[gentoo-user] Gentoo and KISS ?

2007-05-18 Thread arnuld
OK, i found Gentoo a great incident of my life :-), 10 installations and on 11th time i knew what went wrong in last 10 times and from there it never went wrong ;-). i want to use Gentoo but i have one doubt. i am much more inclined towards using simple things, like simplicity in designing an

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and KISS ?

2007-05-18 Thread arnuld
On 5/18/07, Mauro Faccenda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AFAIK, Gentoo filosophy is about choices. If you want it simple, you can keep it simple. If you don't, you can do it too. oh. And you discovered what was going wrong in your first 10 installations, right? Can you tell if it was

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and KISS ?

2007-05-18 Thread arnuld
On 5/18/07, Mauro Faccenda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: well, none of those errors is Gentoo specific. It's kernel compilations problems, and you'll have those in any distribution. Even the binary ones, if you want to install a custom kernel. for the users that can't compile the kernel by

Re: [gentoo-user] OT im more just curious

2007-04-17 Thread arnuld
On 4/16/07, Bryan Whitehead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nearly 28. Been using gentoo since version 1.0 (maybe pre-1.0 but can't remember). I started using linux back when slackware fit on a bunch of 5.25 floppies. ooohhh you are an old time Linux user. i am 26 and i started using Linux

[gentoo-user] can not run Gizmo

2007-04-17 Thread arnuld
i usually use Skype most of the time, as it is the only thing available for Voice-Chat on Gentoo Linux. but these days i am having problems with the Skype sound quality. so i downloaded the Gizmo and Wengophone binaries but they do not run :-( this is from my terminal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $

[gentoo-user] cups does not print

2007-04-16 Thread arnuld
i enabled all the printing options as described in Gentoo Printing How to Wiki: i have a parallel-port EPSON Dot Matrix LX-300+ printer and i printed thousands of pages in Arch Linux and Fedora using that printer without any single trouble. in Gentoo i am unable to make it print i did all these:

[gentoo-user] Gentoo rewrites /etc/resolv.conf automatically

2007-04-16 Thread arnuld
on every boot Gentoo cleans up the /etc/resolv.conf :-( any solution ? - /etc/hosts -- 127.0.0.1 gnu.planet gnu localhost ::1 localhost -- /etc/conf.d/net - dns_domain_lo=planet config_eth0=( 192.168.0.2/24 ) routes_eth0=( default via 192.168.0.1 )

[gentoo-user] can not find shared libraries

2007-04-16 Thread arnuld
i am trying to run binary executable of skype which i used on Arch Linux. i placed the executables in /home/arnuld/.binaries/skype directory. now when i try to run it i get this message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/.binaries/skype $ ./skype ./skype: error while loading shared libraries: libasound.so.2

Re: [gentoo-user] can not find shared libraries

2007-04-16 Thread arnuld
On 4/16/07, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, to tell you the truth, you should've checked forums.gentoo.org and search for skype there. Or google for gentoo skype or something like that, instead of coming directly here. well, actually, i also have Wengophone and Gizmo

[gentoo-user] Emacs installed but GUI is of XXL size :-(

2007-02-03 Thread arnuld
hai all, i have successfully installed Gentoo 2006.1. i have installed Emacs. everything is fine but Emacs's size is TOO BIG. Emacs tool bar is of XXL size, its menu is of XXL size. what is wrong? -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/ Linux registered user #439610 http://counter.li.org/ --

[gentoo-user] Re: X configuration problem

2007-01-20 Thread arnuld
(EE) AGLRX: Screen0 is not DRI capable Try to # the DRI under modules and # at the end there might be a section for DRI # the DRI in xorg.conf.. OK? (EE) driver mouse was not found it should be /dev/input/mice it *is* /dev/input/mice, i am talking of drivers not of /dev. you did not

[gentoo-user] Re: X configuration problem

2007-01-20 Thread arnuld
This is how mine is set up. Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard0 Driver kbd EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse OptionProtocol auto OptionDevice /dev/input/mouse0 OptionZAxisMapping 4 5 6 7 Maybe

[gentoo-user] Re: X configuration problem

2007-01-20 Thread arnuld
did you forget to add these to /etc/make.conf? INPUT_DEVICES=keyboard mouse synaptics VIDEO_CARDS=ati radeon vesa fbdev fglrx Iain, it seems likee you have not read my 1st post, here is the relevent part of it: INPUT_DEVICES=keyboard mouse VIDEO_CARDS=fglrx vesa via vga v4l BTW,

[gentoo-user] X configuration problem

2007-01-19 Thread arnuld
i ave installed X using emerge X and after hours of download-compile-install cycle startx tells me that drivers named mouse kbd are not found. here is what i have done 1.) used genkernel all to compile my kernel. 2.) added these 2 to /etc/make.conf INPUT_DEVICES=keyboard mouse

[gentoo-user] how to stop IPv6 before Stage3 tarball download

2006-12-17 Thread arnuld
net-pf-10 off alias ipv6 off i can nto add these to Gentoo a sit is not installed, not yet. i need to download Stage3 tarball 1st , So how can i stop IPv6 on Gentoo *before* installation so that i can download Stage 3 tarball? -- arnuld http://arnuld.blogspot.com/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-user] how to stop IPv6 before Stage3 tarball download

2006-12-17 Thread arnuld
am already using latest firmware: V3.6.0C_38 check it: http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/DG632.asp Does the name Pavlov ring a bell? what is that? -- arnuld http://arnuld.blogspot.com/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] how to stop IPv6 before Stage3 tarball download

2006-12-17 Thread arnuld
On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:10:24 +0530, arnuld wrote: Neil, i am already using latest firmware: V3.6.0C_38 check it: http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/DG632.asp OK, scrub that idea, although several people have reported updating Netgear routers fixed IPv6 problems. BTW, problem is solved