Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye, Gentoo

2011-05-27 Thread Stroller
On 27/5/2011, at 12:28am, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: ... * Two XEON chips. I didn't know it right away but that means 4 cores. They are old Pentium IV-based 32-bit chips. I got the slowest still being made, so the clock speed is 1.6 GHz. On 4 cores, it's not bad at all. I *think* at that

[gentoo-user] Re: openrc and /etc/modprobe.d/*

2011-05-27 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 05/26/2011 10:36 PM, Mick wrote: As I was booting an old laptop I noticed a message coming up telling me that the /etc/modprobe.d/irda file will be done away with in future versions. Are these files now deprecated? Are we meant to fit everything in /etc/conf.d/modules as per the OpenRC

[gentoo-user] python 2.7

2011-05-27 Thread Bill Kenworthy
Quick clarification on the python 2.7 update - do I eselect the new python version before running python-updater? The reason I ask is some of my machines seem to have auto-selected it, but what is probably the most important one at the moment didnt. BillK

Re: [gentoo-user] python 2.7

2011-05-27 Thread Adam Carter
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Bill Kenworthy bi...@iinet.net.au wrote: Quick clarification on the python 2.7 update - do I eselect the new python version before running python-updater? Yes

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye, Gentoo

2011-05-27 Thread BRM
From: Mark Shields laebsh...@gmail.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Thu, May 26, 2011 9:57:26 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye, Gentoo On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote: It looks like it's time to take Gentoo off of my main machine. I feel

Re: [gentoo-user] ip_rt_bug: 0.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255, ?

2011-05-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 07:07 on Friday 27 May 2011, Paul Hartman did opine thusly: This is a new one to me. I've only been using kernel 2.6.39 (vanilla) for a bit over a day. A few hours ago, this happened while I was away from my computer: [150561.346968] ip_rt_bug: 0.0.0.0 -

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye, Gentoo

2011-05-27 Thread Mick
On Friday 27 May 2011 05:31:15 Dale wrote: Kevin O'Gorman wrote: On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Mark Shields laebsh...@gmail.com mailto:laebsh...@gmail.com wrote: You let a small problem like the latest live cd not booting your system scare you away? Have you

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye, Gentoo

2011-05-27 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Thu, 26 May 2011 16:28:46 -0700 schrieb Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com: It looks like it's time to take Gentoo off of my main machine. I feel a little sad about it, or I'd just quietly go away. A few months ago, an update made the machine headless -- well, it could no longer bring up

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye, Gentoo

2011-05-27 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday 27 May 2011 11:55:48 Mick wrote: ... may I recommend SystemRescueCD. It is updated more often, has the latest drivers and pretty much works better that the Gentoo LiveCD (most of the time). Another point in its favour is that it starts RAID and LVM itself, which saves a fair bit

Re: [gentoo-user] No KMS for ATI Rage* (was: Goodbye, Gentoo)

2011-05-27 Thread Felix Miata
On 2011/05/27 14:56 (GMT+0200) Marc Joliet composed: Kevin O'Gorman wrote: ...The video card is an ATI Rage XL... I wonder which kernel version you use, because in 2.6.36/37 I was hit by a nasty EDID parsing bug. Actually, IIRC the code for parsing EDIDs was updated to understand more

Re: [gentoo-user] xserver does not work after upgrade

2011-05-27 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am 27.05.2011 17:09, schrieb fajfu...@wp.pl: I found that hal has been unmerged during an upgrade. I installed it again and launching it at startup. HAL was removed for a reason, it is not longer used by xserver. You have to use Udev for that now. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital

Re: [gentoo-user] xserver does not work after upgrade

2011-05-27 Thread Mick
On Friday 27 May 2011 16:09:07 fajfu...@wp.pl wrote: Hi All I've upgraded my system and xserver does not work after upgrade. I've installed new baselayout according to the official gentoo's procedure and it seems ok. I've done dispatch-conf, etc-update, revdep-rebuild successfully. All

Re: [gentoo-user] xserver does not work after upgrade

2011-05-27 Thread Alex Schuster
fajfu...@wp.pl writes: I've upgraded my system and xserver does not work after upgrade. I've installed new baselayout according to the official gentoo's procedure and it seems ok. I've done dispatch-conf, etc-update, revdep-rebuild successfully. All packages have been build successfully.

[gentoo-user] KDE4 localization

2011-05-27 Thread Alex Schuster
Hi there! Since the upgrade to 4.6.3, most KDE applications show up in English. Even stuff that has not been upgraded, like kmymoney. The only KDE4 application I know that still is German is systemsettings. Does anyone else experience this? Wonko

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye, Gentoo

2011-05-27 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.ukwrote: On 27/5/2011, at 12:28am, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: ... * Two XEON chips. I didn't know it right away but that means 4 cores. They are old Pentium IV-based 32-bit chips. I got the slowest still being made, so

Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye, Gentoo

2011-05-27 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 5:56 AM, Marc Joliet mar...@gmx.de wrote: Am Thu, 26 May 2011 16:28:46 -0700 schrieb Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com: It looks like it's time to take Gentoo off of my main machine. I feel a little sad about it, or I'd just quietly go away. A few months ago,

[gentoo-user] ebuild not inserting soname, therefore emerging zlib fails

2011-05-27 Thread Alberto Luaces
Hello, I have searched quite a bit for an error I'm having when emerging current zlib-1.2.5-r2. The problem is that somehow the soname is not written in the .so file, and the build process fails. I attach all the build logs in case I have some obvious misconfiguration that I should be aware of. I

[gentoo-user] Raid10 howto

2011-05-27 Thread Maxim Vorontsov
Hello. I look how to create a RAID10. I understood correctly I must first create two RAID0 device for one RAID1? Or is simple command for creation RAID10 on 4 disks? I dont find answer for this on gentoo.org or raid.wiki.kernel.org. -- Brgds Maxim Vorontsov

Re: [gentoo-user] Raid10 howto

2011-05-27 Thread John Nielsen
On May 27, 2011, at 12:54 PM, Maxim Vorontsov wrote: I look how to create a RAID10. I understood correctly I must first create two RAID0 device for one RAID1? Or is simple command for creation RAID10 on 4 disks? I dont find answer for this on gentoo.org or raid.wiki.kernel.org. Linux does

Re: [gentoo-user] Raid10 howto

2011-05-27 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 27.05.2011 18:54, schrieb Maxim Vorontsov: Hello. I look how to create a RAID10. I understood correctly I must first create two RAID0 device for one RAID1? Or is simple command for creation RAID10 on 4 disks? I dont find answer for this on gentoo.org or raid.wiki.kernel.org. -- Brgds

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE4 localization

2011-05-27 Thread Maxim Vorontsov
Hi. No, for me all works fine. -- Maxim Vorontsov 27.05.2011, в 20:19, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org написал(а): Hi there! Since the upgrade to 4.6.3, most KDE applications show up in English. Even stuff that has not been upgraded, like kmymoney. The only KDE4 application I know that

Re: [gentoo-user] Raid10 howto

2011-05-27 Thread Maxim Vorontsov
Yes, it help. Thank you and thank to John. -- Maxim Vorontsov 27.05.2011, в 21:08, Florian Philipp li...@binarywings.net написал(а): Am 27.05.2011 18:54, schrieb Maxim Vorontsov: Hello. I look how to create a RAID10. I understood correctly I must first create two RAID0 device for one

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE4 localization

2011-05-27 Thread Alex Schuster
Maxim Vorontsov writes: No, for me all works fine. Probably another problem that only I have. BTW, German language is of course set in systemsettings, and it's also set via Help - Switch Application Language. It's no big deal, but I'm missing the German language in KMyMoney. Wonko

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild not inserting soname, therefore emerging zlib fails

2011-05-27 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Alberto Luaces alua...@udc.es wrote: Hello, I have searched quite a bit for an error I'm having when emerging current zlib-1.2.5-r2. The problem is that somehow the soname is not written in the .so file, and the build process fails. I attach all the build

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE4 localization

2011-05-27 Thread Maxim Vorontsov
Maybe deleting config files in ~/.kde can help? Dont forget backup it:-) -- Maxim Vorontsov 27.05.2011, в 21:35, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org написал(а): Maxim Vorontsov writes: No, for me all works fine. Probably another problem that only I have. BTW, German language is of course

[gentoo-user] double paste when using middle mouse button

2011-05-27 Thread Joseph
I have a strange behavior with mouse; when I highlight something and past it with middle button, it pastes twice same information. Where should I start looking, I'm using xfce4. -- Joseph

Re: [gentoo-user] double paste when using middle mouse button

2011-05-27 Thread Joseph
On 05/27/11 13:36, Joseph wrote: I have a strange behavior with mouse; when I highlight something and past it with middle button, it pastes twice same information. Where should I start looking, I'm using xfce4. -- Joseph Solved! Mouse was the problem. -- Joseph

[gentoo-user] kde-4 device detection

2011-05-27 Thread Andrés Becerra Sandoval
Hello, Recently, perhaps a week ago, my kde-4.6.3 system stopped detecting storage devices when inserted (CDs, DVDs, USB sticks) on a ~x86 system. Devices are not detected in dolphin, nor in the device notifier applet. Is really strange, because my laptop (a ~amd64 system) has the same kde

Re: [gentoo-user] kde-4 device detection

2011-05-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 27 May 2011 14:55:53 -0500, Andrés Becerra Sandoval wrote: Recently, perhaps a week ago, my kde-4.6.3 system stopped detecting storage devices when inserted (CDs, DVDs, USB sticks) on a ~x86 system. Devices are not detected in dolphin, nor in the device notifier applet. Is really

Re: [gentoo-user] kde-4 device detection

2011-05-27 Thread Paul Hartman
2011/5/27 Andrés Becerra Sandoval andres.bece...@gmail.com: Hello, Recently, perhaps a week ago, my kde-4.6.3 system stopped detecting storage devices when inserted (CDs, DVDs, USB sticks) on a ~x86 system. Devices are not detected in dolphin, nor in  the device notifier applet. Is really

Re: [gentoo-user] kde-4 device detection

2011-05-27 Thread Andrés Becerra Sandoval
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/5/27 Andrés Becerra Sandoval andres.bece...@gmail.com: Hello, Recently, perhaps a week ago, my kde-4.6.3 system stopped detecting storage devices when inserted (CDs, DVDs, USB sticks) on a ~x86 system.

Re: [gentoo-user] kde-4 device detection

2011-05-27 Thread Andrés Becerra Sandoval
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Fri, 27 May 2011 14:55:53 -0500, Andrés Becerra Sandoval wrote: Recently, perhaps a week ago, my kde-4.6.3 system stopped detecting storage devices when inserted (CDs, DVDs, USB sticks) on a ~x86 system. Devices are

Re: [gentoo-user] kde-4 device detection

2011-05-27 Thread Nils Larsson
Is there anybody suffering the same problem? I've seen this. Also udisks --enumerate wouldnt work. IIRC a reemerge of udisks fixed it.

Re: [gentoo-user] kde-4 device detection

2011-05-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 27 May 2011 16:14:46 -0500, Andrés Becerra Sandoval wrote: I have exactly the same problem on my desktop, although my netbook works just fine. I haven't got round to even thinking about looking for a solution yet. Thanks, at least I am not alone, Neil, is your desktop ~x86? Both

Re: [gentoo-user] kde-4 device detection

2011-05-27 Thread Mick
On Friday 27 May 2011 22:16:39 Nils Larsson wrote: Is there anybody suffering the same problem? I've seen this. Also udisks --enumerate wouldnt work. IIRC a reemerge of udisks fixed it. I seem to recall a similar problem after building kde4.6 on one of my boxen. I seem to remember adding

Re: [gentoo-user] kde-4 device detection

2011-05-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 27 May 2011 23:16:39 +0200, Nils Larsson wrote: I've seen this. Also udisks --enumerate wouldnt work. IIRC a reemerge of udisks fixed it. That fails on the broken box with Failed to execute program /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper: That program is installed by dbus and both

Re: [gentoo-user] kde-4 device detection

2011-05-27 Thread Nils Larsson
lördagen den 28 maj 2011 00:54:42 skrev Neil Bothwick: That fails on the broken box with Failed to execute program /usr/libexec/dbus-daemon-launch-helper: Yepp, thats the error. I vaugly recall doing a emerge -1 dbus polkit consolekit udisks etc.

[gentoo-user] Re: gnome 3 ??

2011-05-27 Thread walt
On 05/26/2011 07:04 PM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: On Thu, May 26 2011, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Allan Gottlieb gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: Thank you. Some forum posts suggest that upgrading to gnome3 from gnome2 is difficult. Did you 1. Upgrade from 2.32.1

[gentoo-user] Re: Goodbye, Gentoo

2011-05-27 Thread walt
On 05/26/2011 04:28 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: Now, a couple of months into my retirement ... in 2002 when I finished my PHD Retiring 9 years after finishing your education? WTF are the rest of us doing wrong? Drop by here occasionally to give us a progress report :)

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] network discovery tools

2011-05-27 Thread James
Harry Putnam reader at newsguy.com writes: Is there some quick and sure way to discover any IPs on the home lan? emerge fping man fping fping -g 192.168.222.0/24 searches quite fast and accurate... hth, James

[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird bug?

2011-05-27 Thread James
walt w41ter at gmail.com writes: Both thunderbird and firefox can be started from a command prompt with the -ProfileManager option. Can be very useful for debugging things like this. I give this a whirl, just not right now. thanks, I'll post back if I cannot figure it out. My guess since

[UNSOLVED]Re: [gentoo-user] usb support in virtualbox

2011-05-27 Thread Valmor de Almeida
On 05/26/2011 01:53 AM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: On 05/25/2011 07:45 PM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: On 05/25/2011 06:14 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: [snip] For the record. Tried and it is very nice. The 4.0.6 version with extpack uses the GPL vbox (source). All usb devices on the gentoo host are

[gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

2011-05-27 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, is there any way to mark mails as tagged based on the contents of the body of the mails? Thank you very much for any help in advance! Best regards, mcc

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

2011-05-27 Thread Dale
meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, is there any way to mark mails as tagged based on the contents of the body of the mails? Thank you very much for any help in advance! Best regards, mcc That depends on your mail reader. I use Seamonkey and it can do that. I would think that

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

2011-05-27 Thread meino . cramer
Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com [11-05-28 05:28]: meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, is there any way to mark mails as tagged based on the contents of the body of the mails? Thank you very much for any help in advance! Best regards, mcc That depends on your mail reader. I

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

2011-05-27 Thread Dale
meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com [11-05-28 05:28]: meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, is there any way to mark mails as tagged based on the contents of the body of the mails? Thank you very much for any help in advance! Best regards, mcc That

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

2011-05-27 Thread meino . cramer
Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com [11-05-28 06:16]: meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com [11-05-28 05:28]: meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, is there any way to mark mails as tagged based on the contents of the body of the mails? Thank you very much for any help

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

2011-05-27 Thread Dale
meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: : How can I accomplish tagging on base of the contents of the mail with the mailreader mutt? Best regards, mcc Let's see if this helps: http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual.html#toc2.3 Should be more applicable to your needs. ;-) I have never used

Re: [gentoo-user] mutt: Tagging on the contents of mails

2011-05-27 Thread meino . cramer
Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com [11-05-28 06:40]: meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: : How can I accomplish tagging on base of the contents of the mail with the mailreader mutt? Best regards, mcc Let's see if this helps: http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual.html#toc2.3 Should