Gentoo

file not recognized: File truncated

May 11, 2012 · compile error Gentoo pulseaudio

While attempting to upgrade one of my Gentoo Linux machines to the latest version of PulseAudio ( media-sound/pulseaudio-2.0 ) today I encountered the following error:

Printing to Google Cloud Print using CUPS

Oct 15, 2011 · cloud cups Gentoo Linux mac printing

I previously blogged about allowing printing to local printers via Google Cloud Print on Gentoo , and recently I have been looking at the opposite of this – printing to Google Cloud Print from Linux.

error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘…’ before ‘G_CONST_RETURN’

Sep 30, 2011 · compile Gentoo glib Linux pango

After upgrading a few packages on one of my Gentoo machines, I was greeted with repeated errors like this one, whilst trying to emerge Avahi:

GlusterFS 3.2 on Gentoo

Sep 22, 2011 · cloud Gentoo GlusterFS Linux

I’ve been looking at cloning ( or somehow maintaining synced ) file-systems between multiple servers, and after looking at other solutions ( regular rsyncs, inotify etc ), a clustered file-system seems to be the best solution. GlusterFS looks to be a popular Open Source based solution, however there doesn’t seem to be …

configure: error: keyutils.h header not found.

Sep 1, 2011 · compile Gentoo Linux nfs-utils

Just upgraded net-fs/nfs-utils to nfs-utils-1.2.3-r1 on my Gentoo machine, and came across this error:

Adding a hostname to Logrotate email subjects

Jul 31, 2011 · Gentoo Linux logrotate

I have logrotate running on my virtual servers ( both local and Amazon EC2 based ) and configured to send myself all log files by email daily. They are all running virtually the same configuration, and this makes it difficult to work out which log file is tied to which machine. The simplest way to fix this, is to …

Hosting a Gentoo Layman repository on Amazon S3

May 24, 2011 · Gentoo Linux s3

I’ve recently had to create a lot of custom Gentoo ebuilds, and distribute them out to separate machines. Luckily Gentoo has the layman system for adding experimental overlays, so we can use this to add our own custom one, hosted on Amazon S3.

Google Cloud Print on Gentoo

May 24, 2011 · cloud Gentoo google Linux printing

Google have recently released their Google Cloud Print service . It is currently built into Google Chrome on Windows and Mac, but unfortunately it is not yet available officially for Linux.

Fortunately there is an unofficial open source project on Github, called cloudprint . It is fairly new, so isn’t yet in the Gentoo …

EC2 Micro Instance Clock Drift

Apr 23, 2011 · amazon ec2 Gentoo Linux

Recently I’ve been experimenting with the Amazon Free Tier micro instances (one is running this blog). After running an instance for a few days I noticed that the clock seems to drift quite heavily ( more than 10 minutes over 24 hours ).

Setting up a HP LaserJet P1102w Printer on Gentoo

Apr 22, 2011 · cups Gentoo HP hplip Linux printing

Looking For an Ubuntu specific guide? Try here .

Today I finally replaced my aging Inkjet printer with a new Laser one. I eventually decided upon the HP LaserJet Pro P1102w printer, as from scouring forums it seems to have good support to Linux, in addition to being a relatively cheap WiFi laser printer. Setting it up …