Re: [gentoo-user] Network chip always comes up eth1 on 1-year-old Dell Inspiron 530

2008-07-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 13 July 2008, Walter Dnes wrote: On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 08:44:51AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote chip *ALWAYS* comes up as eth1. Udev is doing this. If you have removed the second card, delete /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules, otherwise edit the file to switch the

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from USB stick

2008-07-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 12 July 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: You don't need a Gentoo system to install Gentoo, all you need is something that can deal with the filesystem you want to use, tar and zip/bzip. Theoretically, even Windows could do it. Don't you need chroot too? I suppose you could install

Re: [gentoo-user] Network chip always comes up eth1 on 1-year-old Dell Inspiron 530

2008-07-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:55:56 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: Udev is doing this. If you have removed the second card, delete /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules, otherwise edit the file to switch the assignments for the two NICs. Thanks. A new and improved helpfull feature that

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplistic bash-script to manage package.use

2008-07-13 Thread Gentoo User
Hi, I don't want to make your work bad. After thinking it over I think it is actually a useful script, because it adds a little bit more security to editing the package.use file (I'm always fearing the day when I'm writing echo stuff /etc/portage/package.use). But do you know that package.use

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD and changing permissions

2008-07-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:10:15 -0500, Dale wrote: d- 2 ivman plugdev 112 2008-07-12 03:08 hdd This is weird, the ownership is correct (you need to belong to the plugdev group to use automounted devices) but the permissions certainly are not. Do you have any rules for this in

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD and changing permissions

2008-07-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:10:12 -0500, Dale wrote: I re-emerged udev and noticed this little foot note: mount options for directory /dev are no longer set in /etc/udev/udev.conf, but in /etc/fstab as for other directories. I don't have anything in fstab for /udev. This is what mount

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplistic bash-script to manage package.use

2008-07-13 Thread Mikko Husari
Gentoo User wrote: Hi, I don't want to make your work bad. After thinking it over I think it is actually a useful script, because it adds a little bit more security to editing the package.use file (I'm always fearing the day when I'm writing echo stuff /etc/portage/package.use). But do you

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD and changing permissions

2008-07-13 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:10:15 -0500, Dale wrote: d- 2 ivman plugdev 112 2008-07-12 03:08 hdd This is weird, the ownership is correct (you need to belong to the plugdev group to use automounted devices) but the permissions certainly are not. Do you have

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplistic bash-script to manage package.use

2008-07-13 Thread Arttu V.
On 7/13/08, Mikko Husari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i did not found (nor did i look for long enough) any tools/scripts to easily manage package.use file, so i did my own. now i started to think that, if there really is not any, my creation would be sufficient (although possibly buggy) for most

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplistic bash-script to manage package.use

2008-07-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:19:56 +0300, Mikko Husari wrote: greetings earthlings, What about the rest of us? i did not found (nor did i look for long enough) any tools/scripts to easily manage package.use file, % eix flagedit [I] app-portage/flagedit Available versions: 0.0.5 0.0.7

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplistic bash-script to manage package.use

2008-07-13 Thread Mikko Husari
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:19:56 +0300, Mikko Husari wrote: greetings earthlings, What about the rest of us? i did not found (nor did i look for long enough) any tools/scripts to easily manage package.use file, % eix flagedit [I] app-portage/flagedit

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplistic bash-script to manage package.use

2008-07-13 Thread Mikko Husari
Arttu V. wrote: On 7/13/08, Mikko Husari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i did not found (nor did i look for long enough) any tools/scripts to easily manage package.use file, so i did my own. now i started to think that, if there really is not any, my creation would be sufficient (although possibly

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplistic bash-script to manage package.use

2008-07-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:50:39 +0300, Mikko Husari wrote: thanks for pointing out better solution. it looks nice and has more features. it would be excellent if it could guess the pkg-name with 'emerge -s' like mine does. How about a wrapper script that uses the guessing from your script then

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplistic bash-script to manage package.use

2008-07-13 Thread Mikko Husari
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:50:39 +0300, Mikko Husari wrote: thanks for pointing out better solution. it looks nice and has more features. it would be excellent if it could guess the pkg-name with 'emerge -s' like mine does. How about a wrapper script that uses the

Re: [gentoo-user] tar and huge tarballs used for back-ups

2008-07-13 Thread Arttu V.
On 7/12/08, Arttu V. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: then see if I get around later to try with cdrtools instead of wodim (cdrkit). Ok, my final conclusion on splitpipe: it compiles but won't work for me. I've produced about a dozen coasters while having tried some combinations of two different

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplistic bash-script to manage package.use

2008-07-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 13 July 2008, Mikko Husari wrote: i did not know that, (also the script ignores make.conf ). how does that directory approach work, any documentation about it? man 5 portage see the section /etc/portage/ -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com --

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplistic bash-script to manage package.use

2008-07-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:38:07 +0200, Gentoo User wrote: (I'm always fearing the day when I'm writing echo stuff /etc/portage/package.use). Put set -o noclobber in your profile. -- Neil Bothwick We are from the planet Taglinis. Take us to your reader! signature.asc Description: PGP

[gentoo-user] proper subject lines

2008-07-13 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, I would like to raise my voice against the use of overly long subject lines that run out of space on the line provided. Complete sentences are not necessary. A few, well chosen words should suffice and spare the user the nuisance of opening mail that ultimately is of no value to

Re: [gentoo-user] proper subject lines

2008-07-13 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag, 13. Juli 2008, maxim wexler wrote: Hi group, I would like to raise my voice against the use of overly long subject lines that run out of space on the line provided. what is 'overly long' and what space are you talking about? Complete sentences are not necessary. A few, well

Re: [gentoo-user] proper subject lines

2008-07-13 Thread Dale
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Sonntag, 13. Juli 2008, maxim wexler wrote: Hi group, I would like to raise my voice against the use of overly long subject lines that run out of space on the line provided. what is 'overly long' and what space are you talking about? Complete

Re: [gentoo-user] proper subject lines

2008-07-13 Thread felix
On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 10:40:08AM -0700, maxim wexler wrote: I would like to raise my voice against the use of overly long subject lines that run out of space on the line provided. Complete sentences are not necessary. A few, well chosen words should suffice and spare the user the

Re: [gentoo-user] proper subject lines

2008-07-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:23:09 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Under what circumstances does too much info hurt? It's not like a PhD thesis, it's just, say, 10 words instead of 2 or 3. When viewed on a narrow screen and the first few words convey no useful information on their own. I think the

Re: [gentoo-user] proper subject lines

2008-07-13 Thread b.n.
Dale ha scritto: Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: I prefer as much info as possible myself. Sometimes the subject can be one thing but because there is little info in it, it turns out to be something else. Of course, a error message can be really nice too. It's good if you are searching for

[gentoo-user] [OT] ping latency

2008-07-13 Thread Mick
Hi All, I noticed that when I ping my router using Linux I get time=3.5ms for say packets -s 4096. When I run the same test using MSWindows I get 1ms perhaps 2ms but no more. Before I discard MSWindows ping results as flawed, would you know of a good reason to explain this difference?

Re: [gentoo-user] OK

2008-07-13 Thread Mick
On Sunday 13 July 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 10:40:08AM -0700, maxim wexler wrote: I would like to raise my voice against the use of overly long subject lines that run out of space on the line provided. Complete sentences are not necessary. A few, well chosen

[gentoo-user] Re: K

2008-07-13 Thread Chris Walters
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Mick wrote: | On Sunday 13 July 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 10:40:08AM -0700, maxim wexler wrote: | I would like to raise my voice against the use of overly long subject | lines that run out of space on the line

[gentoo-user] USE flag question

2008-07-13 Thread »Q«
A few days ago, I used eselect to switch profiles, from default-linux/x86/2007.0/desktop to default/linux/x86/2008.0/desktop. A lot of USE flags were removed from my make.conf, including the cpu-optimizations such as sse and mmx. After re-compiling a few things and getting warnings from the

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplistic bash-script to manage package.use

2008-07-13 Thread Gentoo User
(I'm always fearing the day when I'm writing echo stuff /etc/portage/package.use). Put set -o noclobber in your profile. Cool, thanks :-) But is there a way to overwrite an existing file when this option is enabled? Geralt -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplistic bash-script to manage package.use

2008-07-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:19:51 +0200, Gentoo User wrote: Put set -o noclobber in your profile. Cool, thanks :-) But is there a way to overwrite an existing file when this option is enabled? echo stuff |file -- Neil Bothwick IBM - I Blame Microsoft signature.asc Description: PGP

[gentoo-user] Problems compiling gcc 4.2.4 and 4.3.1-r1

2008-07-13 Thread John covici
* * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. * A complete build log is located at '/var/log/portage/sys-devel:gcc-4.3.1-r1:20080713-202441.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.3.1-r1/temp/environment

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from USB stick

2008-07-13 Thread liu shukui
On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Side point: it never ceases to amaze me the extent to which people think installation is some magical procedure with voodoo in it, or that a program (which is not installed yet!) somehow manages to install itself. When I

[gentoo-user] Re: Problems compiling gcc 4.2.4 and 4.3.1-r1

2008-07-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
John covici wrote: Hi. I am having problems compiling gcc vrsions 4.2.4 or 4.3.1-r1. The errors are very similar -- here is what I am getting when compiling 4.3.1-r1. For GCC 4.3.x you need to update sys-libs/glibc. You need at least 2.7-r2. I'm using GCC 4.3.x on my system and it emerged

[gentoo-user] Re: Problems compiling gcc 4.2.4 and 4.3.1-r1

2008-07-13 Thread John covici
on Monday 07/14/2008 Nikos Chantziaras([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote John covici wrote: Hi. I am having problems compiling gcc vrsions 4.2.4 or 4.3.1-r1. The errors are very similar -- here is what I am getting when compiling 4.3.1-r1. For GCC 4.3.x you need to update sys-libs/glibc.

[gentoo-user] Re: Problems compiling gcc 4.2.4 and 4.3.1-r1

2008-07-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
John covici wrote: on Monday 07/14/2008 Nikos Chantziaras([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote John covici wrote: Hi. I am having problems compiling gcc vrsions 4.2.4 or 4.3.1-r1. The errors are very similar -- here is what I am getting when compiling 4.3.1-r1. For GCC 4.3.x you need to