Re: [gentoo-user] python 2.x vs 3.x

2012-02-18 Thread meino . cramer
Mark Knecht [12-02-19 03:13]: > In a current thread started by Meino where he is having trouble > emerging hydrogen he reported the following quoted data to Neil. I > don't believe Neil has responded yet but Meino's data brought me back > to a question I've meant to ask for a while so I'll take th

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: RFC: are you able to use "elogv" as a non-root user?

2012-02-18 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 19/02/12 04:00, Dale wrote: >> I changed mine to run as root a long time ago. I could view the logs >> but I could not delete the old ones when I was done. That would give a >> permissions error. I just tried it again just now as a user and it >> spits out this whe

Re: [gentoo-user] alternative to thunderbird?

2012-02-18 Thread ny6p01
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 12:28:44PM -0800, Grant wrote: > I just switched from firefox to chromium (thanks to you guys) and I'm > loving it. What would you recommend for getting away from > thunderbird? I'm looking for something simple and minimal. > > - Grant > I like mutt. Takes some work get

[gentoo-user] Re: RFC: are you able to use "elogv" as a non-root user?

2012-02-18 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 19/02/12 04:00, Dale wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:28:11 +0200 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: This isn't an important issue, but it still bugs me a bit (curiosity killed the cat.) Some while ago (no idea when exactly, could be 6 months ago or a year ago), I stopped being ab

Re: [gentoo-user] RFC: are you able to use "elogv" as a non-root user?

2012-02-18 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:28:11 +0200 > Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> This isn't an important issue, but it still bugs me a bit (curiosity >> killed the cat.) Some while ago (no idea when exactly, could be 6 >> months ago or a year ago), I stopped being able to use "elogv"

Re: [gentoo-user] python 2.x vs 3.x

2012-02-18 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > In a current thread started by Meino where he is having trouble > emerging hydrogen he reported the following quoted data to Neil. I > don't believe Neil has responded yet but Meino's data brought me back > to a question I've meant to ask for a

Re: [gentoo-user] alternative to thunderbird?

2012-02-18 Thread Grant
> I liked Claws when I used it before. If you really want lightweight, though, > try mutt, which is a terminal-based mail program that supports OpenPGP and > IMAP. > > There is also a new option, but it is written in Ruby and is therefore not > lightweight. But it is also a terminal client and alle

Re: [gentoo-user] alternative to thunderbird?

2012-02-18 Thread Michael Trausch
I liked Claws when I used it before. If you really want lightweight, though, try mutt, which is a terminal-based mail program that supports OpenPGP and IMAP. There is also a new option, but it is written in Ruby and is therefore not lightweight. But it is also a terminal client and allegedly is be

Re: [gentoo-user] alternative to thunderbird?

2012-02-18 Thread Grant
>>> I just switched from firefox to chromium (thanks to you guys) and I'm >>> loving it.  What would you recommend for getting away from >>> thunderbird?  I'm looking for something simple and minimal. >>> >>> - Grant >>> >> >> claws-mail >> >> It takes some getting used to as all the nice >> cute g

Re: [gentoo-user] I want to play movies without hangs

2012-02-18 Thread Alex Schuster
Urs Schutz writes: > Just an idea: Is the disk OK? Replace /dev/sda with your > disk... > > smartctl -t short /dev/sda > > and after some minutes > > smartctl --all /dev/sda > > If all went OK then the status is «PASSED», and you could > try the extended or long tests with smartctl. I have sm

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anybody using lightdm?

2012-02-18 Thread Grant
>>> Has anyone set up lightdm?  I'm using it with the default config >>> file but I get a black screen with no error in Xorg.0.log.  gdm >>> works fine. Any ideas? >>> >>> - Grant >> >> I switched to SLiM and I like it but I wish there were a way to >> restart and/or shutdown from the login screen.

[gentoo-user] python 2.x vs 3.x

2012-02-18 Thread Mark Knecht
In a current thread started by Meino where he is having trouble emerging hydrogen he reported the following quoted data to Neil. I don't believe Neil has responded yet but Meino's data brought me back to a question I've meant to ask for a while so I'll take this opportunity. >From Meino: With

Re: [gentoo-user] I want to play movies without hangs

2012-02-18 Thread Urs Schutz
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:04:07 +0100 Alex Schuster wrote: ... > > Then I tried another video, again with the settings you > suggested, and it stuttered. There were small pauses when > the system did some stuff, and when I did my dd test, the > pauses were as long as five seconds. FIVE SECONDS! >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anybody using lightdm?

2012-02-18 Thread Michael Cook
On 02/18/2012 05:15 PM, Grant wrote: >> Has anyone set up lightdm? I'm using it with the default config >> file but I get a black screen with no error in Xorg.0.log. gdm >> works fine. Any ideas? >> >> - Grant > > I switched to SLiM and I like it but I wish there were a way to > restart and/or

Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody using lightdm?

2012-02-18 Thread Grant
>> Has anyone set up lightdm?  I'm using it with the default config file >> but I get a black screen with no error in Xorg.0.log.  gdm works fine. >>  Any ideas? > > I'm not using lightdm, but my understanding is that it's as minimalist > as you can get while still technically using a display manag

[gentoo-user] Re: Anybody using lightdm?

2012-02-18 Thread Grant
> Has anyone set up lightdm?  I'm using it with the default config file > but I get a black screen with no error in Xorg.0.log.  gdm works fine. >  Any ideas? > > - Grant I switched to SLiM and I like it but I wish there were a way to restart and/or shutdown from the login screen. I had to emerge

Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody using lightdm?

2012-02-18 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Grant wrote: > Has anyone set up lightdm?  I'm using it with the default config file > but I get a black screen with no error in Xorg.0.log.  gdm works fine. >  Any ideas? I'm not using lightdm, but my understanding is that it's as minimalist as you can get while

Re: [gentoo-user] alternative to thunderbird?

2012-02-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:26:42 +0100 Alex Schuster wrote: > Michael Mol writes: > > > If you're already building KDE, KMail was decent. > > Yes. It was. > > Wonko > How true. kmail jumped the shark at 4.3, jumped the couch at 4.4 and everything since has been a descent into madness. A

Re: [gentoo-user] alternative to thunderbird?

2012-02-18 Thread Alex Schuster
Michael Mol writes: > If you're already building KDE, KMail was decent. Yes. It was. Wonko

[gentoo-user] Anybody using lightdm?

2012-02-18 Thread Grant
Has anyone set up lightdm? I'm using it with the default config file but I get a black screen with no error in Xorg.0.log. gdm works fine. Any ideas? - Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] alternative to thunderbird?

2012-02-18 Thread Grant
>> I just switched from firefox to chromium (thanks to you guys) and I'm >> loving it.  What would you recommend for getting away from >> thunderbird?  I'm looking for something simple and minimal. >> >> - Grant >> > > claws-mail > > It takes some getting used to as all the nice > cute gui stuff is

Re: [gentoo-user] alternative to thunderbird?

2012-02-18 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:28:44 -0800 > Grant wrote: > >> I just switched from firefox to chromium (thanks to you guys) and I'm >> loving it.  What would you recommend for getting away from >> thunderbird?  I'm looking for something simple and

Re: [gentoo-user] alternative to thunderbird?

2012-02-18 Thread Alecks Gates
I've never used it, but I've heard good things about Sylpheed. I'm using Evolution now and it's nearly the opposite of lightweight, but I love its integration into GNOME 3. On Feb 18, 2012 3:30 PM, "Grant" wrote: > I just switched from firefox to chromium (thanks to you guys) and I'm > loving it

Re: [gentoo-user] RFC: are you able to use "elogv" as a non-root user?

2012-02-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:28:11 +0200 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > This isn't an important issue, but it still bugs me a bit (curiosity > killed the cat.) Some while ago (no idea when exactly, could be 6 > months ago or a year ago), I stopped being able to use "elogv" as a > regular user. Somethi

Re: [gentoo-user] alternative to thunderbird?

2012-02-18 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Grant wrote: > I just switched from firefox to chromium (thanks to you guys) and I'm > loving it.  What would you recommend for getting away from > thunderbird?  I'm looking for something simple and minimal. I still stick with Thunderbird or Evolution, myself. Onc

Re: [gentoo-user] alternative to thunderbird?

2012-02-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:28:44 -0800 Grant wrote: > I just switched from firefox to chromium (thanks to you guys) and I'm > loving it. What would you recommend for getting away from > thunderbird? I'm looking for something simple and minimal. > > - Grant > claws-mail It takes some getting use

[gentoo-user] alternative to thunderbird?

2012-02-18 Thread Grant
I just switched from firefox to chromium (thanks to you guys) and I'm loving it. What would you recommend for getting away from thunderbird? I'm looking for something simple and minimal. - Grant

[gentoo-user] RFC: are you able to use "elogv" as a non-root user?

2012-02-18 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
This isn't an important issue, but it still bugs me a bit (curiosity killed the cat.) Some while ago (no idea when exactly, could be 6 months ago or a year ago), I stopped being able to use "elogv" as a regular user. Something had changed the permissions of the "/var/log/portage" and "/var/l

Re: [gentoo-user] libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 broken ?

2012-02-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:57:17 + Neil Bothwick wrote: > OK, if you want to play genlop Top Trumps > > [root@hactar ~ 0]% genlop -t libreoffice > * app-office/libreoffice > > Wed Feb 15 10:23:58 2012 >>> app-office/libreoffice-3.5.0.3 >merge time: 40 minutes and 52 seconds. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Feb 19, 2012 1:27 AM, "Michael Mol" wrote: > > And every time that's successful, it's because some idiot admin wasn't filtering their incoming BGP traffic properly. Ditto the network in Florida which acted as a black hole for the entire Internet in the late 90s. > > Proper training and filteri

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Feb 19, 2012 1:15 AM, "Michael Mol" wrote: > > (Sorry for the top-post...I'm mobile atm.) > > My understanding is that core network operators filter ASs for which they don't have a contract for transit. I.e, if I were to get my own PI space, I'd have to pay tier 1 networks (or pay someone to ri

Re: [gentoo-user] "Invalid boot diskette" what do I do?

2012-02-18 Thread Grant
>> LOL.  Except not really.  Am I totally screwed or is there some >> little-known method for kick-starting an apparently dead HD? >> Everything was fine until it was rebooted.  Multiple reboots always >> come back to: >> >> Invalid Boot diskette- Enter BOOT diskette into A: >> >> Cracks about how

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Michael Mol
And every time that's successful, it's because some idiot admin wasn't filtering their incoming BGP traffic properly. Ditto the network in Florida which acted as a black hole for the entire Internet in the late 90s. Proper training and filtering helps prevent these kinds of issues. It's happened,

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 21:36, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0600 > Dale wrote: > >> > And no, the intartubes will NOT be switched off. >> > >> >> I don't really think they can unless they just cut power to all the >> computers.  After all, the internet is supposed to be re

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Michael Mol
(Sorry for the top-post...I'm mobile atm.) My understanding is that core network operators filter ASs for which they don't have a contract for transit. I.e, if I were to get my own PI space, I'd have to pay tier 1 networks (or pay someone to ride on *their* contract) for a contract to have packets

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 23:18, Michael Mol wrote: > >8 snippage > > And it's not so easy to take the Internet down with injected BGP > routes any more, either; most network operators apply some sort of > filtering. > Yes, there *are* filters against injecting BGP from non-trusted sources.

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Dale
Michael Mol wrote: > On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Dale wrote: >> Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:39:27 -0600 >>> Dale wrote: >>> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:00:00 schrieb Dale: >> >> I don't really think they can unless

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy

2012-02-18 Thread meino . cramer
Alex Schuster [12-02-18 18:20]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > > Alex Schuster [12-02-18 17:36]: > > > meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > > > > try (as root) > > > > > > > > fuser /dev/dsp > > > > > > > > to figure out, which task helds that device... > > > > > > I get no output at all.

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy

2012-02-18 Thread Alex Schuster
meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > Alex Schuster [12-02-18 17:36]: > > meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > > try (as root) > > > > > > fuser /dev/dsp > > > > > > to figure out, which task helds that device... > > > > I get no output at all. > ?Hu? > > The access rights to that device are ok...?

Re: [gentoo-user] I want to play movies without hangs

2012-02-18 Thread Alex Schuster
James Broadhead writes: > Please try: > ~/.mplayer/config > lavdopts=threads=2 > # Use 128MiB input cache by default. > cache = 131072 > # Prefill 20% of the cache before starting playback. > cache-min = 20.0 > > Which should eliminate disk IO somewhat James, thanks for your input. I a

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy

2012-02-18 Thread meino . cramer
Alex Schuster [12-02-18 17:36]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > > Alex Schuster [12-02-18 16:52]: > > > > I want to play Quake3. games-fps/quake3 works, but somehow extra stuff > > > (maps, models) I downloaded and put into /opt/quake3/baseq3 is not > > > being used. I think I had such proble

Re: [gentoo-user] libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 broken ?

2012-02-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:42:58 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Why not use the source package? What's the point of having an i7 if > Like this? > > # cat /proc/cpuinfo > processor : 0 > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > cpu family : 6 > model : 42 > model name : Intel(R) C

Re: [gentoo-user] libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 broken ?

2012-02-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:31:45 +0530, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: > >> I upgraded to libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 which is stable in portage, > >> but it does'nt work on intel ie7 amd64. > >> I get "instruction not permitted". > >> So i masked 3.4.5.2 and downgraded to 3.3.4. > > > > It seems like it was

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Mike Edenfield
On 2/18/2012 5:26 AM, Dale wrote: Howdy, I ran across this and though it was a joke. Did a news search and sure enough, it is reported in lots of places. Random linky: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2102856/Will-FBI-shut-Internet-March-8-virus-concerns.html?ito=feeds-newsxml Is ther

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:39:27 schrieb Dale: >> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> > Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:00:00 schrieb Dale: >> >> I don't really think they can unless they just cut power to all the >> >> computers.  

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy

2012-02-18 Thread Alex Schuster
meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > Alex Schuster [12-02-18 16:52]: > > I want to play Quake3. games-fps/quake3 works, but somehow extra stuff > > (maps, models) I downloaded and put into /opt/quake3/baseq3 is not > > being used. I think I had such problems before, so I used to run > > games-fps/quake

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Still trying to compile hydrogen

2012-02-18 Thread Alex Schuster
meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > Alex Schuster [12-02-18 16:44]: > > What about trying the new ebuild for musesq-2.0 [2]? > > > > [1] http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/dev/206852 > > [2] > > http://www.mail-archive.com/proaudio@lists.tuxfamily.org/msg04170.html > > > > Wonko > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:39:27 schrieb Dale: > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:00:00 schrieb Dale: > >> I don't really think they can unless they just cut power to all the > >> computers. After all, the internet is supposed to be redundant right? > >> If th

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Dale wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:39:27 -0600 >> Dale wrote: >> >>> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:00:00 schrieb Dale: >>> > > I don't really think they can unless they just cut power to all th

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy

2012-02-18 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 10:55 AM, wrote: > Alex Schuster [12-02-18 16:52]: >> Hi there! >> >> I want to play Quake3. games-fps/quake3 works, but somehow extra stuff >> (maps, models) I downloaded and put into /opt/quake3/baseq3 is not being >> used. I think I had such problems before, so I used

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy

2012-02-18 Thread meino . cramer
Alex Schuster [12-02-18 16:52]: > Hi there! > > I want to play Quake3. games-fps/quake3 works, but somehow extra stuff > (maps, models) I downloaded and put into /opt/quake3/baseq3 is not being > used. I think I had such problems before, so I used to run > games-fps/quake3-bin instead. I have no

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Still trying to compile hydrogen

2012-02-18 Thread meino . cramer
Alex Schuster [12-02-18 16:44]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > > So, if QT3 is removed from protage, and museseq which still is in > > portage seems only to build agains qt3, I see a contradiction here... > > No, it has already been removed from portage two years ago [1], because it > still d

[gentoo-user] /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy

2012-02-18 Thread Alex Schuster
Hi there! I want to play Quake3. games-fps/quake3 works, but somehow extra stuff (maps, models) I downloaded and put into /opt/quake3/baseq3 is not being used. I think I had such problems before, so I used to run games-fps/quake3-bin instead. I have no sound. There are error messages: /dev/dsp

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Still trying to compile hydrogen

2012-02-18 Thread meino . cramer
Alan McKinnon [12-02-18 16:36]: > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:16:37 +0100 > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Alan McKinnon [12-02-18 16:00]: > > > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:37:24 +0100 > > > Alex Schuster wrote: > > > > > > > meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > > > > > > > > As this line in my previous p

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Still trying to compile hydrogen

2012-02-18 Thread Alex Schuster
meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > So, if QT3 is removed from protage, and museseq which still is in > portage seems only to build agains qt3, I see a contradiction here... No, it has already been removed from portage two years ago [1], because it still depends on Qt3. So your version probably comes f

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:39:27 -0600 > Dale wrote: > >> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >>> Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:00:00 schrieb Dale: >> I don't really think they can unless they just cut power to all the computers. After all, the internet is supposed t

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Still trying to compile hydrogen

2012-02-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:16:37 +0100 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Alan McKinnon [12-02-18 16:00]: > > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:37:24 +0100 > > Alex Schuster wrote: > > > > > meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > > > > > > As this line in my previous posting states, museseq needs Qt > > > > 4.*, which is

Re: [gentoo-user] libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 broken ?

2012-02-18 Thread Jacques Montier
Le 18/02/2012 15:42, Alan McKinnon a écrit : > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:54:14 + > Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:39:32 +0100, Jacques Montier wrote: >> >>> I upgraded to libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 which is stable in portage, >>> but it does'nt work on intel ie7 amd64. >>> I get "i

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Still trying to compile hydrogen

2012-02-18 Thread meino . cramer
Alan McKinnon [12-02-18 16:00]: > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:37:24 +0100 > Alex Schuster wrote: > > > meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > > > > As this line in my previous posting states, museseq needs Qt 4.*, > > > which is installed...: > > > > > >configure: error: need qt >= 3.2.0 > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Still trying to compile hydrogen

2012-02-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:37:24 +0100 Alex Schuster wrote: > meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > > As this line in my previous posting states, museseq needs Qt 4.*, > > which is installed...: > > > >configure: error: need qt >= 3.2.0 > > Um, huh? If it would need Qt 4.*, it would say that you

Re: [gentoo-user] libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 broken ?

2012-02-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:54:14 + Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:39:32 +0100, Jacques Montier wrote: > > > I upgraded to libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 which is stable in portage, > > but it does'nt work on intel ie7 amd64. > > I get "instruction not permitted". > > So i masked 3.4.5.2

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:39:27 -0600 Dale wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:00:00 schrieb Dale: > > >> > >> I don't really think they can unless they just cut power to all the > >> computers. After all, the internet is supposed to be redundant > >> right? I

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:18:10 -0600 Dale wrote: > Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > Indeed. In fact, easier than that. > > > > Just inject false BGP routes into one of the backbone level > > routers, and see how wide the Internet becomes 'impacted'. Do it to > > maybe 5 or 6 other routers that watch gua

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Still trying to compile hydrogen

2012-02-18 Thread Alex Schuster
meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > As this line in my previous posting states, museseq needs Qt 4.*, > which is installed...: > >configure: error: need qt >= 3.2.0 Um, huh? If it would need Qt 4.*, it would say that you need qt >= 4.something. But it says you need qt >= 3.2.0, so qt-meta 3.3.

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0600 Dale wrote: > > And no, the intartubes will NOT be switched off. > > > > I don't really think they can unless they just cut power to all the > computers. After all, the internet is supposed to be redundant right? > If there is a few computers still running

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread pk
On 2012-02-18 13:24, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > basically, yes. Take down the core routers and backbones and everything falls > apart. Which is easier said than done, IMO... but on the other hand, five of the major tier 1's is in the good old USA so if you take those down you still have five

Re: [gentoo-user] Fail to emerge banshee music player / gdk-sharp.

2012-02-18 Thread Jorge Martínez López
Hi! Already reported in Bugzilla: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=404139 Greetings, -- Jorge Martínez López http://www.jorgeml.net       Google Talk / XMPP: jorg...@gmail.com

Re: [gentoo-user] libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 broken ?

2012-02-18 Thread Dale
Jacques Montier wrote: > Le 18/02/2012 14:51, Dale a écrit : >> Jacques Montier wrote: >>> Le 18/02/2012 13:54, Neil Bothwick a écrit : On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:39:32 +0100, Jacques Montier wrote: > I upgraded to libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 which is stable in portage, but it > does'nt w

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Still trying to compile hydrogen

2012-02-18 Thread meino . cramer
Alex Schuster [12-02-18 15:08]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > > meino.cra...@gmx.de [12-02-18 14:40]: > > > Alex Schuster [12-02-18 14:12]: > > > > meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > > > > > > > > How do I have to set QTDIR correctly under Gentoo/Qt4 ? > > > > > > > > QTDIR ist for Qt3 only,

Re: [gentoo-user] libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 broken ?

2012-02-18 Thread Jacques Montier
Le 18/02/2012 14:51, Dale a écrit : > Jacques Montier wrote: >> Le 18/02/2012 13:54, Neil Bothwick a écrit : >>> On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:39:32 +0100, Jacques Montier wrote: >>> I upgraded to libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 which is stable in portage, but it does'nt work on intel ie7 amd64. I

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Still trying to compile hydrogen

2012-02-18 Thread Alex Schuster
meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > meino.cra...@gmx.de [12-02-18 14:40]: > > Alex Schuster [12-02-18 14:12]: > > > meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > > > > > > How do I have to set QTDIR correctly under Gentoo/Qt4 ? > > > > > > QTDIR ist for Qt3 only, AFAIK Qt4 does not use it at all. > > When trying

Re: [gentoo-user] libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 broken ?

2012-02-18 Thread Dale
Jacques Montier wrote: > Le 18/02/2012 13:54, Neil Bothwick a écrit : >> On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:39:32 +0100, Jacques Montier wrote: >> >>> I upgraded to libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 which is stable in portage, but it >>> does'nt work on intel ie7 amd64. >>> I get "instruction not permitted". >>> So i ma

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Feb 18, 2012 8:21 PM, "Dale" wrote: > > Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > Indeed. In fact, easier than that. > > > > Just inject false BGP routes into one of the backbone level routers, and > > see how wide the Internet becomes 'impacted'. Do it to maybe 5 or 6 > > other routers that watch guard over t

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Still trying to compile hydrogen

2012-02-18 Thread meino . cramer
meino.cra...@gmx.de [12-02-18 14:40]: > Alex Schuster [12-02-18 14:12]: > > meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > > > > How do I have to set QTDIR correctly under Gentoo/Qt4 ? > > > > QTDIR ist for Qt3 only, AFAIK Qt4 does not use it at all. > > > > Wonko > > > > When trying to compile media-s

Re: [gentoo-user] libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 broken ?

2012-02-18 Thread Jacques Montier
Le 18/02/2012 13:54, Neil Bothwick a écrit : > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:39:32 +0100, Jacques Montier wrote: > >> I upgraded to libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 which is stable in portage, but it >> does'nt work on intel ie7 amd64. >> I get "instruction not permitted". >> So i masked 3.4.5.2 and downgraded to

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Still trying to compile hydrogen

2012-02-18 Thread meino . cramer
Alex Schuster [12-02-18 14:12]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > > > How do I have to set QTDIR correctly under Gentoo/Qt4 ? > > QTDIR ist for Qt3 only, AFAIK Qt4 does not use it at all. > > Wonko > When trying to compile media-sound/museseq it complains that QTDIR is not set and breaks.

Re: [gentoo-user] I want to play movies without hangs

2012-02-18 Thread James Broadhead
On 18 February 2012 05:45, Alex Schuster wrote: > Walter Dnes writes: > >> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 04:29:48PM +0100, Alex Schuster wrote >> >> > Then my hardware broke, and I got new one... >> >>   I had ***EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM ON A FRESH INSTALL***.  In My case >> it was a 4+ year old Dell wi

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Dale
Pandu Poluan wrote: > Indeed. In fact, easier than that. > > Just inject false BGP routes into one of the backbone level routers, and > see how wide the Internet becomes 'impacted'. Do it to maybe 5 or 6 > other routers that watch guard over the transatlantic and transpacific > routes, and watch

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Still trying to compile hydrogen

2012-02-18 Thread Alex Schuster
meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > How do I have to set QTDIR correctly under Gentoo/Qt4 ? QTDIR ist for Qt3 only, AFAIK Qt4 does not use it at all. Wonko

Re: [gentoo-user] libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 broken ?

2012-02-18 Thread Nilesh Govindrajan
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:39:32 +0100, Jacques Montier wrote: > >> I upgraded to libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 which is stable in portage, but it >> does'nt work on intel ie7 amd64. >> I get "instruction not permitted". >> So i masked 3.4.5.2 and down

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Feb 18, 2012 7:27 PM, "Volker Armin Hemmann" wrote: > > Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:00:00 schrieb Dale: > > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:26:02 -0600 > > > > > > Dale wrote: > > >> Howdy, > > >> > > >> I ran across this and though it was a joke. Did a news search and

Re: [gentoo-user] libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 broken ?

2012-02-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:39:32 +0100, Jacques Montier wrote: > I upgraded to libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 which is stable in portage, but it > does'nt work on intel ie7 amd64. > I get "instruction not permitted". > So i masked 3.4.5.2 and downgraded to 3.3.4. It seems like it was compiled using CFLAGS u

Re: [gentoo-user] libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 broken ?

2012-02-18 Thread Nilesh Govindrajan
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Jacques Montier wrote: > Hi all, > > I upgraded to libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 which is stable in portage, but it > does'nt work on intel ie7 amd64. > I get "instruction not permitted". > So i masked 3.4.5.2 and downgraded to 3.3.4. > > Any idea ? > > Thank you, > > Ch

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Dale
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:00:00 schrieb Dale: >> >> I don't really think they can unless they just cut power to all the >> computers. After all, the internet is supposed to be redundant right? >> If there is a few computers still running that have a connection

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:00:00 schrieb Dale: > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:26:02 -0600 > > > > Dale wrote: > >> Howdy, > >> > >> I ran across this and though it was a joke. Did a news search and > >> sure enough, it is reported in lots of places. Random linky: > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:26:02 -0600 > Dale wrote: > >> Howdy, >> >> I ran across this and though it was a joke. Did a news search and >> sure enough, it is reported in lots of places. Random linky: >> >> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2102856/Will-FBI-shut-Interne

Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:26:02 -0600 Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I ran across this and though it was a joke. Did a news search and > sure enough, it is reported in lots of places. Random linky: > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2102856/Will-FBI-shut-Internet-March-8-virus-concerns.html?i

[gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

2012-02-18 Thread Dale
Howdy, I ran across this and though it was a joke. Did a news search and sure enough, it is reported in lots of places. Random linky: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2102856/Will-FBI-shut-Internet-March-8-virus-concerns.html?ito=feeds-newsxml Is there any truth to this mess? My bigger

Re: [gentoo-user] Marvell 9128 controller and SSD in Gentoo

2012-02-18 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 01:25:24 schrieb Paul Hartman: > Hi, > > I obtained a Samsung 830 128GB SSD, it supports SATA3 interface, but > haven't installed it yet. My motherboard has the Marvell 9128 SATA3 > chipset. I read a lot of FUD about this chipset, but it is always > exclusively from t

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Still trying to compile hydrogen

2012-02-18 Thread meino . cramer
Neil Bothwick [12-02-18 10:28]: > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:56:03 +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Exception: Platform 'linux3' not supported: > > File > > "/var/tmp/portage/media-sound/hydrogen-0.9.5/work/hydrogen-0.9.5/Sconstruct", > > line 378: includes, a , b = get_platform_flags( opts

[gentoo-user] libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 broken ?

2012-02-18 Thread Jacques Montier
Hi all, I upgraded to libreoffice-bin-3.4.5.2 which is stable in portage, but it does'nt work on intel ie7 amd64. I get "instruction not permitted". So i masked 3.4.5.2 and downgraded to 3.3.4. Any idea ? Thank you, Cheers, -- Jacques

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Still trying to compile hydrogen

2012-02-18 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 2:56 AM, wrote: > As mentioned in my previous post, the problem is not the kernel > version and after getting over this bug there are others ahead. Sorry, I didn't see the other thread. It's strange that it emerges normally for me, and the program works, too. If there's

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Still trying to compile hydrogen

2012-02-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:56:03 +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Exception: Platform 'linux3' not supported: > File > "/var/tmp/portage/media-sound/hydrogen-0.9.5/work/hydrogen-0.9.5/Sconstruct", > line 378: includes, a , b = get_platform_flags( opts ) File > "/var/tmp/portage/media-sound/hydrog

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Still trying to compile hydrogen

2012-02-18 Thread meino . cramer
Paul Hartman [12-02-18 09:04]: > On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 12:37 AM, wrote: > > I want to compile hydrogen cleanly. > > > > Since the ebuild of hydrogen fails to compile because > > the system "linux3" is not known (which happens even > > when compiled on a linux-2.6*-booted machine)... > > You m

Re: [gentoo-user] mixing x86 and amd64 distcc?

2012-02-18 Thread 2sb7vwu
2012-02-17 09:24:10 +0200, Coert Waagmeester: > Hello all, > > Can amd64 distcc compile for a gentoo x86 setup? > Or do I need a 32bit chroot? > > Regards, > Coert Waagmeester emerge crossdev

Re: [gentoo-user] mixing x86 and amd64 distcc?

2012-02-18 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:24 AM, Coert Waagmeester wrote: > Hello all, > > Can amd64 distcc compile for a gentoo x86 setup? > Or do I need a 32bit chroot? chroot is not needed, at worst you would need to use crossdev, but if you use multilib and both hosts are using the same version of GCC, lucky

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Still trying to compile hydrogen

2012-02-18 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 12:37 AM, wrote: > I want to compile hydrogen cleanly. > > Since the ebuild of hydrogen fails to compile because > the system "linux3" is not known (which happens even > when compiled on a linux-2.6*-booted machine)... You may want to try the ebuild again. I'm using kerne