Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
Phil Sexton schrieb: Alexander Skwar wrote: Mark schrieb: On 16/08/06, Anthony E. Caudel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As of baselayout-1.12.4, the domainname init script is no longer used and the Gentoo Handbook no longer tells how to set the domainname. domainname now returns (none) /etc

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
Local domain name. Most queries for names within this domain can use short names relative to the local domain. If no domain entry is present, the domain is determined from the [...] See? It's for queries for names. Alexander Skwar -- Remember that as a teenager

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
Hans-Gunther Borrmann schrieb: On Thursday 17 August 2006 10:32, Alexander Skwar wrote: Nope. resolv.conf doesn't have any influence on the hostname or domainname. It controls, how names/ips are resolved. If it would be as you say, what would be my domainname? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp/sources

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
the time, there are ways to make Gentoo call domainname. One of this ways is setting up /etc/conf.d/net. Alexander Skwar -- You show me an American who can keep his mouth shut and I'll eat him. -- Newspaperman from Frank Capra's _Meet_John_Doe_ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
Phil Sexton schrieb: Alexander Skwar wrote: What script? /bin/domainname is not a script, but a binary. And it's this binary, which sets the domainname. But as most users don't want to run domainname manually all the time, there are ways to make Gentoo call domainname. One of this ways

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
Phil Sexton schrieb: Alexander Skwar wrote: Phil Sexton schrieb: I didn't think you had to run it manually unless you want to. Can't you call if from /etc/conf.d/local.start Sure, but why do that? Why not use the mechanisms, that Gentoo forsees for this? Interestingly, you did

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
Phil Sexton schrieb: Alexander Skwar wrote: Sure, but why do that? Why not use the mechanisms, that Gentoo forsees for this? Interestingly, you did not answer this question. Why's that so? Because it was your statement, not mine. So? It was a question and interestingly, you didn't

Re: [gentoo-user] looking for a terminal w/ url activation capability

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
Enrico Weigelt schrieb: Hi folks, I'm looking for an X11 terminal emulator, which can detect URLs and allows the user to click on them to exeucute an command with them. gnome-terminal Alexander Skwar -- Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. -- Robert A. Heinlein

Stefans posts on gentoo-user (was: [gentoo-user] Re: looking for a terminal w/ url activation capability)

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
aren't properly filtered. That's very annoying. But somehow, I don't think that (only) gmane is guilty. There HAVE to be more people out there, who use slrn and gmane. Maybe not on the Gentoo list, but there are so many lists, that you cannot be the only one. Alexander Skwar

[gentoo-user] konqueror openssl undefined symbol: OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms_conf

2006-08-16 Thread Alexander Puchmayr
Hi there! After upgrading to kde 3.5.2 (with all of its subpackages) I can no longer access to some ssl-protected sites with konqueror. .xsession-errors show kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: PKCS7_content_free kdecore (KLibLoader):

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-16 Thread Alexander Skwar
=some.domain [...] #nis_domain_eth0=domain The domainname is set with dns_domain or nis_domain. Alexander Skwar -- Jenkinson's Law: It won't work. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-16 Thread Alexander Skwar
Anthony E. Caudel schrieb: I don't use /etc/hostname and I DO use /etc/conf.d/hostname. What has this to do with the domainname? Are they both set there? No, they are not. Alexander Skwar -- Espy you are baked knghtbrd Espy: only half so -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-16 Thread Alexander Skwar
as always too ? Yes. Alexander Skwar -- The first rule of magic is simple. Don't waste your time waving your hands and hoping when a rock or a club will do. -- McCloctnik the Lucid -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user][FIXED] net.ppp0 status: inactive

2006-08-15 Thread Alexander Kirillov
Upgraded to sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.4-r2 today (and changed pppoe config according to /etc/conf.d/net.example) While it works net.ppp0 status is always inactive so the services depending on net.ppp0 never start: WARNING: ntpd is scheduled to start when net.ppp0 has started. WARNING:

Re: [gentoo-user] ccache: unsupported compiler option

2006-08-12 Thread Alexander Kirillov
I'm trying to find out why ccache won't cache anything. Building and maintaining for three months an entire system got me all of 5 cache hits. What can I do to encourace more cache usage? One of the methods I'm investigating is to determine and eliminate CFLAGS arguments that may cause

[gentoo-user] net.ppp0 status: inactive

2006-08-12 Thread Alexander Kirillov
Hi, Upgraded to sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.4-r2 today (and changed pppoe config according to /etc/conf.d/net.example) While it works net.ppp0 status is always inactive so the services depending on net.ppp0 never start: WARNING: ntpd is scheduled to start when net.ppp0 has started. WARNING:

Re: [gentoo-user] weird dependencies

2006-08-10 Thread Alexander Skwar
-apps/gawk-3.1.5-r2 [3.1.5-r1] USE=nls -build 0 kB , qt as a deep dependencie of gaim. You can't say that. Run emerge -pvu --deep --tree gaim to see, what's going on. Alexander Skwar -- BOFH Excuse #212: Of course it doesn't work. We've performed a software upgrade. -- gentoo-user

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mount and write ntfs (natively)

2006-08-10 Thread Alexander Skwar
Harry Putnam wrote: Harry Putnam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Alexander, Do you know if the system described above is what ntfs-g3 does too? One could never determine something that basic from the man page supplied with it. After reading it, I still know nothing about how it works

Re: [gentoo-user] burning audiocd with k3b

2006-08-10 Thread Alexander Kirillov
/usr/bin/cdrecord: A write error occured. /usr/bin/cdrecord: Please properly read the error message above. write track data: error after 3309696 bytes Try to disable dma on this drive. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo disk space

2006-08-09 Thread Alexander Skwar
Sorav Bansal wrote: The /usr directory on my gentoo box is taking up 6.8 gigs of disk space, 2.8 gigs of which is in /usr/portage. This does not seem right. Is it possible to reduce this disk usage? Check out eclean. Alexander Skwar -- The truth is not free. It's that simple. If you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mount and write ntfs (natively)

2006-08-09 Thread Alexander Skwar
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Peter Ruskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes. It's called ntfs3g. There's an ebuild for it. Thanks for that tip, Alexander - it works well here. Peter or Alexander, can you give a few details of what you are able to do with it? I don't use it - I just read about

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: Pro and Contra ?

2006-08-08 Thread Alexander Skwar
of the 1st LV to be in front of the 2nd LV and the 2nd part of the 1st LV will be after the 2nd LV. Alexander Skwar -- Never commit yourself! Let someone else commit you. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: Pro and Contra ?

2006-08-08 Thread Alexander Skwar
the device mapper for encryption purposes ? Yes. Is the performance impact via LVM (not encryption) noticeable or negliable? I don't know of any benchmarks. Guts feeling: Not noticeable. Alexander Skwar -- Half a mind is a terrible thing to waste! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Mount and write ntfs (natively)

2006-08-08 Thread Alexander Skwar
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: I'm seeing stuff on line that indicates it is now possible to write to ntfs formated disk from linux Yes. It's called ntfs3g. There's an ebuild for it. Alexander Skwar -- Gold's Law: If the shoe fits, it's ugly. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

2006-08-07 Thread Alexander Skwar
with messages delivered by procmail. Why do you use mbox, if I may ask? base. Wouldn't these make it difficult to configure an imap server with access to all those mail folders? Not really. If not, do you recommend any imap server? dovecot Alexander Skwar -- Performance

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

2006-08-06 Thread Alexander Skwar
? Should work, but I'd suggest to switch to Maildir format. There's no risk in accessing the same mail folder at the same time with numerous clients. Both mutt and sylpheed support Maildir. Alexander Skwar -- I smell a RANCID CORN DOG! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} vi line breaks

2006-08-05 Thread Alexander Skwar
Grant schrieb: Does anyone know how to prevent vi from inserting a line break after every however many characters? Hm. How did you enable that in the first place? You might want to check your /etc/vim/* and ~/.vim* files. Alexander Skwar -- Audience: What will become of Linux when the Hurd

Re: [gentoo-user] Change Partition Type

2006-08-04 Thread Alexander Skwar
Michael Crute wrote: Is it possible to do this without hurting the other partitions on the disk? Yes. Use fdisk to do so. Changing the part. types won't hurt the other partitions. Alexander Skwar -- A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top

Re: [gentoo-user] How to cleanly shutdown Gentoo?

2006-08-04 Thread Alexander Skwar
Alex Fortwinder schrieb: poweroff is a good option? Thanks Never. halt the system. Alexander Skwar -- When you're ready to give up the struggle, who can you surrender to? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the release date for 2006.1?

2006-08-03 Thread Alexander Skwar
, other people have to suffer? I don't think that this is the right way to go. Alexander Skwar -- Spock: We suffered 23 casualties in that attack, Captain. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] launching iptables

2006-08-02 Thread Alexander Kirillov
I've got my own iptables script to launch a customized firewall, located in /usr/local/bin. I'm aware of /etc/init.d/iptables the 'runscipt'. I do not wish to edit this scipt as 'gentoo' updates nuke my edits therein. Where is the gentoo place of preference to launch my scipt after the gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] harmful Reply-To Munging on Gentoo mailing lists

2006-08-01 Thread Alexander Skwar
and correct the way it is. Should I send this to a different gentoo-* list? No. Alexander Skwar -- The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] harmful Reply-To Munging on Gentoo mailing lists

2006-08-01 Thread Alexander Skwar
Alexander Skwar schrieb: Michael [Plouj] Ploujnikov schrieb: It has come to my attention that Reply-To Munging is not a good idea to have on mailing lists: This is wrong. It is *USEFUL*! http://www.metasystema.net/essays/reply-to.mhtml Alexander Skwar -- like: When being alive

Re: [gentoo-user] netqmail and qmail

2006-07-31 Thread Alexander Skwar
. It's featureful and easy enough to configure. Alexander Skwar -- Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] netqmail and qmail

2006-07-31 Thread Alexander Skwar
Michael Crute wrote: On 7/31/06, Alexander Skwar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Suranga Kasthuriarachchi wrote: Which is the best for organization mail server. NOT qmail - too many holes and not good performancewise. I would beg to differ with the statement about security. Qmail is arguably

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge doesn't download stuff

2006-07-31 Thread Alexander Kirillov
Even if I changed mirror (it worked for a while) I still have to download packages manually on my windows pc and then trensfer the files. It's strange: it download some packeges, but not some others. Can you give some examples? Maybe the packages that are not

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/jail.conf: why exec permission???

2006-07-29 Thread Alexander Skwar
Jerry McBride schrieb: I can't answer your question, however I can suggest changing it to non-exec and see how behaves after. Yes. And if there's no change, I'd suggest to file a bug, so that this gets changed. Alexander Skwar -- If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. -- gentoo-user

Re: [gentoo-user] OO Build Failed

2006-07-29 Thread Alexander Skwar
to migrate my system to the i686 CHOST gracefully? CHOST isn't that important at all. Much much more important are the CFLAGS, and here especially -march (or -mtune -mcpu). If you're using a Pentium 3 and have done emerge -e world once, then all is fine. Alexander Skwar -- The important thing

Re: [gentoo-user] Restart network interfaces over SSH

2006-07-29 Thread Alexander Skwar
the HUP (Hang Up) signal, by using nohup: nohup sh /tmp/script Alexander Skwar -- It runs like _x, where _x is something unsavory -- Prof. Romas Aleliunas, CS 435 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] LINGUAS

2006-07-29 Thread Alexander Skwar
of the string above. How? What's shown? Where are those settings coming from? make.conf Alexander Skwar -- The one sure way to make a lazy man look respectable is to put a fishing rod in his hand. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] LINGUAS

2006-07-29 Thread Alexander Skwar
Michael George schrieb: On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 05:20:13PM +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: Michael George schrieb: I am building OOo 2.0.3 and I happened to notice in the verbose emerge output that there is a long list of languages listed in the LINGUAS variable: LINGUAS=-af% -ar% -be_BY% -bg

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: world favorites: pros and cons

2006-07-28 Thread Alexander Skwar
(as it's too old) but you'll still need the ebuild. Alexander Skwar -- I'm not a god, I was misquoted. -- Lister, Red Dwarf -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Lots of missing gentoo-user mail

2006-07-27 Thread Alexander Skwar
Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: I am not missing any mails. How did you verify? Alexander Skwar -- linux: the choice of a GNU generation ([EMAIL PROTECTED] put this on Tshirts in '93) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Best choice for a dual core

2006-07-27 Thread Alexander Skwar
advantages either. Somebody correct me, but if you want to WORK with this machine (ie. not fiddle), I'd suggest to stay 32bit. Or what advantages would 64bit provide? Alexander Skwar -- After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical

[gentoo-user] Compiling kopete without Video4Linux webcam support?

2006-07-26 Thread Alexander Skwar
to the system using OpenGL. Thus, I don't need V4L support. How do I compile kopete without V4L support? Thanks, Alexander Skwar -- Too much knowledge never makes for simple decisions. -- CROWN PRINCE RAPHAEL CORRINO, Discourses on Leadership -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Recompiling pakages after rebuild of Qt?

2006-07-26 Thread Alexander Skwar
://doc.trolltech.com/3.3/plugins-howto.html for more infos. I'd now like to recompile the necessary packages. How do I find out, which packages I need to recompile, besides the 3 packages, which are mentioned in the message? Thanks, Alexander Skwar -- BOFH Excuse #323: Your processor has processed too many

Re: [gentoo-user] mysql, bind and dns hostnames

2006-07-26 Thread Alexander Kirillov
I just installed on PC1 (pc-0001.localarea) mysql and bind. locally all OK. when I try to connect via phpmyadmin from PC2 (pc-0002.localarea), the following error prompts: Host '192.168.0.2' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server - on my server, I inserted a new record for

Re: [gentoo-user] mysql, bind and dns hostnames

2006-07-26 Thread Alexander Kirillov
If you have net-dns/bind-tools installed what's the output of dig -x 192.168.0.2 ? # dig -x 192.168.0.2 ; DiG 9.3.2 -x 192.168.0.2 ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; -HEADER- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 914 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1,

Re: [gentoo-user] strange [ file

2006-07-25 Thread Alexander Skwar
normally do them. For example: if [ -f /etc/passwd ] ; then echo /etc/passwd exists and is a regular file fi Notice the [ after the if However, [ is normally a shell builtin and thus /usr/bin/[ isn't executed. Alexander Skwar -- Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man

Re: [gentoo-user] strange [ file

2006-07-25 Thread Alexander Skwar
root 22784 27. Jun 09:34 /usr/bin/test I wonder where the differences are. I would've expected that test and [ were hardlinks. Alexander Skwar -- Is it 1974? What's for SUPPER? Can I spend my COLLEGE FUND in one wild afternoon?? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] strange [ file

2006-07-25 Thread Alexander Skwar
behaviour is insufficient reason for that. Alexander asked why one was not a link to the other, I'd like to know too, but this isn't the reason. For such a simple question, this sure is generating a lot of traffic :-) The answer is simple: 'test' is a bash builtin. When a bash script executes

Re: [gentoo-user] strange [ file

2006-07-25 Thread Alexander Skwar
it. For example, zcat and gunzip are links to gzip, yet the three programs behave differently. but this isn't the case: I was disagreeing with the cant be the same comment. I know they are different files, but the slightly different behaviour is insufficient reason for that. Alexander asked why one

Re: [gentoo-user] strange [ file

2006-07-25 Thread Alexander Skwar
on the command line that invokes it. What are you talking about? Of course the program could have a different syntax. For example, compare the syntax that zipinfo and unzip have. Alexander Skwar -- Delta: The kids will love our inflatable slides.-- David Letterman -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-25 Thread Alexander Skwar
that portage even CAN use SMTP. But nearly always, you'll need to use some SMTP server to get your mail out. But with the /usr/sbin/sendmail interface, it's conceivable to send out the mail WITHOUT the use of SMTP (eg. if the mail is sent from the host with UUCP). Alexander Skwar -- Is a wedding

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-25 Thread Alexander Skwar
Mick schrieb: On Tuesday 25 July 2006 19:42, Alexander Skwar wrote: Grant schrieb: I thought this thread was saying using SMTP was optional. You misunderstood. This thread was about, *WHERE* SMTP is used. IMO, it's wrong that portage even CAN use SMTP. But nearly always, you'll need

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-24 Thread Alexander Skwar
matter. Do I need to set up any other kind of configuration? You need to configure ssmtp. Did you do so? Alexander Skwar -- The easiest way to get the root password is to become system admin. -- Unknown source -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-24 Thread Alexander Skwar
Tro schrieb: On Monday July 24 2006 01:51, Alexander Skwar wrote: Sorry for all the confusion - I should've read the documentation first. So, is that gentoo-wiki article defunct now? I can't tell yet, as I haven't checked if MAILURI=... /usr/sbin/sendmail works fine. But I'd suppose

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-24 Thread Alexander Skwar
Alexander Skwar schrieb: Tro schrieb: On Monday July 24 2006 01:51, Alexander Skwar wrote: Sorry for all the confusion - I should've read the documentation first. So, is that gentoo-wiki article defunct now? I can't tell yet, as I haven't checked if MAILURI=... /usr/sbin/sendmail works

Re: [gentoo-user] usb hp cd-writer 8200 series

2006-07-23 Thread Alexander Fortwinder
Response Format: 1 Vendor_info: 'HP' Identifikation : 'CD-Writer+ 8200e' Revision : '0001' Device seems to be: Generic CCS Disk. cdrecord: Sorry, no CD/DVD-Drive found on this target. On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 22:47:39 +0100 Daniel Drake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alexander Fortwinder wrote: I'd

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-23 Thread Alexander Skwar
Neil Bothwick schrieb: On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:01:34 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: Neil Bothwick schrieb: Re-using existing software is very unix like Sending mail with directly speaking SMTP isn't. That's the job of a MTA. What if you don't have an MTA installed, which is how

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-23 Thread Alexander Skwar
Neil Bothwick schrieb: On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:27:22 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: Sending mail with directly speaking SMTP isn't. That's the job of a MTA. What if you don't have an MTA installed, which is how this question arose? Then you install one. That's not an acceptable answer

Re: [gentoo-user] ssmtp - How to set up

2006-07-23 Thread Alexander Skwar
mail off the system to a Mailhub SSMTP can't do local delivery. Now, you could setup your system so, that it sends the mail to some other system and then you access that other system with POP3/IMAP to get the mail. But that's of course not your local account. Alexander Skwar -- Q: Why does

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-23 Thread Alexander Skwar
be a the path to a sendmail binary if you don't want to use smtp So, the correct entry for your make.conf is: PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI=[EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/sbin/sendmail Sorry for all the confusion - I should've read the documentation first. Alexander Skwar -- I'd love to go out with you, but I have

Re: [gentoo-user] Suggested network fs for small lan ?

2006-07-22 Thread Alexander Skwar
think about anything easier than NFS on *nix. Alexander Skwar -- I know how to do SPECIAL EFFECTS!! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] w3m, get back to previous page?

2006-07-22 Thread Alexander Fortwinder
Hi everyone, I have installed w3m, but can't fugure out how I come back to a previous page? Another question is if w3m can do graphical on a console? Thanks. Alex -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] What happened with -vo vesa in Mplayer?

2006-07-22 Thread Alexander Fortwinder
I used to play movies on the console with -vo vesa option, mplayer -vo vesa -x 1280 -y 1024 somefile.avi Right now there is no available vesa driver at all in my mplayer installation. Where did it go? I can play (sort of) with -vo fbdev or fbdev2, but my resolution is about 1/8 or less of the

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-22 Thread Alexander Skwar
with ELOG, you've got to use PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM=custom and set up your own program in PORTAGE_ELOG_COMMAND. Read my howto at http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Making_portage_use_/usr/sbin/sendmail_to_send_out_ELOG_mails Alexander Skwar -- For the first time we have a weapon that nobody has used for thirty

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-22 Thread Alexander Skwar
potential problems, which can be sidestepped by making portage use /usr/sbin/sendmail instead. or would I need something like courier-imap too? IMAP has nothing to do with that. IMAP is for a client to fetch mails (kind of). It's not for sending mails. Alexander Skwar -- Kethryvis Gruuk: UFies

[gentoo-user] usb hp cd-writer 8200 series

2006-07-22 Thread Alexander Fortwinder
I'd appreciate if anyone tell me what kernel options are needed to make my usb drive to work. Thanks, Alex -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-22 Thread Alexander Skwar
Neil Bothwick schrieb: On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 20:17:46 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: I don't know, but it would be a very useful addition - and IMO, they could dump that useless feature, that portage can do SMTP by itself. That's so un-Unix, so Windows-like :( Portage doesn't do SMTP by itself

Re: [gentoo-user] Howto recreate files in /dev?

2006-07-21 Thread Alexander Skwar
Richard Fish wrote: On 7/20/06, Alexander Skwar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I recreate all the dev files? This should work. It uses the same mechanism that Gentoo (/sbin/rc) uses at system boot time. /dev should *not* be mounted when this is run: /dev should *NOT* be mounted? What

Re: [gentoo-user] Suggested network fs for small lan ?

2006-07-21 Thread Alexander Skwar
Enrico Weigelt schrieb: what network filesystem would you suggest for an small LAN ? NFS. If Windows systems need to access the resources, I'd think about installing MS SFU on those boxes. Alexander Skwar -- bureaucrat, n: A politician who has tenure. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org

[gentoo-user] A directory name with spaces in it?

2006-07-21 Thread Alexander Fortwinder
Hi everyone, I'm downloading a torrent file which created a directory name with spaces, so when I try to access it in bash, it is reported as not being found. How do I deal with it? For example, /home/This is a some directory Thanks for suggestions. Alex -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing

Re: [gentoo-user] A directory name with spaces in it?

2006-07-21 Thread Alexander Skwar
Alexander Fortwinder schrieb: Hi everyone, I'm downloading a torrent file which created a directory name with spaces, so when I try to access it in bash, it is reported as not being found. What did you do? What was the *EXACT* command? How do I deal with it? Correctly :) For example

Re: [gentoo-user] A directory name with spaces in it?

2006-07-21 Thread Alexander Skwar
Mike Williams schrieb: /home/This is a some directory Now, if you're trying to get funny, this would also work: /home/This \ is' 'a' 'some\ directory ;) Alexander Skwar -- How long does it take a DEC field service engineer to change a lightbulb? It depends on how many bad ones he

Re: [gentoo-user] Kde menu

2006-07-21 Thread Alexander Skwar
the Debian crowd (Ubuntu) or Mandrivia, make it so, that each and every important application is added to the menu. In Ubuntu it is so, that in Gnome (and I suppose in KDE as well) there's a Debian menu which holds all the applications. Something like this should be done as well in Gentoo. Alexander

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11, $VIDEO_CARDS binary packages

2006-07-20 Thread Alexander Puchmayr
Am Donnerstag, 20. Juli 2006 17:54 schrieb Ryan Tandy: Alexander Puchmayr wrote: Nope, doesn't work. Same problem. I emerged with --nodeps the xorg-x11 package, with exactly the video-cards I want. Then I've tried the -k as you suggested, and still *ALL* other video-drivers are shown

[gentoo-user] Howto recreate files in /dev?

2006-07-20 Thread Alexander Skwar
, Alexander Skwar -- You can never tell which way the train went by looking at the tracks. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading to gcc 4.1 , question on recompiling

2006-07-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
with a different gcc version You really should recompile everything when you update to gcc 4.1.x from 3.x. See the GCC upgrade doc at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gcc-upgrading.xml Alexander Skwar -- rm_-rf_ The real value of KDE is that they inspired and push the development

Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading to gcc 4.1 , question on recompiling

2006-07-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
Philip Webb wrote: 060719 Alexander Skwar wrote: Leonardo wrote: different versions of gcc and glibc can coexist in the same system and all other installed programs should have no problem if I choose the new gcc with gcc-config. The problem is the gcc package not only delivers the gcc

Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading to gcc 4.1 , question on recompiling

2006-07-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
* not be required, but I wouldn't bet a 0,01€ on it. Also, I'd quite understand that bugs would be rejected, if it were so, that the user would've upgraded to 4.1.x without recompiling everything. There *ARE* known problems and the documentation states, that everything should be recompiled. Alexander Skwar

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11, $VIDEO_CARDS binary packages

2006-07-19 Thread Alexander Puchmayr
Am Mittwoch, 19. Juli 2006 20:20 schrieb Richard Fish: On 7/18/06, Alexander Puchmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't want all the drivers I don't need, nor do I want to recompile all of xorg-x11; Is there any possibility to get around this quite odd behaviour? Um, =x11-base/xorg-x11-7.0

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11, $VIDEO_CARDS binary packages

2006-07-19 Thread Alexander Puchmayr
Am Donnerstag, 20. Juli 2006 06:56 schrieb Ryan Tandy: Alexander Puchmayr wrote: Well, I think I got the conecpt behind meta packages. My question was why do I get a different content of the VIDEO_CARDS-variable when I specify -k in emerge or not??? You can't change the USE flags a binary

[gentoo-user] xorg-x11, $VIDEO_CARDS binary packages

2006-07-18 Thread Alexander Puchmayr
Hi there ! In my /etc/make.conf is a line VIDEO_CARDS=nv nvidia If I make a emerge -pv xorg-x11, I get the following output ... [ebuild N] x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv-1.0.2.0 USE=-debug 0 kB [ebuild N] x11-libs/libXv-1.0.1 USE=-debug 0 kB [ebuild N] x11-base/xorg-x11-7.0-r1

Re: [gentoo-user] kde 3.4 and kde 3.5

2006-07-17 Thread Alexander Kirillov
Which is the way? emerge -C kdebase-3.4 ?¿ http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/kde-config.xml 4. Managing KDE Installations HTH, Sasha -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] FTPs - Is there such a thing?

2006-07-14 Thread Alexander Skwar
Ow Mun Heng schrieb: On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 08:14 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: The first is called sftp, SSH File Transfer Protocol or Secure File Transfer Protocol, which are different protocols. The latter is called ftps, FTP over SSL. Yes. I want FTP over SSl or FTPs. Okay

Re: [gentoo-user] What's an ewarn?

2006-07-13 Thread Alexander Skwar
it is, do they get saved somewhere? If you configure it so. Alexander Skwar -- fenderberg, n.: The large glacial deposits that form on the insides of car fenders during snowstorms. -- Sniglets, Rich Hall Friends -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] FTPs - Is there such a thing?

2006-07-13 Thread Alexander Skwar
Transfer Protocol or Secure File Transfer Protocol, which are different protocols. The latter is called ftps, FTP over SSL. Alexander Skwar -- It's is not, it isn't ain't, and it's it's, not its, if you mean it is. If you don't, it's its. Then too, it's hers. It isn't her's. It isn't our's

Re: [gentoo-user] Seamonkey blocking mozilla and the mozilla blocking seamonkey

2006-07-13 Thread Alexander Skwar
/etc/make.profile point to? Alexander Skwar -- Mal: Listen, if you got guests, I can come back later. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Seamonkey blocking mozilla and the mozilla blocking seamonkey

2006-07-13 Thread Alexander Skwar
forgot to mention one very important thing... One which arch are you? gnome is stable on the arch, that still most of the people use: i386. So, if you're on something different, you should say so. Alexander Skwar -- Mal: Listen, if you got guests, I can come back later. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: virtual Windows solution...

2006-07-13 Thread Alexander Skwar
Server is very expensive. But VMware Server and VMware Player are for free. Alexander Skwar -- The Osmonds! You are all Osmonds!! Throwing up on a freeway at dawn!!! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: virtual Windows solution...

2006-07-13 Thread Alexander Skwar
Jarry schrieb: Alexander Skwar wrote: No, VMware doesn't cost money. Only VMware Workstation costs a bit of money (~250,- $) and ESX Server is very expensive. But VMware Server and VMware Player are for free. Thanks for all answers... BTW, what's the difference between all those vmware

[gentoo-user] paste64 / bracketed paste mode - What's that?

2006-07-12 Thread Alexander Skwar
Hi! xterm now supports a paste64 USE flag. euse shows: [-] paste64 (x11-terms/xterm): Enable support for bracketed paste mode Hm - what's that? What does it do? Thanks, Alexander Skwar -- Calvin: I'm a genius, but I'm a misunderstood genius. Hobbes: What's misunderstood about you

Re: [gentoo-user] Things that can be improved

2006-07-11 Thread Alexander Skwar
that they know what they're doing, and leave settings alone. And that's what's currently happening - the settings are left alone, *UNLESS* you make etc-update overwrite your original file. But generally, the files are *NOT* touched. Alexander Skwar -- My father taught me three things: (1) Never mix

Re: [gentoo-user] Things that can be improved

2006-07-11 Thread Alexander Skwar
? Alexander Skwar -- Yow! Now we can become alcoholics! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] What does perl USE flag do?

2006-07-10 Thread Alexander Skwar
) no matching entries found Hm. I don't understand. Add support/binding for the Perl language in Perl modules? What would be built, if the perl Module Net-Daemon-0.39 had no perl support or binding? Alexander Skwar -- IF I HAD A MINE SHAFT

Re: [gentoo-user] Things that can be improved

2006-07-09 Thread Alexander Skwar
Rafael Fernández López schrieb: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 What to do when your smtp server needs authentification ? Curse the damned too simple ELOG interface :) That's why I wrote, that I actually use =custom. I wrote a page on the wiki regarding this: Alexander Skwar

Re: [gentoo-user] Things that can be improved

2006-07-09 Thread Alexander Skwar
this by itself. Just have a look at the description of PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI in /etc/make.conf.example. HTH, Alexander Skwar -- My friend has a baby. I'm writing down all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he meant. -- Steven Wright -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Things that can be improved

2006-07-09 Thread Alexander Skwar
actually wouldn't want such a block to be in default configuration files). Alexander Skwar -- grasshopotomaus: A creature that can leap to tremendous heights... once. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Things that can be improved

2006-07-09 Thread Alexander Skwar
an option for vimdiff or emacs-diff -- I bet either would be better than the current script. No, it would NOT be *BETTER*. One of the nice things of the current default setup is, that it is rather basic. Alexander Skwar -- All international orders must be accompanied by payment in U. S. funds

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