[gentoo-user] IRC active time?

2011-07-26 Thread Pandu Poluan
Anyone here knows at what time the Gentoo IRC channels are usually active? In UTC, if possible :) (Still can't wrap my head around USA time zone codes) Rgds, -- -- Pandu E Poluan - IT Optimizer My website: http://pandu.poluan.info/

Re: [gentoo-user] Need for revdep-rebuild

2011-07-25 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 02:06, Florian Philipp wrote: > > Am 25.07.2011 20:56, schrieb Dale: > > David W Noon wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:27:03 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote about > > "[gentoo-user] Need for revdep-rebuild": > > > > > After upgrading icu today I found that system-config-p

Re: [gentoo-user] How to trace the origin of a use-flag setting

2011-07-25 Thread Pandu Poluan
euse -a part of gentoolkit, I believe. Ref: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Gentoolkit Rgds, On 2011-07-25, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > emerge -vp app-office/libreoffice > > shows that the USE flag -java is in effect. > > How to find out where this comes from? > > I've checked /etc/por

[gentoo-user] Replace root with aufs-united sda & squashfs

2011-07-22 Thread Pandu Poluan
As part of Project:Protogenoi [1], I am planning to replace root with a united filesystem using aufs. The layers will be: Top: /dev/xvda3 (Xen/XenServer Virtual Disk device) Bottom: /.root.sqfs The aim would be to generate the smallest .xva (XenServer Virtual Appliance) possible. To achieve this,

Re: [gentoo-user] New computer and Gentoo

2011-07-21 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 16:21, Florian Philipp wrote: > > Am 21.07.2011 10:57, schrieb Pandu Poluan: > > -original message- > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New computer and Gentoo > > From: Bill Kenworthy > > Date: 2011-07-21 12:54 > > > >>

RE: [gentoo-user] New computer and Gentoo

2011-07-21 Thread Pandu Poluan
-original message- Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New computer and Gentoo From: Bill Kenworthy Date: 2011-07-21 12:54 >On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 06:26 +0100, Mick wrote: >> On Thursday 21 Jul 2011 03:29:17 Adam Carter wrote: >> > amd64 means any x86 64bit platform, so Intel too. >> > >> > march=native i

RE: [gentoo-user] Anyone have any trouble with rc_parallel="YES" ?

2011-07-19 Thread Pandu Poluan
-original message- Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone have any trouble with rc_parallel="YES" ? From: Jesús J. Guerrero Botella Date: 2011-07-19 15:02 >2011/7/19 Pandu Poluan : >> Spelunking in /etc/rc.conf, I found the rc_parallel setting, >> accompanied with a

RE: [gentoo-user] Anyone have any trouble with rc_parallel="YES" ?

2011-07-18 Thread Pandu Poluan
-original message- Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone have any trouble with rc_parallel="YES" ? From: Mick Date: 2011-07-19 12:55 >On Tuesday 19 Jul 2011 04:39:49 Pandu Poluan wrote: >> Spelunking in /etc/rc.conf, I found the rc_parallel setting, >> accompanied with a

[gentoo-user] Which Union File System?

2011-07-18 Thread Pandu Poluan
I am in the process of making an xva (XenServer Virtual Appliance) to replace the function of the minimal.iso. The main difference would be an 'out-of-the-box' PV-mode support. Since it is meant to replace minimal.iso, to make the xva small I plan on using squashfs as root. However, I do understan

[gentoo-user] Anyone have any trouble with rc_parallel="YES" ?

2011-07-18 Thread Pandu Poluan
Spelunking in /etc/rc.conf, I found the rc_parallel setting, accompanied with a quite significant WARNING. Have anyone experienced any trouble setting rc_parallel to "YES"? Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ Visit my Blog: http://pepoluan.posterous.com Google Talk:    pepoluan Y! messenger

RE: [gentoo-user] Any way around "Argument list too long"?

2011-07-17 Thread Pandu Poluan
-original message- Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Any way around "Argument list too long"? From: Alan Mackenzie Date: 2011-07-18 02:42 >Hi, Grant. > >On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:32:42PM -0700, Grant wrote: >> My crontab deletes all files of a certain type in a certain folder >> with yesterday's date i

Re: [gentoo-user] rc_sys -- what for?

2011-07-14 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 19:24, Albert Hopkins wrote: > > > On Thursday, July 14 at 18:59 (+0700), Pandu Poluan said: > >> One question's been haunting my mind since migration to baselayout-2: >> >> What's the purpose of setting rc_sys? >> >> (In

[gentoo-user] Re: How does emerge know which files to delete during unmerge?

2011-07-14 Thread Pandu Poluan
Everyone, Thanks for the clear explanation! Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ Visit my Blog: http://pepoluan.posterous.com

[gentoo-user] How does emerge know which files to delete during unmerge?

2011-07-14 Thread Pandu Poluan
Another question: How does emerge know which files to delete during unmerge? I'm asking this one because I'm in the midst of writing an ebuild, and I want to know how to tell emerge what new files has been added (if necessary) Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ Visit my Blog: http://pepol

[gentoo-user] rc_sys -- what for?

2011-07-14 Thread Pandu Poluan
One question's been haunting my mind since migration to baselayout-2: What's the purpose of setting rc_sys? (In my case, to "xenU") Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ Visit my Blog: http://pepoluan.posterous.com Google Talk:    pepoluan Y! messenger: pepoluan MSN / Live:  pepol...@hot

[gentoo-user] RE: Thunderbugs

2011-07-10 Thread Pandu Poluan
-original message- Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbugs From: Mike Edenfield Date: 2011-07-11 06:26 >On 7/10/2011 5:20 AM, john wrote: > >> Had a pesky invasion of little insects behind my screen. Of which a lot >> have seemed to stop moving. Think I'll a get sealed tft next time. >> I'll t

[gentoo-user] Script to install Citrix XenServer guest addons for Gentoo guest VMs

2011-07-07 Thread Pandu Poluan
If you're planning on running Gentoo guest VMs on top of Citrix XenServer, you'll want to install the xs-tools. I've made a script that automates the procedure, while at the same time install an OpenRC-compatible initscript (instead of the RHEL/CentOS initscript contained in the xs-tools RPM files

RE: [gentoo-user] {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

2011-07-04 Thread Pandu Poluan
-original message- Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s) From: Grant Date: 2011-07-04 23:30 >> How do you know it's the motherboard and not the PSU for instance? > >You're right, but I want HDMI and USB 3.0 so I figure I may as well >switch the motherboard and then the PSU

Re: [gentoo-user] Get source URLs of packages?

2011-07-04 Thread Pandu Poluan
2011/7/4 Jesús J. Guerrero Botella : > I think he wants emerge -pf > -- > Jesús Guerrero Botella > > Thank you! That's what I've been looking for :-) Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ Visit my Blog: http://pepoluan.posterous.com Google Talk:    pepoluan Y! messenger: pepoluan MSN / Live: 

Re: [gentoo-user] Get source URLs of packages?

2011-07-04 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 22:12, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> Is there a way to determine the source URL of a package without >> actually emerging ? >> >> Rgds, >> -- >> Pandu E Poluan > > Not sure what

[gentoo-user] Get source URLs of packages?

2011-07-04 Thread Pandu Poluan
Is there a way to determine the source URL of a package without actually emerging ? Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ Visit my Blog: http://pepoluan.posterous.com Google Talk:    pepoluan Y! messenger: pepoluan MSN / Live:  pepol...@hotmail.com (do not send email here) Skype:  

[gentoo-user] Need help : Compiling xe-guest-utilities (xenstore) from Source

2011-07-04 Thread Pandu Poluan
Okay, I got the .rpm for Citrix's xe-guest-utilities from this thread: http://forums.citrix.com/message.jspa?messageID=1468339 Granted, it's slightly older than the latest version, but that's not my main problem. The problem is: How do I run a "Config.mk" file? Or am I looking at this from a wr

Re: [gentoo-user] Portknock before Postfix delivery?

2011-07-04 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 14:22, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 4 Jul 2011 08:31:10 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: > >> If that is not possible, what solution would you recommend to 'harden' >> the non-25 mail port? > > Postgrey. > Mmmm... no thanks. I'm trying

Re: [gentoo-user] Portknock before Postfix delivery?

2011-07-04 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 09:55, Walter Dnes wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 08:31:10AM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote > > > If that is not possible, what solution would you recommend to 'harden' > > the non-25 mail port? > >  portknocking sounds like doing thing

[gentoo-user] Portknock before Postfix delivery?

2011-07-03 Thread Pandu Poluan
I'm just wondering... I'm implementing an email gateway using postfix. The gateway lives as a VM in my ISP, and it will deliver 'accepted' emails to the company's email server which lives in the DMZ. The email server's port is shifted to a non-25 external port number. So far so good. However, a p

[gentoo-user] RE: [OT virtual stuff] gentoo vm appliance

2011-07-01 Thread Pandu Poluan
-original message- Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT virtual stuff] gentoo vm appliance From: Harry Putnam Date: 2011-07-02 07:22 >Albert Hopkins writes: > >> Well, thanks for pointing out the error in my appliance creation script >> that mistakenly sets up the serial console on non-headless VMs.

Re: [gentoo-user] no keyboard no mouse

2011-06-24 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 05:00, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:43:02 +0200 (CEST), Alain DIDIERJEAN wrote: > >> I solved the problem by rebuilding xf86-input-evdev after booting on an >> unbuntu livecd then chrooting... Took some time. As for using portage > > Why did you need to chr

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: about the minimal install isos

2011-06-24 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 10:54, Pandu Poluan wrote: > On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 06:52, walt wrote: --snippage-- >> >> Yes, it's a trivial fix (everything's trivial if you know how to do it :) >> >> The /dev directory (before udev starts) is missing the /dev/c

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: about the minimal install isos

2011-06-24 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 06:52, walt wrote: > On 06/24/2011 04:08 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Mark Knecht writes: >> >>>    As for Gentoo installs, IMHO, they are in a bit of a mess right >>> now. Last weekend a friend decided to give Linux a try and I helped >>> him install Gentoo. The tarballs st

Re: [gentoo-user] about the minimal install isos

2011-06-24 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 18:37, Stroller wrote: > > On 24 June 2011, at 02:02, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> I just happened to run into a situation where rsync would have been >> really handy to have on board while booting a minimal install iso. >> >> I was surprised to find rsync was not amongst the o

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT virtual stuff] gentoo vm appliance

2011-06-23 Thread Pandu Poluan
;> >> I would be willing to assist in getting this tool to work with your >> program. >> All I'd need is a copy of your program along with assistance from >> Pandu Poluan >> to test the resulting XVA files. >> >> I do not run Citrix XenServer and have n

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT virtual stuff] gentoo vm appliance

2011-06-23 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 18:18, Albert Hopkins wrote: > > On Thursday, June 23 at 09:54 (+0200), Joost Roeleveld said: > > > > Any such program to build XenServer appliances (.xva) ? > > > > Shouldn't it work similarly? > > Eg. start an appliance and install using the stage4? > > > > I use Xen dire

RE: [gentoo-user] [OT virtual stuff] gentoo vm appliance

2011-06-22 Thread Pandu Poluan
-original message- Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT virtual stuff] gentoo vm appliance From: Albert Hopkins Date: 2011-06-23 07:11 >I have a program that I use to create Gentoo VM appliances. I have no >idea if it works with vbox or vmware as I run KVM, but I think it >*should* work. Anyway if yo

Re: [gentoo-user] Why does my boot-up sequence look... well... messy?

2011-06-13 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 21:15, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> Hello, I've been scratching my head about this problem. >> >> I'm installing Gentoo x86 on XenServer. >> >> When I run the Minimal CD using HVM

Re: [gentoo-user] Why does my boot-up sequence look... well... messy?

2011-06-13 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 18:24, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Monday 13 June 2011 10:38:49 Pandu Poluan wrote: >> Hello, I've been scratching my head about this problem. >> >> I'm installing Gentoo x86 on XenServer. >> >> When I run the Minimal CD using HVM

Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage/distfiles for amd64 and x86 -- the same?

2011-06-12 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 13:02, Yohan Pereira wrote: > On Monday 13 Jun 2011 12:29:27 Pandu Poluan wrote: > >> Are the distfiles in /usr/portage/distfiles identical for both amd64 > >> and x86 Gentoo? > > Well in most cases if the versions of the packages installed ar

[gentoo-user] /usr/portage/distfiles for amd64 and x86 -- the same?

2011-06-12 Thread Pandu Poluan
Please forgive my (probably) stupid question: Are the distfiles in /usr/portage/distfiles identical for both amd64 and x86 Gentoo? Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ Visit my Blog: http://pepoluan.posterous.com

[gentoo-user] Why does my boot-up sequence look... well... messy?

2011-06-12 Thread Pandu Poluan
Hello, I've been scratching my head about this problem. I'm installing Gentoo x86 on XenServer. When I run the Minimal CD using HVM-mode, I got a nice, tidy/tabulated, and colorful output: See: http://i.imgur.com/Trus5.png However, when I've successfully adapted the installation into PV-mode th

[gentoo-user] RE: Problem emerge-ing sys-apps/iproute2-2.6.37

2011-06-11 Thread Pandu Poluan
-original message- Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem emerge-ing sys-apps/iproute2-2.6.37 From: Neil Bothwick Date: 2011-06-11 17:15 >On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:34:42 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: > >> Nevermind. It's Bug 370793 >> ( http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3

[gentoo-user] Re: Problem emerge-ing sys-apps/iproute2-2.6.37

2011-06-10 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 12:25, Pandu Poluan wrote: > Anyone got a problem doing `emerge sys-apps/iproute2-2.6.37`? > > Mine died after the following series of warnings and errors: > 8< -- [serious_snip] -- >8 > m_xt.c:167: error: too few arguments to function &

[gentoo-user] Problem emerge-ing sys-apps/iproute2-2.6.37

2011-06-10 Thread Pandu Poluan
Anyone got a problem doing `emerge sys-apps/iproute2-2.6.37`? Mine died after the following series of warnings and errors: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -D_GNU_SOURCE -O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe -Wstrict-prototypes -Wall -I../include -DRESOLVE_HOSTNAMES -DLIBDIR=\"/lib\" -DCONFIG_GACT -DCONFIG_GACT_PROB -D

[gentoo-user] RE: Kernel Modules

2011-06-10 Thread Pandu Poluan
-original message- Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel Modules From: Dale Date: 2011-06-11 03:05 >I notice a really long list of things when I do this: > >eselect bashcomp list > >Is there a way to just enable them all? Is there some that should NOT >be enabled, maybe for good reason? Person

[gentoo-user] RE: Kernel Modules

2011-06-10 Thread Pandu Poluan
-original message- Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel Modules From: Dale Date: 2011-06-11 00:41 >Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >> On 06/09/2011 09:52 PM, Bill Longman wrote: >>> On 06/09/2011 11:18 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: eselect OTOH, is something I always have to run bit by bit to recall >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Error while `emerge grub`

2011-06-10 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 05:46, walt wrote: > On 06/08/2011 10:54 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> >>   $ ./configure --prefix=/usr --build=x86-pc-linux-gnu > > Hm.  That should be --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu (for 32-bit machines) > > My first thought would be to grep throu

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo server installation

2011-06-10 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 21:29, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 15:15 on Friday 10 June 2011, Joost Roeleveld > did opine thusly: > >> On Friday 10 June 2011 12:13:22 Perenaster wrote: >> > Hey, >> > I dont't know if this is the right list I'm writing to but I want to use >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo server installation

2011-06-10 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 17:13, Perenaster wrote: > Hey, > I dont't know if this is the right list I'm writing to but I want to use > Gentoo as server. My aim is a small as possible installation of an OS with > only the modules I want. So I thought Gentoo might be the OS of choice. Is > it suitable

Re: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm

2011-06-10 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 14:22, Joost Roeleveld wrote: > On Friday 10 June 2011 08:52:15 Pandu Poluan wrote: >> -original message- >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm >> From: Paul Hartman >> Date: 2011-06-10 03:52 >> >> >And

RE: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm

2011-06-09 Thread Pandu Poluan
-original message- Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm From: Paul Hartman Date: 2011-06-10 03:52 >And another bonus is that there are plenty of funny things we can spell in hexadecimal. ;) While I'm sure I'll tag the C001:D00D address for my workstation, I'm not sure upper mana

[gentoo-user] RE: Kernel Modules

2011-06-09 Thread Pandu Poluan
-original message- Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel Modules From: Alan McKinnon Date: 2011-06-10 02:06 >Apparently, though unproven, at 20:52 on Thursday 09 June 2011, Bill Longman >did opine thusly: > >> On 06/09/2011 11:18 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> > eselect OTOH, is something I always

[gentoo-user] Error while `emerge grub`

2011-06-08 Thread Pandu Poluan
Okay, what's going on here... While `emerge grub` I got "configure: error: unsupported CPU type" Here's "/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10/work/grub-0.97/config.log" : This file contains any messages produced by compilers while running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mista

Re: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm

2011-06-08 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 09:15, Dale wrote: > > Now what was I thinking.  Oh, wait.  I wasn't thinking.  There was the > problem right there.  I hadn't enabled any of the IPv6 stuff in the kernel. >  Jeeez, what a idiot.  I haven't even thought of the kernel settings. < > sighs > > You owe me a new

RE: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm

2011-06-08 Thread Pandu Poluan
-original message- Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm From: Paul Hartman Date: 2011-06-09 08:25 >And now I'll try not to talk about Windows on this list again for the >remainder of the year. ;) Naaah, is okay... as long as you don't do it excessively :) Sometimes we Linux-peop

Re: [gentoo-user] Where be the hardened Stage3?

2011-06-06 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 05:55, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > I asked on the hardened list and haven't heard anything for a few days. > We might just have to wait until someone notices and fixes it. > > Thanks. Pray tell us when there's nows and/or explanation :) Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimize

RE: [gentoo-user] Threads changing Was: OT: website design

2011-06-04 Thread Pandu Poluan
-original message- Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Threads changing Was: OT: website design From: Dale Date: 2011-06-04 21:54 Indi wrote: >> On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 09:22:57AM -0500, Dale wrote: >> >>> >>> That one was inline with the rest. Yeppie !! >>> >>> >> Thanks for the confirmation,

RE: [gentoo-user] Caching Proxy alternative to Squid?

2011-06-04 Thread Pandu Poluan
-original message- Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Caching Proxy alternative to Squid? From: Florian Philipp Date: 2011-06-04 15:45 Am 04.06.2011 02:54, schrieb Stroller: >> >> On 3 June 2011, at 09:59, Pandu Poluan wrote: >>> ... >>> Oookay... something's wrong

RE: [gentoo-user] Where be the hardened Stage3?

2011-06-03 Thread Pandu Poluan
-original message- Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Where be the hardened Stage3? From: Michael Orlitzky Date: 2011-06-03 23:05 >On 06/03/11 09:28, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> Anyone knows why current-stage3/ no longer has the hardened stage3 tarballs? >> > >Try this for now? > >

[gentoo-user] Where be the hardened Stage3?

2011-06-03 Thread Pandu Poluan
Anyone knows why current-stage3/ no longer has the hardened stage3 tarballs? Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ Visit my Blog: http://pepoluan.posterous.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Caching Proxy alternative to Squid?

2011-06-03 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 14:50, Pandu Poluan wrote: > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 13:48, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 14:01, Joost Roeleveld wrote: >>> On Thursday 02 June 2011 03:31:29 Pandu Poluan wrote: >>>> >>>> Here's one: http:/

Re: [gentoo-user] Caching Proxy alternative to Squid?

2011-06-03 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 14:57, kashani wrote: > On 6/2/2011 11:48 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 14:01, Joost Roeleveld  wrote: >>> >>> Works here: >>> >>> Squid version = 3.1.8 >>> enabled USE-flags = epoll ipv

Re: [gentoo-user] Caching Proxy alternative to Squid?

2011-06-03 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 13:48, Pandu Poluan wrote: > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 14:01, Joost Roeleveld wrote: >> On Thursday 02 June 2011 03:31:29 Pandu Poluan wrote: >>> >>> Here's one: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa302323.aspx >>> >>> -

Re: [gentoo-user] Caching Proxy alternative to Squid?

2011-06-03 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 14:01, Joost Roeleveld wrote: > On Thursday 02 June 2011 03:31:29 Pandu Poluan wrote: >> >> Here's one: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa302323.aspx >> >> -- >> Pandu E Poluan - IT Optimizer >> My website: http://pandu.po

Re: [gentoo-user] Caching Proxy alternative to Squid?

2011-06-01 Thread Pandu Poluan
Hi! Sorry for not answering sooner; got sidetracked by other high-priority job demands... On 2011-06-01, Florian Philipp wrote: > Am 01.06.2011 03:31, schrieb Adam Carter: >> I've been having problems with my Squid-equipped Gentoo box: For some >> sites, Squid just times out. But if I acc

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone running a gentoo guest on virtualbox?

2011-06-01 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 15:10, Joost Roeleveld wrote: > On Wednesday 01 June 2011 11:52:25 Pandu Poluan wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 03:35, Mick wrote: >> > On Tuesday 31 May 2011 21:02:46 Alan McKinnon wrote: >> > I see.  In my head it is as if we're goi

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone running a gentoo guest on virtualbox?

2011-05-31 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 03:35, Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 31 May 2011 21:02:46 Alan McKinnon wrote: >> Apparently, though unproven, at 21:27 on Tuesday 31 May 2011, Mick did >> opine >> >> thusly: >> > On Tuesday 31 May 2011 08:07:24 Pandu Poluan wrote: >&g

[gentoo-user] Caching Proxy alternative to Squid?

2011-05-31 Thread Pandu Poluan
Hello! I've been having problems with my Squid-equipped Gentoo box: For some sites, Squid just times out. But if I access the sites directly, they appear in my browser. And doing a direct wget from the Squidbox also works. Now I'm not sure whose 'fault' it is, but just in case it's Squid's, I'll

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone running a gentoo guest on virtualbox?

2011-05-31 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 13:56, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 3:14 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> Meh, I clicked 'Send' too fast. >> >> *My* suggested solution: >> >> Generate an initramfs containing udev. The hands-down easiest way is >

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone running a gentoo guest on virtualbox?

2011-05-30 Thread Pandu Poluan
Meh, I clicked 'Send' too fast. *My* suggested solution: Generate an initramfs containing udev. The hands-down easiest way is using genkernel's 'only create an initramfs' switch (sorry I forgot what exactly). This needs to be done exactly once throughout the life of your VM. (To the herd of Gen

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone running a gentoo guest on virtualbox?

2011-05-30 Thread Pandu Poluan
Are you using a recent stage3 tarball? If so, I suspect your booting problem has got something to do with this bug: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=368597 Rgds, On 2011-05-31, walt wrote: > In preparation for the upcoming "upgrade" to gnome3, I've installed > the latest gentoo snapshot

Re: [gentoo-user] time issue

2011-05-30 Thread Pandu Poluan
IIRC, starting from baselayout-2 the timezone is in /etc/timezone Just one line: Region/City Rgds, On 2011-05-30, András Csányi wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a little problem regarding time. After every boot I have to > setup my clock because about my machine the current time is +2 hour > more.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT - More Router Advice] Cheap Router with decent/reliable VLAN support

2011-05-28 Thread Pandu Poluan
You might want to look into Mikrotik's offering. They are not only inexpensive, but they are extremely reliable. Many Internet cafés in my country use Mikrotik: they put the device in an outdoor box, and stuck it on the pole bearing the wireless antennae connecting the café to the ISP. The boxes ha

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye, Gentoo

2011-05-28 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 15:06, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 01:28 on Friday 27 May 2011, Kevin O'Gorman > did opine thusly: > >> It looks like it's time to take Gentoo off of my main machine.  I feel a >> little sad about it, or I'd just quietly go away. > > I know how yo

Re: [gentoo-user] configure flags for net-proxy/squid

2011-05-23 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 14:42, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 23 May 2011 11:36:15 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: > >> Um, I was referring to the flags passed to the ./configure utility, >> e.g. "--enable-htcp" or "--enable-icmp", *not* the USE flags. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] configure flags for net-proxy/squid

2011-05-22 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 11:36, Pandu Poluan wrote: > On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 22:12, David W Noon wrote: >> On Sun, 22 May 2011 15:50:02 +0200, Pandu Poluan wrote about >> [gentoo-user] configure flags for net-proxy/squid: >> >>>Does anyone know what configure

Re: [gentoo-user] configure flags for net-proxy/squid

2011-05-22 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 22:12, David W Noon wrote: > On Sun, 22 May 2011 15:50:02 +0200, Pandu Poluan wrote about > [gentoo-user] configure flags for net-proxy/squid: > >>Does anyone know what configure flags are enabled/disabled for >>net-proxy/squid? > > Run: >

[gentoo-user] configure flags for net-proxy/squid

2011-05-22 Thread Pandu Poluan
Does anyone know what configure flags are enabled/disabled for net-proxy/squid? There are some flags I need and some I don't; it seems that net-proxy/squid's USE flags don't map to squid's. Second question, then: how do I specify my own configure flags? Thanks in advance. Rgds, -- Sent from m

Re: [gentoo-user] RFC: Implementing a spamfiltering frontend

2011-05-21 Thread Pandu Poluan
On 2011-05-21, Stroller wrote: > > On 21/5/2011, at 5:13am, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> ... >> Due to the increase of spam/phishing emails received by my office, I >> decided to explore the idea of implementing a spamfiltering 'frontend' >> in front of my email

Re: [gentoo-user] RFC: Implementing a spamfiltering frontend

2011-05-21 Thread Pandu Poluan
On 2011-05-21, Andrea Conti wrote: > On 21/05/11 06.13, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> Hello list! >> >> Due to the increase of spam/phishing emails received by my office, I >> decided to explore the idea of implementing a spamfiltering 'frontend' >> in front

[gentoo-user] RFC: Implementing a spamfiltering frontend

2011-05-20 Thread Pandu Poluan
Hello list! Due to the increase of spam/phishing emails received by my office, I decided to explore the idea of implementing a spamfiltering 'frontend' in front of my email server. Here's how I plan to do it: fetchmail (G) --> postfix (G) --> amavisd+spamassassin+database (G) --> postfix (G) -->

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo-based 'filer' / GentooFiler How-To?

2011-05-20 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 14:45, Andrea Conti wrote: > > Hello, > > > Is it true that tgt will replace IET? > > Last time someone asked that question on the IET mailing list the answer > was "no". I can't find the relevant thread right now but I think the > general idea was that IET concentrates on

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo-based 'filer' / GentooFiler How-To?

2011-05-19 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Sunday, May 15, 2011, Pandu Poluan wrote: > Hmmm... that would be a nice start, thanks! > > Now to figure out how to carry out RAID 0 Striping and Replication. > > Do you think this 'GentooFiler' thingy I'm planning is worth it to be > suggested in [gentoo-pr

[gentoo-user] RE: open-vm-tools "FATAL: Module vmblock not found"

2011-05-18 Thread Pandu Poluan
-original message- Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: open-vm-tools "FATAL: Module vmblock not found" From: Paul Hartman Date: 2011-05-18 21:29 On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 2:32 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> Alright, it works... so what does "vmblock" actually do? > man

Re: [gentoo-user] --oneshot and --update

2011-05-18 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 21:17, Alex Schuster wrote: > Dale writes: > >> Way back when, --update did not record to the world file.  That may have >> changed but I sort of doubt it. > > It has changed indeed. > >        Wonko > > So, if I do: emerge --update --newuse --pretend --deep world And th

[gentoo-user] Re: open-vm-tools "FATAL: Module vmblock not found"

2011-05-18 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 14:31, Pandu Poluan wrote: > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:15, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> I've emerged open-vm-tools, but why does startup now showing "FATAL: >> Module vmblock not found." ? >> >> That said, system boots okay. It&#

[gentoo-user] Re: open-vm-tools "FATAL: Module vmblock not found"

2011-05-18 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:15, Pandu Poluan wrote: > I've emerged open-vm-tools, but why does startup now showing "FATAL: > Module vmblock not found." ? > > That said, system boots okay. It's a virtualized (cloud) server on top > of VMware vSphere Cloud. When

Re: [gentoo-user] chicken <--> egg (NFS & tty video) (Fixed!)

2011-05-17 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 06:18, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 01:01 on Tuesday 17 May 2011, Neil Bothwick > did opine thusly: > >> On Mon, 16 May 2011 23:40:32 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> > I had many posts typed out, most of them rude, all of them classic >> > Alan, but

[gentoo-user] open-vm-tools "FATAL: Module vmblock not found"

2011-05-17 Thread Pandu Poluan
I've emerged open-vm-tools, but why does startup now showing "FATAL: Module vmblock not found." ? That said, system boots okay. It's a virtualized (cloud) server on top of VMware vSphere Cloud. When I created the VM, I specified using PV-SCSI instead of LSI Logic. Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Op

Re: [gentoo-user] Double mount entry?

2011-05-17 Thread Pandu Poluan
-- 8< -- lots of snippage -- >8 -- Thanks everyone for the answers! I had thought my system had gone mad. Apparently not. :-) Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~

Re: [gentoo-user] is a nice "place" :-D

2011-05-17 Thread Pandu Poluan
On 2011-05-17, Alex Schuster wrote: > Juan Diego Tascón writes: > >> I have always wondered if there is a way to do awk '{ print $1}' using >> only builtin bash functions when you only have a one line string > > str="one two five" > > # remove all from the first blank on, but will not work with >

Re: [gentoo-user] is a nice "place" :-D

2011-05-17 Thread Pandu Poluan
On 2011-05-17, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 17 May 2011 01:33:39 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> grep "GET /Tmp/Linux/G" | /var/log/apache2/access_log | grep-v | >> \ awk '{print $1}' | sort | uniq | wc >> >> In true grand Unix tradition you cannot get quicker, dirtier or more >> effective tha

[gentoo-user] Double mount entry?

2011-05-16 Thread Pandu Poluan
Hmmm... just installed a new system... and when I type `mount`, I get this: rootfs on / type rootfs (rw) /dev/root on / type reiserfs (rw,noatime) proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime) rc-svcdir on /lib64/rc/init.d type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=1024k,mode=755) sysfs on /sys type

[gentoo-user] --oneshot and --update

2011-05-15 Thread Pandu Poluan
Hello list! I am trying to get the 'Zen' of emerge. Please CMIIW on the following points: * emerge --oneshot package will install package but does not record it in @world * To update a oneshot-ed package, I must either do it explicitly (emerge --update package), or use --deep against world (emer

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-based 'filer' / GentooFiler How-To?

2011-05-15 Thread Pandu Poluan
On 2011-05-15, Florian Philipp wrote: > Am 15.05.2011 05:37, schrieb Pandu Poluan: >> On 2011-05-15, Florian Philipp wrote: >>> Am 14.05.2011 21:31, schrieb Pandu Poluan: >>>> Hello list! >>>> >>>> Is there a how-to on how to creat

RE: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-based 'filer' / GentooFiler How-To?

2011-05-15 Thread Pandu Poluan
-original message- Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-based 'filer' / GentooFiler How-To? From: pk Date: 2011-05-15 17:47 On 2011-05-15 12:05, Florian Philipp wrote: > BTW: Please don't top-post. Put your answers below the text you are > quoting. That makes reading longer threads easier. Yeah, s

RE: [gentoo-user] One-time boot from alternate kernel?

2011-05-14 Thread Pandu Poluan
Turn on the grub menu? Rgds, -original message- Subject: [gentoo-user] One-time boot from alternate kernel? From: "Walter Dnes" Date: 2011-05-15 10:46 Is it possible to pass a to do a one-time reboot to other than the default kernel? -- Walter Dnes

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-based 'filer' / GentooFiler How-To?

2011-05-14 Thread Pandu Poluan
011 21:31, schrieb Pandu Poluan: >> Hello list! >> >> Is there a how-to on how to create a 'filer' (kind of like OpenFiler) >> using Gentoo? >> >> I really don't need many things OpenFiler provided, so I think I want >> to roll-out my own 

[gentoo-user] Gentoo-based 'filer' / GentooFiler How-To?

2011-05-14 Thread Pandu Poluan
Hello list! Is there a how-to on how to create a 'filer' (kind of like OpenFiler) using Gentoo? I really don't need many things OpenFiler provided, so I think I want to roll-out my own 'GentooFiler'. Here's what I need: * iSCSI target * Replication * RAID 0 striping (redundancy will be han

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] bash script error

2011-05-09 Thread Pandu Poluan
(Again, sorry for top-posting) BTW, there are lots of bash gurus in stackovervlow.com. My handle there is 'pepoluan'. Rgds, On 2011-05-09, Xi Shen wrote: > It is not specific to Gentoo. But do not know where to search or post it :) > > My script looks like: > > url="http://mypage"; > curl_opts

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] bash script error

2011-05-09 Thread Pandu Poluan
(Forgive my top-posting) try: curl_opts="-x \'\'" Rgds, On 2011-05-09, Xi Shen wrote: > yes, i use the '-x' option, and i can see the expansion now. and i > found there are too many quotes. > > i tried curl_opts=-x "", does not work. > > > On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Kfir Lavi wrote: >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Howzat!

2011-04-20 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 17:24, Joost Roeleveld wrote: > On Wednesday 20 April 2011 16:49:26 Pandu Poluan wrote: >> Google Talk:    pepoluan >> Y! messenger: pepoluan >> MSN / Live:      pepol...@hotmail.com (do not send email here) >> Skype:            pepoluan >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT router advice] a router capable of detailed logs

2011-04-20 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 06:35, Dale wrote: > Harry Putnam wrote: >> >> Dale  writes: >> >> Your previous post showed this as total. >> >> *All prices are in British Pounds*      *Subtotal*      244.00 >> *Delivery*      0.00 >> --

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