Re: [gentoo-user] diff command for images

2008-01-27 Thread Elias Probst
Am Sonntag, 27. Januar 2008 14:54:15 schrieb Erik: > I need to find the difference between images (like the text-file diff > command, but for RGBA images). I tried "compare A.png A.png > difference.png". This should obviously produce some kind of blank image > because A.png and A.png are the same f

Re: [gentoo-user] VMware Server Tools

2008-01-13 Thread Elias Probst
Am Freitag, 11. Januar 2008 09:53:36 schrieb Sergey Kobzar: > I prefer to use portage tree for additional software. That's why I > chose Gentoo. > > -- > Sergey Use the open-vm-tools. They work quite fine and contain all features provided by the previous closed source ones. Regards, Elias P. --

Re: [gentoo-user] Break In attempts

2007-10-07 Thread Elias Probst
Am Sonntag, 7. Oktober 2007 11:40:10 schrieb Mick: > Hi All, > > Can you please advise what I could do to block IP addresses that have > repeatedly failed to log in? I think you're looking for: net-analyzer/fail2ban (http://www.fail2ban.org) Regards, Elias P. -- A really nice number: "09:F9:11:

Re: [gentoo-user] No access as normal user to my own.ssh-folder

2007-09-26 Thread Elias Probst
Am Mittwoch, 26. September 2007 20:59:55 schrieb Herbert Laubner: > I think, it has to be a stupid mistake. I did > windose ~ # chown herbert /home/herbert/.ssh > windose ~ # chgrp users /home/herbert/.ssh > > but this did not help?? Do a 'chown -R herbert:users ~/.ssh' because your executed comma

Re: [gentoo-user] Elicit choice of browser when highlighting URL

2007-09-14 Thread Elias Probst
On Friday 14 September 2007 15:54:10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At some time in the recent past, something in my desktop setup knew > when I highlighted a URL, and a little list would pop up in the bottom > right corner of desktop with a short list of possible browsers to > handle that type of URL.

Re: [gentoo-user] multiple ethernets

2007-09-11 Thread Elias Probst
On Tuesday 11 September 2007 20:51:44 James wrote: > I assume that the eth1 problem is a vestige of removing an old card > and replacing it with a newer one. I just cannot find what to remove > or re-initiate to get the sequence of nic assignments to be > eth0, eth1, eth2, eth3. > > I looked at net

Re: [gentoo-user] trying to make an ebuild

2007-08-29 Thread Elias Probst
On Wednesday 29 August 2007 21:11:14 Noud Aldenhoven wrote: > I was trying to make an ebuild for a small MUD client (tinyfugue). But > it doesn't seem to work correct. When I try to compile it I get an > ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY ERROR from sandbox because I tried to access > /usr/bin. I'd recommend

Re: [gentoo-user] Custom CFLAGS

2007-08-19 Thread Elias Probst
On Sunday 19 August 2007 19:52:01 Florian Philipp wrote: > Sort answer: No. > > Long answer: Yes, but it's complicated. Look at this thread: > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/186864/focus=186874 An easier way: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/181809/focus=181813 Reg

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/portage/package.cflags

2007-08-10 Thread Elias Probst
On Friday 10 August 2007 22:16:31 Florian Philipp wrote: > Hi! > > Is there any sensible reason why it is not possible to change cflags and > cxxflags on a per-package base like useflags? > > I think gcc's default behavior is to use the last given setting if you > specify for example -O2 and -O3 at

Re: [gentoo-user] XSESSION="Xsession" doesn't work!

2007-07-17 Thread Elias Probst
Am Dienstag, 17. Juli 2007 23:01:12 schrieb Stroller: > Hi there, > > I'm fairly experienced with Linux and have been using Gentoo for over > 3 years, ... Probably, you're not that fairly experienced regarding the usage of your mail client. ;-) Regards, Elias P. -- A really nice number: "09:F9:1

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting domainname doesn't work.

2007-07-13 Thread Elias Probst
Am Freitag, 13. Juli 2007 13:14:18 schrieb Norberto Bensa: > Elias Probst wrote: > > /etc/hosts: > > 127.0.0.1 hostname hostname.domain.local localhost > > It's: > > IP fqdn hostname [aliases...] > > example: > > 127.0.0.1 hosname.domain.local localhos

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting domainname doesn't work.

2007-07-13 Thread Elias Probst
On Friday 13 July 2007 12:48:16 Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > If you're talking about the "hostname -d" command and the \O parameter > inside /etc/issue not working, then this is an old problem (for me at > least). > To get it working, I had to put the fqdn of the box into /etc/hosts, eg > > a.b.c.d host

[gentoo-user] Setting domainname doesn't work.

2007-07-13 Thread Elias Probst
Hi, I never stumbled across this, because I mostly use DHCP for my network setup. It looks like it's not possible setting the domainname on Gentoo using dns_domain_eth0="foobar" or dns_domain="foobar" In /etc/conf.d/net.eth0 or /etc/conf.d/net This variable seems to be just ignored and I couldn't

Re: [gentoo-user] Updating menu in KDE

2007-07-07 Thread Elias Probst
On Saturday 07 July 2007 10:18:19 Billy Wayne McCann wrote: > Philip Webb wrote: > > 070706 Mick wrote: > >> I uninstalled WINE and the KDE menu still shows it in its full glory. > >> I even removed the .wine directory, but no change. > >> Running the menu update tool does not change things either.

Re: [gentoo-user] A Good player for streaming audio

2007-07-07 Thread Elias Probst
On Saturday 07 July 2007 21:52:54 Marc Joliet wrote: > Side note: I know it's possible to temporarily set the locale to en_US > in the command line. I tried doing a > $ {LANG,LANGUAGE,LOCALE}="en_US" amarok > , but amarok stayed German. Temporarily changing KDE to US English > affected the control

Re: [gentoo-user] Switching virtual desktops in KDE with Xinerama

2007-07-06 Thread Elias Probst
On Friday 06 July 2007 23:36:29 Aleksey V. Kunitskiy wrote: > Hi > Can I switch virtual desktops in KDE with Xinerama separately on each > screen? I know that it can be done without Xinerama(by using two X11 > screens), but I might have the ability moving windows between screens - > with Xinerama I

Re: [gentoo-user] GUI tools for iptables?

2007-07-01 Thread Elias Probst
On Sunday 01 July 2007 12:42:33 Paul Waring wrote: > On Sun, Jul 01, 2007 at 06:05:14PM +0800, sain yan wrote: > >It`s dificulte to me for setup iptables!!! > >Are there any GUI tools in profiles??? > > There are plenty of GUIs out there - just google for 'iptables GUI' and > you'll find do

Re: [gentoo-user] sound (?) but no sound

2007-06-22 Thread Elias Probst
On Friday 22 June 2007 16:38:35 Mick wrote: > On Friday 22 June 2007 15:06, Dale wrote: > > If it wants to play more than one sound, it only plays one. One way I > > noticed this is if I put my mouse on the bottom where the desktop > > selection thing is then move the wheel, it only plays one soun

Re: [gentoo-user] sound (?) but no sound

2007-06-22 Thread Elias Probst
On Friday 22 June 2007 15:38:49 Alex Schuster wrote: > Alan McKinnon writes: > > It would appear that you have installed the kdemultimedia package. > > That's a monlithic one, and it WILL install noatun, which requires > > arts. > > I also have kdemultimedia installed, but not noatun. > > [EMAIL PR

Re: [gentoo-user] sound (?) but no sound

2007-06-21 Thread Elias Probst
On Friday 22 June 2007 04:53:36 Dale wrote: > Well, I read through the how to, I had all that done already, I just > never had removed the arts USE flag. The sounds works but it is slow to > respond and sometimes it just doesn't catch up at all. This is mostly > while switching desktops or someth

Re: [gentoo-user] slow vmware guest

2007-06-20 Thread Elias Probst
On Thursday 21 June 2007 02:35:25 Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote: > Has anyone found a solution to a linux guest under a linux host where the > guest's clock ticks slowly or quickly depending on different factors? > Take a look at VMware's timekeeping guide: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vmware_timek

Re: [gentoo-user] sound (?) but no sound

2007-06-19 Thread Elias Probst
On Tuesday 19 June 2007 19:20:22 Thierry de Coulon wrote: > Everything has been compiled with the arts and oggvorbis flags, and I did > an emerge -e word to ensure everything had been compiled with the actual > flags. > > What am I missing? > > Thierry IMHO aRts isn't necessary any longer since th

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux becomes expensive ;)

2007-06-03 Thread Elias Probst
On Sunday 03 June 2007 19:55:22 Florian Philipp wrote: > Hi guys! > > I've just tested the energy consumption of my PC. Aparently Gentoo consumes > a quiet a bit more than Windows XP: 213 W compared to 188 W > > PowerNow is activated and works on both cores (tested). The same hardware > is plugged

Re: [gentoo-user] some scratchy/static noise from Intel High-Def Audio

2007-06-02 Thread Elias Probst
Am Samstag, 2. Juni 2007 08:11:11 schrieb Denis: > When I first installed and configured all ALSA-related things, the > sound was working perfectly fine, and I was quite pleased. Now, about > a week later, I've started picking up this rather annoying scratchy > static noise while using Audacious.

Re: [gentoo-user] OpenSSL certificates and Kmail

2007-05-20 Thread Elias Probst
On Sunday 20 May 2007 14:53:06 Jure Varlec wrote: > As, for the solution, it seem Kleopatra wants app-crypt/dirmngr, emerging > it solved my problem. I'm not sure why relevant KDE apps don't depend on > it. If kleopatra and other KDE apps really need dirmngr and it's not yet set as a dependency i

Re: [gentoo-user] Corrupt USB pen drive

2007-05-17 Thread Elias Probst
On Thursday 17 May 2007 13:36:25 Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > A colleague used a USB stick on his home machine and when he brought it to > work he can no longer access it using WinXP. I offered to help with my > Gentoo laptop (as one ought to rise to the challenge!) but it seems that > Linux is also

Re: [gentoo-user] should dual-core Pentium Processor Extreme Edition be recognized as two processors or one?

2007-05-12 Thread Elias Probst
On Saturday 12 May 2007 18:03:07 Denis wrote: > But when I load "top", it only lists stats about one processor. - Press '1' in top. - Take a look at the output of "cat /proc/cpuinfo" - .config seems to be ok Regards, Elias P. -- A really nice number: "09:F9:11:02:9D:74:E3:5B:D8:41:56:C5:63:56:8

Re: [gentoo-user] freetype-2.3.3 messed up my desktop

2007-05-10 Thread Elias Probst
On Thursday 10 May 2007 09:29:54 Mick wrote: > On Wednesday 09 May 2007 23:08, Elias Probst wrote: > > Oups, you're right. > > "emerge fontconfig" did the trick for me! Ugly rendering of Konsole and > > password bullets has gone. > > Glad this helped. :)

Re: [gentoo-user] freetype-2.3.3 messed up my desktop

2007-05-09 Thread Elias Probst
On Thursday 10 May 2007 23:33:34 Mick wrote: > Unless the string you suggested above is wrong you may want to also emerge > fontconfig to see if it makes any difference? > > Thanks again. :) Oups, you're right. "emerge fontconfig" did the trick for me! Ugly rendering of Konsole and password bull

Re: [gentoo-user] I copied a Gentoo VM and now networking doesn't work.

2007-05-09 Thread Elias Probst
On Wednesday 09 May 2007 09:55:42 Daevid Vincent wrote: > I have a Gentoo VM that I've used for years (XP Host. Workstation 5.5.3). > Works great. > > I copied the .vmdk and .vmx files to a new directory called "LAMP". I > edited the .vmx file changing the appropriate paths. Now when I start the >

Re: [gentoo-user] slocate's index

2007-05-07 Thread Elias Probst
On Monday 07 May 2007 12:02:41 Florian Philipp wrote: > Hi! > > I would like to know if there is a package, daemon or whatever that > automatically updates an index to seach the file system. > > I'm a bit tired of slocate -u [wait 5min] every time I emerge something. > > Thanks in advance > Florian

Re: [gentoo-user] lbx and X under Gentoo

2007-05-03 Thread Elias Probst
On Thursday 03 May 2007 17:49:05 Konstantinos Agouros wrote: > Hi, > > is there some black magic or a USE flag one needs to know to get the > LBX extension into a X-Server for gentoo? LBX was removed from X.org since 7.1 (7.0 should still provide it). Regards, Elias P. -- A really nice number:

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE menu structure lost by using gnome

2007-04-30 Thread Elias Probst
On Monday 30 April 2007 23:18:00 darren kirby wrote: > quoth the Roy Wright: > > Also I don't understand how or where the menu structure is defined on > > disk. Any good references? > > Have a look in ~/.kde/share/applnk Take also a look at ~/.local/share/applnk Regards, Elias P. signature.asc

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem install Gentoo on New Laptop

2007-04-29 Thread Elias Probst
On Monday 30 April 2007 02:19:12 Colleen Beamer wrote: > Then it says: > /dev/sda3 is not a valid root device > > I probably did something wrong, but I've started from scratch 3 times > and I get the same problem. I've used genkernel and it looks like sata > support has been built in. > Try to add

Re: [gentoo-user] Clock/Daylight Savings

2007-04-19 Thread Elias Probst
On Thursday 19 April 2007 09:36:07 Rostislav wrote: > Seems like it wasn't changed with daylight savings change. > Use "hwclock --systohc" to set hardware clock to the current system > time. If you don't use a dualboot system, just the this option in /etc/conf.d/clock: # If you want to set the Ha

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel net eth1 but no eth1

2007-04-18 Thread Elias Probst
On Wednesday 18 April 2007 11:06:46 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > How can I make the kernel bring up 'eth0' instead of 'eth1'. Take a look at /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules If you just delete this file, your devicenames will be "regenerated" by /etc/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generato

Re: [gentoo-user] Packet Shaping

2007-04-17 Thread Elias Probst
On Wednesday 18 April 2007 02:29:56 Grant wrote: > I switched from The Wonder Shaper and started using shorewall configs > and it's working great. I can't get ipp2p to identify bittorrent > traffic though, so I have the default set up for really low priority. > Thanks for your help! This is fun.

Re: [gentoo-user] OT im more just curious

2007-04-15 Thread Elias Probst
On Sunday 15 April 2007 14:36:16 b.n. wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: > > Notice the sharp drop after 27 years of age and the second irregular > distribution around 43-45. I wait for interpretations. I'm going to raise the 20th amplitude even more: eliasp ~ # genlop -c * life-base/age-22

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I enable package specific FEATURES and CFLAGS?

2007-04-14 Thread Elias Probst
On Saturday 14 April 2007 13:28:26 Jules Colding wrote: > Hi, > > I always want to build evolution and evolution-data-server with: > > CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O1 -ggdb -pipe" > FEATURES=splitdebug http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-472386-highlight-bashrcng.html Using portage-bashrc-ng you can do thi

Re: [gentoo-user] WLAN daemon?

2007-04-13 Thread Elias Probst
Am Samstag, 14. April 2007 02:10:42 schrieb Sven Köhler: > Hi, > > is there any "WLAN daemon" that scans for wireless LANs and loggs into > them, if he finds one, that i prefer? > > > Thanks, > Sven emerge wpa_supplicant signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Intel High Definition Audio and its problems

2007-04-13 Thread Elias Probst
On Friday 13 April 2007 14:06:55 Elias Probst wrote: > I have an HP/Compaq nx9420 with an Intel HDA Chipset and Skype/Mic. is > working fine here. > I remember some troubles concerning KMix switching the capture LED of the > Capture-Channel to off after 1-5 seconds, but IIRC it was wor

Re: [gentoo-user] Intel High Definition Audio and its problems

2007-04-13 Thread Elias Probst
On Friday 13 April 2007 12:52:01 Pongracz Istvan wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Fujitsu Amilo laptop, which has a "nice" audio subsystem, > called > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High > Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) > > I have some problems with it: > no master volu

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Generating an online graph/chart

2007-04-12 Thread Elias Probst
I think you're looking for rrdtool or any of the projects using rrdtool like - cacti - mrtg - rrdcollect ... Regards, Elias P. Am Donnerstag, 12. April 2007 17:08:09 schrieb Grant: > Hello, does anyone know of a package in portage that will take my data > and generate a graph or chart from it for

Re: [gentoo-user] MSSQL command line Linux interface

2007-04-09 Thread Elias Probst
On Tuesday 10 April 2007 18:56:34 Mauro Faccenda wrote: > Hi all, > > I need to do some simple tasks in a MSSQL Server from a Linux that have no > X installed. I know I can tunnel a SSH connection and run any MSSQL in my > own box, but I think it's more practical to have a cli gui for MSSQL, but I