On 18 August 2005 22:21, Holly Bostick wrote:
> Now I just get the same message that I got previously with the verbose
> splash:
>
> no 8bb picture selected in config file (twice)
>
> could not find silent image.
>
> Haven't tried verbose yet as I've compiled this kernel 5 times today and
> I'd re
Hello listers!
I am very excited -- Gentoo is cleanly installed and I have successfully
booted. I have one small problem, however.
My PC Speaker doesn't appear to be working. I don't get a "bell" when
doing `echo -e \\a'. I also use brltty -- a program which sends text on
the console to a refr
Hi everybody,
I'm trying to clean my install (one year old, so it's time to do it). I run an
update, and run :
emerge --newuse -Dvu world
It installs a lot of update and so on and do everything ok.
Afterwards, I run :
revdep-rebuild
It makes a lot of rebuild about some broken link, I also unins
Hello,
since yesterday I am getting such strange message at boot:
localhost ~ # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start
* Caching service dependencies ...
[ ok ] * Starting eth0
/etc/init.d/net.eth0: line 683: interface_variable: command not found
* Cannot default to dhcp as there is no dhcp module loade
The apparent solution to this, according to Bugzilla bug #48895
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48895 is to "Try rebuilding freetype with
-fno-strict-aliasing" - how do I go about doing this?
Thanks
Jamie
Jamie Dobbs wrote:
I am trying to build Xorg on a newly installed 2005.1 system
Zbynek Houska wrote:
my /etc/conf.d/net contains following:
config_eth0=( "192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast
192.168.0.255" )
routes_eth0=(
"default via 192.168.0.1"
Have you upgraded baselayout recently?
Did you do etc-update afterwards?
Do you have iproute2 installed?
If
Sébastien MORAND wrote:
Hi everybody,
I'm trying to clean my install (one year old, so it's time to do it). I run an
update, and run :
emerge --newuse -Dvu world
It installs a lot of update and so on and do everything ok.
Afterwards, I run :
revdep-rebuild
It makes a lot of rebuild about some
On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:59:24 +0200, Sébastien MORAND wrote:
> Now I try the dangerous following command as describe in the
> documentation : emerge --depclean -p (just to see what should be done)
>
> And then I'm quite surprise, 41 packages should be removed, and among
> them, a lot of usefull li
Richard Fish asmallpond.org> writes:
> You can check your current style/theme at:
> ~ > grep CurrentTheme .kde3.4/share/config/kcmthememanagerrc
> CurrentTheme=Plastik
Oddly, this file is not present on my system. Here's the
listing:
ls .kde3.4/share/config/kcm*
.kde3.4/share/config/kcmartsrc
Hello,
I wanted to use a Gentoo installation CD to be able to boot
up any pc and run lshw & lspci to get a quick view
of the hardware on the machine. lspci is on the 2005.0
instllation CD but, lshw is not. I have not check 2005.1.
Is their a guide or 'howto' to add things to the 2005.x cd
so tha
Hi!!
If i do dmesg i get scsi0 : sata_sil ...
shouldnt there be the SCSI Emultation
scsi1 : sata_sil
Vendor: ATA ... thats my SATA HD
if i do cat
/proc/scsi/scsi i get:
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: ATA Model: HDS722580
Tobias wrote:
Please help!
It would help if you started by explaining what you are trying to do, what you
have tried, what problems you have faced, etc.
Daniel
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Hallo,
i am getting crazy with my actual Problem: When i log in (from gdm) into
gnome 2.10.1 as standard user, my keyboard doesn't work. Every keypress
is recognized. In xterm for example the cursor gets white if i press any
key, but no chars are typed in. BUT when i log in as root, all works
Tobias wrote:
Hi!!
If i do dmesg i get scsi0 : sata_sil ...
shouldnt there be the SCSI Emultation
scsi1 : sata_sil
Vendor: ATA ... thats my SATA HD
if i do cat
/proc/scsi/scsi i get:
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel:
And then I'm quite surprise, 41 packages should be removed, and among them, a
lot of usefull lib or tool (perl-ldap, xinetd, and so on ...)
Is this result normal ? What did I miss ?
1. it might be old stuff that really isn't needed anymore, as already
mentioned by others
2. portage up to a
On 8/19/05, Jamie Dobbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The apparent solution to this, according to Bugzilla bug #48895
>
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48895 is to "Try rebuilding freetype
> with -fno-strict-aliasing" - how do I go about doing this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jamie
It sounds like
Marek Więcek píše v Pá 19. 08. 2005 v 11:40 +0200:
> Zbynek Houska wrote:
>
> > my /etc/conf.d/net contains following:
> >
> > config_eth0=( "192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast
> > 192.168.0.255" )
> > routes_eth0=(
> > "default via 192.168.0.1"
>
> Have you upgraded baselayout
I have a TDK indi DVD. It works perfectly. I would also add that I
have excellent results with LG products as others have mentioned.
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On Friday 19 August 2005 06:23, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> It's time for me to get a DVD recorder for this system, so I went to Best
> Buy, and started reading the boxes. Every single one states that Windows
> in some form is a requirement. Surely this is FUD, right? Nevertheless,
> with memories o
Tobias wrote:
Tobias wrote:
Hi!!
If i do dmesg i get scsi0 : sata_sil ... shouldnt there be the SCSI
Emultation
scsi1 : sata_sil
Vendor: ATA ... thats my SATA HD
if i do cat /proc/scsi/scsi i get:
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: A
On Friday 19 August 2005 06:08 am, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:59:24 +0200, Sébastien MORAND wrote:
> > Now I try the dangerous following command as describe in the
> > documentation : emerge --depclean -p (just to see what should be done)
> >
> > And then I'm quite surprise, 41 p
On Thursday 18 August 2005 02:47 am, Tony Davison wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 August 2005 23:28, Michael W. Holdeman wrote:
> > On Wednesday 17 August 2005 06:43 pm, Renat Golubchyk wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:10:51 -0400 "Michael W. Holdeman"
> > >
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr
Mark wrote:
>I have a TDK indi DVD. It works perfectly. I would also add that I
>have excellent results with LG products as others have mentioned.
>
>
>
I also agree with the LG comments. They really are good. Only thing that
I can criticise is that the drives do get a bit fussy when it comes
Mark Humphrey wrote:
>Mark wrote:
>
>
>
>>I have a TDK indi DVD. It works perfectly. I would also add that I
>>have excellent results with LG products as others have mentioned.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>I also agree with the LG comments. They really are good. Only thing that
>I can criticise is that
On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 07:03:52 -0400, Michael W. Holdeman wrote:
> Where do we easily find a list of "necessary" files, system files
> etc... so we dont inaverdently remove them? For instance I am using
> udev for some time now, can I let depclean remove devfsd?
They will be defined in your profile
Good morning,
Something that's been bothering me, although not that much, for about 3
years now. I've never investigated, and perhaps the answer is simple,
but every distro I've used (RH9, FC1, FC2, Suse 9.1, and now Gentoo),
has not shown the tiny blinking drive activity indicator on the front of
John,
None of my Linux boxes with SATA drives (3 machines) show drive
activity via the LED. It seems to be some limitation of the Linux
drivers.
The SATA bus is a different hardware interface from the EIDE
interface. My suspicion has been that the LED is hard wired into the
EIDE controller a
Hi,
I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the
--update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge
pick, "the best version available"?
- Mark
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Hello, a little while ago I asked this list for help with updating a
machine with no network connection. The solution was to get a txt
list of the package paths and then download them on a networked
machine with this command:
sort -u links.txt | xargs -n 1 -i{} sh -c 'for i in {}; do wget -c $i
&
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 08:01:42AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> Hi,
>I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the
> --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge
> pick, "the best version available"?
>
Although I'm not totally sure, my reading is that it
Mark Knecht schreef:
> Hi,
>I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the
> --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge
> pick, "the best version available"?
>
> - Mark
>
For those wondering, here's the quote:
--update (-u)
Updates pack
James wrote:
Richard Fish asmallpond.org> writes:
You can check your current style/theme at:
~ > grep CurrentTheme .kde3.4/share/config/kcmthememanagerrc
CurrentTheme=Plastik
Oddly, this file is not present on my system. Here's the
listing:
ls .kde3.4/share/config/kcm*
Holly Bostick schreef:
>
> media-libs/xine-lib
> Available versions: ~1_rc6-r2 1_rc8-r1 1.0-r2 1.0.1-r3 ~1.0.2
> ~1.1.0 ~1.1.0-r1
>
> However, if one was using ~arch, or had activated unstable for this
> package in /etc/portage/package.mask,
which should of course be "/etc/portage/packag
Ognjen Bezanov wrote:
Thanks, that was helpful. Now the system finds the root fs and loads it.
But the system still wont boot. It tells me "RAMDISK: Compressed image
found at block 0" as a final kernel message, then just sits there (for
ages). At lease its closer to functioning then before, b
--- Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> maxim wexler schreef:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Sound files played fine prior to the update.
> >
> > When unit boots speakers thump at "Loading:
> > snd-seq-oss..."as before.
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ lsmod
> > Module Size
Hi Jonathan,
on Thursday, 2005-08-18 at 16:42:56, you wrote:
> I've been syncing a few machines via /usr/portage without a problem. At
> least with that method you only need to perform one sync on the main
> machine and then let the others sync off it.
That's what I was thinking...OK, I'll just
On 8/19/05, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mark Knecht schreef:
> > Hi,
> >I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the
> > --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge
> > pick, "the best version available"?
> >
> > - Mark
> >
>
> For those
On 8/19/05, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Holly Bostick schreef:
> >
> > media-libs/xine-lib
> > Available versions: ~1_rc6-r2 1_rc8-r1 1.0-r2 1.0.1-r3 ~1.0.2
> > ~1.1.0 ~1.1.0-r1
> >
> > However, if one was using ~arch, or had activated unstable for this
> > package in /etc/por
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 05:27:39PM +0200, Holly Bostick wrote:
> Mark Knecht schreef:
> > Hi,
> >I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the
> > --update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge
> > pick, "the best version available"?
> >
> > - Mark
> >
>
dont inaverdently remove them? For instance I am using udev for some time
now, can I let depclean remove devfsd?
yes you can, at least i had no problems with that
Marco
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What did I miss, my cdrom is no longer /dev/cdroms/cdrom, but now /dev/hdc??
Mike
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Powered by Gentoo Linux www.gentoo.org |
Kernel 2.6.11-ck8 |
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Win4LinPro 6.1.1-03 w
Hi Mike,
How about /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 being mapped by udev to /dev/hdc?
- Mark
On 8/19/05, Michael W. Holdeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What did I miss, my cdrom is no longer /dev/cdroms/cdrom, but now /dev/hdc??
>
> Mike
> --
>
> Michael W. Holdeman
>
>
> ___
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 08:41:46AM -0700, maxim wexler wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ amixer
> [...]
> Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
> Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
> Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
> Limits: Playback 0 - 31
> Front Left: Playback 25 [81%] [on]
>
You might want to check a few other options available to you. Often
times, hard drives have a specific 2-pin LED connector on the drive
itself. This is typically used for having one LED per drive instead
one LED per bus, and most commonly found in RAID solutions. Being a
SATA drive, it's likely
Actually the problem is /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 has been the cdrom since this
machine got Gentoo, now all the sudden it is listed in dmesg as /dev/hdc.
I think I have some issues with the latest baselayout. My boot process seems
to repaeat itself when loding drivers and starting the network. I need
Mark Knecht schreef:
> On 8/19/05, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Mark Knecht schreef:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>> I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the
>>>--update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge
>>>pick, "the best version available"?
>>>
>>>-
On Thursday 18 August 2005 22:52, Michael W. Holdeman wrote:
> On Thursday 18 August 2005 02:47 am, Tony Davison wrote:
> > On Wednesday 17 August 2005 23:28, Michael W. Holdeman wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 17 August 2005 06:43 pm, Renat Golubchyk wrote:
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 17 Aug 200
> maybe I'm getting too old for this ~arch stuff :-)
HA! You have no Idea!!
I sometimes feel too old then I think well I AM!!
Mike
> --
> Tony Davison
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Powered by Gentoo Linux www.gentoo.org |
Kernel 2.6.1
Michael W. Holdeman wrote:
Actually the problem is /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 has been the cdrom since this
machine got Gentoo, now all the sudden it is listed in dmesg as /dev/hdc.
dmesg has listed it like that for a long time. Chances are in your previous
configuration (whatever that was) you had b
haven't updated
my box in a while and when I tried this afternoon and I get this error and cant
seem to get past it. any ideas? actually im getting several emerge errors across
a couple boxes, this is just one of them, different files, but I hope they are
somehow related and the answer to this
I still can figure out how to configure my default route with the new
configuration format (as stupid as that may sound).
I have this:
config_eth0=( "192.168.1.5/24" )
which works and:
route_eth0="default gw 192.168.1.101"
which doesn't work. I tried:
route_eth0=("default via 192.168.1.101")
and
r
On Friday 19 August 2005 02:05 pm, Daniel Drake wrote:
> Michael W. Holdeman wrote:
> > Actually the problem is /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 has been the cdrom since this
> > machine got Gentoo, now all the sudden it is listed in dmesg as /dev/hdc.
>
> dmesg has listed it like that for a long time. Chances a
On 8/19/05, José Pablo Ezequiel Fernández
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I still can figure out how to configure my default route with the new
> configuration format (as stupid as that may sound).
> I have this:
> route_eth0=("default via 192.168.1.101")
Change that to routes_eth0 and it should work
Just fixed a similar problem. The answer(for me) was
in the config.log. It wasn't flagged as an error just
a line saying "/usr/local/include not a dir". At which
point output simply stopped without a whimper. Sure
enough 'include' was a file containing an include file
with a different name--there n
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 02:57:05PM -0400, Nick Smith wrote:
> checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C
> compiler cannot create executables
I remember seeing this recently from sandbox:
If configure fails with a 'cannot run C compiled programs' error, try this:
I'm pretty stuck on Plextor drives. I've found them to all be very
reliable, and will tend to read damaged disks that other drives choke
on.
Just my 2c.
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On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 04:24:34PM -0300, Jos?? Pablo Ezequiel Fern??ndez wrote:
> I still can figure out how to configure my default route with the new
> configuration format (as stupid as that may sound).
> I have this:
> config_eth0=( "192.168.1.5/24" )
> which works and:
> route_eth0="default
Is there an atlhon_xp distro with the installer anywere?
I would like to try it but don't want to rebuild everithing later whith the right arch...On 8/15/05, Christoph Gysin <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Nelis Lamprecht wrote:> I can't seem to see these "two additional" images on any of the
> mirrors,
i am install asterisk in gentoo linux,
#emerge zaptel
#emerge asterisk
#modprobe zaptel
#modprobe wcfxo
#asterisk -vvvc
localhost ~ # asterisk -vvvc
== Parsing '/etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf': Found
== Parsing '/etc/asterisk/extconfig.conf': Found
Asterisk 1.0.8, Copyright (C) 1999-20
On 8/19/05, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> It's not my choice of words. Look at packages.gentoo.org and search
> ati-drivers.
>
Sorry. Didn't mean to imply you were making anything up.
thanks,
Mark
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Walter Willis wrote:
i am install asterisk in gentoo linux,
#emerge zaptel
#emerge asterisk
#modprobe zaptel
#modprobe wcfxo
#asterisk -vvvc
localhost ~ # asterisk -vvvc
== Parsing '/etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf': Found
== Parsing '/etc/asterisk/extconfig.conf': Found
Asterisk 1.0.8,
yes
include :
#rc-update add zaptel default
#rc-update add asterisk default
and after
#rc-update del asterisk
# reboot
and reboot normality, charge modules etc, etc.
login in gentoo linux and :
#/etc/init.d/asterisk start and
#ps aux
USER PID %CPU %MEMVSZ RSS TTY STAT STAR
I changed some options to the menuconfig (trying to get that splash to
work), and saved the changes to an alternate config file.
I'd like to make a kernel with _that_ config file and keep it separate from
my default 2.6-r12 kernel, since, when the splash causes the panic, I have
some way to get bac
Holly Bostick wrote:
Mark Knecht schreef:
On 8/19/05, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mark Knecht schreef:
Hi,
I wonder what the explanation in the emerge man page about the
--update option really means. What is meant by, and how does emerge
pick, "the best version
John -
I have a similar story to yours but it probably has nothing to do with
your situation. I will tell it anyway just in case it helps anyone.
Once upon a time, I had Windows on my computer. All of the LEDs worked
perfectly.
One day I upgraded my BIOS (in Windows) and rebooted into Lin
I have just installed a basic 2005.1 system (2.6.12-r6) on my laptop. I'm
trying to get my arms around the USE flags. I found a set of 'default'
settings (I think) under /usr/portage/profiles/base/use.defaults . From
what I've read in the gentoo documentation, this seems to be a list of
default
I just finished the base install of the 2005.1 system (2.6.12-r6). When I
run emerge -sync, and then emerge -uDvp system, I get a short list updates
that portage wants to emerge, but there aren't any kernel updates. However,
if I run emerge -uDvp world, there is a new version of the gentoo-source
Mark wrote:
I have a TDK indi DVD. It works perfectly. I would also add that I
have excellent results with LG products as others have mentioned.
I have had a TDK and now a SONY dual-layer. Both work excellent. Sony on
newegg.com
for 89.00.
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Gentoo Li
looking at the list of updates after a fresh install of
2005.1 (2.6.12-r6) on my laptop which has both wired and wireless networking, I
see an entry which says…
[blocks B] <=net-wireless/ipw2100-1.1.0 (is blocking
net-wireless/ieee80211-1.0.3)
.
.
.
[ebuild N] net-wireless/ieee80211-1.
John Dangler wrote:
looking at the list of updates after a fresh install of 2005.1 (2.6.12-r6)
on my laptop which has both wired and wireless networking, I see an entry
which says.
[blocks B] <=net-wireless/ipw2100-1.1.0 (is blocking
net-wireless/ieee80211-1.0.3)
.
.
.
[ebuild N] net-wirele
That fails with this...
!!! ERROR: net-wireless/ipw2100-1.1.2-r1 failed.
!!! Function linux-mod-src-compile, Line 491, Exitcode 2
!!! Unable to make KSRC=/usr/src/linux KSRC_OUTPUT=/usr/src/linux
IEEE80211_INC=/usr/include all.
3
John D
-Original Message-
From: Peter O'Connor [mailto:[EMAI
John Dangler wrote:
I changed some options to the menuconfig (trying to get that splash to
work), and saved the changes to an alternate config file.
I'd like to make a kernel with _that_ config file and keep it separate from
my default 2.6-r12 kernel, since, when the splash causes the panic, I ha
John Dangler wrote:
I have just installed a basic 2005.1 system (2.6.12-r6) on my laptop. I'm
trying to get my arms around the USE flags. I found a set of 'default'
settings (I think) under /usr/portage/profiles/base/use.defaults . From
what I've read in the gentoo documentation, this seems t
John Dangler wrote:
I have just installed a basic 2005.1 system (2.6.12-r6) on my laptop. I'm
trying to get my arms around the USE flags. I found a set of 'default'
settings (I think) under /usr/portage/profiles/base/use.defaults . From
what I've read in the gentoo documentation, this seems to
Oscar Carlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Why are you using some external program when there is a superb support for
> keybindnings in kwin?
> Everything you need for keybindings is avalible in kcontrol :)
>
It is a superior setup. It can be hand edited in minutes. Mass
entries of 20 to 30
John Dangler wrote:
I just finished the base install of the 2005.1 system (2.6.12-r6). When I
run emerge -sync, and then emerge -uDvp system, I get a short list updates
that portage wants to emerge, but there aren't any kernel updates. However,
if I run emerge -uDvp world, there is a new versio
This question is not gentoo specific but really a more general
question about date manipulation.
Like many people I use the `date' command to set file names that need to
be unique by using one of the specially formatted commands, to output
something like:
img_080905_103343.jpg
Which is img_$
you might also want to try
man emerge
most commands on your system will have a manpage, and they will probably
give you helpful hints as to how they function. you can also do it
with any other command:
man ls
man gcc
man ldd
man man
...
Hope that helps,
Marco
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That makes some sense. (Gentoo is all about choices)
So, basically, I emerge the new 'slot' and then re-compile the new kernel
version according to the handbook, giving me both the existing kernel
version and the new version...
John D
-Original Message-
From: Marco Matthies [mailto:[EMAI
Harry Putnam wrote:
I know about perl scipting for this but wanted something like the
`date' command that is its own dedicated program.
Is there a unix tool that outputs a finer grain of time segments?
man date
look for nanosecond format, e.g.:
date +"%N"
Marco
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The list of possible flags is somewhat overwhelming. And many of them, I
wouldn't really know if I need them or not. So far, since I only have the
base system running, I'm trying to get everything I want to have sans a
graphic environment going, so I'm doing USE="-X" with the system level apps
(a
Does the moving of the config files have any effect on the already compiled
kernel? (I was under the impression that a .config _went with_ a specific
build) or is that a throwback to too much time in a m$ environment?
John D
-Original Message-
From: Marco Matthies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED
I have a user who can't upload files to his account on my server. He
can connect and log in, he can see the files and directories in his home
directory, but he can't interact with them. I can log into my personal
account via the external IP of my router and interact with my personal
account just
Holly~
Maybe you can get this to work with this page...
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash#Option_1:_Compiling_The_initramfs_Imag
e_Directly_Into_The_Kernel
There's a section somewhere in here that talks about that exact error.
John D
-Original Message-
From: Holly Bostick [mailto:[EM
The way dependencies seem to work with portage, I wouldn't bother "installing
x". Just install say kde or gnome or whatever (see the docs) and X will be
installed and configured automagically. for instance, I installed this dell
laptop, then emerged kde-meta (be patient if you try that...my po
John Dangler wrote:
That makes some sense. (Gentoo is all about choices)
So, basically, I emerge the new 'slot' and then re-compile the new kernel
version according to the handbook, giving me both the existing kernel
version and the new version...
Exactly, installing the new kernel sources does n
Would
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From: John Dangler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 9:31 PM
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] updates with B
John Dangler wrote:
The list of possible flags is somewhat overwhelming. And many of them, I
wouldn't really know if I need them or not. So far, since I only have the
base system running, I'm trying to get everything I want to have sans a
graphic environment going, so I'm doing USE="-X" with th
Marco Matthies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Harry Putnam wrote:
>> I know about perl scipting for this but wanted something like the
>> `date' command that is its own dedicated program.
>> Is there a unix tool that outputs a finer grain of time segments?
>
> man date
> look for nanosecond format,
Sean Johnson wrote:
I'm pretty stuck on Plextor drives. I've found them to all be very
reliable, and will tend to read damaged disks that other drives choke
on.
Just my 2c.
I could have bought another brand for less, but my Plextor has yet to
meet a brand of disc that it couldn't burn.
John Dangler wrote:
Does the moving of the config files have any effect on the already compiled
kernel? (I was under the impression that a .config _went with_ a specific
build) or is that a throwback to too much time in a m$ environment?
the .config file determines how and especially which part
And how I hate to miss out on anything! :)
Thanks, again Marco.
John D
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From: Marco Matthies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 10:37 PM
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags
John Dangler wrote:
> The list of possib
Hi all,
I am trying to install gentoo stage 3 using kernel 2.6.12-gentoo-r6,
following the documentation.
after #umount /mnt/gentoo ... (Chapter 10.d. Rebooting the system)
#reboot
The following messages are displayed:
shutdown: timeout opening/writing control channel /dev/initctl
init: timeo
Harry Putnam wrote:
Ha .. Thanks.. has that been there a long time?
Dunno, I noticed it a few weeks ago -- probably has been there since
processors have had frequencies above a GHz i suppose.
Marco
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running emerge -uDvp world, I got a block between ipw2100 and ieee-80211.
I ran emerge -C ipw2100, and the block cleared, although ieee80211 was no
longer in the update list either.
Since it was recommended to have both of these on the system in order for
the wireless to work correctly,
is that a b
John Dangler wrote:
Would
John Dangler
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An interesting conundrum indeed.
You can't install (due to it being blocked) ieee80211-1.0.3 with
ipw2100-1.1.0 merged
And from the error message you posted
Hi there,
When I run the ebuild command with the digest
parameter,
I get an error. Please be assured that the path is
correctly pointing to a downloaded ebuild.
Avalon media-video # pwd
/usr/local/portageOverlay/media-video
Avalon media-video # ebuild
/usr/local/portageOverlay/media-video/f4l-0.2
John Dangler wrote:
running emerge -uDvp world, I got a block between ipw2100 and ieee-80211.
I ran emerge -C ipw2100, and the block cleared, although ieee80211 was no
longer in the update list either.
Since it was recommended to have both of these on the system in order for
the wireless to work
Ian K wrote:
Hi there,
When I run the ebuild command with the digest
parameter,
I get an error. Please be assured that the path is
correctly pointing to a downloaded ebuild.
Avalon media-video # pwd
/usr/local/portageOverlay/media-video
Avalon media-video # ebuild
/usr/local/portageOverlay/medi
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 08:46:21PM -0400, John Dangler wrote
> I have just installed a basic 2005.1 system (2.6.12-r6) on my laptop. I'm
> trying to get my arms around the USE flags. I found a set of 'default'
> settings (I think) under /usr/portage/profiles/base/use.defaults . From
> what I've
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