[gentoo-user] difference between "/etc/init.d/script start" and runing in default run-level

Sorry for the duplicate if you have seen the mail before. I just want to make the question more specific. After installing kde through "emerge kdebase-meta" and test with "startx" of no problem, I add xdm to default run-level with modifying display manager to kdm in "rc.conf". However when I reboo

[gentoo-user] xcdroast - gone?

On a new install I tried to emerge xcdroast but I receive "404" no such file. Checking for distfiles on various mirrors, I can not find any trace of it. Has xcdroast been dropped by gentoo? -- Ted Ozolins(VE7TVO) Westbank, B. C -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Dock Application

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, Michael Crute wrote: > Hmm... indeed it does appear to be a Mac, at first glance I thought it was > Gnome with a Mac skin on top. That explains a lot. Its a Mac with a skin on top ;-) -- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Any booby-traps with AMD64?

On Saturday 27 August 2005 05:41, Walter Dnes wrote: > This'll be my first linux install that won't be 32-bit Intel. I've Congratulations! you've made a wonderful choice 8-) > been reading the AMD64 install docs on the Gentoo.org website. The big > items I've noticed are... > - stick with e

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Dock Application

On 8/27/05, A. Khattri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Shouldn't you be asking that on a Mac OS X mailing list???Hmm... indeed it does appear to be a Mac, at first glance I thought it was Gnome with a Mac skin on top. That explains a lot. -Mike-- Michael E. CruteSoftwar

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Dock Application

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Michael Crute wrote: > This is kind of off topic but could someone please look at this > screenshot (http://pstudios.ath.cx/screenshots/kody-nov-4-04.png) and > tell me what dock (or icon set) this guy is using. Thanks Shouldn't you be asking that on a Mac OS X mailing list??

Re: [gentoo-user] GarageBand

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Mark Knecht wrote: >Your friend is not alone in his desires. For the 4 years I've been > doing Linux based audio I've wished, cajoled & begged for something to > replace Acid Pro. There is interest but no developer who'd been > willing to take up the mission and go make it

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev read,write problem

On 8/26/05, Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 05:06:13PM +0200, Jonas Geiregat wrote> When I startup my system I need to loing as root and run chmod a+rw> /dev/* else I have problems login in or starting multiple shells I'm> using udev anyone got any idea what could cau

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot load libc, permission denied

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, David Busby wrote: > I've re-build both glibc and fcron, no dice. I've looked at ldd for crontab > > cdrtx / # ldd /usr/bin/crontab > linux-gate.so.1 => (0xe000) > libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7ec4000) > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x8000) > > L

Re: [gentoo-user] VPN?

On 8/27/05, David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've been having alot of luck with openvpn it's ssl based rather thanipsec.  I have found it to be easier to setup and less confusing andit has clients for various platforms including windows...which is notalways the easiest platform to use IPSEC

Re: [gentoo-user] VPN?

I have a dyndns account, it keeps the dns updted. I can always get to my router/gateway which is dyndns enabled, how do I get to my ip on the server, I need to mount the servers nfs export throught the router. I setup the correct ports for nfs to foreward, is that it? If I can do that it would

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

> You'll get there. Search out the real name of the > AMD agp-gart driver > if you haven't already. Under dev drvrs->ATA support->AMD and nVidia IDE support <*> Click help to find it's called CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX. I wanted to compile it in so DMA would come alive at boot. I must have done some

Re: [gentoo-user] A Gentoo Firewall howto?

On Fri August 26 2005 06:36 pm, James wrote: > I've decided to take the plunge and build my first, full featured > firewall on Gentoo. > Any other ideas or recommendations on documents or firewall install > config on gentoo or a gentoo derivative are most welcome? I've had good luck using Shore

Re: [gentoo-user] VPN?

I've been having alot of luck with openvpn it's ssl based rather than ipsec. I have found it to be easier to setup and less confusing and it has clients for various platforms including windows...which is not always the easiest platform to use IPSEC with unless you go with a commercial client. You

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev read,write problem

On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 05:06:13PM +0200, Jonas Geiregat wrote > When I startup my system I need to loing as root and run chmod a+rw > /dev/* else I have problems login in or starting multiple shells I'm > using udev anyone got any idea what could cause the problem ? A quick-n-dirty solution i

Re: [gentoo-user] VPN?

On Friday 26 August 2005 10:12 pm, Michael W. Holdeman wrote: > I want to be able to access a desktop machine, and most importantly the bsd > file server with my laptop, again with a dynamic assigned ip from remote > locations. I suggest one of those trendy dynamic DNS services (or a _real

[gentoo-user] Any booby-traps with AMD64?

Bad news... my 1.8 ghz P4 died recently and I'm now running on my emergency backup 6-year-old Dell (450 mhz PIII and 128 megs of RAM). Let's just say that editing 2560 X 1920 digital photos in GIMP is a "rather liesurely" process. Good news... Saturday, I'm picking up... 64bit AMD 3000BP (wit

[gentoo-user] VPN?

OK I have read the vpn howto, and tunneling from the howto, and to be truthfull i am totally over my head. I have a LAN at the office including a freebsd file server, the server has an ip of 192.168.xx.xx, and several other gentoo desktops have the same +1 each. I have a linksys cable modem, an

Re: [gentoo-user] sub-net 0.0.0.0

This seems to be similar to the dlink adsl modem I am using (no routing function). Think of the 192.168.0.0 network as being the network between the modem and the gateway machine. In my case, the 10. (equiv) networks are on the internal side of the gateway. My gateway machine runs dhcp on eth0 (

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Dock Application

On 8/26/05, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think the point Glenn is trying to make is that we cannot access yourlink (permission is refused), so we can't see the image.I certainly can't.HollyDOH... ok here is an alternate link ( http://users.softgroupcorp.net/cruteme/screen.png). Thanks

Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a way to increase the number of external (all imap) accounts in evolution?

Thankyou, nicely caught. The problem was courier-imapd, not evolution. maxdaemons is set 40, but maxperip is only 4. Increasing that worked. BillK On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 11:23 +0100, Jonathan Wright wrote: > W.Kenworthy wrote: > > Is there a way to increase the number of external (all imap) accou

[gentoo-user] Re: bbgallery and template files

Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: After installing gimp-perl and all its dependancies I've unmerged bbgallery and re emerged it. The result is exactly as before... I've made no progress at all. cd to directory of *.jpg reader > bbgallery -T monochrome ERROR: Templates not found: monochrom

Re: [gentoo-user] sub-net 0.0.0.0

On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 15:56 -0600, Joseph wrote: > On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 08:34 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > > > > Try this: > > > > on your desktop, which normally has a 10.0.0.x address, add a virtual > > entry for eth0, in other words give it another IP address in the > > subnet > > needed by the

Re: [gentoo-user] Forgotten root password on remote system

I use "john the ripper" to test the passwords on my machines. I created accounts for all those I wanted to test using the original passwords (all of which I know!), took a copy of the files then deleted the accounts. It took 17 days to bruteforce the root on one machine. Its now 46 days and none

[gentoo-user] strange problem with kdm

After installing kde through "emerge kdebase-meta" and test with "startx" of no problem, I add xdm to default runlevel with modifying display manager to kdm in "rc.conf". However when I reboot the computer, the screen turn black for a second and then up without kdm start. The log file only contain

Re: [gentoo-user] GarageBand

Hi, Take a look at Rosegarden-4, Muse & Ardour. None of them duplicate Garage Band but they probably represent the most mature of the Linux 'major' audio apps. A fun app, but very different from Garage Band, would be Free Wheelin'. You can play it from a keyboard, and create fun looping patterns

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Dock Application

Michael Crute schreef: > On 8/27/05, *Glenn Enright* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > If we could access it then maybee we would... > > > Ha ha... I was hoping perhaps sombody else had the same app or icons or > had seen them someplace. > > -Mike > I think th

[gentoo-user] Re: bbgallery and template files

Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> emerge gimp-perl > > How can I get that package without a full on update of portage which I > don't want to do right now? I've downloaded todays snapshot of protage and extracted gimp-perl. Placed it in my portage tree. Then unmasked it with package.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Dock Application

On 8/27/05, Glenn Enright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If we could access it then maybee we would...Ha ha... I was hoping perhaps sombody else had the same app or icons or had seen them someplace. -Mike-- Michael E. CruteSoftware DeveloperSoftGroup Development Corpora

Re: [gentoo-user] Forgotten root password on remote system

Well, when one of my servers got brute forced it was 5+ computers doing it at a time in 10 second intervals... On 8/26/05, Michael Crute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 8/26/05, Fernando Meira < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You're lacking optimism... Of course the brute-force attack was not supposed

[gentoo-user] GarageBand

Hi there, My friend who is new to Linux is wondering if there is a program like Garageband for Linux. The big thing he would want is the ability to play different instruments on an on screen keyboard. Any thoughts? Ian begin:vcard fn:Ian K n:K;Ian email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] note;quoted-printa

Re: [gentoo-user] DVB-T

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:25:36 +0200 Luigi Pinna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello! > I want to buy a DVB-T card Gentoo compatible and I need a S-Video input > too. > I searched a lot by Internet but I found only few news... (no info about > S-Video input or if it works) > I don't want to pay muc

[gentoo-user] Re: bbgallery and template files

Roy Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I had searched portage before posting about gimp-perl. It's not in my portage tree which is somewhat out of date. That led me to think it was not available via the normal gentoo channel hence my attempts to use cpan to install it. > emerge gimp-perl How c

Re: [gentoo-user] Yet another geforce4 problem

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:29:34 +0400 Alexander Kirillov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > I've recently installed GeForce4 MX440 AGP 8x > into my gentoo box and got it working. > Bootsplash, opengl and so on.. > But one serious problem remains. > I have 90% chance to get garbled screen right af

Re: [gentoo-user] sub-net 0.0.0.0

On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 18:32 -0500, Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote: > > Ethereal's CLI counterpart is tcpdump, (you can use tcpdump to make > capture > files for Ethereal) you could also look in your dhcpd's lease file, or > see if > it responds to a ping to 224.0.0.1. Yes, that was the missing puzz

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Dock Application

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:56, Michael Crute wrote: > This is kind of off topic but could someone please look at this > screenshot (http://pstudios.ath.cx/screenshots/kody-nov-4-04.png) and > tell me what dock (or icon set) this guy is using. Thanks > > -- > > Michael E

Re: [gentoo-user] sub-net 0.0.0.0

On Friday 26 August 2005 06:20 pm, Joseph wrote: > Is there a way to check what IP the device has on the network? > I know the device MAC address and when I plug it IN, it obtains one of > the IP via DHCP. With > arp -a IP > arp -e > I can only check the MAC address. Is there a way to other way

Re: [gentoo-user] sub-net 0.0.0.0

On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 19:04 -0300, José Pablo Ezequiel Fernández wrote: > > > Try this: > > > > > > on your desktop, which normally has a 10.0.0.x address, add a > virtual > > > entry for eth0, in other words give it another IP address in the > > > subnet > > > needed by the other device: > > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get larger fonts in X ?

On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 01:32:06PM -0300, Fernando Canizo wrote > Seems you have found your solution to this problem, but i want to > add this, maybe unrelated to your problem, but yet usefull: > > In your original solution you have two X servers running at different > resolutions, you don't need

[gentoo-user] [OT] Dock Application

This is kind of off topic but could someone please look at this screenshot (http://pstudios.ath.cx/screenshots/kody-nov-4-04.png) and tell me what dock (or icon set) this guy is using. Thanks -- Michael E. Crute Software Developer SoftGroup Development Corporation

[gentoo-user] Google Video: Firefox + VLC?

I know that Google Video is still in it's infancy, but hey, gentoo is all about bleeding-edge, right? I'm wondering if anyone has managed to get it working yet - and if so, would you be kind enough to share? I've done some initial research and put up a stub page here: http://gentoo-wiki.com/H

Re: [gentoo-user] A Gentoo Firewall howto?

James, I recently installed a firewall on Gentoo with 3 nics I used Firehol to configure it but I you want something kind of visual: Guardog is my second choice.On 8/26/05, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello,I've decided to take the plunge and build my first, full featuredfirewall on Gentoo. A

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot load libc, permission denied

A. Khattri wrote: On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, David Busby wrote: cdrtx / # fcrontab -e fcrontab: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open shared object file: Permission denied But libc looks OK to me cdrtx / # ls -l /lib/libc* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1211416 Aug 20 22:36 /lib/l

[gentoo-user] A Gentoo Firewall howto?

Hello, I've decided to take the plunge and build my first, full featured firewall on Gentoo. At first I was going to use 'gnap' but further reading reveals that this sort of derived firewall is stateless, and I want a statefull firewall. It's also masked. (feel free to correct me if I miss somethi

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to unmerge php and mod_php

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:14:08 -0400 (EDT), A. Khattri wrote: > > QA Notice: ECLASS 'php' inherited illegally in > > dev-php/mod_php-4.3.2-r5 > > > > /usr/lib/portage/bin/ebuild.sh: line 1443: > > /var/portage/eclass/php.eclass: No such file or directory > > Probably because 4.3.2 is no longer in p

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot load libc, permission denied

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, David Busby wrote: > cdrtx / # fcrontab -e > fcrontab: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open shared > object file: Permission denied > > But libc looks OK to me > > cdrtx / # ls -l /lib/libc* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1211416 Aug 20 22:36 /lib/libc-2.3.

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to unmerge php and mod_php

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, fire-eyes wrote: > I am trying to unmerge all versions of php and mod_php on my system. > > However: > > # emerge -C php mod_php > > dev-php/mod_php > selected: 4.3.2-r5 4.3.8 > protected: none > omitted: none > > >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for remova

Re: [gentoo-user] Forgotten root password on remote system

On 8/26/05, Fernando Meira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You're lacking optimism... Of course the brute-force attack was not supposed to be done remotely! You can pull passwd to your local machine and the let your computer handle it without interruptions. If some proprieties of the password are known

Re: [gentoo-user] sub-net 0.0.0.0

On Friday 26 August 2005 18:56, Joseph wrote: > On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 08:34 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > > Try this: > > > > on your desktop, which normally has a 10.0.0.x address, add a virtual > > entry for eth0, in other words give it another IP address in the > > subnet > > needed by the other dev

Re: [gentoo-user] Forgotten root password on remote system

On 8/26/05, Frank Schafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hmmm, I think the example password should be strong enough but You areright. Sooner or later it will come in (if sooner is something amongst some hundreds of years and later something amongst some thousands ;)BTW: There isn't only the password. T

Re: [gentoo-user] sub-net 0.0.0.0

On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 08:34 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > > Try this: > > on your desktop, which normally has a 10.0.0.x address, add a virtual > entry for eth0, in other words give it another IP address in the > subnet > needed by the other device: > > something like: > > ifconfig eth0:1 192.168.0

[gentoo-user] Network stuff is stopping itself

On 2 of my wireless systems, everything will start at boot up just fine, but after awhile I can't reach the systems via ssh and "rc" will mount the network filesystems, start ntpd, and start sshd like they weren't started before.  It seems like this would happen if the system loses contact with the

Re: [gentoo-user] gramps broken

Noah Roberts wrote: >A program I use called Gramps won't work anymore. It appears to be a >problem with python rather than the program itself. I can't figure it >out. The ebuild works, I don't know what I might have upgraded but I >have been reinstalling various python modules ever since trying

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: bbgallery and template files

Harry Putnam wrote: Well according to the installed docu.. there is supposed to be: From the `Usage' html page: (Note the last item) Now run bbgallery to create the galleries. Without any parameters it will use the following default values: * Look for images in the default directory *

[gentoo-user] OT: linux user groups in Chicago

I know there is at least one Chicagoan on this list, apologies to everyone else, if not more and I'm tired of being the only Gentoo-er at these things. In any case Windy City LUG is meeting Thursday Sept 1, 7pm at Letizia's Natural Bakery, 2144 W Division. They've got coffee, food, wireless, a

Re: [gentoo-user] MacOS 10.4 (Tiger) can't connect to smaba share

On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 14:31 -0400, A. Khattri wrote: > On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Paul Hoy wrote: > > > I don't know if this is related, but maybe the problem is that Tiger's > > implementation of Samba does not support plain text passwords by > > default; they are now encrypted. The Mac support site of

[gentoo-user] gramps broken

A program I use called Gramps won't work anymore. It appears to be a problem with python rather than the program itself. I can't figure it out. The ebuild works, I don't know what I might have upgraded but I have been reinstalling various python modules ever since trying to make it work. Now I

Re: [gentoo-user] sub-net 0.0.0.0

On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 11:50 -0600, Joseph wrote: > On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 13:38 -0400, Willie Wong wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 10:02:08AM -0600, Joseph wrote: > > > I have a device with an IP 192.168.0.1 which I need to access via > > > browser. > > > My PC gets an IP via DHCP from the router

Re: [gentoo-user] win4lin

On Thursday 25 August 2005 10:58 pm, Holly Bostick wrote: > John Jolet schreef: > > On Thursday 25 August 2005 21:17, Mark Knecht wrote: > >>Maybe it's just an oversight and temporarily gone? > >> > >>- Mark > > > > well, it's definately gone now. can someone comment on why and whether > > it's te

Re: [gentoo-user] win4lin

On Friday 26 August 2005 12:03 pm, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On 8/26/05, John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 26, 2005, at 2:46 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:20:11 -0500, John Jolet wrote: > > >> okay, I was wondering how to get the other kernel versions. it's > >

Re: [gentoo-user] sub-net 0.0.0.0

[snip] > Not sure what hardware you have around, but if you don't have a > crossover cable do you at least have a hub or switch? If you do, just > disable DHCP temporarilly on your PC and manually set the IP address to > 192.168.0.2, set the gateway to 192.168.0.1 and netmask to 255.255.255.0 >

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

On 8/26/05, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Maxim, > >I was looking at this some more since I need to > > deal with it next > > week. I found that in the 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 kernel > > there a kernel > > config option called > > > > 'AMD Opteron/Athlon64 on-CPU GART support' > >

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

On 8/26/05, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, at least X works. What video card will you be > using? Contrary to many folks preferences I got an inexpensive PCI-E 1x Radeon to try out. I've had pretty good luck with ATI before. Anyway, I'm going right down the same path you're ha

[gentoo-user] attempt at using new nvidia drivers

Hi everybody, When I ran the program from http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_1.0-0306.html a ncurses-type window opens and offers two pre-selected choices: install the audio drivers, install the network drivers. I require neither but can't de-select them. Can toggle from one to other but

Re: [gentoo-user] win4lin

On Fri August 26 2005 01:21 pm, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > I have a modified gentoo-sources-2.6.11-r11 ebuild that I've been using > > as an overlay and it's been working fine for me for months. I'll be > > happy to share if anyone is interested. > > Yes please. Ok. You can get the ebuild tree s

[gentoo-user] VLC error

I can't emerge vlc because I miss a dependency, this is the message: [...] make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/vlc-0.8.1-r1/work/vlc-0.8.1/mozilla' /usr/bin/xpidl -I/usr/share/idl/mozilla \ -I/usr/lib/mozilla/include/idl \ -m header -o vlcintf ./vlcintf.idl make[2]: /usr/bin/xpidl:

[gentoo-user] Re: OT 4port ether on gentoo?

James tampabay.rr.com> writes: > I'm looking for a 4 port (10/100) ethernet pci_buss card that > works with gentoo. Inexpensive is best. Any recommendation > of manufacture, and a good (us) vendor of these cards would be > cool. How about these? http://www.soekris.com/lan16x1.htm -- gentoo-

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't compile gconf-2.10.1-r1

Emerging other gnome/corba related packages, like evolution-data-server, give a similar problem: make[3]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/evolution-data-server-1.2.3/work/evolution-data-server-1.2.3/addressbook/libebook' /usr/bin/orbit-idl-2 -I /usr/share/idl/bonobo-2.0 -I /usr/share/idl/b

Re: [gentoo-user] sub-net 0.0.0.0

Joseph wrote: On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 13:38 -0400, Willie Wong wrote: On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 10:02:08AM -0600, Joseph wrote: I have a device with an IP 192.168.0.1 which I need to access via browser. My PC gets an IP via DHCP from the router. What should I use for gateway? I've tired 192.168.0

Re: [gentoo-user] sub-net 0.0.0.0

On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 14:23 -0400, Willie Wong wrote: > On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 11:50:29AM -0600, Joseph wrote: > > No, I set my firewall/router with my numbers. My main network is set to > > Gateway 10.0.0.1 and DHCP pool range (so other devices an get the IP > > automatically) is 10.0.0.150 - 1

[gentoo-user] Unable to unmerge php and mod_php

Hi, I am trying to unmerge all versions of php and mod_php on my system. However: # emerge -C php mod_php dev-php/mod_php selected: 4.3.2-r5 4.3.8 protected: none omitted: none >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal. >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be

[gentoo-user] cannot load libc, permission denied

List, I'm getting this: cdrtx / # fcrontab -e fcrontab: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open shared object file: Permission denied But libc looks OK to me cdrtx / # ls -l /lib/libc* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1211416 Aug 20 22:36 /lib/libc-2.3.5.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root roo

[gentoo-user] grub freezes

I have /boot with ext2 on hda1 / with reiserfs hda2 swap on hda3 some time ago grub worked fine (maybe with different configuration of devices) through last year I was using lilo (everywhere, on my servers too) today I tryed to install grub on mbr: root (hd0,0) setup (hd0) quit it installed itse

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

> > Maxim, >I was looking at this some more since I need to > deal with it next > week. I found that in the 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 kernel > there a kernel > config option called > > 'AMD Opteron/Athlon64 on-CPU GART support' > > I suspect that this will address many of the issues > you're seeing.

Re: [gentoo-user] Get rid of PAM?

Willie Wong wrote: 2. I already have pam installed. What is the cleanest way to remove it without having any residual hiccoughs. http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Remove_PAM Follow it exactly. If you miss a step, you might have to whip out a liveCD the next time your reboot to get into your systems

Re: [gentoo-user] MacOS 10.4 (Tiger) can't connect to smaba share

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Paul Hoy wrote: > I don't know if this is related, but maybe the problem is that Tiger's > implementation of Samba does not support plain text passwords by > default; they are now encrypted. The Mac support site offers a > workaround for this. Every Tiger review Ive read talk

Re: [gentoo-user] why gentoo doesn't have long description?

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > I don't mind top-posting, I guess its not "offensive", ok, it > sometimes waste bandwidth, so does HTML and stuff like "my client > signature file" attached, I hate multipart, but, hey, you can't make > everyone think like you do. So we should all dri

Re: [gentoo-user] sub-net 0.0.0.0

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:50:29 -0600, Joseph wrote: > No, I set my firewall/router with my numbers. My main network is set to > Gateway 10.0.0.1 and DHCP pool range (so other devices an get the IP > automatically) is 10.0.0.150 - 10.0.0.180 > > But the deice I have has a preset from the factory s

[gentoo-user] xserver

I emerged xorg-x11 and got the xorg.conf.new file copied over. twm (I think) is what's showing up. When I exit the server, there is a message that I think relates to the video. "Symbol drmGetClient from module /usr/lib/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.o is unresolved!" I've been told that a lot of these

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

> > > > Have you guys looked at the nvidia site? They have > 'drivers' (i.e., > kernel modules) for their motherboard chipsets as > well as their video > cards. Perhaps that's what you both need. I know > that nvidia-kernel and > nvidia-glx exist in Portage for the video cards, but > that's not o

Re: [gentoo-user] AGP GART support not availiable

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Rajat Gujral wrote: > is it possible to add the support for agpgart without > reinstalling the whole system ... Or is it possible to > recompile the kernel without effecting the rest of the > system ... Sure, you can recompile the kernel anytime (after all, how else to upgrad

Re: [gentoo-user] Starting xfce4-panel automatically

> > The xfce4-panel has stopped loading automatically for me and the > > calendar has started. Where can I specify that I want the panel > > started with xfce4 but not the calendar? > > panel: > I believe it should be sufficient to start the panel (xfce4-panel) > manually once via terminal or alt

Re: [gentoo-user] OT 4port ether on gentoo?

On Friday 26 August 2005 17:59, James wrote: > I'm looking for a 4 port (10/100) ethernet pci_buss card that > works with gentoo. Inexpensive is best. Any recommendation > of manufacture, and a good (us) vendor of these cards would be > cool. Intel also do 2 and 4 port cards, d-link also do a 4 po

Re: [gentoo-user] sub-net 0.0.0.0

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Joseph wrote: > I could set my gateway to 192.168.0.1 and DHCP pool range to > 192.168.0.10 to 192.168.0.100 and it would work. Yes, you might need to do this temporarily until you change the IP of the device to what you normally use, then you can switch back afterwards. --

Re: [gentoo-user] sub-net 0.0.0.0

On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 11:50:29AM -0600, Joseph wrote: > No, I set my firewall/router with my numbers. My main network is set to > Gateway 10.0.0.1 and DHCP pool range (so other devices an get the IP > automatically) is 10.0.0.150 - 10.0.0.180 Okay, so far I follow you. You have a main network.

Re: [gentoo-user] sub-net 0.0.0.0

On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 13:38 -0400, Willie Wong wrote: > On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 10:02:08AM -0600, Joseph wrote: > > I have a device with an IP 192.168.0.1 which I need to access via > > browser. > > My PC gets an IP via DHCP from the router. > > What should I use for gateway? I've tired 192.168.0.0

[gentoo-user] grub freezing

I have /boot with ext2 on hda1 / with reiserfs hda2 swap on hda3 some time ago grub worked fine (maybe with different configuration of devices) through last year I was using lilo (everywhere, on my servers too) today I tryed to install grub on mbr: root (hd0,0) setup (hd0) quit it installed itse

Re: [gentoo-user] sudo

You also need to install vim because you have to edit the /etc/sudoers file in order to add a user name. If you display the sudoers file ('cat sudoers') it will tell you that the file *must* be edited by the visudo command as root. exaggeration... that is certainly the safe way to do it, but u

Re: [gentoo-user] sub-net 0.0.0.0

On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 10:02:08AM -0600, Joseph wrote: > I have a device with an IP 192.168.0.1 which I need to access via > browser. > My PC gets an IP via DHCP from the router. > What should I use for gateway? I've tired 192.168.0.0 192.168.0 huh? if you get the IP via DHCP, doesn't it also s

Re: [gentoo-user] ati -- dreaded "xf86-ENOMEM" error

--- Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/25/05, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > What motherboard do you have? > > > > Asus K8N-E Deluxe skt 754 w/nVidia chipset > > > > We're in this one together buddy! I

Re: [gentoo-user] Get rid of PAM?

On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 07:26:55AM -0700, Jerry Turba wrote: > On another gentoo newsgroup I made a comment about deleting pam because I > believed it was causing a problem with logins to KDE. I was severely PAM has been known to cause pain and suffering at unexpected times. > 1. Could someone e

[gentoo-user] Can't compile gconf-2.10.1-r1

Note: I though I had solved this previously, but I was mistaken, I still have the problem. I am upgrading my system from a GRP install and it has been a mess, I have solved various errors and now I have this one that I don't know how to solve: make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/gcon

Re: [gentoo-user] [asking again] keyboard/mouse woes on 2.6 kernel

mouse support is built into kernel (now in 2.6.13-rc7), not module, xorg has correct entry ill try live_cd, maybe find something interesting martins On Friday 26 August 2005 16:41, inferno wrote: > Hi, > > I had that problem also ( mouse going crazy and keyboard was not > responding ( my chi

Re: [gentoo-user] win4lin

On 8/26/05, Ron Bickers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu August 25 2005 09:47 pm, John Jolet wrote: > > > I've purchased the win4lin product, (the home version) to test out certain > > windows apps I need to run. They claim that gentoo has a patched kernel > > available for this. Does anyone

[gentoo-user] Re: gentoo on K6?

Mike Williams gaima.co.uk> writes: > On Friday 26 August 2005 17:48, James wrote: > > Is there a solution using Gentoo? Maybe a binary installation, > > specific for firewalls? I could use Debian(sarge) but > > I'd rather use gentoo, or a gentoo derivative. I'm not > > sure I'm ready to build ev

Re: [gentoo-user] switching from reiser4 to reiserfs

On 8/26/05, Catalin Trifu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a computer at home which I use as a test machine (from time to > time) > and I decided some time ago to play with reiser4, which was said to be faster > than reiserfs and which should outperform it. > I have a

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on K6?

I have a k6, and I am pretty sure that you will like to have Gentoo installed on yours, of course, for precaution I would install it with another HD, or maybe dual boot with your current system, just till you configure all the needed services on your new installation (I found it a little complex fi

Re: [gentoo-user] win4lin

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:03:49 -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > There is much here I don't understand. Isn't it possible for someone > who actually > got one of the missing ebuilds to re-build an ebuild and pass it > around? For instance, > I seem to have > > linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r11 > linux-2.6.11.

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on K6?

James wrote: >Hello, > >I have an old firewall (3 ether ports) on a amd K6 166MHz >machine. It ran OpenBSD just fine, but, it's long overdue for >a upgrade. I was considering Gentoo, but, with only 128 meg >of ram, this old, tired machine might not be up to it. > >Is there a solution using Gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] why gentoo doesn't have long description?

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:06:30 -0300, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > Its not a question of lazy or not, its automation, it increased or > bandwidth, decreased the time needed to reply a message and sincerely, > I'm writting this on my 15 minutes lunch break, no time for trimming, > bottom posting, get a c

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