Re: [gentoo-user] ntp-client doesn't start

2006-11-05 Thread Roger Mason
John Blinka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The laptop is old enough that the ethernet connection is by a Xircom > pcmcia card, and this > works well except for ntp-client. The claim that "net.eth0 could not be > started" puzzles > me since, after the machine boots, ifconfig gives > > eth0 Lin

[gentoo-user] conf.d/net aliases using iproute2

2006-11-05 Thread 3ric Johanson
Hi there, As part of my firewall/shorewall config, I'd like to use aliased interfaces.. this is working fine: config_eth2=( "x.254.18.119/24" "x.254.18.120/24" "x.254.18.121/24" ) # ip addr show dev eth2 4: eth2: mtu 1500 qdisc cbq qlen 1000 link/ether 00

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mini Gentoo in VMWare

2006-11-05 Thread Trenton Adams
Yes, VMWare is fit for the task, simply because I would be using it on a windows machine. Unless there is something better for a windows machine? Thanks for the hints. On 11/3/06, Harm Geerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Friday 03 November 2006 06:43, Trenton Adams wrote: > Hi Guys, > > Has a

[gentoo-user] compiling libsynce from svn

2006-11-05 Thread Iain Buchanan
Hi all, I wanted to compile synce from source, because I have windows mobile 5 (yeuch... but that's another story...) I decided to join up with the SynCE-WindowsMobile5 mailing list (wanting not to bother gentoo-users with such a specific query :) but they haven't replied yet :( So, please help

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Secure remote backup

2006-11-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 5 Nov 2006 11:40:46 +0100, Dan Johansson wrote: > > I use a combination of sshfs and encfs to keep my backups encrypted at > > Strongspace. You can use this with any online backup or web hosting > > services as long as they allow ssh file transfers (you don't need ssh > > login). > > Th

[gentoo-user] sanba mount on host machine

2006-11-05 Thread reader
Is this possible withou really negative impact of some sort. Install as many HDD as mobo allows maybe adding a few more with pci controllsers. (all sata if possible) Install Gentoo as host OS on a smallish partition or drive. Mount all remaining drives as CIFS mounts accessable from samba or smb

[gentoo-user] OT - Win4Lin

2006-11-05 Thread Michael Sullivan
Does anybody know what happened to Win4Lin in portage? The package itself seems to be masked, and sys-kernel/win4lin-sources is completely gone... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: Span data DVD

2006-11-05 Thread reader
Hans-Werner Hilse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In order to give a more specific advice, please tell us about the kind > of data you want to put on that DVD. I remember that there were tools > that calculate an optimum distribution of files of different sizes so > that a given amount of media spac

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Changing accellerator keys in gnome-terminal

2006-11-05 Thread Markus Schönhaber
Michael Sullivan wrote: > On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 16:40 +0100, Markus Schönhaber wrote: > > BTW: I wouldn't call it a good idea to map Ctrl-C to something in a > > terminal emulator, since Ctrl-C is normally used to interrupt the running > > program in the shell. I wouldn't want to sacrifice this abi

[gentoo-user] ntp-client doesn't start

2006-11-05 Thread John Blinka
Hi, I have a very old Dell P150ST laptop that I try to maintain Gentoo on. Every time I boot it, it complains "ERROR: cannot start ntp-client as net.eth0 could not be started". The laptop is old enough that the ethernet connection is by a Xircom pcmcia card, and this works well except for ntp-cl

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Changing accellerator keys in gnome-terminal

2006-11-05 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 16:40 +0100, Markus Schönhaber wrote: > Michael Sullivan wrote: > > Is it possible to change the accellerator keys in gnome-terminal? I > > would like to change > > > > Copy from Cntrl+Shift+C to Cntrl+C > > Paste from Cntrl+Shift+P to Cntrl+P > > > > (like it is in just abou

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Changing accellerator keys in gnome-terminal

2006-11-05 Thread Markus Schönhaber
Michael Sullivan wrote: > Is it possible to change the accellerator keys in gnome-terminal? I > would like to change > > Copy from Cntrl+Shift+C to Cntrl+C > Paste from Cntrl+Shift+P to Cntrl+P > > (like it is in just about every other gnome app). I was looking at the > source code for gnome-term

[gentoo-user] KDE eating ram

2006-11-05 Thread Luigi Pinna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! I had a very noise problem since a month (when I changed graphic card from ati to nvidia), but never found the cause... If I stay logged enough time, the X process uses all my ram and swap until killing all x-dependency process and locking keyboa

[gentoo-user] OT - Changing accellerator keys in gnome-terminal

2006-11-05 Thread Michael Sullivan
Is it possible to change the accellerator keys in gnome-terminal? I would like to change Copy from Cntrl+Shift+C to Cntrl+C Paste from Cntrl+Shift+P to Cntrl+P (like it is in just about every other gnome app). I was looking at the source code for gnome-terminal, at a file called terminal-accels

[gentoo-user] distfiles on samba and 2.6.18

2006-11-05 Thread Dave Oxley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Since upgrading to the 2.6.18 kernel I get this on my client machine when trying to emerge. I have distfiles mapped to a server samba share and this works if I boot back up into 2.6.17. Does anyone have any ideas how to stop this happening? >>> Emergi

Re: [gentoo-user] WinXP under VMWare: no sound

2006-11-05 Thread Sergio Polini
Richard Fish: > The workaround to this is to use a wrapper such as aoss or > vmware-dsp that fakes out the application when it tries to open > /dev/dsp and uses another audio API instead (alsa for aoss, esd or > artsd for vmware-dsp). Since vmware-dsp (which is ~amd64) doesn't compile, I have: - e

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Secure remote backup

2006-11-05 Thread Dan Johansson
On Saturday 04 November 2006 17:19, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 13:56:04 +0100, Dan Johansson wrote: > > Me and a friend are looking into the possibility to do > > cross-site-remote-backups (I'm backing up my data to a directory in his > > box and he on mine). We want the connection a