Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: System problems - some progress

2011-03-26 Thread Lindsay Haisley
quire an > initr* to run / on it, while lvm2 will likely be pulled in as a dependency > for your X desktop, at least kde/gnome/xfce, by later this year, whether > you actually use its lvm features or not. Thanks, Duncan. Good advice, that. > And do consider ext4, but regardless of ext3/4, be /sure/ you either > choose data=ordered or can give a good reason why you didn't. (Low- > latency writing just might be a reasonable excuse for data=writeback, but > be sure you keep backed up if you do!) Because /that/ one may well save > your data, someday! I'm going to read up on btrfs and ext4, whether or not I use them. -- Lindsay Haisley |"Windows . FMP Computer Services |life's too short!" 512-259-1190 | http://www.fmp.com| - Brad Johnston

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: System problems - some progress

2011-03-25 Thread Lindsay Haisley
t people are coming up with! I'm getting off of the Linux state-of-the art train for a while and go walking in the woods. The kernel will have to be low-latency since I may use the box for recording work with Jack and Ardour2, and almost certainly for audio editing, and maybe video editing

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: System problems - some progress

2011-03-25 Thread Lindsay Haisley
On Fri, 2011-03-25 at 08:57 +, Duncan wrote: > Lindsay Haisley posted on Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:10:13 -0500 as excerpted: > > > A colleague of mine here in Austin pointed out to me that although I had > > autodetect enabled in my kernel, I didn't have RAID-1 mode enable

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Vulnerabilities on an RFC-1918 masqueraded Linux box.

2011-03-24 Thread Lindsay Haisley
in private. Thanks to everyone who contributed positive input. -- Lindsay Haisley |"Windows . FMP Computer Services |life's too short!" 512-259-1190 | http://www.fmp.com| - Brad Johnston

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems - some progress

2011-03-24 Thread Lindsay Haisley
had the necessary kernel config options copied from my old kernel to my new one, but this one was overlooked. Another pass at it will be in order. -- Lindsay Haisley |"Windows . FMP Computer Services |life's too short!" 512-259-1190 | http://www.fmp.com| - Brad Johnston

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems - some progress

2011-03-24 Thread Lindsay Haisley
On Thu, 2011-03-24 at 18:20 -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Lindsay Haisley > wrote: > > Newer versions? Kernel 2.6.36 has a config option for RAID autodetect. > > What are you referring to here, mdadm? > > Even the newest kernel

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems - some progress

2011-03-24 Thread Lindsay Haisley
On Thu, 2011-03-24 at 17:33 -0500, Lindsay Haisley wrote: > It looks to me, from the boot log, > as if the problem is that there are _two_ partitions named /dev/sda1 and > the RAID subsystem can't see the one that's a component of > md0. /etc/mdadm.conf contains: > >

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems - some progress

2011-03-24 Thread Lindsay Haisley
will work, I don't know that it won't. I have everything on the arrays, and the LVMs built on them, backed up. I probably should just try it and back out of it if it doesn't, since I don't see any potential for data loss if it fails, in which case the RAID arrays simply won&

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems - some progress

2011-03-24 Thread Lindsay Haisley
uff is a hassle, and I'm looking forward to dumping it on the new desktop I'm building. -- Lindsay Haisley | SUPPORT NETWORK NEUTRALITY FMP Computer Services | -- 512-259-1190 | Boycott Yahoo, RoadRunner, AOL http://www.fmp.com| and Verison

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems - some progress

2011-03-24 Thread Lindsay Haisley
On Thu, 2011-03-24 at 15:15 -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Lindsay Haisley > wrote: > > The root of this problem is that on the old kernel, there are both > > a /dev/hda1 and a /dev/sda1. The former is a partition on an old PATA > > driv

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems - some progress

2011-03-24 Thread Lindsay Haisley
and won't be subject to other legacy hardware issues (which I haven't discussed here) than this one is. I'd like to make one more push with this box, though, to get the immediate problem resolved. -- Lindsay Haisley | "The difference between a duck is because

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Vulnerabilities on an RFC-1918 masqueraded Linux box.

2011-03-24 Thread Lindsay Haisley
thing more complete than the simple, rather general description which I read on <http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/lists.xml>. Roman, since you seem to know a great deal about it, perhaps _you_ could point me such a description. I'm really not lazy, I just can't seem to find it. Please excuse me if I don't just take your word for it, but I don't see gentoo.org in your email address, and it's not clear to me that you have any more authority than I do in the matter. -- Lindsay Haisley | "Real programmers use butterflies" FMP Computer Services | - xkcd 512-259-1190 | http://www.fmp.com|

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems - some progress

2011-03-24 Thread Lindsay Haisley
md0, but when everything becomes /dev/sdNx, there's an obvious conflict and the RAID subsystem is getting confused and is obviously not seeing it's sda1. I suspect that this is why the main VG isn't getting set up. What can be done about this? -- Lindsay Haisley | "Fi

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Vulnerabilities on an RFC-1918 masqueraded Linux box.

2011-03-24 Thread Lindsay Haisley
a few of the best "sources someone else has previously spent their time on writing" since you seem to have knowledge of these, and I'll be happy to let the thread drop. -- Lindsay Haisley | "The difference between a duck is because FMP Computer Services |one leg is both the same" 512-259-1190 | - Anonymous http://www.fmp.com|

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Vulnerabilities on an RFC-1918 masqueraded Linux box.

2011-03-23 Thread Lindsay Haisley
ually exist in the wild that you know of? Linux is unsinkable, just like the Titanic. -- Lindsay Haisley | "Never expect the people who caused a problem FMP Computer Services | to solve it." - Albert Einstein 512-259-1190 | http://www.fmp.com|

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Vulnerabilities on an RFC-1918 masqueraded Linux box.

2011-03-23 Thread Lindsay Haisley
the local glibc. He managed only to totally DoS the box and I had to get an on-site admin to re-boot it. I've locked down execute perms on wget, which is what most of these black-hats use to load in their cracking tools, and we've had zero problems since. But this is server stuff, and OT for this forum. -- Lindsay Haisley | "Fighting against human creativity is like FMP Computer Services | trying to eradicate dandelions" 512-259-1190 |(Pamela Jones) http://www.fmp.com|

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems

2011-03-23 Thread Lindsay Haisley
when I get a moment. Being a day late and a dollar short at the moment I'm a bit short on round tuits :-) -- Lindsay Haisley | "The difference between a duck is because FMP Computer Services |one leg is both the same" 512-259-1190 | - Anonymous http://www.fmp.com|

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: System problems

2011-03-22 Thread Lindsay Haisley
>From the config for the 2.6.29 kernel on my desktop box. CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2=y Oops! Very possibly the nucleus of the problem. Thanks, Jorge. -- Lindsay Haisley | "Everything works if you let it" FMP Computer Services | (The Roadie) 512-259-1190 | http://www.fmp.com|

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: System problems

2011-03-22 Thread Lindsay Haisley
et back on the case with this problem. > At this point I'd guess something like the udev/kernel-config-deprecated- > sysfs issue someone else mentioned. Excellent shot, Duncan. I'll check it. I won't be using the 2.6.29 kernel again, as per Roman's suggestion,

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: System problems

2011-03-22 Thread Lindsay Haisley
Duncan. I'll check it. I won't be using the 2.6.29 kernel again, as per Roman's suggestion, but 2.6.36 instead. -- Lindsay Haisley | "We are all broken toasters, but we still FMP Computer Services |manage to make toast" 512-259-1190 | http://www.fmp.com|- Cheryl Dehut |

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems

2011-03-22 Thread Lindsay Haisley
ch they might be used. Nonetheless, that's good to know. It might be useful. -- Lindsay Haisley FMP Computer Services

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems

2011-03-22 Thread Lindsay Haisley
tandings), I'm 99% sure I can jump in an fix the problem myself. If I post here with it again, I'll have my presentation of the issue MUCH better organized and thought out. -- Lindsay Haisley |"Windows . FMP Computer Services |life's too short!" 512-259-1190 | http://www.fmp.com| - Brad Johnston

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: System problems

2011-03-22 Thread Lindsay Haisley
On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 07:07 +, Duncan wrote: > Lindsay Haisley posted on Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:44:32 -0500 as excerpted: > > > On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 22:35 +, Tiago Marques wrote: > >> Please go troll elsewhere. Please... > > > > Let's just bring th

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems

2011-03-21 Thread Lindsay Haisley
? I hope this makes sense. > PPS - If you decide to test our IRC support, feel free to poke me in any > channel or to /msg me in private. Jorge, thank you SO MUCH, for this, (and for being an adult in the sandbox. I wasn't at the top of my game today :-) -- Lindsay Haisley

[gentoo-desktop] System Problems - an apology

2011-03-21 Thread Lindsay Haisley
either need nor welcome advice on how to live my life, or to take my meds, or the like :-) Ciao, BTW, crow tastes OK with barbeque sauce on it. lh -- Lindsay Haisley | "Humor will get you through times of no humor FMP Computer Services | better than no humor will get you

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems

2011-03-21 Thread Lindsay Haisley
s, which I've made available. He thinks he may be able to shed some light on the problem, so the ball is in his court, or in anyone else's who has thoughts or observations on them related to the boot problem here. -- Lindsay Haisley | "We are all broken toasters, but we still

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems

2011-03-21 Thread Lindsay Haisley
me of your great wisdom and infinite Linux knowledge to me ;-) Other files you requested are shown in the index at <http://www.fmp.com/~fmouse/vishnu/>, as previously noted. Have at! -- Lindsay Haisley | "Humor will get you through times of no humor FMP Computer Services | be

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems

2011-03-21 Thread Lindsay Haisley
on kernel building. "make bzImage && make modules" has worked for kernel building since probably Linux kernel 1.x.x. Yes, "make" will also work, and will combine these two operations into one, but on occasion it's convenient to separate these. -- Lindsay Haisley

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems

2011-03-21 Thread Lindsay Haisley
ot_ posting it, here it is :-) Kernels on the box are built manually, using "make bzImage" and friends, not using genkernel. When I have some time to take the box down, upgrade the kernel and take another shot at this problem, I'll update. -- Lindsay Haisley | "Real programmer

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems

2011-03-21 Thread Lindsay Haisley
d I'll try to keep my posts to a minimum going forward until I have more to report. Again, going forward, PLEASE stick to technical matters and let's let issues of style, netiquette, etc. alone. Thank you, and 'nuff said about that. And again, please accept my apology. -- Lindsa

[gentoo-desktop] Vulnerabilities on an RFC-1918 masqueraded Linux box.

2011-03-21 Thread Lindsay Haisley
er words, don't blow smoke at me or throw out generalized assertions without citing evidence to support them. -- Lindsay Haisley |"Windows . FMP Computer Services |life's too short!" 512-259-1190 | http://www.fmp.com| - Brad Johnston

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems

2011-03-20 Thread Lindsay Haisley
per drivers are available in the kernel or as modules, and this seems tangential to the problem. -- Lindsay Haisley | "Everything works if you let it" FMP Computer Services | (The Roadie) 512-259-1190 | http://www.fmp.com|

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems

2011-03-20 Thread Lindsay Haisley
than you know, and I really don't need to prove myself to you, or anyone else. 'nuff said. Please do me a favor and excuse yourself from any further postings to this thread. -- Lindsay Haisley | "Real programmers use butterflies" FMP Computer Services | - xkcd 512-259-1190 | http://www.fmp.com|

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems

2011-03-20 Thread Lindsay Haisley
find a time window during the next few > > days to work on this. > > It might be a worthwhile step to boot from a LiveCD and run `lspci -k` > to identify the kernel modules. lsmod will probably give the same useful information. > If the pciutils version on the CD is too >

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems

2011-03-20 Thread Lindsay Haisley
n. Tonight or tomorrow evening I'll add the necessary minimal mods to the stock build of the Gentoo kernel noted above, and take another shot at this problem. _If_ I continue to have this problem then I'll post my results to this list in a somewhat more ordered fashion. Rather tha

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems

2011-03-20 Thread Lindsay Haisley
art of many of the developers. I expect the same respect in return, eamjr56. -- Lindsay Haisley | "The difference between a duck is because FMP Computer Services |one leg is both the same" 512-259-1190 | - Anonymous http://www.fmp.com|

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: System problems

2011-03-20 Thread Lindsay Haisley
On Sun, 2011-03-20 at 11:50 -0500, Lindsay Haisley wrote: > This problem box > has been running Gentoo since 2004, but my work and priorities on my > time have changed over the years and it's probably time to move on. To be a bit more precise here, I'm actively working on repl

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems

2011-03-20 Thread Lindsay Haisley
;t really have a handle on the issue about which I'm writing. Please prove me wrong :-) -- Lindsay Haisley |"What if the Hokey Pokey really IS all it FMP Computer Services |really is about?" 512-259-1190 | http://www.fmp.com| -- Jimmy Buffett -- Lin

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: System problems

2011-03-20 Thread Lindsay Haisley
in. In the meantime, I need to address the kernel | fstab | udev issue here. Insights and suggestions to address _this_ problem would be most helpful. Lectures on the age of my system, my qualifications as an admin for my own desktop, or my continued us of Gentoo as a desktop distributio

Re: [gentoo-desktop] System problems

2011-03-20 Thread Lindsay Haisley
things off. My next step is to completely rebuild the kernel, using the config built into the distributed kernel source, making only the necessary mods for the box's hardware needs. I'll find a time window during the next few days to work on this. -- Lindsay Haisley

[gentoo-desktop] System problems

2011-03-19 Thread Lindsay Haisley
k. What do I need to put into /etc/fstab to satisfy the kernel? I need to move forward with this, but I need my desktop system to run my business. Any _real_ suggestions will be welcome. Please be aware that I'm no Linux novice, so don't give me novice advice. I've been b

[gentoo-desktop] Re: LVM and drive renumbering

2010-09-11 Thread Lindsay Haisley
stab are readjusted for the new /dev drive ordering? -- Lindsay Haisley | SUPPORT NETWORK NEUTRALITY FMP Computer Services | -- 512-259-1190 | Boycott Yahoo, RoadRunner, AOL http://www.fmp.com| and Verison

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: Desktop problem with /dev/hda

2010-09-11 Thread Lindsay Haisley
On Sun, 2010-09-12 at 00:52 +, Duncan wrote: > Lindsay Haisley posted on Sat, 11 Sep 2010 18:36:21 -0500 as excerpted: > > Ugh!! This sounds like the roadblock I ran into! The problem drive, > > /dev/hda, holds the root filesystem and several others, and didn't show &

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: Desktop problem with /dev/hda

2010-09-11 Thread Lindsay Haisley
p (and my company's billing system, and my email, and my web development tools, etc. etc.) until I get it figured out. Enough of this geezer-rant. Peace and love to everyone in these crazy times. I mean it! -- Lindsay Haisley | "Never expect the people who caused a problem FMP Computer Services | to solve it." - Albert Einstein 512-259-1190 | http://www.fmp.com|

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: Desktop problem with /dev/hda

2010-09-11 Thread Lindsay Haisley
CH5 controller hub, which I assume handles the PATA IF. lspci shows: IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02) The linux kernel here already has CONFIG_ATA_PIIX, which supposedly talks the lingo of the ICH series I/O controller hub. What else do I need here,

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: Desktop problem with /dev/hda

2010-09-11 Thread Lindsay Haisley
ve them, especially my desktop, since I'm often critically strapped for time, and tinkering with Linux gets pushed to a back burner. I'll probably get kernel 2.6.34, update udev, and give it another shot. -- Lindsay Haisley | "We have met the enemy, and it is us." FMP Computer Services | 512-259-1190 | -- Pogo http://www.fmp.com|

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Audio system control missing

2010-09-11 Thread Lindsay Haisley
otp. Not enough coffee this morning, I guess. Chaos reigns! -- Lindsay Haisley | "We have met the enemy, and it is us." FMP Computer Services | 512-259-1190 | -- Pogo http://www.fmp.com|

[gentoo-desktop] Audio system control missing

2010-09-11 Thread Lindsay Haisley
age or name for this control and how do I restore it to a panel, or get to the same functionality in some other way? -- Lindsay Haisley | "Everything works if you let it" FMP Computer Services | 512-259-1190 | - The Roadie http://www.fmp.com|

[gentoo-desktop] Desktop problem with /dev/hda

2010-09-09 Thread Lindsay Haisley
what's wrong here? Am I required in recent kernels to identify all physical drives in /etc/fstab (and anywhere else it matters) with a UUID instead of a /dev device name? I've wasted an entire day on this problem, which I can ill afford, but I have to get past this roadblock and get my kern

Re: [gentoo-desktop] I need an explanation

2010-05-19 Thread Lindsay Haisley
On Tue, 2010-05-18 at 19:43 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > 100518 Lindsay Haisley wrote: > > what I have to do to resolve it? > >> !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been > >> pulled > >> !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a

[gentoo-desktop] I need an explanation

2010-05-18 Thread Lindsay Haisley
ython-2.26.1', 'nomerge') (and 2 more) ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/gnome-vfs-python-2.22.3', 'merge') pulled in by ~dev-python/gnome-vfs-python-2.22.3 required by ('installed', '/', 'dev-python/gnome-python-

Re: [gentoo-desktop]

2010-01-26 Thread Lindsay Haisley
and repeat the cycle. When the green exit light goes on, you may log off and have lunch. Please close the door behind you. -- Lindsay Haisley |"Fighting against human creativity is like trying FMP Computer Services |to eradicate dandelions" 512-259-1190 | http://ww

Re: [gentoo-desktop] python.org and ipv6

2009-05-16 Thread Lindsay Haisley
roblem on VPN tunnels using UDP packets. -- Lindsay Haisley | "It is better to bite | PGP public key FMP Computer Services | a single cannibal than | available at 512-259-1190 | to curse the doggies" | http://pubkeys.fmp.com http://www.fmp.com| -- John Day |

Re: [gentoo-desktop] python.org and ipv6

2009-05-15 Thread Lindsay Haisley
ackets are involved, as they may be with the tunnel broker. -- Lindsay Haisley | "In an open world,| PGP public key FMP Computer Services |who needs Windows | available at 512-259-1190 | or Gates"| http://pubkeys.fmp.com http://www.fmp.com| |

[gentoo-desktop] python.org and ipv6

2009-05-15 Thread Lindsay Haisley
ww.python.org from that system with lynx. -- Lindsay Haisley | "Everything works if you let it" FMP Computer Services | (The Roadie) 512-259-1190 | http://www.fmp.com|

[gentoo-desktop] Gnome and desktop sounds

2009-02-25 Thread Lindsay Haisley
mand to start esd stored, or is it hard-coded? I've found switches in the UI and in gconf to turn esd on and off, but I can't find where the esd startup command is located. Any help? -- Lindsay Haisley | "Never expect the people who caused a problem FMP Compu

[gentoo-desktop] Getting Minefield to play nice with Java

2009-02-16 Thread Lindsay Haisley
s off an running. Just had to share . :D -- Lindsay Haisley | "Never expect the people who caused a problem FMP Computer Services | to solve it." (Albert Einstein) 512-259-1190 | http://www.fmp.com|

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: CD-ROM mounting

2009-02-02 Thread Lindsay Haisley
ocumentation of exactly what and where to tweak them is > way harder to come by than say the xorg.conf manpage, and doesn't exist > at all in some cases. That's saying a lot, Duncan. The documentation on X has historically been pretty scattered and fragmented, but in the cas

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: CD-ROM mounting

2009-02-01 Thread Lindsay Haisley
in Gentoo, and I've seen some comments indicating that it's also helpful in KDE. On Sat, 2008-08-02 at 22:26 +, Duncan wrote: > Lindsay Haisley posted > 1217715027.11765.5.ca...@vishnu.fmp.com, excerpted below, on Sat, 02 Aug > 2008 17:10:27 -0500: > > > This is a

Re: [gentoo-desktop] unsubscribe

2009-02-01 Thread Lindsay Haisley
of unsubscribing from a cat is rather seriously OT for this list. -- Lindsay Haisley | "Everything works|Accredited FMP Computer Services | if you let it" | by the 512-259-1190 |(The Roadie) | Austin Better http://www.fmp.com| | Business Bureau

Re: [gentoo-desktop] unsubscribe

2009-02-01 Thread Lindsay Haisley
se out with soap. If he uses the Auto-Unusb feature, this can easily done while he's in the shower, but if he uses some other proceedure, some other provision must be made for completing this step. -- Lindsay Haisley | "The difference between | PGP public key FMP Computer

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Printing disabled in Evolution - SOLVED!

2008-12-30 Thread Lindsay Haisley
It was a CUPS problem. I had to comment out several of the "Require" directives in cupsd.conf and now things work fine. On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 00:02 -0600, Lindsay Haisley wrote: > On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 23:50 -0600, Lindsay Haisley wrote: > > I'm running the Evolution gro

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Printing disabled in Evolution

2008-12-30 Thread Lindsay Haisley
On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 23:50 -0600, Lindsay Haisley wrote: > I'm running the Evolution groupware stuff in Gnome on a Gentoo-based > desktop box. I have several printers available, both locally and on the > network, managed by CUPS, however Evolution refuses to use them, &

[gentoo-desktop] Printing disabled in Evolution

2008-12-30 Thread Lindsay Haisley
utton is greyed and disabled. All printers are listed in the printer listing, but the only selection I can make in this list which will enable the Print button is "Print to File". Any ideas? -- Lindsay Haisley | "The difference between | PGP public key FMP Computer Serv

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Mouseover on audio files

2008-10-09 Thread Lindsay Haisley
ins-*, and a number of other stuff got pulled into the emerge as well. The end result is that now I can mouseover on an mp3 file and get an audio preview :-) On Sun, 2008-09-14 at 15:47 -0400, Daniel Gryniewicz wrote: > On Tue, 2008-09-09 at 20:31 -0500, Lindsay Haisley wrote: > > How do I

[gentoo-desktop] Mouseover on audio files

2008-09-09 Thread Lindsay Haisley
cility that manages it so that I don't have to do it myself. This works on my Ubuntu-based laptop, and _used_ to work on my Gentoo desktop, but hasn't worked for a while. It would be handy to get it working again. -- Lindsay Haisley | "Everything works|Accredited

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: CD-ROM mounting

2008-08-02 Thread Lindsay Haisley
rted automounting then perhaps udev could be configured to automount a CD on /mnt/cdrom, which would help me, or turned off altogether to allow manual mounting, which would probably benefit your situation. -- Lindsay Haisley | "We are all broken | PGP public key FMP Computer Services |

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: CD-ROM mounting

2008-08-02 Thread Lindsay Haisley
type ("cdrom") or some other predictable name. I have a photo cataloging program I wrote which expects to find all photo CDs, which have different names reflecting dates and sequence, mounted at a location which can be specified in its config file. There are all kinds of applications whic

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: CD-ROM mounting

2008-07-31 Thread Lindsay Haisley
since > hal's what's breaking a previously working config by insisting on doing > things its own way instead of following the otherwise perfectly fine > system config. -- Lindsay Haisley | "The voice of dissent | PGP public key FMP Computer Services | wa

[gentoo-desktop] CD-ROM mounting

2008-07-23 Thread Lindsay Haisley
dev rules to do this, but what I used to do no longer works. I had scripts in /etc/dev.d which worked nicely for this, but /etc/dev.d is apparently no longer supported in udev. Any suggestions? -- Lindsay Haisley | "We are all broken | PGP public key FMP Computer

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Network access to a CUPS printer

2008-06-30 Thread Lindsay Haisley
conf doesn't work, although all the docs tell one to do this. CUPS maintains a printcap at /etc/printcap and this should be the value of 'printcap name' in smb.conf, in which case individual printers don't need to be defined explicitly in smb.conf but are exported as shares through t

[gentoo-desktop] Network access to a CUPS printer

2008-06-28 Thread Lindsay Haisley
and I'm missing something in second URI. Should I be substituting something for "queue"? Anyone done this who can help me? -- Lindsay Haisley | "The difference between | PGP public key FMP Computer Services | a duck is that one leg | availab

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Keyboard and numlock problem - SOLVED!

2008-06-28 Thread Lindsay Haisley
Turns out it was some weirdness in my /etc/portage/package.* files. I had a few gnome 2.22 packages mixed up with 2.20 packages. Once I resolved the version mismatch things started working properly again. On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 19:52 -0500, Lindsay Haisley wrote: > On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 18

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Keyboard and numlock problem

2008-06-28 Thread Lindsay Haisley
On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 18:53 -0500, Lindsay Haisley wrote: > The numlock key work properly in the gdm login and in terminal mode. X > has the "kbd" driver loaded and "XkbModel" set to pc104. I've looked at > gconf, and tinkered with settings under System | Pr

[gentoo-desktop] Keyboard and numlock problem

2008-06-28 Thread Lindsay Haisley
gconf, and tinkered with settings under System | Preferences | Keyboard (supposedly depreciated) but nothing changes. Anyone have any ideas? -- Lindsay Haisley | "It is better to bite | PGP public key FMP Computer Services | a single cannibal than | available at 512-259-

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: Drag and drop failure - solved!

2008-06-20 Thread Lindsay Haisley
LDAP data on a par with its internal db as Evolution does. -- Lindsay Haisley | "Everything works| PGP public key FMP Computer Se

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: Drag and drop failure - solved!

2008-06-20 Thread Lindsay Haisley
uestion: Can I run Evolution on KDE? the gnome people kind of adopted Evolution, like they absorbed Eautilus, from Ximian. I have a lot of time and work involved in setting up my mail and contact data which I doubt would translate to Kontact/KMail without additional substantial work. Does Kontact

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: Drag and drop failure - solved!

2008-06-20 Thread Lindsay Haisley
+, which is plenty adequate. KDE packages that I've used on my Gnome desktop, notably k3b for CD and music work, is really solid and feature-rich without being overloaded with cruft. I'm really attached to galeon as a browser, but am switching to firefox for web development, which will

[gentoo-desktop] Drag and drop failure

2008-06-19 Thread Lindsay Haisley
re's no way other than dragon drop to do this. Same with setting up toolbars in firefox! Any genuine insight or guidance will be appreciated. I'm willing to try just about anything to keep everything working properly. -- Lindsay Haisley | "In an open world,|

[gentoo-desktop] Jakub Moc

2008-05-10 Thread Lindsay Haisley
Duncan, I haven't kept up with this, but did Jakub ever show back up in his capacity as the main Gentoo bug-wrangler? If not, does anyone know what happened to him? -- Lindsay Haisley | "Everything works| PGP public key FMP Computer Services | if you let it" |

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: udev rules question

2008-04-28 Thread Lindsay Haisley
b on the bugs database and he runs it as a pretty tight ship, but it's obvious that he does a _great_ deal of absolutely necessary work and by and large does a fine job. Surely someone with the Gentoo Project has physical stats on his whereabouts such as a phone number and/or snail-mail a

Re: [gentoo-desktop] udev rules question

2008-04-28 Thread Lindsay Haisley
Gentoo udev maintainers. There are already several bugs filed against changes to the udev rules in 119. -- Lindsay Haisley | "Everything works| PGP public key FMP Computer Services | if you let it" | available at 512-259-1190 |(The Roadie) | http:/

Re: [gentoo-desktop] udev rules question

2008-04-27 Thread Lindsay Haisley
On Sun, 2008-04-27 at 21:09 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > 080427 Lindsay Haisley wrote: > > I used to be able to write udev rules that worked, > > but it looks as if Greg KH has been a very busy lad > > and udev has gotten a lot more complex of late. > > I just had a run-

[gentoo-desktop] udev rules question

2008-04-27 Thread Lindsay Haisley
ce here. Maybe this is a hotplug issue, or a hal/dbus issue. Can anyone tell me how I can get this mount created and taken down when the CD is ejected? -- Lindsay Haisley | "In an open world,| PGP public key FMP Computer Services |who needs Windows | available at 51

[gentoo-desktop] wxGTK and wxpython

2008-04-25 Thread Lindsay Haisley
What's the difference between wxGTK and wxpython? It appears that the former duplicates the latter, or is a superset of it. Does one need both of these to do wxpython programming? -- Lindsay Haisley | "In an open world,| PGP public key FMP Computer Services |who nee

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: A few problems with CDs and sound

2008-03-31 Thread Lindsay Haisley
On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 10:41 -0400, Randy Barlow wrote: > Do be cautious before blindly unmerging > things though! Oooh! Very good advice, that. Kind of like burning down the pantry to get rid of the rats ;-) -- Lindsay Haisley | "The difference between | PGP public key F

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: A few problems with CDs and sound

2008-03-31 Thread Lindsay Haisley
enough to satisfy me that there aren't any _obvious_ breakages. > Glad you got it working tho. That's the important part. Yep! -- Lindsay Haisley | "In an open world,| PGP public key FMP Computer Services |who needs Windows

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: A few problems with CDs and sound

2008-03-31 Thread Lindsay Haisley
g_ gnomve-vfs-1.0.5-r4 altogether. Now everything works as it should, both totem and grip. I may try this, though, since libgnomevfs still complains about not being able to find libcdda.so. I'm not sure what this library does. -- Lindsay Haisley | "In an open world,| PGP p

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: A few problems with CDs and sound

2008-03-30 Thread Lindsay Haisley
On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 00:58 -0500, Lindsay Haisley wrote: > On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 05:33 +, Duncan wrote: > > Well, I'm a KDE guy with GTK+ but not GNOME installed, meaning no GNOME- > > Virtual_FileSystem either, but it's relatively easy to see the problem > > t

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: A few problems with CDs and sound

2008-03-30 Thread Lindsay Haisley
On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 05:33 +, Duncan wrote: > Lindsay Haisley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted > [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Sun, 30 Mar > 2008 20:26:49 -0500: > > > I thought someone on this list might have a insightful comment on the > > totem error:

Re: [gentoo-desktop] A few problems with CDs and sound

2008-03-30 Thread Lindsay Haisley
p error: /usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libcdda.so: undefined symbol: gnome_vfs_uri_get_basename" On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 20:00 -0500, Lindsay Haisley wrote: > On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 20:47 -0400, Randy Barlow wrote: > > Lindsay Haisley wrote: > > > I'm having a bit

Re: [gentoo-desktop] A few problems with CDs and sound

2008-03-30 Thread Lindsay Haisley
On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 20:47 -0400, Randy Barlow wrote: > Lindsay Haisley wrote: > > I'm having a bit of a problem getting CDs to play properly after a > > recent gentoo upgrade. > > > Both grip and totem used to work properly. Dozens of programs changed > >

[gentoo-desktop] A few problems with CDs and sound

2008-03-30 Thread Lindsay Haisley
es me a "Generic IO error" message. Both grip and totem used to work properly. Dozens of programs changed in the upgrade. Does anyone have any ideas about what might be the problem here? -- Lindsay Haisley | "Everything works| PGP public key FMP Computer Services |

[gentoo-desktop] Galeon segfaults when trying to print

2007-12-19 Thread Lindsay Haisley
? I've run revdep-rebuild, and re-emerged galeon. So far, no help. -- Lindsay Haisley | "The difference between | PGP public key FMP Computer Services | a duck is that one leg | available at 512-259-1190 |is both the same" | http://pubkeys.f

[gentoo-desktop] CONSOLE_GROUPS

2007-10-21 Thread Lindsay Haisley
t place. There > are good reasons sysadmins may not WANT every user to have automount > rights, and it's already possible to expand your newuser scripts locally > to automatically add a user to various groups, if you as sysadmin decide > that's what you want to do. -- L

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: USB hard drive mounting problem - final comment

2007-10-20 Thread Lindsay Haisley
, my camera, or anything else up to that point. It was only the WD USB hard drive that gave me grief. I'll suggest that we end this thread. Beating this dead horse isn't as much fun as it was yesterday ;-) -- Lindsay Haisley | "The voice of dissent | PGP public key

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: USB hard drive mounting problem

2007-10-20 Thread Lindsay Haisley
On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 20:24 +, Duncan wrote: > Lindsay Haisley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted > [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Sat, 20 Oct > 2007 12:03:14 -0500: > > > On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 04:32 +, Duncan wrote: > >> > It would be a Good Thing if

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: K3B error

2007-10-20 Thread Lindsay Haisley
; Italians/Russians... do not? Y'all quit arguin' about it! I'm going to lobby for the inclusion of en_Texas in the standard ;-) -- Lindsay Haisley | "The difference between | PGP public key FMP Computer Services | a duck is that one leg |

Re: [gentoo-desktop] K3B error

2007-10-20 Thread Lindsay Haisley
rset is ANSI_X3.4-1968 > > That notice can be gotten rid of by following this guide: > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-localization.xml -- Lindsay Haisley | "In an open world,| PGP public key FMP Computer Services |who needs Windows | available at

Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: USB hard drive mounting problem

2007-10-20 Thread Lindsay Haisley
be some documentation format more convenient than e.g. fishing through portage logs for finding out how to properly tweak a user account on a desktop system in order to get it to work properly with various facilities on the host box. -- Lindsay Haisley | "In an open wo

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