Re: [gentoo-user] File synchronisation utility (searching for/about to program it)

2009-07-24 Thread Alan E. Davis
Hello, Simon: I'm the last you would want to give advice about this question, but even though I am not a programmer, I have been using git to sync on three different systems. I am using a flash drive as a cache, so to speak. I followed some tips from the Emacs org-mode mailing list to get this g

Re: [gentoo-user] DontZap and Ctrl+Alt+Bs

2009-07-24 Thread Igor Nemilentsev
> > Greetings, I'm having exactly the same problem and have been trying to > fix it. > > Could you please specify where in xorg.conf you placed > setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp Please enter it in command line. > And where is the hal configuration file you inserted > input.xkb.options

[gentoo-user] Re: DontZap and Ctrl+Alt+Bs

2009-07-24 Thread ABCD
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Skippy wrote: > > > > Greetings, I'm having exactly the same problem and have been trying to > fix it. > > Could you please specify where in xorg.conf you placed > > setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp > > And where is the hal configuratio

Re: [gentoo-user] DontZap and Ctrl+Alt+Bs

2009-07-24 Thread Skippy
Greetings, I'm having exactly the same problem and have been trying to fix it. Could you please specify where in xorg.conf you placed setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp And where is the hal configuration file you inserted input.xkb.options terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp Thanks so very much,

Re: [gentoo-user] amarok will not emerge

2009-07-24 Thread Skippy
Yes, I've run it multiple times. Since amarok will not compile it doesn't help much. Amarok is the only thing that needs to be rebuilt. Skippy On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:12:08 +0200 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote the words: > On Mittwoch 22 Juli 2009, Adrian wrote: > > Greetings all - I am havin

[gentoo-user] Re: DontZap and Ctrl+Alt+Bs

2009-07-24 Thread ABCD
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stroller wrote: > In Windows it (nowadays) takes you to a menu, which you can easily > escape out of. That menu allows you to lock the screen session, bring > up task manager, change your password or log out of the PC. I have no > idea what it does on

Re: [gentoo-user] xf86-video-intel-2.8 and compiz -> hard locks

2009-07-24 Thread Zhu Sha Zang
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Albert Hopkins escreveu: > I forgot to mention. This seems to be compiz-specific. If I run > metacity, even with metacity's compositing manager enabled, I don't > experience this issue. > > -a > > > > I cannot help you cos i have a intel graphic adap

Re: [gentoo-user] xf86-video-intel-2.8 and compiz -> hard locks

2009-07-24 Thread Albert Hopkins
I forgot to mention. This seems to be compiz-specific. If I run metacity, even with metacity's compositing manager enabled, I don't experience this issue. -a

Re: [gentoo-user] DontZap and Ctrl+Alt+Bs

2009-07-24 Thread Igor Nemilentsev
> > I don't know but do fedora's developers have an very serious > > influence on Xorg development ? > > According to man xorg.conf, DontVTSwitch and DontZap both default to off. > I can see the use for such options, when you don't want your users > exiting X or even specific programs, but the

Re: [gentoo-user] DontZap and Ctrl+Alt+Bs

2009-07-24 Thread Stroller
On 24 Jul 2009, at 12:53, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: ... Because ctrl+alt+backspace ... poor stupid people hit it accidentally (and what happens when you do it in windows?). In Windows it (nowadays) takes you to a menu, which you can easily escape out of. That menu allows you to lock the sc

Re: [gentoo-user] Umlaut trouble in filenames

2009-07-24 Thread Alex Schuster
Again, I have some problem with umlauts, this time with remote files I want to download via FTP. In KDE4, Dolphin and konqueror are unable to read the file. I can get it manually via command line ftp, but then again dolphin or ark are unable to do anything with it. No big problem, I can rename t

[gentoo-user] xf86-video-intel-2.8 and compiz -> hard locks

2009-07-24 Thread Albert Hopkins
Am I the only one experiencing this? I upgraded xf86-video-intel to 2.8.0. After this and other upgrades I noticed my X/GNOME/compiz session kept locking up. It took me a while to deduce it down to the intel driver. Basically what happens this.. shortly after going into X and launching compiz t

Re: [gentoo-user] DontZap and Ctrl+Alt+Bs

2009-07-24 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Freitag 24 Juli 2009, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:16:34 +0300 (EEST), Igor Nemilentsev wrote: > > > complain to the fedora idiots who thought that zapping is not needed > > > anymore? > > > > I don't know but do fedora's developers have an very serious > > influence on Xor

Re: [gentoo-user] DontZap and Ctrl+Alt+Bs

2009-07-24 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 24 Jul, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:16:34 +0300 (EEST), Igor Nemilentsev wrote: > >> > complain to the fedora idiots who thought that zapping is not needed >> > anymore? >> I don't know but do fedora's developers have an very serious >> influence on Xorg development ? >

Re: [gentoo-user] DontZap and Ctrl+Alt+Bs

2009-07-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:16:34 +0300 (EEST), Igor Nemilentsev wrote: > > complain to the fedora idiots who thought that zapping is not needed > > anymore? > I don't know but do fedora's developers have an very serious > influence on Xorg development ? According to man xorg.conf, DontVTSwitch

Re: [gentoo-user] DontZap and Ctrl+Alt+Bs

2009-07-24 Thread Igor Nemilentsev
> > I have emerged x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.2 with '+hal'. > > I have into xorg.conf > > Section "ServerFlags" > >Option "DontZap" "false" > > EndSection > > > > Nonetheless the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace combination > > doesn't work. > > Can someone give me advice? > > complain to the fedora idiots wh

Re: [gentoo-user] DontZap and Ctrl+Alt+Bs

2009-07-24 Thread Igor Nemilentsev
On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > AFAIK, the DontZap option applies to the key sequences > to switch to a different terminal. No, the Ctrl+Alt+Fn sequence behaviour is changed with the option Option "DontVTSwitch" > I have the same problem here (same configuration), i.e. > do

[gentoo-user] Enable DRI on HP Presario 2200 with PCI graphics?

2009-07-24 Thread James Homuth
I'm trying to configure xorg-server-1.5.3-r6 to use DRI on a 5-year-old notebook with a PCI graphics card, but the only documentation I've been able to track down that means anything assumes you're using AGP. I've installed the Intel video drivers for xorg-server, and built the ones I could find in

Re: [gentoo-user] DontZap and Ctrl+Alt+Bs

2009-07-24 Thread Dale
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Freitag 24 Juli 2009, Igor Nemilentsev wrote: > >> Hi, list >> I have emerged x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.2 with '+hal'. >> I have into xorg.conf >> Section "ServerFlags" >>Option "DontZap" "false" >> EndSection >> >> Nonetheless the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace combinati

Re: [gentoo-user] DontZap and Ctrl+Alt+Bs

2009-07-24 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Freitag 24 Juli 2009, Igor Nemilentsev wrote: > Hi, list > I have emerged x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.2 with '+hal'. > I have into xorg.conf > Section "ServerFlags" >Option "DontZap" "false" > EndSection > > Nonetheless the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace combination > doesn't work. > Can someone give me ad

Re: [gentoo-user] DontZap and Ctrl+Alt+Bs

2009-07-24 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 24 Jul, Igor Nemilentsev wrote: > Hi, list > I have emerged x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.2 with '+hal'. > I have into xorg.conf > Section "ServerFlags" >Option "DontZap" "false" > EndSection > > Nonetheless the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace combination > doesn't work. > Can someone give me advice? AFAIK,

[gentoo-user] DontZap and Ctrl+Alt+Bs

2009-07-24 Thread Igor Nemilentsev
Hi, list I have emerged x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.2 with '+hal'. I have into xorg.conf Section "ServerFlags" Option "DontZap" "false" EndSection Nonetheless the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace combination doesn't work. Can someone give me advice?