Re: [gentoo-user] Decrapifying my system

2011-07-18 Thread Roman Zilka
Michael Sullivan (Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:19:14 -0500): I'm running into space issues (my / partition is at 99% of capacity) and I'd like some advice on what I can remove and how. My USE line in /etc/make.conf looks like this: USE=-setup declarative static-libs gallium moonlight

Re: [gentoo-user] Decrapifying my system

2011-07-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:30:44 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: I'm pretty sure those number don't add up to 21G. So why is it saying they do??? You have to understand what du is measuring, and that you are not supposed to add the numbers up. ./ is 21G Then, each individual directory is

Re: [gentoo-user] Any way around Argument list too long?

2011-07-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:40:44 -0700, Grant wrote: Alright, find is tricky. Is this the right spot for -delete? /usr/bin/find /home/user -type f -name *-`/bin/date -d 'yesterday' +\%Y\%m\%d`*.jpg - delete Yes, but if you don't want irreversible mistakes, move the files instead. find

[gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39

2011-07-18 Thread Mick
Is it a matter of waiting a bit longer? http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/edward/reiser4/reiser4-for-2.6/ -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39

2011-07-18 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Monday 18 July 2011 12:18:47 Mick wrote: Is it a matter of waiting a bit longer? http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/edward/reiser4/reiser4-for-2.6 / yes -- #163933

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-18 Thread Stroller
On 17 July 2011, at 17:54, Grant wrote: ... But at some point the 1s and 0s must be converted to some sort of an analog signal if only right behind the diode. A diode must be presented with a signal in some sort of analog form in order to illuminate, right? Digital is just a figment of our

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39

2011-07-18 Thread Stroller
On 18 July 2011, at 12:18, Mick wrote: Is it a matter of waiting a bit longer? Yes, I think he'll be eligible for parole beginning 2023.

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39

2011-07-18 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Monday 18 July 2011 14:30:28 Stroller wrote: On 18 July 2011, at 12:18, Mick wrote: Is it a matter of waiting a bit longer? Yes, I think he'll be eligible for parole beginning 2023. please refrain yourself from idiotic remarks like this. Thank you. -- #163933

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39

2011-07-18 Thread Adam Carter
Is it a matter of waiting a bit longer? Yes, I think he'll be eligible for parole beginning 2023. lulz. You've mistakenly put an S in front of your username :)

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39

2011-07-18 Thread Mick
On Monday 18 Jul 2011 14:04:31 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Monday 18 July 2011 12:18:47 Mick wrote: Is it a matter of waiting a bit longer? http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/edward/reiser4/reiser4-for- 2.6 / yes Thanks. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description:

[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Screen recorder?

2011-07-18 Thread James
Leonardo Guilherme leonardo.guilherme at gmail.com writes: Useful link http://verb3k.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/how-to-do- proper-screencasts-on-linux/ Leonardo2011/7/18 Mick michaelkintzios at gmail.com OK, I looked at this page and have a few questions on compiling ffmpeg for screencasts.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Screen recorder?

2011-07-18 Thread Mick
On Monday 18 Jul 2011 16:28:32 James wrote: Leonardo Guilherme leonardo.guilherme at gmail.com writes: Useful link http://verb3k.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/how-to-do- proper-screencasts-on-linux/ Leonardo2011/7/18 Mick michaelkintzios at gmail.com OK, I looked at this page and have a

[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Screen recorder?

2011-07-18 Thread James
Mick michaelkintzios at gmail.com writes: You probably did not look at my suggested thread? Yep. These are my flags: virtual/ffmpeg Installed versions: 0.6.90(06:46:22 07/01/11)(X encode mp3 sdl vaapi x264 - jpeg2k -theora -threads -vdpau) ;-) ok thanks Mick

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless N PCMCIA/CardBus Recommendations...

2011-07-18 Thread BRM
- Original Message From: Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Fri, July 15, 2011 5:24:48 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless N PCMCIA/CardBus Recommendations... On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:54 PM, ny6...@gmail.com wrote: I have

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Screen recorder?

2011-07-18 Thread Leonardo Guilherme
2011/7/18 James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com Leonardo Guilherme leonardo.guilherme at gmail.com writes: Useful link http://verb3k.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/how-to-do- proper-screencasts-on-linux/ Leonardo2011/7/18 Mick michaelkintzios at gmail.com OK, I looked at this page and have a few

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless N PCMCIA/CardBus Recommendations...

2011-07-18 Thread ny6p01
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:58:45AM -0700, BRM wrote: - Original Message From: Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Fri, July 15, 2011 5:24:48 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless N PCMCIA/CardBus Recommendations... On Fri, Jul

[gentoo-user] fcron: writes logs but it should not...

2011-07-18 Thread Jarry
Hi, I just checked my log-files and found these strange messages: - 2011-07-18T18:31:02+00:00 game fcron[30032]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) 2011-07-18T18:31:04+00:00 game fcron[30032]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session closed for user root

Re: [gentoo-user] fcron: writes logs but it should not...

2011-07-18 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Jarry mr.ja...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I just checked my log-files and found these strange messages: - 2011-07-18T18:31:02+00:00 game fcron[30032]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) 2011-07-18T18:31:04+00:00 game fcron[30032]:

Re: [gentoo-user] fcron: writes logs but it should not...

2011-07-18 Thread Jarry
On 18-Jul-11 21:07, Michael Mol wrote: - 2011-07-18T18:31:02+00:00 game fcron[30032]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) 2011-07-18T18:31:04+00:00 game fcron[30032]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session closed for user root 2011-07-18T18:41:02+00:00 game

Re: [gentoo-user] fcron: writes logs but it should not...

2011-07-18 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Jarry mr.ja...@gmail.com wrote: On 18-Jul-11 21:07, Michael Mol wrote: - 2011-07-18T18:31:02+00:00 game fcron[30032]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) 2011-07-18T18:31:04+00:00 game fcron[30032]: pam_unix(fcron:session):

Re: [gentoo-user] fcron: writes logs but it should not...

2011-07-18 Thread Jarry
On 18-Jul-11 21:24, Michael Mol wrote: On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Jarrymr.ja...@gmail.com wrote: On 18-Jul-11 21:07, Michael Mol wrote: - 2011-07-18T18:41:02+00:00 game fcron[30787]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) 2011-07-18T18:41:04+00:00 game

Re: [gentoo-user] fcron: writes logs but it should not...

2011-07-18 Thread Michael Mol
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Jarry mr.ja...@gmail.com wrote: On 18-Jul-11 21:24, Michael Mol wrote: On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Jarrymr.ja...@gmail.com  wrote: On 18-Jul-11 21:07, Michael Mol wrote: - 2011-07-18T18:41:02+00:00 game fcron[30787]: pam_unix(fcron:session):

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39

2011-07-18 Thread Stroller
On 18 July 2011, at 14:50, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Monday 18 July 2011 14:30:28 Stroller wrote: On 18 July 2011, at 12:18, Mick wrote: Is it a matter of waiting a bit longer? Yes, I think he'll be eligible for parole beginning 2023. please refrain yourself from idiotic remarks

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39

2011-07-18 Thread Bill Longman
On 07/18/2011 06:50 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Monday 18 July 2011 14:30:28 Stroller wrote: On 18 July 2011, at 12:18, Mick wrote: Is it a matter of waiting a bit longer? Yes, I think he'll be eligible for parole beginning 2023. please refrain yourself from idiotic remarks like

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39

2011-07-18 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Monday 18 July 2011 21:39:41 Stroller wrote: On 18 July 2011, at 14:50, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Monday 18 July 2011 14:30:28 Stroller wrote: On 18 July 2011, at 12:18, Mick wrote: Is it a matter of waiting a bit longer? Yes, I think he'll be eligible for parole beginning

Re: [gentoo-user] Any way around Argument list too long?

2011-07-18 Thread Grant
Alright, find is tricky.  Is this the right spot for -delete? /usr/bin/find /home/user -type f -name *-`/bin/date -d 'yesterday' +\%Y\%m\%d`*.jpg - delete Yes, but if you don't want irreversible mistakes, move the files instead. find /home/user -type f -name blah -exec mv -t ~/.Trashcan {}

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39

2011-07-18 Thread Stroller
On 18 July 2011, at 22:00, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: You really have no authority to talk, Volker. I seem to recall you can't even recognise filesystem corruption, likely a hard-drive failing with physical errors: and the stuff you quote below have what to do with this? ...

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-18 Thread Grant
... But at some point the 1s and 0s must be converted to some sort of an analog signal if only right behind the diode.  A diode must be presented with a signal in some sort of analog form in order to illuminate, right?  Digital is just a figment of our imagination after all. The pixel is

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't find reiser4 patch for kernel-2.6.39

2011-07-18 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Monday 18 July 2011 23:01:33 Stroller wrote: On 18 July 2011, at 22:00, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: You really have no authority to talk, Volker. I seem to recall you can't even recognise filesystem corruption, likely a hard-drive failing with physical errors: and the stuff you

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-18 Thread Grant
But at some point the 1s and 0s must be converted to some sort of an analog signal if only right behind the diode.  A diode must be presented with a signal in some sort of analog form in order to illuminate, right?  Digital is just a figment of our imagination after all. The pixel is either

[gentoo-user] Need to turn on wireless

2011-07-18 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi all, I haven't used built-in wireless on Linux in years but come Thursday I'll likely have to spend 12 or more hours waiting around in a hospital so I'm making an attempt to get it working. Can someone point me at instructions oriented toward sitting down in a place like Starbucks on a

[gentoo-user] Problems with Nvidia fake raid array

2011-07-18 Thread Jeff Cranmer
Hi all, After cleaning off my Opensuse O.S. and installing Gentoo, I'm having trouble getting my 3-disk nvidia SATA raid5 array back on line. The gentoo OS is on a separate non-raid IDE disk, and I can see the three individual disks which make up the raid array (/dev/sda, /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc).

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Screen recorder?

2011-07-18 Thread Grant
Does there exist a program that allows you to record the activity taking place on a computer screen for later review? I use this one to prep movies about using software etc ... files are not as small as camtasias for a given quality, but postprocessing helps get close if size is important.

Re: [gentoo-user] Need to turn on wireless

2011-07-18 Thread luis jure
on 2011-07-18 at 18:17 Mark Knecht wrote: What sort of apps are available to discover a public network ESSID? Something GUI based would be appreciated if it's in portage. i got good results with wicd in the past. i got it to work fine on a gentoo laptop for exactly what you need, if

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-18 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sunday 17 July 2011 09:54:33 Grant wrote: I gave it a try but there was no change. I tried plugging the TV and computer into a power strip and also into an isolation transformer. Any other ideas? I still think it's a driver problem. Again: it's *physically* impossible to

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with Nvidia fake raid array

2011-07-18 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 07/18/2011 09:26 PM, Jeff Cranmer wrote: Hi all, After cleaning off my Opensuse O.S. and installing Gentoo, I'm having trouble getting my 3-disk nvidia SATA raid5 array back on line. The gentoo OS is on a separate non-raid IDE disk, and I can see the three individual disks which make

Re: [gentoo-user] Need to turn on wireless

2011-07-18 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 6:41 PM, luis jure l...@internet.com.uy wrote: on 2011-07-18 at 18:17 Mark Knecht wrote:   What sort of apps are available to discover a public network ESSID? Something GUI based would be appreciated if it's in portage. i got good results with wicd in the past. i got

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with Nvidia fake raid array

2011-07-18 Thread Jeff Cranmer
On Mon, 2011-07-18 at 22:29 -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote: Make sure your kernel supports RAID, and RAID5 (they're separate options). Then emerge mdadm. Once you get it up and running once, you can dump the current config to /etc/mdadm.conf so you don't have to assemble it again. Then add

[gentoo-user] [OT]: grep -Z not working ???

2011-07-18 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, the manual page of grep mentioned the following: -Z, --null Output a zero byte (the ASCII NUL character) instead of the character that normally follows a file name. For example, grep -lZ outputs a zero byte after each file name instead of the usual

Re: [gentoo-user] Need to turn on wireless

2011-07-18 Thread Srdjan Rakic
I've been using NetworkManger for quite long time now. You might want to check it out. On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 6:41 PM, luis jure l...@internet.com.uy wrote: on 2011-07-18 at 18:17 Mark Knecht wrote: What sort

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: grep -Z not working ???

2011-07-18 Thread Matthew Finkel
On 07/18/11 23:12, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, the manual page of grep mentioned the following: -Z, --null Output a zero byte (the ASCII NUL character) instead of the character that normally follows a file name. For example, grep -lZ outputs a zero byte

[gentoo-user] Anyone have any trouble with rc_parallel=YES ?

2011-07-18 Thread Pandu Poluan
Spelunking in /etc/rc.conf, I found the rc_parallel setting, accompanied with a quite significant WARNING. Have anyone experienced any trouble setting rc_parallel to YES? Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ Visit my Blog: http://pepoluan.posterous.com Google Talk:    pepoluan Y! messenger:

[gentoo-user] Which Union File System?

2011-07-18 Thread Pandu Poluan
I am in the process of making an xva (XenServer Virtual Appliance) to replace the function of the minimal.iso. The main difference would be an 'out-of-the-box' PV-mode support. Since it is meant to replace minimal.iso, to make the xva small I plan on using squashfs as root. However, I do

Re: [gentoo-user] qemu-kvm

2011-07-18 Thread john
On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:04:51 + j...@jdm.myzen.co.uk wrote: No unfortunately --Original Message-- From: Matthew Finkel To: Gentoo ReplyTo: Gentoo Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] qemu-kvm Sent: 16 Jul 2011 17:51 On 07/15/11 20:24, john wrote: I am running a gentoo amd64 qemu-kvm

Re: [gentoo-user] Need to turn on wireless

2011-07-18 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 19 Jul 2011 04:03:46 Mark Knecht wrote: On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 6:41 PM, luis jure l...@internet.com.uy wrote: on 2011-07-18 at 18:17 Mark Knecht wrote: What sort of apps are available to discover a public network ESSID? Something GUI based would be appreciated if it's in

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone have any trouble with rc_parallel=YES ?

2011-07-18 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 19 Jul 2011 04:39:49 Pandu Poluan wrote: Spelunking in /etc/rc.conf, I found the rc_parallel setting, accompanied with a quite significant WARNING. Have anyone experienced any trouble setting rc_parallel to YES? Rgds, Not so far (used on 3 boxen). However, if say mysql or