[gentoo-user] When ls command fails but only on $HOME

2010-11-01 Thread Harry Putnam
Something I have not run into before. Following a major update still in progress I find the ls command will not run on $HOME. I can view the directory with emacs in dired mode but `ls' simply will not complete... never shows anything and stays hung indefinitely. Top shows 94% idle so its not fro

Re: [gentoo-user] When ls command fails but only on $HOME

2010-11-01 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 12:28 on Monday 01 November 2010, Harry Putnam did opine thusly: > Something I have not run into before. > > Following a major update still in progress I find the ls command will > not run on $HOME. > > I can view the directory with emacs in dired mode but `ls' s

[gentoo-user] More troubles with major update

2010-11-01 Thread Harry Putnam
I'm having a series of problems following a major update from several mnths ago. A major problem right now is that 127.0.0.1 has started rejected mail connections. That is, sendmail cannot send mail even locally. Sendmail itself has not been updated fetchmail has but looking at the ouput of

[gentoo-user] Re: When ls command fails but only on $HOME

2010-11-01 Thread Harry Putnam
Alan McKinnon writes: > Apparently, though unproven, at 12:28 on Monday 01 November 2010, Harry > Putnam > did opine thusly: > >> Something I have not run into before. >> >> Following a major update still in progress I find the ls command will >> not run on $HOME. >> >> I can view the directo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: When ls command fails but only on $HOME

2010-11-01 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 12:56 on Monday 01 November 2010, Harry Putnam did opine thusly: > Alan McKinnon writes: > > Apparently, though unproven, at 12:28 on Monday 01 November 2010, Harry > > Putnam > > > > did opine thusly: > >> Something I have not run into before. > >> > >> Followi

[gentoo-user] Can't install mplayer/vlc with win32codecs

2010-11-01 Thread alex
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, i need win32codes to play some Videos and i try it now for some days. I installed the codes already but vlc neither mpalyer does use them. I can't get them to use it with, the usefalg always with (-win32codecs). No use with flagedit or /etc/port

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: When ls command fails but only on $HOME

2010-11-01 Thread Willie Wong
On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 01:07:34PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > >> Something I have not run into before. > > >> > > >> Following a major update still in progress I find the ls command will > > >> not run on $HOME. > > >> > > > By the time the command hits ls itself, the shell has already expan

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't install mplayer/vlc with win32codecs

2010-11-01 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 14:00 on Monday 01 November 2010, alex did opine thusly: > Hi, > > i need win32codes to play some Videos and i try it now for some days. > I installed the codes already but vlc neither mpalyer does use them. I > can't get them to use it with, the usefalg always wi

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't install mplayer/vlc with win32codecs

2010-11-01 Thread alex
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am 01.11.2010 13:09, schrieb Alan McKinnon: > Apparently, though unproven, at 14:00 on Monday 01 November 2010, alex did > opine thusly: > >> Hi, >> >> i need win32codes to play some Videos and i try it now for some days. >> I installed the codes alr

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't install mplayer/vlc with win32codecs

2010-11-01 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 14:32 on Monday 01 November 2010, alex did opine thusly: > Am 01.11.2010 13:09, schrieb Alan McKinnon: > > Apparently, though unproven, at 14:00 on Monday 01 November 2010, alex > > did > > > > opine thusly: > >> Hi, > >> > >> i need win32codes to play some Video

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't install mplayer/vlc with win32codecs

2010-11-01 Thread alex
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am 01.11.2010 13:44, schrieb Alan McKinnon: > Apparently, though unproven, at 14:32 on Monday 01 November 2010, alex did > opine thusly: > >> Am 01.11.2010 13:09, schrieb Alan McKinnon: >>> Apparently, though unproven, at 14:00 on Monday 01 November

[gentoo-user] Re: When ls command fails but only on $HOME

2010-11-01 Thread Harry Putnam
Alan McKinnon writes: [...] >> > >> > What shell are you using? >> > What is the output of "echo $HOME"? >> >> My shell is xterm... and was just updated to: >> Wed Oct 27 10:15:06 2010 >>> x11-terms/xterm-262 > > That's the terminal. > > What shell do you use/ > Sorry... still asleep... ba

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: When ls command fails but only on $HOME

2010-11-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:51:50 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > However, as indicated earlier... my user or root can run `ls' against > any other directory like normal. > > ls /etc > > Shows the content of /etc > > ls /home/reader What about ls /home/reader/somedir ? -- Neil Bothwick A frien

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: When ls command fails but only on $HOME

2010-11-01 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 14:51 on Monday 01 November 2010, Harry Putnam did opine thusly: > Alan McKinnon writes: > > > [...] > > >> > What shell are you using? > >> > What is the output of "echo $HOME"? > >> > >> My shell is xterm... and was just updated to: > >> Wed Oct 27 10:15:0

[gentoo-user] Re: Winter clock change did not happen

2010-11-01 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-10-31, Willie Wong wrote: > Or just cheat like I do. I set Windows to GMT with no daylight saving > offset, so it won't be tempted into playing with my system clock. > Gentoo thinks CLOCK="UTC". I don't boot into Windows often enough to > care about the clock being off by an hour during t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: When ls command fails but only on $HOME

2010-11-01 Thread alex
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am 01.11.2010 14:13, schrieb Alan McKinnon: > Apparently, though unproven, at 14:51 on Monday 01 November 2010, Harry > Putnam > did opine thusly: > >> Alan McKinnon writes: >> >> >> [...] >> > What shell are you using? > What is the output

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't install mplayer/vlc with win32codecs

2010-11-01 Thread alex
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >> Run 32bit mplayer with win32codecs in a 32bit chroot Some other question to this, you mean doing a chroot32? Is there great different between chroot32 and a normal chroot doing it? Greetings from Germany Alex -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Versi

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't install mplayer/vlc with win32codecs

2010-11-01 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 15:58 on Monday 01 November 2010, alex did opine thusly: > >> Run 32bit mplayer with win32codecs in a 32bit chroot > > Some other question to this, you mean doing a chroot32? Is there great > different between chroot32 and a normal chroot doing it? > > Greetings

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: When ls command fails but only on $HOME

2010-11-01 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 15:30 on Monday 01 November 2010, alex did opine thusly: > > I suspect directory corruption in /home - is it a separate partition? > > > > I don't recall if you mentioned this or not, do you get the same result > > if you run "ls $HOME" as root? root's home dir is

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't install mplayer/vlc with win32codecs

2010-11-01 Thread alex
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am 01.11.2010 15:10, schrieb Alan McKinnon: > Apparently, though unproven, at 15:58 on Monday 01 November 2010, alex did > opine thusly: > Run 32bit mplayer with win32codecs in a 32bit chroot >> >> Some other question to this, you mean doing a c

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: When ls command fails but only on $HOME

2010-11-01 Thread covici
Harry Putnam wrote: > Alan McKinnon writes: > > > Apparently, though unproven, at 12:28 on Monday 01 November 2010, Harry > > Putnam > > did opine thusly: > > > >> Something I have not run into before. > >> > >> Following a major update still in progress I find the ls command will > >> not r

Re: [gentoo-user] How to record a dvb-t stream for a specific time ?

2010-11-01 Thread pk
On 2010-10-31 13:30, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > ...cat has no timing parameter (see mail)... Yes, but I put it in a sub shell (cat ... &) and then kill it (using a very rough script that loops date). Basically what I do is: 1. set channel for a certain video adapter (I have two). 2. Use a scri

Re: [gentoo-user] When ls command fails but only on $HOME

2010-11-01 Thread Alex Schuster
Am 01.11.2010 11:28, schrieb Harry Putnam: > I can view the directory with emacs in dired mode but `ls' simply will > not complete... never shows anything and stays hung indefinitely. [...] > It only seem to happen on $HOME how very odd. > Anyone else seen that or have an idea what might be th

Re: [gentoo-user] More troubles with major update

2010-11-01 Thread Stroller
On 1/11/2010, at 10:52am, Harry Putnam wrote: > ... > A major problem right now is that 127.0.0.1 has started rejected mail > connections. That is, sendmail cannot send mail even locally. > > Sendmail itself has not been updated... You haven't demonstrated that sendmail is even installed. eix

Re: [gentoo-user] How to record a dvb-t stream for a specific time ?

2010-11-01 Thread meino . cramer
pk [10-11-02 00:24]: > On 2010-10-31 13:30, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > ...cat has no timing parameter (see mail)... > > Yes, but I put it in a sub shell (cat ... &) and then kill it (using a > very rough script that loops date). Basically what I do is: > > 1. set channel for a certain vid

[gentoo-user] world symlinking

2010-11-01 Thread Gary Golden
Hi, list. I keep changes of my /etc with git and I would like to include /var/lib/portage/world file into the repository. Can I safely do: mv /var/lib/portage/world /etc/portage ln -s /etc/portage /var/lib/portage/world Will portage update handle it properly? Using hardlinks seems to be more cle

[gentoo-user] Problems with frcon and pam?

2010-11-01 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, currently my fcron seems to have problems to do its jobs done: Nov 02 04:56:21 [fcron] Could not open PAM session for '/usr/sbin/check_system_crontabs -s 0': Module is unknown Nov 02 04:56:21 [fcron] read_write_pipe(): read/write returned 0: retrying... (size: 4, size_processed: 0

[gentoo-user] Converting RCS/CVS to git

2010-11-01 Thread felix
I have a small RCS repository which I would like to convert to git. It has no branches, no subdirs, and only a few files. I found one conversion utility which claimed to convert directly from RCS to git, but it failed, and I no longer remember its name or how it failed, other than it sounded like

[gentoo-user] HP C4795 All-in-One

2010-11-01 Thread CJoeB
Hi, Before someone asks "Haven't you posted this before?", I'll respond, "Sort of, but not really!" Anyway, I've reread all the previous posts. Mostly, they were related to the printer portion of the device. The printer works fine. The current problem is related to the scanner. My previous p