Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean?

2008-07-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:35:44 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Anyway, you don't need to add something to remind you > of the partition's position; /etc/mtab will use regular device names, > so you can see what's going on with 'cat /etc/mtab' or simply 'mount' > without parameters. cfdisk also

[gentoo-user] Re: Warning: locale not supported by Xlib, locale set to C

2008-07-20 Thread Miernik
Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you sure these files are really utf8 files? What does the "file" > command tell you about those files. Maybe you need to run iconv on > them, first. > >> , and starting an xterm still shows "Warning: locale not supported by >> Xlib, locale set to C".

[gentoo-user] A few questions on trying to install

2008-07-20 Thread Alan E. Davis
Having been (mostly happily) using Ubuntu for a number of months I yearn to install Gentoo again. Tried a beta release of Gentoo 2008.0, and was pleased, at least to be able to boot and not have the confusion about naming HDDs, and using Grub was simpler. Now, as I approach the Live CD installer

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What is the gimmick to run tightvnc from windows to gentoo

2008-07-20 Thread Josh Cepek
Harry Putnam wrote: David Blamire-Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I did this a while back and I got it working by tunnelling via SSH (using putty on windows). But I can't remember the exact details off the top of my head. It may be worth googling that set-up. I seem to remember thinking it f

[gentoo-user] I goofed (was Screen-saver annoyance after recent update)

2008-07-20 Thread Walter Dnes
Never mind. Here's one for the books. I have 2 computers. d530 is the "production" machine and d531 is the "hot backup". I only have one 24" LCD, which has 1 DVI plug and 1 VGA plug. So I hooked up the DVI to d530, and the VGA to d530. My former production machine died recently, and I moved

Re: [gentoo-user] 20008 install problem: "Could not find the root block device in ."

2008-07-20 Thread Eric Martin
Dale wrote: Eric Martin wrote: Jarry wrote: Hi, I just downloaded install-amd64-minimal-2008.0.iso, burned it, and tried to boot&install. But during boot-up, a message comes: >> Determining root device... !! Could not find the root block device in . Plea

Re: [gentoo-user] emacs and asian languages

2008-07-20 Thread David Relson
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:34:29 +0200 David Sveningsson wrote: > David Relson skrev: > > On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:29:15 +0200 > > David Sveningsson wrote: > >> This sounds like a font issue to me. Can you see the characters > >> correctly if you cat the files? > > > > Hi David, > > > > Using a Gnom

[gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean?

2008-07-20 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Mick wrote: On Sunday 20 July 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: The labels are part of the file system; they're always there. For example, when booting the 2007.0 LiveDVD (which uses the legacy drivers, meaning /dev/hd* instead of /dev/sd*) the labels are there and I can mount /dev/disk/by-label/G

[gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean?

2008-07-20 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Dale wrote: Dale wrote: True but I have trouble remembering which partition is home and which is portage, until I mount them anyway. It's obvious then. I guess according to another reply that I will have to use something else for resierfs. I guess it can't hurt to much. Worst thing is to ha

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:28:09 +0100, Mick wrote: > I believe that the grub ebuild mounts it for you, messes up your > grub.conf and carries on with its business It doesn't touch grub.conf, that would be unacceptable. What is does do is it no longer installs the default splash image to /boot, so th

Re: [gentoo-user] emacs and asian languages

2008-07-20 Thread David Sveningsson
David Relson skrev: On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:29:15 +0200 David Sveningsson wrote: This sounds like a font issue to me. Can you see the characters correctly if you cat the files? Hi David, Using a Gnome terminal and the default character set "Current Local Ansi_X3.4-1968" all the asian characte

Re: [gentoo-user] emacs and asian languages

2008-07-20 Thread David Relson
On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:29:15 +0200 David Sveningsson wrote: > Citerar "David Relson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I'm using emacs.22.1 and it's having trouble displaying asian > > languages, specifically chinese and korean. > > > > From the menus, using Options//Mule//ShowMultiLingualText, displays

Re: [gentoo-user] emacs and asian languages

2008-07-20 Thread David Relson
On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:29:15 +0200 David Sveningsson wrote: > Citerar "David Relson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I'm using emacs.22.1 and it's having trouble displaying asian > > languages, specifically chinese and korean. > > > > From the menus, using Options//Mule//ShowMultiLingualText, displays

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean?

2008-07-20 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: True but I have trouble remembering which partition is home and which is portage, until I mount them anyway. It's obvious then. I guess according to another reply that I will have to use something else for resierfs. I guess it can't hurt to much. Worst thing is to have to boot

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean?

2008-07-20 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Dale wrote: Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Dale wrote: [...] Question, if I were to label mine and then boot from a Gentoo or any other bootable CD, would those labels still be there? The labels are part of the file system; they're always there. For example, when bootin

[gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean?

2008-07-20 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Dale wrote: Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Dale wrote: [...] Question, if I were to label mine and then boot from a Gentoo or any other bootable CD, would those labels still be there? The labels are part of the file system; they're always there. For example, when booting the 2007.0 LiveDVD (whic

Re: [gentoo-user] Screen-saver annoyance after recent update

2008-07-20 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 12:08:45AM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote > On Samstag, 19. Juli 2008, Walter Dnes wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 10:08:03PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote > > > > > How about: not using screensavers at all? > > > > Now for a stupid-sounding question... what is t

Re: [gentoo-user] emacs and asian languages

2008-07-20 Thread David Sveningsson
Citerar "David Relson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I'm using emacs.22.1 and it's having trouble displaying asian languages, specifically chinese and korean. From the menus, using Options//Mule//ShowMultiLingualText, displays Japanese correctly but shows boxes for Chinese and Korean characters. Simila

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean?

2008-07-20 Thread Mick
On Sunday 20 July 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Dale wrote: > > Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> Mick wrote: > >>> [...] > >>> What would be the recommended way of upgrading from the /dev/hd to > >>> /dev/sd then? I have held back doing this because I didn't have the > >>> time to mess about with

[gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean?

2008-07-20 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Alan Mackenzie wrote: On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 12:29:19AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: The CD/DVD-ROM can show up as /dev/sd* even with the old legacy drivers if you have enable "SCSI Emulation" for it. In any event, try to build a new kernel using the new drivers. The old legacy driver yo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean?

2008-07-20 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Dale wrote: Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Mick wrote: [...] What would be the recommended way of upgrading from the /dev/hd to /dev/sd then? I have held back doing this because I didn't have the time to mess about with it. If I were to configure a new kernel without le

[gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean?

2008-07-20 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Dale wrote: Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Mick wrote: [...] What would be the recommended way of upgrading from the /dev/hd to /dev/sd then? I have held back doing this because I didn't have the time to mess about with it. If I were to configure a new kernel without legacy ATA drivers, how woul

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean?

2008-07-20 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Mick wrote: [...] What would be the recommended way of upgrading from the /dev/hd to /dev/sd then? I have held back doing this because I didn't have the time to mess about with it. If I were to configure a new kernel without legacy ATA drivers, how would I know what

[gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean?

2008-07-20 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Mick wrote: [...] What would be the recommended way of upgrading from the /dev/hd to /dev/sd then? I have held back doing this because I didn't have the time to mess about with it. If I were to configure a new kernel without legacy ATA drivers, how would I know what my devices will be seen a

[gentoo-user] Solved!!! [Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist"]

2008-07-20 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, everybody, I've got the problem fixed. In my kernel config, I'd forgotten to include a driver for my VIA "low speed" IDE controller. I've put that in, and I can now read CDs/DVDs (and probably burn them too). I've stuck with the traditional /dev/hd[a-z] drivers for all the reasons I've rant

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean?

2008-07-20 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Mick, On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 06:22:23PM +0100, Mick wrote: > On Sunday 20 July 2008, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > So the kernel guys have decided that nobody would ever want more than 15 > > partitions on a drive. > From memory I recall that this has always been the limit for SATA/SCSI > dri

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean?

2008-07-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:05:10 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > So the kernel guys have decided that nobody would ever want more than 15 > partitions on a drive. It's a bit like the old MS-DOS restriction to > 512 MB all over again. Hey, guys, hard drives nowadays are like 200 > gig, not 512meg. Wh

[gentoo-user] tor servers being throttled?

2008-07-20 Thread Mick
Hi All, I am trying to find out if the pedestrian download speeds that I have been getting over the last couple of months when using tor and privoxy are related to my UK ISP DSLMax throttling, or if it is something you have observed too. Tor was usually slower than direct browsing, but the last

Re: [gentoo-user] boost, vte, gnumeric get stuck in python-updater

2008-07-20 Thread Dale
Grant wrote: On the two systems I've updated to python-2.5, boost, vte, and gnumeric appear as python-updater emerges no matter how many times I emerge them. Does anyone know why this happens? - Grant I'm not sure if this is related but may be worth a try. Quoted from another email:

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet Bridging

2008-07-20 Thread Jason Carson
>> I am following this guide to setup my wireless access point. >> >> http://gentoo-wiki.com/Wireless/Access_point#Bridging_the_wired_.26_wireless_segments >> >> I have my network up and running with WPA. >> >> When I configured my kernel to use bridging (compiled into the kernel, >> not >> as a mo

Re: [gentoo-user] boost, vte, gnumeric get stuck in python-updater

2008-07-20 Thread Justin
Grant schrieb: On the two systems I've updated to python-2.5, boost, vte, and gnumeric appear as python-updater emerges no matter how many times I emerge them. Does anyone know why this happens? - Grant I've noticed the same. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232467 signature.asc D

[gentoo-user] boost, vte, gnumeric get stuck in python-updater

2008-07-20 Thread Grant
On the two systems I've updated to python-2.5, boost, vte, and gnumeric appear as python-updater emerges no matter how many times I emerge them. Does anyone know why this happens? - Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean?

2008-07-20 Thread Mick
On Sunday 20 July 2008, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > So the kernel guys have decided that nobody would ever want more than 15 > partitions on a drive. From memory I recall that this has always been the limit for SATA/SCSI drives. For ATA drives I think it is 63? Not sure if this is a Linux OS ker

Re: [gentoo-user] 20008 install problem: "Could not find the root block device in ."

2008-07-20 Thread Justin
Jarry schrieb: Justin wrote: >> Determining root device... !! Could not find the root block device in . Please specify another value or: press Enter for the same, type "shell" for a shell, or "q" to skip... root block device() :: _ _

Re: [gentoo-user] 20008 install problem: "Could not find the root block device in ."

2008-07-20 Thread Jarry
Justin wrote: >> Determining root device... !! Could not find the root block device in . Please specify another value or: press Enter for the same, type "shell" for a shell, or "q" to skip... root block device() :: _

Re: [gentoo-user] Uwe Thiem

2008-07-20 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 16 July 2008, Steven Lembark wrote: > > Uwe Thiem [Gentoo User 080119] : "He hit the nail on the finger". > > Suggest adding that to fortune. The least we could do in his memory. May he rest in peace. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message

Re: [gentoo-user] proper subject lines

2008-07-20 Thread Mick
On Monday 14 July 2008, Willie Wong wrote: > On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 07:11:05PM +0200, Penguin Lover Alan McKinnon squawked: > > On Sunday 13 July 2008, Mick wrote: > > > Anyway, as others asked - how long is too long for this purpose? > > > > for obvious reasons, anything longer than 80 character

Re: [gentoo-user] 20008 install problem: "Could not find the root block device in ."

2008-07-20 Thread Justin
Jarry schrieb: Hi, I just downloaded install-amd64-minimal-2008.0.iso, burned it, and tried to boot&install. But during boot-up, a message comes: >> Determining root device... !! Could not find the root block device in . Please specify another value or: pre

Re: [gentoo-user] 20008 install problem: "Could not find the root block device in ."

2008-07-20 Thread Jarry
Dale wrote: Eric Martin wrote: Jarry wrote: Hi, I just downloaded install-amd64-minimal-2008.0.iso, burned it, and tried to boot&install. But during boot-up, a message comes: >> Determining root device... !! Could not find the root block device in . Plea

Re: [gentoo-user] Good Library Management software

2008-07-20 Thread kashani
Dirk Uys wrote: Other than that there is also the added complexity to the installation. You have to create a user in the database, create the database and grant the user all the needed permission to that specific database. And what if one app prefers mySQL and another one postgreSQL? Now I need

Re: [gentoo-user] 20008 install problem: "Could not find the root block device in ."

2008-07-20 Thread Dale
Eric Martin wrote: Jarry wrote: Hi, I just downloaded install-amd64-minimal-2008.0.iso, burned it, and tried to boot&install. But during boot-up, a message comes: >> Determining root device... !! Could not find the root block device in . Please specify an

Re: [gentoo-user] Curious ping problem with no FW

2008-07-20 Thread Mick
On Monday 14 July 2008, Harry Putnam wrote: > I've had a problem with being able to ping out to the internet from my > gentoo box, while at the same time I'm able to ping outbound from > several windows boxes on same home lan. > > I don't run a firewall at all from linux but do have a Netgear > swi

Re: [gentoo-user] 20008 install problem: "Could not find the root block device in ."

2008-07-20 Thread Eric Martin
Jarry wrote: Hi, I just downloaded install-amd64-minimal-2008.0.iso, burned it, and tried to boot&install. But during boot-up, a message comes: >> Determining root device... !! Could not find the root block device in . Please specify another value or: pres

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.26, rtc problem

2008-07-20 Thread Andrew Gaydenko
=== On Saturday 19 July 2008, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: === .. > At first, I frustrated with situation when I can not manage such things > :-) Then, I don't understand the reason of the problem. And yet don't > know is rtc_cmos the most appropriate choice. In accordance with http://bugs.gent

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean?

2008-07-20 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Nikos! On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 12:29:19AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >>The default in new kernels is to only use /dev/sd*. > >I'm totally confused. Doesn't "sd*" mean "SCSI disk drive"? When I was > >installing Gentoo from the CD, I had to mount my main hard d

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Wolf Canis
Mick wrote: > On Sunday 20 July 2008, Wolf Canis wrote: >> Mick wrote: >>> On Sunday 20 July 2008, Wolf Canis wrote: Oh sorry, _very_ _important_ : Mount your boot partition _before_ you emerge grub. >>> I believe that the grub ebuild mounts it for you, messes up your >>> g

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean?

2008-07-20 Thread Mick
On Saturday 19 July 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >> The default in new kernels is to only use /dev/sd*. > > > > I'm totally confused. Doesn't "sd*" mean "SCSI disk drive"? When I was > > installing Gentoo from the CD, I had to mount my main hard drive as > > /dev/sdb5.

[gentoo-user] 20008 install problem: "Could not find the root block device in ."

2008-07-20 Thread Jarry
Hi, I just downloaded install-amd64-minimal-2008.0.iso, burned it, and tried to boot&install. But during boot-up, a message comes: >> Determining root device... !! Could not find the root block device in . Please specify another value or: press Enter for the

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Mick
On Sunday 20 July 2008, Wolf Canis wrote: > Mick wrote: > > On Sunday 20 July 2008, Wolf Canis wrote: > >> Oh sorry, > >> > >> _very_ _important_ : > >> > >> Mount your boot partition _before_ you emerge grub. > > > > I believe that the grub ebuild mounts it for you, messes up your > > grub.conf an

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Warning: locale not supported by Xlib, locale set to C

2008-07-20 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Sonntag, 20. Juli 2008 schrieb Miernik: > Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ locale > >> LANG=en_DK.UTF-8 > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ locale -a > >> en_DK.utf8 > > > > And you don't see the difference? > > But... > > przehyba ~ # cat /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED | g

[gentoo-user] emacs and asian languages

2008-07-20 Thread David Relson
I'm using emacs.22.1 and it's having trouble displaying asian languages, specifically chinese and korean. From the menus, using Options//Mule//ShowMultiLingualText, displays Japanese correctly but shows boxes for Chinese and Korean characters. Similarly, I've got a HelloWorld.java program that di

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Wolf Canis
Mick wrote: > On Sunday 20 July 2008, Wolf Canis wrote: >> Oh sorry, >> >> _very_ _important_ : >> >> Mount your boot partition _before_ you emerge grub. > > I believe that the grub ebuild mounts it for you, messes up your grub.conf > and > carries on with its business . . . So far I that now,

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Pintér Tibor
same here with the latest grub update on x86. setting the console font restores normal operation during the boot process. t Ivan Alden wrote: Hi, My laptop ran out of battery and shut off while I was using it and it seems to have done some damage to the bootloader. When I reboot I can't see th

[gentoo-user] Re: [solved] .config/audacious/config is getting big!

2008-07-20 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
KH wrote: Justin schrieb: just for ever. Could someone mail a "normal" config to replace mine? KH Thanks. It's OK now. I recommend doing a full fsck at this point. The problem might have been due to a filesystem error rather than application bug or user error. If you have a separat

Re: [gentoo-user] [solved] .config/audacious/config is getting big!

2008-07-20 Thread KH
Justin schrieb: just for ever. Could someone mail a "normal" config to replace mine? KH Thanks. It's OK now. KH

Re: [gentoo-user] .config/audacious/config is getting big!

2008-07-20 Thread Justin
just for ever. Could someone mail a "normal" config to replace mine? KH [sndstretch] volume_corr=FALSE short_overlap=FALSE speed=1.69349 pitch=0.775572 [echo_plugin] enable_surround=FALSE volume=50 feedback=50 delay=500 [statusicon] ew_visib_prevstatus=FALSE pw_visib_prevstatus=TRUE mw_visi

Re: [gentoo-user] .config/audacious/config is getting big!

2008-07-20 Thread KH
Justin schrieb: KH schrieb: Hi, I was wandering what is taking away my hdd space. Now I found: du -h .config/audacious/config 160G.config/audacious/config What is this file good for? I don't think a config file should be that big. Can I delete it without trouble? KH What's writen in

Re: [gentoo-user] .config/audacious/config is getting big!

2008-07-20 Thread Justin
KH schrieb: Hi, I was wandering what is taking away my hdd space. Now I found: du -h .config/audacious/config 160G.config/audacious/config What is this file good for? I don't think a config file should be that big. Can I delete it without trouble? KH What's writen in the file? mine is

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Mick
On Sunday 20 July 2008, Wolf Canis wrote: > Oh sorry, > > _very_ _important_ : > > Mount your boot partition _before_ you emerge grub. I believe that the grub ebuild mounts it for you, messes up your grub.conf and carries on with its business . . . -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: T

[gentoo-user] .config/audacious/config is getting big!

2008-07-20 Thread KH
Hi, I was wandering what is taking away my hdd space. Now I found: du -h .config/audacious/config 160G.config/audacious/config What is this file good for? I don't think a config file should be that big. Can I delete it without trouble? KH

Re: [gentoo-user] Installation: help me set up my keyboard, please.

2008-07-20 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 23:39 +0200, Sebastian Günther wrote: > Maybe you have just what the Germans call "Ein Brett vorm Kopf" Brett is a worm head? What have you got against Brett? ;) -- Iain Buchanan What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank? -- Bertol

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Wolf Canis
Oh sorry, _very_ _important_ : Mount your boot partition _before_ you emerge grub. W. Canis signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Dale
Ivan Alden wrote: Thanks its fixed. I guess it was coincidence I lost power at the same time to this issue. I appreciate the help. Ivan On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 01:24 -0500, Dale wrote: Ivan Alden wrote: Hi, My laptop ran out of battery and shut off while I was using it and it seems to

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Wolf Canis
Ivan Alden wrote: > Hi, > > My laptop ran out of battery and shut off while I was using it and it > seems to have done some damage to the bootloader. When I reboot I can't > see the grub splashscreen any more but if I press enter I does boot into > my kernel. As the computer is booting the output

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Ivan Alden
Thanks its fixed. I guess it was coincidence I lost power at the same time to this issue. I appreciate the help. Ivan On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 01:24 -0500, Dale wrote: > Ivan Alden wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My laptop ran out of battery and shut off while I was using it and it > > seems to have done som

[gentoo-user] Re: Warning: locale not supported by Xlib, locale set to C

2008-07-20 Thread Miernik
Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ locale >> LANG=en_DK.UTF-8 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ locale -a >> en_DK.utf8 > > And you don't see the difference? But... przehyba ~ # cat /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED | grep en | grep DK en_DK.UTF-8 UTF-8 en_DK ISO-8859-1 przehyba ~

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub on a new disk

2008-07-20 Thread Florian Philipp
Florian Philipp schrieb: On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 10:08:29 +0100 Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just in case, you may want to try this: # grub <--Also use --no-floppy if it hangs probing a floppy drive that doesn't exist--> grub> root (hd2,0) <--If your /boot drive is e.g. in /dev/hdd1)--> grub>

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread KH
Ivan Alden schrieb: Hi, My laptop ran out of battery and shut off while I was using it and it seems to have done some damage to the bootloader. When I reboot I can't see the grub splashscreen any more but if I press enter I does boot into my kernel. As the computer is booting the output looks al

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from USB stick

2008-07-20 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 04:19 -0700, jalves wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 07:48:38PM -0600, Joseph wrote: > > How hard is to install Gentoo from a USB stick? Is it officially supported > > this type of installation? > > I can find instruction here and there; and some notes that is not an easy

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange grub problem

2008-07-20 Thread Mick
On Sunday 20 July 2008, Ivan Alden wrote: > When I reboot I can't > see the grub splashscreen any more but if I press enter I does boot into > my kernel. As the computer is booting the output looks all messed up > (but you can make that its initializing devices) until it reaches around > the netwo