Re: [gentoo-user] Grub stanza for Windows on /dev/sda1

2006-08-06 Thread Richard Fish
On 8/6/06, Phil Sexton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Listees, What would be the drive numbers that I would need to replace this: rootnoverify (hd0,0) if I have Windows installed on /dev/sda1 rather than /dev/hda1? I can't find it in the docs I have read. hda vs sda has nothing to do with th

[gentoo-user] Grub stanza for Windows on /dev/sda1

2006-08-06 Thread Phil Sexton
Hi Listees, What would be the drive numbers that I would need to replace this: rootnoverify (hd0,0) if I have Windows installed on /dev/sda1 rather than /dev/hda1? I can't find it in the docs I have read. TIA -- Phil Sexton My Home Page: http://fancypiper.info/ Free tunes: ftp://fancypiper.

Re: [gentoo-user] Configuring a USB headset

2006-08-06 Thread Nick Rout
I think you need to get into the murky world of alsa configuration files, specifically your asoundrc file. See http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ALSA_Complete_%28includes_dmix%29 for some basics. On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 21:40:24 -0400 Andrew wrote: > Great, I have it working (sorta), if I run "cat /dev/

Re: [gentoo-user] Configuring a USB headset

2006-08-06 Thread Andrew
Great, I have it working (sorta), if I run "cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp" I hear static through the speakers, if i send it to /dev/dsp1 I hear it in the headphones. I'm just stuck on getting sound to go to both at the same time so I can just turn the volume down on one or the other to switch between

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

2006-08-06 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 14:40:48 +0200 Alexander Skwar wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 08:54:44AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 18:18:02 -0700, Grant wrote: > >> > >> > Which mail client do you guys use? I'm looking for something > >> > lightwei

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

2006-08-06 Thread Willie Wong
On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 07:36:45AM -0700, Penguin Lover Grant squawked: > I was getting tired of mutt but I'm still not sure about switching. > Have you come up with a mutt config file you like? > I suppose... my entire .muttrc is only 125 lines long, and over half of those are aliases. I am not t

Re: [gentoo-user] Planet Larry: Gentoo User's Blogs

2006-08-06 Thread Donnie Berkholz
Steve Dibb wrote: > Ow Mun Heng wrote: >> On Sun, 2006-08-06 at 12:45 -0600, Steve Dibb wrote: >> >>> A few devs have setup an unofficial Gentoo project, a planet feed of >>> blogs of Gentoo users. The site is available online right now at >>> http://larrythecow.org/ >>> >>> The idea is simple -- w

Re: [gentoo-user] looking for a cataloging software

2006-08-06 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 13:39:16 +0200 Helge Kaltenbach wrote: > hi everybody, > > i've been searching for a nice little file cataloging software for two > days straight now, but somehow i can't really find what i'm looking for. > > the situation: > i have about 230 pdf files, essays, comments, pr

Re: [gentoo-user] Xawtv/Scantv refuses cooperation

2006-08-06 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 20:47:24 +0200 Bertram Scharpf wrote: > Hi, > > Am Donnerstag, 03. Aug 2006, 00:48:25 +0200 schrieb Hemmann, Volker Armin: > > On Wednesday 02 August 2006 23:37, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > > Am Mittwoch, 02. Aug 2006, 00:04:52 +0200 schrieb Hemmann, Volker Armin: > > > > On Mo

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} vi line breaks

2006-08-06 Thread Willie Wong
On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 07:33:39AM -0700, Penguin Lover Grant squawked: > >$ grep editor ~/.muttrc > >set editor="vim +/^$ -c 'set linebreak ft=mail'" > > I tried the following to stop mutt from adding line breaks but it doesn't > work: > > set editor="vim -c 'set nolinebreak'" See my other ema

Re: [gentoo-user] Configuring a USB headset

2006-08-06 Thread Jason Weisberger
You'll need to use the usb-audio driver either from the alsa-drivers package or the kernel you're running.  For complete instructions including how to set up your system for multiple sound devices, visit http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ALSA_Complete_%28includes_dmix%29Jason Weisberger[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting x after update

2006-08-06 Thread Richard Fish
On 8/6/06, Stewart Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all I've just completed an emerge --update --deep world, all went ok until I re-started, then I could only get console mode. This is the contents of /var/log/xdm.log. Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Probably you have ModulePath in /etc/X11/x

Re: [gentoo-user] Planet Larry: Gentoo User's Blogs

2006-08-06 Thread Steve Dibb
Ow Mun Heng wrote: On Sun, 2006-08-06 at 12:45 -0600, Steve Dibb wrote: A few devs have setup an unofficial Gentoo project, a planet feed of blogs of Gentoo users. The site is available online right now at http://larrythecow.org/ The idea is simple -- we already have Planet Gentoo[1] and Gent

[gentoo-user] Configuring a USB headset

2006-08-06 Thread Andrew
Hi all,I'm trying to configure an Altec Lansing USB headset (earphone/microphone combo).  Both the earphone and microphone jacks are plugged into the same USB connector.  When I plug it in dmesg detects it with: usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 2 usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using

Re: [gentoo-user] Planet Larry: Gentoo User's Blogs

2006-08-06 Thread Colleen Beamer
Does this include non-tech home users as well? I'm just a home user and have only been using Gentoo for about a year and a half. I had very specific reasons for trying Gentoo and reasons why I will stick with Gentoo (provided it doesn't try to mimic other distros in some fashion) and why I think

Re: [gentoo-user] Planet Larry: Gentoo User's Blogs

2006-08-06 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Sun, 2006-08-06 at 12:45 -0600, Steve Dibb wrote: > A few devs have setup an unofficial Gentoo project, a planet feed of blogs of > Gentoo users. The site is available online right now at > http://larrythecow.org/ > > The idea is simple -- we already have Planet Gentoo[1] and Gentoo Universe[

[gentoo-user] Planet Larry: Gentoo User's Blogs

2006-08-06 Thread Steve Dibb
A few devs have setup an unofficial Gentoo project, a planet feed of blogs of Gentoo users. The site is available online right now at http://larrythecow.org/ The idea is simple -- we already have Planet Gentoo[1] and Gentoo Universe[2] which pull in blogs from the developers, but we'd also like

Re: [gentoo-user] Launch Firefox from Thunderbird

2006-08-06 Thread Colleen Beamer
sean wrote: > Recently did an update of the system and no when I click on a link > in Thunderbird it no longer opens up in Firefox, actually nothing > happens. > > I am guessing it is just some setting in the Thunderbird config > editor that needs to be corrected? > > Would anyone know what might n

[gentoo-user] Launch Firefox from Thunderbird

2006-08-06 Thread sean
Recently did an update of the system and no when I click on a link in Thunderbird it no longer opens up in Firefox, actually nothing happens. I am guessing it is just some setting in the Thunderbird config editor that needs to be corrected? Would anyone know what might need to be set?

Re: [gentoo-user] looking for a cataloging software

2006-08-06 Thread Helge Kaltenbach
If you use KDE, I use tellico for this. I have thousands of research papers, reports etc as pdfs. It presents a searchable data base, you can add custon fields to the ones it already has, and it can link directly to the file in question. Matt Looks like a piece of work, until i added all the

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

2006-08-06 Thread Grant
> Which mail client do you guys use? I'm looking for something > lightweight. I use xfce4. > What's wrong with mutt? (You mentioned that you used it in another thread.) I was getting tired of mutt but I'm still not sure about switching. Have you come up with a mutt config file you like? - Gr

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} vi line breaks

2006-08-06 Thread Grant
> This worked great for plain vi, but the problem persists with mutt. > Any suggestions for mutt? This is my mutt editor command. Suit it to your desires, although I reccommend keeping the line breaks unless you know of a way to get mutt to format the outgoing mail with line breaks instead of ha

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

2006-08-06 Thread Alexander Skwar
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 08:54:44AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 18:18:02 -0700, Grant wrote: > Which mail client do you guys use? I'm looking for something > lightweight. I use xfce4. sylpheed-claws Does sylpheed-claws work with mail folders in

Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox without/with gdm ?

2006-08-06 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi, On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 11:59:10 -0400 dnlt0hn5ntzhbqkv51 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tweaked .initrc, startx'd and fluxbox was great. exceptwhen > entering passwords (e.g. su; gpg), I'd frequently have to reenter 5-8 > times. > > Out of desparation, I emerged gdm (without xdm

[gentoo-user] looking for a cataloging software

2006-08-06 Thread Helge Kaltenbach
hi everybody, i've been searching for a nice little file cataloging software for two days straight now, but somehow i can't really find what i'm looking for. the situation: i have about 230 pdf files, essays, comments, press articles etc. what i want: i want to index all of these pdfs, and i

Re: [gentoo-user] How do you know whats linked against firefox?

2006-08-06 Thread W.Kenworthy
Is there another way? The current version of revdep-rebuild does not work well on more than one of my systems, - the bugfix for one problem I can identify is in cvs and is not yet available on stable. Thats if you trust it in any case - I have good reason to treat it with suspicion on older syste

Re: [gentoo-user] Sound in Firefox 1.5.05

2006-08-06 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Colleen Beamer wrote: > One thing I'm referring to is an online game that I play - > Bookworm, a game from popcap.com. When the "scrabble type" tiles > drop, they make a noise. This game requires Java to be installed > and works fine. Up until I did the upgrade to Firefox, I had > sound in this

Re: [gentoo-user] How do you know whats linked against firefox?

2006-08-06 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
How do you know whats linked against firefox? run revdep-rebuild and everything that needs recompiled will be done. if you just want to know the reverse dependencies go to http://gentoo-portage.com and search for firefox, down below the different firefox versions which are in portage you can

Re: [gentoo-user] How do you know whats linked against firefox?

2006-08-06 Thread Meino Christian Cramer
From: "W.Kenworthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [gentoo-user] How do you know whats linked against firefox? Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 17:55:33 +0800 > I have just completed the latest update to firefox and saw a warning to > compile all applications linked against it. > > How do you know whats lin

[gentoo-user] How do you know whats linked against firefox?

2006-08-06 Thread W.Kenworthy
I have just completed the latest update to firefox and saw a warning to compile all applications linked against it. How do you know whats linked against firefox? BillK -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

2006-08-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 06:07:19 -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > sylpheed-claws > > Does sylpheed-claws work with mail folders in the mbox format? Yes, there's an mbox plugin. emerge mail-client/sylpheed-claws-mailmbox to get claws installed with the plugin. I've not tried it myself. > If so, ca

[gentoo-user] Problems starting x after update

2006-08-06 Thread Stewart Taylor
Hi allI've just completed an emerge --update --deep world, all went ok until I re-started, then I could only get console mode. This is the contents of /var/log/xdm.log.Note that your system uses syslog. All of kdm's i

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

2006-08-06 Thread j . romildo
On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 08:54:44AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 18:18:02 -0700, Grant wrote: > > > Which mail client do you guys use? I'm looking for something > > lightweight. I use xfce4. > > sylpheed-claws Does sylpheed-claws work with mail folders in the mbox format? I

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

2006-08-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 18:18:02 -0700, Grant wrote: > Which mail client do you guys use? I'm looking for something > lightweight. I use xfce4. sylpheed-claws -- Neil Bothwick "I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} vi line breaks

2006-08-06 Thread Justin R Findlay
On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 04:25:09PM -0700, Grant wrote: > This worked great for plain vi, but the problem persists with mutt. > Any suggestions for mutt? This is my mutt editor command. Suit it to your desires, although I reccommend keeping the line breaks unless you know of a way to get mutt to f