Re: [gentoo-user] Alternate Incoming Mail Server

2020-04-07 Thread Grant Taylor
On 4/7/20 4:53 AM, Ashley Dixon wrote: Grant's mail server, I assume, is configured with the highest security in mind, so I can see how a mail server with a dynamic I.P. could cause issues in some contexts. I don't do any checking to see if the IP is from a dynamic net block or not. Some

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternate Incoming Mail Server

2020-04-07 Thread Grant Taylor
On 4/6/20 10:49 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote: I am afraid most (if not all) ISPs will reject emails if the reverse DNS does not match. My experience has been that there needs to be something for both the forward and reverse DNS. Hopefully they match each other and — and what I call — round

Re: [gentoo-user] ...recreating exactly the same applications on a new harddisc?

2020-04-07 Thread William Kenworthy
On 7/4/20 5:15 am, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 6 Apr 2020 22:02:04 +0100, antlists wrote: This isn't strictly true, the ESP must be vfat, but you can still have an ext? /boot. This isn't true at all - you've got the cart before the horse. The original (U)EFI spec comes from Sun, I believe,

Re: [gentoo-user] Per package /bin/sh selection

2020-04-07 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 2:48 PM Alessandro Barbieri wrote: > > I already filed bugs here: > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/716504 > https://bugs.gentoo.org/716496 > > I need the workaround for the two above plus this > https://bugs.gentoo.org/714094 In the future, please mention you are using dash as

[gentoo-user] Possible bug: 'emerge borgbackup msgpack' fails due to conflicting stabilization

2020-04-07 Thread Gerion Entrup
Hi, I have opened a bug for this [1], but am not sure, how the stabilization policies are, and are point to this list. To quote from the bug report: > I'm not sure if this a bug, but as far as I know on a stable system such > packages should fit together. Currently, app-backup/borgbackup needs

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Internet slow at times. Can't figure out why. ISP??

2020-04-07 Thread Dale
J. Roeleveld wrote: > > The only time I have seen DSL work without a filter is when the modem is > connected directly to the incoming port and no analog device can be connected > anywhere in the line. > > That location gets 60meg down and 20meg up. > > I am also 100÷ certain noone can connect an

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Internet slow at times. Can't figure out why. ISP??

2020-04-07 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 7 April 2020 21:40:56 CEST, Grant Edwards wrote: >On 2020-04-07, Michael wrote: >> On Tuesday, 7 April 2020 05:55:06 BST J. Roeleveld wrote: >>> On Tuesday, April 7, 2020 5:54:25 AM CEST Ian Zimmerman wrote: >>> > On 2020-04-06 22:14, Dale wrote: >>> > > I have DSL and it isn't to fast to

[gentoo-user] Re: Internet slow at times. Can't figure out why. ISP??

2020-04-07 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2020-04-07, Michael wrote: > On Tuesday, 7 April 2020 05:55:06 BST J. Roeleveld wrote: >> On Tuesday, April 7, 2020 5:54:25 AM CEST Ian Zimmerman wrote: >> > On 2020-04-06 22:14, Dale wrote: >> > > I have DSL and it isn't to fast to begin with. At >> > > times tho, I'm only getting about 20

Re: [gentoo-user] Difficulties to install a bootloader for the new system

2020-04-07 Thread Andrea Conti
> rc.log stops here: > > * Executing: /lib/rc/sh/openrc-run.sh /lib/rc/sh/openrc-run.sh > /etc/init.d/local start > * Starting local ... > [ ok ] So apparently it's booting all the way... Looking at my working config (asus x370 prime, ryzen 7 1700, UEFI boot from an NVMe SSD), you might

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternate Incoming Mail Server

2020-04-07 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 4/7/20 2:54 PM, Stefan Schmiedl wrote: > >> DKIM fails on many mailing lists. This list, for example, modifies your >> subject to add "[gentoo user]" but leaves the DKIM signature intact. If >> the sender has a p=reject DMARC policy, that can make his messages >> "disappear" for recipients who

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternate Incoming Mail Server

2020-04-07 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"Michael Orlitzky" , 07.04.2020, 20:34: > Blaming lists.gentoo.org (or any other MTA) for not retrying after a 4xx > without evidence is seeing hoof prints and thinking zebras. Ockham's > razor: you fucked up. I'm watching my exim logs right now and can confirm that the gentoo mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Per package /bin/sh selection

2020-04-07 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 4/7/20 2:48 PM, Alessandro Barbieri wrote: > I already filed bugs here: > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/716504 > https://bugs.gentoo.org/716496 > > I need the workaround for the two above plus > this https://bugs.gentoo.org/714094 > Thanks, this will be a PITA for a while (again). Another

Re: [gentoo-user] Per package /bin/sh selection

2020-04-07 Thread Alessandro Barbieri
I already filed bugs here: https://bugs.gentoo.org/716504 https://bugs.gentoo.org/716496 I need the workaround for the two above plus this https://bugs.gentoo.org/714094 Il Mar 7 Apr 2020, 18:10 Michael Orlitzky ha scritto: > On 4/7/20 11:13 AM, Alessandro Barbieri wrote: > > How can I change

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternate Incoming Mail Server

2020-04-07 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"Michael" , 07.04.2020, 19:10: > This thread has been covered in depth for a while now, but I noticed something > noteworthy. > On Monday, 6 April 2020 19:13:06 BST Stefan Schmiedl wrote: >> >> And here's an example for J. Roeleveld's observed missed original >> messages: >> >> A few days ago

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternate Incoming Mail Server

2020-04-07 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 4/7/20 1:10 PM, Michael wrote: > > Perhaps the order in which recipients servers parse the headers cause the > DKIM > check to fail? > DKIM fails on many mailing lists. This list, for example, modifies your subject to add "[gentoo user]" but leaves the DKIM signature intact. If the sender

Re: [gentoo-user] Difficulties to install a bootloader for the new system

2020-04-07 Thread tuxic
On 04/07 05:18, Andrea Conti wrote: > On 07/04/20 11:32, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > When I boot this setup, grub starts and displays: > > > > booting Linux 5051500-64-RT ... > > > > and freezes. I have to powercycle the whole thing. > > If you're getting there, your firmware was

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternate Incoming Mail Server

2020-04-07 Thread Michael
This thread has been covered in depth for a while now, but I noticed something noteworthy. On Monday, 6 April 2020 19:13:06 BST Stefan Schmiedl wrote: > "Michael Orlitzky" , 06.04.2020, 19:35: > > On 4/6/20 1:32 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > >> The messages were missing due to the MX being

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Internet slow at times. Can't figure out why. ISP??

2020-04-07 Thread Michael
On Tuesday, 7 April 2020 06:56:04 BST Dale wrote: > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Tuesday, April 7, 2020 5:54:25 AM CEST Ian Zimmerman wrote: > >> On 2020-04-06 22:14, Dale wrote: > >>> I have DSL and it isn't to fast to begin with. At > >>> times tho, I'm only getting about 20 or 30% of what I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Internet slow at times. Can't figure out why. ISP??

2020-04-07 Thread Michael
On Tuesday, 7 April 2020 05:55:06 BST J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Tuesday, April 7, 2020 5:54:25 AM CEST Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > On 2020-04-06 22:14, Dale wrote: > > > I have DSL and it isn't to fast to begin with. At > > > times tho, I'm only getting about 20 or 30% of what I should. > > > > Are

Re: [gentoo-user] Per package /bin/sh selection

2020-04-07 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 4/7/20 11:13 AM, Alessandro Barbieri wrote: > How can I change /bin/sh in a per package way using /etc/portage/env? > I need to set bash some packages while I run dash for the system. If it's the ./configure script failing, you can set CONFIG_SHELL="/bin/bash" to override it only in that

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Internet slow at times. Can't figure out why. ISP??

2020-04-07 Thread Michael
On Tuesday, 7 April 2020 04:54:25 BST Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2020-04-06 22:14, Dale wrote: > > I have DSL and it isn't to fast to begin with. At > > times tho, I'm only getting about 20 or 30% of what I should. > > Are you often on the phone at those times? May it be poor filtering? > > At

Re: [gentoo-user] ...recreating exactly the same applications on a new harddisc?

2020-04-07 Thread antlists
On 07/04/2020 00:38, Michael wrote: Perhaps older UEFI specifications allowed Mac-baked filesystems, or perhaps Apple were/are doing their own thing. The current UEFI specification *requires* a FAT 12/16/32 filesystem type on an ESP partition to boot an OS image/bootloader from - see section

Re: [gentoo-user] Difficulties to install a bootloader for the new system

2020-04-07 Thread Andrea Conti
On 07/04/20 11:32, tu...@posteo.de wrote: When I boot this setup, grub starts and displays: booting Linux 5051500-64-RT ... and freezes. I have to powercycle the whole thing. If you're getting there, your firmware was successful in loading GRUB from your system partition, so you can

[gentoo-user] Per package /bin/sh selection

2020-04-07 Thread Alessandro Barbieri
How can I change /bin/sh in a per package way using /etc/portage/env? I need to set bash some packages while I run dash for the system.

[gentoo-user] No keyserver available

2020-04-07 Thread gevisz
I have a long standing "gpg can't check signature: No public key" error while running # emerge-webrsync It appears because the webrsync-gpg feature has been set in my make.conf however I do not want to switch it off. The app-crypt/gentoo-keys is installed, so it is not the reason for above error.

Re: [gentoo-user] Difficulties to install a bootloader for the new system

2020-04-07 Thread Dr Rainer Woitok
Meino, On Tuesday, 2020-04-07 11:32:09 +0200, you wrote: > ... > This was created via > grub-install --efi-directory=/boot/efi > grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg According to the notes I took when installing Gentoo for the first time I did: # echo 'GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64"' >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Alternate Incoming Mail Server

2020-04-07 Thread Ashley Dixon
On Tue, Apr 07, 2020 at 06:49:08AM +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: > I am afraid most (if not all) ISPs will reject emails if the reverse DNS does > not match. Using a dynamic range is another "spam" indicator and will also > get your emails blocked by (nearly) all ISPs. > > I would suggest putting

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mail cannot send emails (trying to use it with smartd)

2020-04-07 Thread Caveman Al Toraboran
On Friday, April 3, 2020 10:42 AM, Caveman Al Toraboran wrote: > nullmailer is now configured, and test with`echo "Subject: ..." | sendmail -v > m...@dom.com` works. but, smartd's test mail is not working, with this error: > > Apr 03 10:15:09 blah smartd[219171]: Test of to m...@dom.com

[gentoo-user] Difficulties to install a bootloader for the new system

2020-04-07 Thread tuxic
Hi, for what reason ever, my attempts to install a bootloader for my new system fails. Current setup: Partioning: GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.5 Partition table scan: MBR: protective BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: present Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.

Re: [gentoo-user] Internet slow at times. Can't figure out why. ISP??

2020-04-07 Thread Dale
J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Tuesday, April 7, 2020 5:14:14 AM CEST Dale wrote: >> Hey, >> >> As some may recall I bought a new router and modem. I was sort of >> hoping one or both of those would solve a issue I've noticed for a good >> long while. At times, my internet gets really slow, slower