[gentoo-user] Mutually exclusive ebuilds?

2009-02-20 Thread Grant
I'm getting this and I'm wondering if it means I can't have miro and wicd installed simultaneously: !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: dev-python/pyrex:0 ('installed', '/', 'dev-python/pyrex-0.

Re: [gentoo-user] Tablet PC? Anyone?

2009-02-20 Thread Willie Wong
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 02:16:34PM -0500, Penguin Lover Vizo Allman squawked: > I am running a lenovo x-61 table for my everyday machine and it works pretty > well for me. I use Xournal to draw pics and take quick handwritten notes. > Ooh, Xournal is wonderful. It it also useful for my current no

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge-webrsync

2009-02-20 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 19:12, de Almeida, Valmor F. wrote: > > Hello, > > After using emerge-webrsync I got > > >> Updating Portage cache: 100% > > *** Completed websync, please now perform a normal rsync if possible. > Update is current as of the of MMDD: 20090219 > > I am not sure wha

[gentoo-user] emerge-webrsync

2009-02-20 Thread de Almeida, Valmor F.
Hello, After using emerge-webrsync I got > Updating Portage cache: 100% *** Completed websync, please now perform a normal rsync if possible. Update is current as of the of MMDD: 20090219 I am not sure what the message means "perform a normal rsync if possible." I used emerge-webrs

Re: [gentoo-user] Installation questions

2009-02-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:26:21 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Yes, you heard me right - I recommend one uses Ubuntu to install > Gentoo :-) I took that a stage further with my Eee. Knowing how long it would take to build everything, I installed Ubuntu, then used that while Gentoo was building in a c

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Installation questions

2009-02-20 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 20 February 2009 20:53:55 James wrote: > Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > > Let's face it, Ubuntu does a very good job of making LiveCDs that > > JustWork, and this is not an area where gentoo has ever had any real > > focus. > > OK. > > so I but up a ubuntu lived CD. > SET up the disk

Re: [gentoo-user] How to turn off the screen permanently

2009-02-20 Thread Marcin Zwd
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Vladimir Rusinov wrote: > On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Marcin Zwd wrote: >> >> Well, I've just upgraded my laptop. The old one has ati >> radeon r250 graphics card.  On this card I can easily turn >> off the screen using nice program "radeantool" of course >>

Re: [gentoo-user] virtualBox and Gcc

2009-02-20 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Can anyone tell me if there is some way to tell emerge to use a > specific compiler during an emerge? > > I get this output during emerge of virutalbox-ose. Note that it says > to use a version of gcc earlier than 4.3. Is there some way to

Re: [gentoo-user] How to turn off the screen permanently

2009-02-20 Thread Marcin Zwd
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Saphirus Sage wrote: > > Given you're using nvidia, if you just use the nvidia settings app, the > graphical one, you can just disable the screen. But, that one's actually > perminant, as in removing that screen from xorg.conf > I tried that, but is seems that I c

Re: [gentoo-user] Tablet PC? Anyone?

2009-02-20 Thread Vizo Allman
I am running a lenovo x-61 table for my everyday machine and it works pretty well for me. I use Xournal to draw pics and take quick handwritten notes. On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Willie Wong wrote: > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 09:13:11AM -0330, Penguin Lover Roger Mason > squawked: > > Will

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo as a production server - insecure?

2009-02-20 Thread Mick
On Monday 16 February 2009, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:51:11 + (UTC), James wrote: > > If the rub is really the gcc compiler, then do not have it installed; > > activate a remote partition with any such tools as gcc, coreutils > > and use them for admin things. Then unmount

[gentoo-user] virtualBox and Gcc

2009-02-20 Thread Harry Putnam
Can anyone tell me if there is some way to tell emerge to use a specific compiler during an emerge? I get this output during emerge of virutalbox-ose. Note that it says to use a version of gcc earlier than 4.3. Is there some way to do that without causing grief somewhere else? [...] VirtualBox

[gentoo-user] Re: Installation questions

2009-02-20 Thread James
Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > Let's face it, Ubuntu does a very good job of making LiveCDs that JustWork, > and this is not an area where gentoo has ever had any real focus. OK. so I but up a ubuntu lived CD. SET up the disk (fdisk) follow the handbook setting up partions, file systems

Re: [gentoo-user] Installation questions

2009-02-20 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 20 February 2009 18:01:22 James wrote: > I'd like to learn how other folks are performing Gentoo installations > these days. I just used a 2007 minimal cd without incidence, but > that seems to fading as a viable offering. I never had any luck > with 2008* cds.   I use any old LiveCD I h

Re: [gentoo-user] perfect IDE

2009-02-20 Thread Eduardo Gurgel
http://www.qtsoftware.com/developer/qt-creator Take a look and try it. On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Andrei Hanganu wrote: > helo group, > > i've been trying the past 2-3 years to find the most usable and nice ide > for c/c++ code writing. I've been through vim/vim + plugins/emacs + > differe

Re: [gentoo-user] Tablet PC? Anyone?

2009-02-20 Thread Willie Wong
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 09:13:11AM -0330, Penguin Lover Roger Mason squawked: > Willie Wong writes: > > > Mainly what I am looking for is some sort of > > pen-mouse/tablet/touchscreen interface that makes drawing diagrams > > simpler (compared to a touchpad or the little dit that sits betwe

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless intel 4965 howto

2009-02-20 Thread Alejandro
2009/2/20 Alexander Puchmayr > Hi there! > > Is there a working howto of how to get the wireless connection to work? > Its a built-in chipset, intel 4965AG, and it was working with kernel > 2.6.24, > but I fail with any kernel newer. 2.6.26 had serious problems with > rfkill-switch, and the only

[gentoo-user] Installation questions

2009-02-20 Thread James
Hello, I have read that the LiveCD is dead, no mas, ka_put_ski. So I wondering when the installation docs (gentoo handbook) will be modified for Chapter 2: Choosing the Right Installation medium? Many of the other installation methods (alternative to the G Handbook) also require CDs, stages an

[gentoo-user] Wireless intel 4965 howto

2009-02-20 Thread Alexander Puchmayr
Hi there! Is there a working howto of how to get the wireless connection to work? Its a built-in chipset, intel 4965AG, and it was working with kernel 2.6.24, but I fail with any kernel newer. 2.6.26 had serious problems with rfkill-switch, and the only way for me was to unload the driver module

Re: [gentoo-user] perfect IDE

2009-02-20 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:51 AM, David Relson wrote: >> ide for c/c++ code writing. I've been through vim/vim + plugins/emacs >> + different modes/anjuta/kdevelop/codeblocks/eclipse/netbeans ... >> > I've heard some good things about komodo, though it's not open > source and I've not used it. > Ko

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge R

2009-02-20 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:22 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > draws charts, graphs, applies coloration, interesting stuff. I may end > up using RapidMiner - also Open Source but I think it's not in portage > - as it's more of a GUI environment vs R which is sort of command line > driven. > Although clear

Re: [gentoo-user] Tablet PC? Anyone?

2009-02-20 Thread Roger Mason
Willie Wong writes: > Mainly what I am looking for is some sort of > pen-mouse/tablet/touchscreen interface that makes drawing diagrams > simpler (compared to a touchpad or the little dit that sits between > the g,h, and b keys on a laptop). So if anyone knows of a laptop > with this ki

Re: [gentoo-user] perfect IDE

2009-02-20 Thread Geralt
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Andreas Niederl wrote: > Hi, > > Andrei Hanganu wrote: >> helo group, >> >> i've been trying the past 2-3 years to find the most usable and nice ide >> for c/c++ code writing. I've been through vim/vim + plugins/emacs + >> different modes/anjuta/kdevelop/codeblocks