On 17/03/12 06:11, Bruce Hill, Jr. wrote:
This item just appeared after eix-sync:
HTPC ~ # eselect news read
2012-03-16-udev-181-unmasking
Title udev-181 unmasking
AuthorWilliam Hubbswilli...@gentoo.org
Posted2012-03-16
This news item is to inform you that once you upgrade to a version of
udev =181, if you have /usr on a separate partition, you must boot your
system with an initramfs which pre-mounts /usr.
[...]
Happy Computer Users, systemd is on your horizon.
The problem, if you really want to call this
Howdy,
This is sort of weird. I upgraded my kernel to gentoo's 3.2.9. When I
rebooted, I noticed some odd issues with permissions. When I try to log
into Konsole or some other root access program, I get something like this:
The program 'su' could not be found.
Ensure your PATH is set
Hello, Nikos.
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 08:25:48AM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
Happy Computer Users, systemd is on your horizon.
No, we don't. I hope systemd arrives soon. It's the best init system I
ever saw.
What's so good about it? What will it do for me?
I have this horrible
Hello Bruce,
Thanks for the heads up.
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 12:11:23AM -0400, Bruce Hill, Jr. wrote:
This item just appeared after eix-sync:
udev-181 is being unmasked on 2012-03-19.
Why is he in such a hurry?
For more information on why this has been done, see the following URL:
On March 17, 2012 at 4:00 AM Andrea Conti a...@alyf.net wrote:
This news item is to inform you that once you upgrade to a version of
udev =181, if you have /usr on a separate partition, you must boot
your
system with an initramfs which pre-mounts /usr.
[...]
Happy Computer Users,
On March 17, 2012 at 7:59 AM Alan Mackenzie a...@muc.de wrote:
Hello Bruce,
Thanks for the heads up.
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 12:11:23AM -0400, Bruce Hill, Jr. wrote:
This item just appeared after eix-sync:
udev-181 is being unmasked on 2012-03-19.
Why is he in such a hurry?
For
On 2012-03-17 12:11 AM, Bruce Hill, Jr.
da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote:
An initramfs which does this is created by
=sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.25.1 or
=sys-kernel/dracut-017-r1. If you do not want to use these tools, be
sure any initramfs you create pre-mounts /usr.
Ok, I have never
On 17/03/2012 14:50, Tanstaafl wrote:
On 2012-03-17 12:11 AM, Bruce Hill, Jr.
da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote:
An initramfs which does this is created by
=sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.25.1 or
=sys-kernel/dracut-017-r1. If you do not want to use these tools, be
sure any initramfs you create
On 2012-03-17 11:19, Dale wrote:
The program 'su' could not be found.
Ensure your PATH is set correctly.
What does 'echo $PATH' give you? /bin should be in your path (that's
where 'su' is located, or should be)... My $PATH looks like this:
Walter Dnes wrote:
The instructions for replacing udev with mdev are now up at
http://www.waltdnes.org/mdev/ validator.w3.org complains about a couple
of extensions I used, but it appears to work OK in both Firefox and
Midori. Any comments from users of other browsers? The page will be
Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk writes:
Ok, so my system has 2 network cards. Maybe I only use one of them, or
maybe they need to be physically connected in a certain way (one to
LAN, the other WAN).
In this particular case, it is pity that it is not more deterministic in
the first
On Saturday 17 Mar 2012 13:13:25 Mike Edenfield wrote:
Walter Dnes wrote:
The instructions for replacing udev with mdev are now up at
http://www.waltdnes.org/mdev/ validator.w3.org complains about a couple
of extensions I used, but it appears to work OK in both Firefox and
Midori. Any
On Saturday 17 March 2012 12:54:53 Eliezer Croitoru wrote:
genkernel is pretty simple to use if you ask me.
just
emerege genkernel
and then use
genkerenl --menuconfig all
it will do everything for you the same as in a regular kernel
compiling.
you have instructions on how to use
On 17-Mar-12 13:50, Tanstaafl wrote:
On 2012-03-17 12:11 AM, Bruce Hill, Jr.
da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote:
An initramfs which does this is created by
=sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.25.1 or
=sys-kernel/dracut-017-r1. If you do not want to use these tools, be
sure any initramfs you create
On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:33:55 +
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote:
I also have a rule on a headless media server to run a script that
mounts a USB stick, copies files to it, unmounts it and lets me
know when it is done. I can mark files for copying at any time
and my wife can
On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:27:02 -0600
Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 10:20 PM, Bruce Hill, Jr.
da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote:
On March 14, 2012 at 1:22 PM Canek Peláez Valdés
can...@gmail.com wrote:
Alan, the vast majority of Linux users
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Bruce Hill, Jr.
da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote:
This item just appeared after eix-sync:
HTPC ~ # eselect news read
2012-03-16-udev-181-unmasking
Title udev-181 unmasking
Author William Hubbs willi...@gentoo.org
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 02:32:09PM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
I've anyone is hit by this and doesn't have a way to download an older
version anymore, the solution is fairly simple:
ln -s /bin/ifconfig /sbin/
/etc/init.d/net.lo restart
/etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart
rm
[snip]
I have to enter 'echo 0
/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness' again every time
xlockmore comes on. Does anyone know what's going on there?
- Grant
Strangely, this isn't required unless xlockmore has been running for
at least a few minutes. Does it sound like this is
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Bruce Hill, Jr.
da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote:
This item just appeared after eix-sync:
HTPC ~ # eselect news read
2012-03-16-udev-181-unmasking
Title
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote:
SNIP
1) Unmasking udev-181 doesn't mean it becomes stable, so I am assuming
(for now) that since I run stable Gentoo this won't directly effect
you know, with that 'put everything into /usr' crap going on, I don't see any
reason to have a seperate /usr at all. /root is completely empty. So what? Put
everything on one partition and go on.
I will not use an initramfs if I can get away with it.
--
#163933
On 2012-03-17 19:38, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
you know, with that 'put everything into /usr' crap going on, I don't see any
reason to have a seperate /usr at all. /root is completely empty. So what?
Put
everything on one partition and go on.
Yes, let's do away with partitions
Am Samstag, 17. März 2012, 20:40:02 schrieb pk:
On 2012-03-17 19:38, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
you know, with that 'put everything into /usr' crap going on, I don't see
any reason to have a seperate /usr at all. /root is completely empty. So
what? Put everything on one partition and go
On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 08:10:35 -0700
Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote:
4) I don't use a separate /usr so I don't need any of this. I suspect
most casual Gentoo users like me are pretty much the same.
This news item in no way applies to you and you are completely
unaffected. You can safely
On 2012-03-17 21:09, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
seriously, you have seemed to miss some news. There is a move by redhatco to
move almost everything from / to /usr. With nothing left than some
mountpoints
- why put / on its own partition? There is nothing to contain apart from
/etc.
On 03/17/2012 03:51 AM, Walter Dnes wrote:
The page will be permanently under construction, i.e. evolving as
we find out more about how mdev works.
Unless you want to maintain total control of the data flow I would
suggest turning that page into a new wiki page at
https://wiki.gentoo.org/ to
On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 08:10:35 -0700
Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote:
4) I don't use a separate /usr so I don't need any of this. I suspect
most casual Gentoo users like me are pretty much the same.
4) I am going to look at doing a dual boot Gentoo install on some
system here at home
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 08:10:35 -0700
Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote:
4) I don't use a separate /usr so I don't need any of this. I suspect
most casual Gentoo users like me are pretty much the same.
This news
On 17/03/12 13:53, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Hello, Nikos.
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 08:25:48AM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
Happy Computer Users, systemd is on your horizon.
No, we don't. I hope systemd arrives soon. It's the best init system I
ever saw.
What's so good about it? What
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote:
On 17/03/12 13:53, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Hello, Nikos.
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 08:25:48AM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
Happy Computer Users, systemd is on your horizon.
No, we don't. I hope systemd arrives
On 18/03/12 03:45, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Nikos Chantziarasrea...@gmail.com wrote:
On 17/03/12 13:53, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Hello, Nikos.
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 08:25:48AM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
Happy Computer Users, systemd is on your
On Sat, 2012-03-17 at 17:43 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 08:10:35 -0700
Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote:
4) I don't use a separate /usr so I don't need any of this. I suspect
most
On Mar 18, 2012 8:48 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com
wrote:
On 17/03/12 13:53, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Hello, Nikos.
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 08:25:48AM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
Happy Computer
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote:
On Mar 18, 2012 8:48 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com
wrote:
On 17/03/12 13:53, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Hello, Nikos.
On Sat, Mar
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote:
On 18/03/12 03:45, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
snip
[...]
* It tries to unify Linux behaviour among distros (some can argue that
this is a bad thing): Using systemd, the same
configurations/techniques work the same
pk wrote:
On 2012-03-17 11:19, Dale wrote:
The program 'su' could not be found.
Ensure your PATH is set correctly.
What does 'echo $PATH' give you? /bin should be in your path (that's
where 'su' is located, or should be)... My $PATH looks like this:
On March 17, 2012 at 8:48 PM Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote:
On 17/03/12 13:53, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Hello, Nikos.
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 08:25:48AM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
Happy Computer Users, systemd is on your horizon.
No, we don't. I hope systemd
On Mar 18, 2012 9:44 AM, Joshua Murphy poiso...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com
wrote:
On 18/03/12 03:45, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
snip
[...]
* It tries to unify Linux behaviour among distros (some can argue that
this is a bad
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Bruce Hill, Jr.
da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote:
On March 17, 2012 at 8:48 PM Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote:
On 17/03/12 13:53, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Hello, Nikos.
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 08:25:48AM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
On March 17, 2012 at 9:45 PM Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com
wrote:
But again, remember that I'm biased: I keep an overlay to run Gentoo
systems with only systemd; no OpenRC, no baselayout, no SysV. You guys
can try it if you want:
On March 17, 2012 at 9:11 AM pk pete...@coolmail.se wrote:
That's what gives you permission to use 'su' as a member of the 'wheel'
group ('su' is controlled by 'pam').
Best regards
Peter K
Am I eternally confused?
su - change user ID or become superuser
It's not _only_ to become
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Bruce Hill, Jr.
da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote:
On March 17, 2012 at 9:45 PM Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com
wrote:
But again, remember that I'm biased: I keep an overlay to run Gentoo
systems with only systemd; no OpenRC, no baselayout, no
On March 17, 2012 at 10:20 AM Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
wrote:
Android != Linux (in context of userspace)
To get a phone shipped with a running Linux (in the usual definition of
Linux, not Richard Stallman's) you need that Nokia one that will never
again see the light of day.
I have a fresh install of Gentoo on my laptop and I'm having some
trouble with the backlight that I think is related to the screen going
into some sort of power save mode or something along those lines. Are
there power management settings somewhere or something similar? I'm
on xfce4.
- Grant
On March 17, 2012 at 8:43 PM Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote:
snip
initramfs side of things. I did have to use one to bring up my server
with / on a RAID6, not because I needed it long term but in the short
term I couldn't determine how mdadm was numbering the RAID so that I
could
Hi,
All of you guys that are more experienced and technical than I am will
probably laugh at me. However
Today, I wanted to update my computer. I got all kinds of messages
related to kde stuff. One my one, I unmerged the offending packages and
added the line to my package.keywords file
On March 17, 2012 at 10:57 PM Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Bruce Hill, Jr.
da...@happypenguincomputers.com wrote:
On March 17, 2012 at 8:48 PM Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com
wrote:
On 17/03/12 13:53, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
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