Re: [gentoo-user] Razor-qt advice

2012-11-02 Thread Mick
On Thursday 01 Nov 2012 13:46:20 Mark Knecht wrote: On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday 01 Nov 2012 03:53:44 Bill Kenworthy wrote: On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 23:12 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: 121101 Bill Kenworthy wrote: On Wed, 2012-10-31 at

Re: [gentoo-user] qfile alternative?

2012-11-02 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 11/02/2012 12:57:24 AM, James Cloos wrote: Many thanks, James. Since app-portage/portage-utils is a portage specific package, it would be nice if it would take all portage actions (like eselect) into account. You might want to open an RFE bug report for app-portage/portage-utils

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Questions about building from source tarball

2012-11-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 23:33:44 -0400, David Relson wrote: 1) create directory /usr/local/portage/app-example/some-package 2) copy some-package.x.y.z.ebuild to some-package.x.y.z-r1.ebuild (in the new directory). 3) Some editing of the new ebuild might be needed here... Some files in the files

[gentoo-user] courier-imap cannot find courier-authlib

2012-11-02 Thread Mike Edenfield
I recently upgraded my courier setup (imap and authlib): basement lib64 # eix -Ic courier [I] net-libs/courier-authlib (0.65.0-r1@11/01/2012): Courier authentication library. [I] net-mail/courier-imap (4.8.0@11/01/2012): An IMAP daemon designed specifically for maildirs. After I was finished,

Re: [gentoo-user] courier-imap cannot find courier-authlib

2012-11-02 Thread Eray Aslan
On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 08:05:34AM -0400, Mike Edenfield wrote: Is anyone else seeing this problem, or know how to make it go away? Should be fixed in =courier-authlib-0.65.0-r2. In the meantime, try -r1 with the static-libs USE flag. -- Eray

Re: [gentoo-user] Who is mounting /lib64/splash/cache?

2012-11-02 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: I have a system where I disabled the fbcondecor kernel option (gentoo-sources), and the system boots in standard VGA text mode (80x25). Additionally, I have removed the fbcondecor service from startup. However,

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-11-02 Thread Dale
Kerin Millar wrote: Helmut Jarausch wrote: On 10/24/2012 03:54:39 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if you're using the EXT4 filesystem: It looks as if Eric Sandeen has found the culprit and Theodore Ts'o has suggested this patch

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-11-02 Thread Michael Mol
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Kerin Millar wrote: Helmut Jarausch wrote: On 10/24/2012 03:54:39 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if you're using the EXT4 filesystem: It looks as if Eric Sandeen

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-11-02 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Kerin Millar wrote: Helmut Jarausch wrote: On 10/24/2012 03:54:39 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if you're using the EXT4 filesystem: It looks as if Eric Sandeen has

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-11-02 Thread Kerin Millar
Dale wrote: Kerin Millar wrote: Helmut Jarausch wrote: On 10/24/2012 03:54:39 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if you're using the EXT4 filesystem: It looks as if Eric Sandeen has found the culprit and Theodore Ts'o has suggested

[gentoo-user] OT: Gentoo as ESXi guest: how to install vmware-tools/open-vm-tools?

2012-11-02 Thread Jarry
Hi, this might be a little off-topic, but maybe someone here is running Gentoo on top of VMware/ESXi and could help me. I'm trying to install gentoo-server as vmware esxi guest, but I'm stuck with vmware-tools/open-vm-tools. First I tried vmware-tools. Installation went smoot, but nothing

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Gentoo as ESXi guest: how to install vmware-tools/open-vm-tools?

2012-11-02 Thread Matthias Hanft
Jarry schrieb: First I tried vmware-tools. Installation went smoot, but nothing happened. Just one iso-image got installed in /opt. No doc/readme/txt, nothing. What should I do with it? mount -o loop the iso-image somewhere and execute the install script there. -Matt

[gentoo-user] Re: wireless dropping connections

2012-11-02 Thread James
Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon at gmail.com writes: It's done it since new (which was recently) and nothing else changed. The XBox, tablets, phones and the missus' Windows laptop all show the same problem - so it's not Gentoo Alan, Sometimes Rf issues that are peculiar and anomalous have a

[gentoo-user] OT triple display

2012-11-02 Thread James
Hello, I'm putting together a workstation, I want it to have 3 screens (24). I want it to be AMD-Gigabyte system. I've settled on the new FX8350 processor. I ran across this mobo: Triple Display Support – AMD Eyefinity GIGABYTE FM2 series motherboards are the first to take advantage of AMD

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Gentoo as ESXi guest: how to install vmware-tools/open-vm-tools?

2012-11-02 Thread Michael Hampicke
All I expect from vmware/open-vm-tools is ability for clean shutdown of gentoo-guest in similar way as I can do it with windows-guest. How can I achieve this? You mean shut the guest down via ESXi management console? If you, try installing acpid inside the guest and add it to the default

Re: [gentoo-user] OT triple display

2012-11-02 Thread pk
On 2012-11-02 19:42, James wrote: snip all over... I want it to be AMD-Gigabyte system. I've settled on the new FX8350 processor. I ran across this mobo: Triple Display Support – AMD Eyefinity GIGABYTE FM2 series motherboards are the first to take advantage

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Gentoo as ESXi guest: how to install vmware-tools/open-vm-tools?

2012-11-02 Thread Jarry
On 02-Nov-12 19:50, Michael Hampicke wrote: All I expect from vmware/open-vm-tools is ability for clean shutdown of gentoo-guest in similar way as I can do it with windows-guest. How can I achieve this? You mean shut the guest down via ESXi management console? If you, try installing acpid

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-11-02 Thread Dale
Kerin Millar wrote: I would describe the bug itself as serious but it will affect few users because journal_checksum isn't enabled by default. Ted submitted a patch to enable the option by default back in 2009 but it was reverted a few months later by Linus due to this bug:

[gentoo-user] Re: Who is mounting /lib64/splash/cache?

2012-11-02 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 02/11/12 16:46, Paul Hartman wrote: On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: I have a system where I disabled the fbcondecor kernel option (gentoo-sources), and the system boots in standard VGA text mode (80x25). Additionally, I have removed the fbcondecor

Re: [gentoo-user] Razor-qt advice

2012-11-02 Thread Mick
On Friday 02 Nov 2012 06:21:39 Mick wrote: On Thursday 01 Nov 2012 13:46:20 Mark Knecht wrote: On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday 01 Nov 2012 03:53:44 Bill Kenworthy wrote: On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 23:12 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: 121101

Re: [gentoo-user] Razor-qt advice

2012-11-02 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sat, 3 Nov 2012 00:11:34 + Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday 02 Nov 2012 06:21:39 Mick wrote: On Thursday 01 Nov 2012 13:46:20 Mark Knecht wrote: On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday 01 Nov 2012 03:53:44 Bill