Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Installer and Handbook (Was: Re: Gentoo's advantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh?)

2009-02-21 Thread Mark David Dumlao
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 2:29 AM, James Homuth wrote: > -Original Message- > From: Mark David Dumlao [mailto:madum...@gmail.com] > Sent: February 21, 2009 1:12 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Installer and Handbook (Was: Re: Gentoo's > advantage: 'optim

[gentoo-user] Re: Mutually exclusive ebuilds?

2009-02-21 Thread James
Grant gmail.com> writes: > There are good ebuilds here: > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131527 thx grant, I'll just wait till it goes testing, then try it. I've got enough to hax @ these days. James

[gentoo-user] Re: Installation questions

2009-02-21 Thread James
Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > > Yes, you heard me right - I recommend one uses Ubuntu to install > > Gentoo > I took that a stage further with my Eee. > Knowing how long it would take to build everything, I installed > Ubuntu, then used that while Gentoo was building in a chroot. OK

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and Madwifi contradict each other

2009-02-21 Thread Grant
>> >> * In order to use hostapd you need to set up your wireless card >> >> * for master mode in /etc/conf.d/net and then start >> >> * /etc/init.d/hostapd. >> >> * >> >> * Example configuration: >> >> * >> >> * config_wlan0=( "192.168.1.1/24" ) >> >> * channel_wlan0="6" >> >> * essid_wlan

Re: [gentoo-user] atheros wifi for gentoo..

2009-02-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:25:22 -0800 (PST), maxim wexler wrote: > When I do a search for 2.6.28 I get a patch. For gentoo-sources, 2.6.27 > is the latest I can find. I'm using tuxonice-sources-2.6.28 on this Eee and gentoo-sources-2.6.28 on my desktop. Either you haven't synced recently or you are

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and Madwifi contradict each other

2009-02-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:03:17 -0800, Grant wrote: > >> * In order to use hostapd you need to set up your wireless card > >> * for master mode in /etc/conf.d/net and then start > >> * /etc/init.d/hostapd. > >> * > >> * Example configuration: > >> * > >> * config_wlan0=( "192.168.1.1/24" ) > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Mutually exclusive ebuilds?

2009-02-21 Thread Grant
>>> I'm getting this and I'm wondering if it means I can't have miro and >>> wicd installed simultaneously: >>> >>> !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled >>> !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: >>> dev-python/pyrex:0 >>> ('installed'

Re: [gentoo-user] ARP reply from wrong interface

2009-02-21 Thread Sascha Hlusiak
Hi, no, I'm not complaining about arping, which is run on the client (and has only one NIC), but I complain about the server replying from both interfaces. Sascha Am Samstag 21 Februar 2009 22:14:52 schrieb Tomáš Krasničan: > Hi, > > set the interface with -I parameter. > > Sascha Hlusiak wro

Re: [gentoo-user] Mutually exclusive ebuilds?

2009-02-21 Thread Grant
>> I'm getting this and I'm wondering if it means I can't have miro and >> wicd installed simultaneously: >> >> !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled >> !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: >> dev-python/pyrex:0 >> ('installed', '/',

Re: [gentoo-user] hal-hell - please help

2009-02-21 Thread Roy Wright
Arttu V. wrote: On 2/21/09, Helmut Jarausch wrote: To make it even work I had to put Option "AutoAddDevices" "no" to my xorg.conf file What am I missing? During my short-lived and generally moderately clueless experimentation with the latest xorg-server, evdev and a hal-enabled PS/2 keyboar

Re: [gentoo-user] Mutually exclusive ebuilds?

2009-02-21 Thread Arttu V.
On 2/21/09, Grant wrote: > I'm getting this and I'm wondering if it means I can't have miro and > wicd installed simultaneously: > > !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled > !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: > dev-python/pyrex:0 >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia

2009-02-21 Thread Roy Wright
James wrote: Pupino gmail.com> writes: have you also checked /etc/make.conf to ensure that there's not a line like this VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" in it's options? Also check in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and remove all references to nvidia. Also check it's not in your module-rebuild list.

Re: [gentoo-user] atheros wifi for gentoo..

2009-02-21 Thread maxim wexler
> ATH5K has been in the kernel for a little while,the reason > for using > 2.6.28 is that it also supports the wired NIC. With the > addition of the > eee ACPI modules, I can now run with no third party modules > on my Eee. > When I do a search for 2.6.28 I get a patch. For gentoo-sources, 2.6.2

[gentoo-user] Re: virtualBox and Gcc

2009-02-21 Thread Harry Putnam
Paul Hartman writes: > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Can anyone tell me if there is some way to tell emerge to use a >> specific compiler during an emerge? [...] > I guess you can just use gcc-config to change versions, compile it, > then gcc-config back to normal...

Re: [gentoo-user] ARP reply from wrong interface

2009-02-21 Thread Tomáš Krasničan
Hi, set the interface with -I parameter. Sascha Hlusiak wrote: Hi list, I have a server with two interfaces in the same subnet. When asking for the MAC of one of the IPs, always both interfaces reply: arping -b xx.xx.xx.xx ARPING xx.xx.xx.xx from yy.yy.yy.yy eth0 Unicast reply from xx.xx.x

[gentoo-user] ARP reply from wrong interface

2009-02-21 Thread Sascha Hlusiak
Hi list, I have a server with two interfaces in the same subnet. When asking for the MAC of one of the IPs, always both interfaces reply: arping -b xx.xx.xx.xx ARPING xx.xx.xx.xx from yy.yy.yy.yy eth0 Unicast reply from xx.xx.xx.xx [00:1D:7D:D7:6D:F3] 0.607ms Unicast reply from xx.xx.xx.xx [00

[gentoo-user] Installing gentoo (was gentoo installer and handbook)

2009-02-21 Thread William Hubbs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi again James, I am moving this thread to gentoo-accessibility, so can we continue discussion there? On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 02:27:13PM -0500, James Homuth wrote: > > > -Original Message- > From: William Hubbs [mailto:willi...@gentoo.org]

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux traffic shaper setup advice

2009-02-21 Thread Daniel D Jones
On Monday 09 February 2009 12:34:01 Aleksey V. Kunitskiy wrote: > Hi Gentoo community, > I have several computers at home and one Gentoo-powered router. I want to > setup a very simple traffic shaper that will give each computer almost > equal(the best choice - with some weight coefficient on each

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mutually exclusive ebuilds?

2009-02-21 Thread Grant
>> # equery depends dbus-python >> [ Searching for packages depending on dbus-python... ] >> media-tv/miro-2.0.1 (dev-python/dbus-python) >> net-misc/wicd-1.5.9-r1 (dev-python/dbus-python) > > > Grant, > > How are you getting miro? > #rd party ebuild? > > My /usr/portage/media-tv directory does not

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and Madwifi contradict each other

2009-02-21 Thread Grant
>> I'm trying to set up ath5k in master mode. I get this from the hostapd >> ebuild: >> >> * In order to use hostapd you need to set up your wireless card >> * for master mode in /etc/conf.d/net and then start >> * /etc/init.d/hostapd. >> * >> * Example configuration: >> * >> * config_wlan0

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and Madwifi contradict each other

2009-02-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:33:17 -0800, Grant wrote: > I'm trying to set up ath5k in master mode. I get this from the hostapd > ebuild: > > * In order to use hostapd you need to set up your wireless card > * for master mode in /etc/conf.d/net and then start > * /etc/init.d/hostapd. > * > * Exam

[gentoo-user] Re: Mutually exclusive ebuilds?

2009-02-21 Thread James
Grant gmail.com> writes: > # equery depends dbus-python > [ Searching for packages depending on dbus-python... ] > media-tv/miro-2.0.1 (dev-python/dbus-python) > net-misc/wicd-1.5.9-r1 (dev-python/dbus-python) Grant, How are you getting miro? #rd party ebuild? My /usr/portage/media-tv direct

[gentoo-user] Re: opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia

2009-02-21 Thread James
Pupino gmail.com> writes: > have you also checked /etc/make.conf to ensure that there's not a line like this > VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" > in it's options? Also check in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and remove all references to nvidia. hth, James

RE: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Installer and Handbook (Was: Re: Gentoo'sadvantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh?)

2009-02-21 Thread James Homuth
-Original Message- From: William Hubbs [mailto:willi...@gentoo.org] Sent: February 21, 2009 2:21 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Installer and Handbook (Was: Re: Gentoo'sadvantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh?) Are you on the gentoo-accessi

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Installer and Handbook (Was: Re: Gentoo's advantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh?)

2009-02-21 Thread William Hubbs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi James, On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 01:29:18PM -0500, James Homuth wrote: > -Original Message- > From: Mark David Dumlao [mailto:madum...@gmail.com] > Sent: February 21, 2009 1:12 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] G

[gentoo-user] Gentoo and Madwifi contradict each other

2009-02-21 Thread Grant
I'm trying to set up ath5k in master mode. I get this from the hostapd ebuild: * In order to use hostapd you need to set up your wireless card * for master mode in /etc/conf.d/net and then start * /etc/init.d/hostapd. * * Example configuration: * * config_wlan0=( "192.168.1.1/24" ) * chan

RE: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Installer and Handbook (Was: Re: Gentoo's advantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh?)

2009-02-21 Thread James Homuth
-Original Message- From: Mark David Dumlao [mailto:madum...@gmail.com] Sent: February 21, 2009 1:12 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Installer and Handbook (Was: Re: Gentoo's advantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh?) To which the guru replied: "If yo

[gentoo-user] Gentoo Installer and Handbook (Was: Re: Gentoo's advantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh?)

2009-02-21 Thread Mark David Dumlao
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 5:27 AM, Sebastian Günther wrote: > * Nikos Chantziaras (rea...@arcor.de) [05.02.09 09:12]: >> >> Than I'll rephrase my statement: Gentoo would need a non-bugged GUI >> installer ;) >> > No, Gentoo needs no GUI or CLI installer. It is very good, that if you > install Gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] How to turn off the screen permanently

2009-02-21 Thread Florian Philipp
Marcin Zwd schrieb: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Vladimir Rusinov wrote: On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Marcin Zwd wrote: Well, I've just upgraded my laptop. The old one has ati radeon r250 graphics card. On this card I can easily turn off the screen using nice program "radeantool" of

Re: [gentoo-user] opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia

2009-02-21 Thread Pupino
2009/2/21 Helmut Jarausch : > Hi, > > I have switched from a machine with Nvidia (proprietary) graphics driver > to a machine with onboard radeonhd device. > > Now when reemerging xorg-server or trying to eselect opengl > it always tries to find Nvidia's opengl. > > Of course, I have unmerged the n

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless intel 4965 howto

2009-02-21 Thread Alexander Puchmayr
Hi there! Sorry Alejandro, but that link didn't help very much... iwconfig shows: wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B Encrypt

Re: [gentoo-user] hal-hell - please help

2009-02-21 Thread Arttu V.
On 2/21/09, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > To make it even work I had to put > Option "AutoAddDevices" "no" > > to my xorg.conf file > > What am I missing? (Sorry if this came through already, gmail's draft saving via IMAP and a spotty wlan really mix up threads and messages in gmail's view.) During m

Re: [gentoo-user] opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia

2009-02-21 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 21 Februar 2009, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 21 Feb, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Samstag 21 Februar 2009, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have switched from a machine with Nvidia (proprietary) graphics driver > >> to a machine with onboard radeonhd device. > >> > >> No

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.2, gstreamer backend and flac

2009-02-21 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 21 Februar 2009, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 19. Februar 2009 22:37:53 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: > > > Further installed are phonon-kde and phonon. Would it make a difference > > > if I install qt-phonon instead? > > > > a) don't install qt-phonon > > Why not? because med

Re: [gentoo-user] opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia

2009-02-21 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Helmut Jarausch (jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de) [21.02.09 10:55]: > Hi, > > I have switched from a machine with Nvidia (proprietary) graphics driver > to a machine with onboard radeonhd device. > > Now when reemerging xorg-server or trying to eselect opengl > it always tries to find Nvidia's ope

Re: [gentoo-user] opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia

2009-02-21 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 21 Feb, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Samstag 21 Februar 2009, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have switched from a machine with Nvidia (proprietary) graphics driver >> to a machine with onboard radeonhd device. >> >> Now when reemerging xorg-server or trying to eselect opengl >> it alw

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.2, gstreamer backend and flac

2009-02-21 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Donnerstag, 19. Februar 2009 22:37:53 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: > > Further installed are phonon-kde and phonon. Would it make a difference > > if I install qt-phonon instead? > > a) don't install qt-phonon Why not? > b) use xine as backend Why? I know xine works. However, I would prefe

Re: [gentoo-user] opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia

2009-02-21 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 21 Februar 2009, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > I have switched from a machine with Nvidia (proprietary) graphics driver > to a machine with onboard radeonhd device. > > Now when reemerging xorg-server or trying to eselect opengl > it always tries to find Nvidia's opengl. > > Of course

[gentoo-user] opengl - howto get rid of Nvidia

2009-02-21 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, I have switched from a machine with Nvidia (proprietary) graphics driver to a machine with onboard radeonhd device. Now when reemerging xorg-server or trying to eselect opengl it always tries to find Nvidia's opengl. Of course, I have unmerged the nvidia driver. How can I get rid of the Nvi

[gentoo-user] hal-hell - please help

2009-02-21 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, I have a strange problem with hal. To get my usb mouse (Logitech RX1000) running, I have to unplug the mouse before booting and plug it again after booting but before starting X11. This is nuisance and make a graphical login manager impossible. To make it even work I had to put Option "Aut