Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] opendns.org

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 04:06:38PM -0800, walt wrote: > I just heard about opendns.org for the first time today, but their > website makes it seem that I'm the only person in the solar system > who's not already on the bandwagon. > > Anyone know if they are as wonderful as they sound? > > I hav

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless newbee needs help

On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 06:00:03PM +0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > it's the first time I have to set up a wireless network on a notebook. > > How can I find out whether the connection is encrypted or not. > > wpa_gui tells me > Authentication WPA2-PSK > Encryption TKIP > > but

Re: [gentoo-user] grub vs grub 2

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 08:29:26PM +0100, Andrea Conti wrote: > > PS: If you know how to get rid of any background image, could you > > say how? > > Remove or comment out any "splashimage" directives from the config file. > > *** > > Re grub2: as long as grub0 works, I really don't care if grub2

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync from ext3 to vfat?

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:12:40PM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, >I'm looking for what rsync options I can use to copy existing files > on an ext3 file system to an external eSATA drive formatted with vfat. > I think I want to match only the name, creation date & file size. The > eSATA drive

Re: [gentoo-user] alternative to thunderbird?

On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 12:28:44PM -0800, Grant wrote: > I just switched from firefox to chromium (thanks to you guys) and I'm > loving it. What would you recommend for getting away from > thunderbird? I'm looking for something simple and minimal. > > - Grant > I like mutt. Takes some work get

Re: [gentoo-user] screen locker

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 07:15:17PM -0500, Joshua Murphy wrote: > On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Grant wrote: > > Has anyone found a screen locker they like?  I'd like to move away > > from xscreensaver.  It seems bloated plus it isn't working right for > > me anymore. > > > > slimlock looks inte

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 09:17:34AM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:51:43 +0200, Coert Waagmeester wrote: > > > The only thing I can currently think of is maybe the kernel config > > files in /boot? > > I'd say it's more likely to be getting it from /proc/config.gz. > > But w

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 01:08:22PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:48:35 +0200 > Coert Waagmeester wrote: > > > On 02/23/2012 11:17 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:51:43 +0200, Coert Waagmeester wrote: > > > > > >> The only thing I can currently think of

Re: [gentoo-user] screen locker

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:10:45AM -0800, Grant wrote: > [snip] > > I've been using xautolock for years and years. What's good about it is you > > can have any 'locker' you want. For now, I'm using feh in slideshow mode. > > For another, you can specify another program as a 'killer' such as a suspe

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:02:38PM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:11:24 -0800, ny6...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Or just import .config into the 'New' directory, and run plain ol' make > > menuconfig. Menuconfig will import what it can from the old config. From > > what I've read

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers vs. nouveau

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:38:50PM +0200, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > > Just being curious: > > I use my main workstation primarily for work. > > Ok, gnome3 needs some graphic acceleration, aside from that I can only > think of the occasional mythfrontend running on my desktop. > > I consider

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers vs. nouveau

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 09:09:16AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:36:06 -0500 > Canek Pel?ez Vald?s wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger > > wrote: > > > Am 11.04.2012 23:16, schrieb ny6...@gmail.com: > > > > > >> I use the nouveau drivers beca

Re: [gentoo-user] My printing's not working. Help, please!

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 03:39:12PM +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hi, all. > > My printing's not working. I've got cups-1.4.8-r1 installed. > > If I attempt to print from (say) Mozilla, everything appears to go fine > up to the actual printing. I do > > # lpq > > , then I get this: > >

Re: [gentoo-user]How can i remove the xfce clearly?

On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 09:45:49AM +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: > Am 21.04.2012 05:27, schrieb ??: > > I just install the xfce a few days ago, But i find i didn't like it . So > > i want to remove it and install the Gnome . How can i remove the xfce > > clearly ? > > > > -- > >

Re: [gentoo-user]How can i remove the xfce clearly?

On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 09:31:18AM +0800, ?? wrote: > But it seems that the --depclean is a dangerous operate ?? > > ?? 2012??4??22?? 7:15??Florian Philipp ?? > > > Am 21.04.2012 20:39, schrieb ny6...@gmail.com: > > > On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 09:45:49AM +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: >

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting basic ALSA defaults

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 07:58:54PM +0100, Stroller wrote: > Hi guys, > > I've got a a little nettop which I'm trying to set up for XBMC. As I don't > normally use Linux on the desktop, but primarily for headless servers, this > has been a little bit of a journey for me, but I now have X11 and th

Re: [gentoo-user] What to use for Flash?

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 08:07:54AM +0100, Mick wrote: > On Thursday 10 May 2012 12:47:51 Dale wrote: > > Hi, > > > > There was a thread a while back that talked about flash. Well, I let > > mine upgrade and now it crashes, badly. I unmerged adobe-flash then > > tried lightspark and gnash. Neith

Re: [gentoo-user] What to use for Flash?

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 08:17:04PM -0500, Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: > > > The latest stable www-plugins/adobe-flash-11.2.202.235 includes the > > sse2check > > flag and warnings about it - I take it that you have taken hid of these? > > > > $ euse -i sse2check > > global use flags (searching: s

Re: [gentoo-user] What to use for Flash?

On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 08:32:38PM +0100, Mick wrote: > On Saturday 12 May 2012 17:42:34 ny6...@gmail.com wrote: > > > I hope not. HTML5 runs like crap here. I think it may need a faster dl > > speed than I've got. If everything does migrate I might have to upgrade my > > internet speed. > > Have

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 03:44:31AM +0200, Michael Scherer wrote: > regrettably no. at this point make (correctly) assumes that mounts.o > should have been built, but it didn't. > sorry for my delayed replay, I've tried I lot of

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 05:26:44PM +0200, Michael Scherer wrote: > in my opinion it isn't. with top posting I see the newest message > immidiately, while otherwise I need page through sometimes > huge amounts of mostly obsolete comments. > where it's possible, I put my messages on top, and I've fou

Re: [gentoo-user] HP A8 laptop install

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 07:12:34PM +, James wrote: > Well, > > I just got this new HP A8 laptop. > > After setting up the default windows, I modified > the bios boot order to use the internal DVD. Then > I inserted a 12.0 lived DVD. It put for > small gentoo symbols across the top, then went

Re: [gentoo-user] HP A8 laptop install

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 01:27:25AM +0100, Stroller wrote: > > On 14 May 2012, at 20:12, James wrote: > > ? > > I inserted a 12.0 lived DVD. It put for > > small gentoo symbols across the top, then went > > blank after 3 minutes. The DVD drive was very active > > for about 5 minutes then silence?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 01:47:56PM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2012-05-17 12:14 PM, Michael Scherer wrote: > > If bottom-most is really that important to you, I will of course > > comply, though with outlook express which I'm forced to use most of > > the time this is a bit tedious. > > Interest

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ogg/mp3 volume

On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 07:54:10PM +0800, Andrew Lowe wrote: > Hi all, > Is there a way to change the "volume" of a mp3/vorbis track? By volume, > I'm referring to lining up several tracks on your > computer/phone/tablet/thingy, setting the one volume level and then > letting them play. Fo

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ogg/mp3 volume

On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 06:01:27PM +0100, Stroller wrote: > > On 20 May 2012, at 10:41, Jes?s J. Guerrero Botella wrote: > > ... > > Specially for bands like led zeppelin, I would just use the second method > > (adjust while playing, rather than while ripping). Someday you will want to > > hear

Re: [gentoo-user] How to access newsgroup?

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:30:44AM +0800, wenpin cui wrote: > hi, all, > > I want to read some newsgroup so emerged net-nntp/slrn. > > Then I uncompressed "/usr/share/doc/slrn-0.9.9_p1/slrn.rc.bz2" and modify > username/hostname/realname, then saved as $HOME/.slrnrc. > > After th

Re: [gentoo-user] How to access newsgroup?

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 01:33:28PM +0800, wenpin cui wrote: > hey, guys, > > actually it's not newsgroup(s).com.hk issue. > other usenet server like "news.cn99.com" can't be accessed, neither. > > I've checked with IT administator, port 119 was blocked. So ... > Best regards >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make of gentoo-sources-3.2.12 fails

On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 08:18:32AM -0300, luis jure wrote: > on 2012-05-14 at 08:52 ny6...@gmail.com wrote: > > >9. DO NOT TOP-POST and DO trim your replies!!! > > why don't you observe these yourself? you quoted the whole message you > replied to, which itself contained another full quote, whic

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless N PCMCIA/CardBus Recommendations...

I have always had good luck with Atheros-based cards. HTH. Terry

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless N PCMCIA/CardBus Recommendations...

On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:58:45AM -0700, BRM wrote: > - Original Message > > > From: Paul Hartman > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Sent: Fri, July 15, 2011 5:24:48 PM > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless N PCMCIA/CardBus Recommendations... > > > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:5

Re: [gentoo-user] Alsa boot error

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 01:32:28PM -0300, Daniel Hilst Selli wrote: > Hey people, I'm get an permission denied when trying to start as > /etc/inid.d/alsasound > > here is the error: > http://pastebin.com/F6bedM2p > > My sound works fine, but alsa isn't restoring my configs.. so I need to > open

Re: [gentoo-user] Is grub2 stable and who uses it?

On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 08:56:54AM -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 10/04/2011 06:16 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > > On Oct 4, 2011 5:10 PM, "Neil Bothwick" > > wrote: > >> > >> On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:49:56 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> > >> > Subject line says it pretty w

Re: [gentoo-user] Why can't I set the resolution of console ?

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 02:05:20PM +0800, Lavender wrote: > I edit the command line of grub at boot time . > I passed some parametres to kernel like below: > > root=/dev/sda6 video=atyfb:1024x768@60m > > and I also tried another one: > > root=/dev/sda6 video=aty128fb:1024x768@60m >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse

On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 11:15:31AM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 6 Dec 2011 05:54:22 -0500, LinuxIsOne wrote: > > > But I don't know why the creators of Gentoo made it so difficult for > > beginners! > > Because Gentoo is not for beginners, there are already plenty of distros, > like Mand

Re: [gentoo-user] getting rid of KDE

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:54:38PM -0700, Joseph wrote: > I have a problem getting rid of KDE (those meta package might be easy to > install/upgrade but getting rid of them is not easy). > > When I run emerge -uDNav world I get: > > The following USE changes are necessary to proceed: > #required

Re: [gentoo-user] The mess that's called KDEPIM 4.7 ...

On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 12:16:57PM +0100, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 12:43:39AM +, Mick wrote: > > > For now I have masked KDEPIM 4.7 on all of my remaining boxen. This is too > > messy to have to fix more than once, if I can fix it at all that is! > > > > The only

Re: [gentoo-user] CLI Torrent client(s)?

On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 06:07:10PM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: > I'm wondering: what's your recommended CLI Torrent client(s)? And why? > > Rgds, > -- > FdS Pandu E Poluan > ~ IT Optimizer ~ > >  • LOPSA Member #15248 >  • Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com >  • Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/

Re: [gentoo-user] SOLVED - Mouse does not work with kernel-3.5.0

On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 01:22:24PM +0300, v...@ukr.net wrote: > Hello again! > The problem is solved by adding the following kernel config option: > > CONFIG_HID_GENERIC=M > > This option was not present in the old configuration files, that is > why simple 'make oldconfig' did not do the jo

Re: [gentoo-user] SOLVED - Mouse does not work with kernel-3.5.0

On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 01:41:33AM +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday 28 July 2012 21:19:44 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > I use both: > > Me too (sorry), though I find myself using oldconfig more often than > menuconfig these days, unless I want to comb right through the config > looking f

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Udev update and persistent net rules changes

On Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 06:37:22PM +0200, J??rg Schaible wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > On Wed, 3 Apr 2013 16:38:28 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > > > >> > Have you read the news item? > >> > >> Yes. I found it rather confusing. > >> > >> It refers to a "new format" for rules, but th

Re: [gentoo-user] New Gnome Systemd Upgrade Question

On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 02:07:06AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 23/12/13 01:56, Lee wrote: > > Hi, I installed Gentoo a long time ago with the desktop/gnome profile > > set. Now, I don't use gnome (i use fluxbox). However since I have the > > use tags, many gnome libraries were pulled in over t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Portage performance dropped considerably

On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 09:22:08PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I agree with some points and not so much on others. > > Gentoo has always targeted itself at a select bunch of users - those > with large amounts of clue who have tried and failed to get binary > distros to do what they want but can

Re: [gentoo-user] Modifying Suspend Script?

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:04:43AM -0500, Poison BL. wrote: > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 9:35 PM, Lee wrote: > > Hi, I always need to reconnect my laptop pcmcia wireless card to my WAP when > > awaking from suspend. It would be nice if I could add two commands, ifconfig > > and dhpcd, to the script w

Re: [gentoo-user] Use Flags and Updating

On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 04:49:57PM +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > On 05/20/2014 10:13 PM, Matti Nykyri wrote: > > On May 20, 2014, at 14:49, Alexander Kapshuk > > mailto:alexander.kaps...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > >> On 05/20/2014 02:40 PM, Hunter Jozwiak wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Only 4 of 8 GB usable

On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 08:07:52AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 22/05/14 00:37, Alex Schuster wrote: > > So I installed another 4 GiB RAM into a Gentoo amd64 system that had 4 GiB > > already. But it still sees only 4 GiB, not 8 GiB: > > > > leela ~ # uname -a > > Linux leela 3.6.11-gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] Ktorrent using a lot of memory recently

If a tool is not working the way it should I chuck it and find one that does. There are many good torrent apps out there. Lee 😎 On Dec 28, 2021 at 12:28 PM, Dale wrote: computers with nikita nikita wrote: > I dont use Ktorrent, While what you are describing sounds like a > memory leak, > have

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange behaviour disconnecting and reconnecting USB-C screen

What I would do is create a bash script and link to a keyboard shortcut to execute as needed. One of the advantages of xrandr is the ease of scripting. Lee 😎 On Jan 11, 2022 at 1:25 AM, Andreas Fink wrote: Hello, I've got a new laptop and see a strange behaviour when disconnecting and reconnec

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel config thingy, "make menuconfig"

Lee 😎 On Jan 15, 2022 at 3:01 PM, Fabulous Zhang Zheng wrote: Andrew Lowe 于2022年1月15日 周六下午10:39写道： > Dear all, > I'm in the process of fiddling around with the config of my > kernel. > This means using the "menu config thingy" that "make menuconfig" > builds. It is very frustrating. D

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: depclean wants to remove xf86-video-intel

I was under the impression that xf86-video-intel was for older video Intel sets only... Lee 😎 On Mar 15, 2022 at 6:33 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2022-03-15, Neil Bothwick wrote: > If X doesn't come up, simply re-emerge xf86-video-intel. That won't take > long because you will obviously have

Re: [gentoo-user] Sound not sounding

If you have Gentoo, you have to resist the temptation to give in to despair. If you do, good things usually follow. Lee 😎 On Mar 23, 2022 at 3:15 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 3:05 PM Wol wrote: > > On 23/03/2022 20:31, Mark Knecht wrote: > > Interesting. Having moved to Kubu

Re: [SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] Sound not sounding

Glad you got it working! Lee 😎 On Mar 25, 2022 at 2:32 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: I went through Jack's points one by one and answered each of them as I went. I got almost to the end before finding the answer. Jump straight to the end if you just want to see the fix, or read on for the detail.

Re: [NOT SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] Sound not sounding

Just a shot in the dark, but is alsasound service starting correctly? Lee 😎 On Mar 26, 2022 at 6:29 AM, Jack wrote: On 3/26/22 07:12, Peter Humphrey wrote: > I haven't mentioned it before, but whenever I restart PA I get a plain window > announcing something like "Audio Adapter Y247A. Analog a