Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Optimizations for low-bandwidth web browsing?

2009-09-07 Thread Stroller
On 8 Sep 2009, at 01:00, Grant wrote: ... Has anyone tried trojita (in portage)? Someone here must be trying it! The official screenshot shows messages from this list: http://trojita.flaska.net/screenshots.html Stroller.

[gentoo-user] mythtv w/ winTV 1600 (ATSC support)

2009-09-07 Thread Neal Hogan
I posted the stuff below on the mythtvtalk forum and it's been a few days and I've heard nothing. I've also searched for answers elsewhere, but no go. Since I'm running my setup under gentoo, I thought I try this list. I hope you don't mind. I recently acquired a new Hauppauge WinTV 1600 and have

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

2009-09-07 Thread Xi Shen
i was just thinking that if i cannot get the console work, i will turn to use vnc. thanks for your tips ;) On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 12:36 AM, David Snider wrote: > > On Sep 7, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >>> VMWare Server 2 did away with the console. >> >> Oh no. Please tell me it isn'

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

2009-09-07 Thread Xi Shen
yeah, i can connect to the web; but if i cannot connect to the vms through the console, i cannot see how they boot. On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 9:20 PM, David Snider wrote: > > On Sep 7, 2009, at 5:28 AM, Xi Shen wrote: > >> give. i remember while installing the server, a port 902 is opened by >> defa

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: sSMTP write error...?

2009-09-07 Thread Adam Carter
> > 2009-09-03T17:30:15+00:00 obelix sSMTP[7233]: 421 4.3.0 collect: > > Cannot write ./dfn83HUEom007670 (bfcommit, uid=0, gid=209): > > Permission denied > > 2009-09-03T17:30:15+00:00 obelix ) > > > > I suppose it comes from mail-mta/ssmtp, but I do not understand. > > Some persmission problem?

[gentoo-user] Re: sSMTP write error...?

2009-09-07 Thread Nicolas Sebrecht
On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 08:12:21PM +0200, Jarry wrote: > I'm just checking /var/log/messages and I have found a few entries > like this: > > 2009-09-03T17:30:15+00:00 obelix sSMTP[7233]: 421 4.3.0 collect: > Cannot write ./dfn83HUEom007670 (bfcommit, uid=0, gid=209): > Permission denied > 2009-0

[gentoo-user] Re: Optimizations for low-bandwidth web browsing?

2009-09-07 Thread Grant
>> I need to optimize web browsing for a slow cell phone data connection. >>  I'd like to browse faster and use less data ($).  I've installed >> ImgLikeOpera for Firefox which is great at selectively blocking >> images, and I'm wondering if there's anything else I can do? >> >> - Grant > > Can any

Re: [gentoo-user] mp3splt-gtk, hearts and hwinfo fails to emerge

2009-09-07 Thread Dale
Arttu V. wrote: > On 9/7/09, Dale wrote: > >> OK. It finished recompiling boost and Scribus. Both hearts and >> mp3splt-gtk still fail with the same error as before. >> >> Any ideas? >> > > Ok, let's first take back the "hearts compiles on amd64". It compiled. > Once. On the absolutely-m

[gentoo-user] hal and keyboard layout switching

2009-09-07 Thread Pat
Hello, I want to setup hal to enable me switching between two keyboard layouts. My original configuration in xorg.conf is: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "us,cz" Option

Re: [gentoo-user] mp3splt-gtk, hearts and hwinfo fails to emerge

2009-09-07 Thread Arttu V.
On 9/7/09, Dale wrote: > OK. It finished recompiling boost and Scribus. Both hearts and > mp3splt-gtk still fail with the same error as before. > > Any ideas? Ok, let's first take back the "hearts compiles on amd64". It compiled. Once. On the absolutely-minimal, stable-only amd64 chroot I use w

[gentoo-user] Re: trim for ssds

2009-09-07 Thread walt
On 09/07/2009 08:00 AM, Stroller wrote: On 7 Sep 2009, at 00:07, walt wrote: On 09/06/2009 02:21 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM_%28SSD_command%29 ...How effective that is for extending the life of a SSD, I have no clue. Uh, extending the life of the SSD isn't th

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization

2009-09-07 Thread walt
On 09/07/2009 02:02 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Saturday 05 September 2009 23:06:37 walt wrote: I don't use vmware but I do use virtualbox every day and I love it. It's extremely fast even compared to kvm, which I also use on my newest machine with hardware virtualization support. I suggest y

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-07 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 07 September 2009 21:58:27 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > I don't even know why I keep talking to you. You don't seem to want > > to understand. It's not about special drivers. Or specialized audio > > processing. It's about my 3D desktop cube getting skippy sometimes > > while video

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kon Colivas is working again on a new scheduler for Desktop/Multimedia/Gaming PCs

2009-09-07 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 09/06/2009 03:43 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> On 09/06/2009 02:23 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >>> On Sonntag 06 September 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sunday

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-07 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Monday 07 September 2009 17:39:06 Dale wrote: > >> Peter Humphrey wrote: >> >>> On Sunday 06 September 2009 21:12:37 Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> On Sunday 06 September 2009 19:31:27 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday 06 September 2009 10:4

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-07 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 07 September 2009 17:39:06 Dale wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Sunday 06 September 2009 21:12:37 Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On Sunday 06 September 2009 19:31:27 Peter Humphrey wrote: > >>> On Sunday 06 September 2009 10:49:13 Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> Um, dude grub selects a ke

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

2009-09-07 Thread David Snider
On Sep 7, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: VMWare Server 2 did away with the console. Oh no. Please tell me it isn't so. -- It's so, buut you can "vnc" in to all your machines to watch them boot, yadda yadd by adding the below text to the .vmx files... RemoteDisplay.vnc.e

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-07 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday 06 September 2009 21:12:37 Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On Sunday 06 September 2009 19:31:27 Peter Humphrey wrote: >> >>> On Sunday 06 September 2009 10:49:13 Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> One thing [kde:4] definitely is not, is the next evolution of KD

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

2009-09-07 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 07 September 2009 15:20:50 David Snider wrote: > On Sep 7, 2009, at 5:28 AM, Xi Shen wrote: > > give. i remember while installing the server, a port 902 is opened by > > default for accessing the guest os. is it the port that the program > > expected? anyway, i tried with this port withou

[gentoo-user] Re: Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-07 Thread James
Willie Wong math.princeton.edu> writes: > On my setup, I just block almost everything (except ssh) by default > and maintain a white-list of IPs. Hello Willie, Can you share with us how you "white-list" IPs via your iptables setup? That is your code you add to your startup script and your i

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: trim for ssds

2009-09-07 Thread Stroller
On 7 Sep 2009, at 00:07, walt wrote: On 09/06/2009 02:21 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM_%28SSD_command%29 ...How effective that is for extending the life of a SSD, I have no clue. Uh, extending the life of the SSD isn't the purpose. http://www.anandtech.com/st

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot d/l dmg2img ebuild

2009-09-07 Thread Willie Wong
On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 04:53:05PM +0300, Penguin Lover Arttu V. squawked: > On 9/7/09, Willie Wong wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 08:19:09PM +0800, Penguin Lover Xi Shen squawked: > >> when i am trying to d/l the dmg2img ebuild, i found that the filename > >> trying to d/l is 'download?dmg2im

[gentoo-user] Re: After yrs of silence... I need sound

2009-09-07 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: [...] > Hoping some kind sole will take the time to provide a brief outline > off the top of there head... how to get started and cut right to the > chase in an hour or two. > [...] Thanks too: Arttu V., Dale, Mick, Joshua Murphy That alsaconf is way cool...

Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg problems: Intel 945GM (Gigabyte Motherboard onboard video)

2009-09-07 Thread Yoav Luft
I had a similar with the intel video driver, it took me some time to get it all working smoothly. First, read this wiki page: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_GMA, and follow to the latter, including the specific versions of everything, and parameters that need to be passed to the kernel (yes,

Re: [gentoo-user] Merge svnroots

2009-09-07 Thread Song Zhiwei
Thanks 2009/9/7 Mickaël Bucas > > > 2009/9/7 Song Zhiwei > > Hi all, >> Is there any way to merge a svnroot to another one? There are independent >> before. >> >> Regards, >> Zhiwei >> > Hi > > I've done this using the procedure describe in SVN manual > http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch05s0

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot d/l dmg2img ebuild

2009-09-07 Thread Arttu V.
On 9/7/09, Willie Wong wrote: > On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 08:19:09PM +0800, Penguin Lover Xi Shen squawked: >> when i am trying to d/l the dmg2img ebuild, i found that the filename >> trying to d/l is 'download?dmg2img-1.6.tar.gz'. since th '?' mark has >> special mean in http/ftp, i cannot d/l the

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot d/l dmg2img ebuild

2009-09-07 Thread Massimo Gengarelli
No problems here, I've just installed and used dmg2img successfully. On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 08:19:09PM +0800, Penguin Lover Xi Shen squawked: > when i am trying to d/l the dmg2img ebuild, i found that the filename > trying to d/l is 'download?dmg2img-1.6.tar.gz'. since th '?' mark has > special m

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

2009-09-07 Thread David Snider
On Sep 7, 2009, at 5:28 AM, Xi Shen wrote: give. i remember while installing the server, a port 902 is opened by default for accessing the guest os. is it the port that the program expected? anyway, i tried with this port without luck. VMWare Server 2 did away with the console. Try connectin

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot d/l dmg2img ebuild

2009-09-07 Thread Willie Wong
On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 08:19:09PM +0800, Penguin Lover Xi Shen squawked: > when i am trying to d/l the dmg2img ebuild, i found that the filename > trying to d/l is 'download?dmg2img-1.6.tar.gz'. since th '?' mark has > special mean in http/ftp, i cannot d/l the file. i have check many > mirrors ar

Re: [gentoo-user] Merge svnroots

2009-09-07 Thread Mickaël Bucas
2009/9/7 Song Zhiwei > Hi all, > Is there any way to merge a svnroot to another one? There are independent > before. > > Regards, > Zhiwei > Hi I've done this using the procedure describe in SVN manual http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch05s03.html#svn-ch-5-sect-3.5 The steps are : - Dump all

[gentoo-user] Merge svnroots

2009-09-07 Thread Song Zhiwei
Hi all, Is there any way to merge a svnroot to another one? There are independent before. Regards, Zhiwei

[gentoo-user] cannot d/l dmg2img ebuild

2009-09-07 Thread Xi Shen
Hi, when i am trying to d/l the dmg2img ebuild, i found that the filename trying to d/l is 'download?dmg2img-1.6.tar.gz'. since th '?' mark has special mean in http/ftp, i cannot d/l the file. i have check many mirrors around the world, the results are the same. i think there's some wrong on the a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Making sure I am a good netizen and secure.

2009-09-07 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 06 September 2009 21:12:37 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sunday 06 September 2009 19:31:27 Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Sunday 06 September 2009 10:49:13 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > One thing [kde:4] definitely is not, is the next evolution of KDE-3. > > > Comparisons with KDE-3 are going resu

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo Virtualization

2009-09-07 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday 05 September 2009 23:06:37 walt wrote: > I don't use vmware but I do use virtualbox every day and I love it. > It's extremely fast even compared to kvm, which I also use on my newest > machine with hardware virtualization support. > > I suggest you fetch the latest stable binary packag

[gentoo-user] Re: vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

2009-09-07 Thread Xi Shen
btw, the 'vmware-server-console' program requires a -P (port) argument, but i do not understand what kind of port number should i give. i remember while installing the server, a port 902 is opened by default for accessing the guest os. is it the port that the program expected? anyway, i tried with

[gentoo-user] vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

2009-09-07 Thread Xi Shen
Hi, i have vmware-server 2.0 running on gentoo amd64, the guest os is windows xp. on another gentoo amd64 machine, i emerged vmware-server-console, and tried to connect to the guest os, but without luck. a vmware-server-console window popup, but with nothing in it. i am using awesome 3. -- Bes