Re: [gentoo-user] Mailman archives are not written anymore - why??

2007-03-12 Thread Wolfgang Liebich
Hi, On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 10:24:21AM +0100, Alexis Lahouze wrote: Hi, I know there are basic questions but: - do you have any free space on your fs? Yes, enough for now (70MB, it's text only msgs). - is the destination folder for mailman writable for the user or the group which

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

2007-03-12 Thread Nick Rout
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 06:10:22 +0100, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: I am hoping that someone can provide me with resources - examples and/or a walkthrough would be especially helpful. I realize that the Gentoo team can only do so much and carefully test each package before

Re: [gentoo-user] Install Gentoo in Hong Kong office

2007-03-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello Marco! I'm not from China, I'm from Russia. I think I can help you with your problem of setting up a Gentoo server remotely. I have some experiense in such kind of work. Contact me, if your offer is still avaliable. See ya in cyberspace... 2007/3/8, Marco Fabbri [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: adesklets

2007-03-12 Thread Mick
On Sunday 11 March 2007 12:02, Neal McConachie wrote: Yep, the default config.txt for the volume applet specifies the VeraBd font, with size 8. Also, when I used the commands $ slocate VeraBd (to see if I had that font installed) I seem to have that font alright:

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

2007-03-12 Thread Masood Ahmed
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 »Q« [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are just some pieces of software that I want that are not even in the testing tree. If you really need to write ebuilds for them, someone other than

[gentoo-user] Re: chrony seems to ignore configuration file

2007-03-12 Thread Alexander Skwar
Alexander Skwar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Does chrony work for you? Do I have chrony misconfigured? For the archive: I sort of had chrony misconfigured. On my system, I had the rtc kernel module loaded. As soon as I exchanged that with the genrtc module, chrony loaded the servers just fine. It's

Re: [gentoo-user] Install Gentoo in Hong Kong office

2007-03-12 Thread Ric de France
Marco, Gentoo's install / LIVE cd has sshd on it... meaning once you boot it up on the machine (and start sshd), you can ssh into it and configure the rest from the command line. I've done it many times, as I prefer to install / administer from my desk as opposed to the noisy (and sometimes

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: adesklets

2007-03-12 Thread Neal McConachie
Mick said the following: I seem to have that font alright: == $ slocate VeraBd /usr/lib/openoffice/share/fonts/truetype/VeraBd.ttf /usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera/VeraBd.ttf == Not sure why it fails then. Hmm,

[gentoo-user] Problems after DST change

2007-03-12 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi all, One of my machines had problems with the early DST changes. I guess I hadn't updated something. The machine is our Myth backend server so it doesn't get as many updates as my desktop machines which had no problems. Yesterday I *think* I fixed it but I'm wondering what I Can do to

[gentoo-user] OT - Where is the TIMEZONE variable?

2007-03-12 Thread Michael Sullivan
I feel really stupid having to ask this here, but in what file is the TIMEZONE variable set? My PC clock is set by ntp and it's not being updated for DST. Wherever the variable is, it's not set. I never updated it becuase I heard it wasn't actually being used yet, but I think if I set it my

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Where is the TIMEZONE variable?

2007-03-12 Thread Matthew R. Lee
On Monday 12 March 2007 10:01, Michael Sullivan wrote: I feel really stupid having to ask this here, but in what file is the TIMEZONE variable set? My PC clock is set by ntp and it's not being updated for DST. Wherever the variable is, it's not set. I never updated it becuase I heard it

[gentoo-user] ctype USE and php

2007-03-12 Thread Arnau Bria
Hi, my updtae failed on phpmyadmin and gave me this error: * Checking for required PHP feature(s) ... * Discovered missing USE flag: ctype * dev-lang/php-5.2.1-r3 needs to be re-installed with all of the following * USE flags enabled: * * ctype

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Where is the TIMEZONE variable?

2007-03-12 Thread Roger Mason
Hello Michael, Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I feel really stupid having to ask this here, but in what file is the TIMEZONE variable set? My PC clock is set by ntp and it's not being updated for DST. Wherever the variable is, it's not set. I never updated it becuase I heard

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems after DST change

2007-03-12 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 06:44 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: Hi all, One of my machines had problems with the early DST changes. I guess I hadn't updated something. The machine is our Myth backend server so it doesn't get as many updates as my desktop machines which had no problems.

[gentoo-user] DST didn't happen: quickinstall doc is wrong...

2007-03-12 Thread Grant Edwards
On most of my Gentoo systems, the DST change didn't happen. Apparently I screwed up by following the instructions in http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml where it says: Set your timezone Set your time zone information by copying the correct file from

[gentoo-user] Re: DST didn't happen: quickinstall doc is wrong...

2007-03-12 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-03-12, Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On most of my Gentoo systems, the DST change didn't happen. Apparently I screwed up by following the instructions in http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml where it says: Set your timezone Set your time zone

Re: [gentoo-user] DST didn't happen: quickinstall doc is wrong...

2007-03-12 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 15:07 +, Grant Edwards wrote Shouldn't you symlink /etc/localtime to the the appropriate file in /usr/share/zoneinfo? That way when the zoneinfo files get udpated (as they all did), you'll use the new file? That was the old way of doing it. For a number of reasons

Re: [gentoo-user] DST didn't happen: quickinstall doc is wrong...

2007-03-12 Thread Graham Murray
Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Copying the file seems like the wrong thing to do? Shouldn't you symlink /etc/localtime to the the appropriate file in /usr/share/zoneinfo? That way when the zoneinfo files get udpated (as they all did), you'll use the new file? Not anymore. If your

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems after DST change

2007-03-12 Thread Mark Knecht
On 3/12/07, Albert Hopkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 06:44 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: Hi all, One of my machines had problems with the early DST changes. I guess I hadn't updated something. The machine is our Myth backend server so it doesn't get as many updates as my

Re: [gentoo-user] ctype USE and php

2007-03-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:38:08 +0100, Arnau Bria wrote: So, I checked my make.conf and found next: USE= -arts -audiofile ccache cgi clamd -cli -eds -emboss -esd vhost\ -foomaticdb -fortran -gif -gnome -gtk -idn -ipv6 -isdnlog -lcms \ -libg++ -mng mpeg2 mysql -oss -pppd -quicktime

Re: [gentoo-user] ctype USE and php

2007-03-12 Thread Arnau Bria
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:32:38 + Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:38:08 +0100, Arnau Bria wrote: [...] Between all use, you can find -ctype. So, why is portage not taking in consideration that use? Did you emerge php after adding ctype to your USE flags? You probably

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems after DST change

2007-03-12 Thread Albert Hopkins
Mark, First, I too have a host named dragonfly... did you happen to root my box? ;-) On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 08:30 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: Yes, I saw Roger's post in another thread which I copied here. I did all that and ran zdump. It looks similar to Rogers. I'm in California: QUOTE 1)

[gentoo-user] Re: DST didn't happen: quickinstall doc is wrong...

2007-03-12 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-03-12, Albert Hopkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 15:07 +, Grant Edwards wrote Shouldn't you symlink /etc/localtime to the the appropriate file in /usr/share/zoneinfo? That way when the zoneinfo files get udpated (as they all did), you'll use the new file?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DST didn't happen: quickinstall doc is wrong...

2007-03-12 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 15:53 +, Grant Edwards wrote: Yup, that was evidently the problem. Perhaps step #2 should be documented in the Handbook and/or the Quickinstall Perhaps the constant nagging from the timezone-data package when it's emerged as well as the system when it's booted isn't

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DST didn't happen: quickinstall doc is wrong...

2007-03-12 Thread Allan Gottlieb
At Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:53:40 + (UTC) Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2007-03-12, Albert Hopkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 15:07 +, Grant Edwards wrote That was the old way of doing it. For a number of reasons a new method is devised. The new method

[gentoo-user] Re: DST didn't happen: quickinstall doc is wrong...

2007-03-12 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-03-12, Albert Hopkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 15:53 +, Grant Edwards wrote: Yup, that was evidently the problem. Perhaps step #2 should be documented in the Handbook and/or the Quickinstall Perhaps the constant nagging from the timezone-data package when

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems after DST change

2007-03-12 Thread Mark Knecht
On 3/12/07, Albert Hopkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark, First, I too have a host named dragonfly... did you happen to root my box? ;-) No, my wife watches 'Gilmore Girls' and there is a business on that show called the Dragonfly Inn' so she chose dragonfly. I like the name though. On

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems after DST change

2007-03-12 Thread Roger Mason
Albert Hopkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Not sure, if you are living in California, that you set your timezone to Canada/Newfoundland... though admittedly, I don't know the TZ rules in Canada. Did they too change their DST dates? Newfoundland did. Presumably rest of Canada did so as well.

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems after DST change

2007-03-12 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 09:34 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: OK, I need to go read somewhere. Actually, that part you wrote is very clear, but isn't UTC time the same as Greenwich Mean Time? Maybe GMT isn't effected by DST? Yeah... kinda. The name GMT is for the most part historical. Nowadays it's

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DST didn't happen: quickinstall doc is wrong...

2007-03-12 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 16:28 +, Grant Edwards wrote: Perhaps the constant nagging from the timezone-data package when it's emerged When it's emerged as part of an update with 30 or 40 other packages, it's pretty easy to miss things like that. This has long been a complaint among users

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems after DST change

2007-03-12 Thread Mark Knecht
On 3/12/07, Albert Hopkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 09:34 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: OK, I need to go read somewhere. Actually, that part you wrote is very clear, but isn't UTC time the same as Greenwich Mean Time? Maybe GMT isn't effected by DST? Yeah... kinda. The

[gentoo-user] Re: DST didn't happen: quickinstall doc is wrong...

2007-03-12 Thread Grant Edwards
In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 16:28 +, Grant Edwards wrote: Perhaps the constant nagging from the timezone-data package when it's emerged When it's emerged as part of an update with 30 or 40 other packages, it's pretty easy to miss things like that.

[gentoo-user] Re: DST didn't happen: quickinstall doc is wrong...

2007-03-12 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-03-12, Albert Hopkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 16:28 +, Grant Edwards wrote: Perhaps the constant nagging from the timezone-data package when it's emerged When it's emerged as part of an update with 30 or 40 other packages, it's pretty easy to miss things

[gentoo-user] Re: DST didn't happen: quickinstall doc is wrong...

2007-03-12 Thread John covici
on Monday 03/12/2007 Grant Edwards([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 16:28 +, Grant Edwards wrote: Perhaps the constant nagging from the timezone-data package when it's emerged When it's emerged as part of an update with

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DST didn't happen: quickinstall doc is wrong...

2007-03-12 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 15:33 -0400, John covici wrote: I wish you could have an option for portage to stop until these things are acknowledged -- I had a 106 package update of which the timezone data were a part and I use script and check these little notices, however its easy to miss such

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DST didn't happen: quickinstall doc is wrong...

2007-03-12 Thread Mark Knecht
On 3/12/07, Albert Hopkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 15:33 -0400, John covici wrote: I wish you could have an option for portage to stop until these things are acknowledged -- I had a 106 package update of which the timezone data were a part and I use script and check

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: adesklets

2007-03-12 Thread Mick
On Sunday 11 March 2007 14:55, Rodrigo Lazo wrote: On 3/11/07, Rodrigo Lazo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is a problem with the latest version of font-* and adesklets that is solved in the unstable version of adesklets. Is marked stable in x86; I didn't check it before sending the email

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DST didn't happen: quickinstall doc is wrong...

2007-03-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:33:54 -0400, John covici wrote: I wish you could have an option for portage to stop until these things are acknowledged -- I had a 106 package update of which the timezone data were a part and I use script and check these little notices, however its easy to miss such

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DST didn't happen: quickinstall doc is wrong...

2007-03-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:19:03 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: I am interested however in learning about how to get these messages logged and sent by email or at least into some file that easy to look at. I think they already go into the portage /var log file but I find that pretty tedious and easy

[gentoo-user] A request for your input.

2007-03-12 Thread lmth
Hello My name is Lara Thynne and I am a PhD candidate at Deakin University Australia. I am currently researching the boundary between work and leisure activities directly related to the open source community and open source program development. As part of this I am running a survey at the

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: adesklets

2007-03-12 Thread Wayne Oliver
-Original Message- From: Mick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 March 2007 09:46 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: adesklets snip / Thank you all for your help, It seems that there is something wrong with the fonts(?) I have managed to