[gentoo-user] Building kernel with floppy support

Hi everybody I've got a mini form factor Pentium 4 I just acquired. I have a huge amount of floppy disks to make backup images of as well as write to new floppies. Yeah I know, floppies suck, but i thought i could use Gentoo on it to make the process less painful. This is a plain internal floppy

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

On Sunday, 10 June 2018 14:06:22 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > The shop I bouught everything from seems to have gone out of business, > with both its telephone number and its website having been down for a > sustained period. So I'm unlikely to be able to get the processor > exchanged for an

Re: [gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

On Sunday, 10 June 2018 16:52:48 BST Mick wrote: > On Sunday, 10 June 2018 16:22:18 BST Andrew Udvare wrote: > > > On 2018-06-10, at 09:15, Peter Humphrey wrote: --->8 > To thumb through the man pages you need to extend man ip with the OBJECT. > Same applies with --help pages. > > For example,

Re: [gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

It helps if I actually add the foot note. On 06/10/2018 10:38 AM, Grant Taylor wrote: I will say that you'll likely need other systems [1] to test things like tunnels to / between. [1] You can easily have one machine be multiple systems via Network Namespaces. I routinely use Network

Re: [gentoo-user] Enable "regular" network traffic when using VPN

On Sunday, 10 June 2018 01:31:50 BST Hilco Wijbenga wrote: > Okay, with all that advice, I gave it another try. I'm also setting up > a VirtualBox for my WFH stuff and VB wants to use 10.0.0.0 for its > networking. I've changed this to 172.16.0.0 so now I can easily tell > that network from work

Re: [gentoo-user] Enable "regular" network traffic when using VPN

On 06/10/2018 10:53 AM, Mick wrote: Ahh! If you're trying to set this up within a VM, this adds a whole new layer of complexity. I assume you're setting up a bridge between host and guest device(s)? Yes, VMs can add additional complexity to the situation. However I suspect that's not the

Re: [gentoo-user] kswapd0 100% CPU with swapoff and no memory demands on system

unsubscribe On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Chris Stankevitz wrote: > Hello, > > I have a small system: > > - 6GB drive > > - ext4 partition mounted readonly > > - swap partition that is not listed in fstab and not enabled. (I will > swapon it every few weeks or so if I need it for a large

Re: [gentoo-user] Enable "regular" network traffic when using VPN

On Sunday, 10 June 2018 19:07:59 BST Wol's lists wrote: > On 10/06/18 17:53, Mick wrote: > > On Sunday, 10 June 2018 01:31:50 BST Hilco Wijbenga wrote: > >> Okay, with all that advice, I gave it another try. I'm also setting up > >> a VirtualBox for my WFH stuff and VB wants to use 10.0.0.0 for

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

Hello again, Dale. On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 11:23:14 -0500, Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: > > On Sunday, 10 June 2018 14:06:22 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >> The shop I bouught everything from seems to have gone out of business, > >> with both its telephone number and its website having been down for

Re: [gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

> On 2018-06-10, at 09:15, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Hello list, > > I'm trying to learn how to use the "ip" command to manage routing on one of > my > boxes, which has two Ethernet interfaces. If you're using systemd, you can set it up with systemd.network in /etc/systemd/network. I do

Re: [gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

On 06/10/2018 07:15 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: Hello list, Hi, I'm trying to learn how to use the "ip" command to manage routing on one of my boxes, which has two Ethernet interfaces. Cool. There's a LOT that you can do. I will say that you'll likely need other systems [1] to test things

Re: [gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

On 06/10/2018 12:22 PM, Andrew Udvare wrote: Is it possible to have a VPN clent set up in one of these namespaces and route certain traffic through it from the main stack? I see no reason why it couldn't. It may be entertaining to start and stop the VPN client. I'll respond later with more

[gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

Hello list, I'm trying to learn how to use the "ip" command to manage routing on one of my boxes, which has two Ethernet interfaces. Can anyone recommend suitable reading material? I don't mind paying for a book, provided that it's reasonably up to date and won't bury me in a morass of bit

Re: [gentoo-user] Enable "regular" network traffic when using VPN

On 06/09/2018 06:31 PM, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: Okay, with all that advice, I gave it another try. I'm also setting up a VirtualBox for my WFH stuff and VB wants to use 10.0.0.0 for its networking. I've changed this to 172.16.0.0 so now I can easily tell that network from work network (which

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

Hello, Dale On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 13:51:24 -0500, Dale wrote: > Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Dale. > > Sorry for not replying earlier, I've had a rotten week. > >> Dale > No problem.  I have my days too.  :/  > Did you find the problem and get it fixed?  Just curious.  I haven't

Re: [gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

On Sunday, 10 June 2018 16:22:18 BST Andrew Udvare wrote: > > On 2018-06-10, at 09:15, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > Hello list, > > > > I'm trying to learn how to use the "ip" command to manage routing on one > > of my boxes, which has two Ethernet interfaces. > > If you're using systemd, you

Re: [gentoo-user] [Maybe OT]: Instability of system

Mick wrote: > On Sunday, 10 June 2018 14:06:22 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >> The shop I bouught everything from seems to have gone out of business, >> with both its telephone number and its website having been down for a >> sustained period. So I'm unlikely to be able to get the processor >>

Re: [gentoo-user] kswapd0 100% CPU with swapoff and no memory demands on system

chin chong wrote: > unsubscribe > It doesn't work that way for this mailing list.  Try this: List-Unsubscribe: Hope that helps. Dale :-) :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Enable "regular" network traffic when using VPN

On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 10:03 AM Grant Taylor wrote: > > On 06/09/2018 06:31 PM, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: > > Okay, with all that advice, I gave it another try. I'm also setting > > up a VirtualBox for my WFH stuff and VB wants to use 10.0.0.0 for its > > networking. I've changed this to 172.16.0.0

Re: [gentoo-user] Enable "regular" network traffic when using VPN

On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 11:31 AM Mick wrote: > > On Sunday, 10 June 2018 19:07:59 BST Wol's lists wrote: > > On 10/06/18 17:53, Mick wrote: > > > On Sunday, 10 June 2018 01:31:50 BST Hilco Wijbenga wrote: > > >> Okay, with all that advice, I gave it another try. I'm also setting up > > >> a

Re: [gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

On 06/10/2018 01:13 PM, Grant Taylor wrote: I'll respond later with more details as to what I do to run various things in Network Namespaces. I create the following directories ("mkdir -p" type thing): - /run/mountns/$NSname - /run/netns/$NSname - /utsns/$NSname First I create the

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers-396.24-r1

On 18-06-09 10:22 PM, Philip Webb wrote: I updated to the latest stable Nvidia-drivers-396.24-r1 , rebooted & 'startx' : the result was an X error "No devices detected ... no screens found". Downgrading to 390.48 got X working again. Nothing to see on the Forum or among Gentoo 'nvidia' bugs. My

Re: [gentoo-user] Enable "regular" network traffic when using VPN

On 10/06/18 17:53, Mick wrote: On Sunday, 10 June 2018 01:31:50 BST Hilco Wijbenga wrote: Okay, with all that advice, I gave it another try. I'm also setting up a VirtualBox for my WFH stuff and VB wants to use 10.0.0.0 for its networking. I've changed this to 172.16.0.0 so now I can easily

Re: [gentoo-user] iproute2 reference

On 06/10/2018 12:58 PM, Grant Taylor wrote: > It helps if I actually add the foot note. > > On 06/10/2018 10:38 AM, Grant Taylor wrote: >> I will say that you'll likely need other systems [1] to test things >> like tunnels to / between. > > [1] You can easily have one machine be multiple systems

Re: [gentoo-user] Enable "regular" network traffic when using VPN

On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 11:08 AM Wol's lists wrote: > > On 10/06/18 17:53, Mick wrote: > > On Sunday, 10 June 2018 01:31:50 BST Hilco Wijbenga wrote: > >> Okay, with all that advice, I gave it another try. I'm also setting up > >> a VirtualBox for my WFH stuff and VB wants to use 10.0.0.0 for its

Re: [gentoo-user] Enable "regular" network traffic when using VPN

On 06/10/2018 12:30 PM, Mick wrote: If NAT'ed between guest and host and then NAT'ed again at the home router, you are double NAT'ed. Or possibly triple NATed if your ISP is using Carrier Grade NAT. At least that's one definition of "double NAT". I tend to use a different definition, one