Re: [gentoo-user] Improvement Request for Install CD
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Matthias Fechner wrote: > Hi, > > I miss the tool cpio on the install CD. Where ca I submit that feature > request? > > I would really appriciate it to have cpio on the install cd. > > Thx a lot > Matthias > I'd suggest reading, start here: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gentoo_LiveCD_and_LiveUSB -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFpuxshd3kS+HiI0sRAsy3AKCWjh2jQrJIFxJLOutMbZ8u55bf2ACguINA QFzz6mHyZrb/o5nPk0uLyog= =ayU5 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CTRL-ALT-NUM+
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Harm Geerts wrote: > On Friday 12 January 2007 01:34, David Corbin wrote: >> For some unknown reason, CTRL-ALT-NUM+ has stopped working for me. I'm >> reasonably sure it happened when I switch from KDE-monolithic to the >> individual KDE packages, odd as that sounds. >> >> I've sought help from #xorg and #gentoo on IRC, but no one has been able >> to help. I can tell you this: >> >> 1) I do not have DontZoom in my xorg.conf file. >> 2) xrandr lists several resolutions (more than I expected) and can switch >> between at least two. But the switch is different than expected, in that >> it changed the desktop size too. >> 3) X Window System Version 7.1.1 >> Release Date: 12 May 2006 >> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1 >> >> Any ideas on how to solve this problem are appreciated. > > I *think* these events are passed directly to X, not to kde. > So that would rule out the upgrade from monolithic kde. > > If I recall correctly the kde monolithic switch was around the same time Xorg > had a major upgrade. In that upgrade there were some radical changes to the > keyboard configuration. Is it possible the CTRL-ALT-NUM+ event doesn't > trigger because the keyboard config is incorrect? Have you attempted using CTRL-ALT-NUM+ on another desktop env? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFpuzihd3kS+HiI0sRAtolAJ4zh6NnT6IUEq7FbmeuD7DlVPaZOACfbIPL 56LmmvQl8vOKihkWdeIEJ7M= =OXe9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CTRL-ALT-NUM+
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Justin Findlay wrote: > On AD 2007 January 12 Friday 02:05:22 AM +0000, Avaricen wrote: >> Have you attempted using CTRL-ALT-NUM+ on another desktop env? > > Even TWM should work in case you don't want to emerge anything. > > > Justin Agreed, however if its a case of which its not DE specific. Then you'd be dealing with a matter beyond the scope of my horizon. I think you should ask an xorg developer if thats the case. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFpvolhd3kS+HiI0sRAk3sAJ9HUg8kDOddz+SXJjkfYY9d1xFA6QCcCUWS ARxhDIz3kvynSPIu0cmqKaE= =O1nJ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CTRL-ALT-NUM+
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Corbin wrote: > On Thursday 11 January 2007 21:05, Avaricen wrote: >> Harm Geerts wrote: >>> On Friday 12 January 2007 01:34, David Corbin wrote: >>>> For some unknown reason, CTRL-ALT-NUM+ has stopped working for me. I'm >>>> reasonably sure it happened when I switch from KDE-monolithic to the >>>> individual KDE packages, odd as that sounds. >>>> >>>> I've sought help from #xorg and #gentoo on IRC, but no one has been >>>> able to help. I can tell you this: >>>> >>>> 1) I do not have DontZoom in my xorg.conf file. >>>> 2) xrandr lists several resolutions (more than I expected) and can >>>> switch between at least two. But the switch is different than expected, >>>> in that it changed the desktop size too. >>>> 3) X Window System Version 7.1.1 >>>> Release Date: 12 May 2006 >>>> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1 >>>> >>>> Any ideas on how to solve this problem are appreciated. >>> I *think* these events are passed directly to X, not to kde. >>> So that would rule out the upgrade from monolithic kde. >>> >>> If I recall correctly the kde monolithic switch was around the same time >>> Xorg had a major upgrade. In that upgrade there were some radical changes >>> to the keyboard configuration. Is it possible the CTRL-ALT-NUM+ event >>> doesn't trigger because the keyboard config is incorrect? >> Have you attempted using CTRL-ALT-NUM+ on another desktop env? > > I have now, and it also fails. And I notice that CTRL-ALT-F1 will not switch > me to a virtual terminal. > > David I suggest reporting the matter to xorg developers. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFpv4Thd3kS+HiI0sRAvm1AJ9tCvCnytw/Mm6Qwp6ZXKbk5/SktACfWJVG YYwPgNIimNMYbL0lbNesT98= =4UIC -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CTRL-ALT-NUM+
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Corbin wrote: > Success, but I can't explain it all. > > First, I removed 'Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" ' from xorg.conf. > That got the VT working and the Zooming. But ALT-TAB wasn't working at all. > Now, earlier I had problems with the WIN key not working for me as I wanted > it to, and adde some xmodmap entires for the WIN key (but not the ALT key). > > Still, I got suspicous, and took those out, but the XkbVariant back, and now > everything including the WIN key is working. > Nice to know you got it working alright, did you modify your xorg.conf? Was this problem since your inception to Gentoo? Best -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFpwLohd3kS+HiI0sRAtVfAKCkPJ/i0ksw41dFvz5zHlVt/Av2twCgl0dx QIEiINJRdG3/mno1v+3Pmbc= =H3sE -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Problems with Hal compilation (after Dbus update)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The full listing can be found here: http://gentoo.pastebin.ca/314398 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFp+nVhd3kS+HiI0sRAt8hAJ44td0J13R3NZwMt7kWr/w6VN0yPACeNs9Y vTM8WkQZFtt8+87fnQyXsjo= =OLE4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags and configure-time problems
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Iván Pérez Domínguez wrote: > Hi there. > > I just happend to emerge evince and, after half an hour got the > following error: > > > 18:07:32 (44.99 KB/s) - `/usr/portage/distfiles/evince-0.6.1.tar.bz2' > saved [1212271/1212271] > > * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ... > [ ok ] > * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ... > [ ok ] > * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ... > [ ok ] > * checking evince-0.6.1.tar.bz2 ;-) ... > [ ok ] > * Please re-emerge app-text/poppler-bindings with the gtk USE flag set > > !!! ERROR: app-text/evince-0.6.1 failed. > Call stack: > ebuild.sh, line 1626: Called dyn_setup > ebuild.sh, line 701: Called qa_call 'pkg_setup' > ebuild.sh, line 38: Called pkg_setup > evince-0.6.1.ebuild, line 67: Called die > > !!! poppler-bindings needs gtk flag set > !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call > stack if relevant. > > > I understand why this happend, and I know how to solve it. > > My point is: should the RDEPEND and DEPEND syntax in ebuilds be changed > so that this kind of problems can be detected before emerging? > > Here's an example. Imagine program A depends on B, and if A is built > with use flag "dvi", then it depends on C to be built with use flag > dvi2. The following could be A's DEPEND: > > DEPEND="dvi? ([dvi2 C]) > B" > > This is just an example, and I'm sure there's a different syntax that > could be more appropriate. > > What do you this of it? > > Is there any ongoing implementation to solve it in a different way? > > Cheers, > > Ivan. Ivan, from my personal experience I find your advice to be highly important. It would be beneficial to everyone if we knew the dependencies before emerging from portage.I highly suggest sending a message on gentoo-dev@gentoo.org (confirm this). I really do support this. Best regards. Avaricen -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFq9oFQHQy/61tbpYRAiKGAJ4n+wmarim7SjQpG3PWEZaQXkUwAgCfZLz6 8Iig49rBTs/aCnbJpMGYXJ8= =zOBE -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem installing mod_proxy
Thomas Balthazar wrote: Hello, This is my first week with Gentoo. I'm running Gentoo Base System version 1.6.14 on a x86_64 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.66GHz. I have Apache 2.0.58 installed. I would like to install mod_proxy. I need it. When I do a emerge --search mod_proxy, all I get is : * www-apache/mod_proxy_html [ Masked ] Latest version available: 2.5.1 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of files: 8 kB Homepage: http://apache.webthing.com/mod_proxy_html/ Description: An Apache2 DSO to rewrite links in html pages behind a reverse proxy License: GPL-2 So it looks like I cannot install mod_proxy through emerge. Do I need to recompile Apache? Or is there another way? If I need to recompile Apache, how can I know which options where used for the original installation of Apache? I would like to keep the exact same config + mod_proxy. Any help would be much-much-much appreciated! Thanks in advance, Thomas. Your analogy is incorrect. I'd suggest reading the Gentoo handbook about package masking/unmasking. You also should read about USE Flags, so you can set which flags you'd like to use. As far as I know Apache uses the following by default: USE="ldap ssl -apache2 -debug -doc -mpm-itk -mpm-leader -mpm-peruser -mpm-prefork -mpm-threadpool -mpm-worker (-selinux) -static-modules -threads". Select which you'd prefer. If only you cared to study a little. Best regards. Avaricen -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Licenses
Fredrik Tolf wrote: Hi List! I was wondering -- is there a way to find out which of the licenses in /usr/portage/licenses can be considered free software licenses (without having to read and understand them)? I'm trying to find out what packages I have installed that cannot be considered free, and while it's easy to get a list of the licenses in use, that in itself is pretty useless without knowing anything about the licenses. Btw., shouldn't portage have some kind of flag to at least warn if a proprietary package is being pulled in through dependencies? I just discovered that I have realplayer installed, which was pulled in by mplayer. Fredrik Tolf What do you mean you had realplayer pulled in by Mplayer? Also I'm unaware of anyone really caring about licenses. If you're not very happy with proprietary software, it would be wise to play with GnextSense which is based upon free software with free software (only). -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] mythbackend crash - no responses from Bugzilla report yet
Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, I wonder what the status of the development folks looking at new bugs is recently. I don't really know where to look to see what's getting worked on, how many devs are paying attention, where my report might be in the queue, etc. I had a fairly serious crash in mythbackend about 3 weeks ago. I filed a bug report in bugzilla but haven't heard a thing since. Tonight I had a similar crash which I've appended to the bug report: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159294 Maybe it's just the time of year with the holidays, etc? I don't know. If anyone here has a moment to look at what I posted and either make some suggestions about how I might fix it or other info I should post for when someone does look at it I would appreciate it. Thanks, Mark Lol, give it some time :P or you can check gentoo-firefox in freenode and persist your query. Best regards Avaricen -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem installing mod_proxy
Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: On Wednesday 17 January 2007 19:58, Avaricen wrote: As far as I know Apache uses the following by default: USE="ldap ssl -apache2 -debug -doc -mpm-itk -mpm-leader -mpm-peruser -mpm-prefork -mpm-threadpool -mpm-worker (-selinux) -static-modules -threads". The defaults are entirely dependent on your choice of profile. apache2 is enabled for server profiles. What you for some weird reason have listed seem to match the desktop profiles... I see. Note that the use flags referred to are for the net-www/apache-2.0.58-r2. Also it is indeed the desktop profiles. I'm unaware of whether or not the user in question is on a server or not. Kindly list the right profiles, Bo. Best regards. Avaricen -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] write 'emerge -f' to a file
Daniel da Veiga wrote:
On 1/19/07, Jens Kubieziel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
a friend of mine wants to use Gentoo, but has a poor internet
connection.
We are thinking about a convenient way to get packages. We thought about
redefining $FETCHCOMMAND to something like 'FETCHCOMMAND="echo ${URI}
> package.file'. But that (and also other tries) did not work. What is
the best way
to get a file of download-URLs to feed to wget?
Thanks for any recommendations
There are many ways of doying this, and what you've tried will most
certainly not work :-), try something like:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Downloading_distfiles_on_another_machine
There are more tips regarding this at the Wiki, check Google too...
I have a poor internet connection, I've found emerge --fetchonly to be
great. There's also a TIP for portage on dialup on the Gentoo wiki. Do a
search for it on Google. Hope this helps.
Best Regards.
Avaricen
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Re: [gentoo-user] Suggestions for a minimalistic system
Luke Ravitch wrote: On 2007-01-19 09:45, Vlad Dogaru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am especially looking for a browser to substitute Firefox (it's great, but quite a memory hog). I like links, what with its graphical capabilities, but it lacks tabs and that's a major downside in my vision. I've tried Conkeror for Firefox, but it's too Emacs-centric (vim person here) and also disables tabs (or maybe it's me -- I couldn't get them to work). I'd never heard of Conkeror, so I started playing with it. I really like it (but *I* am an Emacs guy). If you do "M-x use-vi-keys" (where "M-x" is probably Alt-x on your machine) then it feels more vi-like (j,k scroll up/down; h,l go back/forward; colon for commands instead of M-x). It doesn't seem to do tabs, but it will open pages in different (Emacs-like) buffers. Use "C-x f" (with emacs keys) to open a URL in a new buffer. Then "C-x b" to switch between buffers. (Not sure what the equivilent vi-style keystrokes are, but they might be there) Of course, Conkeror is still Firefox underneath, so that won't help with it being a memory hog. Anyway, thanks for showing me something new and cool! You mean Konqueror. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Suggestions for a minimalistic system
Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: On Saturday 20 January 2007 19:32, Avaricen wrote: You mean Konqueror. No. See http://conkeror.mozdev.org :O I thought you were referring to the KDE app. ;) My apologies. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Suggestions for a minimalistic system
Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: On Saturday 20 January 2007 19:32, Avaricen wrote: Of course, Conkeror is still Firefox underneath, so that won't help with it being a memory hog. You mean Konqueror. Err.. obviously not. Konqueror isn't based on Firefox... http://conkeror.mozdev.org/ Thanks for this, Bo. I didn't even know of the existence of conkeror before now. Best regards Avaricen -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem installing mod_proxy
Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: On Thursday 18 January 2007 22:13, Avaricen wrote: The defaults are entirely dependent on your choice of profile. apache2 is enabled for server profiles. What you for some weird reason have listed seem to match the desktop profiles... I see. Note that the use flags referred to are for the net-www/apache-2.0.58-r2. Also it is indeed the desktop profiles. I'm unaware of whether or not the user in question is on a server or not. Kindly list the right profiles, Bo. And how do you expect me to do that? It depends... Otherwise there would have been only one profile. The defaults (and even the OPs choice of USE flags) are also entirely irrelevant to this topic. The problem was that the OP (who isn't kashani) had apache in package.provided instead of installed through portage. And the apache the OP had provided didn't include what he needed. Hence it has also nothing to do with masks and the problems with package.provided are barely mentioned in the handbook (if at all). All of this you would have known if you had read the entire thread (which happen to be two threads that share the same topic because the OP didn't manage to keep it in one). Thats great, Bo. Thanks for this. We all try to assist. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] dbus fails to emerge
Markus Schönhaber wrote: Mick wrote: Just upgraded to the latest dbus- and as I ran revdep-rebuild afterwards this horrible failure occurred: [...] !!! ERROR: sys-apps/pmount-0.9.9 failed. [...] Any ideas? Update pmount to 0.9.13. On x86 it's stable already. BTW: in contrast to what the subject of your post says, dbus din't fail to emerge, right? Regards mks You mean revdep-rebuild failed. ;) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] dbus fails to emerge
Markus Schönhaber wrote: Mick wrote: Just upgraded to the latest dbus- and as I ran revdep-rebuild afterwards this horrible failure occurred: [...] !!! ERROR: sys-apps/pmount-0.9.9 failed. [...] Any ideas? Update pmount to 0.9.13. On x86 it's stable already. BTW: in contrast to what the subject of your post says, dbus din't fail to emerge, right? Regards mks Have you attempted to emerge pmount using 'emerge' ;) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
