

2005-10-27 Thread Mal Herring
Hi Gentoo User, Recently brought Backup Exec 10d but before doing so spoke with a sales person who confirmed with Veritas that the Linux/Unix agent would work... After finding that it doesn't and checking the Veritas site http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/264484.htm it would seem that it

Re: [gentoo-user] Veritas Backup Exec 10d

2005-10-27 Thread John Jolet
On Thursday 27 October 2005 11:50, Mal Herring wrote: Hi Gentoo User, Recently brought Backup Exec 10d but before doing so spoke with a sales person who confirmed with Veritas that the Linux/Unix agent would work... After finding that it doesn't and checking the Veritas site

[gentoo-user] Re: a second and third network card: init.d/???

2005-10-27 Thread Francesco Talamona
On Wednesday 26 October 2005 13:31, John Jolet wrote: In my experience (granted, i've not tried this with gentoo), bonding   only works when both or all nics in the trunk are the same chipset, same driver.  I'd be astonished if you could bond the wireless nic with a wired one.  If the other

[gentoo-user] mouse on G5

2005-10-27 Thread Kumar Golap
Hi All, i've installed emerge xorg on a G5 dual CPU tower... when i run xorgcfg...its complaining that it can't find /dev/mouse. Does anybody know what is the mouse device ? We got rid of the single button mouse Its a 3 button USB mouse attached the Mac keyboard. I've been searching the

Re: [gentoo-user] OpenOffice 2.0 + NFS = hang

2005-10-27 Thread Konstantin V. Gavrilenko
As discussed in this thread http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=54586 QTE ++ 1 On certain Linux machines, file locking is known to fail due to the NFS lock demon not running. 2 On certain other Linux machines, it appears that file locking fails due to some other, not yet

Re: [gentoo-user] unsibscribe

2005-10-27 Thread Thomas T. Veldhouse
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Re: [gentoo-user] unsibscribe

2005-10-27 Thread Danyelle Gragsone
heh On 10/27/05, Thomas T. Veldhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tamer Higazi wrote:To unsubscribe YOU must send an email to[EMAIL PROTECTED]This was mentioned when you joined the list and it is in the header of every email sent to this list. Tom Veldhouse--gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] Veritas Backup Exec 10d

2005-10-27 Thread Mal Herring
okay, first verify that those programs are on the box. if they ALL are, rpm --nodeps rpmname will cause it to ignore them. the problem is your rpm database does not reflect the installed packages, because they weren't installed with rpm... maybe if someone has a way to import the information

Re: [gentoo-user] unsibscribe

2005-10-27 Thread Thomas T. Veldhouse
Danyelle Gragsone wrote: heh I thought I was replying to the individual ... but the stupid list configuration has the original poster cut out of the reply to options. Tom Veldhouse -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] mouse on G5

2005-10-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:26:23 -0600, Kumar Golap wrote: when i run xorgcfg...its complaining that it can't find /dev/mouse. Does anybody know what is the mouse device ? /dev/input/mice or /dev/input/mouse0 -- Neil Bothwick Echo Speak: Whale oil beef hooked signature.asc Description:

Re: [gentoo-user] Veritas Backup Exec 10d

2005-10-27 Thread kashani
Mal Herring wrote: Hi Gentoo User, Recently brought Backup Exec 10d but before doing so spoke with a sales person who confirmed with Veritas that the Linux/Unix agent would work... After finding that it doesn't and checking the Veritas site http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/264484.htm it

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2005-10-27 Thread Danyelle Gragsone
doh.On 10/27/05, Thomas T. Veldhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Danyelle Gragsone wrote: hehI thought I was replying to the individual ... but the stupid listconfiguration has the original poster cut out of the reply to options.Tom Veldhouse --gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module

2005-10-27 Thread renna
hi to all. i am finalizing a fresh new gentoo installation. i'm having some problems with xorg and my nvidia geforce mx 440 card. i followed the instructions on the dedicated part of documentation on gentoo.org, and even tried the following commands as proposed by gentoo-wiki.com but i allways

Re: [gentoo-user] mouse on G5

2005-10-27 Thread Michael Shaw
Kumar Golap wrote: Hi All, i've installed emerge xorg on a G5 dual CPU tower... when i run xorgcfg...its complaining that it can't find /dev/mouse. Does anybody know what is the mouse device ? We got rid of the single button mouse Its a 3 button USB mouse attached the Mac keyboard. I've

[gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module

2005-10-27 Thread renna bud
hi to all. i am finalizing a fresh new gentoo installation. i'm having some problems with xorg and my nvidia geforce mx 440 card. i followed the instructions on the dedicated part of documentation on gentoo.org, and even tried the following commands as proposed by gentoo-wiki.com but i allways

Re: [gentoo-user] Python - !!! Failed to complete python imports.

2005-10-27 Thread Qian Qiao
On 10/27/05, Ryan Viljoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok I am in need of some serious help well my home server is: After emerging python (with distcc running and attempting to do a cross compilation) I get the following message when I try run any program associated with python:

RE: [gentoo-user] Veritas Backup Exec 10d

2005-10-27 Thread Mal Herring
I'd install lib-compat and see how much of your list that gets you. Most binary packages require lib-compat on just about any Linux distro. Assuming you can get all the libs you need I'd force the install rather than try to inject everything you need into your rpm db. Should I emerge this or

RE: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module

2005-10-27 Thread Bob Young
-Original Message- From: renna bud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:01 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module hi to all. i am finalizing a fresh new gentoo installation. i'm having some problems with

Re: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module

2005-10-27 Thread Qian Qiao
On 10/27/05, renna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi to all. i am finalizing a fresh new gentoo installation. i'm having some problems with xorg and my nvidia geforce mx 440 card. i followed the instructions on the dedicated part of documentation on gentoo.org, and even tried the following commands

[gentoo-user] Kernel updates

2005-10-27 Thread Digby Tarvin
The portage system seems pretty effective in keeping the user level code up to date on a gentoo system - but now that I have had my system installed for 6-7 months it has occured to me that my kernel is no longer current, and I havn't found anything in the handbook suggesting how this should be

Re: [gentoo-user] Wearab le Gentoo Computer?

2005-10-27 Thread Mark Shields
You want to be a gargoyle (http://tecfa.unige.ch/perso/staf/nova/blog/2003/09/23/gargoyle-and-self-gargoyle/)? Heh. I'd start with a mac mini.On 10/27/05, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello,Has anyone any experience with a Gentoo based wearable computer?I specifically need 802.11* an ethernet

[gentoo-user] System refuses to boot after upgrade

2005-10-27 Thread Ognjen Bezanov
Hi all, I Just upgraded my PC (replaced new hard disk, dd'ed all the data from the old one, ran emerge -uav world + grub-install). The kernel boots but then INIT hangs at Configuring kernel parameters ). Anyone got any ideas on what the problem may be? Cheers. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module

2005-10-27 Thread Qian Qiao
On 10/27/05, Bob Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: renna bud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:01 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module hi to all. i am finalizing a fresh new

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel updates

2005-10-27 Thread Qian Qiao
On 10/27/05, Digby Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The portage system seems pretty effective in keeping the user level code up to date on a gentoo system - but now that I have had my system installed for 6-7 months it has occured to me that my kernel is no longer current, and I havn't found

Re: [gentoo-user] System refuses to boot after upgrade

2005-10-27 Thread Qian Qiao
On 10/27/05, Ognjen Bezanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I Just upgraded my PC (replaced new hard disk, dd'ed all the data from the old one, ran emerge -uav world + grub-install). The kernel boots but then INIT hangs at Configuring kernel parameters ). Anyone got any ideas on what the

[gentoo-user] iptables on gentoo

2005-10-27 Thread James
Hello, Well, after much reading and studying of iptables, I have written different rules for different workstations and firewalls. It's time to begin testing. Question 1: I'm planning on using nmap and nessus to test from the outside(internet) inward). On the inside I plan on using snort, an

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel updates

2005-10-27 Thread Digby Tarvin
Thanks, but I am ok on configuring the kernels and then installing them in /boot. The thing which isn't clear to me is how I should get the 'linux-new_version' directory installed on my system without downloading a whole new install image and copying it across manually? Is there a kernel release

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel updates

2005-10-27 Thread John Jolet
On Thursday 27 October 2005 14:25, Digby Tarvin wrote: Thanks, but I am ok on configuring the kernels and then installing them in /boot. The thing which isn't clear to me is how I should get the 'linux-new_version' directory installed on my system without downloading a whole new install

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel updates

2005-10-27 Thread Qian Qiao
On 10/27/05, Digby Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, but I am ok on configuring the kernels and then installing them in /boot. The thing which isn't clear to me is how I should get the 'linux-new_version' directory installed on my system without downloading a whole new install image

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel updates

2005-10-27 Thread Digby Tarvin
P.S. See my other posts regarding trying to get USB to work for my mobile for the inspiration behind wanting to update the kernel. I think if you get to the stage of having to debug kernel code, it is always worth at least trying the latest kernel first. Regards, DigbyT On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at

[gentoo-user] Re: Wearab le Gentoo Computer?

2005-10-27 Thread James
Mark Shields laebshade at gmail.com writes: You want to be a gargoyle (http://tecfa.unige.ch/perso/staf/nova/blog/2003/ 09/23/gargoyle-and-self-gargoyle/)? Not really a gargoyle (even though I'm as paranoid as the next humanoid). My application is working with technicians that cover a wide

RE: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module

2005-10-27 Thread Bob Young
-Original Message- From: Qian Qiao [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 11:53 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module On 10/27/05, Bob Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm ran into the exact same problem on

Re: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module

2005-10-27 Thread Qian Qiao
On 10/27/05, Bob Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Now that you mention it, I did have problems with a ~amd64 version of nvidia-kernel, couldn't remember the version number tho, :( And after that, I reverted to the stable version of nvidia-kernel, and had no problem afterwards. Strange...

Re: [gentoo-user] unsibscribe

2005-10-27 Thread Nick Rout
was his name tamer or lamer? On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:39:13 +0100 Qian Qiao wrote: On 10/27/05, Tamer Higazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying very hard to resist the temptation of sending you the manual for the unsubscribe kit, :P Meanwhile, I strongly recommend you to read the

RE: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module

2005-10-27 Thread Bob Young
-Original Message- From: Qian Qiao [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:07 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module On 10/27/05, Bob Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Now that you mention it, I did

Re: [gentoo-user] NetWork/InterNet Problem: was problem emerging stuff

2005-10-27 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Karsten Gebbert wrote: I can NOT ping the gentoo servers at all, no xchat servers etc. When I try to emerge, the address show in the terminal is always 1.0.0.0 http://1.0.0.0/http://1.0.0.0. After googling a bit for 1.0.0.0 and dlink, I suggest you try: USE=-ipv6 emerge --oneshot wget

Re: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module

2005-10-27 Thread Jose Maria Alvarez Fernandez
It's kernel related. 2.6.13 doesn't create the nvidia devicess correctly with udev, which with 2.6.13 is default. You can try to put this in the local.start if you want to use this nvidia kernel versions: for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7; do node=/dev/nvidia$i rm -f $node mknod

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel updates

2005-10-27 Thread Digby Tarvin
Thanks, Thats what wasn't clear to me. I assume this is a special case in that an 'update world' won't install new kernel sources by default? I assume that the separate kernel source trees means that a new kernel can be build in parallel to an older one, and the active kernel chosen at boot

[gentoo-user] Re: Simple SMTP queue for a laptop

2005-10-27 Thread James
Tom Eastman tom at cs.otago.ac.nz writes: The old berkely Mail. Not sure... do you just mean 'mail' from the mailx package? In fact, looking at the man page, it would appear that 'mail' *uses* 'sendmail' to deliver. So I don't think it can replace it. Or are you speaking of a

RE: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module

2005-10-27 Thread Bob Young
-Original Message- From: Jose Maria Alvarez Fernandez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:37 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module It's kernel related. 2.6.13 doesn't create the nvidia devicess

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel updates

2005-10-27 Thread Qian Qiao
On 10/27/05, Digby Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Thats what wasn't clear to me. I assume this is a special case in that an 'update world' won't install new kernel sources by default? emerge --update world should install the new kernel sources for you. Did you do a emerge --sync? If

Re: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module

2005-10-27 Thread Qian Qiao
On 10/27/05, Jose Maria Alvarez Fernandez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's kernel related. 2.6.13 doesn't create the nvidia devicess correctly with udev, which with 2.6.13 is default. You can try to put this in the local.start if you want to use this nvidia kernel versions: for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5

Re: [gentoo-user] USB mobile phone connection..

2005-10-27 Thread James Hiscock
Looks like the main clues are the error messages produced when I plug in: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8 usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71 usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71 usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and

Re: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module

2005-10-27 Thread Jose Maria Alvarez Fernandez
Strange. I tried 7174 and down without success. Every time i had to use the script showed. I have to use 7667 or above with 2.6.13 in order to have nodes working correctly. It may also depend on xorg version. Greetings! Qian Qiao wrote: On 10/27/05, Jose Maria Alvarez Fernandez [EMAIL

Re: [gentoo-user] iptables on gentoo

2005-10-27 Thread A. Khattri
On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, James wrote: Question 1: I'm planning on using nmap and nessus to test from the outside(internet) inward). On the inside I plan on using snort, an monitoring the various log files. Any further suggestions on testing? Plain ole telnet works for testing protocols too ;-)

Re: [gentoo-user] portage and local mirrors

2005-10-27 Thread A. Khattri
On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, John Jolet wrote: Yes, I read that man page quite a bit. I have written a script that uses from the command line rsync --rsh=ssh -l username server::module/files successfully. However, changing the SYNC line in make.conf to rsync://[EMAIL PROTECTED] give me a connection

RE: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module

2005-10-27 Thread Bob Young
-Original Message- From: Qian Qiao [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 2:20 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module I doubt it's kernel related, I'm on a amd64 with 2.6.13-r3 here. And nvidia-kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] Wearab le Gentoo Computer?

2005-10-27 Thread A. Khattri
On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, Mark Shields wrote: You want to be a gargoyle ( http://tecfa.unige.ch/perso/staf/nova/blog/2003/09/23/gargoyle-and-self-gargoyle/ )? Heh. I'd start with a mac mini. Or get Gentoo running on this: http://www.projectblackdog.com/ -- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing

[gentoo-user] Re: xfs issue

2005-10-27 Thread Catalin Trifu
Hi, If you don't have other hosts making use of u'r font server you don't need it anyway. It's only a waste of resources. Everything works just fine without it on a desktop. Catalin Holly Bostick wrote: Qv6 schreef: Folks: Just compiled a new kernel - 2.6.13-r3 (was using

Re: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module

2005-10-27 Thread Qian Qiao
On 10/27/05, Bob Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: Qian Qiao [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 2:20 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module I doubt it's kernel related, I'm

[gentoo-user] OT: Yet another GNUPLOT query

2005-10-27 Thread Hareesh Nagarajan
Hi, I have the following GNUPLOT input file: http://cs.uic.edu/~hnagaraj/histo-plot.txt And the following is my data file: http://cs.uic.edu/~hnagaraj/histo-val.txt And this is my GNUPLOT generated PNG file: http://cs.uic.edu/~hnagaraj/histo.png As my GNUPLOT file

Re: [gentoo-user] Python - !!! Failed to complete python imports.

2005-10-27 Thread Ryan Viljoen
Already tried that. I get the same error.On 10/27/05, Qian Qiao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/27/05, Ryan Viljoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok I am in need of some serious help well my home server is: After emerging python (with distcc running and attempting to do a cross compilation) I get the

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerging without Internet connection

2005-10-27 Thread Ryan Viljoen
Yeah I would suggest doing a emerge package and then CTRL-C'ing it and copying the url that it was attemping to download it from. That way you make sure you get the right sources for your current portage tree.On 10/27/05, Tamas Sarga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Michael Crute

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerging without Internet connection

2005-10-27 Thread Qian Qiao
On 10/24/05, Gentoo Voyager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, My home gentoo box dos't have a internet connection, but i need to install Sendmail on my PC( for testing perposer), any one know how to do it without internet cennection.. thanks.. Suranga Option 1. Find a gentoo box that

Re: [gentoo-user] portage and local mirrors

2005-10-27 Thread John Jolet
On Thursday 27 October 2005 16:43, A. Khattri wrote: On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, John Jolet wrote: Yes, I read that man page quite a bit. I have written a script that uses from the command line rsync --rsh=ssh -l username server::module/files successfully. However, changing the SYNC line in

Re: [gentoo-user] Python - !!! Failed to complete python imports.

2005-10-27 Thread Qian Qiao
On 10/27/05, Ryan Viljoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Already tried that. I get the same error. A stage1 tarball will contain a working copy of python and portage, probably a fairly dated version tho. Backup your files carefully, and give that a try? -- There are 3 kinds of people in the world:

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel updates

2005-10-27 Thread Renat Golubchyk
On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 19:43:07 +0100 Digby Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The portage system seems pretty effective in keeping the user level code up to date on a gentoo system - but now that I have had my system installed for 6-7 months it has occured to me that my kernel is no longer current,

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerging without Internet connection

2005-10-27 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 23:38:48 +0100 Qian Qiao wrote: On 10/24/05, Gentoo Voyager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, My home gentoo box dos't have a internet connection, but i need to install Sendmail on my PC( for testing perposer), any one know how to do it without internet

Re: [gentoo-user] Wearab le Gentoo Computer?

2005-10-27 Thread Matt Randolph
A. Khattri wrote: On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, Mark Shields wrote: You want to be a gargoyle ( http://tecfa.unige.ch/perso/staf/nova/blog/2003/09/23/gargoyle-and-self-gargoyle/ )? Heh. I'd start with a mac mini. Or get Gentoo running on this: http://www.projectblackdog.com/ My gosh!

RE: [gentoo-user] Veritas Backup Exec 10d

2005-10-27 Thread Mal Herring
Hi Gentoo-User, Managed to get the agent installed on most of the boxes however on two (One Gentoo, Other Red-Hat) it's failing... And I cant see in the logs why... Anyone got experience debugging these things ? Ta. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Which package contains NAME uninstalled tool

2005-10-27 Thread Harry Putnam
I'm sure this has come up several times but finding the correct search string is proving to be a problem. How can a user tell which package an uninstalled tool is in? For example. I want to make an xfs file system. It turn out I have no mkfs.xfs. I find these in my portage tree:

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