Re: [gentoo-user] Disk partition query

2007-04-30 Thread Norberto Bensa
Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > On Montag, 30. April 2007, Stuart Howard wrote: > > Can swap be assigned to an extended/logical partition? > > yes, but you don't need a swap partition. A swapfile will work as fine as a > swap partition. True, but you're adding a layer (or more if you're using lvm)

Re: [gentoo-user] new gentoo user - D420

2007-04-30 Thread Novensiles divi Flamen
On Tue, 1 May 2007 15:27:31 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, all... > I have a Dell Latitude D420. > I used the minimal CD to install gentoo on this machine, and to date, have > The OS running, along with X server emerged. > The video (according to lspci) says it is Intel 945GM. > I have found some a

[gentoo-user] new gentoo user - D420

2007-04-30 Thread jdangler
Hi, all... I have a Dell Latitude D420. I used the minimal CD to install gentoo on this machine, and to date, have The OS running, along with X server emerged. The video (according to lspci) says it is Intel 945GM. I have found some articles detailing how this doesn't work with gentoo, but would li

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem install Gentoo on New Laptop - Solved

2007-04-30 Thread Colleen Beamer
Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Montag, 30. April 2007 schrieb ext Graham Murray: >> Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Sata support may not be enough. Since all the SATA stuff has been put >>> into the SCSI subsystem, you would need support for SCSI disks (and >>> maybe CDRoms as well): >>

Re: [gentoo-user] "emerge -uDN world" minus one package

2007-04-30 Thread Vikas Kumar
On 17:43 Mon 30 Apr , Jesse Adelman wrote: > > The nitty gritty: > > I have installed: > > media-tv/mythtv-0.20_p13288 > > Portage has an update: > > media-tv/mythtv-0.20.1_p13344 > > But when I put this into package.mask > > >=media-tv/mythtv-0.20.1_p13344 > > It then wants to downgrad

[gentoo-user] "emerge -uDN world" minus one package

2007-04-30 Thread Jesse Adelman
Hi, all. I want to do an "emerge -uDN world", mostly to update Xorg to the newest stable version. However, I have one package that I don't want to update, that being media-tv/mythtv. Now, the version of mythtv (and associated mythtv plugins) that I have installed currently has been removed from P

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Spamassassin and sendmail

2007-04-30 Thread Randy Barlow
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Sullivan wrote: > This wiki article looks to be for postfix. I need one for sendmail... Aww man, sorry about that. I wrote that when I was really tired... :P -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using Gnu

Re: [gentoo-user] file sorting in nautilus

2007-04-30 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 14:29 +0200, Matthias Bethke wrote: > Usually the collation order should be the same on the shell and in > nautilus, right? one would think so, but this isn't the case... > I think it's really some of what the Gnome folks think > was clever in that case yes and no - I und

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk partition query

2007-04-30 Thread Stuart Howard
I went brave and tried Alans method, I wanted a tidy disk :) Not to worry but for me [dont know my error ] it did not work and killed my XP install, so reverted back to method A essentially and reinstalled wingaming XP so all is fine now. I shall consider it a lesson to remember to save! up on pr

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 2.6.20-r6 panics with strange message FIXED

2007-04-30 Thread maxim wexler
> about your problem - do make menuconfig and recheck > your driver and fs > settings. It was a driver. In the 2.6.16 config under # #SCSI low-level drivers # I had this: CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_NV=y But for the 2.6.20 this option has been moved to # #Serial ATA (prod) and Parallel ATA (experimental

Re: [gentoo-user] [Solved]KDE menu structure lost by using gnome

2007-04-30 Thread Roy Wright
Elias Probst wrote: > On Monday 30 April 2007 23:18:00 darren kirby wrote: > >> quoth the Roy Wright: >> >>> Also I don't understand how or where the menu structure is defined on >>> disk. Any good references? >>> >> Have a look in ~/.kde/share/applnk >> > > Take also a look at

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE menu structure lost by using gnome

2007-04-30 Thread Elias Probst
On Monday 30 April 2007 23:18:00 darren kirby wrote: > quoth the Roy Wright: > > Also I don't understand how or where the menu structure is defined on > > disk. Any good references? > > Have a look in ~/.kde/share/applnk Take also a look at ~/.local/share/applnk Regards, Elias P. signature.asc

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE menu structure lost by using gnome

2007-04-30 Thread darren kirby
quoth the Roy Wright: > Is there any way to recover? Or do I just have to take the hour or two > and recreate my menu structure? Perhaps try kappfinder...or perhaps use the desktop settings wizard to change back to default state if kappfinder doesn't work. > Is this clashing of menu structures

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE menu structure lost by using gnome

2007-04-30 Thread Abhay Kedia
On Monday 30 Apr 2007 10:57:08 pm Roy Wright wrote: > > Is this clashing of menu structures normal between window managers? > If so, any tools for backing up the menu structure? Or a way to tell gnome > to use kde menu structure? > I can't help much as I don't run GNOME along with KDE but this men

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS vs. jumbo frames

2007-04-30 Thread kashani
Matthias Bethke wrote: On Tuesday, 2007-04-24 at 15:38:12, I wrote: I have googled for quite a while but can't find a thing. Anyone here using NFS and GigE+jumbo frames with Gentoo? Just to follow up for the archives' sake: this seems to be an old and frustrating problem, I've run into a few m

[gentoo-user] KDE menu structure lost by using gnome

2007-04-30 Thread Roy Wright
Howdy, First I'm running ~x86 with the Xeffects overlay (Beryl- on nvidia). When doing a emerge -uDNav world, I had missed that the kdelibs-3.5.6-r7 being updated was from portage instead of from the xeffects overlay. This caused kicker to crash first time I'd clicked on an icon. OK, no prob

[gentoo-user] {OT} Burning a video file

2007-04-30 Thread Grant
Does anyone know of a way to burn a video to CD to play back on a home DVD player? The player supports VCD but not SVCD, and VCD quality is really bad. I have a CD burner at my disposal here, but not a DVD burner. - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Spamassassin and sendmail

2007-04-30 Thread Jarry
Michael Sullivan wrote: Can anyone tell me how to integrate sendmail and spamassassin? All my efforts till now have failed. Here's my info: baby ~ # emerge -pv sendmail spamassassin procmail I think you should emerge mail-filter/spamass-milter, then look into doc, and edit /etc/mail/sendmail

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 2.6.20-r6 panics with strange message

2007-04-30 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Montag, 30. April 2007, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: > > Nope, Unix sockets are usually not the commonly chosen way for > kernel<->userland communication. They're used for machine-local (w/ > exception of clusters) inter-process communication. But I think that > init would struggle w/o CONFIG_UNIX

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 2.6.20-r6 panics with strange message

2007-04-30 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi, Am Montag, den 30.04.2007, 17:24 +0200 schrieb Hemmann, Volker Armin: > On Montag, 30. April 2007, maxim wexler wrote: > > > > Yes, CONFIG_UNIX=y > > > > > > that is not the reiserfs option. > > > > I'm aware of that. But another PC with the 2.6.19 > > kernel and an IDE drive panicked until I

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Spamassassin and sendmail

2007-04-30 Thread Michael Sullivan
This wiki article looks to be for postfix. I need one for sendmail... On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 15:55 -0400, Randy Barlow wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Michael Sullivan wrote: > > Can anyone tell me how to integrate sendmail and spamassassin? > > This wiki page talks

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 2.6.20-r6 panics with strange message

2007-04-30 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Montag, 30. April 2007, maxim wexler wrote: > > > Yes, CONFIG_UNIX=y > > > > that is not the reiserfs option. > > I'm aware of that. But another PC with the 2.6.19 > kernel and an IDE drive panicked until I set > CONFIG_UNIX=y. Didn't help in this case. well, you should have set sockets, becaus

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 2.6.20-r6 panics with strange message

2007-04-30 Thread maxim wexler
> > Yes, CONFIG_UNIX=y > > that is not the reiserfs option. I'm aware of that. But another PC with the 2.6.19 kernel and an IDE drive panicked until I set CONFIG_UNIX=y. Didn't help in this case. -mw __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail h

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 2.6.20-r6 panics with strange message

2007-04-30 Thread maxim wexler
--- Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Montag, 30. April 2007 schrieb ext maxim wexler: > > Hi group, > > > > The new kernel panics at a typical place: > > <...> > > VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block > (8,7) > > > > From the new, 2.6.20 .config: > > > > CONFIG_SCSI=y > > C

Re: [gentoo-user] the font in xfce change after updating

2007-04-30 Thread Chuanwen Wu
2007/4/30, Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Chuanwen Wu wrote: > Sat Apr 28 16:34:59 2007 >>> xfce-base/xfce4-4.4.1 Hmm, it looks like you're running unstable xfce. But if you can't handle the problems this might give, then you shouldn't be using unstable. Try commenting out all xfc

Re: [gentoo-user] NFS vs. jumbo frames

2007-04-30 Thread Matthias Bethke
On Tuesday, 2007-04-24 at 15:38:12, I wrote: > I have googled for quite a while but can't find a thing. > Anyone here using NFS and GigE+jumbo frames with Gentoo? Just to follow up for the archives' sake: this seems to be an old and frustrating problem, I've run into a few messages dating back to

Re: [gentoo-user] file sorting in nautilus

2007-04-30 Thread Matthias Bethke
Hi Boyd, on Friday, 2007-04-27 at 02:09:18, you wrote: > Adjust your LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE, and/or LANG environment variables. (At > least, > Nautilus /should/ respect those.) You might have to do something like: > LC_ALL="POSIX" nautilus > >from a xterm-like application. Usually the collation or

Re: [gentoo-user] Subversion 1.4.3

2007-04-30 Thread Johannes Skov Frandsen
Nistor Andrei wrote: > On Monday 30 April 2007, Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I have currently installed version 1.3.2-r3 of subversion, but I have >> installed th latest version of subclipse (svn plugin for the eclipse >> platform), and now I can't use svn from the shell. >> >> I

Re: [gentoo-user] Touble with linux-headers

2007-04-30 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Montag, 30. April 2007, Holla wrote: > On 4/30/07, Hemmann, Volker Armin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Montag, 30. April 2007, Holla wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I would like to install my own version of the kernel (2.6.18.3) > > > which i have compiled and installed. This is working fin

Re: [gentoo-user] Touble with linux-headers

2007-04-30 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 30 April 2007, Holla wrote: > OK, I get it now. I was under the (wrong) impression that > the kernel headers should match the kernel installed. > So, if portage is trying to install linux-headers-2.6.17 > it is because that is the stable headers for 2.6, right ? Not quite... nazgul cvs-

Re: [gentoo-user] Subversion 1.4.3

2007-04-30 Thread Nistor Andrei
On Monday 30 April 2007, Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote: > Hi > > I have currently installed version 1.3.2-r3 of subversion, but I have > installed th latest version of subclipse (svn plugin for the eclipse > platform), and now I can't use svn from the shell. > > I get > svn: This client is too old t

Re: [gentoo-user] Touble with linux-headers

2007-04-30 Thread Holla
On 4/30/07, Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Monday 30 April 2007, Holla wrote: The kernel-headers are there so the *user*apps*and*libs* know what definitions of data structures to use. In very broad terms, someone takes the .h files out of a kernel release that are known to be stab

Re: [gentoo-user] Touble with linux-headers

2007-04-30 Thread Holla
On 4/30/07, Hemmann, Volker Armin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Montag, 30. April 2007, Holla wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to install my own version of the kernel (2.6.18.3) > which i have compiled and installed. This is working fine. > > But when I try to do 'emerge system', portage is > try

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk partition query

2007-04-30 Thread Joe Menola
On Monday 30 April 2007 5:01:41 am Stuart Howard wrote: > Can I for example delete the swap and then create an extended > partition within the free space and finally create logical partitions > as required? > > Can swap be assigned to an extended/logical partition? Yes and yes...as an added bonus

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk partition query

2007-04-30 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Montag, 30. April 2007, Stuart Howard wrote: > I have made an annoying error when setting up my new computer. > I installed Gentoo then winXP and made it dual boot, all of which has > gone fine however when I did this I partitioned my disk as shown the > theory being that I would assign space as

[gentoo-user] Disk partition query

2007-04-30 Thread Stuart Howard
I have made an annoying error when setting up my new computer. I installed Gentoo then winXP and made it dual boot, all of which has gone fine however when I did this I partitioned my disk as shown the theory being that I would assign space as required after all installation. Unfortunatly I made t

Re: [gentoo-user] Touble with linux-headers

2007-04-30 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 30 April 2007, Holla wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to install my own version of the kernel (2.6.18.3) > which i have compiled and installed. This is working fine. OK > But when I try to do 'emerge system', portage is > trying to emerge linux-headers also. How can I prevent > it ? Wh

Re: [gentoo-user] Touble with linux-headers

2007-04-30 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Montag, 30. April 2007, Holla wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to install my own version of the kernel (2.6.18.3) > which i have compiled and installed. This is working fine. > > But when I try to do 'emerge system', portage is > trying to emerge linux-headers also. How can I prevent > it ? why

[gentoo-user] Touble with linux-headers

2007-04-30 Thread Holla
Hello, I would like to install my own version of the kernel (2.6.18.3) which i have compiled and installed. This is working fine. But when I try to do 'emerge system', portage is trying to emerge linux-headers also. How can I prevent it ? Also , when using a homebrew source, how do I install th

Re: [gentoo-user] Add something to KDE's shutdown

2007-04-30 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Montag, 30. April 2007, Florian Philipp wrote: > Hi guys! > > I'd like to let my system automatically back up every time I shutdown or > reboot using KDE's menu entry with a simple script. > However, it would be great to preserve a way to shutdown or reboot without > making a backup when I've me

Re: [gentoo-user] Add something to KDE's shutdown

2007-04-30 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Montag, 30. April 2007, Florian Philipp wrote: > Hi guys! > > I'd like to let my system automatically back up every time I shutdown or > reboot using KDE's menu entry with a simple script. > However, it would be great to preserve a way to shutdown or reboot without > making a backup when I've me

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem install Gentoo on New Laptop

2007-04-30 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Montag, 30. April 2007 schrieb ext Graham Murray: > Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sata support may not be enough. Since all the SATA stuff has been put > > into the SCSI subsystem, you would need support for SCSI disks (and > > maybe CDRoms as well): > > In the latest kernels, S

Re: [gentoo-user] Add something to KDE's shutdown

2007-04-30 Thread Csányi András
2007/4/30, Florian Philipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi guys! I'd like to let my system automatically back up every time I shutdown or reboot using KDE's menu entry with a simple script. However, it would be great to preserve a way to shutdown or reboot without making a backup when I've messed someth

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem install Gentoo on New Laptop

2007-04-30 Thread Graham Murray
Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sata support may not be enough. Since all the SATA stuff has been put into > the SCSI subsystem, you would need support for SCSI disks (and maybe CDRoms > as well): In the latest kernels, SATA is no longer in the SCSI subsystem but has been 'split' i

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 2.6.20-r6 panics with strange message

2007-04-30 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Montag, 30. April 2007 schrieb ext maxim wexler: > Hi group, > > The new kernel panics at a typical place: > <...> > VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (8,7) > > From the new, 2.6.20 .config: > > CONFIG_SCSI=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y > CONFIG_ATA=y > CONFIG_SATA_SIL=y > > From the previ

Re: [gentoo-user] how to show urxvt's name in windowlist?

2007-04-30 Thread Mick
On Monday 30 April 2007 02:38, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Sunday 29 April 2007 19:25:21 anhnmncb wrote: > > hello, list: > > when I assign a name to urxvt and run it: > > urxvt -name foo -e bash -c "foo" > > why the windowlist still show "[EMAIL PROTECTED]: pwd"? I expect it should > >

[gentoo-user] Add something to KDE's shutdown

2007-04-30 Thread Florian Philipp
Hi guys! I'd like to let my system automatically back up every time I shutdown or reboot using KDE's menu entry with a simple script. However, it would be great to preserve a way to shutdown or reboot without making a backup when I've messed something up or when I need to shutdown ASAP. What w

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 2.6.20-r6 panics with strange message

2007-04-30 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Montag, 30. April 2007, maxim wexler wrote: > Hi group, > > The new kernel panics at a typical place: > <...> > VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (8,7) > > then just below this appears: > > <6> Time: tsc clocksource has been installed. > > > The root fs is reiserfs and *is* part of