RE: [gentoo-user] Need software to convert .wmv to MPEG

2005-01-08 Thread Wayne Oliver
something like the virtualdub -> (www.virtualdub.com) software available for Windows so that I can -> convert between various video formats. mplayer's mencoder -- Wayne Oliver -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] NPTL help

2004-02-03 Thread Wayne Oliver
-> -Original Message- -> From: Norberto Bensa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Sent: 02 February 2004 22:54 -> -> Andrew Farmer wrote: -> > Well, if it's so secret, why are you sending it to a -> public mailing list? -> > It looks sort of silly, you know, to have a disclaimer -> longer than

RE: [gentoo-user] NPTL help

2004-02-02 Thread Wayne Oliver
-> -Original Message- -> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Sent: 02 February 2004 20:14 -> WTF can do about company policy ??? It's not like I add the disclaimer to everyone of my mails. anyways thanks for the help. Wayne -- This message may contain informati

[gentoo-user] NPTL help

2004-02-02 Thread Wayne Oliver
Hi All I have been running the 2.6.x kernels for sometime now. I decided to give nptl a try. The machine is a P3 933 with 256Mb RAM running mm-sources(2.6.1) I emerged linux-headers... and then emerge glibc but I get an Error stating You have the nptl use flag set but your kernel or architectur

RE: [gentoo-user] Good Games Suggestions

2004-01-31 Thread Wayne Oliver
-> -Original Message- -> From: Andrej Kacian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 12:37 AM -> -> On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 23:51:04 +0200 -> Wayne Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -> -> > -> -Original Message- ->

RE: [gentoo-user] Good Games Suggestions

2004-01-31 Thread Wayne Oliver
-> -Original Message- -> From: LJN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 11:26 PM -> -> On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 22:11, Andrej Kacian wrote: -> > On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 23:08:58 +0200 -> > Wayne Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ->

RE: [gentoo-user] Progress bars??

2004-01-31 Thread Wayne Oliver
-> -Original Message- -> From: gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 11:37 PM -> > 3-STARTUP SCRIPTS... Yup, Gentoo is beautiful. I use it -> all the time, on -> > maybe a dozen computers of various architecture and brand. -> But I really -> > have issue

RE: [gentoo-user] Good Games Suggestions

2004-01-31 Thread Wayne Oliver
-> -Original Message- -> From: Andrej Kacian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 11:12 PM -> -> On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 23:08:58 +0200 -> Wayne Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -> -> > Hi All -> > -> > Can anybody sugge

[gentoo-user] Good Games Suggestions

2004-01-31 Thread Wayne Oliver
Hi All Can anybody suggest anything from portage ??? I am not a "shoot 'em up" fan... I was excited to see ufo2000 in portage but it seems to be multiplayer :-( Thanks Wayne This message may contain information which is confidential, private or privileged in nature. If you are not the intende

[gentoo-user] gnomedb

2004-01-30 Thread Wayne Oliver
Hi all I have emerged gnome-db, and I am running gnomedb-fe, but all I get is an empty window... has anybody got the gnomedb-fe working ??? any help would be appreciated as it's my first time trying this app thanks Wayne -- This message may contain information which is confidential, private

RE: [gentoo-user] Flummoxed by fluxbox fonts?

2004-01-24 Thread Wayne Oliver
-> -Original Message- -> From: Nicholas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Sent: 23 January 2004 01:38 AM -> -> Help! Can anyone tell me what I've done to my fluxbox? -> -> My fluxbox desktop is devoid of any visible text. The -> desktop menu is smaller -> than the cursor, but still manages

RE: [gentoo-user] gnome

2004-01-18 Thread Wayne Oliver
>-Original Message- >From: bituman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 18 January 2004 03:23 AM > >Ahoi.. I compiled gnome without errors.. then I see a hint to use SESSION_MANAGER variable, point it to metacity and tehn >that will set def wm to gnome.. it worked fine.. until I issued an eme

RE: [gentoo-user] Gnome MPEG movie player

2004-01-12 Thread Wayne Oliver
-> -Original Message- -> From: Alan Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Sent: 13 January 2004 08:44 AM -> -> Hi - Can anyone suggest an MPEG movie player that runs under -> Gnome or X? -> -> Thanks, -> -> Alan -> -> -- -> [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -> Totem ??? Wayne -- -- [EM

RE: [gentoo-user] I love my gentoo. :)

2003-12-30 Thread Wayne Oliver
-> -Original Message- -> From: Ciaran McCreesh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Sent: 30 December 2003 15:15 PM -> -> -> On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 12:50:52 +0100 Cybercar -> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -> | That's a really good history, LOL! -> | -> | I love Gentoo ! -> | -> | Sorry if this a

RE: [gentoo-user] Terminal problem on X, with kernel 2.6

2003-12-26 Thread Wayne Oliver
> -Original Message- > From: meinside [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 December 2003 14:05 PM > > Hi all, > > I compiled gentoo-dev sources (2.6.0-test11) with following options, > > - Character devices -> Unix98 PTY support > - File systems -> Pseudo filesystems -> /dev/pts file sys

FW: [gentoo-user] can Gentoo be installed without an internet con nection?

2003-12-25 Thread Wayne Oliver
> -Original Message- > From: Linux Gentoo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 December 2003 05:58 AM > > I still get the same thing: > > 'Couldn't download portage-2.0.49-r4.tar.bz2. Aborting.' > > I assume it is possible to install Gentoo on a computer that > is not on a > network/in

RE: [gentoo-user] New Install with kernel 2.6.0

2003-12-25 Thread Wayne Oliver
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 December 2003 04:49 AM > > Merry Christmas... > > and congratulation for coming to kernel 2.6.0 world... > > things to be aware of in 2.6 is... > ALSA is built-in feature of kernel itself > and if you wan

[gentoo-user] New Install with kernel 2.6.0

2003-12-25 Thread Wayne Oliver
Hi all Merry Xmas to those who celebrate it. I am busy with bootstrap process, on a new install, at the moment. What I would like to know is if I choose to use kernel 2.6.0 is anything different/new that I need to be aware of ??? Regards Wayne -- --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo internal structure

2003-11-20 Thread Wayne Oliver
-> -Original Message- -> From: Hall Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Sent: 20 November 2003 23:11 -> -> Really, I think this Sergey guy's agenda is to make Gentoo -> as strict as -> Debian. Things like nForce drivers -- the "tainted" ones -- -> would NOT be -> distributed or even

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo internal structure

2003-11-20 Thread Wayne Oliver
-> -Original Message- -> From: Wayne Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> -> GPL'ed software is Free as in freedom i.e. you can do with -> almost whatever -> you like excuse the typing the time 23:05 here GPL'ed software is Free as in freedom i.e. You can

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo internal structure

2003-11-20 Thread Wayne Oliver
-> -Original Message- -> From: Hall Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Sent: 20 November 2003 22:50 -> -> At 03:06 PM 11/20/2003, you wrote: -> >brett holcomb wrote: -> >>Apology accepted but non-free does not equal warez in any -> sense of the -> >>workd. There is nothing wrong wit

RE: [gentoo-user] Problem on booting after installation.

2003-10-11 Thread Wayne Oliver
-> -Original Message- -> From: Stephen Liu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Sent: 11 October 2003 18:49 -> -> system. Kindly advise how to start the system to re-edit -> /boot/grub/grub.conf other than to boot up the new system with CD1 hi boot with the install CD, chroot to your ins

RE: [gentoo-user] Cdrecord frontends

2003-10-04 Thread Wayne Oliver
-> -Original Message- -> From: Collins Richey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Sent: 04 October 2003 19:01 -> Spend about 15 minutes with the cdrecord manpage, then use -> that if you don't -> like bloat. For super-dumb users, you could wrap this with -> a simple shell -> script. Bloat i

[gentoo-user] gnome 2.4 -> nautilus compile fails

2003-10-04 Thread Wayne Oliver
W_COMMON_SOURCES' components/tree/Makefile.am:17: invalid unused variable name: `TREE_VIEW_COMMON_SOURCES' !!! ERROR: gnome-base/nautilus-2.4.0 failed. !!! Function src_unpack, Line 57, Exitcode 1 !!! (no error message) Anybody have any advice for me ? Would be much appreciated Wayne Oliver --

[gentoo-user] Gnome Compile Errors

2003-10-03 Thread Wayne Oliver
Hi All When Compiling gnome 2.4 on home machine (no net). my compile fails on nautilus. I am using portage20031001 snapshot, but I have had the same error since the 20030914 snapshot. the source is fine as it compiled on my work machine with no problem. any ideas. ( Sorry I don't have an error

RE: [gentoo-user] Switching from WM

2003-10-02 Thread Wayne Oliver
> -Original Message- > From: Patrick Marquetecken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 October 2003 14:09 PM > > Hi, > I'm installing at this moment xfce4, but my question is how > do I switch > from gnome to xfce ? > > Patrick > edit the /etc/rc.conf file and change the Xsession varia

RE: [gentoo-user] nasty login error

2003-09-28 Thread Wayne Oliver
-> -Original Message- -> From: Martin Larsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Sent: 29 September 2003 10:51 -> -> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- -> Hash: SHA1 -> -> Hello -> -> Some days ago I had to reboot my box, and to my horror I -> coulnd't log in. -> it just says "Login Incorrect

RE: [gentoo-user] Compiling Gnome 2.4

2003-09-21 Thread Wayne Oliver
-> -Original Message- -> From: Tobias Scherbaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Sent: 21 September 2003 14:49 -> -> Am Sam, 2003-09-20 um 22.36 schrieb Wayne Oliver: -> > configure error: gconf-sanity-check-2 not found in your path -> > - should be installe

[gentoo-user] Compiling Gnome 2.4

2003-09-20 Thread Wayne Oliver
Hi all I get the following error when compiling gnome. configure error: gconf-sanity-check-2 not found in your path - should be installed with Gconf !!! ERROR: gnome-base/gnome-session-2.4.0 failed !!! Function econf, Line 324, Exitcode 1 !!! econf failed I ran "epm -ql gconf" and did not see

RE: [gentoo-user] portage masked problem

2003-09-20 Thread Wayne Oliver
*-Original Message- *From: Eric Marchionni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent: 20 September 2003 22:11 PM *To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Subject: [gentoo-user] portage masked problem * * *hi * *when i try to emerge enemy-territory on my dell notebook it shows *up as masked. though on my desktop syst

RE: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd

2003-09-20 Thread Wayne Oliver
*-Original Message- *From: Jason Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent: 20 September 2003 20:01 PM * *Did you mean /etc/init.d/net.eth0? * No, Sorry I meant /etc/conf.d/net make sure that iface_eth0="dhcp" Regards Wayne -- This message, including any attachments, may contain inf

RE: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd

2003-09-20 Thread Wayne Oliver
*-Original Message- *From: Jason Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent: 20 September 2003 19:26 PM * *I once used etc-update without knowing exactly what I was doing and in *the process overwrote my network startup script(s). I have *been able to *recover from that, however every time I

RE: [gentoo-user] No Terminals with kernel 2.6.0test4 on

2003-09-20 Thread Wayne Oliver
*-Original Message- *From: Wayne Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent: 20 September 2003 19:07 PM * *Hi All * *I have the following problem. * *I am running the new kernel to get my *serial ports(expansion card) to work. *kernel 2.6.0 sets this up for me automagically. * *However if I

[gentoo-user] No Terminals with kernel 2.6.0test4 on

2003-09-20 Thread Wayne Oliver
Hi All I have the following problem. I am running the new kernel to get my serial ports(expansion card) to work. kernel 2.6.0 sets this up for me automagically. However if I start X but when I try to open a terminal I get openbox -> nothing gnome -> and empty terminal with no prompt The abo

[gentoo-user] emerge gnome 2.4

2003-09-17 Thread Wayne Oliver
Hi Guys I am trying to emerge gnome 2.4 but it depends on alot of masked packages. So I set my ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" but still no luck. What else do I need to do to emerge gnome 2.4 Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards Wayne -- This message, including any attachments, may contain

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Gnome 2.4 ebuild

2003-09-11 Thread Wayne Oliver
> -Original Message- > From: Sebastian Bergmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 September 2003 11:41 > > Wayne Oliver wrote: > > Anybody know how long till we see this in portage ? > > It's been there for a while: > http://www.sebastian-bergm

[gentoo-user] Gnome 2.4 ebuild

2003-09-11 Thread Wayne Oliver
Hi All Just a quick question. Anybody know how long till we see this in portage ? I am dying to install it. /me considering just using garnome. Regards - This message, including any attachments, may contain information which is confidential, private or privileged in nature. If you are no

RE: [gentoo-user] continued depmod problems

2003-09-06 Thread Wayne Oliver
> -Original Message- > From: Mark Knecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 06 September 2003 20:43 PM > I notice that I have other gentoo-sources installed, but > /usr/src/linux > is still pointing at 2.4.20-r2. Does this matter? Should I repoint to > 2.4.20-r6 and build from there? Why

RE: [gentoo-user] Portage tree on a CD

2003-08-25 Thread Wayne Oliver
> -Original Message- > From: Ronald Landheer-Cieslak > Sent: 25 August 2003 12:53 > > I'm looking to buy a CD(-set) containing the current (or 1.4) > portage tree. > I am *not* looking for pre-built binaries: I want to avoid > having to download > the distfiles as I have a simple modem