Re: [gentoo-user] How to "freeze" my Gentoo system

2009-03-13 Thread Beau Henderson
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Sean wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 13:40 -0700, Michael Higgins wrote: >> Don't know the proper term, but I want to stop version updates for a while, >> yet allow package-rN updates... > > I don't think there's a real good way to accomplish this, but the > appr

Re: [gentoo-user] can't make rt2570 module

2009-03-13 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:32:08 -0700 (PDT) maxim wexler wrote: > /var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/rt2570-20070209/work/rt2570-20070209/Module/rtusb_main.c:1907: > error: 'dev_base' undeclared (first use in this function) There's no such thing in recent kernels anymore. In fact, rt2570 module in por

Re: [gentoo-user] How to "freeze" my Gentoo system

2009-03-13 Thread Sean
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 13:40 -0700, Michael Higgins wrote: > Don't know the proper term, but I want to stop version updates for a while, > yet allow package-rN updates... I don't think there's a real good way to accomplish this, but the approach I would take is to setup a local portage tree that

[gentoo-user] rhythmbox is looking for an older shared object

2009-03-13 Thread dhk
revdep-rebuild is flagging rhythmbox as requiring libtotem-plparser.so.10 . After the last upgrade all I have installed in /usr/lib64/ is libtotem-plparser.so.12 . Should I just make a link or do I need to install an older version? or should I wait for a rhythmbax update? Other similar files in

[gentoo-user] can't make rt2570 module

2009-03-13 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, I found a bug report for this but that involved a problem with the kernel config. In this case, portage doesn't seem to have a problem with that. This is for a "NovaTech" usb-wifi gizmo. ID: 0eb0:9020 #emerge -v rt2570 <...> * Found sources for kernel version: * 2.6.23-gentoo-r

[gentoo-user] WAN->laptop1->router->laptop2 : no laptop1<->router communication

2009-03-13 Thread Grant
My laptop is connected to a distant wireless signal with a strong antenna and I'd like to create a local wireless LAN using the distant wireless signal as the WAN. The layout would look something like this: WAN->(wireless)->laptop1->(ethernet)->router->(wireless)->laptop2 My travel router is wir

Re: [gentoo-user] Find ebuilds that use a flag

2009-03-13 Thread Nick Fortino
James wrote: Hello, I need to be able to find which packages use a particular flag. "gpac" to be specific: Enable GPAC support when exporting to 3GPP format. Any simple/global tools to find and list each and every package available on Gentoo that has this flag as a option? There is also a

Re: [gentoo-user] How to "freeze" my Gentoo system

2009-03-13 Thread Dale
Michael Higgins wrote: > On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:51:05 + > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > >> On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:13:30 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >> Could he just not sync and call it a day? I suspect this is going to bite him one day tho. We know Gentoo likes to be up

Re: [gentoo-user] How to "freeze" my Gentoo system

2009-03-13 Thread Michael Higgins
On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:51:05 + Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:13:30 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > > Could he just not sync and call it a day? I suspect this is > > > going to bite him one day tho. We know Gentoo likes to be > > > updated fairly regular. I been around Ge

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Find ebuilds that use a flag

2009-03-13 Thread Justin
Mike Kazantsev schrieb: > On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:17:46 + (UTC) > James wrote: > >> OK, how do I know this is an exhaustive search of both packages installed >> and other packages I do not have install on the system it is ran on? > > Simple: you have to trust in euse :) > > Also, I've notice

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Find ebuilds that use a flag

2009-03-13 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:17:46 + (UTC) James wrote: > OK, how do I know this is an exhaustive search of both packages installed > and other packages I do not have install on the system it is ran on? Simple: you have to trust in euse :) Also, I've noticed that there's q-analog of euse in app-p

[gentoo-user] Re: Find ebuilds that use a flag

2009-03-13 Thread James
Mike Kazantsev fraggod.net> writes: > Since it's a local use flag, I suppose 'euse -i gpac' should do the > trick. euse is a part of app-portage/gentoolkit package. euse -i gpac global use flags (searching: gpac) no matching entries

[gentoo-user] Re: Find ebuilds that use a flag

2009-03-13 Thread James
Justin j-schmitz.net> writes: > > Any simple/global tools to find and list each and every > > package available on Gentoo that has this flag as a option? > equery hasuse gpac ==> shows all install packages which have > > or > qgrep -v IUSE|grep gpac ==> extensive but should bring you all pack

Re: [gentoo-user] Eclipse and EclipseME on gentoo?

2009-03-13 Thread Alejandro
2009/3/13 Aaron Clark > Konstantinos Agouros wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have installed Eclipse from the ebuild. Now I tried to install the >> plugin >> to do Mobile Development available from eclipseme.org. However it does >> not show up in the Eclipse Properties where some things need to be >> conf

Re: [gentoo-user] Eclipse and EclipseME on gentoo?

2009-03-13 Thread Aaron Clark
Konstantinos Agouros wrote: Hi, I have installed Eclipse from the ebuild. Now I tried to install the plugin to do Mobile Development available from eclipseme.org. However it does not show up in the Eclipse Properties where some things need to be configured. Anybody got this to work? I have n

Re: [gentoo-user] Find ebuilds that use a flag

2009-03-13 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:36:54 + (UTC) James wrote: > Any simple/global tools to find and list each and every > package available on Gentoo that has this flag as a option? Since it's a local use flag, I suppose 'euse -i gpac' should do the trick. euse is a part of app-portage/gentoolkit packag

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing an internet connection

2009-03-13 Thread b.n.
Grant ha scritto: >>> I travel with a strong external antenna for picking up faint wireless >>> signals. It works great, >> May I ask which antenna? It's a long time I'm looking for something like >> that but I keep being told that external antennas are often useless (I'm >> thinking of the over-t

Re: [gentoo-user] Find ebuilds that use a flag

2009-03-13 Thread Justin
James schrieb: > Hello, > > > I need to be able to find which packages use a particular flag. > > "gpac" to be specific: > > Enable GPAC support when exporting to 3GPP format. > > > Any simple/global tools to find and list each and every > package available on Gentoo that has this flag as a o

[gentoo-user] Find ebuilds that use a flag

2009-03-13 Thread James
Hello, I need to be able to find which packages use a particular flag. "gpac" to be specific: Enable GPAC support when exporting to 3GPP format. Any simple/global tools to find and list each and every package available on Gentoo that has this flag as a option? There is also an ebuild named

Re: [gentoo-user] backup program recommendations?

2009-03-13 Thread Robin Atwood
On Friday 13 Mar 2009, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 6:33 AM, Dale wrote: > > I use Kbackup and then k3b to burn them.  Works well so far.  Just > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Robin Atwood > > wrote: > > DAR - http://dar.linux.free.fr/. There is also a gui, kdar. > > Are th

[gentoo-user] Eclipse and EclipseME on gentoo?

2009-03-13 Thread Konstantinos Agouros
Hi, I have installed Eclipse from the ebuild. Now I tried to install the plugin to do Mobile Development available from eclipseme.org. However it does not show up in the Eclipse Properties where some things need to be configured. Anybody got this to work? Regards, Konstantin -- Dipl-Inf. Konst

Re: [gentoo-user] backup program recommendations?

2009-03-13 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 6:33 AM, Dale wrote: > I use Kbackup and then k3b to burn them.  Works well so far.  Just > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Robin Atwood wrote: > DAR - http://dar.linux.free.fr/. There is also a gui, kdar. > Are there GUIs not depending on KDE? -- Do you know how to

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone running a Netbook satisfactorily on Gentoo?

2009-03-13 Thread Justin
Grant schrieb: > I've installed and updated Gentoo on my girlfriend's Acer Aspire One > netbook and it's just so slow. The only things I can think of to > speed it up would be to upgrade the RAM from 1GB (not sure if that's > possible) and/or swap out the SSD for a HD. Anyone running a netbook >