Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : (1) which CPU ?

2012-07-21 Thread waltdnes
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 08:49:32PM -0500, Alecks Gates wrote I'd pick AMD, and very likely one of their APUs if you don't need intense graphics, as they seem to be able to handle most things well and even some light gaming. How do AMD's and Intel's open source video drivers compare? --

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : (1) which CPU ?

2012-07-21 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 21.07.2012 07:55, schrieb waltd...@waltdnes.org: On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 08:49:32PM -0500, Alecks Gates wrote I'd pick AMD, and very likely one of their APUs if you don't need intense graphics, as they seem to be able to handle most things well and even some light gaming. How do

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : (1) which CPU ?

2012-07-21 Thread v_2e
Hello! On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 10:44:11 +0200 Florian Philipp li...@binarywings.net wrote: Am 21.07.2012 07:55, schrieb waltd...@waltdnes.org: On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 08:49:32PM -0500, Alecks Gates wrote I'd pick AMD, and very likely one of their APUs if you don't need intense graphics,

[gentoo-user] Re: new machine : (1) which CPU ?

2012-07-21 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 20/07/12 10:24, Philip Webb wrote: I plan to build a new machine in the next few months: it wb for regular desktop use, but performance is as important as price. A quick look at what was available in April suggested an Intel Ivy Bridge i7 ( 22 nm ) ; Phoronix said it works with Kernel 3.2 +

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : (1) which CPU ?

2012-07-21 Thread microcai
2012/7/21 Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com: On 20/07/12 10:24, Philip Webb wrote: I plan to build a new machine in the next few months: it wb for regular desktop use, but performance is as important as price. A quick look at what was available in April suggested an Intel Ivy Bridge i7 (

[gentoo-user] cannot set an icon theme for the kde apps

2012-07-21 Thread ivan ivanov
Hello, list. I just installed gentoo for the first time. I am using openbox wm and some kde apps within it (krusader, for example). I installed the systemsettings package(4.8.3) to configure the kde apps. The problem is that i cannot set an icon theme for the kde apps. There is no entry for

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : (1) which CPU ?

2012-07-21 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Samstag, 21. Juli 2012, 15:33:05 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: On 20/07/12 10:24, Philip Webb wrote: I plan to build a new machine in the next few months: it wb for regular desktop use, but performance is as important as price. A quick look at what was available in April suggested an

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot set an icon theme for the kde apps

2012-07-21 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Samstag, 21. Juli 2012, 16:59:11 schrieb ivan ivanov: Hello, list. I just installed gentoo for the first time. I am using openbox wm and some kde apps within it (krusader, for example). I installed the systemsettings package(4.8.3) to configure the kde apps. The problem is that i cannot set

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot set an icon theme for the kde apps

2012-07-21 Thread ivan ivanov
usr/share/kde4/services/settings-icon-view.desktop exists? dbus is running? ya@shvabra ~ $ ls -l /usr/share/kde4/services/settings-icon-view.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7836 Apr 30 01:05 /usr/share/kde4/services/settings-icon-view.desktop ya@shvabra ~ $ /etc/init.d/dbus status *

[gentoo-user] Need a clue about merging logical volumes/groups with lvm2

2012-07-21 Thread walt
I know there are a few lvm2 experts lurking here :) I have a 500gig disk that is split roughly in half between two volume groups, each containing four physical volumes, and each vg is formatted into an ext4 filesystem of roughly 250GB. What I plan to do is merge the two volume groups into one,

Re: [gentoo-user] Need a clue about merging logical volumes/groups with lvm2

2012-07-21 Thread Alex Schuster
walt writes: I know there are a few lvm2 experts lurking here :) I have a 500gig disk that is split roughly in half between two volume groups, each containing four physical volumes, and each vg is formatted into an ext4 filesystem of roughly 250GB. What I plan to do is merge the two

[gentoo-user] Printer isn't working. Help, please!

2012-07-21 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Evening, Experts! My printer isn't printing. More precisely, when in CUPS 1.5.2 (localhost:631), CUPS fails to find the printer. When I click on Find New Printers it comes back with Available Printers - No Printers Found.. My system has been like this since I converted back from mdev to udev.

Re: [gentoo-user] Printer isn't working. Help, please!

2012-07-21 Thread Michael Mol
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Alan Mackenzie a...@muc.de wrote: Evening, Experts! My printer isn't printing. More precisely, when in CUPS 1.5.2 (localhost:631), CUPS fails to find the printer. When I click on Find New Printers it comes back with Available Printers - No Printers Found..

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : (1) which CPU ?

2012-07-21 Thread Alecks Gates
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:55 AM, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 08:49:32PM -0500, Alecks Gates wrote I'd pick AMD, and very likely one of their APUs if you don't need intense graphics, as they seem to be able to handle most things well and even some light gaming.

Re: [gentoo-user] Printer isn't working. Help, please!

2012-07-21 Thread Nilesh Govindrajan
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 5:14 AM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Alan Mackenzie a...@muc.de wrote: Evening, Experts! My printer isn't printing. More precisely, when in CUPS 1.5.2 (localhost:631), CUPS fails to find the printer. When I click on Find New

Re: [gentoo-user] Printer isn't working. Help, please!

2012-07-21 Thread Nilesh Govindrajan
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Nilesh Govindrajan cont...@nileshgr.com wrote: On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 5:14 AM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Alan Mackenzie a...@muc.de wrote: Evening, Experts! My printer isn't printing. More precisely, when in CUPS

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : (1) which CPU ?

2012-07-21 Thread Alecks Gates
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 7:33 AM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/07/12 10:24, Philip Webb wrote: I plan to build a new machine in the next few months: it wb for regular desktop use, but performance is as important as price. A quick look at what was available in April

Re: [gentoo-user] Printer isn't working. Help, please!

2012-07-21 Thread Thanasis
on 07/21/2012 08:58 PM Alan Mackenzie wrote the following: Evening, Experts! My printer isn't printing. More precisely, when in CUPS 1.5.2 (localhost:631), CUPS fails to find the printer. When I click on Find New Printers it comes back with Available Printers - No Printers Found.. My

[gentoo-user] Force Firefox to use gecko-mediaplayer for webm

2012-07-21 Thread Nilesh Govindrajan
So yeah, the question is clear. How do I force Firefox to play webm videos using gecko-mediaplayer? Compile firefox without webm support? Or there's some other way around? -- Nilesh Govindrajan http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Force Firefox to use gecko-mediaplayer for webm

2012-07-21 Thread Alecks Gates
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Nilesh Govindrajan cont...@nileshgr.com wrote: So yeah, the question is clear. How do I force Firefox to play webm videos using gecko-mediaplayer? Compile firefox without webm support? Or there's some other way around? -- Nilesh Govindrajan

Re: [gentoo-user] Force Firefox to use gecko-mediaplayer for webm

2012-07-21 Thread Nilesh Govindrajan
On Sun 22 Jul 2012 10:53:22 AM IST, Alecks Gates wrote: On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Nilesh Govindrajan cont...@nileshgr.com wrote: So yeah, the question is clear. How do I force Firefox to play webm videos using gecko-mediaplayer? Compile firefox without webm support? Or there's some