Re: [gentoo-user] glibc builds but won't install

quoth the Neil Bothwick: > On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 16:45:31 -0700, darren kirby wrote: > > Isn't locales.build supposed to get glibc to _not_ build any other > > locales? > > Only if you emerge glibc with the userlocales USE flag. I do have this flag set... -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem

Re: [gentoo-user] external modem identificaton

Joseph wrote: >How to identify external modem? >I think it is by running command: >ATI4 > >Though, how do I connect to a modem from a command line to get a >response to ATI4? > > > use a com program such as minicom -- Ted Ozolins(VE7TVO) Westbank, B. C -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing lis

Re: [gentoo-user] F4L

On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 07:33 +, Gyuri wrote: > Ian K wrote: > > >Hi there, I would love to try out Flash4Linux > >(f4l.sf.net) but it wont compile. Im trying 0.2. > >When I type make, I get: > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/MyTars/f4l-0.2 $ make > >make: *** No rule to make target > >`/usr/qt/3/mkspe

Re: [gentoo-user] 2005.1 "el nino" simple user restricts

Hmmm, If I'm reading this and if I'm seeing that this is not the problem of just one user ... I'll be very glad to install with 2005.0 8-| ... if this appears right after installation with 2005.1, of course. Just a thought Frank On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 07:28 +, Gyuri wrote: > Bastian Balthaza

Re: [gentoo-user] F4L

Gyuri wrote: > Ian K wrote: > >> Hi there, I would love to try out Flash4Linux >> (f4l.sf.net) but it wont compile. Im trying 0.2. >> When I type make, I get: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/MyTars/f4l-0.2 $ make >> make: *** No rule to make target >> `/usr/qt/3/mkspecs/default/qmake.conf', needed by >>

Re: [gentoo-user] F4L

Gyuri wrote: > Ian K wrote: > >> Hi there, I would love to try out Flash4Linux >> (f4l.sf.net) but it wont compile. Im trying 0.2. >> When I type make, I get: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/MyTars/f4l-0.2 $ make >> make: *** No rule to make target >> `/usr/qt/3/mkspecs/default/qmake.conf', needed by >>

Re: [gentoo-user] I (user) can write to / ... but why?

Am Dienstag, 16. August 2005 07:17 schrieb ext Ralph Slooten: > > What does "ls -ld /" show? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ls -ld / > drwxr-xr-x 20 axllent users 456 Aug 15 20:05 / > > Looks like it's mounted by me ;-) LOL. No. It isn't mounted by you. You own it (at least this directory). Use find

[gentoo-user] external modem identificaton

How to identify external modem? I think it is by running command: ATI4 Though, how do I connect to a modem from a command line to get a response to ATI4? -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] saving iptables state

Martin Marcher wrote: Hi, i have a home setup with portsentry also hooked to my box as firewall addition. now the problem my box is in another room and sometimes my colleague just turns it of (the brutal way just unplug it). now i was wondering if anyone had ideas about how to save the iptab

Re: [gentoo-user] F4L

Ian K wrote: Hi there, I would love to try out Flash4Linux (f4l.sf.net) but it wont compile. Im trying 0.2. When I type make, I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/MyTars/f4l-0.2 $ make make: *** No rule to make target `/usr/qt/3/mkspecs/default/qmake.conf', needed by `Makefile'. Stop. Any ideas? Thanks

Re: [gentoo-user] 2005.1 "el nino" simple user restricts

Bastian Balthazar Bux wrote: Gyuri wrote: Hi guys, I've just downloaded, and installed Gentoo 2005.1 El Nino. I have some experiences with former Gentoo releases. But there is a little "bug" (maybe?) in "el nino". A simple user cannot read the contets of the root ( / ) partition, she/he can

[gentoo-user] Ktoon

Hi there, Does anyone know how to get KToon working? http://ktoon.toonka.com/ I cannot compile it because when I run Qmake to compile the sources, it says qmake: command not found. What can I do? Thanks! Ian __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! M

[gentoo-user] F4L

Hi there, I would love to try out Flash4Linux (f4l.sf.net) but it wont compile. Im trying 0.2. When I type make, I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/MyTars/f4l-0.2 $ make make: *** No rule to make target `/usr/qt/3/mkspecs/default/qmake.conf', needed by `Makefile'. Stop. Any ideas? Thanks! Ian

Re: [gentoo-user] Compression tools Compared

On Sat, 2005-08-13 at 09:36 -0400, Jerry McBride wrote: > On Saturday 13 August 2005 01:32 am, Nick Rout wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-08-13 at 00:58 -0400, Jerry McBride wrote: > > > Anyone else here subscribe to the LINUX JOURNAL? > > > > > > In the September issue there's a neat article titled tha sam

Re: [gentoo-user] I (user) can write to / ... but why?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nick Rout wrote: > after that > > id ralph > id wife > > will show the differences between the accounts - perhaps ralph is in the > root group? workstation ~ # id axllent uid=1000(axllent) gid=100(users) groups=100(users),10(wheel),18(audio),35(gam

Re: [gentoo-user] I (user) can write to / ... but why?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > What does "ls -ld /" show? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ls -ld / drwxr-xr-x 20 axllent users 456 Aug 15 20:05 / Looks like it's mounted by me ;-) LOL. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDAXbVCt0ZF9kLPvYRAhUeAJ99Gg+ehu

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

Hi, Paul Hoy wrote: >On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 13:11 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > > >>On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:58:54 -0400 >>Paul Hoy wrote: >> >> >> >>>Coincidently, I received a bunch of Fedora 3 & 4 email >>>updates earlier today, which shows that Gentoo is behind 23 out of 24 of >>>the updates, s

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

Paul Hoy wrote: My original email was 23/24 packages for x86. However, after reading your email, I compared the first 10 kde updates with ~x86 releases. It came out that Fedora was ahead 50 percent of the time or both distros shared the same release versions. In case I'm doing something incorrect

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get larger fonts in X ?

On Mon, 2005-15-08 at 22:09 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > The one part I haven't figured out is xterm. If I {ALT-RIGHT-CLICK} > in an xterm, I get a menu that will alter font sizes. How do I change > the default font size that xterm comes up with? You can control xterm fonts with either command

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get larger fonts in X ?

On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 05:24:40PM -0400, Willie Wong wrote > The question is precisely whether his X dpi matches his physical dpi. > I used to have a similar problem when I tried to run 1280 x 1024 on my > laptop and get itsy-bitsy fonts. > > Then I took a ruler and measured the monitor and set

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 13:11 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:58:54 -0400 > Paul Hoy wrote: > > > Coincidently, I received a bunch of Fedora 3 & 4 email > > updates earlier today, which shows that Gentoo is behind 23 out of 24 of > > the updates, some of them quite significantly. Mo

[gentoo-user] Install hangs while "Scanning for ata_piix"

Hi there, Trying to re-install Gentoo with the following drive config: 1 IDE 120GB HD on primary IDE channel as master 2 IDE CDROM drive on secondary IDE channel as master 3 S-ATA 160GB HD on first S-ATA channel 4 S-ATA 160GB HD on second S-ATA channel I want to install Gentoo on both S-ATA disk

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:58:54 -0400 Paul Hoy wrote: > Coincidently, I received a bunch of Fedora 3 & 4 email > updates earlier today, which shows that Gentoo is behind 23 out of 24 of > the updates, some of them quite significantly. Most of them are > KDE-related files, That confirms my thoughts

Re: [gentoo-user] I (user) can write to / ... but why?

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:45:48 +0100 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:21:52 +0200, Christoph Gysin wrote: > > > > Have you tried adding "users" to your fstab? > > > > Have you read the post before answering? > > > > The option you mean is 'user' not 'users'. But I can't imagine how

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 22:00 +0200, Peter Karlsson wrote: > On Sun, 14 Aug 2005, Paul Hoy wrote: > > > I really like Gentoo and I like that fact that it does a pretty good job at > > supporting Gnome, however, it's still behind other releases, such as > > Fedora, > > in terms of when it releases

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc builds but won't install

On Monday August 15 2005 7:20 pm, darren kirby wrote: > Hello, > # chown -R root /usr/share/i18n/locales > chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/[EMAIL PROTECTED]': Permission > denied chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/tig_ER': Permission > denied chown: cannot access `/usr/shar

[gentoo-user] saving iptables state

Hi, i have a home setup with portsentry also hooked to my box as firewall addition. now the problem my box is in another room and sometimes my colleague just turns it of (the brutal way just unplug it). now i was wondering if anyone had ideas about how to save the iptables state that portsentr

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc builds but won't install

quoth the Joe Menola: > On Monday August 15 2005 6:45 pm, darren kirby wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I have been having some problems getting glibc installed. It builds just > > fine, but when it comes time to move the files into the live filesystem > > it craps out with this error: > > > > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc builds but won't install

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 16:45:31 -0700, darren kirby wrote: > Isn't locales.build supposed to get glibc to _not_ build any other > locales? Only if you emerge glibc with the userlocales USE flag. -- Neil Bothwick Psychiatrists say that 1 of 4 people are mentally ill. pgpeACGv2Sutw.pgp Descripti

Re: [gentoo-user] growisofs Woes (was "K3B Woes")

Rumen, Thanks for your note. I have run k3bsetup, and have had k3b working well wtih CD-Rs. This is the first time that I've tried DVD+Rs, however. As with everything k3b ... I'm sure that the problem is not in k3b, but rather in its component parts that it is a front end to. In this case: gro

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc builds but won't install

On Monday August 15 2005 6:45 pm, darren kirby wrote: > Hello all, > > I have been having some problems getting glibc installed. It builds just > fine, but when it comes time to move the files into the live filesystem it > craps out with this error: > > > > >>> /usr/share/i18n/locales/oc_FR > >>>

[gentoo-user] glibc builds but won't install

Hello all, I have been having some problems getting glibc installed. It builds just fine, but when it comes time to move the files into the live filesystem it craps out with this error: >>> /usr/share/i18n/locales/oc_FR >>> /usr/share/i18n/locales/nn_NO !!! copy /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.5/im

Re: [gentoo-user] update portage vs update system

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 12:42:07 -0700 (PDT) maxim wexler wrote: > Hello everybody, > > At the end of a successful emerge --sync I was advised > to "update portage". It didn't say but I assumed it > meant "emerge update portage", which is what I did -- > so far so good. But the manual only gives upd

Re: [gentoo-user] xbindkeys and kde-3.3.2

Why are you using some external program when there is a superb support for keybindnings in kwin? Everything you need for keybindings is avalible in kcontrol :) Sunday 07 August 2005 17.06 skrev Harry Putnam: > Group, > I use xbindkeys to associate keyboard keys with programs. Most of > them work

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get larger fonts in X ?

On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 12:24:22AM -0700, George Garvey wrote: > On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 11:28:44PM -0700, Zac Medico wrote: > > Although it seems like your X dpi setting should match the physical > > resolution of your monitor, it can be used to tweak font sizes. There is > > an X -dpi command

Re: [gentoo-user] I (user) can write to / ... but why?

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:21:52 +0200, Christoph Gysin wrote: > > Have you tried adding "users" to your fstab? > > Have you read the post before answering? > > The option you mean is 'user' not 'users'. But I can't imagine how this > makes sense on / Actually, both user and users are valid mount o

Re: [gentoo-user] I (user) can write to / ... but why?

Daniel da Veiga wrote: Have you tried adding "users" to your fstab? Have you read the post before answering? The option you mean is 'user' not 'users'. But I can't imagine how this makes sense on / Christoph -- echo mailto: NOSPAM !#$.'<*>'|sed 's. ..'|tr "<*> !#:2" [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gent

Re: [gentoo-user] update portage vs update system

If you have run "emerge world", portage would be automatically updated together with other packages. Fernando On 8/15/05, Christoph Daldrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Am 08/15/2005 09:42 PM maxim wexler wrote:> At the end of a successful emerge --sync I was advised> to "update portage". It didn't s

Re: [gentoo-user] Thunderbird and local LDAP server

emerge -vp mozilla-thunderbird These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild R ] mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-1.0.6-r2 -debug +gnome +ipv6 +ldap -mozcalendar -moznoxft +truetype -xinerama -xprint 32,584 kB You probably just needed to a

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005, Paul Hoy wrote: I really like Gentoo and I like that fact that it does a pretty good job at supporting Gnome, however, it's still behind other releases, such as Fedora, in terms of when it releases updates, etc. I find that hard to believe... Linux from Scratch looks ver

Re: [gentoo-user] update portage vs update system

Am 08/15/2005 09:42 PM maxim wexler wrote: > At the end of a successful emerge --sync I was advised > to "update portage". It didn't say but I assumed it > meant "emerge update portage", which is what I did -- > so far so good. But the manual only gives update > system or world, no portage. An "e

[gentoo-user] update portage vs update system

Hello everybody, At the end of a successful emerge --sync I was advised to "update portage". It didn't say but I assumed it meant "emerge update portage", which is what I did -- so far so good. But the manual only gives update system or world, no portage. Is emerge update portage the same thing a

Re: [gentoo-user] kde-svn problems

On Friday 12 August 2005 04:51 pm, Michael W. Holdeman wrote: > After running emerge -depclean -p I am trying to remove some old kde-svn > builds I was playing around with some time back as I think that might be > what is giving me KDE problems. I get this error. > How do I get rid of that stuff? >

Re: [gentoo-user] I (user) can write to / ... but why?

Have you tried adding "users" to your fstab? On 8/15/05, Ralph Slooten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hiya all, > > Now I feel *really* stupid asking this, but for the life of me I cannot > work it out. On two machines here at home I discovered t

[gentoo-user] I (user) can write to / ... but why?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hiya all, Now I feel *really* stupid asking this, but for the life of me I cannot work it out. On two machines here at home I discovered that I can write as a particular normal user to the root partition (/). This also means I can rename /root to /roo

[gentoo-user] nxserver-personal install errors

Hello Everyone - I am trying to emerge nxserver-personal and I am getting the following error: /usr/lib/portage/bin/ebuild.sh: line 1495: nxserver-1.4_src_install: command not found. I have searched BGO and didn't not see any errors similar to this. Does anyone know what might be causing it?

Re: [gentoo-user] K3B Woes

Kris Kerwin wrote: >Hey all, > >Was trying to burn a DVD+R using K3b today. Ran into some problems: >:-( unable to PREVENT MEDIA REMOVAL: Operation not permitted > >Can't find anything about this in either # man growisofs or # man mkisofs >(which growisofs is a front-end to). > >Tried to simulate

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get larger fonts in X ?

On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 12:58:26AM -0700, Zac Medico wrote: > I know of a couple text size related extensions for firefox. > > http://www.splintered.co.uk/extensions/ > https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&category=Miscellaneous&numpg=10&id=55 Thanks for that.

Re: [gentoo-user] 2005.1 "el nino" simple user restricts

Gyuri wrote: > Hi guys, > I've just downloaded, and installed Gentoo 2005.1 El Nino. I have some > experiences with former Gentoo releases. But there is a little "bug" > (maybe?) in "el nino". A simple user cannot read the contets of the root > ( / ) partition, she/he can only read and write in his

Re: [gentoo-user] Beagle on Gentoo Reiserfs filesystem - Possible?

On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 09:41 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 23:43:05 -0400, Paul Hoy Gmail wrote: > > > The Gentoo HOWTO wiki explains that a user should enable extended > > attributes for his or her filesystems, and shows how you can do so > > with Ext2. The author of the wiki s

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 09:28 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:40:49 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > > > However, when I first used gentoo I was always the first in my LUG to > > have the latest kde, evolution, mplayer etc, and that was running x86 > > not ~x86. My perception is that g

Re: [gentoo-user] 2005.1 "el nino" simple user restricts

On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 14:47 +0200, Gyuri wrote: > Hi everybody. Is there any possibilities to re-emerge the whole system > again? (not only updated packages, everything.) > Thanks in advance $> man emerge for god sake people please RTFM before asking please. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing l

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: bash details

Well this is an excellent resource, BUT it seems devoid of any examples where a custom device driver, say for the serial port on a linux system, inserted as a module or is part of the kernel, and the associate software that allows users to access some of the hardware(features) and not other hardw

Re: [gentoo-user] 2005.1 "el nino" simple user restricts

Gyuri wrote: Hi everybody. Is there any possibilities to re-emerge the whole system again? (not only updated packages, everything.) Thanks in advance You probably search for the --emptytree option. -- Stefan Kögl | Tel.: +43 664 44 24 894 Apetlonerstraße 11 | Mail: Stefan Kögl <[EMA

Re: [gentoo-user] 2005.1 "el nino" simple user restricts

Hi everybody. Is there any possibilities to re-emerge the whole system again? (not only updated packages, everything.) Thanks in advance -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] 2005.1 "el nino" simple user restricts

Hi guys, I've just downloaded, and installed Gentoo 2005.1 El Nino. I have some experiences with former Gentoo releases. But there is a little "bug" (maybe?) in "el nino". A simple user cannot read the contets of the root ( / ) partition, she/he can only read and write in his/her own home dire

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

Graham Murray wrote: Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Are we really far behind? That's difficult to believe. For what packages specifically? Do you know how to unmask unstable packages (marked M or M~ at packages.gentoo.org)? ipsec-tools. The current upstream 'release' is 0.6, and

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Are we really far behind? That's difficult to believe. For what > packages specifically? Do you know how to unmask unstable packages > (marked M or M~ at packages.gentoo.org)? ipsec-tools. The current upstream 'release' is 0.6, and 0.6.1 is at release c

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Installer iso ?

Christoph Gysin wrote: Nelis Lamprecht wrote: I can't seem to see these "two additional" images on any of the mirrors, could someone please point them out to me ? http:///experimental/x86/livecd/x86/livecd-x86-2005.1.iso Sorry, didn't read your whole post. The hardened one is in: http:///e

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 11:28 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > can report WORKSFORME on unstable packages. This will provide the > data > necessary to help know when packages should be marked stable. > > > > isn't that what bugs.gentoo.org is for? I thought so at one point but got sort of flamed for it

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 12:02:46 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: oh yeah... and don't wait too long with the updates.. less than once every few days and the problems will pile up... from my humble experience, it is much less troublesome, to do daily updates, than weekly one

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 12:02:46 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > oh yeah... and don't wait too long with the updates.. less than once > every few days and the problems will pile up... from my humble > experience, it is much less troublesome, to do daily updates, than > weekly ones ;) Start every

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:50:00 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > > I think some of this confusion is caused by the way people switch > > between > > two uses of the word stable. It can mean "doesn't crash", but then > > most > > upstream latest packages fit there, and some long standing releases > > don't.

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

On Monday 15 August 2005 11:54, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:06:59 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > > That's the whole point. ebuilds need to be thoroughly tested before > > > being marked stable, so you need a testing branch. > > > Without it, your stable branch would not b

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:06:59 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > That's the whole point. ebuilds need to be thoroughly tested before > > being marked stable, so you need a testing branch. > > Without it, your stable branch would not be. > > I am a long time ~arch-only user and have/had less p

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 09:28 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > I think some of this confusion is caused by the way people switch > between > two uses of the word stable. It can mean "doesn't crash", but then > most > upstream latest packages fit there, and some long standing releases > don't. It can als

Re: [gentoo-user] Turning OFF font-hinting globally?

Oscar Carlsson wrote: Take a look at this file: /etc/fonts/local.conf You can turn on / off the font hinting / whatever from there. There are a few nice font tutorials over at gentoo-wiki.com if you're intrested. I can't help you with the GDM-part, tho :( On 8/14/05

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Installer iso ?

Nelis Lamprecht wrote: I can't seem to see these "two additional" images on any of the mirrors, could someone please point them out to me ? http:///experimental/x86/livecd/x86/livecd-x86-2005.1.iso Christoph -- echo mailto: NOSPAM !#$.'<*>'|sed 's. ..'|tr "<*> !#:2" [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

On Monday 15 August 2005 10:18, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:37:47 -0400, Paul Hoy wrote: > > ~arch is a little scary for me, since it's not in the stable branch. > > That's the whole point. ebuilds need to be thoroughly tested before being > marked stable, so you need a testing br

[gentoo-user] Gentoo Installer iso ?

Hi, I would like to take a look at the Gentoo installer introduced in the new 2005.1 version. From what I've read: This release also gives provides two additional x86 LiveCD images, in combination with the minimal and universal InstallCDs seen in previous releases: a new x86 LiveCD from the Ha

Re: [gentoo-user] Beagle on Gentoo Reiserfs filesystem - Possible?

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 23:43:05 -0400, Paul Hoy Gmail wrote: > The Gentoo HOWTO wiki explains that a user should enable extended > attributes for his or her filesystems, and shows how you can do so > with Ext2. The author of the wiki says you can do the same with > reiserfs, but I don't recall seeing

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 21:39:39 -0400, Paul Hoy wrote: > No, I want it one way: to receive the latest stable releases. I > didn't say anything about unstable or testing releases. testing/stable refers to the ebuild, not the upstream package. If you want the latest, install the ~arch ebuild and rep

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 19:49:53 -0400, Paul Hoy wrote: > > What and where EXACTLY is gentoo behind any other release? > openoffice [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# genlop openoffice-bin * app-office/openoffice-bin Wed Jul 20 15:29:36 2005 >>> app-office/openoffice-bin-1.9.118 Fri Aug 5 15:07:02 20

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:40:49 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > However, when I first used gentoo I was always the first in my LUG to > have the latest kde, evolution, mplayer etc, and that was running x86 > not ~x86. My perception is that gentoo is no longer first off the block > with stable releases. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:37:47 -0400, Paul Hoy wrote: > ~arch is a little scary for me, since it's not in the stable branch. That's the whole point. ebuilds need to be thoroughly tested before being marked stable, so you need a testing branch. Without it, your stable branch would not be. -- Neil

Re: [gentoo-user] Thunderbird and local LDAP server

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Here is a problem that I've been facing for a while too ;-( Adding an LDAP server in Thunderbird, basically all Mozilla releases from 1.x.x. and up were giving the same result ..You add the LDAP server and it will not show up in the end.No errors or a

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get larger fonts in X ?

George Garvey wrote: On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 11:28:44PM -0700, Zac Medico wrote: Although it seems like your X dpi setting should match the physical resolution of your monitor, it can be used to tweak font sizes. There is an X -dpi command line setting documented in the Xserver manpage and a

Re: [gentoo-user] where's the splash?

Holly Bostick wrote: Nagatoro schreef: In my experience, the livecd theme (all versions) is broken. Silent gives me a kernel panic, verbose halts, unable to find the 8bpp pix. Try emergence. That one seems to work. Don't like it :) The only problem with this one is that sometimes (!) it doesn'

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get larger fonts in X ?

On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 11:28:44PM -0700, Zac Medico wrote: > Although it seems like your X dpi setting should match the physical > resolution of your monitor, it can be used to tweak font sizes. There is > an X -dpi command line setting documented in the Xserver manpage and a > DisplaySize dir