[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on a Macbook Air

2011-09-16 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Grant [16/09/11 13:21]: > > Hi, > > > > I don't have a Macbook Air, but I have two iMac desktops and one macbook > > pro laptop. The two imacs run Gentoo without any problems. I installed > > refit to switch between Gentoo and osx. > > > > For the laptop, I had trouble booting from the installa

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on a Macbook Air

2011-09-15 Thread Moshe Kamensky
Hi, I don't have a Macbook Air, but I have two iMac desktops and one macbook pro laptop. The two imacs run Gentoo without any problems. I installed refit to switch between Gentoo and osx. For the laptop, I had trouble booting from the installation cd. A few days ago someone on this list sugges

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on MacBook

2011-09-12 Thread Moshe Kamensky
> > > Why not install it as a virtual machine under the OSX? Much > > > easier and > > > you can have both working at once and the performance is not bad at all. > > > > > > > I didn't consider it, since I don't really need the OSX, but I might > > give it a try. Is there a particular VM you r

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on MacBook

2011-09-12 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Stroller [09/09/11 12:27]: > > On 9 September 2011, at 04:50, Moshe Kamensky wrote: > > ... > > I was happy to soon... It now boots, but after asking me about keyboard > > layout, it tries to find the cdrom and fails, with messages like: > > > > Looking fo

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on MacBook

2011-09-09 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* cov...@ccs.covici.com [09/09/11 02:15]: > Moshe Kamensky wrote: > > > * Moshe Kamensky [08/09/11 23:30]: > > > * cov...@ccs.covici.com [08/09/11 23:18]: > > > > Moshe Kamensky wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi There, > > > &g

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on MacBook

2011-09-08 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Moshe Kamensky [08/09/11 23:30]: > * cov...@ccs.covici.com [08/09/11 23:18]: > > Moshe Kamensky wrote: > > > > > Hi There, > > > > > > I am trying to install Gentoo dual boot on a MacBook Pro (17 inch). I > > > have refit installed

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo on MacBook

2011-09-08 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* cov...@ccs.covici.com [08/09/11 23:18]: > Moshe Kamensky wrote: > > > Hi There, > > > > I am trying to install Gentoo dual boot on a MacBook Pro (17 inch). I > > have refit installed, but the problem is that I cannot boot from the CD > > (the option

[gentoo-user] Gentoo on MacBook

2011-09-08 Thread Moshe Kamensky
Hi There, I am trying to install Gentoo dual boot on a MacBook Pro (17 inch). I have refit installed, but the problem is that I cannot boot from the CD (the option is not available in the menu). I was wondering if someone knows how to do it. Thanks, Moshe

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-18 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Crístian Viana [17/08/09 00:24]: > once I had a problem like this, and I solved it by adding the following > section to xorg.conf: > > Section "ServerFlags" >Option "AllowEmptyInput""false" > EndSection > > it happened earlier this year when I upgraded x11-base/xorg-x11. Thanks, I tr

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-16 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Keith Dart [16/08/09 19:00]: > === On Sun, 08/16, Keith Dart wrote: === > > Try it, but it is probably something else. > > > > === > > BTW, another thing to try is to just comment out any input > configuration in (e.g. for mouse or kbd driver) in your xorg.conf file. > With hal/evdev it is

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-15 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Dale [15/08/09 09:30]: > > Have you tried emerging xorg-server with hal disabled? That is assuming > you are using the 1.5 or 1.6 version. > I'll try that, thanks. pgpLl0FkYmJuE.pgp Description: PGP signature

[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-15 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Stroller [14/08/09 22:21]: > > On 14 Aug 2009, at 21:26, Moshe Kamensky wrote: > > > There was a thread with this subject a few months ago, which I have > > deleted > > LMGTHFY: > http://www.google.com/search?ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=Xorg%20dropping%20k

[gentoo-user] Xorg dropping keyboard events

2009-08-14 Thread Moshe Kamensky
There was a thread with this subject a few months ago, which I have deleted. The observable situation is that a key is ignored or (more annoyingly) repeated indefinitely. This happens in X but not on the console. I was wondering if this was resolved. Thanks, Moshe pgpuOAzacSG4A.pgp Descripti

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT:netiquete] was AUTO: Martin...

2009-04-28 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* William Hubbs [28/04/09 17:06]: > Hi Neal and all, > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 07:39:29PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > That's an interesting point, and the first real justification for > > top-posting I've seen. Although I would have thought it should be > > possible to have your mailer hide

[gentoo-user] Re: ppp connection problem

2009-03-09 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Mike Kazantsev [09/03/09 06:15]: > On Sun, 8 Mar 2009 16:20:32 -0400 > Moshe Kamensky wrote: > > > We called the ISP, and from their side it seems that he is connected, > > and everything is fine. I don't know where else to look. The log > > messages showed

[gentoo-user] Re: ppp connection problem

2009-03-09 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Daniel da Veiga [09/03/09 12:33]: > On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 17:20, Moshe Kamensky > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to help my father install gentoo on a new computer (I am > > across the ocean). We have a problem with the internet connection. He > > has

[gentoo-user] ppp connection problem

2009-03-08 Thread Moshe Kamensky
Hi, I am trying to help my father install gentoo on a new computer (I am across the ocean). We have a problem with the internet connection. He has an adsl account. He runs pppoe-start, and it says that he is connected. ifconfig shows that ppp0 is up, and gives an ip address. However, I can't

[gentoo-user] Re: Perl module problem

2007-10-10 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Naga Toro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [10/10/07 14:15]: > On Sunday 07 October 2007 20.21.57 Moshe Kamensky wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Does /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Scalar/Util.pm exist? What is the > > output of > > > > perl -le 'print foreach @INC

[gentoo-user] Re: Perl module problem

2007-10-07 Thread Moshe Kamensky
Hi, Does /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Scalar/Util.pm exist? What is the output of perl -le 'print foreach @INC' By the way, I run urxvt fine with the Scalar::Util that comes with perl. do you have something like /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi/auto/List/Util/Util.so Moshe

[gentoo-user] Re: metacity Woes[solved? you let me know]

2007-09-13 Thread Moshe Kamensky
-rf .gnome2 .gnome .gnome2_private` and > then restart X. I was shocked to have seen it work afterwards. I know > for a fact that certain programs regenerate their config dirs if they > don't exist and I believe that that is what happened. > > -Original Message- > Fr

[gentoo-user] Re: metacity Woes

2007-09-12 Thread Moshe Kamensky
Hi, I don't have a solution, just to mention that I have the same problem (with gnome-2.18.2-r1). I guess the starting point would be: Where goes the output (and error) of whatever script starts the gnome session? and where in the config files does it say that metacity should start? Thanks, Mo

[gentoo-user] Re: Running Scripts

2007-07-28 Thread Moshe Kamensky
Hi, * Greg Lindstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [27/07/07 12:18]: > Hello- > > I am programming Python (2.4.1) scripts to run on our Gentoo boxes and am > having a bit of trouble I was hoping you could help me with. My file, > hello.py looks like this: > > #!/usr/bin/python > print 'hello, python' >

[gentoo-user] Re: Running Scripts

2007-07-28 Thread Moshe Kamensky
Hi, * Greg Lindstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [27/07/07 12:18]: > Hello- > > I am programming Python (2.4.1) scripts to run on our Gentoo boxes and am > having a bit of trouble I was hoping you could help me with. My file, > hello.py looks like this: > > #!/usr/bin/python > print 'hello, python' >

[gentoo-user] ekiga debug output

2007-04-25 Thread Moshe Kamensky
Hi, I have some problems using ekiga. I tried asking on the ekiga mailing list, and it turns out that the debugging info produced when running ekiga -d 4 is incomplete. They say that this might be Gentoo related. Anyone had this problem before? Thanks, Moshe pgp58HRnsEhtb.pgp Description:

[gentoo-user] Re: browser advice

2006-11-30 Thread Moshe Kamensky
Hi, * Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [30/11/06 09:08]: > I'm about to dump Firefox, because I can't google in English. The thing > doesn't let me choose the language, and I'm tired of getting useless > Brazilian links. Yes, I know about the settings, I already deleted the > google.pt cookie, bu

[gentoo-user] Re: Intel HDA soundcard, microphones and skype

2006-10-17 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Matthew R. Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [12/10/06 09:24]: > On Wednesday 11 October 2006 22:19, Richard Fish wrote: > > On 10/11/06, Matthew R. Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the help & info. I'm in the UK at the moment and it's > getting late. I'll try it in the morning Thanks > Matt

[gentoo-user] Re: procmail, formail and maildir for digests...

2006-10-11 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Steve [Gentoo] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [11/10/06 09:34]: > I'm familiar with this procmail recipe: > > -- > :0 > > * ^List-Id:.* > | formail +1 -ds >> gentoo_user > -- > > However... I need to use maildir is there a straightforward way to > deliver directly to maildir folders with formail fro

[gentoo-user] Re: using procmail to store mail in some box

2006-08-19 Thread Moshe Kamensky
* Enrico Weigelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [18/08/06 13:26]: > > Hi folks, > > > I'd like to use procmail to store mails (coming from stdin) > into an certain mailbox (mbox) given by commandline. Does > anyone know how I could do that ? You could call procmail with '-a '. Then the name of the mailb