Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Interpret characters in /etc/inputrc

2006-02-17 Thread George Garvey
On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 02:31:45PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thats what I'm asking. Exactly what you see .. when you press what? In other words how can I tell what [2~ or any of the others, are without experimenting with C-v and testing different keys. I think I've seen a chart

Re: default stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?)

2005-11-21 Thread George Garvey
On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 04:17:45PM +0100, Holly Bostick wrote: reinstall, again I must wonder why he would complain that such a reinstall is now likely to be much easier, and lead to a functioning system (from which he can emerge -e world to his heart's content) much faster. But maybe I

[gentoo-user] (OT) Looking for ISP recommendation in Los Angeles, California

2005-10-19 Thread George Garvey
Does anyone have an ISP recommendation in Los Angeles (for a point-to-point T1)? For some reason everyone we've used has been the pits. Does anyone have a good experience to share with us? We really need trouble-free, 24x7, service (to the best of anyone's ability). --

Re: [gentoo-user] Proposed option for etc-update

2005-08-30 Thread George Garvey
On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 11:44:24AM -0500, Joe Menola wrote: So I was thinking it would be nice to have a -B option for etc-update which creates /somewhere/logical/etc.tar.gz before running etc-update. Perhaps. But, I hope you don't find out the unpleasant way what it is not to backup your

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge woes

2005-08-19 Thread George Garvey
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 02:57:05PM -0400, Nick Smith wrote: checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables I remember seeing this recently from sandbox: If configure fails with a 'cannot run C compiled programs' error, try this:

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get larger fonts in X ?

2005-08-15 Thread George Garvey
On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 11:28:44PM -0700, Zac Medico wrote: Although it seems like your X dpi setting should match the physical resolution of your monitor, it can be used to tweak font sizes. There is an X -dpi command line setting documented in the Xserver manpage and a DisplaySize

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get larger fonts in X ?

2005-08-15 Thread George Garvey
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 12:58:26AM -0700, Zac Medico wrote: I know of a couple text size related extensions for firefox. http://www.splintered.co.uk/extensions/ https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefoxcategory=Miscellaneousnumpg=10id=55 Thanks for that. Turns

[gentoo-user] Portage dead -- don't know how to proceed

2005-07-18 Thread George Garvey
/usr/portage itself is NFS mounted from a server and is fine. However, emerge --metadata and emerge -av1 glibc both report problems with some bdb stuff and doesn't work. This all happened after a failed glibc emerge. It detected that it was nptlonly, said it was removing /lib/tls, does with

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage dead -- don't know how to proceed

2005-07-18 Thread George Garvey
On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 11:30:10PM -0700, George Garvey wrote: /usr/portage itself is NFS mounted from a server and is fine. However, emerge --metadata and emerge -av1 glibc both report problems with some bdb stuff and doesn't work. This all happened after a failed glibc emerge

[gentoo-user] [OT] Routing advice requested

2005-07-16 Thread George Garvey
I just installed a T1 to a new ISP using a Sangoma CSU/DSU card. I thought I could use aliased IPs on existing gigE NICS on our LAN to set up the hosts that need an internet routable presence. Maybe that can be done, but not by me. I don't understand enough. I can get it to work on the