Re: [gentoo-user] Getting to kde 3.5

2005-12-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:29:05 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > > The lady has a way with words! > particularly for someone from the .nl domain :-/ Holly is American... so it's even more surprising -- Neil Bothwick You have a tendency to feel you are superior to most computers. signature.asc Descr

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting to kde 3.5

2005-12-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 20:24:43 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: > > No wonder you find world unsatisfactory > > unless you use --oneshot every time > > Of course I do, when the package is not already in world or system: > there's now an easy abbreviation '-1'. I know about, and use, -1, but the full name

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: initrd where is the docu

2005-12-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:36:11 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is it not required for the trademark gentoo boot up with nifty graphics? gensplash has its own tools for creating the initrd/initramfs for the boot splash. -- Neil Bothwick WinErr 013: Unexpected error - Huh ? signature.asc Desc

Re: [gentoo-user] Remore control of current desktop

2005-12-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:08:26 -0800, Steven Susbauer wrote: > As stated before, x11vnc is by far the easiest system to set this up > with. When you have an x session running, you can run x11vnc (that's > all you need to type) and then connect from anywhere. You can also make the current KDE deskto

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Cntrl menu,other browser fnts (not wwwpage fnts)-firefox

2005-12-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:23:49 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If you mean `konq' I'd been trying to get used to it, but today I got > so irritated with that sorry search application I fired up firefox. > > The search app just dies once its made the circuit of a page. Open a > new page and the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Cntrl menu,other browser fnts (not wwwpage fnts)-firefox

2005-12-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:02:21 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > WARNING: Parallel emerge has never borked my system, but I don't know > that it's completely safe. I do know is confuses the heck out of > emerge --resume. :( It has never cause a problem for me either. If you are worried, you

Re: [gentoo-user] java vs. javascript - what's the difference?

2005-12-19 Thread John Blinka
Willie Wong wrote: For what it's worth, I believe those people reporting "success" might be trying the wrong page. The website redirects all deep-links to the front page. To reproduce the error, go to the frontpage of smith and noble, on the left hand side, click Photo Gallery. Choose an arbi

[gentoo-user] Re: initrd where is the docu

2005-12-19 Thread reader
Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:36:11 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Is it not required for the trademark gentoo boot up with nifty graphics? > > gensplash has its own tools for creating the initrd/initramfs for the > boot splash. esearch doesn't know abou

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: initrd where is the docu

2005-12-19 Thread Andres Becerra Sandoval
On 12/19/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:36:11 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Is it not required for the trademark gentoo boot up with nifty graphics? > > > > gensplash has its own tools for creating

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: initrd where is the docu

2005-12-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:46:00 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > gensplash has its own tools for creating the initrd/initramfs for the > > boot splash. > > esearch doesn't know about gensplash. What package is it a part of? splashutils - full info at http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/genspl

[gentoo-user] Domain Name not getting set properly...

2005-12-19 Thread Jessica Rasku
I am having some problems with setting up my domain name on my new gentoo box. I believe I have everything setup according to the handbook, but for some reason hostname -d does not return a domain name and just complains that it is not know. I have this working correctly on my older box, but

Re: [gentoo-user] Domain Name not getting set properly...

2005-12-19 Thread Heinz Sporn
Am Montag, den 19.12.2005, 03:33 -0800 schrieb Jessica Rasku: > I am having some problems with setting up my domain name on my new > gentoo box. I believe I have everything setup according to the > handbook, but for some reason hostname -d does not return a domain name > and just complains that

Re: [gentoo-user] java vs. javascript - what's the difference?

2005-12-19 Thread Daniel da Veiga
I'm using a fresh installed Gentoo and Firefox 1.0.7, so, I have no plugins (yet). And the site mentioned works great, its a simple javascript popping up a window, I even made a lot of these on my webmaster days, that specific function has no compatibility problems, it works on all browsers I've te

Re: [gentoo-user] Java install question

2005-12-19 Thread Holly Bostick
John Jolet schreef: > > On Dec 18, 2005, at 8:58 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> On 12/18/05, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Mark Knecht schreef: >>> Do anyone know what was meant by the final comment? I've copied it here for ease of discussion. How do I set the Ja

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: initrd where is the docu

2005-12-19 Thread Holly Bostick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: > John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> mkinitrd :) >> >> you shouldn't need that with a 2.6 kernel, though. > > > Is it not required for the trademark gentoo boot up with nifty > graphics? > The nifty graphics on boot are not provided by any kernel initrd

[gentoo-user] Urgent please - DVD Copy problem

2005-12-19 Thread Paul
Hi all, First of all best wishes for the Christmas season. I have a dvd that I created in nero on (wi...) of a school's christmas productions. I have been trying to copy this dvd on my gentoo box using k3b version 0.12.10 (Using KDE 3.4.3) The image was created ok and is k3b_image.img,

Re: [gentoo-user] Urgent please - DVD Copy problem

2005-12-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:55:31 +, Paul wrote: > I have been trying to copy this dvd on my gentoo box using k3b version > 0.12.10 (Using KDE 3.4.3) > > The image was created ok and is k3b_image.img, when I start the copy I > get the following output on the copy screen:- > Using growisofs 5.21 >

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Need help correcting my DNS configuration

2005-12-19 Thread Michael Kjorling
On 2005-12-16 10:31 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > it frequently does) my applications which require knowing what host > they're running on. They don't seem to be smart enough to look > at /etc/hosts. Some people on one of my Linux lists suggested that Did you check to make sure /etc/nsswitch

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] World Of Warcraft - Works like MAGIC on Gentoo

2005-12-19 Thread Thomas Kirchner
* On Dec 18 10:14, Jeff (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: > Just to let you guys know, not that it means anything special, but WoW > works like a DREAM on Gentoo. I know this isn't a help with the mouse pointer fix, but did you do anything special to get WoW to run? I tried every patch I fou

Re: [gentoo-user] Java install question

2005-12-19 Thread Felipe Ribeiro
The basic difference between JDK and JRE is that jdk is the complete development environment that includes the compiler (javac), while jre just contains the basic VM to run the java code (.class and .jar files), so, if you need to compile a .java file, you will need the jdk but if you just need to

[gentoo-user] rsnap failure in cp -al leads to deletion of all but one Hourly*

2005-12-19 Thread reader
Cross post alert! => posted on gentoo and rsnapshot Gentoo linux kernel-2.6.14 rsnapshot-1.2.1-r1 rsync-2.6.6-r1 Failure of cp -al doesn't leave enough log info to id what is wrong. Some kind of failure happened from one day to the next: Dec 15 /bin/rm -rf /bk/rsnap/hourly.5/ mv /bk/rsnap/hou

[gentoo-user] i'm new of list

2005-12-19 Thread jangar
hi -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Urgent please - DVD Copy problem

2005-12-19 Thread Paul
On Monday 19 Dec 2005 13:24, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:55:31 +, Paul wrote: > > I have been trying to copy this dvd on my gentoo box using k3b version > > 0.12.10 (Using KDE 3.4.3) > > > > The image was created ok and is k3b_image.img, when I start the copy I > > get the fol

[gentoo-user] /etc/init.d/net.lo lots of output ..ack

2005-12-19 Thread reader
This morning I'm trying to unravel the non-clear chain of events involved in the init scripts. I'm getting lots of messy output from /etc/init.d/net.lo and looking at net.lo, I'm not able to see where all this stuff is being loaded. I'm taling about the contents of: `depend' for example. There i

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting to kde 3.5

2005-12-19 Thread Eddie Mihalow Jr
Nick Rout wrote: On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:46:27 -0500 Ernie Schroder wrote: But as you say, enough. Holly The lady has a way with words! -- Regards, Ernie particularly for someone from the .nl domain :-/ Your asking for it now, Nick heheh -- Edward A Mihalow Jr Gentoo! Linux Registered Li

[gentoo-user] Re: rsnap failure in cp -al leads to deletion of all but one Hourly*

2005-12-19 Thread reader
Simon Boulet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > This is a known issue with newer versions of GNU cp and Rsnapshot. > > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=8988105&forum_id=41320 > > Update to Rsnapshot 1.2.3. Excellent info... thanks. It seems there should be some safegua

Re: [gentoo-user] Urgent please - DVD Copy problem

2005-12-19 Thread Jonathan Wright
Paul wrote: :-[ PERFORM OPC failed with SK=3h/ASC=73h/ACQ=03h]: Input/output error That suggests a bad disk - OPC is Optimum Power Calibration and is a test done on all discs to find out how must power is needed to optimally write to the disc (can only be done 99 times on any disk) IIRC. Ha

[gentoo-user] AT Keyboard help

2005-12-19 Thread Ognjen Bezanov
Not exactly gentoo related, but I thought Id ask. I have an old (AMD K5) 300Mhz PC which I want to install Linux on (and use headless for music streaming) but it requires an AT keyboard (which I dont have). The Issue is that the BIOS refuses to go past post, asking me to plug in a keyboard.

Re: [gentoo-user] Urgent please - DVD Copy problem

2005-12-19 Thread Paul
On Monday 19 Dec 2005 15:38, Jonathan Wright wrote: > Paul wrote: > > :-[ PERFORM OPC failed with SK=3h/ASC=73h/ACQ=03h]: Input/output error > > That suggests a bad disk - OPC is Optimum Power Calibration and is a > test done on all discs to find out how must power is needed to optimally > write to

Re: [gentoo-user] Urgent please - DVD Copy problem

2005-12-19 Thread John Jolet
On Dec 19, 2005, at 10:09 AM, Paul wrote: On Monday 19 Dec 2005 15:38, Jonathan Wright wrote: Paul wrote: :-[ PERFORM OPC failed with SK=3h/ASC=73h/ACQ=03h]: Input/output error That suggests a bad disk - OPC is Optimum Power Calibration and is a test done on all discs to find out how must

Re: [gentoo-user] AT Keyboard help

2005-12-19 Thread Daniel da Veiga
Well, you can't do much without a keyboard. You can't configure the BIOS to ignore errors because you can't hit DEL (or any other config key), and if you could enter the BIOS configuration program, you couldn't set it up. IF you could boot it, still you couldn't type anything at the prompt in order

Re: [gentoo-user] 000299 !!! ERROR: media-libs/mesa-6.4.1-r1 failed.

2005-12-19 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/18/05, Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Today, I decided it was time to try and upgrade my ATI Drivers to see if > it would help with the White colored textures in the NWN's CEP Hak's, so > I set aside the whole day to get this done. I figured I'd also upgrade > Xorg while I was at it so I t

[gentoo-user] how2use gaim for google talks

2005-12-19 Thread El Nino
dear friends, i configured gaim for google talks as they shown it on their guide(google.com). but i don't no how to use it to chat(not talk). when i click on 'Join a Chat' from the gaim menu. it asks Room: Server: Handle: Password: can any body help me... -- ... "The future lies ahead." __

Re: [gentoo-user] how2use gaim for google talks

2005-12-19 Thread Felipe Ribeiro
Google talk is an instant messenger where you talk directly to the other users, you don't use chat rooms. So you've just got to add your friends to your list. Cheers, Felipe Ribeiro On 12/19/05, El Nino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dear friends, > > i configured gaim for google talks as they sho

Re: [gentoo-user] how2use gaim for google talks

2005-12-19 Thread Michael Crute
On 12/19/05, El Nino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dear friends, > > i configured gaim for google talks as they shown it on their > guide(google.com). but i don't no how to use it to chat(not talk). > > when i click on 'Join a Chat' from the gaim menu. it asks Room: > Server: Handle: Password: > > c

Re: [gentoo-user] 000299 !!! ERROR: media-libs/mesa-6.4.1-r1 failed.

2005-12-19 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On 12/19/05, Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Today, I decided it was time to try and upgrade my ATI Drivers to see if > it would help with the White colored textures in the NWN's CEP Hak's, so > I set aside the whole day to get this done. I figured I'd also upgrade > Xorg while I was at it so I t

Re: [gentoo-user] i'm new of list

2005-12-19 Thread Andy Stern
| On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:19:59 +0100 | jangar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | | hi | | -- | gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list | hello *g* Registered Linux

Re: [gentoo-user] Java install question

2005-12-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On 12/19/05, Felipe Ribeiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The basic difference between JDK and JRE is that jdk is the complete > development environment that includes the compiler (javac), while jre > just contains the basic VM to run the java code (.class and .jar > files), so, if you need to compi

Re: [gentoo-user] i'm new of list

2005-12-19 Thread Jeff
Whaddup! Welcome to the list. :-) jangar wrote: > hi > -- Darth Vader: Commander, tear this ship apart until you've found those plans. And bring me the passengers, I want them alive! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] i'm new of list

2005-12-19 Thread Dale
Andy Stern wrote: | On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:19:59 +0100 | jangar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | | hi | | -- | gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list | hello *g* Registered Linux User #404755 wit

Re: [gentoo-user] AT Keyboard help

2005-12-19 Thread Stroller
Ditto that. If you can't find an old AT keyboard at the local tip then try posting a wanted on your local Freecycle group . Someone's sure to have one. Stroller. On Dec 19, 2005, at 4:26 pm, Daniel da Veiga wrote: ... configure the BIOS to ignore errors [by hitting] D

Re: [gentoo-user] i'm new of list

2005-12-19 Thread Denis
> Few words of advice. Bottom post and email text only. but with sufficient clipping of the text that you're including in the reply :) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] 000299 !!! ERROR: media-libs/mesa-6.4.1-r1 failed.

2005-12-19 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/19/05, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am not sure, but I think you need to merge x11-proto/glproto Also, media-libs/mesa-6.4.1-r1 (the ~x86 version) already has this dependancy. Which version are you trying to merge? -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] AT Keyboard help

2005-12-19 Thread Petr Kocmid
On Monday 19 December 2005 16:31, Ognjen Bezanov wrote: > I have an old (AMD K5) 300Mhz PC which I want to install Linux on (and > use headless for music streaming) but it requires an AT keyboard (which > I dont have). The Issue is that the BIOS refuses to go past post, asking > me to plug in a ke

Re: [gentoo-user] 000299 !!! ERROR: media-libs/mesa-6.4.1-r1 failed.

2005-12-19 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/19/05, Daniel da Veiga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try downgrading your Xorg to the 6.8.99, and try MESA and your ATI drivers. I am pretty sure the monolithic build is even less supported than the modular builds. At least the last report I saw said that all development activity was targete

Re: [gentoo-user] i'm new of list

2005-12-19 Thread Dale
Denis wrote: Few words of advice. Bottom post and email text only. but with sufficient clipping of the text that you're including in the reply :) I always forget. :-( Dale :-) -- To err is human, I'm most certainly human. I have four rigs: 1: Home built; Abit NF7 ver 2.0 w/ AM

Re: [gentoo-user] how2use gaim for google talks

2005-12-19 Thread Ryan Viljoen
If anyone is wondering about the settings, add a new account and set the following: Protocol: jabber Screen Name: Server: gmail.com Resource: Gaim Password: Alias: Under show more options Port: 5222 Connect Server: talk.google.com Anyway hope that helps anyone wanting to use the Google Talk

Re: [gentoo-user] Urgent please - DVD Copy problem

2005-12-19 Thread Jonathan Wright
John Jolet wrote: On Dec 19, 2005, at 10:09 AM, Paul wrote: On Monday 19 Dec 2005 15:38, Jonathan Wright wrote: Paul wrote: :-[ PERFORM OPC failed with SK=3h/ASC=73h/ACQ=03h]: Input/output error That suggests a bad disk - OPC is Optimum Power Calibration and is a test done on all discs to

[gentoo-user] [OT] private files

2005-12-19 Thread reader
Hoping some of you may know the ins and outs of somekind of privacy precautions for files on disk with such things as software reg keys, passwrds to various stuff, and stupidly... credit card numbers etc. I'm on a single user machine so the threat is from network more than console. Also I keep ba

Re: [gentoo-user] i'm new of list

2005-12-19 Thread Ryan Viljoen
> Few words of advice. Bottom post and email text only. Folks will stomp > on you until there is a mudhole then stomp it dry if you do either of > those. Then add in that most block emails that have HTML in it so they > will not see what you post anyway. I'm not sure why they block HTML but > I

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] private files

2005-12-19 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I thought since I'm well familiar with tar and gzip it might be > something to tar.gz the directories and encrypt the result. What about mounting an encrypted filesystem in a file via loopback device? Once configured, it can easily be mounted like mount ~/Nothinginhere Passphrase: For backu

Re: [gentoo-user] i'm new of list

2005-12-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:05:09 -0600, Dale wrote: > Then add in that most block emails that have HTML in it so they > will not see what you post anyway. I'm not sure why they block HTML > but I was told they do. Because it is insecure on some mail readers and unreadable on others. -- Neil Both

Re: [gentoo-user] 000299 !!! ERROR: media-libs/mesa-6.4.1-r1 failed.

2005-12-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:31:02 -0200, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > Xorg 7 is masked, and it requires lots of prototype libraries that are > installed with it (tried emerging it, but gave up after seeing the > ammount of proto stuff). The proto packages are neither libraries nor prototypes, they are pro

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] private files

2005-12-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:41:51 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've visualized something that somehow encrypts a directory or > several. But in a handy way where it can be opened and used several > times daily without bringing a lunch. If you use KDE, KWallet can be used to store random informat

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] private files

2005-12-19 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/19/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hoping some of you may know the ins and outs of somekind of privacy > precautions for files on disk with such things as software reg keys, > passwrds to various stuff, and stupidly... credit card numbers etc. The KDE Wallet system is pret

[gentoo-user] KDE 3.5 media manager problem

2005-12-19 Thread Roy Wright
Howdy, Just upgraded KDE to 3.5 and have a minor problem. When I start KDE with a SM memory card installed in my USB reader, a removable media icon shows on the desktop. If I remove the memory card, the icon goes away. If I reinsert it, then the icon reappears and I get the "A new medium has

Re: [gentoo-user] Cups/Sane and The Brother MFC-7420

2005-12-19 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Sunday 18 December 2005 23:05, "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Cups/Sane and The Brother MFC-7420': > Can anyone help me with the scanner now? It would be really nice to > have that work. I'm running amd64, do I have 64-bit sane. The libraries th

[gentoo-user] VFS: busy inodes on changed media

2005-12-19 Thread El Nino
dear friends, i'm using t1 serial usb modem(cdma phone modem) to connect to the internet. when i connect with de internet, the following infor giving my logger(syslog-ng). whats this mean? please help me... c 20 01:08:43 pushpaka [315621.725145] usb 1-1.2: ti_recv - dropping data, 64 bytes lost

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3.5 media manager problem

2005-12-19 Thread Daniel Heemann
On Monday 19 December 2005 20:12, Roy Wright wrote: > Howdy, > > Just upgraded KDE to 3.5 and have a minor problem. > When I start KDE with a SM memory card installed > in my USB reader, a removable media icon shows on > the desktop. If I remove the memory card, the icon > goes away. If I reinser

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/init.d/net.lo lots of output ..ack

2005-12-19 Thread darren kirby
quoth the [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > This morning I'm trying to unravel the non-clear chain of events > involved in the init scripts. I'm getting lots of messy output from > /etc/init.d/net.lo and looking at net.lo, I'm not able to see where all > this stuff is being loaded. I'm taling about the conten

Re: [gentoo-user] i'm new of list

2005-12-19 Thread kashani
Dale wrote: Few words of advice. Bottom post and email text only. Folks will stomp on you until there is a mudhole then stomp it dry if you do either of those. Then add in that most block emails that have HTML in it so they will not see what you post anyway. I'm not sure why they block HTML b

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] private files

2005-12-19 Thread John J. Foster
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 12:41:51PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What options are out there? > My personal favorite is app-crypt/gnupg John pgp20czflhBuS.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Java install question

2005-12-19 Thread Petteri Räty
Mark Knecht wrote: > > I don't get it. java-config -L said the sun-jre-bin VM was the one > being used but having the jdk installed created problems. > Your problems probably have to do with the fact that emerge virtual/jre or emerge virtual/jdk sets the jdk|jre you just emerged as the system vm

[gentoo-user] Lost SCSI support

2005-12-19 Thread Joseph
When I try to mount camera or USB stick I get: mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device No SCSI support from kernel (using Kernel 2.6.14-4r) Doing dmesg |grep sd (I only get): dmesg |grep sd Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). In Kernel I have enabled:

Re: [gentoo-user] Lost SCSI support

2005-12-19 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/19/05, Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I try to mount camera or USB stick I get: > mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device > > No SCSI support from kernel (using Kernel 2.6.14-4r) > Doing dmesg |grep sd (I only get): > dmesg |grep sd > Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 [EMAIL

Re: [gentoo-user] i'm new of list

2005-12-19 Thread Shawn Singh
Welcome to the list. You'll certainly find a wealth of knowledge here.

Re: [gentoo-user] Lost SCSI support

2005-12-19 Thread Joseph
On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 13:07 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > On 12/19/05, Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I try to mount camera or USB stick I get: > > mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device > > > > No SCSI support from kernel (using Kernel 2.6.14-4r) > > Doing dmesg |grep sd (I only g

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3.5 media manager problem [solved]

2005-12-19 Thread Roy Wright
Daniel Heemann wrote: Add the user to the plugdev group. That worked! Thank you, Roy -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Lost SCSI support

2005-12-19 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/19/05, Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 13:07 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > > On 12/19/05, Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When I try to mount camera or USB stick I get: > > > mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device > > > > What messages do you get in dmes

[gentoo-user] OT -More DNS problems - firewall?

2005-12-19 Thread Michael Sullivan
I've gotten my named server working like I want it to, except that computers outside my network can't see it. I've opened up port 53 on my router so that extra-network hosts could use it, but they still can't. I'm not running a firewall on my server box as far as I know. How can I find what's cau

Re: [gentoo-user] Domain Name not getting set properly...

2005-12-19 Thread Jessica Rasku
Heinz Sporn wrote: Am Montag, den 19.12.2005, 03:33 -0800 schrieb Jessica Rasku: I am having some problems with setting up my domain name on my new gentoo box. I believe I have everything setup according to the handbook, but for some reason hostname -d does not return a domain name and just

Re: [gentoo-user] Lost SCSI support

2005-12-19 Thread Joseph
> > No, nothing, zip. Not a single line. > > The most likely your kernel does not have USB support built in, or USB > has been disabled in the BIOS, or it is broken. The only things > required to generate the "new device" line is working hardware and a > correct kernel configuration. The only o

Re: [gentoo-user] java vs. javascript - what's the difference?

2005-12-19 Thread Willie Wong
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 05:07:28AM -0500, Penguin Lover John Blinka squawked: > Willie Wong wrote: > > >For what it's worth, I believe those people reporting "success" might > >be trying the wrong page. The website redirects all deep-links to the > >front page. > > > >To reproduce the error, go t

Re: [gentoo-user] java vs. javascript - what's the difference?

2005-12-19 Thread Willie Wong
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 10:11:16AM -0200, Penguin Lover Daniel da Veiga squawked: > I'm using a fresh installed Gentoo and Firefox 1.0.7, so, I have no > plugins (yet). And the site mentioned works great, its a simple > javascript popping up a window, I even made a lot of these on my > webmaster d

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Lost SCSI support

2005-12-19 Thread Joseph
[snip] > > The most likely your kernel does not have USB support built in, or USB > has been disabled in the BIOS, or it is broken. The only things > required to generate the "new device" line is working hardware and a > correct kernel configuration. Simple mistake, I replaced a motherboard not

Re: [gentoo-user] java vs. javascript - what's the difference?

2005-12-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On 12/19/05, Willie Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 05:07:28AM -0500, Penguin Lover John Blinka squawked: > > Willie Wong wrote: > > > > >For what it's worth, I believe those people reporting "success" might > > >be trying the wrong page. The website redirects all deep-lin

Re: [gentoo-user] Lost SCSI support

2005-12-19 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/19/05, Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This would seem to me is enough to enable USB and SCSI support. Normally, yes... > > > Did you enable /proc/config.gz support? Can you double-check your > > configuration there? > > How do you enable it? General Setup -> [*] Kernel .config

Re: [gentoo-user] java vs. javascript - what's the difference?

2005-12-19 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On 12/19/05, Willie Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 10:11:16AM -0200, Penguin Lover Daniel da Veiga > squawked: > > I'm using a fresh installed Gentoo and Firefox 1.0.7, so, I have no > > plugins (yet). And the site mentioned works great, its a simple > > javascript poppi

Re: [gentoo-user] OT -More DNS problems - firewall?

2005-12-19 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/19/05, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've gotten my named server working like I want it to, except that > computers outside my network can't see it. I've opened up port 53 on my > router so that extra-network hosts could use it, but they still can't. > I'm not running a firew

Re: [gentoo-user] OT -More DNS problems - firewall?

2005-12-19 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 14:53 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > On 12/19/05, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've gotten my named server working like I want it to, except that > > computers outside my network can't see it. I've opened up port 53 on my > > router so that extra-network host

Re: [gentoo-user] i'm new of list

2005-12-19 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: Because it is insecure on some mail readers and unreadable on others. Linux insecure? Never had that problem before. Unreadable I may can get though. I use Mozilla-mail so I am a new fuddy duddy. :-) I can get HTML or text only just the same. Actually mine shows

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Lost SCSI support

2005-12-19 Thread Dale
Joseph wrote: [snip] The most likely your kernel does not have USB support built in, or USB has been disabled in the BIOS, or it is broken. The only things required to generate the "new device" line is working hardware and a correct kernel configuration. Simple mistake, I replaced a

Re: [gentoo-user] java vs. javascript - what's the difference?

2005-12-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On 12/19/05, Daniel da Veiga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/19/05, Willie Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 10:11:16AM -0200, Penguin Lover Daniel da Veiga > > squawked: > > > I'm using a fresh installed Gentoo and Firefox 1.0.7, so, I have no > > > plugins (yet). And

Re: [gentoo-user] OT -More DNS problems - firewall?

2005-12-19 Thread kashani
Michael Sullivan wrote: I've gotten my named server working like I want it to, except that computers outside my network can't see it. I've opened up port 53 on my router so that extra-network hosts could use it, but they still can't. I'm not running a firewall on my server box as far as I know.

Re: [gentoo-user] Domain Name not getting set properly...

2005-12-19 Thread Heinz Sporn
Am Montag, den 19.12.2005, 13:23 -0800 schrieb Jessica Rasku: > Heinz Sporn wrote: > > Am Montag, den 19.12.2005, 03:33 -0800 schrieb Jessica Rasku: > > > >>I am having some problems with setting up my domain name on my new > >>gentoo box. I believe I have everything setup according to the > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] java vs. javascript - what's the difference?

2005-12-19 Thread Eric Bliss
On Sunday 18 December 2005 12:46 pm, Willie Wong wrote: > From my limited knowledge of javascript, I can't tell whether it is > a badly written javascript that parses in IE but not in Firefox, or > Firefox not supporting the full "standard", or perhaps the > site-designer used some IE-only extensio

[gentoo-user] RFC about kooka block

2005-12-19 Thread Francesco Talamona
aemaeth ~ # equery belongs /usr/kde/3.5/bin/kooka [ Searching for file(s) /usr/kde/3.5/bin/kooka in *... ] kde-base/kdegraphics-3.5.0-r3 (/usr/kde/3.5/bin/kooka) aemaeth ~ # emerge -p kooka These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild NS

Re: [gentoo-user] i'm new of list

2005-12-19 Thread Holly Bostick
Dale schreef: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> >> Because it is insecure on some mail readers and unreadable on >> others. >> >> > Linux insecure? Never had that problem before. Everybody doesn't always read the list on Linux, or using Linux mail readers. Suppose you're reading it at work, where

Re: [gentoo-user] RFC about kooka block

2005-12-19 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/19/05, Francesco Talamona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > aemaeth ~ # equery belongs /usr/kde/3.5/bin/kooka > [ Searching for file(s) /usr/kde/3.5/bin/kooka in *... ] > kde-base/kdegraphics-3.5.0-r3 (/usr/kde/3.5/bin/kooka) > > aemaeth ~ # emerge -p kooka > > These are the packages that I would

Re: [gentoo-user] i'm new of list

2005-12-19 Thread Holly Bostick
jangar schreef: > hi > Oh, I forgot to say hi to jangar :-o (That's me, you'll get used to it, hopefully ;-) ). Hi, jangar! Nice to meet you. Welcome in! Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] i'm new of list

2005-12-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:17:46 -0600, Dale wrote: > >Because it is insecure on some mail readers and unreadable on others. > Linux insecure? Never had that problem before. Leaving aside the fact that many people are forced to use Outlook at work, HTML can contain CGI scripts disguised as images,

Re: [gentoo-user] RFC about kooka block

2005-12-19 Thread Glenn Enright
On Tuesday 20 December 2005 11:50, Francesco Talamona wrote: > Isn't it a bit strange? Shouldn't be kooka blocked, as it is already > installed? > Ok, kde il slotted, but... Maybe I miss something about split > ebuilds :-) > > Is this a bug? Any comments? > > Ciao > Francesco You do seem to

Re: [gentoo-user] i'm new of list

2005-12-19 Thread Ben
On Monday 19 December 2005 22:58, Holly Bostick wrote: > That does not mean that the mail is showing up as HTML. That conversion > from a text smiley to a graphical smiley is a feature of the Mozilla > mail readers (MozMail and Thunderbird); it converts the smileys it knows > to graphics. It doesn'

Re: [gentoo-user] RFC about kooka block

2005-12-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 23:50:56 +0100, Francesco Talamona wrote: > aemaeth ~ # equery belongs /usr/kde/3.5/bin/kooka > [ Searching for file(s) /usr/kde/3.5/bin/kooka in *... ] > kde-base/kdegraphics-3.5.0-r3 (/usr/kde/3.5/bin/kooka) > > aemaeth ~ # emerge -p kooka > > These are the packages that I

Re: [gentoo-user] OT -More DNS problems - firewall?

2005-12-19 Thread John Jolet
On Dec 19, 2005, at 4:31 PM, kashani wrote: Michael Sullivan wrote: I've gotten my named server working like I want it to, except that computers outside my network can't see it. I've opened up port 53 on my router so that extra-network hosts could use it, but they still can't. I'm not run

[gentoo-user] data base program

2005-12-19 Thread capsel
Is there any program for makeing data bases as fast as ms access (works fast, small) and free as openbase? On OpenBase process of opening a wizard for form took more than 8 minutes!! I've got only 128 MB of ram. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] java vs. javascript - what's the difference?

2005-12-19 Thread John Blinka
Willie Wong wrote: Something is wrong on my end then. Can I have your USE flags for firefox, the version you are running, and what Javascript options you are using (i.e. from the Firefox preferences or about:config)? W -> equery uses mozilla-firefox [ Searching for packages matching moz

Re: [gentoo-user] data base program

2005-12-19 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 19 December 2005 17:24, capsel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about '[gentoo-user] data base program': > Is there any program for makeing data bases as fast as ms access > (works fast, small) and free as openbase? Access sucks as a database. Eventually, you'll want to use a real database l

Re: [gentoo-user] OT -More DNS problems - firewall?

2005-12-19 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 14:31 -0800, kashani wrote: > Michael Sullivan wrote: > > I've gotten my named server working like I want it to, except that > > computers outside my network can't see it. I've opened up port 53 on my > > router so that extra-network hosts could use it, but they still can't.

Re: [gentoo-user] OT -More DNS problems - firewall?

2005-12-19 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 17:23 -0600, John Jolet wrote: > On Dec 19, 2005, at 4:31 PM, kashani wrote: > > > Michael Sullivan wrote: > >> I've gotten my named server working like I want it to, except that > >> computers outside my network can't see it. I've opened up port 53 > >> on my > >> router

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