[gentoo-user] Re: gentoo on ssds? intel anyone?

2009-11-19 Thread Holger Hoffstaette
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:47:37 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Although I read of Intel's various firmware-problems with their SSDs, I > tend to buy one of their 80GB X25-M G2 Postville SSDs. I have the older 80MB (G1) and a new 160GB G2 for another machine just arrived. The fixed TRIM-enabled

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge hints needed

2009-11-19 Thread Dale
Bill Kenworthy wrote: Some time back I saw someone mention a way to get emerge to install an ebuild with a bad digest - man emerge shows nothing so can someone give me a hint. It was much easier than going down the ebuild path. I think it is --digest. I don't see it in the man page so you

[gentoo-user] emerge hints needed

2009-11-19 Thread Bill Kenworthy
Some time back I saw someone mention a way to get emerge to install an ebuild with a bad digest - man emerge shows nothing so can someone give me a hint. It was much easier than going down the ebuild path. Also, I am in the process of rescuing a system from the e2fs/util-linux/device-mapper snafu

Re: [gentoo-user] where can I find USE flags description?

2009-11-19 Thread Dale
Paul Hartman wrote: On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Jarry wrote: Hi, I want to emerge a certain package, let's say x11-base/xorg-drivers, so I try first "emerge --pretend xorg-drivers" and find it has ~50 various use-flags (some s

Re: [gentoo-user] configuring wlan0

2009-11-19 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 19/11/09 Alan McKinnon said: > conf.d/net is not buggy - it is suitable for static networking where the > interfaces never change and neither does the address. > > It is simply inadequate for desktop use, *especially* roaming laptops. A side > note in the docs to this effect would not be ami

[gentoo-user] Re: Quick quesition regarding "linux-2.6.31.x" and "gentoo-sources-2.6.31-rx"

2009-11-19 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 11/19/2009 10:49 PM, Marcus Wanner wrote: I was just wondering if a package such as "gentoo-sources-2.6.31-r6" uses kernel 2.6.31.6, or just 2.6.31. I have been digging through timestamps and the like for a while, but I just can't figure it out. In addition to the link Eray posted, you can a

Re: [gentoo-user] where can I find USE flags description?

2009-11-19 Thread Steven Ringwald
Don't know how current the list is, but: http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/use-index.xml Steve On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Jarry wrote: > Hi, > > I want to emerge a certain package, let's say x11-base/xorg-drivers, > so I try first "emerge --pretend xorg-

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on ssds? intel anyone?

2009-11-19 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Donnerstag 19 November 2009, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Greets, gentoo-users, > I hope not to bring up some boring ricer-topic ;-) > > I am thinking of getting one of those shiny new SSDs for my main > workstation. Not that I really *need* it, my box is performing well, I > admit that I am c

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Keyboard Mapping Issues

2009-11-19 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 17 November 2009 15:26:09 daid kahl wrote: > >Is there some > > simple tool in portage to report 1) The local build date of an > > installed package 2) Display the emerge history? Such tools would > > assist me in locating the problem, which I assume resulted from an > > upgrade. > > S

[gentoo-user] gentoo on ssds? intel anyone?

2009-11-19 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Greets, gentoo-users, I hope not to bring up some boring ricer-topic ;-) I am thinking of getting one of those shiny new SSDs for my main workstation. Not that I really *need* it, my box is performing well, I admit that I am curious and somehow childish ... some way of getting myself a christmas

Re: [gentoo-user] flash drive FAT partition disappears

2009-11-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Marcus Wanner wrote: > On 11/19/2009 3:22 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> >> I suspect you did nothing wrong and that the problem is either a >> coincidental hardware failure or something the owner did to the stick >> after you returned it. Convincing the owner of that

Re: [gentoo-user] where can I find USE flags description?

2009-11-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Jarry wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I want to emerge a certain package, let's say x11-base/xorg-drivers, >> so I try first "emerge --pretend xorg-drivers" and find it has ~50 >> various use-flags (some set, some unset).

Re: [gentoo-user] where can I find USE flags description?

2009-11-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Jarry wrote: > Hi, > > I want to emerge a certain package, let's say x11-base/xorg-drivers, > so I try first "emerge --pretend xorg-drivers" and find it has ~50 > various use-flags (some set, some unset). Where can I find their > description? For example "vmmouse",

[gentoo-user] Re: where can I find USE flags description?

2009-11-19 Thread Remy Blank
Jarry wrote: > Where can I find their > description? For example "vmmouse", what is this USE flag good for? > Is it something for vmware? emerge gentoolkit euse -i vmmouse -- Remy signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] how to get emerge --depclean to skip a pkg?

2009-11-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Maxim Wexler > wrote: >> >> Hi group, >> >> emerge -av --depclean wants to remove >> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.30-r7 after a world update. >> >> How do I prevent this? I've tried the --deselect and --nor

Re: [gentoo-user] how to get emerge --depclean to skip a pkg?

2009-11-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: > > Hi group, > > emerge -av --depclean wants to remove > sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.30-r7 after a world update. > > How do I prevent this? I've tried the --deselect and --noreplace > switches but that has the opposite effect I'm looking fo

Re: [gentoo-user] troubles with emerge --sync

2009-11-19 Thread Alexander Clark
So I managed to fix the other wonkiness on my system (viz, gcc and emacs not emerging). Turns out, I had been sloppy in putting together my make.conf and used march=prescott when I should have been using march=pentium4. Fixed it, ran emerge -uDNe world. Things emerge now. Unfortunately, the

Re: [gentoo-user] Quick quesition regarding "linux-2.6.31.x" and "gentoo-sources-2.6.31-rx"

2009-11-19 Thread David Relson
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:49:19 -0500 Marcus Wanner wrote: > I was just wondering if a package such as "gentoo-sources-2.6.31-r6" > uses kernel 2.6.31.6, or just 2.6.31. I have been digging through > timestamps and the like for a while, but I just can't figure it out. > > Thanks, and sorry for my

Re: [gentoo-user] how to get emerge --depclean to skip a pkg? --RESOLVED

2009-11-19 Thread Maxim Wexler
On 11/19/09, Crístian Viana wrote: > I think --noreplace should do it, but if it didn't, try adding this ebuild > name to /var/lib/portage/world: > > =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.30-r7 Yes, that did it. Thanks. using --noreplace or --deselect has the effect of focusing on the one package but o

Re: [gentoo-user] kdm or kde won't login specific user, but "startx" works

2009-11-19 Thread Francisco Ares
Thanks a lot, guys. I don't like it, but I have removed and created again the user, and now everything works as expected. I said I don't like it because we didn't exactly know where the problem was. I've checked permissions and groups before that, and had the home directory backed up before remov

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] interrupting runscripts during startup

2009-11-19 Thread Renat Golubchyk
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:02:47 +0200 Amit Dor-Shifer wrote: > When hitting Ctrl-C during startup, I manage to interrupt services at > the early stages of init, yet later-on I can no-longer do this. It > seems that up till runlevel 'default', services can be hit with the > interrupt. Why do you wan

[gentoo-user] [OT] interrupting runscripts during startup

2009-11-19 Thread Amit Dor-Shifer
Hi all. When hitting Ctrl-C during startup, I manage to interrupt services at the early stages of init, yet later-on I can no-longer do this. It seems that up till runlevel 'default', services can be hit with the interrupt. I'm wondering where is this behavior being set, and whether I can enabl

Re: [gentoo-user] how to get emerge --depclean to skip a pkg?

2009-11-19 Thread Crístian Viana
I think --noreplace should do it, but if it didn't, try adding this ebuild name to /var/lib/portage/world: =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.30-r7 On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: > Hi group, > > emerge -av --depclean wants to remove > sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.30-r7 after a

Re: [gentoo-user] GCC gone bad! Help! [SOLVED]

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 17:10 -0200, Fernando Antunes wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Michael Sullivan > wrote: > I've started seeing this line after failed emerges: > > > > checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: >

Re: [gentoo-user] GCC gone bad! Help!

2009-11-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote: > I've started seeing this line after failed emerges: > > > > checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C > compiler cannot create executables > > Checking gcc-config returns this: > carter sys-devel # gcc-config

[gentoo-user] how to get emerge --depclean to skip a pkg?

2009-11-19 Thread Maxim Wexler
Hi group, emerge -av --depclean wants to remove sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.30-r7 after a world update. How do I prevent this? I've tried the --deselect and --noreplace switches but that has the opposite effect I'm looking for. Maxim

Re: [gentoo-user] Quick quesition regarding "linux-2.6.31.x" and "gentoo-sources-2.6.31-rx"

2009-11-19 Thread Eray Aslan
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 03:49:19PM -0500, Marcus Wanner wrote: > I was just wondering if a package such as "gentoo-sources-2.6.31-r6" > uses kernel 2.6.31.6, or just 2.6.31. I have been digging through > timestamps and the like for a while, but I just can't figure it out. http://sources.gentoo.o

[gentoo-user] Re: GCC gone bad! Help!

2009-11-19 Thread walt
On 11/19/2009 10:51 AM, Michael Sullivan wrote: ... Checking gcc-config returns this: carter sys-devel # gcc-config -l * gcc-config: Active gcc profile is invalid! [1] i686-pc-linux-gnu-4.3.4 gcc-config manipulates the contents of /etc/env.d/gcc $ls -la /etc/env.d/gcc total 24 drwxr-xr-x 2

Re: [gentoo-user] Avahi + mDNSResponder at the same time?

2009-11-19 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 11:38 -0800, John Lowry wrote: > I was under the impression that avahi with the mDNSResponder-compat > USE > flag would make it possible to have both mDNSResponder and avahi > installed at the same time, yet I am getting blocked packages error > messages. Is this impossible to

Re: [gentoo-user] where can I find USE flags description?

2009-11-19 Thread Alex Schuster
Jarry writes: > I checked /etc/portage/profiles/use.desc and use.local.desc but > there are not all of them... There's also /usr/local/portage/layman/*/profiles/use.local.desc Wonko

[gentoo-user] Quick quesition regarding "linux-2.6.31.x" and "gentoo-sources-2.6.31-rx"

2009-11-19 Thread Marcus Wanner
I was just wondering if a package such as "gentoo-sources-2.6.31-r6" uses kernel 2.6.31.6, or just 2.6.31. I have been digging through timestamps and the like for a while, but I just can't figure it out. Thanks, and sorry for my noobishness. Marcus

Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg / Intel VGA and multiple display

2009-11-19 Thread Space Cakex
I'm using xf86-video-intel -> 2.9.1 ; xorg-server -> 1.6.5 and xorg-drivers -> 1.6 My hardware : 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphic

Re: [gentoo-user] [the end] icons missing in k3b

2009-11-19 Thread David W Noon
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:00:03 +0100, Jacques Montier wrote about [gentoo-user] [the end] icons missing in k3b: >Hi everybody, > >Some news about k3b and its missing icons. >I looked at your useflags and changed mine. >So i had to re-build plenty of packages and spent a very long compiling >time wi

Re: [gentoo-user] GCC gone bad! Help!

2009-11-19 Thread James Ausmus
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Michael Sullivan wrote: > configure:2138: gcc --version >&5 > gcc-config: error: could not run/locate 'gcc' > There's your problem right there, Vern... ;) Run gcc-config -l Pick the gompuler that looks best (most likely #1), then run gcc-config source /etc/pro

[gentoo-user] where can I find USE flags description?

2009-11-19 Thread Jarry
Hi, I want to emerge a certain package, let's say x11-base/xorg-drivers, so I try first "emerge --pretend xorg-drivers" and find it has ~50 various use-flags (some set, some unset). Where can I find their description? For example "vmmouse", what is this USE flag good for? Is it something for vmwa

Re: [gentoo-user] Avahi + mDNSResponder at the same time?

2009-11-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:38:28 -0800, John Lowry wrote: > I was under the impression that avahi with the mDNSResponder-compat USE > flag would make it possible to have both mDNSResponder and avahi > installed at the same time, yet I am getting blocked packages error > messages. Is this impossible t

Re: [gentoo-user] flash drive FAT partition disappears

2009-11-19 Thread Marcus Wanner
On 11/19/2009 3:22 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: I suspect you did nothing wrong and that the problem is either a coincidental hardware failure or something the owner did to the stick after you returned it. Convincing the owner of that is another matter. I am pretty sure that this is the case. The

Re: [gentoo-user] GCC gone bad! Help!

2009-11-19 Thread James Ausmus
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Michael Sullivan wrote: > I've started seeing this line after failed emerges: > > > > checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C > compiler cannot create executables > > Please send the contents of the config log for the package you ar

Re: [gentoo-user] kdm or kde won't login specific user, but "startx" works

2009-11-19 Thread James Ausmus
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Francisco Ares wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 3:11 AM, Francisco Ares wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Gmail wrote: >> >>> Have you added consolekit to the boot level? If you did then please post >>> your xdm and kdm log file. >>> >>> Hung

Re: [gentoo-user] GCC gone bad! Help!

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Sullivan
onfig log for the package you are > > trying to build - it should approximately be > > in /var/tmp/portage/$CATEGORY/$PACKAGE-$VERSION/work/$PACKAGE/config.log > > > > > > -James I think I sent the wrong one. Here's the right one (I think): carter ~ #

Re: [gentoo-user] GCC gone bad! Help!

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 11:25 -0800, James Ausmus wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Michael Sullivan > wrote: > I've started seeing this line after failed emerges: > > > > checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: >

[gentoo-user] Avahi + mDNSResponder at the same time?

2009-11-19 Thread John Lowry
I was under the impression that avahi with the mDNSResponder-compat USE flag would make it possible to have both mDNSResponder and avahi installed at the same time, yet I am getting blocked packages error messages. Is this impossible to pull off?

Re: [gentoo-user] GCC gone bad! Help!

2009-11-19 Thread Fernando Antunes
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote: > I've started seeing this line after failed emerges: > > > > checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C > compiler cannot create executables > > Checking gcc-config returns this: > carter sys-devel # gcc-config

Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg / Intel VGA and multiple display

2009-11-19 Thread Fernando Antunes
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:59 AM, SpaceCake wrote: > Hi, > > I have the following set-up > > HP 6530B laptop with > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series > Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07) > > 1440x900 Laptop LCD resolution > 1600x1200 Ext LCD resolut

[gentoo-user] GCC gone bad! Help!

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Sullivan
I've started seeing this line after failed emerges: checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables Checking gcc-config returns this: carter sys-devel # gcc-config -l * gcc-config: Active gcc profile is invalid! [1] i686-pc-linux-gnu

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync backup system

2009-11-19 Thread Grant
>> 2. Some of the files I back up only allow root to read.  I can run >> rsync as root on each system, but I don't allow root logins.  This >> means in order to rsync the second "sync" system with the first "sync" >> system, I must run the rsync command from the first "sync" system. >> This means I

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync backup system

2009-11-19 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 12:58 -0500, Albert Hopkins wrote: > > > > 4. Should I be comfortable running the entire sync operation every > > night, or am I jeopardizing the longevity of my HDs? > > > This is a joke. I should apologize and explain this better. If you bought a fancy expensive hard dri

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync backup system

2009-11-19 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 08:44 -0800, Grant wrote: > I just finished an rsync backup system that works like this: > > Each of 4 Gentoo systems contains a folder called "backup" which > contains symlinks to local files and folders for backup. 2 of the > systems contain a folder called "sync" which co

Re: [gentoo-user] nm-applet / vpnc / pptp / openvpn

2009-11-19 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 15:55 +0100, SpaceCake wrote: > yes, but as I told earlier in nm-applet this section is grey, so I > cannot > add vpn configs. when I start vpnc with the correct config from root's > shell, it is working perfectly and connect me to the vpn gw I use, so > this > is why I said t

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync backup system

2009-11-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:44:44 -0800, Grant wrote: > 2. Some of the files I back up only allow root to read. I can run > rsync as root on each system, but I don't allow root logins. This > means in order to rsync the second "sync" system with the first "sync" > system, I must run the rsync command

[gentoo-user] [the end] icons missing in k3b

2009-11-19 Thread Jacques Montier
Hi everybody, Some news about k3b and its missing icons. I looked at your useflags and changed mine. So i had to re-build plenty of packages and spent a very long compiling time with my 8 year-old pc... Well, after that,...nothing has changed.. :-( http://sites.google.com/site/jacquesfr35/telecha

[gentoo-user] rsync backup system

2009-11-19 Thread Grant
I just finished an rsync backup system that works like this: Each of 4 Gentoo systems contains a folder called "backup" which contains symlinks to local files and folders for backup. 2 of the systems contain a folder called "sync" which contains the contents of the "backup" folder for each of the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Downgrade glibc-2.11 to 2.10

2009-11-19 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Donnerstag 19 November 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thursday 19 November 2009 17:37:16 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Donnerstag 19 November 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > On Thursday 19 November 2009 17:27:26 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > > > On Donnerstag 19 November 2009, Alan McKi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Downgrade glibc-2.11 to 2.10

2009-11-19 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 19 November 2009 17:37:16 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Donnerstag 19 November 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Thursday 19 November 2009 17:27:26 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > > On Donnerstag 19 November 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > > On Thursday 19 November 2009 16:52:39 Tho

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Downgrade glibc-2.11 to 2.10

2009-11-19 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Donnerstag 19 November 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thursday 19 November 2009 17:27:26 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Donnerstag 19 November 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > On Thursday 19 November 2009 16:52:39 Thorsten Kampe wrote: > > > > * Alan McKinnon (Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:06:45 +020

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Downgrade glibc-2.11 to 2.10

2009-11-19 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 19 November 2009 17:27:26 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Donnerstag 19 November 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Thursday 19 November 2009 16:52:39 Thorsten Kampe wrote: > > > * Alan McKinnon (Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:06:45 +0200) > > > > > > > A multitude of apps that used to run just fi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Downgrade glibc-2.11 to 2.10

2009-11-19 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Donnerstag 19 November 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thursday 19 November 2009 16:52:39 Thorsten Kampe wrote: > > * Alan McKinnon (Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:06:45 +0200) > > > > > A multitude of apps that used to run just fine now give "free(): > > > invalid pointer" errors since I upgraded to glibc

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Reading a DVD as an ISO image

2009-11-19 Thread José Romildo Malaquias
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 09:36:03AM -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: > 2009/11/18 José Romildo Malaquias : > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 04:54:20PM +, Grant Edwards wrote: > >> On 2009-11-17, Marcus Wanner wrote: > >> > >> > My guess is that he has a slow internet connection, he > >> > downloaded a lar

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Downgrade glibc-2.11 to 2.10

2009-11-19 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 19 November 2009 16:52:39 Thorsten Kampe wrote: > * Alan McKinnon (Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:06:45 +0200) > > > A multitude of apps that used to run just fine now give "free(): > > invalid pointer" errors since I upgraded to glibc-2.11 > > Which ones are these? I installed glibs 2.11 on Mon

Re: [gentoo-user] nm-applet / vpnc / pptp / openvpn

2009-11-19 Thread SpaceCake
yes, but as I told earlier in nm-applet this section is grey, so I cannot add vpn configs. when I start vpnc with the correct config from root's shell, it is working perfectly and connect me to the vpn gw I use, so this is why I said the problem maybe in the deep somewhere around dbus communication

[gentoo-user] Re: Downgrade glibc-2.11 to 2.10

2009-11-19 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Alan McKinnon (Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:06:45 +0200) > > A multitude of apps that used to run just fine now give "free(): > invalid pointer" errors since I upgraded to glibc-2.11 Which ones are these? I installed glibs 2.11 on Monday and had exactly zero problems afterwards... Thorsten

Re: [gentoo-user] strange delays with Xorg-x11-7.4-r1

2009-11-19 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 19 November 2009 04:33:14 Philip Webb wrote: > Extensive Googling found 1 useful hint of where the problem might lie: > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1087580/resource-temporarily-unavaila > ble-in-boost-asio > > "'Resource temporarily unavailable' is normally the text

Re: [gentoo-user] nm-applet / vpnc / pptp / openvpn

2009-11-19 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 12:28 +0100, SpaceCake wrote: > > Here is my log after starting Networkmanager. It is not talking > about any > vpnc or openvpn stuff...do you have any idea? It doesn't talk about openvpn stuff until/unless you actually attempt to open an openvpn connection.

Re: [gentoo-user] configuring wlan0

2009-11-19 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 19 November 2009 01:39:23 Michael P. Soulier wrote: > On 18/11/09 Space Cakex said: > > for me the best solution is to use networkmanager, delete net scripts > > and everything plus install nm-applet, so I have a real user friendly > > look and feel :) my only issue now is vpnc (see my

Re: [gentoo-user] configuring wlan0

2009-11-19 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 18 November 2009 17:11:05 Michael P. Soulier wrote: > On 18/11/09 Alan McKinnon said: > > Forget all about conf.d/net, and disable the init scripts for it. > > > > Install and run wicd instead. > > I'll look into it, but the Gentoo Handbook still points at conf.d/net, so > should ther

[gentoo-user] Xorg / Intel VGA and multiple display

2009-11-19 Thread SpaceCake
Hi, I have the following set-up HP 6530B laptop with 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07) 1440x900 Laptop LCD resolution 1600x1200 Ext LCD resolution connected to the DVI port of the docking station Currently my mul

Re: [gentoo-user] cdrecord fails to burn dvd

2009-11-19 Thread Joerg Schilling
José Romildo Malaquias wrote: > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 03:43:12PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > José Romildo Malaquias wrote: > > > > To find the reason for the following "Impossible" because > > illegal error situation: > > > > Executing 'test unit ready' command on Bus 0 Target 6, Lun 0

Re: [gentoo-user] nm-applet / vpnc / pptp / openvpn

2009-11-19 Thread SpaceCake
2009/11/18 Albert Hopkins > > > > I've succesfullly installed Networkmanager and nm-applet with all the > > plugins under Gnome / Kde-4-3 using the instructions can be found at > > gentoo-wiki. It is working perfectly for wired and wireless LAN but > > not for any VPN (this part of the applet is

Re: [gentoo-user] flash drive FAT partition disappears

2009-11-19 Thread Stroller
On 19 Nov 2009, at 03:30, Jesús Guerrero wrote: ... In any case, and to max the chance to recover anything, the first thing you should be doing is an image of the device, using dd, just in case. This. Then run Photorec on the image. http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec Stroller.

Re: [gentoo-user] flash drive FAT partition disappears

2009-11-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:30:46 +0100, Jesús Guerrero wrote: > Even if you didn't, in my understanding, all that could cause (normally) > is a broken file system. The effects will usually depends on whatever > was happening at the moment, and at the fs you are using. As he was only reading from the