Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DPMS Not Working on i810

2006-12-13 Thread Randy Barlow
On Tuesday 12 December 2006 03:17, Remy Blank wrote: > I've had something similar, where DPMS would work initially, and switch > the screen off after the configured timeout, then switch on again for no > apparent reason after a few minutes and stay on. > > What I could find out is that xorg connect

Re: [gentoo-user] should my computer really be able to speak russian?

2006-12-13 Thread Dale
Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: > On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:29:34 +0300, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Ryan Sims wrote: > ) >> >> That paste looks HTML. Can someone confirm that it is sending as text >> only? I have Seamonkey set up to send text only to this list. > > This is a multi-part message i

Re: [gentoo-user] should my computer really be able to speak russian?

2006-12-13 Thread Andrey Gerasimenko
On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:29:34 +0300, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ryan Sims wrote: ) That paste looks HTML. Can someone confirm that it is sending as text only? I have Seamonkey set up to send text only to this list. This is a multi-part message in MIME format, that is, onepart is plain

Re: [gentoo-user] turning off irrelevant mplayer errorFIXED?

2006-12-13 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 13 December 2006 22:20, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:11:32 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote: > > I once found an HTML version of that man page that is slightly easier > > to browse. Unfortunately, I don't remember the URL - probably somewhere > > on their web site. > > "man:mplayer" if yo

Re: [gentoo-user] Static ip address

2006-12-13 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 13 December 2006 21:34, Leandro Melo de Sales wrote: > Era o que eu ia te dizer agora! :p Eu tive esse mesmo problema. Se liga, é > tu que outro dia encontrei aqui na lista e que faz computação na UFCG? You are most probably right. ;-) Uwe -- Mark Twain: I rather decline two drinks than a Ge

Re: [gentoo-user] should my computer really be able to speak russian?

2006-12-13 Thread Dale
Ryan Sims wrote: > I noticed while updating to Gnome 2.16 today that gnome2-user-docs > took a long time (38 min +), and most of that time was spend on > versions of the documents in languages I don't speak. After trying a > few things, I found that disabling the nls use flag in scrollkeeper > red

[gentoo-user] should my computer really be able to speak russian?

2006-12-13 Thread Ryan Sims
I noticed while updating to Gnome 2.16 today that gnome2-user-docs took a long time (38 min +), and most of that time was spend on versions of the documents in languages I don't speak. After trying a few things, I found that disabling the nls use flag in scrollkeeper reduced the gnome2-user-docs

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [FIXED] Protecting a package in package.keywords?

2006-12-13 Thread Travis Osterman
[SNIP] Hmm... If you put ~media-tv/ivtv-0.9.0 in both package.mask and package.keywords then you will find that ~media-tv/ivtv-0.9.0 cannot be installed because it is "masked by: package.mask". Hence I would say that package.mask takes precedence over package.keywords... I suppose what you wanted

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [FIXED] Protecting a package in package.keywords?

2006-12-13 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Thursday 14 December 2006 00:36, Travis Osterman wrote: > > > I needed to unmask ivtv by placing it in my > > > /etc/portage/package.keywords as "media-tv/ivtv". Now I'd like to > > > have my system not ask me to ever upgrade it again until the newer > > > version is required as a dependency of

[gentoo-user] SOLVEDRe: amd64 install quirk

2006-12-13 Thread James
Hemmann, Volker Armin tu-clausthal.de> writes: : > > > > This is a very new mobo: MSI K9A platium, with dual pci-e slots It was the bios. Updating the bios to version 1.21 beta fixed the problems witht the sata drive, cdrom and ethernet controllers. Selecting K8 as the architecture was the rig

Re: [gentoo-user] Traffic Visualizer

2006-12-13 Thread Bryce Verdier
I'd like to throw NTop in the mix. http://www.ntop.org/overview.html Not quite what you were looking for, but i think it will be close enough that you shouldn't mind the differences. And its in portage.:) bryce Timothy A. Holmes wrote: Several years ago I saw a (unfortunatly windows) progr

Re: [gentoo-user] Protecting a package in package.keywords?

2006-12-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:55:52 -0800, Jason Ausmus wrote: > > the latest ivtv branch (irregardless of whether its marked > > stable). > > > > Sorry, but "irregardless" != English word > > I'm not trying to deputize myself as a grammar police officer, but I'm > powerless to resist this one..

RE: [gentoo-user] Protecting a package in package.keywords?

2006-12-13 Thread Jason Ausmus
> -Original Message- > From: Steve Dibb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 2:14 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Protecting a package in package.keywords? > > Travis Osterman wrote: > Technically, you're going > to be best

[gentoo-user] Re: [FIXED] Protecting a package in package.keywords?

2006-12-13 Thread Travis Osterman
On 12/13/06, Bo Ørsted Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 13 December 2006 22:59, Travis Osterman wrote: > I needed to unmask ivtv by placing it in my > /etc/portage/package.keywords as "media-tv/ivtv". Now I'd like to > have my system not ask me to ever upgrade it again until the

Re: [gentoo-user] Protecting a package in package.keywords?

2006-12-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:46:40 -0500, Travis Osterman wrote: > Excellent, I put both "=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.19-r1" and > "=media-tv/ivtv-0.9.0" in my package.keywords and now I can emerge > world without worry. You are probably better off with "~sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.19" which will

Re: [gentoo-user] No update-eix-remote

2006-12-13 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 19:43, Douglas Linford wrote: > iDeq ~ # emerge -pv \>app-portage/eix-0.7 > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild R ] app-portage/eix-0.8.3 USE="sqlite" 0 kB Hmm.. that's weird! Tried to remerge it? #

Re: [gentoo-user] Protecting a package in package.keywords?

2006-12-13 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 22:59, Travis Osterman wrote: > I needed to unmask ivtv by placing it in my > /etc/portage/package.keywords as "media-tv/ivtv". Now I'd like to > have my system not ask me to ever upgrade it again until the newer > version is required as a dependency of some other pro

Re: [gentoo-user] Protecting a package in package.keywords?

2006-12-13 Thread Travis Osterman
If you wanted to do something like that, and make all 0.9.x versions "stable" in package.keywords, then you would add this: =media-tv/ivtv-0.9* But if you just want to stick with 0.9.0, then what you had before is correct. =media-tv/ivtv-0.9.0 Excellent, I put both "=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources

Re: [gentoo-user] Protecting a package in package.keywords?

2006-12-13 Thread Steve Dibb
Travis Osterman wrote: I needed to unmask ivtv by placing it in my /etc/portage/package.keywords as "media-tv/ivtv". Now I'd like to have my system not ask me to ever upgrade it again until the newer version is required as a dependency of some other program. I thought that putting "=media-tv/iv

[gentoo-user] Protecting a package in package.keywords?

2006-12-13 Thread Travis Osterman
I needed to unmask ivtv by placing it in my /etc/portage/package.keywords as "media-tv/ivtv". Now I'd like to have my system not ask me to ever upgrade it again until the newer version is required as a dependency of some other program. I thought that putting "=media-tv/ivtv-0.9.0" (where 0.9.0 i

Re: [gentoo-user] Static ip address

2006-12-13 Thread Jerry McBride
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 13:46, Uwe Thiem wrote: > On 13 December 2006 17:38, Felipe Ribeiro wrote: > > i tried this, but still doesn't work > > > > modules=("ifconfig") > > Why do you insist on ifconfig? /etc/conf.d/net.example clearly indicates > that "iproute2" is the default - for good rea

Re: [gentoo-user] OT Add something to boo-up that's not in /etc/init.d

2006-12-13 Thread Sergio Polini
Michael Sullivan: > Is there a way to add something to the boot-up process that's not > in /etc/init.d? I thought I remembered something from Red Hat > like /etc/rc.local, but I can't remember... Look at /etc/conf.d/local.start. Which is run by /etc/init.d/local. Sergio -- gentoo-user@gentoo.or

Re: [gentoo-user] OT Add something to boo-up that's not in /etc/init.d

2006-12-13 Thread Tim Igoe
Michael Sullivan wrote: > Is there a way to add something to the boot-up process that's not > in /etc/init.d? I thought I remembered something from Red Hat > like /etc/rc.local, but I can't remember... > > Adding the relevant command to /etc/conf.d/local.start should do what you want there is

[gentoo-user] OT Add something to boo-up that's not in /etc/init.d

2006-12-13 Thread Michael Sullivan
Is there a way to add something to the boot-up process that's not in /etc/init.d? I thought I remembered something from Red Hat like /etc/rc.local, but I can't remember... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] No update-eix-remote

2006-12-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:17:52 +0100, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > PS: Please don't toppost. > > -- > Bo Andresen > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and

Re: [gentoo-user] turning off irrelevant mplayer errorFIXED?

2006-12-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:11:32 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote: > I once found an HTML version of that man page that is slightly easier > to browse. Unfortunately, I don't remember the URL - probably somewhere > on their web site. "man:mplayer" if you use konqueror :) -- Neil Bothwick Room service? Send

Re: [gentoo-user] Static ip address

2006-12-13 Thread Leandro Melo de Sales
Era o que eu ia te dizer agora! :p Eu tive esse mesmo problema. Se liga, é tu que outro dia encontrei aqui na lista e que faz computação na UFCG? 2006/12/13, Felipe Ribeiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On 12/13/06, Uwe Thiem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 13 December 2006 17:38, Felipe Ribeiro wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] No update-eix-remote

2006-12-13 Thread Mark
Hi, This is when you place your reply ABOVE the message you are replying about. So what I am doing right now is an example of topposting. The reason why this is bad practice is that to understand what I am talking about, you need to scroll to the bottom of the post and work your way UP, which is

Re: [gentoo-user] Static ip address

2006-12-13 Thread Felipe Ribeiro
On 12/13/06, Uwe Thiem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 13 December 2006 17:38, Felipe Ribeiro wrote: > i tried this, but still doesn't work > > modules=("ifconfig") Why do you insist on ifconfig? /etc/conf.d/net.example clearly indicates that "iproute2" is the default - for good reason. > config

Re: [gentoo-user] Static ip address

2006-12-13 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 13 December 2006 17:38, Felipe Ribeiro wrote: > i tried this, but still doesn't work > > modules=("ifconfig") Why do you insist on ifconfig? /etc/conf.d/net.example clearly indicates that "iproute2" is the default - for good reason. > config_eth0=("192.168.254.2") Try: config_eth0=( "192.1

Re: [gentoo-user] Reducing agetty processes

2006-12-13 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 13 December 2006 18:02, Grant wrote: > I seem to have 6 agetty processes running on my system, but I'm the > only one who ever logs into my server. How can I reduce the number of > running agetty processes? Those are the getties sitting on your virtual consoles F1 - F6 and let you log in on t

Re: [gentoo-user] No update-eix-remote

2006-12-13 Thread Douglas Linford
iDeq ~ # emerge -pv \>app-portage/eix-0.7 These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] app-portage/eix-0.8.3 USE="sqlite" 0 kB And what do you mean, "Please don't toppost"? On 12/13/06, Bo Ørsted Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On

Re: [gentoo-user] turning off irrelevant mplayer errorFIXED?

2006-12-13 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 13 December 2006 15:56, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > On Wednesday 13 December 2006 06:25, maxim wexler wrote: > [SNIP] > > > I note the mplayer man page is 6700 lines long. Is > > there something out there less cumbersome? $info > > mplayer is the same. > > Not that I'm aware of. Maybe google...

Re: [gentoo-user] Static ip address

2006-12-13 Thread Felipe Ribeiro
On 12/13/06, Felipe Ribeiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 12/13/06, Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 13 December 2006 00:47, Uwe Thiem wrote: > > On 12 December 2006 23:15, Felipe Ribeiro wrote: > > > Did they change anything on how you configure your static ip address? > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Media container formats (was Re: [OT] Specifying file size in dvd::rip)

2006-12-13 Thread Steve Dibb
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Wednesday 13 December 2006 08:29, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Media container formats (was Re: [OT] Specifying file size in dvd::rip)': On Wednesday 13 December 2006 12:57, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: A quick comparison can

[gentoo-user] Master mode stopped working

2006-12-13 Thread Grant
I'm using madwifi-ng and a couple weeks ago master mode stopped working. It does still works with madwifi-old. I believe the problem started when I did an emerge world on 11/30. These are the packages that were updated: libpaper cups foomatic foomatic-db foomatic-filters foomatic-filters-ppds

Re: [gentoo-user] Media container formats (was Re: [OT] Specifying file size in dvd::rip)

2006-12-13 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 08:29, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Media container formats (was Re: [OT] Specifying file size in dvd::rip)': > On Wednesday 13 December 2006 12:57, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > A quick comparison can be found at > > http://en.wikipedi

Re: [gentoo-user] Reducing agetty processes

2006-12-13 Thread Grant
> I seem to have 6 agetty processes running on my system, but I'm the > only one who ever logs into my server. How can I reduce the number of > running agetty processes? Edit /etc/inittab as needed. Keep in mind that you will lose the ability to CTRL+Fn and log on to the VTs controlled by the ag

Re: [gentoo-user] No update-eix-remote

2006-12-13 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 16:15, Douglas Linford wrote: [SNIP] > > Show the output of: > > > > # emerge -pv \>app-portage/eix-0.7 > > iDeq ~ # emerge -pv\ > app-portage/eix-0.7 > bash: app-portage/eix-0.7: No such file or directory You really should copy and paste such a command. The space was

Re: [gentoo-user] No update-eix-remote

2006-12-13 Thread Douglas Linford
[ebuild R ] app-portage/eix-0.8.3 On 12/13/06, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:17:30 +, Douglas Linford wrote: > iDeq ~ # /usr/bin/update-eix-remote update > bash: /usr/bin/update-eix-remote: No such file or directory Which version of eix do you have instal

Re: [gentoo-user] No update-eix-remote

2006-12-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:17:30 +, Douglas Linford wrote: > iDeq ~ # /usr/bin/update-eix-remote update > bash: /usr/bin/update-eix-remote: No such file or directory Which version of eix do you have installed? -- Neil Bothwick Amoebit: Amoeba/rabbit cross; it can multiply and divide at the sa

Re: [gentoo-user] Reducing agetty processes

2006-12-13 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 17:02, Grant wrote: > I seem to have 6 agetty processes running on my system, but I'm the > only one who ever logs into my server. How can I reduce the number of > running agetty processes? Edit /etc/inittab as needed. Keep in mind that you will lose the ability to

[gentoo-user] Reducing agetty processes

2006-12-13 Thread Grant
I seem to have 6 agetty processes running on my system, but I'm the only one who ever logs into my server. How can I reduce the number of running agetty processes? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] No update-eix-remote

2006-12-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 17:20, Douglas Linford wrote: > iDeq ~ # qlist eix | grep remote > iDeq ~ # /usr/bin/update-eix-remote > bash: /usr/bin/update-eix-remote: No such file or directory > iDeq ~ # which update-eix-remote > which: no update-eix-remote in > (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/u

Re: [gentoo-user] Static ip address

2006-12-13 Thread Felipe Ribeiro
On 12/13/06, Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 13 December 2006 00:47, Uwe Thiem wrote: > On 12 December 2006 23:15, Felipe Ribeiro wrote: > > Did they change anything on how you configure your static ip address? > > I've updated my system today and connot access the internet

Re: [gentoo-user] No update-eix-remote

2006-12-13 Thread Douglas Linford
iDeq ~ # qlist eix | grep remote iDeq ~ # /usr/bin/update-eix-remote bash: /usr/bin/update-eix-remote: No such file or directory iDeq ~ # which update-eix-remote which: no update-eix-remote in (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.1

Re: [gentoo-user] No update-eix-remote

2006-12-13 Thread Douglas Linford
iDeq ~ # /usr/bin/update-eix-remote update bash: /usr/bin/update-eix-remote: No such file or directory On 12/13/06, Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 13 December 2006 16:32, Douglas Linford wrote: > Good Day, > > I have added the eix functionallity to my system by doing the

Re: [gentoo-user] Static ip address

2006-12-13 Thread Jerry McBride
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 00:47, Uwe Thiem wrote: > On 12 December 2006 23:15, Felipe Ribeiro wrote: > > Did they change anything on how you configure your static ip address? > > I've updated my system today and connot access the internet anymore, > > when using my static ip address, just dhcp.

Re: [gentoo-user] No update-eix-remote

2006-12-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:32:50 +, Douglas Linford wrote: > When I run the last command, it returns: bash: update-eix-remote: > command not found > And when I do: slocate update-eix-remote, nothing is found. Which version of eix? I have it here $ qlist eix | grep remote /usr/bin/update-eix-remo

Re: [gentoo-user] No update-eix-remote

2006-12-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 16:32, Douglas Linford wrote: > Good Day, > > I have added the eix functionallity to my system by doing the > following: > > 1. iDeq ~# echo app-portage/eix >> /etc/portage/package.keywords > 2. iDeq ~# emerge eix > 3. iDeq ~# update-eix > 4. iDeq ~# update-eix-remote

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} mpm-prefork in apache2

2006-12-13 Thread Grant
> I'd like to use the MinSpareServers and MaxSpareServers directives in > httpd.conf. Does anyone know how to enable prefork? MPM prefork is statically compiled into the Apache httpd binary: $ /usr/sbin/apache2 -l Compiled in modules: core.c prefork.c < mpm prefork http_core.c mod_

Re: [gentoo-user] No update-eix-remote

2006-12-13 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 15:32, Douglas Linford wrote: > I have added the eix functionallity to my system by doing the following: > > 1. iDeq ~# echo app-portage/eix >> /etc/portage/package.keywords > 2. iDeq ~# emerge eix > 3. iDeq ~# update-eix > 4. iDeq ~# update-eix-remote update > > When

Re: [gentoo-user] No update-eix-remote

2006-12-13 Thread Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Douglas Linford wrote: > 1. iDeq ~# echo app-portage/eix >> /etc/portage/package.keywords > 2. iDeq ~# emerge eix > 3. iDeq ~# update-eix > 4. iDeq ~# update-eix-remote update Shouldn't the last one be... "eix-sync" ? - -- Arturo "Buanzo" Busleiman -

[gentoo-user] No update-eix-remote

2006-12-13 Thread Douglas Linford
Good Day, I have added the eix functionallity to my system by doing the following: 1. iDeq ~# echo app-portage/eix >> /etc/portage/package.keywords 2. iDeq ~# emerge eix 3. iDeq ~# update-eix 4. iDeq ~# update-eix-remote update When I run the last command, it returns: bash: update-eix-remote: c

Re: [gentoo-user] Media container formats (was Re: [OT] Specifying file size in dvd::rip)

2006-12-13 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 12:57, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Tuesday 12 December 2006 16:57, Thomas Rösner > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] > > Specifying file size in dvd::rip': > > Then there are containers: mp2 (only mpeg2), mp4 (only mpeg4), avi > > (anything

Re: [gentoo-user] turning off irrelevant mplayer errorFIXED?

2006-12-13 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 06:25, maxim wexler wrote: [SNIP] > I note the mplayer man page is 6700 lines long. Is > there something out there less cumbersome? $info > mplayer is the same. Not that I'm aware of. Maybe google... You do know that you can search through the man page, right? If not

Re: [gentoo-user] problem of installing reiser4

2006-12-13 Thread Chuanwen Wu
2006/12/13, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Chuanwen Wu wrote: > 2006/12/12, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> >> -- >> Neil Bothwick >> >> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. >> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? >> A: Top-posting. >> Q: What is the most an

[gentoo-user] Media container formats (was Re: [OT] Specifying file size in dvd::rip)

2006-12-13 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Tuesday 12 December 2006 16:57, Thomas Rösner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Specifying file size in dvd::rip': > Then there are containers: mp2 (only mpeg2), mp4 (only mpeg4), avi > (anything, but limited), ogg (anything), mkv (anything and more, not in > DVD::Rip las

Re: [gentoo-user] almost completely OT: mouses

2006-12-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:30:55 -0500, Ryan Sims wrote: > > As a cordless mouse has no tail, should we call it a hamster? ;-) > I like it. What about trackballs? A trackball is an oversixed, upside down[1] mouse, so I'd call it a dead rat... except that sounds too much like a Linux distro :) [1]

Re: [gentoo-user] almost completely OT: mouses

2006-12-13 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006, Bira wrote: On 12/13/06, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Ryan Sims wrote: > On 12/12/06, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As a cordless mouse has no tail, should we call it a hamster? ;-) > > I like it. What about trackballs

Re: [gentoo-user] almost completely OT: mouses

2006-12-13 Thread Bira
On 12/13/06, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Ryan Sims wrote: > On 12/12/06, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> As a cordless mouse has no tail, should we call it a hamster? ;-) > > I like it. What about trackballs? > Gremlins? Tribbles? -- Bira http:/

Re: [gentoo-user] Something's killing my xfce panel/decorations

2006-12-13 Thread Steve Dibb
Ralf Stephan wrote: Hello, I have a stable (+unstable gtk) i86/xorg soundless installation with a bare bones xfce4 desktop. My only problem is that, after one two weeks, the xfce-panel disappears and newly started apps are missing the window decorations. They keep missing, even if I restart the

Re: [gentoo-user] problem of installing reiser4

2006-12-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:37:41 +, Mick wrote: > Don't forget that there may be a cultural issue too - netiquette has > been established in a language which is read from left to right, not > top to bottom. English is read left-to-right AND top-to-bottom. -- Neil Bothwick Angular Momentum Mak

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Specifying file size in dvd::rip

2006-12-13 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 12 December 2006 22:57, Thomas Rösner wrote: > Without going into too much detail, that's something different. XviD is > a dialect of MPEG-4. H.264 is a different, newer standard. MPEG-2 is yet > another standard used on DVD's (=ooold ;-)). Hardware players can do > MPEG-2, some can do

Re: [gentoo-user] problem of installing reiser4

2006-12-13 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 13 December 2006 06:12, Dale wrote: > Chuanwen Wu wrote: > > 2006/12/12, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> -- > >> Neil Bothwick > >> > >> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > >> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > >> A: Top-posting. > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] problem of installing reiser4

2006-12-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:41:11 +0800, Chuanwen Wu wrote: > > PS: Please do not top-post. > I'm sorry but what does "top-post" means? Keep reading, but you didn't do it this time :) > > > > -- > > Neil Bothwick > > > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > > Q: W

Re: [gentoo-user] almost completely OT: mouses

2006-12-13 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Ryan Sims wrote: On 12/12/06, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As a cordless mouse has no tail, should we call it a hamster? ;-) I like it. What about trackballs? Gremlins? -- Jorge Almeida -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Static ip address

2006-12-13 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 12 December 2006 23:15, Felipe Ribeiro wrote: > Did they change anything on how you configure your static ip address? > I've updated my system today and connot access the internet anymore, > when using my static ip address, just dhcp. > > I used to use my /etc/conf.d/net like this: > > config_et

Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel: pre load a module

2006-12-13 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 13 December 2006 01:08, Norberto Bensa wrote: > Hello Hans, > > Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:09:00 -0300 Norberto Bensa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: > > > > > I believe that if I load piix first (the PATA driver for Intel >