[gentoo-user] Adding more than one static IP

2011-01-24 Thread Amar Cosic
Hello list My mind is just "locked" at the moment and I am trying to figure out what am I doing wrong here. I have 4 static IP's on server machine and I have something like this in /etc/conf.d/net : config_eth0=( "77.xxx.104.14/24" ) routes_eth0=( "default via 77.xxx.104.1" ) config_eth0:1=( "7

Re: [gentoo-user] Adding more than one static IP

2011-01-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 17:15 on Monday 24 January 2011, Amar Cosic did opine thusly: > Hello list > > My mind is just "locked" at the moment and I am trying to figure out what > am I doing wrong here. I have 4 static IP's on server machine and I have > something like this in /etc/conf.d

[gentoo-user] Re: [cookbook] grub2 for idiots like me PART 2

2011-01-24 Thread walt
On 01/23/2011 02:28 PM, walt wrote: Okay, I genuinely have grub2 installed and doing exactly what it's supposed to do: boot your machine using only partition LABELS, not device names/numbers... If you got through part 1 you should have all the files you need to install grub2 to your drive's boo

Re: [gentoo-user] Adding more than one static IP

2011-01-24 Thread Graham Murray
Amar Cosic writes: > Hello list > > My mind is just "locked" at the moment and I am trying to figure out > what am I doing wrong here. I have 4 static IP's on server machine > and I have something like this in /etc/conf.d/net : > > > > config_eth0=( "77.xxx.104.14/24" ) > routes_eth0=( "default v

[gentoo-user] modifying iptables: how can I prevent locking me out?

2011-01-24 Thread Jarry
Hi, I have to change rather complex iptables rules on server and I do not want to lock me out as this server is about 50 miles away. So how should I do it? I can back up the old rules by running: /etc/init.d/iptables save and it will be saved to /var/lib/iptables/rules-save (some strange format

Re: [gentoo-user] modifying iptables: how can I prevent locking me out?

2011-01-24 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Jarry wrote: > Hi, > > I have to change rather complex iptables rules on server > and I do not want to lock me out as this server is about > 50 miles away. So how should I do it? > > I can back up the old rules by running: > /etc/init.d/iptables save > and it will

Re: [gentoo-user] modifying iptables: how can I prevent locking me out?

2011-01-24 Thread kashani
On 1/24/2011 10:59 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Jarry wrote: Hi, I have to change rather complex iptables rules on server and I do not want to lock me out as this server is about 50 miles away. So how should I do it? I can back up the old rules by running: /etc/ini

Re: [gentoo-user] modifying iptables: how can I prevent locking me out?

2011-01-24 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:06 AM, kashani wrote: > On 1/24/2011 10:59 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Jarry  wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have to change rather complex iptables rules on server >>> and I do not want to lock me out as this server is about >>> 50 miles

Re: [gentoo-user] How can I turn off xterm console restore?

2011-01-24 Thread Bill Longman
On 01/21/2011 09:45 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: > As soon as some textmode applications in xterm stop, their output gets > wiped, and the xterm screen is restored to what it looked like before I > launched the app. Somebody thought they were being "helpful"; then > again, so did the designers of "Cli

Re: [gentoo-user] modifying iptables: how can I prevent locking me out?

2011-01-24 Thread Manuel Klemenz
On Monday 24 January 2011 19:59:16 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Jarry wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have to change rather complex iptables rules on server > > and I do not want to lock me out as this server is about > > 50 miles away. So how should I do it? > > > > I can bac

Re: [gentoo-user] modifying iptables: how can I prevent locking me out?

2011-01-24 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Monday 24 January 2011 19:47:43 Jarry wrote: > Hi, > > I have to change rather complex iptables rules on server > and I do not want to lock me out as this server is about > 50 miles away. So how should I do it? > > I can back up the old rules by running: > /etc/init.d/iptables save > and it wi

Re: [gentoo-user] modifying iptables: how can I prevent locking me out?

2011-01-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:59:16 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > Maybe a cron job that no matter what reloads the old rules 1 hour later? Wouldn't at make more sense? You don't want the thing to keep reloading your old config, at will do it once, and you can remove the task from the at queue once you suc

Re: [gentoo-user] modifying iptables: how can I prevent locking me out?

2011-01-24 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:59:16 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> Maybe a cron job that no matter what reloads the old rules 1 hour later? > > Wouldn't at make more sense? You don't want the thing to keep reloading > your old config, at will do it

Re: [gentoo-user] modifying iptables: how can I prevent locking me out?

2011-01-24 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:59:16 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: >> >>> Maybe a cron job that no matter what reloads the old rules 1 hour later? >> >> Wouldn't at make more sense? You don't want t

Re: [gentoo-user] modifying iptables: how can I prevent locking me out?

2011-01-24 Thread Alex Schuster
Neil Bothwick writes: > On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:59:16 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> Maybe a cron job that no matter what reloads the old rules 1 hour later? > > Wouldn't at make more sense? You don't want the thing to keep reloading > your old config, at will do it once, and you can remove the t

Re: [gentoo-user] modifying iptables: how can I prevent locking me out?

2011-01-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 00:14 on Tuesday 25 January 2011, Mark Knecht did opine thusly: > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:59:16 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> Maybe a cron job that no matter what reloads the old rules 1 hour later? > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] modifying iptables: how can I prevent locking me out?

2011-01-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 23:40 on Monday 24 January 2011, J. Roeleveld did opine thusly: > On Monday 24 January 2011 19:47:43 Jarry wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have to change rather complex iptables rules on server > > and I do not want to lock me out as this server is about > > 50 miles awa

[gentoo-user] [OT] - Code translation tools?

2011-01-24 Thread Mark Knecht
Hello, I'm wondering if there are any generic sorts of code translation tools in portage wherein I could translate from an 'uncommon' language no one here is likely to use (EasyLanguage) into C? As an example I've attached a little EL function that takes buy/sell command data an puts it away

Re: [gentoo-user] How can I turn off xterm console restore?

2011-01-24 Thread Mick
On Monday 24 January 2011 20:56:02 Bill Longman wrote: > You can always call it back up. The other window, that is. Just > Ctrl-middle-click the xterm and choose "Show alternate screen". > > Presto. > > It's saved my bacon more than once > > Bill Yes! I had forgotten about that! Thanks Bi

Re: [gentoo-user] NX, FreeNX, Neatx, x2go?

2011-01-24 Thread Alex Schuster
Paul Hartman writes: > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Alex Schuster > wrote: > > What would be the best solution? What do you prefer? > > I haven't tried FreeNX, x2go or NeatX or any of those, but I'm using > nxserver-freeedition for years and using the official NX Client to > connect from rem

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] - Code translation tools?

2011-01-24 Thread walt
On 01/24/2011 02:34 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: Hello, I'm wondering if there are any generic sorts of code translation tools in portage wherein I could translate from an 'uncommon' language no one here is likely to use (EasyLanguage) into C? As an example I've attached a little EL function..

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] - Code translation tools?

2011-01-24 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 4:35 PM, walt wrote: > On 01/24/2011 02:34 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> Hello, >>    I'm wondering if there are any generic sorts of code translation >> tools in portage wherein I could translate from an 'uncommon' language >> no one here is likely to use (EasyLanguage) int

Re: [gentoo-user] Adding more than one static IP

2011-01-24 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 04:15:14PM +0100, Amar Cosic wrote > Hello list > > My mind is just "locked" at the moment and I am trying to figure out what am > I doing wrong here. I have 4 static IP's on server machine I have one nic on my desktop. It sits behind an ADSL router-modem which has addr

Re: [gentoo-user] Identifying missing modules...

2011-01-24 Thread James Wall
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/23/11 16:13, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 10:08 AM, wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> when doing as root >> >>lspci -vk >> >> I get all pci devices and "bus inhabitants" listed. >> Additionally there are often two lines added to each >