Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd

2012-01-15 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Jan 12, 2012 8:07 PM, "Alan McKinnon" wrote: > , >8 snip > > Changing the ssh port (and even crypto keys on DVDs) is just a > brain-dead approach, we agree on that. We rightfully rip a new one to > people advocating doing this. > Well, I *always* change my sshd ports, not for added secur

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel-3.2.1-gentoo + Broadcom-STA = Could not get rssi (-22)

2012-01-15 Thread Mick
On Sunday 15 Jan 2012 01:38:08 Carlos Sura wrote: > On 14 January 2012 18:14, Carlos Sura wrote: > > Hello Mates, > > > > I have updated my kernel to 3.2.1, using my old config, when I boot my > > laptop with the new kernel, my wireless was not working, I thought that > > it was my mistake, but a

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] opendns.org

2012-01-15 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-13 7:46 PM, Florian Philipp wrote: 2) their redirection on missing domain names became annoying, especially on slow mobile connections This can be disabled you know...

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] opendns.org

2012-01-15 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-13 7:06 PM, walt wrote: I just heard about opendns.org for the first time today, but their website makes it seem that I'm the only person in the solar system who's not already on the bandwagon. Anyone know if they are as wonderful as they sound? We've been using them for a very lon

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is it possible to move from hardened profile?

2012-01-15 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-14 5:25 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: On 01/14/2012 04:56 PM, walt wrote: On 01/14/2012 01:05 PM, czernitko wrote: Hello, I wonder whether it is possible to convert hardened desktop box into box with non-hardened profile? I guess I would have to recompile world with vanilla compiler (

Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd

2012-01-15 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-15 3:50 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: Well, I *always* change my sshd ports, not for added security, but because I'm tired of seeing failed login attempts from China. The daily log became *much* shorter after I moved the port somewhere else. That is the *only* legitimate reason (I can thi

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] opendns.org

2012-01-15 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:06 PM, walt wrote: > I just heard about opendns.org for the first time today, but their > website makes it seem that I'm the only person in the solar system > who's not already on the bandwagon. > > Anyone know if they are as wonderful as they sound? > > I've used OpenDN

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is it possible to move from hardened profile?

2012-01-15 Thread czernitko
Well, hardened profile really did add some peace of mind to me, very rarely I found some app to be terminated thanks to stack smashing protection. I would like to have safe working environment, but the incompatibility cost me quite some time. Hardened would be the only choice for me if it was a ser

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Hardware Problems causing kernel panics during large compiles

2012-01-15 Thread Jason Weisberger
Update time. Today, still running on the integrated Radeon HD 3300, I did an upgrade to chromium again. BAM! Kernel panic. Recoverable, but the compilation failed again. So, the NVIDIA 9800GT has been out since my last message and I am apparently getting the kernel panics again. I suppose it

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is it possible to move from hardened profile?

2012-01-15 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 01/15/2012 08:36 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: Virtualization is iffy if you're not careful which options you enable in the kernel. I've been meaning to as a similar (but reverse) question - which I'll do in a separate thread later, but... Your reference to 'virtualizationis iffy' above... do you

Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd

2012-01-15 Thread Mick
On Sunday 15 Jan 2012 14:19:07 Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2012-01-15 3:50 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > Well, I *always* change my sshd ports, not for added security, but > > because I'm tired of seeing failed login attempts from China. The daily > > log became *much* shorter after I moved the port somew

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is it possible to move from hardened profile?

2012-01-15 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Jan 15, 2012 10:33 PM, "Michael Orlitzky" wrote: > > On 01/15/2012 08:36 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: >> >> >>> Virtualization is iffy if you're not careful which options you enable in >>> the kernel. >> >> >> I've been meaning to as a similar (but reverse) question - which I'll do >> in a separate thr

[gentoo-user] Updating mysql-init-scripts to 2.0_pre1-r2 now Mysql restart fails!?

2012-01-15 Thread Tanstaafl
Anyone else having this problem? Yes, I did etc-update, and simply accepted the new conf.d config file and init.d script changes... After the update, I attempted to restart mysql but got: myhost : Sun Jan 15, 12:23:47 : ~ # /etc/init.d/mysql restart * Starting mysql ... * start-stop-daemon

Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd

2012-01-15 Thread Walter Dnes
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 06:30:03AM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote > This is nothing like changing the port for SSH - a port scanner can > figure that one out in seconds... A real BOFH would set up a dummy instance of sshd on the regular port, as well as a real sshd instance on another port. The dumm

Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd

2012-01-15 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2012-01-15 12:54 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 06:30:03AM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote This is nothing like changing the port for SSH - a port scanner can figure that one out in seconds... A real BOFH would set up a dummy instance of sshd on the regular port, as well as a real

Re: [gentoo-user] Updating mysql-init-scripts to 2.0_pre1-r2 now Mysql restart fails!?

2012-01-15 Thread Stéphane Guedon
On Sunday 15 January 2012 18:26:09 Tanstaafl wrote: > Anyone else having this problem? > > Yes, I did etc-update, and simply accepted the new conf.d config file > and init.d script changes... > > After the update, I attempted to restart mysql but got: > > myhost : Sun Jan 15, 12:23:47 : ~ > #

Re: [gentoo-user] Updating mysql-init-scripts to 2.0_pre1-r2 now Mysql restart fails!?

2012-01-15 Thread Mick
On Sunday 15 Jan 2012 18:35:01 Stéphane Guedon wrote: > On Sunday 15 January 2012 18:26:09 Tanstaafl wrote: > > Anyone else having this problem? > > > > Yes, I did etc-update, and simply accepted the new conf.d config file > > and init.d script changes... > > > > After the update, I attempted to

Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd

2012-01-15 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:54:51 -0500 "Walter Dnes" wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 06:30:03AM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote > > > This is nothing like changing the port for SSH - a port scanner can > > figure that one out in seconds... > > A real BOFH would set up a dummy instance of sshd on the reg

[gentoo-user] RUBYOPT="-rauto_gem"

2012-01-15 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
Hi all, The dev-ruby/rubygems ebuild adds "-rauto_gem" to the global RUBYOPT. This breaks my own scripts so I have removed it from /etc/env.d. So far, so good. I just tried upgrading dev-ruby/json and it failed because I did not have RUBYOPT set. Obviously, the "fix" was easy but now I'm wonderin

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel-3.2.1-gentoo + Broadcom-STA = Could not get rssi (-22)

2012-01-15 Thread Carlos Sura
On 15 January 2012 04:01, Mick wrote: > On Sunday 15 Jan 2012 01:38:08 Carlos Sura wrote: > > On 14 January 2012 18:14, Carlos Sura > wrote: > > > Hello Mates, > > > > > > I have updated my kernel to 3.2.1, using my old config, when I boot my > > > laptop with the new kernel, my wireless was not

Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd

2012-01-15 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Jan 16, 2012 3:56 AM, "Alan McKinnon" wrote: > > On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:54:51 -0500 > "Walter Dnes" wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 06:30:03AM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote > > > > > This is nothing like changing the port for SSH - a port scanner can > > > figure that one out in seconds... > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd

2012-01-15 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Jan 16, 2012 12:58 AM, "Walter Dnes" wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 06:30:03AM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote > > > This is nothing like changing the port for SSH - a port scanner can > > figure that one out in seconds... > > A real BOFH would set up a dummy instance of sshd on the regular port, >

Re: [gentoo-user] RUBYOPT="-rauto_gem"

2012-01-15 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 01/15/2012 05:24 PM, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: Hi all, The dev-ruby/rubygems ebuild adds "-rauto_gem" to the global RUBYOPT. This breaks my own scripts so I have removed it from /etc/env.d. So far, so good. I just tried upgrading dev-ruby/json and it failed because I did not have RUBYOPT set. Ob

[gentoo-user] libreoffice-bin-3.4.3.2-r1 & sun-jdk-1.6.0.29 on x86_64

2012-01-15 Thread Hartmut Figge
Greetings, on my x86_64 libreoffice fails to detect Java. I am getting this when starting lowriter: hafi@i5_64 ~ $ lowriter Warning: failed to launch javaldx - java may not fuction correctly Trying to add Java manually via Tools->Libreoffice->Java gives [Java framework] Invalid value for bootstr

Re: [gentoo-user] RUBYOPT="-rauto_gem"

2012-01-15 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
On 15 January 2012 18:21, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 01/15/2012 05:24 PM, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> The dev-ruby/rubygems ebuild adds "-rauto_gem" to the global RUBYOPT. >> This breaks my own scripts so I have removed it from /etc/env.d. So >> far, so good. >> >> I just tried upg

[gentoo-user] using unstable gentoo-sources

2012-01-15 Thread »Q«
After moving from gentoo-sources-2.6.39-r3 to 3.1.6 (yes, I had put off upgrading the whole system for something like 6 mos.), I found hibernation wouldn't work on my laptop. Instead of troubleshooting, I tried the unstable gentoo-sources-3.2.1, and AFAICT everything is working fine, including hib

Re: [gentoo-user] using unstable gentoo-sources

2012-01-15 Thread Dale
»Q« wrote: After moving from gentoo-sources-2.6.39-r3 to 3.1.6 (yes, I had put off upgrading the whole system for something like 6 mos.), I found hibernation wouldn't work on my laptop. Instead of troubleshooting, I tried the unstable gentoo-sources-3.2.1, and AFAICT everything is working fine,