Re: [gentoo-user] glibc update

2009-03-20 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 20 March 2009 03:52:10 Jorge Morais wrote: > This was a doubt of mine. One of the reasons I prefer to use a stable > kernel is that I don't know if, when using a newer (and ~x86) kernel, > I should also use the corresponding linux-headers version. So you say > I can be 99.999% sure that,

[gentoo-user] Re: glibc update

2009-03-20 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Alan McKinnon wrote: IOW, the only real problem of using outdated kernel headers is not fully taking advantage of new features? Yes I did encounter strange bugs (programs not starting) until I updated the kernel headers, so instead of "yes" I'd say "no".

[gentoo-user] Konqueror crash on Red Hat site

2009-03-20 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Trying to navigate this: http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Cluster_Logical_Volume_Manager/index.html crashes konqueror-4.2.1-r1. Can anyone confirm? Please click a few links in the table of contents.

Re: [gentoo-user] Konqueror crash on Red Hat site

2009-03-20 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 20 March 2009 10:54:13 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Trying to navigate this: > > http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Cluster_Lo >gical_Volume_Manager/index.html > > crashes konqueror-4.2.1-r1. > > Can anyone confirm? Please click a few links in the table of con

[gentoo-user] udev rule question and SonyEricsson K810

2009-03-20 Thread KH
Hi, I do have a SonyEricsson K810. Connecting the phone by USB to my Gentoo PC I am able to mount the internal phone-disk as well as the m2 Memory Sick. # mount /dev/sdf1 /mnt/floppy/ # mount /dev/sdg1 /mnt/usb/ df -h /dev/sdf1 68M 7,7M 60M 12% /mnt/floppy /dev/sdg1

Re: [gentoo-user] Usernames in ssh attacks

2009-03-20 Thread Eric Martin
Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Johan Blåbäck > wrote: >> I've always had usernames when it comes to sshd's log entries in >> auth.log, like the following: >> >> sshd[5926]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for >> from > > Well, I don't use PAM, just key-based authen

Re: [gentoo-user] nxserver-freenx - user nx not allowed because account is locked

2009-03-20 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Joseph wrote: > On 03/19/09 17:48, Paul Hartman wrote: >> >> Here is my understanding of how the NX bits all fit together: >> >> Think of it as a 2-step connection. The first step is connecting from >> the remote nxclient to the nxserver. For this step, it uses the

Re: [gentoo-user] Usernames in ssh attacks

2009-03-20 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Eric Martin wrote: > Paul Hartman wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Johan Blåbäck >> wrote: >>> I've always had usernames when it comes to sshd's log entries in >>> auth.log, like the following: >>> >>> sshd[5926]: error: PAM: Authentication failure fo

[gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-20 Thread fei huang
I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that use it. here is my solution: I use runlevel 3 as default, and add a line of code in "/etc/conf.d/local.start": su - myname -c startx& this works just fine except my sci

Re: [gentoo-user] Usernames in ssh attacks

2009-03-20 Thread Eric Martin
Paul Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Eric Martin wrote: >> Paul Hartman wrote: >>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Johan Blåbäck >>> wrote: I've always had usernames when it comes to sshd's log entries in auth.log, like the following: sshd[5926]: error: P

Re: [gentoo-user] tuxonice resumes twice ... SOLVED

2009-03-20 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Florian Philipp schrieb: > Could be acpid or something in your desktop environment (Gnome, Kde, > ...) picking up the power button event. Check your logs and /etc/acpid > for suspicious entries and your settings. Hm, solved it, had hibernate-ram in my default.sh ... this lead to the system doing

Re: [gentoo-user] Konqueror crash on Red Hat site

2009-03-20 Thread Roy Wright
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Friday 20 March 2009 10:54:13 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Trying to navigate this: http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Cluster_Lo gical_Volume_Manager/index.html crashes konqueror-4.2.1-r1. Can anyone confirm? Please click a few links in the

[gentoo-user] Re: start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-20 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
fei huang wrote: I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that use it. Install it anyway and use the "autologin" feature. I know that KDM supports it, and probably GDM too.

Re: [gentoo-user] Konqueror crash on Red Hat site

2009-03-20 Thread Roy Wright
Roy Wright wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: On Friday 20 March 2009 10:54:13 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Trying to navigate this: http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Cluster_Lo gical_Volume_Manager/index.html crashes konqueror-4.2.1-r1. Can anyone confirm? Please cli

Re: [gentoo-user] nxserver-freenx - user nx not allowed because account is locked

2009-03-20 Thread Joseph
On 03/20/09 10:07, Paul Hartman wrote: Hi, You need to copy the server's "default" key to the client. Copy /usr/NX/share/keys/default.id_dsa.key (NOT server.id_dsa.key) from the server into the nxclient (Configure -> Keys -> Import or paste it in). Thank you. Yes, I had that part correct. The

Re: [gentoo-user] Konqueror crash on Red Hat site

2009-03-20 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 3:54 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Trying to navigate this: > > http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Cluster_Logical_Volume_Manager/index.html > > crashes konqueror-4.2.1-r1. > > Can anyone confirm? Please click a few links in the table of cont

Re: [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-20 Thread Florian Philipp
fei huang schrieb: > I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows > manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that use it. > You know that this is a possible security thread? Anyone who has access to your computer can simply press Ctrl+Alt+F1 and enter the cons

Re: [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-20 Thread Joshua D Doll
Florian Philipp wrote: > fei huang schrieb: > >> I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows >> manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that use it. >> >> > You know that this is a possible security thread? Anyone who has access > to your computer can

Re: [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-20 Thread James Ausmus
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Florian Philipp < li...@f_philipp.fastmail.net> wrote: > fei huang schrieb: > > I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows > > manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that use it. > > > You know that this is a possible secu

Re: [gentoo-user] Konqueror crash on Red Hat site

2009-03-20 Thread Philip Webb
090320 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Trying to navigate this: > > http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Cluster_Logical_Volume_Manager/index.html > crashes konqueror-4.2.1-r1. > Can anyone confirm? Please click a few links in the table of contents. I did that with Konque

[gentoo-user] Turn off Evolution auto-expunge

2009-03-20 Thread Michael Sullivan
For the past few days Evolution has been auto-expunging my deleted emails. How do I make it stop? I don't close Evolution or anything; it's while I'm still reading my email. camille ~ # emerge -pv evolution These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done

Re: [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-20 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Florian Philipp (li...@f_philipp.fastmail.net) [20.03.09 19:09]: > fei huang schrieb: > > I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows > > manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that use it. > > > You know that this is a possible security thread? Anyone wh

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-20 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Nikos Chantziaras (rea...@arcor.de) [20.03.09 17:18]: > fei huang wrote: > > I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows > > manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that use it. > > Install it anyway and use the "autologin" feature. I know that KDM > sup

Re: [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-20 Thread Sebastian Günther
* fei huang (daniel.huang...@gmail.com) [20.03.09 16:12]: > su - myname -c startx& > > any ideas? RTFM: -, -l, --login Provide an environment similar to what the user would expect had the user logged in directly. !>> When - is used, it must be specified as the la

Re: [gentoo-user] start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-20 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:09 AM, fei huang wrote: > I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows > manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that use it. I agree with Sebastian, you should try "slim" http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/SLiM

[gentoo-user] Monitoring temperatures

2009-03-20 Thread Grant
I have another dead power supply and/or another dead motherboard in my Gentoo router. I've tried to make that system as silent as possible and I wonder if I'm paying the price. How do you guys monitor system temperatures? Is lm_sensors the way to go? How do you keep an eye on the temperatures o

Re: [gentoo-user] Monitoring temperatures

2009-03-20 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Grant wrote: > I have another dead power supply and/or another dead motherboard in my > Gentoo router. I've tried to make that system as silent as possible > and I wonder if I'm paying the price. How do you guys monitor system > temperatures? Is lm_sensors the w

Re: [gentoo-user] Monitoring temperatures

2009-03-20 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday 20 March 2009 21:14:26 Grant wrote: > I have another dead power supply and/or another dead motherboard in my > Gentoo router. I've tried to make that system as silent as possible > and I wonder if I'm paying the price. How do you guys monitor system > temperatures? Is lm_sensors the w

Re: [gentoo-user] Monitoring temperatures

2009-03-20 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Friday 20 March 2009 21:14:26 Grant wrote: > > >> I have another dead power supply and/or another dead motherboard in my >> Gentoo router. I've tried to make that system as silent as possible >> and I wonder if I'm paying the price. How do you guys monitor system >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-20 Thread Tom
Or use qingy :) It uses directfb, but its very lean, and you can set it to autologin I think...which would probably not even use dircetfb, as qingy also has a 'text-fallback-mode'. Try it, you'll like it ;-) Tom

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: start X at startup without a login manager

2009-03-20 Thread fei huang
thank you all for the help! the problem is finally solved. thanks James! I realized that the bash is not a login shell when invoked that way, and my locale variable in .bash_profile did not take effect. the command line now becomes: *su -l myname -c '-l' 'startx' * and worked! thanks Sebastia

Re: [gentoo-user] Monitoring temperatures

2009-03-20 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:39:09 -0500 Dale wrote: > My personal favorite tho, smart fans. My CPU has a sensor under it and > varies the CPU fan with temp. I have done the same with my case fans > and it works pretty well. One spinning at a good rate is best tho just > to keep air flow at all time