SOLVED: [gentoo-user] booting to grub prompt, but config works

2008-05-09 Thread Travis Osterman
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Travis Osterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm performing a gentoo installation and have proceeding without >> problem until I went to reboot. I am greeted

[gentoo-user] booting to grub prompt, but config works

2008-05-09 Thread Travis Osterman
I'm performing a gentoo installation and have proceeding without problem until I went to reboot. I am greeted with the grub prompt and when issuing $>configfile /boot/grub/grub.confthe boot process continues without issue. The grub-install command seemed to work correctly, and I've been googl

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [FIXED] Protecting a package in package.keywords?

2006-12-13 Thread Travis Osterman
[SNIP] Hmm... If you put ~media-tv/ivtv-0.9.0 in both package.mask and package.keywords then you will find that ~media-tv/ivtv-0.9.0 cannot be installed because it is "masked by: package.mask". Hence I would say that package.mask takes precedence over package.keywords... I suppose what you wanted

[gentoo-user] Re: [FIXED] Protecting a package in package.keywords?

2006-12-13 Thread Travis Osterman
On 12/13/06, Bo Ørsted Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 13 December 2006 22:59, Travis Osterman wrote: > I needed to unmask ivtv by placing it in my > /etc/portage/package.keywords as "media-tv/ivtv". Now I'd like to > have my system not ask me to e

Re: [gentoo-user] Protecting a package in package.keywords?

2006-12-13 Thread Travis Osterman
If you wanted to do something like that, and make all 0.9.x versions "stable" in package.keywords, then you would add this: =media-tv/ivtv-0.9* But if you just want to stick with 0.9.0, then what you had before is correct. =media-tv/ivtv-0.9.0 Excellent, I put both "=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources

[gentoo-user] Protecting a package in package.keywords?

2006-12-13 Thread Travis Osterman
I needed to unmask ivtv by placing it in my /etc/portage/package.keywords as "media-tv/ivtv". Now I'd like to have my system not ask me to ever upgrade it again until the newer version is required as a dependency of some other program. I thought that putting "=media-tv/ivtv-0.9.0" (where 0.9.0 i

Re: [FIXED] Re: [gentoo-user] newbie livecd installation dual boot problems

2006-03-10 Thread Travis Osterman
I am a jfs user as well and would recommend (especially on a laptop) to add the line that was recommended above: > root (hd0,1) > kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/hda2 to the bottom of your /boot/grub/grub.conf. Often when I hard reboot (power failures, etc), reading

Re: [gentoo-user] unkillable processes

2005-11-30 Thread Travis Osterman
> Sometimes something about her setup goes > haywire and she loses all her desktop icons and her wallpaper. I've had a similar issue and, for me, it's usually nautilus erroring. If I run '$ nautilus &' that usually fixes things (brings back wallpaper, icons, panels, etc).. HTH -- Travis -- ge

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo box w/ 2 pci slots?

2005-11-15 Thread Travis Osterman
On 11/14/05, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello,I need a x86 'thin client' or small form factor computer:(1) hard drive. (front-removable would be a bonus).(2) empty pci slots.(1 or more) RS232 9pin serial port.(1) ethernet 10 or 100 mbps. (1-2) ntsc inputs would eliminate the need for one of t

Re: [gentoo-user] Syslog startup

2005-11-15 Thread Travis Osterman
If you edit the "depend()" functions in your /etc/init.d/OTHER_PROCESSES you should be able to make them depend on syslog starting. -- TravisOn 11/13/05, Alan E. Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can I move the startup of syslog-ng up to earlier in the boot sequence?  What's the earliest? Alan

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot route dynamic dns name internally

2005-06-27 Thread Travis Osterman
On 6/27/05, Hans-Werner Hilse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 11:20:53 -0400 > Travis Osterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I cut all port forwarding rules but port 80 and all mac filtering less > > one and commented as such to

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot route dynamic dns name internally

2005-06-27 Thread Travis Osterman
> You could post your iptables-save output here to allow us to give more > specific hints... > > -hwh > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > I cut all port forwarding rules but port 80 and all mac filtering less one and commented as such to keep the length down. Thanks again for any su

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot route dynamic dns name internally

2005-06-27 Thread Travis Osterman
On 6/27/05, Niklas Herder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Travis Osterman wrote: > > I recently switched from a linksys router to a gentoo-based system and > > have gotten along pretty well with it. One of the last things I have > > left to figure out is how to get dynam

[gentoo-user] Cannot route dynamic dns name internally

2005-06-26 Thread Travis Osterman
com." I'm not sure whether this is an iptables issue or dns (or something else) which makes the problem hard to google for. Any leads, tips, or ideas would be much appreciated. -- Travis Osterman -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh problem (No such file or directory)

2005-06-15 Thread Travis Osterman
On 6/15/05, Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Travis Osterman wrote: > > On my recent gentoo install, I can't get past the password prompt when > > trying to log into the box via ssh. > > > > $ ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] (password: and hangs) > > $ ss

[gentoo-user] ssh problem (No such file or directory)

2005-06-14 Thread Travis Osterman
le or directory Jun 14 20:13:37 spot sshd[10366]: error: session_pty_req: session 0 alloc failed Thanks in advance for any tips/help. -- Travis Osterman -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] tips on my 1st try at iptables?

2005-05-30 Thread Travis Osterman
> Frankly, I've stopped trying to grok iptables but rather I use a > frontend like shorewall. It's much simpler than doing it all by > yourself. I installed ipcop briefly (just to have a look) and between my lan network card not being supported and the additional features I wanted to put on the bo

[gentoo-user] [OT] tips on my 1st try at iptables?

2005-05-29 Thread Travis Osterman
CE -s $LAN_ADDY -j ACCEPT $IPT -A FORWARD -i $WAN_IFACE -d $LAN_ADDY -j ACCEPT $IPT -P FORWARD DROP $IPT -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $WAN_IFACE -j MASQUERADE for f in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*/rp_filter; do echo 1 > $f done /etc/init.d/iptables save -- Travis Osterman -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommendation for online contact manager?

2005-04-26 Thread Travis Osterman
> Maybe one of the groupware packages like egroupware or phpgroupware? > > * www-apps/egroupware > * www-apps/moregroupware [ Masked ] > * www-apps/phpgroupware [ Masked ] Thanks for the recommendations. Phpgroupware looks very close to what I was hoping for. The only thing it didn't have th

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommendation for online contact manager?

2005-04-26 Thread Travis Osterman
> Try Plaxo. Don't know about Linux compatibility but it should work with > Wine... > > www.plaxo.com I was really hoping for more of a web application and I would rather host it myself if possible. -- Travis -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Recommendation for online contact manager?

2005-04-26 Thread Travis Osterman
. Thanks for any input. -- Travis Osterman -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list