Re: [gentoo-user] Amazon Streaming broken, need hal-0.5.14-gentoo-patches-5.tar.bz2

2012-02-11 Thread Grant
>> I added the layman overlays multilib and kde-sunset in order to >> install hal, but the emerge fails because it can't download >> hal-0.5.14-gentoo-patches-5.tar.bz2.  The following thread provides a >> few links to this file but they no longer work, and I tried >> downloading hal-0.5.14-gentoo-

Re: [gentoo-user] Amazon Streaming broken, need hal-0.5.14-gentoo-patches-5.tar.bz2

2012-02-11 Thread Grant
> >>> I do recognize my willingness to live with DRM is quite different than >>> many of my Linux friends. For that I apologize. I guess I should be >>> more militant... >> >> Nah!  No need to apologise.  Respecting the wishes of the content creators >> when you don't *have* to makes you more mili

Re: [gentoo-user] HTPC and Gentoo

2012-02-11 Thread Alecks Gates
On Feb 11, 2012 6:54 PM, "Michael Mol" wrote: > > So I've got Inara in position to be my HTPC box. Tried installing > MythTV, but I can't make heads or tails of how to have it do the > things I'd like it to do: > > * Play DVDs inserted into the DVD drive > * Hit streaming websites like Netflix, Hu

[gentoo-user] HTPC and Gentoo

2012-02-11 Thread Michael Mol
So I've got Inara in position to be my HTPC box. Tried installing MythTV, but I can't make heads or tails of how to have it do the things I'd like it to do: * Play DVDs inserted into the DVD drive * Hit streaming websites like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Youtube, etc. * Play video and audio files

Re: [gentoo-user] Amazon Streaming broken, need hal-0.5.14-gentoo-patches-5.tar.bz2

2012-02-11 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Mick wrote: > On Saturday 11 Feb 2012 19:59:14 Mark Knecht wrote: >> I do recognize my willingness to live with DRM is quite different than >> many of my Linux friends. For that I apologize. I guess I should be >> more militant... > > Nah!  No need to apologise.

Re: [gentoo-user] Amazon Streaming broken, need hal-0.5.14-gentoo-patches-5.tar.bz2

2012-02-11 Thread Mick
On Saturday 11 Feb 2012 19:59:14 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Richard Cox wrote: > > > >> I've just tried a number of videos I've never watched before. I don't > >> receive any messages about "Updating Player" and they all played just > >> fine. However I then tried you

Re: [gentoo-user] Amazon Streaming broken, need hal-0.5.14-gentoo-patches-5.tar.bz2

2012-02-11 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Richard Cox wrote: >>> >> I've just tried a number of videos I've never watched before. I don't >> receive any messages about "Updating Player" and they all played just >> fine. However I then tried your Wonder Years stuff and that failed as >> described. >> >> U

Re: [gentoo-user] Amazon Streaming broken, need hal-0.5.14-gentoo-patches-5.tar.bz2

2012-02-11 Thread Richard Cox
On 02/11/2012 01:18 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Grant wrote: Amazon Streaming is broken and installing hal fixes it according to the following thread: http://www.amazon.com/forum/amazon%20video%20on%20demand?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx3EQAX98ED5WQ3&c

Re: [gentoo-user] Amazon Streaming broken, need hal-0.5.14-gentoo-patches-5.tar.bz2

2012-02-11 Thread Paul Hartman
On 02/11/2012 01:09 AM, Grant wrote: > Amazon Streaming is broken and installing hal fixes it according to > the following thread: > > http://www.amazon.com/forum/amazon%20video%20on%20demand?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx3EQAX98ED5WQ3&cdPage=1&cdSort=newest&cdThread=TxFTGOK5LRL3JM > > I added the lay

[gentoo-user] Re: KMail

2012-02-11 Thread Jörg Schaible
Mick wrote: > On Saturday 11 Feb 2012 07:47:41 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> Am Donnerstag, 9. Februar 2012, 18:33:12 schrieb Daniel D Jones: >> > I was one of those bitten by the upgrade to KMail back in October. >> > After spending nearly two days without access to email while trying to >> > g

Re: [gentoo-user] Amazon Streaming broken, need hal-0.5.14-gentoo-patches-5.tar.bz2

2012-02-11 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Grant wrote: >>> Amazon Streaming is broken and installing hal fixes it according to >>> the following thread: >>> >>> http://www.amazon.com/forum/amazon%20video%20on%20demand?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx3EQAX98ED5WQ3&cdPage=1&cdSort=newest&cdThread=TxFTGOK5LRL3JM >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] Amazon Streaming broken, need hal-0.5.14-gentoo-patches-5.tar.bz2

2012-02-11 Thread Grant
>> Amazon Streaming is broken and installing hal fixes it according to >> the following thread: >> >> http://www.amazon.com/forum/amazon%20video%20on%20demand?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx3EQAX98ED5WQ3&cdPage=1&cdSort=newest&cdThread=TxFTGOK5LRL3JM >> >> I added the layman overlays multilib and kde-sun

Re: [gentoo-user] Amazon Streaming broken, need hal-0.5.14-gentoo-patches-5.tar.bz2

2012-02-11 Thread Grant
>> I added the layman overlays multilib and kde-sunset in order to >> install hal, but the emerge fails because it can't download >> hal-0.5.14-gentoo-patches-5.tar.bz2.  The following thread provides a >> few links to this file but they no longer work, and I tried >> downloading hal-0.5.14-gentoo-

Re: [gentoo-user] Amazon Streaming broken, need hal-0.5.14-gentoo-patches-5.tar.bz2

2012-02-11 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:09 PM, Grant wrote: > Amazon Streaming is broken and installing hal fixes it according to > the following thread: > > http://www.amazon.com/forum/amazon%20video%20on%20demand?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx3EQAX98ED5WQ3&cdPage=1&cdSort=newest&cdThread=TxFTGOK5LRL3JM > > I adde

Re: [gentoo-user] Amazon Streaming broken, need hal-0.5.14-gentoo-patches-5.tar.bz2

2012-02-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:09:04 -0800, Grant wrote: > I added the layman overlays multilib and kde-sunset in order to > install hal, but the emerge fails because it can't download > hal-0.5.14-gentoo-patches-5.tar.bz2. The following thread provides a > few links to this file but they no longer work,

Re: [gentoo-user] (s)mplayer problems

2012-02-11 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 02/11/2012 11:12:38 AM, Alex Schuster wrote: > Helmut Jarausch writes: > > > Sorry, but now I'm completely confused. > > I've emerge mplayer2 and it DOES play video and SOUND ! > > But smplayer2 doesn't play sound - no idea why since it invokes > > mplayer2, doesn't it? > > Not as default. Yo

Re: [gentoo-user] (s)mplayer problems

2012-02-11 Thread Alex Schuster
Helmut Jarausch writes: > Sorry, but now I'm completely confused. > I've emerge mplayer2 and it DOES play video and SOUND ! > But smplayer2 doesn't play sound - no idea why since it invokes > mplayer2, doesn't it? Not as default. You have to define the player in the settings dialog. Won

Re: [gentoo-user] (s)mplayer problems

2012-02-11 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 02/10/2012 10:22:42 AM, Carlos Hendson wrote: > On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 09:31 +0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > Many thanks, the workaround mentioned in this link fixes the > segment > > > fault. > > Still, audio doesn't work, yet. > > It seems mplayer doesn't have the codec required for the W

Re: [gentoo-user] KMail

2012-02-11 Thread Mick
On Saturday 11 Feb 2012 07:47:41 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 9. Februar 2012, 18:33:12 schrieb Daniel D Jones: > > I was one of those bitten by the upgrade to KMail back in October. After > > spending nearly two days without access to email while trying to get the > > upgrade and