[gentoo-user] gentoo as wlan-repeater...

2011-11-10 Thread Jens Reinemuth
Hi list, i currently live in an appartment that has a very lousy wlan-access-point for the people. There is an AP with dd-wrt and WPA2-PSK... currently i only have wlan at the window in the kitchen and my gentoo-pc which stands about 5m away from that does not even see the ap while scanning.

Re: [gentoo-user] Something weird and I'm confused. BIOS and SATA is empty

2011-11-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:18:05 -0500, Mike Edenfield wrote: > > There is, but the file is called .version. The contents of this are > > appended to the kernel name when you have the relevant options set. > > There is no manual intervention needed. > But I still need to create .version every time I

[gentoo-user] Re: kde overlay is missing manifests

2011-11-10 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 11/09/2011 10:43 PM, Aljosha Papsch wrote: 2011/11/9 Nikos Chantziaras: What's happening with the kde overlay? All "Manifest" files are gone and I can't emerge anything because of that. The overlay uses new Manifest format. Read the blog entry: http://dilfridge.blogspot.com/2011/11/gentoo-

[gentoo-user] Where is the souce code of software?

2011-11-10 Thread Lavender
Could anyone tell me that where I can find the source code of software on my system? Such as ls, cd .etc.

Re: [gentoo-user] Where is the souce code of software?

2011-11-10 Thread Davide Carnovale
hi, i guess you're looking for "ls /usr/portage/distfiles/" D 2011/11/10 Lavender > Could anyone tell me that where I can find the source > code of software on my system? Such as ls, cd .etc. > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Where is the souce code of software?

2011-11-10 Thread Michael Schreckenbauer
Hi, Am Donnerstag, 10. November 2011, 20:46:28 schrieb Lavender: > Could anyone tell me that where I can find the source > code of software on my system? Such as ls, cd .etc. first you have to find out to which package the binary you are interested in belongs to, eg ~ $ equery b /bin/ls * Sear

Re:Re: [gentoo-user] Where is the souce code of software?

2011-11-10 Thread Lavender
At 2011-11-10 21:06:21,"Michael Schreckenbauer" grim...@gmx.de> wrote: >Hi, > first you have to find out to which package the binary you are interested in >belongs to, eg >~ $ equery b /bin/ls > * Searching for /bin/ls ... >sys-apps/coreutils-8.14 (/bin/ls) > >(If you don't have equery, install

Re: [gentoo-user] Where is the souce code of software?

2011-11-10 Thread wolf python london
On 10 November 2011 21:06, Michael Schreckenbauer wrote: > Hi, > > Am Donnerstag, 10. November 2011, 20:46:28 schrieb Lavender: >> Could anyone tell me that where I can find the source >> code of software on my system? Such as ls, cd .etc. > > first you have to find out to  which package the binar

Re:Re: [gentoo-user] Where is the souce code of software?

2011-11-10 Thread Lavender
> >Humm , I guess he just want to look for the source code of gnu coreutils, > >just download the gnu coreutils. http://ftp.cn.debian.org/gnu/coreutils/ > >uncompress it , then you can find them all . Ha, you're right. I don't know how to call them as you call them coreutils. I just want to stu

[gentoo-user] Re: Looking at Sources

2011-11-10 Thread James
James Broadhead gmail.com> writes: > You seem to be talking about doing a few different things, none of > which is _quite_ what I'd call a code review. Well my experience is if you cannot hack the code a little bit, reviews of just reading and using parsing tools, are mostly benign in performi

[gentoo-user] Re: gentoo as wlan-repeater...

2011-11-10 Thread James
Jens Reinemuth reinemuth.info> writes: > i currently live in an appartment that has a very lousy > wlan-access-point for the people. OK. The most important issue is the power (watts) output of the transmitter (and sensitivity) of the receiver. You can hack together fantastic software, that wi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo as wlan-repeater...

2011-11-10 Thread Jens Reinemuth
On 10.11.2011 16:48, James wrote: Jens Reinemuth reinemuth.info> writes: i currently live in an appartment that has a very lousy wlan-access-point for the people. [...] Hi... all you mentioned is really true... i don't care really much for the security as i don't provide the AP, i just

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo as wlan-repeater...

2011-11-10 Thread Michael Mol
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:48 AM, James wrote: > Jens Reinemuth reinemuth.info> writes: [snip[ > An external antenna and a booster amplifier will really > make your AP usable. A cheap alternative is a simple passive repeater. Cantenna pointed in the direction of the original AP, normal dipole

[gentoo-user] app-emulation/virtualbox-modules and kernel sources

2011-11-10 Thread Jonas de Buhr
Hello everyone! virtualbox modules fails with the following * Messages for package app-emulation/virtualbox-modules-4.1.4: * Could not find a Makefile in the kernel source directory. * Please ensure that /usr/src/linux points to a complete set of Linux sources * Unable to calculate Linux K

[gentoo-user] Re: app-emulation/virtualbox-modules and kernel sources

2011-11-10 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2011-11-10, Jonas de Buhr wrote: > Hello everyone! > > virtualbox modules fails with the following > > * Messages for package app-emulation/virtualbox-modules-4.1.4: > > * Could not find a Makefile in the kernel source directory. [...] > # uname -a > Linux 2.6.39-gentoo-r3 #5 SMP Sun Oct 9 1

[gentoo-user] [OT] Binary install distro

2011-11-10 Thread Dale
Hi, This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. I want to install Linux on my brothers rig. The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type. I don't want to install Gentoo because of that and it is a older rig with a slow CPU and not a lot of ram either. So, what is a easy to install dist

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Binary install distro

2011-11-10 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:25:11 -0600 Dale wrote: > Hi, > > This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. I want to install Linux > on my brothers rig. The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type. > I don't want to install Gentoo because of that and it is a older rig > with a slow CPU and not a

[gentoo-user] how to get rid of kernel modules?

2011-11-10 Thread Jarry
Hi, during testing I compiled kernel with some modules (make && make modules_install). Now I deactivated module-support and compiled everything in kernel. Now, how should I clean all traces of modules? I know they are installed in /lib/modules/. Should I simply remove that directory and that's it

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Binary install distro

2011-11-10 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:25:11 -0600 Dale wrote: Hi, This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. I want to install Linux on my brothers rig. The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type. I don't want to install Gentoo because of that and it is a older rig with a slow C

[gentoo-user] Can I read a MacOSX FileVault disk from Linux?

2011-11-10 Thread felix
I have a 5 year old Mac OS X laptop which died last night -- no lights, nothing, as if the battery and AC line were disconnected. There's nothing on it which is a disaster to lose, but there are some things I'd like to get off. Is it possible to plug the drive into a SATA (?) connector on a Li

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Binary install distro

2011-11-10 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 10.11.2011 19:25, schrieb Dale: > Hi, > > This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. I want to install Linux on > my brothers rig. The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type. I > don't want to install Gentoo because of that and it is a older rig with > a slow CPU and not a lot of ram e

[gentoo-user] java java everywhere

2011-11-10 Thread Willie Wong
Hi list, I've not been keeping up with the developments in the Java world, and now am getting a bit confused. Currently my computer is using the icedtea jdk, in fact, I am running icedtea-bin-1.10.4. Today, portage wants to [ebuild U ] dev-java/icedtea-bin-6.1.10.4 [1.10.4] [ebuild N

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Binary install distro

2011-11-10 Thread Lorenzo Bandieri
> So, what is a easy to install distro that has > KDE4, Seamonkey, gtkam, GIMP and such? I want something easy Well, surely Kubuntu would be a nice choice, but can I suggest OpenSuse? I installed it something like two years ago (I was curious) and I liked it. It has a well-done KDE implementation

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Binary install distro

2011-11-10 Thread Michael Schreckenbauer
Am Donnerstag, 10. November 2011, 21:04:46 schrieb Lorenzo Bandieri: > > So, what is a easy to install distro that has > > KDE4, Seamonkey, gtkam, GIMP and such? I want something easy > > Well, surely Kubuntu would be a nice choice, but can I suggest > OpenSuse? I installed it something like two

Re: [gentoo-user] java java everywhere

2011-11-10 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:02:35 -0500 Willie Wong wrote: > Hi list, > > I've not been keeping up with the developments in the Java world, and > now am getting a bit confused. > > Currently my computer is using the icedtea jdk, in fact, I am running > icedtea-bin-1.10.4. Today, portage wants to

Re: [gentoo-user] how to get rid of kernel modules?

2011-11-10 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:51:04 +0100 Jarry wrote: > Hi, > during testing I compiled kernel with some modules > (make && make modules_install). Now I deactivated > module-support and compiled everything in kernel. > Now, how should I clean all traces of modules? > > I know they are installed in /li

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Binary install distro

2011-11-10 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Dale wrote: > Hi, > > This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes.  I want to install Linux on my > brothers rig.  The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type.  I don't want > to install Gentoo because of that and it is a older rig with a slow CPU and > not a l

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Binary install distro

2011-11-10 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > They have GTK, KDE and XFCE versions Sorry for my mental slip... by GTK I meant Gnome :) And I left out E17 as well.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo as wlan-repeater...

2011-11-10 Thread William Kenworthy
On Thu, 2011-11-10 at 17:10 +0100, Jens Reinemuth wrote: > On 10.11.2011 16:48, James wrote: > > Jens Reinemuth reinemuth.info> writes: > > > > > >> i currently live in an appartment that has a very lousy > >> wlan-access-point for the people. > > [...] > > Hi... > > all you mentioned is really

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Binary install distro

2011-11-10 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Nov 11, 2011 5:17 AM, "Paul Hartman" wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Dale wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. I want to install Linux on my > > brothers rig. The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type. I don't want > > to install Gentoo becau

Re: [gentoo-user] java java everywhere

2011-11-10 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 10.11.2011 22:01, schrieb Alan McKinnon: > On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:02:35 -0500 > Willie Wong wrote: > >> Hi list, >> >> I've not been keeping up with the developments in the Java world, and >> now am getting a bit confused. >> >> Currently my computer is using the icedtea jdk, in fact, I am r

Re: [gentoo-user] java java everywhere

2011-11-10 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 11.11.2011 00:00, schrieb Florian Philipp: > Am 10.11.2011 22:01, schrieb Alan McKinnon: >> On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:02:35 -0500 >> Willie Wong wrote: >> >>> Hi list, >>> >>> I've not been keeping up with the developments in the Java world, and >>> now am getting a bit confused. >>> >>> Current

[gentoo-user] Re: kde overlay is missing manifests

2011-11-10 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 11/10/2011 12:30 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 11/09/2011 10:43 PM, Aljosha Papsch wrote: 2011/11/9 Nikos Chantziaras: What's happening with the kde overlay? All "Manifest" files are gone and I can't emerge anything because of that. The overlay uses new Manifest format. Read the blog ent

Re: [gentoo-user] how to get rid of kernel modules?

2011-11-10 Thread Walter Dnes
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 07:51:04PM +0100, Jarry wrote > Hi, > during testing I compiled kernel with some modules > (make && make modules_install). Now I deactivated > module-support and compiled everything in kernel. On this very same topic, there's one module I can't seem to get rid of. At the

[gentoo-user] Re: how to get rid of kernel modules?

2011-11-10 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 11/11/2011 04:16 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 07:51:04PM +0100, Jarry wrote Hi, during testing I compiled kernel with some modules (make&& make modules_install). Now I deactivated module-support and compiled everything in kernel. On this very same topic, there's one mo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: how to get rid of kernel modules?

2011-11-10 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Nov 11, 2011 11:02 AM, "Nikos Chantziaras" wrote: > > On 11/11/2011 04:16 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: >> >> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 07:51:04PM +0100, Jarry wrote >>> >>> Hi, >>> during testing I compiled kernel with some modules >>> (make&& make modules_install). Now I deactivated >>> >>> module-su

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo as wlan-repeater...

2011-11-10 Thread Jens Reinemuth
On 10.11.2011 23:24, William Kenworthy wrote: On Thu, 2011-11-10 at 17:10 +0100, Jens Reinemuth wrote: On 10.11.2011 16:48, James wrote: Jens Reinemuth reinemuth.info> writes: i currently live in an appartment that has a very lousy wlan-access-point for the people. [...] Hi... all you

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Binary install distro

2011-11-10 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Thu, November 10, 2011 8:03 pm, Dale wrote: > Any tips or tricks on Kubuntu anyone? Sort of a basic 'this is how you > update/install something for idiots' type thing. lol I think Sabayon would be a better option, but if you really want to go with *buntu/debian: - Install # sudo apt-get