Re: [gentoo-user] How to dim the display brightness

2009-02-24 Thread Damian
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Damian damian.o...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Sebastian, acpi_os-name = Linux as kernel parameter might help. Ok, I've changed the grub menu.lst file. After the reboot I will write if something changes. Nope :( and take a look if /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] - command line read *.csv create new file

2009-02-24 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Tuesday 24 February 2009, 03:26, Mark Knecht wrote: If I drop columns - and I do need to - then something like how cut works would be good, but it needs to repeat across all the rows being used. For instance, if I'm dropping columns 6 12 from a 20 column wide data set, then I'm dropping 6

[gentoo-user] Re: Installing OSS / error adding oss-overlay

2009-02-24 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: [...] Hopefully they'll fix it soon. It should be fixed now. Remove and re-add the overlay in layman and resync.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] - command line read *.csv create new file

2009-02-24 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 2:56 AM, Etaoin Shrdlu shr...@unlimitedmail.org wrote: SNIP So, in my understanding this is what we want to accomplish so far: given an input of the form D1,T1,a1,b1,c1,d1,...,R1 D2,T2,a2,b2,c2,d2,...,R2 D3,T3,a3,b3,c3,d3,...,R3 D4,T4,a4,b4,c4,d4,...,R4

Re: [gentoo-user] MonetBD on portage?

2009-02-24 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:41 AM, Dirk Uys dirkc...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:36 AM, laurent laur...@logiquefloue.org wrote: Apparently monetdb maintainer requested it to be removed from

[gentoo-user] Re: MonetBD on portage?

2009-02-24 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:41 AM, Dirk Uys dirkc...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:36 AM, laurent laur...@logiquefloue.org wrote: Apparently monetdb maintainer requested it to be

[gentoo-user] Re: Portage and sets

2009-02-24 Thread James
Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon at gmail.com writes: As to why there isn't such a thing with portage, I don't know. You would have to ask the kde ebuild maintainers. But if you would like to have this collection of sets and haven't added the overlay, I'd happily send you a tarball of all the

[gentoo-user] {OT} TCP or UDP?

2009-02-24 Thread Grant
How can I find out whether I should be specifying TCP, UDP, or both for iptables (shorewall) config? - Grant

[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} TCP or UDP?

2009-02-24 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Grant wrote: How can I find out whether I should be specifying TCP, UDP, or both for iptables (shorewall) config? By knowing the application's protocol for which you write the rules for :P For example, if I write some rule that applies to traffic generated by a web server and web browsers,

[gentoo-user] OT -- superuser file manager access to remote via ssh with no root login?

2009-02-24 Thread Michael Higgins
I can't figure this one out. Have disallowed root login, public key auth. Have a bunch of random renaming to do on that machine though, so would like to point and click for a change. Is this possible? No GUI libs on the remote machine... I was thinking sshfs, but since I can't login directly

[gentoo-user] Re: OT -- superuser file manager access to remote via ssh with no root login?

2009-02-24 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Michael Higgins wrote: I can't figure this one out. Have disallowed root login, public key auth. Have a bunch of random renaming to do on that machine though, so would like to point and click for a change. Is this possible? No GUI libs on the remote machine... I was thinking sshfs, but

Re: [gentoo-user] OT -- superuser file manager access to remote via ssh with no root login?

2009-02-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 24 February 2009 19:02:42 Michael Higgins wrote: I can't figure this one out. Have disallowed root login, public key auth. Have a bunch of random renaming to do on that machine though, so would like to point and click for a change. Is this possible? No GUI libs on the remote

[gentoo-user] Orphan e-mail message in kmail

2009-02-24 Thread Peter Humphrey
Greetings, After a power failure a few days ago, kmail-1.9.9 now has one message in one folder that can't be read, viewed, moved or deleted. It's shown at the top of the list instead of near the bottom, and nothing I can think of will make any change to it. Can anyone suggest a reasonably

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} TCP or UDP?

2009-02-24 Thread Florian Philipp
Nikos Chantziaras schrieb: Grant wrote: How can I find out whether I should be specifying TCP, UDP, or both for iptables (shorewall) config? By knowing the application's protocol for which you write the rules for :P [...] So you have to research a bit to see if the application uses TCP or

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] - command line read *.csv create new file

2009-02-24 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Tuesday 24 February 2009, 15:41, Mark Knecht wrote: On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 2:56 AM, Etaoin Shrdlu shr...@unlimitedmail.org wrote: SNIP So, in my understanding this is what we want to accomplish so far: given an input of the form D1,T1,a1,b1,c1,d1,...,R1 D2,T2,a2,b2,c2,d2,...,R2

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} TCP or UDP?

2009-02-24 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Tuesday 24 February 2009, 18:21, Florian Philipp wrote: Nikos Chantziaras schrieb: Grant wrote: How can I find out whether I should be specifying TCP, UDP, or both for iptables (shorewall) config? By knowing the application's protocol for which you write the rules for :P [...] So

Re: [gentoo-user] Orphan e-mail message in kmail

2009-02-24 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Dienstag 24 Februar 2009, Peter Humphrey wrote: Greetings, After a power failure a few days ago, kmail-1.9.9 now has one message in one folder that can't be read, viewed, moved or deleted. It's shown at the top of the list instead of near the bottom, and nothing I can think of will make

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} TCP or UDP?

2009-02-24 Thread kashani
Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: On Tuesday 24 February 2009, 18:21, Florian Philipp wrote: Nikos Chantziaras schrieb: Grant wrote: How can I find out whether I should be specifying TCP, UDP, or both for iptables (shorewall) config? By knowing the application's protocol for which you write the rules for

Re: [gentoo-user] OT -- superuser file manager access to remote via ssh with no root login?

2009-02-24 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Michael Higgins li...@evolone.org wrote: I can't figure this one out. Have disallowed root login, public key auth. Have a bunch of random renaming to do on that machine though, so would like to point and click for a change. Is this possible? No GUI libs

Re: [gentoo-user] OT -- superuser file manager access to remote via ssh with no root login?

2009-02-24 Thread Daniel Troeder
Am Dienstag, den 24.02.2009, 09:02 -0800 schrieb Michael Higgins: I can't figure this one out. Have disallowed root login, public key auth. Have a bunch of random renaming to do on that machine though, so would like to point and click for a change. Is this possible? No GUI libs on the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Portage and sets

2009-02-24 Thread Dale
James wrote: Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon at gmail.com writes: As to why there isn't such a thing with portage, I don't know. You would have to ask the kde ebuild maintainers. But if you would like to have this collection of sets and haven't added the overlay, I'd happily send you a

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] - command line read *.csv create new file

2009-02-24 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Etaoin Shrdlu shr...@unlimitedmail.org wrote: On Tuesday 24 February 2009, 15:41, Mark Knecht wrote: On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 2:56 AM, Etaoin Shrdlu shr...@unlimitedmail.org wrote: SNIP So, in my understanding this is what we want to accomplish so far:

Re: [gentoo-user] How to dim the display brightness

2009-02-24 Thread Steffen Loos
Hello Damian, and take a look if /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/ is present: On an IBM T61 i have acpi_video1 too. Video0 represents the vga/dvi output where video1 represents the LCD. Also have a look on max_brightness on this dirs for the maximum value. You can use xev to see which

Re: [gentoo-user] How to dim the display brightness

2009-02-24 Thread Damian
Hi Steffen, and take a look if /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/ is present: On an IBM T61 i have acpi_video1 too. Video0 represents the vga/dvi output where video1 represents the LCD. Also have a look on max_brightness on this dirs for the maximum value. No, I only have video0. As

Re: [gentoo-user] OT -- superuser file manager access to remote via ssh with no root login?

2009-02-24 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:02:42 -0800 Michael Higgins li...@evolone.org wrote: I can't figure this one out. Have disallowed root login, public key auth. Have a bunch of random renaming to do on that machine though, so would like to point and click for a change. Is this possible? No GUI

[gentoo-user] OpenOffice-bin spell checking?

2009-02-24 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, I emerged eselect-oodict and it acts like it's doing something but still I don't see any dictionaries in Tools-Options-Language Settings-Writing Aids Under Languages I have selected English (USA) Is there something else I have to turn on to get spell checking working for my wife? I

[gentoo-user] Re: OpenOffice-bin spell checking?

2009-02-24 Thread Mark Knecht
Is OO really so stupid that it makes you add by hand for each user an extension spelling library from /usr/lib/openoffice/extension/install to get a spelling checker to work? Is this anyway to run a business? OK, solved. Working. I don't get it. Sorry for the noise. - Mark On Tue, Feb 24,

Re: [gentoo-user] Orphan e-mail message in kmail

2009-02-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 24 February 2009 19:18:03 Peter Humphrey wrote: Greetings, After a power failure a few days ago, kmail-1.9.9 now has one message in one folder that can't be read, viewed, moved or deleted. It's shown at the top of the list instead of near the bottom, and nothing I can think of will

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Portage and sets

2009-02-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 24 February 2009 23:30:04 Dale wrote: James wrote: Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon at gmail.com writes: As to why there isn't such a thing with portage, I don't know. You would have to ask the kde ebuild maintainers. But if you would like to have this collection of sets and haven't

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Portage and sets

2009-02-24 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Tuesday 24 February 2009 23:30:04 Dale wrote: James wrote: Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon at gmail.com writes: As to why there isn't such a thing with portage, I don't know. You would have to ask the kde ebuild maintainers. But if you would like to have

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Portage and sets

2009-02-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 25 February 2009 07:43:42 Dale wrote: Ooops, you didn't send them to the list.  Since you didn't change the subject line, it put it in the same folder as gentoo-user stuff.  I didn't even notice.  My bad. I filter mailing lists by subject since it starts the same way in the