Re: [gentoo-user] Collecting bootchart files after boot

2007-07-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:49:57 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I understand why this happens. Is there any way to automatically run > a script like local.start but after rc finishes? I had thought of > putting something in local.stop to copy the current bootchart.* files, > but that smells a bit

Re: [gentoo-user] hald won't start

2007-07-16 Thread Alessandro del Gallo
Mick ha scritto: Hi All, I noticed on a box of mine that hald won't start: == # /etc/init.d/hald restart * Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer daemon ... [ !! ] == Confusingly, the logs don't show anything

[gentoo-user] netscape-flash

2007-07-16 Thread Michael George
Well, I wondered where the vmware player package went, but it came back the next day. However, I see that netscape-flash has now been hard-masked for both i386 and amd64. Should users be migrating to media-libs/libflash? -- -M There are 10 kinds of people in this world: Those who can c

Re: [gentoo-user] sys-fs/fuse question

2007-07-16 Thread Vladimir Rusinov
On 7/15/07, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Vladimir Rusinov, > But for some packages (e.g. ntfs3g) you need to completely disable > in-kernel fuse and use modules from sys-fs/fuse. (Altually, it depends > on kernel & package versions). Really? I've only used ntfs-3g with the in

Re: [gentoo-user] 2 to 3??

2007-07-16 Thread Mark Shields
On 7/15/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -Original Message- > From: Jerry McBride [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 7:11 AM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] 2 to 3?? > Anyone aware of any plans for Gentoo/Portage movi

Re: [gentoo-user] sys-fs/fuse question

2007-07-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:05:06 +0400, Vladimir Rusinov wrote: > > Really? I've only used ntfs-3g with the in-kernel fuse modules and it > > has done all I asked of it. > With some older kernel versions, you need to install sys-fs/fuse > modules. Maybe, but who want to run old software? New softw

[gentoo-user] Re: Sendmail woes

2007-07-16 Thread reader
Александър Л. Димитров <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello all, > > Probably the sendmail-list would be the better place for this rant > but I think I'll check with you guys first, just to see whether or not > I've missed something obvious. Yes it is and in my experience you will get help t

Re: [gentoo-user] depclean pwdb?

2007-07-16 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On 7/15/07, Thufir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 7/15/07, Kevin O'Gorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks, guys. What about that kernel? I'm thinking it's probably not > > the kernel I'm using, but I'm not positive. > > > > > > thanks, > > gentoo-sources-2.6.20-r8 for me. [...]

[gentoo-user] redirecting /dev/console

2007-07-16 Thread alain . didierjean
How can I redirect /dev/console to an actual tty (preferably tty6 or tty12) in order to have system info showing on it in real time ? I'd like to have a line like *.* /dev/console in syslog.conf. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] redirecting /dev/console

2007-07-16 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Monday 16 July 2007 16:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How can I redirect /dev/console to an actual tty (preferably tty6 or > tty12) in order to have system info showing on it in real time ? > I'd like to have a line like > *.* /dev/console > in syslog.conf. I use *.* /dev/tty12 and get eve

[gentoo-user] Starting cruisecontrol -> initscript

2007-07-16 Thread Johannes Skov Frandsen
Hey I don't no if this is question for the gentoo mailing list but I'll try here first. I'm trying to write a initscript for gentoo so cruisecontrol can start automatically on boot. This is my progress so far: > # this next comment is important, don't remove it - it has to be > somewhere in

[gentoo-user] /etc/modules.d how to understand

2007-07-16 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, I'd like to understand the "magic" of files in /etc/modules.d How to write such an 'alias' line. Can anybody point me to a HowTo? E.g. in kernel 2.6.22 there is no more an option to select a USB-WACOM tablet input. I've built the kernel module from the linuxwacom project, but what's the right

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/modules.d how to understand

2007-07-16 Thread Ian Hastie
On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:46:27 +0200 (CEST) Helmut Jarausch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to understand the "magic" of files in /etc/modules.d > How to write such an 'alias' line. > Can anybody point me to a HowTo? Have you read the manual page for modprobe.conf? That will tell you all the

Re: [gentoo-user] hald won't start

2007-07-16 Thread Mick
On Monday 16 July 2007 10:26, Alessandro del Gallo wrote: > Mick ha scritto: > > Hi All, > > > > I noticed on a box of mine that hald won't start: > > == > > # /etc/init.d/hald restart > > * Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer daemon ... [ !! ] > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Seamonkey and saving images taking so long

2007-07-16 Thread Mick
On Monday 16 July 2007 05:54, Dale wrote: > I think it is a bug myself. It seems to me that there should be a limit > of some kind on this file. Maybe a time limit, size limit or > something. Me, I just hate filing bug reports. I have filed a few but > only after some serious guru > said I sho

Re: [gentoo-user] Starting cruisecontrol -> initscript

2007-07-16 Thread Mick
On Monday 16 July 2007 16:41, Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote: [snip...] > -configfile=/opt/cruisecontrol/config.xml -jmxport 8000 -webport 8080: > No such file or directory (No such file or directory) > > obviously a file could not be found, but which and why? Perhaps this one: /opt/cruisecontrol/

Re: [gentoo-user] Seamonkey and saving images taking so long

2007-07-16 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: > On Monday 16 July 2007 05:54, Dale wrote: > > >> I think it is a bug myself. It seems to me that there should be a limit >> of some kind on this file. Maybe a time limit, size limit or >> something. Me, I just hate filing bug reports. I have filed a few but >> only after some s

[gentoo-user] Poweredge SC440 NIC

2007-07-16 Thread Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi! I'm about to buy a DELL Poweredge SC440, which comes with an onboard Ethernet specified as "On board Network Adapter (430-0488)". Anybody knows if it is compatible with recent 2.6 kernels? - -- Arturo "Buanzo" Busleiman - Consultor Independie

Re: [gentoo-user] Poweredge SC440 NIC

2007-07-16 Thread Dale
Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote: > Hi! > > I'm about to buy a DELL Poweredge SC440, which comes with an onboard > Ethernet specified as "On board > Network Adapter (430-0488)". Anybody knows if it is compatible with > recent 2.6 kernels? > I think this is the one you are looking for. > < > Broadc

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/modules.d how to understand

2007-07-16 Thread Kent Fredric
On 7/17/07, Helmut Jarausch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I'd like to understand the "magic" of files in /etc/modules.d How to write such an 'alias' line. Can anybody point me to a HowTo? E.g. in kernel 2.6.22 there is no more an option to select a USB-WACOM tablet input. I've built the kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] 2 to 3??

2007-07-16 Thread Jerry McBride
On Monday 16 July 2007 08:15:43 am Mark Shields wrote: Personally... reading what I have about the gpl 3.0 , I'd be pretty comfortable having Gentoo/Portage moved to it. It offers a lot of protection that gpl 2. does not. Anyway, if it makes Microsoft "catch up" then it must be good. --

[gentoo-user] portage inconsistency?

2007-07-16 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, At tail of emerge --sync its says now emerge portage. So, emerge portage results in one package being installed, portage, 61kb. emerge -u portage lines up 5 or 6 packages plus portage, 18Mb. Went ahead and just did the one package, figuring later I could do an emerge -u for the rest o

[gentoo-user] Gentoo Machine Cleanup

2007-07-16 Thread Samir Faci
Hi all, So, I have a gentoo install that's slowly evolved over the past 3 years or so years. It's now so cluttered with packages, it's becoming ridiculous, especially for a headless server. What I'd like to do is be able to remove all KDE/Gnome/X/gtk/qt/...etc out of the machine and not have

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Machine Cleanup

2007-07-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On 7/16/07, Samir Faci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, So, I have a gentoo install that's slowly evolved over the past 3 years or so years. It's now so cluttered with packages, it's becoming ridiculous, especially for a headless server. What I'd like to do is be able to remove all KDE/Gn

Re: [gentoo-user] Starting cruisecontrol -> initscript

2007-07-16 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 17:41 +0200, Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote: > Hey > > I don't no if this is question for the gentoo mailing list but I'll try > here first. > > I'm trying to write a initscript for gentoo so cruisecontrol can start > automatically on boot. sounds like a good question for thi

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Machine Cleanup

2007-07-16 Thread Albert Hopkins
I've done similar to Mark, but slightly different. # # back up your system # emerge -DuvaN world # make sure u're up-to-date # vi /etc/make.conf ; vi /etc/portage/package.use # edit your USE flags # emerge -DuvaN # update to new USE flags # cp -a /var/lib/portage/world ~/ # backup world file # vi

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Machine Cleanup

2007-07-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:18:44 -0500, Samir Faci wrote: >So, I have a gentoo install that's slowly evolved over the past 3 > years or so years. It's now so cluttered with packages, it's becoming > ridiculous, especially for a headless server. What I'd like to do is > be able to remove all KDE/

Re: [gentoo-user] 2 to 3??

2007-07-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Montag, 16. Juli 2007, Mark Shields wrote: > On 7/15/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Jerry McBride [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 7:11 AM > > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > > Subject: [gentoo-use

Re: [gentoo-user] 2 to 3??

2007-07-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Montag, 16. Juli 2007, Jerry McBride wrote: > On Monday 16 July 2007 08:15:43 am Mark Shields wrote: > > > Personally... reading what I have about the gpl 3.0 , I'd be pretty > comfortable having Gentoo/Portage moved to it. > > It offers a lot of protection that gpl 2. does not. > > Anyway, if i

Re: [gentoo-user] 2 to 3??

2007-07-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 16 July 2007, Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] 2 to 3??': > On Montag, 16. Juli 2007, Jerry McBride wrote: > > On Monday 16 July 2007 08:15:43 am Mark Shields wrote: > > Personally... reading what I have about the gpl 3.0 , I'd be pretty > > comfor

Re: [gentoo-user] portage inconsistency?

2007-07-16 Thread Александър Л . Димитров
Hello Maxim On 15:46 Mon 16 Jul, maxim wexler wrote: > At tail of emerge --sync its says now emerge portage. Yes, it does that every time there is a new portage version available. > emerge -u portage lines up 5 or 6 packages plus > portage, 18Mb. from the emerge manpage: "--update (-u)

Re: [gentoo-user] 2 to 3??

2007-07-16 Thread Henk Boom
On 16/07/07, Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: because gplv3 removes freedom? As far as I remember from when I read it, it does not take any freedoms which the previous versions did not intend to. The purpose of the GPL is to protect the 4 freedoms. This instalment just closes loo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Sendmail woes

2007-07-16 Thread Александър Л . Димитров
On 08:14 Mon 16 Jul , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yes it is and in my experience you will get help there. Keep your > fingers crossed for Per Hedlund to respond if you do post there. Thanks. I'll RTFS as soon as I finish my last exam (Wednesday - I guess *that's* what I'm keeping my fingers cr

Re: [gentoo-user] Sendmail woes

2007-07-16 Thread Александър Л . Димитров
On 00:58 Mon 16 Jul , Norberto Bensa wrote: > I use gmx.net too. If you would like to try postfix, I'll give you my > configuration :) Thanks :-) - I'm already using Postfix as a mailserver on my machines work where I'm using a more sophisticated setup as they are functioning as a mail relay

[gentoo-user] fglrx and posix shared mem

2007-07-16 Thread Iain Buchanan
Hi, for a while I've been seeing errors like this: fglX11AllocateManagedSurface: __FGLTexMgrAllocMem failed!! on the screen when running screensavers, specifically "mirrorblob". I found an ubuntu link[1] which led me to an ATI link[2] which said it is because posix shared memory isn't enabled.

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Machine Cleanup

2007-07-16 Thread Canek Peláez
On 7/16/07, Samir Faci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, So, I have a gentoo install that's slowly evolved over the past 3 years or so years. It's now so cluttered with packages, it's becoming ridiculous, especially for a headless server. What I'd like to do is be able to remove all KDE/Gn

[gentoo-user] Re: fglrx and posix shared mem

2007-07-16 Thread Xav'
Iain Buchanan wrote : > Hi, > > for a while I've been seeing errors like this: > > fglX11AllocateManagedSurface: __FGLTexMgrAllocMem failed!! > > on the screen when running screensavers, specifically "mirrorblob". I > found an ubuntu link[1] which led me to an ATI link[2] which said it is > bec

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Machine Cleanup

2007-07-16 Thread Abraham Marín Pérez
Mark Knecht escribió: On 7/16/07, Samir Faci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, So, I have a gentoo install that's slowly evolved over the past 3 years or so years. It's now so cluttered with packages, it's becoming ridiculous, especially for a headless server. What I'd like to do is be