[gentoo-user] xorg.conf doesn't seem to be read

2007-08-21 Thread Martin S
as this happens 98 times out of hundred. Any suggestions on how to get the correct metrics on all boots? Regards, Martin S

[gentoo-user] locate

2007-05-11 Thread Martin S
, but didn't find a switch to drop the actual file name from the result. Can it be done, or if not what should I use to get the desired result? Regards, Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] locate

2007-05-11 Thread Martin S
That works yes. A bit much to typw though. Don't know if I'd save much time from first doing a locate and the manually typing the cd [result] string :) Martin S 2007/5/11, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, 11 May 2007 14:34:44 +0200, Martin S wrote: Just recently tried using locate

Re: [gentoo-user] locate

2007-05-11 Thread Martin S
2007/5/11, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, 11 May 2007 15:29:03 +0200, Martin S wrote: A bit much to typw though. Don't know if I'd save much time from first doing a locate and the manually typing the cd [result] string :) Or type cd double-click middle-click Forgot you're still

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge problems

2006-08-27 Thread Martin S
, the problems I have/d is that lots of servers doesn't have the packages at all. Then continuing to the next mirror with the same result. Crafty (a chess engine) didn't install for 3 days- but just now, when I needed the error message, it installed (figures). Same with kuroo of course... Regards,Martin

[gentoo-user] emerge problems

2006-08-26 Thread Martin S
I seem to find lots of bad repository servers when running emerge.emerge mozilla-firefox failed for quite some time (at least a day), emerge kuroo has failed for two days, just like emerge crafty.Does anyone know if there are any general problems with servers? Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 2006.0 install

2006-08-22 Thread Martin S
2006/8/21, James [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Martin S shieldfire at gmail.com writes: I am having problems installing Gentoo 2006.0. The computer has partitions anddata I want to save. Whenever I try to install (using the LiveCD) I get as far as entering the root password but when the actual installation

[gentoo-user] 2006.0 install

2006-08-19 Thread Martin S
the graphical thing I get failed to set root password. Any suggestions (other than use the minimal CD)?Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] 2006.0 install

2006-08-19 Thread Martin S
: SetRootPasswordError :FATAL: set_root_password: Failure to set root password!Regards,Martin S

[gentoo-user] OT - hardware problem: laptop shuts down

2006-07-28 Thread Martin S
the old HD as well. Any ideas as to what to look for?Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] amarok and non-Ipod

2006-07-28 Thread Martin S
I suppose, I just thought it did something beautifull.Martin S2006/7/28, Willie Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 06:13:24AM +0200, Penguin Lover Martin S squawked: I got myself an iAudio X5 the other day. Wonderful sound, large disk, yeah really like (until disk breaks). Anyway

[gentoo-user] amarok and non-Ipod

2006-07-27 Thread Martin S
find my X5 - so I suppose it's looking for something specificly iPodish?Regards,Martin S

[gentoo-user] Kmail recipient limit

2006-06-07 Thread Martin S
Is there a limit of recipients in Kmail somewhere. I looked briefly but couldn't find a setting for this.Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] newbie partiton type question

2006-05-04 Thread Martin S
/mnt/usbauto,vfatnoauto,user,noatime 0 0Since you can mount it r/w as root I readily assume that you have compiled VFAT in your kernel . . .Otherwise I can't think of anything else.HTH.--Regards,Mick--gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] newbie partiton type question

2006-05-03 Thread Martin S
f who originally mounted it, then replace user with users.To unmount it run:$ sync umount /mnt/sda1or just:$ eject /mnt/sda1--Regards,Mick--gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list-- Regards,Martin S

[gentoo-user] newbie partiton type question

2006-05-02 Thread Martin S
| tail says...FAT: invalid media value (0x01)VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sda.So where am I going wrong? Please help this befuddled temporary newbie.Regards, Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] is it toast?

2006-03-24 Thread Martin S
now - same sh**. Can't format it either.There is no switch on it.I'll have a look at it with the disk manager thing i Win - but I fear I've seen the last of it. My stupidest buy on eBay have served me well as far as it did.Regards,Martin S

[gentoo-user] is it toast?

2006-03-23 Thread Martin S
-only file system I'm out of ideas now - Is the last shot to go out and buy a new USB stick?Martin S-- Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] is it toast?

2006-03-23 Thread Martin S
2006/3/24, Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 07:03 +0100, Martin S wrote: I lent my USB stick to a guy for a job the other day. Apparently his Win98 box wanted to install drivers for it to work, so he pulled it before Wintendo (anything 2000) could get to doing its stuff

[gentoo-user] DGT chess boards anyone?

2006-03-21 Thread Martin S
use them to relay games from a tournament onto the Internet in real-time (common usage). Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] A New Linux Way

2006-01-10 Thread Martin S
of the profit will go towards overhead.Whenever I read about yet another Linux distribution, my first reaction to it is Why? With the gazillion distributions already available I find it hard to come up with a reason to create yet another one.Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] A New Linux Way

2006-01-10 Thread Martin S
? It it totally bug-free!Wait untill they release their first app :-)Regards,Martin S

[gentoo-user] What should be backed up?

2005-12-28 Thread Martin S
Finally getting my reinstalled box the way I want it I thought about doing a backup. :)Short of doing an image of the whole installation, what files should be backed up to ensure a quick and easy reinstallation of the working system as of now. Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] What should be backed up?

2005-12-28 Thread Martin S
2005/12/28, byron [EMAIL PROTECTED]: /root? why's that?Anything special for Gentoo? List of installed apps or something that'll make things easier if need be?Regards,Martin S

[gentoo-user] Passwords and Skype

2005-12-26 Thread Martin S
check the forums, and KDE list but nothing so far).b/ Any news on integration of KDE (Kontact preferably) and Skype?(The latest news seems to be late 2004 or mid 2005, of which the latter is less informational). Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] VI

2005-12-25 Thread Martin S
that too esoteric. Or is ed a better choice in the circumstances?Regards, Martin S

[gentoo-user] File system on Sony nw-e405

2005-12-24 Thread Martin S
though I'd just move stuff from my disk to the mp3-thingie. Personally I won't buy a Sony thing after their total f-up with the DMR software.Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] File system on Sony nw-e405

2005-12-24 Thread Martin S
cassettes. martins--Linux 2.6.14-gentoo-r5 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ 17:04:53 up 1 day,5:46,5 users,load average: 1.00, 1.02, 1.13-- Regards, Martin S

[gentoo-user] ls of /

2005-12-22 Thread Martin S
ramdisk, and will # use almost no memory if not populated with files) shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec $ I did a search on the forums, but haven't found anything really relevant. Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] ls of /

2005-12-22 Thread Martin S
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults0 1 I still get: ls: .: Permission deniedwhen doing ls on the root directoryRegards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] ls of /

2005-12-22 Thread Martin S
Of course, that simple.How it happened to get incorrect permissions I don't know. Thanks anyway!Martin S2005/12/23, Ralph Slooten [EMAIL PROTECTED]:On 23/12/05, Martin S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: /dev/hda1 /ext3defaults0 1 I still get: ls: .: Permission denied when doing ls on the root directory

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A confession

2005-12-21 Thread Martin S
Mmm, perhaps I'll try running a pure ~x86 after all.Finally am getting back up again...Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] Corel Draw for Gentoo linux

2005-12-21 Thread Martin S
-user@gentoo.org mailing listAs I can see this is PHOTOPAINT, not DRAW. Is there any difference? --gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list-- Regards,Martin S

[gentoo-user] Re: Corel Draw for Gentoo linux

2005-12-21 Thread Martin S
There you are -I know a lot about graphics :-) ButI thought I knew at least a bit more :-( Martin S 2005/12/21, Felipe Ribeiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]: photopaint is like photoshop, gimp, doesn't work with vetorial graphics like corel draw :-) On 12/21/05, Martin S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

[gentoo-user] OO.o 2?

2005-12-21 Thread Martin S
Before my crash I had installed OpenOffice 2 on Gentoo, now going by ~x86 (again!) I still am not getting to emerge OO.o 2. It is ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86 in /etc/make.conf isn't it? Regards, Martin S -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: OO.o 2?

2005-12-21 Thread Martin S
Thanks, of course. I think it's simply a case of not syncing the tree to something more recent than the one with 2005.1. At least I do hope so ... We'll see soon :-) Martin S 2005/12/22, Kristian Poul Herkild [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Brett I. Holcomb wrote: Use /etc/portages/package.keywords to put

[gentoo-user] A confession

2005-12-20 Thread Martin S
with the configuration decided on by Kubuntu developers, and it doesn't work out of the box. Why bother? Back to Gentoo. And battling my own errors... I think I'll run the stable branch this time though.Regards,Martin S

[gentoo-user] klibc fails

2005-09-25 Thread Martin S
something. Any suggestions as how to solve this. Regards, Martin S -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] klibc fails

2005-09-25 Thread Martin S
Did now. Nothing appropriate, but i'll give it another shot as they did add a patch that might have the secondary effect of solving my compile problem.Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox crashes over Flash

2005-09-22 Thread Martin S
I find that Firefox has become much more unstable, but i can't figure out what i installed latest. haven't really installed much of anything at all lately. it crashes on most pages sooner or later - even those it has rendered before :( Anyone else seen this? MArtin S -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org

[gentoo-user] USB TV card

2005-09-12 Thread Martin S
Anyone tried a USB TV card with a laptop. I saw a few quite cheap at my nearest computer shop - but naturally they are all targeted towards Windows. Anyone having experience getting such a beast up and running under Linux?Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] mail program

2005-09-11 Thread Martin S
You've found one of the features that makes Gentoo different :) Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

2005-09-11 Thread Martin S
,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] Here is an amazing thing re OpenOffice:

2005-09-08 Thread Martin S
. CruteSoftware DeveloperSoftGroup Development CorporationLinux, because reboots are for installing hardware. In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates? -- Go back to the top: I almost always top-postKevin O'Gorman, PhD -- Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

2005-09-06 Thread Martin S
manager.Thanks,Matt--Matt Garmanemail at: http://raw-sewage.net/index.php?file=email--gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list-- Regards,Martin S

[gentoo-user] OT: font management software

2005-08-31 Thread Martin S
I admit - I'm adicted to fonts. Is there a font management app that's good under Linux? I need to see what the fonts look like and be able to install what's not installed. I found Fontlinge which isn't in portage and consists of a gazillion dependencies. Any more?Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: font management software

2005-08-31 Thread Martin S
What I'm looking for is something like http://www.blacksunsoftware.com/xfonter.html or http://www.neuber.com/typograph/index.html Regards, Martin S -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: font management software

2005-08-31 Thread Martin S
+ fonts is a bit inefficient. Also, it would be neat to have the fonts sorted into groups when searching for what font to use. (I know I'm a fontoholic). Regards,Martin S

[gentoo-user] Ericsson K750i

2005-08-29 Thread Martin S
Anyone played with the USB feature of the Ericsson phone? I forgot to bring the cable to my new phone from work - but I suppose I just plug it in and it will be found as an extra drive (like my USB memory stick). Anyone can verify this?Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] Personal firewall for Linux?

2005-08-29 Thread Martin S
KFireWall (I think it's called) if you use KDE.Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] Ericsson K750i

2005-08-29 Thread Martin S
OK, I'll give a shot - sounds promising... :)Regards,Martin S

[gentoo-user] OT - looking for reference research software

2005-07-31 Thread Martin S
I've looked at freshmeat and googled a bit (my terms seem a bit vague) I'm looking for software to keep a collection of research references and notes. I currently play with RefKeep, but - is there other such software out there somewhere? Anyone knows?Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - looking for reference research software

2005-07-31 Thread Martin S
Thanks! Now I remember that I should have searched on that instead. I'll give pybliographer a shot. As it is closest to what I'm looking for, even if it's Gnome ... Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] what's new with all those new packages?

2005-07-12 Thread Martin S
preferences on everyone. Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] DR working for M$

2005-06-14 Thread Martin S
/comment.php?news_id=10838 Perhaps it is a little bit of a heated issue??? Steve--gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT!] A new desktop enviornment?

2005-06-06 Thread Martin S
distribution?) Probably not compatible with anything previously existing (in ways of API or GUI from the end user point of view). Anyway, good luck to the project - hope they survive... Regards,Martin S

[gentoo-user] PCMCIA problem

2005-05-22 Thread Martin S
obvious? Regards,Martin S

Re: [gentoo-user] Adding Menus in KDE

2005-05-21 Thread Martin S
Right-click the K-menu button, select Menu Editor. Then you can add an item manually. Cheers, Martin S