Re: [gentoo-user] GCC upgrade / downgrade infinite loop
Hello, Can anybody tell me why portage constantly upgrade and then downgrade GCC (versions 3.3.5 3.3.6) each time I emerge -pvuD world ??? A little trick I do when this kind of stuff happens. In portage, there's a file called /etc/portage/package.mask. You can use it to mask packages that aren't in /usr/portage/profile/package.mask. It is however, useful in finding out why packages are downgrading. So, here's what you can do: echo =sys-devel/gcc-3.3.5 /etc/portage/package.mask Cool idea, but on better is to do the following: echo sys-devel/gcc-3.3.6 /etc/portage/package.mask I tried what you suggested for a different package and it wanted to downgrade to an earlier version than the one I masked. The will not let it downgrade. Thanks for your tip! Sean -- Sean Higgins, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.systura.com - Where information becomes knowledge. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Central syslog server and then
Hello Patrick, I'm going to setup a central syslog server for Linux and windows machines, but whats the best program to examin these logs, and send out email alerts to users ? I am currently using two programs to monitor my logs: swatch - http://swatch.sourceforge.net/, which I use for monitoring realtime events in my log files, like failed logins, administrator/root logins, etc. logwatch - http://www.logwatch.org/, which I use for generating daily reports on the logged information. Is this perfect, no, but a start. Some of the other programs I have looked as but not really implemented are: sec - http://simple-evcorr.sourceforge.net/, which does some event analysis. tenshi - http://tenshi.gentoo.org, which is a Gentoo project for log parsing and notification. There are some event analysis tools, but I have not even considered looking at them yet, like: OSSIM - http://www.ossim.net OpenSIMS - http://www.opensims.org A good site is http://www.loganalysis.org Sean It seems that there are not so many opensource solutions. TIA -- This is Unix-Land. In quiet nights, you can hear the Windows machines reboot. -- Sean Higgins, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.systura.com - Where information becomes knowledge. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] How to work with etc-updates.
On Tuesday 30 August 2005 01:22 pm, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:06:29 -0400, Eric Crossman wrote: While I agree that etc-update is a vast improvement over other package systems, it would be nice to have a CVS type merge where I only have to make choices when the system can't figure it out. It seems like etc-update (and friends) should be able to take advantage of mtime metadata and md5 checksums to determine if I've made any modifications to the default config file. That way an unmodified default config from version N can just safely be replaced with the new default for version N +1. Does this functionality already exist with the current etc-update? It exists as an option with dispatch-conf, as do options to automatically replace files if the only differences are whitespace and comments. But, it does not automatically do an update if the original file has not changed. That would be a cool feature. How often are files changed, for example in /etc/init.d, but you have not changed that file? I would love the option to automatically update any configuration file that I did not change from the original install. Right on Eric! Sean -- Sean Higgins, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.systura.com - Where information becomes knowledge. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Personal firewall for Linux?
Matt, Check out net-firewall/firestarter, http://www.fs-security.com/, it is a gui frontend for iptables and has a way to monitor the communication. Sean On Monday 29 August 2005 02:54 pm, Matt Randolph wrote: I've seen related threads here recently, but I think my question is different enough to warrant a new thread. I'm looking for a personal firewall along the lines of the ZoneAlarm product for Windows. I don't want to take the time to teach myself iptables if there is a simple alternative. I'm not trying to do anything complicated like protect a LAN or include a DMZ or run an ftp server or anything like that. I'm just looking for a quick and easy way to add another layer of protection to my desktop by closing all unused ports. A GUI is preferred but is not required. Any suggestions? (If you dare answer,) what firewall do you use and why did you choose it? -- Sean Higgins, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.systura.com - Where information becomes knowledge. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Copying contents /boot from /dev/hdb1 to /dev/hda2
tar cvf - * | tar xf -C ../new/ * doesn't match hidden files, so the copy will be incomplete. Neil, Interesting. I had not thought about that. I did use the above to recreate my hard drive from one hard drive to another one. It worked well, I guess I lucked out that I did not have any hidden files in the old directory. Sean -- Sean Higgins, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.systura.com - Where information becomes knowledge. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Copying contents /boot from /dev/hdb1 to /dev/hda2
Richard, On Wednesday 27 July 2005 08:53 am, Richard Watson wrote: Can anyone tell me if it's possible to move (or copy) the complete contents of /boot located on /dev/hdb1 to /dev/hda2. If so would anyone know the correct command so I pick up any hidden files ,etc. One way to do it is to do the following: mount -o ro /dev/hdb1 old mount /dev/hda1 new cd old tar cvf - * | tar xf -C ../new/ Sean -- Thanks, Richard -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.5/58 - Release Date: 25/07/2005 -- Sean Higgins, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.systura.com - Where information becomes knowledge. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't login using KDM
Hello Daniel, Just to clarify, this is a problem with all 2.6.12 releases (not just -gentoo-r4) Thanks for the information. I only became aware of the issue when -gentoo-r4 became stable. Sean -- Sean Higgins, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.systura.com - Where information becomes knowledge. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] problems with udev
Try checking a file called /etc/udev/permissions.d/50-udev.permissions, this file sets the permissions of devices during boot. My line in that file is: null:root:root:0666 which sets the permissions to 0666 which is what you expect. I had problems with some other devices, like misc/nvram, and had to make modifications to the file. Sean On Thursday 14 July 2005 05:07 am, renna wrote: hi to all i'm having some problems, with, i think, the permissions of /dev/null /dev/console and /dev/zero. every time i boot they're set up to 660, like this crw-rw 1 renna root 5, 1 Jul 13 17:04 /dev/console crw-rw 1 root root 1, 3 Apr 9 06:31 /dev/null crw-rw 1 root root 1, 5 Apr 9 06:31 /dev/zero so when i login as a normal user, i get /dev/null: Permission denied and i have to chmod 666 /dev/null to be able to login in kde furthermore, in kde, when i launch konsole, the window of konsole shows up, but there's only the cursor blinking, and i cannot enter commands - i have to ctrl+alt+fn to a terminal and allways in kde, when i launch a program that requires root's password, as kuser, i get a window with this message The program 'su' is not found; make sure your PATH is set correctly. though su, which is perfectly working in a terminal, is in /bin which IS in my PATH i really don't know if these problems in kde are correlated with the permissions in dev, but on google i found many persons having problems with udev and having more or less the same problems (though i couldn't find a solution to my case). i tried, as explained on http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml#doc_chap3 to mknod new null and console in /dev, but when i boot the permissions are again set to 660. does somebody have an idea of what i should do? if there's some information i lacked to give please ask thanks -- Sean Higgins, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.systura.com - Where information becomes knowledge. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't login using KDM
Did you recently update your kernel? There is a problem with gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r4. There is a bug in iptables that causes problems with KDE logins. If you stop iptables, your login will work. If you upgrade to gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r5, the problem will be solved. Sean On Tuesday 12 July 2005 10:46 am, Yuval Scharf wrote: Hi, I'm using KDE 3.4. Since few days ago I can't login using KDM. The login process can't pass the initializing peripherals stage. I can see that there are two processes running kded (one of the is the father of the other) which I can't kill. After rebooting the machine I can login once and then the probelm returns. Any ideas? Thanks, Yuval Scharf -- Sean Higgins, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.systura.com - Where information becomes knowledge. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Copy portage tree
On Tuesday 28 June 2005 05:49 pm, Anthony E. Caudel wrote: I have one computer that currently does not have internet access. Can I copy a freshly sync'ed portage tree (/usr/portage/*) from another computer to this one? Or does the tree have some sort of per-computer dependencies (use-flags, etc.)? Hello Tony, I do this all the time. I use rsync to do it for me, the command I use is: rsync -auvz -e ssh --delete /usr/portage/ calvin.systura.home:/usr/portage/ Sean Tony -- Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin -- Sean Higgins, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.systura.com - Where information becomes knowledge. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Wi-Fi in a hostel
Grant, The latest version of wpa_supplicant can connect to unencrypted access points. You have to set ssid=. I am running version 0.4.1 and it is working for me. Sean On Friday 20 May 2005 10:04 pm, Grant wrote: Hello, I'm going to stay in a hostel in San Francisco for a bit. They have free wireless Internet access. What should I know to be sure I can connect once I get there? I use the madwifi drivers with wpa_supplicant right now. Is it true that wpa_supplicant can't connect to an unencrypted AP? Thanks for any tips on this. - Grant -- Sean Higgins, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.systura.com - Where information becomes knowledge. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Ximian-Connector Version for Evol-2.2.1.1
I am running ximian-connector-2.2.1. I found the ebuild in bugzilla and put it in my portage overlay. It seems to be working fine for me. Sean On Sunday 15 May 2005 10:48 pm, Ow Mun Heng wrote: GUys/Gals, Is there a version of ximian-connector that works with Evo-2.2.1.1?? The latest version in portage right now is 2.0.2-r1 and it seems like it's not compatible with evo-2.2.1.1 in which the EXchange protocol is not recognised. I've tried recompiling it but always end up with Development Libraries not found ANyone else has this issue? It would be great to be able to solve this as I really would like to have my Address Book back. (above anything else) -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 10:44:47 up 1:22, 9 users, load average: 1.99, 1.02, 1.00 -- Sean Higgins, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.systura.com - Where information becomes knowledge. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] apr blocking apache-2.0.54
I had the same problem with php and had to edit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf and change: DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var to DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var index.php This did not make sense because /etc/apache2/modules.d/70_mod_php.conf added it to the directory search, but that did not seem to work. Sean On Sunday 15 May 2005 11:36 pm, Robert Persson wrote: On May 15, 2005 02:28 pm Aaron E. Klemm was like: I'm having this problem as well. Anyone know what's the deal with apr? Thanks! I unmerged apr and the new release of apache merged properly and started up OK. Trouble is that php no longer works. Might, for all I know, have been a mistake I made in etc-update rather than an apr thing as such, but I don't know what apr does exactly so I couldn't say for certain. I tried remerging mod_php, but that borks now with a No safe MPM installed. error. Robert -- Robert Persson [EMAIL PROTECTED] YahooMess:ireneshusband AIM:shamanicpolice Don't use nuclear weapons to troubleshoot faults. (US Air Force Instruction 91-111, 1 Oct 1997) -- Sean Higgins, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.systura.com - Where information becomes knowledge. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Recommendation for online contact manager?
Travis, Check out SugarCRM. We just purchased it for our office. There is a free/professional version. We moved from SalesForce to SugarCRM and it is working very well for us. Sean On Tuesday 26 April 2005 01:15 pm, Travis Osterman wrote: Does anyone have a good recommendation for a contact information management system for a relatively small group of people (~200)? I would prefer web-based and it should allow users to update their own information easily while allowing everyone easy access to searching and viewing the directory. Thanks for any input. -- Travis Osterman -- Sean Higgins, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.systura.com - Where information becomes knowledge. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
