Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-22 Thread Alexander Skwar
potential problems, which can be sidestepped by making portage use /usr/sbin/sendmail instead. or would I need something like courier-imap too? IMAP has nothing to do with that. IMAP is for a client to fetch mails (kind of). It's not for sending mails. Alexander Skwar -- Kethryvis Gruuk: UFies

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-22 Thread Alexander Skwar
Neil Bothwick schrieb: On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 20:17:46 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: I don't know, but it would be a very useful addition - and IMO, they could dump that useless feature, that portage can do SMTP by itself. That's so un-Unix, so Windows-like :( Portage doesn't do SMTP by itself

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-23 Thread Alexander Skwar
Neil Bothwick schrieb: On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:01:34 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: Neil Bothwick schrieb: Re-using existing software is very unix like Sending mail with directly speaking SMTP isn't. That's the job of a MTA. What if you don't have an MTA installed, which is how

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-23 Thread Alexander Skwar
Neil Bothwick schrieb: On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:27:22 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: Sending mail with directly speaking SMTP isn't. That's the job of a MTA. What if you don't have an MTA installed, which is how this question arose? Then you install one. That's not an acceptable answer

Re: [gentoo-user] ssmtp - How to set up

2006-07-23 Thread Alexander Skwar
mail off the system to a Mailhub SSMTP can't do local delivery. Now, you could setup your system so, that it sends the mail to some other system and then you access that other system with POP3/IMAP to get the mail. But that's of course not your local account. Alexander Skwar -- Q: Why does

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-23 Thread Alexander Skwar
be a the path to a sendmail binary if you don't want to use smtp So, the correct entry for your make.conf is: PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI=[EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/sbin/sendmail Sorry for all the confusion - I should've read the documentation first. Alexander Skwar -- I'd love to go out with you, but I have

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-24 Thread Alexander Skwar
matter. Do I need to set up any other kind of configuration? You need to configure ssmtp. Did you do so? Alexander Skwar -- The easiest way to get the root password is to become system admin. -- Unknown source -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-24 Thread Alexander Skwar
Tro schrieb: On Monday July 24 2006 01:51, Alexander Skwar wrote: Sorry for all the confusion - I should've read the documentation first. So, is that gentoo-wiki article defunct now? I can't tell yet, as I haven't checked if MAILURI=... /usr/sbin/sendmail works fine. But I'd suppose

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-24 Thread Alexander Skwar
Alexander Skwar schrieb: Tro schrieb: On Monday July 24 2006 01:51, Alexander Skwar wrote: Sorry for all the confusion - I should've read the documentation first. So, is that gentoo-wiki article defunct now? I can't tell yet, as I haven't checked if MAILURI=... /usr/sbin/sendmail works

Re: [gentoo-user] strange [ file

2006-07-25 Thread Alexander Skwar
normally do them. For example: if [ -f /etc/passwd ] ; then echo /etc/passwd exists and is a regular file fi Notice the [ after the if However, [ is normally a shell builtin and thus /usr/bin/[ isn't executed. Alexander Skwar -- Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man

Re: [gentoo-user] strange [ file

2006-07-25 Thread Alexander Skwar
root 22784 27. Jun 09:34 /usr/bin/test I wonder where the differences are. I would've expected that test and [ were hardlinks. Alexander Skwar -- Is it 1974? What's for SUPPER? Can I spend my COLLEGE FUND in one wild afternoon?? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] strange [ file

2006-07-25 Thread Alexander Skwar
. If they were linked, one of them would fail on execution with invalid syntax errors Wrong. Alexander Skwar -- The politician is someone who deals in man's problems of adjustment. To ask a politician to lead us is to ask the tail of a dog to lead the dog. -- Buckminster Fuller

Re: [gentoo-user] strange [ file

2006-07-25 Thread Alexander Skwar
the coreutils makers and not some 3rd party. :) Anyway, on other systems (HP-UX, Solaris 8), there isn't even a /usr/bin/[ - there's just /usr/bin/test. Alexander Skwar -- May those that love us love us; and those that don't love us, may God turn their hearts; and if he doesn't turn their hearts, may he

Re: [gentoo-user] strange [ file

2006-07-25 Thread Alexander Skwar
on the command line that invokes it. What are you talking about? Of course the program could have a different syntax. For example, compare the syntax that zipinfo and unzip have. Alexander Skwar -- Delta: The kids will love our inflatable slides.-- David Letterman -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-25 Thread Alexander Skwar
that portage even CAN use SMTP. But nearly always, you'll need to use some SMTP server to get your mail out. But with the /usr/sbin/sendmail interface, it's conceivable to send out the mail WITHOUT the use of SMTP (eg. if the mail is sent from the host with UUCP). Alexander Skwar -- Is a wedding

Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_ELOG error

2006-07-25 Thread Alexander Skwar
Mick schrieb: On Tuesday 25 July 2006 19:42, Alexander Skwar wrote: Grant schrieb: I thought this thread was saying using SMTP was optional. You misunderstood. This thread was about, *WHERE* SMTP is used. IMO, it's wrong that portage even CAN use SMTP. But nearly always, you'll need

[gentoo-user] Compiling kopete without Video4Linux webcam support?

2006-07-26 Thread Alexander Skwar
to the system using OpenGL. Thus, I don't need V4L support. How do I compile kopete without V4L support? Thanks, Alexander Skwar -- Too much knowledge never makes for simple decisions. -- CROWN PRINCE RAPHAEL CORRINO, Discourses on Leadership -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Recompiling pakages after rebuild of Qt?

2006-07-26 Thread Alexander Skwar
://doc.trolltech.com/3.3/plugins-howto.html for more infos. I'd now like to recompile the necessary packages. How do I find out, which packages I need to recompile, besides the 3 packages, which are mentioned in the message? Thanks, Alexander Skwar -- BOFH Excuse #323: Your processor has processed too many

Re: [gentoo-user] Lots of missing gentoo-user mail

2006-07-27 Thread Alexander Skwar
Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: I am not missing any mails. How did you verify? Alexander Skwar -- linux: the choice of a GNU generation ([EMAIL PROTECTED] put this on Tshirts in '93) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Best choice for a dual core

2006-07-27 Thread Alexander Skwar
advantages either. Somebody correct me, but if you want to WORK with this machine (ie. not fiddle), I'd suggest to stay 32bit. Or what advantages would 64bit provide? Alexander Skwar -- After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: world favorites: pros and cons

2006-07-28 Thread Alexander Skwar
(as it's too old) but you'll still need the ebuild. Alexander Skwar -- I'm not a god, I was misquoted. -- Lister, Red Dwarf -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/jail.conf: why exec permission???

2006-07-29 Thread Alexander Skwar
Jerry McBride schrieb: I can't answer your question, however I can suggest changing it to non-exec and see how behaves after. Yes. And if there's no change, I'd suggest to file a bug, so that this gets changed. Alexander Skwar -- If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. -- gentoo-user

Re: [gentoo-user] OO Build Failed

2006-07-29 Thread Alexander Skwar
to migrate my system to the i686 CHOST gracefully? CHOST isn't that important at all. Much much more important are the CFLAGS, and here especially -march (or -mtune -mcpu). If you're using a Pentium 3 and have done emerge -e world once, then all is fine. Alexander Skwar -- The important thing

Re: [gentoo-user] Restart network interfaces over SSH

2006-07-29 Thread Alexander Skwar
the HUP (Hang Up) signal, by using nohup: nohup sh /tmp/script Alexander Skwar -- It runs like _x, where _x is something unsavory -- Prof. Romas Aleliunas, CS 435 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] LINGUAS

2006-07-29 Thread Alexander Skwar
of the string above. How? What's shown? Where are those settings coming from? make.conf Alexander Skwar -- The one sure way to make a lazy man look respectable is to put a fishing rod in his hand. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] LINGUAS

2006-07-29 Thread Alexander Skwar
Michael George schrieb: On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 05:20:13PM +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: Michael George schrieb: I am building OOo 2.0.3 and I happened to notice in the verbose emerge output that there is a long list of languages listed in the LINGUAS variable: LINGUAS=-af% -ar% -be_BY% -bg

Re: [gentoo-user] netqmail and qmail

2006-07-31 Thread Alexander Skwar
. It's featureful and easy enough to configure. Alexander Skwar -- Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] netqmail and qmail

2006-07-31 Thread Alexander Skwar
Michael Crute wrote: On 7/31/06, Alexander Skwar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Suranga Kasthuriarachchi wrote: Which is the best for organization mail server. NOT qmail - too many holes and not good performancewise. I would beg to differ with the statement about security. Qmail is arguably

Re: [gentoo-user] harmful Reply-To Munging on Gentoo mailing lists

2006-08-01 Thread Alexander Skwar
and correct the way it is. Should I send this to a different gentoo-* list? No. Alexander Skwar -- The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] harmful Reply-To Munging on Gentoo mailing lists

2006-08-01 Thread Alexander Skwar
Alexander Skwar schrieb: Michael [Plouj] Ploujnikov schrieb: It has come to my attention that Reply-To Munging is not a good idea to have on mailing lists: This is wrong. It is *USEFUL*! http://www.metasystema.net/essays/reply-to.mhtml Alexander Skwar -- like: When being alive

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the release date for 2006.1?

2006-08-03 Thread Alexander Skwar
, other people have to suffer? I don't think that this is the right way to go. Alexander Skwar -- Spock: We suffered 23 casualties in that attack, Captain. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Change Partition Type

2006-08-04 Thread Alexander Skwar
Michael Crute wrote: Is it possible to do this without hurting the other partitions on the disk? Yes. Use fdisk to do so. Changing the part. types won't hurt the other partitions. Alexander Skwar -- A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top

Re: [gentoo-user] How to cleanly shutdown Gentoo?

2006-08-04 Thread Alexander Skwar
Alex Fortwinder schrieb: poweroff is a good option? Thanks Never. halt the system. Alexander Skwar -- When you're ready to give up the struggle, who can you surrender to? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} vi line breaks

2006-08-05 Thread Alexander Skwar
Grant schrieb: Does anyone know how to prevent vi from inserting a line break after every however many characters? Hm. How did you enable that in the first place? You might want to check your /etc/vim/* and ~/.vim* files. Alexander Skwar -- Audience: What will become of Linux when the Hurd

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

2006-08-06 Thread Alexander Skwar
? Should work, but I'd suggest to switch to Maildir format. There's no risk in accessing the same mail folder at the same time with numerous clients. Both mutt and sylpheed support Maildir. Alexander Skwar -- I smell a RANCID CORN DOG! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

2006-08-07 Thread Alexander Skwar
with messages delivered by procmail. Why do you use mbox, if I may ask? base. Wouldn't these make it difficult to configure an imap server with access to all those mail folders? Not really. If not, do you recommend any imap server? dovecot Alexander Skwar -- Performance

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: Pro and Contra ?

2006-08-08 Thread Alexander Skwar
of the 1st LV to be in front of the 2nd LV and the 2nd part of the 1st LV will be after the 2nd LV. Alexander Skwar -- Never commit yourself! Let someone else commit you. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: Pro and Contra ?

2006-08-08 Thread Alexander Skwar
the device mapper for encryption purposes ? Yes. Is the performance impact via LVM (not encryption) noticeable or negliable? I don't know of any benchmarks. Guts feeling: Not noticeable. Alexander Skwar -- Half a mind is a terrible thing to waste! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Mount and write ntfs (natively)

2006-08-08 Thread Alexander Skwar
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: I'm seeing stuff on line that indicates it is now possible to write to ntfs formated disk from linux Yes. It's called ntfs3g. There's an ebuild for it. Alexander Skwar -- Gold's Law: If the shoe fits, it's ugly. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo disk space

2006-08-09 Thread Alexander Skwar
Sorav Bansal wrote: The /usr directory on my gentoo box is taking up 6.8 gigs of disk space, 2.8 gigs of which is in /usr/portage. This does not seem right. Is it possible to reduce this disk usage? Check out eclean. Alexander Skwar -- The truth is not free. It's that simple. If you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mount and write ntfs (natively)

2006-08-09 Thread Alexander Skwar
if any of the Live CDs `knoppix' style have this tool on board? ntfs3g is *VERY* *VERY* new. I don't think that a knoppix style CD already has it. But I *bet*, that they'll have it quite soon. Alexander Skwar -- What you end up with, after running an operating system concept through these many

Re: [gentoo-user] weird dependencies

2006-08-10 Thread Alexander Skwar
-apps/gawk-3.1.5-r2 [3.1.5-r1] USE=nls -build 0 kB , qt as a deep dependencie of gaim. You can't say that. Run emerge -pvu --deep --tree gaim to see, what's going on. Alexander Skwar -- BOFH Excuse #212: Of course it doesn't work. We've performed a software upgrade. -- gentoo-user

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mount and write ntfs (natively)

2006-08-10 Thread Alexander Skwar
don't have NTFS file systems on my Linux boxes ;) Alexander Skwar -- I wasn't recommending that we make the links for them, only provide them with the tools to do so if they want to take the gamble (or the gambol). -- Larry Wall in [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-16 Thread Alexander Skwar
=some.domain [...] #nis_domain_eth0=domain The domainname is set with dns_domain or nis_domain. Alexander Skwar -- Jenkinson's Law: It won't work. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-16 Thread Alexander Skwar
Anthony E. Caudel schrieb: I don't use /etc/hostname and I DO use /etc/conf.d/hostname. What has this to do with the domainname? Are they both set there? No, they are not. Alexander Skwar -- Espy you are baked knghtbrd Espy: only half so -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-16 Thread Alexander Skwar
as always too ? Yes. Alexander Skwar -- The first rule of magic is simple. Don't waste your time waving your hands and hoping when a rock or a club will do. -- McCloctnik the Lucid -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
Alexander Skwar schrieb: The domainname is set with dns_domain or nis_domain. Not or, but and. Depending on what domainname is to be set - NIS or DNS. Alexander Skwar -- The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself. -- Oscar Wilde

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
Phil Sexton schrieb: Alexander Skwar wrote: Phil Sexton schrieb: Here is another guess: How about /etc/conf.d/domainname? Yep, should be configured as well. But as you can see there, it doesn't set the domainname of the system: # DNSDOMAIN merely sets the domain entry in /etc/resolv.conf

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
Phil Sexton schrieb: Alexander Skwar wrote: Mark schrieb: On 16/08/06, Anthony E. Caudel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As of baselayout-1.12.4, the domainname init script is no longer used and the Gentoo Handbook no longer tells how to set the domainname. domainname now returns (none) /etc

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
Local domain name. Most queries for names within this domain can use short names relative to the local domain. If no domain entry is present, the domain is determined from the [...] See? It's for queries for names. Alexander Skwar -- Remember that as a teenager

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
Hans-Gunther Borrmann schrieb: On Thursday 17 August 2006 10:32, Alexander Skwar wrote: Nope. resolv.conf doesn't have any influence on the hostname or domainname. It controls, how names/ips are resolved. If it would be as you say, what would be my domainname? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp/sources

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
the time, there are ways to make Gentoo call domainname. One of this ways is setting up /etc/conf.d/net. Alexander Skwar -- You show me an American who can keep his mouth shut and I'll eat him. -- Newspaperman from Frank Capra's _Meet_John_Doe_ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
Phil Sexton schrieb: Alexander Skwar wrote: What script? /bin/domainname is not a script, but a binary. And it's this binary, which sets the domainname. But as most users don't want to run domainname manually all the time, there are ways to make Gentoo call domainname. One of this ways

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
Phil Sexton schrieb: Alexander Skwar wrote: Phil Sexton schrieb: I didn't think you had to run it manually unless you want to. Can't you call if from /etc/conf.d/local.start Sure, but why do that? Why not use the mechanisms, that Gentoo forsees for this? Interestingly, you did

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set domainname

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
Phil Sexton schrieb: Alexander Skwar wrote: Sure, but why do that? Why not use the mechanisms, that Gentoo forsees for this? Interestingly, you did not answer this question. Why's that so? Because it was your statement, not mine. So? It was a question and interestingly, you didn't

Re: [gentoo-user] looking for a terminal w/ url activation capability

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
Enrico Weigelt schrieb: Hi folks, I'm looking for an X11 terminal emulator, which can detect URLs and allows the user to click on them to exeucute an command with them. gnome-terminal Alexander Skwar -- Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. -- Robert A. Heinlein

Stefans posts on gentoo-user (was: [gentoo-user] Re: looking for a terminal w/ url activation capability)

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
aren't properly filtered. That's very annoying. But somehow, I don't think that (only) gmane is guilty. There HAVE to be more people out there, who use slrn and gmane. Maybe not on the Gentoo list, but there are so many lists, that you cannot be the only one. Alexander Skwar

Stefans posts (was: [gentoo-user] Re: looking for a terminal w/ url activation capability)

2006-08-18 Thread Alexander Skwar
this header, on which I filter. Maybe you do the same? Alexander Skwar -- A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object in the whole creation. -- Goldsmith -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: Stefans posts

2006-08-18 Thread Alexander Skwar
· Rasmus Andersen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 10:11:44AM +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: On my system, he's avoiding the filters, as his messages don't have a *HEADER* List-Id. And it's this header, on which I filter. Maybe you do the same? FWIW, I see the same as Alexander

[gentoo-user] Re: Stefans posts on gentoo-user

2006-08-18 Thread Alexander Skwar
was looking a bit deeper in the case and still suspect news.gmane.org Yes, the message came thru *almost* fine - but you repeated the first two lines two times ;) Alexander Skwar -- Die Realität ist eine Illusion, die durch Mangel an Alkohol hervorgerufen wird. Durch Alkohol wird die Illusion der

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Stefans posts on gentoo-user

2006-08-18 Thread Alexander Skwar
! ;) Alexander Skwar -- Dabb hehe, I really hate bug reports which are like calling fire department and saying: There is fire here, come! :) Dabb (and hanging up) * Dabb kills off dozen bug reports. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: How to set domainname

2006-08-18 Thread Alexander Skwar
· Jarry [EMAIL PROTECTED]: How and where to set up hostname? /etc/conf.d/hostname How and where to set up domainname? /etc/conf.d/net Alexander Skwar -- Wer keine Kraft zum Träumen hat, hat keinen Mut zum Kämpfen. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: How to set domainname

2006-08-18 Thread Alexander Skwar
/net Alexander Skwar -- Wer die Ursache nicht kennt, nennt die Wirkung Zufall. -- Werner Mitsch -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: How to set domainname

2006-08-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
dns_servers_eth0. You know, you can play your sniping game yourself. It's boring. IOW: Read line 638 and 639. Alexander Skwar -- Frauen sind genau wie Männer, nur anders. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: initng or runit?

2006-08-21 Thread Alexander Skwar
*. Alexander Skwar -- Was eine Nation groß macht, sind nicht in erster Linie die großen Männer. Es ist das Format der Mittelmäßigen. -- José Ortega y Gasset -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: .keep

2006-08-21 Thread Alexander Skwar
emptydir/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp/tartest$ ls -la emptydir insgesamt 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 alexander alexander 1 2006-08-21 13:24 . drwxr-xr-x 3 alexander alexander 24 2006-08-21 13:25 .. Alexander Skwar -- Das Problem ist der Parser. Der ist nicht fuzzy genug. -- Klaus Knopper

[gentoo-user] Dash as /bin/sh?

2006-09-01 Thread Alexander Skwar
Hi! The Ubuntu folks report on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh, that bootup and also ./configure runs are *WAY* faster if dash is used as /bin/sh instead of bash. Did anyone try this out on Gentoo? Are the boot scripts from Gentoo strictly POSIX compliant? Bye, Alexander Skwar -- Vini

[gentoo-user] xorgcfg doesn't work: Couldn't get keyboard

2006-09-02 Thread Alexander Skwar
the same error message. Am I doing something wrong? [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc/X11 $ epm -qf `which xorgcfg` xorg-server-1.1.1 Thanks, Alexander Skwar -- italic, adj: Slanted to the right to emphasize key phrases. Unique to Western alphabets; in Eastern languages, the same phrases

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: Atom RSS

2006-09-02 Thread Alexander Skwar
the bunch of people, who are most likely to know best. Alexander Skwar -- If a camel flies, no one laughs if it doesn't get very far. -- Paul White -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Dash as /bin/sh?

2006-09-03 Thread Alexander Skwar
and not sh, which has to be POSIX compliant and nothing more. I just did the roundy-round with this and ffmepg. Linking sh back to bash allowed the emerge to complete. The failure, by the way, was during configure. With ffmpeg? Jerry Alexander Skwar -- Distrust all those who love you extremely

[gentoo-user] Understanding emerge -v output: Why are some USE flags in brackets ()?

2006-09-03 Thread Alexander Skwar
%)? Thanks, Alexander Skwar -- for ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING!! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: Understanding emerge -v output: Why are some USE flags in brackets ()?

2006-09-03 Thread Alexander Skwar
· Bo Ørsted Andresen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sunday 03 September 2006 15:27, Alexander Skwar wrote: [ebuild U ] media-video/dvdrip-0.98.1 [0.97.10] USE=(-cdr%) fping%* (-gnome%*) hal%* (-minimal%) mplayer ogg (-rar%*) -subtitles -vcd% vorbis%* -xine% xvid 0 kB Why are some of those USE

[gentoo-user] Re: Understanding emerge -v output: Why are some USE flags in brackets ()?

2006-09-03 Thread Alexander Skwar
· Philip Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 060903 Alexander Skwar wrote: I ran emerge -vp dvdrip and got: [ebuild U ] media-video/dvdrip-0.98.1 [0.97.10] \ USE=(-cdr%) fping%* (-gnome%*) hal%* (-minimal%) mplayer ogg (-rar%*) \ -subtitles -vcd% vorbis%* -xine% xvid 0 kB Why are some

[gentoo-user] Re: Dash as /bin/sh?

2006-09-04 Thread Alexander Skwar
Erik [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Alexander Skwar wrote: The Ubuntu folks report on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh, that bootup and also ./configure runs are *WAY* faster if dash is used as /bin/sh instead of bash. Did anyone try this out on Gentoo? Are the boot scripts from Gentoo strictly

[gentoo-user] bc only does integer division

2006-09-04 Thread Alexander Skwar
`warranty'. 1/4 0 sys-devel/bc-1.06.94 Any idea what's going wrong here? Thanks, Alexander Skwar -- BOFH Excuse #295: The Token fell out of the ring. Call us when you find it. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: bc only does integer division

2006-09-04 Thread Alexander Skwar
. I'll follow your advice. Alexander Skwar -- Legislation proposed in the Illinois State Legislature, May, 1907: Speed upon county roads will be limited to ten miles an hour unless the motorist sees a bailiff who does not appear to have had a drink in 30 days, when the driver will be permitted

[gentoo-user] portage-2.1.1_rc1-r4: OSError: [Errno 16] Device or resource busy

2006-09-08 Thread Alexander Skwar
/portage/pym/portage_util.py, line 728, in write_atomic f.close() File /usr/lib/portage/pym/portage_util.py, line 696, in close os.rename(self.name, self._real_name) OSError: [Errno 16] Device or resource busy Did anyone else notice this? Alexander Skwar -- Give all orders verbally. Never

[gentoo-user] Re: portage-2.1.1_rc1-r4: OSError: [Errno 16] Device or resource busy

2006-09-08 Thread Alexander Skwar
was fine after that. Alexander Skwar -- QOTD: Flash! Flash! I love you! ...but we only have fourteen hours to save the earth! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] etc-update: what's the meaning of using_editor setting?

2006-09-09 Thread Alexander Skwar
to set using_editor=1 or =0? Thanks, Alexander Skwar -- Will man geachtet werden, muß man unter Menschen leben, die man achten kann. -- Jean de La Bruyère (Die Charaktere) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: OT The Real Darkside...

2006-09-10 Thread Alexander Skwar
· Jerry McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Saturday 09 September 2006 16:31, Alexander Skwar wrote: · Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Although she promised that when the NTFS drivers for Linux are developed adequately to allow her to work on her NTFS stored data from both OS, she will make an effort

[gentoo-user] Re: How do I modify work list of emerge --resume?

2006-09-10 Thread Alexander Skwar
script, which you can find on http://askwar.pastebin.ca/166335. This script will rebuild a list of packages and will make sure, that packages, which have already been built will NOT be built again. Alexander Skwar -- Eigenlob stimmt. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Gnome logout dialog in Ubuntu has way more options - how to get suspend?

2006-09-14 Thread Alexander Skwar
have to do, to get the Ubuntu gnome logout dialog in Gentoo as well? Thanks, Alexander Skwar -- Knghtbrd Yorick: no problem with indexed color palettes for images, as long as you can pick the palette Yorick Obviously the people creating quake were colour-blind but that doesn't

[gentoo-user] Re: Gnome logout dialog in Ubuntu has way more options - how to get suspend?

2006-09-14 Thread Alexander Skwar
· David Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED]: First things first, what version of Gnome is your Ubuntu screenshot from, 2.14.x and which version of Gnome in Gentoo are you using? 2.14.x Alexander Skwar -- Can't open /usr/share/games/fortunes/fortunes.dat. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: Gnome logout dialog in Ubuntu has way more options - how to get suspend?

2006-09-15 Thread Alexander Skwar
· Robert Cernansky [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 23:19:17 +0200 Alexander Skwar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That dialog has a lot more options than the dialog shown in Gentoo. In Gentoo, I do not have Ruhezustand (Hibernate) and the dialog looks a lot simpler. What do I have to do

[gentoo-user] Re: Gnome logout dialog in Ubuntu has way more options - how to get suspend?

2006-09-15 Thread Alexander Skwar
· Robert Cernansky [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 23:19:17 +0200 Alexander Skwar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That dialog has a lot more options than the dialog shown in Gentoo. In Gentoo, I do not have Ruhezustand (Hibernate) and the dialog looks a lot simpler. What do I have to do

[gentoo-user] Re: Using HPN (high performance) for Openssh, no brainer?

2006-09-15 Thread Alexander Skwar
by default? I suppose because it is a patch. Alexander Skwar -- Let every man teach his son, teach his daughter, that labor is honorable. -- Robert G. Ingersoll -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Can't start gvim: Error: Aborting: no fontset found

2006-09-16 Thread Alexander Skwar
: no fontset found What font is it trying to load? I don't have a ~/.vimrc, ~/.gvimrc and also no /etc/vim/vimrc.local or /etc/vim/gvimrc.local. /etc/vim/vimrc and /etc/vim/gvimrc are the default files. app-editors/gvim-7.0.91 app-editors/vim-7.0.91 app-editors/vim-core-7.0.91 Thanks, Alexander Skwar

[gentoo-user] [OT] ReiserFS: dm-6: warning: vs-13070: reiserfs_read_locked_inode: i/o failure occurred trying to find stat data

2006-09-16 Thread Alexander Skwar
someone of you knows an answer. Alexander Skwar -- Do you think that illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Scrollback Buffer of screen in Gnome Terminal

2006-09-16 Thread Alexander Skwar
behaviour: It scrolls up; I see older output. Thanks, Alexander Skwar -- The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: Can't start gvim: Error: Aborting: no fontset found

2006-09-16 Thread Alexander Skwar
· Willie Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 08:36:51PM +0200, Penguin Lover Alexander Skwar squawked: When I try to start gvim, it errors out with this error message: Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset Warning

[gentoo-user] Re: What is up with the new domainname situation?

2006-09-16 Thread Alexander Skwar
. Now I see that I have to set domainname in /etc/conf.d/net and that the domainname program returns (none). A lot of software is affected by this By what? By a misconfigured system? Alexander Skwar, who also was quite surprised when the domainname configuration moved to /etc/conf.d/net

[gentoo-user] Re: Scrollback Buffer of screen in Gnome Terminal

2006-09-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
· Alexander Skwar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What do I have to change, so that I'm able to use the Gnome Terminal buffer even when I'm inside a screen session? I think, that this is bug #61195 - http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61195 The behaviour is caused by the fact, that TERM=gnome

[gentoo-user] Re: What is up with the new domainname situation?

2006-09-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
· Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:50:28 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: But I agree, it makes no sense to even be able to set this per interface. I can think of a couple of uses for this. A laptop with wired and wireless interfaces. wired is only used on the home

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: What is up with the new domainname situation?

2006-09-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
that now. Forget that, What should I forget? :) Did you write anything? Alexander Skwar -- robert i understand there are some reasonable limits to free speech in america, for example I cannot scream Fire into a crowded theatre .. But can i scream fire into a theatre with only 5

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Scrollback Buffer of screen in Gnome Terminal

2006-09-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
· Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sunday 17 September 2006 08:20, Alexander Skwar wrote: · Alexander Skwar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What do I have to change, so that I'm able to use the Gnome Terminal buffer even when I'm inside a screen session? Ditto for aterm please. Do echo $TERM and then cp

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: What is up with the new domainname situation?

2006-09-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
· Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sunday 17 September 2006 09:21, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:50:28 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: It makes very little sense to ditch the unix norm of setting a systemwide domain name in favor of doing it per interface! True. And that's

[gentoo-user] Re: What is up with the new domainname situation?

2006-09-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
got. Alexander Skwar -- There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit at a typewriter and open a vein. -- Red Smith -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] ReiserFS: dm-6: warning: vs-13070: reiserfs_read_locked_inode: i/o failure occurred trying to find stat data

2006-09-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
anything at all. I'm now feeling well again. Thanks! Alexander Skwar -- Desist from enumerating your fowl prior to their emergence from the shell. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: What is up with the new domainname situation?

2006-09-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
· Kevin O'Gorman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 9/17/06, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 17 September 2006 13:43, Alexander Skwar wrote: · Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sunday 17 September 2006 09:21, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:50:28 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: Can you

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: What is up with the new domainname situation?

2006-09-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
to be the case and hopefully always will be the case. With dns_domain, the DNS domainname is set. And that's returned by dnsdomainname (or hostname -d). Alexander Skwar -- Linux: Where Don't We Want To Go Today? -- Submitted by Pancrazio De Mauro, paraphrasing some well-known sales talk

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