Re: [gentoo-user] ntp-client starting before net.eth0

2005-09-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:13:47 -0400, Dave Nebinger wrote: > I'm willing to gues that in the OP's case the ifplugd is not setting > the "provide net" flag correctly and/or it is setting the flag before a > cable is actually connected. In any case it's probably down & dirty > with the gentoo network

[gentoo-user] package.provided location question

2005-09-10 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, Generic question - why is package.provided located in /etc/make.profile instead of in /etc/portage? Won't l lose my edits when profile changes come along? It seems to me that if I take responsibility for a package, such as jack-audio-connection-kit, that I wouldn't want the system to tak

[gentoo-user] Weird problem with emerge sync

2005-09-10 Thread Holly Bostick
I've been having this problem for a couple months now, but today I'm annoyed enough to ask if there's something I can do about it. Normally, I run esync as a cron job in the middle of the night (the standard 3AM), and normally it works fine (though I had a few days where the error I'm detailing be

[gentoo-user] mysql no longer working :-(

2005-09-10 Thread Antoine
Hi, I didn't use mysql for a while and it has stopped working! I try and start it and all I get is tux ~ # /etc/init.d/mysql status * status: stopped tux ~ # /etc/init.d/mysql start * Starting mysqld (/etc/mysql/my.cnf) ... . * MySQL NOT started, proceding anyway [ ok ] tux ~ # /etc/in

[gentoo-user] Why gpm?

2005-09-10 Thread aka Sevein
Hi! I don't understand why gpm was included in the Gentoo base system. It was not in there before and I didn't find information about the reasons. But I could tell you my case: I installed Gentoo in my dedicated server in EEUU (I am from Spain) and I had to uninstall gpm since I won't use it anymor

[gentoo-user] Suspend2 and hibernate problem.

2005-09-10 Thread Paweł Madej
Hello, I got emerged suspend2 kernel sources and compiled with such options: [*] Power Management support [ ] Power Management Debug Support [ ] Software Suspend

[gentoo-user] halt & hibernate on usermode

2005-09-10 Thread Paweł Madej
I try to resolve such a problem: I can halt my computer only if i login to root console and do # halt User on which i work is in wheel group but i cannot do halt from it How to make it possible to halt from wheel group user? And the same thing on # hibernate Thanks for any help Paul -- gento

[gentoo-user] Re: mysql no longer working :-(

2005-09-10 Thread Antoine
This is most annoying! I have not modified anything (though have been trying to install rt and some other trouble ticket systems) but it seems pretty dead. A remerge did nothing. I ended up getting rid of the databases I had before (including one that rt tried to create) and reinitialised wi

[gentoo-user] dev-lang/php

2005-09-10 Thread Kurt Guenther
dev-lang/php-5.0 popped up as one of my updates, so I dutifully deleted dev-php/php and dev-php/mod_php, and emerged this package. Now, I can't find a suitable mod_php, and portage wants to reemerge dev-php/php-4.4.0. Seems like a catch-22, so I'm going to mask dev-lang/php for the moment.

[gentoo-user] Disk image

2005-09-10 Thread Pupeno
Hello, Is it possible to make an image of my whole 40GiB HD into a file in another, bigger HD, including all my partitions, grub, everything. I want to re-install this computer, but I want to be able to go back easily if I need it. Thanks. -- Pupeno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (http://pupeno.com) Vendo:

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk image

2005-09-10 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Is it possible to make an image of my whole 40GiB HD into a file in > another, bigger HD, including all my partitions, grub, everything. > I want to re-install this computer, but I want to be able to go back > easily if I need it. This can be done using tar, dd or partimage. Best regards

[gentoo-user] Printing Problem

2005-09-10 Thread C. Beamer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, Well, I'm progressing with Gentoo. I now have it on my main computer and am *very* pleased. I even managed to get my Radeon 8500 graphics card working with 3D acceleration. However, I am having problems with getting printing to work. I eme

[gentoo-user] Analog acquisition

2005-09-10 Thread Luigi Pinna
Hello! I have a lot of problems with my TV card I can see TV (but only with tvtime and not with xawtv or kdetv), but I can't use teletext (for example with alevt) or to select a external source like S-Video. How can I find the problem? Without xawtv I don't know other system from S-Video to

Re: [gentoo-user] iptables example on Gentoo

2005-09-10 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi Dave, * Dave Nebinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Friday, September 9, 2005, 4:23:07 PM: >>> Dude, trying to use iptables directly was your first mistake. >> no, it wasn't. >> >> I have written some "small" example script >> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=377447 >> that (IMO) is quite modu

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk image

2005-09-10 Thread Alex
On Saturday 10 September 2005 16:49, Pupeno wrote: > Hello, > Is it possible to make an image of my whole 40GiB HD into a file in > another, bigger HD, including all my partitions, grub, everything. > I want to re-install this computer, but I want to be able to go back easily > if I need it. > Than

Re: [gentoo-user] Printing Problem

2005-09-10 Thread John Jolet
On Sep 10, 2005, at 11:55 AM, C. Beamer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, Well, I'm progressing with Gentoo. I now have it on my main computer and am *very* pleased. I even managed to get my Radeon 8500 graphics card working with 3D acceleration. However, I am ha

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk image

2005-09-10 Thread John Jolet
look into partimage.images on a partition-by-partition basis. I used this to get an image of a server to usb external hard drive. On Sep 10, 2005, at 11:49 AM, Pupeno wrote: Hello, Is it possible to make an image of my whole 40GiB HD into a file in another, bigger HD, including all my

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird problem with emerge sync

2005-09-10 Thread Tony Davison
On Saturday 10 September 2005 15:24, Holly Bostick wrote: > > Or am I simply using the wrong SYNC= in /etc/make.conf? My default is > rsync.europe.gentoo.org, and I don't see any documentation that > indicates that that has changed or become deprecated or invalid, but > maybe it has. I don't parti

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql no longer working :-(

2005-09-10 Thread Bastian Balthazar Bux
Antoine wrote: > >> This is most annoying! I have not modified anything (though have been >> trying to install rt and some other trouble ticket systems) but it >> seems pretty dead. A remerge did nothing. > > > I ended up getting rid of the databases I had before (including one that > rt tried t

Re: [gentoo-user] dev-lang/php

2005-09-10 Thread Bastian Balthazar Bux
Kurt Guenther wrote: > > dev-lang/php-5.0 popped up as one of my updates, so I dutifully deleted > dev-php/php and dev-php/mod_php, and emerged this package. > > Now, I can't find a suitable mod_php, and portage wants to reemerge > dev-php/php-4.4.0. > > Seems like a catch-22, so I'm going to ma

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk image

2005-09-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:58:44 +0200, Christoph Eckert wrote: > > Is it possible to make an image of my whole 40GiB HD into a file in > > another, bigger HD, including all my partitions, grub, everything. > > I want to re-install this computer, but I want to be able to go back > > easily if I need i

Re: [gentoo-user] MySQL 4.0 => 4.1 upgrade

2005-09-10 Thread Bastian Balthazar Bux
Free interpretation of Maurice van der Pot replay to this same email on gentoo-dev : > --result-file=BACKUP_MYSQL_4.0.SQL > [...] > > cmd# cat backup_mysql_4.0.sql \ Those two are the same file, so either use lower or UPPER case name. Also the password insterted during the ebuild /var/db/

[gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Frank Schafer
... or which distribution to install during less than 4 days? Hi list, as I wrote yesterday I planned to complete installation after work (started ``emerge --emptytree system'' in the morning). When I returned home from work I found in the logs, that ``emerge --emptytree system'' failed at packa

Re: [gentoo-user] "Copying" between hard drives potential newbie question ----- > Disk image post

2005-09-10 Thread Stuart Howard
In case you missed it On 9/7/05, Matthias Bethke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi waltdnes, > on Tuesday, 2005-09-06 at 21:08:20, you wrote: > > > Most UPSs below about US$400 are junk. You'd be served just as well > > > with a decent surge suppressor power strip. Don't waste your money > > > o

Re: [gentoo-user] package.provided location question

2005-09-10 Thread Chris Boot
On 10 Sep 2005, at 16:15, Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, Generic question - why is package.provided located in /etc/make.profile instead of in /etc/portage? Won't l lose my edits when profile changes come along? It seems to me that if I take responsibility for a package, such as jack-audio-conne

Re: [gentoo-user] Proliant 3000

2005-09-10 Thread Michael W. Holdeman
I got the smartStart, but it won't let me set up for IDE boot. When I try to set-up the BIOS it will let me change most settings but says this system does not support IDE HD. Hence I was think ing I would boot on a floppy and have it find the kernel and set them machine up to use the HD. It find

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Dave Nebinger
When I returned home from work I found in the logs, that ``emerge --emptytree system'' failed at package 28 of 186 python-fcksum-1.7.1 i386-pc-linux-gnu-gcc bla...bla ^ | +- ! gcc-config error: could not run/locate "i386-pc-linux-gnu-gcc" My guess is that during the -e

Re: [gentoo-user] Why gpm?

2005-09-10 Thread Edward Catmur
On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 18:00 +0200, Jes__s Garc__a Crespo wrote: > Hi! I don't understand why gpm was included in the Gentoo base system. > It was not in there before and I didn't find information about the > reasons. But I could tell you my case: I installed Gentoo in my > dedicated server in EEUU

Re: [gentoo-user] Audio and permissions.

2005-09-10 Thread gentuxx
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nick Rout wrote: >On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 22:46 -0700, gentuxx wrote: > >>>As root >>># gpasswd -a username audio >>> >>>Replace username with (you guessed it) your username >> >>K. I'll give that a shot. Is that a logout/login situation? > > >yes, and

Re: [gentoo-user] dev-lang/php

2005-09-10 Thread Kurt Guenther
Bastian Balthazar Bux wrote: dev-lang/php-5.0 install both "cli" and "apache2" stuff. Similar question has been answered already on this list, search that. I saw the discussion w/ last post 2 days ago. It didn't answer my question because there is no mod_php for 5 and php-5.0 didn't se

Re: [gentoo-user] Proliant 3000

2005-09-10 Thread Ted Ozolins
Michael W. Holdeman wrote: >I got the smartStart, but it won't let me set up for IDE boot. When I try to >set-up the BIOS it will let me change most settings but says this system does >not support IDE HD. Hence I was think ing I would boot on a floppy and have >it find the kernel and set them m

Re: [gentoo-user] Suspend2 and hibernate problem.

2005-09-10 Thread Harald Arnesen
Paweł Madej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hibernating and resuming works flawlessly but one thing. > When i do: > > # hibernate > i got everything stopped but there is no power off on my laptop. Thing > is a bit weird because when i do: > # halt it turns off power > i also got emerged hibernate-sc

Re: [gentoo-user] package.provided location question

2005-09-10 Thread Mark Knecht
On 9/10/05, Chris Boot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10 Sep 2005, at 16:15, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > Hi, > >Generic question - why is package.provided located in > > /etc/make.profile instead of in /etc/portage? Won't l lose my edits > > when profile changes come along? > > > >It seem

Re: [gentoo-user] Why gpm?

2005-09-10 Thread Holly Bostick
Jes__s Garc__a Crespo (aka Sevein) schreef: > Hi! I don't understand why gpm was included in the Gentoo base > system. It was not in there before and I didn't find information > about the reasons. But I could tell you my case: I installed Gentoo > in my dedicated server in EEUU (I am from Spain)

Re: [gentoo-user] Proliant 3000

2005-09-10 Thread Michael W. Holdeman
There should be But the firmware boot disks don't upgrade it... I'll have to look further. The curent BIOS on teh machine is E39 dated 2000. That would be the original I think. Mike On Saturday 10 September 2005 02:46 pm, Ted Ozolins wrote: > Michael W. Holdeman wrote: > >I got the smartStart,

[gentoo-user] Re: HELP! grub stops, only hard reset helps

2005-09-10 Thread capsel
I solved this problem. Guilty was gcc-2.3.5.* (don't remember version). Last night I upgraded all system and I removed hardened flag. Before this I tryed to compile older versions of grub but configure script failed with error saying something about 0200 address and compiler. Now everything works f

[gentoo-user] alsactl prob fixed --thanks m.k.

2005-09-10 Thread maxim wexler
Hi Mark, I didn't realize you had answered my email until I looked into the archive. Don't know the protocol for answering an email once it's been deleted. Re-running alsamixer after rm asound.state and then alsactl store did the trick. Don't know why sound should fail for *all* players when str

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Frank Schafer
On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 14:37 -0400, Dave Nebinger wrote: > > When I returned home from work I found in the logs, that ``emerge > > --emptytree system'' failed at package 28 of 186 > > > > python-fcksum-1.7.1 > > i386-pc-linux-gnu-gcc bla...bla > > ^ > > | > > +- ! > > > > gcc

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread John Jolet
> > If you don't have the time to watch over the stage 1 build process, you > > can jump straight to a stage 3 then update packages from there. > > Well, that's the same ads installing Fedora (within 2 hours). With respect, that is NOT the same as installing fedora. This laptop has had fedora, s

[gentoo-user] server deployment

2005-09-10 Thread John Jolet
We're in the process of transitioning from 32-bit Redhat (7 I think) web/app servers to 64-bit gentoo web/app servers. One concern I've got is from a security standpoint, normally you don't deploy webservers with development tools on them. How do you guys handle this question with internet-fac

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Frank Schafer
On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 14:26 -0500, John Jolet wrote: > > > If you don't have the time to watch over the stage 1 build process, you > > > can jump straight to a stage 3 then update packages from there. > > > > Well, that's the same ads installing Fedora (within 2 hours). > With respect, that is NOT

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Dave Nebinger
I don't get You at this point. I'll have to start ''emerge --emptytree system'', wait until it crashes, run ''fix_libtool_files.sh'' and run ''emerge --emptytree system'' ones more, hoping that it won't crash this time? No, after the fix_libtool_files.sh run, you do the "emerge --resume" to have

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Justin Patrin
On 9/10/05, Frank Schafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... or which distribution to install during less than 4 days? > > Hi list, > > as I wrote yesterday I planned to complete installation after work > (started ``emerge --emptytree system'' in the morning). > > When I returned home from work I

Re: [gentoo-user] server deployment

2005-09-10 Thread Edward Catmur
On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 14:29 -0500, John Jolet wrote: > We're in the process of transitioning from 32-bit Redhat (7 I think) web/app > servers to 64-bit gentoo web/app servers. One concern I've got is from a > security standpoint, normally you don't deploy webservers with development > tools on

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Frank Schafer
On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 12:42 -0700, Justin Patrin wrote: > On 9/10/05, Frank Schafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ... or which distribution to install during less than 4 days? > > > > Hi list, > > > > as I wrote yesterday I planned to complete installation after work > > (started ``emerge --empt

Re: [gentoo-user] server deployment

2005-09-10 Thread John Jolet
On Saturday 10 September 2005 14:45, Edward Catmur wrote: > On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 14:29 -0500, John Jolet wrote: > > We're in the process of transitioning from 32-bit Redhat (7 I think) > > web/app servers to 64-bit gentoo web/app servers. One concern I've got > > is from a security standpoint, no

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Frank Schafer
On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 15:39 -0400, Dave Nebinger wrote: > > I don't get You at this point. I'll have to start ''emerge --emptytree > > system'', wait until it crashes, run ''fix_libtool_files.sh'' and run > > ''emerge --emptytree system'' ones more, hoping that it won't crash this > > time? > > No

Re: [gentoo-user] Printing Problem

2005-09-10 Thread C. Beamer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks John, Boy, do I have "egg on my face" with the first issue! John Jolet wrote: > > On Sep 10, 2005, at 11:55 AM, C. Beamer wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >> >> >> I emerged both hal and cups. Using kde's print manag

Re: [gentoo-user] jack-audio-connection-kit-0.100.0 ??

2005-09-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:11:50 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > > > emerge --digest jack-audio-connection > > Neat, when was that added? > > dunno, i picked it up from a games ebuild writing howto. Good thing you read it then, because it's not in the emerge man page :( -- Neil Bothwick [ Printed

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 01 Jan 1988 00:18:00 +0100, Frank Schafer wrote: > > The good news is that you'll only need to do this during the > > beginning when the system is being built from scratch; once you're up > > and running you normally won't need to do this again. > > I don't get You at this point. I'll hav

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 14:37:22 -0400, Dave Nebinger wrote: > If you don't have the time to watch over the stage 1 build process, you > can jump straight to a stage 3 then update packages from there. That's exactly what I did with my laptop. It arrived at 1pm and I needed it fully functional for the

Re: [gentoo-user] Why gpm?

2005-09-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 19:39:18 +0100, Edward Catmur wrote: > I suppose the reason is that when setting up a system on the console, it > helps to be able to cut-and-paste text with the mouse. While dhcpcd is > useful for servers, it isn't needed during initial setup, whereas gpm > is, even if it isn'

Re: [gentoo-user] Why gpm?

2005-09-10 Thread Frank Schafer
On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 21:19 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 19:39:18 +0100, Edward Catmur wrote: > > > I suppose the reason is that when setting up a system on the console, it > > helps to be able to cut-and-paste text with the mouse. While dhcpcd is > > useful for servers, it is

Re: [gentoo-user] package.provided location question

2005-09-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 11:50:24 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: >Thanks. That seems to work and is indeed a much better place to put > it. I did not see that in the man pages (is it there?) so I appreciate > the pointer. It's buried in the portage man page. Basically, what you put in /etc/portage/prof

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Saturday 10 September 2005 20:09, Frank Schafer wrote: > ... or which distribution to install during less than 4 days? > > Hi list, > > as I wrote yesterday I planned to complete installation after work > (started ``emerge --emptytree system'' in the morning). > where did you get the idea that

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Zac Medico
Frank Schafer wrote: > is better than Gentoo just now, ... because it's installable. I'd recommend a stage3 install. The lower stages are intended more as a means to create a stage3 than for anything else. Zac -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Why gpm?

2005-09-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:30:28 +0200, Frank Schafer wrote: > > Why does the OP think it is part of the base system? > That's a very good question. Having a look at the default USE flags we > can see, that: > > emboss > Adds support for the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite > > is pa

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk image

2005-09-10 Thread Scott Brady
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 02:49 am, Pupeno wrote: > Is it possible to make an image of my whole 40GiB HD into a file in > another, bigger HD, including all my partitions, grub, everything. emerge mondo-rescue Mondo is a can back up your linux server or workstation to a tap, CD-R CD-RW, NFS or hard disk

Re: [gentoo-user] package.provided location question

2005-09-10 Thread Mark Knecht
On 9/10/05, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 11:50:24 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > >Thanks. That seems to work and is indeed a much better place to put > > it. I did not see that in the man pages (is it there?) so I appreciate > > the pointer. > > It's buried in

[gentoo-user] Does mythtv require older nvidia builds on a radeon system?

2005-09-10 Thread W.Kenworthy
Does mythtv require older nvidia builds on a radeon system? bunyip ~ # emerge media-tv/mythtv -vp These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N] app-misc/lcdproc-0.4.5 +doc +ncurses +samba +svga 284 kB [ebuild N] app-misc/lirc-0.7.0-r

[gentoo-user] subscribe

2005-09-10 Thread Josh M. Anders
subscribe -- Josh M. Anders, MVP, MCSE+ Senior System Administrator UNIX Expert __ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mail

Re: [gentoo-user] subscribe

2005-09-10 Thread Dave Nebinger
Josh M. Anders, MVP, MCSE+ Senior System Administrator UNIX Expert For all of that you'd think the guy would know how to subscribe to a mailing list ;-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] subscribe

2005-09-10 Thread Paul Hoy
On Sep 10, 2005, at 8:27 PM, Dave Nebinger wrote: Josh M. Anders, MVP, MCSE+ Senior System Administrator UNIX Expert For all of that you'd think the guy would know how to subscribe to a mailing list ;-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list LOL -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] subscribe

2005-09-10 Thread Jerry McBride
On Sunday 11 September 2005 12:56 am, Paul Hoy wrote: > On Sep 10, 2005, at 8:27 PM, Dave Nebinger wrote: > >> Josh M. Anders, MVP, MCSE+ > >> Senior System Administrator > >> UNIX Expert > > > > For all of that you'd think the guy would know how to subscribe to > > a mailing list ;-) > > -- > > L

[gentoo-user] "panel" error

2005-09-10 Thread Michael Sullivan
Every time I log into gnome I get this annoying error: I've detected a panal already running, and will now exit. My wife tells me that she gets the same message when she logs into her account on this machine. Is there a way to remedy this problem? I checked the gentoo-user archives at GMane sea

Re: [gentoo-user] "panel" error

2005-09-10 Thread Dave Nebinger
Every time I log into gnome I get this annoying error: I've detected a panal already running, and will now exit. My wife tells me that she gets the same message when she logs into her account on this machine. Is there a way to remedy this problem? I checked the gentoo-user archives at GMane se

Re: [gentoo-user] "panel" error

2005-09-10 Thread Michael Crute
On 9/10/05, Dave Nebinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A google search turned up another message:> I had this too after I botched a VNC install. I solved it by> purging /tmp and all the config files in my home directory. There is> probably a better way but it was a new install and I didn't have my >

Re: [gentoo-user] Audio and permissions.

2005-09-10 Thread Bruno Gola
gentuxx wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >Nick Rout wrote: > > > >>On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 22:46 -0700, gentuxx wrote: >> >> >> As root # gpasswd -a username audio Replace username with (you guessed it) your username >>>K. I'll give th

[gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-10 Thread Walter Dnes
I've been using Gentoo for several months now, and I've learned, sometimes "the hard way", what to do and not to do. Here's the first draft of a mini-FAQ/HOWTO. It can stand alone. If there's another FAQ out there already, maybe the ideas here can be included in it...

Re: [gentoo-user] Audio and permissions.

2005-09-10 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 11:40:50AM -0700, gentuxx wrote > OK, I tried that and I have/can verify that I am in the audio group. > Logged out, then back in, even did a reboot. No joy. Now here's the > weird thing. mplayer works fine, for both video (sound with movies) > and audio (mp3s). But non

Re: [gentoo-user] Ideas for a mini-FAQ/HOWTO

2005-09-10 Thread Dave Nebinger
Not to rain on your parade, Walter, but: 1) In /etc/make.conf set the following entry... MAKEOPTS="-j1" Do *NOT*, I repeat, do *NOT* use higher numbers. You are begging for problems if you do so. I use distcc in my compile farm and have most systems set to -j8 or above. I haven't run in

Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

2005-09-10 Thread Nick Rout
On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 23:03 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Saturday 10 September 2005 20:09, Frank Schafer wrote: > > ... or which distribution to install during less than 4 days? > > > > Hi list, > > > > as I wrote yesterday I planned to complete installation after work > > (started ``eme

[gentoo-user] gnome complains about "no mixer elements and/or device" on login

2005-09-10 Thread Nick Rout
When I log into gnome I get a dialog with the following message: "Sorry, no mixer elements and/or devices found" Advcie from google and forums.g.o seems to point to the following likely solutions: 1. make sure user has ability to do audio - yes I can, and everything I run in gnome produces audio