[gentoo-user] use flags (once more)

2005-08-20 Thread John Dangler
If I add a USE=whatever to my make.conf file, does that get added to the flags already in the default profile, or does make.conf override what's in the defaults file? Thanks as always for any input. John D -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] use flags (once more)

2005-08-20 Thread Peter O'Connor
John Dangler wrote: If I add a USE=whatever to my make.conf file, does that get added to the flags already in the default profile, Yes that's right. Also if you put USE=-whatever it removes the flag emerge info shows what USE flags are set -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] use flags (once more)

2005-08-20 Thread Willie Wong
On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 02:00:27AM -0400, John Dangler wrote: If I add a USE=whatever to my make.conf file, does that get added to the flags already in the default profile, or does make.conf override what's in the defaults file? yes, it is cascading. And your make.conf is read last. Which

Re: [gentoo-user]

2005-08-20 Thread Zac Medico
Ian K wrote: --- ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY --- LOG FILE = /tmp/sandbox-media-video_-_f4l-0.2-25033.log open_wr: /usr/qt/3/etc/settings/.qtrc.lock open_wr: /usr/qt/3/etc/settings/.qtrc.lock

Re: [gentoo-user]

2005-08-20 Thread Jason Stubbs
On Saturday 20 August 2005 16:08, Zac Medico wrote: Ian K wrote: --- ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY --- LOG FILE = /tmp/sandbox-media-video_-_f4l-0.2-25033.log open_wr: /usr/qt/3/etc/settings/.qtrc.lock open_wr:

Re: [gentoo-user] use flags (once more)

2005-08-20 Thread Jason Stubbs
On Saturday 20 August 2005 15:59, Willie Wong wrote: On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 02:00:27AM -0400, John Dangler wrote: If I add a USE=whatever to my make.conf file, does that get added to the flags already in the default profile, or does make.conf override what's in the defaults file? yes, it

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - vsftp revisited

2005-08-20 Thread Rumen Yotov
Michael Sullivan wrote: I have a user who can't upload files to his account on my server. He can connect and log in, he can see the files and directories in his home directory, but he can't interact with them. I can log into my personal account via the external IP of my router and interact with

[gentoo-user] alsa config

2005-08-20 Thread John Dangler
I have alsa configured into the kernel, but I think I goofed reading through the alsa configuration. when I run alsaconf, it recognizes the card in the system (intel8x0), but after I select it, I get a dialog that says: Configuring snd-*** Do you want to modify err? Configuring

[gentoo-user] explanation of rc.conf, hostname, etc - .../conf.d/* changes

2005-08-20 Thread Antoine
Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows of a good document explaining the changes and how to seemlessly change to the new system. I am assuming I don't just go deleting the etc files! Cheers antoine -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Downloading packages from a txt file

2005-08-20 Thread Alex
On Friday 19 August 2005 15:18, Grant wrote: sort -u links.txt | xargs -n 1 -i{} sh -c 'for i in {}; do wget -c $i break; done' How about this instead, $ wget -ci links.txt It always did the job for me :) -- Cheers, Alex. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] use flags (once more)

2005-08-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 16:24:29 +0900, Jason Stubbs wrote: yes, it is cascading. And your make.conf is read last. Which means whatever in the defaults will hold unless your make.conf gives a different one... Except for the environment, which is processed after make.conf. And

Re: [gentoo-user] use flags (once more)

2005-08-20 Thread Jason Stubbs
On Saturday 20 August 2005 19:31, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 16:24:29 +0900, Jason Stubbs wrote: yes, it is cascading. And your make.conf is read last. Which means whatever in the defaults will hold unless your make.conf gives a different one... Except for the

Re: [gentoo-user] use flags (once more)

2005-08-20 Thread Roman v. Gemmeren
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 16:24:29 +0900, Jason Stubbs wrote: yes, it is cascading. And your make.conf is read last. Which means whatever in the defaults will hold unless your make.conf gives a different one... Except for the environment, which is processed after make.conf.

Re: [gentoo-user] multiple kernel configs

2005-08-20 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
John Dangler wrote: I changed some options to the menuconfig (trying to get that splash to work), and saved the changes to an alternate config file. I'd like to make a kernel with _that_ config file and keep it separate from my default 2.6-r12 kernel, since, when the splash causes the panic,

Re: [gentoo-user] Finer grained date output.

2005-08-20 Thread Marco Matthies
Willie Wong wrote: The nanosecond option has always puzzled me, if only because on my box I never get any finer grained output than microseconds... i.e. date +%N always gives 0 as the last three digits. Now technically this computer runs at 2 GHz... so presumably it is possible to hit the

Re: [gentoo-user] where's the splash?

2005-08-20 Thread Holly Bostick
John Dangler schreef: Holly~ Maybe you can get this to work with this page... http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash#Option_1:_Compiling_The_initramfs_Imag e_Directly_Into_The_Kernel There's a section somewhere in here that talks about that exact error. John D Thank you, John-- that is

[gentoo-user] Streamtuner/xmms problem

2005-08-20 Thread Bill Six
Hi, I just installed streamtuner with XMMS. I open streamtuner, click on a Shoutcast site (such as Radiowazee or HitzRadio), and it opens up a XMMS window. However, it says Connecting to (IP address), but never actually connects and plays the music. Any idea as to what's wrong? Bill

[gentoo-user] xine cannot find /dev/hdc

2005-08-20 Thread Ed Jabbour
After a recent emerge -uDv system, which upgraded xine-lib, I cannot use xine to watch dvds anymore. It cannot find /dev/hdc. The output from running xine from the console is at http://rafb.net/paste/results/ac0MJP75.html. I've tried downgrading and re-emerging to no avail. I'm wondering

Re: [gentoo-user] where's the splash?

2005-08-20 Thread Nagatoro
Holly Bostick wrote: 1024x768). What happened was no change, but the message specifically said something about looking for 1280x1024.cfg... which wasn't right. Sound like the problem I'm having now... But mine wants a 800x600 one. The strange thing is that I've _never_ used that reslolution.

Re: [gentoo-user] Downloading packages from a txt file

2005-08-20 Thread Grant
sort -u links.txt | xargs -n 1 -i{} sh -c 'for i in {}; do wget -c $i break; done' How about this instead, $ wget -ci links.txt It always did the job for me :) -- Cheers, Alex. Hi Alex, The problem is that the links.txt file was generated by 'emerge -fp world' and has a bunch

Re: [gentoo-user] xine cannot find /dev/hdc

2005-08-20 Thread Sergio Polini
Ed Jabbour: After a recent emerge -uDv system, which upgraded xine-lib, I cannot use xine to watch dvds anymore. It cannot find /dev/hdc. The output from running xine from the console is at http://rafb.net/paste/results/ac0MJP75.html. I've tried downgrading and re-emerging to no avail. I'm

Re: [gentoo-user] xine cannot find /dev/hdc

2005-08-20 Thread Holly Bostick
Ed Jabbour schreef: After a recent emerge -uDv system, which upgraded xine-lib, I cannot use xine to watch dvds anymore. It cannot find /dev/hdc. The output from running xine from the console is at http://rafb.net/paste/results/ac0MJP75.html. I've tried downgrading and re-emerging to no

Re: [gentoo-user] Downloading packages from a txt file

2005-08-20 Thread Alex
On Saturday 20 August 2005 15:32, Grant wrote: Do you know how to get 'emerge -fp world' to return only one path per file or get wget to use the %20-separated alternate paths properly? hmm... if you try: $ cat links.txt | xargs wget -c I know it's not delicate but it might work :) sorry but

[gentoo-user] What's the use of USE=profile?

2005-08-20 Thread Yuan MEI
/usr/portage/profiles/use.desc:profile - Adds profile support to builds of packages (will likely vary from ebuild to ebuild in support) However, I noticed only `glibc' has this 'USE', so, what dose this 'USE' do? -- Yuan MEI -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] net-setup

2005-08-20 Thread Joe Menola
After messing up my eth1 via manual configuration, and discovering that net-setup wasn't on my disc, I reverted back to dhcp by copying net.sample to net. Searching the forums enlightened me to the fact that net-setup is part of the livecd-tools build. I'm thinking that net-setup should be part

Re: Re: [gentoo-user] xine cannot find /dev/hdc

2005-08-20 Thread Michael Kintzios
  From:: Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xine cannot find /dev/hdc Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:44:57 +0200 Stupid question: is the device mounted when you try to run the movie in Xine, or was it expected to/did it in the past

[gentoo-user] Dragon NS install with wine problem

2005-08-20 Thread Jean Magnan de Bornier
Hi all, I recently bought Dragon Nat. Speaking 8 (french version). Installed wine and with the aid of sidenet installed IE6, and added some files that according to these resources on the internet are necessary: http://www.winehq.org/hypermail/wine-devel/2005/03/0184.html

[gentoo-user] About firefox

2005-08-20 Thread Luigi Pinna
Hello everybody! I use mozilla and I want to change to firefox but... Mozilla has a multilanguage support (everybody can install his languagepack). I search the same in firefox but I cannot find it: if I use portage, I have only the english version; if I install it from the firefox homepage, I

RE: [gentoo-user] alsa config

2005-08-20 Thread John Dangler
I've tried modifying the conf file for this by putting in snd-intel8x0, but the system isn't reading it for some reason. do I need to unmerge alsa-driver and start again ? Thanks for the assistance. John D -Original Message- From: John Dangler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

[gentoo-user] Help needed for installing KDE

2005-08-20 Thread Rajat Gujral
Hi , I have downloadedimage (Kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r6) for x86 architecture from the gentoo website and complied the gentoo kernel for pentium 3 processor (coppermine). But while emering portages for gentoo,after compilation of KDE portage my computer hangs permanentally and nothing more is done

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config

2005-08-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, I've tried modifying the conf file for this by putting in snd-intel8x0, but the system isn't reading it for some reason.  do I need to unmerge alsa-driver and start again ? you only need the alsa drivers if * you're still on 2.4 kernels * you haven't activated the in-kernel drivers in

Re: [gentoo-user] About firefox

2005-08-20 Thread Holly Bostick
Luigi Pinna schreef: Hello everybody! I use mozilla and I want to change to firefox but... Mozilla has a multilanguage support (everybody can install his languagepack). I search the same in firefox but I cannot find it: if I use portage, I have only the english version; if I install it from

Re: [gentoo-user] Streamtuner/xmms problem

2005-08-20 Thread Michael Kintzios
From:: Bill Six [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Streamtuner/xmms problem Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 08:05:42 -0700 (PDT) Hi, I just installed streamtuner with XMMS. I open streamtuner, click on a Shoutcast site (such as Radiowazee or HitzRadio),

RE: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread John Dangler
my /etc/modules.d/alsa file contained this (after alsaconf) alias snd-card-0 snd-*** err [lib/liblow.c(329)]: alias sound-slot-0 snd-*** err [lib/liblow.c(329)]: I changed it to alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0 I saved the file and ran /etc/init.d/alsasound restart

Re: [gentoo-user] First time Nvidia user - help required

2005-08-20 Thread Roman v. Gemmeren
Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, I have a huge unsent email sitting here about all my frustrations with ATI Radeon adapters. Instead of going down that path with you all (Holly - can I write you offline?) ;-) I bought an NVidia adapter from 3D Fuzion. It uses a GeForce4 MX 4000, runs at 4X and has

Re: RE: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread Michael Kintzios
From:: John Dangler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 15:42:05 -0400 my /etc/modules.d/alsa file contained this (after alsaconf) alias snd-card-0 snd-*** err [lib/liblow.c(329)]: alias sound-slot-0

Re: [gentoo-user] Help needed for installing KDE

2005-08-20 Thread Michael Kintzios
From:: Rajat Gujral [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Help needed for installing KDE Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 12:18:03 -0700 (PDT) Hi , I have downloaded image (Kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r6) for x86 architecture from the gentoo website and complied the

Re: [gentoo-user] First time Nvidia user - help required

2005-08-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/20/05, Roman v. Gemmeren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, looks almost fine to me. I would guess the error is in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Could you post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf ? -- Ciao, Roman v. Gemmeren Hi Roman, No immediate need. I seem to have solved the problem, at least as

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread Joe Menola
On Saturday August 20 2005 2:42 pm, John Dangler wrote: my /etc/modules.d/alsa file contained this (after alsaconf) alias snd-card-0 snd-*** err [lib/liblow.c(329)]: alias sound-slot-0 snd-*** err [lib/liblow.c(329)]: I changed it to alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 alias sound-slot-0

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config

2005-08-20 Thread Nagatoro
John Dangler wrote: I've tried modifying the conf file for this by putting in snd-intel8x0, but the system isn't reading it for some reason. do I need to unmerge alsa-driver and start again ? [...] -Original Message- From: John Dangler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August

Re: [gentoo-user] First time Nvidia user - help required

2005-08-20 Thread Roman v. Gemmeren
Mark Knecht wrote: Hi Roman, No immediate need. I seem to have solved the problem, at least as a starting point. My bad for not trying the ~x86 version of the nvidia driver. Once installed I now get into Gnome, get Direct Rendering and get about 1600 FPS out of glxgears so I think things

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
FATAL: Module snd_*** not found.[!!] this means your kernel did not build this module. I wonder because it's needed on many machines with an onboard chipset. Well, there are two possibilities, enable this module in the kernel, rebuild and install the modules (attention, this

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config

2005-08-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
As I've understood it you either use alsa-driver *or* configure it in the kernel *not* both. at least it's a mess of you do both. Some people who always want the latest audio drivers don't use the kernel drivers but always use the latest alsa-driver packages, but for common desktop audio,

Re: [gentoo-user] where's the splash?

2005-08-20 Thread Holly Bostick
John Dangler schreef: as to the mount problem, if it's not in fstab, what's in your mtab file? Well, it's in my mtab, but that doesn't tell me how it got mounted... does it? Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Help needed for installing KDE

2005-08-20 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Hi, the first suspect when the box behaves abnormal, is to run memtest86 for a while - like 4h. If it finds some errors, congratulation, ou found the culprit - if not, try something different ;) If your dma-errors are harddisk related, a new ide-cable may solve your problem... this little

Re: [gentoo-user] First time Nvidia user - help required

2005-08-20 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Saturday 20 August 2005 22:25, Roman v. Gemmeren wrote: Mark Knecht wrote: Hi Roman, No immediate need. I seem to have solved the problem, at least as a starting point. My bad for not trying the ~x86 version of the nvidia driver. Once installed I now get into Gnome, get

RE: RE: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread John Dangler
My .config has - CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0=m John D -Original Message- From: Michael Kintzios [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 4:00 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: RE: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help From:: John Dangler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

RE: [gentoo-user] alsa config

2005-08-20 Thread John Dangler
So, is the solution to unmerge the alsa-driver ? Thanks for the response John D -Original Message- From: Christoph Eckert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 4:32 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config As I've understood it

RE: [gentoo-user] alsa config

2005-08-20 Thread John Dangler
As I said earlier, I think I goofed here. if I want to use the kernel compiled module, will I resolve it by unmerging the alsa-driver ? Thanks for the input. John D -Original Message- From: Nagatoro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 4:19 PM To:

RE: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread John Dangler
Joe~ (caused by running alsaconf with kernel support enabled), My solution was to recompile my kernel with module support and then rerunning alsaconf. if you had kernel support built-in, and running alsaconf was what caused the problem (which I think is what caused this problem as well), why

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread Joe Menola
On Saturday August 20 2005 4:27 pm, John Dangler wrote: if you had kernel support built-in, and running alsaconf was what caused the problem (which I think is what caused this problem as well), why would you rerun alsaconf after recompiling the kernel ?  wouldn't that cause the same problem to

Re: [gentoo-user] First time Nvidia user - help required

2005-08-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/20/05, Roman v. Gemmeren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i'm glad you solved your problem. I had a Geforce 5200 until i purchased a ATI Card 3 weeks ago. glxgears gave me ~1500fps without any special tweaking. (BUT PLS don't use glxgears for benchmarking stuff, it gives very

[gentoo-user] unmerge emacs

2005-08-20 Thread Anthony E. Caudel
I was going to unmerge emacs ( I don't use it ) but was warned: !!! Trying to unmerge package(s) in system profile. 'app-editors/emacs' !!! This could be damaging to your system. What is my system profile? Is it my default profile: /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.0? and why would

RE: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread John Dangler
Joe~ That's what my .config has now (CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0=m) John Dangler GenoFit 800-505-4078 (Corporate) 386-767-3730 (Direct) www.genofit.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Joe Menola [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 5:40 PM To:

Re: [gentoo-user] First time Nvidia user - help required

2005-08-20 Thread strowi
Mark Knecht wrote: On 8/20/05, Roman v. Gemmeren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i'm glad you solved your problem. I had a Geforce 5200 until i purchased a ATI Card 3 weeks ago. glxgears gave me ~1500fps without any special tweaking. (BUT PLS don't use glxgears for benchmarking

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread Joe Menola
On Saturday August 20 2005 5:02 pm, John Dangler wrote: Joe~ That's what my .config has now (CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0=m) Just peeked at my config, looks like alsa also has to be modular, as well. # Advanced Linux Sound Architecture # CONFIG_SND=m -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] use flags (once more)

2005-08-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 13:08:52 +0200, Roman v. Gemmeren wrote: And /etc/portage/package.use, which is processed between the two? /etc/portage/package.use is processed last. Because you set package-specific flags in there. Command line/environment settings override everything, including

Re: [gentoo-user] First time Nvidia user - help required

2005-08-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/20/05, Roman v. Gemmeren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's better to use sth like ut2004-demo. OK, ut2004-demo runs on the NVidia MX4000 but the sound is very messed up using my RME card, but at least it runs. After Googling for a minute or two I found that ~ stat fps ~ gives me FPS count

RE: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread John Dangler
Yep. That's what mine has as well. I did try modprobe intel8x0 and got this: FATAL: Module intel8x0 not found I appreciate your assistance. This is the last thing to get the basic system running... :) Since both the driver and the kernel compile can't cooperate when both are on the system, I

Re: RE: RE: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread Michael Kintzios
From:: John Dangler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: RE: RE: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 16:59:46 -0400 My .config has - CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0=m and lsmod shows it as loaded, right? -- Regards, Mick Lycos email has now 300 Megabytes of

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations

2005-08-20 Thread Joshua Armstrong
Can anyone point me to a howto for doing packet writing with a DVD+RW? I have a DVD+RW drive and it works fine with the pktcdvd kernel interface, but when I try to use cdrwtool -q -d /dev/hdd with a DVD+RW, it gives me this: Initiating quick disc blank wait_cmd: Input/output error Command failed:

Re: [gentoo-user] Streamtuner/xmms problem

2005-08-20 Thread Nick Rout
On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 19:36 +, Michael Kintzios wrote: From:: Bill Six [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Streamtuner/xmms problem Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 08:05:42 -0700 (PDT) Hi, I just installed streamtuner with XMMS. I open

RE: RE: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread Nick Rout
On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 16:59 -0400, John Dangler wrote: My .config has - CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0=m John D but does the modules exist? search under /lib/modules`uname-r` or zgrep /proc/config.gz -Original Message- From: Michael Kintzios [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday,

Re: [gentoo-user] First time Nvidia user - help required

2005-08-20 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sunday 21 August 2005 00:28, Mark Knecht wrote: On 8/20/05, Roman v. Gemmeren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's better to use sth like ut2004-demo. OK, ut2004-demo runs on the NVidia MX4000 but the sound is very messed up using my RME card, but at least it runs. After Googling for a minute

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config

2005-08-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
So, is the solution to unmerge the alsa-driver ? if you have the needed drivers compiled in the kernel, then yes, unmergin alsa driver will reduce the confusion, nothing else :) . Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
Yep. That's what mine has as well.  I did try modprobe intel8x0 and got this: FATAL: Module intel8x0 not found note that *all* ALSA modules are prefixed by snd_. The correct command reads as modprobe snd_intel8x0. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] First time Nvidia user - help required

2005-08-20 Thread Willie Wong
On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 03:28:18PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: OK, ut2004-demo runs on the NVidia MX4000 but the sound is very messed up using my RME card, but at least it runs. After Googling for a minute or two I found that ~ stat fps ~ gives me FPS count on screen. If I choose

Re: [gentoo-user] unmerge emacs

2005-08-20 Thread Willie Wong
emacs provides virtual/editor The system profile is a set of programs that is necessary for your computer to boot and build other programs. One of this things you need to do to boot a computer is to edit the configuration files in /etc, for that you need an editor. The system profile (you can see

RE: RE: RE: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread John Dangler
Mike~ As a matter of fact, no. all the other snd_ modules show, but not intel8x0 Thanks for the assistance. This is beginning to give me a slight headache... John D -Original Message- From: Michael Kintzios [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 6:44 PM To:

RE: RE: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread John Dangler
Nick~ I found an instance of the module here - /lib/modules/2.6.12-gentoo-r9/alsa-driver/pci/snd-intel8x0.ko Curiously enough, there is also this file located here - /lib/modules/2.6.12-gentoo-r9/alsa-driver/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-codec.ko lspci shows the multimedia controller as Intel AC'97 ...

Re: [gentoo-user] First time Nvidia user - help required

2005-08-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/20/05, Volker Armin Hemmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 21 August 2005 00:28, Mark Knecht wrote: On 8/20/05, Roman v. Gemmeren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's better to use sth like ut2004-demo. OK, ut2004-demo runs on the NVidia MX4000 but the sound is very messed up using

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
/lib/modules/2.6.12-gentoo-r9/alsa-driver/pci/snd-intel8x0.ko Curiously enough, there is also this file located here - /lib/modules/2.6.12-gentoo-r9/alsa-driver/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-codec.ko just a guess: The intel should be AC 97 compliant, but it is well known that standards are there to be

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread Joe Menola
On Saturday August 20 2005 6:13 pm, John Dangler wrote: Mike~ As a matter of fact, no.  all the other snd_ modules show, but not intel8x0 Thanks for the assistance.  This is beginning to give me a slight headache... You will still need alsa-drivers if you have built snd_intel8x0 as a module.

Re: RE: RE: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread Michael Kintzios
  From:: John Dangler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: RE: RE: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 19:17:36 -0400 Nick~ I found an instance of the module here - /lib/modules/2.6.12-gentoo-r9/alsa-driver/pci/snd-intel8x0.ko Curiously enough,

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config

2005-08-20 Thread John Jolet
On Saturday 20 August 2005 14:31, Christoph Eckert wrote: Hi, I've tried modifying the conf file for this by putting in snd-intel8x0, but the system isn't reading it for some reason.  do I need to unmerge alsa-driver and start again ? you only need the alsa drivers if * you're still on

Re: [gentoo-user] First time Nvidia user - help required

2005-08-20 Thread Greg Shikhman
FPS in Half-Life is net_graph 3 or cl_showfps 1. Some people say cl_showfps one is a bit inconsistent, but I find it to be accurate enough. the CL command may require sv_cheats to be set to 1. Linux tends to run games a bit worse so if you need HL optimization, just email me :) On 8/20/05, Mark

[gentoo-user] RESOLVED alsa config

2005-08-20 Thread John Dangler
Uereka! it's okay. I unmerged the alsa-driver, re-compiled the kernel, reset the sound emulation, and all is well. Thanks for all the help!!! Now, maybe I can attack the splash hiccup... John D -Original Message- From: John Jolet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 20,

Re: [gentoo-user] About firefox

2005-08-20 Thread Holly Bostick
Luigi Pinna schreef: Alle 21:29, sabato 20 agosto 2005, Holly Bostick ha scritto: [...] If you go to the Mozilla Localization page at http://www.mozilla.org/projects/l10n/mlp_status.html and there is a project for your language, there should also be a website link to the project's site. Any

[gentoo-user] somebody said Headphones?

2005-08-20 Thread maxim wexler
Hello everybody, On account of my silent sound card Willie left a msg to unmute 'Headphones'. I'm wondering: is that hdware or software specific because I have no such option and I'm assuming this is the latest version having just updated everything. BTW when I unmuted 'Master' the problem went

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config

2005-08-20 Thread Holly Bostick
John Jolet schreef: On Saturday 20 August 2005 14:31, Christoph Eckert wrote: Use alsamixer in a console window to adjust the settings. Ensure master is open and PCM is unmuted and open. I have a question about that...using the in-kernel alsa drivers and I get sound fine with xmms

Re: [gentoo-user] somebody said Headphones?

2005-08-20 Thread Nick Rout
It is dependent on both afaik, does your hardware chipset have facility for a headphones output? if so, does your motherboard use it? if so, is there support in the driver? unmuting master is always needed if you want any sound to come out! On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 18:09:19 -0700 (PDT) maxim

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 6x13 font for gnome-terminal

2005-08-20 Thread Allan Gottlieb
At Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:35:07 -0400 James Cloos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Allan == Allan Gottlieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Allan ... I use what [the] 6x13 [bdf] font. Allan Its [xlfd] name is Allan -Misc-Fixed-Medium-R-SemiCondensed--13-120-75-75-C-60-ISO8859-1 Allan Is there some way I can

[gentoo-user] VMWare?

2005-08-20 Thread Ian K
Hey all, I have a friend who is getting a desktop, (high end) and was wondering if he should VMware under WinXp and install Gentoo on VMWare. How slow would this be if any, under an Athlon 64 3000+, and what are general pros and cons with VMware? He is also thinking of dualbooting, would that be

Re: [gentoo-user] VMWare?

2005-08-20 Thread John Jolet
that's backwards! install vmware under gentoo, then win xp under vmware. On Saturday 20 August 2005 22:01, Ian K wrote: Hey all, I have a friend who is getting a desktop, (high end) and was wondering if he should VMware under WinXp and install Gentoo on VMWare. How slow would this be if

Re: [gentoo-user] VMWare?

2005-08-20 Thread Michael Crute
I personally run it the right way if there is such a thing. Gentoo with VMware 5 installed on the computer and XP Pro installed inside of VMware. For what little I need Windoze VMware works wonders. It runs most Windows apps (including the OS) almost faster than it runs naively. I haven't tried it

Re: [gentoo-user] VMWare?

2005-08-20 Thread Marco Matthies
Raphael Melo de Oliveira Bastos Sales wrote: As for comments on VMWare, it isn't free software and you need a licence key. Some purists don't like the fact that it isn't free. I never tested it, but I hear it is a great emulator. Plex86, the free software counter-part, is still under