[gentoo-user] Mailman archives are not written anymore - why??

2007-03-07 Thread Wolfgang Liebich
Hi, I've suddenly detected that the mailman archives are not written anymore. I use the normal, run-of-the-mill pipermail coming w/ mailman. End of december I migrated my mailing lists to a new PC. The My installation data: #eix mailman [I] net-mail/mailman Available versions: 2.1.9_rc1 ~2.1.

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing 'eth0' with 'wlan0'

2007-03-07 Thread Paul Colquhoun
On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Brian Johnson wrote: > Abraham, > > I think what you may want to do is adjust the DHCP timeout for eth0. > For ethernet devices, it's pretty good to assume that if after 10 > seconds it doesn't receive DHCP it probably wont. So on my laptop, > in /etc/conf.d/net I have: > > dh

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: adesklets

2007-03-07 Thread Wayne Oliver
> -Original Message- > From: Mick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 March 2007 09:03 > > On Sunday 04 March 2007 18:18, Mick wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I am experimenting with adesklets, but do not seem to be able to run > > adesklets -i successfully. When I select a desklet and then h

[gentoo-user] Re: adesklets

2007-03-07 Thread Mick
On Sunday 04 March 2007 18:18, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I am experimenting with adesklets, but do not seem to be able to run > adesklets -i successfully. When I select a desklet and then hit return it > says: > = > Retrieving data online... OK > Checking locall

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing 'eth0' with 'wlan0'

2007-03-07 Thread Brian Johnson
Abraham, I think what you may want to do is adjust the DHCP timeout for eth0. For ethernet devices, it's pretty good to assume that if after 10 seconds it doesn't receive DHCP it probably wont. So on my laptop, in /etc/conf.d/net I have: dhcpcd_eth0="-t 10" Which will timeout eth0 after 10 secon

Re: [gentoo-user] splitting videos?

2007-03-07 Thread Mark Knecht
Pretty cool. Thanks! On 3/7/07, Bruno Espinoza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: For converting WMV you can always use Mencoder, provided that you have the binary codecs. If it is your case only type: mencoder -o -oac mp3lame -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=:vbitrate= That's all!! 2007/3/7, Mark Knech

[gentoo-user] Re: A DNS question.

2007-03-07 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bob Young wrote: Obviously on a given system each NIC is usually connected to a different domain, my question is, whether or not it is /legal/possible/okay to use different *hostnames* on different NICs? DNS is for other computers to find yours.

Re: [gentoo-user] splitting videos?

2007-03-07 Thread Bruno Espinoza
For converting WMV you can always use Mencoder, provided that you have the binary codecs. If it is your case only type: mencoder -o -oac mp3lame -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=:vbitrate= That's all!! 2007/3/7, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On 3/7/07, Thierry de Coulon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: [gentoo-user] USB2 ethernet - ASIX Chip - Conn OK when tcpdump'ing, Not OK during normal

2007-03-07 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 11:24 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > Anyone here has this particular usb ethenet? Got it cheap in Fry's > (USD2.99) > Been giving me headache. > > usbnet gets loaded, but the connection see-saws between getting 30mbps > to 0mbps (transferring a large file) > > it makes my nfs/c

Re: [gentoo-user] splitting videos?

2007-03-07 Thread Mark Knecht
On 3/7/07, Thierry de Coulon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 07 March 2007 23:28, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, >My 14 year old asked if there is a simple app in portage that would > allow him to chop an existing video into a couple of pieces? I guess > he wants to upload something to You

[gentoo-user] Help! How to fix my libc6.so?

2007-03-07 Thread Qiangning Hong
After an failed emerge world, my compiler chain is broken. Even with the simplest C file test.c: int main() { return 0; } `gcc test.c` produces: /lib64/libc.so.6: file not recognized: File format not recognized collect2: ld returned 1 exit status Could anyone tell me how to fix it? I tried re

[gentoo-user] Squirrelmail plugins the Gentoo way?

2007-03-07 Thread Grant
Is there a Gentoo way to install new plugins for squirrelmail or should I go ahead and untar? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] mysterious freezes when browsing Internet

2007-03-07 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Donnerstag, 8. März 2007, Philip Webb wrote: > 070306 Mick wrote: > > On Tuesday 06 March 2007 21:22, Philip Webb wrote: > >> During the past few months, I've been bit by sudden total freezes > >> while using Epiphany & Konqueror to browse Internet sites. > >> The only way out is to hit the rese

Re: [gentoo-user] mysterious freezes when browsing Internet

2007-03-07 Thread Philip Webb
070306 Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 06 March 2007 21:22, Philip Webb wrote: >> During the past few months, I've been bit by sudden total freezes >> while using Epiphany & Konqueror to browse Internet sites. >> The only way out is to hit the reset button: eg Ctl-Alt-F2 doesn't work. > The only time I ha

Re: [gentoo-user] splitting videos?

2007-03-07 Thread Thierry de Coulon
On Wednesday 07 March 2007 23:28, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, >My 14 year old asked if there is a simple app in portage that would > allow him to chop an existing video into a couple of pieces? I guess > he wants to upload something to You Tube but it's either too long or > too large. > >I exp

[gentoo-user] Re: Speed up GoogleEarth on an ATI RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]?

2007-03-07 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-03-05, Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible using standard Gentoo, Yes. > or do I have to load a proprietary driver? Yes. > In either case, what are the steps to follow? Use standard Gentoo to install the proprietary driver: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ati-faq.xml

[gentoo-user] UK: iplayer petition

2007-03-07 Thread Steve Long
Hi, One for uk users or people you know in the UK, a petition to stop the BBC only supporting windows in its new iplayer: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/iplayer/ Regards, steveL -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] splitting videos?

2007-03-07 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, My 14 year old asked if there is a simple app in portage that would allow him to chop an existing video into a couple of pieces? I guess he wants to upload something to You Tube but it's either too long or too large. I expect it would be good if you could say 'chop this into 2 pieces at 4

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problems rebuilding gtk+ (and many other packages), due to not found /usr/lib/libXCBRenderUtil.la (was: Re: Problems rebuilding gtk+ (and many other packages), due to not found

2007-03-07 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Wednesday 07 March 2007 19:11:04 Alexander Skwar wrote: > Alexander Skwar alexander.skwar.name> writes: > > Now the revdep-rebuild emerge is failing at gnome-base/gnome-mount-0.4-r5 > > with: > > FWIW: It's also failing at libgnomeui with: > > [...] > grep: /usr/lib/libXCBRenderUtil.la: No such

[gentoo-user] Transfer files using IrDA

2007-03-07 Thread Mick
Hi All, I've set up IrDA between by laptop and a Pocket PC PDA (HTC Alpine marketed as an Xda IIi on an O2 contract in the UK). I can use it to dial up using the PDA as a modem. So far, so good. However, I want to transfer a file from the PDA to the laptop and although I've set up minicom to

Re: [gentoo-user] Speed up GoogleEarth on an ATI RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]?

2007-03-07 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 11:36:56PM -0600, Dale wrote > Walter Dnes wrote: > > Is it possible using standard Gentoo, or do I have to load a > > proprietary driver? In either case, what are the steps to follow? I > > did try Google, and found a zillion links on how to install GoogleEarth > > unde

[gentoo-user] Replacing "eth0" with "wlan0"

2007-03-07 Thread Abraham Gyorgy
Hello again :) I've switched my networking from wired "eth0" to "wlan0". I'm using ndiswrapper with Win32 driver and an USB WiFi adapter. Everything is fine, but... When I set up my Gentoo installation, I've added net.eth0 to default runlevel (it provices the networking in the init system). My

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-07 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:06:23 -0600, Dale wrote: > > >>> The next time you update udev, your changes will be overwritten. >>> Changes should go in 10-local.rules. >>> > > > >> Thanks. I forgot about that little detail. I better find a how to >> somewhere. >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-07 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Wednesday 07 March 2007 21:31:49 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > The only module I have is nvidia.  I build everything into my kernel > > that I can.  I was hoping there was a way to sort of "restart" or > > "reload" udev but I couldn't find one and nobody posted one either.  I > > guess there is now t

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:06:23 -0600, Dale wrote: > > The next time you update udev, your changes will be overwritten. > > Changes should go in 10-local.rules. > Thanks. I forgot about that little detail. I better find a how to > somewhere. http://www.reactivated.net/udevrules.php > > If your

Re: [gentoo-user] app-text/binutils?? [SOLVED]

2007-03-07 Thread Alex Schuster
Bo Ørsted Andresen writes: > On Tuesday 06 March 2007 02:17:27 Alex Schuster wrote: > > > and what is the output of: > > > > > > # cat /var/db/pkg/sys-libs/{glibc-2.2.5-r2,glibc-2.5}/SLOT > > > > A blank line, and 2.2. > > You should definitely fix that. glibc-2.2.5-r2 is supposed to be in SLOT >

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-07 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:47:40 -0600, Dale wrote: > > >> OK. Here's my update. I changed the config file, the 50-udev.rules >> file, back to the way it was when it was updated. >> > > The next time you update udev, your changes will be overwritten. Changes > should go

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} courier-imap folders

2007-03-07 Thread Grant
> Can anyone tell me what these folders are for in my .maildir folder? > > courierimapuiddb > courierimapsubscribed > courierimapkeywords > courierimaphieracl > > I'm wondering if they're for the courier webmail client I'm not using. > > - Grant They are used internally by your courier imap server

[gentoo-user] Re: Problems rebuilding gtk+ (and many other packages), due to not found /usr/lib/libXCBRenderUtil.la (was: Re: Problems rebuilding gtk+ (and many other packages), due to not found /usr

2007-03-07 Thread Alexander Skwar
Alexander Skwar alexander.skwar.name> writes: > Now the revdep-rebuild emerge is failing at gnome-base/gnome-mount-0.4-r5 > with: FWIW: It's also failing at libgnomeui with: [...] grep: /usr/lib/libXCBRenderUtil.la: No such file or directory /bin/sed: can't read /usr/lib/libXCBRenderUtil.la: No

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo weekly newsletter

2007-03-07 Thread Patrice Bouvard
Le Tue, 6 Mar 2007 17:44:28 -0600, »Q« <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > In , > Patrice Bouvard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It's supposed to be out every monday I think. > > But the GWN is late every week. I don't understand why they doesn't > > want to skip an issue wh

Re: [gentoo-user] Synce and gentoo : crash RAPI driver

2007-03-07 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 08:51 +0100, Arnaud FARINE wrote: > I've post a message to the Sourceforge forum. I hope that I'll obtain > information. all forum posts are forwarded on to the appropriate mailing lists. > The Synce ML seems out! Isn't it ? what do you mean by "out"? the synce mailing l

Re: [gentoo-user] Serial modem and permissions problem.

2007-03-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:47:40 -0600, Dale wrote: > OK. Here's my update. I changed the config file, the 50-udev.rules > file, back to the way it was when it was updated. The next time you update udev, your changes will be overwritten. Changes should go in 10-local.rules. > I then added myself >

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} courier-imap folders

2007-03-07 Thread Nick Rout
Grant wrote: Can anyone tell me what these folders are for in my .maildir folder? courierimapuiddb courierimapsubscribed courierimapkeywords courierimaphieracl I'm wondering if they're for the courier webmail client I'm not using. - Grant They are used internally by your courier imap server -

[gentoo-user] Re: Problems rebuilding gtk+ (and many other packages), due to not found /usr/lib/libXCBRenderUtil.la (was: Re: Problems rebuilding gtk+ (and many other packages), due to not found /usr

2007-03-07 Thread Alexander Skwar
Bo Ørsted Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > So all you seem to need is to remerge pango before gtk+. The problem here is > that revdep-rebuild is absolutely clueless when in comes to ordering the > rebuilds Try: http://pastebin.ca/raw/383456 Thanks, your command line helped me to get quite so