Re: [gentoo-user] Floppy support question for old farts. lol

2012-02-02 Thread Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02.02.2012 08:54, J. Roeleveld wrote: On Wed, February 1, 2012 6:36 am, Dale wrote: J. Roeleveld wrote: On Tue, January 31, 2012 6:30 pm, Walter Dnes wrote: On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 06:05:12PM +0100, Michael Hampicke wrote Sweet. I had 15

Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network

2012-02-02 Thread pat
On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:30:42 +0100, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01.02.2012 21:33, pat wrote: On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:16:18 +0100, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote On 01.02.2012 00:34, pat wrote: On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:34:36 +0100, pat wrote

Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network

2012-02-02 Thread Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02.02.2012 10:20, pat wrote: On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:30:42 +0100, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote On 01.02.2012 21:33, pat wrote: On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:16:18 +0100, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote On 01.02.2012 00:34, pat wrote: On Sun, 29 Jan 2012

Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network

2012-02-02 Thread pat
On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:56:59 +0100, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02.02.2012 10:20, pat wrote: On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:30:42 +0100, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote On 01.02.2012 21:33, pat wrote: On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:16:18 +0100, Hinnerk van

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT as it gets. Sorry] Windoze 7 and reinstalling error.

2012-02-02 Thread Michael Mol
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:47 PM, Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote: On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 09:31:13PM -0500, Mike Edenfield wrote: From: Dale [mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 8:06 PM Your reply made me think of something.  I had a XP reinstall once

Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation for a router/WAP

2012-02-02 Thread Gregory Shearman
In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: On 02/02/2012, at 11:02, Allan Gottlieb gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: I am asking for a recommendation of a router/wap. I know the wired/wireless tradeoffs. thanks, allan Sorry, read it as wired or wireless. Check out the buffalo routers -I have a G300NH

[gentoo-user] Re: recommendation for a router/WAP

2012-02-02 Thread Harry Putnam
Allan Gottlieb gottl...@nyu.edu writes: I have a linksys wrt54G that is acting a little funny. Since my new laptop supports 1Gig wired ethernet and the wrt is 100Meg, I should upgrade even if the funny turns out to be just a config error on my laptop. If you talking 100Meg at the internet

Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation for a router/WAP

2012-02-02 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Thu, Feb 02 2012, Gregory Shearman wrote: In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: On 02/02/2012, at 11:02, Allan Gottlieb gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: I am asking for a recommendation of a router/wap. I know the wired/wireless tradeoffs. thanks, allan Sorry, read it as wired or wireless.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT as it gets. Sorry] Windoze 7 and reinstalling error.

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Your reply made me think of something.  I had a XP reinstall once that required a number from MS because of the new mobo and hard drive.  They said it recognized the change in the serial numbers.  When I ran into that before tho,

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT as it gets. Sorry] Windoze 7 and reinstalling error.

2012-02-02 Thread James Broadhead
On 2 February 2012 15:34, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Your reply made me think of something.  I had a XP reinstall once that required a number from MS because of the new mobo and hard drive.  They said it

Re: [gentoo-user] Floppy support question for old farts. lol

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:54 AM, J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org wrote: You should've tried installing MS Office back then... 45 (Or there-abouts) floppies and the installer asking for them in a random order. With some of those being asked several times... The guy asking for it paid a lot for

Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network

2012-02-02 Thread pat
On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:28:34 +0100, pat wrote On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:56:59 +0100, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02.02.2012 10:20, pat wrote: On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:30:42 +0100, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote On 01.02.2012 21:33, pat

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT as it gets. Sorry] Windoze 7 and reinstalling error.

2012-02-02 Thread Dale
James Broadhead wrote: On 2 February 2012 15:34, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Your reply made me think of something. I had a XP reinstall once that required a number from MS because of the new mobo and hard

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT as it gets. Sorry] Windoze 7 and reinstalling error.

2012-02-02 Thread Dale
Paul Hartman wrote: On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Your reply made me think of something. I had a XP reinstall once that required a number from MS because of the new mobo and hard drive. They said it recognized the change in the serial numbers. When I ran

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT as it gets. Sorry] Windoze 7 and reinstalling error.

2012-02-02 Thread Michael Mol
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: James Broadhead wrote: On 2 February 2012 15:34, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Your reply made me think of something.  I had a XP reinstall

Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation for a router/WAP

2012-02-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 23:35:03 +1100, Gregory Shearman wrote: I can second the Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH. I run it with Openwrt rather than ddwrt and I find it runs flawlessly, though I only run it with a few wireless laptops and a wired server. What are the advantages of Openwrt? I have one of

Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation for a router/WAP

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 23:35:03 +1100, Gregory Shearman wrote: I can second the Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH. I run it with Openwrt rather than ddwrt and I find it runs flawlessly, though I only run it with a few wireless laptops

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT as it gets. Sorry] Windoze 7 and reinstalling error.

2012-02-02 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at 11:01:16AM -0600, Dale wrote: This whole thread is off topic as it gets. Fire away. Heck, talk about the weather. It could be more on topic than a Linux list talking about fixing a windoze install. ROFL You started it. :-P Perhaps we should found a

Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation for a router/WAP

2012-02-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:55:24 -0500, Allan Gottlieb wrote: This sounds good. Thanks to all responders. One question. I found the buffalo manual online. I don't see how I can assign fixed IP addresses on its 192.168.11.x network. That is I want the LAN connection to my laptop ajglap to be

Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation for a router/WAP

2012-02-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:34:01 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: I also have WZR-HP-G300NH and wifi suffered constant disconnects and poor performance. I have a WZR-HP-G300NH with firmware DD-WRT v24SP2-EU-US (08/19/10) std - build 14998 and can't recall the last time I lost a wireless connection. --

Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network

2012-02-02 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:45 AM, pat p...@xvalheru.org wrote: [ Humongous snip ] Still the same :-| Seems really weird. I can only think the following options: 1. Something is messing up with NetworkManager. 1.a. Can be possible that the /etc/init.d/net.* scripts are running alongside

Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation for a router/WAP

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:34:01 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: I also have WZR-HP-G300NH and wifi suffered constant disconnects and poor performance. I have a WZR-HP-G300NH with firmware DD-WRT v24SP2-EU-US (08/19/10) std -

Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network

2012-02-02 Thread Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02.02.2012 23:03, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:45 AM, pat p...@xvalheru.org wrote: [ Humongous snip ] Still the same :-| Seems really weird. I can only think the following options: 1. Something is messing up with

[gentoo-user] Re: /usr/lib/libgdbm_compat.so.3: undefined symbol: __guard

2012-02-02 Thread Grant
I get this when emerging python on a system I'm bringing up to date after 3 years of non-use: *** WARNING: renaming dbm since importing it failed: /usr/lib/libgdbm_compat.so.3: undefined symbol: __guard The compile eventually fails with: Failed to find the necessary bits to build these

Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation for a router/WAP

2012-02-02 Thread wdk@moriah
On 03/02/2012, at 5:49, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:34:01 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: I also have WZR-HP-G300NH and wifi suffered constant disconnects and poor performance. I have a WZR-HP-G300NH with firmware DD-WRT v24SP2-EU-US (08/19/10) std - build

Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation for a router/WAP

2012-02-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 16:31:58 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: I have a WZR-HP-G300NH with firmware DD-WRT v24SP2-EU-US (08/19/10) std - build 14998 and can't recall the last time I lost a wireless connection. Would you mind checking your wireless config and let me know what transmit power it

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT as it gets. Sorry] Windoze 7 and reinstalling error.

2012-02-02 Thread Dale
Paul Hartman wrote: On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Howdy, I got a neighbour that has a computer issue. First, the hard drive went out. We ordered a new one and installed it. Then he realized he didn't have the restore discs. We ordered those from

Re: [gentoo-user] lost wireless network

2012-02-02 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen h.v.bruineh...@fu-berlin.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02.02.2012 23:03, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:45 AM, pat p...@xvalheru.org wrote: [ Humongous snip ] Still the same :-|

[gentoo-user] Convincing portage...

2012-02-02 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I treid the jack-audio-connection as supported by portage and had no success at all with my hardware. I didn't find the reason, why it alwasys killed itself after a short time. With JACK 1.9.8 (jack2) installed from source it works. I had to emerge -C jack-audio-connection for that. Now

Re: [gentoo-user] Convincing portage...

2012-02-02 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Feb 3, 2012 10:03 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I treid the jack-audio-connection as supported by portage and had no success at all with my hardware. I didn't find the reason, why it alwasys killed itself after a short time. With JACK 1.9.8 (jack2) installed from source it works.

Re: [gentoo-user] Convincing portage...

2012-02-02 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Feb 3, 2012 11:15 AM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: On Feb 3, 2012 10:03 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I treid the jack-audio-connection as supported by portage and had no success at all with my hardware. I didn't find the reason, why it alwasys killed itself after a

Re: [gentoo-user] Convincing portage...

2012-02-02 Thread Dale
meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I treid the jack-audio-connection as supported by portage and had no success at all with my hardware. I didn't find the reason, why it alwasys killed itself after a short time. With JACK 1.9.8 (jack2) installed from source it works. I had to emerge -C

[gentoo-user] Libreoffice and X-Forwarding

2012-02-02 Thread William Kenworthy
I am having problems setting up X-forwarding for libreoffice (gentoo) over ssh to an ipad (iSSH client). X-forwarding is working fine for xterms, fluxbox and simple apps but libreoffice fails even when using the -display localhost:10.0 argument. The $DISPLAY is also correctly set inside the ssh