Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Good fast IDE hard drive but cheap and BIG.

2009-09-23 Thread Dale
kashani wrote: > Dale wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I recently got DSL and youtube is growing on me. LOL I been trying to >> find a really good hard drive that is around 400 to 500Gb and pretty >> fast. It has to be a IDE drive, you know, the big wide cables. I don't >> have SATA on this rig. >> >> I hav

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Good fast IDE hard drive but cheap and BIG.

2009-09-23 Thread Dale
Paul Hartman wrote: > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Dale wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I recently got DSL and youtube is growing on me. LOL I been trying to >> find a really good hard drive that is around 400 to 500Gb and pretty >> fast. It has to be a IDE drive, you know, the big wide cables.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Good fast IDE hard drive but cheap and BIG.

2009-09-23 Thread kashani
Dale wrote: Hi, I recently got DSL and youtube is growing on me. LOL I been trying to find a really good hard drive that is around 400 to 500Gb and pretty fast. It has to be a IDE drive, you know, the big wide cables. I don't have SATA on this rig. I have a Maxtor that I like and is pretty

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Good fast IDE hard drive but cheap and BIG.

2009-09-23 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Dale wrote: > Hi, > > I recently got DSL and youtube is growing on me. LOL I been trying to > find a really good hard drive that is around 400 to 500Gb and pretty > fast. It has to be a IDE drive, you know, the big wide cables. I don't > have SATA on this rig.

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.3.1 : Gwenview & Krusader problems

2009-09-23 Thread Philip Webb
090923 Willie Wong wrote: > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:41:52PM -0400, Penguin Lover Philip Webb squawked: >> It looks as if the U server has an earlier version of the software. > Egads, this is U Toronto? Still using ssh-1? It's IRIX 5.3 & seems to be left with minimal maintenance (it works). >

[gentoo-user] KDE 4.3.1 : further queries

2009-09-23 Thread Philip Webb
Thanks for the advice so far. Here are some more obstacles encountered. Kworldview : no longer an independent app (as in 3.5.10), but seems to have been incorporated into Marble (no problem with that). I have a file '/usr/share/kde4/services/plasma-applet-kworldclock.desktop', which belongs to Ma

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: iptables w/ 2 web servers

2009-09-23 Thread Stroller
On 23 Sep 2009, at 22:35, James wrote: ... I have one static IP ... Could someone post some simple iptable examples of how to route 2 different web server traffic streams to 2 different machines? Both are inside the same DMZ2 different machines with different (NAT) IP addresses. Can't be

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.3.1 : Gwenview & Krusader problems

2009-09-23 Thread Stroller
On 23 Sep 2009, at 09:33, Willie Wong wrote: On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:41:52PM -0400, Penguin Lover Philip Webb squawked: ... It looks as if the U server has an earlier version of the software. Egads, this is U Toronto? Still using ssh-1? I read it as only indicating that the /home/pur

[gentoo-user] kvm and intel E5450 processor

2009-09-23 Thread James Erickson
today i installed two quad core Intel Xeon E5450's (Harpertown). i notice in /proc/cpuinfo i no longer have a vmx flag as i had with my previous Intel E5405's. i have also noticed that my /dev/kvm device is no longer created. VT is enabled in the bios. the data for the E5450's states that they hav

[gentoo-user] [OT] Good fast IDE hard drive but cheap and BIG.

2009-09-23 Thread Dale
Hi, I recently got DSL and youtube is growing on me. LOL I been trying to find a really good hard drive that is around 400 to 500Gb and pretty fast. It has to be a IDE drive, you know, the big wide cables. I don't have SATA on this rig. I have a Maxtor that I like and is pretty fast but it ap

Re: [gentoo-user] Login prompt customization

2009-09-23 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, >Is the text used for the login prompt at the boot console hardwired > or is there someplace - preferably a text file - where that could be > customized? > > Thanks, > Mark > > > Check into /etc/issue and see if that helps. There may be a man page for the options.

Re: [gentoo-user] Login prompt customization

2009-09-23 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Donnerstag 24 September 2009, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, >Is the text used for the login prompt at the boot console hardwired > or is there someplace - preferably a text file - where that could be > customized? > > Thanks, > Mark > it can be customzied and it is explained on www.gentoo.org.

[gentoo-user] Login prompt customization

2009-09-23 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, Is the text used for the login prompt at the boot console hardwired or is there someplace - preferably a text file - where that could be customized? Thanks, Mark

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: libjpeg, 6 vs 7, and emacs

2009-09-23 Thread felix
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 01:22:00PM -0700, walt wrote: > ldd is actually recursive and lists not only the libs linked to > emacs directly but also they libs *they* are linked to. I should have thought of that. Alrighty, I'll go dig 'em up. -- ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. .

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: iptables w/ 2 web servers

2009-09-23 Thread kashani
James wrote: Hello, I have one static IP with DNS (primary and secondary) performed by my isp. I'm setting up a second web server with a different domain name. It is setup already by the ISP for DNS. Could someone post some simple iptable examples of how to route 2 different web server traffic

[gentoo-user] OT: iptables w/ 2 web servers

2009-09-23 Thread James
Hello, I have one static IP with DNS (primary and secondary) performed by my isp. I'm setting up a second web server with a different domain name. It is setup already by the ISP for DNS. Could someone post some simple iptable examples of how to route 2 different web server traffic streams to 2 d

Re: [gentoo-user] opening port 8000

2009-09-23 Thread Kyle Adams
Maxim Wexler wrote: > Hi group, > > Shoutcast doesn't connect. nmap reveals all my ports are closed. How > to open port 8000? > netstat -a doesn't mention it. > > Maxim Wexler > > ps sorry if another similar post made it to the list; I was typing > away and it just disappeared, honest > > > Coup

[gentoo-user] Re: opening port 8000

2009-09-23 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/23/2009 11:38 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: Hi group, Shoutcast doesn't connect. nmap reveals all my ports are closed. How to open port 8000? netstat -a doesn't mention it. You mean you have a shoutcast server running on your machine? Are you behind a NAT? To see if you're behind a NAT, ty

Re: [gentoo-user] opening port 8000

2009-09-23 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: > Hi group, > > Shoutcast doesn't connect. nmap reveals all my ports are closed. How > to open port 8000? > netstat -a doesn't mention it. > > Maxim Wexler > > ps sorry if another similar post made it to the list; I was typing > away and it just

Re: [gentoo-user] opening port 8000

2009-09-23 Thread Justin
Maxim Wexler wrote: > Hi group, > > Shoutcast doesn't connect. nmap reveals all my ports are closed. How > to open port 8000? > netstat -a doesn't mention it. > > Maxim Wexler > > ps sorry if another similar post made it to the list; I was typing > away and it just disappeared, honest > Assumin

[gentoo-user] opening port 8000

2009-09-23 Thread Maxim Wexler
Hi group, Shoutcast doesn't connect. nmap reveals all my ports are closed. How to open port 8000? netstat -a doesn't mention it. Maxim Wexler ps sorry if another similar post made it to the list; I was typing away and it just disappeared, honest

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: upgrade of xfce4 degrades terminal[FIXED - almost]

2009-09-23 Thread Maxim Wexler
> root:566 ~> emerge -pv x11-terms/terminal > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild N ] dev-util/xfce4-dev-tools-4.6.0 61 kB > [ebuild R ] x11-terms/terminal-0.4.0 USE="dbus -debug -doc (-nls%)" Ok, that restored my

[gentoo-user] Re: libjpeg, 6 vs 7, and emacs

2009-09-23 Thread walt
On 09/23/2009 10:14 AM, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: Gentoo updates refuse to install both versions 6 and 7 of jpeg, and I have found that certain applications, like emacs, refuse to remerge with -7 so I have been refusing the -7 update for a month or two now. Every once in a while, one slips by me,

[gentoo-user] Re: ati-drivers to radeon

2009-09-23 Thread James
Nikos Chantziaras arcor.de> writes: <*> ATI Radeon display support │ │ │ │[*] DDC/I2C for ATI Radeon support (NEW) │ │ │ │[*] Support for backlight control (NEW) Thanks. James

[gentoo-user] Re: Does Firefox call Google?

2009-09-23 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 09/23/2009 05:16 AM, Grant wrote: Does Firefox periodically make Google requests for some reason? The person logging in says they aren't attempting to access Google, and the home page is not set to go there. Does anyone know why this might be happening? If you haven’t disabled it, Firefox

Re: [gentoo-user] libjpeg, 6 vs 7, and emacs

2009-09-23 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 12:14 PM, wrote: > Gentoo updates refuse to install both versions 6 and 7 of jpeg, > and I have found that certain applications, like emacs, refuse > to remerge with -7 so I have been refusing the -7 update for a > month or two now. Every once in a while, one slips by me,

[gentoo-user] libjpeg, 6 vs 7, and emacs

2009-09-23 Thread felix
Gentoo updates refuse to install both versions 6 and 7 of jpeg, and I have found that certain applications, like emacs, refuse to remerge with -7 so I have been refusing the -7 update for a month or two now. Every once in a while, one slips by me, usually because I forget to remove thunderbird fro

Re: [gentoo-user] Does Firefox call Google?

2009-09-23 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: >> Am Mittwoch, 23. September 2009 schrieb KH: >>> Grant schrieb: >>> > [snip] and the home page is not set to go there.[snip] >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> does this also include stuff like

Re: [gentoo-user] Does Firefox call Google?

2009-09-23 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 23. September 2009 schrieb KH: >> Grant schrieb: >> > [snip] and the home page is not set to go there.[snip] >> >> Hi, >> >> does this also include stuff like google analytics? Like are there adds >> on the homepage? > > I

Re: [gentoo-user] Does Firefox call Google?

2009-09-23 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Mittwoch, 23. September 2009 schrieb KH: > Grant schrieb: > > [snip] and the home page is not set to go there.[snip] > > Hi, > > does this also include stuff like google analytics? Like are there adds > on the homepage? I'm blocking all requests to google analytics with NoScript. Google doesn’

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [ot General Textmode q]

2009-09-23 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > No one responded about the possibility of using the keyboard to do the > paste ... and man gpm is silent about it as well, does that mean its > not really possible to copy with mouse and paste with keyboard? The only way I can think is to use

Re: [gentoo-user] Does Firefox call Google?

2009-09-23 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:45 AM, Grant wrote: > > Does anyone know if Firefox downloads its website lists from Google? I think in FF1 and FF2 it would periodically download a list of "bad" URLs (FF1) or a list of hashes of bad domain names (FF1 and FF2) and check the local list for hits. In FF3 I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Hints on setting up mythweb?

2009-09-23 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2009-09-23, Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Grant Edwards >> wrote: >>> On 2009-09-23, Grant Edwards wrote: >> And it failed. ??Mythbackend doesn't seem to know where to put the recorded files... >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: upgrade of xfce4 degrades terminal

2009-09-23 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 6:40 PM, walt wrote: > On 09/21/2009 09:13 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: >> >> Opens an identical xterm. In the original terminal it says >> >> Warning: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct >> >> before spawning the new terminal. >> >> Search results inconclusive. BTW

[gentoo-user] Re: Hints on setting up mythweb?

2009-09-23 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-09-23, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Grant Edwards > wrote: >> On 2009-09-23, Grant Edwards wrote: > >>> >>> And it failed. ??Mythbackend doesn't seem to know where to put >>> the recorded files... >> >> Bitten again by permissions. ??I forgot to set the ownership

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.3.1 : Gwenview & Krusader problems

2009-09-23 Thread Willie Wong
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:41:52PM -0400, Penguin Lover Philip Webb squawked: > debug1: Remote protocol version 1.5, remote software version 1.2.17 > debug1: no match: 1.2.17 > Protocol major versions differ: 2 vs. 1 > Couldn't read packet: Connection reset by peer > > It looks as if the U

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [ot General Textmode q]

2009-09-23 Thread Willie Wong
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 08:56:20PM -0500, Penguin Lover Harry Putnam squawked: > No one responded about the possibility of using the keyboard to do the > paste ... and man gpm is silent about it as well, does that mean its > not really possible to copy with mouse and paste with keyboard? I am not

Re: [gentoo-user] Does Firefox call Google?

2009-09-23 Thread Grant
>> [snip]  and the home page is not set to go there.[snip] > > Hi, > > does this also include stuff like google analytics? Like are there adds on > the homepage? Good question, I will test for that. Does anyone know if Firefox downloads its website lists from Google? - Grant