Re: [gentoo-user] QA notices during font install

2015-02-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 10/02/2015 00:03, Walter Dnes wrote: > I've been itching for an excuse to do a re-install on my desktop. > The original install some years ago was 32-bit because, back then, > a few programs were not available in 64-bit mode. Right after an > upgrade on Friday, Flash entirely stopped working

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a new frame-buffer console font

2015-02-09 Thread wabenbau
Am Montag, 09.02.2015 um 08:49 schrieb Alan McKinnon : > On 09/02/2015 00:50, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Sunday 08 February 2015 17:31:33 waben...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Am Sonntag, 08.02.2015 um 15:30 schrieb Alan McKinnon > >> : > >>> I actively seek out and use fonts with a stroked zero (or at

[gentoo-user] Re: Manipulating ext2 image without root access.

2015-02-09 Thread Jonathan Callen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 02/09/2015 10:23 PM, Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > Hi, > > I need a way to manipulate a ext2 HD image as a regular user > (without mounting it). All I need is to copy a file to the image > (possibly overwritting an existing file). For FAT it can be

Re: [gentoo-user] netbook connects to Internet automatically, desktop doesn't

2015-02-09 Thread Philip Webb
150209 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 8 Feb 2015 19:54:07 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: >> I discovered that my ASUS EEE connects automatically to the Internet >> when the physical connection is plugged in, >> while my desktop machine (AMD + Gigabyte mobo) has to be told by 'dhcpcd'. >> I've checked /

[gentoo-user] Manipulating ext2 image without root access.

2015-02-09 Thread Fernando Rodriguez
Hi, I need a way to manipulate a ext2 HD image as a regular user (without mounting it). All I need is to copy a file to the image (possibly overwritting an existing file). For FAT it can be done with mtools, is there anything like it of ext? -- Fernando Rodriguez signature.

Re: [gentoo-user] nomachine <--> nxserver-freenx

2015-02-09 Thread Joseph
On 02/10/15 11:01, Guillaume Poulin wrote: When I was using it back in ~2008, it was working. However, freenx seems to be an abandoned project, no update since 2008 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/freenx.berlios/files/?source=navbar). ArchWiki suggests to use x2go instead (https://wiki.archlinux

Re: [gentoo-user] nomachine <--> nxserver-freenx

2015-02-09 Thread Guillaume Poulin
When I was using it back in ~2008, it was working. However, freenx seems to be an abandoned project, no update since 2008 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/freenx.berlios/files/?source=navbar). ArchWiki suggests to use x2go instead (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FreeNX). 2015-02-10 10:49 GMT

[gentoo-user] nomachine <--> nxserver-freenx

2015-02-09 Thread Joseph
Will "nomachine" talk to "nxserver-freenx" I've installed "nxserver-freenx" on Gentoo but on the other end I have "nomachine" running on ubuntu. I couldn't find/install freenx on ubuntu. -- Joseph

[gentoo-user] Re: rebuild of graphviz failed

2015-02-09 Thread James
gmail.com> writes: > > > cp: cannot stat '/usr/share/libtool/config/install-sh': No such > > > file or directory Just got the same result. Probably gotta sync tomorrow and try again. hth, James

Re: [gentoo-user] old EEE PC 1000

2015-02-09 Thread Dutch Ingraham
On Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 07:06:15PM -0700, Joseph wrote: > On 02/09/15 02:24, waben...@gmail.com wrote: > >Am Sonntag, 08.02.2015 um 18:05 > >schrieb Joseph : > > > >> I have an old Asus EEE PC 1000 and I don't think it will run Gentoo, > >> it would be too slow to compile anything. It is running Ub

Re: [gentoo-user] old EEE PC 1000

2015-02-09 Thread Joseph
On 02/09/15 02:24, waben...@gmail.com wrote: Am Sonntag, 08.02.2015 um 18:05 schrieb Joseph : I have an old Asus EEE PC 1000 and I don't think it will run Gentoo, it would be too slow to compile anything. It is running Ubuntu 11.10 and I think I'll need to re-install lighter version of Linux on

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rebuild of graphviz failed

2015-02-09 Thread wabenbau
Am Montag, 09.02.2015 um 19:15 schrieb »Q« : > On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 01:10:42 +0100 > bitlord wrote: > > > On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 00:55:00 +0100 > > wrote: > > > > after the last update, rebuild of graphviz failed with: > > > Already reported https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=537850 > > I

Re: [gentoo-user] rebuild of graphviz failed

2015-02-09 Thread wabenbau
Am Dienstag, 10.02.2015 um 11:06 schrieb Adam Carter : > > > > cp: cannot stat '/usr/share/libtool/config/install-sh': No such > > file or directory > > > > $ qlist libtool | grep install > /usr/share/libtool/build-aux/install-sh > > So that path is wrong, or maybe a link is missing. Maybe rebu

Re: [gentoo-user] rebuild of graphviz failed

2015-02-09 Thread wabenbau
* ebuild.sh, line 93: Called src_prepare > > * environment, line 5681: Called die > > * The specific snippet of code: > > * cp "${EPREFIX}"/usr/share/libtool/config/install-sh > > config || die; > > * > > * If you need support, p

[gentoo-user] Re: rebuild of graphviz failed

2015-02-09 Thread »Q«
On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 01:10:42 +0100 bitlord wrote: > On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 00:55:00 +0100 > wrote: > > after the last update, rebuild of graphviz failed with: > Already reported https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=537850 > I did a trick, downgraded libtool, installed graphviz, upgraded > l

Re: [gentoo-user] old EEE PC 1000

2015-02-09 Thread Joseph
On 02/09/15 23:54, Andrew Savchenko wrote: Hello, On Sun, 8 Feb 2015 18:05:44 -0700 Joseph wrote: I have an old Asus EEE PC 1000 and I don't think it will run Gentoo, it would be too slow to compile anything. It is running Ubuntu 11.10 and I think I'll need to re-install lighter version of Li

Re: [gentoo-user] rebuild of graphviz failed

2015-02-09 Thread bitlord
die; > * > * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info > '=media-gfx/graphviz-2.26.3-r4::gentoo'`, > * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv > '=media-gfx/graphviz-2.26.3-r4::gentoo'`. > * The complete build log is located

Re: [gentoo-user] rebuild of graphviz failed

2015-02-09 Thread Adam Carter
> > cp: cannot stat '/usr/share/libtool/config/install-sh': No such file or > directory > $ qlist libtool | grep install /usr/share/libtool/build-aux/install-sh So that path is wrong, or maybe a link is missing. Maybe rebuild libtool? FWIW im at 2.4.4

[gentoo-user] rebuild of graphviz failed

2015-02-09 Thread wabenbau
cp "${EPREFIX}"/usr/share/libtool/config/install-sh config || die; * * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=media-gfx/graphviz-2.26.3-r4::gentoo'`, * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=media-gfx/graphviz-2.26.3-r4::gentoo

[gentoo-user] Anyone familiar with virt-manager?

2015-02-09 Thread walt
I just installed virt-manager to experiment with and this is the first time I've used it. I think I've misconfigured something but I don't know what: I have an old WinXP qemu guest that has been working well when I run it directly with qemu from the command line. I imported the XP guest into vir

[gentoo-user] Re: Making a new frame-buffer console font

2015-02-09 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-02-08, wrote: > Am Sonntag, 08.02.2015 um 15:30 > schrieb Alan McKinnon : > >> On 08/02/2015 13:00, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> > On Sun, 08 Feb 2015 09:33:59 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> > >> >>> I don't know what you mean with oblique stroke. Do you mean the >> >>> slash through the let

[gentoo-user] QA notices during font install

2015-02-09 Thread Walter Dnes
I've been itching for an excuse to do a re-install on my desktop. The original install some years ago was 32-bit because, back then, a few programs were not available in 64-bit mode. Right after an upgrade on Friday, Flash entirely stopped working on my machine. No Youtube, no internet radio, n

Re: [gentoo-user] old EEE PC 1000

2015-02-09 Thread Andrew Savchenko
Hello, On Sun, 8 Feb 2015 18:05:44 -0700 Joseph wrote: > I have an old Asus EEE PC 1000 and I don't think it will run Gentoo, it would > be too slow to compile anything. > It is running Ubuntu 11.10 and I think I'll need to re-install lighter > version of Linux on it. > What are my alternatives?

[gentoo-user] eudev

2015-02-09 Thread James
Hello So, I've been wanting to test eudev for a while now. I found these instructions in many places, so I have it a whirl: # emerge -Ca udev # emerge -1a eudev # etc-update # emerge @preserved-rebuild Problem is I had the 'udev' flag set in the make.conf, so it just reinstalled udev (216).

Re: [gentoo-user] openvpn

2015-02-09 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 8:57 PM, Joseph wrote: > > On 02/09/15 13:47, Michael Orlitzky wrote: >> >> On 02/09/2015 01:42 PM, Joseph wrote: >>> >>> I've openvpn installed: >>> ... >>> >>> amd I'm trying to generate server key but I don't have directory: >>> /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa/ >>> does "ope

Re: [gentoo-user] openvpn

2015-02-09 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 02/09/2015 01:57 PM, Joseph wrote: >> >> It moved to /usr/share/easy-rsa when the app-crypt/easy-rsa package was >> split off. > > I've emerged easy-rsa but the /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa/ directory wasn't > created. > That's because >> It moved to /usr/share/easy-rsa =)

Re: [gentoo-user] openvpn

2015-02-09 Thread Joseph
On 02/09/15 11:57, Joseph wrote: On 02/09/15 13:47, Michael Orlitzky wrote: On 02/09/2015 01:42 PM, Joseph wrote: I've openvpn installed: ... amd I'm trying to generate server key but I don't have directory: /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa/ does "openvpn" creates this directory or I do it manuall

Re: [gentoo-user] openvpn

2015-02-09 Thread Joseph
On 02/09/15 13:47, Michael Orlitzky wrote: On 02/09/2015 01:42 PM, Joseph wrote: I've openvpn installed: ... amd I'm trying to generate server key but I don't have directory: /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa/ does "openvpn" creates this directory or I do it manually? It moved to /usr/share/easy-

Re: [gentoo-user] openvpn

2015-02-09 Thread Joseph
On 02/09/15 11:42, Joseph wrote: I've openvpn installed: Installed versions: 2.3.6(11:44:47 PM 01/30/2015)(lzo pam plugins ssl -down-root -examples -iproute2 -passwordsave -pkcs11 -polarssl -selinux -static -systemd USERLAND="-BSD") amd I'm trying to generate server key but I don't have dire

Re: [gentoo-user] openvpn

2015-02-09 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
you can install app-crypt/easyrsa On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 8:42 PM, Joseph wrote: > I've openvpn installed: > Installed versions: 2.3.6(11:44:47 PM 01/30/2015)(lzo pam plugins ssl > -down-root -examples -iproute2 -passwordsave -pkcs11 -polarssl -selinux > -static -systemd USERLAND="-BSD") > > amd

Re: [gentoo-user] openvpn

2015-02-09 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 02/09/2015 01:42 PM, Joseph wrote: > I've openvpn installed: > ... > > amd I'm trying to generate server key but I don't have directory: > /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa/ > does "openvpn" creates this directory or I do it manually? > It moved to /usr/share/easy-rsa when the app-crypt/easy-rsa p

[gentoo-user] openvpn

2015-02-09 Thread Joseph
I've openvpn installed: Installed versions: 2.3.6(11:44:47 PM 01/30/2015)(lzo pam plugins ssl -down-root -examples -iproute2 -passwordsave -pkcs11 -polarssl -selinux -static -systemd USERLAND="-BSD") amd I'm trying to generate server key but I don't have directory: /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa

Re: [gentoo-user] libvirt: lsisas1068 controller

2015-02-09 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
On 09.02.2015 16:37, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > > Does anyone know why I can't use the > > > > when I do a "virsh edit myvm" while there is a model "lsisas1078" available? > > According to https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsControllers > there should be both. > > I have to conve

Re: [gentoo-user] libvirt: lsisas1068 controller

2015-02-09 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
On 09.02.2015 16:37, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > > Does anyone know why I can't use the > > > > when I do a "virsh edit myvm" while there is a model "lsisas1078" available? > > According to https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsControllers > there should be both. > > I have to conve

[gentoo-user] libvirt: lsisas1068 controller

2015-02-09 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Does anyone know why I can't use the when I do a "virsh edit myvm" while there is a model "lsisas1078" available? According to https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsControllers there should be both. I have to convert/migrate a VMware VM using that lsisas1068-controller and it doesn't

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2015-02-09 Thread alexandra vargas

Re: [gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please!

2015-02-09 Thread covici
Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 9:26 AM, wrote: > > > > I wonder if the original poster is using systemd? > > He already said he isn't. He just was looking for the wrong filename. > > > Also, I find journalctl very clumsy to find things about a specific > > program, such as mail

Re: [gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please!

2015-02-09 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 9:26 AM, wrote: > > I wonder if the original poster is using systemd? He already said he isn't. He just was looking for the wrong filename. > Also, I find journalctl very clumsy to find things about a specific > program, such as mail logs or whatever -- unless I am missi

Re: [gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please!

2015-02-09 Thread covici
Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 6:52 AM, Alec Ten Harmsel > wrote: > > > > On 02/09/2015 06:49 AM, Mick wrote: > >> On Monday 09 Feb 2015 11:23:15 Rich Freeman wrote: > >>> You don't have to export them from anything unless you need their > >>> content in a text file. If you just r

Re: [gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please!

2015-02-09 Thread Alec Ten Harmsel
On 02/09/2015 08:02 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: > Keep in mind that if you're grepping logs, there is probably a better > way to accomplish what you want to do with journalctl's options. > Finding all output from a particular daemon is going to be more > reliable if you filter by unit, versus getting

Re: [gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please!

2015-02-09 Thread Matthias Hanft
Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 12:19:20PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> (it's also constantly tailed on vt12, just in case you need to see >> what's going on it right now) > > I didn't know that. Wow! Is this something relatively new, or has it > always been there? I instal

Re: [gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please!

2015-02-09 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 6:52 AM, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: > > On 02/09/2015 06:49 AM, Mick wrote: >> On Monday 09 Feb 2015 11:23:15 Rich Freeman wrote: >>> You don't have to export them from anything unless you need their >>> content in a text file. If you just run "journalctl" that is the >>> equi

Re: [gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please!

2015-02-09 Thread Alec Ten Harmsel
On 02/09/2015 06:49 AM, Mick wrote: > On Monday 09 Feb 2015 11:23:15 Rich Freeman wrote: >> You don't have to export them from anything unless you need their >> content in a text file. If you just run "journalctl" that is the >> equivalent of typing cat /var/log/messages. If you do want to parse

Re: [gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please!

2015-02-09 Thread Mick
On Monday 09 Feb 2015 11:23:15 Rich Freeman wrote: > You don't have to export them from anything unless you need their > content in a text file. If you just run "journalctl" that is the > equivalent of typing cat /var/log/messages. If you do want to parse > them with an external tool then you get

Re: [gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please!

2015-02-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 9 Feb 2015 11:29:24 +, Mick wrote: > I noticed the same on a recent installation. /var/log/syslog is not > created by default any more, when installing syslog-ng. I've using syslog-ng on Gentoo for well over ten years and it's always defaulted to /var/log/messages in that time. Othe

Re: [gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please!

2015-02-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 9 Feb 2015 11:23:52 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > No, I've never used systemd either. It's useful to be able to read > /var/log/messages with less, probe it with grep/awk/perl, etc., without > having to learn some special purpose script language. journalctl outputs to less (or whatever

Re: [gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please!

2015-02-09 Thread Mick
On Monday 09 Feb 2015 10:19:20 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 09/02/2015 11:48, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Gentoo! > > > > I've pretty much got my new system up and running. It took me less than > > a week (compared with the month it took me when I first installed Gentoo > > a few years ago). T

Re: [gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please!

2015-02-09 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Alan. On Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 12:19:20PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 09/02/2015 11:48, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Gentoo! > > I've pretty much got my new system up and running. It took me less than > > a week (compared with the month it took me when I first installed Gentoo > > a

Re: [gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please!

2015-02-09 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Matthias. On Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 11:06:42AM +0100, Matthias Hanft wrote: > Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Do I actually need to configure the name of a log file in > > /etc/conf.d/syslog-ng? The Gentoo installation guide didn't mention, or > > even hint at, such being necessary. > The names

Re: [gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please!

2015-02-09 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 5:06 AM, Matthias Hanft wrote: > > And (from what I have heard) if you use systemd instead of > openrc, there are no syslog files at all - you have to export > them (from some binary database) manually to some human- > readable format. But I don't know much about that - neve

Re: [gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please!

2015-02-09 Thread Adam Carter
One little corner case; if you're running systemd 216 and syslog-ng <3.6, you need to add ForwardToSyslog=yes to /etc/systemd/journald.conf. With systemd 215 and earlier, messages are forwarded to syslog by default, and syslog-ng 3.6 is journald aware.

Re: [gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please!

2015-02-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 09/02/2015 11:48, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Gentoo! > > I've pretty much got my new system up and running. It took me less than > a week (compared with the month it took me when I first installed Gentoo > a few years ago). The most time consuming bit was getting my email > server (qmail)

Re: [gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please!

2015-02-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 09 Feb 2015 11:06:42 +0100, Matthias Hanft wrote: > > Do I actually need to configure the name of a log file in > > /etc/conf.d/syslog-ng? The Gentoo installation guide didn't mention, > > or even hint at, such being necessary. > > The names of the log files (and much more) are configu

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a new frame-buffer console font

2015-02-09 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday 09 February 2015 01:00:32 Dale wrote: > Anyone besides me use the ctrl + shortcut to zoom in? Yes, often. > I do that and I have bi-focals on. I also have a magnifying glass > right in front of my monitor. I tried varifocals but had to give them up. I now have three single- focus pai

Re: [gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please!

2015-02-09 Thread Matthias Hanft
Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Do I actually need to configure the name of a log file in > /etc/conf.d/syslog-ng? The Gentoo installation guide didn't mention, or > even hint at, such being necessary. The names of the log files (and much more) are configured in /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf - since I

[gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please!

2015-02-09 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hello, Gentoo! I've pretty much got my new system up and running. It took me less than a week (compared with the month it took me when I first installed Gentoo a few years ago). The most time consuming bit was getting my email server (qmail) going. I've still got to go through my old /var/lib/p

Re: [gentoo-user] Making a new frame-buffer console font

2015-02-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 09 Feb 2015 05:11:25 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > In a mono font the O looks bigger because it fills more of the "tile", > so just remember The Big O. So instead of a font with a line through the zero, you have one where the capital o wears dark glasses? -- Neil Bothwick PCMCIA: Pe

Re: [gentoo-user] old EEE PC 1000

2015-02-09 Thread Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
On Sun, Feb 08, 2015 at 06:05:44PM -0700, Joseph wrote: > I have an old Asus EEE PC 1000 and I don't think it will run Gentoo, it would > be too slow to compile anything. > It is running Ubuntu 11.10 and I think I'll need to re-install lighter > version of Linux on it. > What are my alternatives?