Re: [gentoo-user] No sound in RealPlayer
Tried this as module and built in to the kernel still no sound Stewart Mohammed Hagag wrote: try #modprobe snd-pcm-oss if not already loaded or built in the kernel, then run the program. On 2/26/07, Stewart Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all I've just updated RealPlayer to version 10. Before the update it all worked fine, after the update nothing. Starting RealPlayer and looking at the settings I found that XVideo was checked , no idea why, after un-checking it I got video back but still no sound. Googling showed I was not alone but the few fixes offered failed to work for me. Has anyone any ideas about this? TIA Stewart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] No sound in RealPlayer
Hi all I've just updated RealPlayer to version 10. Before the update it all worked fine, after the update nothing. Starting RealPlayer and looking at the settings I found that XVideo was checked , no idea why, after un-checking it I got video back but still no sound. Googling showed I was not alone but the few fixes offered failed to work for me. Has anyone any ideas about this? TIA Stewart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Has xorg or something changed?
Hi all A while ago I set up a twin monitor system using two graphics cards. All worked fine until I carried out an update. During the update I noticed that a lot of X11 files were updated but thought nothing of it. When I restarted, the second monitor refused to work. Running Xorg -configure showed that both cards were detected but only the monitor connected to the AGP card was detected. I finally got it working again after changing the BIOS to treat the PCI card as the primary display instead of the AGP card. I've tried various combinations of AGP and PCI cards but always with the same result. Last week I carried out a complete reinstall ( not to solve this by the way) and it is still the same so I assume that something must have changed but I have no idea what. Anyone got any ideas on this. TIA Stewart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Packet writing a drive that works please
Hi all I've been trying to get packet writing to work with my old cd-rw drive. Although I can read the content of any file from a disk produced with InCd running on WinXP I can only mount the disk read only. I assume that my old cd-rw drive just isn't compatible with packet writing. I looked at a list of compatible drives , a very short list it has to be said and I can't find any of them for sale. Does anyone know of a modern dvd-rw drive that will work. TIA Stewart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] rsync locks up and doesn't continue
Hi Don't know if this will help but I had a similar problem when I set up my archiving system. The problem was that I set it to use ssh which needs it own password and the password file was only used by rsync. the answer was to not use ssh and just use rsync client to rsync server. This was just over my lan but it solved the problem. HTH Stewart. Iain Buchanan wrote: Hi all, I have a script that downloads my distfiles from machines on our LAN before going over the internet. It uses rsync over ssh to get files locally, then defaults to wget for internet downloads. The command line is basically this: /usr/bin/rsync -avzP --password-file=filename rsync://user@host/path filename which works fine most of the time, so I know the syntax, password and permissions are correct. However, sometimes rsync dies (the download process just stops) and I get this sort of message: Password: *password sent* receiving file list ... rsync: link_stat /usr/portage/distfiles/Net-DNS-0.59.tar.gz failed: No such file or directory (2) 0 files to consider sent 8 bytes received 21 bytes 58.00 bytes/sec total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(1298) [receiver=2.6.8] And the download won't continue - nor do I get the prompt back because rsync seems to lock the script up at this point by not returning. This is really annoying when it stops at 3 of 50! I don't mind killing it, but sometimes this is supposed to run unattended... Now fair enough, if the file doesn't exist, I can't rsync it, but most of the time, this makes rsync just exit, and the script continues. All I can get from google and docs is that code 23 is a general error, meaning some read / write / delete failed. I'm not out of disk space. can anyone shed light on this issue? thanks! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting x after update
Richard Fish wrote: On 8/6/06, Stewart Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all I've just completed an emerge --update --deep world, all went ok until I re-started, then I could only get console mode. This is the contents of /var/log/xdm.log. Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Probably you have ModulePath in /etc/X11/xorg.conf set to some now non-existant directory. Try removing the setting, or change it to: ModulePath /usr/lib/xorg/modules HTH, -Richard Thanks Richard, that did the trick. Stewart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Problems starting x after update
Hi allI've just completed an emerge --update --deep world, all went ok until I re-started, then I could only get console mode. This is the contents of /var/log/xdm.log.Note that your system uses syslog. All of kdm's internally generated messages(i.e., not from libraries and external programs/scripts it uses) go to thedaemon.* syslog facility; check your syslog configuration to find out to whichfile(s) it is logged. PAM logs messages related to authentication to authpriv.*.X Window System Version 7.0.0Release Date: 21 December 2005X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.16-gentoo-r7 i686Current Operating System: Linux main 2.6.16-gentoo-r7 #4 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jul 18 19:11:15 GMT 2006 i686Build Date: 03 August 2006 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version.Module Loader presentMarkers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Aug 5 12:57:02 2006(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/lib/X11/rgb'(EE) Failed to load module "bitmap" (module does not exist, 0)(EE) Failed to load module "pcidata" (module does not exist, 0)Fatal server error:Unable to load required base modules, Exiting...-When I checked for /usr/lib/X11/rgb the file is not there. Can someone please tell what went wrong and how to recover from this.TIAStewart
[gentoo-user] Only one sound channel with SB live value
Hi all I've just put together a system using some old kit I've got. Everything seems OK except the sound card. Before I go any further the system is also setup to boot Win98 and the sound card is fine when running Win98. With the Labtec stereo speakers plugged into the front speaker socket sound only comes from the left speaker, if I use KMix and set the balance slider fully to the right and turn the volume right up, some sound comes through the right speaker. If I plug the speakers into the rear output socket the sound comes from both speakers. I've been trying to fix this for a couple of weeks with no joy. Hope someone can help with this TIA Stewart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3.5 and KAudiocreator
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: Ah, yes, I remember that now, sorry for doubting you. Funny, I used it at one time, but I don't need it now. Instead I use the attached shell script after ripping, that you may modify for your purposes. Thanks for the script, I'll give it a try, I had just started looking into writing a script for this very purpose so you saved me a bit of work. Thanks for the help. Stewart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3.5 and KAudiocreator
Hi Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: Are you sure you are talking about KAudioCreator; that just rips and encodes cdda CDs? If you are please tell me where this play list option is/was in the menus and dialogs. Yes, KAudioCreator. The play list option was (V. 1.12 ) in Settings Configure KAudioCreator Encoder and it used to be between the encoded file location and encoder priority. I've since placed a bug report at bugs.kde.org to see if anyone else has this problem or if it is just me and Gentoo. Stewart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] KDE 3.5 and KAudiocreator
Hi All Does anyone else have problems with the play list option in KAudioCreator 1.13 as comes with KDE 3.5. I was using 1.12 with KDE 3.4 but since I updated to 3.5 the play list option is no longer available. The first time I had this problem was after updating from 3.4. Since then I have carried out a full, clean install with the same result. The play list option is still set to true and the play list path is still shown in my personal config file. It's just shown in the configuration dialog and the play list is not created. TIA Stewart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] printing - via windows PC
Ian Porter wrote: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED message via the smb url or ERRDOS via the lpd method. I have tried to have the smb://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pcname/printer and also my Make sure you have the Linux printer setup to log onto the windows computer as guest. HTH Stewart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Font sizes very small in KDE
Hi Tim Thanks for the reply, just printing the info, hopefully this will solve the problem. Thanks again Stewart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Font sizes very small in KDE
Hi Tim Printed the info, read half way down first page of Mozilla DPI issues, problem fixed in 5 minutes. Thanks again for your help Stewart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Font sizes very small in KDE
Holly Bostick wrote: Phew! what a long post. Sorry it's taken so long to come back on this. I tried the emerge x11-themes/gtk-engines-qt. Then made the changes in KDE Control center. No effect at all. I didn't have Gnome installed, so to see if the basic setting and hardware are ok I installed it, this is what has taken so long. When I ran Firefox under Gnome no problems, everything was as it should be. So your idea that it is basically a KDE problem looks to be correct. Where I go from here I have no idea. Stewart I find this situation a constant annoyance as well. You have, unfortunately, several issues involved, none of which is completely resolveable until everybody is on board with the freedesktop.org standard, but you can get everything to a reasonably stable state that you can deal with. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge gnome
Hi Tamas The emerge --sync did the trick, everything is working fine now. Thanks for your help. Stewart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] emerge gnome
Hi all I'm having problem trying to emerge gnome. A very short while after starting I get the following error message Downloading ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/X11/GNOME/sources/libbonoboui/2.10/libbonoboui-2.10.0.tar.bz2 --10:38:48-- ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/X11/GNOME/sources/libbonoboui/2.10/libbonoboui-2.10.0.tar.bz2 = `/usr/portage/distfiles/libbonoboui-2.10.0.tar.bz2' Resolving ftp.sunet.se... 194.71.11.70, 2001:6b0:19::64 Connecting to ftp.sunet.se[194.71.11.70]:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! == SYST ... done.== PWD ... done. == TYPE I ... done. == CWD /pub/X11/GNOME/sources/libbonoboui/2.10 ... done. == SIZE libbonoboui-2.10.0.tar.bz2 ... Done. == PASV ... done.== REST 796,762 ... done. == RETR libbonoboui-2.10.0.tar.bz2 ... done. Length: 796,762 [0 to go] 100%[+] 796,762 --.--K/s 10:38:49 (0.00 B/s) - `/usr/portage/distfiles/libbonoboui-2.10.0.tar.bz2' saved [796,762] !!! Couldn't download libbonoboui-2.10.0.tar.bz2. Aborting. When I check for /usr/portage/distfiles/libbonoboui-2.10.0.tar.bz2 its there. Anyone got any ideas about this TIA Stewart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge gnome
Hi Trivial yes, but easily overlooked. I have 1.6 GB free and the file length is correct. Stewart Very trivial question. Have you got enough freespace? Is the saved file equal in size with the said by wget? Cheers, Tamas Sarga Sárga Tamás -- Make the world confused!Zavard össze a világot! Smile on monday morning!Mosolyogj hétfõ reggel! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Mouse wheel doesn't work
Hi all Just about got Gentoo up and running as I want it. Taken a while with all the tweaking and re-tweaking but I've not had as much fun with a computer for years. I've got a couple of problems which, so far, have got me pulling my hair out as nothing I try fixes them. I've got a Microsoft Intellimouse (ps2) which seems to be detected correctly but the wheel will not work under KDE. Under KDE Control center peripherals mouse I get the option to adjust the scroll rate, but this has no effect. The wheel seems to be working as a left button, if I click the wheel over an icon or file that item is selected. I've tried all the fixes I've found on the web (not many, most seem to relate to cordless mice) without success. I'll post the other problem as a separate posting. TIA Stewart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Font sizes very small in KDE
Hi All I've got a problem with the display under KDE. I've just installed Gentoo for the first time. Under KDE the font sizes are very small compared with what they should be. Compared with the same hardware under Suse 8.0 all text displays a little over half the size. this affects KDE apps and non KDE apps the same. Firefox text on menus and the like is so small that it is unusable. On one of my own programs the 14 point text displays as if it were 8-9 point. I have a Matrox Millennium G400 graphics card. I've tried all the settings i can find and have tried different kernel modules settings without success. The info I found on the web left me confused as it seems that this card may have different names in the UK and US. I'm in the UK. TIA Stewart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Mouse wheel doesn't work
Hi Thanks to Holly , Peter and Scotty for the fix. It now works a treat. Stewart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems installing
Zac Medico wrote: Hi Zac Thanks for the help this fixed it. It's now up and running. With recent versions of genkernel you should do ls /boot/kernel* /boot/initramfs* instead. Note that the initramfs or initrd is not required if your kernel has sufficient drivers built in. Zac -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems installing
Hi Nothing I guess but as this is my first fling with Gentoo , the first time I've used this method to install a distro and it's a trial on my second system I thought it was better to follow the instructions. If I stick with Gentoo, when put it on my main system I'll look at all the options available. Stewart Chris Cox wrote: Whats wrong with compiling a kernel the normal way ? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Problems installing
Hi all I've been trying to install Gentoo. I want to see if Gentoo is for me so I've kept it simple. My first attempt I tried a stage1 install, as this failed the second time I tried a stage3 install, if it failed less time wasted. Both times I opted for a genkernel install, everything seemed OK, no error messages and all stages completed. However both times when I get to 7.d ls /boot/kernel* /boot/initrd* I get the same result both times: /boot/initrd*:no such file or directory /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-genkernel-r6 Taking the entry in the grub configure example as a guide I've searched for any initrd files just in case it's somewhere else the only entries are a couple of .gz files in /usr/man/man4 nothing else. I could use some help to sort this out as I have no idea what to do. TIA Stewart -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
