Re: [gentoo-user] How to avoid NetworkManager logs info in terminals

2008-02-16 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 13:13 -0200, Alejandro Bednarik wrote: 2008/2/14, Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [snip] The start-stop daemon have the parameter --quiet I double check /etc/rc and the VERBOSE option for this kind of services is off i tried adding a /dev/null at the end

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: load too high

2008-02-16 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 17:29 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote: Neil Bothwick writes: On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:14:22 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: The cruelty is actually worse: the machines that will benefit most from an OOo compile from source, are those old, low memory, asthmatic boxen

Re: [gentoo-user] [query] kernel-2.6.24 + ndiswrapper

2008-02-15 Thread Iain Buchanan
. I have a BCM4306 and I'm having some trouble getting the kernel driver to work, so I'd like to use ndiswrapper in the mean time. When I load ndiswrapper (yes I've rebuilt it :) I get no wlan0 like I used to. thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Wash: Oh my god, it's

Re: [gentoo-user] How to avoid NetworkManager logs info in terminals

2008-02-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
/net.eth0 restart /dev/null 21 Any clues? Cheers! HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Advertising Rule: In writing a patent-medicine advertisement, first convince the reader that he has the disease he is reading about; secondly, that it is curable

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: load too high

2008-02-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
sorry to hijack the thread even further... On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 23:04 +, Mick wrote: On Thursday 14 February 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Thursday 14 February 2008, Iain Buchanan wrote: On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 01:20 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Ahem. 'scuse me: I have 5.5G

Re: [gentoo-user] slightly OT, laptop for gentoo

2008-02-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
in their products page... -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not Eureka! (I found it!) but That's funny ... -- Isaac Asimov -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] ooffice draw can't export to eps anymore

2008-02-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
. According to genlop that puts the OOo version at openoffice-bin-2.0.2. I'm now using openoffice-bin-2.3.1 Google seems to think I can still do it. Any ideas? thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors and miss

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: load too high

2008-02-13 Thread Iain Buchanan
how about cron jobs like updatedb? Is there any disk activity? -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au tigah_- i have 4gb for /tmp Knghtbrd What do you do with 4G /tmp? Compile X? tigah_- yes -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: load too high

2008-02-13 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 01:20 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Thursday 14 February 2008, Iain Buchanan wrote: how about cron jobs like updatedb? Is there any disk activity? -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au tigah_- i have 4gb for /tmp Knghtbrd What do you do with 4G

[gentoo-user] kernel BUG when unplugging usb?

2008-02-13 Thread Iain Buchanan
/serio0). atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e006 keycode' to make it known. Strange as it sounds, I haven't had much experience with these- where do I start looking? thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au The gates in my computer are AND, OR and NOT; they are not Bill. -- gentoo-user

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome overlay?

2008-02-10 Thread Iain Buchanan
someone else can comment? -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Everyone's heard of Erwin Schrodinger's famous thought experiment. You put a cat in a box with a bottle of poison, which many people would suggest is about as far as you need to go. -- (Terry Pratchett

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install CD 2008.Feb.08. minimal i686

2008-02-10 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 19:21 +0100, Pongracz Istvan wrote: 2008. 02. 9, szombat keltezéssel 22.01-kor Iain Buchanan ezt írta: On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 21:22 +0100, Pongracz Istvan wrote: Ladies and Gentleman, [snip] Please, do not kill my server with overload :) If somebody has a mirror

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Install CD 2008.Feb.08. minimal i686

2008-02-09 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 21:22 +0100, Pongracz Istvan wrote: Ladies and Gentleman, [snip] Please, do not kill my server with overload :) If somebody has a mirror, drop me a private mail. how about a torrent? Then everyone's a mirror ;) -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Art

Re: [gentoo-user] Power Drain during Suspend to Disk

2008-02-09 Thread Iain Buchanan
scripts. Perhaps unload the network module or stop a few scripts before suspending and see what happends. So, what can drain power while turned off? There's WOL, WOM, and ? Did you check that these wake up features are turned off in the BIOS? HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome overlay?

2008-02-09 Thread Iain Buchanan
help you when the overlay is updated, as you copied the ebuilds into your own overlay. You could instead symlink them. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au philosophy: The ability to bear with calmness the misfortunes of our friends. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-user] Power Drain during Suspend to Disk

2008-02-07 Thread Iain Buchanan
? in my experience, WOL is always a bios setting - did you look there? What happens if you suspend to disk, then take the battery out for a few minutes or more - can you resume? (put it back in of course) HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Consensus Terrorism

Re: [gentoo-user] QT: How to Networkmanager init looks like other servcies?

2008-02-06 Thread Iain Buchanan
package is it from? I don't have it. Secondly, you could find all the offending commands and add /dev/null 21 to the end of them. Any help is much appreciated. Cheers! HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au If God had intended Man to Watch TV, He would have given him

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4 again

2008-02-06 Thread Iain Buchanan
of other bugs there, where I'd expected to see hundreds. did you try 4.0.0 or 4.0.1? I think the newer is hardmasked by now, or at least it should be soon (but I don't use it, so I don't know for sure. It's not in my tree yet anyway) -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Nudists

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Mixer filesystem

2008-02-06 Thread Iain Buchanan
and network transparent way: http://j.metux.de/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=50 Maybe some of you's interested in it ? interesting, yes, but what's the point? (not saying it's useless, just that I missed something). What would I use it for? -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net

Re: [gentoo-user] [query] How to avoid installing a particular package(like gcc) in each update

2008-02-05 Thread Iain Buchanan
/make.conf) - that way you'll get a few less upgrades (and downgrades). Also, perhaps you only want to upgrade in case of security releases - `emerge gentoolkit` and then try `glsa-check -v -t all` to see what applies. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au QOTD

[gentoo-user] constantly restarting esd

2008-02-03 Thread Iain Buchanan
it happens again... This seems to be more prevalent if I skip forward through a few songs. I'm using the latest unstable everything (~x86). Maybe the un before stable is a clue :) However this behaviour has been going for a while. Any hints? thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -uD world: another obstacle FIXED

2008-02-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
world again! -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. -- W. C. Fields -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] BIG-UPDATE! ;) If I survive, then gentoo rulezz... :)

2008-02-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
351 packages totalling ~800M read again :) He has approximately 1Gb of downloads... -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au The Golden Rule of Arts and Sciences: He who has the gold makes the rules. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -uD world: another obstacle

2008-01-31 Thread Iain Buchanan
, a better way to specify a use flag than on the command line is in /etc/portage/package.use. If you say `emerge -va blah` you will see the use flags available, and get prompted if you want to continue installing. quicker than `emerge -p blah; emerge blah` HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace

Re: [gentoo-user] ati-drivers slowly working through issues

2008-01-31 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 22:34 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: [snip] However, I still can't find any solution for my GL issues. As per a previous thread, glxgears, fgl_glxgears, and screensavers segfault when I run them. and so does open office. All these run as root. anybody? -- Iain Buchanan

Re: [gentoo-user] ati-drivers slowly working through issues

2008-01-31 Thread Iain Buchanan
for the tips, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au You will engage in a profitable business activity. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au If the very old will remember, the very young will listen. -- Chief Dan George -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing

[gentoo-user] ati-drivers slowly working through issues

2008-01-30 Thread Iain Buchanan
! thanks ;) -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. -- Winston Churchill -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2008-01-30 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 18:48 +, Qian Qiao wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Must... resist... posting... the... kit... man, I love reading the replies to stray unsubscribe messages :) -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au [upon learning that Meg

Re: [gentoo-user] (no subject)

2008-01-30 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 11:02 +1100, Peter Eliades wrote: unsubscribe just remember: You can check out, but you can never leave. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never

Re: [gentoo-user] glxgears segfaults as user, works as root

2008-01-28 Thread Iain Buchanan
? yes, I'm sure this version sucks! It is the latest version to date. thanks, any more ideas? -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au BOFH Excuse #319: Your computer hasn't been returning all the bits it gets from the Internet. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] glxgears segfaults as user, works as root

2008-01-28 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 08:16 +, Mick wrote: On Sunday 27 January 2008, Iain Buchanan wrote: Hi all, on with my ati-drivers 8.452.1 woes! This time, glxgears fgl_glxgears will segfault as root. FPS is bad for GL stuff. When I run glxgears in sudo, it works! I've checked

[gentoo-user] glxgears segfaults as user, works as root

2008-01-27 Thread Iain Buchanan
is not much help either. any hints? thanks! -- Iain Buchanan iain at pcorp dot com dot au The buffalo isn't as dangerous as everyone makes him out to be. Statistics prove that in the United States more Americans are killed in automobile accidents than are killed by buffalo. -- Art

Re: [gentoo-user] tone generator

2008-01-24 Thread Iain Buchanan
there was some plugin I needed... It was called tone generator or something... sorry for being vague, but it's been a while since I used this method :) If you want me to do some more digging, then let me know! HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au A father doesn't destroy his

Re: [gentoo-user] tone generator

2008-01-24 Thread Iain Buchanan
the documentation no doubt got lost in the many transitions... all I can find is a vague xmms reference to Tonegen. You might try looking for a tonegen.c file in audacious... If I find more, I'll let you know. cya, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Never look a gift horse

Re: [gentoo-user] tone generator

2008-01-24 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 10:28 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: all I can find is a vague xmms reference to Tonegen. You might try looking for a tonegen.c file in audacious... If I find more, I'll let you know. all I can find is the file src/tonegen/tonegen.c in audacious-plugins which has

Re: [gentoo-user] tone generator

2008-01-24 Thread Iain Buchanan
] tonegen wants a machine/soundcard.h which doesn't exist on my system. [snip] probably because it's made to go with audacious, which is why the file I supplied played out of the box. It's already compiled into audacious. Looking at the file, it doesn't make much sense to compile it alone. -- Iain

Re: [gentoo-user] tone generator

2008-01-24 Thread Iain Buchanan
#include linux/soundcard.h #define DSP /dev/dsp #else #include machine/soundcard.h #define DSP /dev/dspW #endif so you have to define LINUX. There are a few other things too, something like this should do it: gcc -D LINUX -include string.h -lm -o tonegen tonegen.c -- Iain Buchanan iaindb

[gentoo-user] ati-drivers 8.452.1

2008-01-24 Thread Iain Buchanan
error. I've checked xorg.conf has Load dri and Section DRI Groupvideo Mode 0666 EndSection and also `eselect opengl set ati` has been done. any help would greatly appreciated! thanks! -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au I'd like to know if I could

Re: [gentoo-user] ati-drivers 8.452.1

2008-01-24 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 16:54 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: or 8-01 as the package is called... Has anyone tried them yet? I know I should have tried this before I posted, but I just rebooted, and now glxgears, fgl_glxgears, and GL screensavers just segfault. at least all fglrx errors have gone

Re: [gentoo-user] [way OT] Firefox qt download file names

2008-01-23 Thread Iain Buchanan
the site, but if you get stuck post some of the source that you think might be relevant, and we can go from there. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Better tried by twelve than carried by six. -- Jeff Cooper -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Headlines on packages RSS feed gone?

2008-01-21 Thread Iain Buchanan
but didn't find anything. I think there are some infra upgrades going on atm: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/54374 didn't see p.g.o there but maybe related. cya, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Zymurgy's Law of Volunteer Labor: People are always

Re: [gentoo-user] stuff accumulating in /tmp

2008-01-21 Thread Iain Buchanan
in this directory, but shall not assume that such files are preserved between invocations of the application. There is currently a looong discussion (flame?) going on about this on gentoo-dev: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/54402 which quotes the appropriate standards. HTH, -- Iain

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.0.0

2008-01-20 Thread Iain Buchanan
line! -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au The meek shall inherit the Earth. (But they're gonna have to fight for it.) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.0.0

2008-01-20 Thread Iain Buchanan
8Mbit is enough for anyone! Dale :-) :-) cya, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction. -- Aneurin Bevan -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.0.0

2008-01-20 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Sat, 2008-01-19 at 19:50 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote: Read Neil's reply. He hit the nail on the finger. That's worthy of sending to Scott Adams! I hope he hit the nail on the (it's) head, not on his finger :) -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au ER...HO. HO. HO

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.0.0

2008-01-20 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Sun, 2008-01-20 at 23:03 -0600, Dale wrote: Iain Buchanan wrote: On Sun, 2008-01-20 at 06:48 -0600, Dale wrote: Heck, if the price is right, I'd order them. I try to order a new Gentoo install CD when it comes out, been a while I know, but it takes about a week to download

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing via GRML

2008-01-16 Thread Iain Buchanan
cases where one needs an initrd/initramfs: 1) Your / fs is encrypted and/or located on a logical volume or soft raid device. 2) You need a propietary driver module for getting at your / fs. what about making a nice flash splash?! I think you need an initrd for that too. cya, -- Iain

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing via GRML

2008-01-16 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 13:15 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: Am Mittwoch, 16. Januar 2008 schrieb ext Iain Buchanan: what about making a nice flash splash?! I think you need an initrd for that too. Nobody really needs this, it's just eyecandy. Doesn't count :-) :D -- Iain Buchanan iaindb

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Installing via GRML

2008-01-15 Thread Iain Buchanan
of compiling a kernel. Nice thing about genkernel (and other such tools in other distributions) is, that they also create an initrd. what about mkinitrd? I suppose the initrd is the driving factor for developing genkernel-like tools. really? -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Installing via GRML

2008-01-15 Thread Iain Buchanan
. I still wonder why they all invent their own, special way of compiling a kernel. Probably to leave the choice to users, and allow someone to compile a kernel without having in-depth knowledge of one's hardware and kernel options ? how about just providing a .config file then? -- Iain

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Sudden XP death

2008-01-15 Thread Iain Buchanan
avoid all this hassle, and tell VMware to use a virtual disk? That way Winblows XP would _think_ it has the entire disk (mbr and all) but it is really just a file in some directory in linux... HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au What ever happened to happily ever after

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Daniel Robbins' come back ?

2008-01-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
, or someone else, will take Gentoo and fork it. The two distributions will probably grow to hate each other, although they may occasionally share problems and fixes, but certainly neither will have control or direction over the other. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Got

[gentoo-user] what's going on at Gentoo

2008-01-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
. If it is going to die, it won't be for a while. cya, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars. -- Steve Martin -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Daniel Robbins' come back ?

2008-01-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
Technologies to be a not-for-profit organisation? The logo's, domain name, etc. were transferred to Gentoo Technologies before they applied for 501(c)(6) Not-For-Profit status, which required a Board of Trustees. IANAL but can't you exist without a legal paper? -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace

Re: [gentoo-user] x11-drm fails to emerge

2008-01-13 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 20:28 +, Mick wrote: Can anyone perhaps suggest a fix to allow me to emerge did you look in bugzilla? http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165553 what -sources are you using? http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156518 HTH! -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Forums Crashed

2008-01-13 Thread Iain Buchanan
.shtml So, I recon we were slashdotted... Haha, that's funny, in a way. But sad when I think why. Gentoo used to make Slashdot headlines for good reasons... I've been subscribed to the -dev list for a little while, and it's not always pretty. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au

Re: [gentoo-user] Is GWN dead?

2008-01-13 Thread Iain Buchanan
, the newsletter releases, the sad responses to the how are we doing question on gentoo-dev... Anyway I digress... -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Real computer scientists like having a computer on their desk, else how could they read their mail? -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Daniel Robbins' come back ?

2008-01-13 Thread Iain Buchanan
Engineer or Electrical Eng. Similar, but different. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au There are probably better ways to do that, but it would make the parser more complex. I do, occasionally, struggle feebly against complexity... :-) -- Larry Wall in [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Daniel Robbins' come back ?

2008-01-13 Thread Iain Buchanan
... -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Dickens, as you know, never got round to starting his home page. -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] How to update portage offline with minimal impact?

2008-01-06 Thread Iain Buchanan
will fix any holes I left, otherwise this should work! -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au There's a lot to be said for not saying a lot. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo GRUB help

2008-01-01 Thread Iain Buchanan
, ie your boot partition (if you have one). The kernel line specifies the linux root as hdb1. so `ls -la /boot/gentoo/bzImage` should show as you expected, given that hdb2 is mounted as /boot. HTH! -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au #if _FP_W_TYPE_SIZE 32 #error Here's a nickel

Re: [gentoo-user] xdm login problems after recent emerge

2008-01-01 Thread Iain Buchanan
that I take to work and my holidays end today all suggestions are welcomed! :) This happens to me when one of my services has errors, or fails to start. Look for any [ !! ] or other messages on vt1. btw, this assumes you can switch back to X ok (ctrl-alt-f7 usually)? HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo GRUB help

2007-12-31 Thread Iain Buchanan
completion until you find one that has /gentoo on it. Note: I am using LVM2 under this Gentoo install - but not for /boot or /. it shouldn't interfere with /boot or / What am I missing? don't know, hope my hints can help. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Schapiro's Explanation

Re: [gentoo-user] perl's Chatbot::Eliza

2007-12-27 Thread Iain Buchanan
to try this out - this is something to show off... -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au By the yard, life is hard. By the inch, it's a cinch. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync for backup, can anybody help

2007-12-27 Thread Iain Buchanan
. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] Excellent Paludis interview

2007-12-20 Thread Iain Buchanan
of what deps are met? Ideally if a lib fails, you only want to continue with packages that don't require that lib. Otherwise you have to fix it, and rebuild other packages anyway... -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Comedy, like Medicine, was never meant to be practiced by the general

Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a way to get rid of the annoying speech bubble in Evolution?

2007-12-19 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 07:35 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 13:47 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 17:59 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: My wife and I run evolution 2.12.1 . We love the blinking letter in the notification area of our panel, but we

Re: [gentoo-user] Excellent Paludis interview

2007-12-19 Thread Iain Buchanan
automatically? Each one could do it's own tree of packages and dependencies that don't affect the other... would be nice IMHO. cya, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense. -- Ken Kesey -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Safe to post my MAC address?

2007-12-18 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 10:45 -0500, Mark Shields wrote: [stuff] Damn if this isn't one of the most off-topic posts ever... Oh, I don't know... I think I win that contest[1] [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/153681 -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Rule

Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a way to get rid of the annoying speech bubble in Evolution?

2007-12-18 Thread Iain Buchanan
on the blinking sod (!) and select properties. If it says mail notification properties then your using mail notification ;) Anyway, under message popups you'll see enable message popups. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them five

[gentoo-user] x looses ctrl, alt and shift keys

2007-12-18 Thread Iain Buchanan
vnc and vmware don't fix it... well, i sure would appreciate any hints... thanks -smile- -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Our sires' age was worse that our grandsires'. We their sons are more worthless than they: so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Safe to post my MAC address?

2007-12-18 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 04:17 +, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2007-12-19, Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 10:45 -0500, Mark Shields wrote: [stuff] Damn if this isn't one of the most off-topic posts ever... Oh, I don't know... I think I win that contest[1

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual USB HDD enclosure shows only a single disk (NexStar MX) -- SOLVED

2007-12-17 Thread Iain Buchanan
shouldn't have. I am flabbergasted. but you also know a little more than you did yesterday. That's the main thing! -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au It's as BAD as you think, and they ARE out to get you. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] hibernate: press SPACE to continue?

2007-12-16 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 18:42 +, Mick wrote: On Monday 10 December 2007, Rumen Yotov wrote: On (10/12/07 10:37) Iain Buchanan wrote: Hi all, I just upgraded from hibernate-script-1.97-r3 to hibernate-script-1.97-r4, and now at every stage of the suspend to disk and resume

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual USB HDD enclosure shows only a single disk (NexStar MX)

2007-12-16 Thread Iain Buchanan
a multimedia unit that has 4 card reader slots, a HD, an LCD and USB2. Only /dev/sda shows up if I don't set the multiple luns option, and /dev/sda isn't the HD! It's the (usually empty) CFCARD slot! I don't know why it isn't on by default in the livecd either... -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace

Re: [gentoo-user] Picasa 2.7 Beta

2007-12-12 Thread Iain Buchanan
. But some work fine. If I use the X nv driver I can't run it either. Perhaps picasa uses some similar accel features? just a stab in the dark :) I might try it though, now that you mention it's here. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au I WILL NOT INSTIGATE REVOLUTION

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DTV on Laptop

2007-12-12 Thread Iain Buchanan
want :) cya, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either. -- Jack Benny -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] hibernate: press SPACE to continue?

2007-12-09 Thread Iain Buchanan
any reference in the docs, readme, google, or even the source! (well, there is a bit on google, but no help really). Any ideas? thanks! -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au He married that Palliard girl, remember? The one with the air-cooled teeth? -- (Terry Pratchett

[gentoo-user] The generated cache was invalid...

2007-11-19 Thread Iain Buchanan
anything either. I haven't noticed any adverse effects... any ideas? thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au In order to understand recursion, you must first understand recursion. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: about the 2007.1

2007-11-08 Thread Iain Buchanan
-gentoo.html these links might be interesting to you... cya, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au The price of greatness is responsibility. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} method for graphing server stuff?

2007-11-07 Thread Iain Buchanan
, if you want to spend the time on it. I also found the creator and forum very supportive. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Oh my God, someone's trying to kill me! Oh wait, it's for Bart. -- Homer Simpson Cape Feare -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting system stats

2007-11-07 Thread Iain Buchanan
as a % - you would be interested in User time perhaps. - NIC I/O - Hard Drive I/O I'll leave these up to you! And of course this could be complete wrong! I would welcome any comments on my bad coding :) HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Most people can do without the essentials

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: about the 2007.1

2007-11-07 Thread Iain Buchanan
*. to use your analogy, I'd rather gentoo didn't get laid (or ravaged as the case may be) by the masses, but rather kept her nice personality, even if she is a bit ugly sometimes :) AU$0.02 -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au One of the signs of Napoleon's greatness is the fact that he

[gentoo-user] evolution can't delete some contacts

2007-10-28 Thread Iain Buchanan
are still there!! Where are the contacts stored?! Any ideas why I can't delete them? Some of these contacts have come from imports / syncs with PDA's. using evolution 2.12.1 thanks! -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Online photo album software in Portage?

2007-10-27 Thread Iain Buchanan
hosted site. Has anyone tried renaming the latest ebuild in that bug for 7.3.1? sorry, 2/3 ain't bad ;) -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au We must all hear the universal call to like your neighbor, just like you like to be liked yourself. George W. Bush January 14, 2000 Quoted

Re: [gentoo-user] eth0 fallback configuration is ignored

2007-10-27 Thread Iain Buchanan
any existing failover support you may have configured in your net configuration. This behaviour can be controlled with the -L flag. See the dhcpcd man page for more details. get rid of the zeroconf use flag or use -L. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au In ancient China

Re: [gentoo-user] Cross-compiling

2007-10-25 Thread Iain Buchanan
. cya, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au The complexity of software is an essential property, not an accidental one. Hence, descriptions of a software entity that abstract away its complexity often abstract away its essence. - Fred Brooks, Jr. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Online photo album software in Portage?

2007-10-25 Thread Iain Buchanan
some fantastic looking albums! cya, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Punning is the worst vice, and there's no vice versa. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Introduction (new member) and first ask-for-help... :-)

2007-10-09 Thread Iain Buchanan
something there is causing the every letter is a command issue... I'm really sorry for the inconvenience. If it was an inconvenience, then I wouldn't reply :) HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au C-3PO: We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life. -- [EMAIL

Re: [gentoo-user] To Neil Bothwick: Question re ntfs-3g

2007-10-04 Thread Iain Buchanan
, this was to Neil! -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au I do note with interest that old women in my books become young women on the covers... this is discrimination against the chronologically gifted. -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Bugday on Saturday!

2007-10-04 Thread Iain Buchanan
there are lots of updates happening at the moment in svn, these would be much nicer than the 0.10 release :) thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Why don't you just come move in with me? -Bender Really? That would be great! You sure I won't be imposing? -Fry Nah. I've

Re: [gentoo-user] Bugday on Saturday!

2007-10-04 Thread Iain Buchanan
whoops sorry, didn't mean to send that to the list :) -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty. -- Napoleon -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] per-ebuild compil options

2007-10-03 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 22:33 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: Hello Bo Ørsted Andresen, It should have been in /etc/portage/env/ (no .d). cool, that did it - thanks! Doh! Sorry about that :( no worries :) -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au The man who runs may fight again

Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading the kernel

2007-10-03 Thread Iain Buchanan
as it is... -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Alan Cox wrote: [..] No I didnt. Someone else wrote that. Please keep attributions straight. -- From linux-kernel -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] per-ebuild compil options

2007-10-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 09:56 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:04:10 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: [snip] eg. I would always want to build glib and glibc with nostrip in the FEATURES, and -ggdb in the compile options, but all other ebuilds would be as normal. mkdir -p

[gentoo-user] per-ebuild compil options

2007-10-01 Thread Iain Buchanan
ebuilds would be as normal. Any way I can do this without putting the ebuilds in my overlay? I know I can do it on the command line: FEATURES=blah nostrip CFLAGS=blah -ggdb CXXFLAGS=${CFLAGS} sudo emerge -va1 glibc but that kind-of gets defeated during an emerge world. thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iain

Re: [gentoo-user] SSH: No X11 forwarding any longer

2007-09-27 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 20:13 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: Hi there! For a little while now I have a problem on one of my hosts, X11 forwarding stopped working. how are you ssh-ing in? -X? -Y? What is the actual error from the client? -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au

Re: [gentoo-user] Is this drive toast--addendum

2007-09-26 Thread Iain Buchanan
have only one drive, cable select has still failed for me, resulting in no drives being detected. but maybe that's just me...! -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au printk(KERN_CRIT PFX Reboot didn't ?\n); linux-2.6.6/drivers/char/watchdog/softdog.c -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [gentoo-user] Help finding a tv tuner card's chipset

2007-09-26 Thread Iain Buchanan
! -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au I have defined the hundred per cent American as ninety-nine per cent an idiot. -- George Bernard Shaw -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] [OT] rsync daemon with transmit timeout

2007-09-19 Thread Iain Buchanan
is quite small... Any tips would be appreciated, thanks! cya, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Anything is good if it's made of chocolate. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

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