Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel build no update grub

2005-11-16 Thread Chris Cox
On Wednesday 16 November 2005 22:24, Harry Putnam wrote: > Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Updating the kernel today, I referenced that piece of the > > documentation and borrowed this command from it: > > > > genkernel --bootloader=grub all > > > > However, not only did it not update

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: error source? on update of world

2005-11-16 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 02:10 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 22:33 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> The messages below show up at the login prompt when I boot my updated > >> world system. > > > > Did you update all the config files

[gentoo-user] Re: error source? on update of world

2005-11-16 Thread Harry Putnam
Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 22:33 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: >> The messages below show up at the login prompt when I boot my updated >> world system. > > Did you update all the config files before you rebooted? Yes, and checked them again too, also ran revd

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:50:00 -0500, Derek Tracy wrote: > The biggest reason for the reinstall was because in my contant playing > around with DE's and WM's trying to find one that I completely liked. I > had KDE, GNOME, E17, FVWM, OpenBOX (I think that is it) all on my > system. In all of my toyin

Re: [gentoo-user] error source? on update of world

2005-11-16 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 22:33 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > The messages below show up at the login prompt when I boot my updated > world system. Did you update all the config files before you rebooted? -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dig

2005-11-16 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 04:11:57 + (UTC) James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nick Rout rout.co.nz> writes: > > > > > Nick, check it out, it's a pretty cool list: > > > http://packages.debian.org/testing/ > > > packages.gentoo.org > > Nick, the Debian list is organized by category and quite eas

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel build no update grub

2005-11-16 Thread Harry Putnam
Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> But first lets see if the basic stuff works... > > ok Well, I booted successfully but let me clean up something about grub.conf. First, I had forgotten I switched to lilo last time around. Kernel 2.6.9-gentoo-r1. So quite a while ago. Back then I

[gentoo-user] Re: Dig

2005-11-16 Thread James
Nick Rout rout.co.nz> writes: > > Nick, check it out, it's a pretty cool list: > > http://packages.debian.org/testing/ > packages.gentoo.org Nick, the Debian list is organized by category and quite easy to browse and read. The gentoo list is not nearly as well organized as the Debian list, fro

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dig

2005-11-16 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 16:33 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:11:43 + (UTC) > James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Nick Rout rout.co.nz> writes: > > > > > > > > Debian has such an index, and I often visit to see what software can do > > > > what. > > > > Unless I've missed

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel build no update grub

2005-11-16 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 20:29 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > From what you've posted, I think your grub.conf should look something > > like this > I'm trying it that way now. I've set a few other resolutions in there > to test but the one I posted has be

[gentoo-user] error source? on update of world

2005-11-16 Thread Harry Putnam
The messages below show up at the login prompt when I boot my updated world system. I've searched this group on all of those in caps at gmane and got some hits but not that I could put together into a plan of action. First, where do they come from... dmesg is inlined at the end. configuration

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dig

2005-11-16 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:11:43 + (UTC) James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nick Rout rout.co.nz> writes: > > > > > Debian has such an index, and I often visit to see what software can do > > > what. > > > Unless I've missed the wiki, there's really no place at all to read about > > > the vari

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel build no update grub

2005-11-16 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Updating the kernel today, I referenced that piece of the > documentation and borrowed this command from it: > > genkernel --bootloader=grub all > > However, not only did it not update grub.conf but grub.conf > disappeared entirely following the successf

[gentoo-user] Re: Dig

2005-11-16 Thread James
Nick Rout rout.co.nz> writes: > > Debian has such an index, and I often visit to see what software can do > > what. > > Unless I've missed the wiki, there's really no place at all to read about > > the various pacakges available on Gentoo. > Read the archives. This is impractical because any g

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On 11/16/05, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then I was able to tweak my USE flags and CFLAGS and > rebuild the system to the same as I'd have got from Stage 1 Neil, Would you mind sharing what changes you made to your CFLAGS to get the equivalent of a Stage 1 install? Thanks, Mark

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel build no update grub

2005-11-16 Thread Harry Putnam
Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 16:25 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Updating the kernel today, I referenced that piece of the >> documentation and borrowed this command from it: >> >> genkernel --bootloader=grub all > > I've never trusted it... This was my firs

Re: [gentoo-user] after dd many badblocks on new SATA HD

2005-11-16 Thread maxim wexler
--- Raymond Lillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Iain Buchanan wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 18:03 -0800, maxim wexler > wrote: > > > >>Hello everybody, > >> > >>I ran dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/sda bs=10240 to copy > the > >>contents of one drive to another as suggested on > this > >>list. And

Re: [gentoo-user] Dinosaur Matrox Mystique: corruption

2005-11-16 Thread Bob Sanders
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:50:14 +1000 "Alan E. Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I gather that there was a bug in the mga drivers some time ago, and it > appears that the xorg drivers have incorporated the patches I have seen > during my google searches. > I had one running on Gentoo last year, b

[gentoo-user] highpoint raid

2005-11-16 Thread Douglas James Dunn
I have a athlon xp 3000 processor and a DFI LanParty KT400A Socket A Motherboard, 1 gig of ddr ram. I think i am having kernel config problems with it. I am using the highpoint raid. when i installed linux i had to use the 2004.3 disk with the smp kernel. I'm not really sure what the differences b

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Richard Fish
On 11/16/05, Ciaran McCreesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [ Note: looks like I'm missing half this thread because certain > jackasses are posting HTML messages to the list. You'd think people > would've learned by now... ] We've tried educating about the evils of HTML (and top-posting). It always

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Richard Fish
On 11/16/05, Derek Tracy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would have to disagree with you on this. I do not believe that it is a > config issue I beleive that many of the x86 packages still do not play well > with each other, that is what I am saying needs fixed. Again, be specific please. Give us

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Richard Fish
On 11/16/05, Derek Tracy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I am complaining about is that neither of the drivers will work. What doesn't work? Does the module build? Does it load? What errors do you get? Does it work if you run the same kernel version and driver you used before? If the combin

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:44:49 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | I use Gentoo to run all my boxen and I love it. That being said, I | have ALWAYS done a stage1 install. Never had a single problem I | couldn't fix. Then, suddenly, they switched everything to stage3 and | removed a LOT of options from

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - SSL certificate authorities

2005-11-16 Thread Jonathan Nichols
If these clients *know* you, and *trust* you, and know anything about security, there is no reason why you couldn't get away with a self-signed cert. If not, http://www.instantssl.com/ I can second this. I will be buying my mail server certs through InstantSSL in a few weeks. So far, I've

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel build no update grub

2005-11-16 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 16:25 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > Updating the kernel today, I referenced that piece of the > documentation and borrowed this command from it: > > genkernel --bootloader=grub all I've never trusted it... > However, not only did it not update grub.conf but grub.conf > disa

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I use 2.6.14 and remove udev and go back to devfs

2005-11-16 Thread Richard Fish
On 11/16/05, William Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes udev works, however works well is something else entirely. Udev has > been the bane of my life a number of times - at least with devfs I had a > chance of working it out. It often seems like we take two steps back > with every new ap

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dig

2005-11-16 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:23:50 + (UTC) James wrote: > Debian has such an index, and I often visit to see what software can do what. > Unless I've missed the wiki, there's really no place at all to read about > the various pacakges available on Gentoo. > > James Read the archives. This is impr

[gentoo-user] Re: Dig

2005-11-16 Thread James
Willie Wong Princeton.EDU> writes: > > > What package is the command `dig' in? > > equery belongs dig > > is a really nifty search tool > except it doesn't work when bind-tools isn't ALREADY installed. =D > I was trying to find out which package to emerge. Yes it would require you to

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread kashani
Derek Tracy wrote: I also want to reiterate that if they are going to make a Stage3 install the default then make it a rock solid release. And in my opinion portage needs to be pruned not only of un-maintained packages but also of packages that conflict with others. Like I said before a Stab

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:44:49 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I use Gentoo to run all my boxen and I love it. That being said, I > have ALWAYS done a stage1 install. Never had a single problem I > couldn't fix. Then, suddenly, they switched everything to stage3 and > removed a LOT of opti

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel build no update grub

2005-11-16 Thread Harry Putnam
> Updating the kernel today, I referenced that piece of the > documentation and borrowed this command from it: > I'm pretty sure I need some new kind of grub.conf but what should it > look like.. > > I've just appended what I think might be adequate to the original > lines yeah I saved a back

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Derek Tracy
On 11/16/05, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 11/16/05, Derek Tracy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> When a branch is marked stable all of the packages in that branch should> work,I'm not sure this is always possible.  Much of your complaint comes from the ipw2200 driver, which is new in 2.6.1

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I use 2.6.14 and remove udev and go back to devfs

2005-11-16 Thread William Kenworthy
Yes udev works, however works well is something else entirely. Udev has been the bane of my life a number of times - at least with devfs I had a chance of working it out. It often seems like we take two steps back with every new approach, and take a lot of pain just to get back to where we were.

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Derek Tracy
On 11/16/05, Jeff Smelser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 16 November 2005 02:50 pm, Derek Tracy wrote:> That is what I was thinking when I switched to stable. From what I am> seeing either my computer doesn't like stable code or stable does not mean > stable anymore.But thats not what

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Richard Fish
On 11/16/05, Derek Tracy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also want to reiterate that if they are going to make a Stage3 install the > default then make it a rock solid release. And in my opinion portage needs > to be pruned not only of un-maintained packages but also of packages that > conflict wit

[gentoo-user] Kernel build no update grub

2005-11-16 Thread Harry Putnam
Updating the kernel today, I referenced that piece of the documentation and borrowed this command from it: genkernel --bootloader=grub all However, not only did it not update grub.conf but grub.conf disappeared entirely following the successful build. I did find this in /var/log/genkernel.log:

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Richard Fish
On 11/16/05, Derek Tracy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When a branch is marked stable all of the packages in that branch should > work, I'm not sure this is always possible. Much of your complaint comes from the ipw2200 driver, which is new in 2.6.14. But the in-kernel version is several versions

Re: [gentoo-user] amaroK launching Kmail = virus?

2005-11-16 Thread Jeff Smelser
On Wednesday 16 November 2005 03:37 pm, abhay wrote: > I nailed it on my system. I had some free time so installed gdb and ran > amarok. Looks like if "Retrieve similar artists" is checked under Last.fm, > it crashes amaroK. I unchecked the option and now it runs flawlessly. Check > it in your cas

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Jeff Smelser
On Wednesday 16 November 2005 02:55 pm, Benjamin Martin wrote: > True that the installations become identical very soon. But what if I set > up server using stage 1 and an up-to-date portage tree. After the > installation is finished it'll sit around doing whatever it's supposed to > do and I don'

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Jeff Smelser
On Wednesday 16 November 2005 02:50 pm, Derek Tracy wrote: > That is what I was  thinking when I switched to stable.  From what I am > seeing either my computer doesn't like stable code or stable does not mean > stable anymore. But thats not what you said. I Quote: "In the past I have alway

Re: [gentoo-user] amaroK launching Kmail = virus?

2005-11-16 Thread abhay
I nailed it on my system. I had some free time so installed gdb and ran amarok. Looks like if "Retrieve similar artists" is checked under Last.fm, it crashes amaroK. I unchecked the option and now it runs flawlessly. Check it in your case as well. Abhay pgpz44QaXHAhK.pgp Description: PGP signa

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Manuel McLure
Mark Knecht wrote: Good points. I agree it doesn't seem like the Gentoo way to remove options, however, in response to Derek's original point about rising or fallign numbers of Gentoo new users it might be wise to make the default install Stage 3, thus making the newest users most likely more suc

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Derek Tracy
I also want to reiterate that if they are going to make a Stage3 install the default then make it a rock solid release.  And in my opinion portage needs to be pruned not only of un-maintained packages but also of packages that conflict with others.  Like I said before a Stable tree should be just

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On 11/16/05, Benjamin Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 16 November 2005 21:47, Mark Knecht wrote: > > I'm not a developer and I've never done a Stage 1 install so I cannot > > say for sure, but it's my understanding that after a Stage 3 install > > most people end up rebuilding ever

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:30:28 -0600 kashani wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: > > I read your message and was surprised at this. Last time I read the > > handbooks the Handbook gave stage 1/2/3 options and the 2005.1 > > handbook stuck to stage 3. (Talking x86 here, I have never done an > > instal on ot

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Derek Tracy
I couldn't have said it better myself.On 11/16/05, Benjamin Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 16 November 2005 21:47, Mark Knecht wrote:> I'm not a developer and I've never done a Stage 1 install so I cannot> say for sure, but it's my understanding that after a Stage 3 install> most pe

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Benjamin Martin
On Wednesday 16 November 2005 21:47, Mark Knecht wrote: > I'm not a developer and I've never done a Stage 1 install so I cannot > say for sure, but it's my understanding that after a Stage 3 install > most people end up rebuilding everything anyway within a few weeks. > Very soon my Stage 3 and you

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Zac Medico
Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:20:36 -0500 Derek Tracy wrote: Part way through the online handbook I noticed that they standardized the Stage3 install. I figured that since the developers thought it was best to use a Stage3 install then why not give it a shot. I read your message a

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Derek Tracy
On 11/16/05, Daniel da Veiga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 11/16/05, Derek Tracy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> This is a lot longer than I originally intended it to be so if you want the> jist of it skip to the end.> > (DISCLAIMER: Let me start off by saying that this is truly not a flame but> more o

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On 11/16/05, Benjamin Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 16 November 2005 21:12, Nick Rout wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:20:36 -0500 > > > > Derek Tracy wrote: > > > Part way through the online handbook I noticed that > > > they standardized the Stage3 install. I figured that sinc

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Benjamin Martin
On Wednesday 16 November 2005 21:12, Nick Rout wrote: > On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:20:36 -0500 > > Derek Tracy wrote: > > Part way through the online handbook I noticed that > > they standardized the Stage3 install. I figured that since the developers > > thought it was best to use a Stage3 install the

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread kashani
Nick Rout wrote: I read your message and was surprised at this. Last time I read the handbooks the Handbook gave stage 1/2/3 options and the 2005.1 handbook stuck to stage 3. (Talking x86 here, I have never done an instal on other architectures). Now, like you, I read this in the Handbook: "M

RE: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Budd, Tracy
> -Original Message- > From: Nick Rout > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 3:12 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path? > > > On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:20:36 -0500 > Derek Tracy wrote: > > > Part way through the online handb

Re: [gentoo-user] Solution to long-in to my system and/or check email while traveling

2005-11-16 Thread Nick Rout
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:04:53 -0700 Joseph wrote: > I could borrow any-body's in the family computer and use Knoppix (with > knock and ssh) to log-in to my system or to do any Banking; as I > wouldn't trust their Windows system. I think this would eliminate all > the spywere and key-loggers if

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Best video player

2005-11-16 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:05:28 +0100 Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > thanks, but that is pretty un-intuitive. > xine uses arrow up/down for the speed... a combination where I do not need to > span my fingers over half the keyboard.. there is a mechanism to change the keybindings to suit your choic

RE: [gentoo-user] Vixiecron not working all the sudden

2005-11-16 Thread Daevid Vincent
> -Original Message- > From: Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 5:14 AM > > Daevid Vincent wrote: > > But I don't think that will slove it, as the date of the > file his Aug > > 11th... So that means it was running fine for several >

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:20:36 -0500 Derek Tracy wrote: > Part way through the online handbook I noticed that > they standardized the Stage3 install. I figured that since the developers > thought it was best to use a Stage3 install then why not give it a shot. I read your message and was surprised

Re: [gentoo-user] amaroK launching Kmail = virus?

2005-11-16 Thread abhay
On Wednesday 16 Nov 2005 9:08 pm, Fernando Meira wrote: > .libs/rawscope_impl.o(.gnu.linkonce.d._ZTCN6Amarok13RawScope_implE4_N4Arts1 >4StdSynthModuleE+0xb8): undefined reference to `virtual thunk to > Arts::StdSynthModule::streamEnd()' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > make[6]: *** [libamaroka

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread jarmstrong
I use Gentoo to run all my boxen and I love it. That being said, I have ALWAYS done a stage1 install. Never had a single problem I couldn't fix. Then, suddenly, they switched everything to stage3 and removed a LOT of options from the Gentoo build process. I LIKED being able to modify the

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Best video player

2005-11-16 Thread abhay
On Wednesday 16 Nov 2005 8:48 pm, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > Andmplayer does indeed honor the aspect-ratio. Sadly, you are forced to > have the window in the right ratio (not like xine, where you can have the > window in every ratio you like, and xine adds blavk lines where needed). mplayer -no

Re: [gentoo-user] Local dictionary in KDE?

2005-11-16 Thread abhay
On Wednesday 16 Nov 2005 7:27 pm, Holly Bostick wrote: > This does not suggest that sdcv actutally *has* these dictionaries > contained within it. But likely whatever is missing can be found at the > stardict site > > http://stardict.sourceforge.net/ > > Dictionaries would seem to be found at > > h

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On 11/16/05, Derek Tracy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a lot longer than I originally intended it to be so if you want the > jist of it skip to the end. > > (DISCLAIMER: Let me start off by saying that this is truly not a flame but > more of a concern. So please do not flame me for stating

Re: [gentoo-user] Local dictionary in KDE?

2005-11-16 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Monday 14 November 2005 23:26, abhay wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to install a dictionary application in KDE that can be run > without using internet. Though Kdict is available but it requires me to > have a internet connection for its search; which I am unable to provide > everytime. I have

Re: [gentoo-user] kdexdeltas

2005-11-16 Thread znx
Hi, This only saves you space in your distfiles directory. Instead of having full tarballs for each release of KDE, you get the major release and then all the minor fixes in "xdelta" packages. z On 16/11/05, LostSon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All > I was looking at some things tonight a

RE: [gentoo-user] Xorg compile errors [solved]

2005-11-16 Thread Budd, Tracy
> > -Original Message- > > From: > > Richard Fish > > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 10:10 AM > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg compile errors > > > > On 11/15/05, Budd, Tracy wrote: > > > - I have run memtest86+ and prime95 extensively to chec

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - SSL certificate authorities

2005-11-16 Thread Antoine
Remember that your web server must be properly configured (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/ssl/ssl_howto.html) in order to offer any real security. The howto says SGC is only available with verisign - is this true? Cheers Antoine -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - SSL certificate authorities

2005-11-16 Thread Antoine
kashani wrote: Antoine wrote: Hi, We are going to set up ssl on a webserver at work and I guess that means we need a certificate... does anyone have any useful alternatives to Verisign? Are they really worth the name? We are not going to be doing any monetary transactions but our clients are

Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On 11/16/05, Derek Tracy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (DISCLAIMER: Let me start off by saying that this is truly not a flame but > more of a concern. So please do not flame me for stating my > opinions/concerns.) Understood. I certainly didn't take it that way. > > I have been an avid Gentoo U

[gentoo-user] emerge sync

2005-11-16 Thread Cédric FINANCE
Hello, I have some trouble when I try to sync the portage tree. It works fine when I try by a friend in a wire network. At home, I have a wireless network and a treeway adsl modem. When I execute the emerge sync, it starts to download some files but everytime, it stops after 272 files. dev-ut

Re: [gentoo-user] amaroK launching Kmail = virus?

2005-11-16 Thread Fernando Meira
On 11/16/05, Jeff Smelser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 16 November 2005 10:05 am, Preston Hagar wrote:> Although amarok is probably my favorite audio player, I have found it to be> a little finicky. I usually find it works best with xine. I usually use a > "-arts -gstreamer xine" so xine

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dig

2005-11-16 Thread Willie Wong
On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 04:08:01PM +, James wrote: > Willie Wong Princeton.EDU> writes: > > > > What package is the command `dig' in? > > equery belongs dig > > is a really nifty search tool > except it doesn't work when bind-tools isn't ALREADY installed. =D I was trying to find

Re: [gentoo-user] amaroK launching Kmail = virus?

2005-11-16 Thread Jeff Smelser
On Wednesday 16 November 2005 10:05 am, Preston Hagar wrote: > Although amarok is probably my favorite audio player, I have found it to be > a little finicky. I usually find it works best with xine. I usually use a > "-arts -gstreamer xine" so xine is the only engine available. I also > usually ha

[gentoo-user] Re: Default kernel's PAGE_SIZE

2005-11-16 Thread Remy Blank
Miguel wrote: > Hi, im tunnig a postgresql server and i want to know what is the default > value for > > kernel's PAGE_SIZE > > Is this a gentoo especific value or aplies to linux kernels in general, > i mean, any distribution? This is a processor-specific value, and on x86 it's 4096 bytes. It's

Re: [gentoo-user] compiling problems

2005-11-16 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Richard Fish wrote: > Probably not, because it isn't gcc that is failing...it is > gtkdoc-mkhtml, and it is running out of memory. > > You can either merge gtk with USE=-doc, which will skip this step, or > use MAKEFLAGS=-j1, which will run only one process at a time, and > r

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I use 2.6.14 and remove udev and go back to devfs

2005-11-16 Thread Richard Fish
On 11/16/05, Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 16. November 2005 10:19 schrieb ext brullo nulla: > > > You mean there's still devfs in 2.6.14, but it is "hidden"? > > What's the sense of this? > > It's very hard to remove devfs from the kernel. Just removing the configure > o

[gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?

2005-11-16 Thread Derek Tracy
This is a lot longer than I originally intended it to be so if you want the jist of it skip to the end.(DISCLAIMER: Let me start off by saying that this is truly not a flame but more of a concern.  So please do not flame me for stating my opinions/concerns.) I have been an avid Gentoo User for 2 an

[gentoo-user] Re: Dig

2005-11-16 Thread James
Willie Wong Princeton.EDU> writes: > What package is the command `dig' in? equery belongs dig is a really nifty search tool James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] compiling problems

2005-11-16 Thread Richard Fish
On 11/16/05, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm experiencing unending problems compiling packages on a new install > system. The current one was gtk+ : > cd ./html && gtkdoc-mkhtml gdk-pixbuf ../gdk-pixbuf.sgml > parser error : out of memory error > Could there be some p

Re: [gentoo-user] amaroK launching Kmail = virus?

2005-11-16 Thread Preston Hagar
On 11/16/05, Fernando Meira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well.. the update didn't go as well as I would like! Here's where the problem started! Any idea? make[6]: *** [libamarokarts.la] Error 1 make[6]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/amarok-1.3.6/work/amarok-1.3.6/amarok/src/engine/arts/amarok

Re: [gentoo-user] Local dictionary in KDE?

2005-11-16 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 16 November 2005 15:57, Holly Bostick wrote: > abhay schreef: > > On Wednesday 16 Nov 2005 4:25 am, Willie Wong wrote: > >> An option to skip installing dictd is to install the commandline > >> version of StarDict, http://sdcv.sourceforge.net/ Last I checked it > >> is not in portage. It doesn't

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Best video player

2005-11-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:14:18 +0100, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > > mplayer also allows you to redefine all of these in its config file. > > You don't have to worry about it being intuitive when you get to > > choose the key bindings. > > but xine does it right without the need of editing the co

Re: [gentoo-user] amaroK launching Kmail = virus?

2005-11-16 Thread Fernando Meira
On 11/16/05, Fernando Meira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, I'm using 1.2.4 thou.. It behaved very well before.. but now it just crashes all the time... I dont remember to have done anything different that may have caused this... Anyway, I'll update to 1.3.6 and see how it goes.. Fernando. We

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - SSL certificate authorities

2005-11-16 Thread kashani
Antoine wrote: Hi, We are going to set up ssl on a webserver at work and I guess that means we need a certificate... does anyone have any useful alternatives to Verisign? Are they really worth the name? We are not going to be doing any monetary transactions but our clients are very security co

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Best video player

2005-11-16 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Wednesday 16 November 2005 15:46, abhay wrote: > On Wednesday 16 Nov 2005 5:31 pm, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > > FATAL: Konnte Videofilter (-vf) oder -ausgabetreiber (-vo) nicht > > initialisieren. > > I could not make much out of that error message (still need to learn a lot > of languages ;

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Best video player

2005-11-16 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Wednesday 16 November 2005 13:55, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:05:28 +0100, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > > thanks, but that is pretty un-intuitive. > > xine uses arrow up/down for the speed... a combination where I do not > > need to span my fingers over half the keyboard.. >

[gentoo-user] Default kernel's PAGE_SIZE

2005-11-16 Thread Miguel
Hi, im tunnig a postgresql server and i want to know what is the default value for kernel's PAGE_SIZE Is this a gentoo especific value or aplies to linux kernels in general, i mean, any distribution? Thanks -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Best video player

2005-11-16 Thread abhay
On Wednesday 16 Nov 2005 5:31 pm, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > FATAL: Konnte Videofilter (-vf) oder -ausgabetreiber (-vo) nicht > initialisieren. I could not make much out of that error message (still need to learn a lot of languages ;) ) but looks like a problem with your video output driver s

[gentoo-user] Gnome Timer

2005-11-16 Thread Kurt Guenther
Is there something akin to the KDE timer? --Kurt -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Local dictionary in KDE?

2005-11-16 Thread Holly Bostick
abhay schreef: > On Wednesday 16 Nov 2005 4:25 am, Willie Wong wrote: > >> An option to skip installing dictd is to install the commandline >> version of StarDict, http://sdcv.sourceforge.net/ Last I checked it >> is not in portage. It doesn't really work like Kdict, but suits my >> needs well en

Re: [gentoo-user] DNS trouble

2005-11-16 Thread Allan Spagnol Comar
Thanks, I will try to fix the reverse addressess ... thanks. On 11/15/05, Bryan Whitehead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ dig -x 210.200.1.1 | grep AUTHORITY\ SEC -A 1 > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: > 1.200.210.in-addr.arpa. 10733 IN SOA dns.ht.net.tw. > root.dns.ht.net.tw.

Re: [gentoo-user] fixing fstab

2005-11-16 Thread ellotheth rimmwen
On 11/16/05, Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 09:28 +0100, Mariusz Pękala wrote: > > > You know that ellotheth just wanted to scream, and it was not a mistake? > > Yes, I was just making an attempt at humour... Hey, I laughed. =D -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing

Re: [gentoo-user] Vixiecron not working all the sudden

2005-11-16 Thread Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daevid Vincent wrote: > But I don't think that will slove it, as the date of the file his Aug > 11th... So that means it was running fine for several months with the wrong > perms... is it running? I mean, ps ax shows it? - -- Arturo "Buanzo" Busleim

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Best video player

2005-11-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:05:28 +0100, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > thanks, but that is pretty un-intuitive. > xine uses arrow up/down for the speed... a combination where I do not > need to span my fingers over half the keyboard.. > But mplayer also jumps forward with mouse wheel up, and backwards

Re: [gentoo-user] fixing fstab

2005-11-16 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 09:28 +0100, Mariusz Pękala wrote: > You know that ellotheth just wanted to scream, and it was not a mistake? Yes, I was just making an attempt at humour... > ;-) :-7 -- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] sun-jdk

2005-11-16 Thread Alexander Skwar
Thiago Lüttig wrote: > so I must download an self installing executable and manualy install it > in my system ?? No. What does make you think that? Just read the error message and act accordingly. > I can make an gentoo package containing the jdk after > the install ? No. PS: Please no full quo

Re: [gentoo-user] sun-jdk

2005-11-16 Thread Alexander Skwar
Thiago Lüttig wrote: > Hi folks ! i´m trying to emerge the sun-jdk but i receive an emerge > restrictuin to this package. How can I merge this package to the tree > instead installing this package manualy ?? By reading the error message. It's all written there in the rows starting with a "*". Al

Re: [gentoo-user] sun-jdk

2005-11-16 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Mittwoch, 16. November 2005 12:54 schrieb ext Thiago Lüttig: > so I must download an self installing executable and manualy install it > in my system ?? No, download, then emerge again. The "self-extracting" refers to the fact that there are two downloads available for Linux. The ebuild expec

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Best video player

2005-11-16 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Wednesday 16 November 2005 02:15, Nick Rout wrote: > > > Interesting, is this on all files, or just some? > > > > > > Is it the same in gmplayer and mplayer? > > > > gmplayer -mplayer itself does refuse to run. > > > > Oh, but if you know mplayer so well, maybe you can tell me, how to fast > > f

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Best video player

2005-11-16 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Wednesday 16 November 2005 09:37, abhay wrote: > On Wednesday 16 Nov 2005 5:35 am, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > > gmplayer -mplayer itself does refuse to run. > > > > Oh, but if you know mplayer so well, maybe you can tell me, how to fast > > forward (2x, 4x) in (g)mplayer? I do not mean skip

Re: [gentoo-user] sun-jdk

2005-11-16 Thread Nagatoro
Thiago Lüttig wrote: Hi folks ! i´m trying to emerge the sun-jdk but i receive an emerge restrictuin to this package. How can I merge this package to the tree instead installing this package manualy ?? !!! dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.09 has fetch restriction turned on. !!! This probably means that

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