[gentoo-user] utf-8 puzzling behavior with cygwin xterms

Hello, I am experiencing a weird behavior of utf-8 when g++ sends compilation info to the screen. In one case (the "remote" case) I use a cygwin x-term to issue a ssh to connect to the target machine B, but I must connect to a firewall machine A first. Therefore I typically use a single command

[gentoo-user] gdbm fatal: write error

Hello, I am using Python's shelve module to create a large database. As soon as the data base file crosses the 2.1 GB mark, I get the error: gdbm fatal: write error Any insight appreciated. Thanks, -- Valmor Portage 2.1.3.19 (default-linux/x86/2007.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.22.9 i68

RE: [gentoo-user] gdbm fatal: write error

> -Original Message- > From: de Almeida, Valmor F. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 2:19 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org ...snip... > the data base file crosses the 2.1 GB mark, I get the error: It looks like GDBM files have a 2GB limit. D

RE: [gentoo-user] No kernel boot after inserting more ram

> -Original Message- > From: José Pedro Saraiva [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 4:48 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org ...snip... > - Booted with both memories on windows successfully ...snip... This is surprising. Have you tried to boot from a live

[gentoo-user] building with off_t set as long long

Hello, Would anyone know whether it is possible to emerge a package setting off_t as long long? The particular case is the library gdbm. The default emerge sets off_t to 4 bytes therefore file sizes can only be about 2GB. Setting off_t to 8 bytes would remove this constraint. Thanks, -- Valmor

[gentoo-user] 2008.0_beta2: no make.defaults in 2008.0 profile ?

Hi, I just gave 2008.0_beta2 Minimal a try and there is no make.defaults file in the profile directory /etc/make.profile -> ../usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/x86/2008.0 However there is a make.defaults file inside /usr/portage/profiles/default/linux Is this how it should be? Thanks, --

[gentoo-user] origin of kernel module: scsi_wait_scan.mod ??

Hello, I am compiling a vanilla-sources 2.6.24.4 kernel (2008.0_beta2 minimal install) and no matter what I do to disable scsi support I end up with a scsi module (scsi_wait_scan.mod) after compilation. When looking at the .config file I see CONFIG_SCSI=y CONFIG_SCSI_DMA=y CONFIG_SCSI_WAIT_

[gentoo-user] emerge-webrsync

Hello, After using emerge-webrsync I got > Updating Portage cache: 100% *** Completed websync, please now perform a normal rsync if possible. Update is current as of the of MMDD: 20090219 I am not sure what the message means "perform a normal rsync if possible." I used emerge-webrs

[gentoo-user] ERROR: net-misc/iputils-20070202 failed

Hello list, This is happening when emerging iputils with +doc USE. If I remove doc from the USE flags list, then it does emerge completely. Any thoughts? Thanks, -- Valmor de Almeida jade:/usr/share/sgml/docbook/dsssl-stylesheets-1.79/html/../common/../co mmon/dbl1sr.dsl:2:66:W: cannot gene

[gentoo-user] glibc unmerged by accident

Hello, After a successful upgrade from profile 2006.1 to 2007.0, I decided to unmerge some unused packages from world and accidentally had glibc on the emerge command line from a cut and paste operation. glibc was unmerged and now I can't use common shell commands such as ls or cp to list and co

RE: [gentoo-user] glibc unmerged by accident

> From: Graham Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you have a binary glibc package, then you could untar it into > /mnt/gentoo while booted from the CD. Otherwise I suspect that you will I think I can do that. I have other machines I can build a binary glibc package on. Then once I boot from

RE: [gentoo-user] glibc unmerged by accident

> From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Incidentally, how did you miss the big red warning that emerge gives when > you try to unmerge a system package? > I was unlucky and stupid for using cut and paste commands while distracted looking at another screen. I didn't look back until th

RE: [gentoo-user] glibc unmerged by accident (solved)

> -Original Message- > From: Graham Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I do not think it will be that simple. The problem is that once you > chroot to /mnt/gentoo all subsequent commands (including emerge and gcc) > will be looking for /lib/libc.so.6 and /lib/ld-linux.so.2 neither of > w

[gentoo-user] dev-libs/apr-0.9.12 pulled back by revdep-rebuild

Hello, How do I find out why apr-0.9.12 and apr-util-0.9.12 are pulled back when using revdep-rebuild? What I have currently is: --- ->emerge --search apr Searching... [ Results for search key : apr ] [ Applications found : 10 ] * dev

RE: [gentoo-user] glibc unmerged by accident (solved)

> -Original Message- > From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > What's wrong with "tar xf glibc-2.6.1.tbz2 -C /mnt/gentoo"? It's worked > for me in the past when I "upgraded" to a broken glibc. > I was not sure what would happen with other files in some of the existing directori

RE: [gentoo-user] dev-libs/apr-0.9.12 pulled back by revdep-rebuild

> -Original Message- > From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It looks like you still have the temporary files from a previous > revdep-rebuild run, so you don't get to see the list of broken packages. > Add --ignore to the command. > Indeed there were some left over files and

RE: [gentoo-user] dev-libs/apr-0.9.12 pulled back by revdep-rebuild

> -Original Message- > From: Bo Ørsted Andresen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This could be bug #189720 which would mean you need to manually remerge > slot 1 > of apr and apr-util. > > [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189720 It was actually left over files from a previous rev

RE: [gentoo-user] glibc unmerged by accident (solved)

> -Original Message- > From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > However you do it, you should emerge glibc, either from source or the > package, once you have a working system. > Yes. After it became operational, still booted from the cd, I did a total rebuild over the weekend;

[gentoo-user] memtest86+ taking too long

Hello, After looking at the /var/log/messages file, I saw an entry which seemed to indicate a memory address problem. I decided to run memtest86+. However it is taking too long. So far 17 hours and still going. The "Pass" field reads 25%; I hope this is an indication of how much of the total has

RE: [gentoo-user] memtest86+ taking too long

>> >>From: Mark Shields [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Nov 19, 2007 12:03 PM, de Almeida, Valmor F. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Is this execution time expected? >Thanks for any comments, >

RE: [gentoo-user] memtest86+ taking too long

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bryan > > memtest86 will keep retesting your memory over and over. Look at the > "Pass" and "Errors" column. If Errors is 0 and Pass is more than 1, > your memory is fine. If Pass is 0 and Errors is 0, th

RE: [gentoo-user] OT: Literature on Python

> Albert Hopkins wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 15:01 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote: > > > >> Hi list! > >> > >> I need a recommendation for a good book to learn Python for people > >> experienced in C++ but not Bash, Java or CMD/Powershell. > >> > >> It shouldn't focus on Linux all too much. > >>

[gentoo-user] Failed to allocate mem

Hello, This is showing up on my /var/log/messages file. I've done a memtest and the memory seems fine. I wonder what does this mean. Maybe it is not even related to the physical memory. PCI: Failed to allocate mem resource #6:[EMAIL PROTECTED] for :01:00.0 The machine and OS seem fine but I

RE: [gentoo-user] libexpat.so.0 & libcurl.so.3 loop

>From: Mick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >revdep-rebuild has got me into a never ending loop: >== ># revdep-rebuild -X -v -p >[snip...] Have you tried the --ignore option? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] missing libraries in mesa-6.5.2-r1 emerge ??

Hello, When emerging mesa-6.5.2-r1 I don't get the library libOSMesa.so* built. Did this library go away or is it a problem of selecting the correct USE parameter. Currently I am using what is listed below. Thanks for your help. -- Valmor ->equery uses mesa [ Searching for packages matching

RE: [gentoo-user] missing libraries in mesa-6.5.2-r1 emerge ??

esa-6.5.2-r1. Thanks for any comments/answers. -- Valmor > -Original Message- > From: de Almeida, Valmor F. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hello, > > When emerging mesa-6.5.2-r1 I don't get the library libOSMesa.so* built. > Did this library go away or is it a proble

[gentoo-user] guest additions for vbox-1.6 gentoo guest on xp host

Hello, Has anyone been able to install successfully the guest additions in a vbox-1.6 gentoo guest? I get the following when installing the additions: Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing VirtualBox 1.6.0 Guest Additions for Linux installation ... VirtualBox 1.6.0

RE: [gentoo-user] guest additions for vbox-1.6 gentoo guest on xp host

> -Original Message- > From: PaulNM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 7:25 AM > > de Almeida, Valmor F. wrote: > > > Verifying archive integrity... All good. > > Uncompressing VirtualBox 1.6.0 Guest Additions for Linux installati

RE: [gentoo-user] guest additions for vbox-1.6 gentoo guest on xp host

clipboard. -- Valmor > -Original Message- > From: de Almeida, Valmor F. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 12:06 AM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] guest additions for vbox-1.6 gentoo guest on xp > host > >

[gentoo-user] vim-7.2: Filesize does not match recorded size

Hello, Just did an emerge sync and world update. Has anyone had this problem with app-editors/vim-core-7.2 and app-editors/vim-7.2? Thanks, -- Valmor >>> Emerging (35 of 35) app-editors/vim-7.2 to / * vim-7.2-gentoo-patches.tar.bz2 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * vim-7.2-lang.tar.

RE: [gentoo-user] vim-7.2: Filesize does not match recorded size

ize > > 080923 de Almeida, Valmor F. wrote: > > Just did an emerge sync and world update. Has anyone had this problem > > with app-editors/vim-core-7.2 and app-editors/vim-7.2? > > Sometimes this is resolved if you wait a few hours & then sync again. &g

[gentoo-user] Digest verification failed:

Hello, Any inputs on what this problem might be? Any use of --searchdesc will result in a similar output. Thanks, -- Valmor -> emerge --searchdesc eclipse Searching... \!!! Digest verification failed: !!! /usr/portage/app-backup/bacula/bacula-2.4.1-r1.ebuild !!! Reason: Filesize does not matc

[gentoo-user] profile upgrade from 2005.1 to 2006.1

Hello list, After an emerge sync, I followed the instructions in http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-upgrading.xml for updating to 2006.1. Proceeding to the system update: ->emerge --update --deep --newuse --pretend --verbose system I get this error message before the list of packages *

RE: [gentoo-user] profile upgrade from 2005.1 to 2006.1

> -Original Message- > From: Albert Hopkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:42 AM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] profile upgrade from 2005.1 to 2006.1 > > On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 11:22 -0400, de Alm

RE: [gentoo-user] profile upgrade from 2005.1 to 2006.1

Theese are my comments to help you, I hope so. Thanks. -- Valmor > > > On 3/13/07, de Almeida, Valmor F. <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > Hello list, > > After an emerge sync, I followed the instructions in > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gen

[gentoo-user] non-existing/masked ebuilds during upgrade from 2005.1 to 2006.1

Hello list, I am rebuilding world as part of an upgrade from profile 2005.1 to 2006.1. emerge -eav world The corresponding system emerge finished okay. At the beginning of the output of the aforementioned command I get. Calculating world dependencies \ !!! Ebuilds for the following packages ar

RE: [gentoo-user] non-existing/masked ebuilds during upgrade from2005.1 to 2006.1

> -Original Message- > From: Albert Hopkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 12:54 -0400, de Almeida, Valmor F. wrote: > > emerge -eav world > > > > The corresponding system emerge finished okay. At the beginning of the > > output

RE: [gentoo-user] non-existing/masked ebuilds during upgrade from 2005.1 to 2006.1

> -Original Message- > From: de Almeida, Valmor F. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 12:55 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] non-existing/masked ebuilds during upgrade from > 2005.1 to 2006.1 > > Calcul

[gentoo-user] persistent broken dynamic link notice from revdep-rebuild

Hello list, As part of the final stage of a long upgrade from profile 2005.1 to 2006.1, I get many messages from revdep-rebuild of broken links to files that are not part of any installed package but were in the past. For instance: broken /usr/lib/ImageMagick-6.1.8/modules-Q16/coders/art.la (re

RE: [gentoo-user] persistent broken dynamic link notice from revdep-rebuild

> -Original Message-> > If you run fix_libtool_files.sh, it modifies a number of .la files. As a Indeed I used it. > result, these files are removed when their parent package is unmerged > because their checksums no longer match the package's CONTENTS file. This > isn't an issue if you h

RE: [gentoo-user] persistent broken dynamic link notice from revdep-rebuild

> -Original Message- > From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > As you have determined the files no longer belong to a package, it is > quite safe to remove them. > This is a small thing but here is the current result from ->revdep-rebuild --pretend Configuring search environm

[gentoo-user] all digest files missing for portage update after rsync with local server

Hello list. My local rsync server has been upgraded to the 2006.1 profile (gcc-4.2.2). All my other boxes that sync against the local server have problems with missing digest files. I follow the instructions in http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Local_Rsync_Mirror and http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/rsyn

RE: [gentoo-user] all digest files missing for portage update after rsync with local server

> -Original Message- > From: Zac Medico [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The problem is that portage-2.1.2.2 will automatically exclude the > digest files during sync. In order to make the sync compatible with > portage-2.0.x, you can override the PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS variable > that's define

[gentoo-user] Invalid atom in =media-video/ffmpeg-0.4.9-p20070325

Hello list, After a recent sync I get Invalid atom in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: =media-video/ffmpeg-0.4.9-p20070325 anytime I issue an emerge command. I wonder whether this is particular to my system. Thanks, -- Valmor -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] Invalid atom in =media-video/ffmpeg-0.4.9-p20070325

> -Original Message- > From: Marc Joliet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Am Sonntag, den 25.03.2007, 15:38 -0400 schrieb de Almeida, Valmor F.: > > I wonder whether this is particular to my system. > > That would likely be - as a quick "eix ffmpeg -v" sho

RE: [gentoo-user] Invalid atom in =media-video/ffmpeg-0.4.9-p20070325

> -Original Message- > From: Marc Joliet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Maybe I'm putting too much thought to it and making a big deal over a > trivial typo. See previous e-mail from >>Q<< on this list. It is a bug. I just did a new emerge --sync and fixed. Thanks, -- Valmor -- gentoo-us

[gentoo-user] nfs.confd.old on manifest not found

Hello, I anyone else bumping into this message after a recent emerge --sync followed by system and world update? !!! A file listed in the Manifest could not be found: /usr/portage/net-fs/nfs-utils/files/nfs.confd.old "emerge system" will complete but not "emerge world." There isn't a bug filed

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Invalid atom in =media-video/ffmpeg-0.4.9-p20070325

> -Original Message- > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Q< > > See . I filed the bug > earlier today, and lu_zero has taken ownership, so hopefully it will be > resolved soon. I did a recent emerge --sync and the problem ha

RE: [gentoo-user] all digest files missing for portage update after rsync with local server

> -Original Message- > From: Zac Medico [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > de Almeida, Valmor F. wrote: > > !!! A file listed in the Manifest could not be found: > > /usr/portage/net-fs/nfs-utils/files/nfs.confd.old > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=172

[gentoo-user] keyboard autorepeat rates

Hello, Does anyone know what controls the keyboard autorepeat rate? This is for a console without running an X server. How about for an xterm, is the repeat rate controlled by the Option "AutoRepeat" "xxx yyy" in xorg.conf? Thanks, -- Valmor -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] xterm settings with utf-8 unicode

Hello, Sometimes I use an xterm in cygwin to login to gentoo boxes and I have problems with font display. For instance I see in the cygwin xterm: src/ports/Mod4_initdt.f90:1: warning: unused variable â src/ports/Mod4_initdt.f90:1: warning: unused variable â when I should see src/ports/Mod4_i

RE: [gentoo-user] Why is the latest release 2006.1?

> -Original Message- > > If you want a new release, just emerge --sync. :) About a month ago I --sync my systems and the available profile was still 2006.1. Maybe 2007.0 will arrive soon if not there already. > > On Sat, 2007-04-14 at 20:44 -0500, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > > >

[gentoo-user] FW: cluster health monitoring

Hello list, I thought this question would also make sense here. Thanks for any inputs. -- Valmor > -Original Message- > From: de Almeida, Valmor F. > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 1:39 PM > To: 'gentoo-cluster@gentoo.org' > Subject: cluster health moni

[gentoo-user] gforge in gentoo?

Hello list, Does anyone know whether gforge (http://gforge.org) will eventually be included in the gentoo package system? Thanks, -- Valmor -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] gforge in gentoo?

Almeida, Valmor F. wrote: > Hello list, > > Does anyone know whether gforge (http://gforge.org) will eventually be > included in the gentoo package system? > > Thanks, > > -- > Valmor > > > Hi, Check Bug-74484 on b.g.o HTH.Rumen -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] list of files to be installed by a package

Hello List, Is it possible to find out what are the file names (full path) to be installed by a package without installing it? Thanks, -- Valmor -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] list of files to be installed by a package

Will try. Thanks a lot. -- Valmor -Original Message- From: Matthew Cline [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:55 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] list of files to be installed by a package On 8/23/05, de Almeida, Valmor F. <[EM

[gentoo-user] at utility

Hello list, I have the at utility described in my man pages but can't find it and don't know what package it came from; if it is indeed in my system. Does anyone know? Thanks, -- Valmor Portage 2.0.51.22-r3 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.5-r2, 2.6.12.5 i686) ==

[gentoo-user] System.map not found - unable to check symbols

Hello list, Following closely the instrunctions on the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook, I installed gentoo recently (info below) and just did the first reboot before finalizing the installation. All worked except for this message during boot System.map not found - unable to check symbols. which doesn

RE: [gentoo-user] System.map not found - unable to check symbols

ols Thanks for your inputs. -- Valmor -Original Message- From: Alexander Skwar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 1:12 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] System.map not found - unable to check symbols de Almeida, Valmor F. wrote: > Syst

RE: [gentoo-user] System.map not found - unable to check symbols

; On Tuesday 09 May 2006 15:56, de Almeida, Valmor F. wrote: > > > > System.map not found - unable to check symbols. > > > > which doesn't seem to cause problems during/after booting (??). > > > > > > > > I did a manual kernel compilation >

RE: [gentoo-user] System.map not found - unable to check symbols

> -Original Message- > From: Glenn Enright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 7:58 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] System.map not found - unable to check symbols > > > > > > > System.map not found - unable to check symbols. > > > > >

[gentoo-user] setting up rsh and rlogin

Hello list, I am setting up rsh and rlogin services between machines x1 and x2. Following info on the web I go it working from x1 to x2. However when going from x2 to x1 I get: x2$ rsh x1 uptime poll: protocol failure in circuit setup x2$ rlogin x1 rcmd: x1: Connection reset by peer I think I

RE: [gentoo-user] setting up rsh and rlogin

> -Original Message- > From: John Jolet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 7:41 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] setting up rsh and rlogin > > de Almeida, Valmor F. wrote: > > >Hello list, > &g

[gentoo-user] livecd does not boot after gentoo install

Hello list, After using a livecd to make a successful gentoo install, I tried to boot from the livecd again but in every attempt the bios keep booting grub from the hard drive. If I remove the hard drive from the list of boot devices in the bios and force it to boot from the CD rom I get the mess

FW: [gentoo-user] livecd does not boot after gentoo install

Hello list, I am posting the message again because I sent it over the weekend and some of you may not have seen it. After using a livecd to make a successful gentoo install, I tried to boot from the livecd again but in every attempt the bios keep booting grub from the hard drive. If I remove the

[gentoo-user] multiple emerge --sync on the same day?

Hello list, I've been installing gentoo on 16, almost identical PC's. I wanted to do a manual install once and clone the rest but I am having problems with rebooting a gentoo box with the same livecd I used to install gentoo in the first place (I've also tried with a fresh livecd). Booting with t

RE: [gentoo-user] multiple emerge --sync on the same day?

> -Original Message- > From: Rumen Yotov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 1:19 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] multiple emerge --sync on the same day? > > de Almeida, Valmor F. wrote: > > Hello list, &

RE: [gentoo-user] multiple emerge --sync on the same day?

> -Original Message- > From: Farhan Ahmed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 12:53 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] multiple emerge --sync on the same day? > > de Almeida, Valmor F. wrote: > > [...] > &g

RE: [gentoo-user] multiple emerge --sync on the same day?

> -Original Message- > From: Daniel da Veiga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 3:47 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] multiple emerge --sync on the same day? > > On 5/15/06, de Almeida, Valmor F. <