Re: [gentoo-user] Bug

2010-04-19 Thread KH
Am 19.04.2010 00:41, schrieb dan blum: Dale, Thanks for following up. HOw do you start a new thread? It is slightly annoying when you change a setting and reverts back to the original; the whole (computer) system should be more user friendly. Either way, it is good that there is an easy fix,

Re: [gentoo-user] No Mousewheel in X and ctrl-alt-backspace not working

2010-04-19 Thread Konstantinos Agouros
In 201004180915.01070.michaelkintz...@gmail.com michaelkintz...@gmail.com (Mick) writes: --nextPart1570133.id33PBG5uM Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sunday 18 April 2010 08:53:43 Konstantinos Agouros wrote: Hi, =20 for whatever

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back

2010-04-19 Thread YoYo siska
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 07:28:00PM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com writes: Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de writes: Read more details here: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.6-upgrade-guide.xml HAL is deprecated and will not be

[gentoo-user] 'wifi' USE flag in firefox

2010-04-19 Thread Mick
Any idea what the 'wifi' USE flag actually does in www-client/mozilla-firefox? Is it merely to know when the machine is on/off line and therefore try to connect to the Internet? -- Regards, Mick

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Setting up a fall back ISP SMTP in sendmail

2010-04-19 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-04-18 6:27 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 18 April 2010 22:06:44 Mick wrote: I was reminded that I do not understand sendmail enough for my liking. Does anybody? flame-protect That's why Wietse invented postfix. /flame-protect -- Charles

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server 1.7.

2010-04-19 Thread Philip Webb
100418 dan blum wrote: When I try re-emerging the xorg server I got error messages below: [ebuild U ] x11-proto/fixesproto-4.1.1 [4.0] [ebuild U ] x11-proto/xf86dgaproto-2.1 [2.0.3] [ebuild U ] x11-proto/xineramaproto-1.2 [1.1.2] [ebuild U ] x11-proto/xf86vidmodeproto-2.3

[gentoo-user] installation aborted due to poor programming practices

2010-04-19 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, the installation of a package (unofficial gimp-gap) is 'aborted due to poor programming practices' probably since there have been lots of dereferencing type-punned pointers and similar warnings. How can I forced portage to install it anyway? Many thanks for a hint, Helmut. -- Helmut

Re: [gentoo-user] installation aborted due to poor programming practices

2010-04-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:47:17 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch wrote: the installation of a package (unofficial gimp-gap) is 'aborted due to poor programming practices' probably since there have been lots of dereferencing type-punned pointers and similar warnings. How can I forced portage to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: initramfs RAID at boot time

2010-04-19 Thread Ciprian Dorin, Craciun
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 10:42, Jarry mr.ja...@gmail.com wrote: On 18. 4. 2010 8:57, Ciprian Dorin, Craciun wrote:     * there is an option for the kernel that must be enabled at compile time that enables automatic RAID detection and assembly by the kernel before mounting /, but it works only

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: initramfs RAID at boot time

2010-04-19 Thread Ciprian Dorin, Craciun
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 11:16, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:57:38 +0300, Ciprian Dorin, Craciun wrote:     Also a question for about /boot on RAID1... I didn't manage to make it work... Could you Neil please tell me exactly how you did this? I'm most

Re: [gentoo-user] ZSH: Gentoo-completion...how to modifiy?

2010-04-19 Thread Gregory SACRE
Hi, You have 2 choices here. 1. You can change the default terminal colours in you .Xdefaults. As an example, for rxvt-unicode (a.k.a. urxvt), you can put this in you .Xdefaults: ! tangoesque scheme urxvt*background: #11 urxvt*foreground: #babdb6 ! Black (not tango) + DarkGrey

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: initramfs RAID at boot time

2010-04-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:27:15 +0300, Ciprian Dorin, Craciun wrote: Well I've tried exactly that: I've aggregated two partitions in RAID1, made the file system, then tried to install Grub on them (as in run grub-setup or grub-install or grub and then from the shell the setup)... And I

Re: [gentoo-user] i cannot browser if the system is up too long

2010-04-19 Thread Xi Shen
i met this issue today, and i have tried all your suggestions, restart router, log off, restart my network interface. but none of this work. i still cannot get http connections to work until i restarted my system. -- Best Regards, David Shen http://twitter.com/davidshen84/

Re: [gentoo-user] installation aborted due to poor programming practices

2010-04-19 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 19 Apr, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:47:17 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch wrote: the installation of a package (unofficial gimp-gap) is 'aborted due to poor programming practices' probably since there have been lots of dereferencing type-punned pointers and similar warnings.

[gentoo-user] Re: xine problem

2010-04-19 Thread James
walt w41ter at gmail.com writes: There is an automatically generated file etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd-rules. If you have that file you might try deleting or moving it so the system will re- generate it during the next reboot. OK, I tried this and it did not solve the problem. In

[gentoo-user] Re: xine problem

2010-04-19 Thread James
James wireless at tampabay.rr.com writes: walt w41ter at gmail.com writes: If you have that file you might try deleting or moving it so the system will re- Here is the complete file # Optiarc_DVD_RW_AD-7200A (pci-:00:06.0) SUBSYSTEM==block, ENV{ID_CDROM}==?*,

Re: [gentoo-user] installation aborted due to poor programming practices

2010-04-19 Thread Arttu V.
On 4/19/10, Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote: On 19 Apr, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:47:17 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch wrote: the installation of a package (unofficial gimp-gap) is 'aborted due to poor programming practices' probably since there have been

Re: [gentoo-user] installation aborted due to poor programming practices

2010-04-19 Thread Mike Edenfield
On 4/19/2010 10:19 AM, Arttu V. wrote: On 4/19/10, Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote: On 19 Apr, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:47:17 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch wrote: the installation of a package (unofficial gimp-gap) is 'aborted due to poor programming

Re: [gentoo-user] 'wifi' USE flag in firefox

2010-04-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 4:49 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: Any idea what the 'wifi' USE flag actually does in www-client/mozilla-firefox? Is it merely to know when the machine is on/off line and therefore try to connect to the Internet? It enables Necko WiFi (and depends on

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Setting up a fall back ISP SMTP in sendmail

2010-04-19 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-04-19, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 2010-04-18 6:27 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 18 April 2010 22:06:44 Mick wrote: I was reminded that I do not understand sendmail enough for my liking. Does anybody? flame-protect That's why Wietse invented postfix.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back

2010-04-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote: Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de writes: Read more details here: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.6-upgrade-guide.xml HAL is deprecated and will not be supported in X anymore, so it's not the

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server 1.7.

2010-04-19 Thread dan blum
Phylip, First of all, I currently do have a functioning xorg server; but not sure if it is working as well as it should, based on the reported errors. Does anyone know what are the libXxf86dga libXxf86vm libraries as compared to the proto variety? They seem to be the offending packages pulled

[gentoo-user] How can I control ttyS0 respawning speed?

2010-04-19 Thread Jarry
Hi, I have set-up serial console on my server in /etc/inittab: s0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 ttyS0 vt100 It mostly works, with one exception: right after boot-up I get this message: INIT: ID s0 respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Of course, I can see this only on attached

Re: [gentoo-user] Bug

2010-04-19 Thread dan blum
Dale, Your fix worked, so far so good. Previously, I tried setting the time from KDE and using the date function and both were overridden on re-boot. One would think that either one of these functions would override the factory presets. I see 'date' is a binary file. Does kde also use this

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Where's my wireless AP?

2010-04-19 Thread Stroller
On 18 Apr 2010, at 23:35, Mick wrote: ... OK, I found what the problem was ... the AP is currently transmitting on channel 13, which it seems is outside the capabilities of the b43 driver. I am blaming the driver here because the Windows 7 OS has no problem using channel 13, while iwlist wlan0

Re: [gentoo-user] Bug

2010-04-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 12:14 PM, dan blum dan_...@yahoo.com wrote: I see 'date' is a binary file. Does kde also use this function to change its time and date? Where would one find the source package for 'date'? $ equery b `which date` * Searching for /usr/bin/date ... sys-apps/coreutils-8.4

Re: [gentoo-user] Bug

2010-04-19 Thread Dale
dan blum wrote: Dale, Your fix worked, so far so good. Previously, I tried setting the time from KDE and using the date function and both were overridden on re-boot. One would think that either one of these functions would override the factory presets. I see 'date' is a binary file. Does kde

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Setting up a fall back ISP SMTP in sendmail

2010-04-19 Thread Mick
On Monday 19 April 2010 15:49:34 Grant Edwards wrote: On 2010-04-19, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 2010-04-18 6:27 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 18 April 2010 22:06:44 Mick wrote: I was reminded that I do not understand sendmail enough for my liking. Does anybody?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back

2010-04-19 Thread Mick
On Monday 19 April 2010 01:28:00 Harry Putnam wrote: I should have mentioned that after posting the OP, I discovered I've had that stanza in xorg.conf for mnths... I forgot I had taken it from a post by Florien P., but I do not get the use of Ctrl+alt+bkspk to quit X. I guess it works for

Re: [gentoo-user] No Mousewheel in X and ctrl-alt-backspace not working

2010-04-19 Thread Mick
On Monday 19 April 2010 09:44:50 Konstantinos Agouros wrote: In 201004180915.01070.michaelkintz...@gmail.com michaelkintz...@gmail.com (Mick) writes: --nextPart1570133.id33PBG5uM Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sunday 18 April

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Setting up a fall back ISP SMTP in sendmail

2010-04-19 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 19 April 2010 16:49:34 Grant Edwards wrote: On 2010-04-19, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 2010-04-18 6:27 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 18 April 2010 22:06:44 Mick wrote: I was reminded that I do not understand sendmail enough for my liking. Does anybody?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Setting up a fall back ISP SMTP in sendmail

2010-04-19 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 19 April 2010 21:07:47 Mick wrote: On Monday 19 April 2010 15:49:34 Grant Edwards wrote: On 2010-04-19, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 2010-04-18 6:27 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 18 April 2010 22:06:44 Mick wrote: I was reminded that I do not understand

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Where's my wireless AP?

2010-04-19 Thread Mick
On Monday 19 April 2010 18:26:14 Stroller wrote: On 18 Apr 2010, at 23:35, Mick wrote: ... OK, I found what the problem was ... the AP is currently transmitting on channel 13, which it seems is outside the capabilities of the b43 driver. I am blaming the driver here because the Windows 7

Re: [gentoo-user] installation aborted due to poor programming practices

2010-04-19 Thread David W Noon
On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:00:03 +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote about Re: [gentoo-user] installation aborted due to poor programming practices: On 19 Apr, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:47:17 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch wrote: the installation of a package (unofficial gimp-gap) is

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Setting up a fall back ISP SMTP in sendmail

2010-04-19 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-04-19, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday 19 April 2010 15:49:34 Grant Edwards wrote: On 2010-04-19, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 2010-04-18 6:27 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 18 April 2010 22:06:44 Mick wrote: I was reminded that I do not

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Setting up a fall back ISP SMTP in sendmail

2010-04-19 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-04-19, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday 19 April 2010 16:49:34 Grant Edwards wrote: On 2010-04-19, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 2010-04-18 6:27 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 18 April 2010 22:06:44 Mick wrote: I was reminded that I do not

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Setting up a fall back ISP SMTP in sendmail

2010-04-19 Thread Mick
On Monday 19 April 2010 20:19:16 Alan McKinnon wrote: On Monday 19 April 2010 16:49:34 Grant Edwards wrote: On 2010-04-19, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 2010-04-18 6:27 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 18 April 2010 22:06:44 Mick wrote: I was reminded that I do not

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Setting up a fall back ISP SMTP in sendmail

2010-04-19 Thread Mick
On Monday 19 April 2010 20:20:27 you wrote: On Monday 19 April 2010 21:07:47 Mick wrote: On Monday 19 April 2010 15:49:34 Grant Edwards wrote: On 2010-04-19, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 2010-04-18 6:27 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday 18 April 2010 22:06:44 Mick

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Where's my wireless AP?

2010-04-19 Thread Mick
On Monday 19 April 2010 20:24:18 you wrote: On Monday 19 April 2010 18:26:14 Stroller wrote: On 18 Apr 2010, at 23:35, Mick wrote: ... OK, I found what the problem was ... the AP is currently transmitting on channel 13, which it seems is outside the capabilities of the b43 driver.

[gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-19 Thread Grant
I just updated a lot of packages on my laptop including xorg stuff, the intel-drivers, and firefox. Firefox is running really slowly now, with kind of a lag to everything. Does anyone know of anything to try in order to fix it? Do I need to disable or enable DRI? - Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-19 Thread deface
did etc-update over write xorg.conf ? On Apr 19, 2010, at 5:06 PM, Grant wrote: I just updated a lot of packages on my laptop including xorg stuff, the intel-drivers, and firefox. Firefox is running really slowly now, with kind of a lag to everything. Does anyone know of anything to try in

[gentoo-user] Re: How many ways are there for a user to increase their permissions?

2010-04-19 Thread Kerin Millar
On 18/04/2010 02:02, Jonathan wrote: [snip] 53 SUID or GUID programs on my system! Why does cdrecord have SUID set? /dev/sr0 is in the cdrom group with rw set so SUID should not be needed in the first place. Device node permissions are not the concern. If I recall correctly, it is so that

Re: [gentoo-user] Updates = slow firefox

2010-04-19 Thread Grant
did etc-update over write xorg.conf ? I actually don't use an xorg.conf at all. - Grant I just updated a lot of packages on my laptop including xorg stuff, the intel-drivers, and firefox.  Firefox is running really slowly now, with kind of a lag to everything.  Does anyone know of anything

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Where's my wireless AP?

2010-04-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday 19 April 2010 18:26:14 Stroller wrote: On 18 Apr 2010, at 23:35, Mick wrote: ... OK, I found what the problem was ... the AP is currently transmitting on channel 13, which it seems is outside the capabilities

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn.

2010-04-19 Thread Dale
Joerg Schilling wrote: Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Well whether k3b knows it or not, there is 320Gbs of space left. I did some more testing and the drive really doesn't do anything now. Even hdparm can't read all the info so I ordered a drive about 12 hours ago. I have had this

[gentoo-user] Wifi connectivity redux

2010-04-19 Thread Walter Dnes
It's so easy once you know how. I did some web surfing yesterday on my netbook at the Toronto Public Library (North York Centre). The main problem turned out to be that I had to drop my firewall for a few seconds during authentication, then I could bring it back up. There is an initial

Re: [gentoo-user] No Mousewheel in X and ctrl-alt-backspace not working

2010-04-19 Thread dan blum
If you are still having trouble with xorg, the best source of error information is the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log, which is created every time you run xorg. Also, the Gento web site has several articles on xorg which can provide additional help, although not all information is in one place.

[gentoo-user] Akonadi + DBUS

2010-04-19 Thread dan blum
When I start KDE I get the error: Akonadi server not registered with d-bus. Not sure if this is very important. If anyone knows of a solution to this problem please let me know. Dan

Re: [gentoo-user] Akonadi + DBUS

2010-04-19 Thread Thomas Iverson
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 12:00 PM, dan blum dan_...@yahoo.com wrote: When I start KDE I get the error: Akonadi server not registered with d-bus. Not sure if this is very important. If anyone knows of a solution to this problem please let me know. Dan try revdep-rebuild reemerge