Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Harddisk trouble ... or not yet?

2010-05-29 Thread Andrea Conti
ata1.00: failed command: READ DMA ata1.00: cmd c8/00:80:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 65536 in res 51/84:4f:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error) ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR } ata1.00: error: { ICRC ABRT } ata1: soft resetting link ata1.00: configured for

[gentoo-user] binary dependencies [WAS: libpng12 is missing]

2010-05-29 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* András Csányi sayusi.a...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, It looks like the libpng package makes problem for other's including me... :$ http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=319029 IMHO this is a generic problem: when multiple slots exist, portage doesnt seem to know which slot/version of some

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Harddisk trouble ... or not yet?

2010-05-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 29 Mai 2010, Andrea Conti wrote: ata1.00: failed command: READ DMA ata1.00: cmd c8/00:80:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 65536 in res 51/84:4f:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error) ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR } ata1.00: error: {

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Harddisk trouble ... or not yet?

2010-05-29 Thread meino . cramer
Andrea Conti a...@alyf.net [10-05-29 10:08]: ata1.00: failed command: READ DMA ata1.00: cmd c8/00:80:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 65536 in res 51/84:4f:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error) ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR } ata1.00: error: { ICRC ABRT }

[gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread Mick
Hi All, I run: rsync -a -l --delete -v /mnt/Business_dir /media/sdf1 to back up a directory from a PC to a USB stick. However, from a cursory look this *seems* to copy the complete directory (every time I run it) and overwrites the USB stick. Carrying on like this it will life-expire the

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread Steven
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I run: rsync -a -l --delete -v /mnt/Business_dir /media/sdf1 to back up a directory from a PC to a USB stick. However, from a cursory look this *seems* to copy the complete directory (every time I run it)

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread Mick
On Saturday 29 May 2010 10:30:54 Alan McKinnon wrote: On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:01:39 Mick wrote: Hi All, I run: rsync -a -l --delete -v /mnt/Business_dir /media/sdf1 to back up a directory from a PC to a USB stick. However, from a cursory look this *seems* to copy the complete

[gentoo-user] compiz-fusion

2010-05-29 Thread Hung Dang
Hi all, I try to set up compiz-fussion with GNOME desktop using information from wiki page ( http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Compiz-Fusion). Compiz seems to work , however, I experience the rendering problem and the title bar of opened applications are missing. I am using compiz version 0.8.6.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] I could use some OT coaching... retrieve laptop os remotely

2010-05-29 Thread Mick
On Saturday 29 May 2010 03:42:51 Harry Putnam wrote: Can anyone offer a suggestion as to how I can backup a disk on a remote laptop running windows vista. I've utterly destroyed the laptops screen, even plugging it into an external monitor... fails. vnc access fails as well. Isn't this an

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread meino . cramer
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [10-05-29 11:12]: Hi All, I run: rsync -a -l --delete -v /mnt/Business_dir /media/sdf1 to back up a directory from a PC to a USB stick. However, from a cursory look this *seems* to copy the complete directory (every time I run it) and overwrites the

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:01:39 Mick wrote: Hi All, I run: rsync -a -l --delete -v /mnt/Business_dir /media/sdf1 to back up a directory from a PC to a USB stick. However, from a cursory look this *seems* to copy the complete directory (every time I run it) and overwrites the USB

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:01:39 Mick wrote: Hi All, I run: rsync -a -l --delete -v /mnt/Business_dir /media/sdf1 to back up a directory from a PC to a USB stick. However, from a cursory look this *seems* to copy the complete directory (every time I run it) and overwrites the USB

[gentoo-user] Re: rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread Remy Blank
Mick wrote: Is there a cleverer option I can add to rsync so that it only copies new files, overwrites older versions of the same and only deletes any files or directories that have been deleted from the source directory? See the --modify-window option in the rsync man page. In particular,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread Mick
On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:34:25 Remy Blank wrote: Mick wrote: Is there a cleverer option I can add to rsync so that it only copies new files, overwrites older versions of the same and only deletes any files or directories that have been deleted from the source directory? See the

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread David Relson
On Sat, 29 May 2010 10:01:39 +0100 Mick wrote: Hi All, I run: rsync -a -l --delete -v /mnt/Business_dir /media/sdf1 to back up a directory from a PC to a USB stick. However, from a cursory look this *seems* to copy the complete directory (every time I run it) and overwrites the USB

[gentoo-user] replacement for pdftk

2010-05-29 Thread Dan Johansson
After a recent gcc upgrade (4.3.4 - 4.4.3-r2) on an amd64, pdftk won't compile anymore. Although I like the pdtk I'm looking for a replacement as pdft is no more maintained (last release November 28, 2006). Any suggestions for a good command line tool to manage PDFs like pdftk (split (burst) a

Re: [gentoo-user] compiz-fusion

2010-05-29 Thread Ngoc Nguyen Bao
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Hung Dang hungp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I try to set up compiz-fussion with GNOME  desktop using information from wiki page ( http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Compiz-Fusion). Compiz seems to work , however, I experience the rendering problem and the title

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] I could use some OT coaching... retrieve laptop os remotely

2010-05-29 Thread Harry Putnam
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com writes: Isn't this an indication that more than the screen was damaged? Did you try pressing Fn+F4 or whatever the appropriate key is to activate the external monitor? Did you try rebooting just for good measure? You can disregard my other response. It

Re: [gentoo-user] xargs and rm funkiness

2010-05-29 Thread Daniel D Jones
On Wednesday 26 May 2010 06:42:08 Joerg Schilling wrote: Patrick Holthaus patrick.holth...@uni-bielefeld.de wrote: You might try: find -name *.ext -print0 | xargs -0 rm But this is non-standard. In what way is this non-standard? That is, what standard is it contrary to? TMTOWTDI

[gentoo-user] Slim hassle...to login or not to login

2010-05-29 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, while installing a new system from ground up on my new harddisc I came accross a silly problem: I have setup X and slim as login manager. I installed openbox (no kde/gnome) as session manager. Slim starts...and: The keyboard and the mouse are not responding... Same happens when I start

Re: [gentoo-user] Slim hassle...to login or not to login

2010-05-29 Thread Dru Kargin
Hi, while installing a new system from ground up on my new harddisc I came accross a silly problem: I have setup X and slim as login manager. I installed openbox (no kde/gnome) as session manager. Slim starts...and: The keyboard and the mouse are not responding... Same happens when I

Re: [gentoo-user] Slim hassle...to login or not to login

2010-05-29 Thread meino . cramer
Dru Kargin drukar...@gmail.com [10-05-29 18:08]: Hi, while installing a new system from ground up on my new harddisc I came accross a silly problem: I have setup X and slim as login manager. I installed openbox (no kde/gnome) as session manager. Slim starts...and: The keyboard

Re: [gentoo-user] xargs and rm funkiness

2010-05-29 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Saturday 29 May 2010, Daniel D Jones wrote: On Wednesday 26 May 2010 06:42:08 Joerg Schilling wrote: Patrick Holthaus patrick.holth...@uni-bielefeld.de wrote: You might try: find -name *.ext -print0 | xargs -0 rm But this is non-standard. In what way is this non-standard?

Re: [gentoo-user] xargs and rm funkiness

2010-05-29 Thread Joerg Schilling
Etaoin Shrdlu shr...@unlimitedmail.org wrote: On Saturday 29 May 2010, Daniel D Jones wrote: On Wednesday 26 May 2010 06:42:08 Joerg Schilling wrote: Patrick Holthaus patrick.holth...@uni-bielefeld.de wrote: You might try: find -name *.ext -print0 | xargs -0 rm But this is

Re: [gentoo-user] xargs and rm funkiness

2010-05-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 29 May 2010 17:05:34 Daniel D Jones wrote: On Wednesday 26 May 2010 06:42:08 Joerg Schilling wrote: Patrick Holthaus patrick.holth...@uni-bielefeld.de wrote: You might try: find -name *.ext -print0 | xargs -0 rm But this is non-standard. In what way is this

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:39:19 Mick wrote: On Saturday 29 May 2010 10:30:54 Alan McKinnon wrote: On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:01:39 Mick wrote: Hi All, I run: rsync -a -l --delete -v /mnt/Business_dir /media/sdf1 to back up a directory from a PC to a USB stick. However,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Harddisk trouble ... or not yet?

2010-05-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 29 May 2010 10:16:39 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Samstag 29 Mai 2010, Andrea Conti wrote: ata1.00: failed command: READ DMA ata1.00: cmd c8/00:80:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 65536 in res 51/84:4f:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Harddisk trouble ... or not yet?

2010-05-29 Thread Andrea Conti
Hi, I tried these kernels (all vanilla): 2.6.32.13 2.6.33.5 2.6.34.0 So it's not a known problem that has been fixed. Just a wild guess... can you try recompiling the kernel *without* pata_via? Some people have reported having problems with sata drives on VIA controllers when pata_via is

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread Joshua Murphy
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 5:39 AM, Steven apartment...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I run:  rsync -a -l --delete -v /mnt/Business_dir /media/sdf1 to back up a directory from a PC to a USB stick.  However, from a cursory

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Harddisk trouble ... or not yet?

2010-05-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 29 Mai 2010, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Saturday 29 May 2010 10:16:39 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Samstag 29 Mai 2010, Andrea Conti wrote: ata1.00: failed command: READ DMA ata1.00: cmd c8/00:80:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 65536 in res

Re: [gentoo-user] xargs and rm funkiness

2010-05-29 Thread Daniel D Jones
On Saturday 29 May 2010 14:59:16 Alan McKinnon wrote: On Saturday 29 May 2010 17:05:34 Daniel D Jones wrote: ... -exec (which potentially has problems with race conditions - -execdir should almost always be used instead) runs the command once for each file found. xargs will call the command

Re: [gentoo-user] replacement for pdftk

2010-05-29 Thread Philip Webb
100529 Dan Johansson wrote: After a recent upgrade of Gcc 4.3.4 - 4.4.3-r2 on an amd64, Pdftk won't compile anymore. Have you filed a bug ? What is its number ? Although I like the Pdftk I'm looking for a replacement, as Pdftk is no more maintained (last release November 28, 2006). I too

Re: [gentoo-user] compiz-fusion [SOLVED]

2010-05-29 Thread Hung Dang
Thanks a lot. After I set windowmanager to compiz everything seems to be OK now. Hung On 05/29/10 06:58, Ngoc Nguyen Bao wrote: On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Hung Dang hungp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I try to set up compiz-fussion with GNOME desktop using information from wiki