Re: [gentoo-user] xf86-video-ati-6.8.0-r1 problems

2008-07-16 Thread Andrew Tchernoivanov
>modprobing either module fails . . . What is the error message? On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 16 July 2008, Andrew Tchernoivanov wrote: > > >drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 > > >drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or ad

Re: [gentoo-user] xf86-video-ati-6.8.0-r1 problems

2008-07-16 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 16 July 2008, Andrew Tchernoivanov wrote: > >drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 > >drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) > >drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) > >drmOpenDevice: Open failed > >[drm] failed to load kernel module

[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Screensaver to slideshow photos?

2008-07-16 Thread James
Grant gmail.com> writes: > Does anyone know of a screensaver app in portage (xscreensaver?) that > will slideshow through photos? How about using the internet as a > source for the photos? It's easy, if you run kde (3.5.9) --> control center --> screen saver --> Banners & Pictures --> Slide

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

2008-07-16 Thread Harry Putnam
Tightvnc installed with server flag and seems to be working, at least as far as viewing from gentoo through servers running on windows machines. But when tried the other way round I get no connecton and no log output from the gentoo server. Just a message on the windows machine `Failed to conn

Re: [gentoo-user] no beep in console

2008-07-16 Thread Peter Wood
Jan Seeger wrote: I have had exactly the same problem, albeit only with an intel hda codec. The interesting thing is that the beep works only when the sound is deactivated (power saving mode on hda chip), so I think it has something to do with the hardware. In case others experience a simil

Re: [gentoo-user] discarding sources of old kernels

2008-07-16 Thread Allan Gottlieb
At Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:08:15 -0400 Allan Gottlieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I keep a few old kernel binaries around that I know have worked. > They are not ancient; the oldest is 2.6.19* > > Am I correct in believing that I can run these backup kernels even if > I discard the corresponding sour

Re: [gentoo-user] discarding sources of old kernels

2008-07-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Donnerstag, 17. Juli 2008, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > I keep a few old kernel binaries around that I know have worked. > They are not ancient; the oldest is 2.6.19* > > Am I correct in believing that I can run these backup kernels even if > I discard the corresponding sources. I am fairly sure tha

Re: [gentoo-user] user command auditing

2008-07-16 Thread Dale
Andrew Tchernoivanov wrote: >Is there a tool or a way of keeping track of which commands user's are >executing on a system? There is a .bash_history file in user's home folders. It contains all commands executed by this user. But as the OP said, it can be edited or deleted so he can not rel

[gentoo-user] Re: discarding sources of old kernels

2008-07-16 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Allan Gottlieb wrote: I keep a few old kernel binaries around that I know have worked. They are not ancient; the oldest is 2.6.19* Am I correct in believing that I can run these backup kernels even if I discard the corresponding sources. I am fairly sure that I need keep only the contents of /l

Re: [gentoo-user] discarding sources of old kernels

2008-07-16 Thread Justin Findlay
On AD 2008 July 16 Wednesday 07:08:15 PM -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > I keep a few old kernel binaries around that I know have worked. > They are not ancient; the oldest is 2.6.19* > > Am I correct in believing that I can run these backup kernels even if > I discard the corresponding sources. I

[gentoo-user] discarding sources of old kernels

2008-07-16 Thread Allan Gottlieb
I keep a few old kernel binaries around that I know have worked. They are not ancient; the oldest is 2.6.19* Am I correct in believing that I can run these backup kernels even if I discard the corresponding sources. I am fairly sure that I need keep only the contents of /lib/modules/ and can disc

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD and changing permissions

2008-07-16 Thread Dale
Daniel Pielmeier wrote: Dale schrieb: This appears to be a udf problem I would assume with the kernel. If I mount the DVD as iso9660 then it works fine but if it mounts with udf the permissions are wrong. Is there a way to tell hal, ivman and friends to always use iso9660? At least until

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Screensaver to slideshow photos?

2008-07-16 Thread Joshua D Doll
Grant wrote: Does anyone know of a screensaver app in portage (xscreensaver?) that will slideshow through photos? How about using the internet as a source for the photos? - Grant There's webcollage in xscreensaver that will grab photos off the net and make a collage out of them. Gnome-scree

[gentoo-user] {OT} Screensaver to slideshow photos?

2008-07-16 Thread Grant
Does anyone know of a screensaver app in portage (xscreensaver?) that will slideshow through photos? How about using the internet as a source for the photos? - Grant -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] xf86-video-ati-6.8.0-r1 problems

2008-07-16 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 16 July 2008, Andrew Tchernoivanov wrote: > >drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 > >drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) > >drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) > >drmOpenDevice: Open failed > >[drm] failed to load kernel module

Re: [gentoo-user] Good Library Management software

2008-07-16 Thread Stroller
On 14 Jul 2008, at 13:06, CJoeB wrote: Eric Martin wrote: Before I recreated the wheel, does anybody know of any good library management software (preferably in portage)? My wife and I are having a hard time keeping track of what books we have, and what books we are lending out to people

Re: [gentoo-user] xf86-video-ati-6.8.0-r1 problems

2008-07-16 Thread Andrew Tchernoivanov
>drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 >drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) >drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) >drmOpenDevice: Open failed >[drm] failed to load kernel module "radeon" According to this there are no module named radeon in /

[gentoo-user] xf86-video-ati-6.8.0-r1 problems

2008-07-16 Thread Mick
Hi All, Just emerged x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.8.0-r1 (I was previously using x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.6.3 and noticed this in my Xorg.0.log: == (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY (AGP)" (ChipID = 0x4c59) (--) RADEON(0): Linear frame

Re: [gentoo-user] user command auditing

2008-07-16 Thread Andrew Tchernoivanov
>Is there a tool or a way of keeping track of which commands user's are >executing on a system? There is a .bash_history file in user's home folders. It contains all commands executed by this user. On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 7:22 PM, A. Khattri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Ric

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: No progress indicator in bootsplash

2008-07-16 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Nikos Chantziaras ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [16.07.08 17:55]: > Sebastian Günther wrote: >> * Nikos Chantziaras ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [16.07.08 15:02]: > > Thanks for helping in tracking down this issue. Here's /etc/conf.d/splash: > > SPLASH_VERBOSE_ON_ERRORS="no" try turning this to yes, maybe there ar

Re: [gentoo-user] Good Library Management software

2008-07-16 Thread Eric Martin
CJoeB wrote: Eric Martin wrote: Before I recreated the wheel, does anybody know of any good library management software (preferably in portage)? My wife and I are having a hard time keeping track of what books we have, and what books we are lending out to people so I figured this would be a g

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD and changing permissions

2008-07-16 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
Dale schrieb: This appears to be a udf problem I would assume with the kernel. If I mount the DVD as iso9660 then it works fine but if it mounts with udf the permissions are wrong. Is there a way to tell hal, ivman and friends to always use iso9660? At least until there is a fix in the ke

Re: [gentoo-user] Evolution Doesn't Filter Incoming Mail

2008-07-16 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Despite ticking the 'Apply filters to new messages in INBOX on this > server' check-box in the Evolution Account Editor, I have to highlight > new email and click 'Apply Filters' in Evolution's 'Message' menu so > that Evolution

[gentoo-user] Re: No progress indicator in bootsplash

2008-07-16 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Sebastian Günther wrote: * Nikos Chantziaras ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [16.07.08 15:02]: I've removed BOOT_MSG. Still no go. It says "Initializing the kernel" and nothing else happens. One thing I noticed is that: splash_geninitramfs -g /boot/splash1280x1024 -r 1280x1024 livecd-2007.0 only inclu

Re: [gentoo-user] Evolution Doesn't Filter Incoming Mail

2008-07-16 Thread Patric Schmitz
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:27:24 +0100 Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I use Evolution as my mail client. I receive Gentoo mailing list email > at my GMail address, and access this email in Evolution over IMAP. > > I want Gentoo mailing list messages to go into a Gentoo mailing li

Re: [gentoo-user] Vmware install

2008-07-16 Thread Andrey Falko
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Matthew Daubenspeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a gentoo install (currently amd64/2007.0) with all of the current > up to date packages. I have been trying to upgrade the kernel for quite > a while now. The last kernel I can still seem to get running is > 2.

[gentoo-user] Evolution Doesn't Filter Incoming Mail

2008-07-16 Thread Richard
Dear all, I use Evolution as my mail client. I receive Gentoo mailing list email at my GMail address, and access this email in Evolution over IMAP. I want Gentoo mailing list messages to go into a Gentoo mailing list folder in Evolution, and so I've setup an incoming mail filter to take all mail

Re: [gentoo-user] user command auditing

2008-07-16 Thread A. Khattri
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Richard Marzan wrote: Is there a tool or a way of keeping track of which commands user's are executing on a system? I understand that history files can be wiped out and they don't really contain the time at which a command and it's arguments were run so I refrain from relyin

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD and changing permissions

2008-07-16 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
2008/7/16, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > I use utf-8 on my system, so i thought it is correct. > > > > Can you please explain me what are $INS_BASE/lib/profiled > > $INS_BASE/lib/siconv for. These two directories are not installed by > > the gentoo installation. I ask this because I

[gentoo-user] Vmware install

2008-07-16 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
I have a gentoo install (currently amd64/2007.0) with all of the current up to date packages. I have been trying to upgrade the kernel for quite a while now. The last kernel I can still seem to get running is 2.6.20-gentoo-r8. I've tried upgrading to every kernel as they have entered into portage,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mail on multiple laptops

2008-07-16 Thread Michael Pobega
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 06:12:58PM +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: > Grant Edwards schrieb: >> On 2008-07-15, Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 08:00:22AM -0700, Michael Higgins wrote: On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:11:08 -0400 (EDT) "James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: No progress indicator in bootsplash

2008-07-16 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Nikos Chantziaras ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [16.07.08 15:02]: > I've removed BOOT_MSG. Still no go. It says "Initializing the kernel" and > nothing else happens. > > One thing I noticed is that: > > splash_geninitramfs -g /boot/splash1280x1024 -r 1280x1024 livecd-2007.0 > > only includes the JPEG im

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD and changing permissions

2008-07-16 Thread Joerg Schilling
"Daniel Pielmeier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why do you use things like: -input-charset utf-8 which is may be wrong > > and which is by default handled correctly by mkisofs? > > I use utf-8 on my system, so i thought it is correct. > > Can you please explain me what are $INS_BASE/lib/profiled

[gentoo-user] Re: Serial port over ethernet

2008-07-16 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2008-07-16, Zdenek Travnicek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to connect serial port from remote machine to my > laptop and use it for PIC programmer. (both machines are > running gentoo) It's easy to tunnel data using nc or similar > tool, but it won't give me ioctl access to the port

[gentoo-user] Re: Serial port over ethernet

2008-07-16 Thread James
Dirk Heinrichs online.de> writes: > > Am Mittwoch, 16. Juli 2008 schrieb Zdenek Travnicek: > > > I would like to connect serial port from remote machine to my laptop and > > use it for PIC programmer. Why can't you just connect the pic programmer into a serial port (on a linux system near th

[gentoo-user] Re: Problems compiling gcc 4.2.4 and 4.3.1-r1

2008-07-16 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
John covici wrote: on Tuesday 07/15/2008 Neil Bothwick([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote > On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:54:43 -0400, John covici wrote: > > > > Did you try updating glibc even though it's not a dependency with > > > x86? > > > > Nope, because I was hesitant being this is an unstable

[gentoo-user] Re: No progress indicator in bootsplash

2008-07-16 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 12:27 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/sdc1 video=uvesafb:1280x1024-32,mtrr:3,ywrap splash=silent,fadein,fadeout,theme:gentoo console=tty1 BOOT_MSG="Cool, huh?" softlevel=native I

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD and changing permissions

2008-07-16 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: Well, it worked the first time at least. Back to the drawing board. :-( I re-emerged hal and it umounts just fine now. Can someone tell me things to try to narrow down what the problem is exactly? I'm will to try some things if it will help. You may have to hold my hand a li

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD and changing permissions

2008-07-16 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
2008/7/16, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Daniel Pielmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > By the way would you recommend those commands for creating dvd-video > > material, or should there be something changed. I mean it should be most > > compatible. Playable on PC and standalone players

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD and changing permissions

2008-07-16 Thread Joerg Schilling
Daniel Pielmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By the way would you recommend those commands for creating dvd-video > material, or should there be something changed. I mean it should be most > compatible. Playable on PC and standalone players and different > operating systems. > > Iso creation:

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial port over ethernet

2008-07-16 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Mittwoch, 16. Juli 2008 schrieb Zdenek Travnicek: > I would like to connect serial port from remote machine to my laptop and > use it for PIC programmer. (both machines are running gentoo) > It's easy to tunnel data using nc or similar tool, but it won't give me > ioctl access to the port itsel

[gentoo-user] Serial port over ethernet

2008-07-16 Thread Zdenek Travnicek
Hi everyone, I would like to connect serial port from remote machine to my laptop and use it for PIC programmer. (both machines are running gentoo) It's easy to tunnel data using nc or similar tool, but it won't give me ioctl access to the port itself. (Or did I miss something?) Is there any tool/

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting problem

2008-07-16 Thread Norman Hakim
> Which desktop are you using? KDE handles this > automatically, for anything > else you should install ivman. > I'm using GDM. To Dirk, I will read the 2 links that u had given and any problems i will let you know. Thank you. Regards, Norman -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org maili

[gentoo-user] user command auditing

2008-07-16 Thread Richard Marzan
Is there a tool or a way of keeping track of which commands user's are executing on a system? I understand that history files can be wiped out and they don't really contain the time at which a command and it's arguments were run so I refrain from relying on it. Regards, Richard -- gentoo-user@l

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting problem

2008-07-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:09:24 -0700 (PDT), Norman Hakim wrote: > ok, but then how do i put tose lines into /etc/fstab? Actually i'm a > newbie to gentoo linux. You have already edited /etc/fstab during installation, the procedure is exactly the same. nano -w /etc/fstab Which desktop are you usin

[gentoo-user] Re: Firefox is currently in offline mode and can't browse the Web

2008-07-16 Thread Miernik
Hong Hao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure, If you have NetworkManger installed, try to stop the > service. No, I don't: przehyba ~ # emerge --search networkmanager | egrep "\*|installed" * kde-misc/knetworkmanager [ Masked ] Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] * net-misc/

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting problem

2008-07-16 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Mittwoch, 16. Juli 2008 schrieb Norman Hakim: > ok, but then how do i put tose lines into /etc/fstab? By using your favorite text editor. Or with the "echo" command: echo "/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0" >>/etc/fstab This will append the line to the file, but be careful, it mu

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting problem

2008-07-16 Thread Hong Hao
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:09:24AM -0700, Norman Hakim wrote: > > > NORMAN HAKIM YAHYA > > > --- On Wed, 7/16/08, Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting problem > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > D

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting problem

2008-07-16 Thread Norman Hakim
NORMAN HAKIM YAHYA --- On Wed, 7/16/08, Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting problem > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 1:38 AM > Am Mittwoch, 16. Juli 2008 schrieb Norman H