[gentoo-user] coax spdif sound output on Intel 82801EB/ER audio

2006-09-13 Thread Iain Buchanan
built as a module (snd_intel8x0). Can anyone shed any light on the issue? many thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Price's Advice: It's all a game -- play it to have fun. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] coax spdif sound output on Intel 82801EB/ER audio

2006-09-13 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 15:53 -0700, Ryan Tandy wrote: Iain Buchanan wrote: [...] mmm. I'm rather fuzzy on exactly how it's done, but what you're going to have to do is set up a ~/.asoundrc that sets spdif as the default output device. really? It used to just go to both outputs (spdif

Re: [gentoo-user] Front side bus setting

2006-09-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
? Not me! My best recommendation would be to buy a really good overclocking motherboard - one with all these features in the bios. You should be able to get S370 mbs on ebay for cheap. [1] http://www.tomshardware.com/2000/07/28/intel_celeron_overclocking_guide/ HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb

Re: [gentoo-user] mencoder did nothing all night at 100% CPU!

2006-09-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Sun, 2006-09-10 at 12:13 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote: On 29 August 2006 11:55, Iain Buchanan wrote: On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 14:16 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote: === begin script === #! /bin/sh BITRATE=730 INFILE=dvd:// [snip] that seems to capture from dvd though? I may

[gentoo-user] Gentooism

2006-09-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
forgive those who break ebuilds against us. Lead us not into dependency frustration, But deliver us from rpm evil. For thine is the make.conf, the USE flags, And the profile forever... Gentoo. Full article here: http://www.gentoo-portage.com/ :) -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: gkrellm ??? Only as daemon ???

2006-09-10 Thread Iain Buchanan
don't forget to try out emerge --newuse -p world to see what happens after you make global USE flag changes. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Message from Our Sponsor on ttyTV at 13:58 ... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Boring new startup look with baselayout 1.12

2006-09-09 Thread Iain Buchanan
started How can I get them to be the way they used to be? That looks like you edited /etc/conf.d/rc and changed RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP from no to yes. You supposedly can get a small speed increase if you leave it like that, but change it back if you prefer it the other way. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} New CPU for my motherboard

2006-09-07 Thread Iain Buchanan
, and is accurate! -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au It's always darkest just before the lights go out. -- Alex Clark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Why you use Gentoo

2006-09-07 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 21:40 -0400, Statux wrote: [snip] All responses off list please. Thanks. [snip] Just pointing that one out as 2 people have missed it already :) what about everyone else who might be interested in the answer? -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au

[gentoo-user] mplayer: Encrypted VOB file (but it's not!)

2006-09-05 Thread Iain Buchanan
shows me is people with DVD problems... can anyone shed any light? Huge thanks if you can help! -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Never buy from a rich salesman. -- Goldenstern -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] splash for laptop

2006-09-05 Thread Iain Buchanan
, so It may have been added later or (quite possibly) I just plain missed it - thanks so for the record, does that mean you got it to work, or you didn't get it to work? Did you try making your own resolution-ed framebuffer image? -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Always think

Re: [gentoo-user] AMD64 Stability?

2006-09-05 Thread Iain Buchanan
should buy it...) thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill. -- Robert Heller -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] libstdc++.so.6 - another gcc upgrade problem?

2006-09-05 Thread Iain Buchanan
from, but if someone could provide the output from equery belongs kdestart then you can make sure you have that package installed. Hope this is one step towards a working system :) -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man

Re: [gentoo-user] Suspend2-sources-2.6.17 stable.

2006-09-04 Thread Iain Buchanan
and some system specs. done. I've never submitted a stabilisation bug before, but FTFE (first time for everything :) http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146333 cya, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat

Re: [gentoo-user] splash for laptop

2006-09-04 Thread Iain Buchanan
haven't tried that part of the instructions, as my 1680x1050 is now standard! [1] http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Wishing without work is like fishing without bait. -- Frank Tyger -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - gdm screen resolution problem

2006-09-03 Thread Iain Buchanan
EndSubsection EndSection then restart xdm and see how that goes... HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Not Hercules could have knock'd out his brains, for he had none. -- Shakespeare -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Buying Webcameras

2006-09-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
] http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net/ HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Martin was probably ripping them off. That's some family, isn't it? Incest, prostitution, fanaticism, software. -- Charles Willeford, Miami Blues -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] mencoder did nothing all night at 100% CPU!

2006-08-29 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 14:16 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote: On 28 August 2006 13:39, Iain Buchanan wrote: On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 08:21 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote: On 10 August 2006 23:06, Iain Buchanan wrote: Hi all, I'm trying out mencoder to try a few different codecs and formats for 1

Re: [gentoo-user] tweaking mencoder

2006-08-29 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 22:09 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 08:21 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote: On 10 August 2006 23:06, Iain Buchanan wrote: Hi all, I'm trying out mencoder to try a few different codecs and formats for 1. dvd authoring and 2. just compressing to keep

Re: [gentoo-user] Oops on heavy load

2006-08-28 Thread Iain Buchanan
, or with a fresh set of RAM if you can get some - if the symptoms follow the RAM from server to server then you know what the problem is :) HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. -- Mark Twain

Re: [gentoo-user] mencoder did nothing all night at 100% CPU!

2006-08-28 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 08:21 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote: On 10 August 2006 23:06, Iain Buchanan wrote: Hi all, I'm trying out mencoder to try a few different codecs and formats for 1. dvd authoring and 2. just compressing to keep on my HD. For DVDs, try this: mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc

Re: [gentoo-user] mencoder did nothing all night at 100% CPU!

2006-08-28 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 22:09 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 08:21 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote: On 10 August 2006 23:06, Iain Buchanan wrote: Hi all, I'm trying out mencoder to try a few different codecs and formats for 1. dvd authoring and 2. just compressing to keep

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg server and monitor power management

2006-08-19 Thread Iain Buchanan
. # ** Section ServerFlags Option BlankTime 2 Optionstandby time5 Optionsuspend time5 Optionoff time5 Section Files [snip] don't forget the EndSection (for ServerFlags) before you open Section Files. cya, -- Iain Buchanan

[gentoo-user] mencoder did nothing all night at 100% CPU!

2006-08-10 Thread Iain Buchanan
-libavcodec.html http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/menc-feat-mpeg.html thanks.) -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Four fifths of the perjury in the world is expended on tombstones, women and competitors. -- Lord Thomas Dewar -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing

[gentoo-user] X font problem

2006-08-10 Thread Iain Buchanan
I don't. But then some, like courier 10 Pitch, appear fine. I checked my xorg logs, and I can't see any helpful messages - no font issues at least. What now? This is a bit ugly and annoying obviously! What can I look at next to see where the problem is coming from? TIA, -- Iain Buchanan

Re: [gentoo-user] IP Masquerading hardware, crossover versus hub

2006-08-09 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 03:08 +0100, THUFIR HAWAT wrote: I like that of the two replies, one was hub and one was no hub :) Go not to gentoo-user for council, for they will say both hub and no hub. ;) -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Indifference will certainly be the downfall

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [Very OT] - Kill-A-Watt (240V Version) to measure my Gentoo Server Power Usage

2006-08-04 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 20:58 -0700, Ow Mun Heng wrote: On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 13:20 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: They're great devices - you can often buy a multimeter (every geek should have one :) with a current clamp (or transducer) thrown in. That way you have no wiring, no inline plugs

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the release date for 2006.1?

2006-08-03 Thread Iain Buchanan
an emerge that says something like your profile is deprecated, please see www.blah.blah for information on updating to the latest profile... so you will know when it matters :) -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Ever heard of .cshrc? That's a city in Bosnia. Right? (Discussion

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: launching iptables

2006-08-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
... HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au By golly, I'm beginning to think Linux really *is* the best thing since sliced bread. (By Vance Petree, Virginia Power) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] really annoying boxes in firefox and evolution

2006-08-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
problem is still there too: On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 09:30 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: On 6/13/06, Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: $ firefox No running windows found Warning: Cannot convert string -bh-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-*-140-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1 to type FontStruct what

Re: [gentoo-user] really annoying boxes in firefox and evolution

2006-08-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
I just discovered something else: when I click in a text box in java in firefox, I get this message on the terminal: Warning: Name: textfield Class: XmTextField Character '\61' not supported in font. Discarded. what does that mean? is it related? thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: get process name in c++

2006-07-26 Thread Iain Buchanan
that the scope of program_invocation_name is global. cool! Oh well, reading /proc/ was an experience :) On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 22:34 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: Hi again :) I have been googling for this one for a little while, and trying various options, but I can't seem to find it: How do I

[gentoo-user] where does PID wrap around?

2006-07-26 Thread Iain Buchanan
, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper. -- Thomas Jefferson -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] where does PID wrap around?

2006-07-26 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 10:20 +0800, Zhang Le wrote: On 7/27/06, Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I know that PID's wrap around if they get to a sufficiently large number - anyone know what that number is? 2^16 (65536

[gentoo-user] pc not recognised properly from bluetooth device

2006-07-24 Thread Iain Buchanan
port options available, but just not with the PC. Can anyone shed any light? I've followed various howto's / wiki's (gentoo-wiki and synce.sourceforge.net), but they all assume that you can do this step without hassle... Any tips would be appreciated with many thanks! -- Iain Buchanan iaindb

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE message

2006-07-22 Thread Iain Buchanan
to worry about it at all, so long as your package installs in the end. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au You can only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: get process name in c++

2006-07-09 Thread Iain Buchanan
corrupted). And some tasks require that a whole list of other tasks are not running. QNX used to have some functions to register a name with the system to stop this (qnx_name_locate, etc), but linux doesn't... that I can see... cya, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Having

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: hotplug doesn't.

2006-07-09 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 14:41 +, James wrote: Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace.net.au writes: hotplug doesn't hotplug! I've recently discovered these 2 little jewels. They may not help, but it's worth a whirl. # udevstart [after you boot and then connect the device to 1394

Re: [gentoo-user] External USB drive

2006-07-09 Thread Iain Buchanan
, you could provide udev and kernel versions. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au To do nothing is to be nothing. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: get process name in c++

2006-07-06 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2006-06-29 at 10:17 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 16:01 +0200, Petr Uzel wrote: file /proc/self/status is a link pointing to the directory /proc/pid_of_process. And by parsing status file in this directory you should get all the informations you want

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: get process name in c++

2006-07-06 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 19:55 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: On 7/6/06, Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone mentioned that /proc is deprecated for 2.6? is this correct? Is there a /sys alternative to /proc/self/status? Again, I *highly* suggest doing the standard, cross-platform

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: get process name in c++

2006-07-06 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 21:48 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: On 7/6/06, Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yes I would, except that I'm editing a class which is inherited by a multitude of programs, so the /proc way I only have to change one file, whereas the argv[0] way I have to change

[gentoo-user] hotplug doesn't.

2006-07-04 Thread Iain Buchanan
debugging for ieee1394.agent, but I basically see nothing! I tried googling, but the terms are so generic, I can't find anything useful. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I would appreciate any comments, thanks. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Underlying Principle

[gentoo-user] PORTDIR_OVERLAY being ignored (was working fine)

2006-07-03 Thread Iain Buchanan
not the first to notice it? any comments appreciated. thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom. -- Robert Frost -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: PORTDIR_OVERLAY being ignored (was working fine)

2006-07-03 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 09:45 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: Hi all, I'm using ~x86, and I just noticed that the PORTDIR_OVERLAY (/usr/local/portage) is being ignored. on closer inspection, it's not being ignored, but I'm just not getting the [1] /usr/local/portage message anymore... -- Iain

Re: [gentoo-user] environmental variables ?

2006-07-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
... If it does go away, then uncomment the line and do something better like: Defaults:yourname env_keep-=TERMCAP HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au It's not reality that's important, but how you perceive things. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] k3b creating video DVD error

2006-06-28 Thread Iain Buchanan
-sort /tmp/kde-iain/k3bwrhUta.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list /tmp/kde-iain/k3bRGm4Yb.tmp -joliet -hide-joliet-list /tmp/kde-iain/k3bYBqJba.tmp -full-iso9660-filenames -iso-level 2 -path-list /tmp/kde-iain/k3brIl4xa.tmp -dvd-video -f /tmp/kde-iain/k3bVideoDvd0 many thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: get process name in c++

2006-06-28 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 16:01 +0200, Petr Uzel wrote: Dne středa 28 červen 2006 15:51 Petr Uzel napsal(a): Dne středa 28 červen 2006 15:04 Iain Buchanan napsal(a): Hi again :) I have been googling for this one for a little while, and trying various options, but I can't seem to find

[gentoo-user] program to view/control virtual terminals (ctrl-alt-f[1-6])

2006-06-28 Thread Iain Buchanan
catch output or send input properly... I'd appreciate any suggestions. thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au When I was little, I went into a pet shop and they asked how big I'd get. -- Rodney Dangerfield -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Video conversion

2006-06-16 Thread Iain Buchanan
/portage/media-video/tovid ls: /usr/portage/media-video/tovid: No such file or directory thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au A memorandum is written not to inform the reader, but to protect the writer. -- Dean Acheson -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] really annoying boxes in firefox and evolution

2006-06-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 22:21 +, Mick wrote: On 14/06/06, Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately different encodings didn't make much difference. However, I did notice this when I started firefox from the command line: $ firefox No running

Re: [gentoo-user] really annoying boxes in firefox and evolution

2006-06-13 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 22:13 +, Mick wrote: On 13/06/06, Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm getting a strange font problem in evolution and firefox - evolution shows square boxes when it should be showing tabs, and firefox shows square boxes in java applets when it should

[gentoo-user] really annoying boxes in firefox and evolution

2006-06-12 Thread Iain Buchanan
the place. I've tried installing a few fonts, or looking for use flags that might affect it, but nothing worked - I'm completely stumped. Can anyone help me solve this? What would you suggest? xorg.conf? use flags? thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Nietzsche

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice not

2006-06-10 Thread Iain Buchanan
gentoo on for a couple of years now, and I used to get quite a few apps not updating for this reason. Hopefully I've found them all by now :) cya, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Warp 7 -- It's a law we can live with. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] viewing consoles remotely

2006-06-04 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Sat, 2006-06-03 at 18:24 -0700, Ryan Tandy wrote: Iain Buchanan wrote: 1. sudo chmod u+s /usr/bin/screen 2. sudo chmod 755 /var/run/screen 3. screen -r sessionowner/[[pid.]tty[.host]] I think the little part of me that's even slightly security-conscious just had a heart attack

Re: [gentoo-user] viewing consoles remotely

2006-06-03 Thread Iain Buchanan
didn't know screen could do that. For those interested, I had to: 1. sudo chmod u+s /usr/bin/screen 2. sudo chmod 755 /var/run/screen 3. screen -r sessionowner/[[pid.]tty[.host]] and that's it! I could use it as a simple talk, and also to see what was going on - great! -- Iain Buchanan iaindb

Re: [gentoo-user] installing a binary package without /usr/portage

2006-06-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 00:36 -0500, Teresa and Dale wrote: Iain Buchanan wrote: Hi all, I use gentoo on small industrial-pc's, and strip out a lot of stuff that just takes up space, such as /usr/portage. Could you put /usr/portage on a dvd and just mount it there? A dvd should hold

Re: [gentoo-user] Transfer OLD HD content to new HD

2006-06-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 23:51 -0600, Joseph wrote: On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 14:37 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 22:40 -0600, Joseph wrote: What is the best way to transfer content of an old HD to a new one bigger one? what are you transferring the win98 stuff to? win98

Re: [gentoo-user] Transfer OLD HD content to new HD

2006-06-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
, then copy your old hd to your linux partition, and run wine from it. If it's a simple app it should work ok... HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Machine-Independent, adj.: Does not run on any existing machine. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about emerge -e world

2006-06-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 17:44 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:25:11 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: 1) How do I resume the build? emerge --resume so long as you can still boot :) which you should be able to. Otherwise, you may have to live-cd, chroot, emerge --resume

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Is Google getting evil?

2006-06-01 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 10:01 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:04:28 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: But, it's interesting to see I've made 490 posts to this list since Mar 2004. That must be when google groups was turned on, as I've posted earlier than that, but oh well

Re: [gentoo-user] EMERGENCY - GCC GONE!

2006-06-01 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 22:23 -0700, Lord Sauron wrote: I should be able to say whether your steps worked within an hour or so. Thanks again. *meep* no news is good news? -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au The amount of time between slipping on the peel and landing

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Vidwhacker screensaver and live TV

2006-06-01 Thread Iain Buchanan
to edit the vidwhacker.desktop file by hand I think. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au System going down in 5 minutes. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Vidwhacker screensaver and live TV

2006-06-01 Thread Iain Buchanan
maybe /dev/video0? I'm only guessing... -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au The only really decent thing to do behind a person's back is pat it. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about emerge -e world

2006-06-01 Thread Iain Buchanan
gcc. Have you read the gcc upgrade howto on the gentoo-wiki? HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. -- Josh Billings -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Vidwhacker screensaver and live TV

2006-06-01 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 20:01 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 10:19 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: next thing to do would be to check what device xscreensaver uses for video capture. Maybe you have to make a symlink to your /dev/v4l/video0 maybe /dev/video0? I'm only

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about emerge -e world

2006-06-01 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 03:21 +0200, Dave Jones wrote: Iain Buchanan wrote on 02/06/06 02:55: On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 20:28 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: 3) A vaguely related item... will it make any noticable difference if I rebuild my kernel with gcc.3.4.5 and reboot at the end of the process? I

[gentoo-user] installing a binary package without /usr/portage

2006-06-01 Thread Iain Buchanan
be able to emerge anything from source without most of the /usr/portage stuff, but I'm happy with that, as all these PC's are close images of each other, and we have one master copy with a larger HD. thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au The nice thing about Windows

[gentoo-user] viewing consoles remotely

2006-06-01 Thread Iain Buchanan
, which let you view and control terminals remotely. Kind of like vnc for text-consoles. I am aware of screen, but AFAIK screen can't show the buffer locally on the console as well as remotely to a user, at the same time... thanks for the tips, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au

Re: [gentoo-user] Transfer OLD HD content to new HD

2006-06-01 Thread Iain Buchanan
the program do? My wife is a Dental Assistant, and I've been trying to convince her boss to switch to a computer based appointment and record system, but he doesn't want to spend any money... cya, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Dogs just don't seem to be able to tell the difference

Re: [gentoo-user] Settings for Fan

2006-05-31 Thread Iain Buchanan
? -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au We is confronted with insurmountable opportunities. -- Walt Kelly, Pogo -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] what is calling perl all the time?

2006-05-31 Thread Iain Buchanan
be greatly appreciated!! thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au It is not a good omen when goldfish commit suicide. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xrdb woes

2006-05-31 Thread Iain Buchanan
at the INVOCATION section of `man bash` to get more info. Maybe bash treats ssh like rsh and executes .bashrc for ssh connections, not .bash_profile... HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au The faster I go, the behinder I get. -- Lewis Carroll -- gentoo-user

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Is Google getting evil?

2006-05-31 Thread Iain Buchanan
interesting to see I've made 490 posts to this list since Mar 2004. That must be when google groups was turned on, as I've posted earlier than that, but oh well, who's keeping count?!! (Better make that 491 now ;) -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au If you suspect a man, don't employ

Re: [gentoo-user] EMERGENCY - GCC GONE!

2006-05-31 Thread Iain Buchanan
=gcc-3.4.5-blah`. I think the result goes int /usr/portage/packages. Then take that to your broken machine, and unpack it. Hope it works! -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of money

Re: [gentoo-user] EMERGENCY - GCC GONE!

2006-05-31 Thread Iain Buchanan
:) -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the double lock will keep; May no brick through the window break, And, no one rob me till I awake. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] New adresses

2006-05-30 Thread Iain Buchanan
, thanks for giving their email addresses out to spam-bots. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au I finally went to the eye doctor. I got contacts. I only need them to read, so I got flip-ups. -- Steven Wright -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] eth0 does not exist - success

2006-05-29 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2006-05-29 at 00:19 -0700, Kenneth Hopping wrote: I also learned to always keep the last working kernel as a backup when you reconfigure. And you can add another piece of self-taught knowledge to your toolkit :) This is one that I do without thinking now. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb

[gentoo-user] where is synclient?

2006-05-29 Thread Iain Buchanan
Hi, I was just going back through some archives, and found mention of the command 'synclient' to modify the Synaptic touchpad driver options - but I can't find it anywhere. equery, esearch, and slocate show nothing. Where do I get it? thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au

Re: [gentoo-user] Email-based games

2006-05-29 Thread Iain Buchanan
4 has a play by email mode. Never tried it though. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Yes, it is written. Good shall always destroy evil. -- Sirah the Yang, The Omega Glory, stardate unknown -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Sorry!

2006-05-29 Thread Iain Buchanan
Coholic, is there an Al Coholic here? heh heh. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au What kind of love is that? Not to be loved; never to have shown love. -- Commissioner Nancy Hedford, Metamorphosis, stardate 3219.8 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-user] SSH hosed, only rubble remains

2006-05-29 Thread Iain Buchanan
it. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au It is contrary to reasoning to say that there is a vacuum or space in which there is absolutely nothing. -- Descartes -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] SSH hosed, only rubble remains

2006-05-29 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 07:10 +0200, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: Tuesday 30 May 2006 06:48 skrev Iain Buchanan: I see this [ x != x$BLAH ] test all over the place, especially in the /etc/init.d scripts. Maybe -z is not standardised or something? Dunno why people use it. Having searched

Re: [gentoo-user] Google Picasa for Linux!

2006-05-28 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Sat, 2006-05-27 at 21:44 -0400, JimD wrote: Iain Buchanan wrote: I'm not saying it _does_ these things, but where does it say it _doesn't_? Hey, Google has a corporate slogan of do no evil. We can trust big corps right? :-) hahaha. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot

Re: [gentoo-user] Google Picasa for Linux!

2006-05-28 Thread Iain Buchanan
maps.google.com... - bottle of suntan lotion $20 - blanket spread out on your rooftop $15 - photos of you nude sunbathing on your roof, showing up on Google Earth... priceless reading gentoo-wiki.com - free. http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_GoogleEarth_with_wine -- Iain Buchanan

Re: [gentoo-user] Now Know Why Portage Is So Slow

2006-05-27 Thread Iain Buchanan
system stable, standard disclaimer applies: stay away from ~x86. Just cause it works for me, doesn't mean it always will. cya, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Whip me. Beat me. Make me maintain AIX. -- Stephan Zielinski -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Now Know Why Portage Is So Slow

2006-05-27 Thread Iain Buchanan
seconds for me... -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au You should avoid hedging, at least that's what I think. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] VOIP solution for dump terminals?

2006-05-27 Thread Iain Buchanan
skype (or whatever) from inside the ssh session... maybe there is a better way though. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au All good ideas look like bad ideas to those who are losers. -- Dilbert -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Google Picasa for Linux!

2006-05-27 Thread Iain Buchanan
:) anyway, does it upload anything to google? I don't like the thought of a gmail-for-pictures sort of app on my PC. thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au It's better to burn out than to fade away. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] xdm is 'stopping'

2006-05-27 Thread Iain Buchanan
in line. Then try starting it again. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au I think that's easier to read. Pardon me. Less difficult to read. -- Larry Wall in [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Google Picasa for Linux!

2006-05-27 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Sat, 2006-05-27 at 15:47 +0200, Gian Domeni Calgeer wrote: Am Samstag 27 Mai 2006 13.54 schrieb Iain Buchanan: anyway, does it upload anything to google? I don't like the thought of a gmail-for-pictures sort of app on my PC. On http://picasa.google.com/linux/download.html they write

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Now Know Why Portage Is So Slow

2006-05-25 Thread Iain Buchanan
the configuration file from my old kernel and then just make make install and it worked! I didn't even have to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst! Are you sure you're running it if you didn't have to edit grub? Does `uname -r` agree with the new version you just installed? cya, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb

Re: [gentoo-user] Now Know Why Portage Is So Slow

2006-05-25 Thread Iain Buchanan
genkernel. If he's typing make make install, then he's just using the plain old kernel makefile. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au There is not much to choose between a woman who deceives us for another, and a woman who deceives another for ourselves. -- Augier

Re: [gentoo-user] Now Know Why Portage Is So Slow

2006-05-25 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 23:50 -0300, Daniel da Veiga wrote: On 5/25/06, Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 18:20 -0300, Daniel da Veiga wrote: Anyway, the OP is using genkernel (wether it likes/knows it or not)... This doesn't look like genkernel

Re: [gentoo-user] rc-scripts: status: stopped log message

2006-05-25 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 14:14 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: My /var/log/messages is filling up with the lines like May 24 12:01:50 orpheus rc-scripts: status: stopped They're coming in two's, about every two seconds. What on earth is causing this? It's only been happening from about

Re: [gentoo-user] rc-scripts: status: stopped log message

2006-05-25 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 13:35 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: I made it a bit further: something is calling /etc/init.d/samba status - I found this out by editing /etc/init.d/runscript.sh and changing the output to print the service name, so instead of rc-scripts: status: stopped I got rc

Re: [gentoo-user] clock applet in gnome 2.14

2006-05-24 Thread Iain Buchanan
suggest you bookmark. Essentially, you have to re-emerge gnome-panel and gnome-applets. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Besides, REAL computers have a rename() system call.:-) -- Larry Wall in [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] how to manage two different kernels/sets of modules init scripts

2006-05-24 Thread Iain Buchanan
. HTH. It's late, so if I've left something out, let me know. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes. -- Henry David Thoreau -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] updated to evolution 2.6.1 and the copy and move buttons are missing off the toolbar

2006-05-23 Thread Iain Buchanan
dislike evolution - maybe some of them can help you change it :) Otherwise, there are plenty of other mail clients. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au The greatest productive force is human selfishness. -- Robert Heinlein -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] rc-scripts: status: stopped log message

2006-05-23 Thread Iain Buchanan
everything, but it still happens... thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au When the fog came in on little cat feet last night, it left these little muddy paw prints on the hood of my car. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

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