[gentoo-user] [OT]: Converting flv to what?

2011-07-15 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, As a Blender-fan over the time my harddisk has been filled (by me ;) ) with lots of video-tutorials in the flv (flash video)-format. Now I need some space to store more *.blend files ... So I think I need to convert the flvs into another format... What is the most recommended format to pre

Re: [gentoo-user] qemu-kvm

2011-07-15 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Saturday, July 16 at 01:24 (+0100), john said: > I am running a gentoo amd64 qemu-kvm virtual image on my gentoo amd64 > box. > > Everything is running well. Machine boots up and all looks to be ok. > > When I startx the screen goes purple (on guest) and locks up. The only > error message I

[gentoo-user] qemu-kvm

2011-07-15 Thread john
I am running a gentoo amd64 qemu-kvm virtual image on my gentoo amd64 box. Everything is running well. Machine boots up and all looks to be ok. When I startx the screen goes purple (on guest) and locks up. The only error message I get is on host. KVM internal error. Suberror: 1 emulation failur

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless N PCMCIA/CardBus Recommendations...

2011-07-15 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:54 PM, wrote: > I have always had good luck with Atheros-based cards. HTH. Me too. Plus, they are usually more likely to be able to do the fun stuff like master mode, monitor mode, packet injection...

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless N PCMCIA/CardBus Recommendations...

2011-07-15 Thread ny6p01
I have always had good luck with Atheros-based cards. HTH. Terry

[gentoo-user] Drupal appliance available

2011-07-15 Thread Albert Hopkins
Last night I decided I wanted to create a new Gentoo virtual appliance. So I build a Drupal[1] appliance. Though I really don't know anything about Drupal, but I managed to get one made. I uploaded a "pruned" appliance. Which means I removed the gentoo toolchain, so it's not upgradable or manageab

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

2011-07-15 Thread Michael Mol
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Friday 15 July 2011 15:53:28 Stroller wrote: > >> Every new laptop needs a wifi card, and that'll be miniPCIe. If someone >> is adding wifi to their desktop, then they'll probably use a USB NIC. >> >> When the manufacturer is already mak

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

2011-07-15 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday 15 July 2011 15:53:28 Stroller wrote: > Every new laptop needs a wifi card, and that'll be miniPCIe. If someone > is adding wifi to their desktop, then they'll probably use a USB NIC. > > When the manufacturer is already making lots of miniPCIe cards, what's > the point of making full-s

Re: [gentoo-user] cryptosetup

2011-07-15 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 15.07.2011 16:52, schrieb Kan: > 2011/7/15 Paul Hartman > > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Kan <000i@gmail.com > > wrote: > > I have configured a crypt volume, but i forget the key. :/ > > How to show or

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

2011-07-15 Thread Stroller
On 15 July 2011, at 04:18, Grant wrote: > ... > Thanks, I went with a Ubiquiti SR71-E (ath9k) and miniPCIe->PCIe > adapter. miniPCIe cards seem to be the only well-supported ones with > a really full feature set. The market for miniPCIe wifi cards is surely much *much* larger than for full-size

Re: [gentoo-user] cryptosetup

2011-07-15 Thread Kan
Suppose... i've the key... how to verify that is the same key configured in filesystem, when the system still up? Thanks. 2011/7/15 Paul Hartman > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Kan <000i@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have configured a crypt volume, but i forget the key. :/ > > How to show or ch

Re: [gentoo-user] cryptosetup

2011-07-15 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Kan <000i@gmail.com> wrote: > I have configured a crypt volume, but i forget the key. :/ > How to show or change password of a crypt volume using cryptsetup? Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of encryption if that were possible? I think you can't do anything unl

[gentoo-user] cryptosetup

2011-07-15 Thread Kan
I have configured a crypt volume, but i forget the key. :/ How to show or change password of a crypt volume using cryptsetup? Gratz.

Re: [gentoo-user] Scrabble - like game

2011-07-15 Thread Paul Hartman
2011/7/15 Andrés Becerra Sandoval : > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 4:10 AM, András Csányi wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> I would like to get some help or suggestions. I'm looking for a >> scrabble - like game which is in the portage or in a layman >> repository. I found the Kombination game, but isn't neith

Re: [gentoo-user] overlays

2011-07-15 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Mick wrote: > I'm sure there's an online searchy-thingy for overlays, but can't recall where > I saw it mentioned. http://gpo.zugaina.org/

Re: [gentoo-user] Scrabble - like game

2011-07-15 Thread Andrés Becerra Sandoval
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 4:10 AM, András Csányi wrote: > Dear All, > > I would like to get some help or suggestions. I'm looking for a > scrabble - like game which is in the portage or in a layman > repository. I found the Kombination game, but isn't neither in the > portage, nor layman repo. Isn't

Re: [gentoo-user] overlays

2011-07-15 Thread Mick
On Friday 15 Jul 2011 09:38:22 Thanasis wrote: > on 07/15/2011 11:20 AM Thanasis wrote the following: > > on 07/15/2011 10:54 AM Neil Bothwick wrote the following: > >> "eix-remote update" adds the contents of layman-supported overlays to > >> the eix database, then eix finds the packages i the nor

[gentoo-user] Scrabble - like game

2011-07-15 Thread András Csányi
Dear All, I would like to get some help or suggestions. I'm looking for a scrabble - like game which is in the portage or in a layman repository. I found the Kombination game, but isn't neither in the portage, nor layman repo. Isn't problem to install an application from outside of portage but I w

Re: [gentoo-user] Display corruption

2011-07-15 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 15 July 2011 10:53:46 William Kenworthy did opine thusly: > On Fri, 2011-07-15 at 01:09 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Friday, 15 July 2011 07:02:43 William Kenworthy did opine thusly: > > > Hi, I have just "repurposed" a server to a desktop, added > > > X/gnome and all the usual app

Re: [gentoo-user] overlays

2011-07-15 Thread Thanasis
on 07/15/2011 11:20 AM Thanasis wrote the following: > on 07/15/2011 10:54 AM Neil Bothwick wrote the following: >> >> "eix-remote update" adds the contents of layman-supported overlays to the >> eix database, then eix finds the packages i the normal way. Just run >> eix-remote after eix-update. >>

Re: [gentoo-user] overlays

2011-07-15 Thread Thanasis
on 07/15/2011 10:54 AM Neil Bothwick wrote the following: > > "eix-remote update" adds the contents of layman-supported overlays to the > eix database, then eix finds the packages i the normal way. Just run > eix-remote after eix-update. > I had done that, but had run eix-update afterwards, with

Re: [gentoo-user] overlays

2011-07-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:36:41 +0300, Thanasis wrote: > >> Can someone remind me please, how can to search all overlays > >> (including those not installed locally) for a certain package? > > > > If I recall correctly, you use eix-remote for getting the info. > > Are you sure? I still don'

Re: [gentoo-user] overlays

2011-07-15 Thread Thanasis
on 07/15/2011 10:19 AM Dale wrote the following: > Thanasis wrote: >> Can someone remind me please, how can to search all overlays (including >> those not installed locally) for a certain package? > > If I recall correctly, you use eix-remote for getting the info. Are you sure? I still don't

Re: [gentoo-user] overlays

2011-07-15 Thread Dale
Thanasis wrote: Can someone remind me please, how can to search all overlays (including those not installed locally) for a certain package? If I recall correctly, you use eix-remote for getting the info. That may give you something to look into at least. Hope that helps. Dale :-) :

[gentoo-user] overlays

2011-07-15 Thread Thanasis
Can someone remind me please, how can to search all overlays (including those not installed locally) for a certain package?