Re: [gentoo-user] Resurrecting a Gentoo install

2012-01-23 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:26:25 -0800 Grant wrote: > >> Ok, looks as though it's time for a manually-installed version of > >> python to upgrade portage, then a portage-installed python:2.6 to > >> bootstrap your way towards modernity. > >> > >> This is all explained here: > >> http://www.gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-user] Resurrecting a Gentoo install

2012-01-23 Thread Mark Knecht
Sorry about top posting but I'm on the Kindle. How are you set for disk space? Consider creating a new partition and building a new install in a chroot. When it works then change grub and boot it for real. At least that won't hurt your working install. Cheers, Mark On 1/22/12, Grant wrote: >>> O

[gentoo-user] netcat and libmix.so.0 curiosity

2012-01-23 Thread Mervyn Hammer
Would anyone be able to help me understand the following curiosity? I installed =net-analyzer/netcat-110-r8 (USE="crypt ipv6 -static") without apparent problem but running it produced: "nc: error while loading shared libraries: libmix.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or director

[gentoo-user] Re: Link-local ipv6 address in /etc/hosts? in browsers?

2012-01-23 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2012-01-22, Michael Mol wrote: > Here's an elucidation of what I was thinking. I'll assume the company > building the product builds many embedded systems. I was thinking you > could use an assumed ULA prefix as associated with all of these > products, e.g. fd62:f67b:fcb9::/48.[1] You've then

Re: [gentoo-user] PDF export/import in LibreOffice

2012-01-23 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Sonntag, 22. Januar 2012, 19:00:59 schrieb Philip Webb: > During my usual Saturday system update, I noticed LibreOffice 3.5.0.1 > is now "testing", while there's an upgrade of LO 3.4 in "stable". > I tried 3.5.0.0 when it was briefly released a few weeks ago, > but PDF export was not working. H

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Transferring old video tapes to disk

2012-01-23 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 23.01.2012 01:23, schrieb Andrey Moshbear: > Get a tuner card with composite-in support. > Recompile your kernel to add V4L support and the required drivers. > > Then use vlc, mplayer, etc to capture to file. > Or some other kind of frame grabber (as this functionality is usually called). Th

Re: [gentoo-user] PDF export/import in LibreOffice

2012-01-23 Thread Daniel Troeder
On 23.01.2012 01:00, Philip Webb wrote: > During my usual Saturday system update, I noticed LibreOffice 3.5.0.1 > is now "testing", while there's an upgrade of LO 3.4 in "stable". > I tried 3.5.0.0 when it was briefly released a few weeks ago, > but PDF export was not working. Has anyone used it w

[gentoo-user] Re: netcat and libmix.so.0 curiosity

2012-01-23 Thread walt
On 01/23/2012 05:25 AM, Mervyn Hammer wrote: > Would anyone be able to help me understand the following curiosity? > > I installed =net-analyzer/netcat-110-r8 (USE="crypt ipv6 -static") > without apparent problem but running it produced: > > "nc: error while loading shared libraries: libmix.so.0:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: netcat and libmix.so.0 curiosity

2012-01-23 Thread Felix Kuperjans
Am 23.01.2012 23:03, schrieb walt: > On 01/23/2012 05:25 AM, Mervyn Hammer wrote: >> Would anyone be able to help me understand the following curiosity? >> >> I installed =net-analyzer/netcat-110-r8 (USE="crypt ipv6 -static") >> without apparent problem but running it produced: >> >> "nc: error whi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: netcat and libmix.so.0 curiosity

2012-01-23 Thread Mervyn Hammer
Thanks for your replies. > Am 23.01.2012 23:03, schrieb walt: > > Very strange indeed. I just installed both packages and I have no > > libmix.so.0 either, yet everything works. > > > > No idea what's causing your problem, but I agree it's a problem I'd > > want to solve. I'd try running ldconfi

Re: [gentoo-user] PDF export/import in LibreOffice : solved

2012-01-23 Thread Philip Webb
Thanks for the 2 responses, which are useful. For export, 3.5.0.1 does the job without any problem, so it was something wrong with 3.5.0.0, which got pulled very quickly. For import, I was expecting something more complicated (wry smile). Yes, all you have to do is 'open' the file & it comes up

Re: [gentoo-user] managing files in /usr/portage/packages/

2012-01-23 Thread Philip Webb
120122 Dale wrote: > Philip Webb wrote: >> Besides having rescue instances of system pkgs in /usr/portage/packages , >> I also try to remember to keep a quickpkg of LibreOffice there too. >> Creating these files is easy, but is there an approved way of managing them, >> esp of deleting obsolete ve