Re: [gentoo-user] compiz-fusion [SOLVED]

2010-05-29 Thread Hung Dang
Thanks a lot. After I set windowmanager to compiz everything seems to be OK now. Hung On 05/29/10 06:58, Ngoc Nguyen Bao wrote: > On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Hung Dang wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I try to set up compiz-fussion with GNOME desktop using information from >> wiki page ( http:

Re: [gentoo-user] replacement for pdftk

2010-05-29 Thread Philip Webb
100529 Dan Johansson wrote: > After a recent upgrade of Gcc 4.3.4 -> 4.4.3-r2 on an amd64, > Pdftk won't compile anymore. Have you filed a bug ? What is its number ? > Although I like the Pdftk I'm looking for a replacement, > as Pdftk is no more maintained (last release November 28, 2006). I

Re: [gentoo-user] xargs and rm funkiness

2010-05-29 Thread Daniel D Jones
On Saturday 29 May 2010 14:59:16 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 29 May 2010 17:05:34 Daniel D Jones wrote: ... > > -exec (which potentially has problems with race conditions - -execdir > > should almost always be used instead) runs the command once for each file > > found. xargs will call the c

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Harddisk trouble ... or not yet?

2010-05-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 29 Mai 2010, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 29 May 2010 10:16:39 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Samstag 29 Mai 2010, Andrea Conti wrote: > > > > ata1.00: failed command: READ DMA > > > > ata1.00: cmd c8/00:80:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 65536 in > > > > > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread Joshua Murphy
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 5:39 AM, Steven wrote: > > > On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Mick wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I run: >> >>  rsync -a -l --delete -v /mnt/Business_dir /media/sdf1 >> >> to back up a directory from a PC to a USB stick.  However, from a cursory >> look >> this *seems* to copy

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Harddisk trouble ... or not yet?

2010-05-29 Thread Andrea Conti
Hi, > I tried these kernels (all vanilla): > 2.6.32.13 > 2.6.33.5 > 2.6.34.0 So it's not a known problem that has been fixed. Just a wild guess... can you try recompiling the kernel *without* pata_via? Some people have reported having problems with sata drives on VIA controllers when pata_via is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Harddisk trouble ... or not yet?

2010-05-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 29 May 2010 10:16:39 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Samstag 29 Mai 2010, Andrea Conti wrote: > > > ata1.00: failed command: READ DMA > > > ata1.00: cmd c8/00:80:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 65536 in > > > > > > res 51/84:4f:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:39:19 Mick wrote: > On Saturday 29 May 2010 10:30:54 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:01:39 Mick wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I run: > > > rsync -a -l --delete -v /mnt/Business_dir /media/sdf1 > > > > > > to back up a directory from a PC to a USB

Re: [gentoo-user] xargs and rm funkiness

2010-05-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 29 May 2010 17:05:34 Daniel D Jones wrote: > On Wednesday 26 May 2010 06:42:08 Joerg Schilling wrote: > > Patrick Holthaus wrote: > > > You might try: > > > > > > find -name *.ext -print0 | xargs -0 rm > > > > But this is non-standard. > > In what way is this non-standard? That is,

Re: [gentoo-user] xargs and rm funkiness

2010-05-29 Thread Joerg Schilling
Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > On Saturday 29 May 2010, Daniel D Jones wrote: > > On Wednesday 26 May 2010 06:42:08 Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > Patrick Holthaus wrote: > > > > You might try: > > > > > > > > find -name *.ext -print0 | xargs -0 rm > > > > > > But this is non-standard. > > > > In what wa

Re: [gentoo-user] xargs and rm funkiness

2010-05-29 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Saturday 29 May 2010, Daniel D Jones wrote: > On Wednesday 26 May 2010 06:42:08 Joerg Schilling wrote: > > Patrick Holthaus wrote: > > > You might try: > > > > > > find -name *.ext -print0 | xargs -0 rm > > > > But this is non-standard. > > In what way is this non-standard? That is, what stan

Re: [gentoo-user] Slim hassle...to login or not to login

2010-05-29 Thread meino . cramer
Dru Kargin [10-05-29 18:08]: > > > Hi, > > > > while installing a new system from ground up on my new harddisc > > I came accross a silly problem: > > > > I have setup X and slim as login manager. I installed openbox > > (no kde/gnome) as session manager. > > > > Slim starts...and: The keyboard a

Re: [gentoo-user] Slim hassle...to login or not to login

2010-05-29 Thread Dru Kargin
> Hi, > > while installing a new system from ground up on my new harddisc > I came accross a silly problem: > > I have setup X and slim as login manager. I installed openbox > (no kde/gnome) as session manager. > > Slim starts...and: The keyboard and the mouse are not responding... > > Same happen

[gentoo-user] Slim hassle...to login or not to login

2010-05-29 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, while installing a new system from ground up on my new harddisc I came accross a silly problem: I have setup X and slim as login manager. I installed openbox (no kde/gnome) as session manager. Slim starts...and: The keyboard and the mouse are not responding... Same happens when I start pla

Re: [gentoo-user] xargs and rm funkiness

2010-05-29 Thread Daniel D Jones
On Wednesday 26 May 2010 06:42:08 Joerg Schilling wrote: > Patrick Holthaus wrote: > > You might try: > > > > find -name *.ext -print0 | xargs -0 rm > > But this is non-standard. In what way is this non-standard? That is, what standard is it contrary to? TMTOWTDI (There's More Than One Way To

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] I could use some OT coaching... retrieve laptop os remotely

2010-05-29 Thread Harry Putnam
Mick writes: > Isn't this an indication that more than the screen was damaged? Did you try > pressing Fn+F4 or whatever the appropriate key is to activate the external > monitor? Did you try rebooting just for good measure? You can disregard my other response. It turns out the laptop does h

Re: [gentoo-user] compiz-fusion

2010-05-29 Thread Ngoc Nguyen Bao
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Hung Dang wrote: > Hi all, > > I try to set up compiz-fussion with GNOME  desktop using information from > wiki page ( http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Compiz-Fusion). Compiz seems to > work , however, I experience the rendering problem and the title bar of > opened

[gentoo-user] replacement for pdftk

2010-05-29 Thread Dan Johansson
After a recent gcc upgrade (4.3.4 -> 4.4.3-r2) on an amd64, pdftk won't compile anymore. Although I like the pdtk I'm looking for a replacement as pdft is no more maintained (last release November 28, 2006). Any suggestions for a good command line tool to manage PDFs like pdftk (split (burst) a

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread David Relson
On Sat, 29 May 2010 10:01:39 +0100 Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I run: > > rsync -a -l --delete -v /mnt/Business_dir /media/sdf1 > > to back up a directory from a PC to a USB stick. However, from a > cursory look this *seems* to copy the complete directory (every time > I run it) and overwrites

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread Mick
On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:34:25 Remy Blank wrote: > Mick wrote: > > Is there a cleverer option I can add to rsync so that it only copies new > > files, overwrites older versions of the same and only deletes any files > > or directories that have been deleted from the source directory? > > See the

[gentoo-user] Re: rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread Remy Blank
Mick wrote: > Is there a cleverer option I can add to rsync so that it only copies new > files, overwrites older versions of the same and only deletes any files or > directories that have been deleted from the source directory? See the --modify-window option in the rsync man page. In particular,

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:01:39 Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I run: > > rsync -a -l --delete -v /mnt/Business_dir /media/sdf1 > > to back up a directory from a PC to a USB stick. However, from a cursory > look this *seems* to copy the complete directory (every time I run it) and > overwrites the

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:01:39 Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I run: > > rsync -a -l --delete -v /mnt/Business_dir /media/sdf1 > > to back up a directory from a PC to a USB stick. However, from a cursory > look this *seems* to copy the complete directory (every time I run it) and > overwrites the

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread meino . cramer
Mick [10-05-29 11:12]: > Hi All, > > I run: > > rsync -a -l --delete -v /mnt/Business_dir /media/sdf1 > > to back up a directory from a PC to a USB stick. However, from a cursory > look > this *seems* to copy the complete directory (every time I run it) and > overwrites the USB stick. Car

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] I could use some OT coaching... retrieve laptop os remotely

2010-05-29 Thread Mick
On Saturday 29 May 2010 03:42:51 Harry Putnam wrote: > Can anyone offer a suggestion as to how I can backup a disk on a > remote laptop running windows vista. > > I've utterly destroyed the laptops screen, even plugging it into an > external monitor... fails. vnc access fails as well. Isn't this

[gentoo-user] compiz-fusion

2010-05-29 Thread Hung Dang
Hi all, I try to set up compiz-fussion with GNOME desktop using information from wiki page ( http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Compiz-Fusion). Compiz seems to work , however, I experience the rendering problem and the title bar of opened applications are missing. I am using compiz version 0.8.6. Any

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread Mick
On Saturday 29 May 2010 10:30:54 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:01:39 Mick wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I run: > > > > rsync -a -l --delete -v /mnt/Business_dir /media/sdf1 > > > > to back up a directory from a PC to a USB stick. However, from a cursory > > look this *seems* to c

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread Steven
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I run: > > rsync -a -l --delete -v /mnt/Business_dir /media/sdf1 > > to back up a directory from a PC to a USB stick. However, from a cursory > look > this *seems* to copy the complete directory (every time I run it) and > overwrites th

[gentoo-user] rsync to a USB stick

2010-05-29 Thread Mick
Hi All, I run: rsync -a -l --delete -v /mnt/Business_dir /media/sdf1 to back up a directory from a PC to a USB stick. However, from a cursory look this *seems* to copy the complete directory (every time I run it) and overwrites the USB stick. Carrying on like this it will life-expire the US

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Harddisk trouble ... or not yet?

2010-05-29 Thread meino . cramer
Andrea Conti [10-05-29 10:08]: > > ata1.00: failed command: READ DMA > > ata1.00: cmd c8/00:80:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 65536 in > > res 51/84:4f:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error) > > ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR } > > ata1.00: error: { ICRC ABRT } > > ata1:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Harddisk trouble ... or not yet?

2010-05-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 29 Mai 2010, Andrea Conti wrote: > > ata1.00: failed command: READ DMA > > ata1.00: cmd c8/00:80:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 65536 in > > > > res 51/84:4f:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus > > error) > > > > ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR } > > ata1

[gentoo-user] binary dependencies [WAS: libpng12 is missing]

2010-05-29 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* András Csányi wrote: Hi folks, > It looks like the libpng package makes problem for other's including me... :$ > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=319029 IMHO this is a generic problem: when multiple slots exist, portage doesnt seem to know which slot/version of some lib a package was

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Harddisk trouble ... or not yet?

2010-05-29 Thread Andrea Conti
> ata1.00: failed command: READ DMA > ata1.00: cmd c8/00:80:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 65536 in > res 51/84:4f:00:3f:c1/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error) > ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR } > ata1.00: error: { ICRC ABRT } > ata1: soft resetting link > ata1.00: configured f