Re: [gentoo-user] 2 to 3??

2007-07-13 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Saturday 14 July 2007 00:11:27 Jerry McBride wrote: > Anyone aware of any plans for Gentoo/Portage moving to the gpl3.0 license? There's been some discussion of it in the subthread titled: "Watch out for license changes to GPL-3" on the gentoo-dev mailing list (it's pretty boring). The answer

[gentoo-user] 2 to 3??

2007-07-13 Thread Jerry McBride
Anyone aware of any plans for Gentoo/Portage moving to the gpl3.0 license? -- From the Desk of: Jerome D. McBride -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Installation problems

2007-07-13 Thread ds
On 7/13/07, Hendrik Boom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A few months ago I tried installing gentoo. It mostly succeedes, but I was unable to boot the new system. When I boot, it fails as follows: >> Activating mdev >> Determining root device !! Block device /dev/mapper/lovesong-gentoo is not a val

[gentoo-user] Installation problems

2007-07-13 Thread Hendrik Boom
A few months ago I tried installing gentoo. It mostly succeedes, but I was unable to boot the new system. When I boot, it fails as follows: >> Activating mdev >> Determining root device !! Block device /dev/mapper/lovesong-gentoo is not a valid block device !! The root block device is unspecifie

Re: [gentoo-user] startx no longer gives gnome

2007-07-13 Thread maxim wexler
> # Failsafe > else > # start some nice programs > twm & > xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 & > xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 & > xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 & > exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login > fi > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $

[gentoo-user] Slideshow screensaver with multiple monitors

2007-07-13 Thread Hamie
Hi. Has anyone managed to get the screensaver (KDE) when in slideshow with photos to display a whole photo per monitor, rather than trying to display a single photo spread out over multiple monitors? Other than that it works fine... But since my monitors are different sizes & dpi it would look

Re: [gentoo-user] Net don't work

2007-07-13 Thread wchen014
link it /etc/init.d and use "rc-update add eth0 default"... sometimes you need to RTFM (read the ... manual), especially the handbook -Original Message- From: Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 3:08 pm Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Net don't wo

Re: [gentoo-user]

2007-07-13 Thread wchen014
how far did you go? have you reached a point where there's a prompt like "localhost #"? -Original Message- From: sain yan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 2:32 pm Subject: [gentoo-user] Hello everyone! ??I install gentoo on my box yestod

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

2007-07-13 Thread Dave Jones
Michael George wrote on 13/07/07 12:07: > I see vmware-player has disappeared from portage. I did a quick search > and didn't find anything about why and haven't noticed it here. Is > there a URL to information on why it was dropped from portage? Not only had vmware-player disappeared, but also

Re: [gentoo-user] Net don't work

2007-07-13 Thread Mick
On Friday 13 July 2007 15:01, sain yan wrote: > Yes! thanks > run ifconfig only the lo interface , no ethx Why?? Because you have not yet run modprobe -v for your card. PS. Please try not to top post or send HTML messages to this Mailing List. -- Regards, Mick pgpLszFESZlwa.pgp Descript

Re: [gentoo-user] Net don't work

2007-07-13 Thread Steve Dommett
sain yan wrote: Yes! thanks run ifconfig only the lo interface , no ethx Why?? Sounds like the kernel's driver for your network card either isn't compiled in, or hasn't been loaded as a module. > I use RTL8101E Have you followed the instructions here: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HA

Re: [gentoo-user] Net don't work

2007-07-13 Thread sain yan
Yes! thanks run ifconfig only the lo interface , no ethx Why?? 2007/7/13, Davi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Em Sexta 13 Julho 2007 10:32, sain yan escreveu: > Hello everyone! > > I install gentoo on my box yestoday, but the net don`t work , I think > the problem is INC driver, > I use RT

Re: [gentoo-user] Net don't work

2007-07-13 Thread Davi
Em Sexta 13 Julho 2007 10:32, sain yan escreveu: > Hello everyone! > > I install gentoo on my box yestoday, but the net don`t work , I think > the problem is INC driver, > I use RTL8101E Hum... I hope that you can solve your problem... :-) Or, at least, say what is goi

[gentoo-user]

2007-07-13 Thread sain yan
Hello everyone! I install gentoo on my box yestoday, but the net don`t work , I think the problem is INC driver, I use RTL8101E -- == I'm sorry for my poor english!!!

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting domainname doesn't work.

2007-07-13 Thread Elias Probst
Am Freitag, 13. Juli 2007 13:14:18 schrieb Norberto Bensa: > Elias Probst wrote: > > /etc/hosts: > > 127.0.0.1 hostname hostname.domain.local localhost > > It's: > > IP fqdn hostname [aliases...] > > example: > > 127.0.0.1 hosname.domain.local localhost hostname Ok, thank you! Now it works. But I'

Re: [gentoo-user] portage doesn't like whitespaces

2007-07-13 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Tuesday 10 July 2007 17:38:47 Stefán István wrote: > I wanted to make a big update on my gentoo system, but I got error when > reaching x11-base/x11-drm-20060608 package. It compiles successfully, but > the > > installation fails: > >>> Install x11-drm-20060608 > > into /var/tmp/portage/x11-base

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting domainname doesn't work.

2007-07-13 Thread Norberto Bensa
Elias Probst wrote: > /etc/hosts: > 127.0.0.1 hostname hostname.domain.local localhost It's: IP fqdn hostname [aliases...] example: 127.0.0.1 hosname.domain.local localhost hostname -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting domainname doesn't work.

2007-07-13 Thread Elias Probst
On Friday 13 July 2007 12:48:16 Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > If you're talking about the "hostname -d" command and the \O parameter > inside /etc/issue not working, then this is an old problem (for me at > least). > To get it working, I had to put the fqdn of the box into /etc/hosts, eg > > a.b.c.d host

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting domainname doesn't work.

2007-07-13 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Friday 13 July 2007 13:04, Elias Probst wrote: > Didn't get it working using the entry in /etc/hosts too. My current > setup: > > /etc/hosts: > 127.0.0.1 hostname hostname.domain.local localhost Sorry, I forgot to say that the entries MUST be in this exact order: 127.0.0.1 hostname.domain.l

Re: [SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] selecting boot(active?) partition

2007-07-13 Thread Mick
On Thursday 12 July 2007 09:20, pat wrote: > On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:51:30 +0100, Mick wrote > > fixmbr will replace GRUB's boot code in the mbr with ntldr's (WinXP) > > . fixboot will replace the partition boot sector code with WinXP's. > > You'll need to run the former on the drive and the latt

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

2007-07-13 Thread Dale
Jürgen Pierau wrote: > Michael George schrieb: >> I see vmware-player has disappeared from portage. I did a quick search >> and didn't find anything about why and haven't noticed it here. Is >> there a URL to information on why it was dropped from portage? >> > Hello Michael, > > a quick eix v

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting domainname doesn't work.

2007-07-13 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Friday 13 July 2007 12:09, Elias Probst wrote: > Hi, > > I never stumbled across this, because I mostly use DHCP for my network > setup. > > It looks like it's not possible setting the domainname on Gentoo using > dns_domain_eth0="foobar" > or > dns_domain="foobar" > In /etc/conf.d/net.eth0 or

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

2007-07-13 Thread Jürgen Pierau
Michael George schrieb: I see vmware-player has disappeared from portage. I did a quick search and didn't find anything about why and haven't noticed it here. Is there a URL to information on why it was dropped from portage? Whoops, sorry. It looks like you're right. It seems my sync mirr

Re[2]: [gentoo-user] vmware

2007-07-13 Thread Sergey A. Kobzar
Hi Elias, Friday, July 13, 2007, 1:23:23 PM, you wrote: > On Friday 13 July 2007 12:07:57 Michael George wrote: >> I see vmware-player has disappeared from portage. I did a quick search >> and didn't find anything about why and haven't noticed it here. Is >> there a URL to information on why it

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

2007-07-13 Thread Jürgen Pierau
Michael George schrieb: I see vmware-player has disappeared from portage. I did a quick search and didn't find anything about why and haven't noticed it here. Is there a URL to information on why it was dropped from portage? Hello Michael, a quick eix vmware-player reveals ux2 ~ # eix vmw

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

2007-07-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:07:57 -0400, Michael George wrote: > I see vmware-player has disappeared from portage. I did a quick search > and didn't find anything about why and haven't noticed it here. Is > there a URL to information on why it was dropped from portage? It hasn't disappeared, it's be

[gentoo-user] vmware

2007-07-13 Thread Michael George
I see vmware-player has disappeared from portage. I did a quick search and didn't find anything about why and haven't noticed it here. Is there a URL to information on why it was dropped from portage? Thanks! -- -M There are 10 kinds of people in this world: Those who can count in bin

[gentoo-user] Setting domainname doesn't work.

2007-07-13 Thread Elias Probst
Hi, I never stumbled across this, because I mostly use DHCP for my network setup. It looks like it's not possible setting the domainname on Gentoo using dns_domain_eth0="foobar" or dns_domain="foobar" In /etc/conf.d/net.eth0 or /etc/conf.d/net This variable seems to be just ignored and I couldn't

Re: [gentoo-user] hald is stuck

2007-07-13 Thread Michael George
On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 05:33:59PM +0200, Alessandro del Gallo wrote: > > I had the same problem: > > hald was sucking 99% cpu, removables devices didn't work > and launching hald from terminal with the option "--daemon=no > --verbose=yes" i discovered it was on a infinite loop echo-ing > someth

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg configuration

2007-07-13 Thread Thufir
On 7/11/07, Xavier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] Emerge gnome fails because you don't have a symbolic link from /usr/src/linux to the current kernel source tree in your /usr/src directory, so create it and be sure you have configured your kernel. [...] localhost ~ # localhost ~ # cd /usr/sr