[gentoo-user] Re: XMMS Stopped Playing

2005-05-13 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Kent Borg wrote: > Recently xmms stopped working. It will launch, but it won't play > anything. I try to play a file and nothing happens, I try to play an > internet stream and I get a file dialog. I think it broke in the > upgrade from 1.2.10-r13 to 1.2.10-r5. Suggestions? Have you recently

[gentoo-user] Re: DSL modem + Web Server + Home Box

2005-05-14 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
david wrote: > My DSL modems's add is 192.168.1.254 so that is the default gateway.The > server's add is eth0/192.168.1.96 and I enabled ip pass through in the > modem to the server,works fine.Next I wanted to set up the server as a > router with a crossover cable to home box.home box address is >

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: DSL modem + Web Server + Home Box

2005-05-15 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
david wrote: > Thanks for the reply.I'm new to this so your explanation really > helps.The dsl modem's set-up page is at 192.168.1.254.It is also the > default gateway.Here is resolv.conf; I'm getting a little lost here. It looks like you're trying to do 2 distinct tasks here. It looks like:

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: DSL modem + Web Server + Home Box

2005-05-15 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Colin wrote: > I know that EarthLink dial-up has no port forwarding or port blocking in > effect. I think they'll let you run servers from behind dial-up > connections, but I know that it's a no-no from behind their high-speed > connections, unless you get a business plan. IIRC, their "gamers"

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo discrimination

2005-05-18 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Ognjen Bezanov wrote: > There was that whole "Gentoo is for ricers" website which generally > mocked the gentoo community for their 'futile' quest to eck every last > ounce of CPU power from their machines. The gentoo community generally Pretty funny website! Their URL is pretty fitting, too: h

[gentoo-user] RESOLVED: No sound: ALSA and software suspend2

2005-05-22 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
This is in reference to: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-user&m=111525434728903&w=2 Summary of problem: Audio in KDE didn't work when switching from 2.6.9 kernel to 2.6.11 kernel. Resolution/workaround: 1. Open KMix mixer window 2. Select "Switches" tab 3. Turn off both "Headphone Jack

[gentoo-user] Re: RESOLVED: No sound: ALSA and software suspend2

2005-05-24 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote: > 2. If there's not already a bug report on bugs.kde.org, I plan to post > one. Viz bug # 106189 http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106189 -- G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: Panasonic Toughbook

2005-05-24 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Ian K wrote: > Can you please tell me where to go to get this mailing list's archives? > What does this error mean anyway? > Ian http://www.google.com/search?q=acpi+mailing+list&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 -- G a b r i e l M . B e d d i n g f i e l d -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org m

[gentoo-user] Re: Anyone Know Why a New Kernel Would Kill Networking?

2005-05-26 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Michael Haan wrote: > I'll take a look at those things, but the odd thing is I can boot the > old kernel and networking is just fine. Only the kernel has changed > (and not even the kernel options). This sounds like you need to re-emerge the driver for your NIC. For example, every time I upgrad

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Anyone Know Why a New Kernel Would Kill Networking?

2005-05-27 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Fri, May 27, 2005 2:27 am, Gabriel M. Beddingfield said: > >> This sounds like you need to re-emerge the driver for your NIC. For >> example, every time I upgrade my kernel I have to do something like this: >> >> # cd /usr/src &

[gentoo-user] Re: Getting PCMCIA to work

2005-05-31 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Digby Tarvin wrote: > Base system is now coming up fine, but my PCMCIA lan card is not > being recognised. What is the make/model of the NIC you are trying to use? Please post the output from either command: 'lspci' or 'cat /proc/pci' There's about 3 typical PCMCIA drivers, and then many more o

[gentoo-user] Re: New list member installing gentoo

2005-06-30 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Jason Castonguay wrote: > /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1/work/build-default-i586-pc-linux-gnu-linuxthreads/rt/aio_notify.og > The bug is not reproducible, so it is likely a hardware or OS problem. > make[2]: *** Are you finding the bug to be repeatable? Did you try it again? Do you ge

[gentoo-user] Keyboard layout issues (xkb/kxkb)

2005-07-01 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
I'm in the US, and I like both Alt keys being Alt (not Alt+Gr). The default X setup works fine for this. When I start using keyboard layouts (xkb), I can't get any of the US layouts to map two Alt's. When using a Spanish or German keyboard... I want the Alt+Gr, but when using a US keyboard I wa

[gentoo-user] Re: Keyboard layout issues (xkb/kxkb)

2005-07-05 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote: > > I'm in the US, and I like both Alt keys being Alt (not Alt+Gr). The > default X setup works fine for this. > > When I start using keyboard layouts (xkb), I can't get any of the US > layouts > to map two Alt's. When usi

[gentoo-user] DNS resolution not working with DHCP

2005-04-19 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
I'm travelling on business and trying to use the hotel-supplied internet. I'm using a Telkonet Bridge through the building's wiring. (Laptop -> Cat-5 cable -> Telkonet -> building wiring.) My laptop is an up-to-date Gentoo, 2.6 kernel, IBM Thinkpad R51. DHCP works to give me an IP address,

[gentoo-user] Re: DNS resolution not working with DHCP (RESOLVED)

2005-04-19 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
A. Khattri wrote: > 1. Can you ping that name server? Yes. > 2. What is /etc/nsswitch.conf Via another post, I'm guessing you're looking for the 'hosts' line, which is 'hosts: files dns' > 3. Check you dont have a firewall blocking UDP 53. Not sure how to test that. But read on... > If you

[gentoo-user] No sound: ALSA and software suspend2

2005-04-30 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
I recently upgraded my kernel from 2.6.9-gentoo-r13 to 2.6.11-suspend2. I wanted to get software suspend v2 working. (I'm using a laptop, and boot / shutdown is just taking forever.) I seem to have most everything worked out except this: When I boot, I can't get the soundcard to make any noise

[gentoo-user] Re: "equery which" gives wrong version?

2005-05-01 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Nick Rout wrote: > equery which packagename is meant to give you the full path and name of > the ebuild file for the version of packagename that portage would > install. > > however on my system it gives the latest unstable version, at least of > mythtv. For some reason, this problem intrigued m

[gentoo-user] Re: "equery which" gives wrong version?

2005-05-01 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote: > 2. Based on their input, file a bug report. IMHO, I think the default > should work the way you suggest, and there should be some way to expand it > to include packages. That should read: "...to include masked packages." --

[gentoo-user] Re: Wrong Aspell PATH

2005-05-01 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Luigi Pinna wrote: > Hello! > I installed a new Gentoo box with KDE3.4 and aspell but, if I try to use > aspell in kmail (I said in the control center to use aspell), I read > that the PATH is wrong or check if I installed apell. > I use aspell 0.60.2 from the portage tree, where can I modify the

[gentoo-user] Re: No sound: ALSA and software suspend2

2005-05-01 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Richard Fish wrote: > Do you have /etc/hibernate/hibernate.conf setup to restart alsa on > suspend/resume? > > # StopServices alsasound No, I didn't. After adding various versions (including 'ResumeServices alsasound'), the problem actually got worse. > Does the sound card start working af

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: "equery which" gives wrong version?

2005-05-01 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Nick Rout wrote: > Thanks for your investigation, you are obviously far more au fait with > the finer points of the portage/python thing than I am. Nope. That's actually my first delve into tracing a python. I can't even do "Hello, World!" in Python. However, the syntax looks like a cross betw

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: No sound: ALSA and software suspend2

2005-05-01 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Walter Dnes wrote: > KDE uses the artsd sound daemon. Have you configured artsd properly? Whether artsd is properly configured or no... I would never wager on it, but I think it's OK. Everything works great with a 2.6.9 kernel, but not 2.6.11. In trying to isolate the problem, I went into KD

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: No sound: ALSA and software suspend2

2005-05-04 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
YoYo Siska wrote: > Try saving the mixer state when the sound is working > alsactl store > > then start up kde, (i presume you sound stops working now), > and then try > alsactl restore > and see whether the sound works... > > If this is the problem disable the mixer settings loading in kde In

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: No sound: ALSA and software suspend2

2005-05-05 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
YoYo Siska wrote: >> alsactl: set_control:930: warning: name mismatch (External >> Amplifier/Headphone Jack Sense) for control #26 > seems there are some differencies between alsa in those 2 kernels > why do you boot different kernels? I was trying to migrate to a new kernel... I've just about gi

[gentoo-user] PAM problem: "su: Authentication token is no longer valid; new one required."

2005-10-07 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
I recently install postgresql. When I start the server, I'm getting what looks like a PAM error. orion ~ # /etc/init.d/postgresql start * Starting PostgreSQL ... You are required to change your password immediately (root enforced) su: Authentication token is no longer valid; new one required. (

[gentoo-user] Re: xml mode for emacs

2005-10-08 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote: > Hi all, > I emerged nxml to edit xml files with emacs; it works great, but when I > open an xml file it is sgml xml-mode, I have to switch to nxml by hand; > this seems to be new since some time ago nxml was the default mode. > In the site-gentoo.el file which is ge

[gentoo-user] Re: PostgreSQL with unknown message to starting

2005-10-08 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Javier Uribe wrote: > hi people. > > I have compile PostgreSQL satisfactorily, my doubt is when starting, it > appears the next message > > highwaystar ~ # /etc/init.d/postgresql start > * Starting PostgreSQL ... > su: Authentication service cannot retrieve authentication info. > (Ignored)

[gentoo-user] Re: PAM problem: "su: Authentication token is no longer valid; new one required."

2005-10-10 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Mariusz P?kala wrote: > Looks like an expired password. What is in your /etc/shadow in postgres' > entry? > Mariusz, # grep postgres /etc/shadow postgres:!!:0:0:9:7:::8021806 Thanks, Gabriel -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: PostgreSQL with unknown message to starting

2005-10-10 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Mariusz P?kala wrote: > This time it's about no entry for postgres in /etc/shadow. :-) > > This line, added to /etc/shadow, would be OK: > postgres:!:12654:0:9:7::: > Hi Mariusz, This is what I had: postgres:!!:0:0:9:7:::8021806 This is what I changed it to: postgres:!!:13066:0:

[gentoo-user] Re: Reaching my network over the internet

2005-10-16 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Grant wrote: > Hello, I'd like to ssh into my network over the internet. Do I need > to set up VPN for that? Can anyone point me in the right direction? It depends on what you're trying to do. If you just want to ssh into a machine on your network... then no. From a shell session on that mach