[gentoo-user] mDNSResponder fails to compile

2008-01-15 Thread Bob Young
on anybody can provide, since it doesn't look like mDNSResponder is going to be fixed anytime soon I guess the preferred method is to remove whatever USE flag(s) are bringing it in if that's possible, but I don't know how to determine that information and would be grateful for some as

[gentoo-user] revdep-rebuild command doesn't fix broken libs it finds

2008-03-02 Thread Bob Young
uot; and, if it is one of those, how do I determine which one, and then how do I fix this...? Thanks for listening, Bob Young San Jose, CA -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] revdep-rebuild command doesn't fix broken libs it finds

2008-03-02 Thread Bob Young
> -Original Message- > From: Dale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 12:18 AM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] revdep-rebuild command doesn't fix broken libs > it finds > Bob Young wrote: >> How do

[gentoo-user] How Bad Is This...?

2008-04-16 Thread Bob Young
install developed severe hard disk corruption. Because of that, this install is located on a brand new 250G Seagate with a five year warranty, so while not impossible, I tend to doubt that the hard disk it self is the true root cause. Okay, so my question is how bad is it? Is there an

RE: [gentoo-user] How Bad Is This...?

2008-04-23 Thread Bob Young
-Original Message- From: Volker Armin Hemmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 8:22 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: Bob Young Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How Bad Is This...? >On Mittwoch, 16. April 2008, Bob Young wrote: >> I'm in

[gentoo-user] Wireshark won't run except as root

2008-05-01 Thread Bob Young
: whoami Cyor [ 09:33:06 ] Thu May 01 /usr/bin $ : ./dumpcap bash: ./dumpcap: Permission denied [ 09:33:10 ] Thu May 01 /usr/bin $ : I'm sure it's probably something simple that I'm unaware of or not seeing for some reason. Can anybody point out what I'm doing wrong. Th

RE: [gentoo-user] Wireshark won't run except as root (Solved but Why is this)

2008-05-01 Thread Bob Young
-Original Message- >From: Bob Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:03 AM >To: Gentoo-user List >Subject: [gentoo-user] Wireshark won't run except as root > I've emerged wireshark, and made myself a member of both the wireshark >

[gentoo-user] Multiple error messages for each keystroke in nano

2008-05-16 Thread Bob Young
): key_buffer_len = 1 parse_kbinput(): kbinput = 115, meta_key = FALSE, func_key = FALSE, escapes = 0, byte_digits = 0, retval = 115 get_shortcut(): kbinput = 115, meta_key = FALSE, func_key = FALSE matched nothing btw meta was 0 sget_key_buffer(): key_buffer_len = 1 parse_kbinput(): kbinput = 116, meta_key = FALSE, func_key = FALSE, escapes = 0, byte_digits = 0, retval = 116 get_shortcut(): kbinput = 116, meta_key = FALSE, func_key = FALSE matched nothing btw meta was 0 t Can anybody explain what's going on here, and tell me how I can fix it? BTW, if I edit with vi.everything works fine, and of course typing at the console works okay as well. Thanks for listening, Bob Young

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Multiple error messages for each keystroke in nano

2008-05-17 Thread Bob Young
-Original Message- From: Francesco Talamona [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 10:46 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Multiple error messages for each keystroke in nano On Saturday 17 May 2008, Bob Young wrote: > Can anybody expl

RE: [gentoo-user] Multiple error messages for each keystroke in nano

2008-05-17 Thread Bob Young
-Original Message- From: Ian Hilt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 11:03 PM To: Gentoo-user List Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple error messages for each keystroke in nano >> On Fri, 16 May 2008 at 7:07pm -0700, Bob Young wrote: >> I'm instal

RE: [gentoo-user] Multiple error messages for each keystroke in nano

2008-05-17 Thread Bob Young
>-Original Message- >From: Alex Schuster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 2:20 AM >To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple error messages for each keystroke in >nano > >Bob Young writes: > >> Curre

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Ati or Nvida

2008-06-18 Thread Bob Young
o, I managed to stop a customer from buying >several hundreds of NV cards - yes, consulting jobs sometimes >make really fun this way ;-P) Maybe that was the correct decision, maybe not, depends on the circumstances. Regardless, your clients are not well served by your uninformed bias. -- Regards, Bob Young -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] doc USE flag causes "circular dependencies" error

2007-02-25 Thread Bob Young
ild N] media-fonts/gnu-gs-fonts-std-8.11 3,665 kB . . . [ebuild N ] kde-base/karm-3.5.5 USE="-arts -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama" 0 kB [ebuild N] kde-base/kdeaddons-meta-3.5.5 USE="-arts" 0 kB [ebuild N] kde-base/kontact-specialdates-3.5.5 USE="-arts -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama" 0 kB [ebuild N] kde-base/kdepim-meta-3.5.5 USE="-pda" 0 kB [ebuild N] kde-base/kde-meta-3.5.5 USE="nls -accessibility" 0 kB Total: 288 packages (288 new), Size of downloads: 473,412 kB ** Am I doing something wrong? Is this a known issue? Is there an alternative other than disabling the doc USE flag? TIA Bob Young San Jose, CA -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] A DNS question.

2007-03-03 Thread Bob Young
scenario described above, assume the windows domain is named "mydomain.lan," can I have 69.12.134.79 (NIC #2) resolve to ns.debug1.com as that is it's publicly registered name, while IP address 10.10.32.1 (NIC #1) resolves to gentoo.mydomain.lan? TIA Bob Young San Jose, CA. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] A DNS question.

2007-03-03 Thread Bob Young
en's comment about named "views" and it looks like that may be something to investigate. Any further comments/suggestions welcome. Thanks, Bob Young San Jose, CA -Original Message- From: Michal 'vorner' Vaner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 2:17

[gentoo-user] .bashrc/.bash_profile not "sourced" upon login fo NIS authenticated users

2007-03-27 Thread Bob Young
/or advice greatly appreciated, and if I'm just doing something stupid, let me know. TIA Bob Young San Jose, CA -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd is too noisy in syslog

2007-04-22 Thread Bob Young
r the dhcp server's lease duration is badly misconfigured, or dhcpcd is not interpreting the data it receives from the dhcp server correctly wrt lease duration. Regards, Bob Young -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] antivirus

2006-03-08 Thread Bob Young
at s/he is doing that's allowing malicious code to execute on their system and stop doing it. In the vast majority of Windows cases, simply *not* routinely logging on with admin privileges would probably stop 99% plus of the infections. Regards, Bob Young -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] antivirus

2006-03-08 Thread Bob Young
etter to run a single App with Admin privledges rather than have all apps including email and browsers running with Admin rights. Regards, Bob Young -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] antivirus

2006-03-08 Thread Bob Young
-Original Message- From: Jarry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 1:04 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] antivirus Bob Young wrote: > In the vast majority of Windows cases, simply *not* routinely logging on > with admin priv

RE: [gentoo-user] antivirus

2006-03-09 Thread Bob Young
-Original Message- From: Jarry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 8:50 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] antivirus Bob Young wrote: > PowerUser is different from Admin, Admin is the equevelent of root in the > Linux/Unix

RE: [gentoo-user] antivirus

2006-03-09 Thread Bob Young
cons of a particular feature's implementation, and judge it objectively. I don't always come down in favor of Windows, or Linux, it just depends on the particular functionality being discussed. Regards, Bob Young -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] antivirus

2006-03-10 Thread Bob Young
> -Original Message- > From: Michael Kintzios [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 9:12 AM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] antivirus > > > -Original Message- > > From: Bob Young [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [gentoo-user] antivirus

2006-03-15 Thread Bob Young
willing to adopt the few simple practices that would keep them safe, AntiVirus software may have some value. However, for anyone willing to adhere to a few basic rules, AV software is mostly the modern day equevelent of Snake Oil, it's a waste of money and CPU cycles. Regards Bob Young

[gentoo-user] Named problem, I'm beyond my depth and need a little help here

2005-09-27 Thread Bob Young
to ask for further information if there is something I've left out that would be relevant or helpful. Thanks for any Help Bob Young -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] portage bugs?

2005-10-06 Thread Bob Young
be just the compiler that was hung, as a ctrl-c would return me to the command prompt. Forcing “nosmp” and “noapic” on the boot command line of the install CD resolved that hang. Unfortunately that was after trying a *lot* of other things and command line options.   Regards, Bob Young

RE: [gentoo-user] possible defective memory

2005-10-11 Thread Bob Young
ed it, or if they were both needed. May not help you, but thought I'd mention it just in case. Regards, Bob Young -Original Message- From: bruce harding [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 3:13 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user

RE: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module

2005-10-27 Thread Bob Young
/portage/package.keywords Assuming your running x86 of course, otherwise replace "~x86" with the appropiate value for your arch. HTH, Bob Young -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module

2005-10-27 Thread Bob Young
-Original Message- From: Qian Qiao [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 11:53 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module On 10/27/05, Bob Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm ran into the exac

RE: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module

2005-10-27 Thread Bob Young
-Original Message- From: Qian Qiao [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:07 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module On 10/27/05, Bob Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now that you mention

RE: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module

2005-10-27 Thread Bob Young
;s responsible for creating the necessary nodes, why do the unstable/masked versions of nvidia-kernel work correctly under a 2.6.13 kernel without any "helper" scripts? Regards, Bob Young -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] failed to load nvidia kernel module

2005-10-27 Thread Bob Young
ernel 6626-r4 runs fine. Seems it is: Thread from another user who experienced the problem: http://www.usenetlinux.com/archive/topic.php/t-495527.html The bug on it posted in Gentoo bugzilla: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104369 Regards, Bob Young -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6.14 & Nvidia

2005-11-07 Thread Bob Young
.14 but there was an issue with 2.6.13 and the nvidia drivers: Thread from another user who experienced problems. http://www.usenetlinux.com/archive/topic.php/t-495527.html The bug on it posted b.g.o: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104369 May not be your problem, but maybe worth investigating. -- Bob Young -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6.14 & Nvidia

2005-11-07 Thread Bob Young
If you want support for different video modes and boot splash etc, use the vesafb, then your nvidia driver should load. Bob Young -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: default stage3

2005-11-21 Thread Bob Young
a stage1 install, and I've done this ( one time ) on the install I just completed. Can sombody explain why it's necessary/desirable to do this *twice*? What real difference does the second execution really make? Thanks, Bob Young -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Build error in threads.c, maybe related to nptlonly use flag.

2006-05-12 Thread Bob Young
_mutexattr_setrobust_np in -lc... yes (<- From configure) Comment: Okay...It's available in "-lc" what does that mean? and if it's available why is it causing a build error? Comment: What does "-lc" mean? Would declaring pthread_mutexattr_setrobust_np as "external" on the condition of some define solve the problem? Again sorry for the long post, TIA to anyone who can share some insight. Regards, Bob Young -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] Build error in threads.c, maybe related to nptlonly use flag.

2006-05-12 Thread Bob Young
gt; > Not an nptl issue, looks like a bug in the configure to me. > > The configure is finding that glibc has the > pthread_mutexattr_setrobust_np function, so in threads.c it is > activating this piece of code: Thanks for the detailed explaination and the solution, much appreciate

[gentoo-user] Aparrent confcache issue - Solved,but.....

2006-06-03 Thread Bob Young
t; confcache bug seem to indicate that the "error" is in an ebuild previous to the one that failed. If I had not deleted /var/tmp/confcache/config.cache I'd have sent in the requested information to help resolve this bug. I can't tell from the comments whether or not it'

RE: [gentoo-user] gcc-4.1.1

2006-06-07 Thread Bob Young
re the definitive solution. For those who don't want to spend many extra hours of compile time, in order to gain a 0.5% increase in performance, the above is offered for consideration. Regards, Bob Young -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] gcc-4.1.1

2006-06-08 Thread Bob Young
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Richard Fish > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 9:24 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gcc-4.1.1 > > > On 6/7/06, Bob Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [gentoo-user] gcc-4.1.1

2006-06-08 Thread Bob Young
;t actually exist yet. Can you clearly and concisely explain to me how something that is in the process of being emerged can be used to emerge itself? Doesn't make sense. Regards, Bob Young -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] gcc-4.1.1

2006-06-08 Thread Bob Young
> -Original Message- > From: Bo Ørsted Andresen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 7:29 AM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gcc-4.1.1 > > > Thursday 08 June 2006 16:00 skrev Bob Young: > > Show me some d

[gentoo-user] Evolution icons missing under KDE but nut under Gnome

2006-06-10 Thread Bob Young
This is how Evolution displays if I log in under KDE or Gnome: http://www.debug1.com/ Why the difference, and how can I get it to display correctly under KDE? TIA Bob Young -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] gcc-4.1.1

2006-06-12 Thread Bob Young
> -Original Message- > From: Jerry McBride [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 7:10 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gcc-4.1.1 > > > On Wednesday 07 June 2006 21:50, Bob Young wrote: > Note that the >

RE: [gentoo-user] gcc-4.1.1

2006-06-16 Thread Bob Young
*** > -Original Message- > From: Bo Ørsted Andresen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 7:29 AM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gcc-4.1.1 > > > Thursday 08 June 2006 16:00 skrev Bob Young: > > Show me some d

RE: [gentoo-user] Why you use Gentoo

2006-09-08 Thread Bob Young
-Original Message- From: Colleen Beamer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 4:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why you use Gentoo Chris White wrote: > So, wondering why people use Gentoo. Put [dev] or something