Re: [gentoo-user] Getting python-2.3 back

2008-09-26 Thread Justin
Kirk Lowery schrieb: I'm maintaining some legacy software (don't ask ;-) that won't work on python-2.4, but needs 2.3. During upgrading today, I inadvertently allowed 2.3 to be deleted. I looked in portage, but it is apparently gone. Any suggestions on finding the old ebuild so that I can slot

[gentoo-user] Absolutely no sound whatsoever after latest emerge update

2008-09-26 Thread Walter Dnes
Like the subject line says... all quiet on the Gentoo sound front, which is bad when I want music. Here's what mplayer says (note the last 4 lines)... [d530][waltdnes][~] mplayer /home/misc/movies/flv/dancing_monkeys.flv MPlayer dev-SVN-r26753-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team CPU: Genuine

Re: [gentoo-user] hduitil for linux

2008-09-26 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Andrey Vul ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [26.09.08 04:45]: On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:23 AM, Joerg Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrey Vul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, AFAIK UDF doesn't support embedded control characters in files (i.e. Icon\r). This claim is of course wrong. I beg

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting python-2.3 back

2008-09-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:59:35 -0400, Kirk Lowery wrote: During upgrading today, I inadvertently allowed 2.3 to be deleted. I looked in portage, but it is apparently gone. Nothing is ever truly gone from portage http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/dev-lang/python/?hideattic=0 goes

[gentoo-user] unofficial ebuilds - how to find

2008-09-26 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, is there some repository or similar thing to find unofficial ebuilds. Currently I'm looking for an ebuild for gcc svn version or a recent gcc-4.4.0 snapshot. Many thanks for a hint, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany

Re: [gentoo-user] unofficial ebuilds - how to find

2008-09-26 Thread Justin
Helmut Jarausch schrieb: Hi, is there some repository or similar thing to find unofficial ebuilds. Currently I'm looking for an ebuild for gcc svn version or a recent gcc-4.4.0 snapshot. Many thanks for a hint, Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D

Re: [gentoo-user] unofficial ebuilds - how to find

2008-09-26 Thread David Sveningsson
Daniel Pielmeier skrev: 2008/9/26 Helmut Jarausch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: is there some repository or similar thing to find unofficial ebuilds. Currently I'm looking for an ebuild for gcc svn version or a recent gcc-4.4.0 snapshot. google gcc svn ebuild - http://gentoo-overlays.zugaina.org/ -

Re: [gentoo-user] unofficial ebuilds - how to find

2008-09-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:36:11 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch wrote: is there some repository or similar thing to find unofficial ebuilds. There are various overlays, install layman and run layman -L to see them all. You can also find ebuilds on Bugzilla. -- Neil Bothwick Have you lived in

Re: [gentoo-user] Tool for monitoring what's using the hard drive

2008-09-26 Thread Johann Schmitz
Try sys-process/iotop: Iotop has a top-like UI used to show which process is using the I/O. -- Johann Schmitz http://www.j-schmitz.net

Re: [gentoo-user] Tool for monitoring what's using the hard drive

2008-09-26 Thread zhen
Michael Sullivan пишет: Is there a tool similar to `top` that will tell me what's using my hard drive? My hard drive clicks a lot when I don't think it should, and I'd really like to know what program is using it. Sometimes it's so bad that I have to manually power down the machine and restart

Re: [gentoo-user] Tool for monitoring what's using the hard drive

2008-09-26 Thread Justin
Michael Sullivan schrieb: Is there a tool similar to `top` that will tell me what's using my hard drive? My hard drive clicks a lot when I don't think it should, and I'd really like to know what program is using it. Sometimes it's so bad that I have to manually power down the machine and

[gentoo-user] Tool for monitoring what's using the hard drive

2008-09-26 Thread Michael Sullivan
Is there a tool similar to `top` that will tell me what's using my hard drive? My hard drive clicks a lot when I don't think it should, and I'd really like to know what program is using it. Sometimes it's so bad that I have to manually power down the machine and restart it...

[gentoo-user] [OT] suggest not-net-hungry Linux

2008-09-26 Thread Andrew Gaydenko
No, no, no!... I was, is and am going to be on Gentoo. Just want to install Linux to my friend's PC. I can download installation CD iso (or two), but the main problem is, that PC during next few months will have dialup connection (33600) only. As a result, I need to choose Linux with minimal

Re: [gentoo-user] hduitil for linux

2008-09-26 Thread Andrey Vul
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 2:34 AM, Sebastian Günther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Andrey Vul ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [26.09.08 04:45]: On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:23 AM, Joerg Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrey Vul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, AFAIK UDF doesn't support embedded control

Re: [gentoo-user] Absolutely no sound whatsoever after latest emerge update

2008-09-26 Thread Willie Wong
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 02:14:48AM -0400, Penguin Lover Walter Dnes squawked: [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_dmix.c:996:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave [AO_ALSA] Playback open error: Device or resource busy DVB card number must be between 1 and 4 AO: [null] 22050Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] suggest not-net-hungry Linux

2008-09-26 Thread Erik Hahn
I think Suse would be suitable. AFAIK they have a updates-only policy (you might even be able to choose only to use security updates but I'm not sure - I used it only a short time) and use delta packages. -Erik --

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] suggest not-net-hungry Linux

2008-09-26 Thread Philip Webb
080926 Andrew Gaydenko wrote: I want to install Linux to my friend's PC. I can download installation CD iso (or two), but the main problem is that PC during next few months will have dialup connection (33600) only. Mandriva is what I used before Gentoo (2000-3) it seems to remain the best

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] suggest not-net-hungry Linux

2008-09-26 Thread Anthony Metcalf
Andrew Gaydenko wrote: No, no, no!... I was, is and am going to be on Gentoo. Just want to install Linux to my friend's PC. I can download installation CD iso (or two), but the main problem is, that PC during next few months will have dialup connection (33600) only. As a result, I need to

Re: [gentoo-user] hduitil for linux

2008-09-26 Thread Joerg Schilling
Andrey Vul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 2:34 AM, Sebastian Günther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Andrey Vul ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [26.09.08 04:45]: On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:23 AM, Joerg Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrey Vul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also,

Re: [gentoo-user] Tool for monitoring what's using the hard drive

2008-09-26 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 7:16 AM, Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a tool similar to `top` that will tell me what's using my hard drive? My hard drive clicks a lot when I don't think it should, and I'd really like to know what program is using it. Sometimes it's so bad that

Re: [gentoo-user] hduitil for linux

2008-09-26 Thread Joerg Schilling
Andrey Vul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:23 AM, Joerg Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrey Vul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, AFAIK UDF doesn't support embedded control characters in files (i.e. Icon\r). This claim is of course wrong. I beg to differ.

Re: [gentoo-user] Tool for monitoring what's using the hard drive

2008-09-26 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a tool similar to `top` that will tell me what's using my hard drive? My hard drive clicks a lot when I don't think it should, and I'd really like to know what program is using it. Sometimes it's so bad that

Re: [gentoo-user] webdav + foxmarks

2008-09-26 Thread James
Any other thoughts? :) -j 2008/9/24 James [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Rafal, The Allow from all statement is already in the webdav directive. :) Other thoughts? -j On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:20 AM, ert256 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ 24.09.2008 15:58 ], James : All, I am trying to set up

Re: [gentoo-user] hduitil for linux

2008-09-26 Thread Andrey Vul
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Joerg Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrey Vul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 2:34 AM, Sebastian Günther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Andrey Vul ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [26.09.08 04:45]: On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:23 AM, Joerg Schilling

[gentoo-user] Re: Tool for monitoring what's using the hard drive

2008-09-26 Thread James
Michael Sullivan michael at espersunited.com writes: Is there a tool similar to `top` that will tell me what's using my hard drive? My hard drive clicks a lot when I don't think it should, and I'd really like to know what program is using it. Sometimes it's so bad that I have to manually

[gentoo-user] Re: CF and Gentoo

2008-09-26 Thread James
Neil Bothwick neil at digimed.co.uk writes: Bear in mind the limited write lifetime of flash memory. Don't put /var or /tmp on such a card if you can avoid it. Well, I'm not sure any other alternatives are attractive? Unless I find a way to mount those partitions off of a usb stick, or some

Re: [gentoo-user] hduitil for linux

2008-09-26 Thread Andrey Vul
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Andrey Vul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Joerg Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrey Vul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 2:34 AM, Sebastian Günther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Andrey Vul ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: [gentoo-user] webdav + foxmarks

2008-09-26 Thread Mick
On Friday 26 September 2008, James wrote: Any other thoughts? :) On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:20 AM, ert256 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ 24.09.2008 15:58 ], James : [snip...] My Apache webdav configuration is shown below: IfModule mod_dav.c Alias /dav /var/webdav

Re: [gentoo-user] webdav + foxmarks

2008-09-26 Thread Xav'
James a écrit : Rafal, The Allow from all statement is already in the webdav directive. :) Yes maybe you have to listen to Rafal... Your directory statement is related to de /dav directory, if you want to apply to the Alias /dav, you have to write Location /dav... Just try to replace

[gentoo-user] Re: epiphany flash

2008-09-26 Thread james
Erik Hahn erik_hahn at gmx.de writes: Whether flash works or not seems to be pretty random. I once could improve the issue by reinstalling flash although everything was - actually - exactly the same as before reinstalling. Yes, I've seen this behavior too. It's working pretty sporty right

[gentoo-user] openoffice-2.4.1 complaining about Java Runtime Environment

2008-09-26 Thread Denis
The Open Office seems to run ok, but at start-up, I get the following message: javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment! I tried putting JRE in my PATH, just in case, but that didn't seem to help... Anyone know a resolution to this?

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice-2.4.1 complaining about Java Runtime Environment

2008-09-26 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
Open OpenOffice.org, go to Tools - Options - Java and select an installed JDK. Presto. On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Denis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Open Office seems to run ok, but at start-up, I get the following message: javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment! I tried

Re: [gentoo-user] webdav + foxmarks

2008-09-26 Thread James
Then what is the Alias directive for? This was copied and pasted from the Wiki. -j 2008/9/26 Xav' [EMAIL PROTECTED]: James a écrit : Rafal, The Allow from all statement is already in the webdav directive. :) Yes maybe you have to listen to Rafal... Your directory statement is related to

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] suggest not-net-hungry Linux

2008-09-26 Thread Steven Lembark
Gentoo is only net-hungry on the install and on updates.If you can do the install before he goes net-free, then your fine, glsa-check should cover you for the updates I would assume that in most cases source tarballs will be smaller than binaries to download too :) If you can

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] suggest not-net-hungry Linux

2008-09-26 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Friday 26 September 2008, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: No, no, no!... I was, is and am going to be on Gentoo. Just want to install Linux to my friend's PC. I can download installation CD iso (or two), but the main problem is, that PC during next few months will have dialup connection (33600)

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice-2.4.1 complaining about Java Runtime Environment

2008-09-26 Thread David Relson
On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:43:09 -0400 Denis wrote: Open OpenOffice.org, go to Tools - Options - Java and select an installed JDK. I tried selecting /opt/sun-jdk-1.5.0.16/jre/bin but it will not take it! Where is JRE installed then? My machine has it at /opt/sun-jdk-1.6.0.07/jre/bin HTH,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CF and Gentoo

2008-09-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:21:06 + (UTC), James wrote: Bear in mind the limited write lifetime of flash memory. Don't put /var or /tmp on such a card if you can avoid it. Well, I'm not sure any other alternatives are attractive? Unless I find a way to mount those partitions off of a usb

Re: [gentoo-user] Tool for monitoring what's using the hard drive

2008-09-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:16:49 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: Is there a tool similar to `top` that will tell me what's using my hard drive? My hard drive clicks a lot when I don't think it should, and I'd really like to know what program is using it. Sometimes it's so bad that I have to

Re: [gentoo-user] Tool for monitoring what's using the hard drive

2008-09-26 Thread Christophe LEFEBVRE
Hi, sys-process/iotop is like top but process are classified by disk activity. Regards. Neil Bothwick a écrit : On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:16:49 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: Is there a tool similar to `top` that will tell me what's using my hard drive? My hard drive clicks a lot when I

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] suggest not-net-hungry Linux

2008-09-26 Thread jaeyoung lee
On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 5:03 AM, Steven Lembark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gentoo is only net-hungry on the install and on updates.If you can do the install before he goes net-free, then your fine, glsa-check should cover you for the updates I would assume that in most cases source