[gentoo-user] Multiseat -- LTSP?

2012-01-28 Thread Grant
I'd like to have multiple users working from separate monitors, keyboards, and mice, but all connected to a single Gentoo computer. The main purpose is to minimize sys admin duties but hardware and power requirements would also be minimized. Apparently this is called "multiseat" and native support

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-text/xpdf

2012-01-28 Thread Philip Webb
120128 Mick tried to emerge epdfview and it failed: > # emerge -uaDv epdfview > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild N ] app-text/epdfview-0.1.6-r1 USE="cups nls -test" 397 kB > [snip ...] > PDFDocument.cxx: In member function ‘v

Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network

2012-01-28 Thread Adam Carter
There were a few kernels that broke iwlagn. Iirc it was 3.1.5 and 3.1.6. So i'd suggest you stick to troubleshooting on a kernel you know has previously worked, or a very recent one.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: urlview+Firefox 9 not co-operating

2012-01-28 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 03:53:11PM -0600, ??Q?? wrote > On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:35:46 -0500 > "Walter Dnes" wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 11:08:12AM +0100, Florian Philipp wrote > > > > > Add --no-remote to firefox's parameters. > ^^ > -no-remote > ^ I did notice that, and tried

Re: [gentoo-user] Python+readline?

2012-01-28 Thread Daniel Troeder
On 28.01.2012 10:01, Walter Dnes wrote: > I've enabled the readline flag for the python build, but it doesn't > seem to work. Are there any other settings I'm missing? > daniel@moja ~ $ cat .pythonstartup #!/usr/bin/python try: import readline except ImportError: print "Module readline

[gentoo-user] Re: Python+readline?

2012-01-28 Thread walt
On 01/28/2012 01:01 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: > I've enabled the readline flag for the python build, but it doesn't > seem to work. I see that my python has the readline flag set, but I don't know what it does so I don't know if it's working. How can I tell?

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: urlview+Firefox 9 not co-operating

2012-01-28 Thread »Q«
On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:35:46 -0500 "Walter Dnes" wrote: > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 11:08:12AM +0100, Florian Philipp wrote > > > Add --no-remote to firefox's parameters. ^^ -no-remote ^ > Something is badly broken here. I still get the same error message. > Can someone post a working

Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network

2012-01-28 Thread pat
On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:42:52 -0500, Michael Mol wrote > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 3:31 PM, pat wrote: > > On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:08:17 +, Mick wrote > >> On Saturday 28 Jan 2012 17:00:35 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > >> > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 6:52 AM, pat wrote: > >> > > On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 1

Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network

2012-01-28 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 3:31 PM, pat wrote: > On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:08:17 +, Mick wrote >> On Saturday 28 Jan 2012 17:00:35 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >> > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 6:52 AM, pat wrote: >> > > On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:46:37 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote >> > > >> > >> Am 28.01.201

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: urlview+Firefox 9 not co-operating

2012-01-28 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 11:08:12AM +0100, Florian Philipp wrote > Add --no-remote to firefox's parameters. Something is badly broken here. I still get the same error message. Can someone post a working .urlview file? The urlview man page talks about a default /etc/urlview.conf, but there's no

Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network

2012-01-28 Thread pat
On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:08:17 +, Mick wrote > On Saturday 28 Jan 2012 17:00:35 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 6:52 AM, pat wrote: > > > On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:46:37 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote > > > > > >> Am 28.01.2012 12:38, schrieb pat: > > >> > Hi, > > >> > > > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] can't have anymore multi desktop

2012-01-28 Thread Stephane Guedon
Le samedi 28 janvier 2012 20:44:48, Frank Steinmetzger a écrit : > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 08:25:41PM +0100, Stephane Guedon wrote: > > Hi all > > > > On kde, I don't have anymore the multi desktop plasmoïd. > > I don't know what to do… > > Can someone help me ? > > Thanks > > Well, add it again.

Re: [gentoo-user] can't have anymore multi desktop

2012-01-28 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 08:25:41PM +0100, Stephane Guedon wrote: > Hi all > > On kde, I don't have anymore the multi desktop plasmoïd. > I don't know what to do… > Can someone help me ? > Thanks Well, add it again. Unlock the widgets if necessary (desktop context menu), click the cashew on the p

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-text/xpdf

2012-01-28 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 06:06:33PM +, Mick wrote: > > > another application (e.g. a browser) but unlike xpdf I have not found a > > > way of saving a file once opened without having to redownload it with > > > the browser. > > > > I'd look into /tmp, it'll probably be there. > > It used to b

[gentoo-user] can't have anymore multi desktop

2012-01-28 Thread Stephane Guedon
Hi all On kde, I don't have anymore the multi desktop plasmoïd. I don't know what to do… Can someone help me ? Thanks signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network

2012-01-28 Thread Mick
On Saturday 28 Jan 2012 17:00:35 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 6:52 AM, pat wrote: > > On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:46:37 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote > > > >> Am 28.01.2012 12:38, schrieb pat: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I've used wireless network about half of a year ago. Now I n

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-text/xpdf

2012-01-28 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 28.01.2012 19:06, schrieb Mick: > On Saturday 28 Jan 2012 10:51:23 Jesús J. Guerrero Botella wrote: >> 2012/1/28 Mick : >>> On Saturday 28 Jan 2012 10:03:42 Philip Webb wrote: >> ... >> >>> another application (e.g. a browser) but unlike xpdf I have not found a >>> way of saving a file once open

[gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-text/xpdf

2012-01-28 Thread walt
On 01/28/2012 10:06 AM, Mick wrote: > It used to be the case that FF would drop temporary downloads in /tmp, but I > can't find them in there any more. It may depend on which FF plugin is displaying the download, not sure. Anyway, you might try lsof while FF is still displaying it. i.e. pause th

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-text/xpdf

2012-01-28 Thread Mick
On Saturday 28 Jan 2012 13:30:50 Philip Webb wrote: > 120128 Sergei Trofimovich wrote: > >> Is there an alternative which doesn't require eg 'kdelibs' or similar ? > >> In my netbook, Xpdf is the only method I have of reading PDFs, > >> as I use Fluxbox & don't have KDE installed at all. > > > > I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-text/xpdf

2012-01-28 Thread Mick
On Saturday 28 Jan 2012 10:51:23 Jesús J. Guerrero Botella wrote: > 2012/1/28 Mick : > > On Saturday 28 Jan 2012 10:03:42 Philip Webb wrote: > ... > > > another application (e.g. a browser) but unlike xpdf I have not found a > > way of saving a file once opened without having to redownload it with

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Clicking on URLs in kmail-1.13.7 launches libreoffice

2012-01-28 Thread Mick
On Saturday 28 Jan 2012 15:23:01 walt wrote: > On 01/26/2012 01:18 AM, Mick wrote: > > Over the last couple of weeks I noticed that when I click on a URL in an > > email I get libreoffice launching a few seconds after Konqueror has > > opened up the URL. > > Not sure it's really the same thing, bu

Re: [gentoo-user] advice about Gentoo (Oracle, Java, VMWare...)

2012-01-28 Thread AGagliardi
Il 26/01/2012 13:05, Mihamina Rakotomandimby ha scritto: Context - I admin a server for PHP and Java Web developers - I have to run a Gentoo host which have LXC guests (also Gentoo-only). - About the LXC guests -- 1 LXC guest with PHP4 (with custom ./configure options) -- 1 LXC guest with PHP 5.2

Re: [gentoo-user] net-print/cups-1.4.8-r1: samba use flag?

2012-01-28 Thread Niccolò Belli
Il 28/01/2012 18:07, Canek Peláez Valdés ha scritto: Apparently, it wasn't used. So I will still be able to print through windows printers shared with the smb protocol?

[gentoo-user] Re: Clicking on URLs in kmail-1.13.7 launches libreoffice

2012-01-28 Thread walt
On 01/26/2012 01:18 AM, Mick wrote: > Over the last couple of weeks I noticed that when I click on a URL in an > email > I get libreoffice launching a few seconds after Konqueror has opened up the > URL. Not sure it's really the same thing, but I saw libreoffice open when clicking on, um, I'm

[gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-text/xpdf

2012-01-28 Thread walt
On 01/27/2012 07:24 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Philip Webb wrote: >> I very much hope there is at least an alternative >> or otherwise some reconsideration of removing Xpdf from Gentoo. > > I use evince, myself. Me too, but it does require some cruft from gnome.

[gentoo-user] Re: gnome-control-center any way to configure without pulseaudio?

2012-01-28 Thread walt
On 01/26/2012 08:55 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: >> An answer from a different Walter ... >> >>> I also don't use pulse - plain ALSA is good enough for me - but looking >>> over the design goals for pulseaudio I see a decent attempt to deal

[gentoo-user] Re: Corrupted font in gtk apps.

2012-01-28 Thread walt
On 01/27/2012 04:23 AM, Robert David wrote: > Hi, > > after recent update I encountered a problem with fonts. They looks ugly > and somehow corrupted. I see that in gtk apps I use, but maybe it is > also in other apps. I don't have that problem now but when I've seen it in the past it was becaus

Re: [gentoo-user] net-print/cups-1.4.8-r1: samba use flag?

2012-01-28 Thread Dale
Niccolò Belli wrote: > Hi, > Why did you remove the samba use flag? > > Darkbasic > > Why did "who" remove the samba USE flag? I haven't seen anything on -dev about a change. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my

Re: [gentoo-user] net-print/cups-1.4.8-r1: samba use flag?

2012-01-28 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
2012/1/28 Niccolò Belli : > Hi, > Why did you remove the samba use flag? >From the ChangeLog (http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/net-print/cups/ChangeLog?view=markup): 27 Jan 2012; Andreas K. Huettel cups-1.4.8-r1.ebuild, cups-1.4.8-r23.ebuild, cups-1.5.0-r3.ebuild:

Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network

2012-01-28 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 6:52 AM, pat wrote: > On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:46:37 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote >> Am 28.01.2012 12:38, schrieb pat: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I've used wireless network about half of a year ago. Now I need it and it >> > doesn't start :-( My gentoo is up to date. >> > >> > I'm us

[gentoo-user] net-print/cups-1.4.8-r1: samba use flag?

2012-01-28 Thread Niccolò Belli
Hi, Why did you remove the samba use flag? Darkbasic

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-text/xpdf

2012-01-28 Thread Philip Webb
120128 Sergei Trofimovich wrote: >> Is there an alternative which doesn't require eg 'kdelibs' or similar ? >> In my netbook, Xpdf is the only method I have of reading PDFs, >> as I use Fluxbox & don't have KDE installed at all. > It should not stop you from trying okular (kdelibs based) Well no !

Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network

2012-01-28 Thread pat
On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:46:37 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote > Am 28.01.2012 12:38, schrieb pat: > > Hi, > > > > I've used wireless network about half of a year ago. Now I need it and it > > doesn't start :-( My gentoo is up to date. > > > > I'm using network manager (and it's nm-applet). > > > > W

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-text/xpdf

2012-01-28 Thread Sergei Trofimovich
> Is there an alternative which doesn't require eg 'kdelibs' or similar ? > In my netbook, Xpdf is the only method I have of reading PDFs, > as I use Fluxbox & don't have KDE installed at all. It should not stop you from trying okular (kdelibs based) and evince (libgnome based). They are really ne

Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network

2012-01-28 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 28.01.2012 12:38, schrieb pat: > Hi, > > I've used wireless network about half of a year ago. Now I need it and it > doesn't start :-( My gentoo is up to date. > > I'm using network manager (and it's nm-applet). > > Wireless info: > description: Wireless interface > product: WiFi Link 6000 Se

[gentoo-user] lost wireless network

2012-01-28 Thread pat
Hi, I've used wireless network about half of a year ago. Now I need it and it doesn't start :-( My gentoo is up to date. I'm using network manager (and it's nm-applet). Wireless info: description: Wireless interface product: WiFi Link 6000 Series vendor: Intel Corporation capabilities: pm msi pc

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-text/xpdf

2012-01-28 Thread Jesús J . Guerrero Botella
2012/1/28 Mick : > On Saturday 28 Jan 2012 10:03:42 Philip Webb wrote: ... > another application (e.g. a browser) but unlike xpdf I have not found a way of > saving a file once opened without having to redownload it with the browser. I'd look into /tmp, it'll probably be there. -- Jesús Guerrero

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-text/xpdf

2012-01-28 Thread Mick
On Saturday 28 Jan 2012 10:03:42 Philip Webb wrote: > 120128 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > One of the reasons for the 30 day warning > > is to give you time to copy the ebuild to a local overlay > > if you want to continue running the software at your own risk. > > I've already copied /usr/portage/app

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: urlview+Firefox 9 not co-operating

2012-01-28 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 28.01.2012 08:44, schrieb Walter Dnes: > After the upgrade to Firefox 9, urlview no longer works. I get a > dialog box with... > > > Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, > you must fi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-text/xpdf

2012-01-28 Thread Philip Webb
120128 Neil Bothwick wrote: > One of the reasons for the 30 day warning > is to give you time to copy the ebuild to a local overlay > if you want to continue running the software at your own risk. I've already copied /usr/portage/app-text/xpdf/ to /usr/local/src/ : is there anything else I will

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-text/xpdf

2012-01-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:58:16 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: > I very much hope there is at least an alternative > or otherwise some reconsideration of removing Xpdf from Gentoo. One of the reasons for the 30 day warning is to give you time to copy the ebuild to a local overlay if you want to continue

[gentoo-user] Python+readline?

2012-01-28 Thread Walter Dnes
I've enabled the readline flag for the python build, but it doesn't seem to work. Are there any other settings I'm missing? -- Walter Dnes