Re: [gentoo-user] Howto erase the "Insert root floppy and press enter" item before the kernel panic?

2008-10-11 Thread David Relson
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:06:09 -0400 Andrey Vul wrote: > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:33 PM, David Wei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Sorry, I forgot that file . > > the .config is in the attachment this time. > > Thank you . > > > > On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:05:36 -0400 > > "Andrey Vul" <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [gentoo-user] problems with csound ebuild

2008-10-11 Thread luis jure
on 2008-10-10 at 18:36 Andrey Falko wrote: >Can you emerge attr, then run lsattr on the files that cannot be >unlinked? I suspect that they might have extended attributes >preventing those file from being deleted. thanks for your answer, that doesn't seem to be the problem, though. i can insta

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Florian Philipp
Alan McKinnon schrieb: > I'm looking into ivman and pmount for automounting amongst other things while > using e17. > > ivman was last updated Feb 2007 according to the official sourceforge page, > and the maintainer is listed as "". 18 months is a long time, so this > package looks like it

[gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
I'm looking into ivman and pmount for automounting amongst other things while using e17. ivman was last updated Feb 2007 according to the official sourceforge page, and the maintainer is listed as "". 18 months is a long time, so this package looks like it's unmaintained. Is there a replac

Re: [gentoo-user] problems with csound ebuild

2008-10-11 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
luis jure schrieb am 11.10.2008 14:37: >> Can you emerge attr, then run lsattr on the files that cannot be >> unlinked? I suspect that they might have extended attributes >> preventing those file from being deleted. > > thanks for your answer, that doesn't seem to be the problem, though. > i can

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag, 11. Oktober 2008 13:24:03 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > Is there a replacement for ivman? What exactly do you do with it, which filesystems do you mount with it? Bye... Dirk

Re: [gentoo-user] problems with csound ebuild

2008-10-11 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
luis jure schrieb am 11.10.2008 14:37: > thanks for your answer, that doesn't seem to be the problem, though. > i can install everything using install.py directly (not emerging with > portage). also, using FEATURES="-sandbox" i can emerge without > problems. so this problem seems to be related to

[gentoo-user] [OT-perhaps] Brightcove adobe Flash streams

2008-10-11 Thread Mick
Hi All, I am looking for a way to capture streams that are available as embedded Flash videos using the Brightcove solution. I had a go using the browser address of the popup within which the brightcove video launches, but vlc could not open it. http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpi

[gentoo-user] expat... once again

2008-10-11 Thread Alex Schuster
Hi there! Yes, there are still gentoo machines out there running libexpat-1, and I am upgrading one now. I survived several of those upgrades yet, but those were PCs I had better access to, and where a huge revdep-rebuild was no big problem. But this machine here is slow, and I do not have po

Re: [gentoo-user] Howto erase the "Insert root floppy and press enter" item before the kernel panic?

2008-10-11 Thread Andrey Vul
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 8:01 AM, David Relson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:06:09 -0400 > Andrey Vul wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:33 PM, David Wei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > Sorry, I forgot that file . >> > the .config is in the attachment this time. >> > Tha

Re: [gentoo-user] expat... once again

2008-10-11 Thread Robert Bridge
On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:19:48 +0200 Alex Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there! > > Yes, there are still gentoo machines out there running libexpat-1, > and I am upgrading one now. I survived several of those upgrades yet, > but those were PCs I had better access to, and where a huge > re

Re: [gentoo-user] expat... once again

2008-10-11 Thread Alex Schuster
Robert Bridge writes: > On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:19:48 +0200 > > Alex Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [my personal expat upgrade trick] > Stupid idea, but would the current ~ portage now make the whole upgrade > a lot easier with FEATURES="preserve-libs" ? Oh. Yes. The new portage. Sorry, I did

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Erik Hahn
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 01:24:03PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I'm looking into ivman and pmount for automounting amongst other things while > using e17. > > ivman was last updated Feb 2007 according to the official sourceforge page, > and the maintainer is listed as "". 18 months is a lon

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Norberto Bensa
Quoting Erik Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Does software rot when it's unmaintained or why is that a problem? No, but it develops incompatibilities over time... This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 11 October 2008 20:53:37 Erik Hahn wrote: > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 01:24:03PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > I'm looking into ivman and pmount for automounting amongst other things > > while using e17. > > > > ivman was last updated Feb 2007 according to the official sourceforge > > p

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Erik Hahn
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 05:24:27PM -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: > Quoting Erik Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Does software rot when it's unmaintained or why is that a problem? > > No, but it develops incompatibilities over time... So far, it works fine. -- hackerkey://v4sw5hw2ln3pr5ck0ma2u7LwXm

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Dale
Norberto Bensa wrote: > Quoting Erik Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Does software rot when it's unmaintained or why is that a problem? > > No, but it develops incompatibilities over time... > > > > This message was sent using IMP, the

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Dale
Erik Hahn wrote: > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 05:24:27PM -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: > >> Quoting Erik Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> >>> Does software rot when it's unmaintained or why is that a problem? >>> >> No, but it develops incompatibilities over time... >> > > So far, it

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 11 October 2008 15:18:24 Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Samstag, 11. Oktober 2008 13:24:03 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > > Is there a replacement for ivman? > > What exactly do you do with it, which filesystems do you mount with it? At the moment mostly just hot-plug stuff on USB with your stan

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 11 October 2008 14:59:30 Florian Philipp wrote: > Alan McKinnon schrieb: > > I'm looking into ivman and pmount for automounting amongst other things > > while using e17. > > > > ivman was last updated Feb 2007 according to the official sourceforge > > page, and the maintainer is listed

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 11 October 2008 22:58:06 Dale wrote: > I have hal, dbus and ivman installed here. They work fine. Since it > works, that may be why it is not being updated. Don't fix what works. ;-) How have you got it set up and how long has it been that way? Experienced any brokenness while it

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Alex Schuster
Dale writes: > Erik Hahn wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 05:24:27PM -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: > >> Quoting Erik Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>> Does software rot when it's unmaintained or why is that a problem? > >> > >> No, but it develops incompatibilities over time... > > > > So far, it w

[gentoo-user] Xinerama vs TwinView for dual monitor setup

2008-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
Hi, My notebook has this graphics hardware. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ sudo lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600M GT (rev a1) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ sudo xdpyinfo | grep -A4 'screen #0' screen #0: print screen:no dimensions:1920x1200 pixels (3

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
Alan McKinnon schrieb am 11.10.2008 23:06: > On Saturday 11 October 2008 15:18:24 Dirk Heinrichs wrote: >> Am Samstag, 11. Oktober 2008 13:24:03 schrieb Alan McKinnon: >>> Is there a replacement for ivman? >> What exactly do you do with it, which filesystems do you mount with it? > > At the moment

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 11 October 2008 23:40:37 Daniel Pielmeier wrote: > > If there's something better than ivman, or if I really should be > > configuration HAL directly, then I'm all ears, but I do get the > > impression that one really should be working with HAL via a front-end for > > true ease of use >

[gentoo-user] Re: Xinerama vs TwinView for dual monitor setup

2008-10-11 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2008-10-11, Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My research into nvidia's docs leads me to believe that TwinView is designed > to make the presence of two physical monitors invisible and present one giant > X screen, with a funky API for dead spaces (which may or may not work). I'm >

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Dale
Alex Schuster wrote: > Dale writes: > > >> Erik Hahn wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 05:24:27PM -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: >>> Quoting Erik Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Does software rot when it's unmaintained or why is that a problem? > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacements for ivman

2008-10-11 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 11 October 2008 22:58:06 Dale wrote: > > >> I have hal, dbus and ivman installed here. They work fine. Since it >> works, that may be why it is not being updated. Don't fix what works. ;-) >> > > How have you got it set up and how long has it been that

Re: [gentoo-user] problems with csound ebuild

2008-10-11 Thread luis jure
on 2008-10-11 at 15:17 Daniel Pielmeier wrote: >Have you updated python recently and did not run python-updater? You >can also try to re-emerge scons. did both, but i get the same results. >Sandbox errors are mostly caused when the ebuild tries to access the >filesystem directly instead of using

Re: [gentoo-user] Howto erase the "Insert root floppy and press enter" item before the kernel panic?

2008-10-11 Thread David Relson
On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:23:10 -0400 Andrey Vul wrote: > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 8:01 AM, David Relson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:06:09 -0400 > > Andrey Vul wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:33 PM, David Wei > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Sorry, I forgot

Re: [gentoo-user] [ot] Correct Setup for DVDRAM

2008-10-11 Thread Simon
Ok thanks, I'll hack my way through! Florian Philipp wrote: Simon schrieb: Storing data on a dvd is always quite useful and dvds cost much less than usb keys or other... I've been thinking about one thing. Is there any such thing as an incremental filesystem for write-once-read-only media (ie

[gentoo-user] Painted into a corner: avahi and mDNSResponder

2008-10-11 Thread Alan E. Davis
Almost perpetually, the following packages or their versions are blocking. I have run emerge -e system several times. Some other problems were cleared up, and this avahi--mDNSResponder/mdnsresponder-compat whatever it all is, just keeps coming back even when solved by some skullduggery. I've rem

Re: [gentoo-user] Painted into a corner: avahi and mDNSResponder

2008-10-11 Thread Andrey Vul
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Alan E. Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Almost perpetually, the following packages or their versions are > blocking. I have run emerge -e system several times. Some other > problems were cleared up, and this > avahi--mDNSResponder/mdnsresponder-compat whatever

Re: [gentoo-user] Painted into a corner: avahi and mDNSResponder

2008-10-11 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag 12 Oktober 2008, Alan E. Davis wrote: > Almost perpetually, the following packages or their versions are > blocking. I have run emerge -e system several times. Some other > problems were cleared up, and this > avahi--mDNSResponder/mdnsresponder-compat whatever it all is, just > keeps c

Re: [gentoo-user] strange block issue

2008-10-11 Thread Zhang Weiwu
Robert Bridge wrote: > Try masking virtual/jre-1.6 > > Also, it might be worth checking if the jdictrayapi has be included in > the Java 6 jdk, which would account for the block. You are right, I guess the software could not work with jre 1.5. I replaced my JRE 1.6 with JRE 1.5, but still hit a

[gentoo-user] Portage and fetch restrictions

2008-10-11 Thread Dale
Hi, I noticed that portage stops when it runs into a package like java that has a fetch restriction. I use the -f option a lot and it used to keep fetching then print at the end that a file was not downloaded. Is this a bug or is there a reason for this? I sort of liked the old fashioned way.