Re: [gentoo-user] No HTML in posts?
Qian Qiao wrote: >Have you had any chance to read your emails under a command line >environment? I bet you won't like it, :P > > I'm very against HTML mail, just for the record. That being said, aren't there HTML filters for command line mail clients that will strip tags from your view of the text and make it more readable? Just wondering. James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] No HTML in posts?
fire-eyes wrote: >On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 20:17 -0700, James Colannino wrote: > > > >>I'm very against HTML mail, just for the record. That being said, >>aren't there HTML filters for command line mail clients that will strip >>tags from your view of the text and make it more readable? Just wondering. >> >> > >A major point is that people should not have to do anything like that -- >html on mailing lists has long been regarded as bad. > > I know, and I agree. I was just wondering (as I stated above)... James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Sphinx-2, voice command and dictation
So who here has setup Sphinx voice recognition engine and actually used it for something useful? It looks like an awesome application, but unfortunately it does seem rather suited for developers, and of course I know very little about voice recognition. The documents on the homepage weren't really about using it for a particular purpose as they were about the way it works, and googling didn't turn much up. What should I do to get started? Also, does anybody know anything about Sphinx-3 as opposed to Sphinx-2? Sphinx-3 unfortunately wasn't in portage :( Thanks everyone! James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Encrypted root filesystem
dante wrote: [...]Here's the link: http://www.virtualblueness.net/~blueness/encryptedroot/ People on this list might be interested. I'd appreciate any critiques. I may be interested. Thank you for the how-to :) James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT?] ram question
I read and noticed that you said both sticks are PC-3200. I have another question: are you mixing registered and unbuffered memory (registered memory has an extra chip in the middle)? If so, it's possible that this could be a problem (I had a problem that actually turned out to be a bad BIOS setting, but I also can't remember if the same thing was due to my mixing the two at some point, which I had at first thought was the problem. It may be a long shot, but it's worth looking at anyway.) James -- My blog: http://www.crazydrclaw.com/ My homepage: http://james.colannino.org/ "If Carpenters made houses the way programmers design programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy all of civilization." --Computer Proverb -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Anybody use EVDO?
Hey everyone. I'm wondering how many people here have used EVDO. I don't know much about it. I can see from some of the links I've pulled up with Google that I can make it work with Linux, but I was wondering how easy it would be and if anybody here has used it and has some experience. Thanks :) James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Courier-Imap slowing to a crawl
Hey everyone. I've been running a Gentoo mail server here at home for almost 3 years and have had great luck with it. However, since I made a large group of updates a few weeks ago, Courier-Imap has been slowing down, so much so that my client requests eventually time out. A reboot fixes this, but it's gotten to the point where I'd have to reboot every single day in order to keep it running the way it should be, and I know there must be some way to fix this. I've tried just restarting the Courier daemons, but this alone is not sufficient. Courier-Imap was never updated, so that shouldn't be the problem. However, the packages that were updated (with new USE flags; using --newuse) were Postfix, OpenLDAP (newly merged), Apache (from 1.3 to 2.0), OpenSSL (I suspected at first that I had to build Courier and Courier-authlib again against the new OpenSSL, but this didn't prove to help) and a few others (unfortunately, I can't remember what they were, but I highly doubt they were related.) Just to see if this would help, I tried rebuilding Courier-Imap and Courier-authlib after having merged the new packages. Unfortunately, this did not help. Authentication itself goes quick. However, at the point where Thunderbird says, "Looking for folders," (sorry I couldn't be more descriptive than that) it goes on and on and on and eventually times out. After I've rebooted, it goes quickly like it always did before the updates, but then it gradually slows down, and by the next day, it's usually really bad again. I wondered if something was hogging the CPU, or if something was leaking memory, but I checked both those things, and so far, I don't think either of those are a problem. The only other change I can think of is that I had been compiling with -O3 optimizations ever since the server was built (I always had great luck with that and it's been very stable; I actually believe this may have been the default setting at the time), but decided to step down to -O2 before I built all those other packages since I wanted to make sure everything would be stable. Does the fact that some packages were compiled with -O3 optimizations and the fact that more recently some were built with -O2 optimizations cause some kind of problem? Is there a way that I can rebuild my entire server on either -O2 or -O3 optimizations so that I can make everything consistent? Should I even care about that? I'm just trying to throw out every possibility here as this is one of the most bizarre things that's happened to me to date. If anybody has any ideas, or if anybody has had any similar problems, a reply would be greatly appreciated! :) Thanks everyone. James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-server] courier-imapd have to be restarted to much time
Claudinei Matos wrote: Hi, I've installed postfix to work with my domain using vmail with courier imap (I've followed gentoo guide) and it was working fine until today. Now I have some users (including me) that can't get new messages 'cause the mail software (thunderbird) keep tring to connect to the server and doesn't get any messages. I have this exact same problem with my server (it's only been happening for the past few weeks since I updated some packages) and I've been scrounging around trying to find people who have had the same thing happen to them. I noticed a bunch of sasldaemond (I think that was the name) processes that didn't belong to any particular process. That's the only suspicious thing I can report, and I can't even verify that this is the problem. I will keep you posted if I find anything. Let me know if you've found anything yourself. Right now I'm working on building a new server installation from scratch which I'll drop in the place of the old root filesystem if I can't figure this out. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-server] courier-imapd have to be restarted to much time
Wow; umm, looking at the date, I realize that this message was from all the way back in May of 2005. If the original poster is still around, I'd be interested to hear from him. Otherwise, sorry for the noise (that's what you get when you archive mail and forget to check the date :-P) James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Created an ebuild for Courier-Imap 4.1.0
Hey everyone. I had noticed that all the ebuilds for Courier-Imap were extremely stale. I thought that this was incredibly bad, so I took the ebuild for 4.0.4, and with absolutely no modifications whatsoever (aside from renaming the ebuild from 4.0.4.ebuild to 4.1.0.ebuild), it successfully emerged the latest version. Should I post it on bugzilla? If I do, what do you think is the likelihood that it will be included in the official portage tree? I want others to be able to have access to the latest courier package and not just me. James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Created an ebuild for Courier-Imap 4.1.0
I went ahead and posted the ebuild on bugzilla (https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=124985) Anybody who's interested in it can download it from there. Don't forget to manually download courier-imap-4.1.0.tar.bz2 from http://courier-mta.org/imap/ and run ebuild digest on it if you decide to use it. James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] pcHDTV3000 - Anyone installed and use this?
Michael Haan wrote: >Can anyone help? > > I just bought one and recently got it working :) I'm not quite sure why you're having those problems. Maybe you don't have dvb or v4l2 support compiled either into your kernel or as modules? By the way, just as a sidenote, the order I modprobed the drivers was: cx8800 cx88-dvb cx8800 is the module that actually registers /dev/video0 (for analog NTSC) and /dev/video1 (for digital ATSC HDTV.) Hope this helps. My guess is simply that you don't have all the support stuff that you need (v4l2 and dvb specifically.) James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Deprecated ide-scsi, how to replace?
Neil Bothwick wrote: >On Sun, 08 May 2005 19:25:08 -0700, rob3 wrote: > > > >>For using CDRW, etc I only know about how to use ide-scsi by passing to >>the kernel during boot. But I get a warning during boot that it is >>deprecated, and instead I should be using ide-cd and give dev=/dev/hdX >>as device. So I tried putting in hdc=ide-cd and I got an error message >>saying it was invalid. I wonder what I am doing wrong? >> >> > >ide-cd is not a kernel option, it is a module. Set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD >in your kernel config, if your CDRW already shows up as /dev/hdc you >already have it set, and remove any ide-scsi or ide-cd options from your >bootloader config. > > Also, when you're burning, if you're using the ATA packet interface instead of SCSI (which you have to do now that ide-scsi emulation is no longer available), you would pass "dev=ATAPI:x,x,x" to cdrecord instead of just "dev=x,x,x" (which you would do if it were SCSI.) James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] pcHDTV3000 - Anyone installed and use this?
Michael Haan wrote: >On 5/9/05, James Colannino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Michael Haan wrote: >> >> >> >>>Can anyone help? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>I just bought one and recently got it working :) >> >>I'm not quite sure why you're having those problems. Maybe you don't >>have dvb or v4l2 support compiled either into your kernel or as modules? >> >>By the way, just as a sidenote, the order I modprobed the drivers was: >> >>cx8800 >>cx88-dvb >> >>cx8800 is the module that actually registers /dev/video0 (for analog >>NTSC) and /dev/video1 (for digital ATSC HDTV.) >> >>Hope this helps. My guess is simply that you don't have all the support >>stuff that you need (v4l2 and dvb specifically.) >> >> > >Any idea where I can get those? > > If you're using 2.6, you'll find it in the kernel's source tree. Just enable v4l2 and dvb, recompile and you'll be good to go. Let me know if it helps. James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Mplayer and Framebuffer
Hey guys. I just re-compiled a new system from scratch for the first time using 2.6 instead of 2.4 and I've been very pleased so far. I have one problem though: when I was using 2.4 I was able to use mplayer to play video directly to the console via framebuffer (/dev/fb0) instead of svgalib, but when I do so with 2.6, while /dev/fb0 exists and while I have it working with bootsplash just fine, when I run mplayer on /dev/fb0, I crash the display and have to ssh into the machine from another computer. Even after killing the mplayer process, video remains non-functional. I tried shutting down the computer (init 0) from an ssh'd terminal, but coming back into the room a few minutes later revealed that the machine would not shut down and so I had to push the button manually (which means yucky filesystem scans...) Anybody have any ideas as to how I can get this to work? I suppose it's not a big deal, but I'd still like to get this working if I can. I'm also planning on giving XDirectFB a try one of these days, so hopefully I won't have the same problems... :( Thanks in advance. James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] pcHDTV3000 - Anyone installed and use this?
Michael Haan wrote: >So I was looking at the source tree last night for my kernel 2.6.9-r14 >and I do see these options. I was under the impression these were >only available for 2.6.12, but maybe what was meant was that for >2.6.12 you don't even need to choose to compile them in. That said, >when looking at the tree for DVB, it seemed to want me to pick some >kind of "front end" - not sure what it wants there. Finally, it >appears my version of ivtv (I've got a pvr 350 as well), 2.3 I think, >may be conflicting with the pchdtv. Does that jive with your >experience? > > I don't think I compiled any of the in-kernel tuner drivers (like ivtv.) What I did do was compile all of the video stuff as modules. That way, modprobbing the drivers for your HD-3000 should automatically pull in only those modules you need (such as the v4l2 and dvb stuff.) Hope that helps :) I actually can't remember quite what I did, but if you need further help I can go through my kernel tree again and tell you what I have enabled and what I don't. James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] E-mail quote protocol -- WAS: Re: No HTML in posts?
Calvin Spealman wrote: >>Simply put, the list just works. And it works because we have all agreed on >>how we're going to make it work. If you want to be part of the process and >>want to live under the established standard that we're all happy with, fine >>and welcome. >> >> > >So you say both follow normal channels to get the standard changes, >and live with them as they are like everyone else does.. Which is it? >Pick one. No, don't. I don't like the one I think you would pick. > > No, it's saying that you follow accepted convention until such a time that convention is changed through appropriate means. For example, in a governing body such as the Senate, you can motion for a change in standard procedure, but until the motion is voted on, approved by the majority and becomes accepted as the new standard procedure, you are still obliged to follow the old one. Moreover, when functioning as a part of a group, you should function in a way that is agreed upon by the majority. You may believe that your way is better or more efficient, but no matter how innovative you feel your ideas are (and you may very well have innovative ideas), if you work against the grain of the majority, you do nothing more than upset the group and ultimately make the group less efficient. In short, it's a matter of etiquette. Yes, etiquette changes with time, but it's a gradual change that moves with the tide of the majority, not a sudden shift in behavior by an individual or by a select few. Disclaimer: no disrespect is intended. Just throwing my 2 cents in :) James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] pcHDTV3000 - Anyone installed and use this?
Michael Haan wrote: >>modprobe cx88-dvb >> >> >dmesg still shows... >or51132: Unknown symbol release_firmware >or51132: Unknown symbol request_firmware >cx88_dvb: Unknown symbol or51132_attach > >Almost there - what's next? > > Don't use the ivtv drivers :) pcHDTV, at least I'm pretty sure, writes their own driver for the same purpose. In fact, I think I recall reading in the instructions that one should un-install the ivtv drivers if they are installed. Try that, and maybe re-compile the pcHDTV drivers afterwards just in case and if you still have problems let me know. James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] pcHDTV3000 - Anyone installed and use this?
Michael Haan wrote:
>Pid: 6833, comm: modprobe Tainted: P 2.6.9-gentoo-r14
>RIP: 0010:[]
>{:dvb_core:dvb_register_frontend+560}
>RSP: 0018:010034451be8 EFLAGS: 00010246
>RAX: RBX: 01003fc72800 RCX: 0001
>RDX: RSI: RDI: a067b870
>RBP: a0681d90 R08: R09: 01003fc72800
>R10: 0100344dae0d R11: R12: 010002366550
>R13: 010034472700 R14: R15: 0001
>FS: 0060fae0() GS:8057b200() knlGS:
>CS: 0010 DS: ES: CR0: 8005003b
>CR2: CR3: 00101000 CR4: 06e0
>Process modprobe (pid: 6833, threadinfo 01003445, task
>010034905070)
>Stack: a0681640 a066f53f 01003a1e1800 01003a1e1928
> 01003a1e1800 01003fc11800 a0692540
> 0014 a068437b
>Call Trace:{:dvb_core:dvb_register_adapter+239}
> {:video_buf_dvb:videobuf_dvb_register+155}
> {:cx8802:cx8802_init_common+369}
> {:cx88_dvb:dvb_probe+646}
>{pci_device_probe+134}
> {bus_match+71} {driver_attach+75}
> {bus_add_driver+144}
>{driver_register+50}
> {pci_register_driver+99}
>{:cx88_dvb:dvb_init+39}
> {sys_init_module+6020}
>{unmap_vmas+1183}
> {do_munmap+854} {system_call+126}
>
>
>Code: 8b 30 31 c0 e8 97 9e ab df 49 8b 7c 24 20 48 8d 73 48 41 b8
>RIP {:dvb_core:dvb_register_frontend+560} RSP
><010034451be8>
>CR2:
>
>
That's never good :( I have no idea. Does that happen everytime you
modprobe the driver, or did it only happen that one time?
James
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HTML (was: [gentoo-user] cannot mount dvd)
I'm not trying to sound indignant in any way, but please don't use HTML mail. While it doesn't cause problems for me personally, a lot of people use text-only mail clients and it makes reading mail for those users that much more difficult. James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
