Re: [gentoo-user] Using gentoo for a sound project
- what sound card would you advise ? I use a prosumer USB soundcard connected to my notebook. - which open software(s) should I use to obtain a burnable file. I'd use the JACK soundserver and timemachine to do the actual recording. Even qarecord does a straightforward job. Both are simple recorders with no denoising capabilities. ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] alsa-driver
The dmesg output (referred to by the error) is: snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_free_irq snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_pci_quirk_lookup snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_request_irq snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_free_irq snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_pci_quirk_lookup snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_request_irq Reverting back to the previous version fixes the sound once again. Any advice? not sure, but maybe you ran into compiler incompatibilities. Anyway, I wonder why all people still try to install the alsa-driver package. You don't need it as all drivers already are in the kernel. ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] alsa-driver
In the case of some drivers (such as intel hd audio) I have found the userspace drivers to be far superior to the kernel modules which gave poor sound quality, incredibly low volume even when turned fully up, and frequent distortion. using the alsa-driver package makes sense to get more recent drivers (that's why it exists). But the mentioned snd_intel8x0 in the kernel should work very well. ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Auto-backup tool?
I have a laptop with lots of documents, plus, I am writing lots of documents. When I'm working with these files, I stop after every 2 to 4 hours of work to save the changes, copying the updated files on a external hard drive. http://konserve.sourceforge.net/ and I also send them to two e-mail accounts (gmail and yahoo). rsync come to my mind. Cheers, ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Auto-backup tool?
That's a little complicated for me to play with at this time (no time to read the man page), but I think it can solve the problem. I feel your pain, but anyway, it looks that you need to write a small shell script which does what you want. If you're using KDE, it's even possible to use DCOP so KMail automatically sends a mail with an attachement. But 2GB? Huh... :) . Cheers, ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Usb sound and ALSA
Any clue? Thank you, your device identifies itself to the kernel as human input device (HID). Many manufacturers seem to like to make their devices to behave like this. On ALSA, the module snd_usb_audio is responsible to drive your card. But as it already works, it seems to be loaded. Then (as others suggested) there are some applications which allow you to select the device to use (see the xmms preferences for an example). Use cat /proc/asound/cards to see which cards are present on your system. To make the USB card the default device, create an .asoundrc file as suggested by Richard. As I'm using various USB cards (MIDI controllers and the like), I adjusted /etc/modules.d/alsa to force the same numbering at every system boot. Looks like: options snd device_mode=0666 options snd cards_limit=8 alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0 alias snd-card-1 snd-intel8x0m alias snd-card-2 snd-usb-audio alias snd-card-3 snd-usb-audio alias snd-card-4 snd-usb-audio alias snd-card-5 snd-usb-audio alias snd-card-6 snd-usb-audio # alias snd-card-7 snd-virmidi options snd-intel8x0 index=0 options snd-intel8x0m index=1 options snd-usb-audio index=2,3,4,5,6 vid=0x0582,0x0763,0x0763,0x0582,0x0ccd pid=0x0074,0x1033,0x0117,0x0009,0x0028 nrpacks=1 Didn't try it, but maybe the above block can be used to make the USB card the card at position 0 (=default card) and to move the internal card to 1. HTH, ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Moving installation to another HD
Any info needed, please let me know. * Boot from a live-CD * mount old and new drive partitions * cd to the mountpoint containing the data to be copied * tar -cSp --numeric-owner -f - . | ( cd /mnt/NEW tar xSpvf - ) * Drink coffee :) Worked for me more than once. ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] strange [ file
does any one know what could it be?¿ AFAIK it's a synonym to »test«. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 10 finger typing trainer in portage?
great! that's what I was looking for, ktouch is probably cool but needs kdelibs, which take too long too compile :) no prob. Just ask a friend who has KDE installed to send you a tarball of his installation. :))) Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] The KDE wallet
How to turn this `helpful' offer ... OFF? * Klick on it in the panel * Settings = Configure... * Disable kwallet Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Slow PCMCIA-USB
Hi, What's your lspci output? here's the output of lspci. I also have appended the diff of the output of lsmod before and after plugging the PCMCIA-USB card in, and the output of tail -f /var/log/messages while replugging the device: lsmod-diff: usb_storage31364 0 usblp 11648 0 yenta_socket 25100 4 yenta_socket 25100 5 lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #3) (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 Go] (rev b2) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78) 02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller 02:01.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller 02:01.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4451 IEEE-1394 Controller 03:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) 03:00.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) 03:00.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04) messages: Jun 24 10:15:08 Grandevitesse usb 5-2.4.4: USB disconnect, address 6 Jun 24 10:15:08 Grandevitesse ohci_hcd :03:00.0: remove, state 0 Jun 24 10:15:08 Grandevitesse usb usb3: USB disconnect, address 1 Jun 24 10:15:08 Grandevitesse ohci_hcd :03:00.0: USB bus 3 deregistered Jun 24 10:15:08 Grandevitesse ohci_hcd :03:00.1: remove, state 0 Jun 24 10:15:08 Grandevitesse usb usb4: USB disconnect, address 1 Jun 24 10:15:08 Grandevitesse ohci_hcd :03:00.1: USB bus 4 deregistered Jun 24 10:15:08 Grandevitesse ehci_hcd :03:00.2: remove, state 0 Jun 24 10:15:08 Grandevitesse usb usb5: USB disconnect, address 1 Jun 24 10:15:08 Grandevitesse ehci_hcd :03:00.2: USB bus 5 deregistered Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse PCI: Enabling device :03:00.0 ( - 0002) Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse PCI: Setting latency timer of device :03:00.0 to 64 Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse ohci_hcd :03:00.0: OHCI Host Controller Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse ohci_hcd :03:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3 Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse ohci_hcd :03:00.0: irq 11, io mem 0xf400 Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse hub 3-0:1.0: 3 ports detected Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse PCI: Enabling device :03:00.1 ( - 0002) Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse PCI: Setting latency timer of device :03:00.1 to 64 Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse ohci_hcd :03:00.1: OHCI Host Controller Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse ohci_hcd :03:00.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4 Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse ohci_hcd :03:00.1: irq 11, io mem 0xf4001000 Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse PCI: Enabling device :03:00.2 ( - 0002) Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse ehci_hcd :03:00.2: EHCI Host Controller Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse ehci_hcd :03:00.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5 Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse ehci_hcd :03:00.2: irq 11, io mem 0xf4002000 Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse ehci_hcd :03:00.2: park 0 Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse ehci_hcd :03:00.2: USB 2.0 initialized, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004 Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found Jun 24 10:15:18 Grandevitesse hub 5-0:1.0: 5 ports detected Thanks! ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Slow PCMCIA-USB
Hi all, replying to myself. I just did some further tests, and today it's really fast. It seems that it needs some further circumstances that slows down the devices. So please ignore my previous post. First I should do further investigation. Weird. Thanks for all replies so far! Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] graphical ssh-enabled file system browser?
If you are running KDE, just use a sftp URL in Konqueror. fish:/ really is a cool thing. I use it excessively. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] graphical ssh-enabled file system browser?
Can you mention *any* advantage of fish:// over sftp:// ? sftp supports resuming an incomplete download. I never needed this because I don't have huge files. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Slow PCMCIA-USB
Hi all, I just purchased a PCMCIA-USB-card to make my notebook USB 2.0 ready. I connected an external USB drive and an mp3-stick using Knoppix and was very happy because everything worked right out of the box. Making a backup of my Gentoo installation to the USB drive was a real joy :) . When running the card under Gentoo, everything is plug and play as well, but there are two disadvantages: * I have to put in the card after booting. Otherwise I cannot establish a DSL connection (minor issue) * Worse: The device works well, but file transfer rates (mass storage) are very slow (~32KB/sec) So it seems not to be a hardware problem but a problem of my particular installation. I run a custom 2.6.14.2 kernel on a Dell Inspiron 8200. If anyone could point me to some keywords to ask search engines for or can provide some personal experiences, I'd really be glad. I'm also happy with RTFM :) . Thanks a lot best regards, ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Slow PCMCIA-USB
Hi Neil, What do your devices show up as, /dev/sd* or /dev/ub*? as sd*, no ub* at all... If the latter, you need to turn off the kernel option CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB at Device Drivers - Block devices - Low Performance USB Block driver ...and it's switched off, I just checked it. Thanks for the hint anyway! Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] supported mp3 players (hardware)
What players would you recommend. My needs are modest, a few hours of MP3s would be enough. My primary goal is to listen to the teaching company lectures. most devices which have as a requirement Mac OS 8.6 or better simoky behave as a USB mass storage and therefore can be mounted on Linux. If you read Driver for Win 98 included or ...downloadable from web page, you can be 99% sure it is class compliant. As you are on Linux, I'd like to recommend a device which also supports ogg, like some Samsung and TrekStor devices do. I also enjoy to have an FM receiver built in. Foldernavigation is a plus. I just purchased an TrekStor iBeat organix FM @ 1GB. It's not a cheap device, but I took my notebook to the store, mounted it, copied an ogg and it worked, so the decicion was made. And I was sure that the day will arrive when I want to use it to port an ISO image of 800MB, so avoid 512MB devices :) . Best regards, ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] supported mp3 players (hardware)
Both banshee and rhythmbox support mostly or will soon support fully the ipod :) Apple hard and software players don't support ogg vorbis, and that's why Apple simply sucks. Sorry, I'm usually not a guy of harsh words, but take care about teh file formats you use. Will you be able to playback your music bought in the Apple shop if they decide to discontinue their audio hard- and software? Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] supported mp3 players (hardware)
I don't have an ipod so I have no experience, but there is a 3rd party firmware hack that replaces the ipod firmware and supports flac/ogg/etc and adds nifty things. interesting. I'm not computer scientist, but doesn't this depend on the hardware chip in the device? Decoding ogg or even mp3 in software eats CPU and therefor battery life. That said, everything I have is mp3 or flac transcoded to mp3 for playback on my crappy old rio cali :) The reason I like ogg is not only that I have some free music and ripped CDs in ogg on my hard drive. My preferred broadcasting used real streams in the past, but meanwhile they have switched to ogg stream. If I record it for later consumption, I couldn't play it back with iTunes or one of the Apple hardware players. I often use flac to save recordings losslessly (I'm a hobby musician), but later on I convert it to ogg to save disc space. Best regards, ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] supported mp3 players (hardware)
Anyone know if iRiver's support ogg? depends on the actual device and firmware. For example, there was a firmware update for the iHP-100. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] sound server recommedation
I'm looking for an sound server which is widely supported and can be easily instructed to bounce all audio traffic to a remote machine, so I can easily switch my speaker without touching the applications. Any recommendation ? maybe jackd (jackit.sf.net) with netjack? Arbitrary audio connections can be done using the CLI or using qjackctl. Apps with jackd backend: * Pro audio apps * xmms * mplayer * Audacity CVS *** Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Mono build fails
Hi, have you ran: revdev-rebuild thanks for the hint. It gave me lots of errors. Maybe you have a library out of sync error going on. I just installed mono without any issues. Perfect. So it seems to be a problem on my particular installation. Are you x86 or ~x86? Are you up to date via `emerge -uDav world` ? sorry, I forgot. ~x86 for both beagle and mono. I'm not really up to date, because there are packages I want to avoid updating. Yes, I'm a chicken, but who cares ;-) ? Anyway, I'll update my machine first and then try again. Thanks for the help. Thanks best regards, ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Mono build fails
Hi all, from time to time I tried to update beagle to get PDF indexing. Unfortunately it depends on mono, and I always get the same mono build error. Due to many text, I put it here: http://christeck.de/stuff/monobuilderror.txt If anyone has a wee small hint it would be great. Thanks best regards, ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser
Hi, I'm working on a new portage browser, and I was looking for ideas from USERS, that's why I'm posting here. as I'm a Desktop user, I'll speak up ;-) . I've never found a program that would allow me to browse portage categories, then packages, showing in one window description, version, etc, etc. Thus, I'm working on one now, but I want to develop something Great to hear! that will run in console and X, too, like suse's yast. So, I would like to know: 1) do you prefer a console, a GUI, or both? Both would be great. 2) what additional functionality would you like? (mask/unmask packages, install/remove, emerge command generator [much like nmapfe], etc) There already are some projects which try to do frontends for configuring a Gentoo system. If you write a portage frontend then yes, I'd enjoy to have all settings right at my fingertips. Otherwise I'd better stay with 4 shells open ;-) . If you have any idea regarding development (because of the both console and X-compatible script/program), please let me know. If not, I may end up writing an API, and two different programs. I'm not sure what you plan exactly, but it sounds as it was reasonable to keep the tool as desktop independent as possible. What about using Qt4? You can use it for shell only programming as well as for GUI programming (introduced in Qt4), it is independent from KDE or Gnome, and it allows you to divide the data from the frontend. Finally, it offers a concept similar to model view controller and a thread save signal/slot concept. Just my two cents, ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Install help
I think suppose I should get a graphic user interface I) think the first thing is to configure X (/etc/X11/xorg.conf). THen try startx. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Alsa question: hw:0,0 - hw:0,1
beast sound # ls -l /dev/sound/ total 0 crw-rw 1 root audio 14, 12 Apr 15 11:07 adsp crw-rw 1 root audio 14, 4 Apr 15 11:07 audio crw-rw 1 root audio 14, 3 Apr 15 11:07 dsp crw-rw 1 root audio 14, 0 Apr 15 11:07 mixer what does cat /proc/asound/cards tell? Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Alsa question: hw:0,0 - hw:0,1
Ideas? no :) . As Dave explained, it can be that your channels in the mixer are set incorrectly. Ensure to raise master and PCM levels, and ensure PCM isn't muted. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Alsa question: hw:0,0 - hw:0,1 (solved)
Thanks Christoph Dave for the help! My pleasure, glad to help. Nice to be part of a helpful community! Seconded and thirded :) Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] firefox and svg
Can someone help me? AFAIR Firefox 1.5 supports SVG, but only a subset of the complete specification. I thinks that's why animations do not appear. I also created some simple static SVGs, but Firefoy does not display hatches in objects nor does it render text objects properly. So I converted the text to paths and now it gets displayed correctly, but it would be great if text could stay as text. So if you want to display SVG animations in current browsers, I guess you're too early. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Telephony software
somebody knows any telephony software for Linux? I do not refer to Skype and likes, but any software that can me to call a contact using the 56K modem and headphone-microphone. there are many, like linphone, IHU, KPhone, WengoPhone and Ekiga. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Linux design software recommendations
Does anyone have any recommendations for something similar to what I'm describing, or had success with other software that can do some of what I want? there's no professional CAD for linux, especially for woodworking: http://www.ribbonsoft.com/de/qcad.html A commercial solution is VariCAD, but it's mainly for the engineering market. Besides xfig, there's qcad, a simple 2D only CAD system. You can even try Inkscape CVS which supports snapping to object borders and edges. There has been a specialized woodworking CAD called LignumCAD, but the author stopped some years ago due to some real life circumstances. See lingunmcad.sf.net for details. It's 3D, uses openGL for rendering and mainly consists of a set of parametric objects. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] In search of two applikations
Is there any backup tool, which simply copies the contents of one partition, which is larger than one DVD, to DVDs as plain as possible -- means copies the contents that way, that I simply can mount DVD #n and can easily read and copy the contents? dar.sf.net. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] InkScape trouble
BADABOOM! That's it. not really. PLease start Inkscape from a terminal emulation and post the output. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: two usb memory devices
Sure, I can put manual entries in to fix this, but, isn't that what udev and hal/ivman/dbus are support to do, automagically? Every time I want to use 2 usb memory sticks on any computer, my only option is to manually edit the fstab? shouldn't it be possible to create an udev rule to give different device names? Furthermore: Isn't it possible to make mount mounting the devices according to their disc labels? The advantage of Linux is that there are choices, and I guess it is not that easy to choose the right one for your issue ;-) . Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Using Gentoo for Sound Recording
I have ardour installed on the box, unfortunately, JACK is currently being a jerk and giving me fits. I tried to install the GUI configurator for JACK, and after 4 hours of emerging the QTlibs, the compile failed, so Im kinda banging my head on the wall right now. as soon the wall is down :) , it's most probably worth a new try. I guess you tried to install qjackctl. It's a cool frontend to jack, but if you don't need to connect various audio applications and devices maybe you'll be glad with running jackd on the command line. The 'only' thing you need to do is configuring jackd to fit your setup; see the web and the linux audio user list for help. If you need to do multitrack recording and/or low latencies, jackd and ardour surely is worth a try. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Using Gentoo for Sound Recording
http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/subscribelau.php huh, I will ask on the list what's going on here. I'll let you know any result via PM. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Using Gentoo for Sound Recording
[qjackctl] Hi Christoph - yes, that was the gui I was working on. nice app for controlling jackd (start, stop, audio connections). Jack wont start for some reason from the CLI (I don't know why) Here is a transcript of the session attempt to start jackd audacity ~ # jackd -dalsa I use an external USB breakout box and qjackctl shows the following line: /usr/local/bin//jackd -R -P83 -p64 -dalsa -dhw:2 -r48000 -p256 -n3 As you can see, it's a bit more than yours :) JACK compiled with System V SHM support You should have mounted shm via /etc/fstab to get lower latencies. Mine reads as the following: none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 [...] Couldn't open hw:0 for 32bit samples trying 24bit instead Couldn't open hw:0 for 24bit samples trying 16bit instead ALSA: cannot set number of periods to 2 for capture ALSA: cannot configure capture channel cannot load driver module alsa audacity ~ # I really don't know what the problem is, as ALSA works fine, its in use with audacity. ^ As long as your sound device is blocked by another app, you will not succeed with any other app. Stop all apps. including soundservers like artsd, esound, gstreamer and the like. Sadly, it turns out that ardour does not have the one specific functionality that I needed, but it may be useful anyway, and I would like to play with it. Ardour is a great example for the power of OSS vs. commercial applications. It's not only comparable but equal to apps like Ableton. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Using Gentoo for Sound Recording
http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/subscribelau.php the domain is being ported to another server; seems to be a long lasting transition :) . Meanwhile, use http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user for subscription. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Strange Alsa problem
So, I'm at a loss as to what to try next. Any ideas would be appreciated. I had similar problems due to some backup files in /etc/init.d/alsa.bck* It was also pulled in to build modules.conf. See if your modules.conf looks weird after a reboot, and if so, check /etc/modules.d/*alsa*, even for hidden files like ._cfg_alsa etc. ;-) . Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Using Gentoo for Sound Recording
I am interested to know why it needs cups I once had a smiliar problem. One day later I did sync and the prob was gone (thanks to all Gentoo bug hunters and fixers BTW). Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] wget won't concatenate(?)
wget -c http://www.microsoft.com/linux-kernel.iso you can even start a download with the -c option. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Switching to Gentoo
See list of all *installed* software. epm -ql Browse available software that can be installed. I use packages.gentoo.org See what version of a particular software package is installed. epm -ql | grep packagename See if any new versions of *installed* software are available. emerge --update world -pv Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Switching to Gentoo
app-portage/epm: rpm workalike for Gentoo Linux you mean it's a rpm-like CLI for emerge? not the backend, but the frontend, yes. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to get a midi-editor working
Anyway, have you checked for Timidity? AFAIK Timidity is a tool mainly to playback MIDI files, not to edit them. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OOo2 error during save action
I post just to say me too. I think it's something buried in user configuration and not well updated, first time I saw those messages was with 1.9x. Seeing that the files aren't corrupted I don't care much. Thirded :) . Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] sound recording software in gentoo
Does anyone know if the E-MU sound cards are well-supported in Linux sound recording? I still havent made up my mind which pro audio card to invest in for the final result, but it would be nice if the card has good support in Linux. I guess this question is better placed on linux audio user. To be honest, I have a notebook and that's why I stay with USB devices, and many of them just work great under Linux. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Mac Mini Intel
HI Rick, Yes, Gentoo should run on it. Use the plain x86 installer. that's good news :) . The only problem might be the new type of bios that is in the intel mac series, I'm not sure how well it is supported by linux. I haven't seen any positive or negative messages about running linux on an intel mac so can't help you there. I even wonder if all interfaces (USB, firewire, graphics) will work on the box. And dual booting should be possible, it was always possible with the old apples. I hope Apple didn't do some magic to prevent installation of other OSes like Mac OS X. Anyway, I guess I will give it a try. Thanks best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Mac Mini Intel
Hi Antoine, I believe the idea was that you can do just that - dual boot with whatever you want for x86. I guess it depends on GRUB and if it can install so it is found by the Mac Mini BIOS. The inverse - installing intel osx on a non-mac machine is not going to be possible (or at least probably not legal). I didn't read the Mac OS X license, but as I'm not interested to install it on any other machine, I don't care. I want to install Linux on the MAC Mini, but if possible I'd like to keep OS X as well on it. Thanks for the thoughts best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] splash screen on bootup
i had installed gentoo without splash screen on boot up (ie., bootsplash) how can i configure now search for gensplash. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] External Firewire Audio Card
I've bought an external Edirol FA-66 FireWire for HD recording. That's fantastic, but now I want to use it with Gentoo/Linux ... Does anybody has advices about support? freebob.sf.net Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Gentoo on Mac Mini Intel
Hi all, I'm interested in buying an Intel Mac Mini. Qestions: * Will Gentoo run on it? * If so: Which installer is the right one (sorry I'm not that familiar with processor hardware)? * Can it dual boot with the installed Mac OS? Thanks best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] program to create buttons and graphic text
i would like to know which program can be suited to create buttons and graphic text to be used, for example, in web pages. Go vector and therefore Inkscape. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Sound... a known method to track down problems
Sorry to just blurt right out with this... I'm in need of sound on my unix box and kind of quickly. I never even configure sound or want it as a rule but now I need it to test some recording equipment on a second winxp computer with m-audio delta-66 installed. you've ALSA installed but it's not configured yet? Try editing /etc/modules.d/alsa manually or install alsa-utils and run alsaconf as root. After that add ALSA to your preferred runlevel. I'm not sure if alsaconf will find your card, but as soon as it is something like AC '97 complaint it should work. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ALSA OSS modules not found
I have installed the alsa-driver package following the Gentoo ALSA guide. lsmod | grep -i snd snd_pcm_oss52000 0 snd_mixer_oss 18688 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_dummy 3460 0 snd_seq_oss34560 0 snd_seq_midi_event 7040 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq53904 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_usb_audio 76096 0 snd_usb_lib15616 1 snd_usb_audio snd_rawmidi23840 1 snd_usb_lib snd_seq_device 8332 4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi snd_hwdep 8480 1 snd_usb_audio snd_intel8x0m 17220 0 snd_intel8x0 32608 0 snd_ac97_codec 95740 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_bus2304 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm91780 5 snd_pcm_oss,snd_usb_audio,snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel 0,snd_ac97_codec snd_timer 23812 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd53988 13 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,sn usb_audio,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep,snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac9 codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 9312 1 snd snd_page_alloc 9480 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Emerging Beagle
Hi, I just synced argh. I also synced and the Mozilla dependency is gone. Sorry for the traffic thanks for the help :) . Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Emerging Beagle
Hi, just wanted to install a recent version on Beagle. So I filled my /etc/portage/package.keywords as required: app-misc/beagle -pv ~x86 dev-dotnet/gecko-sharp ~x86 dev-dotnet/gtk-sharp~x86 dev-lang/mono ~x86 dev-dotnet/libgdiplus ~x86 dev-libs/gmime ~x86 dev-dotnet/gnome-sharp ~x86 dev-dotnet/gnomevfs-sharp ~x86 dev-dotnet/art-sharp~x86 dev-dotnet/glade-sharp ~x86 dev-dotnet/gconf-sharp ~x86 Now it wants to pull in www-client/mozilla-1.7.12-r2. I'd like to avoid that. Anyone a hint if or even how this is possible? Thanks best regards, ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] TwinView Question
Does anyone see what's wrong in my xorg.conf? I have attached it this mail. when I understood correctly, there's nothing you can do. * The TwinView Option is special for NVidia cards * This setting has nothing to do with Xinerama * X therefore only sees one card * AFAIK the external monitor always is the primary monitor on NVidia's TwinView So I guess there's no way around it. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] TwinView Question
anyways the quick answer is add 'Option TwinViewOrientation RightOf' to your driver section. and as a note AFAIK twinview dosn't give seperate screens, so things like :0.1 may not work. the problem remains: the external monitor is the master monitor, and this can lead to problems when the external monitor isn't present (which can happen if you're on the road with a notebook). Maybe I'm wrong or there's a workaround, but at least these are my experiences. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] firefox locks up when looking at flash
I guess that's my problem too. How do I know what's using OSS? Can I just disable it completely while leaving ALSA intact? ALSA usually emulates OSS (it's an kernel building option). You can switch it off, but unfortunately there are still a lot of apps which only can output sound via OSS: Firefox, Skype, you name it. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] firefox locks up when looking at flash
It didn't help me :( still crash soemtimes on flash movies. Sometimes it works, but others it just locks firefox up, only way out of it is to kill it and remove flash. Annoying, but not the end of the world. kill all apps which use your OSS audio device /dev/dsp. I guess some soundserver is blocking it and firefox simply waits for the device to be freed. If this helps then ensure to have a recent ALSA version which does softwaremixing by default and ask the firefox developers to switch from OSS to ALSA. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] udev / sound
Did you raise the master and PCM sliders in alsamixer -c 1? What does that have to do with udev not creating the special device files? Nothing, just the default answer if there's no audio output. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] udev / sound
How would that help udev to create the relevant special device files? as seen before, your ALSA devices are present, so it doesn't seem to be an udev problem. ALSA apps don't output sound using device files. cat /proc/asound/cards should list your cards, ls -l /dev/snd/ should show the devices, alsamixer -c 1 should show the controls of your first card, If all is present, I'd try xmms, set it to play via ALSA in the prefs and load a file. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] udev / sound
Sound is gone. Artsd complains that there is no /dev/dsp - and rightly so. All sound-related devices under /dev are gone. There are a couple of devices under /dev/snd: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/snd $ ls -l total 0 crw-rw 1 root audio 116, 0 Feb 11 21:14 controlC0 crw-rw 1 root audio 116, 24 Feb 11 21:14 pcmC0D0c crw-rw 1 root audio 116, 16 Feb 11 21:14 pcmC0D0p crw-rw 1 root audio 116, 25 Feb 11 21:14 pcmC0D1c crw-rw 1 root audio 116, 33 Feb 11 21:14 timer there are ALSA capture and playback devices; did you accidentally disable the ALSA-OSS-emulation in the kernel config? Did you raise the master and PCM sliders in alsamixer -c 1? Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] udev / sound
The devices of interest are under /dev/sound and not under /dev/snd # ls -l /dev/sound total 0 crw-rw 1 root audio 14, 4 Feb 11 15:19 audio crw-rw 1 root audio 14, 3 Feb 11 15:19 dsp crw-rw 1 root audio 14, 0 Feb 11 15:19 mixer crw-rw 1 root audio 14, 1 Feb 11 15:19 sequencer crw-rw 1 root audio 14, 8 Feb 11 15:19 sequencer2 # these are the OSS devices, these days emulated by ALSA. As OSS is deprecated, go to the control center, soundsystem, hardware and choose ALSA. Unfortunately this will not help applications which are still written to use OSS (like firefox, Skype and so on). If you need them, you need to figure out what goes wrong with the OSS emulation of ALSA. Maybe a prob of improper device rights (try an app which needs OSS as root)? Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] OT: Default Scan Size
Hi, sorry, not Gentoo related, but as it happens on a Gentoo box :-) : My scanner just works fine using sane/scanimage; I mainly use Kooka, a KDE frontend for scanning. Recently I tried Kopyshop for doing easy paper copies. When starting Kooka the default scan size always is set to something way too small for A4 paper. I can set the size in Kooka, but I cannot in Kopyshop. I guess there's a config file where I can set the default scanning size for sane/scanimage instead of manually specifying the size in Kooka, but searching the web didn't bring up anything useful. So my question is: Does anyone know if there's any config file where I can put the default scanning size? Or is it hard coded into scanimage? If it was possible to set the default size in scanimage, I guess Kopyshop would really work cool. I'm even thankful for a pointer to the right RTFM :) . Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] RR4 Linux
Hi, did anyone notice RR4 Linux on http://www.lxnaydesign.net ? It's based on Gentoo and it has an hard drive installer; is it a cool thing to get a base Gentoo installed? Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
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Re: [gentoo-user] ALSA issue
Sound was working - at least mpeg files were with sound. This started with an update world somewhen during november last year. check /etc/modules.d/alsa, that's where your soundcard configuration lives. If it doesn't contain a matching configuration, enter it manually or run alsaconf as root (it's part of alsa-utils). Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?
I wanna to know KDE and Gnome which is more popular. I wanna know how interesting such a discussion is ;-))) . Please resist to develop a flame war from this topic. Better enjoy open source, regardless if it is KDE, Gnome, OSS, ALSA, OpenOffice.org or Koffice etc., simply enjoy the times we are allowed to live in. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] A New Linux Way
It it totally bug-free! How boring! :) Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Alsa Badness
I am using alsa-driver-1.0.10 You don't need the alsa-driver package, except you own very recent hardware and teh kernel-built-in drivers don't support it yet. What card do you want to drive? Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ADSL confusion after update
Hi Walter, My machine automatically connects during boot, and this works great. When I shutdown the machine, I get an error that adsl doesn't seem to run. I have a combined ADSL modem/router that logs on and coverts ADSL into ethernet. The only difference from ordinary LANs is that I have to run with MTU 1454. The ifconfig command gives output like... eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:EA:64:77:57 inet addr:192.168.123.252 Bcast:192.168.123.255 Mask:255.255.255.248 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1454 Metric:1 I have no ADSL support compiled in. Instead, my eth0 connects to the ADSL modem/router. Is your system possibly set up like that? thanks for the hint, but my ethernet card is directly connected to the ADSL modem. Furthermore it worked perfectly until I did some emerge --update world. I guess I haven't been carefully enough when running etc-update :( . Anyone some further hints? Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Filename modification with suffix
i have files of the type: duck1.jpg duck2.jpg duck3.jpg and i would like them to become: donald_duck1.jpg donald_duck2.jpg donald_duck3.jpg Does somebody knows a simple way to do this via shell? for i in $(ls *.jpg); do mv $i donald_$i; done Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Filename modification with suffix
$(ls *.jpg) ick! (incidentally, http://www.ruhr.de/home/smallo/award.html#ls) I forgot to clarify that the CPU of my notebook usually is bored and waits until I move my mouse, so some ls processes can make it a bit busy :) . Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Regular user can't offload usb camera`
Hi Michael, My personal account (michael) cannot offload pictures from my usb digital camera - only root can do it. michael is in the usb group. There used to be a file called /etc/security/console.perms which allowed the michael user to offload pictures, but it's gone now. How can I make it where I don't have to su to root just to offload pictures? the same happens here since I did an emerge --update world Before, normal users have been allowed to get pics via gphoto2 on the command line or even via the KDE protocol camera:/. Since the update, only root can get the images. I'm sure it's a permission problem, but I don't know where to look first. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] ADSL confusion after update
Hi, I recently did update my machine (didn't do so for a year mehide :) . It is likely that I messed up some things because I'm still not that familiar with portage/emerge as I should be, but I call this learning by doing ;-) . Today I'd ask for help concerning adsl. My machine automatically connects during boot, and this works great. When I shutdown the machine, I get an error that adsl doesn't seem to run. When trying to do an adsl-stop manually, I evenly get this message: adsl-stop: No ADSL connection appears to be running adsl-status is a bit more verbose: adsl-status: Link is down (can't read pppoe PID file /var/run/pppoe.conf-adsl.pid.pppoe) And in fact, the file that the script is looking for simply doesn't exist: ls /var/run/ | grep adsl 63-adsl.pid 63-adsl.pid.pppd 63-adsl.pid.pppoe pppoe.conf-adsl.pid.start I checked /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf and found the following lines: CF_BASE=`basename $CONFIG` PIDFILE=/var/run/$CF_BASE-adsl.pid It appears to me that adsl-start creates another file that is searched by adsl-status or adsl-stop. But I wonder how this can be fixed? I really prefer to be able to kill my adsl connection without shutting down the machine, so any hints (even RTFM) are much appreciated. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags, command line and packages.use
Hi, You are lucky this problem looked interesting to me! ;- I'm also lucky it did ;-) . Here is a script that will: 1. Scan the package database 2. Examine the USE flags from when packages were merged, the USE flags that the package knows about, and the current global USE flags. 3. Output package names and the use flag settings that need to be in /etc/portage/package.use to account for the difference between the global flags and what was in effect when the package was merged. Save it as mkpkguse.sh and run it with sh mkpkguse.sh. thanks a bunch for sharing. That's really nice of you! Disclaimer: I think this works correctly, but I don't guarantee anything. If it breaks, you get to keep the pieces. I promise I will not complain if it wipes my hard drive :) . Thanks best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] private files
I thought since I'm well familiar with tar and gzip it might be something to tar.gz the directories and encrypt the result. What about mounting an encrypted filesystem in a file via loopback device? Once configured, it can easily be mounted like mount ~/Nothinginhere Passphrase: For backup issues you can simply copy the file somewhere. Disadvantage: If one bit flips in the file accidentally, your data is lost, but if so, simply restore an earlier backup file, copy the contents to the hard drive and create a new crypto file. There are easy to follow tutorials out there for sure. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: /etc/asound.state
Furthermore, this did not create the /etc/asound.state file? any other ideas? alsactl store resp. restore normally gets automatically executed on ALSA start/shutdown. If this is not the case on this particular machine, then there' s something wrong. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] udev and fstab
And is there way to very force umount media even if it claims device is busy and i cant figure out what process is responsible for that. Did you try fuser? I made the experience that fuser or lsof often don't help much when you have problems unmounting a device. The output is empty, and you don't know why the heck you are not allowed to unmount a device. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is there and Alternative to compiling kde?
And all of these releases have to be carefully coordinated by the developers, since you can't have a binary download of the new X.org until the new KDE and GNOME builds are ready, and you have to update all of the dependency versions for every release, because now release -r2 of KDE-bin requires =xorg-server-bin-6.8.2* || =xorg-server-6.8.2*, while -r3 requires 7.0. My guess is that these binary releases wouldn't happen until a planned 'update cycle', when everything would be updated at once. And now you have the same features/problems as Fedora, Ubuntu, etc. thanks for pointing this out. Very interesting for me to read. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] udev and fstab
fuser -k /media/cdrecorder was successful, thanks for pointing to fuser will the -k option also help if a kernel lock happens on a device? Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: update world but just kde-2.5 not other versions
Hi, cat /home/otherU/.xinitrc ## start .xinitrc exec /usr/kde/3.4/bin/startkde ## end .xinitrc this file didn't exist, so I created it and it exactly did what I needed! So thanks a bunch best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] update world but just kde-2.5 not other versions
Hi, Shows several kde-3.5 and several kde-3.4.3 (I'm currently running 3.4.1). There has been discussion here about slots but I didn't notice anyone asking about or telling about how to avoid this unecessary double whammy. uhm. I just emerged KDE 3.4.3 and thanks to your post I just noticed that there still seem to exist some KDE 3.1 and 3.3 packages (at least I see /usr/kde/3.1 and 3.3 which both contain files). What is the proper way to delete them? As we are at it: I'm used to switch to another virtual console and doing a startx -- :1 as a different user to start a second KDE session for testing purposes. Unfortunately this still starts KDE 3.3 instead of 3.4. I opened startx in vi but to be honest I'm not a master in reading complex shell scripts. Thanks best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] libusb build error
OH God !!! :) ? Haven't updated Gentoo in a year ?? Wow... I think first thing you should do is to update portage. Portage is updated, I even synced the local tree. I didn't say I didn't update anything during this year, but I only updated the packages I was interested in (mainly packages for audio work). It was a year without struggling with updated config files or any other unconvenient issues :-) . Anyway, most packages are up to date now. I still have installed kde 3.3, and I plan to update it to 3.5 as soon as it is marked as stable. Unfortunately, kdebase depends on libusb, and even CUPS has been updated and I cannot use my USB printer because CUPS complains about Unable to open USB device usb://hp/deskjet%205550: No such device though I don't know if this is a problem of updating CUPS or with libusb. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] libusb build error
Hi all, I'd do: [*] emerge -vu portage [*] emerge -vuDp world [*] if everything went OK: emerge -vuD world [*] revdep-rebuild --pretend [*] revdep-rebuild so I did. Everything went fine, until it was libusb's turn. I still get: Unpacking source... Unpacking libusb-0.1.10a.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/libusb-0.1.10a/work * Applying 0.1.10a-fbsd.patch ... [ ok ] * Running eautoreconf in '/var/tmp/portage/libusb-0.1.10a/work/libusb-0.1.10a' ... * Running aclocal ... [ ok ] * Running libtoolize --copy --force --automake ... [ ok ] * Running aclocal ... [ ok ] * Running autoconf ... [ ok ] * Running autoheader ... [ ok ] * Running automake --add-missing --copy --foreign ... [ !! ] * Failed Running automake ! * * Include in your bugreport the contents of: * * /var/tmp/portage/libusb-0.1.10a/temp/automake-12138.out !!! ERROR: dev-libs/libusb-0.1.10a failed. !!! Function autotools_run_tool, Line 179, Exitcode 0 = When I look into /var/tmp/portage/libusb-0.1.10a/temp/automake-12138.out it contains: * automake * configure.in: installing `./mkinstalldirs' libusbpp_la_LDFLAGS: variable `QT_LDFLAGS' is used but `QT_LDFLAGS' is undefined = A further issue I had before was that kdelibs didn't compile properly. It complained: grep: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/libstdc++.la: No such file or directory /bin/sed: can't read /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/libstdc++.la: No such file or directory libtool: link: `/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/libstdc++.la' is not a valid libtool archive make[3]: *** [libkio.la] Fehler 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/kdelibs-3.4.3/work/kdelibs-3.4.3/kio' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/kdelibs-3.4.3/work/kdelibs-3.4.3/kio' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/kdelibs-3.4.3/work/kdelibs-3.4.3' make: *** [all] Fehler 2 !!! ERROR: kde-base/kdelibs-3.4.3 failed. !!! Function kde_src_compile, Line 173, Exitcode 2 !!! died running emake, kde_src_compile:make = I did notice that there was /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.3/ which pointed to /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/ but 3.3.4 didn't exist. Instead there was /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.6/ so I created a symlink to 3.3.6 called 3.3.4 I don't know if this also is related to the libusb error, but at least I wanted to annotate that. Any hint about the libusb error? Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] module-init-tools vs. modutils
Hi Richard and Neil, Nothing in the current portage tree depends on sys-apps/modutils, only virtual/modutils. And for every profile except embedded, virtual/modutils defaults to sys-apps/module-init-tools. thanks a lot for the help. I simply unmerged modutils and kept module-init-tools, and the blocking has gone. Hope my machine will have no probs rebooting ;-) . Thanks have a nice weekend, ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Ardour build error
Hi, while trying to update my ardour installation, I get an error. The build seems to do fine, but then I get: scons: done building targets. ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY LOG FILE = /var/log/sandbox/sandbox-media-sound_-_ardour-0.99-17038.log unlink:/usr/lib/scons/SCons/__init__.pyc open_wr: /usr/lib/scons/SCons/__init__.pyc unlink:/usr/lib/scons/SCons/Script/__init__.pyc open_wr: /usr/lib/scons/SCons/Script/__init__.pyc [lotsa similar messages cut] Is this a problem with scons, or is it an ardour or a general system problem? Any hint would be much appreciated. Best regards thanks a lot, ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] module-init-tools vs. modutils
Hi, when doing emerge --update world -pv I get a blocking dependency: sys-apps/module-init-tools (is blocking sys-apps/modutils-2.4.27) is it save on a 2.6.14.2 kernel to do emerge --unmerge module-init-tools emerge modutils or will I run into trouble? Sorry for my ignorance, but asking google which package of both I should use didn't answer this important question, so I'd be glad if someone could confirm if I'm right or even not. Thanks best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] module-init-tools vs. modutils
If I recall correctly, you need to unmerge modutils and emerge module-init-tools. One is for 2.4 kernels and the other is for 2.6 kernels if I recall correctly. I have done this and it worked fine. this is what I have in mind, and this is what made me careful: I get told unmerge module-init-tools and emerge modutils, and this seems to be exactly wrong, isn't it? So I wonder which circumstance causes my machine to recommend this obviously non sense dependency, and how I can resolve this. Any hints anyone? Thanks a lot, ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] New User to Gentoo - Specialized Application
Can anyone provide hints / pointers / gotchas that I ought to be aware of -- I have the installer manual etc, so I am more looking for hints and tips that I ought to be aware of in trying this. I will also be compiling my own kernel for this -- (That will be a first too) For multitrack recordings you want to use ALSA/jackd/ardour/jamin on top of a low latency kernel. I even recommend the linux audio user list: http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/subscribelau.php Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Seeking USB help
What am I missing to get USB working on my laptop? Any suggestions? Is hotplug running? It should handle all module loading stuff for you. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] mouse won't scroll anymore
Hi Richard, The above is assuming that you really need/want Emulate3Buttons for the stick and trackpad. Otherwise, you can get by with a single InputDevice section set to /dev/input/mice. thanks for all your efforts, it's much appreciated. I'll try it out later this evening when I'm back. I will post if it helped. Thanks a lot best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] mouse won't scroll anymore - Solved
Hi Richard, I couldn't resist to try it out immediately, so... Ah, I see now. Because you don't have USB mouse in your layout. You can have many InputDevice sections, but only those listed in ServerLayout are used: Section ServerLayout Identifier XFree86 Configured Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDevice Keyboard0 CoreKeyboard InputDevice PS/2 Mouse CorePointer # Serial Mouse not detected # USB Mouse not detected ...argh, that simple, I'm ashamed. Works perfectly. Thanks a lot for your great help! Thanks and cheers, ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] mouse won't scroll anymore
I've just moved from XFree86 to xorg and updated my KDE and now my wheel mouse doesn't scroll anymore. I'm using the same mouse lines in xorg.conf that I used in Xfree86.conf, but I can't get it to work. It must be something I just don't see. Any ideas? exactly the same here. I have tried several lines, even the lines that work for a friend. Maybe it's a hardware related thing? I tried xev and I get events for all mouse actions except for moving the wheel. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] mouse won't scroll anymore
So, I guess this shows that the scroll wheel is sending a signal. I have no idea if it's getting to the right place the problem is that not many people understand the hidden ways of keyboard and mouse events from the hardware through the kernel to the console or even X. Writing a valid and properly designed xorg.conf is sort of alchemy (not only concerning mouse issues). But anyway, we have to deal with it. I do not depend on the mouse wheel so I decided to ignore this issue, I already spend enough time on my computer ;-) . But anyway it's a pity that it did work with X and it doesn't work with x.org. xev doesn't show any event, but when I do a cat /dev/input/mice and move the wheel, at least the cursor in the shell moves. This doesn't mean that there are *valid* events coming in, but at least there *are* events coming in. The same happens for /dev/input/mouse0, while mouse1 and mouse2 belong to my trackstick and the touchpad. /dev/input/mice only seems to collect the events of all mice. Assumed the incoming events are valid, then it's likely that we only need to figure out which protocol needs to be set in the xorg.conf. I already tried some by trial and error, but maybe a systematic search will help. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] mouse won't scroll anymore
Did you try the settings I mentioned previously? (using /dev/input/mice, ExplorerPS/2, and the Buttons option?) If so, and you still have the same problem, please post the relevant lines from /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Thanks a lot for your help. I currently use the following section for the USB mouse: Section InputDevice Identifier USB Mouse Driver mouse Option Device/dev/input/mice Option SendCoreEventstrue Option Protocol ExplorerPS/2 Option Buttons 8 Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection I even tried lowercase characters and IMPS/2 for the protocol, and 5 buttons instead of 8. Now an interesting thing. I just used an xorg.conf I got from a friend 2 days ago, and all mice (trackstick, pad and USB) did work, even the scrollwheel. This is the mouse section from his file: Section InputDevice Driver mouse Identifier Mouse[1] Option Buttons 5 Option Device /dev/input/mice Option Name Logitech Optical Mouse Option Protocol explorerps/2 Option Vendor Sysp Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection It's rather similar to the above section. IS it possible that our problem doesn't reside in the InputDevice section? The Xorg.0.log is rather long, and I didn't find any lines in it which point in the missing wheel buttons. I don't want to mess the list with huge attachements (but I could put it on the web and offer a link if it's helpful). Thanks best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] mouse won't scroll anymore
Hi, Damn! I thought I had tried all of your suggestions Richard. Changing the protocol to ExplorerPS/2 has done the trick. Thanks for all of your help. @Ernie: Could you please post the relevant device section you use? Just for my personal interest. @Richard: Let's stop here, I will figure it out for sure if I have time to read and learn a bit more about X configuration. But thanks a bunch for the help, of course! Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] mouse won't scroll anymore
Hi, Possible. But maybe there is also some corruption (binary characters) in the xorg.conf file. I've seen xfree86/x.org behave strangely before, refusing to see some options, because of garbage characters in the configuration file. does garbage characters mean weird printable characters (so I can see them in the editor) or bytes that are in the file but not seen in the editor? The Xorg.0.log is rather long, and I didn't find any lines in it which point in the missing wheel buttons. I don't want to mess the list with huge attachements (but I could put it on the web and offer a link if it's helpful). If it isn't too much trouble, yes, do that. You are also welcome to send the file to me directly, if you like. I put it on http://www.christeck.de/files/xorg.conf It originally was created by Knoppix :-} . I just added a line at the end of the files section pointing to /dev/input/mice, but it didn't help. Also, as your device name is USB Mouse, you should be able to do: grep USB Mouse /var/log/Xorg.0.log Cool idea, as long we can be sure that there aren't lines around the mouse related lines which report further information. I did cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -i mouse (**) |--Input Device PS/2 Mouse (**) Option AllowMouseOpenFail true (II) LoadModule: mouse (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o (II) Module mouse: vendor=X.Org Foundation (==) NV(0): Silken mouse enabled (**) PS/2 Mouse: Device: /dev/psaux (**) PS/2 Mouse: Protocol: PS/2 (**) PS/2 Mouse: always reports core events (**) PS/2 Mouse: Core Pointer (**) PS/2 Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 70 (**) PS/2 Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) PS/2 Mouse: Buttons: 5 (**) PS/2 Mouse: SmartScroll: 1 (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device PS/2 Mouse (type: MOUSE) (II) PS/2 Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded (II) PS/2 Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded I wonder that it only tells something about /dev/psaux and PS/S mouse, but where is my USB mouse? Thanks best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Automatically mounting USB mass storage devices (camera)
How can I get the system to automatically mount my USB device when I attach it? Most cameras can be switched from USB to PTP mode in the setup. I recommend to do so and instead of automounting it to access it via PTP (see gphoto2/digikam etc.). It's much more convenient because you can plug it in out pull it out at any time without the need to mount it. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
