Re: [gentoo-user] emerge world, USE flags and packages that aren't there

2011-01-29 Thread Stroller
On 29/1/2011, at 2:49am, Andrew Lowe wrote: > ... > emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy > "dev-vcs/subversion[-dso,perl]". > !!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request: > - dev-vcs/subversion-1.6.15 (Change USE: -dso) > (dependency required by

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kmix/sound broken

2011-01-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:40:27 + (UTC), James wrote: > ok, I ran a "tail -f /home/user/.xsession-errors" > > in one window and typed in "kmix" in another terminal > window. Nothing logged and the command line just returned > empty as though I just hit the return key... It's possible kmix is a

[gentoo-user] ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3 and RTL-8168

2011-01-29 Thread Florian Philipp
Hi list! I'm thinking about building a new media PC and wanted to use an ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3 mainboard (link: [1]). Any objections to this? I'm a bit worried about the LAN chipset Realtek 8111E (which seems to be also known as RTL-8168E). This chipset seems to be extremely common on AM3 boards but

[gentoo-user] Cloning a directory hierarchy, but not the content

2011-01-29 Thread Alex Schuster
Hi there! I am currently putting extra backups to old hard drives I do no longer need for other purposes. After that I send the putput out ls -lR and du -m to my log directory so I can check what files are on which drive without having to attach the drive. Works, though a better method would b

Re: [gentoo-user] Cloning a directory hierarchy, but not the content

2011-01-29 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:58:13 +0100 Alex Schuster wrote: > Hi there! > > I am currently putting extra backups to old hard drives I do no longer > need for other purposes. After that I send the putput out ls -lR and du > -m to my log directory so I can check what files are on which drive > without

Re: [gentoo-user] ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3 and RTL-8168

2011-01-29 Thread Dale
Florian Philipp wrote: Hi list! I'm thinking about building a new media PC and wanted to use an ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3 mainboard (link: [1]). Any objections to this? I'm a bit worried about the LAN chipset Realtek 8111E (which seems to be also known as RTL-8168E). This chipset seems to be extremely

[gentoo-user] Curiosity...

2011-01-29 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, when listing my hardware with lshw I find some stuff build into my ASUS Crosshair IV Formula, which I seem not to use and I like to know, for what it is good for: These are excerpts from the output of lshw: *-serial UNCLAIMED description: SMBus product: SB

Re: [gentoo-user] Cloning a directory hierarchy, but not the content

2011-01-29 Thread Alex Schuster
Etaoin Shrdlu writes: > On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:58:13 +0100 > > Alex Schuster wrote: > > Hi there! > > > > I am currently putting extra backups to old hard drives I do no longer > > need for other purposes. After that I send the putput out ls -lR and du > > -m to my log directory so I can check

Re: [gentoo-user] Curiosity...

2011-01-29 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 6:18 AM, wrote: > > Hi, > > when listing my hardware with lshw I find some stuff build > into my ASUS Crosshair IV Formula, which I seem not to use > and I like to know, for what it is good for: > > These are excerpts from the output of lshw: > > > but...for what reason t

[gentoo-user] Re: Curiosity...

2011-01-29 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 01/29/2011 04:18 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: lspci -k of those device/chips/whatever does say for the nvidia audio: 08:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation GF108 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 2304 Kernel dri

Re: [gentoo-user] Cloning a directory hierarchy, but not the content

2011-01-29 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 29.01.2011 14:58, schrieb Alex Schuster: > Hi there! > > I am currently putting extra backups to old hard drives I do no longer need > for other purposes. After that I send the putput out ls -lR and du -m to my > log directory so I can check what files are on which drive without having to >

Re: [gentoo-user] Cloning a directory hierarchy, but not the content

2011-01-29 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:27:59 +0100 Alex Schuster wrote: > > > I just wrote a little script that does this, but it does not do the > > > sparse file thing yet, and would have problems with newline in file > > > names. And I guess someone already wrote such a utility? > > > > IIUC, try > > > > fi

[gentoo-user] [OT] find lines in text file by length

2011-01-29 Thread Willie Wong
This is way OT, but I hope someone here can give me a quick answer: I have a text-file. Individual lines of it run from 10 to several thousand characters in length. Is there a simple* command that allows me to only display the lines that are, say, at least 300 characters long? Thanks in advance,

Re: [gentoo-user] Curiosity...

2011-01-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Saturday 29 January 2011 15:18:10 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > when listing my hardware with lshw I find some stuff build > into my ASUS Crosshair IV Formula, which I seem not to use > and I like to know, for what it is good for: > > These are excerpts from the output of lshw: > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Curiosity...

2011-01-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Saturday 29 January 2011 06:33:39 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 6:18 AM, wrote: > > Hi, > > > > when listing my hardware with lshw I find some stuff build > > into my ASUS Crosshair IV Formula, which I seem not to use > > and I like to know, for what it is good for: > > > Thes

Re: [gentoo-user] ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3 and RTL-8168

2011-01-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Saturday 29 January 2011 13:29:53 Florian Philipp wrote: > Hi list! > > I'm thinking about building a new media PC and wanted to use an ASUS > M4A88T-M/USB3 mainboard (link: [1]). Any objections to this? > I wouldn't buy an Asus board at the moment, thanks to their crappyness. I bought a GA-

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] find lines in text file by length

2011-01-29 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:01:02 -0500 Willie Wong wrote: > This is way OT, but I hope someone here can give me a quick answer: > > I have a text-file. Individual lines of it run from 10 to several > thousand characters in length. Is there a simple* command that allows > me to only display the lines

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] find lines in text file by length

2011-01-29 Thread Petri Rosenström
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Willie Wong wrote: > This is way OT, but I hope someone here can give me a quick answer: > > I have a text-file. Individual lines of it run from 10 to several > thousand characters in length. Is there a simple* command that allows > me to only display the lines tha

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] find lines in text file by length

2011-01-29 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 29.01.2011 16:01, schrieb Willie Wong: > This is way OT, but I hope someone here can give me a quick answer: > > I have a text-file. Individual lines of it run from 10 to several > thousand characters in length. Is there a simple* command that allows > me to only display the lines that are, say

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] find lines in text file by length

2011-01-29 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:57:28 + Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:01:02 -0500 > Willie Wong wrote: > > > This is way OT, but I hope someone here can give me a quick answer: > > > > I have a text-file. Individual lines of it run from 10 to several > > thousand characters in lengt

Re: [gentoo-user] Curiosity...

2011-01-29 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Saturday 29 January 2011 06:33:39 Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 6:18 AM,   wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > when listing my hardware with lshw I find some stuff build >> > into my ASUS Crosshair IV Formula, which I seem not

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] find lines in text file by length

2011-01-29 Thread Willie Wong
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 03:08:11PM +, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > Oh, and obviously > > grep '.\{300\}' file > D'Oh! That's really obvious. Thanks! W -- Willie W. Wong ww...@math.princeton.edu Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxione

Re: [gentoo-user] Curiosity...

2011-01-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Saturday 29 January 2011 07:33:34 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann > > wrote: > > On Saturday 29 January 2011 06:33:39 Mark Knecht wrote: > >> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 6:18 AM, wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > when listing my hardware with lshw I find

Re: [gentoo-user] Curiosity...

2011-01-29 Thread meino . cramer
Volker Armin Hemmann [11-01-29 16:56]: > On Saturday 29 January 2011 07:33:34 Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann > > > > wrote: > > > On Saturday 29 January 2011 06:33:39 Mark Knecht wrote: > > >> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 6:18 AM, wrote: > > >> > Hi, >

Re: [gentoo-user] ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3 and RTL-8168

2011-01-29 Thread Dale
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Saturday 29 January 2011 13:29:53 Florian Philipp wrote: Hi list! I'm thinking about building a new media PC and wanted to use an ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3 mainboard (link: [1]). Any objections to this? I wouldn't buy an Asus board at the moment, thanks to th

Re: [gentoo-user] Curiosity...

2011-01-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Saturday 29 January 2011 17:02:55 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann [11-01-29 16:56]: > > On Saturday 29 January 2011 07:33:34 Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann > > > > > > wrote: > > > > On Saturday 29 January 2011 06:33:39 Mark Kn

Re: [gentoo-user] Curiosity...

2011-01-29 Thread meino . cramer
Volker Armin Hemmann [11-01-29 16:39]: > On Saturday 29 January 2011 15:18:10 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > when listing my hardware with lshw I find some stuff build > > into my ASUS Crosshair IV Formula, which I seem not to use > > and I like to know, for what it is good for: > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Cloning a directory hierarchy, but not the content

2011-01-29 Thread Alex Schuster
Etaoin Shrdlu writes: > On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:27:59 +0100 Alex Schuster > wrote: > > > > I just wrote a little script that does this, but it does not do the > > > > sparse file thing yet, and would have problems with newline in file > > > > names. And I guess someone already wrote such a utility

Re: [gentoo-user] Curiosity...

2011-01-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Saturday 29 January 2011 17:34:18 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann [11-01-29 16:39]: > > On Saturday 29 January 2011 15:18:10 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > when listing my hardware with lshw I find some stuff build > > > into my ASUS Crosshair IV Formula, wh

[gentoo-user] Re: kmix/sound broken

2011-01-29 Thread james
Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > It's possible kmix is already running, even though no icon is showing, > try killall kmix first. Um the icon does show up in the bottom bar and under the kde pludown menu... Launching from either results in a bouncing icon and no app started. Manual l

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kmix/sound broken

2011-01-29 Thread Dale
james wrote: Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: It's possible kmix is already running, even though no icon is showing, try killall kmix first. Um the icon does show up in the bottom bar and under the kde pludown menu... Launching from either results in a bouncing icon and no

Re: [gentoo-user] Curiosity...

2011-01-29 Thread Dale
meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Ah! I see...but I would think, that the driver for the kbd and/or the access to the sensors would led to a "Kernel driver in use:"- or "Kernel modules:"-entry when using lspci -k, where the SMBUS-thingy is listed. But nothing... ? It doesn't list that here. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Curiosity...

2011-01-29 Thread meino . cramer
Volker Armin Hemmann [11-01-29 17:56]: > On Saturday 29 January 2011 17:34:18 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Volker Armin Hemmann [11-01-29 16:39]: > > > On Saturday 29 January 2011 15:18:10 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > when listing my hardware with lshw I find some stu

[gentoo-user] Re: kmix/sound broken

2011-01-29 Thread James
Dale gmail.com> writes: > killall kmix may not work in that case. It appears it is running as > part of kdeinit. May not want to kill that unless you have nothing open > that matters. Not sure what all that would kill. killall kmix did nothing > You may could just kill that specific

Re: [gentoo-user] Cloning a directory hierarchy, but not the content

2011-01-29 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:45:30 +0100 Alex Schuster wrote: > Ah, now I get it. There's a -c missing after the sh command. Right, thans for spotting it. > > I should have added that, to do it safely, the target should reside > > higher than the source in the hierarchy, or it should be on a differ

Re: [gentoo-user] Cloning a directory hierarchy, but not the content

2011-01-29 Thread Alex Schuster
Florian Philipp writes: > Use `truncate -s ` > > It creates a sparse file if the specified file is smaller than the > specified size. It will also create a new file if it does not yet exist. Nice one. First I did not see an improvement over using dd to create the sparse file, but in combinatio

Re: [gentoo-user] Curiosity...

2011-01-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Saturday 29 January 2011 18:04:07 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann [11-01-29 17:56]: > > On Saturday 29 January 2011 17:34:18 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Volker Armin Hemmann [11-01-29 16:39]: > > > > On Saturday 29 January 2011 15:18:10 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Cloning a directory hierarchy, but not the content

2011-01-29 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 29.01.2011 20:31, schrieb Alex Schuster: > Florian Philipp writes: [...] > > >> For copying file attributes from one file to another you can use `cp >> --attributes-only`. > > Oh my, another case of a (german) man page that does not show all the > possible arguments. Never heard about that,

Re: [gentoo-user] Cloning a directory hierarchy, but not the content

2011-01-29 Thread Alex Schuster
Etaoin Shrdlu writes: > On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:45:30 +0100 Alex Schuster > wrote: >>> I should have added that, to do it safely, the target should reside >>> higher than the source in the hierarchy, or it should be on a different >>> filesystem and in that case -xdev should be specified to find

Re: [gentoo-user] Curiosity...

2011-01-29 Thread William Kenworthy
On Sat, 2011-01-29 at 16:09 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Saturday 29 January 2011 06:33:39 Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 6:18 AM, wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > when listing my hardware with lshw I find some stuff build > > > into my ASUS Crosshair IV Formula, which I s

[gentoo-user] Emerge Problems...

2011-01-29 Thread BRM
A little while back my server ran out of hard disk space (due to a failed hard drive) and as a result my local portage mirror got destroyed. Well, I fixed there server - initially by just grabbing a new copy of portage like a new install since it was just completely hosed, and the server is back

Re: [gentoo-user] Curiosity...

2011-01-29 Thread meino . cramer
William Kenworthy [11-01-30 06:28]: > On Sat, 2011-01-29 at 16:09 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Saturday 29 January 2011 06:33:39 Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 6:18 AM, wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > when listing my hardware with lshw I find some stuff build >

[gentoo-user] Re: nVidia & nouveau on nVidia 8600M GT

2011-01-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
Happy news: Upgrading to KDE-4.6.0 fixed all the annoying issues below. Apparently, though unproven, at 00:54 on Wednesday 26 January 2011, Alan McKinnon did opine thusly: > Hi all, > > I'm not completely happy with my driver setup for an 8600M GT. > > Using nvidia.ko, KDE with desktop effe

[gentoo-user] k3b: Drive not found ...

2011-01-29 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, My setup is ASUS Crosshair IV formula. Attached to the box is a USB->IDE converted. Attached to this converter there is my "old" DVD burner. This setup has worked for reading and writing DVDs/CDs in the past. But there must be a update or something which kills that There is: solfire:/

Re: [gentoo-user] k3b: Drive not found ...

2011-01-29 Thread Jon Cox
Hello, I was recently having similar issues with a computer I picked up from my university's surplus that I put a fresh Gentoo install on. The issues went away after I restarted dbus, a la: $ /etc/init.d/dbus restart It may not fix your issues, but it did make mine vanish. Best of luck! -Jon