Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get spellchecking to work on evolution

2005-11-22 Thread Alex Bennee
On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 19:56 +, C. Beamer wrote: > Hi, > > Alex Bennee wrote: > > >Although its enabled evolution never picks up any mis-spelled words. I > >suspect its something to do with the fact no dictionaries are selectable > >in the preferences dialog. > > > >I have aspell-en installed

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: default stage3

2005-11-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:28:26 +0100, Matthias Langer wrote: > > As I understand it, the first time you recompile new toolchain with > > your old toolchain, and then the 2nd time you're recompiling the > > toolchain with the new toolchain, with the idea that the new toolchain > > will compile/assemb

Re: default stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?)

2005-11-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 23:33:25 +0100, Holly Bostick wrote: > Hogwash. What's so hard about it, as opposed to any other Linux distro, > once you get past the install issue? Try plugging in a wireless NIC. It's not hard to set on up manually when you know what you are doing, but other distros will ta

Re: [gentoo-user] how to create a pgp signature

2005-11-22 Thread Holly Bostick
Alexander Skwar schreef: > Holly Bostick schrieb: > >> However, other than pointing this out by the simple expedient of >> confusing everyone further, Alexander's reply was less than >> helpful, since it neither pointed out why the answer given was >> presumably not correct, > > > Uhm. Yes, I d

Re: [gentoo-user] how to create a pgp signature

2005-11-22 Thread Alexander Skwar
Holly Bostick wrote: > Well, if someone asks how to create a signature, and someone else > answers how to provide a key pair, clearly someone is confused as to the > fact that a signature is not a key pair. Saying so explicitly (i.e., > "this will generate a key pair, not a signature, and they are

Re: default stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?)

2005-11-22 Thread Robin
> > Gentoo has to be harder to use than other distros, you can't have full > control over the system and still have it do things automatically for > you. > I could not of said it any better. And of the distros I have used Gentoo is the best, although not my first. And I would not recommend it to

[gentoo-user] OT: bash & decimal/exponential numbers math...

2005-11-22 Thread jarry
Hi, I wrote a short script for simple text file processing in bash (using "<" for input redirection and "read"). I know, there are probably better tools to do it, but the only thing I can rely on being installed on target comp is really bash and nothing more (no bc, sed, awk, etc.) so I must use o

Re: default stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?)

2005-11-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:40:02 +0100, Holly Bostick wrote: > Myself, I don't consider that either a stage 1 or stage 3 leaves me with > more than a minimally functional system after the initial install, but a > stage 3 leaves me with a *higher functioning* minimal install than a > stage 1 does. A s

Re: changing CHOST in stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] default stage3)

2005-11-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 07:06:01 +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote: > > I've just completed a stage3 install, and I'd like to change the CHOST > > from "i386-pc-linux-gnu" to "i586-pc-linux-gnu". > > Why? What do you expect to gain? A broken system :( After changing CHOST you must run fix_libtool_files.

Re: [gentoo-user] Kde version

2005-11-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:35:54 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > In other words after kde.org (or any other software writer) releases a > new version, it takes some time for the gentoo devs to make sure it is > working ok before they release it on the masses of gentoo users who rely > on the devs to keep th

Re: [gentoo-user] confused udev?

2005-11-22 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Richard Fish wrote: > > So if it really is partitioned, we'll have to figure out why the > kernel is not seeing your partition table. I would be interested to > see the output of 'fdisk -l /dev/sda' with the stick inserted. > No /dev/sda. But there exists /dev/plextor_memst

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: recommendation for external usb2 / firewire 2.5in hd case

2005-11-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:42:30 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > I am looking for a 2.5in HD enclosure, with USB 2. SD Card reader is a > bonus, as is video / audio playback from the device itself. > > I'm leaning toward this one from vosonic, that can even view video on > its display http://www.voson

[gentoo-user] Problem merging kde

2005-11-22 Thread Thiago Lüttig
Hi, i have some computers when I try to emerge the kde, or any package of it, i receice this message:   Calculating dependencies \emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "=x11-libs/qt-3.3.4-r3".   I just can´t find thi damn lib. how to fix this ??-- __Atenciosamente,Thia

Re: [gentoo-user] root password gremlin

2005-11-22 Thread Abhay Kedia
On Tuesday 22 Nov 2005 4:23 am, Holly Bostick wrote: > Just because you have a lot of packages installed that have the "pam" USE > flag doesn't mean that much-- is the flag actually enabled for those > packages? > > If so, and your system is not having any issues, I wouldn't necessarily > become hy

Re: [gentoo-user] how to create a pgp signature

2005-11-22 Thread Ralph Slooten
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Holly Bostick wrote: > Well, if someone asks how to create a signature, and someone else > answers how to provide a key pair, clearly someone is confused as to the > fact that a signature is not a key pair. No, actually I'm not confused as to the diff

Re: changing CHOST in stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] default stage3)

2005-11-22 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:08:40 -0500 Matthew Cline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On 11/21/05, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > You can change | > everything after a stage 3 install, although you have to be careful | > when changing CHOST. | | I've just completed a stage3 install, and I'd

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 2.6.14.2 and problem with ACPI (lost interrupt)

2005-11-22 Thread Abhay Kedia
On Monday 21 Nov 2005 2:17 pm, pat wrote: > Well, the ACPI works, and it looks like everything works. I'm googling why > this happen (an explanation), but without success :-\ I'm just curious, > that's all. > This is what I could find "It implies the BIOS handover failed and then we get an IRQ mess

Re: default stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?)

2005-11-22 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On 11/22/05, Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Gentoo has to be harder to use than other distros, you can't have full > > control over the system and still have it do things automatically for > > you. > > Exactly, the computer can do amazing things, but in order to keep it clean, specific a

[gentoo-user] complaints about world file and ooodi

2005-11-22 Thread Uwe Thiem
Hi folks, portage says something is wrong with my world file. "emaint --check world" produces this output: 'app-office/ooodi' has no ebuilds available What am I to do? Uwe -- Unix is sexy: who | grep -i blonde | date cd ~; unzip; touch; strip; finger mount; gasp; yes; uptime; umount sleep --

Re: [gentoo-user] complaints about world file and ooodi

2005-11-22 Thread Gerhard Hoogterp
On Tuesday 22 November 200> > portage says something is wrong with my world file. "emaint --check world" > produces this output: > 'app-office/ooodi' has no ebuilds available > > What am I to do? My first reaction would be to go to the /usr/portage/app-office en to remove or rename the ooodi dir

Re: [gentoo-user] complaints about world file and ooodi

2005-11-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:20:07 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote: > Hi folks, > > portage says something is wrong with my world file. "emaint --check > world" produces this output: > 'app-office/ooodi' has no ebuilds available I means pretty much what it says. you have a package installed for which there is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: default stage3

2005-11-22 Thread Richard Fish
On 11/22/05, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The first command won't do anything, -D doesn't take account of of USE or > CFLAG changes. It will update gcc or any dependancies of gcc to the current version. Unless one of those things have been updated, there is no need to build anything

Re: [gentoo-user] complaints about world file and ooodi

2005-11-22 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 22 November 2005 17:37, Gerhard Hoogterp wrote: > On Tuesday 22 November 200> > > > portage says something is wrong with my world file. "emaint --check > > world" produces this output: > > 'app-office/ooodi' has no ebuilds available > > > > What am I to do? > > My first reaction would be to go t

Re: default stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?)

2005-11-22 Thread Manuel McLure
Neil Bothwick wrote: Try plugging in a wireless NIC. It's not hard to set on up manually when you know what you are doing, but other distros will take care of this automatically. Perhaps if you're using WEP it's easier on a binary distro, but if you're using WPA-PSK it's a lot easier on Gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: default stage3

2005-11-22 Thread Matthias Langer
On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 09:17 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:28:26 +0100, Matthias Langer wrote: > > > > As I understand it, the first time you recompile new toolchain with > > > your old toolchain, and then the 2nd time you're recompiling the > > > toolchain with the new toolc

[gentoo-user] kdelibs-3.4.1-r1 build fails

2005-11-22 Thread Ernie Schroder
OK I haven't updated this box in 10 months and finally decided to spend some time on maintainance. I successfully ran emerge -u system last night and have updated my profile and gotten Xorg running. Now it's time to move on to "world" and kdelibs-3.4.2-r1 fails like so. I'm way rusty at this and

Re: default stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?)

2005-11-22 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
> The last top posting/html thread was 3 weeks ago... so yes it's time > for another "Keep Gentoo leet" thread. Gentoo isn't about pain, it's > about getting work done. Anything, and I mean *anything*, that allows me > to spend less time working and more time having a life is a good thing. >

[gentoo-user] Re: kdelibs-3.4.1-r1 build fails

2005-11-22 Thread Francesco Talamona
On Tuesday 22 November 2005 14:18, Ernie Schroder wrote: > OK I haven't updated this box in 10 months and finally decided to > spend some time on maintainance. I successfully ran emerge -u system > last night and have updated my profile and gotten Xorg running. > Now it's time to move on to "world"

Re: default stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?)

2005-11-22 Thread Nagatoro
Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: Therefore we can deduce that anyone who wants a harder install is a hobbyist, dilettante, and a dabbler. no, I want an installation, that filters out everybody too dumb to read the fucking manual. Or the FAQ? Where it's described how to do a stage1/2 equivalent i

[gentoo-user] Re: Problem merging kde

2005-11-22 Thread Francesco Talamona
On Tuesday 22 November 2005 13:21, Thiago Lüttig wrote: > Hi, i have some computers when I try to emerge the kde, or any > package of it, i receice this message: > Calculating dependencies \ > emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "=x11-libs/qt-3.3.4-r3". > I just can´t find thi damn lib. how t

[gentoo-user] Which are the modularised xorg ebuilds

2005-11-22 Thread Nick Rout
eix xorg-x11 tells me that the following are available: * x11-base/xorg-x11 Available versions: 6.8.2-r4 ~6.8.2-r6 [M]6.8.99.15-r4 [M] 7.0.0_rc1 Which of these are the new modularised ones? does it start with 6.8.99 or with the 7.0.x series? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Which are the modularised xorg ebuilds

2005-11-22 Thread Nagatoro
Nick Rout wrote: Which of these are the new modularised ones? does it start with 6.8.99 or with the 7.0.x series? Looking at the ebuild I'd say 7.0.0_rc1. -- Naga -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] kdelibs-3.4.1-r1 build fails

2005-11-22 Thread Manuel McLure
Ernie Schroder wrote: OK I haven't updated this box in 10 months and finally decided to spend some time on maintainance. I successfully ran emerge -u system last night and have updated my profile and gotten Xorg running. Now it's time to move on to "world" and kdelibs-3.4.2-r1 fails like so. I'm

Re: default stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?)

2005-11-22 Thread Billy Holmes
Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: no, I want an installation, that filters out everybody too dumb to read the fucking manual. I understand where you are coming from, however, without people willing to push the envelope and try new things, nothing will innovated will happen. While being an expert

Re: [gentoo-user] kdelibs-3.4.1-r1 build fails

2005-11-22 Thread Richard Fish
On 11/22/05, Manuel McLure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > /usr/portage/sys-devel/gcc/files/fix_libtool_files.sh 3.3.4 Just a note...that path should be /sbin/fix_libtool_files.sh. It may well exist in the portage tree, but there is no guarantee that it will be executable. For on my syste

[gentoo-user] Re: Which are the modularised xorg ebuilds

2005-11-22 Thread Catalin Trifu
x11-base/xorg-server Catalin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: default stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?)

2005-11-22 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On 11/22/05, Nagatoro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > >>Therefore we can deduce that anyone who wants a harder install is a > >>hobbyist, dilettante, and a dabbler. > > > > no, I want an installation, that filters out everybody too dumb to read the > > fucking manual. >

Re: [gentoo-user] kdelibs-3.4.1-r1 build fails

2005-11-22 Thread Manuel McLure
Richard Fish wrote: On 11/22/05, Manuel McLure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: /usr/portage/sys-devel/gcc/files/fix_libtool_files.sh 3.3.4 Just a note...that path should be /sbin/fix_libtool_files.sh. It may well exist in the portage tree, but there is no guarantee that it will be executa

Re: [gentoo-user] 80211/IPW2200 vs. Kernel 2.6.14

2005-11-22 Thread Derek Tracy
On 11/19/05, Bill Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 21:42 Fri 18 Nov , Matthias Bethke wrote: > > I just noticed the new Gentoo kernel 2.6.14-r2 includes support for both > > the generic 802.11 stack and the Intel IPW2200 driver. I've been using > > the separate ebuilds for these two so f

Re: default stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?)

2005-11-22 Thread kashani
Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: no, I want an installation, that filters out everybody too dumb to read the fucking manual. Where do you draw the line? Someday we're going to have real reverse dependecy checking, fixing, etc. So any idiot can blindly update x package and not have to realize tha

Re: [gentoo-user] 80211/IPW2200 vs. Kernel 2.6.14

2005-11-22 Thread Eric Bliss
On Tuesday 22 November 2005 01:02 pm, Derek Tracy wrote: > On 11/19/05, Bill Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 21:42 Fri 18 Nov , Matthias Bethke wrote: > > > I just noticed the new Gentoo kernel 2.6.14-r2 includes support for both > > > the generic 802.11 stack and the Intel IPW2200 dr

Re: changing CHOST in stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] default stage3)

2005-11-22 Thread Matthew Cline
On 11/22/05, Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why? What do you expect to gain? > The computer I am installing this on is an old Compaq laptop with a Cyrix MediaGX processor. Everything I have read suggests that this is equivalent to an i586. Am I wrong in thinking that the CHOST var

Re: [gentoo-user] 80211/IPW2200 vs. Kernel 2.6.14

2005-11-22 Thread Eric Bliss
On Tuesday 22 November 2005 01:55 pm, Eric Bliss wrote: > > > > > > I tried the 2.6.14 kernel with the ipw2200 driver, and it didn't work. > > > Maybe it was fixed in release 2. > > > > Can anyone tell me if the in-kernel driver supports turning your card > > on in promiscuous mode? > > > > Devi

[gentoo-user] Re: kdelibs-3.4.1-r1 build fails

2005-11-22 Thread Ernie Schroder
fix_libtool_files.sh is in the root path so it ran by doing: # fix_libtool_files.sh 3.3.4 I have resumed the build and only time will tell. I should know in about a half hour. On a wierd note, I am set up to receive list posts to a folder in Kmail. Since posting my original question, I have gott

[gentoo-user] Highpoint Rocket HPT302 PATA EIDE controller

2005-11-22 Thread Stroller
Hi there, Has anyone had any joy getting one of these to work under Gentoo, please? I bought it on the recommendations of users on uk.comp.os.linux, as I was looking for a Linux-compatible card available in the UK, but apparently no-one on that group is using the card under Gentoo. Highpoin

Re: changing CHOST in stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] default stage3)

2005-11-22 Thread Matthias Langer
On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 17:11 -0500, Matthew Cline wrote: > On 11/22/05, Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Why? What do you expect to gain? > > > > The computer I am installing this on is an old Compaq laptop with a > Cyrix MediaGX processor. Everything I have read suggests that thi

Re: default stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?)

2005-11-22 Thread William Kenworthy
Actually, as someone who uses wireless across a number of nets, wireless on gentoo sucks hugely. Was at a presentation the other day and saw an Ubutu user just walk in, a couple of quick commands and he had connected - after much work I still cant do that to a particular no-encryption net. I am

Re: default stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?)

2005-11-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:24:49 -0800, Manuel McLure wrote: > > Try plugging in a wireless NIC. It's not hard to set on up manually > > when you know what you are doing, but other distros will take care of > > this automatically. > > Perhaps if you're using WEP it's easier on a binary distro, but if

Re: default stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?)

2005-11-22 Thread Manuel McLure
William Kenworthy wrote: Actually, as someone who uses wireless across a number of nets, wireless on gentoo sucks hugely. Was at a presentation the other day and saw an Ubutu user just walk in, a couple of quick commands and he had connected - after much work I still cant do that to a particu

[gentoo-user] Re: kdelibs-3.4.1-r1 build fails

2005-11-22 Thread Ernie Schroder
Thanks guys! it worked -- Regards, Ernie 100% Microsoft and Intel free 14:24:38 up 20:16, 3 users, load average: 1.77, 2.35, 2.56 Linux 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: changing CHOST in stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] default stage3)

2005-11-22 Thread Richard Fish
On 11/22/05, Matthias Langer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 17:11 -0500, Matthew Cline wrote: > > On 11/22/05, Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Why? What do you expect to gain? > > > > > > > The computer I am installing this on is an old Compaq laptop with

[gentoo-user] unknown network activity as shown by xosview

2005-11-22 Thread Rob
Hi, Does anyone know what network activity is being shown by xosview? Is it activity before iptables filtering, or after? I wonder as I am getting a constant flow varying between 100-1000 as read on xosview. I get this with no internet related running processes. I have a default block on my fi

[gentoo-user] Be careful with MySQL-5.0.16 (cahnges ebuild and rc-script)

2005-11-22 Thread Francesco R.
>From Bugzilla Bug 113241 mysql-5.0.16 is out Thanks for the fast report, here it is : -ChangeLog Version bump for the 5.0 series. The ebuild has been rewritten, it's the first step to slot the mysql database server. (diff 5.0.16 and 5.0.16-r3

Re: [gentoo-user] Highpoint Rocket HPT302 PATA EIDE controller

2005-11-22 Thread Thomas Harold
Stroller wrote: Hi there, Has anyone had any joy getting one of these to work under Gentoo, please? I bought it on the recommendations of users on uk.comp.os.linux, as I was looking for a Linux-compatible card available in the UK, but apparently no-one on that group is using the card under G

[gentoo-user] what is the best strategy for using sysklogd with iptables?

2005-11-22 Thread Rob
Hi, I am using sysklogd with iptables. I am wondering what the best strategy is for sending iptables log output to a single file, rather than having logged packets show up all over in /var/log/? I haven't been able yet to figure this out by myself. I must be missing some doc info somewhere. Th

Re: [gentoo-user] what is the best strategy for using sysklogd with iptables?

2005-11-22 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 18:32 -0800, Rob wrote: > Hi, > > I am using sysklogd with iptables. I am wondering what the best > strategy is for sending iptables log output to a single file, rather > than having logged packets show up all over in /var/log/? I haven't > been able yet to figure this out

Re: [gentoo-user] confused udev?

2005-11-22 Thread Richard Fish
On 11/22/05, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ fdisk -l /dev/plextor_memstick > Disk /dev/plextor_memstick: 1050 MB, 1050934784 bytes > 129 heads, 19 sectors/track, 837 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 2451 * 512 = 1254912 bytes > >

Re: changing CHOST in stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] default stage3)

2005-11-22 Thread Richard Fish
On 11/22/05, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > AFAIK, there should be no difference in code produced by > "i586-pc-linux-gnu-gcc" and "i386-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -march=i586". If > there is, then things like distcc should be horribly broken. Well, I've been following a related thread on gentoo

Re: changing CHOST in stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] default stage3)

2005-11-22 Thread Alexander Skwar
Matthew Cline schrieb: > Am I wrong in thinking that the CHOST variable should reflect the kind > of processor in the machine? Yes. > Wouldn't leaving the CHOST at > "i386-pc-linux-gnu" build unoptimized binaries? No. Alexander Skwar -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list