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/usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins/mplayerplug-in.so ./
But after restarting firefox, I cannot see videos...
any clue?
Have you installed the essential codecs?
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html
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is all I can say. Linux works for me and it just cost me the price of
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to no success so far on google. Any hints would be
appreciated...
-Michael Sullivan-
Perhaps this will install an app to do what you want?
emerge x11-misc/alacarte
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Alexander Skwar wrote:
Phil Sexton schrieb:
/etc/conf.d/local.start
Gentoo is the only distribution I have seen use that particular file,
What file? /etc/conf.d/net?
No, the file I was speaking of, /etc/conf.d/local.start
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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?
I thought that was the purpose of that fi
under
construction.
I use a portable usb drive for my mobile data needs.
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Alexander Skwar wrote:
Strange. Why is the script there?
What script?
The script I mentioned before:
/bin/hostname and the symlinks that point to it, /bin/domainname and
/bin/dnsdomainname
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Pardon my thick skull. Alexander Skwar, I appoligise for my last post.
Darn this morphine I have to take for my pain.
I am confusing hostname and domain name.
I still don't understand why the script isn't supposed to be used to set
hostnane/domainname though.
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Alexander Skwar wrote:
Phil Sexton schrieb:
I just used the command:
# domainname uilleann
That's not a domainname, as there are no dots (.). Granted, a domain
doesn't
have to have dots, but it's very unusual to have a TLD.
I am thouroughly confused now. I
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, see
# the resolv
e. So, it's not "as always".
So, where is it set then? The /etc/conf.d/domainname is in my system.
Why isn't it removed if it is obsolete?
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Alexander Skwar wrote:
Phil Sexton schrieb:
Anthony E Caudel wrote:
Phil Sexton wrote:
Anthony E Caudel wrote:
Mike wrote:
Anthony E. Caudel 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
Alexander Skwar wrote:
Phil Sexton schrieb:
I thought domainname was set in /etc/hosts.
No, it's not. NIS doesn't use /etc/hosts for these things.
Here is my /etc/conf.d/hostname:
# Set to the hostname of this machine
HOSTNAME="uilleann.fancypiper.info"
That
Anthony E Caudel wrote:
Phil Sexton wrote:
Anthony E Caudel wrote:
Mike wrote:
Anthony E. Caudel 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)"
/
domain but if this is
used, it overwrites /etc/resolv.conf.
So how is the domainname now set?
Tony
/etc/hosts ?
Well, perhaps. It is in my /etc/hosts. But domainname still returns (none)
Tony
You should stop using /etc/hostname and use /etc/conf.d/hostname
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Gian Domeni Calgeer wrote:
You can tell portage where to log these messages with the PORTAGE_ELOG_*
Variables. Have a look at /etc/make.conf.example.
Gian
Boy, am I behind the times. Thanks, that works much better than the
script I found.
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t move /etc/hostname to
/etc/conf.d/hostname and it should be fine. Mine doesn't save those
messages either that I can find. Maybe someone else will come along
with help on that part.
Perhaps enotice would do that for you.
http://www.fmp.com/enotice/
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Hi Listees,
What would be the drive numbers that I would need to replace this:
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
if I have Windows installed on /dev/sda1 rather than /dev/hda1? I can't
find it in the docs I have read.
TIA
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d modules.
http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ALSA_Complete_%28includes_dmix%29
Thanks for the linky.
I answered my own question about an hour after I posted it. I dug
through the docs until I found:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml.
I'm re-compiling my kernel just now.
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: nVidia Corporation NV36.2 [GeForce FX
5700] ( rev a1)
I put this in my /etc/make.conf file
# Set video and sound card(s)
VIDEO_CARDS="nv nvidia vesa"
ALSA_CARDS="emu10k1 ICE1712"
Is that correct for my M-Audio Delta 1010 sound card?
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U10k1"
If this isn't correct, what should I put and where?
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Philip Webb wrote:
060506 Michael Sullivan wrote:
My wife likes to do puzzles. Are there were any puzzle-type apps
available in portage that would allow her to use her own images?
Look in /usr/portage/games-puzzle/ for a list of apps,
then use 'eix puzzle-name' to see what they do & an UR
Hemmann Volker Armin wrote:
Only, and really only after a kernel update you need
to reboot.
Perhaps not even then.
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-adfly.html
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Kevin wrote:
Hi All-
I've read the portage documentation at
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/index.xml?catid=gentoo and I've searched
and browsed the gentoo-user mailing list archive, but I have a question
that I don't see answered anywhere.
It seems to me that it must be true that sometimes, after
Mick wrote:
On 08/04/06, Phil Sexton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
cd /mnt/source
tar cf - . | (cd /mnt/destination && tar xBfp -)
What does B do? I can't understand the manual! :-(
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si
Meino Christian Cramer wrote:
Hi,
my harddisk begins to sound a little "strange"...I fear I have to
buy a new (bigger) one.
When I have to copy my current / to another harddisk, which has a
different physical layout of partitions and another overall size --
how would I do this best (conse
Teresa and Dale wrote:
Hi folks,
My girlfriends mom comes over sometimes and she likes to play card games
on the computer. Anybody have a list of the games in portage that are
card games? You know, like Solitaire or something like that. I have
the ones that come with KDE and Pysol too. Just
Ernie Schroder wrote:
On Friday 27 January 2006 10:41, a tiny voice compelled Phil Sexton to write:
Ernie Schroder wrote:
I used to know this but I can't find info today. How do I tell which
version of gcc was used to compile my kernel?
This should do it:
gcc -v
Maybe I wasn&#x
Ernie Schroder wrote:
I used to know this but I can't find info today. How do I tell which version
of gcc was used to compile my kernel?
This should do it:
gcc -v
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Ernie Schroder wrote:
Is there no way of restarting the network on
XP?
From the dos prompt, command:
ipconfig /renew
(I think)
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Dimitar Toshev wrote:
On Friday 20 January 2006 19:44, Phil Sexton wrote:
Michael A Smith wrote:
Phil Sexton wrote:
Felipe Ribeiro wrote:
Where do I find the list with all installed packages?
Cheers,
Felipe
The ones you emerged are listed in the file:
/var/lib/portage/world
Want it
Michael A Smith wrote:
Phil Sexton wrote:
Felipe Ribeiro wrote:
Where do I find the list with all installed packages?
Cheers,
Felipe
The ones you emerged are listed in the file:
/var/lib/portage/world
Want it in alphabetical order?
cat /var/lib/portage/world|less
Isn't t
Felipe Ribeiro wrote:
Where do I find the list with all installed packages?
Cheers,
Felipe
The ones you emerged are listed in the file:
/var/lib/portage/world
Want it in alphabetical order?
cat /var/lib/portage/world|less
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Phil Sexton wrote:
Some stuff that wasn't grammatically correct...
I hope that made a little sense, especially the non native
English speakers. I see my pain med must be kicking in...
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Matthias Bethke wrote:
I got a Linux box for my mum as well after her Mac died, so I know it's
near impossible to teach some people about folder structures :)
I have taught a few computer classes and that is one of the
things I emphasized, no matter what the operating system.
I have a small
Mark Knecht wrote:
I'm sure that's possible. I could even use her current Win ME box in
some sort of dual boot config I suppose. However the reason I didn't
start with that idea is that I am not there to hand hold her. If she's
running Gnome how do I ensure that everything is saved on the main
m
Mark Knecht wrote:
Hi,
My dad had raised the question recently about getting my mom, now
76,using Linux. We went down the path of looking for a new machine but
decided to put it off until after Christmas. I recently started
wondering about using a single computer for two separate people. Can X
Hi Gentoo folk,
I can't find the package that provides the emaint command.
I browsed through esearch --fullname --verbose app-admin|less,
but found nothing that looked promising.
Any hints/tips?
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Phil Sexton wrote:
Jerry Turba wrote:
I seem to remember vaguely that 3 beeps indicates ram or video card
problem.
Video card problems is a morse code B, 3 short beeps and a long beep on
all the boxen I have ever seen.
That should be one long beep followed by 3 short ones.
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Jerry Turba wrote:
I seem to remember vaguely that 3 beeps indicates ram or video card
problem.
Video card problems is a morse code B, 3 short beeps and a long
beep on all the boxen I have ever seen.
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Willie Wong wrote:
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 11:45:01PM -0500, Phil Sexton wrote:
Willie Wong wrote:
Or is there some way of getting the
mouse back in a situation like this?
This should work as root:
/etc/conf.d/gpm restart'
uh... shouldn't that be /etc/init.d/? and gpm is t
Arnau Bria Ramírez wrote:
I compiled the driver into the kernel (not as module):
SND_AC97_CODEC
There is your problem. See the install guide. Sound is
supposed to be compiled as a module if you use alsa.
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Ernie Schroder wrote:
I've recently done 11 months worth of updates on this box and have about 40
hours of build time on it in the last 10 days. I want to use it, not watch
more text fly by on the console.
Try compiling it at a lower priority.
I just put this in my /etc/make.conf file:
PORTA
On Wed, 2005-06-08 at 15:40, Grant wrote:
> system4 ~ # mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom
> mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc,
> or too many mounted file systems
>
> But on 1 of them it mounts fine
On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 08:28, Jules Colding wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 13:49 +0200, Remy Blank wrote:
> > Jules Colding wrote:
> > > USE="-qt -kde gtk2 gtkhtml gnome hal cdr unicode bzip2 doc emacs examples
> > > tetex"
> > >
> > > Everything went well until dialog was to be emerged. The outpu
On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 20:20, Mark Shields wrote:
> That's an interesting idea, Phil. Perhaps a livecd that works like
> Knoppix, where you can choose to install it to your system?
Actually, I did use a Knoppix CD to install both Gentoo and Debian SID
on my 5 boot box (Windows XP Pro, Fedora Core
On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 18:00, Walter Dnes wrote:
> After a few long+slow stage 1 installs, I want to give up the macho
> act and do a stage 2 or 3 next time. Am I correct to assume that I can
> set up CFLAGS and USE, and start "emerge --system" and "emerge --world"
> later on when I'm going away
On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 11:44, cothrige wrote:
> Thanks for the heads up on that. I am going to find out where I can
> get it and keep an eye out. I think that this would be the easiest
> way to go for sure.
Check out:
http://www.edmunds-enterprises.com/linux/cart.php/ba/plst/category/18
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On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 04:44, Nick Rout wrote:
> what is wrong with alsa's oss emulation?
My poor memory, perhaps? :)
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On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 01:43, Andrew Gaydenko wrote:
> As for overall installation, more common practice is to disable
> OSS/ALSA in a kernel and install alsa-[drivers|lib|utils|oss...] and
> so on.
>
> I have tried the gwc few months ago, and it has now alsa support
> too (you may use oss also, as
Hi list,
I just ran across the Gnome Wave Cleaner project:
http://gwc.sourceforge.net/
However, it isn't in portage AFAIK.
uilleann / # esearch gwc
[ Results for search key : gwc ]
[ Applications found : 1 ]
* app-admin/gwcc
Latest version available: 0.9.6-r2
Latest version insta
On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 01:46, askar wrote:
> Do you mean I can use both Kmail and fetchmail. And fetchmail will do
> that feature I want?
I have my fetchmail to delete the mail after it delivers the mail to my
mail spool as my ISP offers so little storage space, but I believe so.
See:
http://www.
On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 23:26, askar wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Does anybody know how to delete messages from server when the messages
> deleted in Kmail ? It is possible to so in Outlook express and MS
> Outlook.
>
> askar
I don't use Kmail, but does it have a local delivery option?
If so, I suggest us
On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 15:04, Vittorio wrote:
> I would like to be able to mount the CD-DVD of my laptop clicking an icon in
> kde a a non-root user.
>
> 1) Is that possible?
> 2) Where can I find intructions to do the job?
Try running the command:
usermount
If it is installed, just make a laun
On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 14:31, askar wrote:
> > > 11) tar -xvjpf /temp/stage3file.bz2
> > > and here I had a error:
> > > tar: illegal option -j
> > >
> > > I have question:
> > > a) Does it mean tomsrtbt doesn't support '-j' option?
Yes, that message means that the tar program it runs doesn't supp
On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 13:05, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sat, 14 May 2005 12:53:31 -0400, Phil Sexton wrote:
>
> > With the Gentoo install, you are limited to
> > 6 virtual terminals to work with in the chroot environment.
>
> There is no such limit, because the Gentoo liv
On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 12:53, Phil Sexton wrote:
Another oopsi!
> # First emerges
emerge sync
> emerge system
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On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 12:53, Phil Sexton wrote:
> # Make mountpoints and format partitions.
> mkdir /mnt/gentoo
> mkreiserfs /dev/hdb3
> mount /dev/hdb3 /mnt/gentoo
> mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
> mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
> mkswap /dev/hdb2
> swapon
> mkdir /mnt/g
On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 21:26, THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
> On 5/13/05, Phil Sexton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [..]
> > By commands, actually. You can even install Gentoo from your
> > running Fedora installation, or from a Linux Live CD such as
> > Knoppix.
> [..]
&g
On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 02:40, THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
> when you say that Gentoo installs on the partition of my choice, how
> does that happen: with a gui, drop-down menu or what? I don't mind
> formating the fat32/vfat partition to ext3 (or whatever gentoo uses).
> My primary concern is losing data
On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 00:07, Phil Sexton wrote:
> I notice pfat linux (was that it's name) has disappeared
I was wrong. See:
http://www.phatlinux.com/
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On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 23:23, Mark Knecht wrote:
> Thanks Peter. While I know that VFAT permissions are far fewer it
> hadn't occurred to me that you actually couldn't do an install to VFAT
> due to those differences. (Not that I'd ever try, but it's good to
> know.)
There were some distros that w
On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 06:39, Allan Spagnol Comar wrote:
> cool, thanks, but, how I got to unmask a package ?
Create and edit /etc/portage/package.keywords and add
to it.
Or, from the root command line, command something like this if I want
mozplugger on my AMD 950 processor box:
echo net-www/m
On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 10:08, Botykai Zsolt wrote:
> Monday 02 May 2005 11.27-n, Nick Rout ezt írta:
> > On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 10:50 +0200, Spider wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 10:35 +0200, Patrick Marquetecken wrote:
> > > > I'm looking for a smtp mail-client that can send emails from a script
On Sat, 2005-04-30 at 15:07, Antoine wrote:
> Hi,
> Can anyone give me any hints on what to do to get sound going on this
> thing? I have no idea what module to look for but have seen some
> mention of conexant... It ran out of the box when i installed suse...
> Any help much appreciated
> Antoine
On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 17:34, George Roberts wrote:
> It is not causeing any issues with my computer. I just puzzles the snot
> out of me why this is happening.
> Thanks.
Perhaps these will help enlighten you.
# Memory and swap information
cat /proc/meminfo
free
An article, Tips for Optimizing L
On Mon, 2005-03-28 at 20:22, Grant wrote:
> Is there anything wrong with multiple simultaneous emerges?
That's a definate no-no!
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On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 15:46, Harry Putnam wrote:
> So at this point how can I
> discover what version was in use?
# What compiler version do I have installed
gcc -v
gcc --version
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On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 13:26, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> 2005.0 is only the version of the install CDs and the profile. Once you
> have a running system, you only need to set your profile to 2005.0
How do I set my profile to 2005.0?
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On Sun, 2005-03-06 at 23:09, Colin wrote:
> I put the three Linux partitions on it and a 1 GB FAT32 at the end of
> the disk in Windows with PartitionMagic 8. I'll zero it out, but it
> will have to be done in Windows, because I can't boot Linux with it in.
Not even a live cd that doesn't even
On Sun, 2005-03-06 at 22:32, Colin wrote:
> Well, I finally fixed that annoying kernel panic problem and got Gentoo
> to boot on my computer!
>
> I fixed it by removing the hard drive that I had planned to install
> Gentoo on. The kernel booted perfectly. Whenever I put the hard drive
> back
On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 21:19, Keith Gable wrote:
> I just upgraded my board, and the sound card on it is a VIA 8233
> (AC97, snd-via82xx). Anyways, my keyboard hotkeys to increase/decrease
> the volume don't actually work. I looked into it, and the only thing
> that has an effect on the "master" mix
On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 13:23, Nick Rout wrote:
> If they are so up to date why are they still shipping the xfree package,
> when xorg-x11 seems to now be preferred and supported.
I am assuming that the package page is out of date (but I may be wrong).
E-mail them and ask edmonds enterprises about
On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 23:47, maxim wexler wrote:
> >
> http://www.edmunds-enterprises.com/linux/cart.php/ba/pdtl/product/218
> >
>
> How different are these from the packageCDs on the
> gentoo site? In a pinch I can get one of these from a
> pal in town who has broadband. That's how I got the
> i
On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 22:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> There are a lot of "gotchas" to multi-booting x86 machines; the
> architecture just wasn't designed for it. I'd say the answer is a
> qualified "yes, it should work." But you should expect to spend some
> quality time with this and have compl
On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 13:28, maxim wexler wrote:
> right, but there's a lot to download yet and my
> connection(on a good day) takes ~1hr/5M during which
> the phone is not available. Meanwhile I'd like to be
> able to read html and pdf files.
Why not order a "Gentoo Essentials (3 CD Set)"?
http
On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 02:47, Andrea Barisani wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 08:41:16PM -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> > I'm pretty sure I've got mailman working now, so I move on to preparing
> > sendmail for use by my remote users. I looked at /etc/mail/sendmail.mc
> > and couldn't help but n
On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 12:51, Nick Smith wrote:
> you need one of those 'live windows cd's' or i think M$ calls it the
> pre-installation environment cd, a mini windows run totally from cd just
> like the linux kinds, will let you move anything around on the disk and
> even delete files (system vol
On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 06:57, Holly Bostick wrote:
> It being Circuit City (perhaps not the most expert shop known to
> (wo)man), this may not be much help, but it's worth a shot.
Take them a memtest86 floppy or bootable CD with memtest86 and let them
run that and see that is is bad for themself.
On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 00:22, Hareesh Nagarajan wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> After completely fixing a problem with my new memory stick, everytime
> I open Mozilla Thunderbird I am presented with complete emptiness.
>
> Check this screenshot out:
> http://cs.uic.edu/~hnagaraj/tbird.png
>
> I even tried t
On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 00:14, Hareesh Nagarajan wrote:
> I ran memtest86 and bang! I have a corrupt new memory module :( I have
> got to return the stick back to Circuit City. What a pain.
Nah, you have it easy. Live back in the sticks like we do.
My son had to return ram to newegg twice so far
On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 21:57, Hareesh Nagarajan wrote:
> I am sending this email from Windows XP and nothing seems to crash
> here. So I am guessing that it isn't a RAM problem.
>
> I have no idea why the apps the Linux are seg faulting left-right and center!
Don't guess, test and be sure.
I nev
On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 19:06, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 17:51:12 -0500, Phil Sexton wrote:
>
> > cd / && tar cf - . | (cd /newdisk && tar xBfp -)
> >
> > This maintains your permissions and leaves out the verbose messages
>
> This
On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 16:51, Nils Vogels wrote:
> If your harddrives are exactly the same (same brand/model) you can
> actually use dd to copy it over. That way you will make a raw image of
> the original disk, including all the filesystem info and bootsector
> stuffs.
>
> dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/h
On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 15:36, PK wrote:
> how do you specify a usb mouse for gpm?
Oops, read the whole thing before answering. I use the standard mouse
port instead of usb. Have you emerged both hotplug and coldplug?
--
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On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 15:36, PK wrote:
> how do you specify a usb mouse for gpm?
>
> I have tried
>
> MOUSE=imps2
> mousedev="/dev/usbmouse"
> mousedev="/dev/input/mice"
>
> any ideas?
I couldn't get any of those to work, so I ended up putting this in my
/etc/conf.d/local.start file:
gpm -m /d
On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 13:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Since I only use windows to play diablo II expansion, I am unwilling
> to give it half my disk. :-)
>
> When I get a new machine, I wipe the disk and format it to my liking
> and use the windows restore disk to reinstall windows on one of m
On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 09:52, Francesco Talamona wrote:
> On Sunday 06 February 2005 15:21, Phil Sexton wrote:
> > I keep getting this error and syslog-ng isn't listed in
> > /var/lib/portage/world.
>
> What is the output of:
> "emerge -Cp syslog-ng&qu
I keep getting this error and syslog-ng isn't listed in
/var/lib/portage/world.
>>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...
* Caching service dependencies...
sed: can't read /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf: No such file or directory
* Service 'sysklogd' already provide 'logger'!;
* Not adding service
On Sat, 2005-02-05 at 15:01, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-02-05 at 08:38 -0700, Kumar Golap wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am thinking of migrating my system disk (/usr etc..) to a bigger one
> >
> > Any ways of how to do that withuot doing a fresh install...
> >
> > May be its similar to how
On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 04:31, Xavier-Francois Roblot wrote:
> I was actually logged in when I got this message. Without being logged,
> I get:
>
> You are not authorized to access bug #79183. To see this bug, you must
> first log in to an account with the appropriate permissions.
>
> In any case,
On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 03:58, Xavier-Francois Roblot wrote:
> Hi, the last unstable version of evolution 2.0.3-r1 was released to fix
> bug #79183 according to the ChangeLog. Since I am a curious guy, I
> wanted to have a look at what this bug is. But when I search for it on
> bugs.gentoo.org, I get
On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 01:24, Mariusz Pękala wrote:
> I suggest changing the niceness of portage.
> > Put something like this in your /etc/make.conf file:
> >
> > PORTAGE_NICENESS=
>
> I doubt it would help. Niceness is relative thing - if there were no
> other jobs for CPU, the emerge would stil
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 23:51, mel wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm running Gentoo on Compaq Presario 1500 for almost a year now, and
> everything is fine and dandy except for one thing: the CPU gets hot
> quickly whenever I emerge large packages (xorg, mysql, kernels).
>
> Currently I don't have any con
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 22:11, Nick Smith wrote:
> i accidentally added 'dont' to my dictionary, (since its right under
> check spelling), how do i edit the dictionary and take that work back
> out? standard install of evolution 2.0.2 dont know what it uses for
> spell check. i poked around in my .ev
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 13:47, Philip Nilsson wrote:
> On 20-01-05 13:40 -0500, Phil Sexton wrote:
> > I don't believe I have ever used an OS that control-a wasn't "copy
> > all". How is it that the same keystrokes can be used for both copy and
> > paste a
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 13:45, Steven Susbauer wrote:
> I've always just used GPM. If you drag over something it is copies, and
> right clicking pastes (even across multiple consoles). That is, of
> course, only in the console.
The right click I was unaware of. I had always assumed middle click.
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