Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone have experience with Acer netbooks ?

091020 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 20 October 2009 05:59:07 Philip Webb wrote: >> Does anyone know how far it's feasible to compile pkgs on a desktop >> -- I have a powerful machine with upto-date Gentoo for everyday use -- , >> then copy the results via USB stick into a netbook ? > Trawl the

[gentoo-user] Dispatch-conf and vimdiff

Hi all, since recent ~x86 updates (maybe the latest vim update) vimdiff doesn't work well with dispatch-conf. It opens 4 buffers and then stops because of an error. It seems that the configuration I found on the wiki doesn't work anymore. This is the config line : merge="vimdiff -c \'saveas %s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:52:47 +0100, Mick wrote: > Could it be that all this is caused by KDE-4.3 going stable? Perhaps I > should now bite the bullet unmerge all my KDE-3.5 packages and start a > mammoth emerge of KDE-4 ? That could be the case, so either install KDE4 or mask it. -- Neil Both

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

Mick writes: > Could it be that all this is caused by KDE-4.3 going stable? Perhaps I > should now bite the bullet unmerge all my KDE-3.5 packages and start a > mammoth emerge of KDE-4 ? Uh, I am running KDE 4 for half a year now, but it still lacks stability. I still like it, and I can live

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

2009/10/20 Alex Schuster : > Mick writes: > >> Could it be that all this is caused by KDE-4.3 going stable?  Perhaps I >>  should now bite the bullet unmerge all my KDE-3.5 packages and start a >>  mammoth emerge of KDE-4 ? > > Uh, I am running KDE 4 for half a year now, but it still lacks stabilit

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone have experience with Acer netbooks ?

If anyone plans to try running Gentoo on the Nokia Desklet 3G I'd be interested in talking with you. -a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

Mick writes: > 2009/10/20 Alex Schuster : > I really, really depend on Kmail and to some extent on Konqueror > (fish, webdav and also as a file manager). This is an old laptop > overdue for replacement - so could hold onto KDE3.5 with this one and > jump straight into KDE4 when I buy a new lapto

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

2009/10/20 Alex Schuster : > Mick writes: > >> 2009/10/20 Alex Schuster : > >> I really, really depend on Kmail and to some extent on Konqueror >> (fish, webdav and also as a file manager).  This is an old laptop >> overdue for replacement - so could hold onto KDE3.5 with this one and >> jump strai

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

On Tuesday 20 October 2009 13:00:04 Mick wrote: > I really, really depend on Kmail and to some extent on Konqueror > (fish, webdav and also as a file manager). This is an old laptop > overdue for replacement - so could hold onto KDE3.5 with this one and > jump straight into KDE4 when I buy a new l

[gentoo-user] xorg-server-1.6: Window Maker received signal 6

Hello, I recently upgraded to xorg-server-1.6.3.901-r2 (gcc-4.3.4); followed all info on gentoo web site. Window Maker does not start; it pops up an error window: Window Maker received signal 6. I "think" the X server is running okay. I have re emerged windowmaker-0.92.0-r7 but the problem persist

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone have experience with Acer netbooks ?

On Tuesday 20 October 2009 11:05:37 Philip Webb wrote: > 091020 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Tuesday 20 October 2009 05:59:07 Philip Webb wrote: > >> Does anyone know how far it's feasible to compile pkgs on a desktop > >> -- I have a powerful machine with upto-date Gentoo for everyday use -- , > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

2009/10/20 Alan McKinnon : > On Tuesday 20 October 2009 13:00:04 Mick wrote: >> I really, really depend on Kmail and to some extent on Konqueror >> (fish, webdav and also as a file manager).  This is an old laptop >> overdue for replacement - so could hold onto KDE3.5 with this one and >> jump stra

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

Alan McKinnon writes: > KMail is fine on 4.3.2. I had issues with it randomly crashing when I > moved mails around, but that seems to have been sorted with the latest > version. I also had some problems, when moving some thousands of IMAP mails, but I also had this with 3.5. I am using thunder

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

Mick writes: > I have removed pambase from world (how did that end up in there?) and > rebuilt PyQt4 with sql and webkit, as well as net-libs/libgadu with > threads that came up when I tried to run update world. Now I have a > lorry load of KDE4 packages wanting to be installed: > > 238 packages

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

2009/10/20 Alex Schuster : > Mick writes: > >> I have removed pambase from world (how did that end up in there?) and >> rebuilt PyQt4 with sql and webkit, as well as net-libs/libgadu with >> threads that came up when I tried to run update world.  Now I have a >> lorry load of KDE4 packages wanting

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

Am Dienstag 20 Oktober 2009 15:30:03 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > Konqueror - well now, that's a different story: > > - web shortcuts (gg: wp: etc) do not work. At all. Period. Works fine here. Period ;-) > - fish:// does not work Dito. 4.3.2, though. Bye... Dirk signature.asc Descr

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

On Tuesday 20 October 2009 15:44:07 Mick wrote: > I will probably have to face this sooner rather than later. What's > the best way to do this? Uninstall everything from KDE3.5 and then > launch into this KDE4 upgrade marathon, or just emerge KDE4 in new > slots? > KDE:3 and KDE:4 happily co-ex

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

Am Dienstag 20 Oktober 2009 15:59:08 schrieb Alex Schuster: > Mick writes: > > > I will probably have to face this sooner rather than later. What's > > the best way to do this? Uninstall *everything* from KDE3.5 and then > > launch into this KDE4 upgrade marathon, or just emerge KDE4 in new > > s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

2009/10/20 Alan McKinnon : > On Tuesday 20 October 2009 15:44:07 Mick wrote: >> I will probably have to face this sooner rather than later.  What's >> the best way to do this?  Uninstall everything from KDE3.5 and then >> launch into this KDE4 upgrade marathon, or just emerge KDE4 in new >> slots?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

On Tuesday 20 October 2009 15:48:41 Alex Schuster wrote: > Alan McKinnon writes: > > Konqueror - well now, that's a different story: > > > > - web shortcuts (gg: wp: etc) do not work. At all. Period. > > They do here. I have configured them to have a blank as separator instead > of the colon,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

On Tuesday 20 October 2009 16:04:38 Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Dienstag 20 Oktober 2009 15:59:08 schrieb Alex Schuster: > > Mick writes: > > > I will probably have to face this sooner rather than later. What's > > > the best way to do this? Uninstall *everything* from KDE3.5 and then > > > launch

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:07:23 +0100, Mick wrote: > emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy > ">=dev-libs/soprano-2.3.0[clucene,dbus,raptor,java]". > !!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request: > - dev-libs/soprano-2.3.1 (Change USE: +java) > (depen

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

On Tuesday 20 October 2009 16:07:23 Mick wrote: > 2009/10/20 Alan McKinnon : > > On Tuesday 20 October 2009 15:44:07 Mick wrote: > >> I will probably have to face this sooner rather than later. What's > >> the best way to do this? Uninstall everything from KDE3.5 and then > >> launch into this KD

Re: [gentoo-user] How to build vmware-modules for kernel 2.6.30

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Jim Cunning wrote: > I upgraded to kernel 2.6.30 and now cannot build the vmware kernel- > modules-1.0.0.15-r2 that I need for vmware-workstation-5.5.9. I've seen > references on google searches that kernel-modules-1.0.0.25 will work for > vmware-5.3 up to vmware

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:09:33 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > USE="kdeprefix" is not supported under any circumstances and has not > effect on KDE:3.5 at all The only time you need it, and you'll have to unmask the flag to do so, is if you are using two different KDE4 slots, like 4.3 and 4.2. --

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

2009/10/20 Neil Bothwick : > On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:07:23 +0100, Mick wrote: > >> emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy >> ">=dev-libs/soprano-2.3.0[clucene,dbus,raptor,java]". >> !!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request: >> - dev-libs/soprano-2.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

2009/10/20 Mick : > 2009/10/20 Neil Bothwick : >> On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:07:23 +0100, Mick wrote: >> >>> emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy >>> ">=dev-libs/soprano-2.3.0[clucene,dbus,raptor,java]". >>> !!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:15:20 +0100, Mick wrote: > I don't really need a vnc server on this machine. I also don't need > games and I prefer GRUB to LILO. So why is KDE4 springing all these > goodies onto me? > > How should I tell it not to? Use the --tree option with emerge to see what is bring

[gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

Neil Bothwick wrote: > The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody > appreciates how difficult it was. Yes, oooh yes... :-) -- Remy signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

Am Dienstag 20 Oktober 2009 16:14:56 schrieb Neil Bothwick: > On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:09:33 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > USE="kdeprefix" is not supported under any circumstances and has not > > effect on KDE:3.5 at all > > The only time you need it, and you'll have to unmask the flag to do so, >

[gentoo-user] Two taskbar panels after upgrade to KDE 4

Hi, I just upgraded from KDE 3.5.10 to KDE 4. The upgrade went fine and KDE 4 KDM shows still my old KDE 3.5, XFCE and GNOME sessions as well as the new KDE 4 session. The only problem is that when I login to the old KDE 3.5 desktop (which I want to keep until I configured KDE 4 fully) shows *

Re: [gentoo-user][SOLVED] How to build vmware-modules for kernel 2.6.30

On Tuesday 20 October 2009 07:15:45 Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Jim Cunning wrote: [...] > > vmware-workstation-5.5.9 seems to require *only* vmware-modules-1.0.0.15. > > Is there a way I can change this and rebuild both vmware and its kernel > > modules? > > You cou

[gentoo-user] Re: Wine users backup libjpeg.so.62.0.0

waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: > MAKE SURE TO BACKUP libjpeg.so.62.0.0 and libjpeg.so.62 (a symlink to > libjpeg.so.62.0.0) No. Simply emerge jpeg-compat to get back a stable system. > My older machine was getting flakey so I migrated to my newer machine. > I updated the new machine to the la

[gentoo-user] Machine reboots immediately when suspended-to-disk

I've enabled suspend-to-disk in the kernel. When I issue the command "echo disk > /sys/power/state", it suspends but *IMMEDIATELY* reboots and comes back up again. The session restores properly from the swap drive, so at least that part works. What can I do to keep it sleeping until I power up

[gentoo-user] openoffice.org copy cells from calc and paste into writer causes crash.

The details so far are in bug # 289665 . Basically, I installed openoffice.org (non-bin) using portage from the normal repository mirrors. The first problem is described in the above bug, the second is that formula do no survive to save and reopen pr

Re: [gentoo-user] Machine reboots immediately when suspended-to-disk

On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 20:14 -0400, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: > I've enabled suspend-to-disk in the kernel. When I issue the > command > "echo disk > /sys/power/state", it suspends but *IMMEDIATELY* reboots > and comes back up again. The session restores properly from the swap > drive, so at

[gentoo-user] Colors corrupted in X after returning from text console

Some people like the nice crisp text of true console mode. Many can't stand surfing with a textmode browser. Count me in both groups. So I switch back and forth a lot. This email is being composed in a true text console (80 columns x 48 rows; but that's another story). I flip to X for surfin

Re: [gentoo-user] Colors corrupted in X after returning from text console

On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 20:55 -0400, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: > Some people like the nice crisp text of true console mode. Many can't > stand surfing with a textmode browser. Count me in both groups. So I > switch back and forth a lot. This email is being composed in a true > text console (80

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice.org copy cells from calc and paste into writer causes crash.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Damien Sticklen wrote: > The details so far are in bug # 289665 > . > > Basically, I installed openoffice.org (non-bin) using portage from the > normal repository mirrors.  The first problem is described in the above >

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice.org copy cells from calc and paste into writer causes crash.

AJ Spagnoletti wrote: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Damien Sticklen > wrote: > >> The details so far are in bug # 289665 >> . >> >> Basically, I installed openoffice.org (non-bin) using portage from the >> normal repository mirrors. The first

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice.org copy cells from calc and paste into writer causes crash.

AJ Spagnoletti wrote: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Damien Sticklen > wrote: > >> The details so far are in bug # 289665 >> . >> >> Basically, I installed openoffice.org (non-bin) using portage from the >> normal repository mirrors. The first

Re: [gentoo-user] Colors corrupted in X after returning from text console

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 09:30:06PM -0400, Albert Hopkins wrote > If you are using the Intel graphics I think you should try KMS. > Switching back and forth between X and a vt is both fast and > flicker-free and I haven't seen any artifacts switching between > the two. From looking at Google, I

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice.org copy cells from calc and paste into writer causes crash.

AJ, Thanks for your quick reply. I think you should append that there is also a fault on x86 arch as well. Thanks, Damien AJ Spagnoletti wrote: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Damien Sticklen > wrote: > >> The details so far are in bug # 289665 >>

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice.org copy cells from calc and paste into writer causes crash.

Dale, If you think the symptoms of your problem are similar, plz append. The ctrl-c and ctrl-v is a workaround, but I think a solid fix is needed. Thanks, Damien Dale wrote: > AJ Spagnoletti wrote: > >> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Damien Sticklen >> wrote: >> >> >>> The detail

[gentoo-user] cannot configure native vmware tools

hi, my gentoo x64 kernel is compiled by genkernel. after i have installed the native tool, i am asked to run the vmware-config-toos.pl. but it says none of the pre-build vmmemctl modules is suitable for my running kernel, and it tries to rebuild it. but it looks like it cannot find my kernel sourc