Re: [gentoo-user] Which cd player plays copy-controlled cd's?

2006-07-17 Thread Harald Arnesen
Mike Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sunday 16 July 2006 09:46, Harald Arnesen wrote: >> > Does someone know which of the dozens of cd-players for gentoo >> > is able to play copy-controlled cd's (the cd's that install a >> > player first

Re: [gentoo-user] Which cd player plays copy-controlled cd's?

2006-07-16 Thread Harald Arnesen
Hans de Hartog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does someone know which of the dozens of cd-players for gentoo > is able to play copy-controlled cd's (the cd's that install a > player first under Windows). > My discman can play them, my home audioset can play them so > i guess there must be a cdplaye

Re: [gentoo-user] graphical ssh-enabled file system browser?

2006-06-24 Thread Harald Arnesen
"Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: If you install FUSE and SSHFS, you can use any file browser - or even the command line, using the normal commands (ls, cp,...) -- Hilsen Harald. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [SPAM] - [gentoo-user] Getting BC not to truncate at the decimal point? - Bayesian Filter detected spam

2006-05-24 Thread Harald Arnesen
"Mike Huber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > I'm just trying to do some quick calculations using bc, but the version > installed through portage truncates on multiplication/division. It didn't > used to do this 2 years ago when I was taking number theory, and there are > no USE flags availa

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - which X terminal do you use?

2006-05-09 Thread Harald Arnesen
Jeremy Olexa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Neil Bothwick wrote: >> I am writing a comparative review of a number of X terminals, so I >> thought I'd draw on the collective wisdom of this list. which are your >> most/least favourite X terminals, and why? >> >> Let's hope this generates some intere

Re: [gentoo-user] App/plugin to play CD?

2006-05-09 Thread Harald Arnesen
"Daniel da Veiga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> You don't need the audio-cable to hear music from a cd - just the right >> application ;) > > Oh yeah, you really don`t need the cable, it just makes things easier, > because it will work with all applications, won`t send data using the > system bus

Re: [gentoo-user] App/plugin to play CD?

2006-05-08 Thread Harald Arnesen
Stefán István <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hétfő 08 május 2006 11.32 dátummal Walter Dnes ezt írta: >> I've been so used to playing mp3 files that I'm lost with real live >> audio CDs (not a data CD with mp3 files). The XMMS docs aren't really >> helpful. Do I need an additional plug-in? mpl

Re: [SPAM] - Re: [gentoo-user] App/plugin to play CD? - Bayesian Filter detected spam

2006-05-08 Thread Harald Arnesen
Mattias Merilai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Daniel da Veiga wrote: > >> Stéfan is right, you need an analog audio cable connecting your CD >> drive to your soundcard (or, if your soundcard support it, a digital >> one). Else the drive can't send audio to your speakers. > > "The other o/s" can se

Re: [gentoo-user] Best Modem for Gentoo

2006-04-26 Thread Harald Arnesen
"Michael Crute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am trying to setup a fax server using Gentoo, I tried using an Intel > 536ep chipset card with little success. After looking around the > general consensus seems to be go with US Robotics. Can anyone provide > the model and manufacture of a fax modem

Re: [gentoo-user] dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso

2006-03-15 Thread Harald Arnesen
Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 23:14 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:00:08 -0700, Joseph wrote: >> >> > If I use: >> > dd if=/dev/dvd of=backup.iso >> > I only get about 2Gb file and it stops or freezes, the disk is bout >> > 4.3Gb >> >> Is it t

Re: [gentoo-user] confused about suid

2006-01-28 Thread Harald Arnesen
Robert Persson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am trying to create a script so users can execute a certain command > as root without entering a password. I thought suid was the way to do > this, but I am not having any success. > > The command I want to execute as root is "echo -n mem > /sys/power

Re: [gentoo-user] Building Kernel Modules with custom kernel trees

2006-01-25 Thread Harald Arnesen
Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:00:01 +, Alex Bennee wrote: > >> There really is no need to force people to build as root under /usr/src >> so is it possible to educate portage to use the uname method to >> determine the root of the kernel tree for building k

Re: [SPAM] - [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way (This is a Joke, laff will ya?) - Bayesian Filter detected spam

2006-01-12 Thread Harald Arnesen
Devon Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > *Dear Gentoo-User,* This can't be the real thing. You don't write the whole post in capital letters. -- Hilsen Harald. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] world file cheating

2006-01-06 Thread Harald Arnesen
Trenton Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just boot with a gentoo CD, tar up my entire system, and untar it on > the new system. If your new system boots with the gentoo CD as well, > then you can pipe this over ssh. Something like the following... > > > cd /mnt/gentoo > tar -cz ./ | ssh [EM

Re: [gentoo-user] VI

2005-12-24 Thread Harald Arnesen
Ivan Novick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anyone know if there is a gentoo package for normal VI, ie not vim?? There is no ebuild, but you can download and compile vi. It is at . -- Hilsen Harald. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] VI

2005-12-24 Thread Harald Arnesen
Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ivan Novick schrieb: > >> Does anyone know if there is a gentoo package for normal VI, ie not vim?? > > No, as there's no normal VI for Linux. There are just clones. Sure there is. -- Hilsen Harald. -- gentoo-user@ge

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

2005-12-24 Thread Harald Arnesen
Adrian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In theory I suppose it does. Has anyone gotten past the fact that when > you try to install it returns: > > root $ ./install > Log file name:/tmp/corel/Setup.log > which: no dpkg in (/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin) > which: no rpm in (/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/us

[gentoo-user] Re: dd isos

2005-12-15 Thread Harald Arnesen
Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:36:50 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > >> I've read that dd actually has problems reading from cdroms and isos >> produced with something like dd if=/dev/cdrom of=my.iso conv=noerror >> would be invalid. Can anyone confi

Re: [gentoo-user] GCC only for priviliged users?

2005-12-09 Thread Harald Arnesen
Harald Arnesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jesús García Crespo (aka Sevein) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Hi! I thought that GCC could means a risk if all of the users of my >> system are able to run it! I talked this with a friend and he propossed >> to

Re: [gentoo-user] GCC only for priviliged users?

2005-12-09 Thread Harald Arnesen
Jesús García Crespo (aka Sevein) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! I thought that GCC could means a risk if all of the users of my > system are able to run it! I talked this with a friend and he propossed > to create a new group, "compiler", for example, where all the users > who will be able to r

Re: [gentoo-user] GCC error

2005-11-03 Thread Harald Arnesen
赵光 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2005/11/3, Hareesh Nagarajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Last night, I emerged some ATI drivers, emerged a new kernel (didn't >> compile it though) and emerged eselect. >> >> Today when I compile a C++ program I get the following error: >> >> /usr/include/asm/errno.h:4

Re: [gentoo-user] ext3: 10% non-contiguous

2005-11-01 Thread Harald Arnesen
Joshua Schmidlkofer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For a more sustainable situation, switch to XFS [It involved a > backup/format/restore by whatever means you want] And if you do, make sure you have a good UPS. -- Hilsen Harald. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: man ksh appears not to be about the korn shell

2005-10-04 Thread Harald Arnesen
Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Harald Arnesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Not here: >> >> $ man ksh >> >> KSH(1) >> KSH(1) >> >> >> >>

Re: [gentoo-user] man ksh appears not to be about the korn shell

2005-10-04 Thread Harald Arnesen
Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Has anyone else noticed that man ksh displays a page that at least > appears not to be about ksh93 or the newer korn shell? > > The first three items: > > NAME >sh, rsh, pfsh - shell, the standard/restricted command and >programming >

Re: [gentoo-user] Suspend2 and hibernate problem.

2005-09-10 Thread Harald Arnesen
Paweł Madej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hibernating and resuming works flawlessly but one thing. > When i do: > > # hibernate > i got everything stopped but there is no power off on my laptop. Thing > is a bit weird because when i do: > # halt it turns off power > i also got emerged hibernate-sc

Re: [gentoo-user] Out of order install - grub first

2005-09-07 Thread Harald Arnesen
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 14:15:56 -0700 > Mark Knecht wrote: > >> Hi, >>From experience I don't see this as a problem but I thought I'd ask. >> >> 1) I just installed Win XP >> >> 2) I'm going to install Gentoo >> >> 3) I plan to use grub to dual-boot >> >

Re: [gentoo-user] "Copying" between hard drives potential newbie question

2005-09-02 Thread Harald Arnesen
Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ben Blount schreef: >> MBR is probably damaged, hence why it won't boot. I would run >> grub-install just to be sure. >> >> You could also mount your old disk and the new disk, then use >> cp -R /mnt/olddisk/* /mnt/newdisk/ >> (putting in the appriopri

Re: [gentoo-user] Filesystem wars - ReiserFS 3.6 vs. JFS

2005-06-21 Thread Harald Arnesen
Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I might go with ReiserFS again, because no filesystem is perfect, > but Reiser comes very close to it despite this latest problem. I'm > also considering JFS, but I can't find any comments about it. Has > anyone on this list had any experience with JFS as a gene

Re: [gentoo-user] portage keywords

2005-06-18 Thread Harald Arnesen
Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Harald Arnesen schreef: >> Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> But the >>>2.6.12 final release is now in Portage >> >> >> How can 2.6.12 be in portage when the latest versions o

Re: [gentoo-user] portage keywords

2005-06-17 Thread Harald Arnesen
Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Martins Steinbergs schreef: >>>ATI has a policy of not supporting -rc or >>>unreleased/unstable kernels. >> >> >> i tried with vanilla 2.6.12-rc6 - no luck. fglrx wont compile. > > Yes, that's what I said-- ATI does not support -rc kernels. But the >

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: which FS (ext3,reiserfs,xfs,jfs)?

2005-04-18 Thread Harald Arnesen
Ciaran McCreesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:17:33 +0200 Jarry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | Up to now I always used ext2, but now I want to try some > | journaling fs for my 2x160GB ata-disks, fully in raid1 > | (partitions: / /boot /var /tmp /usr /opt /home and swap). >

Re: [gentoo-user] ATAPI burning doesn't work

2005-04-13 Thread Harald Arnesen
"W.Kenworthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > CD burning and linux is just not "nice" in all the years I have used > linux - and it seems to be getting worse, not better. I have over the years burned thousands of CDs, and got about a handful of "coasters". Are you sure you use good quality discs an