Re: [gentoo-user] Index the doc

2008-04-20 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 21 April 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Which is where a problem lies: the doc being so big, most of the > time, the best way to find what you're looking for is to ask for a > pointer on this list. It sure works, but I think it's about time to > launch a documentation indexing project,

[gentoo-user] Index the doc

2008-04-20 Thread alain . didierjean
fter being a user (for at least a year each) of Redhat, Suse, Debian I finally went to Gentoo and intend to stick to it. What I like most: - I had to reinstall only once, when I changed my computer. That's great ! Experience has taught me that, should a new version be issued, the safer and least

[gentoo-user] Samba build problem after system update

2008-04-20 Thread Mateusz A. Mierzwiński
Hi! I have problem with installing/updating couple apps after system update. After upgrading I've done revdep-rebuild (as usual) and everything is ok. I've try to emerge autoconfig but error also occurred. What should I do with this? Any suggestions? * samba-3.0.28a.tar.gz RMD160 SHA1 SHA25

[gentoo-user] Re: iwlwifi - problem with wireless radio being killed

2008-04-20 Thread »Q«
"Cristian Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/20/08, »Q« <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have a Sony Vaio laptop with a 4965AGN. I'd been using the > > iwlwifi package with a 2.6.23 kernel. I just moved to > > tuxonice-sources-2.6.24-r4, so I'm now using the iwlwifi driver > > that's i

Re: [gentoo-user] iwlwifi - problem with wireless radio being killed

2008-04-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:02:33 -0400, Cristian Gary wrote: > hi, the fast " and not the pretty way" to set on the Wireless radio > interface ,when you have this problem > do this. "iwconfig wlan0 txpower on" and then "/etc/init.d/net.wlan0 > start" Or put the iwconfig command in the preup

Re: [gentoo-user] iwlwifi - problem with wireless radio being killed

2008-04-20 Thread Cristian Gary
hi, the fast " and not the pretty way" to set on the Wireless radio interface ,when you have this problem do this. "iwconfig wlan0 txpower on" and then "/etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start" On 4/20/08, »Q« <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a Sony Vaio laptop with a 4965AGN. I'd been using

[gentoo-user] iwlwifi - problem with wireless radio being killed

2008-04-20 Thread »Q«
I have a Sony Vaio laptop with a 4965AGN. I'd been using the iwlwifi package with a 2.6.23 kernel. I just moved to tuxonice-sources-2.6.24-r4, so I'm now using the iwlwifi driver that's included with the kernel. Now if I need to restart the wireless interface (using /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart

Re: [gentoo-user] cpu use flags

2008-04-20 Thread Florian Philipp
On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 13:39 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > I have an intel core2 duo (currently in 32 bit mode x86). > Is there any reason why I should not set the following use flags. > >mmx, sse, sse2, ssse3 > > The last one would be a local flag for mplayer. > > proc/cpu indicates I have

[gentoo-user] cpu use flags

2008-04-20 Thread Allan Gottlieb
I have an intel core2 duo (currently in 32 bit mode x86). Is there any reason why I should not set the following use flags. mmx, sse, sse2, ssse3 The last one would be a local flag for mplayer. proc/cpu indicates I have this functionality. flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: init 1, root device is busy :(

2008-04-20 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Sonntag, den 20.04.2008, 19:22 +0200 schrieb Francesco Talamona: > You stated this (xfs doesn't need to be checked at boot) twice, but > I'd like to read a bit of explanation. fsck.xfs is a dummy. It does nothing. So not calling it at all doesn't make a difference. Bye... Dirk signa

[gentoo-user] Re: init 1, root device is busy :(

2008-04-20 Thread Francesco Talamona
On Sunday 20 April 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > > Never do this unless you're using xfs. > > > > Why? "never fsck at boot time" -> > > Because bad things can happen if you don't fsck at boot time. The > only exception to this is xfs, which you are not using, as I see > below. You stated this (x

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: init 1, root device is busy :(

2008-04-20 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Sonntag, den 20.04.2008, 15:56 +0200 schrieb Abraham Gyorgy: > Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > Am Samstag, den 19.04.2008, 21:53 +0200 schrieb Abraham Gyorgy: > > > >> Now all my partitions are set to > >> "never fsck" at boot time. :) > >> > > > > Never do this unless you're using xfs. > > W

[gentoo-user] [OT vmware] Networking Gentoo as guest on vista

2008-04-20 Thread reader
I'm hoping some of you here have run gentoo on a windows host and will know something about the various networking possibilities. My setup: Wireless connected laptop running windows vista premium home Local lan network connected to internet via cable. Home router has the internet connection and

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: init 1, root device is busy :(

2008-04-20 Thread Abraham Gyorgy
Dirk Heinrichs wrote: Am Samstag, den 19.04.2008, 21:53 +0200 schrieb Abraham Gyorgy: Now all my partitions are set to "never fsck" at boot time. :) Never do this unless you're using xfs. Bye... Dirk Why? "never fsck at boot time" -> /dev/hda1 /boot

Re: [gentoo-user] Messed up - how do I emerge coreutils once coreutils is gone?

2008-04-20 Thread Mick
On Saturday 19 April 2008, Mark Knecht wrote: > The system is back to working now as far as I can tell. Without all of > you I would hardly have known exactly how to proceed. With your help I > made some headway. Not sure yet whether it will reboot successfully > but at least I could emerge coreut

Re: [gentoo-user] Best practices - flexible XServer

2008-04-20 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag, 20. April 2008, Florian Philipp wrote: > 3. external displays (VGA, DVI, LCD and TV-Out, one at a time would be > enough) with different aspects and resolutions with 3D-acceleration on > my Intel i945. don't put modes or modelines into your xorg.conf. Let X figure it out. -- gentoo-u

Re: [gentoo-user] webcam

2008-04-20 Thread Gavin Seddon
b.n. wrote: Gavin Seddon ha scritto: Hi, Can anyone recommend a easy-to-install and decent wc for conferencing? Depends on what you mean with "decent". I have a cheap Logitech and it works m. Logitech Quickcam Pro 5000 Webcam looks good? -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] webcam

2008-04-20 Thread Gavin Seddon
b.n. wrote: Gavin Seddon ha scritto: Hi, Can anyone recommend a easy-to-install and decent wc for conferencing? Depends on what you mean with "decent". I have a cheap Logitech and it works fine. m. Decent, images clear and sound good. Looks nice on top of monitor. Easy to install! -- gen

Re: [gentoo-user] webcam

2008-04-20 Thread b.n.
Gavin Seddon ha scritto: Hi, Can anyone recommend a easy-to-install and decent wc for conferencing? Depends on what you mean with "decent". I have a cheap Logitech and it works fine. m. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Messed up - how do I emerge coreutils once coreutils is gone?

2008-04-20 Thread Justin
And since so many other people did this too, he just called a LOT of people stupid. Not good. Just said doing this is stupid not those people are stupid!! signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Messed up - how do I emerge coreutils once coreutils is gone?

2008-04-20 Thread Justin
Did you never make dire mistakes? Well, if you haven't you may keep throwing stones in a glasshouse. You are right! Once I did this: rm -rv `equery files foo`. This was a brilliant lesson! signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Messed up - how do I emerge coreutils once coreutils is gone?

2008-04-20 Thread Stroller
On 19 Apr 2008, at 21:15, Uwe Thiem wrote: ... Did you never make dire mistakes? Well, if you haven't you may keep throwing stones in a glasshouse. If he's never made a dire mistake then he doesn't live in a glass house. Stroller. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Best practices - flexible XServer

2008-04-20 Thread William Kenworthy
I think you are looking for problems where they dont exist: point your xorg.conf at /dev/input/mice - then all mice end up under the one reference. i.e., plug in a usbmouse and once the modules are loaded, its automatically seen by the xserver. Keyboards (usb) and the native keyboard (on desktop

Re: [gentoo-user] Best practices - flexible XServer

2008-04-20 Thread Michal 'vorner' Vaner
Hello On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 11:48:31AM +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: > 1. usage of my own Logitech mouse as well as typical USB-mice and my > touchpad. You probably can define separate device section for: • touchpad • your logitech mouse • any other mouse and in the server layout have touchpad

[gentoo-user] webcam

2008-04-20 Thread Gavin Seddon
Hi, Can anyone recommend a easy-to-install and decent wc for conferencing? Gav -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Best practices - flexible XServer

2008-04-20 Thread Florian Philipp
Hi list! I found my current XServer-setup very inflexible and would like to hear some tips for improving it. What I would like to have is a customizable plug'n'play setup which I can configure without restarting the XServer. Since I have a notebook, there are many occasions where I have to work w

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: init 1, root device is busy :(

2008-04-20 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag, den 19.04.2008, 21:53 +0200 schrieb Abraham Gyorgy: > Now all my partitions are set to > "never fsck" at boot time. :) Never do this unless you're using xfs. Bye... Dirk signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil

[gentoo-user] FEATURES=buildsyspkg

2008-04-20 Thread Graham Murray
What is the intended logic of buildsyspkg? I assumed that it would build binary packages for all 'system' packages, ie those which would be in a 'stage-2' tarball, but it seems a little arbitrary. For example, it builds binary packages for portage but not for python, for baselayout but not openrc,