Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xine

2005-05-13 Thread Paul
On Thursday 12 May 2005 19:09, Richard Fish wrote: > Paul wrote: > >On Thursday 12 May 2005 15:22, Richard Fish wrote: > >>Paul wrote: > >>>Hi all, > >>>I posted this problem a few weeks ago and had no replies. I have tried > >>>all sorts in

[gentoo-user] Can't see networked windows xp machine

2005-06-02 Thread Paul
suggestions to resolve this issue, please let me know. I can connect and send files from the windows machine onto my linux box which works via samba. Thanks Paul -- This message has been sent using kmail with gentoo linux -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: revdep-rebuild and -bin packages (was Re: [gentoo-user] Disk usage?)

2005-06-17 Thread Paul
t I've done to resolve this problem. I have emerged gentoolkit-0.2.1_pre3 and made an entry in my make.conf of SEARCH_DIRS_MASK="/opt". I then ran revdep-rebuild and all ran without any open office errors. Hope this helps Paul -- This message has been sent using kmail with gentoo linux -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] blocking packages when emerge gnome-light

2008-05-05 Thread paul
file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" paul-gentoo ~ # emerge -av gnome-light These are the p

Re: [gentoo-user] blocking packages when emerge gnome-light

2008-05-10 Thread paul
On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 19:57 -0500, Tim wrote: > paul wrote: > > I am sure that this is all explained somewhere but I cannot find it > > easily. > > > > When running "emerge -av gnome-light" I get : > > [blocks B ] > gnome-base/gnome-settings-d

Re: [gentoo-user] Excessive processor usage

2007-08-06 Thread Paul
so there is always an assumption On 8/6/07, Uwe Thiem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 06 August 2007, sean wrote: > > Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:30:01 +0200 "Xav'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >> If you want to check there is no such program on your

Re: [gentoo-user] Configuration Situation

2007-08-06 Thread Paul
what is the output of ifconfig -a does it show the device, or is it just a problem with dhcp? On 8/6/07, Colleen Beamer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I was having trouble with my desktop and couldn't get it to boot. There > were some files on the hard drive that hadn't been included in

Re: [gentoo-user] tools to detect hardware

2007-08-09 Thread Paul
from the name of the processer you can look up the fsb and socket online. as far as i know there are not any programs with a built in database, but if there is i would like to know too. On 8/9/07, Chuanwen Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > oh,the phpsysinfo seems need to install Apache first: > >

Re: [gentoo-user] OT :video cameras and gentoo

2007-08-12 Thread Paul
i have a sony digital camera that takes movies, and it just shows up as a usb drive. i would assume that the video recorders would work the same way. maybe you can take a laptop to a store that sells them and check to see if it works that way or find someone that has one and borrow it. if you do

Re: [gentoo-user] OT :video cameras and gentoo

2007-08-13 Thread Paul
wire-capable video > camera; although I might well take Iain Buchanan's advice of 13th > August 2007 00:00:23 BST to supplant my previous expectations, I > wouldn't expect USB is a "serious" camcorder. > > Stroller. > > > On 12 Aug 2007, at 14:46, Paul wr

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

2006-01-20 Thread Paul
to get the most out of kde run the following commands :emerge -C kdeemerge gnome-lite:Pok flame awayOn 1/20/06, Ryan Viljoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I use Fluxbox but have been experimenting with KDE 3.5. I must say Ireally like it however it is not the complete KDE I emerged all theapps that I

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

2006-01-20 Thread Paul
my findings with KDE is that its bloadwareif I wanted bloat , I'd run windowsGnome-lite is just that , lightIt serves my purposes fine and the menus are easy to edit to my liking. On 1/20/06, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Paul wrote:> to get the most out of kde run the foll

[gentoo-user] Error message on kde startup

2006-01-24 Thread Paul
rvices the KDED Media Manager has a status of Not Running. If I try to start it manually I just get a message saying Unable to start service. I just don't know what to try next - any suggestions? Thanks Paul -- This message has been sent using kmail with gentoo linux -- gentoo-

Re: [gentoo-user] Error message on kde startup

2006-01-25 Thread Paul
On Tuesday 24 Jan 2006 17:45, Manuel McLure wrote: > Paul wrote: > > Hi all, > > Recently I had to update about 24 packages, all went well and any config > > files were updated. However, I now have a problem when kde starts, I get > > an error-kdesktop message saying &

[gentoo-user] Duplicate mouse clicks??

2006-01-25 Thread Paul
l turn out to be something simple and stupid that I have done, but I just can't solve it. Can anyone HELP please Paul -- This message has been sent using kmail with gentoo linux -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Duplicate mouse clicks??

2006-01-26 Thread Paul
On Wednesday 25 Jan 2006 16:24, Peter Ruskin wrote: > On Wednesday 25 January 2006 15:38, Paul wrote: > > Recently I have been having a problem with my usb mouse actions. > > In kmail when deleting messages using the bin icon sometimes 2 > > messages will be deleted instead of

Re: [gentoo-user] Duplicate mouse clicks??(nearly resolved)

2006-01-26 Thread Paul
On Thursday 26 Jan 2006 12:58, Richard Fish wrote: > On 1/26/06, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am going to try a PS2 mouse at least it might help isolate the problem > > You can also try running xev, and try some clicking in the xev window, > which will show you wan

Re: [gentoo-user] Duplicate mouse clicks??(now resolved)

2006-01-27 Thread Paul
Hi all, Thanks for all the help. I changed the protocol to "ExplorerPS/2" and I now have the wheel working again. The question is - What has change in the last few weeks to have caused this problem. Previously the mouse had been working with the protocol set to "auto" wit

[gentoo-user] kmail delete problem

2006-01-31 Thread Paul
sometimes when I select a message to read a duplicate copy appears in a new window. Is anybody else having this sort of problem? Has anybody been able to fix this? Any help would be appreciated. Paul -- This message has been sent using kmail with gentoo linux -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] kmail delete problem

2006-01-31 Thread Paul
module mousedev not found" and something else but I don't appear to have a boot log!!! Any other ideas I could try? Paul > > Funny, I thought about that thread when I saw it was taking one click > twice too. May want to check on that. If you look in the Xorg.0.log > file i

Re: [gentoo-user] kmail delete problem

2006-01-31 Thread Paul
On Tuesday 31 Jan 2006 16:35, Richard Fish wrote: > On 1/31/06, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 31 Jan 2006 12:49, Dale wrote: > > I raised the original mouse problem which I thought was resolved by > > changing the mouse protocal to "ExplorerPS/2&q

Re: [gentoo-user] kmail delete problem

2006-02-01 Thread Paul
On Tuesday 31 Jan 2006 17:21, Richard Fish wrote: > On 1/31/06, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anyway, could you post the InputDevice and ServerLayout sections of > > > your xorg.conf? > > > > Section "InputDevice" > >

Re: [gentoo-user] kmail delete problem

2006-02-02 Thread Paul
On Wednesday 01 Feb 2006 16:29, Michael Kintzios wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I raised the original mouse problem which I thought was > > resolved by changing > > the mouse protocal to "ExplorerPS/2".

Re: [gentoo-user] kmail delete problem

2006-02-02 Thread Paul
On Wednesday 01 Feb 2006 10:43, Paul wrote: > On Tuesday 31 Jan 2006 17:21, Richard Fish wrote: > > On 1/31/06, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have added the option line but it has made no difference, I am still > deleting 2 messages sometimes, it seems to be completely

Re: [gentoo-user] kmail delete problem

2006-02-02 Thread Paul
On Thursday 02 Feb 2006 15:39, Richard Fish wrote: > On 2/2/06, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > UPDATE > > I have connected a PS2 mouse and the double clicking problems have > > disappeared, but as soon as I use the USB mouse the problem is back > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] kmail delete problem (Part Resolved)

2006-02-04 Thread Paul
On Thursday 02 Feb 2006 15:39, Richard Fish wrote: > On 2/2/06, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > UPDATE > > I have connected a PS2 mouse and the double clicking problems have > > disappeared, but as soon as I use the USB mouse the problem is back > > > >

[gentoo-user] emerge world error message

2006-02-04 Thread Paul
if I equery depgraph them they are found with a load of dependencies. Any thoughts? Paul This message has been sent using kmail with gentoo linux -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] kmail delete problem (Part Resolved)

2006-02-04 Thread Paul
On Saturday 04 Feb 2006 13:31, Paul wrote: > On Thursday 02 Feb 2006 15:39, Richard Fish wrote: > > On 2/2/06, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > UPDATE > > > I have connected a PS2 mouse and the double clicking problems have > > > disappeared, but as

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge world error message

2006-02-04 Thread Paul
On Saturday 04 Feb 2006 14:01, Andrei Slavoiu wrote: > --- Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Calculating world dependencies > > !!! Packages for the following atoms are either all > > !!! masked or don't exist: > > sys-apps/sh-utils sys-apps/fileutils &g

[gentoo-user] Help with backup script

2006-03-01 Thread Paul
Hi, I am probably missing the obvious here but how do I get a script to recognise a network usb2 disk? I konqueror I can read and write using smb:// xxx.yyy.com but if I define the backup disk the same I get the error message that there is no such file or directory. Thanks for any help Paul

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Help with backup script

2006-03-02 Thread Paul
rk with 2 external disks connected to it. I can read and write to them using smb://lkg5f.homenet.com/DISK 2/ with no problems. I need to mount these drives so that I can run a backup script to backup all of my gentoo system. I have tried smbmount and mount -t smbfs but even after reading ma

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Help with backup script

2006-03-02 Thread Paul
-L label or by uuid, using -U uuid . Other options: [-nfFrsvw] [-o options] [-p passwdfd]. For many more details, say man 8 mount . I was going to try Harry Putnam's solution of using cifs but it seems to me that the commands are exactly the same except for the file system. Any other

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Help with backup script

2006-03-02 Thread Paul
On Thursday 02 Mar 2006 14:37, John Jolet wrote: > On Mar 2, 2006, at 8:23 AM, Paul wrote: > > On Thursday 02 Mar 2006 12:49, John Jolet wrote: > > snip > > > >> mount -t smbfs //lkg5f.homenet.com/DISK 2 /mnt/someplace Thanks for all your help -- I now have it wor

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Help with backup script

2006-03-02 Thread Paul
On Thursday 02 Mar 2006 15:14, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 14:58:33 + Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 02 Mar 2006 14:37, John Jolet wrote: > > > On Mar 2, 2006, at 8:23 AM, Paul wrote: > > > > On Th

[gentoo-user] rsync backup problem

2006-03-09 Thread Paul
I am using rsync to backup my home directory to a network drive using the following command: rsync -Cav --delete --progress --exclude '*~' --exclude '.Trash*' /home/paul /mnt/network/home I am getting errors on each mail from the Mail folder, I think rsync thinks that each

[gentoo-user] Rsync backup problem2

2006-03-09 Thread Paul
I have mounted a networked usb drive to /mnt/network using the command: mount -t cifs -o user=paul //lkg7f.homenet.com/disc2 /mnt/network I then use: rsync -Cav --delete --progress --exclude '*tmp*' --exclude '*Trash*' /usr /mnt/network All files copy with no errors but symli

[gentoo-user] xine will not run

2005-04-11 Thread Paul
Hi, I am having trouble with xine, if I start it from the command line I get the following error:- xiTK received SIGSEGV signal, RIP. Aborted Any idea how to fix this? please Paul -- This message has been sent using kmail with gentoo linux -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] xine will not run

2005-04-12 Thread Paul
Hi, I have re-emerged xine and emerged strace. strace produced the following error:- futex(0x8114054, FUTEX_WAIT, 78, NULLxiTK received SIGSEGV signal, RIP. ) = -1 EINTR (Interrupted system call) +++ killed by SIGABRT +++ I just don't know what to try next, any ideas?? Paul On Monday 1

[gentoo-user] Problem with xine

2005-05-12 Thread Paul
does xiTK refer to? I am at a loss now, can anybody help??? PLEASE regards Paul -- This message has been sent using kmail with gentoo linux -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xine

2005-05-12 Thread Paul
On Thursday 12 May 2005 15:22, Richard Fish wrote: > Paul wrote: > >Hi all, > >I posted this problem a few weeks ago and had no replies. I have tried > > all sorts including re-installation of xine-lib 1.0-r2 and xine-ui 0.99.3 > > but I always get the same error

[gentoo-user] Replacing main harddisk

2005-09-16 Thread Paul
boot from the new disk. The new disk will need the following partitions:- /boot ext2 /swap / reiserfs Thanks for any help Paul -- This message has been sent using kmail with gentoo linux -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing main harddisk

2005-09-17 Thread Paul
On Friday 16 Sep 2005 16:37, Michael Kintzios wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 16 September 2005 15:23 > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Subject: [gentoo-user] Replacing main harddisk > > > &g

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing main harddisk

2005-09-19 Thread Paul
rebooted. IT WORKED. The only error I have detected is during boot I get a warning "unable to open an initial console", the screen freezes until x is started. This doesn't seem to be a big problem but I would like to fix it -- any ideas thanks for all who helped Paul On Friday 16

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing main harddisk

2005-09-19 Thread Paul
Thanks for the response, I do have an entry /dev/console, user root, group tty. It has no symlinks. I would have to reconnect the suspect disk to check if it is the same. Thanks Paul On Monday 19 Sep 2005 15:23, Michael Kintzios wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From:

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing main harddisk

2005-09-19 Thread Paul
o get the initial console working? Thanks Paul -- This message has been sent using kmail with gentoo linux -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] missing console (was Replacing main harddisk)

2005-09-20 Thread Paul
of the advise. How can I a) stop the screen scrolling on shutdown and stay displayed long enough to read, or b) can I force the messages into a file so that I can read them on the next boot? Thanks for any help Paul -- This message has been sent using kmail with gentoo linux -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] missing console (was Replacing main harddisk)

2005-09-20 Thread Paul
else needs this the reference is www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml regards Paul -- This message has been sent using kmail with gentoo linux -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] How to get a usb mouse working?

2005-11-18 Thread Paul
"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "Auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMappi

Re: [gentoo-user] How to get a usb mouse working?

2005-11-18 Thread Paul
On Friday 18 Nov 2005 13:45, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > On 11/18/05, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all. > > I just can't seem to get my new mouse working. Up until now I have used > > a ps2 mouse with no problems. > > Now I have a usb one and this is

Re: [gentoo-user] How to get a usb mouse working?

2005-11-18 Thread Paul
these, post the relevent lines from dmesg after plugging > in the mouse. > Thanks for the info, I think it was me being stupid, after I changed and rebuilt the kernel I didn't install modules again. I now have both mice working so I guess all I need to do now is unplug the ps2 mouse

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

2005-12-06 Thread Paul
Not any more RyanOn 12/6/05, Ryan Viljoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 12/7/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> 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!>> Mi

[gentoo-user] Urgent please - DVD Copy problem

2005-12-19 Thread Paul
icted Overwrite] Used versions --- growisofs: 5.21 growisofs --- Executing 'builtin_dd if=/tmp/kde-paul/k3b_image.img of=/dev/hdc obs=32k seek=0' :-[ PERFORM OPC failed with SK=3h/ASC=73h/ACQ=03h]: Input/output error growisofs command: -

Re: [gentoo-user] Urgent please - DVD Copy problem

2005-12-19 Thread Paul
On Monday 19 Dec 2005 13:24, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:55:31 +0000, Paul wrote: > > I have been trying to copy this dvd on my gentoo box using k3b version > > 0.12.10 (Using KDE 3.4.3) > > > > The image was created ok and is k3b_image.img, when I s

Re: [gentoo-user] Urgent please - DVD Copy problem

2005-12-19 Thread Paul
On Monday 19 Dec 2005 15:38, Jonathan Wright wrote: > Paul wrote: > > :-[ PERFORM OPC failed with SK=3h/ASC=73h/ACQ=03h]: Input/output error > > That suggests a bad disk - OPC is Optimum Power Calibration and is a > test done on all discs to find out how must power is needed to

Re: [gentoo-user] Urgent please - DVD Copy problem

2005-12-20 Thread Paul
On Monday 19 Dec 2005 18:46, Jonathan Wright wrote: > John Jolet wrote: > > On Dec 19, 2005, at 10:09 AM, Paul wrote: snip> > > > > don't assume it's the os...could very well be the burner. unless it's > > the same box and dual-boot? > > I'v

Re: [gentoo-user] When is a disk not a disk?

2010-02-08 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Alexander Puchmayr wrote: > 3) A long time ago, there was a bios option for bootsector-protection, I've > never tried this, and I also don't have any idea whether linux sees that in > any way. If there is such an option, disable it. Sometimes referred to as "virus

Re: [gentoo-user] 1-Terabyte drives - 4K sector sizes? -> bar performance so far

2010-02-08 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: > [snip] >> >>This has been helpful for me. I'm glad Valmor is getting better >> results also. > [snip] > > These 4k-sector drives can be problematic when upgrading older > computers. For instance, my laptop BIOS wo

Re: [gentoo-user] How the HAL are you supposed to use these files?

2010-02-08 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Please, somebody, tell me all this HAL stuff is straightforwardly > explained in an easily accessible Gentoo document, so that I can hang my > head in shame and apologise for the noise! ;-) I believe you'll be hearing from Dale in the near

Re: [gentoo-user] 1-Terabyte drives - 4K sector sizes? -> bar performance so far

2010-02-09 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:34:01 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: > >> Thanks for the info everyone, but do you understand the agony I am now >> suffering at the fact that all disk in my system (including all parts >> of my RAID5

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge older version

2010-02-09 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Laurent Kappler wrote: > Hi, > > I'm tryin to emerge ImageMagick version 6.4.7.0 while current in portage is > 6.5.7. > > How could I do that?? Here you can download ebuilds for all previous versions and then put it in your local overlay: http://sources.gentoo.or

Re: [gentoo-user] When is a disk not a disk?

2010-02-09 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: > Is this some sort of LVM thing creeping in? I don't use it but I see > signs of it starting to show up on my systems like something is making > it come in with new profiles or something. Some lvm tools/packages have replaced others that don't h

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE-4.4 strikes again

2010-02-10 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 2:36 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > has anybody a recipe on this upgrade hell each time KDE release a new > version? > This time existing KDE-4.3.5 packages block KDE-4.4 packages though they > go to different slots. > Even portage-2.2_rc62 is unable to cope with that

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Has semantic-desktop really become compulsatory for kmail?

2010-02-11 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Jörg Schaible wrote: > Well, in 4.3.x I eliminated it after the first try, because it took so many > resources of my machine, that I could not use it for something else. So, you > mean, in 4.4.x it takes only a 10% of the resources it took with 4.3.x? LOL, > althou

Re: [gentoo-user] New Gentoo system has become unstable and unusable - help, please!

2010-02-12 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 6:33 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 12 Feb, Alan Mackenzie wrote: >> Hi, Gentoo, >> >> My new Gentoo box has become unusably unstable. >> > > Just one more reason. > > Have you got more than 4 Gb RAM installed? > > If yes, you might have to reduce memory speed. > Some CPUs

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with Portage profile override

2010-02-21 Thread Paul Colquhoun
back to provided the warning reappears. > > What's wrong? Did any change of the system installation I made break > portage? ... but everything else seems to work fine. > > ... but thx for that fast try to help. Have you tried making an ebuild for 1.16 and putting it in

Re: [gentoo-user] Graphical usenet client - alternative to Knode

2010-02-23 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Stroller wrote: > Some comments were made recently about KDE4, where it was advised "don't try > using just Kmail under a different window manager - use the whole KDE > environment, but not single apps. Use something else instead of Kmail". > > I kept my gob somew

[gentoo-user] Advice/best practices for a new Gentoo installation

2010-02-26 Thread Paul Hartman
Hi, I'm building a new personal computer. I respect the opinion and experience of the people on this list and am interested in anyone's advice on the best way to set up my new Gentoo installation. Things that you say "I wish I set mine up this way the first time..." or have learned from experience

Re: [gentoo-user] recovery from /var corruption?

2010-02-26 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > protip: if you are running badblocks (or ddrescue) on a probably damaged > device - attach it with an usb adapter. That way your box is still usable. +1, i had a bad drive and it's so much easier to unplug/replug the USB instead of r

Re: [gentoo-user] about the vga clause on kernel line of grub.conf

2010-03-02 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > For quite a long time I've been using things like: > vga=0x31A > > On the kernel line in grub.conf > > Its a hexidecimal system drawn info in this (partial) chart I found > somewhere in the kernel documentation long ago. > > ## 640x480

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE? Get me out of here!

2010-03-03 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > My pet peeve is Desktop. I have two monitors at work and use two X screens. > KDE wants to create a Desktop and a Desktop-1 directory. I want it to just use > the same set of files for both - background, icons, plasma widgets must be the > sam

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE? Get me out of here!

2010-03-03 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I wonder if amarok would not be better off using the strigi/nepomuk indexing > function, instead of trying to be real clever and doing it itself. AFAIK it is on the Amarok to-do list now that the speed is good enough to replace mysql, but no

Re: [gentoo-user] vBulletin site causes Konqueror to hang

2010-03-03 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Dale wrote: > Also, if you file a bug report somewhere, I got to the site, click on a > thread then try to go back to the home page by clicking on the link in the > top box. So far, it has not been able to get past that point. Oh, my CPU > is at 100% doing whatev

Re: [gentoo-user] Logitech WebCam Pro 9000 and sound card

2010-03-04 Thread Paul Hartman
2010/3/4 Dmitry S. Makovey : > Hi everybody, > > I have just bought Logitech WebCam Pro 9000 and much to my suprise > things pretty much worked out of the box... almost. As I have discovered > - even though video is working flawlessly, my audio has gone AWOL. No > matter how many goats and virgins

Re: [gentoo-user] Need help discovering what's using a port (for cvsd)

2010-03-04 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote: > netstat: no support for `AF IPX' on this system. > netstat: no support for `AF AX25' on this system. > netstat: no support for `AF X25' on this system. > netstat: no support for `AF NETROM' on this system. > > > I assume these are kernel op

Re: OT: CVS [WAS: Re: [gentoo-user] Need help discovering what's using a port (for cvsd)]

2010-03-05 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote: > On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 17:30 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Michael Sullivan >> wrote: >> > netstat: no support for `AF IPX' on this system. >> > netstat: n

Re: [gentoo-user] Logitech WebCam Pro 9000 and sound card

2010-03-05 Thread Paul Hartman
2010/3/5 Dmitry Makovey : > On 03/04/2010 08:37 AM, Paul Hartman wrote: >> 2010/3/4 Dmitry S. Makovey : >> >>> Hi everybody, >>> >>> I have just bought Logitech WebCam Pro 9000 and much to my suprise >>> things pretty much worked out of the bo

Re: [gentoo-user] Advice/best practices for a new Gentoo installation

2010-03-05 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Kyle Bader wrote: >> - SSD vs 1rpm vs big-and-cheap hard drive for rootfs/system files. >> I lean toward the latter since RAM caches it anyway. > > SSDs can make things snappier for boot times. Having lots of ram for > disk cache eliminates the benefit after

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot edit files on usb flash drive.

2010-03-08 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 2:17 AM, Dale wrote: > ubiquitous1980 wrote: >> >> Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >>> >>> On Monday 08 March 2010 08:31:40 ubiquitous1980 wrote: >>> >>> I have a usb flash drive which will not allow me to edit its files. I have tried chmod a+rwx -R $files but this d

Re: [gentoo-user] normal user do not have access to usb, and many other things

2010-03-09 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 5:14 AM, Xi Shen wrote: > hi, > > i usually use my linux system with root account. i think it is not > good, so i created a normal user account for myself. but i found that > i cannot access many system resources, like usb disk, battery > informatiion, etc. > > i am already

Re: [gentoo-user] normal user do not have access to usb, and many other things

2010-03-10 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 5:28 AM, Xi Shen wrote: > now i have a damn wired good news. all the problems i talked about are > gone. :) i can access my usb disk, i can see the battery info. Congratulations :) This reminds me to attempt to solve why my laptop has no battery info. I think I need to cr

Re: [gentoo-user] Only two people in the gentoo world is having this problem?

2010-03-10 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:28 AM, Damian wrote: > While ago I reported a bug regarding gvfs: >https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302196 > > It's been unresolved for quite a long time now, so I was wondering if > somebody could give me a hint on how to solve this problem. I don't use gvfs

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with "make oldconfig" 2.6.30-8 ==> 2.6.31

2010-03-10 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > No you're not. But it is far easier to miss important changes without > oldconfig to point them out to you by shoving them in your face. That's how I use it. I do oldconfig as a kind of "kernel config diff" and then follow it by menuconfig a

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple versions of automake?

2010-03-10 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2010-03-10 12:05 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> equery can be unreliable. If emerge --depclean -a wants to remove one >> of both of them, let it, otherwise leave well alone. > > Understood, thanks... > > Just to be sure... the -a in the 'emerge -

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing adobe flash on 64bit arch

2010-03-10 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Mick wrote: > I see in the amd64 FAQs this: > == > Can I get Adobe Flash working? > Yes. Just emerge adobe-flash. Adobe has provided a 64-bit Flash > plugin starting with version 10.0.22.87. If you don't need the 32-bit > plugin, then r

Re: [gentoo-user] About mount with user rw

2010-03-11 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > I've done this before but have lost my notes about I guess. > > I want to mount a device /dev/hdd7 so that my users can read/write > freely there. > > This line, does not do it: > > grep hdd7 /etc/fstab > /dev/hdd7 /home/reader/spool reiserf

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: About mount with user rw

2010-03-11 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Paul Hartman writes: > >> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >>> I've done this before but have lost my notes about I guess. >>> >>> I want to mount a device /dev/hdd7 so t

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE? Get me out of here!

2010-03-12 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 4:19 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:59:19 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: > >> Yes, Gwenview has been quite useable for some time now >> & the KDE 4 version is a bit of an improvement generally. >> Useable alternatives are Thunar (icon view) & Feh (thumbnail vi

[gentoo-user] openssh-5.4 upgrade warning for publickey users

2010-03-12 Thread Paul Hartman
Just a quick note for publickey-only sshd users that if you upgrade to openssh 5.4 the AuthorizedKeysFile entry in sshd_config may need to be updated or else you won't be able to login to your system. If you have: AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys (which is the default example in the config

Re: [gentoo-user] MASKED Tilde with no `arch' what does it mean

2010-03-14 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Trying to emerge emacs-24, testing with: > > emerge -vp =emacs-vcs-24.0. > > I'm told its masked in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask > > But when I look there, I see: > # Ulrich Mueller (10 Mar 2010) > # Emacs live ebuilds. Use at you

Re: [gentoo-user] what's wrong with rsync 3.0.6?

2010-03-15 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 5:10 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Monday 15 March 2010 02:44:56 fire-eyes wrote: > >> Are you using the EU pool? I am, and I have that problem frequently. > > I don't have /that/ problem at all. The only problem I have with it is > the Irish server in the pool - it wouldn

Re: [gentoo-user] getting firmware for orinoco pcmcia card

2010-03-15 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > I am installing gentoo on an old machine without wireless builtin. > > I have a hermes/orinoco pcmcia card that works fine. Indeed the > wireless "works fine", but is not right. > > When booting there is a very long delay at the net.eth1 an

Re: [gentoo-user] [HELP] Intermittent software RAID failures

2010-03-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Carlos Hendson wrote: > Hello, > > I've got a Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop with dual 2.5" hard drives setup > using software RAID1. I've had this computer for about a year and half > and all's been working well. > > I've experienced intermittent software RAID errors

Re: [gentoo-user] RAID/LVM machine - install questions

2010-03-22 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 7:12 AM, KH wrote: > Am 20.03.2010 19:26, schrieb Mark Knecht: > [...] >> >> So the chassis and drives for this 1st machine are on order. 6 1TB >> green drives. [] >> - Mark >> > > Hi Mark, > > What do you mean by "green drives"? I had been told - but never searched for > c

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: help

2010-03-22 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Stroller wrote: > > I was very impressed by Windows 7 recently. I installed it for a customer > and it seems wonderful. I even considered trying it myself, but I realised > that the inability to copy settings from one profile or machine to another > is a *complete*

Re: [gentoo-user] Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology - INTEL_TXT

2010-03-24 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Mick wrote: > Is INTEL_TXT needed on a kernel for a laptop? > > The kernel (2.6.32-r7) advises: > > "If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N." > > Although I understand the general principle of this, I don't know what impact > it may have on day

Re: [gentoo-user] f-spot depends on mono?

2010-03-25 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Mike Edenfield wrote: > On 3/25/2010 11:31 AM, Xi Shen wrote: >> hi, >> >> when i try to emerge f-spot, i found that it pull in dev-lang/mon, and >> all its dependencies. why f-spot needs mono? since when mono becomes >> stable, and is used in real linux applicati

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: help

2010-03-25 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Dale wrote: > Since someone else mentioned KDE4, I do look forward to 4.5. I'm hoping for > some fixes too. I want the desktop slideshow to be sequential instead of > random. I have a lot of pics that are taken to be a slideshow but if done > in random order, th

[gentoo-user] Kernel2.6.33: ATA failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED, hard resetting link

2010-03-26 Thread Paul Hartman
question is 21C degrees right now. Another possibility is that I need to increase voltage on the motherboard, since it is running 6 hdd's and 1 DVD-ROM. I'll have to research to see which voltage is related to this. (X58 motherboard) Thanks in advance if anyone has any knowledge about this, otherwise I go to trial-and-hopefully-no-error mode. :) Paul

Re: [gentoo-user] libvdpau (?)

2010-03-26 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 10:18 AM, 7v5w7go9ub0o <7v5w7go9u...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd like to compile ffmpeg with vdpau - direct NVidia hardware > acceleration. This is a configuration flag for ffmpeg. > > Setting the "vdpau" use flag seems to set the configuration flag, but > also brings in the "x1

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel2.6.33: ATA failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED, hard resetting link

2010-03-26 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Neil Walker wrote: > On 26/03/10 20:17, Paul Hartman wrote: >> I'm using kernel 2.6.33 and ahci driver for the SATA controllers. >> > > I never had good results with the ahci driver - hardware-specific > drivers have always worke

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