Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd

2012-01-11 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Jan 11, 2012 5:57 PM, "Tanstaafl" wrote: > > On 2012-01-10 2:12 PM, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote: >> >> The simpelest solution should be to copy the password-hash of a user >> whose password is know to you. >> Afterwards you can log in an change the password again. > > > Thanks, I like that be

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Network configuration - Two ips one from dhcp & other static

2012-01-09 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Mon 09 Jan 2012 10:44:02 PM IST, James wrote: > Nilesh Govindarajan nileshgr.com> writes: > > >>> Well, the title tells the question clearly; how do I configure network >>> such that the first ip is obtained via dhcpcd and other is static? >>> config_eth0

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Network configuration - Two ips one from dhcp & other static

2012-01-07 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Sat 07 Jan 2012 01:53:18 PM IST, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > On Jan 7, 2012 3:13 PM, "Nilesh Govindarajan" <mailto:cont...@nileshgr.com>> wrote: > > > > On Sat 07 Jan 2012 01:27:45 PM IST, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: > > > Well, the title tells th

[gentoo-user] Re: Network configuration - Two ips one from dhcp & other static

2012-01-07 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Sat 07 Jan 2012 01:27:45 PM IST, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: > Well, the title tells the question clearly; how do I configure network > such that the first ip is obtained via dhcpcd and other is static? > config_eth0="dhcp " doesn't work. > > As a solution I wrote

[gentoo-user] Network configuration - Two ips one from dhcp & other static

2012-01-06 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
Well, the title tells the question clearly; how do I configure network such that the first ip is obtained via dhcpcd and other is static? config_eth0="dhcp " doesn't work. As a solution I wrote a dhcpcd hook containing /sbin/ifconfig eth0:0 netmask Is there a direct w

[gentoo-user] Re: No mysql_install_db in dev-db/mysql-5.5.19?

2012-01-05 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 12:30 AM, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: > I know, mysql >= 5.5 is masked even on ~amd64, but I need mysql 5.5 for > the improved InnoDB support it has. > > When I run emerge --config =dev-db/mysql-5.5.19, it doesn't complete and > I see this in mysql_

[gentoo-user] No mysql_install_db in dev-db/mysql-5.5.19?

2012-01-04 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
't exist, tried that on the shell. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

[gentoo-user] Re: Read only root filesystem on linode64

2012-01-03 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Wed 04 Jan 2012 08:42:48 AM IST, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: > On Wed 04 Jan 2012 08:35:19 AM IST, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: >> I am trying to run a custom kernel with gentoo on linode64, but there's >> strange problem I'm facing. >> The root always gets mounted

[gentoo-user] Re: Read only root filesystem on linode64

2012-01-03 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Wed 04 Jan 2012 08:35:19 AM IST, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: > I am trying to run a custom kernel with gentoo on linode64, but there's > strange problem I'm facing. > The root always gets mounted read-only, I don't know why. I have this > line in menu.lst: > >

[gentoo-user] Read only root filesystem on linode64

2012-01-03 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
o use linode's stock kernel, the xfs code in it seems to have some bug. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Where's the examples?????

2012-01-01 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
s not seem to have a USE flag that > says "Install examples somewhere" so I'm at a bit of a loss as to > where this stuff is? > > Any thoughts greatly appreciated, > > Andrew > I don't know about the examples, but the doc useflag installs documentation in /usr/share/doc/boost- -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing /home and swap

2011-12-27 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Dec 28, 2011 7:52 AM, "Andrew Lowe" wrote: > > Hi all, >I usually use Gentoo as my "normal" Linux but a third party app I'm about to start using only runs on SUSE. To this end, I'm about to set aside a smaller partition and install the minimal amnount of SUSE I need to run the app. My q

[gentoo-user] Python-updater always adds packages to list

2011-12-22 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
: 0 kB I know it is showing binary package, but I have tried with python-updater -- --usepkg=n. It compiles all of them, but on the next run again I get this. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] What happened to OpenRC 0.9.6?

2011-11-27 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
.4 & -9999 is masked. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] The LIGHTEST web server (just for serving files) ?

2011-11-12 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
I missed, but not > necessary. > > Rgds, nginx. You can disable fastcgi/etc using use flags. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

[gentoo-user] Strange issue about package.mask

2011-10-24 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
beginning. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/portage files and dirs?

2011-10-24 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Mon 24 Oct 2011 11:37:00 AM IST, Pandu Poluan wrote: > Anyone knows of an exhaustive documentation (with examples) for the > files and directories under /etc/portage ? > > Rgds, > It's documented quite well in man portage. Don't know about examples though. --

Re: [gentoo-user] Which desktop antivirus?

2011-10-22 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
recommend for such a desktop setup? IMHO, you don't need antivirus on a Linux box, unless you're going to run a mail relay, where you are responsible for saving recipents from viruses. The simplest reason of all is, Linux doesn't know how to execute Windows binaries. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gnome 3 is stable?

2011-10-21 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Fri 21 Oct 2011 01:13:50 PM IST, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 10/21/2011 10:30 AM, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: >> The gnome project's latest stable release is gnome 3.2 >> Why don't we have a proper method to install gnome 3.2 yet in gentoo? > > It's in the

[gentoo-user] Gnome 3 is stable?

2011-10-21 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
The gnome project's latest stable release is gnome 3.2 Why don't we have a proper method to install gnome 3.2 yet in gentoo? Using overlays is pretty messy and requires lot of work -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Networkmanager-9999 won't compile

2011-10-19 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On 10/20/2011 06:57 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan > wrote: >> On Thu 20 Oct 2011 05:30:24 AM IST, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >>> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Albert W. Hopkins >>> wrote: >>>>

Re: [gentoo-user] Networkmanager-9999 won't compile

2011-10-19 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Thu 20 Oct 2011 01:41:25 AM IST, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 2:30 AM, Nilesh Govindarajan > wrote: >> This is what I get when I try to install networkmanager- which is >> required by gnome-3.2.0 >> >> # source='nm-session-m

Re: [gentoo-user] Networkmanager-9999 won't compile

2011-10-19 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
-shell-extensions-system-monitor- > > Everything else works with the latest non-live ebuilds. > > Regards. Did you just do emerge gnome (assumging that >=gnome-base/gnome-3.0 is in package.unmask)? I'll try doing that again then, till now autounmask was active. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

[gentoo-user] Networkmanager-9999 won't compile

2011-10-19 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
anager-' make: *** [all] Error 2 The error is g_thread_supported is an undefined reference. This seems to be related to glib. Anybody has a solution? I tried masking networkmanager, but emerge won't allow me to do that when I try to install gnome-base/gnome-3.2.0 (layman overlay) -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find driver for VGA in kernel source tree

2011-10-14 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
vers I need. > If it means that there is no driver for my VGA in > kernel source tree ? But my laptop is bought two > years ago, hardware is not fashion. Have you tried lspci -v which gives verbose information about the device, including the modules involved? -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Cups and Ricoh Aficio 270

2011-10-10 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
with ascii or screwed up characters > when I try a test page. > > Any suggestions? I don't know about this printer, have you checked the printer compatibility list? (openprinting.org I guess). See how good is your printer supported. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone can afford information about build kernel?

2011-10-08 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
are both not mentioned them , so I wish you all could instruct me. Kernel module names are usually named according to a specific naming scheme like .ko So here, 3c59x.ko is 3COM 59X device. 3COM ethernet cards are quite common. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Rootkit?

2011-10-08 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Thu 06 Oct 2011 10:40:35 PM IST, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: > On Thu 06 Oct 2011 10:32:14 PM IST, Michael Mol wrote: >> >> On Oct 6, 2011 12:57 PM, "Nilesh Govindarajan" > <mailto:cont...@nileshgr.com>> wrote: >>> >>> On Thu 06 Oct

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone can afford information about build kernel?

2011-10-08 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
. While citing my experience about building gentoo on a server, you have to do the things invisibly, so you can't see what the kernel emits befor panic. It turned out that I'd disabled RAID autodetection and wasn't using an initramfs either (which will load the arrays using mdadm). -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Rootkit?

2011-10-06 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Thu 06 Oct 2011 10:32:14 PM IST, Michael Mol wrote: > > On Oct 6, 2011 12:57 PM, "Nilesh Govindarajan" <mailto:cont...@nileshgr.com>> wrote: > > > > On Thu 06 Oct 2011 09:06:06 PM IST, Alberto Luaces wrote: > > > Nilesh Govindarajan writes:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Rootkit?

2011-10-06 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Thu 06 Oct 2011 09:06:06 PM IST, Alberto Luaces wrote: > Nilesh Govindarajan writes: > >> One of the servers I manage has a strange problem. >> >> Every 24h, someone starts a process shows up as perl in the list, but >> launching command is /usr/sbin/httpd. >

[gentoo-user] Rootkit?

2011-10-06 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
addr:127.0.0.1 addr: Somebody is aware of a malware/rootkit which creates such files? -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Android 2.2 USB tethering?

2011-10-05 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
guess the device is at fault? -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

[gentoo-user] Android 2.2 USB tethering?

2011-10-05 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
me some Gentoo-specific guides on this if you know them. Can't find any good info on search. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel source servers compromised?

2011-10-03 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
he kernel to github -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

[gentoo-user] Large fonts in printing!

2011-10-01 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
I have a dot matrix printer. Since it prints ASCII text, I used lpr output.txt and it prints large size text. Large in the sense, the thing which fits in one single page if printed using kwrite goes into 1.5 pages. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange GCC behavior

2011-09-29 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Thu 29 Sep 2011 11:13:54 PM IST, Todd Goodman wrote: > * Nilesh Govindarajan [110929 13:33]: >> Default function arguments in C are specified like this: >> >> int func(int a = 10) {} // just a dummy function > > No they're not. C doesn't have default f

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange GCC behavior

2011-09-29 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Thu 29 Sep 2011 11:10:00 PM IST, Michael Mol wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan > wrote: >> Default function arguments in C are specified like this: >> >> int func(int a = 10) {} // just a dummy function >> >> Now I save that in

[gentoo-user] Strange GCC behavior

2011-09-29 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
.4.5' Thread model: posix gcc version 4.5.3 (Gentoo 4.5.3-r1 p1.0, pie-0.4.5) Why is this happening? O_o -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Migrating from single disk to software raid1

2011-09-29 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
omatic raid detection and didn't add an initrd with the required modules (md ones). So, make sure that raid support and automatic detection and any other disk related modules are compiled right into the kernel. In fact, I prefer w/o any initrd, all critical stuff right into the kernel. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Motherboard support?

2011-09-29 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On 09/29/2011 08:18 AM, Dale wrote: > Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: >> On Thu 29 Sep 2011 06:42:42 AM IST, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: >>> >>> That's debian HCL, what about Gentoo? We compile the kernel ourselves >>> man. >>> It would be better

Re: [gentoo-user] Motherboard support?

2011-09-28 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Thu 29 Sep 2011 06:42:42 AM IST, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: > On 09/29/2011 04:46 AM, Dale wrote: >> Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: >>> I'll be soon getting a new desktop. >>> I've fixed the CPU as AMD Phenom II 1075T >>> >>> These two

Re: [gentoo-user] Motherboard support?

2011-09-28 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On 09/29/2011 04:46 AM, Dale wrote: > Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: >> I'll be soon getting a new desktop. >> I've fixed the CPU as AMD Phenom II 1075T >> >> These two motherboards came to my notice which support the above >> processor: Gigabyte 880GM - GA

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Motherboard support?

2011-09-28 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On 09/29/2011 03:21 AM, masterprometheus wrote: > Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: > >> I'll be soon getting a new desktop. >> I've fixed the CPU as AMD Phenom II 1075T >> >> These two motherboards came to my notice which support the above >> processor

[gentoo-user] Motherboard support?

2011-09-28 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
nux support is awesome? -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Should I be worried that I won't be able to dual boot in Gentoo?

2011-09-26 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
lly-signed system (Windows 9 / OS XI or so) or a cracked > boot, with little in the way of switching between the two, at least > initially > > I know which one I'd pick if it came down to it :) And you really need not worry about it, some geek (Torvalds?) will surely find out a way. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

[gentoo-user] FreeType unpatented auto-hinter?

2011-09-26 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
Somebody on twitter told me that Ubuntu uses a special patch for freetype that improves font rendering manifolds. So I rebuilt freetype with these useflags: +auto-hinter +bindist What is the difference between this unpatented auto hinter and the TrueType BC interpreter? -- Nilesh Govindarajan

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Should I be worried that I won't be able to dual boot in Gentoo?

2011-09-26 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
w.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/26/uefi_linux_lock_out_row_latest/ > That feature is optional, see official word from MS: https://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/22/protecting-the-pre-os-environment-with-uefi.aspx Microsoft has at least done something good for the Linux community :D -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Unity on Gentoo?

2011-09-24 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Sat 24 Sep 2011 11:15:43 PM IST, JD Horelick wrote: > On 24 September 2011 12:33, James Broadhead wrote: >> On 24 September 2011 06:53, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: >>> Unity is kinda famous, want to try it on Gentoo. Can't find a package in >>> `eix -

[gentoo-user] Unity on Gentoo?

2011-09-23 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
Okay the thing is, I don't like Ubuntu. So I don't want to install it on my system. Unity is kinda famous, want to try it on Gentoo. Can't find a package in `eix -sS unity', I'm missing something? -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] mplayer(2) ???

2011-09-20 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
ld be appreciated. > > > James > > http://www.mplayer2.org/comparison.html -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] shockwave on Gentoo ?

2011-09-16 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
ion: > Shockwave Flash 11.0 r1 > > MIME Type Description Suffixes > application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf > application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl > > > Any guidance is appreciated. > > James > > Shockwave is not supported in Linux IMHO -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] New gentoo installation fails when trying to install syslog-ng

2011-09-14 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
* IMPORTANT: 2 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'. > * Use eselect news to read news items. > > > > The same error I get for vixie-cron. > > Some other things worth mentioning: > - portage didn't request for an update > - mirrorselect -i -o faild with error: cannot download a list of > mirrors or something similar. > > I will really appreciate your help as my "server" is down for two days > now. > > Thank you! > > Best regards! It would be more helpful if you could post the details emerge asks you to, before terminating. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] evince - Missing EndProlog!

2011-09-14 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
dn't find anything useful. Try rebuilding evince, cups and their dependencies. Check for some useflags you might have missed. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] RootFS not umounting at shutdown?

2011-09-12 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Mon 12 Sep 2011 08:07:27 AM IST, Dale wrote: > Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: >> On Mon 12 Sep 2011 07:32:25 AM IST, Dale wrote: >>> Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: >>>> Ever since I have updated my system on 20th September, my rootfs >>>> (/dev/sda2) isn

Re: [gentoo-user] RootFS not umounting at shutdown?

2011-09-11 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Mon 12 Sep 2011 07:32:25 AM IST, Dale wrote: > Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: >> Ever since I have updated my system on 20th September, my rootfs >> (/dev/sda2) isn't umounted (remounted ro) on shutdown, due to which I >> see recover messages by kernel at boot (before ini

[gentoo-user] RootFS not umounting at shutdown?

2011-09-11 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
t it seems nothing happened. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Cheapest dedicated gentoo servers?

2011-09-02 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
de, who allows you to install your own os (you're provided with a rescue system). If you know any more dedicated providers, please reply. I'll compare their rates :) Definition of cheap is fairly relative :) -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

[gentoo-user] Cheapest dedicated gentoo servers?

2011-09-02 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
Hi, I'm looking for dedicated server providers whose rates are low, support Gentoo and most importantly are reliable. Service should be stable. Location is not important, but preferable in EU. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] compressed filesystem

2011-08-31 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On 08/31/2011 09:51 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: > On 08/31/2011 09:20 PM, Space Cake wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Is there any way to create some kind of "on the fly" compressed >> filesystem for backup purposes? My files are getting bigger and bigger &g

Re: [gentoo-user] compressed filesystem

2011-08-31 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On 08/31/2011 09:20 PM, Space Cake wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any way to create some kind of "on the fly" compressed > filesystem for backup purposes? My files are getting bigger and bigger > but my external drive stays the same :) Btrfs supports on the fly compression

Re: [gentoo-user] [Gentoo install] Disk full at 35%?

2011-08-20 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
des! I think I'll now place the portage tree on an ext2 disk image to speed up things, / has got fragmented badly due to portage tree :-\ Thanks man! -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Mercurial Server

2011-08-20 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On 08/21/2011 03:43 AM, Matthew Finkel wrote: > On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I managed to configure mercurial-server on my gentoo vps, and add my >> public key for the root user to it. >> >> I can

[gentoo-user] Mercurial Server

2011-08-20 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
if req.ferr: remote: AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'ferr' abort: no suitable response from remote hg! Any clues? -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] who needs Java ?

2011-08-15 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
conf , > which features will I lose in LO Cups KDE3 ? > Is there anything else I've overlooked ? > You'll lose the ability to run java applets, commonly found on the web for many critical things. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] TVSE MSP 240 Classic Dot Matrix Printer

2011-08-14 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
d luck! > It's a quite old & reputed company. The problem with most firms here in India is, they don't focus much on their websites which leads to a bad impression to online users. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] TVSE MSP 240 Classic Dot Matrix Printer

2011-08-14 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
. Today here being a Sunday, nobody would be attending the calls and tomorrow is a public holiday as well. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

[gentoo-user] TVSE MSP 240 Classic Dot Matrix Printer

2011-08-12 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
d set? I'm buying a dot matrix printer for the first time, please help. It's urgent. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com

[gentoo-user] GCC 4.5.2 won't merge

2011-04-16 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
plain/ build log: http://paste.pocoo.org/raw/372839/ build environment: http://pastebin.ca/2047174 -- Regards, Nilesh Govindarajan Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nilesh.gr Twitter: http://twitter.com/nileshgr Identi.ca: http://identi.ca/nileshgr Website: http://nileshgr.com & http://itech7.com