Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild description

2009-04-26 Thread Philip Webb
090426 Michael P. Soulier wrote: > I installed eix and ran update-eix. When I run 'eix dev-lang/python' > it's highlighting version ~2.5.4-r2, which is what I have installed. > If the 2.5.4-r2 version is "masked by keyword", > why's it installed on my system? What I get is : root:502 root> eix

Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild description

2009-04-26 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 25/04/09 Sebastian Günther said: > emerge eix > man eix Cool. I installed it and ran update-eix. When I run eix dev-lang/python I see that it's highlighting version ~2.5.4-r2, which is what I have installed. If the 2.5.4-r2 version is "masked by keyword", why's it installed on my system? :)

Re: [gentoo-user] "emerge --depclean" vs. "revdep-rebuild"

2009-04-26 Thread David Relson
On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:17:39 -0500 Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 1:27 PM, David Relson > > wrote: > >> As a "cleanup" test, I've run "emerge --depclean" and > >> "revdep-rebuild". > >> > >> "emerge --depclean" removed approx 85 files, which seemed > >> reasonable.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: No sound over HDMI with SB600, 9800GT

2009-04-26 Thread Strake
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 4:52 AM, Leon Feng wrote: > Do you use Gnome ? It has a sound test utility which can  test HDMI > audio output. > If there is sound in test utility. Try to upgrade mplayer, it had a > bug fixed in HDMI audio. > I don't use gnome, but I tried speaker-test and aplay, in vain

Re: [gentoo-user] can't find ralink driver in 2.6.28-gentoo-r4 kernel

2009-04-26 Thread maxim wexler
> > Take a look in the "Depends on" line of the item you > have identified as > > the driver in the /rt2x00 search output. Maybe > something is not enabled > > that is needed for the driver to show up. > > > >    > I just checked on my 2.6.29-r1, and that path is accurate, > and it's at > the bot

Re: [gentoo-user] can't find ralink driver in 2.6.28-gentoo-r4 kernel

2009-04-26 Thread maxim wexler
> > Take a look in the "Depends on" line of the item you have > identified as > the driver in the /rt2x00 search output. Maybe something is > not enabled > that is needed for the driver to show up. > It's all enabled either or [*]. Except for &&!S390 which I suppose means *don't* enable. That

Re: [gentoo-user] can't find ralink driver in 2.6.28-gentoo-r4 kernel

2009-04-26 Thread Saphirus Sage
Daniel Pielmeier wrote: > maxim wexler schrieb am 27.04.2009 00:09: > >> Hi group, >> >> For a #make menuconfig on the 2.6.28-gentoo-r4 sources trying to uncover the >> ralink driver. >> >> When I type /rt2x00 I'm told it's defined in >> drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/Kconfig:1 and can be found b

Re: [gentoo-user] can't find ralink driver in 2.6.28-gentoo-r4 kernel

2009-04-26 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
maxim wexler schrieb am 27.04.2009 00:09: > > Hi group, > > For a #make menuconfig on the 2.6.28-gentoo-r4 sources trying to uncover the > ralink driver. > > When I type /rt2x00 I'm told it's defined in > drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/Kconfig:1 and can be found by following the path: > > device

[gentoo-user] can't find ralink driver in 2.6.28-gentoo-r4 kernel

2009-04-26 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, For a #make menuconfig on the 2.6.28-gentoo-r4 sources trying to uncover the ralink driver. When I type /rt2x00 I'm told it's defined in drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/Kconfig:1 and can be found by following the path: device drivers -> net device support -> wireless lan I didn't see

Re: [gentoo-user] "emerge --depclean" vs. "revdep-rebuild"

2009-04-26 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 1:27 PM, David Relson > wrote: > >> As a "cleanup" test, I've run "emerge --depclean" and "revdep-rebuild". >> >> "emerge --depclean" removed approx 85 files, which seemed reasonable. >> >> "revdep-rebuild" then rebuilt 7 or 8 packages -- also reaso

Re: [gentoo-user] "emerge --depclean" vs. "revdep-rebuild"

2009-04-26 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 1:27 PM, David Relson wrote: > As a "cleanup" test, I've run "emerge --depclean" and "revdep-rebuild". > > "emerge --depclean" removed approx 85 files, which seemed reasonable. > > "revdep-rebuild" then rebuilt 7 or 8 packages -- also reasonable. > > When I run the commands

[gentoo-user] "emerge --depclean" vs. "revdep-rebuild"

2009-04-26 Thread David Relson
As a "cleanup" test, I've run "emerge --depclean" and "revdep-rebuild". "emerge --depclean" removed approx 85 files, which seemed reasonable. "revdep-rebuild" then rebuilt 7 or 8 packages -- also reasonable. When I run the commands again, "emerge --depclean" removes the packages that "revdep-reb

Re: [gentoo-user] conflict in update

2009-04-26 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Dale wrote: > >> Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >>> It should be easy enough to write a program that examines world and displays >>> all packages it finds that are dependencies of something else in world, but >>> I >>> haven't found one, and

Re: [gentoo-user] conflict in update

2009-04-26 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Dale wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >> It should be easy enough to write a program that examines world and displays >> all packages it finds that are dependencies of something else in world, but I >> haven't found one, and prefer the manual approach above. >> >>

Re: [gentoo-user] conflict in update

2009-04-26 Thread Graham Murray
Dale writes: > I know you can use eix-test-obsolete to find outdated/unneeded thing in > /etc/portage but I wish it would also do something similiar for the > world file. I just wonder if the person that wrote eix and friends > could add that in as a feature? It would be neat. eix works really

Re: [gentoo-user] conflict in update

2009-04-26 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
Sebastian Günther schrieb am 26.04.2009 19:55: > * Alan McKinnon (alan.mckin...@gmail.com) [26.04.09 18:49]: >> It should be easy enough to write a program that examines world and displays >> all packages it finds that are dependencies of something else in world, but >> I >> haven't found one, a

Re: [gentoo-user] conflict in update

2009-04-26 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Alan McKinnon (alan.mckin...@gmail.com) [26.04.09 18:49]: > > It should be easy enough to write a program that examines world and displays > all packages it finds that are dependencies of something else in world, but I > haven't found one, and prefer the manual approach above. > #!/bin/bash

[gentoo-user] Re: Domain name registration

2009-04-26 Thread James
Paul Hartman gmail.com> writes: > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Paul Hartman > gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 3:41 PM, James tampabay.rr.com> > > wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I'm looking for suggestions to use for DNS registrars. > > > > I've been using namecheap for years

Re: [gentoo-user] conflict in update

2009-04-26 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > > It should be easy enough to write a program that examines world and displays > all packages it finds that are dependencies of something else in world, but I > haven't found one, and prefer the manual approach above. > > > I know you can use eix-test-obsolete to find o

Re: [gentoo-user] conflict in update

2009-04-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 26 April 2009 08:40:39 John covici wrote: > OK, so this brings up the question, how do I make sure (if there is a > way to do so) that my world file does not contain anything which it > should not -- I am sure I have made the mistake of forgetting to put > the -1, so it would be interesti

Re: [gentoo-user] conflict in update

2009-04-26 Thread John covici
on Saturday 04/25/2009 Alan McKinnon(alan.mckin...@gmail.com) wrote > On Saturday 25 April 2009 20:52:28 Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > On 25/04/09 Michael P. Soulier said: > > > app-text/poppler-bindings and app-text/poppler aren't needed by anything > > > right now. > > > > So, I just unmerg

Re: [gentoo-user] Domain name registration

2009-04-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 26 April 2009 10:05:56 Daniel Iliev wrote: > > Are there any other choices using Gentoo, other than > > DJBDNS or bind-9 ? Thoughts? > > Hi, > > You might want to take a look at net-dns/maradns [1]. > Lightweight, easy to configure, advertised as fastest and most secure. > I personally lo

Re: [gentoo-user] conflict in update

2009-04-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 26 April 2009 05:39:52 fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 08:27:08PM -0500, Dale wrote: > > And from experience, I can tell you it happens when you don't use that > > -1 option when you should. You can end up with a HUGE world file when > > not using that opton to just re

Re: [gentoo-user] can't print from firefox, but CUPS says OK, also poppler

2009-04-26 Thread Allan Gottlieb
At Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:28:26 +0200 Marc Joliet wrote: > Am Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:29:09 -0400 > schrieb Allan Gottlieb : > >> At Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:18:58 -0400 Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> >> > For some reason printing from firefox has stopped working. >> > When I ^P or file-->print and select a prin

Re: [gentoo-user] Failed to start /etc/init.d/checkroot

2009-04-26 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:31:12 +0800 Chuanwen Wu wrote: > Hi, > My gentoo failed to boot up. When my gentoo is booting up, after the message > devpts > "mounting devpts at /dev/pts OK", > then it just stoped, and then I pressed "CTRL + c" to interrupt it, and the > message: > "Failed to start /

Re: [gentoo-user] X-forwarding fails with "Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key"

2009-04-26 Thread pk
Grant wrote: > X-forwarding used to work for me but I haven't used it in a while and now I > get: > > Warning: untrusted X11 forwarding setup failed: xauth key data not generated > Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding. > Xlib: connection to "localhost:10.0" re

[gentoo-user] Failed to start /etc/init.d/checkroot

2009-04-26 Thread Chuanwen Wu
Hi, My gentoo failed to boot up. When my gentoo is booting up, after the message "mounting devpts at /dev/pts OK", then it just stoped, and then I pressed "CTRL + c" to interrupt it, and the message: "Failed to start /etc/init.d/checkroot“ appeared. I have checked the file /etc/init.d/checkro

Re: [gentoo-user] conflict in update

2009-04-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:39:52 -0700, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > I am probably in that very situation. My world file is 5794 lines > long. I didn't know about -1 and frankly don't understand it. If I > remerge a package which is not in world, why is it added to world? I > had seen a few vague re

Re: [gentoo-user] conflict in update

2009-04-26 Thread Philip Webb
090425 fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > My world file is 5794 lines long. Well, it's true there are 13 465 pkgs in Gentoo (as of yesterday), but I have only 538 installed & only 65 in 'world'. Yes, I use '-1' frequently ... (grin) -- ,,

Re: [gentoo-user] Domain name registration

2009-04-26 Thread Anthony Metcalf
James wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking for suggestions to use for DNS registrars. > > But first a few key points. > > 1. "I" own the domain name exclusively. This means if I want to > change (move) registrars, it's not an issue, except for expenses. > > 2. No bundled packages for space of any kind

Re: [gentoo-user] Domain name registration

2009-04-26 Thread Daniel Iliev
> > Are there any other choices using Gentoo, other than > DJBDNS or bind-9 ? Thoughts? > > Hi, You might want to take a look at net-dns/maradns [1]. Lightweight, easy to configure, advertised as fastest and most secure. I personally love the feature/extension "FQDN4 record" which allows one