[gentoo-user] Anyone using fsarchiver to backup their Linux filesystems?

2010-09-23 Thread Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang E nming) 张恩鸣
fsarchiver: http://www.fsarchiver.org/Main_Page I am using it to backup my Linux ext4 filesystems and Logical Volume Manager 2 (LVM2) logical volumes. Here is a very simple Linux shell script which I wrote to backup my /boot filesystem as well as the host operating system's volume group. #

Re: [gentoo-user] spamd segmentation fault and spamassassin will not emerge

2010-09-23 Thread covici
Adam Carter wrote: > I thought seg faults were usually hardware does it happen at the same > point every time? I don't know as core is not dumped, but running perl-cleaner did fix it -- weird. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it?

Re: [gentoo-user] spamd segmentation fault and spamassassin will not emerge

2010-09-23 Thread Adam Carter
I thought seg faults were usually hardware does it happen at the same point every time?

[gentoo-user] Re: Extraordinarily laggy UI, keyboard, udev weirdness, KDE 4.5

2010-09-23 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Paul Hartman wrote: > Hi, I recently upgraded my kernel to 2.6.35.1 and my KDE to 4.5. After > rebooting, I have some weird, possibly unrelated issues: > > During bootup, boot process hangs on "waiting for uevents" for ~30 > seconds or so. I don't remember this ev

Re: [gentoo-user] Fire the fox.

2010-09-23 Thread a...@sourcegarden.de
On 09/22/2010 12:23 AM, Beau Henderson wrote: > On 09/22/10 07:31, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> On Monday 20 September 2010 16:38:05 Paul Hartman wrote: >> >>> I haven't had any crashing or failing to start, but Firefox in Linux >>> has always been pretty bad in general for me. Slow UI, unusable in NX

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage internals : shadow root

2010-09-23 Thread Al
> Thanks Alan! > Unfortunately, I don't understand how this can work. > Simplify using PREFIX failed for me since many packages record the > full path for configuration/data/help files etc. in the generated > binaries or libraries. > When moving such an application/library it will still search for

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage internals : shadow root

2010-09-23 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 09/23/10 11:50:19, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 10:55 on Thursday 23 September 2010, > Helmut > Jarausch did opine thusly: > > > Hi, > > > > when portage installs a package, it first installs it into some > "shadow > > root". Then it records all files installed befor

Re: [gentoo-user] spamd segmentation fault and spamassassin will not emerge

2010-09-23 Thread covici
Well, it was from perl 5.12 to 5.12.1 -- do I need to run perl-cleaner when doing that? I thought it was only for major versions, but if not, I can try that. David Abbott wrote: > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:32 AM, wrote: > > Hi.  I am getting a segfault when I try to start the spamd which is

Re: [gentoo-user] usb-storage errors in dmesg

2010-09-23 Thread Bill Longman
On 09/22/10 16:40, me wrote: > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Bill Longman wrote: >> I have a new workstation running 64 bits 2.6.34 gentoo sources. It's an >> HP p6520y (AthlonIIX4) with 6GB and lsusb reports an Alcor Micro 21-in-1 >> Flash Card Reader. >> >> I have no usb storage devices plu

Re: [gentoo-user] spamd segmentation fault and spamassassin will not emerge

2010-09-23 Thread David Abbott
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:32 AM, wrote: > Hi.  I am getting a segfault when I try to start the spamd which is part > of spamassassin.  I tried re-emerging the package and got the following: > /var/tmp/portage/mail-filter/spamassassin-3.3.1-r3/temp/environment: > line 2405: 14949 Segmentation fau

[gentoo-user] spamd segmentation fault and spamassassin will not emerge

2010-09-23 Thread covici
upport, post the output of 'emerge --info =mail-filter/spamassassin-3.3.1-r3', * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv =mail-filter/spamassassin-3.3.1-r3'. * The complete build log is located at '/var/log/portage/mail-filter:spamassassin-3.3.1-r3

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage internals : shadow root

2010-09-23 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 10:55 on Thursday 23 September 2010, Helmut Jarausch did opine thusly: > Hi, > > when portage installs a package, it first installs it into some "shadow > root". Then it records all files installed before it moves the files to > the "real root". > > I have to do

Re: [gentoo-user] machine check exception errors

2010-09-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:26:09 -0500, Dale wrote: > > Thanks Mick. My host is big with multiple data centers of their own. > > They did exactly as I asked and I'm running on new RAM. There was a > > problem bringing my system back online and the cause was purported to > > be an unseated ethernet c

[gentoo-user] Portage internals : shadow root

2010-09-23 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, when portage installs a package, it first installs it into some "shadow root". Then it records all files installed before it moves the files to the "real root". I have to do some installations on SUSE systems (which are not administered by me) and I'd like to imitate that procedure there.