Re: [gentoo-user] KDM problem

2009-07-21 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Dienstag 21 Juli 2009, Hung Dang wrote: Hi all, For some reason I could not start kde4 on my laptop. Everything is fine and when I try to log into my account using the kdm log in window it will log in for a second then get back to kdm window. Here is the content of ~/.xsession-errors

[gentoo-user] Odd USB external hard disk does not play nice with KDE

2009-07-21 Thread brullo nulla
Hi, I just bought a novel, 1.5 Tb USB external HD. The kernel recognizes it nice and well, and I can mount and unmount it as root, lookin' its content etc. without problems. But KDE refuses to see it as a new media. It does not even appear in the media:/. The odd thing is that it is the first

[gentoo-user] missing dependency for gnome-extra/evolution-data-server-2.26.3

2009-07-21 Thread Maximilian Bräutigam
Hi all, i don't know if it is a bug oder a missing dependency for gnome-extra/evolution-data-server-2.26.3, that i recently tried to install. the error i got was like /bin/sh: line 1: gtkdoc-rebase: command not found so i emerge -av1 dev-util/gtk-doc and everything worked fine. emerge --info is

[gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from another Linux distro

2009-07-21 Thread Grant
I'm getting ready for a remote Gentoo install. I'd like to avoid any sort of CD/USB/floppy usage. I can select a variety of different distros to be preinstalled on the system. Can I end up with the same Gentoo system installing from another distro as I can from a LiveCD? I've read over:

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from another Linux distro

2009-07-21 Thread Nevynxxx
Grant wrote: I'm getting ready for a remote Gentoo install. I'd like to avoid any sort of CD/USB/floppy usage. I can select a variety of different distros to be preinstalled on the system. Can I end up with the same Gentoo system installing from another distro as I can from a LiveCD? I've

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from another Linux distro

2009-07-21 Thread Hazen Valliant-Saunders
So what's the question? You can install gentoo from a live cd, in fact you could try to drop to single user mode and fire up a new kernel via the LiveCD, but alas that may be a bit precarious. Next to that I'd say format your file system and go from the LiveCD, why don't you ahve console

Re: [gentoo-user] missing dependency for gnome-extra/evolution-data-server-2.26.3

2009-07-21 Thread Alex Schuster
Maximilian Bräutigam writes: i don't know if it is a bug oder a missing dependency for gnome-extra/evolution-data-server-2.26.3, that i recently tried to install. the error i got was like /bin/sh: line 1: gtkdoc-rebase: command not found so i emerge -av1 dev-util/gtk-doc and everything

Re: [gentoo-user] missing dependency for gnome-extra/evolution-data-server-2.26.3

2009-07-21 Thread Maximilian Bräutigam
Am Dienstag, den 21.07.2009, 13:19 +0200 schrieb Alex Schuster: Maximilian Bräutigam writes: i don't know if it is a bug oder a missing dependency for gnome-extra/evolution-data-server-2.26.3, that i recently tried to install. the error i got was like /bin/sh: line 1: gtkdoc-rebase:

[gentoo-user] Icelandic issues

2009-07-21 Thread Robin Atwood
No I did not have my money in a dodgy bank but I can no longer play Sigur Ros albums. When the CD is ripped onto the HD the file names contain accented characters and Amarok 2 says the directory/file does not exist. Formerly this was possible, so I am guessing converting to KDE4 may have been

Re: [gentoo-user] Icelandic issues

2009-07-21 Thread Alex Schuster
Robin Atwood writes: No I did not have my money in a dodgy bank but I can no longer play Sigur Ros albums. When the CD is ripped onto the HD the file names contain accented characters and Amarok 2 says the directory/file does not exist. Formerly this was possible, so I am guessing converting

Re: [gentoo-user] Icelandic issues

2009-07-21 Thread Robin Atwood
On Tuesday 21 July 2009, Alex Schuster wrote: Robin Atwood writes: No I did not have my money in a dodgy bank but I can no longer play Sigur Ros albums. When the CD is ripped onto the HD the file names contain accented characters and Amarok 2 says the directory/file does not exist.

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from another Linux distro

2009-07-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:44:58 -0700, Grant wrote: If the preinstalled distro has a partition table like this, I won't be able to make a separate partition for Gentoo. If the preinstalled distro has separate large partitions, I will be able to install Gentoo on one of the partitions, but I

[gentoo-user] Multiple instances of PyQt4

2009-07-21 Thread Alex Schuster
Hi there! My @world update shows this problem: !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: dev-python/PyQt4:0 ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/PyQt4-4.4.4-r5', 'merge') pulled in by

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple instances of PyQt4

2009-07-21 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 21 July 2009 17:11:33 Alex Schuster wrote: Hi there! My @world update shows this problem: !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: dev-python/PyQt4:0 ('ebuild', '/',

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiple instances of PyQt4

2009-07-21 Thread Arttu V.
On 7/21/09, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday 21 July 2009 17:11:33 Alex Schuster wrote: Hi there! My @world update shows this problem: !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot

[gentoo-user] Re: Odd USB external hard disk does not play nice with KDE

2009-07-21 Thread brullo nulla
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:48 AM, brullo nullabrullonu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I just bought a novel, 1.5 Tb USB external HD. The kernel recognizes it nice and well, and I can mount and unmount it as root, lookin' its content etc. without problems. But KDE refuses to see it as a new media.

[gentoo-user] vblank_mode is NOT respected

2009-07-21 Thread Andrew Gaydenko
Hi! glxgears shows ~500 fps (instead of ~1500 at more lucky days) instead of ~60 fps. All related info is here (X11 log, emerge info and such): http://gaydenko.com/tmp/x11/ Any thoughts? Must I supply additional info?

Re: [gentoo-user] radeon and radeonfb both loaded

2009-07-21 Thread Mick
On Monday 20 July 2009, Jacob Todd wrote: On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 08:15:41PM +0100, John wrote: Please can you recommend a email virus scanner. I am a little unsure about all the combinations available. I wish to scan incoming email on my home desktop. I currently use Claws Mail and was

Re: [gentoo-user] radeon and radeonfb both loaded

2009-07-21 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Mickmichaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: SNIP Or may be John shouldn't be hijacking threads (search for netiquette if you don't understand what I'm talking about) and Jacob shouldn't respond? Back to the OP's questions: 1) radeonfb is the framebuffer used when

Re: [gentoo-user] radeon and radeonfb both loaded

2009-07-21 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 21 July 2009, Mark Knecht wrote: On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Mickmichaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: roughly is equivalent to 1210x907 pixels.  Run 'xdpyinfo -display :0.0' to see the dimensions in rounded numbers. OK, there is possibly a little extra difficulty to get this

Re: [gentoo-user] KDM problem - SOLVED

2009-07-21 Thread Hung Dang
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Dienstag 21 Juli 2009, Hung Dang wrote: Hi all, For some reason I could not start kde4 on my laptop. Everything is fine and when I try to log into my account using the kdm log in window it will log in for a second then get back to kdm window. Here is the

[gentoo-user] PPP and reseting the DNS servers.

2009-07-21 Thread Dale
Hi folks, I use dial-up and sometimes my ISP looses its DNS server for some reason. If I try to go to a site, it just says looking up and sits there until it times out. Going to the IP directly still works. My question is this, is there a way to reset the DNS servers listed in

Re: [gentoo-user] radeon and radeonfb both loaded

2009-07-21 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Mickmichaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday 21 July 2009, Mark Knecht wrote: On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Mickmichaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: roughly is equivalent to 1210x907 pixels.  Run 'xdpyinfo -display :0.0' to see the dimensions in rounded

Re: [gentoo-user] PPP and reseting the DNS servers.

2009-07-21 Thread Willie Wong
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 07:01:37PM -0500, Penguin Lover Dale squawked: I use dial-up and sometimes my ISP looses its DNS server for some reason. If I try to go to a site, it just says looking up and sits there until it times out. Going to the IP directly still works. My question is this, is