Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.freedesktop.org server down, xextproto

2007-01-06 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Mihamina Rakotomandimby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 20:14 +0900, William Kenworthy wrote: > > or google for xextproto-7.0.2.tar.bz2 and download manually > > to /usr/portage/distfiles > > It's about downloading _all_ the needed tarballs hosted on freedesktop, > man. > Man

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.freedesktop.org server down, xextproto

2007-01-03 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 11:57 -0600, Dan wrote: > if you have a list of gentoo mirrors in make.conf, namely the kind of > list generated by mirrorselect, you will get the cascading mirror > thingyou desire. Be warned though, i have never found it a helpful > remedy. But I noticed "X" stuffs relate

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.freedesktop.org server down, xextproto

2007-01-03 Thread Dan
On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:09:37 +0100 Mihamina Rakotomandimby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [ go an have a cup of coffee ] that is a _Very_ good idea... > But one question. Is not there any way to get portage try another > source? Why does portage try only freedesktop.org server? It appears >

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.freedesktop.org server down, xextproto

2007-01-03 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 20:14 +0900, William Kenworthy wrote: > or google for xextproto-7.0.2.tar.bz2 and download manually > to /usr/portage/distfiles It's about downloading _all_ the needed tarballs hosted on freedesktop, man. Manual way is not wise... I created a local mirror using ftp.x.org (se

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.freedesktop.org server down, xextproto

2007-01-03 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 11:36 +0100, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > Hi, > I am emerging X, and xextproto emerging is blocked by a freedesktop > server timeout. > What could be the solution (except waiting...)? ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/ and then mirror "lib/", "doc/",... Example with lftp +

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.freedesktop.org server down, xextproto

2007-01-03 Thread William Kenworthy
On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 21:19 +1030, Raymond Lewis Rebbeck wrote: > On Wednesday, 3 January 2007 21:06, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > > Hi, > > I am emerging X, and xextproto emerging is blocked by a freedesktop > > server timeout. > > What could be the solution (except waiting...)? > > Is there a

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.freedesktop.org server down, xextproto

2007-01-03 Thread Raymond Lewis Rebbeck
On Wednesday, 3 January 2007 21:06, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > Hi, > I am emerging X, and xextproto emerging is blocked by a freedesktop > server timeout. > What could be the solution (except waiting...)? > Is there any other way to get it as from a "down" server? Find another mirror and dow

[gentoo-user] xorg.freedesktop.org server down, xextproto

2007-01-03 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
Hi, I am emerging X, and xextproto emerging is blocked by a freedesktop server timeout. What could be the solution (except waiting...)? Is there any other way to get it as from a "down" server? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list