Re: [gentoo-user] Disable remote login for certain user

2009-01-16 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:28:07 -0800 Grant wrote: > Should I do that via an ssh config setting, in shorewall, or somewhere else? I believe the right way would be to add 'account required pam_access.so' line to /etc/pam.d/system-auth and define login restrictions in /etc/securety/access.conf (it's

Re: [gentoo-user] Restricting Firefox website access

2009-01-16 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:34:59 -0800 Grant wrote: > I think this leaves a squid proxy setup as my only option? Sorry, I haven't noticed the fact that there are machines behind the firewall that need to be restricted, and aforementioned rule certainly won't do that. Squid setup should certainly be

Re: [gentoo-user] Restricting Firefox website access

2009-01-16 Thread Grant
>> That sounds good, how can I do that? > > iptables module "owner" handles that stuff, just "man iptables" if > you'll have any trouble. > > iptables -A OUTPUT -m owner --uid-owner someuser -m tcp --dport http -j > REJECT I brought this to the shorewall list for config advice, but I was told:

[gentoo-user] Disable remote login for certain user

2009-01-16 Thread Grant
One of the users set up on my router is for whoever is sitting in front of the router and wants to log in. For that reason, the password needs to be simple and I'd like to prevent that user from being able to log in if they aren't in front of the system since the password is simple and should be e

[gentoo-user] Re: madwifi "Stuck beacon" causes mpd to skip

2009-01-16 Thread Grant
>> Whenever I get the following message in dmesg: >> >> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11) >> >> the music playing on mpd skips. Does anyone know more about this? >> >> - Grant > > I think this is fixed by downgrading from madwifi-ng-svn- to > madwifi-ng

[gentoo-user] Re: Append string on Kernel builds

2009-01-16 Thread reader
Dirk Heinrichs writes: >> I like to use that and put `-$MYHOST' as string. I wondered if there >> is any way to set a numericly incrementing string. Maybe some trick >> syntax that can go in that spot? > > The build system does that automatically as long as you don't "make > mrproper", > see

Re: [gentoo-user] Append string on Kernel builds

2009-01-16 Thread Norberto Bensa
On Friday January 16 2009 18:58:55 Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > The build system does that automatically as long as you don't "make > mrproper", You can backup .version

Re: [gentoo-user] Append string on Kernel builds

2009-01-16 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag, 16. Januar 2009 21:43:56 schrieb rea...@newsguy.com: > In the first section during a `makeconfig' session, there is a line > (the second one) that says: > > Local Version - append to kernel release > > I like to use that and put `-$MYHOST' as string. I wondered if there > is any way

[gentoo-user] Append string on Kernel builds

2009-01-16 Thread reader
In the first section during a `makeconfig' session, there is a line (the second one) that says: Local Version - append to kernel release I like to use that and put `-$MYHOST' as string. I wondered if there is any way to set a numericly incrementing string. Maybe some trick syntax that can go

Re: [gentoo-user] Build failure hwinfo both stable and testing

2009-01-16 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:04 PM, wrote: > I tried to install hwinfo today and failed with the latest > ~hwinfo-14.19. I couldn't make anything usefull of the failure > message so backed off to the stable version 13.28. I got the same > failure so wondering if anyone can make sense of the (parti

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: uvesafb - does it require use of initramfs/initrd?

2009-01-16 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:33 PM, wrote: > Paul Hartman writes: > >> I'm ashamed to admit I made the most basic mistake. I compiled uvesafb >> as a module. Oops! Compiled it as "Y" instead of "M" and now I have a >> pair of Tux sitting atop my kernel boot screen and no more 80x25 >> horror. :) >

Re: [gentoo-user] /bin/loadkeys not found after emerge -DuN world

2009-01-16 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 10:59 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: [...] > >> > > If I'm not mistaken, comments #4 and #5 (the last two comments) pertain > > to you. > > Well, yes, but they don't say anything (to me) as best I read. Or > maybe I don't understand how the folks that work in those areas talk > th

[gentoo-user] Build failure hwinfo both stable and testing

2009-01-16 Thread reader
I tried to install hwinfo today and failed with the latest ~hwinfo-14.19. I couldn't make anything usefull of the failure message so backed off to the stable version 13.28. I got the same failure so wondering if anyone can make sense of the (partial) output below. Does it mean this file is missi

Re: [gentoo-user] /bin/loadkeys not found after emerge -DuN world

2009-01-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Albert Hopkins wrote: > On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 07:56 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > [...] >> > A word of advice, when a bugzilla is resolved as DUPLICATE you should >> > (almost always) immediately click on the bug that it's a duplicate of >> > because that's where al

Re: [gentoo-user] /bin/loadkeys not found after emerge -DuN world

2009-01-16 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 07:56 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: [...] > > A word of advice, when a bugzilla is resolved as DUPLICATE you should > > (almost always) immediately click on the bug that it's a duplicate of > > because that's where all the action is taking place: > > > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/sho

[gentoo-user] Re: uvesafb - does it require use of initramfs/initrd?

2009-01-16 Thread reader
Paul Hartman writes: > I'm ashamed to admit I made the most basic mistake. I compiled uvesafb > as a module. Oops! Compiled it as "Y" instead of "M" and now I have a > pair of Tux sitting atop my kernel boot screen and no more 80x25 > horror. :) Is there some difference in uvesafb and vesafb? I

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I change MSS separately from MTU?

2009-01-16 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 14 January 2009, Mick wrote: > On Monday 12 January 2009, Walter Dnes wrote: > > The only suggestion I've found via Google is iptables "mangle". Does > > it manage to change MSS without changing MTU? If so, what is the > > invocation in the "mangle" table? > It would probably be

Re: [gentoo-user] /bin/loadkeys not found after emerge -DuN world

2009-01-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Albert Hopkins wrote: > On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 07:24 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: >> Hi, >>I've completed my updates of this older Mac Mini. The machine boots >> and runs fine but there's a small problem in the boot console: >> >> * Loading key mappings >> * /bin/l

Re: [gentoo-user] /bin/loadkeys not found after emerge -DuN world

2009-01-16 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 07:24 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, >I've completed my updates of this older Mac Mini. The machine boots > and runs fine but there's a small problem in the boot console: > > * Loading key mappings > * /bin/loadkeys not found > ** ERROR: cannot start consolefont as keyma

[gentoo-user] /bin/loadkeys not found after emerge -DuN world

2009-01-16 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, I've completed my updates of this older Mac Mini. The machine boots and runs fine but there's a small problem in the boot console: * Loading key mappings * /bin/loadkeys not found ** ERROR: cannot start consolefont as keymaps could not start None of this occurred prior to the emerge -Du

Re: [gentoo-user] Bash & Server Sockets

2009-01-16 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 21:53 -0800, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: > Hi all, > > In Bash /dev/tcp/host/port can be used to write to a TCP socket. This > works nicely so I was very curious whether it would work the other way > too: is it possible to have a Bash script listen on a particular port > as if it w

Re: [gentoo-user] A circular dependency problem with notification-daemon and libnotify...

2009-01-16 Thread Chris Walters
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Neil Bothwick wrote: > The only amd64 ebuild of notification-daemon, 0.3.7, does not have a > gstreamer USE flag. That's only present in the 0.4.0 ebuild, which is > ~amd64. Are you trying to mix stable and testing packages? No, at this point, I am

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild dependency logic - please explain it to me

2009-01-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 16 January 2009 14:22:27 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 16 Jan, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Friday 16 January 2009 13:49:04 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm still struggling with the logic of dependencies in ebuild files > >> e.g. > >> > >> kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r2.ebuild co

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild dependency logic - please explain it to me

2009-01-16 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 16 Jan, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Friday 16 January 2009 13:49:04 Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm still struggling with the logic of dependencies in ebuild files >> e.g. >> >> kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r2.ebuild contains the line >> !avahi? ( !bindist? ( net-misc/mDNSResponder !kde

Re: [gentoo-user] e2fsprogs blocking question

2009-01-16 Thread Alejandro
2009/1/16 Dale > Alejandro wrote: > > > > > > 2009/1/15 Neil Bothwick mailto:n...@digimed.co.uk>> > > > > On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:07 +0100, Geralt wrote: > > > > > > You don't need to remove anything, just let portage handle the > > block > > > > for you. Blocks marked with a b

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild dependency logic - please explain it to me

2009-01-16 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
2009/1/16 Helmut Jarausch : > Hi, > > I'm still struggling with the logic of dependencies in ebuild files > e.g. > > kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r2.ebuild contains the line >!avahi? ( !bindist? ( net-misc/mDNSResponder !kde-misc/kdnssd-avahi ) ) > > This causes a dependency loop since I do h

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild dependency logic - please explain it to me

2009-01-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 16 January 2009 13:49:04 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > I'm still struggling with the logic of dependencies in ebuild files > e.g. > > kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r2.ebuild contains the line > !avahi? ( !bindist? ( net-misc/mDNSResponder !kde-misc/kdnssd-avahi ) ) > > This causes a

[gentoo-user] ebuild dependency logic - please explain it to me

2009-01-16 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, I'm still struggling with the logic of dependencies in ebuild files e.g. kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r2.ebuild contains the line !avahi? ( !bindist? ( net-misc/mDNSResponder !kde-misc/kdnssd-avahi ) ) This causes a dependency loop since I do have 'avahi' installed which blocks net-mis

Re: [gentoo-user] A circular dependency problem with notification-daemon and libnotify...

2009-01-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:27:12 -0500, Chris Walters wrote: > I was wondering if anyone else was having this problem. I am running > an AMD64 arch, and when I try to "emerge notification-daemon", it will > not compile because libnotify is not present. If I try to emerge > libnotify, it tries to me

[gentoo-user] A circular dependency problem with notification-daemon and libnotify...

2009-01-16 Thread Chris Walters
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hello, I was wondering if anyone else was having this problem. I am running an AMD64 arch, and when I try to "emerge notification-daemon", it will not compile because libnotify is not present. If I try to emerge libnotify, it tries to merge notif

Re: [gentoo-user] Error message in Xorg.log for intel xorg driver

2009-01-16 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 2:20 AM, Dale wrote: > Paul Hartman wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:58 AM, Paul Hartman >> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Dale wrote: >>> Paul Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:59 AM, Dale wrote: > > >> Wolfgang Lie

Re: [gentoo-user] Error message in Xorg.log for intel xorg driver

2009-01-16 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
2009/1/16 Dale : > > So if evdev failed for some reason, it would fall back to the keyboard > and mouse drivers you think? That I would be willing to try if that is > the case. > I don't think there is a fallback option. You can either use the new or the old way. Somebody correct me if I am wrong

Re: [gentoo-user] rebuilding dependent packages

2009-01-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:37:20 -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > The libavcodec library went from version 51 to 52, which broke > transcode. The --deep argument did not find the dependency there and > rebuild transcode. > > On my FreeBSD server, portupgrade has the -r and -R arguments to force >

Re: [gentoo-user] e2fsprogs blocking question

2009-01-16 Thread Dale
Alejandro wrote: > > > 2009/1/15 Neil Bothwick mailto:n...@digimed.co.uk>> > > On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:07 +0100, Geralt wrote: > > > > You don't need to remove anything, just let portage handle the > block > > > for you. Blocks marked with a b (instead of a B) can be handled by >

Re: [gentoo-user] e2fsprogs blocking question

2009-01-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:59:32 -0200, Alejandro wrote: > > That's right, but now the new portage is stable so it is handled on > > stable systems. The block was handled automatically when it first > > appeared on ~arch systems. > Which version of portage do this? I am on amd64 stable and have the >

Re: [gentoo-user] Error message in Xorg.log for intel xorg driver

2009-01-16 Thread Dale
Paul Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:58 AM, Paul Hartman > wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Dale wrote: >> >>> Paul Hartman wrote: >>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:59 AM, Dale wrote: > Wolfgang Liebich wrote: > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Error message in Xorg.log for intel xorg driver

2009-01-16 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:58 AM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Dale wrote: >> Paul Hartman wrote: >>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:59 AM, Dale wrote: >>> Wolfgang Liebich wrote: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 09:35:11AM -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: > > >