Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Preparing a laptop for sale

2009-12-17 Thread Nevynxxx
On 17/12/09 15:12, Alex Schuster wrote: Well, OK, not quite: a single bit whose precise location is known can in fact be correctly reconstructed with 56 per cent probability (in one of the quoted examples) So a thing with a 50:50 change of being in a given state, can be identified, a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Sound card is only usable by one application at a time

2009-12-04 Thread Nevynxxx
walt wrote: Most people don't have any need for more than one application to use the sound card at the same time. As others have pointed out, that depends on your definition of need. Most people don't worry about realtime mixing, but they still want multiple sounds to be able to happen at once

Re: [gentoo-user] makewhatis -u

2009-10-06 Thread Nevynxxx
KH wrote: Dale schrieb: [snip] You run locate every hour? You must really add files a lot. :-o Dale :-) :-) I am adding a lot of my old cds from the garage. Old backups and stuff. :-) kh Do you search every hour though? If not, why not just have the locate at it's default, and

[gentoo-user] Rsync Failing with no route to host, when there is...

2009-09-28 Thread Nevynxxx
Hi, I have a server that appears unable to rsync for emerge --sync. When I try I get: Starting rsync with rsync://204.74.99.100/gentoo-portage... Checking server timestamp ... rsync: failed to connect to 204.74.99.100: No route to host (113) rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10)

Re: [gentoo-user] Rsync Failing with no route to host, when there is...

2009-09-28 Thread Nevynxxx
Willie Wong wrote: Is the rsync server you are connecting to actually running an rsync daemon? Should be port 873. Hum, on second thought, host 204.74.99.100 resolves to crs.ultradns.net which is a redirection service from UltraDNS. This really suggests that the server you are trying to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make.conf MAKEOPTS=-j2

2009-08-03 Thread Nevynxxx
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 08/03/2009 03:11 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: Actually, I put -j1 into my make.conf after being bitten by -j2 a few times. It doesn't slow down the emerge that much, and doesn't slow down the compiled program at all. And the big thing is that it has probably saved

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} SSD instead of RAID1?

2009-07-29 Thread Nevynxxx
Grant schrieb: Aren't CF cards much slower than SSD drives and HD drives? How about using SD cards, like Dell/HP do in VMWare ESXi servers? I'm just in th middle of speccig a server that will have zero local storage, except the SD card that holds ESXi, all storage needs are handled by

Re: [gentoo-user] cloning + upgrade howto?

2009-07-27 Thread Nevynxxx
Neil Bothwick wrote: That's still two commands :) You can do it in one with emerge -uavDN @world xfce4 Only if your portage supports @world, not sure if mine does yet :) signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] cloning + upgrade howto?

2009-07-23 Thread Nevynxxx
Neil Bothwick wrote: uninstalled packages. Copy the world file from the other machine somewhere other than /var/lib/portage and run emerge -n $(cat /path/to/otherworld) Only one, portage will barf when you have a world file containing I've never seen that, and yes, I've been known to

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from another Linux distro

2009-07-21 Thread Nevynxxx
Grant wrote: I'm getting ready for a remote Gentoo install. I'd like to avoid any sort of CD/USB/floppy usage. I can select a variety of different distros to be preinstalled on the system. Can I end up with the same Gentoo system installing from another distro as I can from a LiveCD? I've

Re: [gentoo-user] iptables

2009-07-16 Thread Nevynxxx
Alejandro wrote: On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 5:32 AM, Davedave.meh...@gmail.com mailto:dave.meh...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm looking for a guide for iptables specifically for gentoo 2.6. I was also wondering if anyone was using apf Advanced

Re: [gentoo-user] [obscenely OT] A good SMTP server?

2009-07-08 Thread Nevynxxx
brullo nulla wrote: Hi, Since when I live in UK, I have troubles with my SMTP servers. It seems that everyone has the nice habit of changing my header/sender. At least: - The Virginmedia one changes the sender with its own mail address - The Gmail one does the same. Since I have several

Re: [gentoo-user] [obscenely OT] A good SMTP server?

2009-07-08 Thread Nevynxxx
brullo nulla wrote: I don't think this is a solution. I am using a laptop, and how can I reach my postfix server (assuming that I have another machine to use as it, which I don't have) from everywhere? Ahh, that bit's easy, a firewall rule and SASL, or Squirrelmail, or run postfix locally