[gentoo-user] fluxbox startup

2010-05-25 Thread fajfusio
HelloAfter an upgrade about a week ago my fluxbox stopped beeing launched at the xdm startupafter I log on. Fluxbox starts with no problem using startx command.My /etc/rc.conf has the following entry:XSESSION="fluxbox"My /etc/conf.d/xdm has the following entry:DISPLAYMANAGER="gdm"My ~/.xinitrc

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Basic device for a Gentoo router/firewall?

2010-05-25 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 25 May 2010 04:55:05 Iain Buchanan wrote: We buy about 5 - 10 of these (started on the net4801, now the net5501) per year at work: http://www.yawarra.com.au/hw-net5501.php And make them do various things ranging in intensity from data servers to gateway/firewall/routers and so on.

Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox startup

2010-05-25 Thread Mick
2010/5/25 fajfu...@wp.pl: Hello After an upgrade about a week ago my fluxbox stopped beeing launched at the xdm startup after I log on. Fluxbox starts with no problem using startx command. My /etc/rc.conf has the following entry: XSESSION=fluxbox This entry seems to be used when you run

[gentoo-user] SOLVED Java problem

2010-05-25 Thread David Relson
Problem solved! caster at b.g.o. suggested running Must be some orphan file. Try grep ant-junit /usr/share/*/package.env which found CLASSPATH and DEPEND lines in .../ant-tasks/package.env. After removing the ant-junit references, emerge gave a different error message. I then disabled all

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: libpng12 is missing

2010-05-25 Thread Alex Schuster
Harry Putnam writes: Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org writes: After writing down some ideas about installing the old libraries somewhere in parallel, I just checked eix, and there is an extra slot for the 1.2 version. So, just emerge media-libs/libpng:1.2 , and I'd expect all to be fine

[gentoo-user] I can't re-emerge from kde-live to kde-4.4.

2010-05-25 Thread Peng Hsin-shun
I was using KDE-Live (v.4.4.95), but it crashed sometimes. Then I do: emerge -C @kde-live. The kde-meta- had been uninstall-ed well. Next step, I switch to stable version 4.4.3. But when I do: emerge kde-meta:4.4. It shows: Total: 60 packages (3 upgrades, 5 new, 52 in new slots, 52

Re: [gentoo-user] I can't re-emerge from kde-live to kde-4.4.

2010-05-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 25 May 2010 14:55:17 Peng Hsin-shun wrote: I was using KDE-Live (v.4.4.95), but it crashed sometimes. Then I do: emerge -C @kde-live. The kde-meta- had been uninstall-ed well. Next step, I switch to stable version 4.4.3. But when I do: emerge kde-meta:4.4. It shows: Total:

[gentoo-user] Starting up gpg-agent (and ssh-agent?)

2010-05-25 Thread Mick
Hi All, I have asked a similar question on this M/L in the past. There seems to be different ways of making sure that gpg-agent is started prior to the desktop being launched, but I can't get any of these to work with enlightenment, which I am currently trying out. Previously, I was using

[gentoo-user] Newbie question

2010-05-25 Thread Madhurya Kakati
Hi, I am currently using archlinux and windows 7 and want to try out gentoo. I guess grub will be overwritten by gentoo but will it contain the options to boot arch kernel images automatically? I really dont wanna mess up grub. Thanks

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge building a binary from installed package

2010-05-25 Thread Allan Gottlieb
At Sat, 22 May 2010 12:15:27 -0500 Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Crístian Viana wrote: yes it is, quickpkg is part of sys-apps/portage :-) $ equery b /usr/sbin/quickpkg * Searching for /usr/sbin/quickpkg ... sys-apps/portage-2.1.8.3 (/usr/lib64/portage/bin/quickpkg)

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie question

2010-05-25 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Madhurya Kakati mkakati2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am currently using archlinux and windows 7 and want to try out gentoo. I guess grub will be overwritten by gentoo but will it contain the options to boot arch kernel images automatically? I really dont wanna

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie question

2010-05-25 Thread Madhurya Kakati
On 5/25/2010 9:04 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Madhurya Kakati mkakati2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am currently using archlinux and windows 7 and want to try out gentoo. I guess grub will be overwritten by gentoo but will it contain the options to boot arch

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie question

2010-05-25 Thread Philip Webb
100525 Madhurya Kakati wrote: I am currently using Archlinux and Windows 7 and want to try out Gentoo. Welcome aboard ! -- Gentoo requires a bit of work, time attention, but is not difficult gives you real control on how you use your machine. I guess Grub will be overwritten by Gentoo, Not

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie question

2010-05-25 Thread Madhurya Kakati
Philip, Thanks for the detailed answer. On 5/25/2010 9:09 PM, Philip Webb wrote: 100525 Madhurya Kakati wrote: I am currently using Archlinux and Windows 7 and want to try out Gentoo. Welcome aboard ! -- Gentoo requires a bit of work, time attention, but is not difficult gives you

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge building a binary from installed package

2010-05-25 Thread Dale
Allan Gottlieb wrote: At Sat, 22 May 2010 12:15:27 -0500 Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Crístian Viana wrote: yes it is, quickpkg is part of sys-apps/portage :-) $ equery b /usr/sbin/quickpkg * Searching for /usr/sbin/quickpkg ... sys-apps/portage-2.1.8.3

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie question

2010-05-25 Thread Alex Schuster
Madhurya Kakati writes: Philip, Thanks for the detailed answer. Yeah, that was a nice one. On 5/25/2010 9:09 PM, Philip Webb wrote: 100525 Madhurya Kakati wrote: I am currently using Archlinux and Windows 7 and want to try out Gentoo. Welcome aboard ! -- Gentoo requires a bit of

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge building a binary from installed package

2010-05-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 25 May 2010 10:54:31 -0500, Dale wrote: I am still ending up having to compile it tho. KDE won't start for some crazy reason. Heck, startx doesn't even work. I think it missed something somewhere. USE=hal? SCNR :) -- Neil Bothwick When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge building a binary from installed package

2010-05-25 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 25 May 2010 10:54:31 -0500, Dale wrote: I am still ending up having to compile it tho. KDE won't start for some crazy reason. Heck, startx doesn't even work. I think it missed something somewhere. USE=hal? SCNR :) I told quickpkg to save the

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie question

2010-05-25 Thread Arttu V.
On 5/25/10, Madhurya Kakati mkakati2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am currently using archlinux and windows 7 and want to try out gentoo. I guess grub will be overwritten by gentoo but will it contain the options to boot arch kernel images automatically? I really dont wanna mess up grub. You'll

[gentoo-user] Re: Newbie question

2010-05-25 Thread Madhurya Kakati
The gentoo user community is so helpfull. Thanks guys. On 5/25/10, Arttu V. arttu...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/25/10, Madhurya Kakati mkakati2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am currently using archlinux and windows 7 and want to try out gentoo. I guess grub will be overwritten by gentoo but will it

[gentoo-user] Removing some retro-isms...

2010-05-25 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, Currently I am rebuilding a shiny new Gentoo-system on another harddisk from scratch. I think my old system have some retro designs and obsoleted mechanisms, because they still work for me and I was too busy with other things, whih quit to work ;) My old system uses: - Autofs: for

Re: [gentoo-user] SOLVED: Re: Kernel upgrade and now LUKS failure

2010-05-25 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 23.05.2010 23:57, schrieb Mick: On Sunday 23 May 2010 21:37:58 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Thanks for all your suggestions and help ... sorry for all the noise ... Since we were subjected to all this noise (no problem for me, I found the thread interesting, albeit undecipherable! Pun

Re: [gentoo-user] Starting up gpg-agent (and ssh-agent?)

2010-05-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 25 May 2010 17:02:55 Mick wrote: Hi All, I have asked a similar question on this M/L in the past. There seems to be different ways of making sure that gpg-agent is started prior to the desktop being launched, but I can't get any of these to work with enlightenment, which I am

Re: [gentoo-user] Starting up gpg-agent (and ssh-agent?)

2010-05-25 Thread Jacob Todd
You should look at net-misc/keychain. pgp8E2jyldl87.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Removing some retro-isms...

2010-05-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 25 May 2010 19:58:40 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: - Encfs to encrypt partitions AND to be able to burn the encoded stuff on DVD and mount and use the DVD instead of the partition. Use ecryptfs, it's in the kernel instead of using FUSE. -- Neil Bothwick Did you know that

Re: [gentoo-user] Starting up gpg-agent (and ssh-agent?)

2010-05-25 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 25 May 2010 20:05:12 Alan McKinnon wrote: On Tuesday 25 May 2010 17:02:55 Mick wrote: Hi All, I have asked a similar question on this M/L in the past. There seems to be different ways of making sure that gpg-agent is started prior to the desktop being launched, but I can't

[gentoo-user] Performing a backup during the boot sequence

2010-05-25 Thread Allan Gottlieb
For quite a while I have used the following steps to perform a single-user backup 1. Boot to single user mode via the grub command kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 single 2. Type in the root password. 3. Execute a single command /usr/local/sbin/ajg-backup-init-3 which

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Basic device for a Gentoo router/firewall?

2010-05-25 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 09:48 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Tuesday 25 May 2010 04:55:05 Iain Buchanan wrote: We buy about 5 - 10 of these (started on the net4801, now the net5501) per year at work: http://www.yawarra.com.au/hw-net5501.php And make them do various things ranging in

[gentoo-user] Re: RAID problems - Is udev at fault here?

2010-05-25 Thread walt
On 05/24/2010 11:44 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: ... 05:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technology Corp. 20360/20363 Serial ATA Controller (rev 03) The only experience I have with a JMicron controller is an outboard eSATA docking station (a great product) and it uses the AHCI_SATA driver. I don't

[gentoo-user] Harddisk trouble ... or not yet?

2010-05-25 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, currently I set up a freshly new gentoo system from scratch on another harddisk. For that purpose I have two WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 (pasted from hdparm -i) harddisk (1TB, advanced format 4096 kb sectors). One harddisk is currently holding the gento system, the other one is intended as a