Re: [gentoo-user] can I remove /var/cache/

2010-12-09 Thread fajfusio
Dnia 7-12-2010 o godz. 16:45 Mick napisał(a): 2010/12/7 fajfu...@wp.pl: Hi Can I remove /var/cache/ directory. My contens of it is as follows: cups  edb  eix  fontconfig  genkernel  hald  ldconfig  man revdep-rebuild  samba thanks for answer I wouldn't. Why do you want to

Re: [gentoo-user] can I remove /var/cache/

2010-12-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 11:33 on Thursday 09 December 2010, fajfu...@wp.pl did opine thusly: Dnia 7-12-2010 o godz. 16:45 Mick napisał(a): 2010/12/7 fajfu...@wp.pl: Hi Can I remove /var/cache/ directory. My contens of it is as follows: cups edb eix fontconfig

[gentoo-user] [OT] Firefox 3.6.12 problem?

2010-12-09 Thread Peter Humphrey
Hello list, Sorry about the noise, but is it just me or has version 3.6.12 of Mozilla Firerox lost its Back and Forward arrow buttons? Here I just get a drop-down box with a list of visited pages. Perversely enough, although I use the keyboard much more than the mouse, this change has annoyed

[gentoo-user] RAID6 for / ?

2010-12-09 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
I have to install a new amd64-gentoo server next week. Business as usual. I now see that the box has 6 SATA-hdds with 320 GB each. A software-RAID is planned, RAID6 for the data (in a LVM2-VG) ... I usually set up /boot on a RAID1 on the first two disks and often also / on simply a mirror.

Re: [gentoo-user] Which architecture ???

2010-12-09 Thread dhk
On 12/08/2010 01:59 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: KIM WHALEN dhk...@optonline.net [10-12-08 18:33]: On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Matthew Summers wrote: On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 6:58 AM, dhk dhk...@optonline.net wrote: On 12/08/2010 07:57 AM, Michael Hampicke wrote: I don't see any address

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Firefox 3.6.12 problem?

2010-12-09 Thread Philip Webb
101209 Peter Humphrey wrote: has Mozilla Firefox 3.6.12 lost its Back and Forward arrow buttons? Here I just get a drop-down box with a list of visited pages. no problem here with that version installed 101128 . -- ,, SUPPORT

[gentoo-user] Re: trouble with new gnome (~amd64)

2010-12-09 Thread walt
On 12/08/2010 06:16 PM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: waltw41...@gmail.com writes: On 12/08/2010 04:50 AM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: Yesterday many gnome-apps were updated to 2.32. There is a problem with evolution's addr book, but for me that is minor. However, the gnome panel doesn't work. It

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: trouble with new gnome (~amd64)

2010-12-09 Thread Adam Carter
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module gnomebreakpad: libgnomebreakpad.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I'm still trying to find out who is looking for that library. The new version of bug-buddy no longer supplies that library, and when you run bug-buddy from a

Re: [gentoo-user] RAID6 for / ?

2010-12-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 12:14:44 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: A software-RAID is planned, RAID6 for the data (in a LVM2-VG) ... I usually set up /boot on a RAID1 on the first two disks and often also / on simply a mirror. Would you guy recommend to use RAID6 for / as well? I don't

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Firefox 3.6.12 problem?

2010-12-09 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 09.12.2010 12:07, schrieb Peter Humphrey: Hello list, Sorry about the noise, but is it just me or has version 3.6.12 of Mozilla Firerox lost its Back and Forward arrow buttons? Here I just get a drop-down box with a list of visited pages. Perversely enough, although I use the

Re: [gentoo-user] RAID6 for / ?

2010-12-09 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 09.12.2010 15:14, schrieb Neil Bothwick: I don't bother with a separate /boot, especially when / is separate anyway. I'd use / (including /boot) as RAID1 on all the disks, then the RAID6 LVM for everything else. Otherwise you have to mess around with initrds or scripts to mount / from the

Re: [gentoo-user] RAID6 for / ?

2010-12-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:53:24 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: I never did RAID1 with more than 2 disks, you suggest something like: mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-disks=6 /dev/sd[abcdef]1 Yes This would result in /dev/md0 having a usable size of 3 disks? No, the size is

Re: [gentoo-user] RAID6 for / ?

2010-12-09 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 09.12.2010 16:44, schrieb Neil Bothwick: On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:53:24 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: I never did RAID1 with more than 2 disks, you suggest something like: mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-disks=6 /dev/sd[abcdef]1 Yes fine This would result in /dev/md0

Re: [gentoo-user] RAID6 for / ?

2010-12-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:08:42 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: I've never tried it with 6, but my desktop is set up like this with a three disk RAID1 for / and LVM on RAID5 for everything else. So I would have to install GRUB in all 6 MBRs as well, sure ... Wouldn't it be even more

Re: [gentoo-user] RAID6 for / ?

2010-12-09 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Put /boot on raid1, / on raid6. Don't bother with lvm - it is just another layer that can go wrong. If Raid6 is like raid5 you should be able to have the kernel auto assemble everything, so no initrd is needed. Pay attention to the metadata format when creating the raid. Also have a look at

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/make.profile symlink broken

2010-12-09 Thread Trifu Catalin Florin
I do not remember :(. I think though that it is somewhere around two years. Thank you! From: Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Thu, December 9, 2010 4:06:54 AM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/make.profile symlink

[gentoo-user] Do u like Gentoo? Linux New Media Award -- Favourite Linux Distribution 2010

2010-12-09 Thread Maximilian Bräutigam
Hi everybody, if you like Gentoo, then you want to vote 4 it maybe: Linux New Media Award -- Favourite Linux Distribution 2010 http://www.linuxnewmedia.com/Award2011 Kind regards, der Max

Re: [gentoo-user] can I remove /var/cache/

2010-12-09 Thread Kfir Lavi
2010/12/7 fajfu...@wp.pl Hi Can I remove /var/cache/ directory. My contens of it is as follows: cups edb eix fontconfig genkernel hald ldconfig man revdep-rebuild samba thanks for answer Hi, Before you decide to remove something do some testing. start by running $ du -sh /*

[gentoo-user] Kernel doesn't use all of the available memory

2010-12-09 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, I see a strange effect which puzzles me. I have two AMD64 (~amd64) Systems. Both have 8Gb memory installed as reported by their BIOS as well as by lshw. One is a somewhat older Opteron, the other one a recent Phenom II. But the output of 'free -m' differs significantly On the Phenom II

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel doesn't use all of the available memory

2010-12-09 Thread Michael Hampicke
One is a somewhat older Opteron, the other one a recent Phenom II. But the output of 'free -m' differs significantly *snip* Has anybody an idea where this comes from? Maybe some of the system's memory is reserved as memory for a onboard graphics card (on mainboard) which does not have it's

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Firefox 3.6.12 problem?

2010-12-09 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 09 December 2010 14:32:57 Florian Philipp wrote: Probably an issue with your desktop theme. Try to switch it and maybe log-out/log-in. I'm not aware of having a desktop theme. I certainly haven't changed anything in that department. I may have to resort to deleting my user and

[gentoo-user] Need networking help. Can't ping google.

2010-12-09 Thread Dale
Hi, I got my system put together. I have booted a Gentoo 10 CD. This is the setup as far as the network goes. Internet DSL modem Gentoo rig named smoker New rig, no name yet. Lightening will work for now. ;-) I got it working from internet to modem to Gentoo rig as usual. I also can

Re: [gentoo-user] Need networking help. Can't ping google.

2010-12-09 Thread Keith Dart
=== On Thu, 12/09, Dale wrote: === bit, it says ping: unknown host google.com. === Your DNS (name resolution) is not configured. You ISP has probably provided a couple that you can use. Add the name server IP addresses to /etc/resolv.conf file. nameserver x.x.x.x -- Keith Dart -- --

Re: [gentoo-user] Need networking help. Can't ping google.

2010-12-09 Thread Adam Carter
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I got my system put together. I have booted a Gentoo 10 CD. This is the setup as far as the network goes. Internet DSL modem Gentoo rig named smoker New rig, no name yet. Lightening will work for now. ;-) I

Re: [gentoo-user] Need networking help. Can't ping google.

2010-12-09 Thread Dale
Adam Carter wrote: On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I got my system put together. I have booted a Gentoo 10 CD. This is the setup as far as the network goes. Internet DSL modem Gentoo rig named