[gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

I want to build a Gentoo server box whose structure is highly-partitioned, like this: / /boot /usr /tmp /usr/portage ==> via NFS /var /var/lib/postgresql /var/tmp /var/log /var/spool (Not all of them will reside on the same physical disk; I have /dev/sda up to /dev/sdd) I've been searching high

[gentoo-user] Re: Partitioning strategy...?

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 20:53, Pandu Poluan wrote: > I want to build a Gentoo server box whose structure is > highly-partitioned, like this: > > / > /boot > /usr > /tmp > /usr/portage ==> via NFS > /var > /var/lib/postgresql > /var/tmp > /var/log > /var/spool > > (Not all of them will reside on th

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 5:53 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > I want to build a Gentoo server box whose structure is > highly-partitioned, like this: > > / > /boot > /usr > /tmp > /usr/portage ==> via NFS > /var > /var/lib/postgresql > /var/tmp > /var/log > /var/spool > > (Not all of them will reside on

[gentoo-user] Re: experience with rsnapshot

cov...@ccs.covici.com writes: > Grant Edwards wrote: > >> On 2011-11-24, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: >> >> > I am using rdiff-backup which is no longer maintained, but still seems >> > to work, but I was thinking to use rsnapshot instead which seems like a >> > nice way to do this, but this se

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 21:35, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 5:53 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> I want to build a Gentoo server box whose structure is >> highly-partitioned, like this: >> - >8 snip > > I don't use LVM but I suspect that on this list that would be the #1 > recomm

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

On 25-Nov-11 17:12, Pandu Poluan wrote: / == 800 MiB /boot == 20 MiB /usr == 1800 MiB /usr/portage == 2000 MiB /var == 4000 MiB /var/lib/postgresql == 1000 MiB I think it is more than wise to put /tmp on separate partition, and mount it with nodev/nosuid/noexec. Malware frequently use tmp to

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 21:35, Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 5:53 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: >>> I want to build a Gentoo server box whose structure is >>> highly-partitioned, like this: >>> > > - >8 snip > >> >> I don't use

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc-2.14.1 upgrade

于 2011年11月24日 15:34, justin 写道: > On 24/11/11 06:27, Paul Hartman wrote: >> Hi, >> >> After emerging glibc-2.14.1 today, pam stopped working, which >> prevented KDE from working and some other things. I got this kind of >> message: >> >> /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: experience with rsnapshot

Harry Putnam wrote: > cov...@ccs.covici.com writes: > > > Grant Edwards wrote: > > > >> On 2011-11-24, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > >> > >> > I am using rdiff-backup which is no longer maintained, but still seems > >> > to work, but I was thinking to use rsnapshot instead which seems like a

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

On Friday 25 November 2011 14:53:17 Pandu Poluan wrote: > I want to build a Gentoo server box whose structure is > highly-partitioned, like this: > > / > /boot > /usr > /tmp > /usr/portage ==> via NFS > /var > /var/lib/postgresql > /var/tmp > /var/log > /var/spool > > (Not all of them will reside

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

On Nov 26, 2011 12:05 AM, "Mark Knecht" wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 21:35, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 5:53 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > >>> I want to build a Gentoo server box whose structure is > >>> highly-parti

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

On Nov 26, 2011 12:06 AM, "Stéphane Guedon" wrote: > > On Friday 25 November 2011 14:53:17 Pandu Poluan wrote: > > I want to build a Gentoo server box whose structure is > > highly-partitioned, like this: > > > > / > > /boot > > /usr > > /tmp > > /usr/portage ==> via NFS > > /var > > /var/lib/post

[gentoo-user] Re: Partitioning strategy...?

Pandu Poluan poluan.info> writes: > Everytime I read some guide on LVM, my eyes becomes blurry, the room > starts spinning, and I can hear wolves howling ... :D > Seriously, LVM looks mighty nice, but it also looks (and is!) mighty complex. I feel your pain I too have had trouble sorting ou

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc-2.14.1 upgrade

On Nov 26, 2011 12:05 AM, "微菜" wrote: > > 于 2011年11月24日 15:34, justin 写道: > > On 24/11/11 06:27, Paul Hartman wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> After emerging glibc-2.14.1 today, pam stopped working, which > >> prevented KDE from working and some other things. I got this kind of > >> message: > >> > >> /l

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> /mnt/distfiles ext3/4 (shared via nfs) >> > > Why do you separate the distfiles from the portage tree? > > Rgds, distfiles has a tendency to grow large over the years. IIRC nothing cleans it up automatically so having it separate is just a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Partitioning strategy...?

On Nov 26, 2011 1:05 AM, "James" wrote: > > Pandu Poluan poluan.info> writes: > > > > Everytime I read some guide on LVM, my eyes becomes blurry, the room > > starts spinning, and I can hear wolves howling ... :D > > Seriously, LVM looks mighty nice, but it also looks (and is!) mighty complex. >

[gentoo-user] Re: Partitioning strategy...?

On Friday 25 November 2011, Pandu Poluan wrote: > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 21:35, Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 5:53 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > >> I want to build a Gentoo server box whose structure is > > >> highly-partitioned, like this: > - >8 snip > > > I don't use LVM

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc-2.14.1 upgrade

Am 25.11.2011 19:11, schrieb Pandu Poluan: > > On Nov 26, 2011 12:05 AM, "微菜" > wrote: >> >> 于 2011年11月24日 15:34, justin 写道: >> > On 24/11/11 06:27, Paul Hartman wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> After emerging glibc-2.14.1 today, pam stopped working, which >> >> pre

[gentoo-user] Re: Partitioning strategy...?

On Friday 25 November 2011, Pandu Poluan wrote: > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 20:53, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > I want to build a Gentoo server box whose structure is > > highly-partitioned, like this: > > > > / > > /boot > > /usr > > /tmp > > /usr/portage ==> via NFS > > /var > > /var/lib/postgresql >

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

On Friday 25 November 2011 19:17:07 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > >> /mnt/distfiles ext3/4 (shared via nfs) > > > > Why do you separate the distfiles from the portage tree? > > > > Rgds, > > distfiles has a tendency to grow large over the year

Re: [gentoo-user] Error message for several ebuilds when updating world.

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 01:31:45AM -0600, Dale wrote > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-6878530.html?sid=924b3c65e5584c4dc81672583d97b85d#6878530 > > You need more ram, swap space or maybe drive space for the portage work > directory. Basically, it's running out of space somewhere. Thank

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:17:07AM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > >> /mnt/distfiles ext3/4 (shared via nfs) > >> > > > > Why do you separate the distfiles from the portage tree? > > > > Rgds, > > distfiles has a tendency to grow large over the

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

Pandu Poluan wrote: On Nov 26, 2011 12:05 AM, "Mark Knecht" > wrote: > > I'm exactly as you are WRT to LVM but I admired Dale for giving it a > shot and I'm sorta feeling like I gotta start learn it just to be part > of the group... ;-) > Hey, not fair! Dale's go

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:12:42PM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote > Everytime I read some guide on LVM, my eyes becomes blurry, the room > starts spinning, and I can hear wolves howling ... :D > > Seriously, LVM looks mighty nice, but it also looks (and is!) mighty complex. > > So, I want to start fr

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:17:07AM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote >> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> >> >> /mnt/distfiles ext3/4 (shared via nfs) >> >> >> > >> > Why do you separate the distfiles from the portage tree? >> >

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

Dale wrote: Oh, here is a funny one. Imagine walking up to the computer and seeing knotify taking up 14Gbs of ram. O_O My rig was using all the ram, some cache and slow as leap year. I kill -9'd that thing. G!! Dale :-) :-) Instead of *cache*, make that *swap*. What was I think

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Partitioning strategy...?

Francesco Talamona wrote: IMO /usr/portage and /boot are too small, these are the respective sizes in my system: [root@aemaeth:~]$ du -sh /usr/portage 19G /usr/portage [root@aemaeth:~]$ du -sh /boot 52M /boot HTH Francesco This is my size and it works fine with the occasional use of eclean:

Re: [gentoo-user] Error message for several ebuilds when updating world.

Walter Dnes wrote: On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 01:31:45AM -0600, Dale wrote http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-6878530.html?sid=924b3c65e5584c4dc81672583d97b85d#6878530 You need more ram, swap space or maybe drive space for the portage work directory. Basically, it's running out of space somewh

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

On Friday 25 November 2011 21:09:04 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:17:07AM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote > > > >> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > >> > >> > >> >> /mnt/distfiles ext3/4 (shared via nfs) >

[gentoo-user] Fonts installation.

Hi there! I have some fonts which are not included in the repository. How can I install them? Cheers!

[gentoo-user] Anti-aliasing, hinting or whatever.

Hi there! I have some problems with several fonts. For example, "0" in Andale Mono is displayed with a dot shifted by several points. This shift looks different in different sizes. How to fix this? Cheers.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Partitioning strategy...?

On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:55:02 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: > I also wonder if /var/tmp can be shared between boxen (via NFS), > assuming I ensure that no two boxen perform emerge at the same time... That will really slow down emerges. -- Neil Bothwick Psychiatrists say that 1 of 4 people are men

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:12:42 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > I don't use LVM but I suspect that on this list that would be the #1 > > recommendation to take care of the numbers question. > Everytime I read some guide on LVM, my eyes becomes blurry, the room > starts spinning, and I can hear wolves

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:07:48 -0600, Dale wrote: > Here is one thing to think about on LVM. If you put /usr on a separate > partition, you will need the init thingy, thanks to the dev at fedora. Not yet you don't. I'm happily running a separate /usr (LVM has nothing to do with it) without an in

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:53:57 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: > Why do you separate the distfiles from the portage tree? A better question is why put the distfiles in the middle of the portage tree? It really makes no sense, they are two very different types of data. A separate DISTDIR also makes sens

Re: [gentoo-user] Error message for several ebuilds when updating world.

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 02:27:04PM -0600, Dale wrote > The funny thing, I have to leave mine on tmpfs because when I update > LOo, I don't have enough space on /var. I have enough ram tho. lol I know I have enough diskspace. See my reply to Pandu in the "Partitioning strategy...?" thread.

Re: [gentoo-user] Error message for several ebuilds when updating world.

On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:58:56 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > * the rest of the drive is one large reiserfs partition > > The power of LVM, without the pain. Hardly. For instance, a runaway program filling logfiles will fill up everything, you can't isolate, for example, personal and system data.

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc-2.14.1 upgrade

On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:59:51 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote: > I've used Gentoo since 2006 and never had any reason to emerge -e. Apart from the occasional gcc ABI change, the only time I do it is after a fresh install, so that everything is built with the installed toolchain. -- Neil Bothwick

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc-2.14.1 upgrade

On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 22:30 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:59:51 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote: > > > I've used Gentoo since 2006 and never had any reason to emerge -e. > > Apart from the occasional gcc ABI change, the only time I do it is after > a fresh install, so that eve

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc-2.14.1 upgrade

106 minutes, 177 packsges on a fresh install (on a dual E5345 I just got my hands on). God help you if you if you have KDE installed, though. Even without it, my core desktop has somewhere between 500-700 packages. Builds overnight on my Phenom 9650. ZZ On Nov 25, 2011 2:04 PM, "Florian Philipp"

[gentoo-user] wicd and net-tools

In the last day or two wicd broke badly due to a net-tools upgrade. The recommended workarounds are to specify USE=old-output for net-tools or to downgrade net-tools one version (I am ~amd64). Neither of these have helped me. Wicd cannot start either the wired or wireless interface. When I type

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc-2.14.1 upgrade

2011/11/25 Florian Philipp > Am 25.11.2011 19:11, schrieb Pandu Poluan: > > > > On Nov 26, 2011 12:05 AM, "微菜" > > wrote: > >> > >> 于 2011年11月24日 15:34, justin 写道: > >> > On 24/11/11 06:27, Paul Hartman wrote: > >> >> Hi, > >> >> > >> >> After emerging glibc-2.

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:07:48 -0600, Dale wrote: Here is one thing to think about on LVM. If you put /usr on a separate partition, you will need the init thingy, thanks to the dev at fedora. Not yet you don't. I'm happily running a separate /usr (LVM has nothing to do with

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:12:42 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: I don't use LVM but I suspect that on this list that would be the #1 recommendation to take care of the numbers question. Everytime I read some guide on LVM, my eyes becomes blurry, the room starts spinning, and I can

[gentoo-user] Install problem - SATA CD-ROM drive

I've just started building a new system from scratch, and have run into a problem. The motherboard only has SATA and USB conectors, no legacy IDE/PATA/FDD/etc connectors at all. The problem is that all 4 of the Live CDs I have tried fail to boot completely. All of them bring up the initial me

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

Mark Knecht wrote: On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:17:07AM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: /mnt/distfiles ext3/4 (shared via nfs) Why do you separate the distfiles from the portage tree? Rgds,

[gentoo-user] Re: experience with rsnapshot

On 2011-11-25, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > I noticed that there was no real restore, Um, it's a regular file sysmte, so you use "cp -a" to restore. > but as you say you can usually find what you are looking for. I will > probably try on an experimental basis. -- Grant

[gentoo-user] 200MB waste from /usr/share/locale ?

Hello! It seems that /usr/share/locale is keeping files for many languages not of any use to me: around 200MB in total. Is there a way to configure this away that I am not aware of? Thanks in advance, Sebastian

Re: [gentoo-user] Install problem - SATA CD-ROM drive

On Sat, 2011-11-26 at 11:01 +1100, Paul Colquhoun wrote: > Some research tells me that this is a problem with SATA CD-ROMs, and > needs a > kernel configured with the libata module option atapi_enabled=1 > > Does anybody know of a Live CD that will work with a SATA CD drive? AFAIK most (all) mo

Re: [gentoo-user] 200MB waste from /usr/share/locale ?

On Sat, 2011-11-26 at 01:28 +0100, Sebastian Pipping wrote: > It seems that /usr/share/locale is keeping files for many languages > not > of any use to me: around 200MB in total. > > Is there a way to configure this away that I am not aware of? > > Thanks in advance, What do you have in LINGUAS

Re: [gentoo-user] wicd and net-tools

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > In the last day or two wicd broke badly due to a net-tools upgrade. > > The recommended workarounds are to specify USE=old-output > for net-tools or to downgrade net-tools one version (I am ~amd64). > > Neither of these have helped me.  Wicd

Re: [gentoo-user] Install problem - SATA CD-ROM drive (SOLVED)

On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:28:50 PM Albert W. Hopkins wrote: > On Sat, 2011-11-26 at 11:01 +1100, Paul Colquhoun wrote: > > Some research tells me that this is a problem with SATA CD-ROMs, and > > needs a > > kernel configured with the libata module option atapi_enabled=1 > > > > Does anybody know of

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

On Nov 26, 2011 5:05 AM, "Neil Bothwick" wrote: > > On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:12:42 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > > I don't use LVM but I suspect that on this list that would be the #1 > > > recommendation to take care of the numbers question. > > > Everytime I read some guide on LVM, my eyes beco

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

2011/11/25 Pandu Poluan > I want to build a Gentoo server box whose structure is > highly-partitioned, like this: > > / > /boot > okay > /usr > why? just makes your life harder. > /tmp > okay > /usr/portage ==> via NFS > if it makes you happy... > /var > okay > /var/lib/postgresql

Re: [gentoo-user] 200MB waste from /usr/share/locale ?

Am 26.11.2011 01:28, schrieb Sebastian Pipping: > Hello! > > > It seems that /usr/share/locale is keeping files for many languages not > of any use to me: around 200MB in total. > > Is there a way to configure this away that I am not aware of? > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Sebastian > Ple

Re: [gentoo-user] wicd and net-tools

On Fri, Nov 25 2011, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> In the last day or two wicd broke badly due to a net-tools upgrade. >> >> The recommended workarounds are to specify USE=old-output >> for net-tools or to downgrade net-tools one version (I am ~amd

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

On Nov 26, 2011 9:05 AM, "Volker Armin Hemmann" wrote: > > > > 2011/11/25 Pandu Poluan >> >> I want to build a Gentoo server box whose structure is >> highly-partitioned, like this: >> >> / >> /boot > > > okay > >> >> /usr > > > why? just makes your life harder. > Why will it make my life harder

Re: [gentoo-user] 200MB waste from /usr/share/locale ?

26 Florian Philipp wrote: > Am 26.11.2011 01:28, schrieb Sebastian Pipping: >> It seems that /usr/share/locale is keeping files for many languages >> not of any use to me: around 200MB in total. >> Is there a way to configure this away that I am not aware of? > Please follow the section "glibc

Re: [gentoo-user] Install problem - SATA CD-ROM drive (SOLVED)

Paul Colquhoun wrote: On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:28:50 PM Albert W. Hopkins wrote: On Sat, 2011-11-26 at 11:01 +1100, Paul Colquhoun wrote: Some research tells me that this is a problem with SATA CD-ROMs, and needs a kernel configured with the libata module option atapi_enabled=1 Does anybody know

Re: [gentoo-user] 200MB waste from /usr/share/locale ?

On 11/25/2011 10:00 PM, Philip Webb wrote: 26 Florian Philipp wrote: Am 26.11.2011 01:28, schrieb Sebastian Pipping: It seems that /usr/share/locale is keeping files for many languages not of any use to me: around 200MB in total. Is there a way to configure this away that I am not aware of?

Re: [gentoo-user] 200MB waste from /usr/share/locale ?

Have you looked at localepurge?-- Sent from my HP TouchPadOn Nov 25, 2011 7:00 PM, Philip Webb wrote: 26 Florian Philipp wrote: > Am 26.11.2011 01:28, schrieb Sebastian Pipping: >> It seems that /usr/share/locale is keeping files for many languages >> not of any use to me: around 200MB in tota

Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?

On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:53:17 +0700 Pandu Poluan wrote: > I want to build a Gentoo server box whose structure is > highly-partitioned, like this: partition setups are like lovers - highly variable. And the one that suits you will suit almost no-one else. Many of the recommendations you find on-l