Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ethereal bug?

2005-08-19 Thread Richard Fish
James wrote: Richard Fish bigfish at asmallpond.org writes: When I run ethereal as root (su -p) in a kde session, it dies off when I end the capture session. I do not use gnome, so I do not know if the problem exist there. If I comment out this line:

[gentoo-user] SuperMicro P4SCT+ and SATA

2005-08-19 Thread David Busby
List, I'm trying to get 2005.1 onto this box I was just gifted. It's got a SuperMicro p4sct+ with a goofy SATA controller. I've got four hard drives in it, connected to these four SATA connectors (labeled like 1/5, 2/6, 3/7, 4/8). I guess i'm using them in 1,2,3,4 mode. But my gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] where's the splash?

2005-08-19 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 18 August 2005 22:21, Holly Bostick wrote: Now I just get the same message that I got previously with the verbose splash: no 8bb picture selected in config file (twice) could not find silent image. Haven't tried verbose yet as I've compiled this kernel 5 times today and I'd really

[gentoo-user] PC Speaker issue

2005-08-19 Thread Jason Castonguay
Hello listers! I am very excited -- Gentoo is cleanly installed and I have successfully booted. I have one small problem, however. My PC Speaker doesn't appear to be working. I don't get a bell when doing `echo -e \\a'. I also use brltty -- a program which sends text on the console to a

[gentoo-user] Depclean

2005-08-19 Thread Sébastien MORAND
Hi everybody, I'm trying to clean my install (one year old, so it's time to do it). I run an update, and run : emerge --newuse -Dvu world It installs a lot of update and so on and do everything ok. Afterwards, I run : revdep-rebuild It makes a lot of rebuild about some broken link, I also

[gentoo-user] net.eth0 error

2005-08-19 Thread Zbynek Houska
Hello, since yesterday I am getting such strange message at boot: localhost ~ # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ] * Starting eth0 /etc/init.d/net.eth0: line 683: interface_variable: command not found * Cannot default to dhcp as there is no dhcp module

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't emerge xorg-6.8.2-r2 under Gentoo 2005.1

2005-08-19 Thread Jamie Dobbs
The apparent solution to this, according to Bugzilla bug #48895 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48895 is to Try rebuilding freetype with -fno-strict-aliasing - how do I go about doing this? Thanks Jamie Jamie Dobbs wrote: I am trying to build Xorg on a newly installed 2005.1 system

[gentoo-user] Re: net.eth0 error

2005-08-19 Thread Marek Więcek
Zbynek Houska wrote: my /etc/conf.d/net contains following: config_eth0=( 192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255 ) routes_eth0=( default via 192.168.0.1 Have you upgraded baselayout recently? Did you do etc-update afterwards? Do you have iproute2 installed? If you

Re: [gentoo-user] Depclean

2005-08-19 Thread Zac Medico
Sébastien MORAND wrote: Hi everybody, I'm trying to clean my install (one year old, so it's time to do it). I run an update, and run : emerge --newuse -Dvu world It installs a lot of update and so on and do everything ok. Afterwards, I run : revdep-rebuild It makes a lot of rebuild about

Re: [gentoo-user] Depclean

2005-08-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:59:24 +0200, Sébastien MORAND wrote: Now I try the dangerous following command as describe in the documentation : emerge --depclean -p (just to see what should be done) And then I'm quite surprise, 41 packages should be removed, and among them, a lot of usefull lib or

[gentoo-user] Re: ethereal bug?

2005-08-19 Thread James
Richard Fish bigfish at asmallpond.org writes: You can check your current style/theme at: ~ grep CurrentTheme .kde3.4/share/config/kcmthememanagerrc CurrentTheme=Plastik Oddly, this file is not present on my system. Here's the listing: ls .kde3.4/share/config/kcm*

[gentoo-user] 2005 CD and lshw

2005-08-19 Thread James
Hello, I wanted to use a Gentoo installation CD to be able to boot up any pc and run lshw lspci to get a quick view of the hardware on the machine. lspci is on the 2005.0 instllation CD but, lshw is not. I have not check 2005.1. Is their a guide or 'howto' to add things to the 2005.x cd so

[gentoo-user] SCSI Emulation Problem for USB

2005-08-19 Thread Tobias
Hi!! If i do dmesg i get scsi0 : sata_sil ... shouldnt there be the SCSI Emultation scsi1 : sata_sil Vendor: ATA ... thats my SATA HD if i do cat /proc/scsi/scsi i get: Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: ATA Model:

Re: [gentoo-user] SCSI Emulation Problem for USB

2005-08-19 Thread Daniel Drake
Tobias wrote: Please help! It would help if you started by explaining what you are trying to do, what you have tried, what problems you have faced, etc. Daniel -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Keyboard problem with Gnome 2.10.1

2005-08-19 Thread Haaribaer
Hallo, i am getting crazy with my actual Problem: When i log in (from gdm) into gnome 2.10.1 as standard user, my keyboard doesn't work. Every keypress is recognized. In xterm for example the cursor gets white if i press any key, but no chars are typed in. BUT when i log in as root, all works

Re: [gentoo-user] SCSI Emulation Problem for USB

2005-08-19 Thread Tobias
Tobias wrote: Hi!! If i do dmesg i get scsi0 : sata_sil ... shouldnt there be the SCSI Emultation scsi1 : sata_sil Vendor: ATA ... thats my SATA HD if i do cat /proc/scsi/scsi i get: Attached devices: Host: scsi0

Re: [gentoo-user] Depclean

2005-08-19 Thread Marco Matthies
And then I'm quite surprise, 41 packages should be removed, and among them, a lot of usefull lib or tool (perl-ldap, xinetd, and so on ...) Is this result normal ? What did I miss ? 1. it might be old stuff that really isn't needed anymore, as already mentioned by others 2. portage up to

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't emerge xorg-6.8.2-r2 under Gentoo 2005.1

2005-08-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/19/05, Jamie Dobbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The apparent solution to this, according to Bugzilla bug #48895 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48895 is to Try rebuilding freetype with -fno-strict-aliasing - how do I go about doing this? Thanks Jamie It sounds like something

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: net.eth0 error

2005-08-19 Thread Zbynek Houska
Marek Więcek píše v Pá 19. 08. 2005 v 11:40 +0200: Zbynek Houska wrote: my /etc/conf.d/net contains following: config_eth0=( 192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255 ) routes_eth0=( default via 192.168.0.1 Have you upgraded baselayout recently? Did you

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations

2005-08-19 Thread Mark
I have a TDK indi DVD. It works perfectly. I would also add that I have excellent results with LG products as others have mentioned. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] SCSI Emulation Problem for USB

2005-08-19 Thread Zac Medico
Tobias wrote: Tobias wrote: Hi!! If i do dmesg i get scsi0 : sata_sil ... shouldnt there be the SCSI Emultation scsi1 : sata_sil Vendor: ATA ... thats my SATA HD if i do cat /proc/scsi/scsi i get: Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor:

Re: [gentoo-user] Depclean

2005-08-19 Thread Michael W. Holdeman
On Friday 19 August 2005 06:08 am, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:59:24 +0200, Sébastien MORAND wrote: Now I try the dangerous following command as describe in the documentation : emerge --depclean -p (just to see what should be done) And then I'm quite surprise, 41 packages

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot freeze

2005-08-19 Thread Michael W. Holdeman
On Thursday 18 August 2005 02:47 am, Tony Davison wrote: On Wednesday 17 August 2005 23:28, Michael W. Holdeman wrote: On Wednesday 17 August 2005 06:43 pm, Renat Golubchyk wrote: Hi! On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:10:51 -0400 Michael W. Holdeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations

2005-08-19 Thread Mark Humphrey
Mark wrote: I have a TDK indi DVD. It works perfectly. I would also add that I have excellent results with LG products as others have mentioned. I also agree with the LG comments. They really are good. Only thing that I can criticise is that the drives do get a bit fussy when it comes to

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations

2005-08-19 Thread Rumen Yotov
Mark Humphrey wrote: Mark wrote: I have a TDK indi DVD. It works perfectly. I would also add that I have excellent results with LG products as others have mentioned. I also agree with the LG comments. They really are good. Only thing that I can criticise is that the drives do get a

Re: [gentoo-user] Depclean

2005-08-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 07:03:52 -0400, Michael W. Holdeman wrote: Where do we easily find a list of necessary files, system files etc... so we dont inaverdently remove them? For instance I am using udev for some time now, can I let depclean remove devfsd? They will be defined in your profile,

[gentoo-user] Hard drive activity indicator light

2005-08-19 Thread John J. Foster
Good morning, Something that's been bothering me, although not that much, for about 3 years now. I've never investigated, and perhaps the answer is simple, but every distro I've used (RH9, FC1, FC2, Suse 9.1, and now Gentoo), has not shown the tiny blinking drive activity indicator on the front

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive activity indicator light

2005-08-19 Thread Mark Knecht
John, None of my Linux boxes with SATA drives (3 machines) show drive activity via the LED. It seems to be some limitation of the Linux drivers. The SATA bus is a different hardware interface from the EIDE interface. My suspicion has been that the LED is hard wired into the EIDE controller

[gentoo-user] emerge --update - the best version available

2005-08-19 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge pick, the best version available? - Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update - the best version available

2005-08-19 Thread John J. Foster
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 08:01:42AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge pick, the best version available? Although I'm not totally sure, my reading is that it will

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update - the best version available

2005-08-19 Thread Holly Bostick
Mark Knecht schreef: Hi, I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge pick, the best version available? - Mark For those wondering, here's the quote: --update (-u) Updates packages to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ethereal bug?

2005-08-19 Thread Richard Fish
James wrote: Richard Fish bigfish at asmallpond.org writes: You can check your current style/theme at: ~ grep CurrentTheme .kde3.4/share/config/kcmthememanagerrc CurrentTheme=Plastik Oddly, this file is not present on my system. Here's the listing: ls

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update - the best version available

2005-08-19 Thread Holly Bostick
Holly Bostick schreef: media-libs/xine-lib Available versions: ~1_rc6-r2 1_rc8-r1 1.0-r2 1.0.1-r3 ~1.0.2 ~1.1.0 ~1.1.0-r1 However, if one was using ~arch, or had activated unstable for this package in /etc/portage/package.mask, which should of course be

Re: [gentoo-user] Help with ramdisk

2005-08-19 Thread Richard Fish
Ognjen Bezanov wrote: Thanks, that was helpful. Now the system finds the root fs and loads it. But the system still wont boot. It tells me RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 as a final kernel message, then just sits there (for ages). At lease its closer to functioning then before,

Re: [gentoo-user] after emerge -Du world - - no sound no errors

2005-08-19 Thread maxim wexler
--- Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: maxim wexler schreef: Hello everyone, Sound files played fine prior to the update. When unit boots speakers thump at Loading: snd-seq-oss...as before. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ lsmod Module Size Used by fglrx

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync mirroring

2005-08-19 Thread Matthias Bethke
Hi Jonathan, on Thursday, 2005-08-18 at 16:42:56, you wrote: I've been syncing a few machines via /usr/portage without a problem. At least with that method you only need to perform one sync on the main machine and then let the others sync off it. That's what I was thinking...OK, I'll just

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update - the best version available

2005-08-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/19/05, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Knecht schreef: Hi, I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge pick, the best version available? - Mark For those wondering, here's

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update - the best version available

2005-08-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/19/05, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Holly Bostick schreef: media-libs/xine-lib Available versions: ~1_rc6-r2 1_rc8-r1 1.0-r2 1.0.1-r3 ~1.0.2 ~1.1.0 ~1.1.0-r1 However, if one was using ~arch, or had activated unstable for this package in

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update - the best version available

2005-08-19 Thread Willie Wong
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 05:27:39PM +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: Mark Knecht schreef: Hi, I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge pick, the best version available? - Mark snip So,

Re: [gentoo-user] Depclean

2005-08-19 Thread Marco Matthies
dont inaverdently remove them? For instance I am using udev for some time now, can I let depclean remove devfsd? yes you can, at least i had no problems with that Marco -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] cdrom /dev/cdroms/cdrom to /dev/hdc?

2005-08-19 Thread Michael W. Holdeman
What did I miss, my cdrom is no longer /dev/cdroms/cdrom, but now /dev/hdc?? Mike -- Michael W. Holdeman Powered by Gentoo Linux www.gentoo.org | Kernel 2.6.11-ck8 | Win4Lin 5-1-20 netraverse.com | Win4LinPro 6.1.1-03

Re: [gentoo-user] cdrom /dev/cdroms/cdrom to /dev/hdc?

2005-08-19 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi Mike, How about /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 being mapped by udev to /dev/hdc? - Mark On 8/19/05, Michael W. Holdeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What did I miss, my cdrom is no longer /dev/cdroms/cdrom, but now /dev/hdc?? Mike -- Michael W. Holdeman

Re: [gentoo-user] after emerge -Du world - - no sound no errors

2005-08-19 Thread Willie Wong
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 08:41:46AM -0700, maxim wexler wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ amixer [...] Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 25 [81%] [on] Front

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive activity indicator light

2005-08-19 Thread Wade Brown
You might want to check a few other options available to you. Often times, hard drives have a specific 2-pin LED connector on the drive itself. This is typically used for having one LED per drive instead one LED per bus, and most commonly found in RAID solutions. Being a SATA drive, it's likely

Re: [gentoo-user] cdrom /dev/cdroms/cdrom to /dev/hdc?

2005-08-19 Thread Michael W. Holdeman
Actually the problem is /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 has been the cdrom since this machine got Gentoo, now all the sudden it is listed in dmesg as /dev/hdc. I think I have some issues with the latest baselayout. My boot process seems to repaeat itself when loding drivers and starting the network. I need

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update - the best version available

2005-08-19 Thread Holly Bostick
Mark Knecht schreef: On 8/19/05, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Knecht schreef: Hi, I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge pick, the best version available? - Mark For those

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot freeze

2005-08-19 Thread Tony Davison
On Thursday 18 August 2005 22:52, Michael W. Holdeman wrote: On Thursday 18 August 2005 02:47 am, Tony Davison wrote: On Wednesday 17 August 2005 23:28, Michael W. Holdeman wrote: On Wednesday 17 August 2005 06:43 pm, Renat Golubchyk wrote: Hi! On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:10:51 -0400

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot freeze

2005-08-19 Thread Michael W. Holdeman
maybe I'm getting too old for this ~arch stuff :-) HA! You have no Idea!! I sometimes feel too old then I think well I AM!! Mike -- Tony Davison [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Michael W. Holdeman Powered by Gentoo Linux www.gentoo.org | Kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] cdrom /dev/cdroms/cdrom to /dev/hdc?

2005-08-19 Thread Daniel Drake
Michael W. Holdeman wrote: Actually the problem is /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 has been the cdrom since this machine got Gentoo, now all the sudden it is listed in dmesg as /dev/hdc. dmesg has listed it like that for a long time. Chances are in your previous configuration (whatever that was) you had

[gentoo-user] emerge woes

2005-08-19 Thread Nick Smith
haven't updated my box in a while and when I tried this afternoon and I get this error and cant seem to get past it. any ideas? actually im getting several emerge errors across a couple boxes, this is just one of them, different files, but I hope they are somehow related and the answer to

[gentoo-user] Autoconfiguring default route

2005-08-19 Thread José Pablo Ezequiel Fernández
I still can figure out how to configure my default route with the new configuration format (as stupid as that may sound). I have this: config_eth0=( 192.168.1.5/24 ) which works and: route_eth0=default gw 192.168.1.101 which doesn't work. I tried: route_eth0=(default via 192.168.1.101) and

Re: [gentoo-user] cdrom /dev/cdroms/cdrom to /dev/hdc?

2005-08-19 Thread Michael W. Holdeman
On Friday 19 August 2005 02:05 pm, Daniel Drake wrote: Michael W. Holdeman wrote: Actually the problem is /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 has been the cdrom since this machine got Gentoo, now all the sudden it is listed in dmesg as /dev/hdc. dmesg has listed it like that for a long time. Chances are in

Re: [gentoo-user] Autoconfiguring default route

2005-08-19 Thread Mike Owen
On 8/19/05, José Pablo Ezequiel Fernández [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still can figure out how to configure my default route with the new configuration format (as stupid as that may sound). I have this: route_eth0=(default via 192.168.1.101) Change that to routes_eth0 and it should work. Mike

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge woes

2005-08-19 Thread maxim wexler
Just fixed a similar problem. The answer(for me) was in the config.log. It wasn't flagged as an error just a line saying /usr/local/include not a dir. At which point output simply stopped without a whimper. Sure enough 'include' was a file containing an include file with a different name--there

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge woes

2005-08-19 Thread George Garvey
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 02:57:05PM -0400, Nick Smith wrote: checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables I remember seeing this recently from sandbox: If configure fails with a 'cannot run C compiled programs' error, try this:

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations

2005-08-19 Thread Sean Johnson
I'm pretty stuck on Plextor drives. I've found them to all be very reliable, and will tend to read damaged disks that other drives choke on. Just my 2c. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Autoconfiguring default route

2005-08-19 Thread Willie Wong
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 04:24:34PM -0300, Jos?? Pablo Ezequiel Fern??ndez wrote: I still can figure out how to configure my default route with the new configuration format (as stupid as that may sound). I have this: config_eth0=( 192.168.1.5/24 ) which works and: route_eth0=default gw

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Installer iso ?

2005-08-19 Thread Antonio Souto
Is there an atlhon_xp distro with the installer anywere? I would like to try it but don't want to rebuild everithing later whith the right arch...On 8/15/05, Christoph Gysin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Nelis Lamprecht wrote: I can't seem to see these two additional images on any of the mirrors,

[gentoo-user] problem with X100P clone

2005-08-19 Thread Walter Willis
i am install asterisk in gentoo linux, #emerge zaptel #emerge asterisk #modprobe zaptel #modprobe wcfxo #asterisk -vvvc localhost ~ # asterisk -vvvc == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf': Found == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/extconfig.conf': Found Asterisk 1.0.8, Copyright (C)

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update - the best version available

2005-08-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/19/05, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not my choice of words. Look at packages.gentoo.org and search ati-drivers. Sorry. Didn't mean to imply you were making anything up. thanks, Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with X100P clone

2005-08-19 Thread Kevin Hanson
Walter Willis wrote: i am install asterisk in gentoo linux, #emerge zaptel #emerge asterisk #modprobe zaptel #modprobe wcfxo #asterisk -vvvc localhost ~ # asterisk -vvvc == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf': Found == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/extconfig.conf': Found Asterisk

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with X100P clone

2005-08-19 Thread Walter Willis
yes include : #rc-update add zaptel default #rc-update add asterisk default and after #rc-update del asterisk # reboot and reboot normality, charge modules etc, etc. login in gentoo linux and : #/etc/init.d/asterisk start and #ps aux USER PID %CPU %MEMVSZ RSS TTY STAT

[gentoo-user] multiple kernel configs

2005-08-19 Thread John Dangler
I changed some options to the menuconfig (trying to get that splash to work), and saved the changes to an alternate config file. I'd like to make a kernel with _that_ config file and keep it separate from my default 2.6-r12 kernel, since, when the splash causes the panic, I have some way to get

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update - the best version available

2005-08-19 Thread Peter O'Connor
Holly Bostick wrote: Mark Knecht schreef: On 8/19/05, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Knecht schreef: Hi, I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge pick, the best version

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive activity indicator light

2005-08-19 Thread Matt Randolph
John - I have a similar story to yours but it probably has nothing to do with your situation. I will tell it anyway just in case it helps anyone. Once upon a time, I had Windows on my computer. All of the LEDs worked perfectly. One day I upgraded my BIOS (in Windows) and rebooted into

[gentoo-user] USE flags

2005-08-19 Thread John Dangler
I have just installed a basic 2005.1 system (2.6.12-r6) on my laptop. I'm trying to get my arms around the USE flags. I found a set of 'default' settings (I think) under /usr/portage/profiles/base/use.defaults . From what I've read in the gentoo documentation, this seems to be a list of default

[gentoo-user] updates

2005-08-19 Thread John Dangler
I just finished the base install of the 2005.1 system (2.6.12-r6). When I run emerge -sync, and then emerge -uDvp system, I get a short list updates that portage wants to emerge, but there aren't any kernel updates. However, if I run emerge -uDvp world, there is a new version of the

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations

2005-08-19 Thread Edward A Mihalow Jr
Mark wrote: I have a TDK indi DVD. It works perfectly. I would also add that I have excellent results with LG products as others have mentioned. I have had a TDK and now a SONY dual-layer. Both work excellent. Sony on newegg.com for 89.00. -- Edward A Mihalow Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] updates with B

2005-08-19 Thread Peter O'Connor
John Dangler wrote: looking at the list of updates after a fresh install of 2005.1 (2.6.12-r6) on my laptop which has both wired and wireless networking, I see an entry which says. [blocks B] =net-wireless/ipw2100-1.1.0 (is blocking net-wireless/ieee80211-1.0.3) . . . [ebuild N]

RE: [gentoo-user] updates with B

2005-08-19 Thread John Dangler
That fails with this... !!! ERROR: net-wireless/ipw2100-1.1.2-r1 failed. !!! Function linux-mod-src-compile, Line 491, Exitcode 2 !!! Unable to make KSRC=/usr/src/linux KSRC_OUTPUT=/usr/src/linux IEEE80211_INC=/usr/include all. 3 John D -Original Message- From: Peter O'Connor

Re: [gentoo-user] multiple kernel configs

2005-08-19 Thread Marco Matthies
John Dangler wrote: I changed some options to the menuconfig (trying to get that splash to work), and saved the changes to an alternate config file. I'd like to make a kernel with _that_ config file and keep it separate from my default 2.6-r12 kernel, since, when the splash causes the panic, I

Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags

2005-08-19 Thread Peter O'Connor
John Dangler wrote: I have just installed a basic 2005.1 system (2.6.12-r6) on my laptop. I'm trying to get my arms around the USE flags. I found a set of 'default' settings (I think) under /usr/portage/profiles/base/use.defaults . From what I've read in the gentoo documentation, this seems

Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags

2005-08-19 Thread Marco Matthies
John Dangler wrote: I have just installed a basic 2005.1 system (2.6.12-r6) on my laptop. I'm trying to get my arms around the USE flags. I found a set of 'default' settings (I think) under /usr/portage/profiles/base/use.defaults . From what I've read in the gentoo documentation, this seems

[gentoo-user] Re: xbindkeys and kde-3.3.2

2005-08-19 Thread Harry Putnam
Oscar Carlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Why are you using some external program when there is a superb support for keybindnings in kwin? Everything you need for keybindings is avalible in kcontrol :) It is a superior setup. It can be hand edited in minutes. Mass entries of 20 to 30

Re: [gentoo-user] updates

2005-08-19 Thread Marco Matthies
John Dangler wrote: I just finished the base install of the 2005.1 system (2.6.12-r6). When I run emerge -sync, and then emerge -uDvp system, I get a short list updates that portage wants to emerge, but there aren't any kernel updates. However, if I run emerge -uDvp world, there is a new

[gentoo-user] Finer grained date output.

2005-08-19 Thread Harry Putnam
This question is not gentoo specific but really a more general question about date manipulation. Like many people I use the `date' command to set file names that need to be unique by using one of the specially formatted commands, to output something like: img_080905_103343.jpg Which is

Re: [gentoo-user] updates

2005-08-19 Thread Marco Matthies
you might also want to try man emerge most commands on your system will have a manpage, and they will probably give you helpful hints as to how they function. you can also do it with any other command: man ls man gcc man ldd man man ... Hope that helps, Marco -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org

RE: [gentoo-user] updates

2005-08-19 Thread John Dangler
That makes some sense. (Gentoo is all about choices) So, basically, I emerge the new 'slot' and then re-compile the new kernel version according to the handbook, giving me both the existing kernel version and the new version... John D -Original Message- From: Marco Matthies

Re: [gentoo-user] Finer grained date output.

2005-08-19 Thread Marco Matthies
Harry Putnam wrote: I know about perl scipting for this but wanted something like the `date' command that is its own dedicated program. Is there a unix tool that outputs a finer grain of time segments? man date look for nanosecond format, e.g.: date +%N Marco -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org

RE: [gentoo-user] USE flags

2005-08-19 Thread John Dangler
The list of possible flags is somewhat overwhelming. And many of them, I wouldn't really know if I need them or not. So far, since I only have the base system running, I'm trying to get everything I want to have sans a graphic environment going, so I'm doing USE=-X with the system level apps

RE: [gentoo-user] multiple kernel configs

2005-08-19 Thread John Dangler
Does the moving of the config files have any effect on the already compiled kernel? (I was under the impression that a .config _went with_ a specific build) or is that a throwback to too much time in a m$ environment? John D -Original Message- From: Marco Matthies [mailto:[EMAIL

[gentoo-user] OT - vsftp revisited

2005-08-19 Thread Michael Sullivan
I have a user who can't upload files to his account on my server. He can connect and log in, he can see the files and directories in his home directory, but he can't interact with them. I can log into my personal account via the external IP of my router and interact with my personal account just

Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags

2005-08-19 Thread John Jolet
The way dependencies seem to work with portage, I wouldn't bother installing x. Just install say kde or gnome or whatever (see the docs) and X will be installed and configured automagically. for instance, I installed this dell laptop, then emerged kde-meta (be patient if you try that...my

Re: [gentoo-user] updates

2005-08-19 Thread Marco Matthies
John Dangler wrote: That makes some sense. (Gentoo is all about choices) So, basically, I emerge the new 'slot' and then re-compile the new kernel version according to the handbook, giving me both the existing kernel version and the new version... Exactly, installing the new kernel sources does

RE: [gentoo-user] updates with B

2005-08-19 Thread John Dangler
Would John Dangler GenoFit 800-505-4078 (Corporate) 386-767-3730 (Direct) www.genofit.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: John Dangler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 9:31 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] updates with B

Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags

2005-08-19 Thread Marco Matthies
John Dangler wrote: The list of possible flags is somewhat overwhelming. And many of them, I wouldn't really know if I need them or not. So far, since I only have the base system running, I'm trying to get everything I want to have sans a graphic environment going, so I'm doing USE=-X with the

[gentoo-user] Re: Finer grained date output.

2005-08-19 Thread Harry Putnam
Marco Matthies [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Harry Putnam wrote: I know about perl scipting for this but wanted something like the `date' command that is its own dedicated program. Is there a unix tool that outputs a finer grain of time segments? man date look for nanosecond format, e.g.:

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations

2005-08-19 Thread Matt Randolph
Sean Johnson wrote: I'm pretty stuck on Plextor drives. I've found them to all be very reliable, and will tend to read damaged disks that other drives choke on. Just my 2c. I could have bought another brand for less, but my Plextor has yet to meet a brand of disc that it couldn't burn.

Re: [gentoo-user] multiple kernel configs

2005-08-19 Thread Marco Matthies
John Dangler wrote: Does the moving of the config files have any effect on the already compiled kernel? (I was under the impression that a .config _went with_ a specific build) or is that a throwback to too much time in a m$ environment? the .config file determines how and especially which

[RESOLVED] RE: [gentoo-user] USE flags

2005-08-19 Thread John Dangler
And how I hate to miss out on anything! :) Thanks, again Marco. John D -Original Message- From: Marco Matthies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 10:37 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags John Dangler wrote: The list of

[gentoo-user] timeout opening/writing control channel /dev/initctl

2005-08-19 Thread yance kowara
Hi all, I am trying to install gentoo stage 3 using kernel 2.6.12-gentoo-r6, following the documentation. after #umount /mnt/gentoo ... (Chapter 10.d. Rebooting the system) #reboot The following messages are displayed: shutdown: timeout opening/writing control channel /dev/initctl init:

[gentoo-user] wireless update [was update with B]

2005-08-19 Thread John Dangler
running emerge -uDvp world, I got a block between ipw2100 and ieee-80211. I ran emerge -C ipw2100, and the block cleared, although ieee80211 was no longer in the update list either. Since it was recommended to have both of these on the system in order for the wireless to work correctly, is that a

Re: [gentoo-user] updates with B

2005-08-19 Thread Peter O'Connor
John Dangler wrote: Would John Dangler GenoFit 800-505-4078 (Corporate) 386-767-3730 (Direct) www.genofit.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] An interesting conundrum indeed. You can't install (due to it being blocked) ieee80211-1.0.3 with ipw2100-1.1.0 merged And from the error message you posted

[gentoo-user] Problem with portage overlay

2005-08-19 Thread Ian K
Hi there, When I run the ebuild command with the digest parameter, I get an error. Please be assured that the path is correctly pointing to a downloaded ebuild. Avalon media-video # pwd /usr/local/portageOverlay/media-video Avalon media-video # ebuild

Re: [gentoo-user] wireless update [was update with B]

2005-08-19 Thread Peter O'Connor
John Dangler wrote: running emerge -uDvp world, I got a block between ipw2100 and ieee-80211. I ran emerge -C ipw2100, and the block cleared, although ieee80211 was no longer in the update list either. Since it was recommended to have both of these on the system in order for the wireless to

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with portage overlay

2005-08-19 Thread Zac Medico
Ian K wrote: Hi there, When I run the ebuild command with the digest parameter, I get an error. Please be assured that the path is correctly pointing to a downloaded ebuild. Avalon media-video # pwd /usr/local/portageOverlay/media-video Avalon media-video # ebuild

Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags

2005-08-19 Thread Walter Dnes
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 08:46:21PM -0400, John Dangler wrote I have just installed a basic 2005.1 system (2.6.12-r6) on my laptop. I'm trying to get my arms around the USE flags. I found a set of 'default' settings (I think) under /usr/portage/profiles/base/use.defaults . From what I've

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations

2005-08-19 Thread Ted Ozolins
Edward A Mihalow Jr wrote: Mark wrote: I have a TDK indi DVD. It works perfectly. I would also add that I have excellent results with LG products as others have mentioned. I have had a TDK and now a SONY dual-layer. Both work excellent. Sony on newegg.com for 89.00. I'm running a Sony

Re: [gentoo-user] updates with B

2005-08-19 Thread Willie Wong
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 03:31:14AM +1200, Peter O'Connor wrote: An interesting conundrum indeed. You can't install (due to it being blocked) ieee80211-1.0.3 with ipw2100-1.1.0 merged And from the error message you posted it looks like you can't merge ipw2100 (1.1.0) without having the

Re: [gentoo-user] Finer grained date output.

2005-08-19 Thread Willie Wong
On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 04:17:27AM +0200, Marco Matthies wrote: Harry Putnam wrote: I know about perl scipting for this but wanted something like the `date' command that is its own dedicated program. Is there a unix tool that outputs a finer grain of time segments? man date look for

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