[gentoo-user] Re: gthumb doesn't display images

2005-09-16 Thread Arkady Grudzinsky
Hmm... Since this e-mail went totally ignored, I have to answer my own question (just for the record). The problem went away after I installed Nautilus. Gthumb magically started to see images and display thumbs (as it is supposed to if the name means anything). Apparently, both Nautilus and Gthumb

[gentoo-user] named init-script error

2005-09-16 Thread Peper
Hello, sorry for posting it again and again but i hope this post will sort out any doubts you could have before. Running named from /etc/init.d/ is not working: $ /etc/init.d/named start * Starting named ... usage: named [-4|-6] [-c conffile] [-d debuglevel] [-f|-g] [-n number_of_cpus]

[gentoo-user] Central syslog server and then

2005-09-16 Thread Patrick Marquetecken
Hi, I'm going to setup a central syslog server for Linux and windows machines, but whats the best program to examin these logs, and send out email alerts to users ? It seems that there are not so many opensource solutions. TIA -- This is Unix-Land. In quiet nights, you can hear the Windows

RE: [gentoo-user] Plesk...

2005-09-16 Thread Michael Kintzios
-Original Message- From: Mike Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 September 2005 23:57 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Plesk... On Thursday 15 September 2005 23:28, W.Kenworthy wrote: Then what is it?  A quick look at the web site tells me

Re: [gentoo-user] Central syslog server and then

2005-09-16 Thread Christoph Gysin
Patrick Marquetecken wrote: I'm going to setup a central syslog server for Linux and windows machines, but whats the best program to examin these logs, and send out email alerts to users ? It seems that there are not so many opensource solutions. Which ones have you already checked out?

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to calculate Linux Kernel version

2005-09-16 Thread Dave Nebinger
/usr/src/- linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 /usr/src/linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 exists You need to link /usr/src/linux to /usr/src/linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4, as in: # cd /usr/src # ln -sf linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 linux Dave -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to calculate Linux Kernel version

2005-09-16 Thread Matthias Guede
Bogo Mipps wrote: Link is in place: /usr/src/- linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 /usr/src/linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 exists .config exists in this directory modversion.h exists in /usr/src/linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4/include/ What more can I do? There should exists another link:

Re: [gentoo-user] Central syslog server and then

2005-09-16 Thread Patrick Marquetecken
Patrick Marquetecken wrote: I'm going to setup a central syslog server for Linux and windows machines, but whats the best program to examin these logs, and send out email alerts to users ? It seems that there are not so many opensource solutions. Which ones have you already checked out?

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to calculate Linux Kernel version

2005-09-16 Thread Holly Bostick
Dave Nebinger schreef: /usr/src/- linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 /usr/src/linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 exists You need to link /usr/src/linux to /usr/src/linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4, as in: # cd /usr/src # ln -sf linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 linux Dave Or, dicing it down even further:

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to calculate Linux Kernel version

2005-09-16 Thread Bogo Mipps
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:53, Ow Mun Heng wrote: On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 15:42 +1200, Bogo Mipps wrote: Hi Simple problem, simple answer I'm sure. Not clear to me ex-list or google. Trying to emerge svgalib-1.9.21 get following error: Could not detect kernel version Please ensure

Re: [gentoo-user] Doubts about how to create a free software project

2005-09-16 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 16 September 2005 04:31, Raphael Melo de Oliveira Bastos Sales wrote: Hi everyone, I work with biotech and for about an 1 year I've been working on a web interface for genome/proteome data analysis. And I'd like to make it free software. But I still have doubts about legal problems I

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to calculate Linux Kernel version

2005-09-16 Thread Glenn Enright
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:18, Holly Bostick wrote: Dave Nebinger schreef: /usr/src/- linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 /usr/src/linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 exists You need to link /usr/src/linux to /usr/src/linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4, as in: # cd /usr/src # ln -sf linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 linux

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to calculate Linux Kernel version

2005-09-16 Thread Holly Bostick
Glenn Enright schreef: On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:18, Holly Bostick wrote: Dave Nebinger schreef: /usr/src/- linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 /usr/src/linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 exists You need to link /usr/src/linux to /usr/src/linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4, as in: # cd /usr/src # ln -sf

Re: [gentoo-user] hal and udev problem

2005-09-16 Thread Holly Bostick
Michal Kurgan schreef: Hello! Recently (after udev update) i spotted that hald do not create mount points in fstab so kde media kio slave doesn't work... http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_D-BUS%2C_HAL%2C_KDE_media:/ HTH, Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Sun Java JDK upgrade problem

2005-09-16 Thread Andreas Karlsson
Hi, I have the following problem. When I try 'emerge -uD world' I get: 'Calculating world dependencies ...done! emerge (1 of 1) dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.09 to / !!! j2sdk-1_4_2_09-linux-i586.bin not found in /distfiles !!! dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.09 has fetch restriction turned on. !!! This

[gentoo-user] Replacing main harddisk

2005-09-16 Thread Paul
Hi all, My main harddisk is starting to go, making awful noise and causing the computer to freeze. I have another spare disk and I wondered if somebody would list out the procedure I need to follow to create and format the partitions and to copy all of the faulty disk contents. Then how to

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing main harddisk

2005-09-16 Thread Allan Spagnol Comar
You can make a precise copy of your disk with dd command using dd if=/dev/hdaX of=backupfile.iso and then on the disk you want to write the data with dd if=backupfile.iso of=/dev/hdXX; if bouth disk are in the same machine you can copy it directtly using dd if=/dev/originpartition

[gentoo-user] What to do about firefox

2005-09-16 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
I thought firefox would become a good citizen, given adequate time, but I still have to kill it off every day or so even on my dual Xeon with 2 GB memory -- it's just a huge CPU hog after a while. It restarts okay, but it's a nuisance. I've waited over a year hoping the updated versions would

RE: [gentoo-user] Replacing main harddisk

2005-09-16 Thread Michael Kintzios
-Original Message- From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 September 2005 15:23 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Replacing main harddisk Hi all, My main harddisk is starting to go, making awful noise and causing the computer to freeze.

[gentoo-user] xorg-x11-6.8.2-r3: rdesktop badness after xorg upgrade

2005-09-16 Thread fire-eyes
I upgraded to xorg-x11-6.8.2-r3 , as per http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-07.xml . Now when I run rdesktop-1.4.1 to connect to a win 2003 teriminal server here, then use putty (a free ssh client), my normally green cursor turns black, and leaves a trail of black on black boxes

Re: [gentoo-user] What to do about firefox

2005-09-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On 9/16/05, Kevin O'Gorman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought firefox would become a good citizen, given adequate time, but I still have to kill it off every day or so even on my dual Xeon with 2 GB memory -- it's just a huge CPU hog after a while. It restarts okay, but it's a nuisance.

[gentoo-user] new 2 gentoo

2005-09-16 Thread Mario Carugno
Hi there, i'm curious about Gentoo. Installation needs some compilation ? I ask because i want to try Gentoo on an old40MB Pentium I / 120mhz, and if some compilation is needed, i could forget it. Is Gentoo suited for such old computers ? Thank you all.

Re: [gentoo-user] new 2 gentoo

2005-09-16 Thread John Jolet
On Friday 16 September 2005 11:32, Mario Carugno wrote: Hi there, i'm curious about Gentoo. Installation needs some compilation ? I ask because i want to try Gentoo on an old 40MB Pentium I / 120mhz, and if some compilation is needed, i could forget it. Is Gentoo suited for such old computers

Re: [gentoo-user] new 2 gentoo

2005-09-16 Thread Mario Carugno
Thank you John. Can you recommend some distro for such machines ? On 9/16/05, John Jolet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 16 September 2005 11:32, Mario Carugno wrote: Hi there, i'm curious about Gentoo. Installation needs some compilation ? I ask because i want to try Gentoo on an old 40MB

Re: [gentoo-user] Sun Java JDK upgrade problem

2005-09-16 Thread Holly Bostick
Chris Woods schreef: On Sep 16, 2005, at 10:02 AM, Andreas Karlsson wrote: * Please download j2sdk-1_4_2_09-linux-i586.bin from: * http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/Welcome.jsp? StoreId=22PartDetailId=j2sdk-1.4.2_09-oth- JPRSiteId=JSCTransactionId=noreg * (SDK 32-bit/64-bit for

Re: [gentoo-user] What to do about firefox

2005-09-16 Thread Jonathan Wright
Kevin O'Gorman wrote: I may have misconfigured it early on. Is there something in particular I should look for? I know there used to be issues with firefox where it had difficulty releasing memory when you have had a large number of tabs running. The only way to release it is to shut down

[gentoo-user] Embedded gentoo wont boot

2005-09-16 Thread Ognjen Bezanov
Ok, I have built an embedded system using the howto at bulah.com And the system boots perfectly, the only problem is that it doesnt have a login prompt. I dont know what the problem is. getty is installed on the system and the inittab loads all the scripts in /etc/init.d/S** so the inittab is

Re: [gentoo-user] What to do about firefox

2005-09-16 Thread Holly Bostick
Jonathan Wright schreef: Kevin O'Gorman wrote: I may have misconfigured it early on. Is there something in particular I should look for? I know there used to be issues with firefox where it had difficulty releasing memory when you have had a large number of tabs running. The only way

Re: [gentoo-user] Doubts about how to create a free software project

2005-09-16 Thread Raphael Melo de Oliveira Bastos Sales
You mean something like this? /*** * Copyright (C) 2005 by Raphael Melo de Oliveira Bastos Sales * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * *

Re: [gentoo-user] new 2 gentoo

2005-09-16 Thread maxim wexler
depends on the features you want. Linux will live on your setup(assuming that's 40MB RAM) --- Mario Carugno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, i'm curious about Gentoo. Installation needs some compilation ? I ask because i want to try Gentoo on an old 40MB Pentium I / 120mhz, and if some

Re: [gentoo-user] Opinions?

2005-09-16 Thread A. Khattri
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Mauro Faccenda wrote: And don't try to avoid been called geek by using those fancy smileys. ;) Im an old timer (well, compared to a lot of folks - been using the net since 89) and I remember when the ;) form of the smilie first appeared on the scene. I opposed it then and

Re: [gentoo-user] Load Balancing / Redundant Network ?

2005-09-16 Thread A. Khattri
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Mike Williams wrote: On Thursday 15 September 2005 19:08, A. Khattri wrote: Shame we dont have anything like CARP for Linux yet... (unless someone knows better?). UCARP, but it's fundamentally flawed, as iptables has no method to keep state tables in sync between

[gentoo-user] disappearing hdc

2005-09-16 Thread capsel
As in subject - on every restart hdc, cdrom (link), dvd (link) disappear from /dev I'm using udev. I haven't found anything about hdc in /etc/udev. I don't know when exactly it stoped work, it worked after last emerge -uDN world. When I create /dev/hdc it stays for one reboot. These values I've

Re: [gentoo-user] Audio and permissions.

2005-09-16 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 09:48:11AM -0700, gentuxx wrote 1) Run the command ls -al /dev/sound/. What's the output ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ls -al /dev/sound total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 220 Sep 10 11:27 . drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 29720 Sep 11 03:10 .. crw-rw 1 root audio

[gentoo-user] Re: disappearing hdc

2005-09-16 Thread capsel
On 9/16/05, Dave Nebinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I create /dev/hdc it stays for one reboot. These values I've got in /etc/conf.d/rc: RC_DEVICES=udev RC_DEVICE_TARBALL=yes hdc is a cdrom on my laptop. What can cause this? Turn off the tarball option, or create /dev/hdc and

Re: [gentoo-user] Sun Java JDK upgrade problem

2005-09-16 Thread Andreas Karlsson
On Friday 16 September 2005 18.54, Holly Bostick wrote: Chris Woods schreef: On Sep 16, 2005, at 10:02 AM, Andreas Karlsson wrote: * Please download j2sdk-1_4_2_09-linux-i586.bin from: * http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/Welcome.jsp? StoreId=22PartDetailId=j2sdk-1.4.2_09-oth-

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to calculate Linux Kernel version

2005-09-16 Thread Glenn Enright
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:17, Holly Bostick wrote: So, I would ask: Is the source that /usr/src/linux links to configured? Has it been compiled? Holly Point taken. As always your posts are detailed and helpful :) -- PIZZA!! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] OT: mounting hd images with windows?

2005-09-16 Thread Thomas Schweikle
Hi! This is a bit of topic here, but maybe someone has a solution! I can mount dd produced image files (harddisk images) in FreeBSD or Linux using different commands: FreeBSD: # mdconfig -a -t vnode -f ${HOME}/vc.img -u 4 # mount -t ntfs -o ro /dev/md4 /mnt/win_c Linux: # losetup /dev/loop0

[gentoo-user] Is There a Way to Re-emerge Software and Its Dependencies?

2005-09-16 Thread Drew Tomlinson
I set the ~x86 use flag for ffmpeg, getting the newest version in the tree. However now I'm having issues. What I'd like to try is re-emerging ffmpeg and all it's dependencies before reverting back to the older version. Is there a way to do this with the emerge tool? I've read the man page

Re: [gentoo-user] Is There a Way to Re-emerge Software and Its Dependencies?

2005-09-16 Thread A. Khattri
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Drew Tomlinson wrote: I set the ~x86 use flag for ffmpeg, getting the newest version in the tree. However now I'm having issues. What I'd like to try is re-emerging ffmpeg and all it's dependencies before reverting back to the older version. Is there a way to do this

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to calculate Linux Kernel version

2005-09-16 Thread Bogo Mipps
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 22:12, Matthias Guede wrote: There should exists another link: /lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r4/build - /usr/src/linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r4 Maybe this one is missing? There are two in /lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r4 - listing as follows: rugosa

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to calculate Linux Kernel version

2005-09-16 Thread Bogo Mipps
On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 00:17, Holly Bostick wrote: So, I would ask: Is the source that /usr/src/linux links to configured? Has it been compiled? Thanks Holly for your contribution (always enjoy your analyses of these problems - one reason I love this list!) Yes, it has been configured and

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: mounting hd images with windows?

2005-09-16 Thread A. Khattri
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Thomas Schweikle wrote: This is a bit of topic here, but maybe someone has a solution! I can mount dd produced image files (harddisk images) in FreeBSD or Linux using different commands: FreeBSD: # mdconfig -a -t vnode -f ${HOME}/vc.img -u 4 # mount -t ntfs -o ro

Re: [gentoo-user] Is There a Way to Re-emerge Software and Its Dependencies?

2005-09-16 Thread Wade Brown
Well, the quickest way to emerge all dependencies to an application is to use the --emptytree option, e.g. emerge --emptytree --ask ffmpeg will spit out a long list everything from kernel and gcc on up. I'm guessing you're wanting to go back to a non ~x86 style system, at least as far as ffmpeg

Re: [gentoo-user] Is There a Way to Re-emerge Software and Its Dependencies?

2005-09-16 Thread Drew Tomlinson
On 9/16/2005 2:50 PM A. Khattri wrote: On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Drew Tomlinson wrote: I set the ~x86 use flag for ffmpeg, getting the newest version in the tree. However now I'm having issues. What I'd like to try is re-emerging ffmpeg and all it's dependencies before reverting back to the

[gentoo-user] Re: What to do about firefox

2005-09-16 Thread Daniel Vrcic
* Jonathan Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] [05-09-16 20:16]: Kevin O'Gorman wrote: I may have misconfigured it early on. Is there something in particular I should look for? I know there used to be issues with firefox where it had difficulty releasing memory when you have had a large number of

Re: [gentoo-user] Is There a Way to Re-emerge Software and Its Dependencies?

2005-09-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:44:40 -0700, Drew Tomlinson wrote: I set the ~x86 use flag for ffmpeg, getting the newest version in the tree. However now I'm having issues. What I'd like to try is re-emerging ffmpeg and all it's dependencies before reverting back to the older version. Is there

Re: [gentoo-user] new 2 gentoo

2005-09-16 Thread Philip Webb
050916 Mario Carugno wrote: Thank you John. Can you recommend some distro for such machines ? Have a look at http://lwn.net/Distributions/ , which has categories 'special/mini', 'older Intel' 'small disk'. Unless you're an old-hardware fanatic or a masochist, Gentoo is not suitable for your

[gentoo-user] quickpkg gtk+

2005-09-16 Thread rodrigo lazo
Hi, I have two machines, and portage only in one of them. They share portage and have exactly the same configuration, one compiles and the other uses packages from the other. When I installed acroread I ran into problems I ran quickpkg gtk+ and everything worked fine, the other installed gtk+

[gentoo-user] emerge -pv mplayer questions

2005-09-16 Thread maxim wexler
Hello everybody, Here's the output of the above command on my machine: These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies  ...done! [ebuild N] dev-lang/nasm-0.98.39-r1 -build -doc 531 kB [ebuild N] media-libs/libsdl-1.2.8-r1 +X -aalib +alsa +arts -dga

Re: [gentoo-user] Help with Script that sends out HTML emails

2005-09-16 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 20:47 -0400, Willie Wong wrote: On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 07:07:23AM +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote: Hi, I'm writing a bash script that basically checks for stocks prices and I want the formatted output to be mailed to me. I've got the script working already. The only

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -pv mplayer questions

2005-09-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On 9/16/05, maxim wexler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ebuild N] media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre6-r4 -3dfx -3dnow -3dnowext +X -aalib +alsa (-altivec) +arts +avi -bidi -cdparanoia -debug -dga -directfb -divx4linux -doc -dts -dv -dvb -dvd -dvdread -edl +encode +esd -fbcon -ggi +gif +gtk -i8x0

[gentoo-user] network card information

2005-09-16 Thread Joseph
I'm just curious how to find network card information: like connection speed 10 100 or 1000 I know I can lookup on the switch light and they will tell me but is there a command line that will display this information? -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] ati-drivers: bad md5 sum

2005-09-16 Thread Bob Sanders
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:46:33 -0400 Michael Crute [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/14/05, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I'd really like -- a 6600-- is right out). If you're gonna spend that much money go all the way for a 6800 its well worth the cash. Maybe not. It

Re: [gentoo-user] network card information

2005-09-16 Thread Mike Williams
On Saturday 17 September 2005 02:12, Joseph wrote: I'm just curious how to find network card information: like connection speed 10 100 or 1000 I know I can lookup on the switch light and they will tell me but is there a command line that will display this information? Yup, ethtool, mii-diag,

Re: [gentoo-user] Is There a Way to Re-emerge Software and Its Dependencies?

2005-09-16 Thread Thanasis Papakonstantinou
A. Khattri wrote: On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Drew Tomlinson wrote: I set the ~x86 use flag for ffmpeg, getting the newest version in the tree. However now I'm having issues. What I'd like to try is re-emerging ffmpeg and all it's dependencies before reverting back to the older version. Is

Re: [gentoo-user] network card information

2005-09-16 Thread John Jolet
try mii-tool On Sep 16, 2005, at 8:12 PM, Joseph wrote: I'm just curious how to find network card information: like connection speed 10 100 or 1000 I know I can lookup on the switch light and they will tell me but is there a command line that will display this information? -- #Joseph --

Re: [gentoo-user] quickpkg gtk+

2005-09-16 Thread Mike Williams
On Saturday 17 September 2005 03:23, Willie Wong wrote: It is a curious thing: apparently portage doesn't think /etc/gtk-2.0 belongs to any package: Ahh, but it does... gimli ~ # equery belongs '/etc/gtk-2.0/*' [ Searching for file(s) /etc/gtk-2.0/* in *... ] x11-libs/gtk+-2.6.8 (/etc/gtk-2.0)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: disappearing hdc

2005-09-16 Thread Dave Nebinger
I did something like that: -I set up RC_DEVICE_TARBALL=no -rebooted, all hdcX disappeard, and hdc appeard -I set up RC_DEVICE_TARBALL=yes -rebooted -there is no hdc* what else can I do? Go to the udev migration thing in the gentoo wiki. There is a command that you have to run to actually

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -pv mplayer questions

2005-09-16 Thread maxim wexler
--- Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/16/05, maxim wexler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ebuild N] media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre6-r4 -3dfx -3dnow -3dnowext +X -aalib +alsa (-altivec) +arts +avi -bidi -cdparanoia -debug -dga -directfb -divx4linux -doc -dts -dv -dvb -dvd

Re: [gentoo-user] quickpkg gtk+

2005-09-16 Thread Rodrigo Lazo
Well, thanks all of you for your replies. I did rebuild the package using quickpkg but it didn't fix the problem, the only way I found to do it was compiling it on the second computer. That fix it but it wouldn't be an alternative if somebody find this problem and have twenty machines to install.

Re: [gentoo-user] Help with Script that sends out HTML emails

2005-09-16 Thread A. Khattri
On Sat, 17 Sep 2005, Ow Mun Heng wrote: I have another problem now. for some reason, the system I was developing for (FC3), the mail command does not have a -a option. I'm still searching for the correct mail 'version' in fc3. Anyone else has any more suggestions? Unless you're prepared to