Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Basic device for a Gentoo router/firewall?

2010-05-24 Thread Adam
>> Does anyone know of a basic device that would function well as a >> Gentoo router/firewall? Using typical hardware seems like overkill. >> I should be able to offload package compilation duties to another >> local machine on the network. It would also be nice if it were small, >> cheap, and po

[gentoo-user] Re: Java problem

2010-05-24 Thread walt
my build.log but I expect there will be some obvious ones in yours. Hi Walt, What build.log file do you mean? /var/tmp/portage/dev-java/ant-junit-1.7.1/temp/build.log (unless you changed the default $PORTAGE_TMPDIR in make.conf). The eclass-debug.log is in the same directory. Running "em

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Basic device for a Gentoo router/firewall?

2010-05-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 22 May 2010 14:41:14 -0700, Grant wrote: > Does anyone know of a basic device that would function well as a > Gentoo router/firewall? Using typical hardware seems like overkill. > I should be able to offload package compilation duties to another > local machine on the network. It would a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Java problem

2010-05-24 Thread David Relson
7;]' > >> + java-pkg_needs-vm > >> + debug-print-function java-pkg_needs-vm > >> > >> > >> There are no error messages in my build.log but I expect there will > >> be some obvious ones in yours. > >> > > > > Hi Walt, > &

[gentoo-user] The most legal way to specify slim and openbox as session?

2010-05-24 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, currently I am on the way to setup a complete fresh Gentoo system. I want a plain no-KDE and no-GNOME sessionmanager system and want to use openbox a my window manager. As login manager I choose slim. Where is the most legal place to define both as login manager and as session? By the wa

Re: [gentoo-user] The most legal way to specify slim and openbox as session?

2010-05-24 Thread Mick
Your login manager (usually called Display Manager) is to be configured in /etc/conf.d/xdm: # What display manager do you use ? [ xdm | gdm | kdm | kdm-4.3 | gpe | entrance ] # NOTE: If this is set in /etc/rc.conf, that setting will override this one. # # KDE-specific note: # - If you are using k

[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Basic device for a Gentoo router/firewall?

2010-05-24 Thread James
Grant gmail.com> writes: > small, cheap, and power-efficient. Those are *keywords* for embedded Gentoo. There is an excellent group of 'over achievers' therein who will pummel you with excellent advice and minucia down to the code snippets and hardware advantages of this quest you are seeking.

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot start Slapd (OpenLDAP)

2010-05-24 Thread Christopher Koeber
On 5/22/10, Indexer wrote: > On 23/05/2010, at 2:09 AM, Robin Atwood wrote: > >> On Saturday 22 May 2010, Christopher Kurtis Koeber wrote: >>> When I go to /var/log/messages nothing is logged there. Anything I can do >>> to fix this? >> >> Oh wait, /var/log/ldaplog is my customisation of syslog-ng

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot start Slapd (OpenLDAP)

2010-05-24 Thread Christopher Koeber
On 5/22/10, Ward Poelmans wrote: > On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 21:26, Christopher Kurtis Koeber > wrote: > >> XX~ # slaptest >> >> hdb_db_open: warning - no DB_CONFIG file found in directory >> /var/lib/openldap-data: (2). >> >> Expect poor performance for suffix "dc= ,dc=XXX". >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: RAID problems - Is udev at fault here?

2010-05-24 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 5:07 PM, walt wrote: > >> >> Hm.  Is this your motherboard?: >> >> http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=W7i5W4Pw4fH22Mih >> >> Being a geek of a certain age, I find that products with names that invoke >> mega-dose an

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Basic device for a Gentoo router/firewall?

2010-05-24 Thread Stroller
On 24 May 2010, at 14:11, James wrote: ... Beware, it often becomes a life long passion to the point of an addition. This is exactly what I fear of using such specialist hardware! Far better to burn a few watts, than to have to learn such intricacies! http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-emb

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Phonon + PulseAudio Problem

2010-05-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 23 May 2010 12:21:39 +0100, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > It would be great if mailing list software could be configured so that > only users who demonstrate they know how to unsubscribe could subscribe > in the first place. Example: > > - user subscribes > - mailing list replies: "please unsubs

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Phonon + PulseAudio Problem

2010-05-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 23 May 2010 11:38:55 +0100, Barry Jibb wrote: > I WANT TO UNSUBSCRIBE Here's how to unsubscribe: First, ask your Internet Provider to mail you an Unsubscribing Kit. Then follow these directions. The kit will most likely be the standard no-fault type. Depending on requirements, System A

[gentoo-user] Re: libpng12 is missing

2010-05-24 Thread Harry Putnam
Alex Schuster writes: > After writing down some ideas about installing the old libraries somewhere > in parallel, I just checked eix, and there is an extra slot for the 1.2 > version. So, just emerge media-libs/libpng:1.2 , and I'd expect all to be > fine then. Doesn't seem to be the case her

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Basic device for a Gentoo router/firewall?

2010-05-24 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 20:39 +0100, Stroller wrote: > On 24 May 2010, at 14:11, James wrote: > > ... Beware, it often becomes a life long > > passion to the point of an addition. > > This is exactly what I fear of using such specialist hardware! Far > better to burn a few watts, than to have to l