Re: [gentoo-user] UTF-8 troubles

2006-12-01 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Thursday 30 November 2006 23:44, Matthias Bethke wrote: > I switched a few systems to all-UTF-8 a while ago, and while it's > generally a big improvement, a few apps are playing up. There's a nice guide [1] in case you haven't noticed. > Pretty common apps that is, most notably tin and centeri

Re: [gentoo-user] amd Athlon 64 x2 install cpu?

2006-12-01 Thread Chris Walters
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Raymond Lewis Rebbeck wrote: > On Saturday, 2 December 2006 14:59, Chris Walters wrote: >> James wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> Im using the livecd amd64 to install a new AMD ATholon 64 x2 Dual-Core >>> based system. I'm at the processor selection and stu

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange Upgrade Situation

2006-12-01 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Saturday 02 December 2006 05:28, Colleen Beamer wrote: > A couple of weeks ago, I upgraded to Firefox 2.0. Since then, when I > did an upgrade, I got notified that the emerge wanted to downgrade > Firefox. This was to be expected. Not if you configured portage right.. > I put the line ' cour

Re: [gentoo-user] Learning how to write a simple ebuild?

2006-12-01 Thread Raymond Lewis Rebbeck
On Saturday, 2 December 2006 15:10, Alan E. Davis wrote: > I would like to try my hand at a VERY simple ebuild for "xtide", a > tide prediction program, that compiles readily on Unix-type systems. > Is anyone on this list familiar with the program, and/or correspond > with me off the list in trying

Re: [gentoo-user] amd Athlon 64 x2 install cpu?

2006-12-01 Thread Raymond Lewis Rebbeck
On Saturday, 2 December 2006 14:59, Chris Walters wrote: > James wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Im using the livecd amd64 to install a new AMD ATholon 64 x2 Dual-Core > > based system. I'm at the processor selection and stumped by the lack of > > choices. > > > > My amd64 turion laptop uses this option:

Re: [gentoo-user] amd Athlon 64 x2 install cpu?

2006-12-01 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Saturday 02 December 2006 05:04, James wrote: > Im using the livecd amd64 to install a new AMD ATholon 64 x2 Dual-Core > based system. I'm at the processor selection and stumped by the lack of > choices. > > My amd64 turion laptop uses this option: > CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe" > CHOST="x86_64-

[gentoo-user] Learning how to write a simple ebuild?

2006-12-01 Thread Alan E. Davis
I would like to try my hand at a VERY simple ebuild for "xtide", a tide prediction program, that compiles readily on Unix-type systems. Is anyone on this list familiar with the program, and/or correspond with me off the list in trying to learn how to do this? Otherwise, what would be the best way

Re: [gentoo-user] amd Athlon 64 x2 install cpu?

2006-12-01 Thread Chris Walters
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 James wrote: > Hello, > > Im using the livecd amd64 to install a new AMD ATholon 64 x2 Dual-Core > based system. I'm at the processor selection and stumped by the lack of > choices. > > My amd64 turion laptop uses this option: > CFLAGS="-march=k8

[gentoo-user] Strange Upgrade Situation

2006-12-01 Thread Colleen Beamer
Hi All, A couple of weeks ago, I upgraded to Firefox 2.0. Since then, when I did an upgrade, I got notified that the emerge wanted to downgrade Firefox. This was to be expected. I put the line 'http://counter.li.org -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] amd Athlon 64 x2 install cpu?

2006-12-01 Thread James
Hello, Im using the livecd amd64 to install a new AMD ATholon 64 x2 Dual-Core based system. I'm at the processor selection and stumped by the lack of choices. My amd64 turion laptop uses this option: CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" In the current install, I k6, k6-2, k

Re: [gentoo-user] Restaffing the 11th Userrep seat

2006-12-01 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Saturday 02 December 2006 02:22, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > So I am here to ask your support to make djay our 11th member on the > > next Userreps/Userrel meeting this Saturday... I'm all for the remaining userreps just appointing djay and be done with it. They are supposed to represent the user

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing the CHOST variable

2006-12-01 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Friday 01 December 2006 23:39, Randy Barlow wrote: [SNIP] > binutils seemed to have merged correctly, but the configure script for > gcc seems to be having issues. The last few lines of output show: > > checking whether the C compiler (gcc -mtune=i686 -pipe -march=pentium3 > -O2 ) works... no >

Re: [gentoo-user] Restaffing the 11th Userrep seat

2006-12-01 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 13:12 +0100, Georg Witwer wrote: ... > So I am here to ask your support to make djay our 11th member on the > next Userreps/Userrel meeting this Saturday... My only concern is that if this process gets abused, a majority of userreps could expel a minority and handpick their r

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] SATA II Hard Drive problems - revisited... (Solved)

2006-12-01 Thread Mick
On Friday 01 December 2006 16:57, Chris Walters wrote: > Mick wrote: > > On Wednesday 29 November 2006 21:45, Chris Walters wrote: > > > > Go to My Computer, right-click and select Properties from the drop down > > menu. Then select the Hardware tab and click on the Device Manager > > (alternative

Re: [gentoo-user] media-libs/libpng-1.2.13 emerge -u missing file

2006-12-01 Thread Smokinjoe
Joem wrote: Hi, When I run emerge -uvDN world, I get the following problem with libpng 1.2.13: !!! A file listed in the Manifest could not be found: '/usr/portage/distfiles/libpng-manual.txt' Perhaps I have --sync'ed with a broken mirror, but I have to wait to try --sync again (one --sync

Re: [gentoo-user] script problem

2006-12-01 Thread David Relson
On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 18:59:29 +0100 Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > On Friday 1 December 2006 17:11, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > > > > bash: ./config: /bin/bash: bad interpreter: Permission denied (i'm > > > root) > > > > This happened to me once. I finally found that the script source > > file had been created

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing the CHOST variable

2006-12-01 Thread Randy Barlow
Richard Fish wrote: > er, I meant "env-update && source /etc/profile". Hrm... env-update && source /etc/profile didn't seem to do the trick. Actually, I still can't call the compiler by hand when I do this (I can if I set the PATH variable to include the things from binutils, but that doesn't seem

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing the CHOST variable

2006-12-01 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/1/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 12/1/06, Randy Barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So my compiler is broke. Any pointers on how to fix this? > > One thing I just thought of is that I could add the executables > installed by binutils to my $PATH so that it can find them t

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing the CHOST variable

2006-12-01 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/1/06, Randy Barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So my compiler is broke. Any pointers on how to fix this? One thing I just thought of is that I could add the executables installed by binutils to my $PATH so that it can find them to build the new compiler - perhaps that will work? "etc-u

Re: [gentoo-user] Changing the CHOST variable

2006-12-01 Thread Randy Barlow
Randy Barlow wrote: > So I am trying to bring my CHOST from i386-pc-linux-gnu to > i686-pc-linux-gnu by following the guide at > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/change-chost.xml. Well so far things > aren't working out so well. The first step is to change the CHOST > variable. I also went ahead and

[gentoo-user] Changing the CHOST variable

2006-12-01 Thread Randy Barlow
So I am trying to bring my CHOST from i386-pc-linux-gnu to i686-pc-linux-gnu by following the guide at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/change-chost.xml. Well so far things aren't working out so well. The first step is to change the CHOST variable. I also went ahead and added nptl and nptlonly to my

Re: [gentoo-user] Daylight Savings Time patch ...

2006-12-01 Thread Statux
AFAIK, this should have been addressed with the timezone-data updates. The zoneinfo files, et al, are what define how the changes happen for a particular timezone. On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 15:45 -0500, McCaffrey, Ennis wrote: > Does Gentoo have a patch for the new Daylight Savings Time standard > tha

[gentoo-user] Daylight Savings Time patch ...

2006-12-01 Thread McCaffrey, Ennis
Does Gentoo have a patch for the new Daylight Savings Time standard that has been enacted and will be put in place next spring? Sincerely, Ennis McCaffrey Engineering Product Manager Advanced Technology Group Time Warner Cable 7910 Crescent Executive Drive Charlotte, NC 28217 Tel (704) 7

Re: [gentoo-user] HOWTO: Install/config support for audio on my T40

2006-12-01 Thread Steve Dibb
Greg Morin wrote: I've been working w/Gentoo now for a little. Networking, Gnome, OpenOffice, VMWare are working - my essentials are there... I'd like to get sound working, but not sure where to start - pointers? http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml Steve -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org ma

[gentoo-user] HOWTO: Install/config support for audio on my T40

2006-12-01 Thread Greg Morin
I've been working w/Gentoo now for a little. Networking, Gnome, OpenOffice, VMWare are working - my essentials are there... I'd like to get sound working, but not sure where to start - pointers? Thanks, -- Gpm The Morins of Plantsville

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best method for automounting...

2006-12-01 Thread Ryan Sims
On 12/1/06, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 13:50:29 -0500, Ryan Sims wrote: > If I'm thread hijacking, let me know, but it seems related to me: what > is it that mounts things under /media? I seem to have a couple things > fighting for devices, none of which obey my

Re: [gentoo-user] urgent: udev-upgrade inhibits firmware upload (speedtouch-usb)

2006-12-01 Thread Mick
On Friday 01 December 2006 16:06, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 1 Dec, Mick wrote: > > On Friday 01 December 2006 07:31, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > >> Hi, I desparately need help! > >> > >> I have upgraded from udev-087-r1 to udev-103 (and from baselayout-1.12.5 > >> to 1.12.6) > >> > >> At rebooting

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best method for automounting...

2006-12-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 13:50:29 -0500, Ryan Sims wrote: > If I'm thread hijacking, let me know, but it seems related to me: what > is it that mounts things under /media? I seem to have a couple things > fighting for devices, none of which obey my udev or fstab rules, You don't need fstab entries for

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best method for automounting...

2006-12-01 Thread Ryan Sims
On 12/1/06, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:19:44 +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote: > > That's probably because you're running two automounters, which are > > conflicting. You don't need autofs, and probably should not run it, > > when using KDE's system. > > Why shou

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: XMMS: Bye, Bye Gentoo

2006-12-01 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/1/06, Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: · Mike Huber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > There are plenty of packages within portage which have no longer been > maintained for just as long as xmms (see cgoban for an example). Possible, yes. But even if that occurs, it really isn't a big dea

Re: [gentoo-user] script problem

2006-12-01 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Friday 1 December 2006 17:11, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > > bash: ./config: /bin/bash: bad interpreter: Permission denied (i'm > > root) > > This happened to me once. I finally found that the script source file > had been created with windows notepad (don't ask!), so it had windows > cr+lf line brea

Re: [gentoo-user] new udev (?) loading ipw3945 without starting ipw3945d

2006-12-01 Thread jak gentoo
On 11/30/06, Daniel Barkalow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Richard Fish wrote: > On 11/29/06, Daniel Barkalow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I switched to udev-103 recently, and now when I boot I find that ipw3945d > > is not getting started, which causes my wireless card to n

Re: [gentoo-user] Using a remote DVD writer

2006-12-01 Thread jak gentoo
On 11/29/06, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tuesday 28 November 2006 23:10, Daniel Iliev wrote: > Mick wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > My laptop does not have a DVD writer, only a DVD/CD player. On the other > > hand, my desktop has the works. Other than booting the desktop in Gentoo > > and bu

Re: [gentoo-user] browser advice

2006-12-01 Thread Gian Domeni Calgeer
Am Donnerstag, 30. November 2006 02:45 schrieb Richard Fish: > On 11/29/06, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do you use the split window feature for browsing (as opposed to file > > manager actions)? > > I typically use it for something like google or bugzilla search > results. I drag links

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] SATA II Hard Drive problems - revisited... (Solved)

2006-12-01 Thread Chris Walters
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Mick wrote: > On Wednesday 29 November 2006 21:45, Chris Walters wrote: > > Go to My Computer, right-click and select Properties from the drop down menu. > > Then select the Hardware tab and click on the Device Manager (alternative get > to the

Re: [gentoo-user] script problem

2006-12-01 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 01 December 2006 17:39, Roberto Zandonati wrote: > hi at all. > > when i try to launch a bash script like ./config i'll receive the > error: > > bash: ./config: /bin/bash: bad interpreter: Permission denied (i'm > root) This is a classic error, with a very misleading error message - it h

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best method for automounting...

2006-12-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:19:44 +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote: > > That's probably because you're running two automounters, which are > > conflicting. You don't need autofs, and probably should not run it, > > when using KDE's system. > > Why should autofs not be running when KDE is used? Because

Re: [gentoo-user] mozilla migration option

2006-12-01 Thread Dale
James wrote: > Hello, > > Background: > > We have many windoz and linux systems, all users use mozilla, for > these key reasons: > > Easy to install on windoz or linux > easy to upgrade > easy to troubleshoot > email is stored in plain ascii text > easy for *users* to backup their bookmarks.html a

Re: [gentoo-user] script problem

2006-12-01 Thread Wesley Barnhoorn
Roberto Zandonati wrote: > hi at all. > > when i try to launch a bash script like ./config i'll receive the error: > > bash: ./config: /bin/bash: bad interpreter: Permission denied (i'm root) > I had this problem once. Turned out that the script i was trying to execute was on a partition that d

Re: [gentoo-user] urgent: udev-upgrade inhibits firmware upload (speedtouch-usb)

2006-12-01 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 1 Dec, Mick wrote: > On Friday 01 December 2006 07:31, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> Hi, I desparately need help! >> >> I have upgraded from udev-087-r1 to udev-103 (and from baselayout-1.12.5 >> to 1.12.6) >> >> At rebooting (I have a speedtouch usb ADSL device) I get >> speedtch_find_firmware: no

[gentoo-user] mozilla migration option

2006-12-01 Thread James
Hello, Background: We have many windoz and linux systems, all users use mozilla, for these key reasons: Easy to install on windoz or linux easy to upgrade easy to troubleshoot email is stored in plain ascii text easy for *users* to backup their bookmarks.html and email boxes email and browser,

[gentoo-user] script problem

2006-12-01 Thread Roberto Zandonati
hi at all. when i try to launch a bash script like ./config i'll receive the error: bash: ./config: /bin/bash: bad interpreter: Permission denied (i'm root) -- Roberto Zandonati http://zando.homelinux.org/mywiki http://zando.homelinux.org/NoMary GPG-Fingerprint: 577F CC47 AAD7 A5B9 12D7 F10D

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best method for automounting...

2006-12-01 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag, 1. Dezember 2006 16:19 schrieb ext Alexander Skwar: > > That's probably because you're running two automounters, which are > > conflicting. You don't need autofs, and probably should not run it, > > when using KDE's system. > > Why should autofs not be running when KDE is used? I gues

[gentoo-user] Re: XMMS: Bye, Bye Gentoo

2006-12-01 Thread Alexander Skwar
· Mike Huber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > There are plenty of packages within portage which have no longer been > maintained for just as long as xmms (see cgoban for an example). Possible, yes. > It seems > that this is a rather silly choice of packages to single out. Do they require as many patches

Re: [gentoo-user] lirc emerging: ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY

2006-12-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 14:16:16 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > After installing sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.19 I have tried > > to reinstall lirc and got the error shown below. > > Sorry, ignore my last post, that was the wrong bug. Try http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149307 instead. -

[gentoo-user] Re: Best method for automounting...

2006-12-01 Thread Alexander Skwar
· Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:41:55 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote: > That's probably because you're running two automounters, which are > conflicting. You don't need autofs, and probably should not run it, when > using KDE's system. Why should autofs not be running wh

[gentoo-user] Re: Best method for automounting...

2006-12-01 Thread Alexander Skwar
· Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Yes, very sure. You can't use autofs on a system that is using hald... Aha. Care to expand on that? Please also explain the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ps awux | grep -v grep | grep '\(auto\|hald\)' 102 5506 0.0 0.3 4980 2220 ?Ss N

Re: [gentoo-user] Restaffing the 11th Userrep seat

2006-12-01 Thread Georg Witwer
No problem! I know I'm not that good at writing such things and I just copied the text from my forums post where it is a little bit more in context with my userreps title showing and all. I was a bit in a hurry. Sorry about that! ;) loki99 On 12/1/06, b.n. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Georg Witwe

Re: [gentoo-user] lirc emerging: ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY

2006-12-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 01 December 2006 05:28, Andrew Gaydenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about '[gentoo-user] lirc emerging: ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY': > After installing sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.19 I have tried > to reinstall lirc and got the error shown below. > > Where is my fault? http://bugs.gentoo.

Re: [gentoo-user] Restaffing the 11th Userrep seat

2006-12-01 Thread b.n.
Georg Witwer ha scritto: perhaps that helps ;) http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/userrel/userreps/index.xml Yes, it helped. :) Sorry, but I am not that much into gentoo gossip :) , so I really lost that one. The funny style made the rest. Thanks. m. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Restaffing the 11th Userrep seat

2006-12-01 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
*thumbs up* just do it, I am ok with it. I am just surprised, that cokehabit got so far at all -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] XMMS: Bye, Bye Gentoo

2006-12-01 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Friday 01 December 2006 09:00, Daniel Iliev wrote: > Steve Dibb wrote: > > XMMS was dropped since it had many bugs, dead upstream, and no > > maintainer. Essentially it was becoming a real drain on Gentoo > > developers time and patience and so the hard decision was made to let > > it go. > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] lirc emerging: ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY

2006-12-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 14:28:18 +0300, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: > After installing sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.19 I have tried > to reinstall lirc and got the error shown below. Sorry, ignore my last post, that was the wrong bug. -- Neil Bothwick SITCOM: Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mo

Re: [gentoo-user] lirc emerging: ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY

2006-12-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 14:28:18 +0300, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: > After installing sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.19 I have tried > to reinstall lirc and got the error shown below. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153567 -- Neil Bothwick When there's a will, I want to be in it. signature.asc

Re: [gentoo-user] Restaffing the 11th Userrep seat

2006-12-01 Thread Georg Witwer
perhaps that helps ;) http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/userrel/userreps/index.xml -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Restaffing the 11th Userrep seat

2006-12-01 Thread Georg Witwer
mmmh whats the problem brullonulla? you can speak to me :% On 12/1/06, b.n. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: WTF? It seems an hybrid between a spam mail and an old fashoned Warsaw Pact speech. But I have guessed it has something to do with gentoo... Can someone please translate it? Thanks, m. -- gen

Re: [gentoo-user] Restaffing the 11th Userrep seat

2006-12-01 Thread b.n.
WTF? It seems an hybrid between a spam mail and an old fashoned Warsaw Pact speech. But I have guessed it has something to do with gentoo... Can someone please translate it? Thanks, m. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] XMMS: Bye, Bye Gentoo

2006-12-01 Thread Chuanwen Wu
Audacious can be replaced of xmms.In fact ,audacious inherits from mpg which inherits from xmms. 2006/12/1, Daniel Iliev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Raymond Lewis Rebbeck wrote: lol I noticed it today (just in time, ahaha) but I am an audacious user several weeks before xmms was dropped. Actually t

Re: [gentoo-user] Best method for automounting...

2006-12-01 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag, 1. Dezember 2006 13:00 schrieb ext Jerry McBride: > Yes, very sure. You can't use autofs on a system that is using hald... Of course, you can. Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini D

[gentoo-user] Restaffing the 11th Userrep seat

2006-12-01 Thread Georg Witwer
As you might have noticed or heard, cokehabit isn't part of the Userreps project any longer. He and Userel obviously didn't get along very well and there has been some troubles on IRC and on bugzilla, which I didn't get a chance to see though. But I talked shortly with cokehabit about it and he di

Re: [gentoo-user] Best method for automounting...

2006-12-01 Thread Jerry McBride
On Thursday 30 November 2006 23:54, Richard Fish wrote: > On 11/30/06, Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anyway, I've looked into using hal,dbus and "media:/" in konqueror... It > > works to a degree, but the hal daemon has a nasty habit of polling the cd > > card/pcmcia to such a degree

[gentoo-user] lirc emerging: ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY

2006-12-01 Thread Andrew Gaydenko
After installing sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.19 I have tried to reinstall lirc and got the error shown below. Where is my fault? === ... make[1]: Leaving directory `/wrk/tmp/portage/portage/app-misc/lirc-0.8.0-r6/work/lirc-0.8.0' >>> Source compiled

Re: [gentoo-user] XMMS: Bye, Bye Gentoo

2006-12-01 Thread malevolent
You can use amaroK if you use KDE or Listen if your desktop is GNOME, both of them are quite better than XMMS... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] XMMS: Bye, Bye Gentoo

2006-12-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 03:34:56 -0500, Mike Huber wrote: > There are plenty of packages within portage which have no longer been > maintained for just as long as xmms (see cgoban for an example). It > seems that this is a rather silly choice of packages to single out. It > seems to me that xmms can

Re: [gentoo-user] XMMS: Bye, Bye Gentoo

2006-12-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:37:46 +0200, Daniel Iliev wrote: > Can someone explain me what is going on? Gentoo drops XMMS and here I > remained with the impression the reason is because XMMS is not under > development anymore. On the other side I see the site of XMMS [1] has > recent news including the

Re: [gentoo-user] Best method for automounting...

2006-12-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:41:55 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote: > However, what I'm getting ready to do is to deploy a number of > kde/gentoo desktops that will need to automount an occasional data cd > or cf card and I was looking for an easier way of managing it all. I've found KDE's own system, using

Re: [gentoo-user] urgent: udev-upgrade inhibits firmware upload (speedtouch-usb)

2006-12-01 Thread Mick
On Friday 01 December 2006 07:31, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, I desparately need help! > > I have upgraded from udev-087-r1 to udev-103 (and from baselayout-1.12.5 > to 1.12.6) > > At rebooting (I have a speedtouch usb ADSL device) I get > speedtch_find_firmware: no stage 1 firmware found > (This

Re: [gentoo-user] XMMS: Bye, Bye Gentoo

2006-12-01 Thread Mike Huber
There are plenty of packages within portage which have no longer been maintained for just as long as xmms (see cgoban for an example). It seems that this is a rather silly choice of packages to single out. It seems to me that xmms can live a perfectly natural life within portage so long as it is

Re: [gentoo-user] XMMS: Bye, Bye Gentoo

2006-12-01 Thread Daniel Iliev
Steve Dibb wrote: > > XMMS was dropped since it had many bugs, dead upstream, and no > maintainer. Essentially it was becoming a real drain on Gentoo > developers time and patience and so the hard decision was made to let > it go. > > The whole shebang is covered in quite a bit in the forums. > > S