Re: [gentoo-user] LifeCam cinema or other webcams
On Montag 09 November 2009, Iain Buchanan wrote: On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 02:33 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Montag 09 November 2009, Iain Buchanan wrote: * preferably not spca drivers, as they seem a bit behind lately * no logitech quickcams, due to their problems with skype what problems with skype? I am thinking about buying a logitech c600... Exactly this issue: http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Webcams/Quickcam-Pro-9000-Skype-System-hangs/ m-p/396119?nobounce from that thread: However after lots of playing around, it does seem to be working again now I notice the Logitech Communications Manager is no longer running, so this must have been the cause of the problems. Can you get 720p on linux with the C600? http://www.quickcamteam.net/devices/logitech_uvc_frame_format_list.pdf says it can do 1280x...@30 mjpeg. OS is not mentioned. and this: http://www.quickcamteam.net/devices/logitech_uvc_device_feature_list_by_device.pdf 0x0808 9 Logitech Webcam C600 Bayer mode Supported Some widescreen resolutions are not supported. Linux support Supported Solaris support Supported (unconfirmed)
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server upgrading problem
Bill Kenworthy wrote: On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 01:13 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:46:15 -0600, Roy Wright wrote: Was at xorg-server-1.6.3 and current sync tried to upgrade to 1.7.1, which failed to compile. In researching on b.g.o., discovered that nvidia has not released a driver yet that will work with 1.7.1, so followed the bug report directions and masked out several packages to prevent 1.7.1 upgrading. I have had xorg-server-1.7.1 and nvidia-drivers-190.42-r[23], working together since Nov 3rd, with no masking or keywording, although this is on ~amd64. For a while the newer xorg was blocked but as soon as the newer nvidia-drivers hit portage, everything upgraded without a hitch. I am just in the process of updating a machine stored for over a year - relatively straight forward except its taking awhile as expected. It has an old TNT nvidia card that needs the older drivers (169 something with 2.6.21 is working on it at the moment - I upgraded to 2.6.31 and belatedly remembered this Achilles heal for nvidia stuff :) Are the older nvidia drivers locked to older kernels? If so, is there a map that tells what driver version is usable with which kernels? BillK I have a older card to, FX-5200, and sometimes finding the driver that works is a trial and error process. Right now I'm using 173.14.20 but a couple months ago I was using a older kernel and had to use a older version that was no longer in portage, still in the 173 series tho. If you have the latest stable kernel, then the latest stable nvidia driver in your series should work. If not, back up a version and try it. If it doesn't work just keep backing up until one works. You may be able to search the nvidia website to fine the correct drivers for your model but I don't know if they have one for kernel version. Just think of it this way, the older the kernel then the older the driver version. The newer the kernel, the newer the driver should be. All that said, I think this is yours: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_71.86.11.html If not, try this: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us Like me, you have to select legacy in the first menu. I would try nvidia-drivers-71.86.11 first and if that doesn't work, try nvidia-drivers-71.86.09 next. Once you get a working driver, mask the others so it will stick to it until you upgrade your kernel and start this process over again. Hope that helps. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] strange dmesg output - RESOLVED
On Wednesday 28 October 2009 20:10:52 Maxim Wexler wrote: Not sure this is related with the OP's problem, I have noticed that on my system I can scroll up in a console if it displays the output of a command, e.g. ls, but I cannot scroll up on the boot messages. Also, I cannot scroll up on the log messages on VT12. Is there something that I need to set up in the kernel? In the old days (perhaps different machine?) I used to be able to scroll up in both. Also note, if you migrate away from the boot console and then come back, it may not scrollback at all. If I want to see what boot is doing I scroll back immediately before running startx or moving to another console. Maxim (or anyone else): do you know what causes scrollback to be disabled once you move to a different terminal? Amit
Re: [gentoo-user] cdrecord fails to burn dvd
José Romildo Malaquias j.romi...@gmail.com wrote: Most of the requested information can be found in the attached log file. I do not know how to get the ATIP data on the media used. But I can say Call cdrecord -atip For the medium state, I would need the output from cdrecord -minfo before and after you tries to burn. that I have recently used more than 200 discs of this brand (Kodak) and it has shown very reliable. cdrecord has no problems with it on my desktop computer. The problem happens just in my notebook. Therefore it suggests the problem is not with the media. Did you ever write a DVD-R with this hardware? Jörg -- EMail:jo...@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin j...@cs.tu-berlin.de(uni) joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE-4.3.73 I've disabled right mouse buttons
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Monday 09 November 2009 02:26:04 Dale wrote: wouldn't work here - ihatethecashew made it disappear ;) I thought a cashew was a peanut or something? Why is there a nut in KDE 4? I'm not using KDE 4 yet. ;-) It's the most hated object in software history. Worse even than Microsoft Bob. [It's a little bean-shaped icon that hides in dark corners and clicking it opens settings dialogs for the panel and desktop] I have played around in KDE 4 but the only nut I have seen is me. LOL I got to look for this nut. Of course, Erik corrected me about what a cashew is, so maybe I'm not a nut after all. ;-) Apparently I am a herbaceous plant. Is that better? My biggest problem with KDE 4 is this, I run Dolphin has root and it can't open text files, last time it wouldn't even open directories. It gave a error about Klauncher. I'm sure it will be fixed and this is just one issue but I'm waiting until it is a little less buggy. If it can't do what I need it to do then why use it? I think the first of next year, KDE 4 will be up to snuff and ready to roll. They just need some time to work this stuff out. Oh, probably a lot caffeine too. Or do they drink those expresso thingys now? Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] strange dmesg output - RESOLVED
On Monday 09 November 2009 11:07:15 Amit Dor-Shifer wrote: On Wednesday 28 October 2009 20:10:52 Maxim Wexler wrote: Not sure this is related with the OP's problem, I have noticed that on my system I can scroll up in a console if it displays the output of a command, e.g. ls, but I cannot scroll up on the boot messages. Also, I cannot scroll up on the log messages on VT12. Is there something that I need to set up in the kernel? In the old days (perhaps different machine?) I used to be able to scroll up in both. Also note, if you migrate away from the boot console and then come back, it may not scrollback at all. If I want to see what boot is doing I scroll back immediately before running startx or moving to another console. Maxim (or anyone else): do you know what causes scrollback to be disabled once you move to a different terminal? Amit The scrollback buffer is global, not per-VT So when you change VT, the buffer must go away other wise you have wrong text on the wrong terminal. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
[gentoo-user] Ebuild of Postgres-8.3.8 almost a catastrophe
Hi, usually upgrade within a minor version of postgres do not need a pg_dump_all/ and reimport. But the upgrade from 8.3.7 to 8.3.8 does as the configure option for integer-timestamps changed and thus the newly compiled server can not read the existing database files. Regards, Konstantin -- Dipl-Inf. Konstantin Agouros aka Elwood Blues. Internet: elw...@agouros.de Altersheimerstr. 1, 81545 Muenchen, Germany. Tel +49 89 69370185 Captain, this ship will not survive the forming of the cosmos. B'Elana Torres
Re: [gentoo-user] Ebuild of Postgres-8.3.8 almost a catastrophe
On 9 Nov 2009, at 10:25, Konstantinos Agouros wrote: ... usually upgrade within a minor version of postgres do not need a pg_dump_all/ and reimport. But the upgrade from 8.3.7 to 8.3.8 does as the configure option for integer-timestamps changed and thus the newly compiled server can not read the existing database files. Thanks, dude! This is very useful to know about. I assume this is an upstream decision, and may be expected to apply to 8.3.9, 8.3.10, ... also? I have no reason to wait and see if this is resolved, I should be careful to do a dump and restore next time I upgrade? Cheers, Stroller.
[gentoo-user] [OT-perhaps] Cracking PDF file encryption
Hi All, I am trying to copy some text from a pdf file which has been protected, most likely using Adobe on a MSWindows machine. When I select some text, the new KDE4 pdf viewer (Okular) shows the 'copy text' right click menu greyed out: Copy forbidden by DRM. I can still copy the text as an image. Xpdf does not even allow me to copy it as an image after selection. I can't remember what the case was with KDE 3.5.10 and kpdf - either way, is there an application or trick which would allow me to edit the pdf file in question and add comments, or cut and paste its textual content into a word file and edit it there? There's a lot of text that I need to edit and would rather not have to retype it all ... -- Regards, Mick
Re: [gentoo-user] Ebuild of Postgres-8.3.8 almost a catastrophe
On Montag 09 November 2009, Konstantinos Agouros wrote: Hi, usually upgrade within a minor version of postgres do not need a pg_dump_all/ and reimport. But the upgrade from 8.3.7 to 8.3.8 does as the configure option for integer-timestamps changed and thus the newly compiled server can not read the existing database files. Regards, Konstantin have you opened a bug report about this? Or is there one already?
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server upgrading problem
On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 03:06 -0600, Dale wrote: Bill Kenworthy wrote: On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 01:13 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:46:15 -0600, Roy Wright wrote: Was at xorg-server-1.6.3 and current sync tried to upgrade to 1.7.1, which failed to compile. In researching on b.g.o., discovered that nvidia has not released a driver yet that will work with 1.7.1, so followed the bug report directions and masked out several packages to prevent 1.7.1 upgrading. I have had xorg-server-1.7.1 and nvidia-drivers-190.42-r[23], working together since Nov 3rd, with no masking or keywording, although this is on ~amd64. For a while the newer xorg was blocked but as soon as the newer nvidia-drivers hit portage, everything upgraded without a hitch. I am just in the process of updating a machine stored for over a year - relatively straight forward except its taking awhile as expected. It has an old TNT nvidia card that needs the older drivers (169 something with 2.6.21 is working on it at the moment - I upgraded to 2.6.31 and belatedly remembered this Achilles heal for nvidia stuff :) Are the older nvidia drivers locked to older kernels? If so, is there a map that tells what driver version is usable with which kernels? BillK I have a older card to, FX-5200, and sometimes finding the driver that works is a trial and error process. Right now I'm using 173.14.20 but a couple months ago I was using a older kernel and had to use a older version that was no longer in portage, still in the 173 series tho. If you have the latest stable kernel, then the latest stable nvidia driver in your series should work. If not, back up a version and try it. If it doesn't work just keep backing up until one works. You may be able to search the nvidia website to fine the correct drivers for your model but I don't know if they have one for kernel version. Just think of it this way, the older the kernel then the older the driver version. The newer the kernel, the newer the driver should be. All that said, I think this is yours: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_71.86.11.html If not, try this: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us Like me, you have to select legacy in the first menu. I would try nvidia-drivers-71.86.11 first and if that doesn't work, try nvidia-drivers-71.86.09 next. Once you get a working driver, mask the others so it will stick to it until you upgrade your kernel and start this process over again. Hope that helps. Dale :-) :-) Decided to sidestep the issue - the nv driver works fine (no multimedia etc needed). This was to be a temporary desktop while waiting for parts for a dead HD in the laptop, but I found it (much) faster to add x, oo etc to a core2 duo server instead of trying to bring the old machine up to date. Will still complete it as you cant have too many backup systems ... as my luck of late has proved :( BillK
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT-perhaps] Cracking PDF file encryption
Mick skrev: I am trying to copy some text from a pdf file which has been protected, most likely using Adobe on a MSWindows machine. When I select some text, the new KDE4 pdf viewer (Okular) shows the 'copy text' right click menu greyed out: Copy forbidden by DRM. I can still copy the text as an image. Xpdf does not even allow me to copy it as an image after selection. I can't remember what the case was with KDE 3.5.10 and kpdf - either way, is there an application or trick which would allow me to edit the pdf file in question and add comments, or cut and paste its textual content into a word file and edit it there? There's a lot of text that I need to edit and would rather not have to retype it all ... I noticed that Okular has the option Obey DRM restrictions enabled by default. I do not know why this was changed. As far as I remember, in KPDF, it was a compile-time option that was disabled default, and if it was enabled at compile time, it would appear as a normal option (like in Okular now), but be disabled by default. Just try to turn it off.
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server upgrading problem
William Kenworthy wrote: On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 03:06 -0600, Dale wrote: Bill Kenworthy wrote: On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 01:13 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:46:15 -0600, Roy Wright wrote: Was at xorg-server-1.6.3 and current sync tried to upgrade to 1.7.1, which failed to compile. In researching on b.g.o., discovered that nvidia has not released a driver yet that will work with 1.7.1, so followed the bug report directions and masked out several packages to prevent 1.7.1 upgrading. I have had xorg-server-1.7.1 and nvidia-drivers-190.42-r[23], working together since Nov 3rd, with no masking or keywording, although this is on ~amd64. For a while the newer xorg was blocked but as soon as the newer nvidia-drivers hit portage, everything upgraded without a hitch. I am just in the process of updating a machine stored for over a year - relatively straight forward except its taking awhile as expected. It has an old TNT nvidia card that needs the older drivers (169 something with 2.6.21 is working on it at the moment - I upgraded to 2.6.31 and belatedly remembered this Achilles heal for nvidia stuff :) Are the older nvidia drivers locked to older kernels? If so, is there a map that tells what driver version is usable with which kernels? BillK I have a older card to, FX-5200, and sometimes finding the driver that works is a trial and error process. Right now I'm using 173.14.20 but a couple months ago I was using a older kernel and had to use a older version that was no longer in portage, still in the 173 series tho. If you have the latest stable kernel, then the latest stable nvidia driver in your series should work. If not, back up a version and try it. If it doesn't work just keep backing up until one works. You may be able to search the nvidia website to fine the correct drivers for your model but I don't know if they have one for kernel version. Just think of it this way, the older the kernel then the older the driver version. The newer the kernel, the newer the driver should be. All that said, I think this is yours: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_71.86.11.html If not, try this: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us Like me, you have to select legacy in the first menu. I would try nvidia-drivers-71.86.11 first and if that doesn't work, try nvidia-drivers-71.86.09 next. Once you get a working driver, mask the others so it will stick to it until you upgrade your kernel and start this process over again. Hope that helps. Dale :-) :-) Decided to sidestep the issue - the nv driver works fine (no multimedia etc needed). This was to be a temporary desktop while waiting for parts for a dead HD in the laptop, but I found it (much) faster to add x, oo etc to a core2 duo server instead of trying to bring the old machine up to date. Will still complete it as you cant have too many backup systems ... as my luck of late has proved :( BillK Well at least you have links for next time. lol Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] cdrecord fails to burn dvd
On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 10:11:40AM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: José Romildo Malaquias j.romi...@gmail.com wrote: Most of the requested information can be found in the attached log file. I do not know how to get the ATIP data on the media used. But I can say Call cdrecord -atip By searching the cdrecord man page I have found it. Thanks anyway. For the medium state, I would need the output from cdrecord -minfo before and after you tries to burn. that I have recently used more than 200 discs of this brand (Kodak) and it has shown very reliable. cdrecord has no problems with it on my desktop computer. The problem happens just in my notebook. Therefore it suggests the problem is not with the media. Did you ever write a DVD-R with this hardware? Yes I have written some DVD-R discs with this hardware. When I bought the notebook and installed gentoo in last January, burning with cdrecord (from cdrtools) used to work. Sometime later (about one month, but I am not sure) it stopped working. Probably after some upgrade. I do not remeber exactly. By then I could not look at the problem because of lack of time. Since then I have been using Nero Linux for recording DVD-R discs without problems. Some information I have sent in previous messages may not be accurate enough because I have forgotten to change the media to a new unused one. So I am attaching a new file with the output of some requested commands. Romildo $ dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/sr0 INQUIRY:[TEAC][DVD+-RW DVW28SLC][A.06] GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION: Mounted Media: 11h, DVD-R Sequential Media ID: UME01 Current Write Speed: 8.0x1385=11080KB/s Write Speed #0:8.0x1385=11080KB/s Write Speed #1:6.0x1385=8310KB/s Write Speed #2:4.0x1385=5540KB/s Write Speed #3:2.0x1385=2770KB/s Speed Descriptor#0:00/2298495 r...@8.0x1385=11080kb/s w...@8.0x1385=11080kb/s Speed Descriptor#1:00/2298495 r...@6.0x1385=8310kb/s w...@6.0x1385=8310kb/s Speed Descriptor#2:00/2298495 r...@4.0x1385=5540kb/s w...@4.0x1385=5540kb/s Speed Descriptor#3:00/2298495 r...@2.0x1385=2770kb/s w...@2.0x1385=2770kb/s READ DVD STRUCTURE[#10h]: Media Book Type: 00h, DVD-ROM book [revision 0] Legacy lead-out at:2298496*2KB=4707319808 READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]: Media Book Type: 25h, DVD-R book [revision 5] Last border-out at:2045*2KB=4188160 READ DISC INFORMATION: Disc status: blank Number of Sessions:1 State of Last Session: empty Next Track: 1 Number of Tracks: 1 READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]: Track State: invisible incremental Track Start Address: 0*2KB Next Writable Address: 0*2KB Free Blocks: 2297888*2KB Track Size:2297888*2KB READ CAPACITY: 0*2048=0 $ cdrecord -atip Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 2.01.01a67 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2009 Jörg Schilling Linux sg driver version: 3.5.34 Using libscg version 'schily-0.9'. No target specified, trying to find one... Using dev=3,0,0. Device type: Removable CD-ROM Version: 5 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : Vendor_info: 'TEAC' Identifikation : 'DVD+-RW DVW28SLC' Revision : 'A.06' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM. Using generic SCSI-3/mmc-2 DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM driver (mmc_dvd). Driver flags : NO-CD DVD MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: PACKET SAO LAYER_JUMP cdrecord: Warning: The DMA speed test has been skipped. book type: DVD-R, Version 2.0x (2.5) disc size: 120mm (0) maximum rate:Not specified (15) number of layers:1 track path: Parallel Track Path (0) layer type: Rewritable Area (2) linear density: 0.267 µm/bit (0) track density: 0.74 µm/track (0) phys start: 196608 (0x3) phys end:0 end layer 0: 0 bca: 0 phys size:...-196607 copyr prot type: 0 region mgt info: 0 last rma sector: 0 application code:64 physical code: 193 last rec address:16621272 part v./ext code:5/2 ind wr. power: 135 wavelength code: 13 write str. code: 10 66 78 80 Manufacturer: 'UME01' rzone size: 36 rzone number: 1 border number: 1 ljrs: 0 track mode: 4 copy: 0 damage: 0 reserved track: 0 blank: 1 incremental: 0 fp: 0 data mode: 1 lra valid: 0 nwa valid: 1 rzone start:0 next wr addr: 0 free blocks:2298496 blocking factor:16 rzone size: 2298496 last recorded addr: 0 Capacity Blklen/Sparesz. Format-type Type 16777215 2048 0x00 No Media Present or Unknown Capacity $ cdrecord -minfo Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 2.01.01a67 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2009 Jörg Schilling Linux sg driver version: 3.5.34 Using libscg version 'schily-0.9'. No target specified, trying to find one... Using dev=3,0,0. Device type: Removable CD-ROM Version
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT-perhaps] Cracking PDF file encryption
2009/11/9 Erik esi...@gmail.com: Mick skrev: I am trying to copy some text from a pdf file which has been protected, most likely using Adobe on a MSWindows machine. When I select some text, the new KDE4 pdf viewer (Okular) shows the 'copy text' right click menu greyed out: Copy forbidden by DRM. I can still copy the text as an image. Xpdf does not even allow me to copy it as an image after selection. I can't remember what the case was with KDE 3.5.10 and kpdf - either way, is there an application or trick which would allow me to edit the pdf file in question and add comments, or cut and paste its textual content into a word file and edit it there? There's a lot of text that I need to edit and would rather not have to retype it all ... I noticed that Okular has the option Obey DRM restrictions enabled by default. I do not know why this was changed. As far as I remember, in KPDF, it was a compile-time option that was disabled default, and if it was enabled at compile time, it would appear as a normal option (like in Okular now), but be disabled by default. Just try to turn it off. Nice! Thank you. :-) -- Regards, Mick
Re: [gentoo-user] Ebuild of Postgres-8.3.8 almost a catastrophe
Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk writes: On 9 Nov 2009, at 10:25, Konstantinos Agouros wrote: I assume this is an upstream decision, and may be expected to apply to 8.3.9, 8.3.10, ... also? I have no reason to wait and see if this is resolved, I should be careful to do a dump and restore next time I upgrade? NO. It was not an upstream change. Upstream changed to integer timestamps by default in 8.4.0, the default did not change between 8.3.7 and 8.3.8. However, in typical gentoo manner, this is configurable by the pg-intdatetime USE flag, which is not enabled by default.
[gentoo-user] Resuming after hibernate
Resuming does not work for my laptop after it hibernates - OS boots normally and does not use resume image created by s2disk. Linux 2.6.30-gentoo-r8 i686 Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda6 vga=0x317 video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap resume=swap:/dev/sda5 # cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep CONFIG_PM_STD_PARTITION CONFIG_PM_STD_PARTITION=/dev/sda5 sys-power/hibernate-script-2.0-r1 sys-power/suspend-0.8-r1 To suspend laptop I uses 'hibernate' command which uses s2disk tool # cat /etc/suspend.conf snapshot device = /dev/snapshot resume device = /dev/sda5 When the system boots up: * Activating (possible) swap ... swapon: /dev/sda5: Invalid argument * Invalidating stale software suspend images ... /sda5 It looks like that kernel knows nothing about suspend image and does not use it. Any ideas? Thanks. -- Sergey
Re: [gentoo-user] Resuming after hibernate
Why do you need anything in the kernel commandlindline? Everything is done either in the kernel config or in hibernate.conf. make menuconfig on my machine goes like so... = Power management and ACPI options --- [*] Power Management support [ ] Power Management Debug Support [ ] Suspend to RAM and standby [*] Hibernation (aka 'suspend to disk') (/dev/sda6) Default resume partition = Your system should have /dev/sda5. I ran emerge hibernate-script and then executed rc-update add hibernate-cleanup boot so that when the machine comes up from reboot or halt -p, it doesn't try to load the swap file as memory state. Here are the uncommented lines in my hibernate.conf. The last 4 lines are specific to my machine, and may not apply to yours. It works great for me. TryMethod disk.conf Distribution gentoo DownInterfaces auto PowerdownMethod shutdown UseSysfsPowerState disk UpInterfaces auto OnResume 99 chvt 1 OnResume 98 setfont lat1-10 OnResume 97 /etc/init.d/sshd restart OnResume 96 alsactl restore -- Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org
[gentoo-user] license change in sun-jdk
Hi, for all who have problems with their jdk (and don't want to spent half an hour finding out why 8-): after sync, portage wants to install dev-java/icedtea6-bin, although there is a jdk installed (I already had dev-java/sun-jdk-1.6.0.17) well it turns out that sun-jdk-1.6.0.17 has suddenly been license masked... adding ACCEPT_LICENSE=dlj-1.1 to make.conf lets sun-jdk be accepted again. no more spontaneous forced installation of icedtea6-bin! Rudmer
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel build - back in the soup.
On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 08:45, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: daid kahl wrote: I tried closely comparing the current working kernel with newly built one. I mean side by side with `make menuconfig' running in both sources. I cannot tell what it is I'm overlooking. Please do not do this. Instead emerge kccmp to compare kernel configurations! It is much easier...trust me, I tried brute-force as well! Thanks for the tip... that tool does look useful. At least for kernel comparison I think it might beat the poop out of the ediff mode in emacs. Although the emacs tools are better in general. I managed to get the kernel figured out... (with plenty of help here) but I think I'll tinker with kccmp, see how it works, and be ready for next time. It's really easy. You just run it with two configuration files as inputs, and it gives a nice X display with different settings, and then settings that are only in one config or the other (resulting from different kernel versions or sub-config options). Answering a dozen or so questions on the cmdline beats the poop out of flopping around in menuconfig, or even worse, 2 instances of menuconfig. What is really maddening is that I once knew how to do the stuff with .config and `make oldconfig'. Here lately I seem to forget things I once knew if I don't use the knowledge for a mnth or two. I always do it from the command line with a web-browser searching http://cateee.net/ for any config I don't know what it is. ~daid Sounds like he may as well use that genkernel thingy that Gentoo has. It never has worked for me but he may have better luck. It may even work on the first try. LOL I've been using genkernel for 4+ years, of course had some problema along the way, nothing that couldn't be handle. I find it really easy to use. Yeah, it worked first time, some tweaking later and BANG! It was perfect! -- Daniel da Veiga
Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Resuming after hibernate
Monday, November 9, 2009, 5:39:46 PM, Walter wrote: Why do you need anything in the kernel commandlindline? Everything is done either in the kernel config or in hibernate.conf. make menuconfig on my machine goes like so... = Power management and ACPI options --- [*] Power Management support [ ] Power Management Debug Support [ ] Suspend to RAM and standby [*] Hibernation (aka 'suspend to disk') (/dev/sda6) Default resume partition = I have same settings in my kernel too: CONFIG_ARCH_HIBERNATION_POSSIBLE=y CONFIG_HIBERNATION=y CONFIG_PM_STD_PARTITION=/dev/sda5 Just added the 'resume=swap:/dev/sda5' to grub.con to be 100% sure it's not a kernel bug. Your system should have /dev/sda5. I ran emerge hibernate-script and then executed rc-update add hibernate-cleanup boot so that when the machine comes up from reboot or halt -p, it doesn't try to load the swap file as memory state. I did this too. Also I emerged sys-power/suspend because without this tool hibernate-ram does not work for me (display is blank after resuming). Here are the uncommented lines in my hibernate.conf. The last 4 lines are specific to my machine, and may not apply to yours. It works great for me. TryMethod disk.conf Distribution gentoo DownInterfaces auto PowerdownMethod shutdown UseSysfsPowerState disk UpInterfaces auto OnResume 99 chvt 1 OnResume 98 setfont lat1-10 OnResume 97 /etc/init.d/sshd restart OnResume 96 alsactl restore /etc/hibernate/common.conf: Verbosity 0 LogFile /var/log/hibernate.log LogVerbosity 1 Distribution gentoo SaveClock restore-only UnloadBlacklistedModules yes LoadModules auto SwitchToTextMode yes /etc/hibernate/hibernate.conf: TryMethod tuxonice.conf TryMethod disk.conf TryMethod ram.conf cat /etc/hibernate/disk.conf TryMethod ususpend-disk.conf TryMethod sysfs-disk.conf /etc/hibernate/ususpend-disk.conf: USuspendMethod disk Include common.conf Btw, am I right pressing 'power' button to resume from suspend to disk? -- Sergey
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE-4.3.73 I've disabled right mouse buttons
On Monday 09 November 2009 09:16:38 Dale wrote: I have played around in KDE 4 but the only nut I have seen is me. LOL I got to look for this nut. Of course, Erik corrected me about what a cashew is, so maybe I'm not a nut after all. ;-) Apparently I am a herbaceous plant. Is that better? No, no, no - t'other road on. A peanut is not a nut, a cashew is. I couldn't find my cashew either, at first, and was even considering deleting ~/.kde4 and starting again. Then gkrellm failed to start one time and there the cashew was - under gkrellm. All I had to do was move it to where I could see it. Note to Erik: it's not the one on the end of the panel across the bottom of the screen; it's another one. That confused me for ages. What's worse than no cashew? Two cashews! And now I've got two more in the top-left screen corner )-: -- Rgds Peter
Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Resuming after hibernate
Btw, s2disk is user-level tool. According to http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Suspend_to_Disk initrd image is required to resume from image created by s2disk tool, but I don't use initrd. Maybe this is a reason? Probably I need switch to native swsusp?.. Monday, November 9, 2009, 5:39:46 PM, Walter wrote: Why do you need anything in the kernel commandlindline? Everything is done either in the kernel config or in hibernate.conf. make menuconfig on my machine goes like so... = Power management and ACPI options --- [*] Power Management support [ ] Power Management Debug Support [ ] Suspend to RAM and standby [*] Hibernation (aka 'suspend to disk') (/dev/sda6) Default resume partition = Your system should have /dev/sda5. I ran emerge hibernate-script and then executed rc-update add hibernate-cleanup boot so that when the machine comes up from reboot or halt -p, it doesn't try to load the swap file as memory state. Here are the uncommented lines in my hibernate.conf. The last 4 lines are specific to my machine, and may not apply to yours. It works great for me. TryMethod disk.conf Distribution gentoo DownInterfaces auto PowerdownMethod shutdown UseSysfsPowerState disk UpInterfaces auto OnResume 99 chvt 1 OnResume 98 setfont lat1-10 OnResume 97 /etc/init.d/sshd restart OnResume 96 alsactl restore -- Sergey
[gentoo-user] Alsa SPDIF+analog at same time
Hi there! I'd like to have an audio signal on both the SPDIF and the analog output. I know that this is possible, since I had such configuration some weeks ago, but due to some circumstance I really can't reproduce it suddenly doesn't work anymore. SPDIF itself works fine when playing AC3 or DTS streams in Mythtv, but there's only an analog signal when I play videos that only have MP2/MP3 streams or if I play music (mp3,ogg, etc) - there is no signal on SPDIF in this case. So, how do I get back the non-AC3/DTS-Audiostreams on SPDIF? Thanks Alex
[gentoo-user] Re: decrapify your kernel config WAS: ps shows pegasus process running - what is it?
Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com writes: configuring is easy. enable the hardware you have. disable the hardware you don't have. read the help to all options that are default on - do you really need it? Really? read the help to all options that are off but might be usefull for you. change when you know it better (ondemand in, userspace governor out, performance default governor for example). do it a few times, kernel configuring becomes very easy. Well Volker... you do have a way of cutting to the chase. For me... I find the reading of the documentation a lot more confusing than you apparently do. I often know no more about what it means after reading it than before. So anyway, thanks for your input on all this. You often seem to clarify things that I had confused myself needlessly about ;)
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kernel build - back in the soup.
Daniel da Veiga wrote: On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 08:45, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: daid kahl wrote: Sounds like he may as well use that genkernel thingy that Gentoo has. It never has worked for me but he may have better luck. It may even work on the first try. LOL I've been using genkernel for 4+ years, of course had some problema along the way, nothing that couldn't be handle. I find it really easy to use. Yeah, it worked first time, some tweaking later and BANG! It was perfect! I tried that thing several times in its early days, it never made a kernel that would even boot up. I did better doing mine by hand. I have not tried it recently so I am sure it has improved a lot by now. It may build a mighty fine kernel now but I can do the same thing with oldconfig and know for sure what I am getting. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] license change in sun-jdk
Rudmer van Dijk wrote: Hi, for all who have problems with their jdk (and don't want to spent half an hour finding out why 8-): after sync, portage wants to install dev-java/icedtea6-bin, although there is a jdk installed (I already had dev-java/sun-jdk-1.6.0.17) well it turns out that sun-jdk-1.6.0.17 has suddenly been license masked... adding ACCEPT_LICENSE=dlj-1.1 to make.conf lets sun-jdk be accepted again. no more spontaneous forced installation of icedtea6-bin! Rudmer I cheated then. I did this for mine: ACCEPT_LICENSE=* I think that covers them all. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE-4.3.73 I've disabled right mouse buttons
Peter Humphrey wrote: On Monday 09 November 2009 09:16:38 Dale wrote: I have played around in KDE 4 but the only nut I have seen is me. LOL I got to look for this nut. Of course, Erik corrected me about what a cashew is, so maybe I'm not a nut after all. ;-) Apparently I am a herbaceous plant. Is that better? No, no, no - t'other road on. A peanut is not a nut, a cashew is. I couldn't find my cashew either, at first, and was even considering deleting ~/.kde4 and starting again. Then gkrellm failed to start one time and there the cashew was - under gkrellm. All I had to do was move it to where I could see it. Note to Erik: it's not the one on the end of the panel across the bottom of the screen; it's another one. That confused me for ages. What's worse than no cashew? Two cashews! And now I've got two more in the top-left screen corner )-: Yea, I found that little tiny sucker too. Mine was sort of dark so I pulled out my magnifying glass. I noticed when I put the fuzzy mouse pointer on it, it turned a yellow like color. I right clicked and up popped a menu. So cool. We must run gkrellm the same way. Mine covered it up to. It's been hiding under there all this time. lol Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] license change in sun-jdk
On Monday 09 November 2009, Dale wrote: Rudmer van Dijk wrote: well it turns out that sun-jdk-1.6.0.17 has suddenly been license masked... adding ACCEPT_LICENSE=dlj-1.1 to make.conf lets sun-jdk be accepted again. no more spontaneous forced installation of icedtea6-bin! I cheated then. I did this for mine: ACCEPT_LICENSE=* I think that covers them all. that will certainly prevent future problems! 8-) thanks! Rudmer
Re: [gentoo-user] [possibly OT?] Bash-4 mailcheck oddity
On Thursday 05 Nov 2009, Willie Wong wrote: Hi list: Finally upgraded to Bash-4 on my home desktop, and discovered a bit of odd (as compared to Bash-3) behaviour with mail checking. Maybe you're talking about this: http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-b...@gnu.org/msg06185.html
Re: [gentoo-user] help with tinydns setup
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz wrote: === On Sun, 11/08, James wrote: === Thoughts? - === What I have done is bind named to a dummy interface, which serves a psuedo TLD, and use dnsmasq for the local DNS. 2: eth0: BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast inet 10.111.1.130/24 brd 10.111.1.255 scope global eth0 3: dummy0: BROADCAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state inet 172.17.211.1/24 brd 172.17.211.255 scope global dummy0 Then you have different interfaces to bind to, and different networks to route to internally. I'd rather not use named. tinydns seems simpler to set up (despite my problems) and is theoretically far more secure.
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT-perhaps] Cracking PDF file encryption
On 11/9/2009 7:24 AM, Mick wrote: 2009/11/9 Erik esi...@gmail.com: Mick skrev: I am trying to copy some text from a pdf file which has been protected, most likely using Adobe on a MSWindows machine. When I select some text, the new KDE4 pdf viewer (Okular) shows the 'copy text' right click menu greyed out: Copy forbidden by DRM. I can still copy the text as an image. Xpdf does not even allow me to copy it as an image after selection. I can't remember what the case was with KDE 3.5.10 and kpdf - either way, is there an application or trick which would allow me to edit the pdf file in question and add comments, or cut and paste its textual content into a word file and edit it there? There's a lot of text that I need to edit and would rather not have to retype it all ... I noticed that Okular has the option Obey DRM restrictions enabled by default. I do not know why this was changed. As far as I remember, in KPDF, it was a compile-time option that was disabled default, and if it was enabled at compile time, it would appear as a normal option (like in Okular now), but be disabled by default. Just try to turn it off. Nice! Thank you. :-) Wow...that makes Okular illegal in the US under the DMCA for circumventing DRM... That's dumb, even dumber than software patents... Marcus
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT-perhaps] Cracking PDF file encryption
Marcus Wanner wrote: On 11/9/2009 7:24 AM, Mick wrote: 2009/11/9 Erik esi...@gmail.com: Mick skrev: I am trying to copy some text from a pdf file which has been protected, most likely using Adobe on a MSWindows machine. When I select some text, the new KDE4 pdf viewer (Okular) shows the 'copy text' right click menu greyed out: Copy forbidden by DRM. I can still copy the text as an image. Xpdf does not even allow me to copy it as an image after selection. I can't remember what the case was with KDE 3.5.10 and kpdf - either way, is there an application or trick which would allow me to edit the pdf file in question and add comments, or cut and paste its textual content into a word file and edit it there? There's a lot of text that I need to edit and would rather not have to retype it all ... I noticed that Okular has the option Obey DRM restrictions enabled by default. I do not know why this was changed. As far as I remember, in KPDF, it was a compile-time option that was disabled default, and if it was enabled at compile time, it would appear as a normal option (like in Okular now), but be disabled by default. Just try to turn it off. Nice! Thank you. :-) Wow...that makes Okular illegal in the US under the DMCA for circumventing DRM... That's dumb, even dumber than software patents... Marcus But I like it. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server upgrading problem
On Nov 9, 2009, at 1:04 AM, Johannes Kimmel wrote: Try to resync and emerge the new eselect-opengl and run eselect opengl set nvidia again. This could fix it, as I had a similar problem. The old eselect did something wrong, but I can't remember exactly because it went somehow long yesterday :) Good catch, but unfortunately it didn't help. I've downgraded the nvidia drivers to 185.18.36-r1 which then loaded glx, but still not dri or dri2. Maybe I need to upgrade the kernel from 2.6.29... BTW, xorg-server-1.6.5 does work with nv drivers, but I need opengl. I'm currently trying to downgrade server to 1.6.3, but that's not compiling. Let's say I'm not very impressed with the xorg ebuild technique of specifying dependencies using =. xorg ebuilds should be holistic based on the xorg-server version. Instead I have to figure out the version masks for each of the dependencies. PITA! Thank you, Roy
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT-perhaps] Cracking PDF file encryption
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Marcus Wanner marc...@cox.net wrote: On 11/9/2009 7:24 AM, Mick wrote: 2009/11/9 Erik esi...@gmail.com: Mick skrev: I am trying to copy some text from a pdf file which has been protected, most likely using Adobe on a MSWindows machine. When I select some text, the new KDE4 pdf viewer (Okular) shows the 'copy text' right click menu greyed out: Copy forbidden by DRM. I can still copy the text as an image. Xpdf does not even allow me to copy it as an image after selection. I can't remember what the case was with KDE 3.5.10 and kpdf - either way, is there an application or trick which would allow me to edit the pdf file in question and add comments, or cut and paste its textual content into a word file and edit it there? There's a lot of text that I need to edit and would rather not have to retype it all ... I noticed that Okular has the option Obey DRM restrictions enabled by default. I do not know why this was changed. As far as I remember, in KPDF, it was a compile-time option that was disabled default, and if it was enabled at compile time, it would appear as a normal option (like in Okular now), but be disabled by default. Just try to turn it off. Nice! Thank you. :-) Wow...that makes Okular illegal in the US under the DMCA for circumventing DRM... That's dumb, even dumber than software patents... Marcus DMCA has an exception for features that allow the use of screen-reading software to read text that would otherwise be inaccessible. Maybe this feature serves that purpose.
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT?} What happened to iexplore in wine?
On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't used wine's /usr/bin/iexplore to test a website in IE for a while, and now it looks like that binary is no longer installed. Does anyone know how to get it, or if there is a replacement of some sort? I looked at the files installed by wine in /usr/bin but didn't see anything. In my experience, even when IE works in Wine it doesn't work exactly the same as it does on a real Windows machine. I think a much more reliable way to test things in IE is to download the free XP and Vista virtual machine images from Microsoft which are intended for exactly this purpose: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=21eabb90-958f-4b64-b5f1-73d0a413c8efdisplaylang=en And here's someone's blog about converting the VirtualPC hard drive image into other formats for use on Linux in Virtualbox: http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/running-microsofts-ie-application-compatibility-images-virtualbox Rather than downloading several virtual machine images, you could just download one and install IETester into it: http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage which lets you do browsing with IE versions from 5.5 through 8 and side-by-side comparisons between versions.
[gentoo-user] device-mapper
I am getting a blockage involving device mapper [ebuild U ] sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.9 [1.41.3-r1] USE=nls 485 kB [0] [blocks B ] sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.8 (sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.8 is blocking sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.9, sys-apps/util-linux-2.16.1) [blocks B ] sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.8 (sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.8 is blocking sys-apps/util-linux-2.16.1) [blocks B ] sys-fs/device-mapper (sys-fs/device-mapper is blocking sys-fs/udev-146-r1) I looked on bgo and found posts today involving this. They were resolved by noting device-mapper was merged upstream into lvm2. Emerge a recent lvm2, it will automatically unmerge old device-mapper. I am not running lvm2 on this machine. I have device mapper because sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2 pulled in by: sys-apps/hal-0.5.12_rc1-r8 sys-fs/device-mapper-1.02.24-r1 pulled in by: sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2 Does this mean I should emerge lvm2 even though this machine does not use logical volumes? thanks, allan
[gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server upgrading problem
On 11/09/2009 11:18 PM, Roy Wright wrote: On Nov 9, 2009, at 1:04 AM, Johannes Kimmel wrote: Try to resync and emerge the new eselect-opengl and run eselect opengl set nvidia again. This could fix it, as I had a similar problem. The old eselect did something wrong, but I can't remember exactly because it went somehow long yesterday :) Good catch, but unfortunately it didn't help. I've downgraded the nvidia drivers to 185.18.36-r1 which then loaded glx, but still not dri or dri2. Maybe I need to upgrade the kernel from 2.6.29... BTW, xorg-server-1.6.5 does work with nv drivers, but I need opengl. I'm currently trying to downgrade server to 1.6.3, but that's not compiling. Let's say I'm not very impressed with the xorg ebuild technique of specifying dependencies using =. xorg ebuilds should be holistic based on the xorg-server version. Instead I have to figure out the version masks for each of the dependencies. PITA! I already posted how do downgrade to 1.6.5 correctly :P
Re: [gentoo-user] device-mapper
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Allan Gottlieb gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: I am getting a blockage involving device mapper [ebuild U ] sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.9 [1.41.3-r1] USE=nls 485 kB [0] [blocks B ] sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.8 (sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.8 is blocking sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.9, sys-apps/util-linux-2.16.1) [blocks B ] sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.8 (sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.8 is blocking sys-apps/util-linux-2.16.1) [blocks B ] sys-fs/device-mapper (sys-fs/device-mapper is blocking sys-fs/udev-146-r1) I looked on bgo and found posts today involving this. They were resolved by noting device-mapper was merged upstream into lvm2. Emerge a recent lvm2, it will automatically unmerge old device-mapper. I am not running lvm2 on this machine. I have device mapper because sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2 pulled in by: sys-apps/hal-0.5.12_rc1-r8 sys-fs/device-mapper-1.02.24-r1 pulled in by: sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2 Does this mean I should emerge lvm2 even though this machine does not use logical volumes? thanks, allan The sys-fs/lvm2 package just contains utilities, it doesn't require you to actually use LVM2. I also use it the same way as you. I now have the lvm2 package and not device-mapper and everything still works with my encrypted partition.
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server upgrading problem
Roy Wright wrote: On Nov 9, 2009, at 1:04 AM, Johannes Kimmel wrote: Try to resync and emerge the new eselect-opengl and run eselect opengl set nvidia again. This could fix it, as I had a similar problem. The old eselect did something wrong, but I can't remember exactly because it went somehow long yesterday :) Good catch, but unfortunately it didn't help. I've downgraded the nvidia drivers to 185.18.36-r1 which then loaded glx, but still not dri or dri2. Maybe I need to upgrade the kernel from 2.6.29... BTW, xorg-server-1.6.5 does work with nv drivers, but I need opengl. I'm currently trying to downgrade server to 1.6.3, but that's not compiling. Let's say I'm not very impressed with the xorg ebuild technique of specifying dependencies using =. xorg ebuilds should be holistic based on the xorg-server version. Instead I have to figure out the version masks for each of the dependencies. PITA! Thank you, Roy AFAIK it doesn't matter if dri and dri2 don't load. On the three systems I maintain the dris don't load, too, but I have full opengl acceleration.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Unclaimed display?
On Sunday 08 November 2009 22:00:56 Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 11:23:45AM +, Mick wrote: The lspci output does not show a driver either ... It seems the system can't find the good driver for this hardware. There may be various reasons: - driver not compiled/installed ; - version of this driver failing ; - wrong Linux kernel configuration ; - etc. You have to manually load/unload the drivers that you think should work to do your own tests. It may just be a bug of sorts? I have tried loading and unloading all sort of drivers to no avail. I get good glxgears so something must work fine. It's just that this unclaimed/no driver thing confused me. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Resuming after hibernate
On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 10:39 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: Here are the uncommented lines in my hibernate.conf. The last 4 lines are specific to my machine, and may not apply to yours. It works great for me. ... OnResume 97 /etc/init.d/sshd restart how come? To kill any stale ssh connections? I find that they clean themselves up fairly well. In fact, if I hibernate and resume in enough time, an existing ssh won't be disconnected (and still works). -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au COBOL is for morons. -- E.W. Dijkstra
Re: [gentoo-user] Alsa SPDIF+analog at same time
On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 17:50 +0100, Alexander Puchmayr wrote: Hi there! I'd like to have an audio signal on both the SPDIF and the analog output. I know that this is possible, since I had such configuration some weeks ago, but due to some circumstance I really can't reproduce it suddenly doesn't work anymore. possibly alsa / gnome updates? SPDIF itself works fine when playing AC3 or DTS streams in Mythtv, but there's only an analog signal when I play videos that only have MP2/MP3 streams or if I play music (mp3,ogg, etc) - there is no signal on SPDIF in this case. So, how do I get back the non-AC3/DTS-Audiostreams on SPDIF? with mplayer I used to use this command to get spdif output: mplayer -afm hwac3 blah.avi also, with the old (2.24?) gnome alsa mixer, I found I had to add the spdif or IEC device (can't quite remember), and although it was a slider, it only worked in an on or off fashion. Not much help for you I know, but I can't run the same mixer anymore to find out. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au If practice makes perfect, and nobody's perfect, why practice?
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server upgrading problem
On Nov 9, 2009, at 3:36 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 11/09/2009 11:18 PM, Roy Wright wrote: On Nov 9, 2009, at 1:04 AM, Johannes Kimmel wrote: Try to resync and emerge the new eselect-opengl and run eselect opengl set nvidia again. This could fix it, as I had a similar problem. The old eselect did something wrong, but I can't remember exactly because it went somehow long yesterday :) Good catch, but unfortunately it didn't help. I've downgraded the nvidia drivers to 185.18.36-r1 which then loaded glx, but still not dri or dri2. Maybe I need to upgrade the kernel from 2.6.29... BTW, xorg-server-1.6.5 does work with nv drivers, but I need opengl. I'm currently trying to downgrade server to 1.6.3, but that's not compiling. Let's say I'm not very impressed with the xorg ebuild technique of specifying dependencies using =. xorg ebuilds should be holistic based on the xorg-server version. Instead I have to figure out the version masks for each of the dependencies. PITA! I already posted how do downgrade to 1.6.5 correctly :P Sorry, forgot to mention that I did try those instructions. Didn't help. I'm currently punting, removing all of X from my system, then will start over... Thank you, Roy
[gentoo-user] mythfilldatabase not running
I've got a MythTv backend set up that's working great except for one thing: mythfilldatabase isn't getting run every day. If I run it manually, it works fine. The schedule database gets filled, and the system status page on MythWeb shows that it was run and that it's scheduled to run again the next day. But, unless I run it manually, it never runs. I've grepped through the backend log for fill and found nothing. I thought that the backend would run mythfilldatabase (I swear that's how it always worked on my KnoppMyth boxes), but it doesn't seem to be the case. Are you supposed to set up a cron job to run mythfilldatabase? -- Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] license change in sun-jdk
Thanks dale, adding :) On 11/9/09, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Rudmer van Dijk wrote: Hi, for all who have problems with their jdk (and don't want to spent half an hour finding out why 8-): after sync, portage wants to install dev-java/icedtea6-bin, although there is a jdk installed (I already had dev-java/sun-jdk-1.6.0.17) well it turns out that sun-jdk-1.6.0.17 has suddenly been license masked... adding ACCEPT_LICENSE=dlj-1.1 to make.conf lets sun-jdk be accepted again. no more spontaneous forced installation of icedtea6-bin! Rudmer I cheated then. I did this for mine: ACCEPT_LICENSE=* I think that covers them all. Dale :-) :-) -- Sent from my mobile device Kyle
Re: [gentoo-user] device-mapper
At Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:44:31 -0600 Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Allan Gottlieb gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: I am getting a blockage involving device mapper [ebuild U ] sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.9 [1.41.3-r1] USE=nls 485 kB [0] [blocks B ] sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.8 (sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.8 is blocking sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.9, sys-apps/util-linux-2.16.1) [blocks B ] sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.8 (sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.8 is blocking sys-apps/util-linux-2.16.1) [blocks B ] sys-fs/device-mapper (sys-fs/device-mapper is blocking sys-fs/udev-146-r1) I looked on bgo and found posts today involving this. They were resolved by noting device-mapper was merged upstream into lvm2. Emerge a recent lvm2, it will automatically unmerge old device-mapper. I am not running lvm2 on this machine. I have device mapper because sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2 pulled in by: sys-apps/hal-0.5.12_rc1-r8 sys-fs/device-mapper-1.02.24-r1 pulled in by: sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.0.6-r2 Does this mean I should emerge lvm2 even though this machine does not use logical volumes? thanks, allan The sys-fs/lvm2 package just contains utilities, it doesn't require you to actually use LVM2. I also use it the same way as you. I now have the lvm2 package and not device-mapper and everything still works with my encrypted partition. Thank you. It worked fine. allan
[gentoo-user] sun-jre-bin end-of-life - what now?
Hi, It seems that Gentoo-devs have decided that Sun Java is end-of-life with security problems. I don't find any mention of this or what is recommended on the Gentoo front page so I figured I'd ask what others are doing for their machines. Thanks, Mark
Re: [gentoo-user] mythfilldatabase not running
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com wrote: I've got a MythTv backend set up that's working great except for one thing: mythfilldatabase isn't getting run every day. If I run it manually, it works fine. The schedule database gets filled, and the system status page on MythWeb shows that it was run and that it's scheduled to run again the next day. But, unless I run it manually, it never runs. I've grepped through the backend log for fill and found nothing. I thought that the backend would run mythfilldatabase (I swear that's how it always worked on my KnoppMyth boxes), but it doesn't seem to be the case. Are you supposed to set up a cron job to run mythfilldatabase? -- Grant Unless something has changed you shouldn't *have* to set up a cron job although I know on the myth lists people have discussed doing this. mythfilldatabase has been hit and miss, mostly hit but at odd times miss, for me also. - Mark
[gentoo-user] Re: sun-jre-bin end-of-life - what now?
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, It seems that Gentoo-devs have decided that Sun Java is end-of-life with security problems. I don't find any mention of this or what is recommended on the Gentoo front page so I figured I'd ask what others are doing for their machines. Thanks, Mark I found the other post about ACCEPT_LICENSE=dlj-1.1 and it works but if Sun Java is really EOL for Gentoo then it would be nice to know what's the prime directive. Thanks, Mark
Re: [gentoo-user] sun-jre-bin end-of-life - what now?
Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, It seems that Gentoo-devs have decided that Sun Java is end-of-life with security problems. I don't find any mention of this or what is recommended on the Gentoo front page so I figured I'd ask what others are doing for their machines. Thanks, Mark I checked the changelog and it appears to be stable as of a few days ago. # ChangeLog for dev-java/sun-jre-bin # Copyright 1999-2009 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-java/sun-jre-bin/ChangeLog,v 1.163 2009/11/05 21:28:43 maekke Exp $ 05 Nov 2009; Markus Meier mae...@gentoo.org sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.22.ebuild, sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.17.ebuild: amd64 stable, bug #291817 05 Nov 2009; Markus Meier mae...@gentoo.org sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.17.ebuild: x86 stable, bug #291817 05 Nov 2009; Markus Meier mae...@gentoo.org sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.22.ebuild: x86 stable, bug #291817 I synced my tree yesterday so unless it was done today it looks like it is still there. What kind of message are you getting? Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT-perhaps] Cracking PDF file encryption
On 11/9/2009 4:22 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Marcus Wanner marc...@cox.net wrote: Wow...that makes Okular illegal in the US under the DMCA for circumventing DRM... That's dumb, even dumber than software patents... Marcus DMCA has an exception for features that allow the use of screen-reading software to read text that would otherwise be inaccessible. Maybe this feature serves that purpose. This is for copy and paste, not text access for text-to-speech apps (if I am correct, I don't have much experience in that area). Marcus
Re: [gentoo-user] sun-jre-bin end-of-life - what now?
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, It seems that Gentoo-devs have decided that Sun Java is end-of-life with security problems. I don't find any mention of this or what is recommended on the Gentoo front page so I figured I'd ask what others are doing for their machines. Thanks, Mark I checked the changelog and it appears to be stable as of a few days ago. # ChangeLog for dev-java/sun-jre-bin # Copyright 1999-2009 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-java/sun-jre-bin/ChangeLog,v 1.163 2009/11/05 21:28:43 maekke Exp $ 05 Nov 2009; Markus Meier mae...@gentoo.org sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.22.ebuild, sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.17.ebuild: amd64 stable, bug #291817 05 Nov 2009; Markus Meier mae...@gentoo.org sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.17.ebuild: x86 stable, bug #291817 05 Nov 2009; Markus Meier mae...@gentoo.org sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.22.ebuild: x86 stable, bug #291817 I synced my tree yesterday so unless it was done today it looks like it is still there. What kind of message are you getting? Dale :-) :-) Hi Dale, If I remove the new ACCEPT_LICENSE=dlj-1.1 I added to make.conf then I see this: DesertFlower ~ # emerge -pv sun-jre-bin These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy dev-java/sun-jre-bin have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.17 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s)) A copy of the 'dlj-1.1' license is located at '/usr/portage/licenses/dlj-1.1'. - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.16 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s), ~x86 keyword) - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.15 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s)) - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.22 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s)) - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.21 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s), ~x86 keyword) - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.20 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s)) - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.4.2.19 (masked by: package.mask) /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: # Vlastimil Babka cas...@gentoo.org (06 Nov 2009) # Removal for EOL and security, bug #287615 For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. DesertFlower ~ # Thanks, Mark
Re: [gentoo-user] Resuming after hibernate
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 08:58:13AM +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 10:39 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: OnResume 97 /etc/init.d/sshd restart how come? To kill any stale ssh connections? I find that they clean themselves up fairly well. In fact, if I hibernate and resume in enough time, an existing ssh won't be disconnected (and still works). I find that for some reason sshd doesn't restart on resume. I tested it 2 minutes ago... - ssh from my laptop... OK - disconnect - comment out the OnResume statement - hibernate the desktop - resume the desktop - ssh from my laptop... Connection refused - manually enter /etc/init.d/sshd restart (as root) - ssh from my laptop... OK - and remember to uncomment the OnResume For that matter, the console font setting is forgotten as well. I have VGA=6 in lilo.conf (probably works in GRUB as well), which defaults to an unreadable 80 columns x 60 rows display. This is done by selecting the 640 pixels by 480 scanlines mode, and the 8-pixel high font. 480 / 8 = 60 rows. Selecting 10-pixel high font gets 480 / 10 = 48 rows (YES!). And thanks to the extra pixels, the font is *MUCH* nicer than standard 80 x 50 (using 8-pixel high font with 400 scanlines). No 2 ways about it, 10-pixel high font beats out 8-pixel high font on a text console every time. -- Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org
Re: [gentoo-user] sun-jre-bin end-of-life - what now?
Mark Knecht wrote: On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, It seems that Gentoo-devs have decided that Sun Java is end-of-life with security problems. I don't find any mention of this or what is recommended on the Gentoo front page so I figured I'd ask what others are doing for their machines. Thanks, Mark I checked the changelog and it appears to be stable as of a few days ago. # ChangeLog for dev-java/sun-jre-bin # Copyright 1999-2009 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-java/sun-jre-bin/ChangeLog,v 1.163 2009/11/05 21:28:43 maekke Exp $ 05 Nov 2009; Markus Meier mae...@gentoo.org sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.22.ebuild, sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.17.ebuild: amd64 stable, bug #291817 05 Nov 2009; Markus Meier mae...@gentoo.org sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.17.ebuild: x86 stable, bug #291817 05 Nov 2009; Markus Meier mae...@gentoo.org sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.22.ebuild: x86 stable, bug #291817 I synced my tree yesterday so unless it was done today it looks like it is still there. What kind of message are you getting? Dale :-) :-) Hi Dale, If I remove the new ACCEPT_LICENSE=dlj-1.1 I added to make.conf then I see this: DesertFlower ~ # emerge -pv sun-jre-bin These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy dev-java/sun-jre-bin have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.17 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s)) A copy of the 'dlj-1.1' license is located at '/usr/portage/licenses/dlj-1.1'. - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.16 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s), ~x86 keyword) - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.15 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s)) - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.22 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s)) - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.21 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s), ~x86 keyword) - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.20 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s)) - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.4.2.19 (masked by: package.mask) /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: # Vlastimil Babka cas...@gentoo.org (06 Nov 2009) # Removal for EOL and security, bug #287615 For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. DesertFlower ~ # Thanks, Mark Did you read the bug it referenced? It sounds like they're removing JRE 1.4 only, not all JRE. Also, the message you pasted shows that only the 1.4.2.19 is masked by package.mask, which is where that message came from. The rest of the versions are masked by dlj-1.1 license (and a few by ~x86 keyword as well), not by package.mask. John H. Moe
[gentoo-user] Why is VGA card blacklisted in xorg-drivers???
I recently got an Acer Aspireone AO751h netbook. So I compile X, and run startx, and get a fatal server error about no screens found. See attachment. So I try the old standby... - add VGA to VIDEO_CARDS in /etc/make.conf - try to emerge xorg-drivers xf86-video-vga (either together or separately) and find that they block each other. A bit of spelunking indicates that both available xorg-driver ebuilds explicitly blacklist VGA, so I have nothing to fall back to. Thanks for nothing fellas. Meanwhile, the microKnoppix live CD (actually on a USB stick) has no problems running at 1024x768. -- Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation. It is not supported in any way. Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/. Select the xorg product for bugs you find in this release. Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository. See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions. X.Org X Server 1.6.3.901 (1.6.4 RC 1) Release Date: 2009-8-25 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 i686 Current Operating System: Linux aa1 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 #5 SMP Mon Nov 9 08:46:42 EST 2009 i686 Build Date: 09 November 2009 12:20:46PM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Mon Nov 9 22:42:36 2009 (II) Loader magic: 0x1e60 (II) Module ABI versions: X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4 X.Org Video Driver: 5.0 X.Org XInput driver : 4.0 X.Org Server Extension : 2.0 (II) Loader running on linux (--) using VT number 7 (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:8108:1025:0244 Intel Corporation System Controller Hub (SCH Poulsbo) Graphics Controller rev 7, Mem @ 0xb008/524288, 0xc000/268435456, 0xb000/262144, I/O @ 0x1800/8 (==) Using default built-in configuration (39 lines) (==) --- Start of built-in configuration --- Section Device Identifier Builtin Default intel Device 0 Driver intel EndSection Section Screen Identifier Builtin Default intel Screen 0 Device Builtin Default intel Device 0 EndSection Section Device Identifier Builtin Default i810 Device 0 Driver i810 EndSection Section Screen Identifier Builtin Default i810 Screen 0 Device Builtin Default i810 Device 0 EndSection Section Device Identifier Builtin Default vesa Device 0 Driver vesa EndSection Section Screen Identifier Builtin Default vesa Screen 0 Device Builtin Default vesa Device 0 EndSection Section Device Identifier Builtin Default fbdev Device 0 Driver fbdev EndSection Section Screen Identifier Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0 Device Builtin Default fbdev Device 0 EndSection Section ServerLayout Identifier Builtin Default Layout Screen Builtin Default intel Screen 0 Screen Builtin Default i810 Screen 0 Screen Builtin Default vesa Screen 0 Screen Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0 EndSection (==) --- End of built-in configuration --- (==) ServerLayout Builtin Default Layout (**) |--Screen Builtin Default intel Screen 0 (0) (**) | |--Monitor default monitor (**) | |--Device Builtin Default intel Device 0 (==) No monitor specified for screen Builtin Default intel Screen 0. Using a default monitor configuration. (**) |--Screen Builtin Default i810 Screen 0 (1) (**) | |--Monitor default monitor (**) | |--Device Builtin Default i810 Device 0 (==) No monitor specified for screen Builtin Default i810 Screen 0. Using a default monitor configuration. (**) |--Screen Builtin Default vesa Screen 0 (2) (**) | |--Monitor default monitor (**) | |--Device Builtin Default vesa Device 0 (==) No monitor specified for screen Builtin Default vesa Screen 0. Using a default monitor configuration. (**) |--Screen Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0 (3) (**) | |--Monitor default monitor (**) | |--Device Builtin Default fbdev Device 0 (==) No monitor specified for screen Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0. Using a default monitor configuration. (==) Not automatically adding devices (==) Not automatically enabling devices (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/misc/ does not exist.
Re: [gentoo-user] sun-jre-bin end-of-life - what now?
On 11/9/2009 9:41 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: If I remove the new ACCEPT_LICENSE=dlj-1.1 I added to make.conf So don't do that? !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy dev-java/sun-jre-bin have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.17 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s)) - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.16 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s), ~x86 keyword) - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.15 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s)) - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.22 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s)) - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.21 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s), ~x86 keyword) - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.20 (masked by: dlj-1.1 license(s)) - dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.4.2.19 (masked by: package.mask) One very old version is masked off because of security problems. Siz different subsequent versions are available as long as you accept the new license. --Mike
Re: [gentoo-user] Why is VGA card blacklisted in xorg-drivers???
Walter Dnes wrote: A bit of spelunking indicates that both available xorg-driver ebuilds explicitly blacklist VGA, Well, as VGA only officially supported up to 640x480, it's probably not very useful for anything these days. so I have nothing to fall back to. Thanks for nothing fellas. Meanwhile, the microKnoppix live CD (actually on a USB stick) has no problems running at 1024x768 Which is a VESA res. Tried that? x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa is the usual fallback. Be lucky, Neil http://www.neiljw.com
Re: [gentoo-user] Alsa SPDIF+analog at same time
Am Dienstag 10 November 2009 00:34:44 schrieb Iain Buchanan: On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 17:50 +0100, Alexander Puchmayr wrote: Hi there! I'd like to have an audio signal on both the SPDIF and the analog output. I know that this is possible, since I had such configuration some weeks ago, but due to some circumstance I really can't reproduce it suddenly doesn't work anymore. possibly alsa / gnome updates? Definitely not, its a dedicated mythtv box and I didn't change software configuration for a long time. The box does not have any gnome or kde or the like installed. SPDIF itself works fine when playing AC3 or DTS streams in Mythtv, but there's only an analog signal when I play videos that only have MP2/MP3 streams or if I play music (mp3,ogg, etc) - there is no signal on SPDIF in this case. So, how do I get back the non-AC3/DTS-Audiostreams on SPDIF? with mplayer I used to use this command to get spdif output: mplayer -afm hwac3 blah.avi also, with the old (2.24?) gnome alsa mixer, I found I had to add the spdif or IEC device (can't quite remember), and although it was a slider, it only worked in an on or off fashion. I played around with some IEC settings, no effect. Greetings, Alex
[gentoo-user] Re: Unclaimed display?
On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 11:19:54PM +, Mick wrote: It may just be a bug of sorts? I have tried loading and unloading all sort of drivers to no avail. I get good glxgears so something must work fine. It's just that this unclaimed/no driver thing confused me. Ok, I didn't understand it works. I wouldn't worry to much, then. It's hard to tell where the problem comes from exactly (at least for me, I don't follow the pciutils project close enough). If you have time to spare, you can start looking at your pci.ids file (use locate) to check if the vendor, device, subsystem and class'ID are known. If not, fallback to the last PCI ID Repository at http://pciids.sourceforge.net/ . If it doesn't help you, you could ask to the linux-pci mailing list here: http://vger.kernel.org/ . -- Nicolas Sebrecht
[gentoo-user] Has mysql become compulsory - Part 2
This morning I woke up to amarok-2.2.0 requiring mysql. No matter what USE flags I tried (-mysql, -semantic-desktop, -embedded, minimal) the darn thing wants mysql. The strange thing is that even when I specify -embedded +minimal I get this: # USE=-embedded minimal emerge -upDv amarok These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy =dev- db/mysql-5.0.76-r1[embedded,-minimal]. !!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request: - dev-db/mysql-5.0.84-r1 (Change USE: +embedded -minimal) (dependency required by media-sound/amarok-2.2.0 [ebuild]) (dependency required by amarok [argument]) I don't udnerstand, are my USE choices ignored? On this old and small laptop I do not want to install mysql. I am already cursing Akonadi for starting up every time I fire up Kmail (despite having all the right flags according to advice from this list). Is there anything I can do now to keep my laptop slim and free from mysql? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Has mysql become compulsory - Part 2
this has been discussed to death. Why don't you use google? amarok has a hard dependency on mysql. There is nothing you can do about it with useflags. The amarok devs have explained that several times. (sqlite too slow with big collections, no way to share collections, too much work to support more than one db etc pp).
[gentoo-user] wine DVD/CD -- how to configure?
Hi there! I'm just trying to get an windows-application running, and I fail to configure the dvd drive properly. The problem: In winecfg 's drive-tab there is a setting cdrom, but it demands a path where the dvd/cd is mounted. But this path is dynamic (/media/$NAMEOFDVD). Greetings Alex
