[gentoo-user] CD and DVD indexing tool

2006-01-31 Thread Tom Eastman
Hey all, I'm looking for a utility that could be used for indexing the contents of the dozens and hundreds of CDRs and DVDRs that I've amassed over the years. I was kind of thinking just a heap of text files with the contents of 'tree' or 'ls -R' or something, but it would be nicer if there was

[gentoo-user] two keyboards, two mouses, two monitors, one computer?

2006-01-07 Thread Tom Eastman
I have a two-screen setup with X. Also, in addition to my usual keyboard and mouse, I have a cordless keyboard and mouse combo thingee. At the moment both keyboards work fine, and both mouses control the same pointer. It occurred to me that it would be very cool to be able to have one keyboard

[gentoo-user] Re: two keyboards, two mouses, two monitors, one computer?

2006-01-07 Thread Tom Eastman
vikram ranade wrote: it is definately do-ablei remember reading about this guy who did this so that his g/f could use the comp at the same time.. have to dig out the article. Vikram Ranade Funny you should mention that that's the exact use-case on my mind :-) Let me know if you

[gentoo-user] Re: A Gentoo Enema

2005-12-17 Thread Tom Eastman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What you've described and what others have posted sounds more compiicated and time consuming than doing what you CAN'T be bothered with. Also allows the opportunity to redo any partitioning scheme and swap setup that may have aged or not fill the bill any more.

[gentoo-user] A Gentoo Enema

2005-12-16 Thread Tom Eastman
Hey all, Sorry about any imagery conjured up by the subject line... I've been running the same gentoo system on my computer for several years now... keeping it relativey updated, but over time there's always cruft that builds up, stuff that gets left behind during upgrades, or re-installs.

[gentoo-user] Re: A Gentoo Enema

2005-12-16 Thread Tom Eastman
Also on the subject of cleaning things out and keeping things somewhat up-to-date... what do you suppose would be a good way of seeing how old some packages are on your system? It would be cool if you could list every package based on when it was installed... so the stuff that is *reall* old can

[gentoo-user] Simple SMTP queue for a laptop

2005-10-26 Thread Tom Eastman
Hey guys, I know there must be a bunch of these out there, but there's always a problem with signal-to-noise for this kind of question. I have a laptop, from which I would like to be able to send mail whenever I feel like it. This laptop is only occasionally connected to the internet, and

[gentoo-user] Re: Simple SMTP queue for a laptop

2005-10-26 Thread Tom Eastman
Stroller wrote: Set relayhost on the laptop to be your home mail server, then. You'll need to setup Postfix on the laptop to authenticate do SSL but it's easily done. Stroller. Hmm some interesting ideas, thanks! I also found something called 'nullmailer' which sounds like it works in a

[gentoo-user] Re: Simple SMTP queue for a laptop

2005-10-26 Thread Tom Eastman
James wrote: YES it exist, but, some of the 'old timers' on the list are likely to fall into deep laughter The original *Mail* tool. Note not mail but 'Mail' for example: Mail -s subject $USER body-file body-file to all usernames in

[gentoo-user] Re: /dev read,write problem

2005-08-28 Thread Tom Eastman
Jonas Geiregat wrote: When I startup my system I need to loing as root and run chmod a+rw /dev/* else I have problems login in or starting multiple shells I'm using udev anyone got any idea what could cause the problem ? I found myself having a similar problem. It started happening after

[gentoo-user] OT: Recovering partitions from an imaged drive

2005-08-17 Thread Tom Eastman
Hey guys, this is a non-gentoo question but I figure someone on here will have the answer I seek :-) My father's laptop (running Windows XP) managed to detonate itself a few days back and I'm trying to recover information from it. Before we wiped the hard drive I loaded a LiveCD and imaged the

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: Recovering partitions from an imaged drive

2005-08-17 Thread Tom Eastman
Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: Tom Eastman wrote: I'm not sure, but mounting the whole hda as loopback could work (seem to remember a thread about this some time ago on the list, search the archives). In case it does not, try this. Since the real partitions usually start at the second sector

[gentoo-user] Suggestions for a TV Box

2005-07-28 Thread Tom Eastman
Hey Guys, I've got a reasonably stripped down gentoo box (P3-733) with a good video card running in my living room, with the TV as its monitor and a wireless keyboard and mouse. Sounds great so far, doesn't it? But what shall I do with it? It has good TV out capability but no TV in. I have