On Monday 12 July 2010 06:52:03 Philip Webb wrote:
My cousin in England wants to try out Linux has an Ubuntu Live CD.
To help her, I've installed the same on a separate partition in my box.
The partition is /dev/sda8 is formatted ReiserFS.
I use Lilo as boot manager don't want to change
The attached script takes the output of emerge --pretend --depclean
and formats it into a script cleanscript which contains a set of
emerge --depclean commands to remove individual items. Do *NOT*
remove the exit and source cleanscript. It's there to protect you.
The script is very
Hi,
since a few days logrotate is failing due to
error: stat of /var/account/pacct failed: No such file or directory
What has changed, what am I missing?
Many thanks for a hint,
Helmut.
--
Helmut Jarausch
Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany
100712 Mick suggested :
install a separate boot partition with an ext2 fs
and install GRUB2 there instead of the MBR.
Then chainload it from your LILO bootloader menu.
Thanks for your very prompt response. I'm not sure if I've got it right,
but I can easily re-install Ubuntu with a /boot
In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote:
On Saturday 10 July 2010 02:57:42 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
On 07/10/2010 04:16 AM, Valmor de Almeida wrote:
Hello,
I just updated the portage tree and gcc was upgraded. I have set gcc to
the newer version
- gcc-config -l
[1]
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:19:25 +0200, Stéphane Guedon wrote:
How? I know how to use udev for device recognition, but how do you
tell it to use a particular keyboard layout?
19:18:09 steph...@luciole:/etc/udev/rules.d $ cat 61-x11-input.rules
SUBSYSTEM!=input, GOTO=x11_input_end
* Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote:
Hi,
since a few days logrotate is failing due to
error: stat of /var/account/pacct failed: No such file or directory
do you have the process accounting deamon running ?
did you instruct logrotate to create this logfile if missing ?
cu
Philip Webb purs...@ca.inter.net wrote:
My cousin in England wants to try out Linux has an Ubuntu Live CD.
To help her, I've installed the same on a separate partition in my box.
The partition is /dev/sda8 is formatted ReiserFS.
I use Lilo as boot manager don't want to change to Grub
On 07/12/10 11:00:00, Enrico Weigelt wrote:
* Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote:
Hi,
since a few days logrotate is failing due to
error: stat of /var/account/pacct failed: No such file or directory
do you have the process accounting deamon running ?
No, and I've
What's the deal with:
!! Couldn't download 'oxygen-icons-4.4.92.tar.xz'. Aborting.
Note the .xz extension. Where the heck do I get that? Why using
something like this in the first place? Why don't the tarballs I
downloaded from my local KDE mirror work anymore? Why should I trust
On Mon, 2010-07-12 at 14:41 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
What's the deal with:
!! Couldn't download 'oxygen-icons-4.4.92.tar.xz'. Aborting.
Note the .xz extension. Where the heck do I get that? Why using
something like this in the first place? Why don't the tarballs I
Do you want to use libvirt with virtualbox?
well, I wanted to make some tests with libvirt and VirtualBox, but I guess
I'll leave it for some other time. I removed the virtualbox USE flag.
Else try emerging virtualbox-ose or virtualbox-bin befire libvirt.
nothing's changed.
But this is
And to answer the original statement: the kde overlay often puts the ebuilds in before the sources themselves hit the mirrors. And the .xz compression format is the successor to the .lzma format, if I recall correctly...you should have xz-utils on your system.Chris ReffettOn Jul 12, 2010, Albert
On 12 July 2010 08:37, Philip Webb purs...@ca.inter.net wrote:
100712 Mick suggested :
install a separate boot partition with an ext2 fs
and install GRUB2 there instead of the MBR.
Then chainload it from your LILO bootloader menu.
Thanks for your very prompt response. I'm not sure if I've
Albert Hopkins wrote:
On Mon, 2010-07-12 at 14:41 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
What's the deal with:
!! Couldn't download 'oxygen-icons-4.4.92.tar.xz'. Aborting.
Note the .xz extension. Where the heck do I get that? Why using
something like this in the first place? Why don't the
On 07/11/2010 01:47 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
On Sunday 11 July 2010 20:42:54 cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote:
# unless a new maintainer can be found, this package is
# slated for removal.
#
# Removal on 2010-08-23
This is what I use for my mail reader -- with the emacs interface -- so
I am
Sure thing I use lilo on my lap. You want config for example?
2010/7/12 Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com
On 12 July 2010 08:37, Philip Webb purs...@ca.inter.net wrote:
100712 Mick suggested :
install a separate boot partition with an ext2 fs
and install GRUB2 there instead of the MBR.
On 2010-07-09, Allan Gottlieb gottl...@nyu.edu wrote:
Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com writes:
Recently emacs (running in X window mode) seems to have developed a
font problem.
Perhaps it is a font issue.
Yes, I think it probably is.
I just did emacs -q (-Q eliminates the
splash
It's Overlay - this is how it work's. It's buggy stack thats why it's called
Overlay. Otherwise the Code from Overlay should be in main stream in
regular portage. Please don't complain that Overlay don't work. Try emerge
about 3-4 days after error occures.
2010/7/12 mellitus...@verizon.net
And
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 6:41 AM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de wrote:
What's the deal with:
!! Couldn't download 'oxygen-icons-4.4.92.tar.xz'. Aborting.
Note the .xz extension. Where the heck do I get that? Why using
something like this in the first place? Why don't the tarballs I
100712 Mateusz Arkadiusz Mierzwinski wrote:
Sure thing I use lilo on my lap. You want config for example?
Please : that would help a lot !
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100712 Mick wrote:
As was already suggested by John,
Thanks to John too.
you can instead copy the kernel image initrd from the Ubuntu installation
to your existing /boot partition, then point LILO to it.
I tried that, Lilo runs ok, but I still get the kernel panic
due to the line in
On 07/12/10 01:52, Philip Webb wrote:
[]
Is anyone successfully dual-booting Linux distros using Lilo ? Might
it be ReiserFS ? -- should I re-install Ubuntu with another FS ?
Hard to believe that the filesystem is causing a problem.
Here's my conf (I have two kernels on the same OS; one
Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com writes:
On 2010-07-09, Allan Gottlieb gottl...@nyu.edu wrote:
Grant Edwards grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com writes:
Recently emacs (running in X window mode) seems to have developed a
font problem.
Perhaps it is a font issue.
Yes, I think it probably
Further ideas : I tried booting a Gentoo kernel with the Ubuntu /
avoided the kernel panic, but ran into an Ubuntu init error,
so there's nothing inherently wrong with /dev/sda8 .
Also, I checked the Ubuntu kernel config file, conveniently in /boot ,
which has ReiserFS configured as a module,
Philip Webb purs...@ca.inter.net wrote:
Further ideas : I tried booting a Gentoo kernel with the Ubuntu /
avoided the kernel panic, but ran into an Ubuntu init error,
so there's nothing inherently wrong with /dev/sda8 .
Also, I checked the Ubuntu kernel config file, conveniently in
On 2010-07-12, Allan Gottlieb gottl...@nyu.edu wrote:
What does C-u C-x = give on your system
character: b (98, #o142, #x62)
preferred charset: ascii (ASCII (ISO646 IRV))
code point: 0x62
syntax: w which means: word
category: .:Base, a:ASCII,
On 7/12/10, cov...@ccs.covici.com cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote:
Philip Webb purs...@ca.inter.net wrote:
Further ideas : I tried booting a Gentoo kernel with the Ubuntu /
avoided the kernel panic, but ran into an Ubuntu init error,
so there's nothing inherently wrong with /dev/sda8 .
Have I just misconfigured several of my KDE boxes or is there a problem
with KDE 4.4.4's system settings? The font installer worked fine in 4.3,
but whenever I go into system settings and try to get a list of the
fonts, it's just a blank box, whether I choose personal or system fonts.
No amount
Hi all,
I have been fiddling on and off for a few months now trying to get
Unicode font display in Terminal, which per the Gentoo Unicode docs as
well as its own, supports UTF-8 character sets. However, special
characters are not displayed. The font in use is DejaVu Sans Mono,
which ought to
On 07/12/2010 11:51 AM, Andy Wilkinson wrote:
Hi all,
I have been fiddling on and off for a few months now trying to get
Unicode font display in Terminal, which per the Gentoo Unicode docs as
well as its own, supports UTF-8 character sets. However, special
characters are not displayed.
On Monday 12 July 2010 10:18:48 zek...@gmail.com wrote:
In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote:
On Saturday 10 July 2010 02:57:42 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
On 07/10/2010 04:16 AM, Valmor de Almeida wrote:
Hello,
I just updated the portage tree and gcc was upgraded. I have set gcc
to the
Hi All,
I have connected a conventional PS/2 mouse to a USB socket using this adaptor:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-com-Replacement-Mouse-USB-
Adapter/dp/B0006G2OVG/ref=sr_1_6/275-4357142-7474332?ie=UTF8s=electronicsqid=1278964492sr=8-6
Unfortunately, it is not recognised by the kernel:
On 07/12/2010 12:09 PM, Bill Longman wrote:
On 07/12/2010 11:51 AM, Andy Wilkinson wrote:
Hi all,
I have been fiddling on and off for a few months now trying to get
Unicode font display in Terminal, which per the Gentoo Unicode docs as
well as its own, supports UTF-8 character sets.
On Monday 12 July 2010 17:21:52 Philip Webb wrote:
Further ideas : I tried booting a Gentoo kernel with the Ubuntu /
avoided the kernel panic, but ran into an Ubuntu init error,
so there's nothing inherently wrong with /dev/sda8 .
Also, I checked the Ubuntu kernel config file,
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com writes:
On Monday 12 July 2010 10:18:48 zek...@gmail.com wrote:
In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote:
On Saturday 10 July 2010 02:57:42 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
On 07/10/2010 04:16 AM, Valmor de Almeida wrote:
Hello,
I just updated the portage tree
On Monday 12 July 2010 19:28:46 Bill Longman wrote:
Have I just misconfigured several of my KDE boxes or is there a problem
with KDE 4.4.4's system settings? The font installer worked fine in 4.3,
but whenever I go into system settings and try to get a list of the
fonts, it's just a blank box,
On 07/12/2010 01:38 PM, Andy Wilkinson wrote:
On 07/12/2010 12:09 PM, Bill Longman wrote:
Try en_US.UTF-8 instead.
That did it. Thanks!
I am confused, though. Why am I setting LANG, etc, to en_US.UTF-8
when locale -a says en_US.utf8?
That's probably what the kernel thinks. If you
On 07/12/2010 01:52 PM, Mick wrote:
On Monday 12 July 2010 19:28:46 Bill Longman wrote:
Have I just misconfigured several of my KDE boxes or is there a problem
with KDE 4.4.4's system settings? The font installer worked fine in 4.3,
but whenever I go into system settings and try to get a list
On Monday 12 July 2010 21:58:35 Bill Longman wrote:
On 07/12/2010 01:38 PM, Andy Wilkinson wrote:
On 07/12/2010 12:09 PM, Bill Longman wrote:
Try en_US.UTF-8 instead.
That did it. Thanks!
I am confused, though. Why am I setting LANG, etc, to en_US.UTF-8
when locale -a says
On 07/12/2010 01:38 PM, Andy Wilkinson wrote:
For now I am happy that it works. Thanks again.
-Andy
For what it's worth, Andy, here's my setup:
/etc/locale.gen has:
en_US ISO-8859-1
en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
el_GR.UTF-8 UTF-8
el_GR ISO-8859-7
and in /etc/env.d/02locale I have:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi All,
I have connected a conventional PS/2 mouse to a USB socket using this adaptor:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-com-Replacement-Mouse-USB-
Maybe you need a powered adapter like the one you need for a classic model m?
Can't think of the brand I've seen offhand :/
On 7/12/10, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi All,
I have connected a conventional PS/2 mouse to a USB socket using this
adaptor:
On 07/11/2010 07:42 PM, Allan Gottlieb wrote:
ajglap video # file Game_Theory_Lect_20_s.*
Game_Theory_Lect_20_s.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 320 x 240, ~30
fps, video: FFMpeg MPEG-4, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 1 or 2 (stereo, 44100 Hz)
Okay, the above is the avi file you made by using
100712 Mick wrote:
I must have installed at least 3 Ubuntus in the last 6 months,
all of them on reiserfs. No problem booting them.
image=/boot/your_Ubuntu_image
label=Ubuntu
append=ramdisk_size=290
vga=normal
initrd=/boot/your_ubuntu_initrd.gz
read-only
Suddenly my multimedia keys stopped working, I think today. I went into
gnome-keyboard-properties, and it shows that my keyboard model is set to
Unknown. For a long time it has always been set to Evdev managed
keyboard but that isn't even on the list anymore. The keyboard
shortcuts preferences
On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 15:06 +0300, Amit Dor-Shifer wrote:
Can anyone recommend a tool that can parse networking info from a/m
file, so one can use it to query, e.g. what is the static IP configured
on eth0?
Amit
I'm a bit slow in replying, but there's a Google SOC project to
integrate
walt w41...@gmail.com writes:
On 07/11/2010 07:42 PM, Allan Gottlieb wrote:
ajglap video # file Game_Theory_Lect_20_s.*
Game_Theory_Lect_20_s.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 320 x 240, ~30
fps, video: FFMpeg MPEG-4, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 1 or 2 (stereo, 44100 Hz)
Okay, the above is the
Firefox testing (3.3.6) reliably crashes when trying to print, print
preview or page setup with cups-1.4.4.
A workaround is to downgrade to cups-1.3.11-r1 (current stable).
The details are in these two bugs
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325469
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=328047
I'm using ~amd64,and I sync my portage tree just now,but I couldn't upgrade
to dev-lang/python-3.1.2-r4.
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe4 in position 1:
ordinal not in range(128)
any help?thx
I see this error when i'm trying to compile my python source codes in
eric4/eric5 and my system are with uncorrect locales.
Your locale are corect?
att
Em Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:03:35 -0300, Blackdream W
blackdream1...@gmail.com escreveu:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=328047
I'm
cat /etc/locale.gen
en_US ISO-8859-1
en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
2010/7/13 Zhu Sha Zang zhushaz...@yahoo.com.br
I see this error when i'm trying to compile my python source codes in
eric4/eric5 and my system are with uncorrect locales.
Your locale are corect?
att
Em Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:03:35
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