Re: [gentoo-user] gaim and msn

2005-01-21 Thread Johan Van den Neste
On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 17:17 +0100, Frédéric Grosshans wrote: > I try to connect to msn using gaim (v1.1.1), but I do not manage to send > messages. After minute, i receive the following error message : > > Message could not be sent because an error with the switchboard > occurred

Re: [gentoo-user] zeroing out files and unused diskspace

2003-12-18 Thread Johan Van den Neste
> >Are there any tools in portage that do this? I had a quick look, but I > >can't really find one. I mainly want this for use in a vmware gentoo > >install, to minimize the size of a compressed image. > > > I do not know about such tools, but know the trick how to do it: > just write a file full o

[gentoo-user] zeroing out files and unused diskspace

2003-12-17 Thread Johan Van den Neste
Are there any tools in portage that do this? I had a quick look, but I can't really find one. I mainly want this for use in a vmware gentoo install, to minimize the size of a compressed image. thanks, nessie -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Logitech cordless optical jerky?

2003-10-12 Thread Johan Van den Neste
On Sat, 2003-10-11 at 22:56, Tom Wesley wrote: > Hiya, > > Anyone else have a Logitech cordless optical mouse and noticed a jerky > movement, sometimes it jumps about 30-40 pixels or so? I have checked the > web and seems it has been experienced before, just wondered if anyone has > found a so

Re: [gentoo-user] spam problem

2003-10-07 Thread Johan Van den Neste
On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 17:38, Jonathan Nichols wrote: > > thanks > > just emerged it > > > > apparently it's even trickier: dev-perl/Mail-Spam*A*ssassin :) > > > > Uh oh.. expect an update any day now. 2.60 has been released. The > current ebuild shows 2.55 :) uh... new versions do not requ

Re: [gentoo-user] spam problem

2003-10-07 Thread Johan Van den Neste
On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 16:59, Joel Wright wrote: > Oh yeah, > > spamassassin might be a bit tricky to find, the package is: > > dev-perl/Mail-Spamassassin > > Have Fun, > Joel. > thanks just emerged it apparently it's even trickier: dev-perl/Mail-Spam*A*ssassin :) nessie -- [EMAIL PROTECTE

[gentoo-user] spam problem

2003-10-07 Thread Johan Van den Neste
I subscribed to the debian-user ml recently, and as a thank you I am now being overrun by virii and bounces. I use the latest evolution (1.4.4) to read my mail and was wondering what my options are to eliminate all this unwanted email. Any help is greatly appreciated. --- nessie PS I am a ve

[gentoo-user] glibc broken, and some blabbering about other stuff

2003-10-03 Thread Johan Van den Neste
don't panic, it's my own fault :p right. Situation: I have an old laptop (p133, 32MB, 1.4G HD, no cdrom), and was quite happy to have managed to get gentoo on it. Using distcc, building packages was somewhat bearable. Why o why did I do this: I thought I'd give building binary packages a try. I

[gentoo-user] gd + truetype probs (was "dev-perl/GD libgd truetype")

2003-09-22 Thread Johan Van den Neste
> I can't get printTTF to work anymore. I'm having the same problem with php + gd. All the relevant use flags (gd, truetype) were set before compiling everything, but the font drawing functions do not work. (more specifically, ImageTTFText doesn't do anything) The script executes flawlessly on

Re: [gentoo-user] x client

2003-07-18 Thread Johan Van den Neste
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > I have an old laptop - several years - very slow. It'd be great if I could > simply use it for webbrowsing. First I thought I'd put a light version of > Gentoo and a light desktop manager. Then I thought - can't I just use it > as an X client an

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling Gentoo for another platform

2003-07-03 Thread Johan Van den Neste
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 03 July 2003 13:30, Zachary P. Landau wrote: > > Hi. I have an old K6-2 CPU that I would like to convert to a Gentoo > > machine. It's pretty slow so I'd like to do all of the compiling on > > my Athlon. Is there any documentation for do

Re: [gentoo-user] jargon question...

2003-03-26 Thread Johan Van den Neste
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 26 March 2003 20:17, Andrei Ivanov wrote: > I think borken = broken, thus bork = broke or something like that... It wouldn't accidently have anything to do with the Swedish Chef from the muppets, would it? - -- nessie GnuPG key at h

[gentoo-user] Gentoo livecd suggestion/question

2003-03-14 Thread Johan Van den Neste
I just installed distcc yesterday, and I am delighted by the benefit I get from it. Now the thing is, there's a couple of high-performance pc's on my lan who aren't used all the time (flatmates), but don't have gentoo. So my question is: would it be possible to put gcc and distcc on the livec

[gentoo-user] maple 8

2003-02-22 Thread Johan Van den Neste
Hi, I would like to install Maple 8. It requires glibc 2.1.2-11 when trying to install, I get the following error msgs: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cdrom # sh ./installMapleLinuxSU dirname: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory /bin/ls:

[gentoo-user] unmerge kde 3.0.x

2003-02-22 Thread Johan Van den Neste
how exactly do I unmerge kde 3.0.5a completely? emerge unmerge kde-3.0.5a --pretend doesn't find any matches, but emerge unmerge kdenetwork-3.0.5a --pretend or emerge unmerge kdegraphics-3.0.5a --pretend work -- nessie MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list