Re: [gentoo-user] Re: tools currently available for update of etc files after updates

2008-11-19 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Mittwoch 19 November 2008 21:54:42 schrieb ext Harry Putnam: > Now that some of my config files have been thru cfg-updates process > once. I see new updates processed literally in the blink of an eye. > > So I now agree that `blazingly' is quite appropriate. That's what I meant. As long as no

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Back up a server in real-time

2008-11-19 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Mittwoch 19 November 2008 18:15:01 schrieb ext Harry Putnam: > I guess you have to search the rsnapshot created hardlinks for the > version you want manually.  At least that is what I ended up doing. Yes, that's true. But although it may be a pain to search through it, it's already a good ste

Re: [gentoo-user] Hoe to stop em8300-modulesinstalling?

2008-11-19 Thread Dale
Dave Jones wrote: > Hi, > > Dale wrote on 20/11/08 02:40: > >> William Kenworthy wrote: >> >>> An emerge world wants to install em8300-modules which according to >>> equery is caused by sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.27-r3 which is >>> installed but not in use - yet. >>> >>> As em8300 wont b

Re: [gentoo-user] Hoe to stop em8300-modulesinstalling?

2008-11-19 Thread Dave Jones
Hi, Dale wrote on 20/11/08 02:40: > William Kenworthy wrote: >> An emerge world wants to install em8300-modules which according to >> equery is caused by sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.27-r3 which is >> installed but not in use - yet. >> >> As em8300 wont build, and I dont have a one (I presume its

Re: [gentoo-user] Hoe to stop em8300-modulesinstalling?

2008-11-19 Thread Dale
William Kenworthy wrote: > An emerge world wants to install em8300-modules which according to > equery is caused by sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.27-r3 which is > installed but not in use - yet. > > As em8300 wont build, and I dont have a one (I presume its a video > chip-set??) I dont want to fuss

[gentoo-user] Hoe to stop em8300-modulesinstalling?

2008-11-19 Thread William Kenworthy
An emerge world wants to install em8300-modules which according to equery is caused by sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.27-r3 which is installed but not in use - yet. As em8300 wont build, and I dont have a one (I presume its a video chip-set??) I dont want to fuss with it, so how do I stop world try

[gentoo-user] This is driving me crazy - firefox3 jumping windows

2008-11-19 Thread William Kenworthy
This is driving me crazy - firefox3 jumping windows whenever I click on a URL in evolution. >From some emails I found on the gnome lists, it appears to be a design change in metacity that was reverted due to (firefox3) user outcry However, I have two systems with the same gnome/metacity/firefox v

[gentoo-user] Re: tools currently available for update of etc files after updates

2008-11-19 Thread Harry Putnam
Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Am Sonntag, 16. November 2008 00:05:56 schrieb Harry Putnam: > >> I did try `cfg-update' but I thought it was really slow. > > Slow? For me it's blazingly fast. I opened this thread back up to eat a little crow. Now that some of my config files have b

Re: [gentoo-user] Testing lyx-1.6.0

2008-11-19 Thread Pavel Sanda
> I have been very disappointed by lyx-1.6.0 as it seemingly misses some > features (and files): > - no icons for the toolbars > - no config files for displaying lyx files as dvi, postscript or pdf > - no conversion files > Did I miss something, or v.1.6.0 has still to be completed ? there must b

[gentoo-user] Re: Back up a server in real-time

2008-11-19 Thread Harry Putnam
Mark Somerville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 07:45:04PM +, Mick wrote: >> Without gentoo-wiki my knowledge level is rather poor (just like my memory!) >> >> What would you use to back up a running server without taking it off line? > > I like rdiff-backup, which gives

Re: [gentoo-user] Back up a server in real-time

2008-11-19 Thread Mark Somerville
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 07:45:04PM +, Mick wrote: > Without gentoo-wiki my knowledge level is rather poor (just like my memory!) > > What would you use to back up a running server without taking it off line? I like rdiff-backup, which gives incremental backups over rsync. Mark pgpHGlsB6HS3

Re: [gentoo-user] Java "bad version number" - what to up/downgrade?

2008-11-19 Thread Grant
>> >> I'm getting the following from dumphd: >> >> >> >> "bad version number in .class file" >> >> >> >> I gather that I may have the wrong version of something Java installed >> >> but I don't know how that works. Can anyone tell me what package I >> >> should try upgrading or downgrading? >> > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to build sys-kernel/hardened-sources-2.6.25-r9

2008-11-19 Thread Chris Lieb
Sergey Ovcharenko wrote: > Chris Lieb пишет: >> I am attempting to switch a VM over to the hardened profile and the >> hardened kernel. I have rebuilt almost all of the packages on my >> computer after switching to th hardened profile, save for a few kernel >> modules. I have emerged hardened-s

Re: [gentoo-user] Deny flash to a specific user?

2008-11-19 Thread Qian Qiao
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 15:07, Michael Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10:05 Wed 19 Nov , Qian Qiao wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 09:54, Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > On 19 Nov 2008, at 04:06, Albert Hopkins wrote: >> >> >> >> ... >> >> Why do you want to do this? ...

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to build sys-kernel/hardened-sources-2.6.25-r9

2008-11-19 Thread Sergey Ovcharenko
Chris Lieb пишет: I am attempting to switch a VM over to the hardened profile and the hardened kernel. I have rebuilt almost all of the packages on my computer after switching to th hardened profile, save for a few kernel modules. I have emerged hardened-sources-2.6.25-r9 and am trying to build

Re: [gentoo-user] Deny flash to a specific user?

2008-11-19 Thread Michael Moore
On 10:05 Wed 19 Nov , Qian Qiao wrote: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 09:54, Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 19 Nov 2008, at 04:06, Albert Hopkins wrote: > >> > >> ... > >> Why do you want to do this? ... I don't understand why. > >> What is your justification for doing that? > > > >

[gentoo-user] could not build apache2

2008-11-19 Thread Vladimir Rusinov
Hi. I can't build apache2. It fails with following error: checking openssl/engine.h usability... yes checking openssl/engine.h presence... yes checking for openssl/engine.h... yes checking for SSLeay_version in -lcrypto... yes checking for SSL_CTX_new in -lssl... no checking for ENGINE_init... y

Re: [gentoo-user] Deny flash to a specific user?

2008-11-19 Thread Qian Qiao
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 09:54, Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 19 Nov 2008, at 04:06, Albert Hopkins wrote: >> >> ... >> Why do you want to do this? ... I don't understand why. >> What is your justification for doing that? > > To prevent his kids from watching YouPorn. > > Stroller. In

Re: [gentoo-user] Deny flash to a specific user?

2008-11-19 Thread Stroller
On 19 Nov 2008, at 04:06, Albert Hopkins wrote: ... Why do you want to do this? ... I don't understand why. What is your justification for doing that? To prevent his kids from watching YouPorn. Stroller.

Re: [gentoo-user] package masked perl left and right... what now??

2008-11-19 Thread Stroller
On 18 Nov 2008, at 20:13, Michael Higgins wrote: ... All I can say (beyond "WTF") is *wow*, someone did something knowing it would/could/did create havoc, but didn't bother to broadcast it to those it would affect. That's because havoc is The Gentoo Way (tm). :D Stroller.

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting rid of all kde components

2008-11-19 Thread Dirk Uys
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've decided to stop using KDE after yrs of use... given that gentoo > compiles everything from scratch, its just getting to much time lost > jacking around with kde during upgrades. > > But also I'd forgotten what the oldti