[gentoo-user] Error compiling jpeg for kde

2007-06-14 Thread Mike Diehl
Hi all. I'm trying to emerge kde and I'm getting an error when the system tries to emerge media-libs/jpeg. So, where do I get crtbeginS.o and crtendS.o? TIA, i386-pc-linux-gnu-g++: /usr/lib/gcc/i386-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/crtbeginS.o: No such file or directory

[gentoo-user] Re: ati-drivers text corruption problem.

2007-06-14 Thread grante
In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: > On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 17:17 +, Grant Edwards wrote: >> All of the recent ati-drivers seem to have a bug that corrupts >> contents of some scrolling text windows. It looks like this: >> >> http://www.visi.com/~grante/fglrxbug.png > > wow, never seen t

Re: [gentoo-user] ati-drivers text corruption problem.

2007-06-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 17:17 +, Grant Edwards wrote: > All of the recent ati-drivers seem to have a bug that corrupts > contents of some scrolling text windows. It looks like this: > > http://www.visi.com/~grante/fglrxbug.png wow, never seen that and I've used most versions of ati-drivers u

Re: [gentoo-user] eix question

2007-06-14 Thread Philip Webb
070615 Andrea Bona wrote: > 070614 Philip Webb wrote: >> what does [I] mean ? and where are these letters documented ? > I think that [I] means that the package is already installed. Yes, that seems intuitive & matches experience; it's part of Eix (not Portage) & doesn't seem actually to be docum

Re: [gentoo-user] eix question

2007-06-14 Thread Andrea Bona
I think that [I] means that the package is already installed. Maybe here you will find something related: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Portage_Correctly#Understanding_Portage.27s_Formatted_and_Colored_Output Bye Andrea On 6/15/07, Philip Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 070614 Arnau Bria wr

Re: [gentoo-user] eix question

2007-06-14 Thread Philip Webb
070614 Arnau Bria wrote: > what's the meaning of the [D] in this eix output? > I did not find it in eix man page.. Someone else has answered this, but I have a couple of related questions: what does [I] mean ? and where are these letters documented ? Does anyone know ? -- ==

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade, no sound.

2007-06-14 Thread Peter Alfredsen
On Thursday 14 June 2007, Dale wrote: > Thanks for the info but I build everything in the kernel. I never liked > modules. I suspect that something did change about the kernel though. > I may just stick with the older kernel for now and try another version > later. > > Still open to ideas though

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo on Dell Servers

2007-06-14 Thread kashani
Mick wrote: Guys, has anyone installed a gentoo LAMP on: Dell Server: == If yes, what are the gotchas, in terms of kernel config, hardware, etc? I have never installed a 64bit system yet, so I guess that'll be another thing to read on. When buildi

[gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo on Dell Servers

2007-06-14 Thread Mick
Guys, has anyone installed a gentoo LAMP on: Dell Server: == Base Unit: Dual Core Xeon Processor 5050,2x2MB Cache, 3.00GHz, 667MHz FSB, PE 1950 (222-2398) Processor: Information,No Second Processor (311-1193) Memory: 4GB 667MHz (4X1GB), Dual Ranked Full

Re: [gentoo-user] Wha' hoppen to firestarter?

2007-06-14 Thread Roy Wright
Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > That helps some, but in net-firewall I'm finding a lot of unstable > packages, and no really good idea which ones will be the best for a > personal firewall, let alone which ones are best supported upstream so > this doesn't happen to me again. So I'm interested in > recomm

[gentoo-user] ati-drivers text corruption problem.

2007-06-14 Thread Grant Edwards
All of the recent ati-drivers seem to have a bug that corrupts contents of some scrolling text windows. It looks like this: http://www.visi.com/~grante/fglrxbug.png Has anybody else seen this issue or know what to do about it? Older versions of the driver that didn't have that bug won't bu

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Real Time kernel patch

2007-06-14 Thread Mark Knecht
On 6/14/07, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mark Knecht gmail.com> writes: > 1) Install layman > 2) Hook yourself up to the pro-audio overlay > 3) Emerge rt-sources > 4) Enjoy > If you need info on how to set up the configuration either write back > here or contact me directly off line. H

[gentoo-user] Re: Real Time kernel patch

2007-06-14 Thread James
Mark Knecht gmail.com> writes: > 1) Install layman > 2) Hook yourself up to the pro-audio overlay > 3) Emerge rt-sources > 4) Enjoy > If you need info on how to set up the configuration either write back > here or contact me directly off line. Hello Mark, I'm building up a system now I can

Re: [gentoo-user] Real Time kernel patch

2007-06-14 Thread Mark Knecht
On 6/14/07, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, Here is a fairly detailed article about RT on the 2.6 kernel series: http://www.embedded.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199903277 My question to those using any of the low-latency options in a 2.6 based kernel are: 1. Which sources do you s

Re: [gentoo-user] eix question

2007-06-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 14 June 2007, Arnau Bria wrote: > hi, > > could someone explain me what's the meaning of the [D] in this eix > output? I did not find it in eix man page.. > > $ eix -c claws-mail > [D] mail-client/claws-mail ([EMAIL PROTECTED]/05/07 -> 2.6.1): Claws-Mail is > an email client (and news r

Re: [gentoo-user] eix question

2007-06-14 Thread Arnau Bria
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:58:23 +0200 Alex Schuster wrote: > Arnau Bria writes: > > > could someone explain me what's the meaning of the [D] in this eix > > output? I did not find it in eix man page.. > > > > $ eix -c claws-mail > > [D] mail-client/claws-mail ([EMAIL PROTECTED]/05/07 -> 2.6.1): Claw

[gentoo-user] Real Time kernel patch

2007-06-14 Thread James
Hello, Here is a fairly detailed article about RT on the 2.6 kernel series: http://www.embedded.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199903277 My question to those using any of the low-latency options in a 2.6 based kernel are: 1. Which sources do you start off with. 2. Any patches you apply 3 Op

Re: [gentoo-user] Damaged file in portage cache

2007-06-14 Thread Jean-Baptiste Mestelan
On 6/14/07, Alex Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can you mv the dep directory to another name, and re-create it with emerge --metadata? Hey, this worked !!! I could not touch the files in /var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/net-misc/ but I could mv at an above level : mv /var/cache/edb/dep /var/

Re: [gentoo-user] eix question

2007-06-14 Thread Alex Schuster
Arnau Bria writes: > could someone explain me what's the meaning of the [D] in this eix > output? I did not find it in eix man page.. > > $ eix -c claws-mail > [D] mail-client/claws-mail ([EMAIL PROTECTED]/05/07 -> 2.6.1): Claws-Mail is > an > email client (and news reader) based on GTK+ It is i

Re: [gentoo-user] Damaged file in portage cache

2007-06-14 Thread Rudmer van Dijk
On Thursday 14 June 2007, Jean-Baptiste Mestelan wrote: > On 6/14/07, Rudmer van Dijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hmm, then it really looks like your filesystem is screwed... > > > > what filesystem are you using? > > and have you tried to do a fsck on it? > > It is ext3 filesystem ; I have exec

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux Installers for Blizzard Products

2007-06-14 Thread Daniel Iliev
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:25:29 +1200 "Kent Fredric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/14/07, Daniel Iliev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, guys > > > > I hope some of you won't find this message too much spam-alike. > > Today I accidentally found there is a petition on-line [1]. It > > represents

Re: [gentoo-user] Damaged file in portage cache

2007-06-14 Thread Alex Schuster
Jean-Baptiste Mestelan writes: > I have manually deleted a lot of files from /var/cache/edb/dep, but > the offending ones can neither be removed nor renamed. (Was I all > right, in manually butchering /var/cache/edb/dep ?) The fact that the > remaining files contain strange characters is puzzlin

Re: [gentoo-user] Damaged file in portage cache

2007-06-14 Thread Jean-Baptiste Mestelan
On 6/14/07, Rudmer van Dijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: hmm, then it really looks like your filesystem is screwed... what filesystem are you using? and have you tried to do a fsck on it? It is ext3 filesystem ; I have executed fsck on it, which reported no errors. It looks like the fs is out of

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade, no sound.

2007-06-14 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thursday 14 June 2007, Dale wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I upgraded my kernel the other day and now I have no sound at all. I >> have checked Alsamixer and Kmix to make sure it is not muted and it >> >> appears to be turned up there. This is lspci: >> >>> 01:0a.0 Multim

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo in the workplace

2007-06-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 14 June 2007, Sartorelli, Jason wrote: > Hi there, > This is possibly already answered elsewhere, however I've trolled > through google to no avail. I've upgraded my work machine from a > Windows 2000 machine to Gentoo (running on a Dell GX520) with VMware > running XP, Vista, 2000. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo in the workplace

2007-06-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 14 June 2007, Alexander Skwar wrote: > Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IE will never work in wine. > > That's total crap. Every version of IE (even IE 7 to some extent) > works with wine. ies4linux is a fine example, showing that you're > totally wrong. Agreed. It's more correct to

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade, no sound.

2007-06-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 14 June 2007, Dale wrote: > Hi, > > I upgraded my kernel the other day and now I have no sound at all. I > have checked Alsamixer and Kmix to make sure it is not muted and it > > appears to be turned up there. This is lspci: > > 01:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Li

Re: [gentoo-user] Damaged file in portage cache

2007-06-14 Thread Rudmer van Dijk
On Thursday 14 June 2007, Jean-Baptiste Mestelan wrote: > Many thanks for your kind answers. > > I have tried to emerge --metadata, too, and the result is just the same. > > localhost ~ # emerge --metadata > > >>> Updating Portage cache: Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/usr/bin/

Re: [gentoo-user] Damaged file in portage cache

2007-06-14 Thread Jean-Baptiste Mestelan
Many thanks for your kind answers. I have tried to emerge --metadata, too, and the result is just the same. localhost ~ # emerge --metadata Updating Portage cache: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 5530, in ? retval = emerge_main() File "/usr/bin/emerge

Re: [gentoo-user] M$ Excel document converter

2007-06-14 Thread Sabyasachi Ghosh
Not sure about command line, but how about web based converters? (like docs.google.com ). It can open and save both MS office and OpenOffice formats. On 6/13/07, Aleksey Kunitskiy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Is there any command line converters from M$ Excel to any *nix readable format(i.e.

[gentoo-user] RE: Gentoo in the workplace

2007-06-14 Thread Alexander Skwar
Sartorelli, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Ken, > So what do other people do when they need to use ActiveX? Use Windows. > Is there any work arounds etc? Nope. Alexander Skwar -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo in the workplace

2007-06-14 Thread Alexander Skwar
Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IE will never work in wine. That's total crap. Every version of IE (even IE 7 to some extent) works with wine. ies4linux is a fine example, showing that you're totally wrong. > I don't believe the devs plan to support it > either. Even more crap. Alexander Skw

Re: [gentoo-user] Damaged file in portage cache

2007-06-14 Thread Kent Fredric
On 6/14/07, Philip Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 070614 Jean-Baptiste Mestelan wrote: > I cannot emerge --sync , as this brings out the following error : > Updating Portage cache: Traceback (most recent call last): -- snip -- > OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: > '/var/ca