Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Openmoko Freerunner as USB client

2009-10-17 Thread Stroller
On 18 Oct 2009, at 00:09, Alex Schuster wrote: ... The hack that springs to mind is to see if you can pick up an Openmoko Freerunner with a broken screen. I'd guess you might be able to pick one up for as little as $50 or so. It needs no SIM - you just connect it to your office wifi instead,

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT Xfce4/KDE] A URL aware applet

2009-10-17 Thread Keith Dart
=== On Sat, 10/17, Harry Putnam wrote: === > I wondered if there is anything like that for Xfce and if anyone knows > what that applet it? === I don't use that applet, and I think I would find that annoying. Here's what I do. I have a shell script: = 276 !$ cat ~/bin/urlhelper #!/bin/b

Re: [gentoo-user] sys-libs/db-4.7.25_p4 fetch failure

2009-10-17 Thread Stroller
On 17 Oct 2009, at 21:10, Dale wrote: ... a) not use pastebin, but post the messages in your email? Unless they are seriously HUGE? Attach them as plain text or gzipped. If they are too HUGE for that then you're prolly doing something wrong. Screenshots should, IMO, be hosted somewhere rat

[gentoo-user] fbpanell alternatives

2009-10-17 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, since fbpanel is not themeable as far as I know and my eyes have problems to clearly recgonize the red numbers of the desktops numeration and the "current-desktop" cursor I am looking for another light panel to uses in conjunction with openbox. What panel with a similiar functionality

Re: [gentoo-user] livedvd v10.1 on eee PC

2009-10-17 Thread David
Maxim Wexler wrote: Hi group, I'd like to hear of peoples' experiences with the gentoo-livedvd-10.1 especially on the eee PC. In my case(asus 900a), whether I use startx at the boot prompt or let xdm start by default, the X window starts to open and I see a glimpse of the desktop but then the s

Re: [gentoo-user] livedvd v10.1 on eee PC

2009-10-17 Thread John Campbell
On 10/17/2009 07:55 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: > In my case(asus 900a), whether I use startx at the boot prompt or let > xdm start by default, the X window starts to open and I see a glimpse > of the desktop but then the screen goes black and flickers and just > the outline of the mouse cursor is vis

[gentoo-user] livedvd v10.1 on eee PC

2009-10-17 Thread Maxim Wexler
Hi group, I'd like to hear of peoples' experiences with the gentoo-livedvd-10.1 especially on the eee PC. In my case(asus 900a), whether I use startx at the boot prompt or let xdm start by default, the X window starts to open and I see a glimpse of the desktop but then the screen goes black and f

[gentoo-user] [OT Xfce4/KDE] A URL aware applet

2009-10-17 Thread Harry Putnam
I once was a KDE desktop user... Lasted quite a while. But over time I went to Xfce4 Been using it now a good while, but one applet from KDE is sorely missed. There was some kind of panel applet, that was URL aware. Any time you highlighted text that looked like some kind of URL, a dialog

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: PC as USB client

2009-10-17 Thread Alex Schuster
Stroller has a cool idea: > On 16 Oct 2009, at 12:58, Alex Schuster wrote: [I want a Linux PC to act as USB mass storage device] > The hack that springs to mind is to see if you can pick up an Openmoko > Freerunner with a broken screen. I'd guess you might be able to pick > one up for as little

Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
SOLVED On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Keith Dart wrote: > === On Sat, 10/17, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: === > > It's a flat panel. > === > > In that case I'd first try the monitor's own auto-adjust feature. > Usually this is available by pressing some "menu" key on your monitor. > > If that doesn't

SOLVED Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
SOLVED On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Keith Dart wrote: > === On Sat, 10/17, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: === > > It's a flat panel. > === > > In that case I'd first try the monitor's own auto-adjust feature. > Usually this is available by pressing some "menu" key on your monitor. > > Okay, I just tr

Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Keith Dart
=== On Sat, 10/17, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: === > It's a flat panel.  === In that case I'd first try the monitor's own auto-adjust feature. Usually this is available by pressing some "menu" key on your monitor. If that doesn't work then make sure you have DDC support in your driver and enable it.

Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Richard Marza
- Original Message - From: Kevin O'Gorman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 4:11 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Richard Marza wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Richard Marza wrote: > Original Message - > > *From:* Kevin O'Gorman > *To:* gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > *Sent:* Saturday, October 17, 2009 3:42 PM > *Subject:* Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg > 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges

Re: [gentoo-user] sys-libs/db-4.7.25_p4 fetch failure

2009-10-17 Thread Dale
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Samstag 17 Oktober 2009, Maxim Wexler wrote: > >> Hi group >> >> There was a hitch in the latest #emerge -uDN world. >> >> Here's the details: >> >> http://pastebin.com/m4726a7e3 >> >> Appears to be some kind of bug: >> >> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2

Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Richard Marza
- Original Message - From: Kevin O'Gorman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 3:51 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Richard Marza wrote:

[gentoo-user] Re: Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2 bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread walt
On 10/17/2009 10:21 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > The bigger problem is that now Xorg is trying to display things off the > left and right edges of my monitor. By adjusting the monitor I see that > there are 24 pixels of stuff bleeding off the edge -- enough to lose a > close box, for instance.

Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Richard Marza
Original Message - From: Kevin O'Gorman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: On

Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Richard Marza wrote: > > > - Original Message - > *From:* Kevin O'Gorman > *To:* gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > *Sent:* Saturday, October 17, 2009 3:26 PM > *Subject:* Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg > 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edg

Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2 bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 17 October 2009 21:26:41 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Alan McKinnon > wrote: > > > On Saturday 17 October 2009 20:58:00 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > > > Modifying the monitor section made no noticeable

Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Richard Marza
- Original Message - From: Kevin O'Gorman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 3:26 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Richard Marza wrote: > > > - Original Message - > *From:* Kevin O'Gorman > *To:* gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > *Sent:* Saturday, October 17, 2009 2:58 PM > *Subject:* Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg > 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edg

Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2 bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 17 October 2009 21:26:41 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Saturday 17 October 2009 20:58:00 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > > Modifying the monitor section made no noticeable change. There's still > > > a 24-pixel bleed off the right edge

Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2 bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 17 October 2009 20:58:00 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > > Modifying the monitor section made no noticeable change. There's still a > > 24-pixel bleed off the right edge to begin with. I can fool with > settings > > to make it bleed

Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Richard Marza
- Original Message - From: Kevin O'Gorman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wro

Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2 bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 17 October 2009 20:58:00 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > Modifying the monitor section made no noticeable change. There's still a > 24-pixel bleed off the right edge to begin with. I can fool with settings > to make it bleed left instead, but there's no setting that affects pixel > spacing.

Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Richard Marza wrote: > > > - Original Message - > *From:* Kevin O'Gorman > *To:* gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > *Sent:* Saturday, October 17, 2009 2:42 PM > *Subject:* Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg > 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edg

Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2 bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann < volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Samstag 17 Oktober 2009, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > I normally stay logged in forever, even after updates. I'm both busy and > > lazy. However, the Xorg flurry seemed to have died down, so I took the

Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Richard Marza
- Original Message - From: Kevin O'Gorman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2bleeds off the edges On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2 bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Samstag 17 Oktober 2009 19:21:46 schrieb Kevin O'Gorman: > > My Xorg.conf does specify some details about the monitor, but no > modeline. > > I had to put that stuff in there originally to get my preferred 1280x1024 > > resolution. Do I

Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2 bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag 17 Oktober 2009 19:21:46 schrieb Kevin O'Gorman: > My Xorg.conf does specify some details about the monitor, but no modeline. > I had to put that stuff in there originally to get my preferred 1280x1024 > resolution. Do I need to go back to the days of modlines? Xorg.conf is > attached.

Re: [gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2 bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 17 Oktober 2009, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > I normally stay logged in forever, even after updates. I'm both busy and > lazy. However, the Xorg flurry seemed to have died down, so I took the > plunge and rebooted. Oops. > > > It had not re-emerged xf86-input-* for me, a case that I thin

Re: [gentoo-user] sys-libs/db-4.7.25_p4 fetch failure

2009-10-17 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 17 Oktober 2009, Maxim Wexler wrote: > Hi group > > There was a hitch in the latest #emerge -uDN world. > > Here's the details: > > http://pastebin.com/m4726a7e3 > > Appears to be some kind of bug: > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=285324 > > Anybody else had this problem?

[gentoo-user] Desperately seeking modelines; xorg 1.6.3.901-r2 bleeds off the edges

2009-10-17 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
I normally stay logged in forever, even after updates. I'm both busy and lazy. However, the Xorg flurry seemed to have died down, so I took the plunge and rebooted. Oops. It had not re-emerged xf86-input-* for me, a case that I think should be handled automatically -- I use a source distro bec

[gentoo-user] sys-libs/db-4.7.25_p4 fetch failure

2009-10-17 Thread Maxim Wexler
Hi group There was a hitch in the latest #emerge -uDN world. Here's the details: http://pastebin.com/m4726a7e3 Appears to be some kind of bug: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=285324 Anybody else had this problem? How should I proceed? Maxim

Re: [gentoo-user] Library file formats

2009-10-17 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 17 Oktober 2009, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:30:32 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > > My point was that using eix is faster than posting to the list and > > > awaiting a reply. The same is not necessarily true of emerge -s :( > > > > depends on your harddisk and f

Re: [gentoo-user] distcc: Am I doing this right

2009-10-17 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 18:58 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: > Michael Sullivan writes: > > > I see those lines in /var/log/messages on the fast machine: > > > > carter ~ # grep dcc_job_summary /var/log/* > > grep: /var/log/mailman: No such file or directory > > /var/log/messages:Oct 17 09:09:31 carte

Re: [gentoo-user] distcc: Am I doing this right

2009-10-17 Thread Alex Schuster
Michael Sullivan writes: > I see those lines in /var/log/messages on the fast machine: > > carter ~ # grep dcc_job_summary /var/log/* > grep: /var/log/mailman: No such file or directory > /var/log/messages:Oct 17 09:09:31 carter distccd[16791]: > (dcc_job_summary) client: 192.168.1.4:51319 COMPIL

Re: [gentoo-user] Confusion

2009-10-17 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag 17 Oktober 2009 17:54:49 schrieb econti: > Now, to emerge akonadi-server, kcontrol I should downgrade all the qt-* > to the 4.5.1 version. Says who? You can only tell what want's the downgrade when you add -t. akonadi-server needs some qt packages with a version ">=4.5.0" and kcontrol

Re: [gentoo-user] distcc: Am I doing this right

2009-10-17 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 15:55 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: > Michael Sullivan writes: > > > > It's all explained here : http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/distcc.xml > > > > I read the guide when I first set up distcc, but it didn't provide > > enough detail for me to understand. I have two computers, a

Re: [gentoo-user] distcc: Am I doing this right

2009-10-17 Thread Alex Schuster
Michael Sullivan writes: > > It's all explained here : http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/distcc.xml > > I read the guide when I first set up distcc, but it didn't provide > enough detail for me to understand. I have two computers, a slow one > and a fast one. I would like the fast one to assist the

Re: [gentoo-user] distcc: Am I doing this right

2009-10-17 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 12:48 +0200, Matthias Krebs wrote: > Am Freitag 16 Oktober 2009 20:34:17 schrieb Michael Sullivan: > > On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 18:31 +0200, Matthias Krebs wrote: > > > Am Freitag 16 Oktober 2009 15:23:20 schrieb Michael Sullivan: > > > > I think I've set up distcc correctly, but

Re: [gentoo-user] Library file formats

2009-10-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:30:32 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > My point was that using eix is faster than posting to the list and > > awaiting a reply. The same is not necessarily true of emerge -s :( > > > > depends on your harddisk and filesystem. emerge -s can be as fast as > eix on my

Re: [gentoo-user] distcc: Am I doing this right

2009-10-17 Thread Matthias Krebs
Am Freitag 16 Oktober 2009 20:34:17 schrieb Michael Sullivan: > On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 18:31 +0200, Matthias Krebs wrote: > > Am Freitag 16 Oktober 2009 15:23:20 schrieb Michael Sullivan: > > > I think I've set up distcc correctly, but I keep seeing a whole bunch > > > of messages like this: > > > d

Re: [gentoo-user] Library file formats

2009-10-17 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 17 Oktober 2009, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:10:22 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > > eix could have told you that. > > > > or emerge -s > > My point was that using eix is faster than posting to the list and > awaiting a reply. The same is not necessarily true of

Re: [gentoo-user] Library file formats

2009-10-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:10:22 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > eix could have told you that. > > or emerge -s My point was that using eix is faster than posting to the list and awaiting a reply. The same is not necessarily true of emerge -s :( -- Neil Bothwick Politicians are like nappi