Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Computers and mental/emotional health

2011-10-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:39:25 -0500, Dale wrote: > > > Arsenic, strychnine or cyanide is large enough doses do that :) > > Gosh, you're extreme ... :-P I use Gentoo, don't I? > Nah, he just likes to pick on me. ;-) That too ;-) -- Neil Bothwick Don't let your mind wander, it's too little t

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone can afford information about build kernel?

2011-10-10 Thread Spidey
I ended up learning how to build my own kernel with Google, basically. I've learned about timers (HPET), chipset, sata controllers, the sata/pata drivers in linux, sound architecture (alsa/oss/pulseaudio), debugging file systems and messages, about the serial terminal (stty0), about kexec, DRM + KM

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone can afford information about build kernel?

2011-10-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:26:45 -0300, Spidey wrote: > Just read the HELP pages (I use make menuconfig for configuration, but > xconfig and gconfig should give you the help pages too) and when in > doubt set the default option. The search function is useful too, press / in menuconfig. -- Neil Bot

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Computers and mental/emotional health

2011-10-10 Thread Alex Schuster
Pandu Poluan writes: > That said... I am not aware that to be a Gentoo user, one has to be > celibate... :-P But it helps. Wonko

[gentoo-user] Re: Anyone can afford information about build kernel?

2011-10-10 Thread James
Lavender <448463782 qq.com> writes: > It seems that no matter I build gentoo manually or with genkernel I can't have a fine-working kernel finally. Obviously I must solve it by myself , so I determined to build entire kernel all manually , it requests a lot of linux knowlege . All for that, I ho

[gentoo-user] Re: inkscape emerge

2011-10-10 Thread James
Dale gmail.com> writes: > Well, first of all I can report that no version of inkscape in portage works with visio (6.2) files. I've read several places that it should work, but it croaks upon loading the visio (version 6.2) file > Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2011-10-07, Michael Mol gmail.

Re: 回复: [gentoo-user] Anyone can afford information about build kernel?

2011-10-10 Thread James
Lavender <448463782 qq.com> writes: > Thank you all ! Thanks for helping , now I know which things I should do . http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-tipsntricks.xml#livecd-kernel Hello Lavender, At the end of your last thread, I mentioned how to copy a kernel from the boot/install media.

[gentoo-user] transferring contents of /etc/conf.d to the config files

2011-10-10 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I have read several docs to figure out this...all docs do changes in /etc/conf.d but I found no hint how to transfer that settings to the "real" configuration files of the according programs. env-update & etc-update do not help... What tool do I have to call to acchieve this? Thank you very

[gentoo-user] Re: transferring contents of /etc/conf.d to the config files

2011-10-10 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 10/10/2011 08:33 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I have read several docs to figure out this...all docs do changes in /etc/conf.d but I found no hint how to transfer that settings to the "real" configuration files of the according programs. These *are* real configuration files and you do

Re: [gentoo-user] transferring contents of /etc/conf.d to the config files

2011-10-10 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:33:52 +0200 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > I have read several docs to figure out this...all docs do changes > in /etc/conf.d but I found no hint how to transfer that settings > to the "real" configuration files of the according programs. > > env-update & etc-update

Re: [gentoo-user] transferring contents of /etc/conf.d to the config files

2011-10-10 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 10:33 AM, wrote: > Hi, > > I have read several docs to figure out this...all docs do changes > in /etc/conf.d but I found no hint how to transfer that settings > to the "real" configuration files of the according programs. > > env-update & etc-update do not help... > > Wha

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: transferring contents of /etc/conf.d to the config files

2011-10-10 Thread meino . cramer
Nikos Chantziaras [11-10-10 19:52]: > On 10/10/2011 08:33 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I have read several docs to figure out this...all docs do changes > >in /etc/conf.d but I found no hint how to transfer that settings > >to the "real" configuration files of the according program

[gentoo-user] Re: transferring contents of /etc/conf.d to the config files

2011-10-10 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 10/10/2011 09:45 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Nikos Chantziaras [11-10-10 19:52]: On 10/10/2011 08:33 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I have read several docs to figure out this...all docs do changes in /etc/conf.d but I found no hint how to transfer that settings to the "real" config

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: transferring contents of /etc/conf.d to the config files

2011-10-10 Thread meino . cramer
Nikos Chantziaras [11-10-10 20:56]: > On 10/10/2011 09:45 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >Nikos Chantziaras [11-10-10 19:52]: > >>On 10/10/2011 08:33 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >>>Hi, > >>> > >>>I have read several docs to figure out this...all docs do changes > >>>in /etc/conf.d but I fo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: transferring contents of /etc/conf.d to the config files

2011-10-10 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 12:13 PM, wrote: > Nikos Chantziaras [11-10-10 20:56]: >> On 10/10/2011 09:45 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >> >Nikos Chantziaras  [11-10-10 19:52]: >> >>On 10/10/2011 08:33 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >> >>>Hi, >> >>> >> >>>I have read several docs to figure out this

[gentoo-user] Cups and Ricoh Aficio 270

2011-10-10 Thread Mick
I'm struggling to get anything printed properly - is there a proper driver for this printer in CUPS. The driver I've chosen seems to distort everything (like a page of A4 text comes out as a black spot 3px high and 2 wide! ) I've selected AppSocket/HP JetDirect and then since no Ricoh driver s

[gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue

2011-10-10 Thread CJoeB
Hi Everyone, I hope someone will be able to "lead me by the nose" here. For a number of weeks now, I have been trying to install Gentoo on my new desktop. I kept running into issues and due to time constraints when I was installing, I put off trying to resolve them. Today, I went through the in

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue

2011-10-10 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:06 PM, CJoeB wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I hope someone will be able to "lead me by the nose" here. > > For a number of weeks now, I have been trying to install Gentoo on my > new desktop.  I kept running into issues and due to time constraints > when I was installing, I pu

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue

2011-10-10 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 1:06 PM, CJoeB wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I hope someone will be able to "lead me by the nose" here. > > For a number of weeks now, I have been trying to install Gentoo on my > new desktop.  I kept running into issues and due to time constraints > when I was installing, I pu

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue

2011-10-10 Thread CJoeB
On 10/10/11 16:17, Michael Mol wrote: > On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:06 PM, CJoeB wrote: >> Today, I went through the install process, had a couple of issues, but >> was able to figure them out and got to the point where I was supposed to >> boot into my new system. I got the boot menu, the boot pro

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue

2011-10-10 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:31 PM, CJoeB wrote: > On 10/10/11 16:17, Michael Mol wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:06 PM, CJoeB wrote: >>> Today, I went through the install process, had a couple of issues, but >>> was able to figure them out and got to the point where I was supposed to >>> boot i

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue

2011-10-10 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 1:31 PM, CJoeB wrote: > On 10/10/11 16:17, Michael Mol wrote: >> Try dropping framebuffer console drivers? > I'll try this, but I REALLY want those cute little penguins that appear > when the computer is booting!  :-) If it works when you boot from the install CD then the

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue

2011-10-10 Thread Mick
On Monday 10 Oct 2011 21:06:34 CJoeB wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I hope someone will be able to "lead me by the nose" here. > > For a number of weeks now, I have been trying to install Gentoo on my > new desktop. I kept running into issues and due to time constraints > when I was installing, I put

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue

2011-10-10 Thread David Abbott
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:31 PM, CJoeB wrote: > On 10/10/11 16:17, Michael Mol wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:06 PM, CJoeB wrote: >>> Today, I went through the install process, had a couple of issues, but >>> was able to figure them out and got to the point where I was supposed to >>> boot i

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue

2011-10-10 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Colleen > I'll try this, but I REALLY want those cute little penguins that appear > when the computer is booting! :-) Make sure this is configured in your kernel. The config option ought to be called "CONFIG_BOOTUP_TUX", but it isn't - it's called "Bootup Logo" and is located at Device Driv

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue

2011-10-10 Thread CJoeB
On 10/10/11 17:05, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hi, Colleen > >> I'll try this, but I REALLY want those cute little penguins that appear >> when the computer is booting! :-) > Make sure this is configured in your kernel. The config option ought to > be called "CONFIG_BOOTUP_TUX", but it isn't - it's c

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Computers and mental/emotional health

2011-10-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 8 Oct 2011 09:14:53 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: > That said... I am not aware that to be a Gentoo user, one has to be > celibate... :-P It's not so much a requirement as a potential consequence :) -- Neil Bothwick Last words of a Windows user: = Why does that work now? signature.asc

[gentoo-user] automount USB

2011-10-10 Thread Michal Halenka
Hi I am looking fow a way, how to automount USB disks (or CD) by normal user. I find many ways (udev, hal, policykit, udisks, autofs), but I am just ordinary user, so I don´t know which one is deprecated (hal?), which one is easy to use, and so one. Can you pass me some not-deprecated web page wit

[gentoo-user] Re: transferring contents of /etc/conf.d to the config files

2011-10-10 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 10/10/2011 10:13 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Nikos Chantziaras [11-10-10 20:56]: On 10/10/2011 09:45 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Nikos Chantziaras [11-10-10 19:52]: On 10/10/2011 08:33 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: I have read several docs to figure out this...all docs do changes

Re: [gentoo-user] automount USB

2011-10-10 Thread David Abbott
2011/10/10 Michal Halenka : > Hi > > I am looking fow a way, how to automount USB disks (or CD) by normal > user. I find many ways (udev, hal, policykit, udisks, autofs), but I am > just ordinary user, so I don´t know which one is deprecated (hal?), > which one is easy to use, and so one. Can you p

Re: [gentoo-user] automount USB

2011-10-10 Thread Dale
Michal Halenka wrote: Hi I am looking fow a way, how to automount USB disks (or CD) by normal user. I find many ways (udev, hal, policykit, udisks, autofs), but I am just ordinary user, so I don´t know which one is deprecated (hal?), which one is easy to use, and so one. Can you pass me some not

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Computers and mental/emotional health

2011-10-10 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday 08 October 2011 20:12:44 Mark Knecht wrote: > I lost 45 pounds (approximately 25% of my pre-diet weight) this year > on Atkins. I know a lot of folks have trouble with Atkins but it > worked great for me. As I understand it, it's based on sound biochemistry - not like the popular lo

Re: [gentoo-user] tabbed x11-terms/rxvt-unicode

2011-10-10 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday 08 October 2011 19:43:53 Michael Orlitzky wrote: > I'm going to start a bug-filing campaign against packages like this some > day. The only description we ever get for use flag foo is 'enable > support for foo', which doesn't tell you anything at all about how it > affects a given pack

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Computers and mental/emotional health

2011-10-10 Thread Adam Carter
> Have you ever wondered why the blooming of obesity has coincided with the > popularity of the low-fat diet? Correlation implies causation? Perhaps the blooming of obesity caused people to start looking for new diets to address the issue. IMO diet is the most important contributor to weight, but

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Computers and mental/emotional health

2011-10-10 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 11 October 2011 00:19:08 Adam Carter wrote: > > Have you ever wondered why the blooming of obesity has coincided with > > the popularity of the low-fat diet? > > Correlation implies causation? No, of course not, but it certainly makes me pretty suspicious. > Perhaps the blooming of ob

Re: [gentoo-user] Cups and Ricoh Aficio 270

2011-10-10 Thread Nilesh Govindarajan
On Tue 11 Oct 2011 01:13:41 AM IST, Mick wrote: > I'm struggling to get anything printed properly - is there a proper driver > for > this printer in CUPS. The driver I've chosen seems to distort everything > (like a page of A4 text comes out as a black spot 3px high and 2 wide! ) > > I've sele

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Computers and mental/emotional health

2011-10-10 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Tuesday 11 October 2011 00:19:08 Adam Carter wrote: > >> > Have you ever wondered why the blooming of obesity has coincided with > >> > the popularity of the low-fat diet? > >> Correlation implies causation? > > No, of course not, but it

Re: [gentoo-user] Cups and Ricoh Aficio 270

2011-10-10 Thread Willie Matthews
That printer supports postscript file format only. http://support.ricoh.com/connectivity/cgi-bin/ctlpage.cgi?soft=unixfilter&cr=ra&vers=3000 On Mon Oct 10 18:32:13 2011, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: > On Tue 11 Oct 2011 01:13:41 AM IST, Mick wrote: >> I'm struggling to get anything printed properly

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install Issue

2011-10-10 Thread Graham Murray
CJoeB writes: > I got the boot menu, the boot process seemed > to be okay, but when I got to the point where I assumed I should get a > command prompt to finish up, all I got was a weird screen that was half > black and half fuzzy with a bunch of colours (sorry, I can describe this > any better).