Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with update of smplayer (needs mplayer2?)

2014-10-04 Thread meino . cramer
Alexander Kapshuk alexander.kaps...@gmail.com [14-10-04 19:36]: On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 3:33 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com [14-10-04 14:24]: Am 04.10.2014 um 04:55 schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: Hi, While updateing my world ;) an update

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with update of smplayer (needs mplayer2?)

2014-10-04 Thread meino . cramer
Esteban Taroni entis...@yahoo.fr [14-10-05 01:02]: Le 04/10/2014 19:50, meino.cra...@gmx.de a écrit : Alexander Kapshuk alexander.kaps...@gmail.com [14-10-04 19:36]: On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 3:33 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com [14-10-04 14:24]:

[gentoo-user] Again some headless stuff/question

2014-10-04 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, for starting and running a script on a headless system for me nohup works perfectly. For interactive session via ssh screen/tmux turned out to be the solution to detach from jobs started from the commandline. Both are hints/help I received from the community here. :) Thank you very much !!!

[gentoo-user] Problems with update of smplayer (needs mplayer2?)

2014-10-03 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, While updateing my world ;) an update of smplayer was announced. The update failed with: ... ... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -MD -MP -Wundef -Wall -Wno-switch -Wno-parentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wredundant-decls -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes

Re: [gentoo-user] Headless question: Harvesting the results...software needed.

2014-10-01 Thread meino . cramer
Matti Nykyri matti.nyk...@iki.fi [14-10-01 13:16]: On Oct 1, 2014, at 5:54, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Matti Nykyri matti.nyk...@iki.fi [14-10-01 00:26]: On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 08:12:38PM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Matti Nykyri matti.nyk...@iki.fi [14-09-30 19:44]: On Sep 30,

Re: [gentoo-user] Headless question: Harvesting the results...software needed.

2014-10-01 Thread meino . cramer
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [14-10-01 15:34]: On Wednesday 01 Oct 2014 14:26:33 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: After 24 h my DSL line is forced to disconnect by the provider and the download fails. Grrmmmpppfff... Will wget -c URL work in this case? -- Regards, Mick Hi Mick,

Re: [gentoo-user] Running a program on a headless computer ?

2014-09-30 Thread meino . cramer
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk [14-09-28 20:44]: On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 16:13:51 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: I want to run programs, which insist on haveing a terminal to write their status to and which are writing files which their results on a headless computer (beaglebone). I

[gentoo-user] another headless device-question: In search of the LAN

2014-09-30 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, For a device (beaglebone black) I am looking for a solution of the following problem: This little computer boots a fully blown Gentoo linux. It is used mostly as headless device (capturing data from attached sensors). From time to time I want access it via LAN. If the device was booted

Re: [gentoo-user] another headless device-question: In search of the LAN

2014-09-30 Thread meino . cramer
thegeezer thegee...@thegeezer.net [14-09-30 12:32]: On 30/09/14 11:21, Mick wrote: On Tuesday 30 Sep 2014 11:12:34 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Thank you very much in advance for any help! Best regards, mcc Typically used on laptops: [I] sys-apps/ifplugd Available versions:

Re: [gentoo-user] another headless device-question: In search of the LAN

2014-09-30 Thread meino . cramer
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk [14-09-30 12:44]: On Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:39:06 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: [I] sys-apps/ifplugd Available versions: 0.28-r9 [doc selinux] Installed versions: 0.28-r9(11:14:57 12/18/10)(-doc) Homepage:

Re: [gentoo-user] another headless device-question: In search of the LAN

2014-09-30 Thread meino . cramer
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk [14-09-30 12:44]: On Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:39:06 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: [I] sys-apps/ifplugd Available versions: 0.28-r9 [doc selinux] Installed versions: 0.28-r9(11:14:57 12/18/10)(-doc) Homepage:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: another headless device-question: In search of the LAN

2014-09-30 Thread meino . cramer
James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com [14-09-30 14:24]: meino.cramer at gmx.de writes: Unfortunately, ntp-client is configured via rc-update (added to default) but after plugging in LAN the interface eth0 comes up and I have access via ssh...but the date is set to the beginnig of the UNIX

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: another headless device-question: In search of the LAN

2014-09-30 Thread meino . cramer
wraeth wra...@wraeth.id.au [14-09-30 14:44]: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 30/09/14 22:39, wraeth wrote: FWIW, there's a dispatcher script you can use (at least with NM) that calls chrony and sets it to online mode. Sorry, to clarify: when NetworkManager comes

Re: [gentoo-user] another headless device-question: In search of the LAN

2014-09-30 Thread meino . cramer
Kerin Millar kerfra...@fastmail.co.uk [14-09-30 15:08]: On 30/09/2014 12:49, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk [14-09-30 12:44]: On Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:39:06 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: [I] sys-apps/ifplugd Available versions: 0.28-r9

[gentoo-user] Headless question: Harvesting the results...software needed.

2014-09-30 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, with lot of help of this forum (***TAHNKS!***) I now have a embedded device which is able to dis/connect itsself from/to the LAN, set the clock via ntp-client and is able to fire up a tool, which collects data from sensors and put those into a file ... even if the tool has no connection to a

Re: [gentoo-user] another headless device-question: In search of the LAN

2014-09-30 Thread meino . cramer
Kerin Millar kerfra...@fastmail.co.uk [14-09-30 16:04]: On 30/09/2014 14:58, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:46:46 +0100, Kerin Millar wrote: depend() { before cron portmap after eth0 use dns logger } for after XYZ I set net

Re: [gentoo-user] Headless question: Harvesting the results...software needed.

2014-09-30 Thread meino . cramer
J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org [14-09-30 19:40]: On 30 September 2014 16:12:31 CEST, Alec Ten Harmsel a...@alectenharmsel.com wrote: On 09/30/2014 10:05 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Suppose the GPS would already be attached to the board and works... Is there any free available

Re: [gentoo-user] Headless question: Harvesting the results...software needed.

2014-09-30 Thread meino . cramer
Matti Nykyri matti.nyk...@iki.fi [14-09-30 19:44]: On Sep 30, 2014, at 17:12, Alec Ten Harmsel a...@alectenharmsel.com wrote: On 09/30/2014 10:05 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Suppose the GPS would already be attached to the board and works... Is there any free available

Re: [gentoo-user] Headless question: Harvesting the results...software needed.

2014-09-30 Thread meino . cramer
thegeezer thegee...@thegeezer.net [14-09-30 20:24]: On 30/09/14 15:05, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, with lot of help of this forum (***TAHNKS!***) I now have a embedded device which is able to dis/connect itsself from/to the LAN, set the clock via ntp-client and is able to fire up a

Re: [gentoo-user] Headless question: Harvesting the results...software needed.

2014-09-30 Thread meino . cramer
Matti Nykyri matti.nyk...@iki.fi [14-10-01 00:26]: On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 08:12:38PM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Matti Nykyri matti.nyk...@iki.fi [14-09-30 19:44]: On Sep 30, 2014, at 17:12, Alec Ten Harmsel a...@alectenharmsel.com wrote: On 09/30/2014 10:05

[gentoo-user] Running a program on a headless computer ?

2014-09-28 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I want to run programs, which insist on haveing a terminal to write their status to and which are writing files which their results on a headless computer (beaglebone). I tried things like my_program -o file.txt -parameter value /dev/null 21 but this results in a idle copy of this

Re: [gentoo-user] Running a program on a headless computer ?

2014-09-28 Thread meino . cramer
Randolph Maaßen r.maasse...@gmail.com [14-09-28 16:24]: On Sep 28, 2014 4:14 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I want to run programs, which insist on haveing a terminal to write their status to and which are writing files which their results on a headless computer (beaglebone).

Re: [gentoo-user] Running a program on a headless computer ?

2014-09-28 Thread meino . cramer
Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk [14-09-28 18:52]: On Sun, 28 September 2014, at 5:08 pm, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: ... I want to run programs, which insist on haveing a terminal to write their status to and which are writing files which their results on a headless computer

[gentoo-user] Playing timidity patches via keyboard?

2014-09-26 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I am looking for some sort of software, for which I have no words (neiter I am a native english speaker nor I am a musician...;): There is a program called Timidity, which is able to play midifiles and produce sound. The sound is taken from patchsets (GUS?). Is there any GPLed/OpensSource

Re: [gentoo-user] Playing timidity patches via keyboard?

2014-09-26 Thread meino . cramer
Jc García jyo.gar...@gmail.com [14-09-27 07:48]: 2014-09-26 23:42 GMT-06:00 meino.cra...@gmx.de: Hi, I am looking for some sort of software, for which I have no words (neiter I am a native english speaker nor I am a musician...;): There is a program called Timidity, which is able

[gentoo-user] Building, daq, failed

2014-09-14 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, The command emerge =daq-daq-2.0.2 failed with: Configuring source in /var/tmp/portage/net-libs/daq-2.0.2/work/daq-2.0.2 ... * econf: updating daq-2.0.2/config.guess with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.guess * econf: updating daq-2.0.2/config.sub with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.sub

Re: [gentoo-user] unix2dos blocks dos2unix

2014-09-14 Thread meino . cramer
Gevisz gev...@gmail.com [14-09-14 09:28]: I have just installed unix2dos utility (never had a need to use it before) and just after that tried to install dos2unix but the installation of dos2unix failed complaining on the fact that app-text/unix2dos is blocking app-text/dos2unix-6.0.5 I

Re: [gentoo-user] Building, daq, failed

2014-09-14 Thread meino . cramer
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com [14-09-14 10:12]: On 14/09/2014 09:10, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: 8 snip 8- | int | main () | { | | ; | return 0; | } configure:3444: error: in `/var/tmp/portage/net-libs/daq-2.0.2/work/daq-2.0.2':

Re: [gentoo-user] Building, daq, failed

2014-09-14 Thread meino . cramer
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk [14-09-14 18:16]: On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 10:29:44 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Bug tracker: I tried this before (another kind of something-not-working-as-expected). The bug tracker does not like me... I tried to log in...no. I reset my

Re: [gentoo-user] hatari fails to build

2014-09-09 Thread meino . cramer
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [14-09-09 17:12]: On Tuesday 09 Sep 2014 03:30:37 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, While doing a world update hatari fails to build. This happens on my AMD64 PC as it happens on my ARM Beaglebone Black the same way...(this is from my PC): --

Re: [gentoo-user] hatari fails to build

2014-09-09 Thread meino . cramer
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [14-09-09 17:12]: On Tuesday 09 Sep 2014 03:30:37 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, While doing a world update hatari fails to build. This happens on my AMD64 PC as it happens on my ARM Beaglebone Black the same way...(this is from my PC): --

[gentoo-user] hatari fails to build

2014-09-08 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, While doing a world update hatari fails to build. This happens on my AMD64 PC as it happens on my ARM Beaglebone Black the same way...(this is from my PC): -- Installing: /var/tmp/portage/games-emulation/hatari-1.6.2/image/usr/share/man/man1/hatariui.1.gz * Fixing shebang in

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: In search of a hint/ides: Loop recording of a webcam

2014-09-07 Thread meino . cramer
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk [14-09-07 10:28]: On Sat, 6 Sep 2014 17:56:33 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: As mentioned motion detection software is not appropiate for this, since it detects motion ... that is: The bird/s are already in sight...add the reaction time between bird

[gentoo-user] OT: In search of a hint/ides: Loop recording of a webcam

2014-09-06 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, may be the software I am looking for already exists of can easily created by plugging together already existing pieces: With a Logitech c920 webcam (Full HD) I plan to record birds on my roof. I need to record everything: Starting from the birds landing on the roof until the fligh away

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: In search of a hint/ides: Loop recording of a webcam

2014-09-06 Thread meino . cramer
Hi Neil, Thanks for reply! :) As mentioned motion detection software is not appropiate for this, since it detects motion ... that is: The bird/s are already in sight...add the reaction time between bird is there and motion detection has recognized that there is a bird and all the false alarms

Re: [gentoo-user] blocker between openrc and procps

2014-08-24 Thread meino . cramer
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com [14-08-24 10:32]: On 24/08/2014 04:30, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: hi, How can I resolve this blocker: (sys-process/procps-3.3.9::gentoo, installed) pulled in by sys-process/procps required by (dev-db/mysql-5.5.39::gentoo, installed)

Re: [gentoo-user] blocker between openrc and procps

2014-08-24 Thread meino . cramer
J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org [14-08-24 12:36]: On 24 August 2014 11:23:34 CEST, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com [14-08-24 10:32]: On 24/08/2014 04:30, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: hi, How can I resolve this blocker:

Re: [gentoo-user] blocker between openrc and procps

2014-08-24 Thread meino . cramer
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [14-08-24 12:36]: On Sunday 24 Aug 2014 10:23:34 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com [14-08-24 10:32]: On 24/08/2014 04:30, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: hi, How can I resolve this blocker:

[gentoo-user] blocker between openrc and procps

2014-08-23 Thread meino . cramer
hi, How can I resolve this blocker: (sys-process/procps-3.3.9::gentoo, installed) pulled in by sys-process/procps required by (dev-db/mysql-5.5.39::gentoo, installed) sys-process/procps required by @system (sys-apps/openrc-0.13.1::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by

[gentoo-user] Contradictionary behaviour of SMART on hds ?!?

2014-07-27 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, after finding a bad sector on my hd (see previous thread) a read a lot stuff about SMART, smartctl and such to determine wether and how severe is a bad sector and how to cope with it. There is (at least ;) one thing I dont understand: On the one hand, the surface test (extended offline and

Re: [gentoo-user] Contradictionary behaviour of SMART on hds ?!?

2014-07-27 Thread meino . cramer
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk [14-07-27 12:32]: On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 12:12:47 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: On the one hand, the surface test (extended offline and such) aborts as soon the first read fgailure happens. On the other hand it is said: If the count of bad sectors

Re: [gentoo-user] Contradictionary behaviour of SMART on hds ?!?

2014-07-27 Thread meino . cramer
Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com [14-07-27 13:12]: meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk [14-07-27 12:32]: On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 12:12:47 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: On the one hand, the surface test (extended offline and such) aborts as soon the first read fgailure

Re: [gentoo-user] Contradictionary behaviour of SMART on hds ?!?

2014-07-27 Thread meino . cramer
Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com [14-07-27 14:36]: meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Back to the initial problem: How can I offline test the rest of the disk if the first bad sector (10%) of the surface breaks the test with an error? Best regards, mcc I never got mine to go past the first failure

Re: [gentoo-user] Contradictionary behaviour of SMART on hds ?!?

2014-07-27 Thread meino . cramer
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [14-07-27 16:36]: On Sunday 27 Jul 2014 15:05:53 Dale wrote: meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com [14-07-27 14:36]: meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Back to the initial problem: How can I offline test the rest of the disk if the first bad

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

2014-07-26 Thread meino . cramer
Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com [14-07-26 09:54]: meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, After running smartctl for an extended offline test I got a badblock (information extracted from the report): SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_DescriptionStatus

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

2014-07-26 Thread meino . cramer
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [14-07-26 11:28]: On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 02:49:15 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, After running smartctl for an extended offline test I got a badblock (information extracted from the report): SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

2014-07-26 Thread meino . cramer
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [14-07-26 11:28]: On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 02:49:15 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, After running smartctl for an extended offline test I got a badblock (information extracted from the report): SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

2014-07-26 Thread meino . cramer
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [14-07-26 11:28]: On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 02:49:15 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, After running smartctl for an extended offline test I got a badblock (information extracted from the report): SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

2014-07-26 Thread meino . cramer
Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com [14-07-26 14:08]: Am 26.07.2014 12:26, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [14-07-26 11:28]: On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 02:49:15 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, After running smartctl for an extended offline test I got

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

2014-07-26 Thread meino . cramer
Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com [14-07-26 14:08]: Am 26.07.2014 12:26, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [14-07-26 11:28]: On Saturday 26 Jul 2014 02:49:15 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, After running smartctl for an extended offline test I got

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

2014-07-26 Thread meino . cramer
Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com [14-07-26 18:00]: Am 26.07.2014 14:16, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com [14-07-26 14:08]: Am 26.07.2014 12:26, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [14-07-26 11:28]: On

[gentoo-user] [OT] Badblocks on my harddisk

2014-07-25 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, After running smartctl for an extended offline test I got a badblock (information extracted from the report): SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_DescriptionStatus Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Extended offlineCompleted:

[gentoo-user] Before strewing things up beyong recovery...(virtualbox)

2014-07-20 Thread meino . cramer
HI, I set up virtual box successfully with one image. So nice so far. Unfortunately I did not recognize early enought, thet the image was placed into my home directory, which is short of splace. Can I move that folder (.Virtualbox) to another bigger place -- and what/how do I need to tell

Re: [gentoo-user] Before strewing things up beyong recovery...(virtualbox)

2014-07-20 Thread meino . cramer
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [14-07-20 16:36]: On Sunday 20 Jul 2014 15:22:30 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: HI, I set up virtual box successfully with one image. So nice so far. Unfortunately I did not recognize early enought, thet the image was placed into my home directory, which is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.7.0.6[05]

2014-07-19 Thread meino . cramer
James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com [14-07-19 18:32]: meino.cramer at gmx.de writes: Hi, dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.7.0.60 cannot be emerged. !!! dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.7.0.60 has fetch restriction turned on. !!! This probably means that this ebuild's files must be downloaded !!!

[gentoo-user] dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.7.0.6[05]

2014-07-18 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.7.0.60 cannot be emerged. !!! dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.7.0.60 has fetch restriction turned on. !!! This probably means that this ebuild's files must be downloaded !!! manually. See the comments in the ebuild for more information. * Fetch failed for

Re: [gentoo-user] dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.7.0.6[05]

2014-07-18 Thread meino . cramer
Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk [14-07-19 07:16]: On Sat, 19 July 2014, at 2:26 am, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: ... dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.7.0.60 cannot be emerged. !!! dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.7.0.60 has fetch restriction turned on. ... I downloaded that file manually.

[gentoo-user] File timestamps got confused...why?

2014-07-14 Thread meino . cramer
hi, I am running Gentoo Linux, which I update on a ~daily basis. If I do solfire:/home/userls -l smartlog.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 user users 1913320 2014-07-14 17:02 smartlog.txt But if I do: solfire:/home/userfstat smartlog.txt --- smartlog.txt --- device : 2054 inode number :

[gentoo-user] Mosuewheel goes crazy...

2014-06-29 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, normally the mouse wheel is used for action like scrolling and zooming... From time to time it happens that -- right after using firefox -- this assignment does not work anymore and using wheel moves the application, which currently has the focus, is moved from desktop to desktop or moves

Re: [gentoo-user] Mosuewheel goes crazy...

2014-06-29 Thread meino . cramer
meino.cra...@gmx.de meino.cra...@gmx.de [14-06-29 11:20]: Hi, normally the mouse wheel is used for action like scrolling and zooming... From time to time it happens that -- right after using firefox -- this assignment does not work anymore and using wheel moves the application, which

[gentoo-user] Udev confusion: Rules for a mp3 player

2014-06-28 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, For my mp3-player I want to write udev rules to give better names to the according entries under /dev Problem is: Th eplayer has an internal flash, which only holds the firmware (in my case) and a sd-card slot, in which you can insert a flash card with music files. The internal memory has a

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev confusion: Rules for a mp3 player

2014-06-28 Thread meino . cramer
Jc García jyo.gar...@gmail.com [14-06-28 19:48]: 2014-06-28 8:57 GMT-06:00 meino.cra...@gmx.de: Hi, For my mp3-player I want to write udev rules to give better names to the according entries under /dev Problem is: Th eplayer has an internal flash, which only holds the firmware (in

[gentoo-user] Tuneing ext4 for reliability (not necessaryly speed)

2014-06-26 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, for backup storage (see previous thread) I decided to use ext4. After craling the net the reports I found about brtfs seemed to mixed to me. If there are alternatives I overlooked... I searched the net for answeres to the following question, but only found outdated answeres...: What

[gentoo-user] backup hardware setup

2014-06-24 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I bought two identical external harddrives, USB 3.0, with 1 TByte each (no SSD - the good ole mechanical ones...;). The intended use is for backup of longer files. The drives will contain the same contents. Currently there are still clean metal (no partitioning, no fs). Data integrity and

Re: [gentoo-user] backup hardware setup

2014-06-24 Thread meino . cramer
thegeezer thegee...@thegeezer.net [14-06-24 17:16]: On 06/24/2014 03:43 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I bought two identical external harddrives, USB 3.0, with 1 TByte each (no SSD - the good ole mechanical ones...;). The intended use is for backup of longer files. The drives

Re: [gentoo-user] backup hardware setup

2014-06-24 Thread meino . cramer
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com [14-06-24 19:12]: On 24/06/2014 16:43, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I bought two identical external harddrives, USB 3.0, with 1 TByte each (no SSD - the good ole mechanical ones...;). The intended use is for backup of longer files. The drives

Re: [gentoo-user] backup hardware setup

2014-06-24 Thread meino . cramer
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com [14-06-24 20:00]: On 24/06/2014 19:32, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com [14-06-24 19:12]: On 24/06/2014 16:43, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I bought two identical external harddrives, USB 3.0, with 1 TByte each

[gentoo-user] Checking the reason for (-useflags) in brackets

2014-06-21 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, for some applications I want to activate some USE flags, which are disabled by default. Some of those USE flags are set in () brackets. From searching the internet I learned, that this may be due to unresolveable dependencies or settings in the make.profile or Is there a way to exactly

Re: [gentoo-user] Checking the reason for (-useflags) in brackets

2014-06-21 Thread meino . cramer
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com [14-06-21 12:36]: On 21/06/2014 11:19, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, for some applications I want to activate some USE flags, which are disabled by default. Some of those USE flags are set in () brackets. From searching the internet I

Re: [gentoo-user] Any application to control uvc parameters of a webcam ?

2014-06-17 Thread meino . cramer
Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com [14-06-17 00:40]: On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 12:23 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, is there any other application than guvcview be able to control the uvc parameters of a uvc camera (Logitech C920) while gstreamer is reading its device

[gentoo-user] Any application to control uvc parameters of a webcam ?

2014-06-16 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, is there any other application than guvcview be able to control the uvc parameters of a uvc camera (Logitech C920) while gstreamer is reading its device (/dev/video1) ? Best regards, Meino

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT} GStreamer: How to view AND record a stream coming from an USB Webcam

2014-06-16 Thread meino . cramer
James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com [14-06-16 05:36]: meino.cramer at gmx.de writes: After unsuccessfully trying vlc with a Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcam (over 2 seconds delay between audio and video). Have you tried : media-video/ffmpeg ? This wiki is full of good information. Many

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT} GStreamer: How to view AND record a stream coming from an USB Webcam

2014-06-16 Thread meino . cramer
Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com [14-06-16 04:33]: On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 12:54 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, After unsuccessfully trying vlc with a Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcam (over 2 seconds delay

[gentoo-user] [OT} GStreamer: How to view AND record a stream coming from an USB Webcam

2014-06-15 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, After unsuccessfully trying vlc with a Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcam (over 2 seconds delay between audio and video). I played around with gstreamer and from bits and pieces from the web I build this line: gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video1 !

[gentoo-user] eix: error while reading from database: end of file

2014-06-15 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, while trying to use eix I got constantly this error: error while reading from database: end of file regardless for what I am use eix for... How can I fix that (I run qsearch, because normally this updates a database -- but it seems, that it is not the same one...) Best regards, mcc

Re: [gentoo-user] Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcamera ... view: YES record: NO ?

2014-06-10 Thread meino . cramer
thegeezer thegee...@thegeezer.net [14-06-10 17:08]: On 06/07/2014 04:18 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, the Logitech c920 HD Pro webcam is able to deliver 1920xq080x30fps (H.264). Now I am trying to display (watch) and record the video stream. Currently I am using guvcview.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcamera ... view: YES record: NO ?

2014-06-08 Thread meino . cramer
James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com [14-06-07 17:52]: meino.cramer at gmx.de writes: the Logitech c920 HD Pro webcam is able to deliver 1920xq080x30fps (H.264). Some interesting notes and comments at the bottom of this page: http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/ Also, in the past, I

[gentoo-user] Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcamera ... view: YES record: NO ?

2014-06-07 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, the Logitech c920 HD Pro webcam is able to deliver 1920xq080x30fps (H.264). Now I am trying to display (watch) and record the video stream. Currently I am using guvcview. Most of the time watching is not an problem: no video delays, no frame drops, no ultra low fps...wonderful! But beware

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcamera ... view: YES record: NO ?

2014-06-07 Thread meino . cramer
James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com [14-06-07 17:40]: meino.cramer at gmx.de writes: the Logitech c920 HD Pro webcam is able to deliver 1920xq080x30fps (H.264). Now I am trying to display (watch) and record the video stream. Currently I am using guvcview. This 'gstreamer tidbit'

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Mapping random numbers (PRNG)

2014-06-06 Thread meino . cramer
Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com [14-06-06 17:36]: On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 9:56 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I am experimenting with the C code of the ISAAC pseudo random number generator (http://burtleburtle.net/bob/rand/isaacafa.html). Currently the implementation

[gentoo-user] OT: Mapping random numbers (PRNG)

2014-06-05 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I am experimenting with the C code of the ISAAC pseudo random number generator (http://burtleburtle.net/bob/rand/isaacafa.html). Currently the implementation creates (on my embedded linux) 32 bit hexadecimal output. From this I want to create random numbers in the range of [a-Za-z0-9]

[gentoo-user] udev/systemd-blocker

2014-06-03 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, while updateing I got this blocker: (sys-fs/udev-212-r1::gentoo, installed) pulled in by =sys-fs/udev-208-r1:0/0[abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,gudev,introspection?,static-libs?]

Re: [gentoo-user] udev/systemd-blocker

2014-06-03 Thread meino . cramer
wraeth wra...@wraeth.id.au [14-06-04 04:24]: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/04/2014 12:21 PM, wraeth wrote: If you prefer, you could install systemd (note that having it installed doesn't necessarily mean you use systemd as your init system) - see [1]. May help

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying data efficiently

2014-05-17 Thread meino . cramer
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [14-05-17 09:48]: On Saturday 17 May 2014 04:33:57 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, is there any tool in the Gentoo portage which may speed up (make it mopre efficient) the following task: On my HD there are data I want to copy to two identical external

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying data efficiently

2014-05-17 Thread meino . cramer
Daniel Troeder dan...@admin-box.com [14-05-17 16:36]: Am 17.05.2014 11:58, schrieb Neil Bothwick: On Sat, 17 May 2014 09:59:08 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: 3. Or you could use a sequential copy: cp -a /home /dev/sdb1/ cp -a /home /dev/sdc1 3.) The files I want to copy are

[gentoo-user] Copying data efficiently

2014-05-16 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, is there any tool in the Gentoo portage which may speed up (make it mopre efficient) the following task: On my HD there are data I want to copy to two identical external HDs. These HDs are of the same type/model and each is separately connectable via USB to my PC (...these two of the typical

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT]: Is that (filesystem-)logic vald?

2014-05-15 Thread meino . cramer
walt w41...@gmail.com [14-05-13 03:00]: On 05/11/2014 08:25 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I have an embedded system with internal flash memory. The internal flash memory contains some static files, which are only be read and others, which get written from time to time. The

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT]: Is that (filesystem-)logic vald?

2014-05-15 Thread meino . cramer
James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com [14-05-13 05:12]: meino.cramer at gmx.de writes: I have an embedded system with internal flash memory. The internal flash memory contains some static files, which are only be read and others, which get written from time to time. Embedded systems

[gentoo-user] [OT]: Is that (filesystem-)logic vald?

2014-05-11 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I have an embedded system with internal flash memory. The internal flash memory contains some static files, which are only be read and others, which get written from time to time. The internal flash has a FAT32-formatted filesystem and no real partiton (the device is directly fomratted as

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-20 Thread meino . cramer
Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org [14-04-14 17:23]: On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 05:20:12AM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote was updated and I installed Linux 3.12.17 (vanilla) and recompiled the nvidia-drivers and finally the X11-modules, a really annoying thing happened: When a program

[gentoo-user] xdriinfo: libGL is too old

2014-04-19 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, in search of the reason for the overlay problem reported previously I cam across this: solfire:/home/usersudo xdriinfo libGL is too old. [1]23732 exit 1 sudo xdriinfo solfire:/home/user and solfire:/home/userl /usr/lib64/libGL.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2014-04-19 11:23

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread meino . cramer
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com [14-04-15 17:33]: On 15/04/2014 09:14, Mick wrote: On Monday 14 Apr 2014 15:35:00 Alan McKinnon wrote: The nvidia blobs do work well as long as you use them the way they were intended to be used. The way they were intended to be used is the same

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread meino . cramer
Tom Wijsman tom...@gentoo.org [14-04-15 19:36]: On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:59:19 +0200 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com [14-04-15 17:33]: To exegrate the whole discussion: Help! I have a problem with Linux! ...I have some heard of Linux...bad

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-14 Thread meino . cramer
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com [14-04-14 17:23]: On 14/04/2014 15:50, Walter Dnes wrote: On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 05:20:12AM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote was updated and I installed Linux 3.12.17 (vanilla) and recompiled the nvidia-drivers and finally the X11-modules, a really

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling errors while updateing

2014-04-13 Thread meino . cramer
Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com [14-04-13 14:36]: Am 13.04.2014 05:42, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: Hi, since some time seven package wont compile anymore: * * The following 7 packages have failed to build or install: * * (media-libs/mesa-10.0.4::gentoo,

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling errors while updateing

2014-04-13 Thread meino . cramer
Tom Wijsman tom...@gentoo.org [14-04-13 15:52]: On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 14:47:05 +0200 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: So...is there a recent workaround for this problem? Which problem is this? Can you link us to the specific bug? -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling errors while updateing

2014-04-13 Thread meino . cramer
Tom Wijsman tom...@gentoo.org [14-04-13 15:52]: On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 14:47:05 +0200 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: So...is there a recent workaround for this problem? Which problem is this? Can you link us to the specific bug? -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo

[gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-13 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, after the mesa-compile failure could be fixed and this: * * The following 7 packages have failed to build or install: * * (media-libs/mesa-10.0.4::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge), Log file: * '/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/mesa-10.0.4/temp/build.log' *

[gentoo-user] Compiling errors while updateing

2014-04-12 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, since some time seven package wont compile anymore: * * The following 7 packages have failed to build or install: * * (media-libs/mesa-10.0.4::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge), Log file: * '/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/mesa-10.0.4/temp/build.log' * (virtual/glu-9.0-r1::gentoo,

[gentoo-user] slim/X11 : waiting for X server to begin accepting connections.

2014-03-10 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, it seems the powerfail this moring while I was updateing my Linux box has killed / screwed up something. The effect: Slim login manager starts and presents the login screen. It is possible to login but openbox seems not to start - I get the typical cross-cursor in the middle of the screen

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