Re: [gentoo-user] madwifi-ng upgrade installs wireless-tools; why?

2007-06-04 Thread Naga
On Saturday 02 June 2007 15:18:07 Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: You could of course downgrade to 0.9.3-r2. Bad idea. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=179532 -- Naga -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Help me reboot X

2007-06-04 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 04 June 2007, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:   2) I have no clue how to find out what's causing the lockup.  I'd love to, because I usually lose a bunch of work in the crash. top will tell you which process is hogging the resources and also let you kill it with the 'k' hotkey My X also locks

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo update

2007-06-04 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 03 June 2007, Benjamin Graf wrote: Hi, I would like to know if there is a danger if I use a program during its updating (when I run emerge -uD world for example). For the most part, no danger. A running program will have certain files open and accesses them through it's inode

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with yelp while doing --update world

2007-06-04 Thread John covici
on Monday 06/04/2007 Stefan Onken([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote Am Sonntag, 3. Juni 2007 schrieb John covici: checking whether we have a gtk 2 gecko build... configure: error: This program needs a gtk 2 gecko build Do you have any idea what is wrong? Mozilla did compile successfully. --

Re: [gentoo-user] postfix - how to test

2007-06-04 Thread Johannes Skov Frandsen
Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: Hi, On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:29:56 +0200 Johannes Skov Frandsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I guess I should have expected it to rather simple to test. But I have never tried to configure a mailserver before hence my somewhat naive question. So what I did was

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux becomes expensive ;)

2007-06-04 Thread Ralf Stephan
Just for comparison, http://blog.spida.net/index.php?/archives/3-Powerusage.html has some measurements of a low-power system. That's not even optimal. My King Young w/ 1.6GHz Celeron, 500 MB RAM, and Intel 855 graphics uses just 30-35W at 100% CPU. And it's silent! ralf P.S. see e.g.

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot get Powernow/frequency scaling to work

2007-06-04 Thread Florian Philipp
Am Montag 04 Juni 2007 01:58 schrieb Jamie: I have recompiled my kernel as per the Powernow HOWTO at www.gentoo-wiki.com but cannot seem to get any Powernow or frequency scaling support. A dmesg | grep powernow returns nothing , it is enabled in the BIOS of the machine and works under Windows

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with kde and NIS/NFS users

2007-06-04 Thread Duane Griffin
Hi Thiago, On 02/06/07, Thiago Lüttig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks. I have an gentoo-desktop box, with kde-3.5.5 running under 2.6.18 kernel. Last week, I upgraded the kernel to the 2.6.20 version, and the kde takes a whole eternity to start, and another to run any program. I use

Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-04 Thread Nick
Here it is in chroot: mode 1024x768-76 # D: 78.653 MHz, H: 59.949 kHz, V: 75.694 Hz geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16 timings 12714 128 32 16 4 128 4 rgba 5/11,6/5,5/0,0/0 endmode /etc/fb.modes:5: syntax error Remove the rgba line from fb.modes, and it should work OK. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Help me reboot X

2007-06-04 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Kevin O'Gorman wrote: 1) Yes, it's REALLY locked up. But there's always enough CPU left for a non-X login from another machine. This kind of lockup is usually an error in the video driver, forgetting to drop a software lock after some operation and then on the next operation waiting

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Razr(Alltel) looking for an interface program

2007-06-04 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Montag, 4. Juni 2007, James wrote: Hemmann, Volker Armin volker.armin.hemmann at tu-clausthal.de writes: Any documents I can read about KmobileTools? there isn't much - but I could successfully get stuff, like sms or phone numbers from my Razr v3i with kmobiletools, the tty setting in

Re: [gentoo-user] Help me reboot X

2007-06-04 Thread Philip Webb
070603 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: From time to time my X server will lock up, usually but not always while I'm editing something in ooffice. It's always something that's pretty heavily graphical. When this happens, the only thing that still works on my desktop is mouse motion. No clicks actually

Re: [gentoo-user] postfix - how to test

2007-06-04 Thread Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote: My server give me this response: # telnet localhost smtp Trying 127.0.0.1... Then, you must verify which program has opened port 25: Install lsof, then, as root: lsof -iTCP:25 - -- Arturo Buanzo Busleiman -

Re: [gentoo-user] Error compiling x11-misc/xkeyboard-config-0.8-r1.

2007-06-04 Thread Vladimir Rusinov
On 6/3/07, nikhilnadig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: /usr/bin/xkbcomp -lfhlpR -o geometry.dir '*' make[2]: *** [geometry.dir] Illegal instruction (core dumped) Have you changed you CFLAGS? Show us: emerge --info cat /proc/cpuinfo -- Vladimir Rusinov GreenMice Solutions: IT-решения на базе

Re: [gentoo-user] Help me reboot X

2007-06-04 Thread Aleksandar L. Dimitrov
On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 03:51:49AM +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: Kevin O'Gorman writes: Can somebody help me stop and restart X? I'm using kdm for login. /etc/init.d/xdm restart Well, yes. But be aware of the fact that - depending on the configuration, this *might* not work when issued

Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-04 Thread maxim wexler
--- Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here it is in chroot: mode 1024x768-76 # D: 78.653 MHz, H: 59.949 kHz, V: 75.694 Hz geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16 timings 12714 128 32 16 4 128 4 rgba 5/11,6/5,5/0,0/0 endmode /etc/fb.modes:5: syntax error Remove the

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with kde and NIS/NFS users

2007-06-04 Thread Thiago Lüttig
all the procedures about nfs/nis worked fine. i'll try strace with kde. On 6/4/07, Duane Griffin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Thiago, On 02/06/07, Thiago Lüttig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks. I have an gentoo-desktop box, with kde-3.5.5 running under 2.6.18 kernel. Last week, I upgraded

Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-04 Thread Nick
On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 08:21:19AM -0700, maxim wexler wrote: --- Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here it is in chroot: mode 1024x768-76 # D: 78.653 MHz, H: 59.949 kHz, V: 75.694 Hz geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16 timings 12714 128 32 16 4 128 4 rgba

Re: [gentoo-user] Help me reboot X

2007-06-04 Thread b.n.
Kevin O'Gorman ha scritto: From time to time my X server will lock up, usually but not always while I'm editing something in ooffice. It's always something that's pretty heavily graphical. When this happens, the only thing that still works on my desktop is mouse motion. No clicks actually

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo update

2007-06-04 Thread Benjamin Graf
Thanks a lot for all these answers ! I'm reassured now. Ben -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with kde and NIS/NFS users

2007-06-04 Thread Thiago Lüttig
When I start kde, i enter a dmesg command and the last output was this: statd: server localhost not responding, timed out something about the nfs server ? On 6/4/07, Thiago Lüttig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: all the procedures about nfs/nis worked fine. i'll try strace with kde. On 6/4/07,

[gentoo-user] Gnome does not 'see' DVD RW drive

2007-06-04 Thread Jamie
I've just installed Gentoo 2007.0 after being a little annoyed by the speed (or lack of) in the latest Ubuntu release. Things are going pretty well but for some reason Gnome does not appear to be able to 'see' my DVD burner. I cannot right click in Nautilus and burn to disc, nor does a DVD drive

Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome does not 'see' DVD RW drive

2007-06-04 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 07:45 +1200, Jamie wrote: [...] for some reason Gnome does not appear to be able to 'see' my DVD burner. I cannot right click in Nautilus and burn to disc, nor does a DVD drive show up in Place - Computer. /etc/make.conf: Is the hal service running? -- Albert W.

Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-04 Thread maxim wexler
Did you try just running fbset -a 1024x768-76 on the command line, after bootup? If this works (and it just Well, well, well. I've tried this command before --shoulda mentioned it. What happened was that the screen would try to change itself but drop back into default(?) mode with a lot of

[gentoo-user] alternatives to audacious?

2007-06-04 Thread Denis
What are some alternatives to Audacious mp3/CD player? I really liked the old XMMS and used it right up until it was taken off portage. Audacious seems to resemble XMMS closely enough, but it seems more fragile. I have it working well on one gentoo box, but on this box, I am just having no luck

[gentoo-user] Install Migration

2007-06-04 Thread Randy Barlow
I've set up my desktop machine using LVM over software raid, and although I like it I'm getting weary of the complication of the setup for a simple desktop system. What I would like to do is get the same install (packages, config files, etc) as are currently used, but have it all on one file

[gentoo-user] Install Migration

2007-06-04 Thread Randy Barlow
I've set up my desktop machine using LVM over software raid, and although I like it I'm getting weary of the complication of the setup for a simple desktop system. What I would like to do is get the same install (packages, config files, etc) as are currently used, but have it all on one file

Re: [gentoo-user] alternatives to audacious?

2007-06-04 Thread Stratos Psomadakis
O/H Denis έγραψε: What are some alternatives to Audacious mp3/CD player? I really liked the old XMMS and used it right up until it was taken off portage. Audacious seems to resemble XMMS closely enough, but it seems more fragile. I have it working well on one gentoo box, but on this box, I

Re: [gentoo-user] alternatives to audacious?

2007-06-04 Thread Ken
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Denis wrote: What are some alternatives to Audacious mp3/CD player? I really liked the old XMMS and used it right up until it was taken off portage. Audacious seems to resemble XMMS closely enough, but it seems more fragile. I have it working

Re: [gentoo-user] alternatives to audacious?

2007-06-04 Thread Denis
I'll have a look at Amarok. Was XMMS removed for licensing issues? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Install Using another System

2007-06-04 Thread darren kirby
quoth the Randy Barlow: One more question - I'd like to install Gentoo on a very old and small system that doesn't have a CD-ROM, or even an IDE cable that can connect two drives. Can I put the harddrive from that system on my normal desktop and install as normal onto that drive? The old

Re: [gentoo-user] alternatives to audacious?

2007-06-04 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
+++ Denis [gentoo-user] [Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 05:26:09PM -0400]: I'll have a look at Amarok. Was XMMS removed for licensing issues? XMMS was removed due to it being no longer maintained I believe. I was also a huge XMMS fan and switched to Audacious. But it's so slow and buggy that I've

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with kde and NIS/NFS users

2007-06-04 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 04 June 2007, Thiago Lüttig wrote: When I start kde, i enter a dmesg command and the last output was this: statd: server localhost not responding, timed out something about the nfs server ? I don't think so. Would you please post the content of /etc/hosts and the output of ifconfig as

Re: [gentoo-user] alternatives to audacious?

2007-06-04 Thread darren kirby
quoth the Denis: I'll have a look at Amarok. Was XMMS removed for licensing issues? No. It's because the code is old and unmaintained. If I had the skill I would pick it up myself, but sadly I don't know what the heck I'm doing with it...I am very surprised that someone has not done this as

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo update

2007-06-04 Thread Dan Farrell
On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 10:12:42 +0200 Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 03 June 2007, Benjamin Graf wrote: Hi, I would like to know if there is a danger if I use a program during its updating (when I run emerge -uD world for example). For the most part, no danger. A

Re: [gentoo-user] Help me reboot X

2007-06-04 Thread Dan Farrell
On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 17:16:52 -0700 Kevin O'Gorman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From time to time my X server will lock up, usually but not always while I'm editing something in ooffice. It's always something that's pretty heavily graphical. When this happens, the only thing that still works on

Re: [gentoo-user] Help me reboot X

2007-06-04 Thread Philip Webb
070604 Philip Webb wrote: 070603 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: From time to time my X server will lock up, usually while I'm editing something heavily graphical. When this happens, the only thing that still works on my desktop is mouse motion. No clicks actually register and even the three-finger

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with kde and NIS/NFS users

2007-06-04 Thread Dan Farrell
On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 15:34:23 -0300 Thiago Lüttig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I start kde, i enter a dmesg command and the last output was this: statd: server localhost not responding, timed out rpc.statd needs to be running on NFS client hosts. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] alternatives to audacious?

2007-06-04 Thread Dan Farrell
On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:00:51 -0400 Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Denis wrote: What are some alternatives to Audacious mp3/CD player? I really liked the old XMMS and used it right up until it was taken off portage. Audacious seems to

Re: [gentoo-user] alternatives to audacious?

2007-06-04 Thread Ken
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dan Farrell wrote: On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:00:51 -0400 Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Denis wrote: What are some alternatives to Audacious mp3/CD player? I really liked the old XMMS and used it

Re: [gentoo-user] alternatives to audacious?

2007-06-04 Thread Denis
Amarok is feature-rich, but heavy indeed. I don't recommend it for a drop-in XMMS replacement. If you like the idea of editing mp3 tags and organzing your music really nicely, browsing it 3 different ways and seeing cover art from amazon.com and such, amarok is for you. Ha... yea, my use

Re: [gentoo-user] Install Migration

2007-06-04 Thread Richard Cox
On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 04:52:26PM -0500, Randy Barlow wrote: I've set up my desktop machine using LVM over software raid, and although I like it I'm getting weary of the complication of the setup for a simple desktop system. What I would like to do is get the same install (packages,

[gentoo-user] Message at bootup about superblock last write time

2007-06-04 Thread Walter Dnes
A while ago, I was troubleshooting serial port modem/ppconfig problems, and I did a lot of recompiles and reboots. It seems that every time my system reboots, I get the following message... * Checking root filesystem ... /dev/hda1: Superblock last write time is in the future. FIXED.

Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-04 Thread Nick
But, this time, boom! Now everything is scrunched into the upper left hand corner of the screen. I've maxed out the settings in the screen control panel on the monitor itself and managed to move the text to a band down the center of the screen with margins of about two inches. Now instead of

Re: [gentoo-user] alternatives to audacious?

2007-06-04 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Monday 04 June 2007 23:40:44 darren kirby wrote: Was XMMS removed for licensing issues? No. It's because the code is old and unmaintained. If I had the skill I would pick it up myself, but sadly I don't know what the heck I'm doing with it... I'd rather say it's unmaintainable. People

Re: [gentoo-user] Install Migration

2007-06-04 Thread Rumen Yotov
Richard Cox wrote: On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 04:52:26PM -0500, Randy Barlow wrote: I've set up my desktop machine using LVM over software raid, and although I like it I'm getting weary of the complication of the setup for a simple desktop system. What I would like to do is get the same

Re: [gentoo-user] alternatives to audacious?

2007-06-04 Thread Jed R. Mallen
On 6/5/07, Denis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are some alternatives to Audacious mp3/CD player? I really liked the old XMMS and used it right up until it was taken off portage. Audacious seems to resemble XMMS closely enough, but it seems more fragile. I have it working well on one gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with kde and NIS/NFS users

2007-06-04 Thread Thiago Lüttig
Folks, i've tried install nfs-utils on my client boxes, and guess what !??! it worked !!!. I guess the rpc.statd is started when I start the nfs service on my client box. Anyway, i think my problem is solved(by now :) ) Thax all of you for the time and help. On 6/4/07, Dan Farrell [EMAIL

Re: [gentoo-user] Help me reboot X

2007-06-04 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On 6/4/07, Dan Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 17:16:52 -0700 Kevin O'Gorman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From time to time my X server will lock up, usually but not always while I'm editing something in ooffice. It's always something that's pretty heavily graphical. When

Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-04 Thread maxim wexler
Sorry I can't be more help. Geert Uytterhoeven, who's listed as the author at the end of man fbset, pointed out that since I only have one video card, I only need one framebuffer, whereas I had two: ATI and VESA. So I reconfig'd w/o VESA and removed the video=vesafb... from the kernel line in

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Message at bootup about superblock last write time

2007-06-04 Thread Ken
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 »Q« wrote: In news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Walter Dnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems that every time my system reboots, I get the following message... * Checking root filesystem ... /dev/hda1: Superblock last write time is in the future.

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't emerge ekiga

2007-06-04 Thread Mike Diehl
Yup, I think that will fix it. Thank you for your time. On Saturday 02 June 2007 01:55, Neil Walker wrote: Mike Diehl wrote: I'm trying to install ekiga and it won't compile. It's complaining about not having XML::Parser installed. But XML::Parser is installed: I've had this kind of