Re: [gentoo-user] webkit-gtk grumbles

2014-06-16 Thread Philip Webb
140616 walt wrote: > I'm sick of building webkit-gtk. > My oldest machine (a dual-core AMD64) > has been building webkit for 6 hours and still going. An entry in my home-made list of un/installed pkgs : 140322 net-libs/webkit-gtk-1.8.3-r201 [ 22 min : for gimp] The date is when I removed it, h

[gentoo-user] Re: Secure DNS servers

2014-06-16 Thread James
thegeezer thegeezer.net> writes: > > I'm researching where we run all sorts of applications very securely, > > for one person at a time. It's eventually (hopefully) going to be > > a full LMS Learning Management system, something comprehensive, maybe even > > www-apps/moodle and or SWAD. Eventua

Re: [gentoo-user] webkit-gtk grumbles

2014-06-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 17/06/2014 01:53, walt wrote: > I'm sick of building webkit-gtk. My oldest machine (a dual-core AMD64) has > been > building webkit for 6 hours and still going :( > > Can anyone answer a few questions for me, please? > > 1) Why do we not have a binary webkit package in portage, like > libr

[gentoo-user] webkit-gtk grumbles

2014-06-16 Thread walt
I'm sick of building webkit-gtk. My oldest machine (a dual-core AMD64) has been building webkit for 6 hours and still going :( Can anyone answer a few questions for me, please? 1) Why do we not have a binary webkit package in portage, like libreoffice-bin, firefox-bin, thunderbird-bin, etc? 2)

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] auto mounting and umounting flash drives using udev rule

2014-06-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:58:07 -0300, Francisco Ares wrote: > Regarding umounting, it umounts the drive after it is removed, which > looks strange (to say the least) to me. Udev doesn't know you want to remove the drive until you've pulled it. Apparently, a future release of systemd will be able to

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT} GStreamer: How to view AND record a stream coming from an USB Webcam

2014-06-16 Thread James
gmx.de> writes: OK, one last trick, that will work with a coax camera. A coax output camera, can be connected to either a h.264 encoder/mux (standard industry equipment) or to a pci card that has external coax inputs. You can then put a coax splitter (a mechanical tee) and run the camera output

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Secure DNS servers

2014-06-16 Thread thegeezer
On 06/16/2014 10:08 PM, James wrote: > thegeezer thegeezer.net> writes: > >> generally using something like ISC BIND you can set filters and easily >> create an external view and internal view, so that you can do split dns >> based on network connection. if doing something like this test it and >

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] auto mounting and umounting flash drives using udev rule

2014-06-16 Thread Mick
On Monday 16 Jun 2014 20:58:07 Francisco Ares wrote: > Hi, > > Looking for alternatives on the subject, I've found this: > > http://www.unixli.com/q/answers-automount-usb-sticks-on-gentoo-78276.html > > It looks good, for now, it creates a directory named after the VFAT > partition name under "/

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Secure DNS servers

2014-06-16 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 06/16/2014 03:57 PM, James wrote: > >> There's a video of DJB at the 27c3 conference floating around where he >> discusses some of this stuff. Some of his points shouldn't be taken >> seriously, but it's entertaining nevertheless. > > I thought DJB was mostly deprecated. He's still preaching d

[gentoo-user] Re: Secure DNS servers

2014-06-16 Thread James
thegeezer thegeezer.net> writes: > > generally using something like ISC BIND you can set filters and easily > create an external view and internal view, so that you can do split dns > based on network connection. if doing something like this test it and > then test it again to make sure there i

Re: [gentoo-user] Secure DNS servers

2014-06-16 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > The benefits of DNSSEC are debatable. We're moving the centralized trust > from one group of scumbags (the CAs) to another group of scumbags (the > registrars). So the benefits to authentication are not entirely clear-cut. > > But, DNSSEC

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Secure DNS servers

2014-06-16 Thread thegeezer
On 06/16/2014 08:57 PM, James wrote: > Michael Orlitzky gentoo.org> writes: > >> On 06/16/2014 02:15 PM, James wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm reading up on how to secure DNS primary and secondary servers. >>> I guess DNSSEC is pretty important. Any other areas I should read >>> up on? It's been a

Re: [gentoo-user] Secure DNS servers

2014-06-16 Thread thegeezer
generally using something like ISC BIND you can set filters and easily create an external view and internal view, so that you can do split dns based on network connection. if doing something like this test it and then test it again to make sure there is no leak due to a typo. it would be easier i

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J1800 drivers

2014-06-16 Thread Francisco Ares
2014-06-15 6:52 GMT-03:00 Mick : > On Wednesday 11 Jun 2014 12:28:17 Francisco Ares wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to install Gentoo on a x64 system with such processor, that, > as > > far as I could understand, is like to have the chipset embedded, so the > > buses to video, pci express, usb,

[gentoo-user] [OT] auto mounting and umounting flash drives using udev rule

2014-06-16 Thread Francisco Ares
Hi, Looking for alternatives on the subject, I've found this: http://www.unixli.com/q/answers-automount-usb-sticks-on-gentoo-78276.html It looks good, for now, it creates a directory named after the VFAT partition name under "/media" and then it mounts the flash drive on it. Regarding umounting

[gentoo-user] Re: Secure DNS servers

2014-06-16 Thread James
Michael Orlitzky gentoo.org> writes: > > On 06/16/2014 02:15 PM, James wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm reading up on how to secure DNS primary and secondary servers. > > I guess DNSSEC is pretty important. Any other areas I should read > > up on? It's been a few years since I admin'd a dns serve

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT} GStreamer: How to view AND record a stream coming from an USB Webcam

2014-06-16 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 1:27 PM, wrote: > Canek Peláez Valdés [14-06-16 04:33]: >> On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés >> wrote: >> > On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 12:54 PM, wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> After unsuccessfully trying vlc with a Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcam >> >> (over

Re: [gentoo-user] Any application to control uvc parameters of a webcam ?

2014-06-16 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 12:23 PM, wrote: > Hi, > > is there any other application than guvcview be able to control the uvc > parameters > of a uvc camera (Logitech C920) while gstreamer is reading its device > (/dev/video1) ? What parameters? Usually the v4l2src element in gstreamer is able

Re: [gentoo-user] Secure DNS servers

2014-06-16 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 06/16/2014 02:15 PM, James wrote: > Hello, > > I'm reading up on how to secure DNS primary and secondary servers. > I guess DNSSEC is pretty important. Any other areas I should read > up on? It's been a few years since I admin'd a dns server The benefits of DNSSEC are debatable. We're mov

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT} GStreamer: How to view AND record a stream coming from an USB Webcam

2014-06-16 Thread meino . cramer
Canek Peláez Valdés [14-06-16 04:33]: > On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 12:54 PM, wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> After unsuccessfully trying vlc with a Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcam > >> (over 2 seconds delay between audio and video). I played ar

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT} GStreamer: How to view AND record a stream coming from an USB Webcam

2014-06-16 Thread meino . cramer
James [14-06-16 05:36]: > gmx.de> writes: > > > > After unsuccessfully trying vlc with a Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcam > > (over 2 seconds delay between audio and video). > > > Have you tried : media-video/ffmpeg ? > > This wiki is full of good information. Many video packages use > ffmpeg

[gentoo-user] Secure DNS servers

2014-06-16 Thread James
Hello, I'm reading up on how to secure DNS primary and secondary servers. I guess DNSSEC is pretty important. Any other areas I should read up on? It's been a few years since I admin'd a dns server Also, look for gentoo centric DNS primary solutions, I see no mention of hardened, up-mounte

[gentoo-user] Any application to control uvc parameters of a webcam ?

2014-06-16 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, is there any other application than guvcview be able to control the uvc parameters of a uvc camera (Logitech C920) while gstreamer is reading its device (/dev/video1) ? Best regards, Meino

[gentoo-user] Re: GCC upgrade can't run fix_libtool_files

2014-06-16 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 16/06/14 20:02, Daniel Frey wrote: On 06/16/2014 09:56 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Does someone know what causes the error? I got this when upgrading from GCC 4.8.2 to 4.8.3: Installing (1 of 1) sys-devel/gcc-4.8.3 * gcc-config: Could not locate 'x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-4.8.2' in '/etc/env.

Re: [gentoo-user] GCC upgrade can't run fix_libtool_files

2014-06-16 Thread Daniel Frey
On 06/16/2014 09:56 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Does someone know what causes the error? I got this when upgrading from > GCC 4.8.2 to 4.8.3: > Installing (1 of 1) sys-devel/gcc-4.8.3 > * gcc-config: Could not locate 'x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-4.8.2' in > '/etc/env.d/gcc/' ! > * Running 'fix_l

[gentoo-user] GCC upgrade can't run fix_libtool_files

2014-06-16 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Does someone know what causes the error? I got this when upgrading from GCC 4.8.2 to 4.8.3: >>> Installing (1 of 1) sys-devel/gcc-4.8.3 * gcc-config: Could not locate 'x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-4.8.2' in '/etc/env.d/gcc/' ! * Running 'fix_libtool_files.sh 4.8.2' * Scanning libtool files for hardc

Re: [gentoo-user] gupnp enforces connman || networkmanager

2014-06-16 Thread Mick
On Monday 16 Jun 2014 00:23:15 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 22:55:09 +0100, Mick wrote: > > > I'm pretty sure this was a simple developer error. > > > > > > REQUIRED_USE="^^ ( connman networkmanager )" should have been > > > REQUIRED_USE="?? ( connman networkmanager )". > > > > > >

[gentoo-user] Re: eix: error while reading from database: end of file

2014-06-16 Thread Martin Vaeth
meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > while trying to use "eix" I got constantly this error: > > error while reading from database: end of file It seems that your eix database was truncated (out of disk space?). Have you tried to recreate it with eix-update?

[gentoo-user] Re: Dependency conflict. openjpeg ffmpeg

2014-06-16 Thread Jonathan Callen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 06/15/2014 04:47 AM, Dale wrote: > John Campbell wrote: >> On 06/14/2014 10:10 PM, Dale wrote: >> >>> Well, I have 16Gbs here. I'm not lacking for memory. If >>> memory prices were to drop a bit, I could upgrade some more. >>> I'd have to swap