Re: [gentoo-user] GTK user administration tool

2006-10-01 Thread Norman Rieß
Wagner Vaz schrieb: Hi all, I'm looking for some gtk application that I can administrate users on my BOX, can't be requered Gnome, KDE or XFCE, pure GTK. Thanks. All the best Hi Look here: http://www.gnome.org/projects/gst/ These are the Gnome System Tools, which come with a pure GTK

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's make - a problem?

2006-10-01 Thread Michael [Plouj] Ploujnikov
It's probably not the first time the jobserver messes it up cause the ebuild builds wine like this: make -j1 depend make Does that work for you ? Nope, it seems to do exactly the same thing as without -j1. -- () ASCII Ribbon Campaign /\ - against HTML mail vCards -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org

[gentoo-user] OT: How to check for an existing ethernet link ?

2006-10-01 Thread Meino Christian Cramer
Hi, sorry for being off topic, but I think, folks of this list have the knowledge to answer my question and I have no idea who to ask else... I need to check from within a C-program whether the computer, the program is running on (OS: Linux), is connected to the ethernet. The program is

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: How to check for an existing ethernet link ?

2006-10-01 Thread fire-eyes
Meino Christian Cramer wrote: Hi, sorry for being off topic, but I think, folks of this list have the knowledge to answer my question and I have no idea who to ask else... I need to check from within a C-program whether the computer, the program is running on (OS: Linux), is connected to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's make - a problem?

2006-10-01 Thread Michael [Plouj] Ploujnikov
Here is the weird part: The Makefile it tools/ says: all: $(PROGRAMS) $(MANPAGES) $(SUBDIRS) it also says: PROGRAMS = \ ... makedep$(EXEEXT) \ ... So, it should really be trying to build the makedep in the current directory (which is build_dir/tools) However, this is what make prints:

Re: [gentoo-user] JMicron confusion

2006-10-01 Thread Duane Griffin
On 30/09/06, Ryan Sims [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doesn't the all-generic-ide line prevent you from using DMA and such? The two objections I've seen to that is that it restricts the speed, and also renames the drives to hd* instead of sd*, so things would get switched around if I ever got to drop

Re: [gentoo-user] JMicron confusion

2006-10-01 Thread Duane Griffin
On 30/09/06, Ryan Sims [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/30/06, Duane Griffin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running gentoo on exactly this setup. There was some trouble with support for the controller prior to 2.6.18, however it all works just fine if you use the all-generic-ide irqpoll boot

Re: [gentoo-user] Flash Plugin Grey Screen

2006-10-01 Thread Michael Crute
On 9/30/06, Daniel Iliev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only problem is that all I see is a big grey block where the Flash presentation should be. Any ideas? Have you already tried emerge -C net-www/netscape-flash ; emerge net-www/netscape-flash? Yeah, several times, it doesn't seem to help.

Re: [gentoo-user] Flash Plugin Grey Screen

2006-10-01 Thread Daniel Iliev
Michael Crute wrote: On 9/30/06, Daniel Iliev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only problem is that all I see is a big grey block where the Flash presentation should be. Any ideas? Have you already tried emerge -C net-www/netscape-flash ; emerge net-www/netscape-flash? Yeah, several

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: How to check for an existing ethernet link ?

2006-10-01 Thread Meino Christian Cramer
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: How to check for an existing ethernet link ? Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 10:27:34 -0500 Meino Christian Cramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, sorry for being off topic, but I think, folks of this list have the knowledge to answer my

Re: [gentoo-user] Digest verification failed:

2006-10-01 Thread David Relson
On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 03:41:39 +0200 Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: ...[snip]... Since the offending file is in the portage tree rather than in distfiles it doesn't make a lot of sense to delete it since only a sync will be able to refetch it anyway. Had it been in distfiles then Dales suggestions

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT overheat] How to cause shutdown on overheat

2006-10-01 Thread Michael Gisbers
Am Samstag 30 September 2006 14:16 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Group, I recently built a ventilated stucture around my 4 desktops to try to quiet things down and get rid of the heat. I made no provision for forced shutdown in case of overheat, which is quite likely to happen if, for example

[gentoo-user] cflag for em64t

2006-10-01 Thread S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu)
i am installing gentoo on a em64t box.what cflag should i use also arch ??i am installing the 32bit edition .-- S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu)Home page: http://lavluda.tripod.com Blog: http://lavluda.tkYahoo!! ID: lavluda MSN ID: lavluda Skype : lavluda

Re: [gentoo-user] GTK user administration tool

2006-10-01 Thread Wagner Vaz
On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 12:09:42 +0200 Norman Rieß [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wagner Vaz schrieb: Hi all, I'm looking for some gtk application that I can administrate users on my BOX, can't be requered Gnome, KDE or XFCE, pure GTK. Thanks. All the best Hi Look here:

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: OT: How to check for an existing ethernet link ?

2006-10-01 Thread Mick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Meino Christian Cramer wrote: But in my case I have to avoid *ANY* timeouts (wayting for an answer or another timeout for example: the timeout of gethostbyname()) if possible. My program has to react AS FAST AS POSSIBLE on error conditions. So if

[gentoo-user] Possible new gentoo user

2006-10-01 Thread Terry Eck
I've been a SuSE user for several years now currently running 10.0. I'm interested in giving gentoo a try with the object of converting from SuSE to gentoo. I've been looking at this list for a couple of weeks and have determined that there may be a steep learning curve on my part converting. Any

Re: [gentoo-user] Possible new gentoo user

2006-10-01 Thread Mark Knecht
On 10/1/06, Terry Eck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been a SuSE user for several years now currently running 10.0. I'm interested in giving gentoo a try with the object of converting from SuSE to gentoo. I've been looking at this list for a couple of weeks and have determined that there may be a

Re: [gentoo-user] Possible new gentoo user

2006-10-01 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Sunday 01 October 2006 20:08, Terry Eck wrote: I've been a SuSE user for several years now currently running 10.0. I'm interested in giving gentoo a try with the object of converting from SuSE to gentoo. I've been looking at this list for a couple of weeks and have determined that there may

Re: [gentoo-user] Possible new gentoo user

2006-10-01 Thread Daniel Iliev
Terry Eck wrote: I've been a SuSE user for several years now currently running 10.0. I'm interested in giving gentoo a try with the object of converting from SuSE to gentoo. I've been looking at this list for a couple of weeks and have determined that there may be a steep learning curve on my

[gentoo-user] DHClient Woes - No Modules Loaded?

2006-10-01 Thread Lord Sauron
Proof: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep -nr dhclient ./archival [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ I have been getting annoyed at dhcpcd, which will take 180 seconds to ping even if there isn't a networking cable in my NIC. I use a laptop, so you can easily speculate how I got so annoyed. I know that Kubuntu had

Re: [gentoo-user] Possible new gentoo user

2006-10-01 Thread David Grant
On 10/1/06, Hemmann, Volker Armin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 01 October 2006 20:08, Terry Eck wrote: I've been a SuSE user for several years now currently running 10.0. I'm interested in giving gentoo a try with the object of converting from SuSE to gentoo. I've been looking at this list

Re: [gentoo-user] Possible new gentoo user

2006-10-01 Thread Lord Sauron
On Sunday 01 October 2006 11:08, Terry Eck wrote: I've been a SuSE user for several years now currently running 10.0. I'm interested in giving gentoo a try with the object of converting from SuSE to gentoo. I've been looking at this list for a couple of weeks and have determined that there may

Re: [gentoo-user] GTK user administration tool

2006-10-01 Thread Norman Rieß
Wagner Vaz schrieb: Does it requere Gnome? I'm interesting on Configuration Tools (http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/config-tools/) Use Python and Python GTK. All the best You can answer that yourself, by typing emerge -p packet. Nothing requires Gnome while Gnome is a packet of many

Re: [gentoo-user] Possible new gentoo user

2006-10-01 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Sun, 1 Oct 2006, Terry Eck wrote: I've been a SuSE user for several years now currently running 10.0. I'm interested in giving gentoo a try with the object of converting from SuSE to gentoo. I've been looking at this list for a couple of weeks and have determined that there may be a steep

Re: [gentoo-user] GTK user administration tool

2006-10-01 Thread Wagner Vaz
On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 21:01:55 +0200 Norman Rieß [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wagner Vaz schrieb: Does it requere Gnome? I'm interesting on Configuration Tools (http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/config-tools/) Use Python and Python GTK. All the best You can answer that yourself, by

Re: [gentoo-user] Possible new gentoo user

2006-10-01 Thread Chris Walters
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Terry, Well, the way I learned it, when I switched from Debian to Gentoo, was that I used the Minimal Install CD. I also used the Gentoo Handbook (not the Installation Docs for the current version. The CD will detect ethernet links to the

Re: [gentoo-user] Possible new gentoo user

2006-10-01 Thread benedikt
my first linux system was suse, then i switched to fedora...after a while i changed to debian then ubuntu then after a few conversations i switched to gentoo, but i had a lot of help from personen who worked very long ;) with gentoo. gentoo love it or had it ;) Am Sonntag, den 01.10.2006,

[gentoo-user] Remote desktop to WinXP from Gentoo

2006-10-01 Thread Mick
Hi All, I want to access remotely my father in law's laptop which is running WinXP to help him out with his IT problems. I assumed that krdc will do just that, but all it does is to ask me for the password for my kdewallet and then it fails. The error message tells me something about

[gentoo-user] OT: Can't load pictures from forum

2006-10-01 Thread Ernie Schroder
Not Gentoo specific but apparently specific to Linux. I belong to several motorcycle forums and since a site upgrade on one of them a while back, clicking on posted thumbnails opens a new window with the .jpg code instead of the larger picture. It is only this one site that does this and it

Re: [gentoo-user] Remote desktop to WinXP from Gentoo

2006-10-01 Thread benedikt
if you use gnome, then use the remote desktop client or use VNC, just install vnc-server on the laptop emerge --vncviewer on your base Am Sonntag, den 01.10.2006, 20:55 +0100 schrieb Mick: Hi All, I want to access remotely my father in law's laptop which is running WinXP to help him out

Re: [gentoo-user] Remote desktop to WinXP from Gentoo

2006-10-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 20:55:13 +0100, Mick wrote: I assumed that krdc will do just that, but all it does is to ask me for the password for my kdewallet and then it fails. The error message tells me something about ensuring that remote desktop is properly installed. :-( The exact error message

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Can't load pictures from forum

2006-10-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 04:00:34 -0400, Ernie Schroder wrote: http://www.harleyshoptalk.org/forums/index.php?act=Attachtype=postid=8197 The server is sending this with a Content-Type: text/html header. Mail the server admin and tell him to fix it. -- Neil Bothwick Gravity isn't MY fault! I voted

Re: [gentoo-user] Possible new gentoo user (the way I learnt it)

2006-10-01 Thread HXC
Hey welcome onboard! :-) I printed the handbookfor easy reference. With the handbook in my hand doing a manual install was pretty easy. Good luck! benedikt wrote: my first linux system was suse, then i switched to fedora...after a while i changed to debian then ubuntu then after a few

Re: [gentoo-user] Remote desktop to WinXP from Gentoo

2006-10-01 Thread Mick
On Sunday 01 October 2006 21:04, Daniel Iliev wrote: Mick wrote: Hi All, I want to access remotely my father in law's laptop which is running WinXP to help him out with his IT problems. I assumed that krdc will do just that, but all it does is to ask me for the password for my

Re: [gentoo-user] Possible new gentoo user

2006-10-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 13:08:25 -0500, Terry Eck wrote: I've been a SuSE user for several years now currently running 10.0. I'm interested in giving gentoo a try with the object of converting from SuSE to gentoo. I've been looking at this list for a couple of weeks and have determined that there

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Can't load pictures from forum

2006-10-01 Thread Ernie Schroder
On Sunday 01 October 2006 16:18, a tiny voice compelled Neil Bothwick to write: On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 04:00:34 -0400, Ernie Schroder wrote: http://www.harleyshoptalk.org/forums/index.php?act=Attachtype=postid=81 97 The server is sending this with a Content-Type: text/html header. Mail the

Re: [gentoo-user] DHClient Woes - No Modules Loaded?

2006-10-01 Thread Jan-Hendrik Zab
On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 11:44:42 -0700 Lord Sauron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Proof: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep -nr dhclient ./archival [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ I have been getting annoyed at dhcpcd, which will take 180 seconds to ping even if there isn't a networking cable in my NIC. I use a

Re: [gentoo-user] Possible new gentoo user

2006-10-01 Thread Colleen Beamer
Terry Eck wrote: I've been a SuSE user for several years now currently running 10.0. I'm interested in giving gentoo a try with the object of converting from SuSE to gentoo. I've been looking at this list for a couple of weeks and have determined that there may be a steep learning curve on my

Re: [gentoo-user] Remote desktop to WinXP from Gentoo

2006-10-01 Thread Daniel Iliev
Mick wrote: On Sunday 01 October 2006 21:04, Daniel Iliev wrote: Mick wrote: Hi All, I want to access remotely my father in law's laptop which is running WinXP to help him out with his IT problems. I assumed that krdc will do just that, but all it does is to ask me for the

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Can't load pictures from forum

2006-10-01 Thread Daniel Iliev
Ernie Schroder wrote: Not Gentoo specific but apparently specific to Linux. I belong to several motorcycle forums and since a site upgrade on one of them a while back, clicking on posted thumbnails opens a new window with the .jpg code instead of the larger picture. It is only this one

Re: [gentoo-user] Remote desktop to WinXP from Gentoo

2006-10-01 Thread Mick
On Sunday 01 October 2006 21:56, Daniel Iliev wrote: Mick wrote: Thank you. Given that grdesktop is just a gnome front end (equivalent to krdc, which I believe requires vnc) are any solutions that work with the default WinXP remote desktop/remote assistance set up? No, grdesktop is a

Re: [gentoo-user] Remote desktop to WinXP from Gentoo

2006-10-01 Thread Daniel Iliev
Mick wrote: On Sunday 01 October 2006 21:56, Daniel Iliev wrote: Mick wrote: Thank you. Given that grdesktop is just a gnome front end (equivalent to krdc, which I believe requires vnc) are any solutions that work with the default WinXP remote desktop/remote assistance set up?

[gentoo-user] amd64 install from x86 livecd?

2006-10-01 Thread Ryan Sims
There are a couple liveCDs in the forums for booting boards with the tricky JMicron goodness, but the one that seems to have the best shot at booting correctly is an x86-based livecd. If I boot from that, use it to setup my partitions and so on, but use an amd64 stage from the internet, will I

Re: [gentoo-user] amd64 install from x86 livecd?

2006-10-01 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Monday 02 October 2006 00:07, Ryan Sims wrote: There are a couple liveCDs in the forums for booting boards with the tricky JMicron goodness, but the one that seems to have the best shot at booting correctly is an x86-based livecd. If I boot from that, use it to setup my partitions and so

Re: [gentoo-user] Possible new gentoo user

2006-10-01 Thread Ryan Tandy
Lord Sauron wrote: For your first time I'd highly suggest the graphical installer. It'll save you some time, and while a lot of people correctly point out that it robs you of a great learning experience, it was the only thing that enabled a complete newbie (me) to successfully install gentoo.

Re: [gentoo-user] Remote desktop to WinXP from Gentoo

2006-10-01 Thread gentuxx
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mick wrote: Hi All, I want to access remotely my father in law's laptop which is running WinXP to help him out with his IT problems. I assumed that krdc will do just that, but all it does is to ask me for the password for my kdewallet and

Re: [gentoo-user] Remote desktop to WinXP from Gentoo

2006-10-01 Thread gentuxx
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 gentuxx wrote: Mick wrote: Hi All, I want to access remotely my father in law's laptop which is running WinXP to help him out with his IT problems. I assumed that krdc will do just that, but all it does is to ask me for the password for my

Re: [gentoo-user] Possible new gentoo user

2006-10-01 Thread Terry Eck
Thanks to everyone who responded to my post. I will give gentoo a try to see how it goes. I remember my first attempt at switching from redhat 5.1 to SuSE 6.2 many years ago. Although linux is linux, the different distributions implement and configure the software in their own manner. Terry

Re: [gentoo-user] Flash Plugin Grey Screen

2006-10-01 Thread Michael Crute
On 10/1/06, Daniel Iliev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Crute wrote: On 9/30/06, Daniel Iliev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only problem is that all I see is a big grey block where the Flash presentation should be. Any ideas? 1) Have tried to start your browser with the factory settings?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: baselayout-1.12.5 sucks

2006-10-01 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 07:10 -0400, David Relson wrote: On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:58:46 +0200 Remy Blank wrote: Noack, Sebastian wrote: The workaround is to hack /etc/init.d/checkroot to call `dmesg -n 1` on startup, even though in /etc/conf.d/rc is a variable RC_DMESG_LOGLEVEL which is

RE: [gentoo-user] emerge -D pulling in more than it should these days?!

2006-10-01 Thread Daevid Vincent
...and that has what to do with emerge -Davu? --newuse shortcut is -N --newuse (-N short option) Tells emerge to include installed packages where USE flags have changed since installation. -D is deep. -a is ask. -v is verbose. -u is --update (-u

[gentoo-user] Portage parenthesis

2006-10-01 Thread Grant
Could someone tell me why certain USE flags that should be enabled in ebuilds are not and have parenthesis around them instead? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] amd64 install from x86 livecd?

2006-10-01 Thread Ryan Sims
On 10/1/06, Bo Ørsted Andresen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 02 October 2006 00:07, Ryan Sims wrote: There are a couple liveCDs in the forums for booting boards with the tricky JMicron goodness, but the one that seems to have the best shot at booting correctly is an x86-based livecd. If

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage parenthesis

2006-10-01 Thread Ryan Tandy
Grant wrote: Could someone tell me why certain USE flags that should be enabled in ebuilds are not and have parenthesis around them instead? - Grant The parentheses denote flags that are masked by your profile, e.g. selinux is only available on the selinux profile. Some hardware-specific

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage parenthesis

2006-10-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Sunday 01 October 2006 22:36, Ryan Tandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Portage parenthesis': The parentheses denote flags that are masked by your profile, e.g. selinux is only available on the selinux profile. Some hardware-specific flags have this as well, e.g. altivec

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage parenthesis

2006-10-01 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Monday 02 October 2006 05:20, Grant wrote: Could someone tell me why certain USE flags that should be enabled in ebuilds are not and have parenthesis around them instead? As you can read in `man emerge` it may mean one of three things. Either it's forced on, masked off or removed since the

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -D pulling in more than it should these days?!

2006-10-01 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
Reordering for readability. Please don't toppost... On Monday 02 October 2006 05:14, Daevid Vincent wrote: From: Walter Dnes: [SNIP] WARN: postinst In portage-2.1.1, emerge --newuse is now sensitive to changes in IUSE. [SNIP] ...and that has what to do with emerge -Davu? [SNIP] Obviously

Re: [gentoo-user] DHClient Woes - No Modules Loaded?

2006-10-01 Thread Lord Sauron
On Sunday 01 October 2006 13:48, Jan-Hendrik Zab wrote: On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 11:44:42 -0700 Lord Sauron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Proof: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep -nr dhclient ./archival [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ I have been getting annoyed at dhcpcd, which will take 180 seconds to ping

Re: [gentoo-user] DHClient Woes - No Modules Loaded?

2006-10-01 Thread Ryan Tandy
Lord Sauron wrote: On Sunday 01 October 2006 13:48, Jan-Hendrik Zab wrote: PPS. The iface_eth interface is completely out of date, take a _very_ good look at `/etc/conf.d/net.example'. I did, I updated it as best I could. Well, could we take a look at it? $ grep -v '^#' /etc/conf.d/net --

[gentoo-user] pygame, framebuffer SDL_SysWMinfo has no member named 'info'

2006-10-01 Thread Stefano Guglia
Hello everybody ! I was going to install a Gentoo box without X (framebuffer only) + Freevo. Pygame is needed by the ebuild, but no way to install: here is the log: -- ... In file included from /usr/include/python2.4/Python.h:13, from

Re: [gentoo-user] DHClient Woes - No Modules Loaded?

2006-10-01 Thread Lord Sauron
On Sunday 01 October 2006 21:56, Ryan Tandy wrote: Lord Sauron wrote: On Sunday 01 October 2006 13:48, Jan-Hendrik Zab wrote: PPS. The iface_eth interface is completely out of date, take a _very_ good look at `/etc/conf.d/net.example'. I did, I updated it as best I could. Well,

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage parenthesis

2006-10-01 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Monday 02 October 2006 07:01, Grant wrote: Could someone tell me why certain USE flags that should be enabled in ebuilds are not and have parenthesis around them instead? As you can read in `man emerge` it may mean one of three things. Either it's forced on, masked off or removed

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage parenthesis

2006-10-01 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Monday 02 October 2006 07:30, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: Why would flags like mmx, mmxext, sse, and sse2 be masked from mplayer for me? /etc/make.profile - /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/amd64/2006.1/desktop I'm not sure why the use flags are masked. Heh, and then I found it...