Re: [gentoo-user] No display w/ kernel 3.2.0

2012-01-12 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 2012-01-12 23:50, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > Am 2012-01-12 20:07, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: >> Am 10.01.2012 23:57, schrieb Mark Knecht: >> >>> My suggestion would be to try the IntelGfx list. They helped me quite >>> a lot when I first brought up the machine I tested for you. >>> >>> h

Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd

2012-01-12 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 11:41:28AM -0500, Mike Edenfield wrote: > Actually, it's just the words "purple RAIN" with e/a/I replaced with 3/4/1; > I chose l33t-sp33k since I figured it was so over-used for password > generation that everyone would recognize it immediately :) But yes, I think > Randal

Re: [gentoo-user] Backup of remote virtual server

2012-01-12 Thread Michael Hampicke
>> I did the very same recently when reformatting my system partition for >> a new FS. Beware though that after this command you still need to >> create some device files in /dev for udev to work properly, because >> they were excluded. I think it was null and console, but I'm not sure. > > mount

Re: [gentoo-user] No display w/ kernel 3.2.0

2012-01-12 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 2012-01-12 20:07, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > Am 10.01.2012 23:57, schrieb Mark Knecht: > >> My suggestion would be to try the IntelGfx list. They helped me quite >> a lot when I first brought up the machine I tested for you. >> >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx >

Re: [gentoo-user] Backup of remote virtual server

2012-01-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:26:52 +0100, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > rsync -av --delete --delete-excluded \ > > --exclude=/dev/ \ > > --exclude=/proc/ \ > > --exclude=/sys/ \ > > --exclude=/tmp/ \ > > --exclude=/usr/portage/ \ > > --exclude=/var/portage/ \ > > --exclude=/v

Re: [gentoo-user] Backup of remote virtual server

2012-01-12 Thread Michael Hampicke
> I did the very same recently when reformatting my system partition for a new > FS. Beware though that after this command you still need to create some device > files in /dev for udev to work properly, because they were excluded. I think > it was null and console, but I'm not sure. You are corre

Re: [gentoo-user] No display w/ kernel 3.2.0

2012-01-12 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 10.01.2012 23:57, schrieb Mark Knecht: > My suggestion would be to try the IntelGfx list. They helped me quite > a lot when I first brought up the machine I tested for you. > > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx I subscribed and it didn't even take a day and another think

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: removal of esound

2012-01-12 Thread Dale
Hartmut Figge wrote: Dale: Hartmut Figge wrote: Perhaps i should have mentioned, in case someone is wondering what has happened, it was most likely this: - build-log.txt - [...] pulling from http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/ [...] getting widget/gtk2/nsSound.cpp [...]

RE: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd

2012-01-12 Thread Mike Edenfield
> From: Alan McKinnon [mailto:alan.mckin...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:31 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd > > On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:09:40 -0500 > "Mike Edenfield" wrote: > > > > I agree. Longer pass{words,phrases

Re: [gentoo-user] Backup of remote virtual server

2012-01-12 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 09:47:57AM +0100, Michael Hampicke wrote: > > I'm curious what you, collective Gentoo-users, may be using to solve > > this problem. rsync, rdiff-backup, rsnapshot, dirvish, bacula, > > tar+ssh...? > > rsync -av --delete --delete-excluded \ > --exclude=/dev/ \ >

Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd

2012-01-12 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:58:02 -0500 Tanstaafl wrote: > > So it's just a description, not an insult. Don't read it as such > > Oh, I didn't, I did catch the 'but I still like it', sorry if my > reply made it sound like I was insulted ;) > > But I still disagree. Would you also classify 'changin

Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd

2012-01-12 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-12 8:03 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:30:03 -0500 Tanstaafl wrote: On 2012-01-11 5:51 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: yes, I know it's really just security by obscurity in disguise but I still like it. Actually, I disagree vehemently that it is 'security through obscu

Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd

2012-01-12 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:30:03 -0500 Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2012-01-11 5:51 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> 2. Change the character set used (I always do this) > > I like this one:-) > > > > yes, I know it's really just security by obscurity in disguise but I > > still like it. > > Actually, I disag

Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd

2012-01-12 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-12 6:39 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: That, again, is why I like pwm... I only have to remember my 3 or 4 Master Passwords (and which category an account is in, but I have a system and that is not a problem). Oh... I have about 100 accounts in my passwordmaker settings... so I would have to

Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd

2012-01-12 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-11 7:31 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: Personally, I advocate using smart password generators like apg. The password truly is a random distribution of junk, but one that can be pronounced (a key factor in remembering it). But that is the whole point... once you get beyond 3, 4 or 10+ pas

Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd

2012-01-12 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-11 6:48 PM, Dale wrote: That's why I like Lastpass. It fills them in for me so that I can have a really nice strong password but I don't have to type it in each time. Like I said, I like Lastpass too, but I simply do not like *storing* the passwords somewhere, encrypted or no...

Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd

2012-01-12 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-11 5:51 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: 2. Change the character set used (I always do this) I like this one:-) yes, I know it's really just security by obscurity in disguise but I still like it. Actually, I disagree vehemently that it is 'security through obscurity'... It would be next

[gentoo-user] Re: removal of esound

2012-01-12 Thread Hartmut Figge
Dale: >Hartmut Figge wrote: >> Perhaps i should have mentioned, in case someone is wondering what has >> happened, it was most likely this: >> >> - build-log.txt - >> [...] >> pulling from http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/ >> [...] >> getting widget/gtk2/nsSound.cpp >> [...] >> --

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: removal of esound

2012-01-12 Thread Dale
Hartmut Figge wrote: Hartmut Figge: Hartmut Figge: I may take it upstream to mozilla.org. No need for that. I just heard the notification sound with the new build of SM. :) Perhaps i should have mentioned, in case someone is wondering what has happened, it was most likely this: - build-l

Re: [gentoo-user] Backup of remote virtual server

2012-01-12 Thread Michael Hampicke
> I'm curious what you, collective Gentoo-users, may be using to solve > this problem. rsync, rdiff-backup, rsnapshot, dirvish, bacula, > tar+ssh...? rsync -av --delete --delete-excluded \ --exclude=/dev/ \ --exclude=/proc/ \ --exclude=/sys/ \ --exclude=/tmp/ \

[gentoo-user] Re: removal of esound

2012-01-12 Thread Hartmut Figge
Hartmut Figge: >Hartmut Figge: >>I may take it upstream to mozilla.org. > >No need for that. I just heard the notification sound with the new build >of SM. :) Perhaps i should have mentioned, in case someone is wondering what has happened, it was most likely this: - build-log.txt - [...]