Re: [gentoo-user] [footnote] The purpose of pam

2010-01-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 27 January 2010 02:34:56 walt wrote: > After thinking awhile I realized that pam can be used to > combine muliple forms of authentication to reduce the well > documented risk of single-factor authentication (like our > traditional password system). > > Example: if I have an ordinary

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.4rc2 Network Manager Applet

2010-01-26 Thread Dave Oxley
It's ok I found it. kde-misc/knetworkmanager. I had a local ebuild that was overriding it which didn't compile and that was confusing me. Cheers, Dave. On Wednesday 27 January 2010 10:16:37 Dave Oxley wrote: > Hi All, > > I've just installed KDE 4.3.95 from the kde overlay and was expecting the

[gentoo-user] Xterm slow start : partly solved

2010-01-26 Thread Philip Webb
After reporting earlier that I had found a solution to the slow start of Xterm, the bug soon returned. I have had further discussions with Xterm's maintainer Thomas Dickey & have made Xterm start instantly via USE="-toolbar". See Gentoo bug 293933 for details. -- ,,==

Re: [gentoo-user] deleting virtual cd in usb hard disc

2010-01-26 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 01:25 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:29:53 -0200, luis jure wrote: > > > >> any ideas how i can effectively delete it? > > > > > >You can't if it is in the drive's firmware. > > > > i see. if i understand correctly, i'd need a specific tool to over

Re: [gentoo-user] changing nvidia settings dynamically

2010-01-26 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 18:04 -0700, Hung Dang wrote: > I configure xorg.conf for the laptop screen only and use > nvidia-setting to setup twinview mode for the external screen (it does > not require to restart X). It works fine so far. > > Hope this help > Hung thanks, but I wanted to get away fr

Re: [gentoo-user] deleting virtual cd in usb hard disc

2010-01-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:29:53 -0200, luis jure wrote: > >> any ideas how i can effectively delete it? > > > >You can't if it is in the drive's firmware. > > i see. if i understand correctly, i'd need a specific tool to overwrite > the firmware. is that correct? Why would you want to do that

Re: [gentoo-user] changing nvidia settings dynamically

2010-01-26 Thread Hung Dang
I configure xorg.conf for the laptop screen only and use nvidia-setting to setup twinview mode for the external screen (it does not require to restart X). It works fine so far. Hope this help Hung On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:25 AM, Iain Buchanan wrote: > Hi all, > > For a long time I've been usin

[gentoo-user] [footnote] The purpose of pam

2010-01-26 Thread walt
Not too long ago there was a question here about why pam is needed (or not) but I can't find that thread at the moment :-/ Anyway, I said that I put "auth sufficient pam_ssh.so" in my /etc/pam.d/system-auth file so that I can ssh between the machines on my home network using my ssh key for login

Re: [gentoo-user] deleting virtual cd in usb hard disc

2010-01-26 Thread Steven
I had this problem with a SanDisk usb drive. Its been years since I did this but If my memory serves me correct I had to go to the SanDisk website and download a program for windows to remove the problem. I don't know if there is a linux alternative to something like this but I know how annoying i

Re: [gentoo-user] changing nvidia settings dynamically

2010-01-26 Thread Iain Buchanan
I'm still trying to figure this out! Two screens -> one screen is easy. When I undock, I just run: $ xrandr -s 1920x1200 to set the resolution to that of my laptop LCD. All good. When I dock however, I have to run this sequence of commands: $ ./nv-control-dpy --probe-dpys $ ./nv-control-dpy --s

[gentoo-user] KDE 4.4rc2 Network Manager Applet

2010-01-26 Thread Dave Oxley
Hi All, I've just installed KDE 4.3.95 from the kde overlay and was expecting the network manager applet to be installed by default but it doesn't appear to be. Does anyone know how I install this? Is it an ebuild that's not part of the @kde-4.4 set? Cheers, Dave.

Re: [gentoo-user] remote desktop suggestion

2010-01-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 27 January 2010 00:01:54 Amit Dor-Shifer wrote: > Paul Hartman wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I would like to try a remote desktop server/client app (linux to linux). > >> Would anyone have suggestions? freenx x ltsp x vnc x

Re: [gentoo-user] deleting virtual cd in usb hard disc

2010-01-26 Thread luis jure
on 2010-01-26 at 20:26 Neil Bothwick wrote: >> any ideas how i can effectively delete it? > >You can't if it is in the drive's firmware. i see. if i understand correctly, i'd need a specific tool to overwrite the firmware. is that correct?

Re: [gentoo-user] deleting virtual cd in usb hard disc

2010-01-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:56:12 -0200, luis jure wrote: > >ATTRS{idVendor}=="1410", ATTRS{idProduct}=="5010", > >ACTION=="add",RUN+="/usr/bin/eject %k" > > > >was the line I used to prevent one such modem showing up as a CD. > > thanks for your answer, but i take it that this only hides the > part

Re: [gentoo-user] remote desktop suggestion

2010-01-26 Thread Amit Dor-Shifer
Paul Hartman wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: Hello, I would like to try a remote desktop server/client app (linux to linux). Would anyone have suggestions? freenx x ltsp x vnc x others? Thanks, definitely one of the NX or NX-derived products. The p

Re: [gentoo-user] POT (partly offtopic): Firefox + Polipo + Tor switching advice needed...

2010-01-26 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:46 AM, wrote: > > Hi, > > I successfully configured firefox to work with tor over polipo. > And I successfully configured firefox to work with polipo without > tor. > > But anything I tried to conveniently switch firefox to either use > tor or not to tor ended up i

Re: [gentoo-user] deleting virtual cd in usb hard disc

2010-01-26 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 6:19 AM, luis jure wrote: > > hello list, > > i purchased recently an external usb disk (HP SimpleSave, 1.5 TB). > > i re-formatted it with an ext4 file system, but i can't get rid of the > "virtual cd" created by the manufacturer with some backup software. I don't think i

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev full of pty* & tty* - is it normal?

2010-01-26 Thread Stefan Schulte
Looks different on my machine: # ls -l /dev/pty* | wc -l zsh: no matches found: /dev/pty* 0 # ls -l /dev/tty* | wc -l 65 It may have something to do with your kernel settings. Device Drivers->Character devices->Unix98 PTY support is enabled Device Drivers->Character devices->Legacy (BSD) PTY supp

Re: [gentoo-user] system freeze

2010-01-26 Thread Willie Wong
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 08:09:27PM +0200, Yoav Luft wrote: > ok, it happened in X, and happened several times. I suspect it happens > only when the screen is supposed to go to standby, but it's only > suspicion, not a fact. I've changed the kernel settings lately, > without installing the new kerne

Re: [gentoo-user] deleting virtual cd in usb hard disc

2010-01-26 Thread luis jure
on 2010-01-26 at 14:28 Neil Bothwick wrote: >ATTRS{idVendor}=="1410", ATTRS{idProduct}=="5010", >ACTION=="add",RUN+="/usr/bin/eject %k" > >was the line I used to prevent one such modem showing up as a CD. thanks for your answer, but i take it that this only hides the partition? any ideas how i c

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev full of pty* & tty* - is it normal?

2010-01-26 Thread Dale
Alex Schuster wrote: Jarry writes: I just noticed I have *a lot of* tty/pty files in dev: obelix ~ # ls -l /dev/pty* | wc -l 256 obelix ~ # ls -l /dev/tty* | wc -l 325 They have names from /dev/ptya0 till /dev/ptyzf, then pty0-pty63, and ttya0-ttyzf. Is this normal? I thought udev creates

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev full of pty* & tty* - is it normal?

2010-01-26 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Dienstag 26 Januar 2010 19:20:27 schrieb Jarry: > Anyway, it looks so that udev is not dynamic for all kind > of dev-files... Well, it is. Lookup /lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules, you'll find the rules for creating [pt]ty nodes there. Debian may have different rules in place. Bye...

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev full of pty* & tty* - is it normal?

2010-01-26 Thread Jarry
On 26. 1. 2010 18:57, Alex Schuster wrote: I just noticed I have *a lot of* tty/pty files in dev: obelix ~ # ls -l /dev/pty* | wc -l 256 obelix ~ # ls -l /dev/tty* | wc -l 325 They have names from /dev/ptya0 till /dev/ptyzf, then pty0-pty63, and ttya0-ttyzf. Is this normal? I thought udev crea

Re: [gentoo-user] system freeze

2010-01-26 Thread Yoav Luft
ok, it happened in X, and happened several times. I suspect it happens only when the screen is supposed to go to standby, but it's only suspicion, not a fact. I've changed the kernel settings lately, without installing the new kernel yet, and I'm about to do that now, with magic SysReq, just in cas

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev full of pty* & tty* - is it normal?

2010-01-26 Thread Alex Schuster
Jarry writes: > I just noticed I have *a lot of* tty/pty files in dev: > > obelix ~ # ls -l /dev/pty* | wc -l > 256 > obelix ~ # ls -l /dev/tty* | wc -l > 325 > > They have names from /dev/ptya0 till /dev/ptyzf, then > pty0-pty63, and ttya0-ttyzf. Is this normal? I thought > udev creates device-

[gentoo-user] /dev full of pty* & tty* - is it normal?

2010-01-26 Thread Jarry
Hi, I just noticed I have *a lot of* tty/pty files in dev: obelix ~ # ls -l /dev/pty* | wc -l 256 obelix ~ # ls -l /dev/tty* | wc -l 325 They have names from /dev/ptya0 till /dev/ptyzf, then pty0-pty63, and ttya0-ttyzf. Is this normal? I thought udev creates device-files as they are needed, so I

[gentoo-user] POT (partly offtopic): Firefox + Polipo + Tor switching advice needed...

2010-01-26 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I successfully configured firefox to work with tor over polipo. And I successfully configured firefox to work with polipo without tor. But anything I tried to conveniently switch firefox to either use tor or not to tor ended up in ugly scripts, which switch config files for polipo and/

[gentoo-user] xfce4 systray malfunctioning

2010-01-26 Thread Grant
My wife and I have identical Dell Vostro 1320 laptops and I've always tried to keep their configs the same. The xfce4 systray on mine works perfectly, but my wife's has always malfunctioned and I've never been able to figure out why. xfce4 panel plugins work perfectly, but other applications such

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth is impossible

2010-01-26 Thread Grant
>>> I have a TRENDnet TBW-105UB USB bluetooth adapter and Motorola H560 >>> bluetooth headset, and I'm trying to use them with twinkle VOIP >>> software.  I've spent at least 8 hours today following up with every >>> single lead and I can't figure out how this is supposed to work.  I >>> think I do

Re: [gentoo-user] deleting virtual cd in usb hard disc

2010-01-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:19:36 -0200, luis jure wrote: > when i connect the disc, the system sees two devices: a hard disc (for > example /dev/sdb, that i can format with the usual tools) and a virtual > cd-rom (sr1 or sg1), that i'd like to erase but i don't know how to > manipulate. If this work

Re: [gentoo-user] system freeze

2010-01-26 Thread Willie Wong
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 03:40:39PM +0200, Yoav Luft wrote: > Hello, > My system just froze, dead unresponsive, with the screen on, after > several minutes of being idle. How can I gather more information about > it? Is there someplace to look for clues as to what made it freeze? What was it runnin

Re: [gentoo-user] system freeze

2010-01-26 Thread wins mallow
On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 15:40 +0200, Yoav Luft wrote: > Hello, > My system just froze, dead unresponsive, with the screen on, after > several minutes of being idle. How can I gather more information about > it? Is there someplace to look for clues as to what made it freeze? > 1. check your hw with m

[gentoo-user] system freeze

2010-01-26 Thread Yoav Luft
Hello, My system just froze, dead unresponsive, with the screen on, after several minutes of being idle. How can I gather more information about it? Is there someplace to look for clues as to what made it freeze?

Re: [gentoo-user] Where oh where has my vol_id gone

2010-01-26 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 6:31 AM, Stroller wrote: > > On 24 Jan 2010, at 03:53, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > I used to have a vol_id command to discover the UUIDs of my partitions. >> I just connected some new SATA drives and I cannot find that utility. Did I >> just imagine it, or has something els

[gentoo-user] deleting virtual cd in usb hard disc

2010-01-26 Thread luis jure
hello list, i purchased recently an external usb disk (HP SimpleSave, 1.5 TB). i re-formatted it with an ext4 file system, but i can't get rid of the "virtual cd" created by the manufacturer with some backup software. when i connect the disc, the system sees two devices: a hard disc (for exampl

Re: [gentoo-user] skype masked because of eula?

2010-01-26 Thread Mick
2010/1/26 John H. Moe : > Mick wrote: >> This is confusing me ... >> >> I have skype-2.0.0.72 installed for some time now.  eix -l skype shows: >> >> [I] net-im/skype >>      Available versions: >>                         2.0.0.72!m!s "amd64 x86" [qt-static] >>                 ~       2.1.0.81+i!m!

Re: [gentoo-user] Which IPSEC to go?

2010-01-26 Thread Eray Aslan
On 24.01.2010 23:38, Konstantinos Agouros wrote: > since I am a while out of the game of doing ipsec with Linux: > What's the way to go? Strongswan/Openswan or ipsec-tools for kame/racoon. > > Emerge -p gave me some ~ for ipsec-tools while openswan goes without. > > Any input welcome. I need this

Re: [gentoo-user] skype masked because of eula?

2010-01-26 Thread John H. Moe
Mick wrote: > This is confusing me ... > > I have skype-2.0.0.72 installed for some time now. eix -l skype shows: > > [I] net-im/skype > Available versions: > 2.0.0.72!m!s "amd64 x86" [qt-static] > ~ 2.1.0.81+i!m!s "~amd64 ~x86" [qt-static] >

Re: [gentoo-user] skype masked because of eula?

2010-01-26 Thread Boris Fersing
Hi, add to your /etc/portage/package.license : net-im/skype skype-eula This will unmask skype. regards, Boris On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 08:27, Mick wrote: > This is confusing me ... > > I have skype-2.0.0.72 installed for some time now.  eix -l skype shows: > > [I] net-im/skype >     Available