Re: [gentoo-user] kde-4 device detection

2011-05-28 Thread Mick
On Saturday 28 May 2011 00:43:54 Nils Larsson wrote: > lördagen den 28 maj 2011 00:54:42 skrev Neil Bothwick: > > That fails on the broken box with Failed to execute > > > program /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper: > Yepp, thats the error. I vaugly recall doing a emerge -1 dbus polkit > cons

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye, Gentoo

2011-05-28 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 01:28 on Friday 27 May 2011, Kevin O'Gorman did opine thusly: > It looks like it's time to take Gentoo off of my main machine. I feel a > little sad about it, or I'd just quietly go away. I know how you feel :-) I've tried to get away from Gentoo several times,

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye, Gentoo

2011-05-28 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 15:06, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 01:28 on Friday 27 May 2011, Kevin O'Gorman > did opine thusly: > >> It looks like it's time to take Gentoo off of my main machine.  I feel a >> little sad about it, or I'd just quietly go away. > > I know how yo

[gentoo-user] OT: What does the data stream to a sound card look like?

2011-05-28 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Gentoo. It occurred to me the other day that I am clueless about how a sound card works. How do the data get into it? Does the sound card use an interrupt to ask for more data? What form do the data take? Say I feed an mp3 through the card. Does the Athlon do the decompression, or does th

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: What does the data stream to a sound card look like?

2011-05-28 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 05/28/2011 12:50 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hi, Gentoo. It occurred to me the other day that I am clueless about how a sound card works. How do the data get into it? Does the sound card use an interrupt to ask for more data? The data is placed in RAM. The card reads it from there using a

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

2011-05-28 Thread Todd Goodman
* meino.cra...@gmx.de [110528 00:31]: > Dale [11-05-28 06:40]: > > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > > >: > > > > > >How can I accomplish tagging on base of the contents of the mail > > >with the mailreader mutt? > > > > > >Best regards, > > >mcc > > > > > > > > > > > > > Let's see if th

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Goodbye, Gentoo

2011-05-28 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 5:59 PM, walt wrote: > On 05/26/2011 04:28 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > > Now, a couple of months into my retirement > ... > > in 2002 when I finished my PHD > > Retiring 9 years after finishing your education? > Nice to know that somebody can do the math :o). I got a la

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: What does the data stream to a sound card look like?

2011-05-28 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 28.05.2011 12:19, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: > On 05/28/2011 12:50 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: >> Hi, Gentoo. >> >> It occurred to me the other day that I am clueless about how a sound >> card works. How do the data get into it? Does the sound card use an >> interrupt to ask for more data? > >

[gentoo-user] Baselayout2/OpenRC migration question - dispatch-conf vs etc-update

2011-05-28 Thread Tanstaafl
Hello, Ok, I'm about to do the deed, but was concerned about one thing... The migration guide only mentions using dispatch-conf after performing the update... I have only/always used etc-update for all the years I've been using gentoo, and would really, REALLY prefer not to use a new/unfamiliar

Re: [gentoo-user] Baselayout2/OpenRC migration question - dispatch-conf vs etc-update

2011-05-28 Thread Dale
Tanstaafl wrote: Hello, Ok, I'm about to do the deed, but was concerned about one thing... The migration guide only mentions using dispatch-conf after performing the update... I have only/always used etc-update for all the years I've been using gentoo, and would really, REALLY prefer not to us

Re: [gentoo-user] Baselayout2/OpenRC migration question - dispatch-conf vs etc-update

2011-05-28 Thread Bill Longman
Yes, absolutely. I use cfgupdate too. -- Bill Longman Sent from my Galaxy S

[gentoo-user] Converting time formats

2011-05-28 Thread Dale
I asked this once before but I can't find it. I have a log file that has time stamps that look like this: lastrun = 1306574899 What do I use to get the human time for that? I thought it was the date command but I couldn't find it in the man page. I tried google but I can't recall what that

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye, Gentoo

2011-05-28 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 20:28, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > It looks like it's time to take Gentoo off of my main machine. I feel a > little sad about it, or I'd just quietly go away. > > So, since I am familiar with Ubuntu from work, and have it on a couple of > laptops, I'm installing from the Ubun

[gentoo-user] Re: Converting time formats

2011-05-28 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 05/28/2011 07:37 PM, Dale wrote: I asked this once before but I can't find it. I have a log file that has time stamps that look like this: lastrun = 1306574899 What do I use to get the human time for that? I thought it was the date command but I couldn't find it in the man page. I tried goog

Re: [gentoo-user] Converting time formats

2011-05-28 Thread Alex Schuster
Dale asks: > I asked this once before but I can't find it. I have a log file that > has time stamps that look like this: > > lastrun = 1306574899 > > What do I use to get the human time for that? I thought it was the date > command but I couldn't find it in the man page. I tried google but I

[gentoo-user] [OT - More Router Advice] Cheap Router with decent/reliable VLAN support

2011-05-28 Thread Tanstaafl
After seeing an older thread asking about a router, I figured I'd ask my own question... I'm looking for a cheap but reliable router that has decent and SIMPLE way to add VLANs (I'm not a CISCO guy and don't want to have to become one)... Specifically, I want to have one VLAN that my wireless acc

Re: [gentoo-user] Converting time formats

2011-05-28 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 28.05.2011 18:37, schrieb Dale: > I asked this once before but I can't find it. I have a log file that > has time stamps that look like this: > > lastrun = 1306574899 > > What do I use to get the human time for that? I thought it was the date > command but I couldn't find it in the man page.

Re: [gentoo-user] Converting time formats

2011-05-28 Thread Dale
Alex Schuster wrote: Dale asks: I asked this once before but I can't find it. I have a log file that has time stamps that look like this: lastrun = 1306574899 What do I use to get the human time for that? I thought it was the date command but I couldn't find it in the man page. I tried

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE4 localization

2011-05-28 Thread Alex Schuster
Maxim Vorontsov writes: > 27.05.2011, в 21:35, Alex Schuster написал(а): > > Maxim Vorontsov writes: > >> No, for me all works fine. > > > > Probably another problem that only I have. > > BTW, German language is of course set in systemsettings, and it's also > > set via Help -> Switch Applicatio

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

2011-05-28 Thread Indi
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 05:00:02AM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > is there any way to mark mails as tagged based on the contents > of the body of the mails? > > Thank you very much for any help in advance! > Best regards, > mcc Inspired by your question I ended up configuring

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Goodbye, Gentoo

2011-05-28 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 15:50 on Saturday 28 May 2011, Kevin O'Gorman did opine thusly: > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 5:59 PM, walt wrote: > > On 05/26/2011 04:28 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > > Now, a couple of months into my retirement > > > > ... > > > > > in 2002 when I finished my PHD

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye, Gentoo

2011-05-28 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 18:38 on Saturday 28 May 2011, Daniel da Veiga did opine thusly: > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 20:28, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > It looks like it's time to take Gentoo off of my main machine. I feel a > > little sad about it, or I'd just quietly go away. > > > > So,

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT - More Router Advice] Cheap Router with decent/reliable VLAN support

2011-05-28 Thread Todd Goodman
* Tanstaafl [110528 12:43]: > After seeing an older thread asking about a router, I figured I'd ask my > own question... > > I'm looking for a cheap but reliable router that has decent and SIMPLE > way to add VLANs (I'm not a CISCO guy and don't want to have to become > one)... > > Specifically,

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT - More Router Advice] Cheap Router with decent/reliable VLAN support

2011-05-28 Thread Gregory Shearman
In linux.gentoo.user, Todd Goodman wrote: > * Tanstaafl [110528 12:43]: >> After seeing an older thread asking about a router, I figured I'd ask my >> own question... >> >> I'm looking for a cheap but reliable router that has decent and SIMPLE >> way to add VLANs (I'm not a CISCO guy and don't wa

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT - More Router Advice] Cheap Router with decent/reliable VLAN support

2011-05-28 Thread William Kenworthy
On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 17:38 -0400, Todd Goodman wrote: > * Tanstaafl [110528 12:43]: > > After seeing an older thread asking about a router, I figured I'd ask my > > own question... > > > > I'm looking for a cheap but reliable router that has decent and SIMPLE > > way to add VLANs (I'm not a CISC

Re: [gentoo-user] Converting time formats

2011-05-28 Thread William Kenworthy
On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 11:37 -0500, Dale wrote: > I asked this once before but I can't find it. I have a log file that > has time stamps that look like this: > > lastrun = 1306574899 > > What do I use to get the human time for that? I thought it was the date > command but I couldn't find it in

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT - More Router Advice] Cheap Router with decent/reliable VLAN support

2011-05-28 Thread Pandu Poluan
You might want to look into Mikrotik's offering. They are not only inexpensive, but they are extremely reliable. Many Internet cafés in my country use Mikrotik: they put the device in an outdoor box, and stuck it on the pole bearing the wireless antennae connecting the café to the ISP. The boxes ha

Re: [gentoo-user] Converting time formats

2011-05-28 Thread Dale
William Kenworthy wrote: As well as your other replies, check out ccze rattus ~ # esearch ccze [ Results for search key : ccze ] [ Applications found : 1 ] * app-admin/ccze Latest version available: 0.2.1-r2 Latest version installed: 0.2.1-r2 Size of downloaded files: 136