Re: [gentoo-user] Howto erase the Insert root floppy and press enter item before the kernel panic?

2008-10-11 Thread Andrey Vul
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 12:00 AM, David Wei [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Andrey, that patch works , my test kernel dose not ask for the floppy before the panic. Just by the way,dose that mean I cannot use floppy drive on this box? You can use the floppy drive, but the kernel cannot run

Re: [gentoo-user] Dear friend

2008-10-11 Thread M. Sitorus
gentoo-id mailing list suffer a lot of spam too :( -- Salam, Marc

Re: [gentoo-user] Howto erase the Insert root floppy and press enter item before the kernel panic?

2008-10-11 Thread David Wei
I'm gonna do that next time before I post here. thanks Andrey. On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:08:56 -0400 Andrey Vul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 12:00 AM, David Wei [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Andrey, that patch works , my test kernel dose not ask for the floppy before the

Re: [gentoo-user] Howto erase the Insert root floppy and press enter item before the kernel panic?

2008-10-11 Thread David Relson
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:06:09 -0400 Andrey Vul wrote: On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:33 PM, David Wei [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, I forgot that file . the .config is in the attachment this time. Thank you . On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:05:36 -0400 Andrey Vul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] problems with csound ebuild

2008-10-11 Thread luis jure
on 2008-10-10 at 18:36 Andrey Falko wrote: Can you emerge attr, then run lsattr on the files that cannot be unlinked? I suspect that they might have extended attributes preventing those file from being deleted. thanks for your answer, that doesn't seem to be the problem, though. i can install

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Florian Philipp
Alan McKinnon schrieb: I'm looking into ivman and pmount for automounting amongst other things while using e17. ivman was last updated Feb 2007 according to the official sourceforge page, and the maintainer is listed as . 18 months is a long time, so this package looks like it's

[gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
I'm looking into ivman and pmount for automounting amongst other things while using e17. ivman was last updated Feb 2007 according to the official sourceforge page, and the maintainer is listed as . 18 months is a long time, so this package looks like it's unmaintained. Is there a

Re: [gentoo-user] problems with csound ebuild

2008-10-11 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
luis jure schrieb am 11.10.2008 14:37: Can you emerge attr, then run lsattr on the files that cannot be unlinked? I suspect that they might have extended attributes preventing those file from being deleted. thanks for your answer, that doesn't seem to be the problem, though. i can install

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag, 11. Oktober 2008 13:24:03 schrieb Alan McKinnon: Is there a replacement for ivman? What exactly do you do with it, which filesystems do you mount with it? Bye... Dirk

Re: [gentoo-user] problems with csound ebuild

2008-10-11 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
luis jure schrieb am 11.10.2008 14:37: thanks for your answer, that doesn't seem to be the problem, though. i can install everything using install.py directly (not emerging with portage). also, using FEATURES=-sandbox i can emerge without problems. so this problem seems to be related to the

[gentoo-user] [OT-perhaps] Brightcove adobe Flash streams

2008-10-11 Thread Mick
Hi All, I am looking for a way to capture streams that are available as embedded Flash videos using the Brightcove solution. I had a go using the browser address of the popup within which the brightcove video launches, but vlc could not open it.

[gentoo-user] expat... once again

2008-10-11 Thread Alex Schuster
Hi there! Yes, there are still gentoo machines out there running libexpat-1, and I am upgrading one now. I survived several of those upgrades yet, but those were PCs I had better access to, and where a huge revdep-rebuild was no big problem. But this machine here is slow, and I do not have

Re: [gentoo-user] Howto erase the Insert root floppy and press enter item before the kernel panic?

2008-10-11 Thread Andrey Vul
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 8:01 AM, David Relson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:06:09 -0400 Andrey Vul wrote: On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:33 PM, David Wei [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, I forgot that file . the .config is in the attachment this time. Thank you . On

Re: [gentoo-user] expat... once again

2008-10-11 Thread Robert Bridge
On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:19:48 +0200 Alex Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there! Yes, there are still gentoo machines out there running libexpat-1, and I am upgrading one now. I survived several of those upgrades yet, but those were PCs I had better access to, and where a huge

Re: [gentoo-user] expat... once again

2008-10-11 Thread Alex Schuster
Robert Bridge writes: On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:19:48 +0200 Alex Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [my personal expat upgrade trick] Stupid idea, but would the current ~ portage now make the whole upgrade a lot easier with FEATURES=preserve-libs ? Oh. Yes. The new portage. Sorry, I didn't

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Erik Hahn
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 01:24:03PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: I'm looking into ivman and pmount for automounting amongst other things while using e17. ivman was last updated Feb 2007 according to the official sourceforge page, and the maintainer is listed as . 18 months is a long

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Norberto Bensa
Quoting Erik Hahn [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Does software rot when it's unmaintained or why is that a problem? No, but it develops incompatibilities over time... This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 11 October 2008 20:53:37 Erik Hahn wrote: On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 01:24:03PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: I'm looking into ivman and pmount for automounting amongst other things while using e17. ivman was last updated Feb 2007 according to the official sourceforge page, and

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Erik Hahn
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 05:24:27PM -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: Quoting Erik Hahn [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Does software rot when it's unmaintained or why is that a problem? No, but it develops incompatibilities over time... So far, it works fine. --

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Dale
Norberto Bensa wrote: Quoting Erik Hahn [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Does software rot when it's unmaintained or why is that a problem? No, but it develops incompatibilities over time... This message was sent using IMP, the Internet

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Dale
Erik Hahn wrote: On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 05:24:27PM -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: Quoting Erik Hahn [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Does software rot when it's unmaintained or why is that a problem? No, but it develops incompatibilities over time... So far, it works fine. +1

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 11 October 2008 15:18:24 Dirk Heinrichs wrote: Am Samstag, 11. Oktober 2008 13:24:03 schrieb Alan McKinnon: Is there a replacement for ivman? What exactly do you do with it, which filesystems do you mount with it? At the moment mostly just hot-plug stuff on USB with your standard

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 11 October 2008 14:59:30 Florian Philipp wrote: Alan McKinnon schrieb: I'm looking into ivman and pmount for automounting amongst other things while using e17. ivman was last updated Feb 2007 according to the official sourceforge page, and the maintainer is listed as .

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 11 October 2008 22:58:06 Dale wrote: I have hal, dbus and ivman installed here. They work fine. Since it works, that may be why it is not being updated. Don't fix what works. ;-) How have you got it set up and how long has it been that way? Experienced any brokenness while

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Alex Schuster
Dale writes: Erik Hahn wrote: On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 05:24:27PM -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: Quoting Erik Hahn [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Does software rot when it's unmaintained or why is that a problem? No, but it develops incompatibilities over time... So far, it works fine. +1 If

[gentoo-user] Xinerama vs TwinView for dual monitor setup

2008-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
Hi, My notebook has this graphics hardware. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ sudo lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600M GT (rev a1) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ sudo xdpyinfo | grep -A4 'screen #0' screen #0: print screen:no dimensions:1920x1200 pixels

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
Alan McKinnon schrieb am 11.10.2008 23:06: On Saturday 11 October 2008 15:18:24 Dirk Heinrichs wrote: Am Samstag, 11. Oktober 2008 13:24:03 schrieb Alan McKinnon: Is there a replacement for ivman? What exactly do you do with it, which filesystems do you mount with it? At the moment mostly

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 11 October 2008 23:40:37 Daniel Pielmeier wrote: If there's something better than ivman, or if I really should be configuration HAL directly, then I'm all ears, but I do get the impression that one really should be working with HAL via a front-end for true ease of use I also

[gentoo-user] Re: Xinerama vs TwinView for dual monitor setup

2008-10-11 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2008-10-11, Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My research into nvidia's docs leads me to believe that TwinView is designed to make the presence of two physical monitors invisible and present one giant X screen, with a funky API for dead spaces (which may or may not work). I'm

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Dale
Alex Schuster wrote: Dale writes: Erik Hahn wrote: On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 05:24:27PM -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: Quoting Erik Hahn [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Does software rot when it's unmaintained or why is that a problem? No, but it develops

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Saturday 11 October 2008 22:58:06 Dale wrote: I have hal, dbus and ivman installed here. They work fine. Since it works, that may be why it is not being updated. Don't fix what works. ;-) How have you got it set up and how long has it been that way?

Re: [gentoo-user] problems with csound ebuild

2008-10-11 Thread luis jure
on 2008-10-11 at 15:17 Daniel Pielmeier wrote: Have you updated python recently and did not run python-updater? You can also try to re-emerge scons. did both, but i get the same results. Sandbox errors are mostly caused when the ebuild tries to access the filesystem directly instead of using

Re: [gentoo-user] Howto erase the Insert root floppy and press enter item before the kernel panic?

2008-10-11 Thread David Relson
On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:23:10 -0400 Andrey Vul wrote: On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 8:01 AM, David Relson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:06:09 -0400 Andrey Vul wrote: On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:33 PM, David Wei [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, I forgot that file . the

Re: [gentoo-user] [ot] Correct Setup for DVDRAM

2008-10-11 Thread Simon
Ok thanks, I'll hack my way through! Florian Philipp wrote: Simon schrieb: Storing data on a dvd is always quite useful and dvds cost much less than usb keys or other... I've been thinking about one thing. Is there any such thing as an incremental filesystem for write-once-read-only media

[gentoo-user] Painted into a corner: avahi and mDNSResponder

2008-10-11 Thread Alan E. Davis
Almost perpetually, the following packages or their versions are blocking. I have run emerge -e system several times. Some other problems were cleared up, and this avahi--mDNSResponder/mdnsresponder-compat whatever it all is, just keeps coming back even when solved by some skullduggery. I've

Re: [gentoo-user] Painted into a corner: avahi and mDNSResponder

2008-10-11 Thread Andrey Vul
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Alan E. Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Almost perpetually, the following packages or their versions are blocking. I have run emerge -e system several times. Some other problems were cleared up, and this avahi--mDNSResponder/mdnsresponder-compat whatever it