[gentoo-user] /etc/init.d/consolefont cannot find my console font

hi, i have 2 servers, and both are amd64 and up to date, but 1 is have the problem when starting consolefont. the error message is: setfont: default8x16: no such file or directory i have checked my /usr/share/consolefonts directory, i these files do exist. i searched for a while, and some people

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot compile kvm

On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Xi Shen wrote: > hi, > > i cannot access my computer now, so i can only tell you what i remember. > > i am using gentoo amd64, and the portage is updated. the kernel have > kvm modules compiled. when i was trying to emerge kvm-kmod, it is said > to have been masked

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to make portage use "puf" instead of "wget"

On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 8:18 AM, Nguyen Bao Ngoc wrote: > Hi, why don't you try aria2? I replaced wget with it and it works well. > Here is my fetch command in case you want to try. > FETCHCOMMAND="/usr/bin/aria2c -d \"\${DISTDIR}\" -o \"\${FILE}\" > \"\${URI}\"" > RESUMECOMMAND="/usr/bin/aria2c -

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to make portage use "puf" instead of "wget"

Thanks! It works well on my box and since I did not succeed in using puf with emerge, it perfectly fits my needs. 2009/12/24 Nguyen Bao Ngoc > Hi, why don't you try aria2? I replaced wget with it and it works well. > Here is my fetch command in case you want to try. > FETCHCOMMAND="/usr/bin/aria

[gentoo-user] cannot compile kvm

hi, i cannot access my computer now, so i can only tell you what i remember. i am using gentoo amd64, and the portage is updated. the kernel have kvm modules compiled. when i was trying to emerge kvm-kmod, it is said to have been masked, so i unmasked it. but while compiling, kvm-kmod failed with

Re: [gentoo-user] make an -9999 ebuild compile only if necessary

On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:28:40 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 22 December 2009 19:21:21 Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have ebuilds fetching the source code directly from a repository >> (be it CVS,SVN,HG,GIT,...) >> I'd like to modify the .ebuild to enter compilation only if somet

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to make portage use "puf" instead of "wget"

Hi, why don't you try aria2? I replaced wget with it and it works well. Here is my fetch command in case you want to try. FETCHCOMMAND="/usr/bin/aria2c -d \"\${DISTDIR}\" -o \"\${FILE}\" \"\${URI}\"" RESUMECOMMAND="/usr/bin/aria2c -c -d \"\${DISTDIR}\" -o \"\${FILE}\" \"\${URI}\""

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: No desktop after login with kdm

It tends to be caused by crashes in which the session is not saved and the session manager has a hard time restoring it, so it doesn't start the panel and other stuff. Usually, starting the panel manually or logging out with out saving the session and then back in again will fix it. Glad you go

[gentoo-user] Re: No desktop after login with kdm

Hi I left the laptop on overnight and it resolved itself. Rebooted and it was still working okay. Been going through the logs but can't find anything that indicates what cuased this. Thanks & Regards Nelis On 20/12/2009, nelis.bo...@gmail.com wrote: > I had to hardreboot my laptop was totaly

Re: [gentoo-user] Writing a bash script or thinking about it anyway.

Dale writes: > Me again. I'm thinking about writing a bash script that backs up my > /home directory. I found a guide but before I read all that stuff and > muddy up the waters, is this thing current and will it work fine with > the bash Gentoo uses? Links to a even better guide would be good t

Re: [gentoo-user] Writing a bash script or thinking about it anyway.

Am Dienstag 22 Dezember 2009 20:01:16 schrieb Stroller: > ZFS shouldn't be considered a FUSE-based filesystem. It should be > considered a Solaris filesystem, which is yet to be (??) adequately > ported to any other platforms. It just left experimental state in FreeBSD 8.0. Bye... Di