Re: [gentoo-user] Resurrecting a Gentoo install
On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:26:25 -0800 Grant wrote: > >> Ok, looks as though it's time for a manually-installed version of > >> python to upgrade portage, then a portage-installed python:2.6 to > >> bootstrap your way towards modernity. > >> > >> This is all explained here: > >> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/doc/manually-fixing-portage.xml > >> > >> This may also help > >> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-5578709.html > > > > That last one mentioned --nodeps which gave me an idea. I did > > 'emerge -pv python' then emerged all of the packages listed with > > --nodeps so portage wouldn't complain. Portage wouldn't work after > > that until I switched back to python:2.5 with eselect. Then I > > emerged portage to the latest version (which switched back to > > python:2.6) and I'm hoping I can make some good progress before I > > come crying back to you guys again. > > > > - Grant > > I just did a 'ls -ltr /var/log/portage' and this thing hasn't been > updated in over 3 years. Wow. > > - Grant > Honestly, it's not worth trying to update it using portage. Just backup everything on it and do a re-install. Trying to update it will be a recursive process, repeated many times over, including manually building compatible pythons and dealing with the inevitable issues that arise. Then you still have the X migration issues to deal with, you still have to deal with openrc, with massive pam changes in the last 3 years, and who knows what else. So you will slowly and painfully replace many packages outside of portage to fix this. A reinstall will do the same thing but with much less personal pain :-) If however, you want to do this as a learning exercise then by all means proceed. You will gain useful knowledge (but I think you already have that knowledge) -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
Re: [gentoo-user] Resurrecting a Gentoo install
Sorry about top posting but I'm on the Kindle. How are you set for disk space? Consider creating a new partition and building a new install in a chroot. When it works then change grub and boot it for real. At least that won't hurt your working install. Cheers, Mark On 1/22/12, Grant wrote: >>> Ok, looks as though it's time for a manually-installed version of >>> python to upgrade portage, then a portage-installed python:2.6 to >>> bootstrap your way towards modernity. >>> >>> This is all explained here: >>> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/doc/manually-fixing-portage.xml >>> >>> This may also help >>> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-5578709.html >> >> That last one mentioned --nodeps which gave me an idea. I did 'emerge >> -pv python' then emerged all of the packages listed with --nodeps so >> portage wouldn't complain. Portage wouldn't work after that until I >> switched back to python:2.5 with eselect. Then I emerged portage to >> the latest version (which switched back to python:2.6) and I'm hoping >> I can make some good progress before I come crying back to you guys >> again. >> >> - Grant > > I just did a 'ls -ltr /var/log/portage' and this thing hasn't been > updated in over 3 years. Wow. > > - Grant > >
[gentoo-user] netcat and libmix.so.0 curiosity
Would anyone be able to help me understand the following curiosity? I installed =net-analyzer/netcat-110-r8 (USE="crypt ipv6 -static") without apparent problem but running it produced: "nc: error while loading shared libraries: libmix.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory." A quick check of emerge.log showed dev-libs/libmix-2.05-r5 installed without error, so I ran a deep world update followed by a --depclean and revdep-debuild: revdep-rebuild identified a broken dependency for netcat and reinstalled it automatically (same version), stating that the breakage had been rectified. Re-running revdep-rebuild, however, revealed that the problem still existed. I unmerged both libmix and netcat and re-emerged them (libmix first). Neither complained and logs show nothing of note. After unmerging and re-emerging both libmix and netcat (libmix first) revdep-rebuild no longer found a broken dependency for netcat. Still, however, netcat gave the same error (above). I temporarily "fixed" the problem by creating a symlink (/usr/lib/libmix.so.0 -> /usr/lib/libmix.so) to give netcat what it says it is looking for but this feels like a hack for some that I would presume should work cleanly by design. Have I missed something? Some unscientific and not-at-all-thorough tests seem to show that netcat is happy with the symlink. Your thoughts/guidance would be much appreciated. -- Merv Hammer
[gentoo-user] Re: Link-local ipv6 address in /etc/hosts? in browsers?
On 2012-01-22, Michael Mol wrote: > Here's an elucidation of what I was thinking. I'll assume the company > building the product builds many embedded systems. I was thinking you > could use an assumed ULA prefix as associated with all of these > products, e.g. fd62:f67b:fcb9::/48.[1] You've then got 32 bits of > address space for product organization and categorization before you > come down to a /64, whereupon each device in the line gets its own > unique address derived from its MAC. You could then either have the > device broadcast an RA for that /64 or manually configure another host > to use that /64 to access that device's initial configuration > interface. > > Anyway, that's what I was thinking there. Just food for thought. :) That certainly sounds like a good place to start. > [1] I used an Android app which implements RFC4193 to generate this > prefix; you'd obviously want to come up with your own prefix. Right. Thanks. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwardsYow! for ARTIFICIAL at FLAVORING!! gmail.com
Re: [gentoo-user] PDF export/import in LibreOffice
Am Sonntag, 22. Januar 2012, 19:00:59 schrieb Philip Webb: > During my usual Saturday system update, I noticed LibreOffice 3.5.0.1 > is now "testing", while there's an upgrade of LO 3.4 in "stable". > I tried 3.5.0.0 when it was briefly released a few weeks ago, > but PDF export was not working. Has anyone used it with LO 3.5.0.1 ? > > Also, I compiled LO 3.4.3.2-r1 with USE="pdfimport", > but it refuses actually to import a PDF when presented with one. > Does anyone know if/how it is possible to get that to work as well ? well, I had to modify a pdf for work. imported it in libreoffice - it worked. Kind off. Like all vertical writings were damaged, transparent areas became solid, backgrounds lost, icons washed out. And after an export and re-opening the you did not get what you saved. A complete clusterfuck. Then I tried inkscape - and that one was a breeze. For your problem: maybe because your pdf is some mashed together stuff that 'looks' like one big graphic, instead of text on a graphical background? -- #163933
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Transferring old video tapes to disk
Am 23.01.2012 01:23, schrieb Andrey Moshbear: > Get a tuner card with composite-in support. > Recompile your kernel to add V4L support and the required drivers. > > Then use vlc, mplayer, etc to capture to file. > Or some other kind of frame grabber (as this functionality is usually called). This can be a video card, tv tuner or stand-alone device. S-Video or component video will get you better quality than composite but I guess it will not really matter with such old tapes. Some camcorders also allow recording from external inputs. I guess renting one will be easier and cheaper than buying a new tuner card, especially because modern DVB tuners typically lack this functionality. Regards, Florian Philipp signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] PDF export/import in LibreOffice
On 23.01.2012 01:00, Philip Webb wrote: > During my usual Saturday system update, I noticed LibreOffice 3.5.0.1 > is now "testing", while there's an upgrade of LO 3.4 in "stable". > I tried 3.5.0.0 when it was briefly released a few weeks ago, > but PDF export was not working. Has anyone used it with LO 3.5.0.1 ? > > Also, I compiled LO 3.4.3.2-r1 with USE="pdfimport", > but it refuses actually to import a PDF when presented with one. > Does anyone know if/how it is possible to get that to work as well ? > Lots of those functions need java - make sure you have it configured in Options->LO->Java. The problem I'd have is: $ sudo revdep-rebuild -ie -- -pv Password: * Configuring search environment for revdep-rebuild * Checking reverse dependencies * Packages containing binaries and libraries broken by a package update * will be emerged. * Collecting system binaries and libraries * Generated new 1_files.rr * Collecting complete LD_LIBRARY_PATH * Generated new 2_ldpath.rr * Checking dynamic linking consistency [ 68% ] * broken /usr/lib64/libreoffice/share/extensions/pdfimport/xpdfimport (requires libpoppler.so.13) [..] Which stems from using a binary package (app-office/libreoffice-bin-3.4.3.2-r1) I guess... Maybe you have the same problem? Greetings, Daniel -- PGP key @ http://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de/pks/lookup?search=0xBB9D4887&op=get # gpg --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0xBB9D4887 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[gentoo-user] Re: netcat and libmix.so.0 curiosity
On 01/23/2012 05:25 AM, Mervyn Hammer wrote: > Would anyone be able to help me understand the following curiosity? > > I installed =net-analyzer/netcat-110-r8 (USE="crypt ipv6 -static") > without apparent problem but running it produced: > > "nc: error while loading shared libraries: libmix.so.0: cannot open > shared object file: No such file or directory." > > A quick check of emerge.log showed dev-libs/libmix-2.05-r5 installed > without error, so I ran a deep world update followed by a --depclean > and revdep-debuild: revdep-rebuild identified a broken dependency > for netcat and reinstalled it automatically (same version), stating > that the breakage had been rectified. Re-running revdep-rebuild, > however, revealed that the problem still existed. I unmerged both > libmix and netcat and re-emerged them (libmix first). Neither > complained and logs show nothing of note. After unmerging and > re-emerging both libmix and netcat (libmix first) revdep-rebuild no > longer found a broken dependency for netcat. Still, however, netcat > gave the same error (above). I temporarily "fixed" the problem by > creating a symlink (/usr/lib/libmix.so.0 -> /usr/lib/libmix.so) > to give netcat what it says it is looking for but this feels like a hack > for some that I would presume should work cleanly by design. Very strange indeed. I just installed both packages and I have no libmix.so.0 either, yet everything works. No idea what's causing your problem, but I agree it's a problem I'd want to solve. I'd try running ldconfig -p and lddtree /usr/bin/nc to see where the .0 is coming from. (lddtree is from pax-utils).
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: netcat and libmix.so.0 curiosity
Am 23.01.2012 23:03, schrieb walt: > On 01/23/2012 05:25 AM, Mervyn Hammer wrote: >> Would anyone be able to help me understand the following curiosity? >> >> I installed =net-analyzer/netcat-110-r8 (USE="crypt ipv6 -static") >> without apparent problem but running it produced: >> >> "nc: error while loading shared libraries: libmix.so.0: cannot open >> shared object file: No such file or directory." >> >> A quick check of emerge.log showed dev-libs/libmix-2.05-r5 installed >> without error, so I ran a deep world update followed by a --depclean >> and revdep-debuild: revdep-rebuild identified a broken dependency >> for netcat and reinstalled it automatically (same version), stating >> that the breakage had been rectified. Re-running revdep-rebuild, >> however, revealed that the problem still existed. I unmerged both >> libmix and netcat and re-emerged them (libmix first). Neither >> complained and logs show nothing of note. After unmerging and >> re-emerging both libmix and netcat (libmix first) revdep-rebuild no >> longer found a broken dependency for netcat. Still, however, netcat >> gave the same error (above). I temporarily "fixed" the problem by >> creating a symlink (/usr/lib/libmix.so.0 -> /usr/lib/libmix.so) >> to give netcat what it says it is looking for but this feels like a hack >> for some that I would presume should work cleanly by design. > Very strange indeed. I just installed both packages and I have no > libmix.so.0 either, yet everything works. > > No idea what's causing your problem, but I agree it's a problem I'd > want to solve. I'd try running ldconfig -p and lddtree /usr/bin/nc > to see where the .0 is coming from. (lddtree is from pax-utils). I ran into this problem some time ago, it seems the ebuild dev-libs/libmix-2.05-r5 is broken. It does no longer create a symlink from libmix.so.0 to libmix.so. I found two solutions: 1. Creating the symlink manually 2. Using the unstable version of libmix, dev-libs/libmix-2.05-r6, the problem disappears because the programs (as soon as they are recompiled) directly link against libmix.so. The symlink won't be created either, but is unnecessary with this version. I chose the second option, first upgrading libmix and afterwards revdep-rebuild (in my case, it detected the problem, otherwise just reemerge netcat). Maybe it would be a good idea to stable the new libmix version... Regards, Felix
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: netcat and libmix.so.0 curiosity
Thanks for your replies. > Am 23.01.2012 23:03, schrieb walt: > > Very strange indeed. I just installed both packages and I have no > > libmix.so.0 either, yet everything works. > > > > No idea what's causing your problem, but I agree it's a problem I'd > > want to solve. I'd try running ldconfig -p and lddtree /usr/bin/nc > > to see where the .0 is coming from. (lddtree is from pax-utils). For completeness: (for dev-libs/libmix-2.05-r5 after symlink created) ldconfig -p | grep libmix = libmix.so.0 (libc6) => /usr/lib/libmix.so.0 libmix++.so.0 (libc6) => /usr/lib/libmix++.so.0 and output from lddtree /usr/bin/nc = nc => /usr/bin/nc (interpreter => /lib/ld-linux.so.2) libmix.so.0 => /usr/lib/libmix.so.0 libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 * Felix Kuperjans [2012-01-23 23:13:26 +0100]: > I ran into this problem some time ago, it seems the ebuild > dev-libs/libmix-2.05-r5 is broken. It does no longer create a symlink > from libmix.so.0 to libmix.so. Though it worked with the symlink, as you suggested, I upgraded libmix anyway. Thanks again. Regards, -- Merv Hammer
Re: [gentoo-user] PDF export/import in LibreOffice : solved
Thanks for the 2 responses, which are useful. For export, 3.5.0.1 does the job without any problem, so it was something wrong with 3.5.0.0, which got pulled very quickly. For import, I was expecting something more complicated (wry smile). Yes, all you have to do is 'open' the file & it comes up in Draw, where you can indeed edit the text. I didn't try anything else nor did I try saving an edited version of a PDF, but it's good to know that you can open one & modify it. Someone else mentioned Java : no, you don't need Java for PDFs in LO. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
Re: [gentoo-user] managing files in /usr/portage/packages/
120122 Dale wrote: > Philip Webb wrote: >> Besides having rescue instances of system pkgs in /usr/portage/packages , >> I also try to remember to keep a quickpkg of LibreOffice there too. >> Creating these files is easy, but is there an approved way of managing them, >> esp of deleting obsolete versions, beyond a simple 'rm' ? >> I notice there's a log file 'Packages' in the dir, >> which suggests there sb some method of removing unwanted ones. > 'man eclean'. The exact thing you want is 'eclean-pkg', > but this can also manage your distfiles too. Thanks lots ! -- I knew re 'eclean' for distfiles, but didn't realise it cb used to clean out obsolete rescue pkgs too. As always, it's best to use the -p flag before doing the real job. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
