[gentoo-user] Got myself in a bind unmerging portage

2007-12-16 Thread reader
It all started like this: Using rsync I was getting an error when ever I used the `--stats' flag. The output said it was an error in the stack ... Rather than mess with it, I thought I might take the opportunity to sync portage and see if a newer rsync was available. Its been a mnth or so since

[gentoo-user] Re: DMZ on an vmware gentoo guest running on winXP host

2007-12-16 Thread reader
Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just saw the installation of vmware and the generation of a virtual image > as > more involved than what I suggest above. Using the raw logs from the router > and filtering/sorting these through a spreadsheet would probably make them > easier to read. Any

[gentoo-user] Re: trouble with vsftpd

2007-12-16 Thread reader
David Relson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "anonymous_enable=YES" is set. I won't be able to help beyond that, but I'm sure others will. I remember having a hard time with vsftpd and anonymous too. But it suddenly hit me after messing with it for a good while that I had no need of anonymous sin

[gentoo-user] Re: trouble with vsftpd

2007-12-16 Thread reader
David Relson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Logging in as anonymous ... > Login incorrect. Is vsftpd setup for `anonymous' >From vsftpd.conf Logging in as anonymous ... # Allow anonymous FTP? (Beware - allowed by default if you # comment this out). anonymous_enable=NO <= I don't allo

[gentoo-user] Re: DMZ on an vmware gentoo guest running on winXP host

2007-12-15 Thread reader
Randy Barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I mean if >> you connect it to any machine in the diagram or elsewhere wouldn't you >> be exposing that machine to the unfiltered internet? > > I think that's the idea here - to see the difference between the two > sides of the

[gentoo-user] Re: DMZ on an vmware gentoo guest running on winXP host

2007-12-15 Thread reader
Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Friday 14 December 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> Would I likely be opening my lan up for some christmas shopping by >> >> having a gentoo guest on a WinXP host running as a DMZ machine? >> >> It would be pretty barebo

[gentoo-user] Re: DMZ on an vmware gentoo guest running on winXP host

2007-12-13 Thread reader
Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Would I likely be opening my lan up for some christmas shopping by >> having a gentoo guest on a WinXP host running as a DMZ machine? >> It would be pretty barebones with a IPTABLE setup for logging and >> tagging or whatever I get interested in doing with the t

[gentoo-user] DMZ on an vmware gentoo guest running on winXP host

2007-12-12 Thread reader
Setup: Home Lan with principle desktop machine running Gentoo. Three other machines running WinXP that are a trio of video and sound editing machines. And finally my wifes WinXP machine in antoher room. All connected by Gigabit lan thru a netgear FVP318 router/firewall. I want to begin scanning

[gentoo-user] Re: Hardening a laptop for travel

2007-12-11 Thread reader
Harry wrote: >> Wait... I'm pretty sure there are a few lines of IPTABLES code that >> will do what you want. >> >> I remember using something with IPTABLES that made any connections >> from internet only happen in response to requests from your localhost. >> I don't remember the lines now but som

[gentoo-user] Re: Hardening a laptop for travel

2007-12-10 Thread reader
Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > iptables -P INPUT DROP >> > iptables -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT >> > iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT >> >> This line is only needed if you want to forward packets to another >> iface/devi

[gentoo-user] Re: How to tell Cron X is running or not

2007-11-26 Thread reader
Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > pidof X Vey nice ... Neil are those green bananas on your head or leaves? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: How to tell Cron X is running or not

2007-11-25 Thread reader
"Andrey Falko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How about something like this: retval=`ps aux | grep tty | grep X | awk > '{print $2}'` > > Or retval=`cat /tmp/.X0-lock` > > Or even better: > > if [[ -e "/tmp/.X0-lock" ]];then Yup, both of those should work from cron or anywhere. In my case and pr

[gentoo-user] How to tell Cron X is running or not

2007-11-25 Thread reader
Scripts that test for X running might work in a shell but not when the script is run by cron. For example: This code: tty|grep pts retval=$? if [[ $retval > 0 ]];then print "X isn't running just now... postponing rsync of WWW until such time as it is... exiting" exit fi Runs

[gentoo-user] Re: static IP, gateway and netmask setting

2007-11-23 Thread reader
"Rafael Barrera Oro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i have to admit i totally guessed the 10.0.0.255 value > > should this work? > are all the values listed here correct and/or necessary? You won't need to stipulate brdcast address in my own experience. I'm not sure you even need to list the netma

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Grab info off the net

2007-11-21 Thread reader
Roger Luethi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:39:29 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> What are people using and can vouch for that can snag webpages or >> parts of web pages to store/save/organize/report on etc etc, as well >> as handling clipboard content or the like? Someth

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Grab info off the net

2007-11-20 Thread reader
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> x11-misc/basket > > Looks pretty promising thanks.. > > PS- I would never have thought to use: > eix -S basket > eix -S DropDrawers (hehe) I thought it looked promising but after emerging it I find it is very unfinish

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Grab info off the net

2007-11-20 Thread reader
Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > x11-misc/basket Looks pretty promising thanks.. PS- I would never have thought to use: eix -S basket eix -S DropDrawers (hehe) But can you affirm if I'm likely to run into trouble: root # emerge -vp x11-misc/basket Calculating dependencies...

[gentoo-user] [OT] Grab info off the net

2007-11-19 Thread reader
What are people using and can vouch for that can snag webpages or parts of web pages to store/save/organize/report on etc etc, as well as handling clipboard content or the like? Something to collect disparate pieces of information with that can organize and present it. I've used a windows oriente

[gentoo-user] Re: No X after update

2007-10-12 Thread reader
Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:56:30 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> (EE) module ABI major version (1) doesn't match the server's version (2) >> (EE) Failed to load module "nv" (module requirement mismatch, 0) >> dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_d

[gentoo-user] Re: pam errors in update world - how to trackdown

2007-10-12 Thread reader
"Vernon A. Fort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Apparently I need to remove one or more of those listed but having a >> time finding them. >> >> equery files pam turns up nothing with those names >> equery list|grep shows no promising hits on pwdb, radius or timestamp >> >> I did find a pwdb pac

[gentoo-user] No X after update

2007-10-12 Thread reader
After updating yesterday, I'm unable to startx, getting this error: Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) L

[gentoo-user] Re: What things wont run without hal being started?

2007-10-11 Thread reader
Rumen Yotov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > euse -i hal Thanks, but it doesn't show anything interesting here: euse -i hal global use flags (searching: hal) [+ CD ] hal - Enable Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) support local use flags (

[gentoo-user] pam errors in update world - how to trackdown

2007-10-11 Thread reader
I'm getting an error when update world tries to install sys-libs/pam that tell me this: >>> Merging sys-libs/pam-0.99.8.1-r1 to / * * Your current setup is using one or more of the following modules, * that are not built or supported anymore: * pam_pwdb, pam_radius, pam_timestamp * If you ar

[gentoo-user] What things wont run without hal being started?

2007-10-10 Thread reader
I received this message after emerging hal: * The HAL daemon needs to be running for certain applications to * work. Suggested is to add the init script to your start-up * scripts, this should be done like this : * `rc-update add hald default` What applications are being referenced here? --

[gentoo-user] Re: Elicit choice of browser when highlighting URL

2007-09-15 Thread reader
Elias Probst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Friday 14 September 2007 15:54:10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> At some time in the recent past, something in my desktop setup knew >> when I highlighted a URL, and a little list would pop up in the bottom >> right corner of desktop with a short list of

[gentoo-user] Elicit choice of browser when highlighting URL

2007-09-14 Thread reader
KDE desktop kde-base/kdebase-3.5.7 At some time in the recent past, something in my desktop setup knew when I highlighted a URL, and a little list would pop up in the bottom right corner of desktop with a short list of possible browsers to handle that type of URL. It would see the URL in text fi

[gentoo-user] Re: Sendmail woes

2007-07-16 Thread reader
lls `gethostbyname' which looks first at /etc/hosts. This is the format I currently have: 127.0.0.1reader.local.lanreader localhost In your case you might try (to conform with the posted sendmail.mc): 127.0.0.1myhost.local myhost localhost A further point about do

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Remote access to windows desktops

2007-07-12 Thread reader
Tim Allingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > simplest would be to install something like the ultravnc server on the > XP machine, then just use vncviewer to connect > > http://www.uvnc.com So far all seem to agree the vnc is the way to go. Can anyone tell me if FreeNX even allows windows XP home

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Remote access to windows desktops

2007-07-12 Thread reader
"Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I like KDE's interface to rdesktop, krdc, which implements the RDP > protocol used in windows. But is that protocol available on XP home or only Pro? I'm not finding it on a WinXP home installation. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] [OT] Remote access to windows desktops

2007-07-12 Thread reader
I've been googling around about how to access a windows desktop (win xp home) from linux. There seems to be a large array of such tools but none appear to tell you up front if one can access the actual windows desktop and control it. FreeNX looks like it might but home pages are not clear to me.

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT vm WinXp] Can WinXp be Vm app from gentoo?

2007-07-11 Thread reader
Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > · [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> How can I go about running a VM on gentoo that runs win XP pro? > > I don't understand the question. Nothing new there... [...] >> I do have a couple of WinXP pro licenses but hoped there might be a >> r

[gentoo-user] [OT vm WinXp] Can WinXp be Vm app from gentoo?

2007-07-10 Thread reader
How can I go about running a VM on gentoo that runs win XP pro? I do have a couple of WinXP pro licenses but hoped there might be a ready made VMappliance I can just download and fireup. I have the pay for vmware for linux installed. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] [OT samba] Preferred Master Browser

2007-07-07 Thread reader
Can anyone here tell me how to make my samba server always the windows browser system elections for preferred Master Browser? Is there a setting that can pre set that? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] run-crons errors

2007-07-04 Thread reader
When cron gets around to running: /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons This error is reported in cron output: which: invalid option -- 9 which: invalid option -- f which: invalid option -- 9 which: invalid option -- f I hoped someone would recognize the culprit. -- [EMAIL PROT

[gentoo-user] Re: kernel heat warnings at low temps

2007-06-26 Thread reader
Alex Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > What has the hdd temp to do with cpu tmeprature? [...] > hddtemp and cputemp are completly and totally unrelated. [...] First ... thanks for the other tips.. I think you fellows may have this a bit wrong. I have three video editing desktops

[gentoo-user] kernel heat warnings at low temps

2007-06-25 Thread reader
I get warnings like these: Message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] at Mon Jun 25 16:06:35 2007 ... reader kernel: CPU0: Temperature above threshold Message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] at Mon Jun 25 16:06:35 2007 ... reader kernel: CPU0: Running in modulated clock mode When these warnings occur the

[gentoo-user] Re: Other encrypt otions than encfs

2007-06-02 Thread reader
Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> dm-crypt[1] and loop-aes[2] are two alternatives. The former has been >> very reliable for me so far. >> >> [1] http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ > > Yep, I've been using dm-crypt with LUKS for a while now, without any > problems whatsoever. Asks mer for the

[gentoo-user] Re: encfs/fuse fails after update world

2007-06-02 Thread reader
Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Saturday 02 June 2007 05:25:33 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > On Saturday 02 June 2007 06:47:10 am [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> Following recent update world, encfs encrypted partition refuses to >> >>

[gentoo-user] Re: encfs/fuse fails after update world

2007-06-02 Thread reader
Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Saturday 02 June 2007 06:47:10 am [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Following recent update world, encfs encrypted partition refuses to >> mount with error: >> EncFS Password: >> Error decoding volume key, password incorrect > > I had my fill of enfs a

[gentoo-user] encfs/fuse fails after update world

2007-06-02 Thread reader
Following recent update world, encfs encrypted partition refuses to mount with error: EncFS Password: Error decoding volume key, password incorrect This same thing happened a few updates back and was due to an incompatibiltiy with newer versions of openssl. However openssl was not involved

[gentoo-user] Other encrypt otions than encfs

2007-06-02 Thread reader
I've had two incidents where encfs has failed due to some incompatability during upgrades.. I'd like to switch to some other technique rather than have to worry with maintaining a working environment for encfs/fuse. Can anyone vouch for another system that has been very reliable for them? My nee

[gentoo-user] Re: Math symbols with emerge -C

2007-06-01 Thread reader
Albert Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But that's totally irrelevant as to whether you have other versions of > gentoo-sources installed. All that probably indicates is that you *had* > them installed at one time, and probably unmerged them. The directories > likely still exist because oth

[gentoo-user] Re: Emerge -v portage performs sneak attack on emacs-cvs

2007-06-01 Thread reader
Bo Ørsted Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Friday 01 June 2007 02:55:41 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> The subject line is half joke... but I just did an sync and then >> emerged portage as suggested. After the emerge of portage, emerge >> process went on and uninstaqlled a couple of versi

[gentoo-user] Re: Math symbols with emerge -C

2007-06-01 Thread reader
Albert Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] >> I want to `unmerge' (-C) versions of gentoo-sources prior to -2.6.20-r6 >> >> However this fails: >> >> root # emerge -vpC "<"gentoo-sources-2.6.20-r6 >> >> >>> These are the packages that would be unmerged: >> >> --- Couldn't find '

[gentoo-user] Emerge -v portage performs sneak attack on emacs-cvs

2007-05-31 Thread reader
The subject line is half joke... but I just did an sync and then emerged portage as suggested. After the emerge of portage, emerge process went on and uninstaqlled a couple of versions of emacs-cvs. As you can see in the command output below... there was no hint of what was coming:

[gentoo-user] Math symbols with emerge -C

2007-05-31 Thread reader
I always stumble around endlessly whenever I attempt to use math symbols in emerge commands. To Neil B and others who have patiently explained this to me on several occasions... I can only plead deep seated idiocy but I'm not getting why this happens. I want to `unmerge' (-C) versions of gentoo-

[gentoo-user] [rsync] How to make rsync [rsnapshot] report which dir is being worked

2007-05-26 Thread reader
I got an RTFM on the rsnapshot list for this, but not finding it so hoping someone here using rsnapshot and will know how to do this: I want to make rsync report which directory it is working in as a series of runs are executed as in an rsnapshot config. I know about the multiple -v switches but

[gentoo-user] Re: Unusal emerge error concerning x11-misc/xnview

2007-05-26 Thread reader
"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Apparently something is being passed to emerge somewhere I can't see. > > It's easy to catch if you actually understand how the POSIX shell works. > (Hint: /very/ different from MS Windows's cmd.exe) > Only if you see it... hehe. That one

[gentoo-user] Unusal emerge error concerning x11-misc/xnview

2007-05-26 Thread reader
Trying to emerge x11-misc/xnview: , | root # emerge -vvp * x11-misc/xnview | | These are the packages that would be merged, in order: | | Calculating dependencies \ | | !!! The short ebuild name "bbdb" is ambiguous. Please specify | !!! one of the following fully-qualified ebuild names ins

[gentoo-user] Re: I copied a Gentoo VM and now networking doesn't work.

2007-05-12 Thread reader
"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wednesday 09 May 2007 02:55:42 Daevid Vincent wrote: >> I have a Gentoo VM that I've used for years (XP Host. Workstation 5.5.3). >> Works great. >> >> I copied the .vmdk and .vmx files to a new directory called "LAMP". I >> edited the .vmx

[gentoo-user] Re: FUSE (was: Add a module post kernel config/build)

2007-04-19 Thread reader
Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I have sys-fs/fuse installed. >> # eix -I fuse >> [I] sys-fs/fuse >> Available versions: 2.6.1 2.6.3 >> Installed versions: 2.6.3(06:56:33 03/20/07)(-kernel_FreeBSD >> kernel_linux) >>

[gentoo-user] Re: Add a module post kernel config/build

2007-04-18 Thread reader
"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wednesday 18 April 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about '[gentoo-user] > Add a module post kernel config/build': >> Summary: >> How can I add an additional module once I've configured/built a kernel? >> >> Details: After looking thru the h

[gentoo-user] Re: FUSE (was: Add a module post kernel config/build)

2007-04-18 Thread reader
Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:35:49 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: > >> Hm. Not so sure anymore. I seem to remember, that either sys-fs/ntfs3g >> or sys-fs/fuse would completely refuse to build, if in-kernel fuse was >> built. > > sys-fs/fuse builds the tools bu

[gentoo-user] Add a module post kernel config/build

2007-04-18 Thread reader
Summary: How can I add an additional module once I've configured/built a kernel? Details: After looking thru the handbook, especially section about kernel config, I don't see information about how to add a module once a kernel is built and running. Using `genkernel all' on latest sources (linux-2

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT DNS] common way to discover nameservers for an IP

2007-04-03 Thread reader
"Adam Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I know I've once known and used a command that listed the nameservers >> serving a given IP. >> >> I don't remember if it was nslookup, host, dig or what but not finding >> it in those various man pages. > > I have made a different assumtion about what

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT DNS] common way to discover nameservers for an IP

2007-04-03 Thread reader
Uwe Thiem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 02 April 2007, Alexander Skwar wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I know I've once known and used a command that listed the nameservers >> > serving a given IP. >> >> What do you with that? There's no such thing - any nameserver _

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT DNS] common way to discover nameservers for an IP

2007-04-03 Thread reader
Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I know I've once known and used a command that listed the nameservers >> serving a given IP. > > What do you with that? There's no such thing - any nameserver _can_ > return any IP. > >> I know there ar

[gentoo-user] [OT DNS] common way to discover nameservers for an IP

2007-04-02 Thread reader
I know I've once known and used a command that listed the nameservers serving a given IP. I don't remember if it was nslookup, host, dig or what but not finding it in those various man pages. I know there are online sites that will do it, but does anyone know a command line tool that gives that i

[gentoo-user] Re: Back down to older version (emerge)

2007-03-25 Thread reader
Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 04:29:25 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > You can also make this change permanent by adding >> >> > >=mail-mta/sendmail-8.14.0 >> >> > to /etc/portage.package.mask >> >> Neil was the above a typo? Or is it correct tha

[gentoo-user] Re: Back down to older version (emerge)

2007-03-24 Thread reader
Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:32:52 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> The few times I've tried backing down from current installed to older >> versions of something... I've had a problem getting the syntax right. >> >> According to man emerge and man portag

[gentoo-user] Back down to older version (emerge)

2007-03-22 Thread reader
The few times I've tried backing down from current installed to older versions of something... I've had a problem getting the syntax right. According to man emerge and man portage this syntax should work: Either: emerge -vp ">="mail-mta/sendmail-8.13.7 or emerge -vp ">=mail-mta/sendm

[gentoo-user] Re: encfs forgot passwd following update world

2007-03-20 Thread reader
Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:14:28 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> The password is rejected with no other error: >> encfs ~/.encraw ~/.enc >> EncFS Password: >> Error decoding volume key, password incorrect >> >> The password has been in use for mnth

[gentoo-user] Re: User no edit crontab

2007-02-04 Thread reader
Raymond Lewis Rebbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Monday, 5 February 2007 13:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> As I recall, if admin leaves a blank /etc/cron.deny and no >> /etc/cron.allow then all users will have access to cron. >> >> That isn't working for me in one isolated case (a gentoo in

[gentoo-user] User no edit crontab

2007-02-04 Thread reader
As I recall, if admin leaves a blank /etc/cron.deny and no /etc/cron.allow then all users will have access to cron. That isn't working for me in one isolated case (a gentoo install inside a windows vm). What else can cause this behavior? I've looked at permissions on /var/spool/cron, subdir, an

[gentoo-user] Re: Network works OK internally but can't access Internet - very frustrated

2007-02-03 Thread reader
"Richard Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > # Generated by dhcpcd for interface eth0 > nameserver 61.9.208.14 > nameserver 61.9.208.15 > > Which is the primary and secondary DNS on my cable modem for > Telstra. So I guess the DHCP server is sending the nameserver > info. Still no go ... Can yo

[gentoo-user] Re: "Emacs" installed but GUI is of XXL size :-(

2007-02-03 Thread reader
arnuld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hai all, > > i have successfully installed Gentoo 2006.1. i have installed Emacs. > everything is fine but Emacs's size is TOO BIG. Emacs tool bar is of > XXL size, its menu is of XXL size. > > what is wrong? Sounds like your desktop resolution is too low. Or

[gentoo-user] Re: Network works OK internally but can't access Internet - very frustrated

2007-02-03 Thread reader
"Richard Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi - After a last emerge --sync I've been having trouble accessing > the internet. My network interface comes up OK. I receive an address > for the DHCP server (i.e. "eth1 received address 192.168.0.7/24") > and I can see and access my Intranet webpag

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT vmware] Installing vmware-toolbox

2007-01-26 Thread reader
Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Friday 26 January 2007 17:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> "Richard Fish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > On 1/26/07, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Why not just "emerge =app-emulationvmware-workstation-tools-VERSION" >> > >> > Pfft, missed a '

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT vmware] Installing vmware-toolbox

2007-01-26 Thread reader
Bo Ørsted Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > I wasn't sure what that was... thought it would be for vmware the >> > other way round with gentoo as host. > > Yeah, that would explain the description being: "Guest-os tools for VMware > Workstation". Or not... Hehe... well I've never made an

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT vmware] Installing vmware-toolbox

2007-01-26 Thread reader
"Richard Fish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 1/26/07, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Why not just "emerge =app-emulationvmware-workstation-tools-VERSION" > > Pfft, missed a '/'should be: > =app-emulation/vmware-workstation-tools-VERSION I wasn't sure what that was... thought i

[gentoo-user] [OT vmware] Installing vmware-toolbox

2007-01-25 Thread reader
Running gentoo in a vmware hosted on winxp. I find I cannot install the vmware-tools becasue the install script expects there to be directories with names like rc[0-9] and blows up when they are not found. I stumbled around in the script trying to make it work for gentoo but only succeded in reap

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT - samba] smbpasswd fails to find user

2007-01-25 Thread reader
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Running Gentoo (synced yesterday) in vm on Winxp > Samba 23d > > security = user > > Attempting to add smb user passwd with smbpasswd errors out with: > Failed to find entry for user reader > > Where is samba looking?. Reader is in smbus

[gentoo-user] [OT - samba] smbpasswd fails to find user

2007-01-25 Thread reader
Running Gentoo (synced yesterday) in vm on Winxp Samba 23d security = user Attempting to add smb user passwd with smbpasswd errors out with: Failed to find entry for user reader Where is samba looking?. Reader is in smbusers and /etc/passwd -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] compiled kdebase never hit xorg dependancy

2007-01-22 Thread reader
Is it normal to have been able to compile kdebase and all deps and never hit an xorg dependancy? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: emacs shell color question

2006-12-27 Thread reader
Tom Naujokas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2006-27-12 at 12:51 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> ...[snip]... >> >> Are you using [Xe]macs in console mode or in an xterm .. other? > > I'm starting xemacs from an xterm with the command "xemacs &". > >> What is the output of `alias|grep l

[gentoo-user] Re: emacs shell color question

2006-12-27 Thread reader
Tom Naujokas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 2006-26-12 at 19:24 -0500: > > ...[snip]... >> > >> > Good, however you should not really need to use ansi-mode. >> > I do not, and don't have the trouble you mentioned. >> > >> > In normal shell-mode (M-x shell) I do see the escape sequences yo

[gentoo-user] Re: emacs shell color question

2006-12-26 Thread reader
David Relson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A search for "ansi" at gmane suggested using ansi-term instead > of shell. That gave me color but previous line editing and such were > different, which I'm not sure I like :-< > > So I looked in /usr/share/emacs/... for ansi-term and found > ansi-color.

[gentoo-user] Re: emacs shell color question

2006-12-25 Thread reader
David Relson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 01:00:31 -0600 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> David Relson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > G'day, >> > >> > I habitually run emacs shell sessions. When I forget the --color >> > options, for example for the ls and emerge command

[gentoo-user] Re: emacs shell color question

2006-12-24 Thread reader
David Relson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > G'day, > > I habitually run emacs shell sessions. When I forget the --color > options, for example for the ls and emerge commands, the shell session > displays the ascii escape sequences which is pretty ugly. Is there an > option for telling emacs to han

[gentoo-user] Re: using package.provided

2006-12-22 Thread reader
Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You need to learn more about portage. Read: > > man portage > man 5 portage > man ebuild > man 5 ebuild Now I have a better idea how things are meant to work... but if I want to violate that... by that I mean ..not work on my own ebuild enough to begin

[gentoo-user] What gives

2006-12-21 Thread reader
Whats going on...? No has slipped something deadly into portage or otherwise caused upgrade world calamity. After about 1 mnth, I just did -uD world and had no problems during or after the update. And revdep-rebuild also came up clean. Something is wrong here maybe I'm learning a little bit

[gentoo-user] Re: using package.provided

2006-12-21 Thread reader
Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This section is snipped [from -sic] one of Allen M. posts ^ Please excuse the misspelling -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: using package.provided

2006-12-21 Thread reader
Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > While package.provided does have some genuine uses, one of its main > functions is to provide people who don't fully understand it with a simple > way of producing hard to diagnose system breakages :( Very good Made my day. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.o

[gentoo-user] Re: using package.provided

2006-12-21 Thread reader
Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I ask because setting a higher version number might eventually need >> bumping still higher... or if versioning changes somehow will >> `higher' not be noticed. > > If you want to maintain and use old package-1.0.0 by yourself, and there > is already p

[gentoo-user] using package.provided

2006-12-21 Thread reader
This section is snipped one of Allen M. posts on the monster gentoo health thread (last paragraph is where my topic starts: [...] Archive a portage tree by all means. But if an ebuild is removed that a user want to keep, the solution is so simple it's amazing. Copy the ebuild to /usr/local/

[gentoo-user] Re: /usr almost full

2006-11-23 Thread reader
"Allan Spagnol Comar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello every one, it´s beeing a long time since my last post. > > I am having a little problem with my /usr partition, I had a /usr > partition of 3.0GB in a production server that is almost full ( 500MB > remaining ) the portage distfiles is loca

[gentoo-user] Re: Problems getting started with vmware

2006-11-19 Thread reader
"Walter Dnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That's what turned me off, and I didn't bother. I had wanted to make > a post just like yours, but I figured that I was coming out of this > thread looking like a professional ranter, so I decided to keep quiet. Guess I wasn't as smart hehe. --

[gentoo-user] Re: [way OT] determining date of web pages

2006-11-17 Thread reader
"Alan E. Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Galeon (web browser) included "bookmarklets" (search google). One > bookmarklet checks "page freshness". It didn't work on frames, but > apparently there is a version that does work on frames. I don't know > whether the bookmarklet is accurate, howe

[gentoo-user] Re: [way OT] determining date of web pages

2006-11-17 Thread reader
"Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > printf "GET /od/capturetvwithacomputer/ht/htnti.htm HTTP/1.0\nHost: > dvr.about.com\n\n" | nc dvr.about.com 80 | head |grep -E --color=yes ^Date > Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:06:52 GMT It appears your second post might be closer to right. T

[gentoo-user] Re: X resources contorl file

2006-11-15 Thread reader
Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I'd quit even using it mnths ago and am glad to have it >> back...Thanks. > > In my experience you'll find that your kde and gnome apps will pretty > much mostly ignore your .Xresources or at the very least what's in it > gets overridden by kcontrol/g

[gentoo-user] Re: X resources contorl file

2006-11-15 Thread reader
Nagatoro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [...] >> Currently the .xresoruces file appears to be ignored. > > Try with a capital X (.Xresources). Haa.. there was a time and maybe different OS where case didn't matter so I never thought to try that. Even this time, I quickl

[gentoo-user] X resources contorl file

2006-11-15 Thread reader
Once upon a time. I think before there was a `gentoo', linux users used an ~/.Xdefaults file to control or set how many of the apps run in X would look, what font etc. I've used it for many years and don't really remember when I quit paying attention to it. Probably not as a gentoo user which wo

[gentoo-user] Re: Problems getting started with vmware

2006-11-15 Thread reader
e or even what product is being discussed... at least the names do not coincide with anything in portage. Further it appears to expect the reader to already have some kind of codes in hand. In fact the whole setup there is massively confusing. A bewildering array of products all with very similar n

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] VMware legal question

2006-11-12 Thread reader
Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That might be legal, but why don't you go the absolutely legal > way and use vmware-server instead of vmware-workstation? > Sorry about butting in here: I hope I'm not just blind but: Alexander, I didn't see a word of documentation in the server pack

[gentoo-user] Re: Basic Vmware setup

2006-11-12 Thread reader
"Richard Fish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > server: Can create or edit existing configurations. Can leave a > virtual machine running "in the background" if you close the console Is there a catch somewhere with `server'. Buy the description it appears to do everthing the `workstation' does, ye

[gentoo-user] Re: Mail system recommendations

2006-11-08 Thread reader
"Michael Crute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 11/8/06, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have a small network, consisting of three PCs. Each of these PCs has >> a public WAN address, and each runs Apache, vsftpd and sendmail (as well >> as ipkungfu for firewall protection). One

[gentoo-user] Re: Error starting Konq after update world

2006-11-08 Thread reader
Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] OK OK folks .. moving on now... > Grow up! I'm a little old for that at nearing 70 but it can be embarrassing how some minor or even imagined infraction can nettle way out of proportion to any sensible take on the situation. > Why? You have ign

[gentoo-user] Re: Error starting Konq after update world

2006-11-08 Thread reader
Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > No it doesn't. It updates whatever has been updated since you last ran > it. This depends on the arch and USE flags you have, which packages > you have installed and when you last did it. it could update two packages > or two hundred. The point is, the s

[gentoo-user] Re: Error starting Konq after update world

2006-11-07 Thread reader
"Richard Fish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 11/7/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> There was an error loading the module KHTML. The diagnostics is: >> /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libkhtml.so.4: undefined symbol: >> _ZN14KURIFilterData6reinitERK7QString > > This looks suspiciously

[gentoo-user] Re: Error starting Konq after update world

2006-11-07 Thread reader
Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] >> I'd hoped someone would have had the same or similar situation and >> error before posted piles of data... so no not meaningless. > > Yes, meaningless; update world means the packages on YOUR machine, > matching YOUR arch and dependencies requir

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