Re: [gentoo-user] .config file for gentoo guest on vmware workstation 7.1.4

2011-04-10 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 09:17, Mike Edenfield wrote: > On 4/9/2011 4:57 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> >> On Sat, 9 Apr 2011 17:02:14 +1000, Adam Carter wrote: >> If you're using PVSCSI, go into SCSI&  RAID, then SCSI Low Level Driver, then select VMware PVSCSI as built-in, not module.

[gentoo-user] Kernel modules not autoloading with 2.6.38-gentoo-r1

2011-04-10 Thread James Wall
Hi all, Has anyone run into an issue where the kernel is not detecting devices? The issue does not show up in 2.6.37 on amd64 testing branch. I just got done re-emerging world to rule out any hidden surprises. Any ideas? TIA, James Wall

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Disk recommendations?

2011-04-10 Thread Stroller
On 10/4/2011, at 2:50pm, Mark Knecht wrote: > ... loses 1 drive and > then, while in the process of fixing the RAID, loses a second drive. > Most of us (myself included) buy identical drives all at the same time > from the same vendor. This means all the drives were likely from the > same manufact

Re: [gentoo-user] .config file for gentoo guest on vmware workstation 7.1.4

2011-04-10 Thread Mike Edenfield
On 4/9/2011 4:57 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 9 Apr 2011 17:02:14 +1000, Adam Carter wrote: If you're using PVSCSI, go into SCSI& RAID, then SCSI Low Level Driver, then select VMware PVSCSI as built-in, not module. Do you know which one workstation uses? AFAICT there's no option to choo

Re: [gentoo-user] .config file for gentoo guest on vmware workstation 7.1.4

2011-04-10 Thread Mike Edenfield
On 4/9/2011 3:02 AM, Adam Carter wrote: I had a working .config. Unfortunately, I left it at office. The main 'trap' usually would be the SCSI Driver. If you're using PVSCSI, go into SCSI & RAID, then SCSI Low Level Driver, then select VMware PVSCSI as built-in, not module.

Re: [gentoo-user] su doesn't work for me.

2011-04-10 Thread Mark Shields
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 00:32 on Monday 11 April 2011, Mark Shields > did opine thusly: > > > On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Alan McKinnon > wrote: > > > Apparently, though unproven, at 16:28 on Sunday 10 April 2011, Dale did > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] .config file for gentoo guest on vmware workstation 7.1.4

2011-04-10 Thread Adam Carter
> > The main 'trap' usually would be the SCSI Driver. > > If you're using PVSCSI, go into SCSI & RAID, then SCSI Low Level > Driver, then select VMware PVSCSI as built-in, not module. > > If you're using LSI Logic, select Fusion MPT instead. > Thanks - i'd missed some of the MPT options.

Re: [gentoo-user] su doesn't work for me.

2011-04-10 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 00:32 on Monday 11 April 2011, Mark Shields did opine thusly: > On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Apparently, though unproven, at 16:28 on Sunday 10 April 2011, Dale did > > opine > > > > thusly: > > > > That was it! I've now got su-abil

Re: [gentoo-user] su doesn't work for me.

2011-04-10 Thread Mark Shields
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 16:28 on Sunday 10 April 2011, Dale did > opine > thusly: > > > > That was it! I've now got su-ability from that normal user. > > > > > > Funny, though, on my (very) old Debian system I don't seem to have a >

Re: [gentoo-user] RAID1 + LVM2 booting screwed up. Help, please!

2011-04-10 Thread Mark Shields
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 23:11 on Sunday 10 April 2011, Alan > Mackenzie > did opine thusly: > > > Hi, Gentoo. > > > > My new(ish) amd64 system has two 1TB HDDs in a (software) RAID1, and > > practically the entire system is under an L

Re: [gentoo-user] RAID1 + LVM2 booting screwed up. Help, please!

2011-04-10 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 23:11 on Sunday 10 April 2011, Alan Mackenzie did opine thusly: > Hi, Gentoo. > > My new(ish) amd64 system has two 1TB HDDs in a (software) RAID1, and > practically the entire system is under an LVM2. > > I rather unwisely made this addition to the startup stuff:

[gentoo-user] RAID1 + LVM2 booting screwed up. Help, please!

2011-04-10 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Gentoo. My new(ish) amd64 system has two 1TB HDDs in a (software) RAID1, and practically the entire system is under an LVM2. I rather unwisely made this addition to the startup stuff: ls -s /usr/bin/svscanboot /etc/init.d/ rc-update add svscanboot default , and now the box hangs dur

[gentoo-user] formail doesn't catch duplicates

2011-04-10 Thread Alexey Mishustin
Hi list, I have this in my procmailrc: :0 Whc: $HOME/Mail/.msgid.lock | formail -D 16384 $HOME/Mail/.msgid.cache :0 a: $MAILDIR/duplicates/ This is situated after a virus-check and before all other filters. But nothing duplicates is being catched, all they are falling into main folders. What

Re: [gentoo-user] su doesn't work for me.

2011-04-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:52:39 +0530, Yohan Pereira wrote: > > Funny, though, on my (very) old Debian system I don't seem to have a > > wheel. > > oh thats because the wheel was invented after the previous debian > release :D. ROTFL -- Neil Bothwick Time is an illusion but never so much as w

Re: [gentoo-user] su doesn't work for me.

2011-04-10 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: Apparently, though unproven, at 16:28 on Sunday 10 April 2011, Dale did opine thusly: That was it! I've now got su-ability from that normal user. Funny, though, on my (very) old Debian system I don't seem to have a wheel. Thanks. Best regards, Yann

Re: [gentoo-user] su doesn't work for me.

2011-04-10 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 16:28 on Sunday 10 April 2011, Dale did opine thusly: > > That was it! I've now got su-ability from that normal user. > > > > Funny, though, on my (very) old Debian system I don't seem to have a > > wheel. > > > > Thanks. > > > >> Best regards, > >> Yann > > I

Re: [gentoo-user] su doesn't work for me.

2011-04-10 Thread Albert Hopkins
> Funny, though, on my (very) old Debian system I don't seem to have a > wheel. http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/su-invocation.html Bottom section.

Re: [gentoo-user] su doesn't work for me.

2011-04-10 Thread Yohan Pereira
On Sunday 10 Apr 2011 07:58:21 PM Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Funny, though, on my (very) old Debian system I don't seem to have a > wheel. oh thats because the wheel was invented after the previous debian release :D. -- - Yohan Pereira "A man can do as he will, but not will as he will" - Schopenh

Re: [gentoo-user] su doesn't work for me.

2011-04-10 Thread Dale
That was it! I've now got su-ability from that normal user. Funny, though, on my (very) old Debian system I don't seem to have a wheel. Thanks. Best regards, Yann I think that is a Gentoo thing. It does add some security if you don't want a user, like maybe some little kid

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Disk recommendations?

2011-04-10 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: I'm just speculating at the moment, from a dabbler's point of view; what benefits would accrue from switching from RAID-1 to RAID-5 or above? And, in particular, what are the comparative virtues of the Samsung disks? I have one 750Gb Samsung drive that I have had at

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Disk recommendations?

2011-04-10 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 10 April 2011 14:50:59 Mark Knecht wrote: [...] More useful info - thanks to you too. > As for hardware RAID the risk I hear about there is that if the > controller itself fails then you need an identical backup controller > or you risk the possibility that you won't be able to recover

Re: [gentoo-user] su doesn't work for me.

2011-04-10 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Yann, On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 03:19:15PM +0200, Yann Ormanns wrote: > Subject: [gentoo-user] su doesn't work for me. > From: Alan Mackenzie > To: Yann Ormanns > Date: 2011-04-10 15:17 (+) > > Hi, Gentoo. > > When, as a normal user, I type "su", followed, when prompted, by the > > root

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Disk recommendations?

2011-04-10 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 12:50 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday 09 April 2011 22:01:18 Mark Knecht wrote: > >> Are you running a RAID? > > Yes; mdadm RAID-1, with LVM on top, as in the Gentoo how-to: > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86+raid+lvm2-quickinstall.xml > >> Are you looking fo

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Disk recommendations?

2011-04-10 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 10 April 2011 12:53:39 Stroller wrote: > On 10/4/2011, at 8:50am, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > ... > > I'm just speculating at the moment, from a dabbler's point of view; what > > benefits would accrue from switching from RAID-1 to RAID-5 or above? > > And, in particular, what are the compar

[gentoo-user] WebGUI for Squid

2011-04-10 Thread 4k3nd0
Hello Guys, i do need some WebGUI for some Users. But the only thing i found was webmin, witch i do not like to install. Anyone some ideas? Greetings Akendo

Re: [gentoo-user] su doesn't work for me.

2011-04-10 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 15:19 on Sunday 10 April 2011, Yann Ormanns did opine thusly: > Subject: [gentoo-user] su doesn't work for me. > From: Alan Mackenzie > To: Yann Ormanns > Date: 2011-04-10 15:17 (+) > > > Hi, Gentoo. > > > > When, as a normal user, I type "su", followed, wh

Re: [gentoo-user] su doesn't work for me.

2011-04-10 Thread Yann Ormanns
Subject: [gentoo-user] su doesn't work for me. From: Alan Mackenzie To: Yann Ormanns Date: 2011-04-10 15:17 (+) > Hi, Gentoo. > > When, as a normal user, I type "su", followed, when prompted, by the > root password, I get the following error message: > > su: Permission denied > > . The

Re: [gentoo-user] su doesn't work for me.

2011-04-10 Thread Alexey Mishustin
4/10/2011, "Alan Mackenzie" вы писали: >Hi, Gentoo. > >When, as a normal user, I type "su", followed, when prompted, by the >root password, I get the following error message: > >su: Permission denied > >. The return code is 1. I can't glean anything useful from the man >page. > >Would someb

[gentoo-user] su doesn't work for me.

2011-04-10 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Gentoo. When, as a normal user, I type "su", followed, when prompted, by the root password, I get the following error message: su: Permission denied . The return code is 1. I can't glean anything useful from the man page. Would somebody please tell me what I'm missing. Many thanks!

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Disk recommendations?

2011-04-10 Thread Stroller
On 10/4/2011, at 8:50am, Peter Humphrey wrote: > ... > I'm just speculating at the moment, from a dabbler's point of view; what > benefits > would accrue from switching from RAID-1 to RAID-5 or above? And, in > particular, > what are the comparative virtues of the Samsung disks? In your previ

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Disk recommendations?

2011-04-10 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday 09 April 2011 22:01:18 Mark Knecht wrote: > Are you running a RAID? Yes; mdadm RAID-1, with LVM on top, as in the Gentoo how-to: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86+raid+lvm2-quickinstall.xml > Are you looking for a little redundancy or a lot of redundancy? I'm just speculating