[gentoo-user] some scratchy/static noise from Intel High-Def Audio

2007-06-02 Thread Denis
When I first installed and configured all ALSA-related things, the sound was working perfectly fine, and I was quite pleased. Now, about a week later, I've started picking up this rather annoying scratchy static noise while using Audacious. Some stats: Intel D955XBK motherboard with an

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't emerge ekiga

2007-06-02 Thread Neil Walker
Mike Diehl wrote: I'm trying to install ekiga and it won't compile. It's complaining about not having XML::Parser installed. But XML::Parser is installed: I've had this kind of problem a couple of times. The configure script looks in /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl but not

[gentoo-user] Bashcfg library - Looking for breave testers

2007-06-02 Thread Guillermo A. Amaral
Anybody willing to try out my bash config library? I also made this little utility to help out with my Gentoo server updates. Download: http://blog.guillermoamaral.com/2007/06/02/bashcfg-release-001/ http://downloads.guillermoamaral.com/linux/general/bashcfg/bashcfg-0.01.tar.bz2 -- Guillermo A.

Re: [gentoo-user] some scratchy/static noise from Intel High-Def Audio

2007-06-02 Thread Elias Probst
Am Samstag, 2. Juni 2007 08:11:11 schrieb Denis: When I first installed and configured all ALSA-related things, the sound was working perfectly fine, and I was quite pleased. Now, about a week later, I've started picking up this rather annoying scratchy static noise while using Audacious. It

[gentoo-user] Bugday!

2007-06-02 Thread Peter Weller
Hi, As it is the first Saturday of the month, today is Bugday! The bugday website is found at http://bugday.gentoo.org/ and you can find a list of bugs which need squashing there. :) We (the Bugday team) would appreciate it if you'd send an email to us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] when you provide a

Re: [gentoo-user] Switching to Bellsouth dial-up, trying to anyway. :-(

2007-06-02 Thread Mick
On Saturday 02 June 2007 04:16, Dale wrote: Mick wrote: On Friday 01 June 2007 23:24, Dale wrote: As far as I can figure they say that you should have correction control and compression enabled on your modem. Can yours do that? This thing has a ton of options in it. But I think the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Razr(Alltel) looking for an interface program

2007-06-02 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Freitag, 1. Juni 2007, James wrote: Mark Shields laebshade at gmail.com writes: Have you bothered to look at the app-mobilephone/kmobiletools website, http://www.kmobiletools.org ? It states that it supports the RAZR v3x series. Yes, I installed version '0.4.3.3' But could not get

Re: [gentoo-user] Switching to Bellsouth dial-up, trying to anyway. :-(

2007-06-02 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: On Saturday 02 June 2007 04:16, Dale wrote: Mick wrote: On Friday 01 June 2007 23:24, Dale wrote: As far as I can figure they say that you should have correction control and compression enabled on your modem. Can yours do that? This thing has a

[gentoo-user] Spamassassin OCR plugin

2007-06-02 Thread Florian Philipp
Hi! I'd like to know if you have got some experience with those OCR plugins. According to this list [1] there are several such plugins. However, there is only one in portage and it's masked. [1] http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/CustomPlugins Thanks in advance Florian Philipp

Re: [gentoo-user] DHCP on my wireless card

2007-06-02 Thread Randy Barlow
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alex Prinsier wrote: How sure are you that wpa_supplicant is able to connect to your access point? It can only do ip stuff (like acquiring an ip) once it's connected (associated) to your ap. Run wpa_gui to verify. I am very sure that it is

[gentoo-user] madwifi-ng upgrade installs wireless-tools; why?

2007-06-02 Thread John Blinka
Hi, All, Since upgrading madwifi-ng a few days ago, I have had massive problems with my wireless connection. I use wpa_supplicant to connect, but I've found that the madwifi-ng upgrade also installs wireless-tools, and the presence of wireless-tools interferes with my attempts to connect via

Re: [gentoo-user] madwifi-ng upgrade installs wireless-tools; why?

2007-06-02 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Saturday 02 June 2007 14:05:46 John Blinka wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~-- emerge -ptDuNv world [SNIP] [nomerge ] net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.3.1 USE=-injection [ebuild N] net-wireless/wireless-tools-28 USE=-multicall -nls 249 [SNIP] Why does emerge want to install

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Razr(Alltel) looking for an interface program

2007-06-02 Thread Mark Shields
On 6/1/07, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Shields laebshade at gmail.com writes: I don't have access to a Gentoo box with X installed, so I can't test it right now, but some phone providers lock their phones (most notably Verizon and Cingular). It's possible your phone may be locked

Re: [gentoo-user] madwifi-ng upgrade installs wireless-tools; why?

2007-06-02 Thread John Blinka
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159006 You could of course downgrade to 0.9.3-r2. Thank you for a simple and direct answer! John

Re: [gentoo-user] Switching to Bellsouth dial-up, trying to anyway. :-(

2007-06-02 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 02 June 2007, Dale wrote: I wish I could get DSL of any kind out here but it is not available yet. The last upgrade we got on our phone service is when we got off the party line system. That's where 3 or 4 people share the same phone line. Yea, that old. They killed my apple tree too.

Re: [gentoo-user] XFS problems

2007-06-02 Thread Kent Fredric
On 5/31/07, Jules Colding [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 08:24 -0400, Randy Barlow wrote: Jules Colding wrote: May 30 10:29:40 omc-2 [10822.156355] sd 0:4:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x00040001 May 30 10:29:40 omc-2 [10822.156423] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector

Re: [gentoo-user] Deactivate keyboard

2007-06-02 Thread Dan Farrell
On Wed, 30 May 2007 00:34:00 +0200 Lutz Schönemann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have set up Gentoo on a system that I would like to use as a video, music player and sometimes to check my emails. There is a remote control connected to it and is detected as a serial keyboard. Now I want

Re: [gentoo-user] some scratchy/static noise from Intel High-Def Audio

2007-06-02 Thread Denis
Try to reduce the PCM channel to max. 80%. The higher I set PCM, the more scratchy the sound gets. Elias - I played around with the alsamixer quite a bit, but the noise is present even at the substantially lower levels. I wish it were as simple as that ;-) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] kde problem after installing xfce

2007-06-02 Thread Alex Prinsier
Somehow this conflict went away after unmerging kdesvn... No clue what it has to do with it :) If anyone knows what could be the cause of this, please let me know :) Alex Alex Prinsier wrote: Hello all, I just emerged xfce4, and when I now log in again under kde, some things don't work

Re: [gentoo-user] postfix - how to test [ot]

2007-06-02 Thread Dan Farrell
On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 16:44:29 +0200 Hans-Werner Hilse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:29:56 +0200 Johannes Skov Frandsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I guess I should have expected it to rather simple to test. But I have never tried to configure a mailserver before

Re: [gentoo-user] Switching to Bellsouth dial-up, trying to anyway. :-(

2007-06-02 Thread Roger Mason
Hi Dale, Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I wish I could get DSL of any kind out here but it is not available yet. The last upgrade we got on our phone service is when we got off the party line system. That's where 3 or 4 people share the same phone line. Yea, that old. They

[gentoo-user] Linux becomes expensive ;)

2007-06-02 Thread Florian Philipp
Hi guys! I've just tested the energy consumption of my PC. Aparently Gentoo consumes a quiet a bit more than Windows XP: 213 W compared to 188 W PowerNow is activated and works on both cores (tested). The same hardware is plugged in and works. I'll attach the output of lspci, lsmod and cpuinfo

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux becomes expensive ;)

2007-06-02 Thread Jeff Horelick
Florian, That's not that big of a difference...Also, Gentoo/Linux does not have powersaving for every device like Windows XP...it's writing to the hard drive more often and it doesn't spin as much down when it's not in use to help performance. Also, if i was you, i'd be worried about your system

[gentoo-user] Re: Razr(Alltel) looking for an interface program

2007-06-02 Thread James
Hemmann, Volker Armin volker.armin.hemmann at tu-clausthal.de writes: But could not get the usb configured. you need cdc-acm support (or 'usb modem' support) as a module/in the kernel to talk to the phone. OK I got 0.5.0_beta2 installed. I rebuilt the 2.6.20-gentoo-r8 kernel and the

[gentoo-user] Other encrypt otions than encfs

2007-06-02 Thread reader
I've had two incidents where encfs has failed due to some incompatability during upgrades.. I'd like to switch to some other technique rather than have to worry with maintaining a working environment for encfs/fuse. Can anyone vouch for another system that has been very reliable for them? My

[gentoo-user] encfs/fuse fails after update world

2007-06-02 Thread reader
Following recent update world, encfs encrypted partition refuses to mount with error: EncFS Password: Error decoding volume key, password incorrect This same thing happened a few updates back and was due to an incompatibiltiy with newer versions of openssl. However openssl was not involved

[gentoo-user] Re: Other encrypt otions than encfs

2007-06-02 Thread Ali Polatel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] yazmış: I've had two incidents where encfs has failed due to some incompatability during upgrades.. I'd like to switch to some other technique rather than have to worry with maintaining a working environment for encfs/fuse. Can anyone vouch for another

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Razr(Alltel) looking for an interface program

2007-06-02 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Samstag, 2. Juni 2007, James wrote: Hemmann, Volker Armin volker.armin.hemmann at tu-clausthal.de writes: But could not get the usb configured. you need cdc-acm support (or 'usb modem' support) as a module/in the kernel to talk to the phone. OK I got 0.5.0_beta2 installed. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Videos not playing anymore

2007-06-02 Thread Dan Farrell
On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 16:19:19 +0200 Christian Herzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, starting some time ago, videos that I want to play with xine (or similar viewers) do not show anymore. In xine the screen stays blue and I just hear the sound of the videos. I must admit that I have

Re: [gentoo-user] encfs/fuse fails after update world

2007-06-02 Thread Jerry McBride
On Saturday 02 June 2007 06:47:10 am [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Following recent update world, encfs encrypted partition refuses to mount with error: EncFS Password: Error decoding volume key, password incorrect I had my fill of enfs a while back and now deploy ecryptfs in it's place. The

[gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-02 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group. For a 2.6.19 kernel w/ATI Rage128 card on a non-X box. I've been experimenting with the framebuffer and following the http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Framebuffer:Bootsplash:Grubsplash I'd like at the least for the entire page to appear in elinks at once without having to scroll from

Re: [gentoo-user] Switching to Bellsouth dial-up, trying to anyway. :-(

2007-06-02 Thread maxim wexler
Scuse me for jumping in mid-thread. I use old USR serial modems for dialup. I get em at the local thrift store for 5 bucks. Never had a problem. The lights _are_ useful. The switches on the back are set like this: HHLHLHHL 12345678 Don't use wvdial. Don't use kppp. Use pppconfig. HTH Maxim

[gentoo-user] Re: encfs/fuse fails after update world

2007-06-02 Thread reader
Jerry McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Saturday 02 June 2007 06:47:10 am [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Following recent update world, encfs encrypted partition refuses to mount with error: EncFS Password: Error decoding volume key, password incorrect I had my fill of enfs a while back

Re: [gentoo-user] Switching to Bellsouth dial-up, trying to anyway. :-(

2007-06-02 Thread Dale
maxim wexler wrote: Scuse me for jumping in mid-thread. I use old USR serial modems for dialup. I get em at the local thrift store for 5 bucks. Never had a problem. The lights _are_ useful. The switches on the back are set like this: HHLHLHHL 12345678 Don't use wvdial. Don't use kppp.

Re: [gentoo-user] Switching to Bellsouth dial-up, trying to anyway. :-(

2007-06-02 Thread Mick
On Saturday 02 June 2007 18:44, Roger Mason wrote: You may already have seen this, in which case sorry for the noise: http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html Thanks Roger! I hadn't met it in my travels, but it seems an exceptionally useful document for all things dial up. :) Will

Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-02 Thread Dan Farrell
On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 13:53:36 -0700 (PDT) maxim wexler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi group. For a 2.6.19 kernel w/ATI Rage128 card on a non-X box. I've been experimenting with the framebuffer and following the http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Framebuffer:Bootsplash:Grubsplash I'd like at the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: encfs/fuse fails after update world

2007-06-02 Thread Jerry McBride
On Saturday 02 June 2007 05:25:33 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jerry McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Saturday 02 June 2007 06:47:10 am [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Following recent update world, encfs encrypted partition refuses to mount with error: EncFS Password: Error decoding

Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-02 Thread maxim wexler
For me, | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cat /proc/cmdline | root=/dev/sda3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x031b This doesn't work. Get dumped to a screen with the error message: 'You passed an undefined node number' Then a request to pick 0-9 modes or use 'scan' Choosing Scan freezes the console

[gentoo-user] Re: encfs/fuse fails after update world

2007-06-02 Thread reader
Jerry McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Saturday 02 June 2007 05:25:33 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jerry McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Saturday 02 June 2007 06:47:10 am [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Following recent update world, encfs encrypted partition refuses to mount with error:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Other encrypt otions than encfs

2007-06-02 Thread Nick
On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 10:22:02PM +0300, Ali Polatel wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] yazmış: I've had two incidents where encfs has failed due to some incompatability during upgrades.. I'd like to switch to some other technique rather than have to worry with maintaining a

[gentoo-user] Re: Other encrypt otions than encfs

2007-06-02 Thread reader
Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: dm-crypt[1] and loop-aes[2] are two alternatives. The former has been very reliable for me so far. [1] http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ Yep, I've been using dm-crypt with LUKS for a while now, without any problems whatsoever. Asks mer for the passphrase

Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-02 Thread Dan Farrell
On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 16:01:07 -0700 (PDT) maxim wexler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For me, | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cat /proc/cmdline | root=/dev/sda3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x031b This doesn't work. Get dumped to a screen with the error message: 'You passed an undefined node

[gentoo-user] Re: Other encrypt otions than encfs

2007-06-02 Thread Ali Polatel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] yazmış: Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: dm-crypt[1] and loop-aes[2] are two alternatives. The former has been very reliable for me so far. [1] http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ Yep, I've been using dm-crypt with LUKS for a while now, without any

Re: [gentoo-user] framebuffer questions

2007-06-02 Thread maxim wexler
also, gentoo has a doc: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=10 That gives the best explanation. Now dmesg | grep -i vesa concludes with: ... vesafb: framebuffer at 0xf000, mapped to 0xd190, using 10240k,total 16384k fb1: VESA VGA frame buffer device. But,

[gentoo-user] Japanese Support

2007-06-02 Thread burlingk
Is there a howto for Japanese support in Gentoo?

Re: [gentoo-user] Japanese Support

2007-06-02 Thread PaulNM
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a howto for Japanese support in Gentoo? How about http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Enabling_Japanese ? PaulNM -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list