Re: [gentoo-user] Who mount sysfs?

2009-03-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 05:01:36 SOrCErEr wrote: No, that isn't. That file exists. So I tested like below. /etc/init.d/udev stop /etc/init.d/sysfs stop /etc/init.d/udev start /etc/init.d/sysfs status Result is * status: stopped I had this problem recently. I had updated to udev-140 and

Re: [gentoo-user] Time to move on?

2009-03-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:46:15 -0400, James Skinner wrote: Man. Is this thread really going to continue?? As long as people have something to say, yes. Now it can be forked into a no-top-posting discussion too, so you have helped prolong it that much longer :) -- Neil Bothwick If you're not

Re: [gentoo-user] Time to move on? - top posting

2009-03-24 Thread KH
Dale schrieb: James Skinner wrote: Man. Is this thread really going to continue?? If you are not careful, you will get someone on the no top posting soapbox. LOL This is a educational channel and there are teachers and learners. I'm the learner. We can however change the

Re: [gentoo-user] rhythmbox is looking for an older shared object

2009-03-24 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 03:25:05PM -0400, dhk wrote It looks like the bugreport at... http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=263562 is identical to yours. No solutions proposed yet. But do check that URL daily. It's the most likely place to find a fix to your problem. Out of sheer

Re: [gentoo-user] rhythmbox is looking for an older shared object

2009-03-24 Thread dhk
Walter Dnes wrote: On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 03:25:05PM -0400, dhk wrote It looks like the bugreport at... http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=263562 is identical to yours. No solutions proposed yet. But do check that URL daily. It's the most likely place to find a fix to your problem.

Re: [gentoo-user] rhythmbox is looking for an older shared object

2009-03-24 Thread Walter Dnes
After a few more minutes of looking at the bug list, it appears that it's caused by the stable build being rusty. Given the references to lib64 in your output, I assume you're running on amd64. Is that correct? If so, a quick-n-dirty workaround might be to add the following line to your

Re: [gentoo-user] rhythmbox is looking for an older shared object

2009-03-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:35:41 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: It looks like the bugreport at... http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=263562 is identical to yours. No solutions proposed yet. But do check that URL daily. Or add yourself to the bug's CC list to get an email hen anything happens.

[gentoo-user] gtkmm puzzle

2009-03-24 Thread Andrew Gaydenko
Hi! Current ~amd64 tree says - see below. My steps? --- emerge -pvDuN world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild U ] net-firewall/iptables-1.4.3.1 [1.4.2-r2] USE=(-l7filter%)

[gentoo-user] kde 4.2.1 sill pulling in 3.5 packages

2009-03-24 Thread James
Hello, Confidence is high that I've mucked_up this upgrade to kde-4.2.1. I was content to leave the system at 3.5.9 and while I was messing around, I guess I triggered a kde 4.2.1 install (I had started the upgrade and decide to wait some weeks ago.) Long story short, I'm now running kde-4.2.1

Re: [gentoo-user] kde 4.2.1 sill pulling in 3.5 packages

2009-03-24 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Tuesday 24 March 2009, James wrote: Where I'm confused is can I have 2 versions of kdelibs installed at the same time? My gut tells me NO? your guts tell you wrong a) kde3 is installed into /usr/kde/3.5 b) kde4 is either in /usr or /usr/kde/4.X (kdeprefix useflag, use it) Mask kdelibs

Re: [gentoo-user] kde 4.2.1 sill pulling in 3.5 packages

2009-03-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 19:26:45 James wrote: Hello, Confidence is high that I've mucked_up this upgrade to kde-4.2.1. I was content to leave the system at 3.5.9 and while I was messing around, I guess I triggered a kde 4.2.1 install (I had started the upgrade and decide to wait some

Re: [gentoo-user] gtkmm puzzle

2009-03-24 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Andrew Gaydenko a...@gaydenko.com wrote: Hi! Current ~amd64 tree says - see below. My steps? --- emerge -pvDuN world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies...

[gentoo-user] Re: kde 4.2.1 sill pulling in 3.5 packages

2009-03-24 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
James wrote: Hello, Confidence is high that I've mucked_up this upgrade to kde-4.2.1. I was content to leave the system at 3.5.9 and while I was messing around, I guess I triggered a kde 4.2.1 install (I had started the upgrade and decide to wait some weeks ago.) Long story short, I'm now

Re: [gentoo-user] kde 4.2.1 sill pulling in 3.5 packages

2009-03-24 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 12:26 PM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Hello, Confidence is high that I've mucked_up this upgrade to kde-4.2.1. I was content to leave the system at 3.5.9 and while I was messing around, I guess I triggered a kde 4.2.1 install (I had started the upgrade and

Re: [gentoo-user] kde 4.2.1 sill pulling in 3.5 packages

2009-03-24 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 12:26 PM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Hello, Confidence is high that I've mucked_up this upgrade to kde-4.2.1. I was content to leave the system at 3.5.9 and while I was

[gentoo-user] dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' for reading: No such file or directory

2009-03-24 Thread Alexander Pilipovsky
Hi all! I have emerged dpkg and tried to install deb package, but got error: dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' for reading: No such file or directory How to fix this problem? Thanks! -- Alexander Pilipovsky aka Engraver

Re: [gentoo-user] dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' for reading: No such file or directory

2009-03-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 20:36:07 Alexander Pilipovsky wrote: Hi all! I have emerged dpkg and tried to install deb package, but got error: dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' for reading: No such file or directory How to fix this problem? Thanks! I have no idea,

Re: [gentoo-user] Who mount sysfs?

2009-03-24 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 24 March 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Tuesday 24 March 2009 05:01:36 SOrCErEr wrote: No, that isn't. That file exists. So I tested like below. /etc/init.d/udev stop /etc/init.d/sysfs stop /etc/init.d/udev start /etc/init.d/sysfs status Result is * status: stopped

Re: [gentoo-user] Who mount sysfs?

2009-03-24 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: On Tuesday 24 March 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Tuesday 24 March 2009 05:01:36 SOrCErEr wrote: No, that isn't. That file exists. So I tested like below. /etc/init.d/udev stop /etc/init.d/sysfs stop /etc/init.d/udev start /etc/init.d/sysfs status Result is *

Re: [gentoo-user] dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' for reading: No such file or directory

2009-03-24 Thread Alexander Pilipovsky
Alan McKinnon написав(ла): I have no idea, but I imagine mkdir -p /var/lib/dpkg touch /var/lib/dpkg/status would be a good first test. Did you even attempt that much? And why are you installing dpkg on a portage box? That looks like a vast file collision fsck-fest just waiting to happen

Re: [gentoo-user] Who mount sysfs?

2009-03-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 10:34:40 Mick wrote: On Tuesday 24 March 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Tuesday 24 March 2009 05:01:36 SOrCErEr wrote: No, that isn't. That file exists. So I tested like below. /etc/init.d/udev stop /etc/init.d/sysfs stop /etc/init.d/udev start

Re: [gentoo-user] Who mount sysfs?

2009-03-24 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 08:34 +, Mick wrote: $ mount | grep sysfs sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec) However, I do not have sysfs in /etc/init.d/sysfs. Likely you are using a different baselayout. There are 6 different baselayouts that work in 7 different ways ;-) -a

Re: [gentoo-user] Who mount sysfs?

2009-03-24 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Dale (rdalek1...@gmail.com) [24.03.09 19:54]: Mick wrote: $ mount | grep sysfs sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec) However, I do not have sysfs in /etc/init.d/sysfs. Same here. Both the confused part and the not have the init script sysfs. I was sort of

Re: [gentoo-user] dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' for reading: No such file or directory

2009-03-24 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Alexander Pilipovsky alexander.pilipov...@gmail.com wrote: Alan McKinnon написав(ла): I have no idea, but I imagine mkdir -p /var/lib/dpkg touch /var/lib/dpkg/status would be a good first test. Did you even attempt that much? And why are you installing

Re: [gentoo-user]

2009-03-24 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Michael Sullivan msulli1...@gmail.com wrote: A week ago I got in a 1 TB external hard drive. I set it up for use with MythTV. It worked fine. So now I wanted to turn the old myth partition into my /home filesystem. I reformatted it (mke2fs -j /dev/sda6), I

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on a usb stick

2009-03-24 Thread maxim wexler
directory of any mirror. But I'd stick with System Rescue CD, it's so easy to install to a USB stick. Arrrgh! I can't get it. home/user wget -c downloads.sourceforge.net/sytemrescuecd/systemrescuecd-x86-1.1.6.iso --13:30:13--

Re: [gentoo-user] Who mount sysfs?

2009-03-24 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 10:01 PM, SOrCErEr omen...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/3/24 Albert Hopkins mar...@letterboxes.org On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 10:38 +0900, SOrCErEr wrote: Hello, My gentoo system has a problem. It has not mounted sysfs while boot process. I have to do mount sysfs by my

Re: [gentoo-user]

2009-03-24 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Michael Sullivan msulli1...@gmail.com wrote: A week ago I got in a 1 TB external hard drive.  I set it up for use with MythTV.  It worked fine.  So now I wanted to turn the old myth partition into my /home filesystem.  I reformatted it (mke2fs -j /dev/sda6), I

Re: [gentoo-user] Who mount sysfs?

2009-03-24 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Albert Hopkins mar...@letterboxes.org wrote: On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 08:34 +, Mick wrote: $ mount | grep sysfs sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec) However, I do not have sysfs in /etc/init.d/sysfs. Likely you are using a different

Re: [gentoo-user] Who mount sysfs?

2009-03-24 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 20:58 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: I am confused reading this thread. I have sysfs mounted: $ mount | grep sysfs sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec) However, I do not have sysfs in /etc/init.d/sysfs. it's done by udev, so there is no separate

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on a usb stick

2009-03-24 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
maxim wexler schrieb am 24.03.2009 20:36: home/user wget -c downloads.sourceforge.net/sytemrescuecd/systemrescuecd-x86-1.1.6.iso sytem? ;-) signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on a usb stick

2009-03-24 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 2:36 PM, maxim wexler bliss...@yahoo.com wrote: directory of any mirror. But I'd stick with System Rescue CD, it's so easy to install to a USB stick. Arrrgh! I can't get it. home/user wget -c downloads.sourceforge.net/sytemrescuecd/systemrescuecd-x86-1.1.6.iso

Re: [gentoo-user] dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' for reading: No such file or directory

2009-03-24 Thread Alexander Pilipovsky
Paul Hartman написав(ла): On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Alexander Pilipovsky alexander.pilipov...@gmail.com wrote: Alan McKinnon написав(ла): I have no idea, but I imagine mkdir -p /var/lib/dpkg touch /var/lib/dpkg/status would be a good first test. Did you even attempt that much?

Re: [gentoo-user] dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' for reading: No such file or directory

2009-03-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 22:16:46 Alexander Pilipovsky wrote: Why not use the ebuild for app-cdr/nero? I used nero in previous listing as example to install, but I get these errors for any deb :( I find it's useful to look at error messages. It often tells you what is wrong: dpkg: error

Re: [gentoo-user]

2009-03-24 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Tuesday 24 March 2009, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 12:49 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Michael Sullivan msulli1...@gmail.com wrote: A week ago I got in a 1 TB external hard drive. I set it up for use with MythTV. It worked fine. So

Re: [gentoo-user] dpkg: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/status' for reading: No such file or directory

2009-03-24 Thread Paul Hartman
2009/3/24 Alexander Pilipovsky alexander.pilipov...@gmail.com: Paul Hartman написав(ла): On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Alexander Pilipovsky alexander.pilipov...@gmail.com wrote: Alan McKinnon написав(ла): I have no idea, but I imagine mkdir -p /var/lib/dpkg touch

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on a usb stick

2009-03-24 Thread maxim wexler
Try adding another s to the directory after sourceforge.net :) LOL __ Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/

[gentoo-user] cleaning disfiles

2009-03-24 Thread laurent
Hi, I need to clean disfiles or move it to /home/var/ftp/disfiles. For first is there a tool to emerge that will manage the distfiles. If not I was thinking copy to my home folder and symlink /var/ftp/distfiles to it. Is the second safe with just a symlink or should I change a PATH

Re: [gentoo-user] cleaning disfiles

2009-03-24 Thread Dale
laurent wrote: Hi, I need to clean disfiles or move it to /home/var/ftp/disfiles. For first is there a tool to emerge that will manage the distfiles. If not I was thinking copy to my home folder and symlink /var/ftp/distfiles to it. Is the second safe with just a symlink or should I

[gentoo-user] which hardened

2009-03-24 Thread laurent
Hi, I see that I should move to hardened gentoo for a better server profile. Then eselect propose me 3 hardened: hardened/amd64 hardened/amd64/multilib hardened/linux/amd64 which one should I choose ? L

Re: [gentoo-user] Who mount sysfs?

2009-03-24 Thread Dale
Sebastian Günther wrote: * Dale (rdalek1...@gmail.com) [24.03.09 19:54]: Mick wrote: $ mount | grep sysfs sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec) However, I do not have sysfs in /etc/init.d/sysfs. Same here. Both the confused part and the not have the init

Re: [gentoo-user] cleaning disfiles

2009-03-24 Thread laurent
Dale a écrit : laurent wrote: Hi, I need to clean disfiles or move it to /home/var/ftp/disfiles. For first is there a tool to emerge that will manage the distfiles. If not I was thinking copy to my home folder and symlink /var/ftp/distfiles to it. Is the second safe with just a symlink

Re: [gentoo-user] cleaning disfiles

2009-03-24 Thread darren kirby
quoth the laurent: I looked in make.conf but did not see any 'DISTFILES_PATH'. What should I add? Thanks ;) Laurent DISTDIR=/where/you/want/them see 'man make.conf' for explanation and more... -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org ...the number of

Re: [gentoo-user] Time to move on?

2009-03-24 Thread Stroller
On 24 Mar 2009, at 02:34, Albert Hopkins wrote: On Mon, 2009-03-23 at 18:58 -0500, Dale wrote: Albert Hopkins wrote: On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 22:18 -0500, Dale wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:26:40 -0500, Dale wrote: emerge -pvDu --reinstall changed-use @world ???

Re: [gentoo-user] Time to move on?

2009-03-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:40:51 +, Stroller wrote: Every time you bottom post with more than a page or screenful of quoting, a top-posting is justified. No it's not, but trimming of the quoted text is. -- Neil Bothwick There are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand

Re: [gentoo-user] Time to move on?

2009-03-24 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:40:51 +, Stroller wrote: Every time you bottom post with more than a page or screenful of quoting, a top-posting is justified. No it's not, but trimming of the quoted text is. +1 I don't mind top posting in private emails

[gentoo-user] Re: kde 4.2.1 sill pulling in 3.5 packages

2009-03-24 Thread wireless
Volker Armin Hemmann volkerarmin at googlemail.com writes: Where I'm confused is can I have 2 versions of kdelibs installed at the same time? My gut tells me NO? your guts tell you wrong a) kde3 is installed into /usr/kde/3.5 b) kde4 is either in /usr or /usr/kde/4.X (kdeprefix

[gentoo-user] Re: kde 4.2.1 sill pulling in 3.5 packages

2009-03-24 Thread James
Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon at gmail.com writes: Where I'm confused is can I have 2 versions of kdelibs installed at the same time? Yes, you can. Right, got it. Can be done, but henders move to a clean, 100% kde4 installation. Avoiding having kde-3.5 stuff installed is exactly the

[gentoo-user] Re: kde 4.2.1 sill pulling in 3.5 packages

2009-03-24 Thread James
Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gentoo at gmail.com writes: Actually you can probably just do emerge -pv --depclean kdelibs:3.5 to see what depends on kdelibs:3.5 Yes, agreed. However, since this system is only for kde-4.x software, It be really cool and easy to just find a way to mask off