Re: [gentoo-user] New project in perl? {OT}

2011-01-02 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 02 January 2011 01:17:09 kashani wrote: > Unless the language you're familiar with is completely unsuitable, I'd > say familiarity trumps language features. I've been out of coding for too long to know much about modern languages (so ignore me if you like), but I think this is exactly

[gentoo-user] Re: UPS driver error

2011-01-02 Thread Francesco Talamona
On Saturday 01 January 2011, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a iDowell UPS with a USB connection which I'm trying to > configure with Gentoo. This UPS works fine with the default settings > in WinXP and apparently with AppleMac boxen which it is marketed for: > > http://store.apple.com/uk/produ

Re: [gentoo-user] disk /dev entry

2011-01-02 Thread Thanasis
on 01/02/2011 12:22 AM Alan McKinnon wrote the following: > Apparently, though unproven, at 23:38 on Saturday 01 January 2011, Daniel D > Jones did opine thusly: > >> This is more of a curiosity question than a problem. I just added a new >> diskdrive to my system. It's the same model as one I a

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Firefox 3.6.12 problem?

2011-01-02 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday 13 December 2010 16:43:10 I wrote: > On Monday 13 December 2010 14:02:38 Urs Schutz wrote: > > Did you try to use the configuration dialog for the Menu > > bar / Navigation toolbar / Bookmarks toolbar? If not, please > > right mouse click on the «STOP» button, and choose > > «Customize...

[gentoo-user] SVGA mode & the console

2011-01-02 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, there is a "small" linux distribution (GRML), which I use for rescue and other purposes. I installed it on a USB-stick. Furthermore installed in my PC there is a MSI GT430 (nvidia) graphics card and I use the nvidia-driver in conjunction with xorg 1.9.2. So far so nice... The GRML uses the

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia update problems

2011-01-02 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday 31 December 2010 12:52:08 Peter Humphrey wrote: > When I start the system, instead of the kdm login screen I get a > blinking cursor in the top-[left] of a blank screen. An emerge of > nvidia-drivers enables me to restart kdm and get a proper screen. This > is in spite of not having been

Re: [gentoo-user] New project in perl? {OT}

2011-01-02 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 03:32 on Sunday 02 January 2011, Stroller did opine thusly: > On 1/1/2011, at 10:34pm, Grant wrote: > > ... > > I'm starting a new project that is quite straightforward and will > > interface with an old project. The only point of contact between the > > two proje

Re: [gentoo-user] Core i7 M620 power management problem

2011-01-02 Thread Mick
On Sunday 02 January 2011 04:39:10 Bill Longman wrote: > On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Mick wrote: > > Did you diff the kernel configs to see what's different between the two > > OS'? > > There was no /proc/config.gz. How do you find it without that? I looked > through the proc tree but didn't

Re: [gentoo-user] SVGA mode & the console

2011-01-02 Thread Mick
On Sunday 02 January 2011 11:28:09 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > there is a "small" linux distribution (GRML), which I use for rescue > and other purposes. I installed it on a USB-stick. > > Furthermore installed in my PC there is a MSI GT430 (nvidia) graphics > card and I use the nvidia-d

[gentoo-user] Re: SVGA mode & the console

2011-01-02 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 01/02/2011 01:28 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, there is a "small" linux distribution (GRML), which I use for rescue and other purposes. I installed it on a USB-stick. Furthermore installed in my PC there is a MSI GT430 (nvidia) graphics card and I use the nvidia-driver in conjunction wi

[gentoo-user] Re: New project in perl? {OT}

2011-01-02 Thread Lubos Kolouch
Indexer, Sun, 02 Jan 2011 10:47:46 +1030: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > On 02/01/2011, at 09:04, Grant wrote: > >> I'm sorry this is OT but I really value the opinion of many people >> subscribed to this list. >> >> I'm starting a new project that is quite straightfor

[gentoo-user] Problem building VMware Modul

2011-01-02 Thread 4k3nd0
Hi all, i got trouble building the vmmon module for vmware workstation 7. I tried with the ebuild driver as the module from vmware himself. Error message is always the same(her the short one): Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make -C /lib/modules/2.6.36-gentoo-r6/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD S

Re: [gentoo-user] SVGA mode & the console

2011-01-02 Thread meino . cramer
Mick [11-01-02 14:08]: > On Sunday 02 January 2011 11:28:09 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > there is a "small" linux distribution (GRML), which I use for rescue > > and other purposes. I installed it on a USB-stick. > > > > Furthermore installed in my PC there is a MSI GT430 (nvidia)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: SVGA mode & the console

2011-01-02 Thread meino . cramer
Nikos Chantziaras [11-01-02 14:12]: > On 01/02/2011 01:28 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >Hi, > > > >there is a "small" linux distribution (GRML), which I use for rescue > >and other purposes. I installed it on a USB-stick. > > > >Furthermore installed in my PC there is a MSI GT430 (nvidia) grap

[gentoo-user] Re: SVGA mode & the console

2011-01-02 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 01/02/2011 03:57 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Nikos Chantziaras [11-01-02 14:12]: On 01/02/2011 01:28 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, there is a "small" linux distribution (GRML), which I use for rescue and other purposes. I installed it on a USB-stick. Furthermore installed in my PC

[gentoo-user] Re: SVGA mode & the console

2011-01-02 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 01/02/2011 03:57 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: unfortunately lrmi fails to compile. In addition to what I wrote in my other reply, make sure you use a 32bit Live CD. vbetest does not work with 64-bit kernels. Btw, if you're on a 32-bit Gentoo, you can compile lrmi on it. Steps: Downlo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: SVGA mode & the console

2011-01-02 Thread meino . cramer
Nikos Chantziaras [11-01-02 16:12]: > On 01/02/2011 03:57 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >unfortunately lrmi fails to compile. > > In addition to what I wrote in my other reply, make sure you use a > 32bit Live CD. vbetest does not work with 64-bit kernels. > > Btw, if you're on a 32-bit Gen

[gentoo-user] Re: nvidia update problems

2011-01-02 Thread walt
On 01/02/2011 03:51 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Friday 31 December 2010 12:52:08 Peter Humphrey wrote: When I start the system, instead of the kdm login screen I get a blinking cursor in the top-[left] of a blank screen. An emerge of nvidia-drivers enables me to restart kdm and get a proper sc

[gentoo-user] Re: Problem building VMware Modul

2011-01-02 Thread walt
On 01/02/2011 04:43 AM, 4k3nd0 wrote: Hi all, i got trouble building the vmmon module for vmware workstation 7. I tried with the ebuild driver as the module from vmware himself. Error message is always the same(her the short one): Using 2.6.x kernel build system. »struct file_operations« hat

Re: [gentoo-user] New project in perl? {OT}

2011-01-02 Thread Grant
>> I'm sorry this is OT but I really value the opinion of many people >> subscribed to this list. >> >> I'm starting a new project that is quite straightforward and will >> interface with an old project.  The only point of contact between the >> two projects might be both of them having access to t

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem building VMware Modul

2011-01-02 Thread Tim Sammut
On 01/02/2011 04:43 AM, 4k3nd0 wrote: > Hi all, > > i got trouble building the vmmon module for vmware workstation 7. I > tried with the ebuild driver as the module from vmware himself. > This is a known problem. There have been some threads on this in the VMware forums. http://search.vmware.co

[gentoo-user] Re: Problem building VMware Modul

2011-01-02 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 01/02/2011 02:43 PM, 4k3nd0 wrote: Hi all, i got trouble building the vmmon module for vmware workstation 7. I tried with the ebuild driver as the module from vmware himself. Are you using the vmware overlay? app-emulation/vmware-workstation-7.1.3.324285 and app-emulation/vmware-modules-2

[gentoo-user] Xorg 1.9.2 and wrong display size

2011-01-02 Thread felix
My 1.9.2 upgrade didn't lose the keys, but it thinks the screen has fewer pixels than before, and what it does use is pushed off to the right (there is a column down the left side, roughly 10-20% of the screen, which is inaccessible). I've included 3 logs -- the working 1.8.2, the failing 1.9.2, a

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg 1.9.2 and wrong display size

2011-01-02 Thread walt
On 01/02/2011 11:25 AM, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: My 1.9.2 upgrade didn't lose the keys, but it thinks the screen has fewer pixels than before, and what it does use is pushed off to the right (there is a column down the left side, roughly 10-20% of the screen, which is inaccessible). I've include

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg 1.9.2 and wrong display size

2011-01-02 Thread felix
On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 01:07:40PM -0800, walt wrote: > On 01/02/2011 11:25 AM, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > > My 1.9.2 upgrade didn't lose the keys, but it thinks the screen has > > fewer pixels than before, and what it does use is pushed off to the > > right (there is a column down the left side, r

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg 1.9.2 and wrong display size

2011-01-02 Thread Mick
On Sunday 02 January 2011 21:18:14 fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 01:07:40PM -0800, walt wrote: > > On 01/02/2011 11:25 AM, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > > > My 1.9.2 upgrade didn't lose the keys, but it thinks the screen has > > > fewer pixels than before, and what it does use is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg 1.9.2 and wrong display size

2011-01-02 Thread felix
On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 12:33:18AM +, Mick wrote: > On Sunday 02 January 2011 21:18:14 fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 01:07:40PM -0800, walt wrote: > > > On 01/02/2011 11:25 AM, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > > > > My 1.9.2 upgrade didn't lose the keys, but it thinks the scree

Re: [gentoo-user] Good file system that recovers from a power failure.

2011-01-02 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 10:31:42AM +0800, William Kenworthy wrote > I use "dirvish" for backups which creates a LOT of hardlinks which can > be very hard on a file system. ext2 typically lasts only a few cycles, > while ext3 is only a little better even with full journalling. Coupled > to the fa

Re: [gentoo-user] Good file system that recovers from a power failure.

2011-01-02 Thread William Kenworthy
Reply inline On Sun, 2011-01-02 at 21:06 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 10:31:42AM +0800, William Kenworthy wrote > > > I use "dirvish" for backups which creates a LOT of hardlinks which can > > be very hard on a file system. ext2 typically lasts only a few cycles, > > while

[gentoo-user] user/grpup spec.

2011-01-02 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I noticed that I have files in my $HOME, which I have created as user (me) which owner is set to (user.group) mcc.users other files, also owned by my are set to mcc.mcc . What is the current way to do this correctly ? Best regards, mcc

[gentoo-user] How 2 disable synaptic pad (driver)

2011-01-02 Thread James
Hello, so I got xorg-server working just fine on several machines...(*!/#FFF) Now I want to disable the synaptic pad on a laptop. The first laptop I want to do this to is working without any xorg.conf file nor a /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ dir. This chipset is a RADEON XPRESS 20M (5955) S

Re: [gentoo-user] user/grpup spec.

2011-01-02 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 06:26 on Monday 03 January 2011, meino.cra...@gmx.de did opine thusly: > Hi, > > I noticed that I have files in my $HOME, which I have created as user > (me) which owner is set to (user.group) > > mcc.users > > other files, also owned by my are set to >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: New project in perl? {OT}

2011-01-02 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 14:36 on Sunday 02 January 2011, Lubos Kolouch did opine thusly: > Indexer, Sun, 02 Jan 2011 10:47:46 +1030: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 02/01/2011, at 09:04, Grant wrote: > >> I'm sorry this is OT but I really value the opinio

Re: [gentoo-user] How 2 disable synaptic pad (driver)

2011-01-02 Thread xing
On Mon, 03 Jan 2011, James wrote: > Hello, so I got xorg-server > working just fine on several machines...(*!/#FFF) > > Now I want to disable the synaptic pad on a laptop. > The first laptop I want to do this to is working without > any xorg.conf file nor a /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ dir.