Re: [gentoo-user] Xserver on Dell Inspiron M1710

2007-05-05 Thread Colleen Beamer
Hi all, Well, I'm almost there, but still need some guidance. Colleen said the screen was garbled - doesn't seem to be an out of range problem. Probably it would be best if Colleen attached or linked to Xorg.0.log and xorg.conf and maybe kernel output [if that kernel recompilation didn't fix

[gentoo-user] [OT] Autohide mouse pointer

2007-05-05 Thread Daniel Iliev
Hi, list My big problem is that my mouse pointer remains visible when I'm watching clips in full-screen with mplayer under X. I have Beryl running with Nvidia's binary drv and normally the pointer goes off after several (tens of) seconds of inactivity. Not in full-screened mplayer. How do I fix

Re: [gentoo-user] Xserver on Dell Inspiron M1710

2007-05-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 05 May 2007 03:24:55 -0400, Colleen Beamer wrote: Okay, the installation of kde went fine. However, when I'm presented with the login screen for my user id, I get the message: Could not start kstartupconfig. Check your installation. I've seen this caused by permissions. Make sure

[gentoo-user] Wesnoth version

2007-05-05 Thread Marko Kocić
Is there a specific reason why gentoo doesn't provide development versions of Battle for Wesnoth (games-strategy/wesnoth)? I couldn't find anything in bug database. Development versions (1.3.2) are pretty stable, so I can't see a reason why are not included in ~x86. As for x86, 1.2.4 (latest

Re: [gentoo-user] Wesnoth version

2007-05-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Saturday 05 May 2007, Marko Kocić [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about '[gentoo-user] Wesnoth version': Is there a specific reason why gentoo doesn't provide development versions of Battle for Wesnoth (games-strategy/wesnoth)? I couldn't find anything in bug database. Development versions (1.3.2)

Re: [gentoo-user] Xserver on Dell Inspiron M1710

2007-05-05 Thread Allan Gottlieb
At Fri, 04 May 2007 12:03:12 -0400 Colleen Beamer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've always used ATI cards and after this experience, I think I still prefer them. I understand your frustration and going back to ATI in the future is certainly an option. I should add however that there have been

Re: [gentoo-user] Wesnoth version

2007-05-05 Thread Marko Kocić
On 5/5/07, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, a new numbered release deserves it's own ebuild, even if it has to linger in package.mask. Make sure it's been 2-3 days after the release and then file a version bump bug. Please report if simply renaming the existing ebuild

[gentoo-user] Mount NFS mounts as soon as possible

2007-05-05 Thread Matthias Fechner
Hi, I use here a gentoo for my diskless video recorder but I have the problem the some mounts e.g. /usr is mounted to late (is mounted via NFS). Is there a possibility to say gentoo to mount at first all disk (including NFS) and then start the normal startscripts. Best regards, Matthias --

Re: [gentoo-user] Don't get a /etc/resolv.conf on dhcpcd ethx - Get /etc/resolv.conf-eth2.sv instead which doesn't work unless copy to /etc/resolv.conf

2007-05-05 Thread Richard Watson
you _are_ using dhcpcd, right? I decided to emerge dhcpcd again to see what I get. It reports an error at the end of the compilation. * QA Notice: USE Flag 'kernel_linux' not in IUSE for net-misc/dhcpcd-2.0.5-r1 * * dhcpcd requires kernel support for Packet Socket (CONFIG_PACKET). However it

Re: [gentoo-user] Xserver on Dell Inspiron M1710

2007-05-05 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Saturday 05 May 2007 19:49:11 Allan Gottlieb wrote: I've always used ATI cards and after this experience, I think I still prefer them. [...] My own very unscientific summary of the situation is that ATI has been less favorably reviewed then nvidia. [...] One could say that the open

Re: [gentoo-user] Xserver on Dell Inspiron M1710

2007-05-05 Thread Colleen Beamer
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 05 May 2007 03:24:55 -0400, Colleen Beamer wrote: Okay, the installation of kde went fine. However, when I'm presented with the login screen for my user id, I get the message: Could not start kstartupconfig. Check your installation. I've seen this caused by

Re: [gentoo-user] Don't get a /etc/resolv.conf on dhcpcd ethx - Get /etc/resolv.conf-eth2.sv instead which doesn't work unless copy to /etc/resolv.conf

2007-05-05 Thread waltdnes
On Sun, May 06, 2007 at 05:36:13AM +1000, Richard Watson wrote However it completes OK and seems to work OK other than having to manually create the correct DNS in /etc/resolv.conf. Anyone any ideas. Thanks, Richard A bit heavy-handed... ln -f /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf-eth2.sv