[gentoo-user] Question about RDEPEND

2010-01-29 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Hi there, a while ago, I emerged virtual/jdk, and prior to it sun-jdk in order to direct manually what the virtual shall pull in. But now, virtual/jdk wants to install dev-java/icedtea as well: ,--[ emerge -tpuvD world ] | Calculating dependencies... done! | [nomerge ] media-tv/tvbrows

Re: [gentoo-user] kcontrol empty

2010-01-29 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Samstag, 30. Januar 2010 schrieb Alex Schuster: > Hi there! > > I'm using KDE4, but there are still some kde3.5 apps. I noticed that > kmymoney2 does not use the comma as decimal point like we do this in > Germany. I was about to file a bug report, but now I think it is correct, > because I did

[gentoo-user] kcontrol empty

2010-01-29 Thread Alex Schuster
Hi there! I'm using KDE4, but there are still some kde3.5 apps. I noticed that kmymoney2 does not use the comma as decimal point like we do this in Germany. I was about to file a bug report, but now I think it is correct, because I did my localization settings in KDE4 only. I still have lots of

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: I want to get excited, but I just *know* they're going to mess it up...

2010-01-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:21:33 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On the other hand, centralised storage means you shouldn't get idiots > > posting out CDs with millions of people's bank account details. There > > again, if the admins are lax enough to allow people to do this, > > and people are daft e

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dlna & Gentoo

2010-01-29 Thread Stroller
On 29 Jan 2010, at 15:14, James wrote: ... Surely there is an integrated product that feature embedded linux on a uP and user friendly with browser other than IExploder? The office of CTO posted this to Dell's Linux mailing list today: ... (yes, source code is available, minus any

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: I want to get excited, but I just *know* they're going to mess it up...

2010-01-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 29 January 2010 23:59:36 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:39:37 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > I don't think his objections are just related to public vs private. As > > Neil said, there's the security problem to begin with, where one large > > government data centre has mo

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot print pdf documents from KDE4

2010-01-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:19:46 +, Mick wrote: > I checked another machine (of a similar build) which does not seem to > have app-text/poppler emerged (only app-text/poppler-data, > app-text/poppler-utils, dev-libs/poppler, dev-libs/poppler-qt4, > virtual/poppler, virtual/poppler-qt4, virtual/pop

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: I want to get excited, but I just *know* they're going to mess it up...

2010-01-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:39:37 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > I don't think his objections are just related to public vs private. As > Neil said, there's the security problem to begin with, where one large > government data centre has more data to compromise that a small one... On the other hand, c

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: I want to get excited, but I just *know* they're going to mess it up...

2010-01-29 Thread Mick
On Friday 29 January 2010 14:09:37 Iain Buchanan wrote: > On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 10:00 +, Stroller wrote: > > On 29 Jan 2010, at 05:43, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > They got it right for being open to OSS, but they got it wrong with > > > the > > > word "cloud"... > > > > > > http://www.guardian.c

Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot print pdf documents from KDE4

2010-01-29 Thread Mick
On Friday 29 January 2010 05:28:25 you wrote: > On Thursday 28 January 2010 22:33:52 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:55:02 +, Mick wrote: > > > As the title says. I can print text files and html, but I cannot print > > > pdf. BTW I can print an html page from Konqueror to a pdf

[gentoo-user] Re: dlna & Gentoo

2010-01-29 Thread James
Peter Humphrey humphrey.ukfsn.org> writes: > > what contract? > It was just a suggestion, anyway. Take it or leave it. Here in the US, it's 'buyer beware'. I could return it, but since I was going to purchase the unit mail-order that's problematic. I guess I'll just take a laptop and find

Re: [gentoo-user] krita - missing install target (STRANGE)

2010-01-29 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 29 Jan, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 5:04 AM, Helmut Jarausch > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've just emerged app-office/krita on an AMD64 machine without problems. >> But on an older i686 machine it fails strangely >> > Install krita-2.1.0 into /var/tmp/portage/app-office/krita-2.

[gentoo-user] gnome & keychain

2010-01-29 Thread Roger Mason
Hello, I have previously used keychain as per the gentoo docs. Once I supplied the SSH passphrase at the console I was able to access other machines without providing a password. I have just started using gnome and am logging in using gdm. When I log in I am not asked for a passphrase. If I st

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dlna & Gentoo

2010-01-29 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:14 AM, James wrote: > I was hoping to avoid this, with an integrated, Gentoo controllable > amp/receiver unit. Nobody has found such hardware ? Surely > there is an integrated product that feature embedded linux on > a uP and user friendly with browser other than IExplod

Re: [gentoo-user] krita - missing install target (STRANGE)

2010-01-29 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 5:04 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > I've just emerged app-office/krita on an AMD64 machine without problems. > But on an older i686 machine it fails strangely > Install krita-2.1.0 into /var/tmp/portage/app-office/krita-2.1.0/image/ category app-office

Re: [gentoo-user] mysterious syslog message "."

2010-01-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 29 January 2010 16:26:42 Iain Buchanan wrote: > Hi. > > So NetworkManager was giving me lots of debugging output. Having a look > on Google shows it doesn't have log levels, so my only option (apart > from turning it off) was to redirect its log output to a separate file. > It's growing

Re: [gentoo-user] dlna & Gentoo

2010-01-29 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday 29 January 2010 14:12:10 Iain Buchanan wrote: > what contract? I don't know how it is where you are, but in the UK, as I understand it, every sale is deemed to embody an implied contract* between buyer and seller. Either party is always free to specify whatever conditions he likes pr

[gentoo-user] Re: dlna & Gentoo

2010-01-29 Thread James
Iain Buchanan netspace.net.au> writes: > what contract? "Sorry buddy, that's just how they make 'em. Take it up > with the manufacturer" is what I'd expect to hear. Either that or "You > want to do what? What's Linux?" Exactly what I'm afraid. If I have to roll my own, I guess I'll just by

[gentoo-user] mysterious syslog message "."

2010-01-29 Thread Iain Buchanan
Hi. So NetworkManager was giving me lots of debugging output. Having a look on Google shows it doesn't have log levels, so my only option (apart from turning it off) was to redirect its log output to a separate file. It's growing quickly (remind me to set up logrotate!) After I've removed Networ

Re: [gentoo-user] dlna & Gentoo

2010-01-29 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 13:35 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday 28 January 2010 16:34:49 James wrote: > > > What I do not want to do is purchase the device to discover that it only > > works with windows. > > Can't you specify as a condition of the contract that it must not require > the

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: I want to get excited, but I just *know* they're going to mess it up...

2010-01-29 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 10:00 +, Stroller wrote: > On 29 Jan 2010, at 05:43, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > They got it right for being open to OSS, but they got it wrong with > > the > > word "cloud"... > > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/sep/29/cloud.computing.richard.stallman > >

Re: [gentoo-user] dlna & Gentoo

2010-01-29 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 28 January 2010 16:34:49 James wrote: > What I do not want to do is purchase the device to discover that it only > works with windows. Can't you specify as a condition of the contract that it must not require the use of any particular brand of software to operate? -- Rgds Peter.

[gentoo-user] krita - missing install target (STRANGE)

2010-01-29 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, I've just emerged app-office/krita on an AMD64 machine without problems. But on an older i686 machine it fails strangely >>> Install krita-2.1.0 into /var/tmp/portage/app-office/krita-2.1.0/image/ >>> category app-office >>> Working in BUILD_DIR: >>> "/var/tmp/portage/app-office/krita-2.1.0

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: I want to get excited, but I just *know* they're going to mess it up...

2010-01-29 Thread Stroller
On 29 Jan 2010, at 05:43, Iain Buchanan wrote: They got it right for being open to OSS, but they got it wrong with the word "cloud"... http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/sep/29/cloud.computing.richard.stallman Seems like Stallman's objections don't apply because the proposal is t

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: I want to get excited, but I just *know* they're going to mess it up...

2010-01-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:13:41 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > They got it right for being open to OSS, but they got it wrong with the > word "cloud"... > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/sep/29/cloud.computing.richard.stallman Aren't they talking about a private cloud rather than a publi