Hi there!
Does anyone know an app sitting in the systray sending/popping
notifications when installed packages can be updated?
Thanks!
Sebastian
Hi there,
On 02/15/2012 09:14 PM, gk wrote:
Hallo
I used one some time ago, and it worked but very slow.
The label only says made in China.
lsusb output is:
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0711:0900 Magic Control Technology Corp. SVGA Adapter
The Kernel module which is loaded is:
sisusbvga
If
On 07/06/2012 10:25 PM, Walter Dnes wrote:
Another option might be to simply work on the new page, and not
publicize the URL until it's ready.
Either that or a page in your user space (or the user page itself).
Best,
Sebastian
Hello,
On 07/05/2012 08:28 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
On 2012-07-05, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
Has anyone seen/tried this guide?
http://dev.gentoo.org/~cardoe/docs/grub2-migration.xml
The devs seem to be moving along with migration to grub2.
as evidence in the gentoo-dev
hey,
it sounds like a list of troubles, not a single problem.
i wonder: is there any data on the notebook that needs saving?
is starting from scratch an option?
best,
sebastian
Hello David,
it seems that this bug has been reported before:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424579
Best,
Sebastian
On 05/26/2012 12:16 AM, Colleen Beamer wrote:
Hi,
Ever since the last time Thunderbird was updated when I synced, the
process does not die when I shut down Thunderbird. I have to kill it
before I can start up Thunderbird again. Is anyone else experiencing
this problem.
Yes, same here.
hello daniel,
please report a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org/ about it.
thanks,
sebastian
On 04/19/2012 03:56 AM, 林守磊 wrote:
I get problom with my initramfs.:
1. I used to boot my kernel with genkernel-initramfs, but I must
genarate the initramfs again by genkernel. when I change the kernel
vernsion.
2. I have the '/' partition created with lvm, when I use genkernel to
make the
On 04/15/2012 06:11 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote:
In the meanwhile I found:
The reason was the first lines in the effected scripts:
#! /usr/local/bin/python
Fixing this to
#! /usr/bin/python
fixed that problem.
I which script of which package did you fix this?
Best,
Sebastian
On 04/15/2012 01:20 AM, Keith Dart wrote:
Dear Gentoo Users,
I've got the situation where I need to pre-mount /usr. I was already
using dmraid and genkernel to make in initramfs so that's not a real
big deal. However, I now get the following in the console when booting:
-
On 04/16/2012 04:31 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote:
As already mentioned in a previous mail of mine,
the package is app-portage/gentoolkit-0.3.0.5. The
effected scripts are:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1032 2012-04-15 11:27 eclean
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1370 2012-04-15 11:27
I recommend to file bug report at bugs.gentoo.org .
Best,
Sebastian
On 03/30/2012 03:00 PM, Axel wrote:
Hello,
I would like to wish you all a happy birthday, 10 years already since
first release (Gentoo 1.0)! Here is a little thing [1] we made to
celebrate it. Recipe: two layers of Génoise (for each: 6 eggs, 180g
sucre, 180g farine, vanilla sugar), between
On 03/26/2012 02:54 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
Hi,
I upgraded to gentoo-sources 3.3, but it seems there's either a bug or
feature in the kernel. ALSA doesn't seem to forward line-in input to the
output, while the same happens with gentoo-sources 3.2.11.
Anybody else facing this issue?
On 03/27/2012 03:48 AM, Joseph wrote:
It seems to me finally hylafax was removed from portage :-(
I need this application so I installed one via layman paddymac hylafax+
however the init script did wasn't install. How to write the init script
for this hylafax+?
According to [1] hylafax+
Hello!
Do you have /dev/sr0 in your system? I noticed that recently my
/dev/dvd disappeared while /dev/sr0 is present and works fine -- maybe
its related.
I have just opened a bug for my view on the issue:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=409709
Best,
Sebastian
On 03/21/2012 03:02 AM, Joshua Murphy wrote:
1) make backups and... 1.a) verify backups... consider this my disclaimer...
2) mkdir /mnt/root-bind/ /mnt/usr-bind/
3) mount --bind / /mnt/root-bind/
4) mount --bind /usr/ /mnt/usr-bind/
5) rsync --archive --hard-links --sparse --progress
On 03/20/2012 09:43 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
If you keep a separate directory for your initramfs files, this is true.
But if your initramfs config is a list of files to include, the current
versions of everything will always be included.
Fair point.
Best,
Sebastian
On 03/18/2012 06:44 PM, Tanstaafl wrote:
Ok, I have never used genkernel, and have no desire to...
I have no idea what dracut is or how to use it...
While genkernel also can generate kernel configs for you, both dracut
and genkernel are initramfs creators: they take repeated creation (after
On 03/18/2012 09:42 AM, Michael Mol wrote:
BTW, where would one go to get involved in organization of the wiki? I
found myself wishing for templates for consistent formatting of things
like files, one-liners and naming of ebuilds, but I don't think I
ought to simply create the templates I'm
On 03/17/2012 03:51 AM, Walter Dnes wrote:
The page will be permanently under construction, i.e. evolving as
we find out more about how mdev works.
Unless you want to maintain total control of the data flow I would
suggest turning that page into a new wiki page at
https://wiki.gentoo.org/ to
On 03/14/2012 04:49 AM, William Kenworthy wrote:
According to the docs I have found you need to patch genkernel to
run /sbin/resume - it was a longstanding argument between two now
retired devs with the result that genkernel wont (ever) support
hibernation. I dont know from reading the bugs
On 03/13/2012 10:00 AM, Uwe Scholz wrote:
Hi,
I have an annoying problem with the current version update of
cryptsetup-1.4.1. Already in the configure step emerge stops with the
error message:
...
checking for gcry_check_version in -lgcrypt... no
configure: error: Cannot find static
Hello,
zhe troublesome changes occured between 3.81 and 3.82. There is a
tracker bug on related breakage in case you are interested:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=gmake-3.82
Best,
Sebastian
On 03/09/2012 11:29 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote:
...which means to me and the problems I have: Reemerge make 3.81
???or...
I would prefer a patch to the Makefile (like Tood Goodman proposed
earlier) over a downgrade of make. I just meant to provide more
information about the issue. Let
On 03/10/2012 02:53 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote:
Hi,
for transferring data to an embedded linux system I am looking for
a replacement for aftp, which been removed from portage a longer
time ago.
The only trace of atfp in Gentoo I find is
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25440
Hello Michael,
On 03/03/2012 02:48 PM, Michael Mol wrote:
The version of the rng-tools Debian package I'm using is
'2-unofficial-mt.14-1~60squeeze1'. Are the -T and -R parameters unique
to Debian, or is the Gentoo package simply out of date?
Yes, version 2-unofficial-mt.14* is a Debian fork.
On 02/17/2012 04:09 AM, Grant wrote:
I'd like to pay to have an ebuild built. Can anyone recommend a way
to get in touch with a good person for the job?
ebuild doesn't equal ebuild: packaging java is different to packaging
python software etc. find an existing ebuild similar to what you need
On 02/06/2012 02:20 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
I was just compiling my kernel using genkernel, and it seems genkernel
3.4.24 is broken. I have specified INSTALL=YES in /etc/genkernel.conf;
the installtion does not happen, instead awk throws an error saying
failed to read
On 01/24/2012 10:37 AM, András Csányi wrote:
Dear All,
I would like to ask what should I do in this case? I would like to
make a new kernel using genkernel but there is no 1.8.1 version of
busybox and it's not available in portage. To be honest I don't want
to do a new kernel by hand
Hello,
I would love to use two external displays with my notebook. I have seen
USB graphics cards on the net and was wondering if anyone around here
has tried to run such a thing with Linux. If it worked for you I'd be
interested in as many details as you are willing to share. Thanks in
On 11/28/2011 02:41 AM, Mike Edenfield wrote:
Since I didn't write it at work it's all yours. :)
Thanks. Posted here:
https://blog.hartwork.org/?p=1516
Best,
Sebastian
On 11/26/2011 07:32 AM, Mike Edenfield wrote:
Can anyone explain what is going on ?
Different packages include different levels of support for filtering
their installed localization messages, typically one of install
everything, install what's requested, or whats a locale?
The reason you
On 11/26/2011 01:36 AM, Albert W. Hopkins wrote:
(not that 200MB is really that big by today's standards).
In my case it is. I am caching all of /usr/share/ into a cache working
on file system level with space limited to 1GB taken from RAM. It's an
experiment and it doesn't seem to perform
On 11/26/2011 06:23 PM, walt wrote:
Someone recommended app-admin/localepurge, which removes them after
installation. Reclaims hundreds of MB when I run it every month or
so.
Thanks for that hint.
Best,
Sebastian
Hello!
It seems that /usr/share/locale is keeping files for many languages not
of any use to me: around 200MB in total.
Is there a way to configure this away that I am not aware of?
Thanks in advance,
Sebastian
I played a bit more and found out a few bits:
- Changing Style in XFCE's appearance switches the theme
for both GTK+ 2.x and 3.x, no matter what key gtk-theme-name
of /etc/gtk-3.0/settings.ini and ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini say
though these files are read according to strace
- The
[2]. You'll need to handle KEYWORDS=
using keywords ** one way or another. Use these packages at your own
risk.
On 08/02/2011 07:44 PM, Sebastian Pipping wrote:
A) /usr/lib64/gtk-3.0/theming-engines/libclearlooks.so
B) /usr/lib64/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/engines/libclearlooks.so
GTK seems
Hello!
I got x11-themes/gtk-engines:3 from the gnome overlay installed so GTK 3
engines are there. My problem is I don't know how to set a global theme
for GTK 3 (and the default is dead ugly). If it is file
~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini then I haven't got that to work, yet.
What's your
Do you have dovlm in your boot parameters?
If so and you still have trouble plesae open a bug for it including
versions of relevant stuff, boot parameters etc.
Best,
Sebastian
Hello!
Would be great to have a few people test open-iscsi 2.0.872 before
moving it from overlay betagarden to the main tree. To get it installed
please run:
# layman -a betagarden
# emerge -av =sys-block/open-iscsi-2.0.872
Important: Please include a description of what you did while
On 05/16/2011 03:24 PM, Kfir Lavi wrote:
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Kfir Lavi lavi.k...@gmail.com
mailto:lavi.k...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I'm building a catalyst target for installing with ROOT=/tmp/rootfs
Looking on the genkernel man page and I can't find a way to install
On 05/05/2011 01:06 AM, Sebastian Pipping wrote:
I stumbled upon the article
Gamma error in picture scaling
http://www.4p8.com/eric.brasseur/gamma.html#Use_a_correct_software
recently. I was actually pointed to it be some tool applying the proper
algortihm. I think it was command
On 05/06/2011 05:06 AM, Kfir Lavi wrote:
What about using gimp in scripting mode?
I've been working on a pygimp-based plugin for the GIMP yesterday.
It's a bit slow but it does the job, and comes with a simple GUI [1].
After running
# sudo layman -a betagarden
# sudo emerge -av
On 05/05/2011 11:01 PM, Florian Philipp wrote:
I'm not aware of any real verification tool. I guess you could easily
build one using one of the free pdf libraries for introspecting the file
and matching all requirements.
If you ever find yourself making such a tool please make it free
software
On 05/06/2011 12:05 AM, Paul Hartman wrote:
Doesn't Netpbm satisfy your criteria? It's the very first program on
the list of good software in that web page.
I have a had a closer look at netpbm's pamscale now.
pamscale doesn't support PNG input out of the box:
pamscale: bad magic number
On 05/06/2011 05:06 AM, Kfir Lavi wrote:
What about using gimp in scripting mode?
There seems to be options on Scheme, Python and Lua (Gimp plug-in gluas).
Eric Brasseur (the author of the article on Gamma) offers a Lua script
for gluas, which is why I wrote an ebuild for gluas now:
# sudo
On 05/06/2011 11:52 AM, Evgeny Bushkov wrote:
Try to add USE_PYTHON=2.5 2.7 to your make.conf. After that rebuild
your package.
.. using app-admin/python-updater !
Sebastian
On 05/05/2011 07:48 PM, Paul Hartman wrote:
Especially as I don't trust ImageMagick with files that matter I would
love to find (or re-find) a command line tool that properly handles
Gamma when resizing images. Needs be free software. Anyone?
ImageMagick works. I downloaded the Dalai Lama
Hello!
I am looking for a Tool to check PDF files against the PDF/X-3:2002
standard that some printing vendors seem to request in case of providing
vector sources.
The tool needs to
1) be free software as defined by the FSF [1], and
2) work on Linux.
Has anyone seen such a thing?
Thanks
Hello!
I stumbled upon the article
Gamma error in picture scaling
http://www.4p8.com/eric.brasseur/gamma.html#Use_a_correct_software
recently. I was actually pointed to it be some tool applying the proper
algortihm. I think it was command line.
Especially as I don't trust ImageMagick
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