[gentoo-user] Re: Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-28 Thread Marc Blumentritt
Am 27.12.2010 22:23, schrieb Remy Blank: > Marc Blumentritt wrote: >> Have a look at ownership an permissions of virtualbox! > > rsync sets the mtime and permissions of directories *after* recursing > into them. So if you interrupted the process while it was copying the > contents of virtualbox, t

[gentoo-user] Re: Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-28 Thread Remy Blank
Marc Blumentritt wrote: > Ah, OK. Didn't know this. Do you know, why it does work like this? It initially sets the permissions to 600 presumably to limit access to an unfinished copy from other users. The mtime must be set after copying the contents, because adding a file or directory changes the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:18:46 +0100, Remy Blank wrote: > > Ah, OK. Didn't know this. Do you know, why it does work like this? > > It initially sets the permissions to 600 presumably to limit access to > an unfinished copy from other users. > > The mtime must be set after copying the contents, b

Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a standard sysctl-like way to modify sysfs files at boot time?

2010-12-28 Thread Mick
On Monday 27 December 2010 11:37:29 Mark David Dumlao wrote: > I want to do this: > http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2010/11/forget-200-lines-red-hat-speed > .html > > in userspace, but automate it at boot time. it requires that I create and > mount the cgroup subsystem in sysfs and sounds a l

Re: [gentoo-user] kdm keymap

2010-12-28 Thread Mick
On Friday 24 December 2010 14:12:17 alain.didierj...@free.fr wrote: > I use hal. No more xorg.conf. > Since I updated kdm to v.4.4.5 it use a QWERTY keymap, when it worked OK in > previous 4.4.* version after modifying > /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11-input.fdi. I try adding the following 2 lines > als

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-28 Thread Alex Schuster
Mike Edenfield writes: > The tar method you're looking for is: > > tar -C /old cpf - | tar -C /new xvpf - > > You'll probably not want to do the entire / in a single go, > since /proc, /sys, and /dev (at least) should be skipped. > Copy /old/sbin -> /new/sbin, etc. for all of the root > folders

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:02:31 -0500, Mike Edenfield wrote: > tar -C /old cpf - | tar -C /new xvpf - > > You'll probably not want to do the entire / in a single go, > since /proc, /sys, and /dev (at least) should be skipped. Which can be done with the -l option. -- Neil Bothwick You can't te

[gentoo-user] Options null for ext4 as root fs

2010-12-28 Thread Mick
After multiple fs corruptions and nothing untoward shown by smartctl (I think) I decided to move to ext4. Now when I boot I see a message about my / fs which says Opts: (null) dmesg | grep -i EXT4 Command line: root=/dev/sda7 rootfstype=ext4 Kernel co

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [EXAMPLE] Configuring xorg without hal

2010-12-28 Thread Bill Longman
On 12/27/2010 03:52 PM, walt wrote: > On 12/27/2010 06:03 AM, walt wrote: >> ... >> My new (post-hal) mouse config: >> >> Section "InputClass" <- note the new word "Class", not "Device" >> Identifier "trackball" <- can be anything you want >> MatchProduct "ImExPS" <-*new*. Matches the p

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources-2.6.35-r12 causes kernel panic

2010-12-28 Thread Mick
On Saturday 18 December 2010 14:40:07 Mick wrote: > On 30 November 2010 11:11, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Monday 29 November 2010 18:20:56 Mick wrote: > >> Will wait for 2.6.36 series to see if this old PIII will work. > > > > I'm running 2.6.36-r3 at the moment. You only have to add a keyword

Re: [gentoo-user] kdm keymap

2010-12-28 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Friday 24 December 2010 15:12:17 alain.didierj...@free.fr wrote: > I use hal. No more xorg.conf. > Since I updated kdm to v.4.4.5 it use a QWERTY keymap, when it worked OK in > previous 4.4.* version after modifying /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11-input.fdi. > I try adding the following 2 lines also

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-28 Thread Joerg Schilling
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:02:31 -0500, Mike Edenfield wrote: > > > tar -C /old cpf - | tar -C /new xvpf - > > > > You'll probably not want to do the entire / in a single go, > > since /proc, /sys, and /dev (at least) should be skipped. > > Which can be done with the -l opti

Re: [gentoo-user] Options null for ext4 as root fs

2010-12-28 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 7:50 AM, Mick wrote: > What is the meaning of Opts: (null) ? My guess is that it is showing the default mount options as stored in the partition's superblock (set by tune2fs -o x). You can view the current default mount options by using "tune2fs -l /dev/sda1" (or whate

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-28 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 28 December 2010 16:26:16 Joerg Schilling wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:02:31 -0500, Mike Edenfield wrote: > > > tar -C /old cpf - | tar -C /new xvpf - > > > > > > You'll probably not want to do the entire / in a single go, > > > since /proc, /sys, and /dev (

Re: [gentoo-user] "

2010-12-28 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 12/28/10 20:01:19, Daniel D Jones wrote: > Getting the following error: > > [blocks B ] (" settings-256.52" is blocking x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29) > > Total: 150 packages (148 upgrades, 1 new, 1 reinstall), Size of > downloads: > 87,737 kB > Conflict: 2 blocks (1 unsatisfied)

Re: [gentoo-user] "

2010-12-28 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Daniel D Jones wrote: > Getting the following error: > > [blocks B     ] settings-256.52" is blocking x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29) > > Total: 150 packages (148 upgrades, 1 new, 1 reinstall), Size of downloads: > 87,737 kB > Conflict: 2 blocks (1 unsatisfi

Re: [gentoo-user] Options null for ext4 as root fs

2010-12-28 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 28 December 2010 17:23:22 Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 7:50 AM, Mick wrote: > > What is the meaning of Opts: (null) ? > > My guess is that it is showing the default mount options as stored in > the partition's superblock (set by tune2fs -o x). You can view the > cu

Re: [gentoo-user] "

2010-12-28 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Daniel D Jones > wrote: >> Getting the following error: >> >> [blocks B     ] > settings-256.52" is blocking x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29) It appears that 260.19.29 nvidia- drivers and nvidia-settings

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:26:16 +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > Which can be done with the -l option. > > You are mistaken: The -l option causes tar to warn if not all hars > links to a file could not be resolved. You are right. I was referring to the --one-file-system, which I thought had -l a

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-28 Thread Alex Schuster
Joerg Schilling writes: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:02:31 -0500, Mike Edenfield wrote: > > > tar -C /old cpf - | tar -C /new xvpf - > > > > > > You'll probably not want to do the entire / in a single go, > > > since /proc, /sys, and /dev (at least) should be skipped. > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-28 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 28 December 2010 22:33:53 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:26:16 +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > Which can be done with the -l option. > > > > You are mistaken: The -l option causes tar to warn if not all hars > > links to a file could not be resolved. > > You are righ

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-28 Thread Joerg Schilling
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:26:16 +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > > Which can be done with the -l option. > > > > You are mistaken: The -l option causes tar to warn if not all hars > > links to a file could not be resolved. > > You are right. I was referring to the --one-

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to copy /* ?

2010-12-28 Thread Alex Schuster
Joerg Schilling writes: > On Linux, there is frequently gtar installed as tar and gtar is not > respecting standards. Gtar in previous times was e.g. in conflict with > the standard regarding to -l. Aprox. 10 years ago, I files a bug report > against gtar for this standard deviation and it seems t

Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a standard sysctl-like way to modify sysfs files at boot time?

2010-12-28 Thread Adam Carter
> On Monday 27 December 2010 11:37:29 Mark David Dumlao wrote: > > I want to do this: > > > http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2010/11/forget-200-lines-red-hat-speed > > .html > > > > in userspace, but automate it at boot time. it requires that I create and > > mount the cgroup subsystem in sysfs

Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a standard sysctl-like way to modify sysfs files at boot time?

2010-12-28 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Monday 27 December 2010 19:37:29 Mark David Dumlao wrote: > I want to do this: > http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2010/11/forget-200-lines-red-hat-speed. > html > > in userspace, but automate it at boot time. it requires that I create and > mount the cgroup subsystem in sysfs and sounds a l