Re: [gentoo-user] Icon Editor???

2009-06-01 Thread Masood Ahmed
want? Thank you very much for any help in advance! Try Inkscape Regards, Masood Ahmed -- Microsoft does have a Y2K problem... it's called Linux!

Re: [gentoo-user] can't stop the panic on eeepc

2009-05-06 Thread Masood Ahmed
maxim wexler bliss...@yahoo.com writes: Are you using an initrd? No, never used one on a gentoo box before. That's a fedora thing, isn't it? Nope! Its not distribution specific. It's a kernel feature. Regards, Masood Ahmed -- Promptness is its own reward, if one lives by the clock instead

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

2009-05-04 Thread Masood Ahmed
/linux_resizing_ext3_partitions Regards, Masood Ahmed -- Chaos is King and Magic is loose in the world.

Re: [gentoo-user] 'buntu -- gentoo -- eeepc

2009-05-04 Thread Masood Ahmed
-20090422 and portage-20090502 were downloaded over wireless at the Wifi-Cafe. Don't tell me the numbers must match exactly! No the numbers don't matter. Regards, Masood Ahmed -- Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness. -- (Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms)

Re: [gentoo-user] Canon PowerShot A400 Gentoo

2009-05-03 Thread Masood Ahmed
had CAMERAS=canonin make.conf. Will add ptp2 and will try emerging F-Spot again. BTW, any lightweight Photo Manager's out there that are good? Regards, Masood Ahmed -- BOFH Excuse #291: Due to the CDA, we no longer have a root account.

Re: [gentoo-user] python-2.6.2 site-packages path problem

2009-04-21 Thread Masood Ahmed
in /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages as it is on a working python-2.6.1 installation. What might cause that problem? I also came across the same problem some days back. python-updater -o 2.5 -v This command did the re-installation's of some python related packages. Hope this help's Masood Ahmed

Re: [gentoo-user] GCC-4.3.2

2009-04-03 Thread Masood Ahmed
gives ? Any problem ? Is it worth it right now ? Please tell... I like the -march=native and -mtune=native options. It's the new thing in gcc 4.3 series. Regards, Masood Ahmed pgpaRIuJ1DElR.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Portage and sets

2009-02-25 Thread Masood Ahmed
, Masood Ahmed -- Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened! pgpqw8TtTkngz.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] domainname = (none) ?

2007-04-27 Thread Masood Ahmed
valid. Domain Name has to be set in the file /etc/conf.d/net . Here's how to set the domain name in the file /etc/conf.d/net dns_domain_lo=yourdomainname Hope this helps, Masood Ahmed - -- * This is complicated. Has to do with interrupts. Thus, I am * scared witless. Therefore I refuse

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A question regarding non-Portage software...

2007-03-12 Thread Masood Ahmed
software. If the ebuild happens to be in a overlay then it's pretty easy to have it using layman. Hope that helps, Masood Ahmed -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/ iD8DBQFF9SGr1sVfs9hAkb8RAuO

Re: [gentoo-user] Mplayer2, where is it?

2007-03-10 Thread Masood Ahmed
: automaticatlly start to play the first media * Configuration wizard * SmartPlay : automatically search and choose the best source using metafile ('+' icon) if exist * List all media links on the webpage * Use a sidebar for lists * Multilingual Hope this helps, Masood Ahmed. P.S: The gentoo-wiki says

Re: [gentoo-user] Mplayer2, where is it?

2007-03-09 Thread Masood Ahmed
Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I went to a link a bit ago in Seamonkey and a box came up that it needed mplayer2 plugin. I don't see it in portage so can someone tell me where I can find it? I looked on the forums but the posts I saw were really old. Google finds it but still no

Re: [gentoo-user] QMAIL WERD PROBLEMS

2007-03-06 Thread Masood Ahmed
adding mailwrapper use flag (as said before I've no idea about qmail). Hope someone with better knowledge about qmail replies. Bye, Masood Ahmed pgpynturgUIkA.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] dll.conf file in portage?

2007-03-06 Thread Masood Ahmed
= Should it be there? In my system there is no such file as dll.conf in the portage tree. It shouldn't be there. Do a emerge --sync and see what happens. Hope this helps, Masood Ahmed pgphUPLfgBYnP.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] dll.conf file in portage?

2007-03-06 Thread Masood Ahmed
/sane.d ? Bye, Masood Ahmed pgpctByZX4Ocw.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] UPS compatible to Gentoo

2007-03-06 Thread Masood Ahmed
specific HOWTO at the gentoo-wiki site: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_APCUPSD APC UPS are pretty cheap, and are supported by the apcupsd package. Info on installation and configuration can be found at the gentoo-wiki page listed above. Hope this help's, Masood Ahmed pgpjhWRgsnz0E.pgp Description

Re: [gentoo-user] system maintenance woes

2006-03-05 Thread Masood Ahmed
updating policy. emerge --sync emerge -uD world emerge --depclean revdep-rebuild Bye, Masood Ahmed -- Linux Kernel : 2.6.15-gentoo-r7 GCC version : 4.0.2 (Gentoo 4.0.2-r3, pie-8.7.8) Processor : AMD Athlon XP 2600+ RAM : 1 GB DDR 333 SDRAM CFLAGS

Re: [gentoo-user] antivirus

2006-03-05 Thread Masood Ahmed
out http://www.clamav.net/doc/latest/html/ also use google to find best resources.. Bye, Masood Ahmed -- Linux Kernel : 2.6.15-gentoo-r7 GCC version : 4.0.2 (Gentoo 4.0.2-r3, pie-8.7.8) Processor : AMD Athlon XP 2600+ RAM : 1 GB DDR 333 SDRAM CFLAGS USED : -march=athlon-xp

Re: [gentoo-user] antivirus

2006-03-05 Thread Masood Ahmed
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 06 March 2006 00:10, Masood Ahmed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] antivirus': I dont think linux can get infected by windows viruses. Yes, but files accessible from a windows box, but stored on a linux box can become carriers

Re: [gentoo-user] splash screen on bootup

2006-03-04 Thread Masood Ahmed
c.s.prakash wrote: i had installed gentoo without splash screen on boot up (ie., bootsplash) how can i configure now Hi Prakash, Gentoo developers have discontinued the support fo bootsplash, i.e., the gentoo kernel sources do not contain bootsplash patches. You've to use fbsplash

Re: [gentoo-user] modules built post kernel install (on the fly)

2006-03-04 Thread Masood Ahmed
Harry Putnam wrote: Is this possible: Compile a module by itself (not during kernel compile) and insert that module into a running kernel. It can be done, the best example of it being done is the NVidia kernel module. Although it seems, you want to compile a module inside a kernel tree. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: modules built post kernel install (on the fly)

2006-03-04 Thread Masood Ahmed
Peter wrote: On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 09:15:04 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: Is this possible: Compile a module by itself (not during kernel compile) and insert that module into a running kernel. Yes. cd /usr/src/linux make menuconfig or make xconfig choose the module option you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: modules built post kernel install (on the fly)

2006-03-04 Thread Masood Ahmed
Harry Putnam wrote: Masood Ahmed [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] Thanks Masood, for the pointers.. I have a question about your sig. () Do you get that info from a single command or several? The answer is several, for kernel version i did 'uname -r' for gcc-version i did 'gcc -v

[gentoo-user] How to get notified of new mail in custom mail folders

2006-03-03 Thread Masood Ahmed
email in default place (/var/mail) but in my home directory. Kindly please help. Thanks in advance, Masood Ahmed -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] How to get notified of new mail in custom mail folders

2006-03-03 Thread Masood Ahmed
On 10:02 Fri 03 Mar, Wes Gray wrote: On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 02:36:37PM +0530, Masood Ahmed wrote: Hi, I have a email system comprising of fetchmail, to fetchmail mail from pop servers. Procmail, to filter the incoming mail and mutt to read it. Now what i want to know

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: install windows after gentoo on two different physical drives

2006-03-02 Thread Masood Ahmed
Marco Calviani [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i have a machine with two SATA hard disk. I would like to know if there are some possibilties to install windows (XP in particular) on the second hard drive AFTER gentoo has been installed on the first one, and, if yes, how to perform this task. You