Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-09 Thread Michael Hampicke
> But do any of you guys/gals know of a Live CD distro that can perform > hardware audit? i.e., detect installed processor model, RAM parameters & > layout, etc. Some days ago I was using the parted magic live cd [1]. It had a tool that listed all hardware in a nice fashion. I don't recall it's na

Re: [gentoo-user] Google - can not open any link

2012-02-09 Thread Michael Hampicke
> You are right on; I disable Java in firefox and now can open links in > google search. As I said, I have disabled cookies and javascript for goolge.de (using cookiemonster an noscript). But as I sometimes use google maps, I allow javascript on google.com and then use google.com for maps - with c

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:54:19 -0500 Joshua Murphy wrote: > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Pandu Poluan > wrote: > > Excuse me for starting an off-topic thread, > > > > But do any of you guys/gals know of a Live CD distro that can > > perform hardware audit? i.e., detect installed processor model

[gentoo-user] Problems emerging util-linux-2.20-r1 in chroot

2012-02-09 Thread Pandu Poluan
Have anyone been having problems emerging sys-apps/util-linux-2.20-r1 on a chroot-ed environment? In my case, it always fail during the following stage: chmod g+s /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/util-linux-2.20-r1/image//usr/bin/write Strangely, if I exit chroot, I can do the following with no problem

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems emerging util-linux-2.20-r1 in chroot

2012-02-09 Thread William Kenworthy
you might need to bind /proc into the chroot? BillK On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 18:00 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: > Have anyone been having problems emerging sys-apps/util-linux-2.20-r1 > on a chroot-ed environment? > > In my case, it always fail during the following stage: > > chmod g+s /var/tmp/po

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems emerging util-linux-2.20-r1 in chroot

2012-02-09 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 18:49, William Kenworthy wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 18:00 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> Have anyone been having problems emerging sys-apps/util-linux-2.20-r1 >> on a chroot-ed environment? >> >> In my case, it always fail during the following stage: >> >> chmod g+s /va

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems emerging util-linux-2.20-r1 in chroot

2012-02-09 Thread Alex Schuster
Pandu Poluan writes: > Have anyone been having problems emerging sys-apps/util-linux-2.20-r1 > on a chroot-ed environment? > > In my case, it always fail during the following stage: > > chmod > g+s /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/util-linux-2.20-r1/image//usr/bin/write Very strange. What is the exact

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems emerging util-linux-2.20-r1 in chroot

2012-02-09 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 19:32, Pandu Poluan wrote: > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 18:49, William Kenworthy wrote: >> >> On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 18:00 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: >>> Have anyone been having problems emerging sys-apps/util-linux-2.20-r1 >>> on a chroot-ed environment? >>> >>> In my case, it

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems emerging util-linux-2.20-r1 in chroot

2012-02-09 Thread Alex Schuster
Pandu Poluan writes: > In my case, it always fail during the following stage: > > chmod > g+s /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/util-linux-2.20-r1/image//usr/bin/write Does this command work when you enter it manually in the chroot? Maybe FEATURES=-sandbox emerge sys-apps/util-linux works? Won

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems emerging util-linux-2.20-r1 in chroot

2012-02-09 Thread Pandu Poluan
Okay, PROBLEM SOLVED. (Read below) On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 19:51, Alex Schuster wrote: > Pandu Poluan writes: > >> Have anyone been having problems emerging sys-apps/util-linux-2.20-r1 >> on a chroot-ed environment? >> >> In my case, it always fail during the following stage: >> >> chmod >> g+s /v

Re: [gentoo-user] Google - can not open any link

2012-02-09 Thread Joseph
On 02/09/12 09:30, Michael Hampicke wrote: You are right on; I disable Java in firefox and now can open links in google search. As I said, I have disabled cookies and javascript for goolge.de (using cookiemonster an noscript). But as I sometimes use google maps, I allow javascript on google.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Google - can not open any link

2012-02-09 Thread Michael Mol
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Joseph wrote: > On 02/09/12 09:30, Michael Hampicke wrote: >>> >>> You are right on; I disable Java in firefox and now can open links in >>> google search. >> >> >> As I said, I have disabled cookies and javascript for goolge.de (using >> cookiemonster an noscript).

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-09 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Michael Hampicke wrote: >> But do any of you guys/gals know of a Live CD distro that can perform >> hardware audit? i.e., detect installed processor model, RAM parameters & >> layout, etc. > > Some days ago I was using the parted magic live cd [1]. It had a tool > t

[gentoo-user] weird framebuffered X display

2012-02-09 Thread Alain Didierjean
Since I tried to swich to a frame buffered graphical display, following all steps described in the Framebuffer and Radeon pages of the gentoo wiki, all I get is a display of vertical colored stripes, the pointer appearing as a square. Known problem ? where should I look in the arcane config of FB

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-09 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Feb 9, 2012 10:18 PM, "Paul Hartman" wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Michael Hampicke wrote: > >> But do any of you guys/gals know of a Live CD distro that can perform > >> hardware audit? i.e., detect installed processor model, RAM parameters & > >> layout, etc. > > > > Some days a

[gentoo-user] [OT] Midi-masterkeyboard...and Linux?

2012-02-09 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, to aim at the right way of "research" I would like to know, wether it would be a) no problem at all b) a true problem near to an unsolveable challenge c) a thing of careful selection of the according hardware to connect a midi masterkeyboard via usb to an ordinary PC (in an useab

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Midi-masterkeyboard...and Linux?

2012-02-09 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 8:29 AM, wrote: > Hi, > > to aim at the right way of "research" I would like to know, > wether it would be > >    a) no problem at all >    b) a true problem near to an unsolveable challenge >    c) a thing of careful selection of the according hardware > > to connect a mid

[gentoo-user] wireless newbee needs help

2012-02-09 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, it's the first time I have to set up a wireless network on a notebook. How can I find out whether the connection is encrypted or not. wpa_gui tells me Authentication WPA2-PSK Encryption TKIP but iwconfig wlan0 says Encryption key:off and on the server (hot spot) I have configur

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Midi-masterkeyboard...and Linux?

2012-02-09 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/02/12 18:29, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, to aim at the right way of "research" I would like to know, wether it would be a) no problem at all b) a true problem near to an unsolveable challenge c) a thing of careful selection of the according hardware to connect a midi ma

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless newbee needs help

2012-02-09 Thread ny6p01
On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 06:00:03PM +0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > it's the first time I have to set up a wireless network on a notebook. > > How can I find out whether the connection is encrypted or not. > > wpa_gui tells me > Authentication WPA2-PSK > Encryption TKIP > > but

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless newbee needs help

2012-02-09 Thread Per-Erik Westerberg
tor 2012-02-09 klockan 18:00 +0100 skrev Helmut Jarausch: > Hi, > > it's the first time I have to set up a wireless network on a notebook. > > How can I find out whether the connection is encrypted or not. > > wpa_gui tells me > Authentication WPA2-PSK > Encryption TKIP > > but > > i

[gentoo-user] KMail

2012-02-09 Thread Daniel D Jones
I was one of those bitten by the upgrade to KMail back in October. After spending nearly two days without access to email while trying to get the upgrade and migration to work, I gave up and pinned KMail to version 4.4.11.1. With the recent upgrade to KDE, I'm curious if anyone knows whether

Re: [gentoo-user] KMail

2012-02-09 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 06:33:12PM -0500, Daniel D Jones wrote: > I was one of those bitten by the upgrade to KMail back in October. After > spending nearly two days without access to email while trying to get the > upgrade and migration to work, I gave up and pinned KMail to version > 4.4.11.1

[gentoo-user] Recommended VPN Tunnel client?

2012-02-09 Thread Pandu Poluan
Scenario: I have a server in the cloud that needs to connect to an internal server in the office. There are 2 incoming connections into my office, ISP "A" and ISP "B". The primary connection is A, but if A goes down, we can use B. The app running on the cloud server has no automatic failover abilit

[gentoo-user] Re: Recommended VPN Tunnel client?

2012-02-09 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:48, Pandu Poluan wrote: > Scenario: I have a server in the cloud that needs to connect to an internal > server in the office. There are 2 incoming connections into my office, ISP > "A" and ISP "B". The primary connection is A, but if A goes down, we can use > B. The app