Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix and no worthy mechs found

2005-11-30 Thread James Hiscock
> warning: SASL authentication failure: No worthy mechs found > Authentication failed: cannot SASL authenticate to server > smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com[68.142.229.41]: no mechanism available This seems to imply that the problem's with SASL, and not postfix. > I've edited main.cf and added the follow

Re: [gentoo-user] courier problems

2005-11-23 Thread James Hiscock
> ive been trying to setup a mail server following the how-to at > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Linux_Virtual_Hosting_Server#Virtual_Mail_Hosting > and everything seems to have been setup correctly, but i keep getting these > errors and cant login I know I had to reduce the set of authentication m

Re: [gentoo-user] USB mobile phone connection..

2005-11-02 Thread James Hiscock
> Thanks for going to all the trouble of testing out the phone > operation on your SuSE machine. I havn't had any breakthrough > yet, but your help has given me the confidence to persevere.. No problem -- I'm a software tester in Real Life (tm), so stuff like this bugs the crap out of me. I have a

Re: [gentoo-user] USB mobile phone connection..

2005-11-02 Thread James Hiscock
> I've just tried to use moto4lin with a Motorola Razr. It starts as with > yours, but when I click "Switch to P2K", /dev/ttyACM0 disappears! nothing > works after that until I disconnect and reconnect the phone, at which > point I am back in AT mode and it all starts again. That's what was happen

Re: [gentoo-user] USB mobile phone connection..

2005-11-01 Thread James Hiscock
> ...I keep thinking that I've forgotten about something that I did in > moto4lin to get it to work, but I can't for the life of me remember > what that was... maybe I'll try installing it on my laptop, and see if > I can reproduce what I did on my desktop once I get home from work > this evening..

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel updates

2005-10-28 Thread James Hiscock
> As I am going from 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 to 2.6.12-gentoo-r10, which is more > than just a revision change, it would seen that 'make oldconfig' is not > recomended. Recommendations are just that: recommendations. You can take them or leave them. :) And I have to agree with Holly on this one: it's a

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel updates

2005-10-27 Thread James Hiscock
> I gather one cannot just copy the .config file for this much of a jump, > so I guess the best thing to do is a simultaneous 'make menuconfig' in both > old and new kernel using two different windows so that I can be sure > to copy each of the current settings across. Easier solution: copy the .c

Re: [gentoo-user] USB mobile phone connection..

2005-10-27 Thread James Hiscock
> Looks like the main clues are the error messages produced when I plug in: > usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8 > usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71 > usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71 > usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and a

Re: [gentoo-user] USB mobile phone connection..

2005-10-26 Thread James Hiscock
> That is encouraging. Which model phone to you have it working > with? Razr V3 - it's a pretty sweet phone. ;) > You were right - my initail problem was having omitted the cdc_acm > driver from my kernel config. Excellent. I like it when I'm right - it happens so infrequently... :) > cdc_acm

Re: [gentoo-user] USB mobile phone connection..

2005-10-26 Thread James Hiscock
> Do you have it working? Yes. > And if so, which kernel are you using? gentoo-sources-2.6.13-r3 (or some other -r? value - can't recall offhand) > Is it a Kernel V2.6 thing, or is there some configuration that I need > to do? As I said in my reply to your other post, make sure you have USB Mo

Re: [gentoo-user] USB interface

2005-10-26 Thread James Hiscock
> Anyone know if the missing file is supposed to exist, or is this a > relic from an earlier instance of the USB driver software? It's actually one of the USB modules in the kernel that produces it... Device Drivers -> USB Support -> USB Modem (CDC ACM) Support -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing

Re: [gentoo-user] USB mobile phone connection..

2005-10-25 Thread James Hiscock
On 10/23/05, Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looking for anyone that can offer advice on connecting a Motorola C380 > mobile phone to my gentoo Linux system via the USB interface. I'd suggest trying moto4lin -- it's pretty slick. Not too sure about the error messages you're getting, thou

Re: [gentoo-user] root (/) read-only?

2005-09-27 Thread James Hiscock
On 9/27/05, glumtail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This happens offen in my system. > > My root filesystem is reiserfs and /home is ext3, when i extract tar > packages it says it is a readonly filesystem. Fix your /etc/fstab - it thinks your root partition is xfs, when it isn't. You either: a) didn

Re: [gentoo-user] properly repartition a windows XP disk?

2005-09-25 Thread James Hiscock
> The system rescue disk has nfstools in it and a nice gui interface > called qtparted I think. That is how I did the repartition on my laptop. QTParted is also included in Knoppix, and I've successfully used it to resize 2000/XP NTFS partitions. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] apcupsd - apache module

2005-09-06 Thread James Hiscock
> Is there an apache module for apcupsd or is it installed during emerge> apcupsd?   Add the "cgi" USE flag, and re-emerge. It'll get installed automagically. 

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting default MTU for rp-pppoe

2005-08-06 Thread James Hiscock
> James I grep'd all the files in /etc/ppp/ for 1432 with out any success. Sorry -- it's been a long time since I've fiddled with rp-pppoe. The setting's actually buried and hard-coded in /usr/sbin/adsl-connect... around line 223 (PPP_STD_OPTIONS)... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting default MTU for rp-pppoe

2005-08-06 Thread James Hiscock
> Could anyone tell me how I go about setting the default MTU of my > pppoe connection. I am using rp-pppoe to bring it up. It currently > sets it to 1432 and I need it to be 1352. It's buried in the rp-pppoe config file (can't remember what the name of the option is, but if you look for 1432, tha

Re: [gentoo-user] [ot] An iptables like setup on windowsxp

2005-08-03 Thread James Hiscock
> I want to find a packet filter like iptables for use on windows. That > is, a text based/editable driven packet filter with most or all the > capabilities of iptables. There's something similar in XP to iptables, but it's not really the same -- take a look at the IPSec Policy (Start -> Control

Re: [gentoo-user] can't unload modules

2005-08-02 Thread James Hiscock
> > Sounds like a forgotten "make mrproper" or "make > > clean" before a full > > build? > > Aren't they for 2.4.x kernels? I'm using a 2.6.11. You need to rebuild the kernel proper - it's responsible for loading and unloading modules. Rebuilding just the modules won't help you. And no, those ma

Re: [gentoo-user] switching to LCD monitor

2005-07-21 Thread James Hiscock
> >My question to anyone who can advise is this: > >do I just unplug the CRT & plug in the LCD ? will it work so simply ? In most cases, yes, but you'll need to restart X if you do the swap while it's running. > The horysontal sync and vertival refresh rates aren't likely > to be the same, so yo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DVD-cd usage

2005-07-21 Thread James Hiscock
> Warning: There is absolutely NO DMA, operations thus are slow. > Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. > Device type: Removable CD-ROM > Version: 0 > Response Format: 2 > Capabilities : > Vendor_info: 'TOSHIBA ' > Identifikation : 'DVD-ROM SD-R2412' > Revision : '1015' > Devi

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3

2005-07-20 Thread James Hiscock
> Hi James Just for clarification, I'm not the one trying to resize an ext3 partition: Bruno is... > You can make your ext3 an ext2 partition by > removing the "has_journal" feature (tune2fs -O ^has_journal > /dev/partition). ...and your advice was similar to the advice I gave him (but you ac

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3

2005-07-19 Thread James Hiscock
> i think the line > Filesystem features: has_journal resize_inode filetype needs_recovery > can help me, but i dont know how... any idea about wich feature i can > desable ? I think you're right, but as I said, I'm kinda out of my depth, now. ...but, you may want to pay attention to that "n

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3

2005-07-19 Thread James Hiscock
> It stills in trouble (with -C it does not work, so i tryied man tune2fs > and i found out that it should be -O)... any idea ? My guess? I wrote down the wrong option. Wouldn't really surprise me - I tend to reply to these things first thing in the morning, and I'm rarely entirely awake. ;) > n

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3

2005-07-18 Thread James Hiscock
On 7/18/05, Bruno Gola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Error: File system has an incompatible feature enabled. 1) Remove the journal from the ext3 partition using tune2fs: tune2fs -C ^has_journal 2) Resize using parted 3) Add the journal back using tune2fs: tune2fs -j See 'man tune2fs'

Re: [gentoo-user] PHP Odd Error

2005-07-06 Thread James Hiscock
> But it only happens when I run php as a user, not when I run as root. > My emerge world is up to date, should a normal user need to write there or > what other thing do I switch to turn this > off. I personally just got rid of the snmp flag for the php ebuild. PHP (the command-line version) t

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-07-02 Thread James Hiscock
> PartitionMagic is the best for this, but at $70 it is a bit pricey. > There may be free programs to do this, but I have no experience with them. QTparted: open-source alternative to PQMagic, _and_ it's significantly faster (e.g. resizing a 40GB NTFS partition to 10GB with PQMagic took me an hour

Re: [gentoo-user] Another question on mailing cron-job output

2005-07-02 Thread James Hiscock
> Is there any way to *not* receive mail from specific cron jobs, while > leaving the rest of the mails intact? I looked at man cron and man > crontab, but they seemed to indicate that it's kind of an all-or-nothing > deal. It's not an all-or-nothing deal, depending on how you create the cron job:

Re: [gentoo-user] Syncing data between servers

2005-07-02 Thread James Hiscock
> I've got all access but i can't change anything, the both servers are > 'snap aplience' it has a Linux version 2.4 on it, you administrate it by a > webinterface, its got ssh, but no scp even no cron. > Its 'forbidden' to install anything on it. > You don't even get a root password even if you by

Re: [gentoo-user] grub prblems...

2005-05-25 Thread James Hiscock
> After recent update of the system my GRUB became partially broken. > Namely: "default saved"/"savedefault" statements stopped working. Is > it me or it's a common problem and how do I fix it. I attach my > grub.conf for those who might be interested... Once you've managed to boot your system, ru

Re: [gentoo-user] Dynamic DNS

2005-05-25 Thread James Hiscock
> I want to use dhcp on my home network to assign IP addresses which means > I'll need a dynamic DNS. I know I can go to dyndns.org and set up > something with them but can I setup my own name server (BIND or whatever) > and some program that will work with that to keep the DNS updated? There's a

Re: [gentoo-user] remote server access?

2005-05-18 Thread James Hiscock
> Is it possible to securely access the nfs sharea, and smb shares on the bsd > machine, or the other linux desktops like I am on teh LAN. Both ends use > dynamic IP's, so it also has to be compatible with dyndns or something like > that to find them. Maybe setup a VPN using OpenVPN? Not sure how

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo discrimination

2005-05-18 Thread James Hiscock
> He said that once you > copy your files to it, then it automatically synchs with iTunes, so you > can't just use it like a hard drive and copy off the music due to the > FairPlay DRM. My other iBook, iTunes and iPod-owning friend said he was > right. Bollocks. I actually own an iPod (40GB, 4th

Re: [gentoo-user] vonage and wav files

2005-05-18 Thread James Hiscock
> I just got vonage (Voip), and I'm reasonable happy. However, the voice > mail messages are in .wav format. I can play cd's on the gentoo system, > so I know audio works. What applications are good for playing wav files, > particularly with vonage? sox, maybe? It installs a 'play' command, and I

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM2 won't compile...?

2005-05-02 Thread James Hiscock
> This is not a major problem (I have LVM2 partitions, but EVMS compiled > fine, so I can manage them), but I don't like it, as it seems weird for > the main tool for the fs not to compile. Nothing related seems to be on > B.G.O (which is also weird), so I'm wondering if anyone might know what > I

Re: [gentoo-user] Finally! But a few issues...

2005-04-27 Thread James Hiscock
> That's for each login. If you want programs executed at startup, put them > in /etc/init.d/local.start. ...actually, you'll probably want to put them in /etc/conf.d/local.start... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Fax & answerphone/voicemail server...

2005-04-20 Thread James Hiscock
> This is a Class 1 faxmodem, which, AFAIR, doesn't work with m|vgetty. ...yeah... [vm]getty has no support for Class 1 fax, but it's (theoretically) still ok for voice... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Capturing caller id data...

2005-04-18 Thread James Hiscock
> Is there a way to throw a modem on my gentoo box in order to capture and log > the caller id data? I don't want to set up a pbx or answering machine or > anything like that, I just want to capture the incoming caller id info. I suspect you could do that by just setting up vgetty, but never lett

Re: [gentoo-user] Fax & answerphone/voicemail server...

2005-04-18 Thread James Hiscock
> What do other gentoo users do for answer phone and/or fax services for a > POTS line? You might want to check out vocp (http://vocpsystem.com/) as an alternative - there's a (horribly experimental - read: partially completed) ebuild for it on bugs.gentoo.org... I'm still trying to tweak stuff to

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo security guide question

2005-04-14 Thread James Hiscock
> 'Scuse me, this must be the English class -- I thought I was in the > Computer Science / Political Science Building... Sorry. > > Enough already please, everybody? ...sorry... showing my BA here... I get a little picky about silly things like that... ;) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing lis

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo security guide question

2005-04-14 Thread James Hiscock
> You might also say equivalent or counterpart ... ...hmmm... Dictionary.com says something else entirely: pen·dant1 also pen·dent( P ) Pronunciation Key (pndnt) n. 1. Something suspended from something else, especially an ornament or piece of jewelry attached to a necklace or bracelet. 2