Re: [gentoo-user] GRUB w/ external drive (was UUID)

2008-04-21 Thread Josh Cepek
Anthony E. Caudel wrote: Michael Schmarck wrote: · Anthony E. Caudel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I have noticed in some distros (namely Ubuntu) that the fstab uses UUID's rather than /dev references. Is this a better way? Does it eliminate the problem of /dev references changing when another dr

Re: [gentoo-user] Why does emerge ignore APACHE2_MPMS?

2008-04-21 Thread felix
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:47:28AM +0200, dexters84 wrote: > AFAIK only one mpm at once is valid Then why doesn't the non-X emerge die? If non-X can figure it out (and the resultant apache is working fine), then why does the X emerge care, and why does it hold up my emerge run with a GUI popup?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-21 Thread Anthony E. Caudel
Michael Schmarck wrote: · Anthony E. Caudel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I have noticed in some distros (namely Ubuntu) that the fstab uses UUID's rather than /dev references. Is this a better way? Does it eliminate the problem of /dev references changing when another drive, i.e., an external US

Re: [gentoo-user] Qmail and Spamassassin won't integrate

2008-04-21 Thread darren kirby
quoth the Tim Garton: Hi Tim, > I run spamassassin with exim, so can't offer all that much help, but > as for attempt 1 you may try running: > spamc -R < {some file containing full source of a sample email} > > to make sure spamassassin is running correctly. It should spit back a > score and a p

Re: [gentoo-user] Why does emerge ignore APACHE2_MPMS?

2008-04-21 Thread dexters84
AFAIK only one mpm at once is valid regards dexter [EMAIL PROTECTED] pisze: My make.conf has this line: APACHE2_MPMS="mpm-prefork mpm-worker" which used to be good enough, but now emerge ignores it: emerge -ptuvDN world | grep apache [ebuild R ] www-servers/apache-2.2.8-r2 U

[gentoo-user] bashdb and dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8g-r1

2008-04-21 Thread felix
For some reason, probably out of curiousity, I emerged bashdb, and emerging openssl decided to take advantage of that. openssl's emerge got as far as the ./Configure part of the build and paused in a bashdb prompt, at least that's my guess because ps doesn't show it as such. Operating system:

[gentoo-user] Why does emerge ignore APACHE2_MPMS?

2008-04-21 Thread felix
My make.conf has this line: APACHE2_MPMS="mpm-prefork mpm-worker" which used to be good enough, but now emerge ignores it: emerge -ptuvDN world | grep apache [ebuild R ] www-servers/apache-2.2.8-r2 USE="doc ssl suexec threads -debug -ldap (-selinux) -sni -static" APACHE2_MODULE

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-21 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:41:58 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > > The other possible way would be to give your devices unique names, > > either via udev or by using LVM. Advantage over UUIDs: much easier to > > read. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Qmail and Spamassassin won't integrate

2008-04-21 Thread Tim Garton
I run spamassassin with exim, so can't offer all that much help, but as for attempt 1 you may try running: spamc -R < {some file containing full source of a sample email} to make sure spamassassin is running correctly. It should spit back a score and a possibly a list of tests failed, depending o

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:41:58 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > The other possible way would be to give your devices unique names, > either via udev or by using LVM. Advantage over UUIDs: much easier to > read. Or you could use filesystem labels. -- Neil Bothwick Electricians DO IT until it Hz...

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-21 Thread Roy Wright
Michael Schmarck wrote: > Correct. UUIDs are universally unique (as the name already "suggests" *g*) > and thus, there cannot be a clash. Not quite true, drives in a RAID have the same UUID. Here's my raid5 for an xxample: # blkid | grep mdraid /dev/sdb1: UUID="bf59d132-8b98-7d9c-c526-af1cfb835fa

[gentoo-user] Qmail and Spamassassin won't integrate

2008-04-21 Thread darren kirby
Hello all, I am quickly getting to the hair-pulling stage because I cannot accomplish the simple setup of qmail and spamassassin. There is lots of docs out there, but they all suggest completely different ways of doing things. Here's what I have: netqmail-1.05-r8 dovecot-1.0.13-r1 spamassassin-

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-21 Thread Michael Schmarck
· Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Am Montag, den 21.04.2008, 16:37 +0200 schrieb Anthony E. Caudel: >> I have noticed in some distros (namely Ubuntu) that the fstab uses >> UUID's rather than /dev references. Is this a better way? > > Yes. > >> Does it eliminate the problem of /dev refer

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-21 Thread Michael Schmarck
· Anthony E. Caudel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have noticed in some distros (namely Ubuntu) that the fstab uses > UUID's rather than /dev references. Is this a better way? > > Does it eliminate the problem of /dev references changing when another > drive, i.e., an external USB drive, is plugged

[gentoo-user] driver for ATI RAdeon HD3650

2008-04-21 Thread alain . didierjean
What would be the best driver for a ATI RAdeon HD3650 graphic interface ? Preferably Open Source. Thanks for sharing your experience -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-21 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Montag, den 21.04.2008, 16:37 +0200 schrieb Anthony E. Caudel: > I have noticed in some distros (namely Ubuntu) that the fstab uses > UUID's rather than /dev references. Is this a better way? Yes. > Does it eliminate the problem of /dev references changing when another > drive, i.e., an ext

[gentoo-user] OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-21 Thread Anthony E. Caudel
I have noticed in some distros (namely Ubuntu) that the fstab uses UUID's rather than /dev references. Is this a better way? Does it eliminate the problem of /dev references changing when another drive, i.e., an external USB drive, is plugged in? The /dev references may change but the UUID's

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth-Hotspot

2008-04-21 Thread Florian Philipp
On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 22:10 +0200, dexters84 wrote: [correcting top-posting] > > Florian Philipp pisze: > > Hi list! > > > > I could need some help. > > > > Long story (if you don't want to hear, scroll down): > > > > For six months a year I'm attending a university of cooperative > > education

Re: [gentoo-user] FEATURES=buildsyspkg

2008-04-21 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 20 April 2008, Graham Murray wrote: > What is the intended logic of buildsyspkg? I assumed that it would > build binary packages for all 'system' packages, ie those which would > be in a 'stage-2' tarball, but it seems a little arbitrary. For > example, it builds binary packages for porta

Re: [gentoo-user] Index the doc

2008-04-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:43:04 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Personally, I tend not to use site's various indexes on their front > page. A much better index already exists - Google. In konqueoror: > > gg: site:gentoo.org Me too, although I find a search of all of gentoo.org pulls in too much irre