Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-08 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Feb 9, 2012 2:29 PM, "Andrew Tchernoivanov" wrote: > > > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> >> Ah, thank you! >> >> I'll still burn a CD, though. Much easier to reboot from a CD than having to edit grub in 10+ boxes. >> >> Rgds, > > > You could also use unetbootin to mak

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-08 Thread Andrew Tchernoivanov
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > Ah, thank you! > > I'll still burn a CD, though. Much easier to reboot from a CD than having > to edit grub in 10+ boxes. > > Rgds, > You could also use unetbootin to make bootable USB-stick. -- С уважением, Черноиванов Андрей

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-08 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Feb 9, 2012 1:50 PM, "Andrew Tchernoivanov" wrote: > > I use SystemRescueCD and a tool called AIDA. It shows hardware information in more "friendly" > way by using ncurses. And also there is no need to boot LiveCD itself - it stars form grub. > Ah, thank you! I'll still burn a CD, though. Muc

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-08 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Feb 9, 2012 12:58 PM, "Joshua Murphy" wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > Excuse me for starting an off-topic thread, > > > > But do any of you guys/gals know of a Live CD distro that can perform > > hardware audit? i.e., detect installed processor model, RAM pa

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-08 Thread Andrew Tchernoivanov
I use SystemRescueCD and a tool called AIDA. It shows hardware information in more "friendly" way by using ncurses. And also there is no need to boot LiveCD itself - it stars form grub. On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Joshua Murphy wrote: > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote: >

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-08 Thread Joshua Murphy
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > Excuse me for starting an off-topic thread, > > But do any of you guys/gals know of a Live CD distro that can perform > hardware audit? i.e., detect installed processor model, RAM parameters & > layout, etc. > > It's gotta be a Live CD because

Re: [gentoo-user] Google - can not open any link

2012-02-08 Thread Joseph
On 02/08/12 23:24, Walter Dnes wrote: On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 11:58:26AM -0700, Joseph wrote You are right on; I disable Java in firefox and now can open links in google search. This is getting strange. One day it is working and next day it stops (I did not even installed anything). Though,

Re: [gentoo-user] Google - can not open any link

2012-02-08 Thread Walter Dnes
On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 11:58:26AM -0700, Joseph wrote > You are right on; I disable Java in firefox and now can open links > in google search. This is getting strange. One day it is working > and next day it stops (I did not even installed anything). > > Though, I do accept cookies selectively

[gentoo-user] [OT] Linux Live CD to perform hardware audit?

2012-02-08 Thread Pandu Poluan
Excuse me for starting an off-topic thread, But do any of you guys/gals know of a Live CD distro that can perform hardware audit? i.e., detect installed processor model, RAM parameters & layout, etc. It's gotta be a Live CD because the boxes currently installed are running either VMware or XenSer

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Quick and dirty install of google chrome binary package

2012-02-08 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 08 Feb 2012 22:47:01 walt wrote: > On 02/08/2012 01:47 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 16:45:18 + > > > > Mick wrote: > >> Must you use Chrome? What's wrong with Chromium? > > > > Chrome is a binary blob > > Chromium is built from source > > There used to be a c

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Quick and dirty install of google chrome binary package

2012-02-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:47:01 -0800 walt wrote: > On 02/08/2012 01:47 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 16:45:18 + > > Mick wrote: > > >> Must you use Chrome? What's wrong with Chromium? > > > Chrome is a binary blob > > Chromium is built from source > > There used to be a

[gentoo-user] Re: Quick and dirty install of google chrome binary package

2012-02-08 Thread walt
On 02/08/2012 01:47 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 16:45:18 + Mick wrote: Must you use Chrome? What's wrong with Chromium? Chrome is a binary blob Chromium is built from source There used to be a chromium-bin a while ago but the maintainer got fed up with the hassles of b

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Quick and dirty install of google chrome binary package

2012-02-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 16:45:18 + Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 07 Feb 2012 17:53:59 walt wrote: > > On 02/07/2012 09:16 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > On Feb 8, 2012 12:03 AM, "walt" > > > > > > wrote: > > >> Now that Pandu has mentioned it, I can edit the google-chrome > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering MySQL Database from EXT4 Formatted Hard Disk ...

2012-02-08 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 08 Feb 2012 11:33:42 Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote: > On 08.02.2012 12:02, Michael Mol wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Christopher Kurtis Koeber > > > > wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I am trying to recover MySQL databases (which were properly shut > >> down) from an EXT4 fo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Quick and dirty install of google chrome binary package

2012-02-08 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 07 Feb 2012 17:53:59 walt wrote: > On 02/07/2012 09:16 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > On Feb 8, 2012 12:03 AM, "walt" > > > > wrote: > >> Now that Pandu has mentioned it, I can edit the google-chrome > >> ebuild to do what I want :) The part where I install the o

Re: [gentoo-user] Google privacy changes

2012-02-08 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Feb 9, 2012 1:35 AM, "Michael Mol" wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > > On Feb 8, 2012 10:57 PM, "Michael Mol" wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Paul Hartman > >> wrote: > >> > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:55 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > >> >> > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Google - can not open any link

2012-02-08 Thread Joseph
On 02/08/12 19:28, Michael Hampicke wrote: Am 08.02.2012 19:24, schrieb Joseph: I can not seem to open any link in Google search engine. I'm using firefox-9.0 Google search display the result but when I try to open it it doesn't work. I don't have any plugin's installed Proxy is set to "no-pr

Re: [gentoo-user] Google privacy changes

2012-02-08 Thread Michael Mol
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > On Feb 8, 2012 10:57 PM, "Michael Mol" wrote: >> >> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Paul Hartman >> wrote: >> > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:55 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> >> >> >> On Jan 27, 2012 11:18 PM, "Paul Hartman" >> >> >> >> wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Google - can not open any link

2012-02-08 Thread Michael Hampicke
Am 08.02.2012 19:24, schrieb Joseph: > I can not seem to open any link in Google search engine. I'm using > firefox-9.0 > Google search display the result but when I try to open it it doesn't work. > > I don't have any plugin's installed > Proxy is set to "no-proxy" > > By 2nd. backup computer

Re: [gentoo-user] (s)mplayer problems

2012-02-08 Thread Michael Hampicke
> Still, I have no sound. > > I have re-emerged ffmpeg but still > > mplayer displays > > Xlib: extension "NV-GLX" missing on display ":0". > [vdpau] Error when calling vdp_device_create_x11: 1 > Xlib: extension "XVideo" missing on display ":0". > [VO_XV] Sorry, Xv not supported by this X11 ve

[gentoo-user] Google - can not open any link

2012-02-08 Thread Joseph
I can not seem to open any link in Google search engine. I'm using firefox-9.0 Google search display the result but when I try to open it it doesn't work. I don't have any plugin's installed Proxy is set to "no-proxy" By 2nd. backup computer as the same problem. Trying open any link from Google

Re: [gentoo-user] (s)mplayer problems

2012-02-08 Thread Stroller
On 8 February 2012, at 15:01, Stroller wrote: > On 8 February 2012, at 13:40, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >>> ... >>> Run mplayer on the command line and see what error it throws. Paste >>> it here. >> >> Unfortunately, that's impossible. >> >> mplayer starts, opens a window and then segfaults, i.e.

Re: [gentoo-user] caldav calendar

2012-02-08 Thread Yohan Pereira
On Wednesday 08 Feb 2012 22:54:47 William Kenworthy wrote: > I want to set up a single, simple calendar server using caldav to share > between evolution, ipads, iphones and thunderbird at home - light > use/duty. > > Ive just tried "radicale" which is in an overlay but its not working for > me. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Google privacy changes

2012-02-08 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Feb 8, 2012 10:57 PM, "Michael Mol" wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Paul Hartman > wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:55 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > >> > >> On Jan 27, 2012 11:18 PM, "Paul Hartman" > >> wrote: > >>> > >> > >> >8 snippage > >> > >>> > >>> BTW, the Baidu spider

Re: [gentoo-user] (s)mplayer problems

2012-02-08 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 02/08/2012 03:04:50 PM, Carlos Hendson wrote: > On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 14:40 +0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > On 02/08/2012 02:07:55 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: > > > On Wed 08 Feb 2012 06:31:19 PM IST, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I need some advice. > > > > > > > > Sinc

Re: [gentoo-user] Google privacy changes

2012-02-08 Thread Michael Mol
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:55 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> >> On Jan 27, 2012 11:18 PM, "Paul Hartman" >> wrote: >>> >> >> >8 snippage >> >>> >>> BTW, the Baidu spider hits my site more than all of the others combined... >>> >> >> Somewhat

Re: [gentoo-user] Google privacy changes

2012-02-08 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:55 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > On Jan 27, 2012 11:18 PM, "Paul Hartman" > wrote: >> > > >8 snippage > >> >> BTW, the Baidu spider hits my site more than all of the others combined... >> > > Somewhat anecdotal, and definitely veering way off-topic, but Baidu was the >

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: SeAndroid build on a Gentoo System?

2012-02-08 Thread James
Hinnerk van Bruinehsen fu-berlin.de> writes: > I own a Galaxy Nexus - up to now I encountered a bug in finding the > tools.jar of JDK (Google helped here) and a problem due to the fact > that I use hardened for building (TEXTREL, I think). I'll try a stage > 3 non hardened chroot later... How d

Re: [gentoo-user] (s)mplayer problems

2012-02-08 Thread Stroller
On 8 February 2012, at 13:40, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> ... >> Run mplayer on the command line and see what error it throws. Paste >> it here. > > Unfortunately, that's impossible. > > mplayer starts, opens a window and then segfaults, i.e. kills Xorg and > forces me to reboot the machine. Ju

[gentoo-user] caldav calendar

2012-02-08 Thread William Kenworthy
I want to set up a single, simple calendar server using caldav to share between evolution, ipads, iphones and thunderbird at home - light use/duty. Ive just tried "radicale" which is in an overlay but its not working for me. Is there a simple caldav server that is easy to set up and is known to w

[gentoo-user] Re: hwclock <--> sysclock and the ntp-client

2012-02-08 Thread James
gmx.de> writes: > PS: I need a correct hwclock since I want to wake the system via the > hwclock. Hello Meino, date, reads the "software clock" hwclock -rreads the "hardware clock" hwclock -r ; date so I use this to manually check if they are syncd. If not use this to set the hw

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: SeAndroid build on a Gentoo System?

2012-02-08 Thread Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08.02.2012 15:22, James wrote: > Hinnerk van Bruinehsen fu-berlin.de> writes: > > >>> Has anyone built or installed SE-android onto a Sumsung Nexus >>> (or similar) cell phone, using a Gentoo development >>> environment? > >> I don't know, why i

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: SeAndroid build on a Gentoo System?

2012-02-08 Thread James
Hinnerk van Bruinehsen fu-berlin.de> writes: > > Has anyone built or installed SE-android onto a Sumsung Nexus (or > > similar) cell phone, using a Gentoo development environment? > I don't know, why it shouldn't work. At the moment I'm syncing the > repo, then I'll try it myself. Ah, Great ne

Re: [gentoo-user] (s)mplayer problems

2012-02-08 Thread Carlos Hendson
On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 14:40 +0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 02/08/2012 02:07:55 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: > > On Wed 08 Feb 2012 06:31:19 PM IST, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I need some advice. > > > > > > Since a short time I have tremendous problems with mplayer / > > smpl

Re: [gentoo-user] (s)mplayer problems

2012-02-08 Thread Michael Mol
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 02/08/2012 02:07:55 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: >> On Wed 08 Feb 2012 06:31:19 PM IST, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I need some advice. >> > >> > Since a short time I have tremendous problems with mplayer / >> smplayer >> >

Re: [gentoo-user] (s)mplayer problems

2012-02-08 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 02/08/2012 02:07:55 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: > On Wed 08 Feb 2012 06:31:19 PM IST, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I need some advice. > > > > Since a short time I have tremendous problems with mplayer / > smplayer > > and I don't know why. > > > > First, vlc works just fine, i.e. v

Re: [gentoo-user] (s)mplayer problems

2012-02-08 Thread Nilesh Govindrajan
On Wed 08 Feb 2012 06:31:19 PM IST, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > I need some advice. > > Since a short time I have tremendous problems with mplayer / smplayer > and I don't know why. > > First, vlc works just fine, i.e. video and audio > > Second, mplayer produces a segment fault within fglrx

[gentoo-user] (s)mplayer problems

2012-02-08 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, I need some advice. Since a short time I have tremendous problems with mplayer / smplayer and I don't know why. First, vlc works just fine, i.e. video and audio Second, mplayer produces a segment fault within fglrx (ati- drivers-12.1-r1 with gentoo-sources-3.2.x) Third, smplayer does show

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering MySQL Database from EXT4 Formatted Hard Disk ...

2012-02-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:28:50 -0500, Christopher Kurtis Koeber wrote: > With PhotoRec, I can recover parts of the MySQL Database but I cannot > get the important *.MYD files because I guess PhotoRec doesn't have the > signatures for that type of file. AFAIR Photorec will recover any type of file

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering MySQL Database from EXT4 Formatted Hard Disk ...

2012-02-08 Thread Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08.02.2012 12:02, Michael Mol wrote: > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Christopher Kurtis Koeber > wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to recover MySQL databases (which were properly shut >> down) from an EXT4 formatted hard disk. > > What happen

Re: [gentoo-user] firefox-9.0 won't compile

2012-02-08 Thread Corentin RIVOT
Looks your variable MAKEOPT in make.conf. Decrease the "-jX" flag for "-j1" can solve the problem but your problem it's still strange. It is possible that this comes from a lack of ram. regards, On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 5:03 AM, Grant wrote: > > I'using CFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -pipe -msse4.1" >

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering MySQL Database from EXT4 Formatted Hard Disk ...

2012-02-08 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Christopher Kurtis Koeber wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to recover MySQL databases (which were properly shut down) from > an EXT4 formatted hard disk. What happened to require the recovery? Which parts of the database server shut down properly, and which didn't?

Re: [gentoo-user] HEADS UP - postfix-2.9.0 is broken

2012-02-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 09:05:20 +0700 Pandu Poluan wrote: > > My usual routine for doing a global update is > > > > emerge -avuND world > > conf-update > > emerge -av @preserved-rebuild > > revdep-rebuild -p -i (then without -p if something is found) > > emerge -a --depclean > > view portage logs and

Re: [gentoo-user] Google privacy changes

2012-02-08 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Jan 27, 2012 11:18 PM, "Paul Hartman" wrote: > >8 snippage > > BTW, the Baidu spider hits my site more than all of the others combined... > Somewhat anecdotal, and definitely veering way off-topic, but Baidu was the reason why my company decided to change our webhosting company: Its spi

Re: [gentoo-user] Google privacy changes

2012-02-08 Thread Dale
I know this thread is a few weeks old but it is still highly related. I found this: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/02/what-actually-changed-google%27s-privacy-policy Maybe it ain't so bad after all. Someone posted it wasn't tho. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ...