[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on a Macbook Air

2011-09-16 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Grant emailgr...@gmail.com [16/09/11 13:21]: Hi, I don't have a Macbook Air, but I have two iMac desktops and one macbook pro laptop. The two imacs run Gentoo without any problems. I installed refit to switch between Gentoo and osx. For the laptop, I had trouble booting from the

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on a Macbook Air

2011-09-15 Thread Moshe Kamensky
Hi, I don't have a Macbook Air, but I have two iMac desktops and one macbook pro laptop. The two imacs run Gentoo without any problems. I installed refit to switch between Gentoo and osx. For the laptop, I had trouble booting from the installation cd. A few days ago someone on this list

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on MacBook

2011-09-12 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk [09/09/11 12:27]: On 9 September 2011, at 04:50, Moshe Kamensky wrote: ... I was happy to soon... It now boots, but after asking me about keyboard layout, it tries to find the cdrom and fails, with messages like: Looking for CDROM

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on MacBook

2011-09-12 Thread Moshe Kamensky
Why not install it as a virtual machine under the OSX? Much easier and you can have both working at once and the performance is not bad at all. I didn't consider it, since I don't really need the OSX, but I might give it a try. Is there a particular VM you recommend? Vmware

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on MacBook

2011-09-09 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* cov...@ccs.covici.com cov...@ccs.covici.com [09/09/11 02:15]: Moshe Kamensky moshe.kamen...@googlemail.com wrote: * Moshe Kamensky moshe.kamen...@googlemail.com [08/09/11 23:30]: * cov...@ccs.covici.com cov...@ccs.covici.com [08/09/11 23:18]: Moshe Kamensky moshe.kamen

[gentoo-user] Gentoo on MacBook

2011-09-08 Thread Moshe Kamensky
Hi There, I am trying to install Gentoo dual boot on a MacBook Pro (17 inch). I have refit installed, but the problem is that I cannot boot from the CD (the option is not available in the menu). I was wondering if someone knows how to do it. Thanks, Moshe

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on MacBook

2011-09-08 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* cov...@ccs.covici.com cov...@ccs.covici.com [08/09/11 23:18]: Moshe Kamensky moshe.kamen...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi There, I am trying to install Gentoo dual boot on a MacBook Pro (17 inch). I have refit installed, but the problem is that I cannot boot from the CD (the option

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on MacBook

2011-09-08 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Moshe Kamensky moshe.kamen...@googlemail.com [08/09/11 23:30]: * cov...@ccs.covici.com cov...@ccs.covici.com [08/09/11 23:18]: Moshe Kamensky moshe.kamen...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi There, I am trying to install Gentoo dual boot on a MacBook Pro (17 inch). I have refit

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-18 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Crístian Viana cristiandei...@gmail.com [17/08/09 00:24]: once I had a problem like this, and I solved it by adding the following section to xorg.conf: Section ServerFlags Option AllowEmptyInputfalse EndSection it happened earlier this year when I upgraded x11-base/xorg-x11.

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-16 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz [16/08/09 19:00]: === On Sun, 08/16, Keith Dart wrote: === Try it, but it is probably something else. === BTW, another thing to try is to just comment out any input configuration in (e.g. for mouse or kbd driver) in your xorg.conf file. With

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-15 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk [14/08/09 22:21]: On 14 Aug 2009, at 21:26, Moshe Kamensky wrote: There was a thread with this subject a few months ago, which I have deleted LMGTHFY: http://www.google.com/search?ie=utf8oe=utf8q=Xorg%20dropping%20keyboard%20events Well

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-15 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com [15/08/09 09:30]: Have you tried emerging xorg-server with hal disabled? That is assuming you are using the 1.5 or 1.6 version. I'll try that, thanks. pgpLl0FkYmJuE.pgp Description: PGP signature

[gentoo-user] Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-14 Thread Moshe Kamensky
There was a thread with this subject a few months ago, which I have deleted. The observable situation is that a key is ignored or (more annoyingly) repeated indefinitely. This happens in X but not on the console. I was wondering if this was resolved. Thanks, Moshe pgpuOAzacSG4A.pgp

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT:netiquete] was AUTO: Martin...

2009-04-28 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* William Hubbs willi...@gentoo.org [28/04/09 17:06]: Hi Neal and all, On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 07:39:29PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: That's an interesting point, and the first real justification for top-posting I've seen. Although I would have thought it should be possible to have your

[gentoo-user] Re: ppp connection problem

2009-03-09 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Daniel da Veiga danieldave...@gmail.com [09/03/09 12:33]: On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 17:20, Moshe Kamensky moshe.kamen...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, I am trying to help my father install gentoo on a new computer (I am across the ocean). We have a problem with the internet connection. He

[gentoo-user] Re: ppp connection problem

2009-03-09 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Mike Kazantsev mike_kazant...@fraggod.net [09/03/09 06:15]: On Sun, 8 Mar 2009 16:20:32 -0400 Moshe Kamensky moshe.kamen...@googlemail.com wrote: We called the ISP, and from their side it seems that he is connected, and everything is fine. I don't know where else to look. The log

[gentoo-user] ppp connection problem

2009-03-08 Thread Moshe Kamensky
Hi, I am trying to help my father install gentoo on a new computer (I am across the ocean). We have a problem with the internet connection. He has an adsl account. He runs pppoe-start, and it says that he is connected. ifconfig shows that ppp0 is up, and gives an ip address. However, I can't

[gentoo-user] Re: Perl module problem

2007-10-10 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Naga Toro [EMAIL PROTECTED] [10/10/07 14:15]: On Sunday 07 October 2007 20.21.57 Moshe Kamensky wrote: Hi, Does /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Scalar/Util.pm exist? What is the output of perl -le 'print foreach @INC' $ perl -le 'print foreach @INC' /etc/perl /usr/lib/perl5

[gentoo-user] Re: Perl module problem

2007-10-07 Thread Moshe Kamensky
Hi, Does /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Scalar/Util.pm exist? What is the output of perl -le 'print foreach @INC' By the way, I run urxvt fine with the Scalar::Util that comes with perl. do you have something like /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi/auto/List/Util/Util.so Moshe

[gentoo-user] Re: metacity Woes

2007-09-12 Thread Moshe Kamensky
Hi, I don't have a solution, just to mention that I have the same problem (with gnome-2.18.2-r1). I guess the starting point would be: Where goes the output (and error) of whatever script starts the gnome session? and where in the config files does it say that metacity should start? Thanks,

[gentoo-user] Re: Running Scripts

2007-07-28 Thread Moshe Kamensky
Hi, * Greg Lindstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] [27/07/07 12:18]: Hello- I am programming Python (2.4.1) scripts to run on our Gentoo boxes and am having a bit of trouble I was hoping you could help me with. My file, hello.py looks like this: #!/usr/bin/python print 'hello, python' I add

[gentoo-user] Re: Running Scripts

2007-07-28 Thread Moshe Kamensky
Hi, * Greg Lindstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] [27/07/07 12:18]: Hello- I am programming Python (2.4.1) scripts to run on our Gentoo boxes and am having a bit of trouble I was hoping you could help me with. My file, hello.py looks like this: #!/usr/bin/python print 'hello, python' I add

[gentoo-user] ekiga debug output

2007-04-25 Thread Moshe Kamensky
Hi, I have some problems using ekiga. I tried asking on the ekiga mailing list, and it turns out that the debugging info produced when running ekiga -d 4 is incomplete. They say that this might be Gentoo related. Anyone had this problem before? Thanks, Moshe pgp58HRnsEhtb.pgp Description:

[gentoo-user] Re: browser advice

2006-11-30 Thread Moshe Kamensky
Hi, * Jorge Almeida [EMAIL PROTECTED] [30/11/06 09:08]: I'm about to dump Firefox, because I can't google in English. The thing doesn't let me choose the language, and I'm tired of getting useless Brazilian links. Yes, I know about the settings, I already deleted the google.pt cookie, but

[gentoo-user] Re: Intel HDA soundcard, microphones and skype

2006-10-17 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Matthew R. Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] [12/10/06 09:24]: On Wednesday 11 October 2006 22:19, Richard Fish wrote: On 10/11/06, Matthew R. Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the help info. I'm in the UK at the moment and it's getting late. I'll try it in the morning Thanks Matt I have

[gentoo-user] Re: procmail, formail and maildir for digests...

2006-10-11 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Steve [Gentoo] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [11/10/06 09:34]: I'm familiar with this procmail recipe: -- :0 * ^List-Id:.*gentoo-user.gentoo.org | formail +1 -ds gentoo_user -- However... I need to use maildir is there a straightforward way to deliver directly to maildir folders with

[gentoo-user] Re: using procmail to store mail in some box

2006-08-19 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Enrico Weigelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] [18/08/06 13:26]: Hi folks, I'd like to use procmail to store mails (coming from stdin) into an certain mailbox (mbox) given by commandline. Does anyone know how I could do that ? You could call procmail with '-a mbox'. Then the name of the mailbox