Re: [gentoo-user] how to create a pgp signature

2005-11-21 Thread Peter Gordon
Holly Bostick wrote: but everybody could just read the man page and work it out for themselves, of course :) . Alternatively, one could read Gentoo's GnuPG documentation[1] or the GnuPG Handbook[2]. :-) [1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gnupg-user.xml [2]

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 2.6.14.2 and problem with ACPI (lost interrupt)

2005-11-20 Thread Peter Gordon
Have you tried booting with the 'irqpool' kernel option as suggested by the error message? --Peter signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-user] gtk 1.2

2005-11-19 Thread Peter Gordon
The GTK+ ebuild is SLOTed, which means that you can install multiple versions as needed. If you need GTK+ 1.2, you could try something such as: # emerge =gtk-1.2* Hope that helps. --Peter -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] gtk 1.2

2005-11-19 Thread Peter Gordon
Peter wrote: # emerge =gtk-1.2* Hrm. That should be gtk+, not gtk. # emerge =gtk+-1.2* Sorry about that. :-) --Peter -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] what is CONFIG_SCSI_QLA2XXX?

2005-11-18 Thread Peter Gordon
Neil Bothwick wrote: Press / while in make menuconfig and type 'qla' to see the relevant options. /me writes that down. Nice tip. Thanks, Niel. :-) --Peter -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] ATI radeon 9200 open source drivers - no direct rendering

2005-11-06 Thread Peter Gordon
On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 21:35 +, b.n. wrote: [...] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open

Re: [gentoo-user] ATI radeon 9200 open source drivers - no direct rendering

2005-11-06 Thread Peter Gordon
On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 22:25 +, b.n. wrote: Did you enable the ATi Radeon direct rendering manager and any needed AGP support in your kernel configuration? It's under the Device Drivers -- Character Devices option. Hmmm... my .config says so: CONFIG_AGP=y # CONFIG_AGP_ALI is not

Re: [OT?] Re: [gentoo-user] ext3: 10% non-contiguous

2005-11-03 Thread Peter Gordon
Richard Fish said: Based on what the developers presented at the 2005 OLS, delayed allocation, and an extents-based format (ext4?) are coming: http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2005/linuxsymposium_procv1.pdf That looks very intriguing. :-D Thanks for your thorough explanations, Richard! --Peter

[OT?] Re: [gentoo-user] ext3: 10% non-contiguous

2005-10-31 Thread Peter Gordon
On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 20:34 -0800, Joshua Schmidlkofer wrote: For a more sustainable situation, switch to XFS [It involved a backup/format/restore by whatever means you want] In any case, xfs has a tool called 'xfs_fsr' Which means 'file system reorganizer'. It does defragmentation, and

Re: [gentoo-user] ncurses apps garbled in text console

2005-10-28 Thread Peter Gordon
On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 20:03 -0700, Robert Persson wrote: For some reason (probably a careless etc-update) ncurses based apps (e.g. mc and kernel make menuconfig) have started looking really ugly when displayed in a text console, but look fine in xterm and konsole. Rectangular frames are

Re: [gentoo-user] CFLAGS setting for Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHZ stepping 08

2005-10-24 Thread Peter Gordon
On Sun, 2005-10-23 at 01:31 +1000, Richard Watson wrote: I've just got a new laptop I'm installing Gentoo on and was wondering if anyone could advise on the CFLAG setting I'm using. The CPU is a Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHZ stepping 08. Currently I've set CFLAGS=-02 -mcpu=pentium

Re: [gentoo-user] using g++ instead of gcc to build abiword

2005-10-21 Thread Peter Gordon
Robert Persson said: suggests that these would be cured if I were to build abiword using g++ instead of gcc. How can I do this in portage? Do I need to emerge anything to be able to use g++? Nope. You should have it by default, since it's part of GCC. I'm not certain, but try adding

Re: [gentoo-user] using g++ instead of gcc to build abiword

2005-10-21 Thread Peter Gordon
Peter Gordon said: Hope that gelps! That should be helps. Sorry about that. Please excuse my apparent lack of caffeine. :o --Peter -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] i386 vs amd64

2005-10-20 Thread Peter Gordon
From my understanding, if you install Gentoo/AMD64, you still can run and execute 32-bit ('x86') stuff natively, so that shouldn't be too much of an issue. I don't own any 64-bit hardware though, so I'm not certain about this. --Peter -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng can't be removed by rc-update

2005-10-19 Thread Peter Gordon
Dave Nebinger said: On Wednesday 19 October 2005 01:05 pm, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:44:18 + Michael Kjorling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | It should be deleted when you unmerge syslog-ng. No it shouldn't. Okay, I'll bite, why shouldn't it? If the package is

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting distribution name and release version

2005-10-18 Thread Peter Gordon
Scott Stoddard said: Look I'm not at all suggesting that we dignify LSB but what the o.p. is suggesting is not at all a bad idea. An easy, distro-independent, method for determining what distro, version, release, toolchain versioning, and/or portage timestamp can only help maintainers of

Re: [gentoo-user] /sbin/runscript.sh: line 32: /var/lib/init.d/softlevel: No such file or directory

2005-10-17 Thread Peter Gordon
when I try to start mysql. It seems to be an issue with the package that runscript.sh is part of ... which is what package? (it has been awhile since I lasted worked with Gentoo, so I am not sure the method to find out which package a file belongs too). I'm not at my Gentoo box, so I can't

Re: [gentoo-user] how to use EXTRA_ECONF?

2005-10-17 Thread Peter Gordon
Neil Bothwick said: mkdir -p /etc/portage/env.d/app-editors echo /etc/portage/env.d/app-editors/vim 'EXTRA_ECONF=--enable-clipboard' You can use this to set variables, or override default settings, for any package. Ooh that's quite nifty. I'll have to write that one down. Thanks, Neil. :)

Re: [gentoo-user] CVS problem

2005-10-17 Thread Peter Gordon
gentuxx said: [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: cvs server: cannot open /root/CVSROOT/config: Permission denied Cannot access /root/CVSROOT Permission denied Here's the perms on the file: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / $ ls -l /var/lib/cvs/root/CVSROOT/config - -rwxrwxr-x 1 cvsd cvsd 4082 Oct 17 13:15

Re: [gentoo-user] CVS problem

2005-10-17 Thread Peter Gordon
gentuxx said: [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: cvs server: cannot open /root/CVSROOT/config: Permission denied Cannot access /root/CVSROOT Permission denied Here's the perms on the file: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / $ ls -l /var/lib/cvs/root/CVSROOT/config - -rwxrwxr-x 1 cvsd cvsd 4082 Oct 17 13:15

Re: [gentoo-user] lost /lib/security/pam_console.so

2005-07-23 Thread Peter Gordon
Try setting the pam_console USE flag and re-emerging pam: # echo sys-libs/pam pam_console /etc/portage/package.use # emerge sys-libs/pam Although, it's rather odd that you are unable to login. I do not have pam_console either but I can still login through gdm just fine (with a similar warning

Re: [gentoo-user] How to Install Bacula Client Using Portage?

2005-07-09 Thread Peter Gordon
It's in portage, so a simple `emerge bacula` as root should build and install it on your machine (including any needed dependencies). If you want the client only, you can add client-only to your USE flags. It has a few other USE flags to do various things (MySQL and PostgreSQL support, for

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa issues

2005-07-09 Thread Peter Gordon
Are you sure that you're currently running kernel 2.6.12-gentoo-r4? Is your /usr/src/linux symlink correct? -- () The ASCII Ribbon Campaign - against HTML Email, /\ vCards, and proprietary formats. --- Peter A. Gordon (codergeek42) E-Mail: [EMAIL

Re: [gentoo-user] New Bugzilla HOWTO

2005-07-07 Thread Peter Gordon
Thanks, Chris. :-) -- () The ASCII Ribbon Campaign - against HTML Email, /\ vCards, and proprietary formats. --- Peter A. Gordon (codergeek42) E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Public Key ID: 0x87C59026 GPG Public Key Fingerprint: A5E9 EA8E 146B

Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/net/tun doesn't exist

2005-07-03 Thread Peter Gordon
Do you have Universal TUN/TAP device driver support (CONFIG_TUN) enabled in your kernel configuration? It should be a network device in your kernel configuration: Device Drivers -- Networking support -- Network device support -- * Universal TUN/TAP device driver support You can also

Re: [gentoo-user] kdedeltas

2005-07-03 Thread Peter Gordon
On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 10:12 +0800, W.Kenworthy wrote: I'm not a KDE person; but if I'm not mistaken, that tells Portage to use binary diffs (xdeltas) against the source tarballs themselves. So, for example, you could have a source tarball for version 3.4.1 of a KDE program and installing version

Re: [gentoo-user] kdedeltas

2005-07-03 Thread Peter Gordon
On Sun, 2005-07-03 at 20:09 -0700, Peter Gordon wrote: On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 10:12 +0800, W.Kenworthy wrote: Sorry about that. Evolution quotes the original message and I forgot to delete that from my reply. (Note to self: Get some caffeine. :O ...) -- () The ASCII Ribbon Campaign - against

Re: [gentoo-user]

2005-06-25 Thread Peter Gordon
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[gentoo-user] GNOME: How to create document template?

2005-06-21 Thread Peter Gordon
Hi all. When I attempt to create a new file in Nautilus it gives me an inactive No templates installed and a usable Empty file option underneath. How would I go about creating a template that I could use here? I've looked through the Nautilus help files and did a quick Google search and could not

[resolved] Re: [gentoo-user] GNOME: How to create document template?

2005-06-21 Thread Peter Gordon
On Tue, 2005-06-21 at 12:18 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: I also have no templates installed in my menu, but choosing Go To=Templates takes me to /home/username/Templates (which is empty), rather than any templates:/// virtual directory. Do you have such a folder? Well I've got a Templates option

[slightly off-topic] Re: [gentoo-user] Filesystem wars - ReiserFS 3.6 vs. JFS

2005-06-21 Thread Peter Gordon
On Tue, 2005-06-21 at 11:43 +0200, Harald Arnesen wrote: I use JFS on my laptop (it's an IBM ThinkPad, so why not use an IBM-made file system?). I like that reasoning! :D For what it's worth, I use Ext3 for everything (8 different partitions on two disks). I'm a huge Ext3 fanboy... -- () The

Re: [gentoo-user] Where can I download the gentoo binary for Ximian Evolution 2?

2005-06-19 Thread Peter Gordon
On Sun, 2005-06-19 at 10:28 -0700, Hareesh Nagarajan wrote: Where can I download the gentoo binary for Ximian Evolution 2 (x86 architecture)? I just can't seem to remember the name of the site. Gentoo is a source-based distribution. I believe your favorite download mirror should have package CDs

Re: [gentoo-user] [Fwd: Denial of Service Vulnerability in Apache SpamAssassin 3.0.1-3.0.3]

2005-06-15 Thread Peter Gordon
On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 17:50 -0700, Jonathan Nichols wrote: Spamassassin in portage is old. I know that there's an ebuild for 3.0.4, but it's marked unstable still.. Just an FYI. [ebuild R ] mail-filter/spamassassin-3.0.2-r1 I've been using 3.0.4 for a few days now (full ~x86 system).

Re: [gentoo-user] music.raw?

2005-06-12 Thread Peter Gordon
On Sat, 2005-06-11 at 22:30 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: There is a file that keeps mysteriously appearing in my home folder called music.raw. I have no idea where it's coming from. I'm not doing anything with my computer that I don't normally do. This has just started since the recent

Re: [gentoo-user] how do I know if the distcc works or not?

2005-06-12 Thread Peter Gordon
On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 06:26 +, askar ... wrote: Is there way to know or to see if distcc works or not? There is distccmon-gnome application, but it doesn't show anything graphical. If it is working, you should see something like the following in the output of `emerge --info`: distcc 2.18.3

Re: [gentoo-user] gcc-config error: Could not run/locate i386-pc-linux-gnu-gcc

2005-06-12 Thread Peter Gordon
On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 07:39 +, askar ... wrote: gcc-config error: Could not run/locate i386-pc-linux-gnu-gcc make: *** [xditview.o] Error 1 In my make.conf file I have CHOST=i686-pc-linux-gnu. I see this is one of the often occured promblems, when system reference to i386 instead

Re: [gentoo-user] Style Compile Error

2005-05-14 Thread Peter Gordon
Ian K wrote: Ive been waiting a while for a reply, so I am putting a reply to it. Please suggest some ideas. I'm sorry I've been very busy at work and with school stuff this morning and most of yesterday, Have you tried running fix_libtool_files.sh? # fix_libtool_files.sh 3.3.4 Hope that helps! --

Re: [gentoo-user] hdparm HDIO_SET_DMA failed

2005-05-13 Thread Peter Gordon
Quoting Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Actually, is hdparm supposed to be used when specific IDE support is not included in the kernel? It sounds like the kernel optimally configures your device if that support is included. hdparm sounds like it does the same thing. My understanding is that the kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] Style Compile Error

2005-05-13 Thread Peter Gordon
Ian K wrote: grep: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/libstdc++.la: No such file or directory /bin/sed: can't read /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/libstdc++.la: No such file or directory libtool: link: `/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/libstdc++.la' is not a valid libtool

Re: [gentoo-user] installing to VFAT partition

2005-05-12 Thread Peter Gordon
Mark Knecht wrote: Gentoo doesn't ask you what to install anything on. you install Gentoo on the partition of your choice. You can, in practice, install Gentoo on any partition type supported by the installation kernel and run it from any partition type supported by your custom kernel. A minor

Re: [gentoo-user] hdparm HDIO_SET_DMA failed

2005-05-12 Thread Peter Gordon
Grant wrote: HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted Does the kernel you built for those have support for the appropriate IDE controller chipset? You can get this information with `lspci | grep IDE'. (lspci is part of the sys-apps/pciutils package.) For example on my system I have a VIA

Re: [gentoo-user] NVI blocks VIM and NVI part of system profile?

2005-04-29 Thread Peter Gordon
I think the reason that they block each other is that they both create a /usr/bin/vi executable (with vim it's merely a symlink to run in vi- compatibility mode). It's likely part of your system profile because it satisfies the editor/virtual. Therefore it shouldn't do damage to your system to

Re: [gentoo-user] Yahoo Video

2005-04-23 Thread Peter Gordon
I don't know of any F/OSS way to do it, but I've heard success stories of people running IE6 through Wine. :-/ Perhaps that an help you. There're some guides on the forums I believe. -- () The ASCII Ribbon Campaign - against HTML Email, /\ vCards, and proprietary formats.

Re: [gentoo-user] parallel emerge operations

2005-04-23 Thread Peter Gordon
If youput 'distlocks' in your FEATURES in /etc/make.conf, then Portage will use lockfiles to prevent different instances of Portage running from clobbering each other's file. If I'm not mistaken, this is on by default for most profiles. `man make.conf` for more information. :-) -- () The ASCII

Re: [gentoo-user] 1000Mbps NIC problems solved

2005-04-23 Thread Peter Gordon
Heh. That happens sometimes. :-) Glad you got it all figured out. -- () The ASCII Ribbon Campaign - against HTML Email, /\ vCards, and proprietary formats. --- Peter A. Gordon (codergeek42) E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Public Key ID: 0x109DBECE

Re: [gentoo-user] WARNING: /etc removed from CONFIG_PROTECT portage-2.0.51.20

2005-04-23 Thread Peter Gordon
That's why you keep backups. ;-) Anyways, Thanks for the warning, Renat. I've added it to my package.mask just to be safe. (I'm running a full ~x86 setup on my desktop box.) Is -r1 safe to use? -- () The ASCII Ribbon Campaign - against HTML Email, /\ vCards, and proprietary formats.

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: which FS (ext3,reiserfs,xfs,jfs)?

2005-04-21 Thread Peter Gordon
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:17:33 +0200 Jarry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Up to now I always used ext2, but now I want to try some | journaling fs for my 2x160GB ata-disks, fully in raid1 | (partitions: / /boot /var /tmp /usr /opt /home and swap). If you care about your data, use

Re: [gentoo-user] DRM on a new ck kernel

2005-04-17 Thread Peter Gordon
Odd. Does your user have read/write priveleges to /dev/dri/card0 (and any other cardN devices that may be there)? Try running `chmod a+rw /dev/dri/*` as root and see if glxinfo reports that you're using direct rendering. If this works you'll need to add yourself to the video group: # gpasswd -a

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: which FS (ext3,reiserfs,xfs,jfs)?

2005-04-17 Thread Peter Gordon
Ext3 has yet to give me a single problem in the 2+ years that I've been using it (since my first GNU/Linux adventures on RH9). ReiserFS, on the other hand, was continually misbehaving (segfaults, floating point exceptions, journal replay errors, etc.) both times I tried to use it for a Stage1

Re: [OT] Ext3 Speed Issues? (Was: Re: [gentoo-user] file system corrupted)

2005-04-11 Thread Peter Gordon
Ow Mun Heng wrote: dir_index Use hashed b-trees to speed up lookups in large directories. Can you explain to me this feature? It's the first I've heard of it. I'm not an expert or guru, but I'll sure try. From what I understand, the filesystem normally stores the block and inode

Re: Pentium M is actually quite good. (Was: Re: Laptop_Mode was[Re: [OT] Ext3 Speed Issues? (Was: Re: [gentoo-user] file system corrupted)])

2005-04-11 Thread Peter Gordon
Isn't that what the -march=pentium-m and -mtune=pentium-m flags are for in GCC 3.4? -- () The ASCII Ribbon Campaign - against HTML Email, /\ vCards, and proprietary formats. --- Peter A. Gordon (codergeek42) E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Public Key