[gentoo-user] Which IMAP is happiest with gentoo?

2005-05-13 Thread michael
or aware of? Thanks in advance, Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Which IMAP is happiest with gentoo?

2005-05-13 Thread michael
tions, so it does not delete messages on the server, nor does it understand subdirectories. You may check with your phone's email client's provider, perhaps you too have these limitations. Michael On Fri, 13 May 2005, Stroller wrote: On May 12, 2005, at 8:10 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Which IMAP is happiest with gentoo?

2005-05-13 Thread michael
Thanks for the excellent advice, Jonathan. Yes, I figured I'd have to move out of mbox sooner or later. I wonder if there are tools to convert mbox files to maildir format - I would guess yes. Michael On Fri, 13 May 2005, Jonathan Nichols wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I already have Po

Re: [gentoo-user] Which IMAP is happiest with gentoo?

2005-05-15 Thread michael
e previous thread, so while this was a mistake on my part, it was unintentional I am very sorry for the confusion I caused, and now I know not to do this again. By the way, how is the thread information retained, even if the subject line is changed? Sincerely, Michael On Sun, 15 May 2005, Stroller wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Which IMAP is happiest with gentoo?

2005-05-15 Thread michael
Thanks Neil (also Ralph and Brett). Now I know. No more hijacked threads from me, I promise. Michael On Sun, 15 May 2005, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 15 May 2005 11:56:32 +0200, Ralph Slooten wrote: When you press "Reply" those headers are automatically taken with it by your program. Th

Re: [gentoo-user] Which IMAP is happiest with gentoo?

2005-05-15 Thread michael
I have a huge amount of old mail saved in mbox format. It's those that I need to convert. Anyway, Bill pointed us at this: http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/mb2md/ which seems to do exactly what I need. Michael On Sat, 14 May 2005, Stroller wrote: On May 13, 2005, at 6:45 pm, [

Re: [gentoo-user] cant build gcc on installation emerge --newuse system

2005-05-28 Thread michael
ssible way. Thanks, Michael On Sun, 29 May 2005, Khan wrote: Aaron Urbain wrote: * Running make LDFLAGS="" STAGE1_CFLAGS="-O" LIBPATH="/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.5-20050130" BOOT_CFLAGS=" -O2 -march=i686 -pipe" profiledbootstrap make: ***

Re: [gentoo-user] Good diagram app

2005-05-31 Thread michael
On Tue, 31 May 2005, Bruno Lustosa wrote: Hello. I am in need of an application like Visio. I tried messing with dia, but it's still far from what I need, for it lacks lots of useful features. What program do the list recommend? Take a look at Inkscape. Many very nice features, some overlap

Re: [gentoo-user] recording with ALSA & dmix? (TeamSpeak problems)

2005-06-06 Thread michael
Hi Peter, You should join, and ask this question, on the linux audio group, something like: http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/subscribelau.php They are a very helpful group. Good luck, Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to build a Minimal Gentoo

2005-06-16 Thread michael
On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Zac Medico wrote: Ow Mun Heng wrote: I'm talking about something stripped down. Perhaps not to a size of 8MB but something less than 100MB would be good. How does one do that? Have you seen this howto? http://gentoo-wiki.com/Embedded_Gentoo It recommends for you to

[gentoo-user] blog software recommendation for gentoo?

2005-06-17 Thread michael
I'd like to experiment with a blog as a way to track and collaborate on projects. Do any of you have recommendations, for or against, very simple blog software, ideally available in portage? I confess I'm a complete novice when it comes to blogs. Thanks Michaek -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing

Re: [gentoo-user] blog software recommendation for gentoo?

2005-06-17 Thread michael
On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, David D. Rea wrote: On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 02:53 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to experiment with a blog as a way to track and collaborate on projects. Do any of you have recommendations, for or against, very simple blog software, ideally available in portage?

Re: [gentoo-user] blog software recommendation for gentoo?

2005-06-18 Thread michael
On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, A. Khattri wrote: On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, Dmitri Vassilenko wrote: [Blosxom](http://www.blosxom.com/) deals with plain text files. If you want a simple blogging engine, this is it. :) True but isn't it CGI-based? Is that a problem? Something I should be aware of? -- gen

Re: [gentoo-user] blog software recommendation for gentoo?

2005-06-18 Thread michael
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005, A. Khattri wrote: On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: True but isn't it CGI-based? Is that a problem? Something I should be aware of? For me yes. Every incoming request launches the CGI that generates the web page. Unless you're using mod_perl (or choose to

Re: [gentoo-user] How to get GNOME back?

2005-06-28 Thread michael
On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 11:08:40AM -0400, Dave Nebinger wrote: > > I had to completely reinstall Gentoo the other day (partitioning problem). > > I got the base system up and emerged gnome. I've done this several times > > before, but this time when I run startx all I get is twm. > > DISPLAYMANAG

Re: [gentoo-user] How to get GNOME back?

2005-06-28 Thread michael
On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 04:00:10PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 04:47:35 -0500 (CDT), Michael Sullivan wrote: > > > I had to completely reinstall Gentoo the other day (partitioning > > problem). I got the base system up and emerged gnome. I've done

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Travelling in Greece, need advice

2005-07-05 Thread michael
On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Kurt Guenther wrote: Grant wrote: Hello! I am travelling and am currently on the Greek island of Corfu. It is great! I have my laptop but I'm finding it totally impossible to find a place that will let me plug into their network for Internet access. I can't use public

Re: [gentoo-user] Home mail server problems.

2005-07-05 Thread michael
my mx records very tricky. Can you post the output from dig? It might point out suspicious settings. Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Determining the current runlevel

2005-07-19 Thread michael
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, YoYo Siska wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:21:25 +0200, Remy Blank wrote: # cat /var/lib/init.d/softlevel default That's it! Many thanks. I usualy do: source /etc/conf.d/rc rl=`cat "$svcdir/softlevel"` just to be sure... ;) or directly source /

Re: [gentoo-user] switching to LCD monitor

2005-07-23 Thread michael
On Sat, 23 Jul 2005, Philip Webb wrote: 050721 James Hiscock wrote: My question to anyone who can advise is this: do I just unplug the CRT & plug in the LCD ? will it work so simply ? In most cases, yes, but you'll need to restart X if you do the swap while it's running. No ! I wasn't thi

Re: [gentoo-user] LinuxWorld?

2005-07-25 Thread michael
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Jonathan Nichols wrote: Is there going to be a Gentoo booth at LinuxWorld Expo this year? Even if it's just 1 guy sitting on a milk crate, that still counts as a booth. :P And speaking of that, is there interest in a gathering of some kind, say lunch or drinks? Mi

[gentoo-user] Having trouble installing grub on second disk

2005-07-26 Thread michael
nux on slave primary device root (hd1,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 this worked, which perhaps suggests that my grub setup on hdb is faulty. So I reinstalled grub on hdb, but it still fails with the same error. Lastly the grub install reported no errors. Any suggestions? Sincerely,

Re: [gentoo-user] Having trouble installing grub on second disk

2005-07-26 Thread michael
r hd3 = secondary slave but rather is the boot order I select? Thank you so much for the rapid reply, Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Having trouble installing grub on second disk

2005-07-26 Thread michael
rom a different drive. Ah, but eventually the first disk will go away. It's just support while I develop the minimal install. So I do need grub on it. But thanks for responding anyway, I appreciate the help Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Having trouble installing grub on second disk

2005-07-26 Thread michael
go back and get the first at the end, or never? A topic for future research. The information I found also suggests that this is somewhat BIOS dependent, so future readers of this thread take note: this may not apply to you. Trial and error may be the only foolproof solution. Thanks again everyone, Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] dev-vcs/qbzr - bug or no?

2011-03-02 Thread Michael
er to make this work, I need to emerge net-misc/x11-ssh-askpass. My question is: would this be considered a bug of some variety (missing dependency or flag?), or rather just something the user needs to figure out themself. Thanks, Michael

[gentoo-user] Failure to compile 2.6.39-gentoo-r3

2011-07-20 Thread Michael
linux1] Error 1 Any ideas? -Michael

Re: [gentoo-user] Failure to compile 2.6.39-gentoo-r3

2011-07-20 Thread Michael
Hi, CONFIG_MICROCODE=y CONFIG_MICROCODE_INTEL=y # CONFIG_MICROCODE_AMD is not set CONFIG_MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE=y -Michael

Re: [gentoo-user] Clarifying using the button to cause a shutdown

2012-09-12 Thread Michael
lt install of acpid (daemon has to be running, of course) should shutdown your system. I think this should be what you want. If it fails, check your Kernel apci settings (like CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON), you found already the right wiki page. Michael Am Dienstag, 11. September 2012, 23:22:38 schrieb A

Re: [gentoo-user] Lightwheight Gentoo System

2006-10-12 Thread michael
i use xubuntu on an old laptop, and it's quite snappy. although i'm sure you could get snappier results with gentoo On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Karl Huysmans wrote: Hi All, A friend asked me to install "some" operating system on an old Dell laptop he got for free. The laptop has a pentium 2 400 M

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Lightwheight Gentoo System

2006-10-12 Thread michael
, and I wonder about the philosopical implications of liking what seem to be polar opposites. Human nature, perhaps. Regards, Michael "My other computer runs (Gentoo,Ubuntu)" Shiloh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] gentoo apache virtual domains setup

2005-12-30 Thread michael
howto, or have any other tips? Last time I implemented a virtual domains web server was on redhat 8 with apache 1. I'm sure things have changed. Thanks, Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo apache virtual domains setup

2005-12-30 Thread michael
I implemented a virtual domains web server was on redhat 8 with apache 1. I'm sure things have changed. Thanks, Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Weird GNOME problem

2005-12-30 Thread michael
Earlier tonight I changed the setting in /etc/conf.d/rc for the RC_DEVICE_TARBALL from "yes" to "no" and rebooted. Now I can't get into GNOME. For my personal account after I enter my username/password the screen clears and I see the default background color and my mouse pointer, then nothing els

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo apache virtual domains setup

2005-12-31 Thread michael
t; is set then webapp-config is NOT automatically run and you have to run it yourself manually to install the application into the proper virtualhost). Thanks Etaoin, I'll read the man page you describe. Thanks for the pointer. Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo apache virtual domains setup

2005-12-31 Thread michael
e the original docs[1]? They are not too bad, I think. [1]<http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/en/vhosts/> Thanks Edwin, You are correct, the original docs are quite good. I'll soon find out if gentoo introduces any differences. Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] A Bit of Trivia

2006-01-01 Thread michael
aptop. It's not fast, but it's perfectly adequate. Install did take over a week, I'll admit. I'm curious because I seem to do a lot of squeezing the most out of underpowered computers, and Gentoo has been my friend in these projects. I would like to know what conditions are not well suited to Gentoo. Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] how to read raw mouse events

2006-01-17 Thread michael
uld start looking for how to do this? Thanks, Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] how to read raw mouse events

2006-01-17 Thread michael
I would have thought that should be fine, but I tried that on my desktop, and it locked up my mouse so I thought there was something wrong with this approach. You are the second person to suggest this, though, so I'll try this again. Thanks, Michael On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Willie Wong

Re: [gentoo-user] how to read raw mouse events

2006-01-17 Thread michael
if the mouse stops moving that stream stops. Or otherwise changes. Can anyone suggest where I should start looking for how to do this? Thanks, Michael you can just cat /dev/mice or whatever your mouse device is. -- That's it. It works. Too cool. Thanks to you and the others who sug

[gentoo-user] which video card for dell2005fpw

2006-01-19 Thread michael
uggestions? Should I prefer a digital interface over the analog? Thanks, Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which video card for dell2005fpw

2006-01-22 Thread michael
Thanks for your reply, Simon. Answers follow: On Sat, 21 Jan 2006, Simon Kellett wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm looking for recommendations for a new video card. Obviously something that works well with Linux in general and Gentoo in particular. Any suggestions? Depends a bit on wha

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which video card for dell2005fpw

2006-01-23 Thread michael
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Thierry de Coulon wrote: On Monday, 23 January 2006 21:15, Simon Kellett wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Depends a bit on what you want: basic stuff or 3d-gaming ! Basic stuff. Not into games, and I don't watch movies on my computer either. Same as me then: I just b

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which video card for dell2005fpw

2006-01-23 Thread michael
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Thierry de Coulon wrote: On Monday, 23 January 2006 21:15, Simon Kellett wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Depends a bit on what you want: basic stuff or 3d-gaming ! > > > > Basic stuff. Not into games, and I d

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which video card for dell2005fpw

2006-01-23 Thread michael
ion EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" Screen "screen1" EndSection It seems it did work, and these messages are dated December 2004. From various messages it appears that some users had no problems and other did have many. However, it looks to me that the 6600 GT does support 1680x1050. If you're not interrested in gaming, you might settle for a 6600 (not GT), they are slower & cheaper but should otherwise be compatible. Excellent. Thank you very much! Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] What mobile phone / PDA combination unit that syncs with Linux should I get?

2006-01-31 Thread michael
Hey, when you find out, let me know as well. I think our only hope is to make our own. There is (I think) at least one open source cellphone project going on. Michael On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, David Dorward wrote: The contract on my mobile phone is coming up for renewal soon, so I'm sh

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware issues, probably overheating, help?

2006-02-16 Thread michael
A long shot, but I had this happen once due to bad power supply. Is there a chance the power supply is failing? If you have an alternate supply, you may want to swap it out. Are you pushing it near its limits, perhaps with many disk drives? Can you remove some drives as a test? On Fri, 17 Feb 2

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware issues, probably overheating, help?

2006-02-16 Thread michael
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Emanuele Morozzi wrote: Mrugesh Karnik wrote: Hi, I've been having issues with the computer shutting down automatically. Makes me wonder if it's an over heating problem. The system (AMD Sempron 2500+, MSI K8M800 mobo, two Seagate HDDs, an LG DVD Burner and a GB of RAM) h

Re: [gentoo-user] sound recording software in gentoo

2006-03-05 Thread michael
Visit the archives of the linux audio user mailing list. Better yet, join the list. There is plenty of software, and Gentoo is a popular distribution for it. M On Sun, 5 Mar 2006, Denis wrote: I wanted to see if there's a way to set up a home recording mini-studio using Linux. In Windoze, th

[gentoo-user] mouse detected, but no /dev/mice

2006-03-12 Thread michael
hiya, I have two USB mice. Dmesg shows them being detected, but there is no /dev/mice nor /dev/mouse. Any suggestions? Here is the dmesg usb section. The mice are usb 3-1 and usb 3-2: ehci_hcd :00:10.3: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 ehci_hcd :00:10.3: new USB bus registered, assigned b

Re: [gentoo-user] mouse detected, but no /dev/mice

2006-03-12 Thread michael
There they are, and they both work. I feel so dumb. Thanks very much Holly, Michael On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, Holly Bostick wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: hiya, I have two USB mice. Dmesg shows them being detected, but there is no /dev/mice nor /dev/mouse. Any suggestions? If you&#x

Re: [gentoo-user] Personal Video Recorders

2005-04-12 Thread michael
Isn't it true though that the X-Box requires a hardware modification (like soldering in a new BIOS or something) in order to run Linux? Or is this no longer true? Michael On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, A. Khattri wrote: On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Mark Knecht wrote: Hey - thanks! I hadn't thought abo

Re: [gentoo-user] Personal Video Recorders

2005-04-12 Thread michael
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Mark Knecht wrote: On Apr 12, 2005 11:40 AM, A. Khattri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't it true though that the X-Box requires a hardware modification (like soldering in a new BIOS or something) in order to run Linux? Or is this no

Re: [gentoo-user] Personal Video Recorders

2005-04-12 Thread michael
Thanks Mark - I look forward to hearing your review. I'm almost tempted to run out right now (perhaps it's good that my lunch break has already passed) and buy an xbox! If I do anything, I will certainly post what I learn here as well. M On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Mark Knecht wrote: Michael,

Re: [gentoo-user] Personal Video Recorders

2005-04-13 Thread michael
It's been my experience with via that they are somewhat generous to the Linux community but a little guarded WRT specific devices. I still have not found source for an mpeg2 decoder for the EPIA boards I have. Take a hard look at the epia forums. M On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, 1

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the recommended order of maintenance updates?

2005-04-22 Thread michael
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Eric S. Johansson wrote: Dave Nebinger wrote: Reboots only come in if I build a new kernel. And it is often times easier to manually restart the services that have been updated rather than rebooting the box. I also suggest rebooting after major library updates to make sure t

[gentoo-user] recommendation for/against USB and PS/2 KVM switch to work with gentoo

2005-05-02 Thread michael
oo? Thanks, Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Want suggestions for hardware and software for control of hydraulic system

2005-05-05 Thread michael
happy to answer questions either on-list (if there is enough interest to make it on-topic) or off-list. Michael On Thu, 5 May 2005, Erik wrote: Hello, I have an idea to control a hydraulic system with software. Now I would like some suggestions for hardware and software. Sorry for my bad english, but

[gentoo-user] new gentoo installed but can't boot: "Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk And Press Enter"

2005-09-17 Thread michael
ing this computer for developing systems over the past few months and have rebooted it many, many times, with no difficulty. I figure it's failing very early if I'm not even getting into grub. Any ideas? Any suggestions for what to test, inspect, try? Thanks, Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] new gentoo installed but can't boot: "Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk And Press Enter"

2005-09-17 Thread michael
ng into grub. Any ideas? Any suggestions for what to test, inspect, try? Thanks, Michael - From my experience, this is typical of a bad disk. I have a system that gives the exact same error. Usually, for me, a reboot solves it, and it loads the OS. But I happen to know that my disk is on it

[gentoo-user] gentoo 2005.1 and FTDI USB/serial adapter: device not created

2005-09-18 Thread michael
parameters that relate to USB. Thanks in advance, Michael # grep -i usb .config # USB devices # CONFIG_SND_USB_AUDIO is not set # CONFIG_SND_USB_USX2Y is not set # USB support CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_HCD=y CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_OHCI=y CONFIG_USB=y # CONFIG_USB_DEBUG is not set # Miscellaneous USB

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo 2005.1 and FTDI USB/serial adapter: device not created

2005-09-18 Thread michael
To answer my own question, I just had to make the device using mknod. Now my FTDI device works! Thanks, Michael On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Gentoo 2005.1, kernel 2.6.12 gentoo r10. I have a USB device that uses the FTDI driver (in the kernel) to make the device

Re: [gentoo-user] new gentoo installed but can't boot: "Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk And Press Enter"

2005-09-19 Thread michael
Thanks for the suggestion, Walter. Yes, I did have the jumper set to "master", as appropriate. But see my next post. Michael On Sun, 18 Sep 2005, Walter Dnes wrote: On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 12:06:57AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Thanks for the idea. As I've said, I

Re: [gentoo-user] new gentoo installed but can't boot: "Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk And Press Enter"

2005-09-19 Thread michael
eryone for your suggestions. Michael On Sat, 17 Sep 2005, John Myers wrote: On Saturday 17 September 2005 21:47, Walter Dnes wrote: Can you check the jumpers on the drive? In the old days, there were just "master" and "slave". Now there's a 3rd option "cable

Re: [gentoo-user] new gentoo installed but can't boot: "Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk And Press Enter"

2005-09-19 Thread michael
Hi gentuxx, As you may have seen in my reply to another helpful person, same disk worked on a different setting (primary slave instead of primary master). perhaps the disk is going bad, although it's only a couple years old. Thanks for your suggestion, Michael On Sat, 17 Sep 2005, ge

[gentoo-user] what exactly does rc-update modify?

2005-09-23 Thread michael
ed by rc-update that I need to modify on the CF card? Thanks, Michael P.s. this robot needs a "gentoo inside" sticker... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] what exactly does rc-update modify?

2005-09-23 Thread michael
Argh! I should have checked to see if it was a script. That would have saved a lot of time. Thanks! Michael On Sat, 24 Sep 2005, Mike Williams wrote: On Friday 23 September 2005 23:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I added a wireless network card, so I ran rc-update to configure it upon booting

[gentoo-user] Can I make dhcpcd run in background when trying to get an ip address?

2005-09-24 Thread michael
to take a long time). Is there some way I can have dhcpcd to run in the background, and to provide an IP address to my interface when it gets a response from the server? I seem to remember busybox had script that did this; is there a general solution? Thanks, Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] laptop

2005-10-26 Thread michael
As a gross first pass, my impression is that ThinkPads and Dells seem to do well with Linux. Do your collective experiences confirm or deny this? Michael On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, A. R. wrote: Hi, I run Gentoo on an IBM ThinkPad T41p. This is a very nice laptop and very Linux-friendly. HTH

[gentoo-user] a bit confused by emerge blockers

2005-11-03 Thread michael
emerge told me that pine was blocking something, so I did an emerge --pretend to see what:" emerge -Duv --newuse world Calculating world dependencies ...done! !!! Error: the

Re: [gentoo-user] a bit confused by emerge blockers

2005-11-04 Thread michael
I don't understand. Where do I add the "="? What do I put before or after the "="? Here is the result of "emerge pine". Not much better: # emerge pine Calculating dependencies ...done! !!! Error: the Am Freitag, 4. November 2005 06:46 schrieb ext [EMAIL PROTECTED]: emerge -e mail-client/p

Re: [gentoo-user] a bit confused by emerge blockers

2005-11-04 Thread michael
That was it - thanks very much! Michael On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: Am Freitag, 4. November 2005 07:21 schrieb ext [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't understand. Where do I add the "="? What do I put before or after the "="? Sorry didn't read that y

Re: [gentoo-user] What is recommended behavior for complete updating of an old system ?

2005-11-13 Thread michael
the best way to keep a machine reasonably up-to-date, while keeping the machine stable and running? I couldn't find any of these in a FAQ on the gentoo website. Perhaps it's there and I missed it. But if indeed this FAQ lacks an answer, can we compose one from this discussion? Michael O

[gentoo-user] how to find if a program is using a particular /dev device?

2005-11-17 Thread michael
, is using a particular device? Thanks, Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] how to find if a program is using a particular /dev device?

2005-11-18 Thread michael
-l /proc/*/fd/* | grep ttyUSB0 Is there a utility or other better way I can discover which process, or better, which program, is using a particular device? Thanks, Michael try lsof -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] how to find if a program is using a particular /dev device?

2005-11-19 Thread michael
Excellent. That's very helpful as well. Michael On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, Nick Rout wrote: On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:48:19 -0800 (PST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That was it. Thanks! M you could also try strace -eopen programname It will give a pretty verbose account of what files are open

[gentoo-user] dovecot problem

2005-11-25 Thread michael
ail, but in order to actually read it we have to sshell over to bullet and use mutt, which is somewhat inconvenient as our users are more accustomed to GUI mail clients... -Michael Sullivan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Video capture card recommendations

2005-11-29 Thread michael
There's an article in this month's Linux Journal about MythTV, and they mention the Hauppauge PVR-150. They also mention Gentoo as the best distribution for MythTV! M On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, James Ausmus wrote: On 11/28/05, Budd, Tracy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just need a bare-bones card to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Succinct compilation of system info...

2005-11-30 Thread michael
This seems to have tremendous potential. Having all this information in one standard form allows you to take snapshots of your system, and then if things break you can compare snapshots before and after to possibly get a hint of where to focus. This will be especially true when you add the ability

[gentoo-user] Seeking USB help

2005-12-04 Thread michael
ng on my laptop? Any suggestions? Thanks, Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Seeking USB help

2005-12-05 Thread michael
On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Christoph Eckert wrote: What am I missing to get USB working on my laptop? Any suggestions? Is hotplug running? It should handle all module loading stuff for you. This is what /etc/init.d/hotplug says: # nothing here anymore. Please use the coldplug package if you re

Re: [gentoo-user] Let's make a map of Gentoo users

2005-12-06 Thread michael
You guys are still awake!?!? When I signed up (about half an hour ago) I was the only one in San Francisco! What's up with that? What a great idea, b.n.! Thanks! Michael On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, b.n. wrote: pclouds wrote: Hi all, We've got a map of Gentoo users here: http://www.

Re: [gentoo-user] Let's make a map of Gentoo users

2005-12-06 Thread michael
an hour ago) I was the only one in San > Francisco! What's up with that? > > What a great idea, b.n.! Thanks! > > Michael > > > On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, b.n. wrote: > Yup currently I am the only South Afr

Re: [gentoo-user] Let's make a map of Gentoo users

2005-12-06 Thread michael
Oh! Well whoever thought of the idea, thanks! M On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, b.n. wrote: What a great idea, b.n.! Thanks! You're welcome, but that's not my idea... m. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Optical mouse lights off on kernel 2.6.14 but works on kernel 2.4.30

2005-12-06 Thread michael
By the way, isn't it true that a simple "make" will make both the kernel and the modules now? Or am I dreaming? M On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Richard Fish wrote: On 12/6/05, Daevid Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dude. I'm telling you. I had the same problem. This isn't a X or device issue. You d

[gentoo-user] lightweight webcam server for embedded gentoo?

2005-12-06 Thread michael
erver part myself. I'm using a creative notebook webcam and the spca5xx driver. There is a suite of applications in a package called spcaview but it depends on X. Can anyone suggest a solution, or at least a path of further research? Perhaps what I'm looking for is a framegrabber and not a f

Re: [gentoo-user] lightweight webcam server for embedded gentoo?

2005-12-08 Thread michael
e the system is so slow that if I hit a key in a shell, I get a response in about 5 minutes. Yes, that's minutes. Any ideas? Michael On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: Hi, On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 01:29:23 -0800 (PST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to be able to stream

Re: [gentoo-user] lightweight webcam server for embedded gentoo?

2005-12-09 Thread michael
Looks perfect. I'll try it out tonight. I have camE working, but it's not so lightweight. Thanks, Michael On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, Jonathan Nichols wrote: > > tv quality - even a jpeg every second or so will be fine. Trouble is, > > all the software I've found so f

[gentoo-user] what's a good very small http server?

2005-12-11 Thread michael
e. Thanks, Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] what's a good very small http server?

2005-12-11 Thread michael
Hi Chris, Thanks for the tip. It's actually pretty fancy for something called "light". I found another quite trivial one called mini-httpd which i got running very quickly on my non-embedded system. Next step is to move it to the embedded system. Thanks Michael On Mon, 12

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Merry Christmas!/Hanukkah

2005-12-24 Thread michael
More than one Jew, I'm sure. And many other religions, I expect. Is Diwali considered a winter festival? Ramadan has passed already, no? Others? Anyway, happy winter whatevers to all of you. M On Sat, 24 Dec 2005, Peter wrote: On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 16:05:49 +1300, Glenn Enright wrote: To all

Re: [gentoo-user] skype experiences: good/bad/etc

2006-03-22 Thread michael
I've been hearing some good things about Gizmo, for one, that it's more Linux-friendly. Haven't tried it myself yet. Anybody have anything to say about gizmo? M On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Ralph Slooten wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jason Weisberger wrote: Apparently Skype h

Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone?

2006-03-29 Thread michael
Always interesting discussions on this list. I have two questions for everyone (not just the person I'm responding to): How soon do you think we'll see laptops with the Dual Core Turion64? Elsewhere (perhaps on this list on a different topic) someone recommended not buying anything except for 6

[gentoo-user] can't emerge libMagick: ERROR: media-gfx/imagemagick-6.2.5.5 failed

2006-04-04 Thread michael
I saw someone ask this question a few days ago but didn't see the answer. Nothing on the 'net that I could find. Anyone have any ideas? Last time I did an emerge world may have been almost a month ago. if i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./magick -I./wand -I. -I. -I./Magick++/lib

Re: [gentoo-user] can't emerge libMagick: ERROR: media-gfx/imagemagick-6.2.5.5 failed

2006-04-04 Thread michael
That's it. Thanks! Michael On Tue, 4 Apr 2006, Fabrice Delliaux wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] a ??crit : I saw someone ask this question a few days ago but didn't see the answer. Nothing on the 'net that I could find. Anyone have any ideas? Look at this bug : http://

Re: [gentoo-user] How to make Gentoo more Ubuntu like

2006-04-30 Thread michael
inal asker (Ryan?) since he'll have the feedback from his wife, but if no one else wants to do it I'll do it. Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] gentoo at linuxworld in san francisco this summer?

2006-05-03 Thread michael
Will Gentoo have a presence at LinuxWorld in San Francisco, in August? I think last year they had a booth in the .org pavillion. As a San Fransiscan Gentoo user, I'd like to be involved. To whom do I speak? Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Spam, spam, spam

2006-05-17 Thread michael
On Wed, 17 May 2006, Thomas Kirchner wrote: * On May 16 19:03, JimD (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: Is there a good spam filter out there? One that is not a pain to setup and use? I'd recommend spamassassin. I've tried all of the popular spam filters, including SA, dspam, and bogof

[gentoo-user] How can I get java compiler without x11?

2006-05-22 Thread michael
needs x11. Is there a way to get the java compiler without installing x11? Or am I misunderstanding something here? Michael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How can I get java compiler without x11?

2006-05-23 Thread michael
On Tue, 23 May 2006, Remy Blank wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm missing libdb so Apache won't run. emerge sys-libs/db failed due to missing the java compiler, javac. Add the following line to /etc/portage/package.use sys-libs/db -java This will disable the java USE flag for sys-libs

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