Re: [gentoo-user] emacs and asian languages

2008-07-22 Thread David Sveningsson
David Relson skrev: On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:49:53 +0200 David Sveningsson wrote: ...[snip]... Try running emacs like this: LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 emacs -nw That works nicely! For reference: Depending on whenever you want to set this setting sitewide or not you can put LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 in

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Emerge Eclipse fails

2008-07-22 Thread Suma Sharma
Hi, Thank you for your prompt response. As suggested by you I have done emerge -auvDN sys-apps/portage but I am getting the following error: -- localhost ~ # emerge -auvDN world These are the packages that would be merged, in

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Emerge Eclipse fails

2008-07-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:04:57 +0530, Suma Sharma wrote: Is all of this because of my outdated portage? Yes, update portage first. The version you have is no longer in the tree. If these are ~arch ebuilds that are failing, you may need to switch to a ~arch portage. -- Neil Bothwick Yeah, but

Re: [gentoo-user] media-video/totem-2.20.3 Access violation

2008-07-22 Thread Markus Schönhaber
Ivan Alden wrote: Thanks Markus for your help. I still get the error though =( Then I'm out of ideas. Re-emerging gnome-doc-utils solved the sandbox violation wrt /usr/share/xml2po/docbook.pyc for me - it happened when emerging epiphany, not totem, though. Moreover: re-emerging gnome-doc-utils

[gentoo-user] Re: What is the gimmick to run tightvnc from windows to gentoo

2008-07-22 Thread Harry Putnam
Josh Cepek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Harry Putnam wrote: David Blamire-Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I did this a while back and I got it working by tunnelling via SSH (using putty on windows). But I can't remember the exact details off the top of my head. It may be worth googling that

[gentoo-user] Re: Curious ping problem with no FW

2008-07-22 Thread Harry Putnam
Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Monday 14 July 2008, Harry Putnam wrote: I've had a problem with being able to ping out to the internet from my gentoo box, while at the same time I'm able to ping outbound from several windows boxes on same home lan. I don't run a firewall at all from

[gentoo-user] Java configuration is hosed

2008-07-22 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
I cannot emerge the latest xulrunner, but the root cause appears to be my Java configuration. I haven't touched it in ages, so I have no idea how this happened. The evidence: treat ~ # eselect java-vm list Available Java Virtual Machines: [1] sun-jdk-1.4 [2] sun-jdk-1.6 system-vm treat

Re: [gentoo-user] Java configuration is hosed

2008-07-22 Thread Dale
Kevin O'Gorman wrote: I cannot emerge the latest xulrunner, but the root cause appears to be my Java configuration. I haven't touched it in ages, so I have no idea how this happened. The evidence: treat ~ # eselect java-vm list Available Java Virtual Machines: [1] sun-jdk-1.4 [2]

[gentoo-user] Xorg Draglock Button

2008-07-22 Thread sean
I am trying to get DragLockButtons to work in Xorg for my trackball. I have been able to get it to function but it will only activate when the pointer is over the scroll bar.After this is done I can move the trackball in any direction. Is this how it is supposed to work or can I get it to

[gentoo-user] tetex USE flag with texlive install

2008-07-22 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Should I use the tetex USE flag even if I have texlive instead of tetex installed? There's no corresponding texlive USE flag.

Re: [gentoo-user] Java configuration is hosed

2008-07-22 Thread Dave Jones
Hi Kevin Kevin O'Gorman wrote on 22/07/08 18:51: I cannot emerge the latest xulrunner, but the root cause appears to be my Java configuration. I haven't touched it in ages, so I have no idea how this happened. The evidence: treat ~ # eselect java-vm list Available Java Virtual Machines: [1]

Re: [gentoo-user] Java configuration is hosed

2008-07-22 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Dave Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Kevin Kevin O'Gorman wrote on 22/07/08 18:51: I cannot emerge the latest xulrunner, but the root cause appears to be my Java configuration. I haven't touched it in ages, so I have no idea how this happened. The

[gentoo-user] Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-22 Thread Mick
Hi All, I suspect that something changed recently on the way that USB devices are mounted. I noticed that mounting a USB flash drive has stopped working as follows: == $ dmesg [snip...] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 usb 2-1:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What is the gimmick to run tightvnc from windows to gentoo

2008-07-22 Thread Eric Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Harry Putnam wrote: Josh Cepek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Harry Putnam wrote: David Blamire-Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I did this a while back and I got it working by tunnelling via SSH (using putty on windows). But I can't remember the

[gentoo-user] Re: Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-22 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Mick wrote: [...] I am using dbus and hald with a Fluxbox WM so the default KDE behaviour with the automounting pop up dialog does not work here (unless I have launched the full KDE DE). Any ideas what has caused these changes? Are they reversible/configurable? The DE is responsible for

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-22 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 22 July 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Mick wrote: [...] I am using dbus and hald with a Fluxbox WM so the default KDE behaviour with the automounting pop up dialog does not work here (unless I have launched the full KDE DE). Any ideas what has caused these changes? Are

Re: [gentoo-user] Java configuration is hosed

2008-07-22 Thread Dave Jones
Hi Kevin, Kevin O'Gorman wrote on 22/07/08 20:03: On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Dave Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kevin O'Gorman wrote on 22/07/08 18:51: I cannot emerge the latest xulrunner, but the root cause appears to be my Java configuration. I haven't touched it in ages, so I

Re: [gentoo-user] Java configuration is hosed

2008-07-22 Thread Rev. Ferris
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I used one hour ago the java update guide wiki. It's worked! Luigi Alle martedì 22 luglio 2008, Dave Jones ha scritto: Hi Kevin, Kevin O'Gorman wrote on 22/07/08 20:03: On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Dave Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Unmerge python?

2008-07-22 Thread Grant
I'm getting the following from portage on a critical remote system: dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r2 (is blocking app-admin/python-updater-0.5, app-admin/python-updater-0.2) Am I suppose to un-emerge python? - Grant Perhaps you should update your python. Version 2.3 will be removed from

Re: [gentoo-user] Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-22 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Mick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [22.07.08 20:08]: Hi All, I suspect that something changed recently on the way that USB devices are mounted. I noticed that mounting a USB flash drive has stopped working as follows: No, I think pmount behavior changed: it now honors entries in the fstab. $

[gentoo-user] Re: Unmerge python?

2008-07-22 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Grant wrote: I've emerged python-2.5 in the new slot, but I can't upgrade from python-updater-0.2 to python-updater-0.5 until I un-emerge python-2.3. That shouldn't happen; there's no rationale in this, unless I'm missing something. Should I run python-updater-0.2 now, or un-emerge

Re: [gentoo-user] Unmerge python?

2008-07-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:40:33 -0700, Grant wrote: Should I run python-updater-0.2 now, or un-emerge python-2.3, update to python-updater-0.5, and run that? The safest course is run python-updater-0.2, unmerge python-2.3, update python-updater then run the new version. You shouldn't break too

Re: [gentoo-user] Unmerge python?

2008-07-22 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 23:08 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: The safest course is run python-updater-0.2, unmerge python-2.3, update python-updater then run the new version. You shouldn't break too much by unmerging the old version before you run python-updater. A few things may not work, but

Re: [gentoo-user] Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-22 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 22 July 2008, Sebastian Günther wrote: * Mick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [22.07.08 20:08]: Hi All, I suspect that something changed recently on the way that USB devices are mounted. I noticed that mounting a USB flash drive has stopped working as follows: No, I think pmount

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Unmerge python?

2008-07-22 Thread Grant
I've emerged python-2.5 in the new slot, but I can't upgrade from python-updater-0.2 to python-updater-0.5 until I un-emerge python-2.3. That shouldn't happen; there's no rationale in this, unless I'm missing something. Should I run python-updater-0.2 now, or un-emerge python-2.3, update

[gentoo-user] Re: Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-22 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Mick wrote: I am not bothered about automounting and probably would get on my nerves. I prefer how pmount used to work until recently. Ask around the Fluxbox mailing lists/forums how to tweak auto-mounting; maybe it just lacks a GUI for those options and you'll have to tweak some *.rc file.

Re: [gentoo-user] Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:22:49 +0100, Mick wrote: I am not bothered about automounting and probably would get on my nerves. I prefer how pmount used to work until recently. pmount thinks your drive is not removable, so refuses to allow mounting for security reasons. The fix is to add it to

[gentoo-user] Can't complete emerge world.

2008-07-22 Thread Mike Diehl
Hi all, I'm trying to get an emerge world to complet, but I'm getting this error message: !!! Multiple versions within a single package slot have been pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: sys-libs/ss:0 ('installed',

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't complete emerge world.

2008-07-22 Thread Mike Diehl
On Tuesday 22 July 2008 08:46:10 pm Qian Qiao wrote: On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 9:11 PM, Mike Diehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Are you doing a emerge world or a emerge --update world? And no, you can't emerge -C those 2 packages, it'll kill your system. HTH. -- Joe I'm doing an: emerge

[gentoo-user] Re: Can't complete emerge world.

2008-07-22 Thread Francesco Talamona
On Tuesday 22 July 2008, Mike Diehl wrote: What do I need to do to get past this? TIA, -- Mike Diehl Try this command, what gives you? emerge -av =sys-libs/ss-1.40.9 =sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.40.9 =sys-libs/com_err-1.40.9 Ciao Francesco -- Linux Version 2.6.26-gentoo, Compiled #1