[gentoo-user] Why you use Gentoo

2006-09-07 Thread Chris White
So, wondering why people use Gentoo. Put [dev] or something if you're an actual gentoo dev and [user] if you're a user. Doesn't need to be fancy, you can put "community" or something if that's all you want. All responses off list please. Thanks. -- Chris Wh

Re: [gentoo-user] why does portage depend on the kernel?

2006-04-28 Thread Chris White
should actually be doing it that way). > [ebuild U ] app-misc/pax-utils-0.1.11-r1 [0.1.10] > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/portage-2.0.54-r1 [2.0.54] to get just this: `emerge -u portage` is all you need. > -- > Chris Bare > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Chris

Re: [gentoo-user] Oracle DB question

2006-04-21 Thread Chris White
On Friday 21 April 2006 12:29 am, pat wrote: > Hi, > > I want to ask if there's possible to install Oracle DB (9 and higher) on > Gentoo and if there's a tutorial/howto how to do it. Give me a free license for oracle and you'll get a really nice howto ;D -- Chris

Re: [gentoo-user] Another query.. this time about installprofile.xml

2006-04-12 Thread Chris White
rd rsync, or a URI to a snapshot (which can be both local or remote). > Thank you all in advance! > Best, > --Glenn > > -- > Glenn E. Sieb, MTS > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +1 732 949 5453 Chris White pgpiyhuNY20ZL.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] (OT) - HP Officejet Pro K550

2006-03-14 Thread Chris White
one using this printer and know the correct model/driver to use? > > Thanks. Chris White pgp6wrGzY3bTm.pgp Description: PGP signature

[gentoo-user] mwcollect deprecation notice

2006-02-22 Thread Chris White
er to nepenthes. Thanks all Chris White pgp49HAnqrlYu.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Using 'world' file to clone another machine

2006-01-25 Thread Chris White
On Thursday 26 January 2006 06:03, Michael A. Smith wrote: > Correction. emerge --ask `cat /tmp/welcome_to_my_world.lst` Correction, Correction: `emerge --ask $(< /tmp/welcome_to_my_world.lst)` or heck: `emerge --ask < /tmp/welcome_to_my_world.lst` might even work > ;-D

[gentoo-user] Have you seen my flamesuit? (Was: How many people use KDE?)

2006-01-20 Thread Chris White
Now, these questions are only answerable by you, because.. they are SUBJECTIVE. That's why flamewars come about, people try and answer subjective questions, then it goes nowhere. So before this goes any further, guys, think independently about what you need from your DE/WM and make the w

Re: [gentoo-user] ERROR: dev-lang/perl-5.8.7-r3 failed

2006-01-15 Thread Chris White
On Monday 16 January 2006 04:29, El Nino wrote: > Dear my user list friends, > > please help me to emerge system. i just run #emerge system . but it > gave me a perl error. We have a bugzilla specifically for this purpose. Please refer to https://bugs.gentoo.org/

Re: [gentoo-user] Basic SMTP server

2006-01-15 Thread Chris White
x27;d want. > Can anyone offer any suggestions for such a mail server? > > Thanks in advance for your help! Chris White pgp9kIZecInn4.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Gtkpod wants a library.

2006-01-14 Thread Chris White
e's what you want. You can go ahead and do that by: `echo "app-pda/gtkpod aac" >> /etc/portage/package.use ; emerge gtkpod` as root. Chris White pgpf8QIz7Ah52.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE Key Binding

2006-01-01 Thread Chris White
hortcuts] [ Shortcut Schemes ] [Global Shortcuts] System Navigation Walk Through Desktop List <--- here > > Samir Chris White pgptYt4F0pvDO.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] A Bit of Trivia

2006-01-01 Thread Chris White
e systems do the install. That's basically what it comes down to. Time is the main factor that draws people away. However I personally consider this a side effect, and have no problem letting emerge -u world do its thing overnight. Chris White pgpPQjBaCxDYF.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] A Bit of Trivia

2005-12-31 Thread Chris White
On Saturday 31 December 2005 22:35, C. Beamer wrote: > Fedora: 3.45 > *Gentoo: 3.75* > Mandriva: 3.70 > Suse: 3.40 > Ubuntu: 3.90 Word of advice, things like this are generally flawed. The best distro for your needs is the one that best suits what you expect your system to d

Re: [gentoo-user] Kitchensync, Ksync, Multisynk

2005-12-22 Thread Chris White
ing my Palm contacts, and I use it all the time when doing my business endeavours (read that as, who to pester ;). So that's basically what it comes down to. Chris White pgp8JKCCcqOCl.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Kitchensync, Ksync, Multisynk

2005-12-22 Thread Chris White
ken-ness). syncekonnector basically will sit between libsynce and kde addressbook, or whatever, and sync the data. That's about all I can explain it as. Anything else requires me to spew bountiful ammounts of technical blah foo here that most people will go "say wha" at. Chris White pgpdWr

Re: [gentoo-user] PayPal® UPDATE TEAM

2005-12-17 Thread Chris White
ably don't want PayPal stripped from the subject line. As with most large scale email systems, there tends to be a "you're on your own, you handle it" aspect to filtering. This prevents false positives from hitting the filter and someone missing an important email. Chris White pgprcWIFlLdUo.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] mone on the KEYWORD USE front

2005-12-15 Thread Chris White
On Friday 16 December 2005 09:54, Richard Fish wrote: echo "x11-libs/qt" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords ; cd /usr/portage/kde-base ; for packages in * ; do echo "kde-base/${packages}" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords; done Chris White pgpz4wiL2qBnA.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5

2005-12-14 Thread Chris White
valiable to help leviate the render processing from your cpu. > -- > Iain Buchanan > > I don't think it's worth washing hogs over. > -- Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Chris White [1] http://www.siggraph.org/education/materials/HyperGraph/video/codecs/MJPEG.html pgpKWq4HzbG3t.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5

2005-12-14 Thread Chris White
ee above > Many thanks for your suggestions. > > > DivX-5.x > Resolution : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Bit Rate : 4Mbps > Audio : MPEG-1 Layer III, AAC, ADPCM > Format :.AVI , > Remark:DivX-3.x/4.x unsupported Pick this > -- > Iain Buchanan > >

Re: [gentoo-user] ogg-vorbis tools and cups

2005-12-14 Thread Chris White
On Thursday 15 December 2005 09:18, maxim wexler wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I notice emerge ogg-vorbis insists on taking cups > along with it. emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "ogg-vorbis". eh? > emerge info reveals cups flag _is_ > being used. But why use it then? What does printing

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kview missing 50% of its menus - what to install?

2005-12-13 Thread Chris White
On Wednesday 14 December 2005 11:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Chris White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Wednesday 14 December 2005 03:19, Richard Fish wrote: > >> Finally, looking through the KDE CVS repository, I see that the > >> removed files area fo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kview missing 50% of its menus - what to install?

2005-12-13 Thread Chris White
ss is that it was removed from KView because Krita is what KDE is promoting as the better image editor. Note that Krita does have Guassian Blur, etc. etc. in it. We install the same as upstream does, so if the docs say that, it's upstream. > -Richard Chris White -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] coldplug replaces /etc/modules.autoload.d ?

2005-12-12 Thread Chris White
ven certain events. To come up with a better explanation. If my visor/ipaq modules are not loaded for my PDA, and I plug my palm or ipaq into my USB port, the modules will automatically be loaded for the devices. > - Grant Chris White pgpB0sQrWPZ4l.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] kview missing 50% of its menus - what to install?

2005-12-12 Thread Chris White
ity you're referring to is beyond me. Give us more details and until you do this remains nothing BUT a rant. As for as your blocker complaint, our official documentation here: <http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/kde-split-ebuilds.xml> clearly explains what's going on. Chris

Re: [gentoo-user] what's a good very small http server?

2005-12-11 Thread Chris White
nd disk space). > > I'm running out of Compact Flash, if that makes any difference. There's lighthttp or some such.. haven't tried it myself though. > Thanks, > Michael Chris White pgphLrfkc6FcG.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] cms

2005-12-11 Thread Chris White
devwiki that uses it (as does my site). It just felt a tad more customizable at easier to get at right away than Mambo. YMMV however. > Any suggestioons? > > TIA Chris White -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is there and Alternative to compiling kde?

2005-12-10 Thread Chris White
ot; and spend loads more time trying to find a package that days, or compile my own (which brings us back to point A...). Chris White pgpNgv7ke3DA3.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Is there and Alternative to compiling kde?

2005-12-09 Thread Chris White
n alternative to this? I mean aside from using a > lighter, faster compiling, X setup. sure, why are you emerge-ing the full kde? 1) `emerge kdebase` 2) ??? 3) Profit! I'm on a 1.6ghz, and being a dev I compile more packages than most users ever will, have patience my son :P.

Re: [gentoo-user] Unmasking KDE-3.5

2005-12-07 Thread Chris White
ge/kde-base ; for files in *; do echo "$(basename $(pwd))/${files}" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords; done and that will setup for kde 3.5 as ~arch. > Thanks guys and gals. > > Dale > > Yes, I can now get emails. My ISP sort of filled up their hard drive. LOL > > --

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Is a wiki what I'm after?

2005-11-12 Thread Chris White
e has a windoze only software that can do this > reasonably well, but I haven't researched it further. Not sure about Linux OCR. I know that you can get ScanSoft or Paper Port for windows. Paper Port is what I hear most people recommend. > Jimmy Chris White pgpxQaSERVr1T.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Is a wiki what I'm after?

2005-11-11 Thread Chris White
ges out there that would > suit my needs better? Anyone done anything like this before? > > Any thoughts greatly appreciated, > > Andrew My 2 Cents Chris White pgpzqLXIS5b2t.pgp Description: PGP signature

[gentoo-user] Bug Wrangling Event?

2005-11-11 Thread Chris White
r two day event, but that I won't know unless I get interest ;). Let me know what you all think and I'll go from there. PLEASE REPLY OFF LIST Thanks :) Chris White pgpjw4NrrJeUC.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] GCC upgrade / downgrade infinite loop

2005-09-18 Thread Chris White
ter this you'll want to remove the package.mask entry to avoid any sort of chaos. Hope this helps. > In advance thank you > > Yann Garnier Chris White pgp8t9uDCWrXF.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting up group for ppp and dial up

2005-09-17 Thread Chris White
> 1) /etc/init.d/hcfpci start > 2) /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 start If hcfpci needs net.ppp0, it will start it for you, visa-versa too. Chris White pgpPmi65m20Io.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Where does portage keep resume infrmation

2005-09-17 Thread Chris White
ct was dumped into a text file for later use. However, it's python specific serialization so you're going to need python to unpack the data (and don't even ask me how :P) Chris White pgpiHIaF6dsGX.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Are the nptl and nptlonly USE flags compatible with each other?

2005-09-17 Thread Chris White
that I set nptlonly. With this, glibc is only built once (instead of twice, one for nptl and one for non-nptl) and your system is full nptl compatible. > BillK Chris White pgpfOj2bqQEB1.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Motherboard/CPU upgrade

2005-09-17 Thread Chris White
e system` at the beginning, all system packages are added to world. I'd say: `emerge -ev world` to see what will go down and then `emerge -e world` to actually emerge the stuff. > Would that be the right CFLAGS for this CPU? And would it be the right > procedure to get my system "up to date" with my new CPU? Pretty much. Chris White pgpNEyIgxBLpH.pgp Description: PGP signature

[gentoo-user] New MySQL doc (update 3)

2005-07-12 Thread Chris White
most importantly, I'd like to thank the fine folks at Speedy's dinner! http://dev.gentoo.org/~chriswhite/mysql.html Chris White pgpwz2Dz4NjgQ.pgp Description: PGP signature

[gentoo-user] MySQL doc [updated]

2005-07-12 Thread Chris White
I've updated the MySQL doc here: http://dev.gentoo.org/~chriswhite/mysql.html It contains the fixes that have been suggested to me, as well as a note on the SELECT field FROM table form of the SELECT statement. Thanks for the input recieved! Chris White pgpG6PeaPIM26.pgp Description

[gentoo-user] New MySQL doc

2005-07-11 Thread Chris White
Here's the initial devspace draft of the new MySQL draft I've been working on: http://dev.gentoo.org/~chriswhite/mysql.html Comments, etc are welcome. Chris White pgpl5vjUThPVz.pgp Description: PGP signature

[gentoo-user] New Bugzilla HOWTO

2005-07-07 Thread Chris White
x27;s like you NEVER EXISTED! kthxbye Chris White pgpSoD4OEo4hS.pgp Description: PGP signature