Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's advantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh?

2009-02-08 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Neil Bothwick (n...@digimed.co.uk) [07.02.09 22:42]: > On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 20:43:04 +0100, Sebastian Günther wrote: > > > If i have to do *multiple* installs for several copumters, which I do > > not use myself, I choose debian, because fai rocks. > > > > Shouldn't this fai be adopted for Gent

[gentoo-user] Update mime database - won't!

2009-02-08 Thread Mick
Hi All, I tried following the elog suggestion after emerging x11-misc/shared-mime-info-0.51, but I get this message back: # update-mime-database /usr/local/share/mime/ update-mime-database: I don't have write permission on /usr/local/share/mime. Try rerunning me as root. Looking for it reveals

Re: [gentoo-user] Update mime database - won't!

2009-02-08 Thread Justin
Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I tried following the elog suggestion after emerging > x11-misc/shared-mime-info-0.51, but I get this message back: > > # update-mime-database /usr/local/share/mime/ > update-mime-database: I don't have write permission on /usr/local/share/mime. > Try rerunning me as ro

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Hard disk power save

2009-02-08 Thread Danis Petkakis
ok thank you for your response...will do as suggested... Danis 2009/2/8 Stroller > He wrote the lines of his post upside down, because he thinks you're wrong > to top-post. > > If you read it as: > >> Usually, you have to >>> umount it before you >>> put it too sleep. There's >>> almost always

[gentoo-user] Re: KDE-4.2 missing Oxygen

2009-02-08 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Naga wrote: On Thursday 05 February 2009 20:32:53 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Naga wrote: I've reinstalled KDE-4.2 from portage at least 3 times, and in between compiling it from svn. The svn copy always works ok, the portage one is always missing Oxygen. Do you have kde-base/kdebase-desktoptheme

[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} xfce4 network management?

2009-02-08 Thread Francesco Talamona
On Sunday 08 February 2009, Grant wrote: > Why choose wicd over NetworkManager? Hi guys I'm back with a differend mail address, hope someone missed me :-) I tested both, but NM keeps shutting down wired NIC randomly, sometimes is eth0, other times is eth1. eth0 and ath0 are connected to the sa

[gentoo-user] Re: media-video/gspcav1 or kernel module?

2009-02-08 Thread Francesco Talamona
On Sunday 08 February 2009, Iain Buchanan wrote: [...] > I recently upgraded from 2.6.26 to 2.6.28.  My el-cheapo webcam > (lsusb: 0c45:602c Microdia Clas Ohlson TWC-30XOP WebCam) used the > media-video/gspcav1 driver, but that no longer compiles: > > /var/tmp/portage/media-video/gspcav1-20071224/w

Re: [gentoo-user] media-video/gspcav1 or kernel module?

2009-02-08 Thread Mike Mazur
Hi, On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Iain Buchanan wrote: > I recently upgraded from 2.6.26 to 2.6.28. My el-cheapo webcam (lsusb: > 0c45:602c Microdia Clas Ohlson TWC-30XOP WebCam) used the > media-video/gspcav1 driver, but that no longer compiles: Maybe this page will point you to the right d

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What version of nvidia-drivers to use with FX5200?

2009-02-08 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 08/02/09 Grant Edwards said: > I know. 173.15 and newer don't support FX5200 cards. > > I tried several different 173.14.xx versions and none of them > work for me (I don't remmeber if .09 was one of them). I > always got an illegal instruction traps when Xorg is starting. > Other people rep

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} xfce4 network management?

2009-02-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 15:46:18 -0800, Grant wrote: > > The only thing I wish it would handle, that the latest NetworkManager > > does, is 3G modem connections. > > Why choose wicd over NetworkManager? It was far easier to set up so that my wireless connection was available before the desktop load

Re: [gentoo-user] Change colours of xterm

2009-02-08 Thread Ian Lee
Mike Kazantsev wrote: On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:57:18 + Ian Lee wrote: but still no white on black xterm, what am I missing?? You can try putting XTerm*background: #001800 XTerm*foreground: #A8A8A8 to ~/.Xresources WFM Thanks that worked. I got finally got a system confi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's advantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh?

2009-02-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 01:57:39 +0100 (CET), Jesús Guerrero wrote: > Yes. That's true and I agree. But since emacs was proposed > as a way to overcome the natural limitations of info, I guess > that's completely fair if others point out also the disadvantages > of doing so. All in all, we could also s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Hard disk power save

2009-02-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 11:51:00 +0200, Danis Petkakis wrote: > ok thank you for your response...will do as suggested... The suggestion was not to top-post... -- Neil Bothwick "Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy." -- Robert Heinlein signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's advantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh?

2009-02-08 Thread Graham Murray
Neil Bothwick writes: > Everyone's more or less agreeing here, that the info format is useful but > the standard info reader sucks. Once you start reading info pages in a > decent reader, like Konqueror, they are useful for more complex > documents. Although I'd still prefer HTML, mainly because

Re: [gentoo-user] Update mime database - won't!

2009-02-08 Thread Mick
On Sunday 08 February 2009, Justin wrote: > Mick wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I tried following the elog suggestion after emerging > > x11-misc/shared-mime-info-0.51, but I get this message back: > > > > # update-mime-database /usr/local/share/mime/ > > update-mime-database: I don't have write permis

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's advantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh?

2009-02-08 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-02-08, Graham Murray wrote: > Neil Bothwick writes: > >> Everyone's more or less agreeing here, that the info format is >> useful but the standard info reader sucks. Once you start >> reading info pages in a decent reader, like Konqueror, they >> are useful for more complex documents. Alt

Re: [gentoo-user] Update mime database - won't!

2009-02-08 Thread Justin
Mick wrote: > On Sunday 08 February 2009, Justin wrote: >> Mick wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I tried following the elog suggestion after emerging >>> x11-misc/shared-mime-info-0.51, but I get this message back: >>> >>> # update-mime-database /usr/local/share/mime/ >>> update-mime-database: I don't ha

[gentoo-user] Re: What version of nvidia-drivers to use with FX5200?

2009-02-08 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-02-08, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] >[...] > msoul...@anton:~$ equery list | grep nvidia > media-video/nvidia-settings-169.07 > x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.15 > > msoul...@anton:~$ uname -a > Linux anton 2.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's advantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh?

2009-02-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 09:54:48 +0100, Sebastian Günther wrote: > > Did you look at quickstart, mentioned earlier in this discussion? > Nope, unless fai-quickstart was meant... > > Any links? Yes, posted twice already but not to hand now. -- Neil Bothwick Math and alcohol don't mix. Don't drink

[gentoo-user] share control rights to a daemon by both root and another user

2009-02-08 Thread zhangweiwu
Me as root user of a server wish to share the control privilege (to start and stop) a daemon with another non-root user and find it difficult. The requirement: 1) either me or him can start the daemon then stop it; 2) he can stop the daemon started by me; 3) I can stop the daemon started by him. 3

Re: [gentoo-user] SecurDisc Software ?

2009-02-08 Thread Yannick Mortier
2009/2/7 : > Hi, > > is there any open sourced software, with which I can use > the SecurDisc funtionality of my LG HL-DST DVD-RAM GH22NP20 > DVD burner ? > > Thank you very much in advance for any help! > > Have a nice weekend! :) > mcc > This is some Nero-specific feature that was developed by

Re: [gentoo-user] share control rights to a daemon by both root and another user

2009-02-08 Thread Daniel Troeder
Am Sonntag, den 08.02.2009, 23:59 +0800 schrieb zhangwe...@realss.com: > Me as root user of a server wish to share the control privilege (to > start and stop) a daemon with another non-root user and find it > difficult. The requirement: 1) either me or him can start the daemon > then stop it; 2) he

[gentoo-user] [OT] Sendmail and Comcast

2009-02-08 Thread Mick
Hi All, If any of you guys has a working sendmail configuration with Comcast I would be grateful if you could share off list. Although I have followed the instructions detailed here (except for the masquerade options) I cannot get it to work: http://www.linuxha.com/other/sendmail/ After a lo

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Sendmail and Comcast

2009-02-08 Thread Harry Putnam
Mick writes: > Hi All, > > If any of you guys has a working sendmail configuration with Comcast I would > be grateful if you could share off list. Although I have followed the > instructions detailed here (except for the masquerade options) I cannot get > it to work: > > http://www.linuxha.co

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Hard disk power save

2009-02-08 Thread Stroller
On 8 Feb 2009, at 13:39, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 11:51:00 +0200, Danis Petkakis wrote: ok thank you for your response...will do as suggested... The suggestion was not to top-post... He was replying to one of my messages, and I did not suggest that. I was actually slightly n

Re: [gentoo-user] share control rights to a daemon by both root and another user

2009-02-08 Thread zhangweiwu
Daniel Troeder schrieb: > Hello :) > > You can use app-admin/sudo to achieve your goal. It can be configured to > allow certain users to execute certain commands as other users (possibly > root). You can even restrict the allowed arguments to a command. Hi. Thanks for that suggestion. I am thinki

[gentoo-user] mit kerberos running on Gentoo Linux

2009-02-08 Thread zhangweiwu
Dear all. I've installed mit version of kerberos V on my Gentoo Linux through the package repository (called portage in Gentoo). krlogin works but krsh strangely quit with a message I don't understand: zhangwe...@esmeralda:~$ krlogin emerson.realss.com Last login: Fri Feb 6 14:09:47 from 123.116.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Hard disk power save

2009-02-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 01:37:00 +, Stroller wrote: > >> ok thank you for your response...will do as suggested... > > > > The suggestion was not to top-post... > > He was replying to one of my messages, and I did not suggest that. No, although the response was "will do as suggested" not "will

[gentoo-user] Time keeper app for KDE 4.2

2009-02-08 Thread Hung Dang
Hi all I know that there is an option in GNOME which allows the computer keyboard, mouse and screen to freeze for a certain time for example 3 minutes for each hour. I wonder if there is something similar in KDE? Thanks Hung

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Hard disk power save

2009-02-08 Thread Stroller
On 9 Feb 2009, at 02:30, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 01:37:00 +, Stroller wrote: ok thank you for your response...will do as suggested... The suggestion was not to top-post... He was replying to one of my messages, and I did not suggest that. No, although the response wa

[gentoo-user] Permissions of /etc/sudoers

2009-02-08 Thread Stroller
Hi there, I'm just in the process of setting up my lovely new system :D, in the very first post-install steps. I install sudo, give my user wide sudo rights and then set "PermitRootLogin no" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. (Critique of this measure welcomed). Anyway, as root I started to edit /e

Re: [gentoo-user] Permissions of /etc/sudoers

2009-02-08 Thread Michael Hentsch
Stroller schrieb: Hi there, I'm just in the process of setting up my lovely new system :D, in the very first post-install steps. I install sudo, give my user wide sudo rights and then set "PermitRootLogin no" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. (Critique of this measure welcomed). Anyway, as root I s

[gentoo-user] Using "root=LABEL=xxxx" in grub.conf

2009-02-08 Thread Stroller
Hi there, Is anyone using "root=LABEL=" grub.conf, please? Anyone also using ext4 for their root? I can find numerous references to this syntax going back to 2005 or so, and some major distros seem to use it as the default way of describing "root=" to the kernel. http://www.linuxfor

Re: [gentoo-user] Using "root=LABEL=xxxx" in grub.conf

2009-02-08 Thread Dale
Stroller wrote: > Hi there, > > Is anyone using "root=LABEL=" grub.conf, please? Anyone also using > ext4 for their root? > > I can find numerous references to this syntax going back to 2005 or > so, and some major distros seem to use it as the default way of > describing "root=" to the kernel.

Re: [gentoo-user] Using "root=LABEL=xxxx" in grub.conf

2009-02-08 Thread Stroller
On 9 Feb 2009, at 07:42, Dale wrote: Stroller wrote: ... strol...@hex ~ $ sudo mount -v -L boot /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw,noatime) strol...@hex ~ $ ... You may have done this but just in case, you did use the tools to set the label on the drive right? tune2fs does it for ext2