Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome 2.10???

2005-05-01 Thread Antoine
Bruno Lustosa wrote: > On 4/25/05, timothy johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Any idea on when this will be available? On avg how long does it take >>things to make it to become an ebuild? > > > It's there already, just masked. > I've been using it for some time now (almost a month I think).

Re: [gentoo-user] Partition recovery software

2005-05-01 Thread Florian Idelberger
not really, the last time I checked. But what exactly happened? Please describe in detail what you did/what happened, and what you want to do. On 4/30/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all: > > I've lost one of my ext3 partitions. ¿is there a good partition recovery > softwar

Re: [gentoo-user] libgnome wants to install sound

2005-05-01 Thread YoYo Siska
Philip Webb wrote: > does anyone know why Libgnome-2.8.1 lists as dependencies > > media-libs/audiofile-0.2.6-r1 > media-sound/alsa-headers-1.0.8 > media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.8 > media-sound/esound-0.2.34 > > the USE flags for Libgnome were '-debug -doc'. > i emerged it successfully with

Re: [gentoo-user] libgnome wants to install sound

2005-05-01 Thread YoYo Siska
YoYo Siska wrote: > > Philip Webb wrote: > >>does anyone know why Libgnome-2.8.1 lists as dependencies >> >> media-libs/audiofile-0.2.6-r1 >> media-sound/alsa-headers-1.0.8 >> media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.8 >> media-sound/esound-0.2.34 >> >>the USE flags for Libgnome were '-debug -doc'. >>i eme

[gentoo-user] Wrong Aspell PATH

2005-05-01 Thread Luigi Pinna
Hello! I installed a new Gentoo box with KDE3.4 and aspell but, if I try to use aspell in kmail (I said in the control center to use aspell), I read that the PATH is wrong or check if I installed apell. I use aspell 0.60.2 from the portage tree, where can I modify the PATH? Or where was the old

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing 2005.0 with LVM2

2005-05-01 Thread Mrugesh Karnik
OK. Installation complete. Everything went fine (well, I'm a lier ;) ). Anyways, just a few more queries... During the installation, I extended one of the volumes by 2GB. But if I run df -hT, it still shows me the previous value. Why is this? How do I solve this? Also, after installation, now,

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing 2005.0 with LVM2

2005-05-01 Thread William Kenworthy
Did you grow the filesystem into the space you made with LVM ? Yes, unless its a non-core partition and can be unmounted, and even then it would probably still be safer to do from a livecd. BillK On Sun, 2005-05-01 at 11:11 +0530, Mrugesh Karnik wrote: > OK. Installation complete. Everything we

Re: [gentoo-user] Partition recovery software

2005-05-01 Thread Jens Mayer
* On Saturday 30 April 2005 23:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've lost one of my ext3 partitions. Is there a good partition recovery > software available for gentoo? Not knowing what exactly your problem is, maybe gpart can be a solution (as it was for me a while ago): * sys-block/gpart

[gentoo-user] python fails to emerge

2005-05-01 Thread Antoine
Hi, I am trying to get up to date and python won't emerge. It borks at : i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: glibc: No such file or directory ln: accessing `libpython2.3.so.1.0': No such file or directory make: *** [libpython2.3.so] Error 1 I tried revdep-rebuild but it gives me nothing to do with python. Can

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing 2005.0 with LVM2

2005-05-01 Thread Mrugesh Karnik
William Kenworthy wrote: Did you grow the filesystem into the space you made with LVM ? Ooops! Help? Yes, unless its a non-core partition and can be unmounted, and even then it would probably still be safer to do from a livecd. OK.. LiveCD it shall be :) BillK Thanks, Mrugesh -- gentoo-user@gentoo

[gentoo-user] Problem with blocked package on Gnome upgrade - [blocks B]

2005-05-01 Thread Richard Watson
Hi - can anyone help how I can clear this block. I'm trying to upgrade Gnome. # emerge -p gnome (edited) [blocks B] >> unmerge: No packages selected for removal. Thanks, Richard === Full Output below # emerge -p gnome These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculatin

Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome 2.10???

2005-05-01 Thread Max
Hi, On 4/26/05, timothy johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any idea on when this will be available? On avg how long does it take > things to make it to become an ebuild? check this out fresh from planet: http://www.advogato.org/person/joem/diary.html?start=3 hth max -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing 2005.0 with LVM2

2005-05-01 Thread W.Kenworthy
Depends on the filesystem type: I use reiserfs and the tool is resize_reiserfs from sys-fs/reiserfsprogs. I have increased the size on partitions containing data with no problems at all, but have not tried to reduce a partition yet (you shrink the fs first, then the LVM partition). BillK On Sun

Re: [gentoo-user] "error exiting GDM" on system halt

2005-05-01 Thread Brett Schroeder
Richard Watson wrote: >Hi - I get "error exiting GDM" when shutting down my computer. I have xdm >running at default level with the display manager set to gdm. Anyone any >ideas. It's not a serious matter but it would be nice to know. > >Regards, Richard > > > > Same here - been like that ever

[gentoo-user] Re: "equery which" gives wrong version?

2005-05-01 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Nick Rout wrote: > equery which packagename is meant to give you the full path and name of > the ebuild file for the version of packagename that portage would > install. > > however on my system it gives the latest unstable version, at least of > mythtv. For some reason, this problem intrigued m

[gentoo-user] kde-base/kdelibs-3.3.2-r8 failing compilation

2005-05-01 Thread Vittorio
The compilation of kde-base/kdelibs-3.3.2-r8 dies with the following message: .. echo >dummy.cpp /bin/sh ../libtool --silent --mode=compile --tag=CXX i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -DHAV E_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I../dcop -I../kio/kssl -I./.. -I../dcop -I.

[gentoo-user] Re: "equery which" gives wrong version?

2005-05-01 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote: > 2. Based on their input, file a bug report. IMHO, I think the default > should work the way you suggest, and there should be some way to expand it > to include packages. That should read: "...to include masked packages." -- G a b r i e l

[gentoo-user] Re: Wrong Aspell PATH

2005-05-01 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Luigi Pinna wrote: > Hello! > I installed a new Gentoo box with KDE3.4 and aspell but, if I try to use > aspell in kmail (I said in the control center to use aspell), I read > that the PATH is wrong or check if I installed apell. > I use aspell 0.60.2 from the portage tree, where can I modify the

Re: [gentoo-user] kde-base/kdelibs-3.3.2-r8 failing compilation

2005-05-01 Thread Max revolt
looks like they need a version of gcc that you dont haveor can be found.. i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++: //usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.5/libstdc ++.so: No such file or directory Em Dom, 2005-05-01 às 16:51 +, Vittorio escreveu: > The compilation of kde-base/kdelibs-3.3.2-r8 dies with

[gentoo-user] emerge gnome looking for automake-1.7

2005-05-01 Thread Richard Watson
Hi - emerge gnome is now giving me the following error am-wrapper: /usr/bin/automake-1.7 is missing or not executable please try emerging the correct version I checked /usr/bin and automake-1.7 is not present. 1.5 and 1.9 are but when I ... # emerge sys-dev/automake-1.7 Calculating dependencies

[gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo and XP on hda without causing World War III -- impossible? (help)

2005-05-01 Thread Maxim Vexler
Hello to everyone, I'm trying to achieve the most simple dual boot possible : Linux & Windows on the same hd. Trivial? I Think not! Here is my new 160GB hard drive scheme, after being dd if=/dev/zero bs=512 out. hda1 ext2 hda2 swap hda3 reiserfs hda4 extended hda5 ext3 hda6 fat32 hda7 Linu

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge gnome looking for automake-1.7

2005-05-01 Thread Max revolt
did you try to use only emerge automake ?? Em Seg, 2005-05-02 às 01:15 +1000, Richard Watson escreveu: > Hi - emerge gnome is now giving me the following error > > am-wrapper: /usr/bin/automake-1.7 is missing or not executable please try > emerging the correct version > > I checked /usr/bin

Re: [gentoo-user] i386-pc-linux-gnu-gcc broken

2005-05-01 Thread Lubos Kolouch
On 4/29/05, Michael W. Holdeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 29 April 2005 02:14 am, Lubos Kolouch wrote: > > On 4/28/05, Dave Nebinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I found another two packages with this problem : > > > > > > Have you tried "fix_libtool_files.sh 3.3.5"? > > > > > >

[gentoo-user] Re: Installing 2005.0 with LVM2

2005-05-01 Thread Eamon Caddigan
W.Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Depends on the filesystem type: I use reiserfs and the tool is > resize_reiserfs from sys-fs/reiserfsprogs. I have increased the size on > partitions containing data with no problems at all, but have not tried > to reduce a partition yet (you shrink the fs

[gentoo-user] qemu

2005-05-01 Thread Al Bayrouni
Hello all, I installed app-emulation/qemu-0.6.1. I haven't qemu prog but qemu-i386. And when I execute qemu-i386 -cdrom some-isofile then there is this output: .1, Copyright (c) 2003-2004 Fabrice Bellard usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d opts] [-L path] [-s size] program [arguments...] Linux CPU emulator

[gentoo-user] error trying to change password

2005-05-01 Thread Max revolt
Hi people, Trying to change my password, i get this error.anyone know whats happen?? battletown ~ # passwd New UNIX password: /usr/lib64/cracklib_dict: magic mismatch PWOpen: Sucess P.S.: I`ve try to reemerge cracklibs and dont get result... []'s Max -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Installing 2005.0 with LVM2

2005-05-01 Thread Mrugesh Karnik
Eamon Caddigan wrote: W.Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Depends on the filesystem type: I use reiserfs and the tool is resize_reiserfs from sys-fs/reiserfsprogs. I have increased the size on partitions containing data with no problems at all, but have not tried to reduce a partition yet (you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Installing 2005.0 with LVM2

2005-05-01 Thread Mrugesh Karnik
Oh, I found the information on how to resize the partitions in the LVM HOWTO at TLDP. Thanks guys for all your replies :) Regards, Mrugesh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] software prototype

2005-05-01 Thread José Moreira
Hello, i've been thinking about a new software and i would like the opinion from the community about it's viability. It's not directly related to Gentoo but OSS in general. The name i believe would describe it the best is 'helpforge' the sameway it exists 'howtoforge' and 'sourceforge'. The

Re: [gentoo-user] kde-base/kdelibs-3.3.2-r8 failing compilation

2005-05-01 Thread Richard Fish
Vittorio wrote: >The compilation of kde-base/kdelibs-3.3.2-r8 dies with the following message: > > >i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++: //usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.5/libstdc++.so: >No such file or directory > >What should I do? > > > Google for "site:gentoo.org fix_libtool_files.sh" -Rich

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo and XP on hda without causing World War III -- impossible? (help)

2005-05-01 Thread Richard Fish
Maxim Vexler wrote: >Hello to everyone, > >I'm trying to achieve the most simple dual boot possible : Linux & >Windows on the same hd. >Trivial? I Think not! > >Here is my new 160GB hard drive scheme, after being dd if=/dev/zero bs=512 out. >hda1 ext2 >hda2 swap >hda3 reiserfs >hda4 extended >

Re: [gentoo-user] No sound: ALSA and software suspend2

2005-05-01 Thread Richard Fish
Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote: >I recently upgraded my kernel from 2.6.9-gentoo-r13 to 2.6.11-suspend2. I >wanted to get software suspend v2 working. (I'm using a laptop, and boot / >shutdown is just taking forever.) > >I seem to have most everything worked out except this: When I boot, I can't

Re: [gentoo-user] SOLVED error trying to change password

2005-05-01 Thread Max revolt
Hi again, solved...just update shadow thanks Em Dom, 2005-05-01 às 13:54 -0300, Max revolt escreveu: > Hi people, > > Trying to change my password, i get this error.anyone know whats > happen?? > > battletown ~ # passwd > New UNIX password: > /usr/lib64/cracklib_dict: magic mismatch > PWO

Re: [gentoo-user] "error exiting GDM" on system halt

2005-05-01 Thread YoYo Siska
Brett Schroeder wrote: > Richard Watson wrote: > > >>Hi - I get "error exiting GDM" when shutting down my computer. I have xdm >>running at default level with the display manager set to gdm. Anyone any >>ideas. It's not a serious matter but it would be nice to know. >> >>Regards, Richard >> >>

[gentoo-user] Error while bringing eth0 "up"

2005-05-01 Thread Mrugesh Karnik
Hello, Following the installation guide, I've set the value of eth0 to "up" as I use rp-pppoe. While booting the system, I get an error similar to following: No loaded modules provide up (up_start) Error starting required services "netmount" not started What have I done wrong? I haven't encounte

Re: [gentoo-user] kde-base/kdelibs-3.3.2-r8 failing compilation

2005-05-01 Thread q-parser
Vittorio wrote: The compilation of kde-base/kdelibs-3.3.2-r8 dies with the following message: .. echo >dummy.cpp /bin/sh ../libtool --silent --mode=compile --tag=CXX i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -DHAV E_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I../dcop -I../kio/kssl -I./

Re: [gentoo-user] python fails to emerge

2005-05-01 Thread Jonas Pedersen
Antoine wrote: Hi, I am trying to get up to date and python won't emerge. It borks at : i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: glibc: No such file or directory ln: accessing `libpython2.3.so.1.0': No such file or directory make: *** [libpython2.3.so] Error 1 I tried revdep-rebuild but it gives me nothing to do wit

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo and XP on hda without causing World War III -- impossible? (help)

2005-05-01 Thread Maxim Vexler
On 5/1/05, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maxim Vexler wrote: > > >Hello to everyone, > > > >I'm trying to achieve the most simple dual boot possible : Linux & > >Windows on the same hd. > >Trivial? I Think not! > > > >Here is my new 160GB hard drive scheme, after being dd if=/dev/zero

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo and XP on hda without causing World War III -- impossible? (help)

2005-05-01 Thread Travis Rousseau
> The system (windows) itself got installed into hda5. then rootnoverify (hd0,5) makeactive chainloader +1 Should look like rootnoverify (hd0,4) makeactive chainloader +1 Travis R. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] python fails to emerge

2005-05-01 Thread q-parser
Jonas Pedersen wrote: Antoine wrote: Hi, I am trying to get up to date and python won't emerge. It borks at : i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc: glibc: No such file or directory ln: accessing `libpython2.3.so.1.0': No such file or directory make: *** [libpython2.3.so] Error 1 I tried revdep-rebuild but it give

[gentoo-user] seeding a torrent file

2005-05-01 Thread Paul Kain
Hi all I have a small question with BitTorrent, I am using btdownloadcurses.py to download a torrent. once the torrent is complete, it stops seeding How do I make it continue seeding ? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] ident timeout

2005-05-01 Thread Paul Kain
Hi all I am very much a noob when it comes to firewalls and I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction. my setup Natbox running gentoo 2 eth devices eth0 is connected to a modem that connatecs me to a wireless broadband isp eth1 is connected to my lan on my lan I have a laptop t

[gentoo-user] Crosscompiling

2005-05-01 Thread Jan Hübner
Hello there, I want to build a complete Gentoo system on my PC to save a friend the time for compiling. The question I have is: what do I need to take care of if my machine is a Pentium 4 and his is an Athlon? I know that if I choose my CFLAGS like march=i686 the code will run on both machines, bu

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: "equery which" gives wrong version?

2005-05-01 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, 2005-05-01 at 09:53 -0500, Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote: > Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote: > > > 2. Based on their input, file a bug report. IMHO, I think the default > > should work the way you suggest, and there should be some way to expand it > > to include packages. > > That should r

[gentoo-user] Building for XBox on my workstation

2005-05-01 Thread Mark Knecht
Is this possible? I'd like to run a very stripped down version of Gentoo on an XBox but there is no way I can build on that platform. Is it possible, with some learning, to get a kernel and some drivers built sitting here at my desk and then get move it over? Assume that the XBox is already modchi

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo and XP on hda without causing World War III -- impossible? (help)

2005-05-01 Thread Maxim Vexler
On 5/1/05, Travis Rousseau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The system (windows) itself got installed into hda5. > > then > > rootnoverify (hd0,5) > makeactive > chainloader +1 > > Should look like > > rootnoverify (hd0,4) > makeactive > chainloader +1 > > Travis R. > > -- oops, sorry my mista

Re: [gentoo-user] "error exiting GDM" on system halt

2005-05-01 Thread Sean D. Quinn
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Re: [gentoo-user] Crosscompiling

2005-05-01 Thread Mark Knecht
Jan, I think this is the same thing I want to know about. I run Gentoo but want to try running it on my XBox. In general I am guessing we handle it jsut like a normal install. Make a directory that will represent the root of the new system, then chroot into it and work only in there. That's just

[gentoo-user] local network interface

2005-05-01 Thread Panos Laganakos
Hello, I am getting an error on startup about not having configured my eth0 right. The thing is i don't have network access on that machine neither an ethernet card. So i think loopback (lo) should be enough, no matter though, Gentoo asks me to specify one. What should i do then, what configurat

Re: [gentoo-user] local network interface

2005-05-01 Thread q-parser
Panos Laganakos wrote: Hello, I am getting an error on startup about not having configured my eth0 right. The thing is i don't have network access on that machine neither an ethernet card. So i think loopback (lo) should be enough, no matter though, Gentoo asks me to specify one.

Re: [gentoo-user] local network interface

2005-05-01 Thread Panos Laganakos
q-parser wrote: Panos Laganakos wrote: Hello, I am getting an error on startup about not having configured my eth0 right. The thing is i don't have network access on that machine neither an ethernet card. So i think loopback (lo) should be enough, no matter though, Gentoo asks me to specify one

Re: [gentoo-user] Building for XBox on my workstation

2005-05-01 Thread Flicker - Gummi
Mark Knecht wrote: >Is this possible? I'd like to run a very stripped down version of >Gentoo on an XBox but there is no way I can build on that platform. Is >it possible, with some learning, to get a kernel and some drivers >built sitting here at my desk and then get move it over? > >Assume that

Re: [gentoo-user] local network interface

2005-05-01 Thread q-parser
Panos Laganakos wrote: q-parser wrote: Panos Laganakos wrote: Hello, I am getting an error on startup about not having configured my eth0 right. The thing is i don't have network access on that machine neither an ethernet card. So i think loopba

Re: [gentoo-user] No sound: ALSA and software suspend2

2005-05-01 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 11:14:24AM -0700, Richard Fish wrote > Does the sound card start working after boot if you do a > "/etc/init.d/alsasound restart"? Thank you, thank you, thank you verrry verrry much. You just answered my "Alsa doesn't see Yamaha 724-F sound card" post. alsamixer finds

Re: [gentoo-user] Alsa doesn't see Yamaha 724-F sound card

2005-05-01 Thread Walter Dnes
Do... I forgot "rc-update add alsasound default". Sound works now. Sorry to trouble the list, folks -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure, and has a lower TCO, than linu

Re: [gentoo-user] Building for XBox on my workstation

2005-05-01 Thread Mark Knecht
On 5/1/05, Flicker - Gummi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: > > >Is this possible? I'd like to run a very stripped down version of > >Gentoo on an XBox but there is no way I can build on that platform. Is > >it possible, with some learning, to get a kernel and some drivers > >built

Re: [gentoo-user] local network interface

2005-05-01 Thread Panos Laganakos
q-parser wrote: Panos Laganakos wrote: So, i could also delete the file, as i don't need it? No, just leave it there. I don't know where would you get that file, if you ever considered having your computer connected to net. In /etc/conf.d are many files that you don't need to use currently. Well

Re: [gentoo-user] rc-update net.wlan0?

2005-05-01 Thread Robert G. Hays
Mark, Below is my /etc/conf.d/net file Change things from eth0 to whatever name you use for the wireless. Obviously, change the actual network addresses to, preferrably!, the original IPA that your previous OS got from the router, or, at least something that fits into the same mask. HTH, rgh. FI

Re: [gentoo-user] Crosscompiling

2005-05-01 Thread Nick Rout
relatively simple. the general idea is thus: 1. make a directory, say mkdir /mnt/target 2. untar a stage3 tarball into there, for the architecture you want. 3. mount various directories mount -t proc none /mnt/target/proc mount -o bind /usr/portage /mnt/target/usr/portage cp /etc/resolv.conf /

[gentoo-user] Subtle KDE style problem ?

2005-05-01 Thread Dave S
This is a subtle KDE problem, in a nutshell : If I use kde logged in as myself, I go to control center > style > preview, I see tab 1 & tab 2. There is a slight line below the tabs which defines the top of the preview box as it should be. If I use kde logged in as my wife, I go to control center

Re: [gentoo-user] resolution from command line

2005-05-01 Thread Sami Samhuri
* On Sat Apr-30-2005 at 09:12:22 PM -0500, Greg Donald said: > On 4/30/05, Sami Samhuri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The command you are looking for is "fbresolution". > > > > Which package provides this program? I cannot find it on my system. :( > > Google makes me think it's in bootsplash.

Re: [gentoo-user] Crosscompiling

2005-05-01 Thread Keziah W
Maybe this will help? http://dev.gentoo.org/~vapier/CROSS-COMPILE-HOWTO -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: No sound: ALSA and software suspend2

2005-05-01 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Richard Fish wrote: > Do you have /etc/hibernate/hibernate.conf setup to restart alsa on > suspend/resume? > > # StopServices alsasound No, I didn't. After adding various versions (including 'ResumeServices alsasound'), the problem actually got worse. > Does the sound card start working af

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: "equery which" gives wrong version?

2005-05-01 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Nick Rout wrote: > Thanks for your investigation, you are obviously far more au fait with > the finer points of the portage/python thing than I am. Nope. That's actually my first delve into tracing a python. I can't even do "Hello, World!" in Python. However, the syntax looks like a cross betw

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: "equery which" gives wrong version?

2005-05-01 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, 01 May 2005 16:56:24 -0500 Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: > > > Thanks for your investigation, you are obviously far more au fait with > > the finer points of the portage/python thing than I am. > > Nope. That's actually my first delve into tracing a python. I can't

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) WARNING: /etc removed from CONFIG_PROTECT portage-2.0.51.20

2005-05-01 Thread Robert G. Hays
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 02:56:36 -0400, Robert G. Hays wrote: ah, glsa's makes a pretty good reason -- what I was referring to was the part about the portage stuff getting whanged; wasn't *even* referring to compile-time! Fair point. But if no one runs the bleeding edge stuf

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo and XP on hda without causing World War III -- impossible? (help)

2005-05-01 Thread Richard Fish
Maxim Vexler wrote: >I think that the claim of "Windows unable to boot from logical >partition" is half true. >As I have written, I did managed to install and boot windows from a >logical partition but the windows boot loader (ntldr) had to be on a >physical partition. > >That leades me to this id

RE: [gentoo-user] emerge gnome looking for automake-1.7

2005-05-01 Thread Richard Watson
did you try to use only emerge automake Hi - Yes I did. Afterwards # ls /usr/bin/automak* /usr/bin/automake /usr/bin/automake-1.9 If I then rerun # emerge gtk+ I get the same error. It seems I must have automake-1.7 to continue. I'm really stuck at the moment so any help would be really

[gentoo-user] Error while bringing eth0 "up"

2005-05-01 Thread Mrugesh Karnik
Hello, Following the installation guide, I've set the value of eth0 to "up" as I use rp-pppoe. While booting the system, I get an error similar to following: No loaded modules provide up (up_start) Error starting required services "netmount" not started What have I done wrong? I haven't encountered

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: (OT) WARNING: /etc removed from CONFIG_PROTECT portage-2.0.51.20

2005-05-01 Thread Robert G. Hays
Remy Blank wrote: Robert G. Hays wrote: (Shall I tell you just _how_ many of your sig/tags I have captured? Keep 'em coming! :D ) (I'm sharing them with others (with attribution), and they are geting quite a kick out of them!) I agree. I can't help noticing Neil's sigs are much funnier tha

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: "equery which" gives wrong version?

2005-05-01 Thread Robert G. Hays
Python :: (noun) :: A computer programing language that has adopted (swallowed!) every programming construct from every other known programming language. (And I have red a list somewhere listing the multiplicity of languages from which python got things -- it is literally about half of the la

Re: [gentoo-user] Dell 8100 Buttons???

2005-05-01 Thread Adi
Sîmbătă 30 Aprilie 2005 10:41, timothy johnson a scris: > I have been running Gentoo on a Dell 8100 for a while now. I have my > volume buttons working, but a couple of updates ago they quit working, > wondering if anyone might know about how to fix this? and also one of > two updates ago I lost co

Re: [gentoo-user] what's the deal with use flags in (brackets)?

2005-05-01 Thread Calvin Spealman
but amd64 is itself an extension of the x86 architecture, isn't that the case? amd64 chips run x86 code, i'm sure. do they not support those extensions? I understand that for some reason the USE flags are irrelevent here, but I don't understand why and it is starting to drive me crazy because I'm j

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: No sound: ALSA and software suspend2

2005-05-01 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 04:53:56PM -0500, Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote > 2. When I go to 'init 3', it still works fine before logging into KDE. > 3. After I log into KDE, the sound card brakes. Only way to recover > it so that it's usable to KDE is to hibernate and then resume. KDE uses the a

Re: [gentoo-user] seeding a torrent file

2005-05-01 Thread Ognjen Bezanov
Paul Kain wrote: >Hi all I have a small question > > >with BitTorrent, I am using btdownloadcurses.py to download a torrent. >once the torrent is complete, it stops seeding > >How do I make it continue seeding ? > > > you sure? I use btdownloadcurses and btdownloadheadless and both will continue

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: No sound: ALSA and software suspend2

2005-05-01 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Walter Dnes wrote: > KDE uses the artsd sound daemon. Have you configured artsd properly? Whether artsd is properly configured or no... I would never wager on it, but I think it's OK. Everything works great with a 2.6.9 kernel, but not 2.6.11. In trying to isolate the problem, I went into KD

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge gnome looking for automake-1.7

2005-05-01 Thread Scott Taylor
On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 01:15 +1000, Richard Watson wrote: > # emerge sys-dev/automake-1.7 > > Calculating dependencies > > !!! Problem in sys-dev/automake-1.7 dependencies. > !!! "Specific key requires an operator (sys-dev/automake-1.7) (try adding an > '=')" exceptions add an '=', like so:

[gentoo-user] EVMS for /boot, /

2005-05-01 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
I understand that you can put /boot and / on an LVM but it's not recommended. What about making / and /boot EVMS compatible volumes - will that work? Thanks. -- Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #188143 Remove R777 to email -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Does a tool that resizes reiser4 partitions exists ?

2005-05-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 21 April 2005 06:58 pm, Maxim Vexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since the first public release of resiser4 it came a long way, but yet > I haven't seen even one tool that can resize a reiser partition. I heard a rumor that a resizer for reiser4 would only be available commercially.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: No sound: ALSA and software suspend2

2005-05-01 Thread Richard Fish
Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote: >Walter Dnes wrote: > > > >> KDE uses the artsd sound daemon. Have you configured artsd properly? >> >> > >Whether artsd is properly configured or no... I would never wager on it, but >I think it's OK. Everything works great with a 2.6.9 kernel, but not >2.6

Re: [gentoo-user] EVMS for /boot, /

2005-05-01 Thread Richard Fish
Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > I understand that you can put /boot and / on an LVM but it's not > recommended. What about making / and /boot EVMS compatible volumes - > will that work? > I'm not sure what you mean by making 'compatible' volumes...a partition/disk is either an LVM physical volume, or

Re: [gentoo-user] Building for XBox on my workstation

2005-05-01 Thread Keziah W
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Wrong Aspell PATH

2005-05-01 Thread Luigi Pinna
Alle 17:06, domenica 01 maggio 2005, Gabriel M. Beddingfield ha scritto: > What do you get when you (not root) enter the commands: > > $ which aspell > $ echo $PATH [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ which aspell /usr/bin/aspell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ echo $PATH /bin:/usr/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/g

Re: [gentoo-user] EVMS for /boot, /

2005-05-01 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Montag, 2. Mai 2005 04:41 schrieb ext Brett I. Holcomb: > I understand that you can put /boot and / on an LVM but it's not > recommended. What about making / and /boot EVMS compatible volumes - > will that work? / yes, you'll have to boot with an initrd. /boot depends on the bootloader. AFAI

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing 2005.0 with LVM2

2005-05-01 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Sonntag, 1. Mai 2005 07:41 schrieb ext Mrugesh Karnik: > OK. Installation complete. Everything went fine (well, I'm a lier ;) ). > Anyways, just a few more queries... > > During the installation, I extended one of the volumes by 2GB. But if I > run df -hT, it still shows me the previous value. W