[gentoo-user] Graphical usenet client - alternative to Knode

2010-02-22 Thread Stroller
Some comments were made recently about KDE4, where it was advised "don't try using just Kmail under a different window manager - use the whole KDE environment, but not single apps. Use something else instead of Kmail". I kept my gob somewhat shut at that time, because I've been using Knod

Re: [gentoo-user] Skype && pulseaudio

2010-02-22 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 11:42 -0500, David wrote: > Alexander Puchmayr wrote: > > Am Montag 22 Februar 2010 10:48:37 schrieb David Abbott: > > Just tried this tool, but it seems to be a complete failure. Just gives a > > box > > with "connection refused", but no information what it tries to connec

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't see /dev/hda1,2,3 but I know they exist...

2010-02-22 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 17:37 +0100, YoYo siska wrote: > yop, that was it > > though you wrote about /dev/hda*, which means you should be a bit more > carefull if you used the IDE drivers (under ATA/ATAPI/ support, > thats the "CONFIG_IDE" option) and disabled the CONFIG_IDE options, you > have

Re: [gentoo-user] no libdri.so with ati-drivers-10.1

2010-02-22 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am Montag 22 Februar 2010 16:17:06 schrieb Anthony Mutiso: > I would really like to stay with the opensource radeonhd driver, but it > looks like I have to give up dual-screen (:0.0, :0.1 setup) which I > prefer for Gnome. > > So it would nice to still have a working ati-drivers setup until > xf8

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kde4 panelbar recovery

2010-02-22 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Montag 22 Februar 2010, James wrote: > Nikos Chantziaras arcor.de> writes: > > With the mouse. > > Must be something wrong. These panels that fire up > are disfunctional. Cant move add or delete too them > > > You might want to delete your ~/.kde4 folder instead to get back at the > > def

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3 and Kconvert

2010-02-22 Thread Zeerak Mustafa Waseem
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:11:53PM -0600, Dale wrote: > chrome://messenger/locale/messengercompose/composeMsgs.properties: > > On Sunday 21 February 2010 18:53:00 Dale wrote: > > > > > >> So, Seamonkey 1 isn't usable and Seamonkey 2 has a few bugs up its > >> but too. KDE is about the same. >

Re: [gentoo-user] any advantage to dbus or hal on minimal system

2010-02-22 Thread Neil Walker
Harry Putnam wrote: > On a non-x system, is there any advantage to having dbus and hal > installed? > > I'm bring a formally X enabled system down to a hardcore console only > log server. > > Don't now enough about either hal or dbus to know if they need to be > removed? > They are totally red

Re: [gentoo-user] Sandbox violation emerging media-gfx/dcraw-8.73

2010-02-22 Thread John H. Moe
Arttu V. wrote: > On 2/22/10, John H. Moe wrote: > >> From the looks of things, it's trying to install a file directly to the >> filesystem outside the /var/tmp sandbox. I believe this is a bug that >> needs reporting, but before I did that, I thought I'd check to be sure >> it wasn't somethin

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kde4 panelbar recovery

2010-02-22 Thread YoYo siska
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 07:19:41PM +, James wrote: > Nikos Chantziaras arcor.de> writes: > > > > With the mouse. > > Must be something wrong. These panels that fire up > are disfunctional. Cant move add or delete too them Lock/Unlock widgets in the context menu? Btw you can fire up add

Re: [gentoo-user] any advantage to dbus or hal on minimal system

2010-02-22 Thread hb-xxl
On 22.02.2010 18:03, Harry Putnam wrote: > On a non-x system, is there any advantage to having dbus and hal > installed? > I don't of any console based service that realy needs dbus or hal. Don't think that a log server needs them. Espessially if you disable dbus and hal in the use flags and do

[gentoo-user] Re: kde4 panelbar recovery

2010-02-22 Thread James
Nikos Chantziaras arcor.de> writes: > With the mouse. Must be something wrong. These panels that fire up are disfunctional. Cant move add or delete too them > You might want to delete your ~/.kde4 folder instead to get back at the > defaults. Keep the stuff you want though (like set

[gentoo-user] Re: kde4 panelbar recovery

2010-02-22 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 02/22/2010 09:03 PM, James wrote: Stefano Crocco alice.it> writes: Right click on the desktop and choose "add panel". This should give you an empty panel. To fill it with widgets, click on the plasma symbol at right end of the panel, choose "add widgets" and insert the widgets you want.

Re: [gentoo-user] any advantage to dbus or hal on minimal system

2010-02-22 Thread Florian Philipp
Harry Putnam schrieb: > On a non-x system, is there any advantage to having dbus and hal > installed? > > I'm bring a formally X enabled system down to a hardcore console only > log server. > > Don't now enough about either hal or dbus to know if they need to be > removed? > > My server (ssh,

[gentoo-user] Re: kde4 panelbar recovery

2010-02-22 Thread James
Stefano Crocco alice.it> writes: > > Right click on the desktop and choose "add panel". This should give you an > empty panel. To fill it with widgets, click on the plasma symbol at right end > of the panel, choose "add widgets" and insert the widgets you want. > I hope this helps This does

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3 and Kconvert

2010-02-22 Thread Dale
chrome://messenger/locale/messengercompose/composeMsgs.properties: On Sunday 21 February 2010 18:53:00 Dale wrote: So, Seamonkey 1 isn't usable and Seamonkey 2 has a few bugs up its but too. KDE is about the same. Perhaps KDE itself is for you, but I've been using kmail for years wi

Re: [gentoo-user] Sansa Clip+

2010-02-22 Thread sean
Damian wrote: > Did you enable USB in your kernel? > > Sure did, USB memory sticks work fine, and I believe they work on the same principal as the Clip+. I attached dmesg output into another reply.

Re: [gentoo-user] Sansa Clip+

2010-02-22 Thread sean
Alan McKinnon wrote: > > what is the output from dmesg? > I have the Sansa Clip + in MSC mode, though have tried the other two modes. The tail end of my last few connects, and disconnects. Not sure of how much to include. [16243.196854] usb 3-3.2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and

[gentoo-user] Re: How should I clean up my broken system?

2010-02-22 Thread Harry Putnam
Volker Armin Hemmann writes: > well, cfg-update keeps a backup. It detects manual edits and try to > resolve conflicts resulting from that automatically. Which works > surprisingly well. If Volker gave me that same advice long ago, I've used cfg-update ever since. Its capable of dispatching mea

Re: [gentoo-user] kde4 panelbar recovery

2010-02-22 Thread Stefano Crocco
On Monday 22 February 2010, James wrote: > |Hello, > | > |I accidentally removed my panelbar (jargon?) across the bottom my my > |kde 4.3.3 screen. > | > | > |Googling has produced a wealth (of not what I need to know) > |minutia. > | > | > |So, how do I recover the kde panel bar across the bottom

[gentoo-user] any advantage to dbus or hal on minimal system

2010-02-22 Thread Harry Putnam
On a non-x system, is there any advantage to having dbus and hal installed? I'm bring a formally X enabled system down to a hardcore console only log server. Don't now enough about either hal or dbus to know if they need to be removed?

[gentoo-user] kde4 panelbar recovery

2010-02-22 Thread James
Hello, I accidentally removed my panelbar (jargon?) across the bottom my my kde 4.3.3 screen. Googling has produced a wealth (of not what I need to know) minutia. So, how do I recover the kde panel bar across the bottom my my screen. The closest answer I found was remove the ~user/.kde4 d

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3 and Kconvert

2010-02-22 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday 21 February 2010 18:53:00 Dale wrote: > So, Seamonkey 1 isn't usable and Seamonkey 2 has a few bugs up its > but too. KDE is about the same. Perhaps KDE itself is for you, but I've been using kmail for years without any real problems. Well, earlier versions would sometimes corrupt th

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't see /dev/hda1,2,3 but I know they exist...

2010-02-22 Thread YoYo siska
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 04:13:40PM +0100, YoYo siska wrote: > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 12:49:47AM -0500, James Homuth wrote: > > I performed a bit of an update on my laptop a day or two ago, and after > > reboot, I lost the ability to do anything with /dev/hda*. I currently have 0 > > swap space, an

Re: [gentoo-user] Sandbox violation emerging media-gfx/dcraw-8.73

2010-02-22 Thread Arttu V.
On 2/22/10, John H. Moe wrote: > From the looks of things, it's trying to install a file directly to the > filesystem outside the /var/tmp sandbox. I believe this is a bug that > needs reporting, but before I did that, I thought I'd check to be sure > it wasn't something I was doing wrong. Can c

Re: [gentoo-user] Skype && pulseaudio

2010-02-22 Thread David
Alexander Puchmayr wrote: > Am Montag 22 Februar 2010 10:48:37 schrieb David Abbott: >> On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 08:38 +0100, Alexander Puchmayr wrote: >>> Hi there! >>> >>> The 2.1.x-Version of Skype seems to use pulseaudio if it finds a >>> pulsaudio- deamon running, and doesn't allow to chose the a

[gentoo-user] Re: [X11] radeonhd not working

2010-02-22 Thread James
Andrey Vul gmail.com> writes: > Firmware installed, I still get this: > >> (EE) RADEONHD(0): [dri] CP_INIT failed > >> (EE) RADEONHD(0): RHDDRIFinishScreenInit: RHDDRIKernelInit Failed. Just a shot in the dark, but make sure you have the latest pciids on the system: /usr/sbin/update-pciids

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Display on HDMI-connected TV to large

2010-02-22 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am Montag, 22. Februar 2010 15:48:53 schrieb James: > Sebastian Beßler darkmetatron.de> writes: > > Tried to fix it by underscaning but that doesn't help either. My TV > > always adaptes magically. > > You can try to play the the DisplaySize settings, which is what > I used in a similar situation

Re: [gentoo-user] no libdri.so with ati-drivers-10.1

2010-02-22 Thread Anthony Mutiso
On 02/20/10 04:03, Keith Dart wrote: > === On Sat, 02/20, Adam wrote: === > >> So, any ideas or should i issue a bug report? >> > === > > Yes, use the open source drivers: > > x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati > This can't universally be the answer. I have been forced to upgrade from ati-dri

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't see /dev/hda1,2,3 but I know they exist...

2010-02-22 Thread YoYo siska
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 12:49:47AM -0500, James Homuth wrote: > I performed a bit of an update on my laptop a day or two ago, and after > reboot, I lost the ability to do anything with /dev/hda*. I currently have 0 > swap space, and according to stat, ls etc, they don't exist. But, booting to > an

[gentoo-user] Re: Display on HDMI-connected TV to large

2010-02-22 Thread James
Sebastian Beßler darkmetatron.de> writes: > Tried to fix it by underscaning but that doesn't help either. My TV always > adaptes magically. You can try to play the the DisplaySize settings, which is what I used in a similar situation: example # DisplaySize 426 266 # width = (1680pix

Re: [gentoo-user] How should I clean up my broken system?

2010-02-22 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Montag 22 Februar 2010, daid kahl wrote: > >> > > > On a more serious note, conf-update automatically merges trivial > >> > > > changes, so any configs you ran at the default, which is probably > >> > > > the majority, won't be flaged at all. > >> > > > >> > > so does cfg-update > >> > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on SSD

2010-02-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:57:27 +, Stroller wrote: > I have recently decided to blame solar flares & cosmic ray induced > muon showers whenever one of my customers asks why their PC is broken. We are coming out of a long period of minimal solar activity with activity expected to hit a high pea

Re: [gentoo-user] Skype && pulseaudio

2010-02-22 Thread Alexander Puchmayr
Am Montag 22 Februar 2010 10:48:37 schrieb David Abbott: > On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 08:38 +0100, Alexander Puchmayr wrote: > > Hi there! > > > > The 2.1.x-Version of Skype seems to use pulseaudio if it finds a > > pulsaudio- deamon running, and doesn't allow to chose the audio device in > > this case.

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on SSD

2010-02-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 22 February 2010 12:57:27 Stroller wrote: > On 22 Feb 2010, at 07:54, daid kahl wrote: > > ... > > As far as I know, solid state devices are much more susceptible to > > solar flare damage, particularly if you are outside. This is not > > exactly common, but hey. Of course I also have a

Re: [gentoo-user] building pdftk (needs gcj)

2010-02-22 Thread daid kahl
On 22 February 2010 18:51, daid kahl wrote: > On 22 February 2010 12:28, Michael P. Soulier > wrote: >> So, I need pdftk to build some documents, so I emerge it and it tells me that >> I need to update my USE flags and rebuild gcc with gcj support. > >> So, I do. I added gcj to my global make.co

[gentoo-user] Re: how to emerge mldonkey?

2010-02-22 Thread Xi Shen
ok. problem solved. i downgraded the dev-lang/ocaml to 3.10.2, then run ocaml-rebuild.sh. -- Best Regards, David Shen http://twitter.com/davidshen84/

Re: [gentoo-user] How should I clean up my broken system?

2010-02-22 Thread daid kahl
>> > > > On a more serious note, conf-update automatically merges trivial >> > > > changes, so any configs you ran at the default, which is probably the >> > > > majority, won't be flaged at all. >> > > >> > > so does cfg-update >> > >> > Every now and then, someone mentions cfg-update - usuall

Re: [gentoo-user] how to emerge mldonkey?

2010-02-22 Thread Xi Shen
> >> what should i do? i never got questioned when emerging something. > > emerge dev-lang/ocaml > i already have dev-lang/ocaml-3.11.1 emerged. should i downgrade it to a lower version? -- Best Regards, David Shen http://twitter.com/davidshen84/

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on SSD

2010-02-22 Thread Stroller
On 22 Feb 2010, at 07:54, daid kahl wrote: ... As far as I know, solid state devices are much more susceptible to solar flare damage, particularly if you are outside. This is not exactly common, but hey. Of course I also have a theory that not an insignificant number of computer problems are c

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with Portage profile override

2010-02-22 Thread hb-xxl
On 21.02.2010 20:07, Paul Colquhoun wrote: > > Have you tried making an ebuild for 1.16 and putting it in /usr/local/portage > directory? > > That way you won't be fighting with portage about what version to install. > No. I'm fairly new to gentoo and the ebuild system. Currently I don't know m

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with Portage profile override

2010-02-22 Thread hb-xxl
On 21.02.2010 20:18, Neil Bothwick wrote: > Does --tree show what is trying to pull it in? No. It does only say "world" or "system". Some command outputs appended to clarify the problem. $ emerge -v -t -p -u -D world These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating de

Re: [gentoo-user] building pdftk (needs gcj)

2010-02-22 Thread daid kahl
On 22 February 2010 12:28, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > So, I need pdftk to build some documents, so I emerge it and it tells me that > I need to update my USE flags and rebuild gcc with gcj support. > So, I do. I added gcj to my global make.conf and ran the emerge, and gcc was > rebuilt. Nope!

Re: [gentoo-user] Skype && pulseaudio

2010-02-22 Thread David Abbott
On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 08:38 +0100, Alexander Puchmayr wrote: > Hi there! > > The 2.1.x-Version of Skype seems to use pulseaudio if it finds a pulsaudio- > deamon running, and doesn't allow to chose the audio device in this case. > > What I want to have is very simple: > * Ringtone and any other s

Re: [gentoo-user] Skype && pulseaudio

2010-02-22 Thread Mike Mazur
Hi, On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 15:38, Alexander Puchmayr wrote: > The 2.1.x-Version of Skype seems to use pulseaudio if it finds a pulsaudio- > deamon running, and doesn't allow to chose the audio device in this case. Yep, I noticed this recently as well, and was initially quite happy with this dev

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on SSD

2010-02-22 Thread daid kahl
On 17 February 2010 06:27, Grant wrote: >>> I thought SSDs were projected to >>> last longer than HDs? Also, from what I've read, SLC should last much >>> longer than MLC. >> >> It's the other way round: HD's last longer dan SSD's. [1] >> >> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive#Dis

Re: [gentoo-user] When copying an os to new disk

2010-02-22 Thread daid kahl
On 20 February 2010 05:34, Harry Putnam wrote: > I'm currently rsyncing an OS (new gentoo install) from one vmware disk > to a newly created one. you could dd it too, and then mount the new system and remove stuff in /proc and /dev you don't want. This could avoid any problems of your rsync opti

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't see /dev/hda1,2,3 but I know they exist...

2010-02-22 Thread daid kahl
> Other people are mentioning udev, and I wonder about this, too. > Either before or after you check the kernel (whichever you decide is > easier or seems better to you), can you chroot and rebuild udev > through portage and also run a revdep-rebuild please? You said you > updated, but it is not c

[gentoo-user] Skype && pulseaudio

2010-02-22 Thread Alexander Puchmayr
Hi there! The 2.1.x-Version of Skype seems to use pulseaudio if it finds a pulsaudio- deamon running, and doesn't allow to chose the audio device in this case. What I want to have is very simple: * Ringtone and any other sound produced by skype shall go to the internal sound device with loudspea

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't see /dev/hda1,2,3 but I know they exist...

2010-02-22 Thread daid kahl
On 19 February 2010 20:43, Iain Buchanan wrote: > On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 00:49 -0500, James Homuth wrote: >> I performed a bit of an update on my laptop a day or two ago, and >> after reboot, I lost the ability to do anything with /dev/hda*. I >> currently have 0 swap space, and according to stat,

Re: [gentoo-user] building pdftk (needs gcj)

2010-02-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 22 February 2010 05:28:14 Michael P. Soulier wrote: > On 21/02/10 Stroller said: > > It's using the old version of gcc, because you haven't told it to use > > the new version. > > > > The output you posted specifically told you to run: > > gcc-config i686-pc-linux-gnu-4.3.4 > >