Re: [gentoo-user] Same version in portage and overlay, how to mask?

2009-04-01 Thread Justin
Alan McKinnon schrieb: If I have identically named packages with the *same* version number in the portage tree and in an overlay, how do I mask the overlay version without deleting the overlay? I have kde-testing enabled to get koffice:2, but some packages conflict with portage, like

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread Dale
Maximilian Bräutigam wrote: Hi Dale, currently I am runnning nvidia-drivers-173.14.15 for my FX-5600 and kernel version x86_64-2.6.27-gentoo-r8. I don't know, if the driver 173.14.15 works for you, but if it does, than kernel 2.6.27 might me a solution. kind regards, der Max I was

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread zhen
Dale wrote: zhen wrote: Hi, 5200 is also my card and I have recently tested it with latest nvidia driver - it doesn't work with latest stable kernel 2.6.27-r8. I've had to roll back to my old nv driver. Best regards, Evgeniy B. Do you, or anyone, know if this is a kernel thing or

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread Dale
zhen wrote: Hi, 5200 is also my card and I have recently tested it with latest nvidia driver - it doesn't work with latest stable kernel 2.6.27-r8. I've had to roll back to my old nv driver. Best regards, Evgeniy B. Do you, or anyone, know if this is a kernel thing or is this a nvidia

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread zhen
Hi, 5200 is also my card and I have recently tested it with latest nvidia driver - it doesn't work with latest stable kernel 2.6.27-r8. I've had to roll back to my old nv driver. Best regards, Evgeniy B. Dale wrote: Hi folks, I'm trying to upgrade to the newer kernel, namely

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread Dale
support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. * A complete build log is located at '/var/log/portage/elog/x11-drivers:nvidia-drivers-173.14.09:20090401-103106.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09/temp

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread Maximilian Bräutigam
=i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc clean module * * 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/elog/x11-drivers:nvidia-drivers-173.14.09:20090401-103106.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread Dale
Maximilian Bräutigam wrote: hi, are you sure that you have configured your kernel correctly according to the Gentoo Linux nVidia Guide? http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml kind regards, der Max Well, I copied my old config over and ran make oldconfig. I did try to boot it

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread Dale
SYSOUT=/usr/src/linux HOST_CC=i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc clean module * * 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/elog/x11-drivers:nvidia-drivers-173.14.09:20090401-120715.log'. * The ebuild environment

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread KH
zhen schrieb: Hi, 5200 is also my card and I have recently tested it with latest nvidia driver - it doesn't work with latest stable kernel 2.6.27-r8. I've had to roll back to my old nv driver. Best regards, Evgeniy B. Dale wrote: Hi folks, I'm trying to upgrade to the newer kernel,

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread KH
Maximilian Bräutigam schrieb: hi, are you sure that you have configured your kernel correctly according to the Gentoo Linux nVidia Guide? http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml kind regards, der Max Am Mittwoch, den 01.04.2009, 05:34 -0500 schrieb Dale: Maximilian Bräutigam

[gentoo-user] gentoo-sources-2.6.29 won't recognize my IDE chipset, at all.

2009-04-01 Thread Dale
Hi, I been trying to upgrade my kernel and I seem to have ran into a huge mountain. I finally got it to compile but when I try to boot it doesn't recognize my IDE chipset at all. It only sees my CD and DVD but nothing else. Here is some info: From lspci: 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread zhen
Maximilian Bräutigam wrote: hi, are you sure that you have configured your kernel correctly according to the Gentoo Linux nVidia Guide? http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml kind regards, der Max Thank you for the reference! I've read the guide and now my combination (nvidia

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources-2.6.29 won't recognize my IDE chipset, at all.

2009-04-01 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 1 Apr, Dale wrote: Hi, I been trying to upgrade my kernel and I seem to have ran into a huge mountain. I finally got it to compile but when I try to boot it doesn't recognize my IDE chipset at all. It only sees my CD and DVD but nothing else. Here is some info: From lspci:

[gentoo-user] ebuild syntax question

2009-04-01 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, dev-util/eclipse-sdk-3.4.1.ebuild from layman/java-overlay contains CDEPEND=. =dev-java/tomcat-servlet-api-5.5.25-r1:2.4 What does that mean? I have dev-java/tomcat-servlet-api-6.0.18 installed in the 2.5 slot. But portage wants to emerge tomcat-servlet-api-5.5.27 which is

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild syntax question

2009-04-01 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
2009/4/1 Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de: Hi, dev-util/eclipse-sdk-3.4.1.ebuild from layman/java-overlay contains CDEPEND=.         =dev-java/tomcat-servlet-api-5.5.25-r1:2.4 What does that mean? I have dev-java/tomcat-servlet-api-6.0.18 installed in the 2.5 slot.

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources-2.6.29 won't recognize my IDE chipset, at all.

2009-04-01 Thread Dale
Helmut Jarausch wrote: On 1 Apr, Dale wrote: Hi, I been trying to upgrade my kernel and I seem to have ran into a huge mountain. I finally got it to compile but when I try to boot it doesn't recognize my IDE chipset at all. It only sees my CD and DVD but nothing else. Here is some

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources-2.6.29 won't recognize my IDE chipset, at all.

2009-04-01 Thread Hung Dang
Dale wrote: Helmut Jarausch wrote: On 1 Apr, Dale wrote: Hi, I been trying to upgrade my kernel and I seem to have ran into a huge mountain. I finally got it to compile but when I try to boot it doesn't recognize my IDE chipset at all. It only sees my CD and DVD but nothing

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources-2.6.29 won't recognize my IDE chipset, at all.

2009-04-01 Thread Dale
Helmut Jarausch wrote: On 1 Apr, Dale wrote: Hi, I been trying to upgrade my kernel and I seem to have ran into a huge mountain. I finally got it to compile but when I try to boot it doesn't recognize my IDE chipset at all. It only sees my CD and DVD but nothing else. Here is some

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources-2.6.29 won't recognize my IDE chipset, at all.

2009-04-01 Thread Dale
Hung Dang wrote: Dale wrote: Helmut Jarausch wrote: On 1 Apr, Dale wrote: Hi, I been trying to upgrade my kernel and I seem to have ran into a huge mountain. I finally got it to compile but when I try to boot it doesn't recognize my IDE chipset at all. It

Re: [gentoo-user] umask 002 in /etc/profile

2009-04-01 Thread Mark David Dumlao
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Steven Lembark lemb...@wrkhors.com wrote: That was the idea, RH did it that way a dozen years ago for exactly the reason you mention: dir mods of 02770 make it easy to share files but require 002 umask. Fix was to set the per-user group, allowing private dir's

Re: [gentoo-user] umask 002 in /etc/profile

2009-04-01 Thread Mark David Dumlao
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Steven Lembark lemb...@wrkhors.com wrote: The scheme works rather nicely in nearly every situation (POSIX ACL's play hell with the scheme, but, then, they are supposed to). That being said, is there anyone who swears by ACLs here? I've never tried them on

Re: [gentoo-user] umask 002 in /etc/profile

2009-04-01 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 01 April 2009 16:55:31 Mark David Dumlao wrote: On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Steven Lembark lemb...@wrkhors.com wrote: That was the idea, RH did it that way a dozen years ago for exactly the reason you mention: dir mods of 02770 make it easy to share files but require 002

Re: [gentoo-user] umask 002 in /etc/profile

2009-04-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 23:01:15 +0800, Mark David Dumlao wrote: That being said, is there anyone who swears by ACLs here? I've never tried them on (except in a couple of classroom exercises years ago), so I don't know if they're any joy. Would they allow me to force all files under a directory,

Re: [gentoo-user] umask 002 in /etc/profile

2009-04-01 Thread Joerg Schilling
Mark David Dumlao madum...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Steven Lembark lemb...@wrkhors.com wrote: The scheme works rather nicely in nearly every situation (POSIX ACL's play hell with the scheme, but, then, they are supposed to). That being said, is there anyone who

Re: [gentoo-user] umask 002 in /etc/profile

2009-04-01 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 01 April 2009 17:01:15 Mark David Dumlao wrote: On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Steven Lembark lemb...@wrkhors.com wrote: The scheme works rather nicely in nearly every situation (POSIX ACL's play hell with the scheme, but, then, they are supposed to). That being said, is

Re: [gentoo-user] full shutdown

2009-04-01 Thread Simon
I was only able to test briefly and got it working, but only when i did it manually. Seems adding a rmmod line in local.stop doesnt help, I've been trying to add other lines before like killall -9 mplayer (which is the main prog using the sound device usually). I'll be able to work my way!

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Printing text with lpr

2009-04-01 Thread Grant
I have a Brother QL-570 label printer printing on 29x90mm labels.  My goal is to have 6 characters printed across the center of the label. It prints like this: $ echo 123456 | lpr but the text is in the upper corner of the label, it has the wrong orientation, and the font is too small.

Re: [gentoo-user] Compatibility with Kernel 2.6.9

2009-04-01 Thread Florian Philipp
Florian Philipp schrieb: Hi list! A quick question: If i install Gentoo on a system with a kernel version 2.6.9 (don't ask ...), are there issues I should be aware of? Do I have to mask newer glibc-versions, newer kernel headers or some use flags? What about the nptl use flag?

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Printing text with lpr

2009-04-01 Thread Stroller
On 1 Apr 2009, at 17:52, Grant wrote: ... Ah, postscript works! ... Thanks a lot for the info and I'll get to work on a postscript script. Looks like text2ps might be worth a look. http://pwet.fr/man/linux/commandes/text2ps I can't find the Gentoo package, but `eix -S postscript` finds a

[gentoo-user] nepomukservices

2009-04-01 Thread james
Reading what I can find about it, I'm not sure it is necessary? If so, can I renice it or only let it run once and a while, it's a drag on system resources ideas? James

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Printing text with lpr

2009-04-01 Thread Grant
... Ah, postscript works! ... Thanks a lot for the info and I'll get to work on a postscript script. Looks like text2ps might be worth a look. http://pwet.fr/man/linux/commandes/text2ps I can't find the Gentoo package, but `eix -S postscript` finds a number of similar-looking tools.

[gentoo-user] Re: Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread James
KH gentoo-user at konstantinhansen.de writes: Q: Why is top-posting evil? A: .backwards read don't humans because Well, about 98% of linux folks like the ease of reading and following the thread down the posting. It's also just a standard convention, not often follow in the windoz world.

Re: [gentoo-user] nepomukservices

2009-04-01 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Wednesday 01 April 2009, james wrote: Reading what I can find about it, I'm not sure it is necessary? no If so, can I renice it or only let it run once and a while, it's a drag on system resources ideas? system-settings, advanced, 'desktop search' deactivate 'enable nepomuk

[gentoo-user] installing gentoo using systemrescuecd and wifi

2009-04-01 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, I posted the following at the sysrescuecd forum but I despair of ever getting a worthwhile answer: I've got a tripleE 900A with 4G SSHD running Xandros and I want to use the sysrescueCD to install gentoo. But I have to be able to use the wifi driver(ATH5K). There's no problem

Re: [gentoo-user] installing gentoo using systemrescuecd and wifi

2009-04-01 Thread Sebastian Günther
* maxim wexler (bliss...@yahoo.com) [01.04.09 23:44]: Hi group, Can anybody help? I hate Xandros, it reminds me of Win98! Well: use Xandros to install gentoo. -- Religion ist das Opium des Volkes. Karl Marx s...@sti@N GÜNTHER mailto:sam...@guenther-roetgen.de

Re: [gentoo-user] installing gentoo using systemrescuecd and wifi

2009-04-01 Thread maxim wexler
Can anybody help? I hate Xandros, it reminds me of Win98! Well: use Xandros to install gentoo. Xandros has already used up *all* of the HD on one partition. I can't format the drive without destroying the OS which is installing it. There isn't even enough room to download the

Re: [gentoo-user] installing gentoo using systemrescuecd and wifi

2009-04-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 00:12:03 +0200, Sebastian Günther wrote: Well: use Xandros to install gentoo. No gcc, no chroot, no good. I used eeXbuntu to install mine. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 33: American history signature.asc Description: PGP signature

[gentoo-user] Emerge options question

2009-04-01 Thread Andrew Syrewicze
Hello all, I followed the gentoo instructions to properly update to the new version of GCC. I read from other posts that it isn't truly nessecary to re-emerge any packages for this particular upgrade, but i'm still fairly new to Gentoo so i figured i'd do it just for the practice. so anyway, I

[gentoo-user] Re: Emerge options question

2009-04-01 Thread ABCD
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Syrewicze wrote: I ran emerge -eav system followed by emerge -eav world. Needless to say this produced several packages that needed to be rebuilt. 168 for system and 630 for world. My main question is what exactly does the -e option do

Re: [gentoo-user] umask 002 in /etc/profile

2009-04-01 Thread Mark David Dumlao
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday 01 April 2009 16:55:31 Mark David Dumlao wrote: On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Steven Lembark lemb...@wrkhors.com wrote: That was the idea, RH did it that way a dozen years ago for exactly the reason

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread Dale
James wrote: KH gentoo-user at konstantinhansen.de writes: Q: Why is top-posting evil? A: .backwards read don't humans because Well, about 98% of linux folks like the ease of reading and following the thread down the posting. It's also just a standard convention, not often

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

2009-04-01 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:43:21 -0500 Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: KH gentoo-user at konstantinhansen.de writes: Q: Why is top-posting evil? A: .backwards read don't humans because OK. Everyone that hates top posting please reply with a +1. I'll start. +1 No top posting

Re: [gentoo-user] installing gentoo using systemrescuecd and wifi

2009-04-01 Thread Sebastian Günther
* maxim wexler (bliss...@yahoo.com) [02.04.09 01:04]: Can anybody help? I hate Xandros, it reminds me of Win98! Well: use Xandros to install gentoo. Xandros has already used up *all* of the HD on one partition. I can't format the drive without destroying the OS which is