[gentoo-user] vmware-tools has broken lib

2009-12-24 Thread Xi Shen
hi, i am using the vmware-tools that vmware workstation provided, and it has some broken libs /usr/lib64/vmware-tools/lib64/libconf/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-tiff.so -> (none) /usr/lib64/vmware-tools/lib64/libconf/gtk-2.0/modules/libatk-bridge.so -> (none) /usr/lib64/vmware-tools/lib

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-tools has broken lib

2009-12-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:25:57 +0800, Xi Shen wrote: > the system seems working well, but it is really annoying seeing them > every time. is there any way to resolve this? or can i tel > revdep-rebuild not to check these files? echo "/usr/lib64/vmware-tools/lib64" >>/etc/revdep-rebuild/90-vmware-to

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot compile kvm

2009-12-24 Thread Marcus Wanner
On 12/23/2009 8:14 PM, Xi Shen wrote: hi, i cannot access my computer now, so i can only tell you what i remember. i am using gentoo amd64, and the portage is updated. the kernel have kvm modules compiled. when i was trying to emerge kvm-kmod, it is said to have been masked, so i unmasked it. b

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot compile kvm

2009-12-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:00:52 -0500, Marcus Wanner wrote: > Masked packages are usually masked for a reason. That reason is given in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask -- Neil Bothwick An expert is nothing more than an ordinary person away from home. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot compile kvm

2009-12-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 24 December 2009 11:00:52 Marcus Wanner wrote: > On 12/23/2009 8:14 PM, Xi Shen wrote: > > hi, > > > > i cannot access my computer now, so i can only tell you what i remember. > > > > i am using gentoo amd64, and the portage is updated. the kernel have > > kvm modules compiled. when i w

[gentoo-user] gentoo amd64 + kde + compiz in vmware?

2009-12-24 Thread Xi Shen
hi, i just tried to enable compiz fusion in my kde4 on a vmware guest os, but failed. does anybody have luck with this? -- Best Regards, David Shen http://twitter.com/davidshen84/ http://meme.yahoo.com/davidshen84/

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo amd64 + kde + compiz in vmware?

2009-12-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 24 December 2009 14:00:41 Xi Shen wrote: > hi, > > i just tried to enable compiz fusion in my kde4 on a vmware guest os, > but failed. does anybody have luck with this? > You are highly unlikely to get any useful answers until you post some relevant info about what you are trying t

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot compile kvm

2009-12-24 Thread Xi Shen
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thursday 24 December 2009 11:00:52 Marcus Wanner wrote: >> On 12/23/2009 8:14 PM, Xi Shen wrote: >> > hi, >> > >> > i cannot access my computer now, so i can only tell you what i remember. >> > >> > i am using gentoo amd64, and the portage

[gentoo-user] Grub boots to command prompt

2009-12-24 Thread Daniel D Jones
Just did a stage 3 install following a HD crash on a new HD. The initial install went without issue and I booted from the HD normally. I then went through and installed a bunch of packages - xorg, kde, etc. I installed genkernel, compiled a custom kernel, and updated /boot/grub/menu.lst. Upo

[gentoo-user] Install Gentoo 64bit from 32bit running enviroment

2009-12-24 Thread Carlos Moyano Cubillos
Dear friends, I have a gentoo system running 32bit .. and I have a 30GB partition available on which I would like to install a 64bit Gentoo to test for 64bit extensions processor supports . someone could help me and tell me how to proceed with this installation from my running system without hav

[gentoo-user] xconsole characters

2009-12-24 Thread pk
Hi, Does anyone know if there's a way to configure xconsole to not display control characters (at least that's what I think it is)? Currently xconsole displays this when XDM starts: [32;01m*[0m Setting clock via the NTP client 'ntpdate' ... [A[152C [34;01m[ [32;01mok[34;01m ][0m [32;01m*[0m St

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub boots to command prompt

2009-12-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 24 December 2009 15:52:37 Daniel D Jones wrote: > Just did a stage 3 install following a HD crash on a new HD. The initial > install went without issue and I booted from the HD normally. I then went > through and installed a bunch of packages - xorg, kde, etc. I installed > genkernel

Re: [gentoo-user] Install Gentoo 64bit from 32bit running enviroment

2009-12-24 Thread alex ponomarev
Hello. If you want to test for 64bit extensions processor support, why won't you try it in VirtualBox or VMware? I think it's better for tests than install a second system on your second partition. Much faster and easier to use virtualization, no?

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub boots to command prompt - solved

2009-12-24 Thread Daniel D Jones
On Thursday 24 December 2009 08:52:37 Daniel D Jones wrote: > Just did a stage 3 install following a HD crash on a new HD. The initial > install went without issue and I booted from the HD normally. I then went > through and installed a bunch of packages - xorg, kde, etc. I installed > genkernel

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub boots to command prompt

2009-12-24 Thread Daniel D Jones
On Thursday 24 December 2009 10:52:08 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thursday 24 December 2009 15:52:37 Daniel D Jones wrote: > > Just did a stage 3 install following a HD crash on a new HD. The initial > > install went without issue and I booted from the HD normally. I then > > went through and insta

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo amd64 + kde + compiz in vmware?

2009-12-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:00:41 +0800, Xi Shen wrote: > i just tried to enable compiz fusion in my kde4 on a vmware guest os, > but failed. does anybody have luck with this? The VMware virtual video card doesn't support 3D AFAIR. B -- Neil Bothwick A friend of mine sent me a postcard with a satel

[gentoo-user] The Great Macbook Update 1: Audio

2009-12-24 Thread bn
Hi, I am updating my Macbook Pro installation. While many programs I updated often, the basics (Xorg, kernel, etc.) were taking dust since... well, a lot. I only found time with these holidays. This is therefore probably the first thread of a long series... To make it short: The machine is a late

[gentoo-user] Spellcheck not working in Kmail

2009-12-24 Thread Daniel D Jones
Options/Automatic Spellchecking is checked and the status line at the bottom of Composer shows "Spellcheck: on." Manually selecting Tools/Spelling shows the message "Spell check complete." But no mispelled words are marked, including nonsense strings like "lakjdfh." ispell is installed. I ca

Re: [gentoo-user] The Great Macbook Update 1: Audio

2009-12-24 Thread Daniel D Jones
On Thursday 24 December 2009 16:53:43 bn wrote: > alsamixer and kmix agree on everything being turned on. Where should I > try to look? Make sure that your username is in the audio group. (Just solved this one about an hour ago on my system after a new install.) -- "It would be as useless to p

Re: [gentoo-user] The Great Macbook Update 1: Audio

2009-12-24 Thread Bruce Hill
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 09:53:43PM +, bn wrote: > Hi, > > I am updating my Macbook Pro installation. While many programs I updated > often, the basics (Xorg, kernel, etc.) were taking dust since... well, a > lot. I only found time with these holidays. This is therefore probably > the first thr

Re: [gentoo-user] Spellcheck not working in Kmail

2009-12-24 Thread Stroller
On 24 Dec 2009, at 22:16, Daniel D Jones wrote: > Options/Automatic Spellchecking is checked and the status line at the bottom > of Composer shows "Spellcheck: on." Manually selecting Tools/Spelling shows > the message "Spell check complete." But no mispelled words are marked, > including no

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo amd64 + kde + compiz in vmware?

2009-12-24 Thread Xi Shen
oh, so no 3d in vmware...i remember vbox has 3d in guest os. may be i should give that a try. thanks ;) On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 1:15 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:00:41 +0800, Xi Shen wrote: > >> i just tried to enable compiz fusion in my kde4 on a vmware guest os, >> but fai

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] The Great Macbook Update 1: Audio

2009-12-24 Thread bn
Hi, Bruce Hill ha scritto: > On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 09:53:43PM +, bn wrote: > Which codec does your HDA Intel use? Then check if it's in your kernel: > > zgrep 'CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC' /proc/config.gz > > Your codec might not be easy to determine, such as mine: > jeremiah ~ # cat /proc/asound/

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware-tools has broken lib

2009-12-24 Thread Xi Shen
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:25:57 +0800, Xi Shen wrote: > >> the system seems working well, but it is really annoying seeing them >> every time. is there any way to resolve this? or can i tel >> revdep-rebuild not to check these files? > > echo "/