[gentoo-user] Re: Rooted/compromised Gentoo, seeking advice [Solved?]

2010-08-10 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, today when working remotely I ran nethogs and noticed suspicious network traffic coming from my home gentoo box. It was very low traffic (less than 1KB/sec bandwidth usage) but according to nethogs it was

Re: [gentoo-user] Rooted/compromised Gentoo, seeking advice

2010-08-10 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 10 August 2010 03:18:05 William Hubbs wrote: On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 05:30:40PM -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Bill Longman bill.long...@gmail.com wrote: On 08/09/2010 01:08 PM, Robert Bridge wrote: On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Mick

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Rooted/compromised Gentoo, seeking advice [Solved?]

2010-08-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:10:37 -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: Second, the problem of chkrootkit telling me find and netstat were INFECTED, in big scary upper-case letters. The files appear to be genuine, chkrootkit hasn't been updated in over a year, a bit scary for a malware scanner. I then

[gentoo-user] finding out current softlevel

2010-08-10 Thread linux
Hello, I was wondering whether there is some way to find out the current running softlevel (which I gave to the kernel line in grub's menu.lst), for example to start another window manager depending on the softlevel or whatever other possible solutions? Maybe in a variable like $SOFTLEVEL ?

Re: [gentoo-user] finding out current softlevel

2010-08-10 Thread Alex Schuster
li...@gabriel-striewe.de writes: I was wondering whether there is some way to find out the current running softlevel (which I gave to the kernel line in grub's menu.lst), for example to start another window manager depending on the softlevel or whatever other possible solutions? Maybe in a

Re: [gentoo-user] Rooted/compromised Gentoo, seeking advice

2010-08-10 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 6:18 PM, William Hubbs willi...@gentoo.org wrote: On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 05:30:40PM -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Bill Longman bill.long...@gmail.com wrote: I actually prefer sudo su - -- as long as I'm giving it away! :o) Afaik,

Re: [gentoo-user] finding out current softlevel

2010-08-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:42:02 +0200, li...@gabriel-striewe.de wrote: I was wondering whether there is some way to find out the current running softlevel (which I gave to the kernel line in grub's menu.lst), for example to start another window manager depending on the softlevel or whatever

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Rooted/compromised Gentoo, seeking advice

2010-08-10 Thread Kyle Bader
Another idea to help with your forensics would be to bring a netstat and lsof binary over to your machine and run them to see which actors are running and trying to get out. That could help you detect what is running on that machine and google your way from there. If your kernel has

Re: [gentoo-user] finding out current softlevel

2010-08-10 Thread linux
At least you can get the complete kernel line from /proc/cmdline. Strangely, my /proc/cmdline is empty; could I have forgotten some kernel module or option? If you like, put something like this into your .bashrc: # get boot parameters: SOFTLEVEL=$( /proc/cmdline ) # strip from left all

Re: [gentoo-user] finding out current softlevel

2010-08-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
The baselayout-2 method is rc-status --runlevel -- Neil Bothwick And on the seventh day God said :wq and then make signature.asc Description: PGP signature

[gentoo-user] Re: kde-4.4.5 amp; Seamonkey weirdness

2010-08-10 Thread James
Adam Carter adamcarter3 at gmail.com writes: Ever since my upgrade to kde-4.4.5 my seamonkey windows sporadically go black, when I move the mouse away from them. Both the Web browser and the mail client do this sporadically. Headers, toolbars and where the text appears all sporadically

[gentoo-user] emerge source code but don't build?

2010-08-10 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, Is there an option in emerge to download and create the source code tree for an application, but then stop at that point, don't build the app and leave the source code tree in place so that I can look at it? Thanks, Mark

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge source code but don't build?

2010-08-10 Thread Alex Schuster
Mark Knecht writes: Is there an option in emerge to download and create the source code tree for an application, but then stop at that point, don't build the app and leave the source code tree in place so that I can look at it? Probably not. But you can use the ebuild command: ebuild

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge source code but don't build?

2010-08-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:29:04 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: Is there an option in emerge to download and create the source code tree for an application, but then stop at that point, don't build the app and leave the source code tree in place so that I can look at it? ebuild

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge source code but don't build?

2010-08-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:53:12 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: ebuild /path/to/category/package.ebuild unpack Read the man page, I'm not sure if things like fetching will be done when necessary. It will, ebuild carries out any prior steps if they are needed. You may want to use ebuild ... prepare

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge source code but don't build?

2010-08-10 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Mark Knecht writes:    Is there an option in emerge to download and create the source code tree for an application, but then stop at that point, don't build the app and leave the source code tree in place so that I can

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kde-4.4.5 amp; Seamonkey weirdness

2010-08-10 Thread pk
On 2010-08-10 16:13, James wrote: Adam Carter adamcarter3 at gmail.com writes: Interesting - sounds similar to what i get - see my thread Some corruption after gnome 2.30. I rebuilt world and still have the problem. So perhaps.there is something lower level than gnome/kde that causes this

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge source code but don't build?

2010-08-10 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Mark Knecht writes:    Is there an option in emerge to download and create the source code tree for an application, but then stop at that point, don't build the app and leave the source code tree in place so that I can

[gentoo-user] VDR, but...

2010-08-10 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, still searching for a good EPG-creating application, which additional may record DVB-t broadcasts I am now struggling with vdr. I am at the point, where vdr displays one channel via ShmClinet. But it does not except any keyboard input and does not react in any way on my hammering on

[gentoo-user] Icons at startup of a KDE session

2010-08-10 Thread Petric Frank
Hello, i've installed Gentoo and KDE 4.4 on an AMD64 system, configured /etc/conf.d/xdm to start kdm as login server. After login the KDE4 desktop starts up - a little box with at least 5 or 6 icons in it where one after the other icon displays blurred and then comes clear (Disk, Tools,

[gentoo-user] Kmail storage of TLS certificate

2010-08-10 Thread Mick
Hi All, I've set up an IMAP account on Kmail and the first time I logged in it flagged up that the SSL certificate offered by the server was not valid. I accepted it and ticked to save it and not ask me again. This seems to me has caused Kmail to never again check mail on that account (it

Re: [gentoo-user] Rooted/compromised Gentoo, seeking advice

2010-08-10 Thread Hazen Valliant-Saunders
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.comwrote: On Tuesday 10 August 2010 15:03:19 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 6:18 PM, William Hubbs willi...@gentoo.org wrote: On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 05:30:40PM -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: On Mon, Aug 9,

Re: [gentoo-user] VDR, but...

2010-08-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:25:16 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: But it seems, that this doc is somewhat outdated...I cannot find the util pcimodules which is used in this description. That's been replaced by lspci -k. -- Neil Bothwick Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out

[gentoo-user] Re: kde-4.4.5 amp;amp; Seamonkey weirdness

2010-08-10 Thread James
pk peterk2 at coolmail.se writes: 'aticonfig --set-pcs-str=DDX,ForceXAA,TRUE' You are GENIUS, well as far as I can tell. works for me, so far thx, James

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge source code but don't build?

2010-08-10 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:53:12 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: ebuild /path/to/category/package.ebuild unpack Read the man page, I'm not sure if things like fetching will be done when necessary. It will, ebuild carries out

[gentoo-user] write failed on dvd with growisofs

2010-08-10 Thread linux
Hello, I am incurring a strange problem when trying to burn DVDs. When I apply the command: # growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/sr0 -R -J test/ I get the following output: Executing 'mkisofs -R -J test/ | builtin_dd of=/dev/sr0 obs=32k seek=0' Total translation table size: 0 Total rockridge

Re: [gentoo-user] Icons at startup of a KDE session

2010-08-10 Thread Petric Frank
Hello, On Tuesday, 10. August 2010 20:26:29 Petric Frank wrote: i've installed Gentoo and KDE 4.4 on an AMD64 system, configured /etc/conf.d/xdm to start kdm as login server. To be clear - it is not an 64 Bit OS, it is still x86. After login the KDE4 desktop starts up - a little box with at

[gentoo-user] How can I create dynamic link?

2010-08-10 Thread Jarry
Hi, I am facing this problem: I have subdirectory, let's say /some/dir. I would like to create some kind of dynamic and preliminary link, so that any future subdirectories, created later in /some will in fact be links, pointing to /some/dir. So if later any user does: cd /some mkdir whatever

Re: [gentoo-user] write failed on dvd with growisofs

2010-08-10 Thread Joerg Schilling
li...@gabriel-striewe.de wrote: Hello, I am incurring a strange problem when trying to burn DVDs. When I apply the command: # growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/sr0 -R -J test/ I get the following output: Executing 'mkisofs -R -J test/ | builtin_dd of=/dev/sr0 obs=32k seek=0' Total

Re: [gentoo-user] write failed on dvd with growisofs

2010-08-10 Thread linux
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:27:27PM +0200, li...@gabriel-striewe.de wrote: Hello, I am incurring a strange problem when trying to burn DVDs. When I apply the command: # growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/sr0 -R -J test/ I get the following output: Executing 'mkisofs -R -J test/ |

[gentoo-user] Re: How can I create dynamic link?

2010-08-10 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 08/11/2010 12:06 AM, Jarry wrote: Hi, I am facing this problem: I have subdirectory, let's say /some/dir. I would like to create some kind of dynamic and preliminary link, so that any future subdirectories, created later in /some will in fact be links, pointing to /some/dir. So if later any

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kde-4.4.5 amp;amp; Seamonkey weirdness

2010-08-10 Thread pk
On 2010-08-10 22:06, James wrote: You are GENIUS, If you say so... ;-) ...but other people have walked this path before me so I'm only passing on the knowledge... glad I could help. Best regards Peter K

Re: [gentoo-user] How can I create dynamic link?

2010-08-10 Thread Bill Longman
On 08/10/2010 02:06 PM, Jarry wrote: Hi, I am facing this problem: I have subdirectory, let's say /some/dir. I would like to create some kind of dynamic and preliminary link, so that any future subdirectories, created later in /some will in fact be links, pointing to /some/dir. So if

Re: [gentoo-user] How can I create dynamic link?

2010-08-10 Thread Lanikai
On 08/10/2010 11:06 PM, Jarry wrote: Hi, I am facing this problem: I have subdirectory, let's say /some/dir. I would like to create some kind of dynamic and preliminary link, so that any future subdirectories, created later in /some will in fact be links, pointing to /some/dir. So if later any

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kde-4.4.5 amp;amp; Seamonkey weirdness

2010-08-10 Thread Adam Carter
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 6:06 AM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: pk peterk2 at coolmail.se writes: 'aticonfig --set-pcs-str=DDX,ForceXAA,TRUE' Works for me to (after a restart). Thanks.

Re: [gentoo-user] Rooted/compromised Gentoo, seeking advice

2010-08-10 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 10 August 2010 20:22:13 Hazen Valliant-Saunders wrote: Good Luck getting people to change them frequently and haveing your techs and it departments meeting complexity and length policy. Remeber the only secure system is off and disconnected. I hope you know whom you're talking to

Re: [gentoo-user] Rooted/compromised Gentoo, seeking advice

2010-08-10 Thread Dale
Walter Dnes wrote: On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 04:14:41AM +0200, Frank Steinmetzger wrote Am Dienstag, 10. August 2010 schrieb Paul Hartman: Typing that long password into sudo every time I ran a command was a hassle I???ve never used sudo, and never really liked the idea of

[gentoo-user] Re: How can I create dynamic link?

2010-08-10 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-08-10, Jarry mr.ja...@gmail.com wrote: I am facing this problem: I have subdirectory, let's say /some/dir. I would like to create some kind of dynamic and preliminary link, so that any future subdirectories, created later in /some will in fact be links, pointing to /some/dir. Short

Re: [gentoo-user] Rooted/compromised Gentoo, seeking advice

2010-08-10 Thread Walter Dnes
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 09:16:20PM -0500, Dale wrote I used to use wvdial as well as pon and I don't recall having to be root. I added myself the dial-up group if I recall correctly. It just worked for me. I also don't use sudo here either. ;-) As I mentioned, I also have to copy a