Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and KISS ?

2007-05-18 Thread arnuld
On 5/18/07, Mauro Faccenda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: well, none of those errors is Gentoo specific. It's kernel compilations problems, and you'll have those in any distribution. Even the binary ones, if you want to install a custom kernel. for the users that can't compile the kernel by himse

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and KISS ?

2007-05-18 Thread arnuld
On 5/18/07, Mauro Faccenda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: AFAIK, Gentoo filosophy is about choices. If you want it simple, you can keep it simple. If you don't, you can do it too. oh. And you discovered what was going wrong in your first 10 installations, right? Can you tell if it was

[gentoo-user] Gentoo and KISS ?

2007-05-18 Thread arnuld
OK, i found Gentoo a great incident of my life :-), 10 installations and on 11th time i knew what went wrong in last 10 times and from there it never went wrong ;-). i want to use Gentoo but i have one doubt. i am much more inclined towards using "simple" things, like simplicity in designing an

[gentoo-user] can not run Gizmo

2007-04-17 Thread arnuld
i usually use Skype most of the time, as it is the only thing available for Voice-Chat on Gentoo Linux. but these days i am having problems with the Skype sound quality. so i downloaded the Gizmo and Wengophone binaries but they do not run :-( this is from my terminal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ .bin

Re: [gentoo-user] OT im more just curious

2007-04-17 Thread arnuld
On 4/16/07, Bryan Whitehead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Nearly 28. Been using gentoo since version 1.0 (maybe pre-1.0 but can't remember). I started using linux back when slackware fit on a bunch of 5.25" floppies. ooohhh you are an old time Linux user. i am 26 and i started using Linux

Re: [gentoo-user] can not find shared libraries

2007-04-16 Thread arnuld
On 4/16/07, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Now, to tell you the truth, you should've checked forums.gentoo.org and search for "skype" there. Or google for "gentoo skype" or something like that, instead of coming directly here. well, actually, i also have "Wengophone" an

[gentoo-user] can not find shared libraries

2007-04-16 Thread arnuld
i am trying to run binary executable of "skype" which i used on Arch Linux. i placed the executables in "/home/arnuld/.binaries/skype" directory. now when i try to run it i get this message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/.binaries/skype $ ./skype ./skype: error while load

[gentoo-user] Gentoo rewrites "/etc/resolv.conf" automatically

2007-04-16 Thread arnuld
on every boot Gentoo cleans up the "/etc/resolv.conf" :-( any solution ? - /etc/hosts -- 127.0.0.1 gnu.planet gnu localhost ::1 localhost -- /etc/conf.d/net - dns_domain_lo="planet" config_eth0=( "192.168.0.2/24" ) routes_eth0=( "default via 192.168.0

[gentoo-user] cups does not print

2007-04-16 Thread arnuld
i enabled all the printing options as described in Gentoo Printing How to Wiki: i have a parallel-port EPSON Dot Matrix LX-300+ printer and i printed thousands of pages in Arch Linux and Fedora using that printer without any single trouble. in Gentoo i am unable to make it print i did all these:

[gentoo-user] "Emacs" installed but GUI is of XXL size :-(

2007-02-03 Thread arnuld
hai all, i have successfully installed Gentoo 2006.1. i have installed Emacs. everything is fine but Emacs's size is TOO BIG. Emacs tool bar is of XXL size, its menu is of XXL size. what is wrong? -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/ Linux registered user #439610 http://counter.li.org/ -- gentoo-us

[gentoo-user] Re: X configuration problem

2007-01-20 Thread arnuld
did you forget to add these to /etc/make.conf? INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse synaptics" VIDEO_CARDS="ati radeon vesa fbdev fglrx" Iain, it seems likee you have not read my 1st post, here is the relevent part of it: INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx vesa via vga v4l"

[gentoo-user] Re: X configuration problem

2007-01-20 Thread arnuld
This is how mine is set up. Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option"Protocol" "auto" Option"Device" "/dev/input/mouse0" Option"ZAxisMappi

[gentoo-user] Re: X configuration problem

2007-01-20 Thread arnuld
(EE) AGLRX: Screen0 is not DRI capable Try to # the DRI under modules and # at the end there might be a section for DRI "# the DRI" in "xorg.conf".. OK? (EE) driver "mouse" was not found it should be /dev/input/mice it *is* "/dev/input/mice", i am talking of "drivers" not of "/dev".

[gentoo-user] X configuration problem

2007-01-19 Thread arnuld
i ave installed X using "emerge X" and after hours of download-compile-install cycle "startx" tells me that drivers named "mouse" & "kbd" are not found. here is what i have done 1.) used "genkernel all" to compile my kernel. 2.) added these 2 to "/etc/make.conf" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mou

Re: [gentoo-user] how to stop "IPv6" before Stage3 tarball download

2006-12-17 Thread arnuld
On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:10:24 +0530, arnuld wrote: > Neil, i am already using latest firmware: V3.6.0C_38 > check it: http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/DG632.asp OK, scrub that idea, although several people have reported updating Netgear routers fixed IPv6 problems. BTW, problem is

Re: [gentoo-user] how to stop "IPv6" before Stage3 tarball download

2006-12-17 Thread arnuld
to the latest firmware is supposed to fix this. Neil, i am already using latest firmware: V3.6.0C_38 check it: http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/DG632.asp Does the name Pavlov ring a bell? what is that? -- arnuld http://arnuld.blogspot.com/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] how to stop "IPv6" before Stage3 tarball download

2006-12-17 Thread arnuld
i add these to "/etc/modprobe.conf": alias net-pf-10 off alias ipv6 off i can nto add these to Gentoo a sit is not installed, not yet. i need to download "Stage3 tarball" 1st , So how can i stop IPv6 on Gentoo *before* installation so that i can download "Stage 3 tarba