Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody tried shake defragmenter?

2009-08-04 Thread Dan Farrell
On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 16:48:06 -0700 Grant wrote: > It never > made a sound before, but now there's a rhythmic grinding sound when > miro is running, maybe because the HD is more full now. In my experience, the rate of change of hard drive access volume is inversely proportional with the drive's

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Remove stranded gcc-config's?

2009-08-04 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 04 August 2009, Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 4:35 PM, walt wrote: >> > On 08/03/2009 03:51 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> Again as history, I first noticed this issue when emerging gcc-4.3.2. >> >> I had 4.1.2 on the system, in

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering a deleted file.

2009-08-04 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 04 August 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 04 August 2009 17:24:13 sean wrote: > > Some friends, who are trying out Linux on their home system, > > accidentally deleted some pictures on their camera memory card, while it > > was plugged into the camera. > > > > Is there any softwa

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Remove stranded gcc-config's?

2009-08-04 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 04 August 2009, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 4:35 PM, walt wrote: > > On 08/03/2009 03:51 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> Again as history, I first noticed this issue when emerging gcc-4.3.2. > >> I had 4.1.2 on the system, in use, as well as these old line items in > >> gcc-c

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Links not working from Thunderbird-2.0.0.22 to Firefox-3.5

2009-08-04 Thread David
walt wrote: On 08/04/2009 05:15 AM, Jacques Montier wrote: Hi all, Since i upgraded Firefox to Firefox-3.5-r1, my links from Thunderbird to Firefox don't work anymore. In Thunderbird-2.0.0.22 : Edition -> Preferences -> Advanced -> General -> Configuration Editor, i get : network.protocol

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox Display Broken After xorg Upgrade

2009-08-04 Thread Al
Drew Tomlinson wrote: > I'm not sure where to start. I upgraded from xorg 1.4 to xorg 1.6. I > also followed the ATI Migration guide at > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/ati-migration-guide.xml. > > Everything seems fine except now Virtualbox 3.0.2 guest displays are > unreadable.

Re: [gentoo-user] How can I steer the sequence of modules to load

2009-08-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 20:26:03 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > put the right order into /etc/conf.d/modules? You may also need to block them from hotplugging too, to prevent that loading them earlier and in the wrong order. -- Neil Bothwick A friend in need may turn out to be a nuisance.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How do I find new packages?

2009-08-04 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 2:59 PM, wrote: > On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 07:46:51PM +, James wrote: > >> Well I'm not sure about that mechanism. What I do, when I want new software >> that is already in a ebuild is this: > > I do that when I have specific categories or even programs in mind. > What I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How do I find new packages?

2009-08-04 Thread felix
On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 07:46:51PM +, James wrote: > Well I'm not sure about that mechanism. What I do, when I want new software > that is already in a ebuild is this: I do that when I have specific categories or even programs in mind. What I am more after here is just curiousity of what new

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I find new packages?

2009-08-04 Thread Philip Webb
090804 fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > There used to be a package which ran after a sync > to report new and updated packages. > At some point a year ago or so, it disappeared. > I have long since forgotten its name. I always update Portage via 'eix-sync', which does what you want. -- ===

[gentoo-user] Re: How do I find new packages?

2009-08-04 Thread James
crowfix.com> writes: > There used to be a package which ran after a sync to report new and > updated packages. Well I'm not sure about that mechanism. What I do, when I want new software that is already in a ebuild is this: look into the dir that contains all software in a given category /

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering a deleted file.

2009-08-04 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 04 August 2009 17:24:13 sean wrote: > Some friends, who are trying out Linux on their home system, > accidentally deleted some pictures on their camera memory card, while it > was plugged into the camera. > > Is there any software to recover a deleted file off of a memory card in > such

Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody tried shake defragmenter?

2009-08-04 Thread Grant
I know Linux systems aren't supposed to become fragmented, but I've also read that it can happen eventually.  I'm on ext3.  I've read that ext4 will have a defragmenter but that it doesn't have one yet. >>> >>> It's not that they aren't supposed to become fragmented, it is that >>> t

Re: [gentoo-user] How can I steer the sequence of modules to load

2009-08-04 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Dienstag 04 August 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > I have trouble to start the usb-audio interface of my Webcam > (PS3 Eye). Sometimes it works...must of the time it does not. > > I compared the dmesg outputs of the good and bad case and > it seems, the a certain sequence of modul

[gentoo-user] How can I steer the sequence of modules to load

2009-08-04 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, I have trouble to start the usb-audio interface of my Webcam (PS3 Eye). Sometimes it works...must of the time it does not. I compared the dmesg outputs of the good and bad case and it seems, the a certain sequence of module loading will give me a chance to success. How can I urge the

[gentoo-user] Re: bash stopped running python scripts...

2009-08-04 Thread Remy Blank
Mike Edenfield wrote: > Though I dunno what that means for Gentoo/FreeBSD. It means that relying on linux-only, non-POSIX compliant behavior is a very bad idea ;-) -- Remy signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering a deleted file.

2009-08-04 Thread sean
Jesús Guerrero wrote: >> > > photorec is probably perfect for this concrete task. > > http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec > Thanks, I will pass it on.

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering a deleted file.

2009-08-04 Thread Jesús Guerrero
On Tue, August 4, 2009 17:24, sean wrote: > > Some friends, who are trying out Linux on their home system, > accidentally deleted some pictures on their camera memory card, while it > was plugged into the camera. > > Is there any software to recover a deleted file off of a memory card in > such a

[gentoo-user] Recovering a deleted file.

2009-08-04 Thread sean
Some friends, who are trying out Linux on their home system, accidentally deleted some pictures on their camera memory card, while it was plugged into the camera. Is there any software to recover a deleted file off of a memory card in such a circumstance? I already told them not to use the card

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Links not working from Thunderbird-2.0.0.22 to Firefox-3.5

2009-08-04 Thread Jacques Montier
walt a gentiment tapote: > On 08/04/2009 05:15 AM, Jacques Montier wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Since i upgraded Firefox to Firefox-3.5-r1, my links from Thunderbird to >> Firefox don't work anymore. >> In Thunderbird-2.0.0.22 : Edition -> Preferences -> Advanced -> >> General >> -> Configuration Ed

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I find new packages?

2009-08-04 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:35 AM, wrote: > On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 08:52:37AM +, Jacob Todd wrote: > >> It sounds like you're thinking of the eix-diff application that comes with >> eix. >> When using eix-sync, it's run after the sync is complete to update the eix >> database; but it can be run

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I find new packages?

2009-08-04 Thread Jesús Guerrero
On Tue, August 4, 2009 16:35, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 08:52:37AM +, Jacob Todd wrote: > > >> It sounds like you're thinking of the eix-diff application that comes >> with eix. When using eix-sync, it's run after the sync is complete to >> update the eix database; but

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I find new packages?

2009-08-04 Thread Gregory SACRE
http://packages.gentoo.org/gentoo.rss HTH, Greg On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 4:27 PM, wrote: > On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 08:49:26AM -0400, Saphirus Sage wrote: > >> If you're just looking for updated packages "emerge -au world" would >> certainly do that. > > Nah, that only shows updated packages I hav

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I find new packages?

2009-08-04 Thread felix
On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 08:52:37AM +, Jacob Todd wrote: > It sounds like you're thinking of the eix-diff application that comes with > eix. > When using eix-sync, it's run after the sync is complete to update the eix > database; but it can be run by itself. To update a eix database, run 'eix-

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I find new packages?

2009-08-04 Thread felix
On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 08:49:26AM -0400, Saphirus Sage wrote: > If you're just looking for updated packages "emerge -au world" would > certainly do that. Nah, that only shows updated packages I have already installed. I am curious about packages which I haven't installed. -- ... _

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Virtualbox Display Broken After xorg Upgrade

2009-08-04 Thread Drew Tomlinson
walt wrote: > On 08/03/2009 11:53 PM, Drew Tomlinson wrote: >> I'm not sure where to start. I upgraded from xorg 1.4 to xorg 1.6. I >> also followed the ATI Migration guide at >> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/ati-migration-guide.xml. >> >> Everything seems fine except now Virtualbox

[gentoo-user] Re: Links not working from Thunderbird-2.0.0.22 to Firefox-3.5

2009-08-04 Thread walt
On 08/04/2009 05:15 AM, Jacques Montier wrote: Hi all, Since i upgraded Firefox to Firefox-3.5-r1, my links from Thunderbird to Firefox don't work anymore. In Thunderbird-2.0.0.22 : Edition -> Preferences -> Advanced -> General -> Configuration Editor, i get : network.protocol-handler.app.ht

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: bash stopped running python scripts...

2009-08-04 Thread Mike Edenfield
On 8/4/2009 7:13 AM, Graham Murray wrote: Remy Blank writes: The whole issue seems to be handled quite strangely IMO. You would think breaking Python for all ~x86 is a major offense... It did not break for all ~x86. I have 2 systems both running ~x86, both have emerged (but not made active)

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I find new packages?

2009-08-04 Thread Jacob Todd
On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 01:46:43AM -0700, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > There used to be a package which ran after a sync to report new and > updated packages. At some point a year ago or so, it disappeared. I > have long since forgotten its name. > > Is there some way to do this now? I could prob

[gentoo-user] Re: Virtualbox Display Broken After xorg Upgrade

2009-08-04 Thread walt
On 08/03/2009 11:53 PM, Drew Tomlinson wrote: I'm not sure where to start. I upgraded from xorg 1.4 to xorg 1.6. I also followed the ATI Migration guide at http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/ati-migration-guide.xml. Everything seems fine except now Virtualbox 3.0.2 guest displays are

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I find new packages?

2009-08-04 Thread Saphirus Sage
fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > There used to be a package which ran after a sync to report new and > updated packages. At some point a year ago or so, it disappeared. I > have long since forgotten its name. > > Is there some way to do this now? I could probably write some script > to simply search /

[gentoo-user] How do I find new packages?

2009-08-04 Thread felix
There used to be a package which ran after a sync to report new and updated packages. At some point a year ago or so, it disappeared. I have long since forgotten its name. Is there some way to do this now? I could probably write some script to simply search /usr/portage for ebuilds which were m

[gentoo-user] Links not working from Thunderbird-2.0.0.22 to Firefox-3.5

2009-08-04 Thread Jacques Montier
Hi all, Since i upgraded Firefox to Firefox-3.5-r1, my links from Thunderbird to Firefox don't work anymore. In Thunderbird-2.0.0.22 : Edition -> Preferences -> Advanced -> General -> Configuration Editor, i get : network.protocol-handler.app.http type chain with /usr/bin/firefox. Nothing happens

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: bash stopped running python scripts...

2009-08-04 Thread Graham Murray
Remy Blank writes: > The whole issue seems to be handled quite strangely IMO. You would think > breaking Python for all ~x86 is a major offense... It did not break for all ~x86. I have 2 systems both running ~x86, both have emerged (but not made active) python-3.1, /usr/bin/python is a bash scri

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anybody tried shake defragmenter?

2009-08-04 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Montag 03 August 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Monday 03 August 2009 23:16:05 Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2009-08-03, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > On Monday 03 August 2009 23:05:02 Paul Hartman wrote: > > >> The time-honored way of fixing this is "backup, delete, > > >> restore". In my case my

Re: [gentoo-user] bash stopped running python scripts...

2009-08-04 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 04 August 2009 00:08:48 Mike Edenfield wrote: > > I have the identical file, it works here. > > That's very odd, as everything I've read over the past hour indicates > that it's not supposed to work if you put a shell script in that line, > but that's clearly not always true. I didn't d