On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 09:44:24AM -0800, Bob Miller wrote:
I'm planning to put Gentoo on my laptop eventually. Let us know how
things like hotplug, wifi and USB go.
Hotplug appears to work ; my digital camera was detected as a USB
mass storage device.
Note to self: /var needs to be big, as
Pat et al.
This got my interest! Ive recently purchased an extra el-cheapo camera, and
it had very limited support right now. I have never done any USB stuff
before, so theres some learning i have to do!
Right now Ive found someone else that has some luck getting something out of
this
Linux Rocks ! wrote:
My camera:
Concord EyeQ Mini
I just checked gtkam, and it has these two entries in the camera menu.
Concord Eye-Q Easy
Concord EyeQ 4330
I wonder whether your camera would work as one of those.
Versions:
gtkam 0.1.10
gphoto2 2.1.2
--
Bob, et al.
Ive compiled and installed libgphoto2, gphoto2, gtkam, all the current
versions (but not from CVS).
I did try both of the concord entries, no joy. I also did autodetect, still
no joy :( I think the chipset in the camera is aox ? anyway, i'm told its
different than
So; due to a combination of frustration with a slow release cycle
and curiosity, i replaced my Debian install on my laptop with Gentoo.
It's been an interesting experience so far; it has by far the most
primitive installer i've seen in a long time. My memory of the
vintage 1996 Slackware
On Wednesday 12 November 2003 03:53 am, Patrick R. Wade wrote:
: So; due to a combination of frustration with a slow release cycle
: and curiosity, i replaced my Debian install on my laptop with Gentoo.
: It's been an interesting experience so far; it has by far the most
: primitive installer i've
Patrick R. Wade wrote:
One question i've not found the answer to yet, and would appreciate
if anyone else knows; is there something i can do with emerge or a
related application to list the full set of installed packages,
equivalent to Debian's
# dpkg -l '*' | grep ^ii
# qpkg -I
#
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 09:44:24AM -0800, Bob Miller wrote:
# qpkg -I
# qpkg -I -v
To see the list of packages you've explicitly requested:
qpkg works but is quite slow.
# cat /var/cache/edb/world
I'm planning to put Gentoo on my laptop eventually. Let us know how
things
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 11:58:22AM -0800, Bob Miller wrote:
The other laptop I have a 3 year warranty on it, and the hardware is
so new that Gentoo is the best for it. Freebsd won't boot.
What'd you get?
Dell inspiron 8000 or maybe 8500. P4 2.2 ghz, 512mb, 30gb, geforce 2 or
4 with 64mb
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 11:58:22AM -0800, Bob Miller wrote:
Cory Petkovsek wrote:
qpkg works but is quite slow.
Yes, without the -I flag, qpkg searches all of /usr/portage. But with
-I, it runs quickly. (qpkg -I -v -nc ran in 0.25 seconds of real
time on my box just now.)
Indeed, it's
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