Re: [gentoo-user] Portage telling me what it's doing

2012-06-05 Thread Bryan Gardiner
On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:06:44 -0500 Dale wrote: > I use the command: > > genlop -c > > That tells what is compiling and some general time info too. +1 for genlop. Also, if you're upgrading a number of large packages, it can help to have an estimate of how long you'll be compiling: $ emerge -p

Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel initramfs and grub2-mkconfig

2012-06-05 Thread morlix
I thought if root= is not set to /dev/ram0 the kernel doesn't use the initramfs as "first" root. The server is on a remote location so i can't see if it correctly starts the /linuxrc in the initramfs. The server boots without problems, i just wanted to check if root= shouldn't be set to root=/dev

[gentoo-user] Fetch List

2012-06-05 Thread Silvio Siefke
Hello, is there a option that i can build a list of Requirements to download of a ebuild? I want build inkscape, but i has only mobile connection at moment. Can i build a list which i can then later load in a cybercafe? In the Handbook i found only a list for world. Thank u. Regards Silvio

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage telling me what it's doing

2012-06-05 Thread Dale
Bryan Gardiner wrote: > On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:06:44 -0500 > Dale wrote: > >> I use the command: >> >> genlop -c >> >> That tells what is compiling and some general time info too. > > +1 for genlop. Also, if you're upgrading a number of large packages, > it can help to have an estimate of how l

Re: [gentoo-user] Fetch List

2012-06-05 Thread YoYo Siska
On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 01:37:11PM +0200, Silvio Siefke wrote: > Hello, > > is there a option that i can build a list of Requirements to download of > a ebuild? > > I want build inkscape, but i has only mobile connection at moment. Can i > build a list which i can then later load in a cybercafe

Re: [gentoo-user] Fetch List

2012-06-05 Thread Raffaele BELARDI
On 06/05/2012 01:37 PM, Silvio Siefke wrote: > is there a option that i can build a list of Requirements to download of > a ebuild? > > I want build inkscape, but i has only mobile connection at moment. Can i > build a list which i can then later load in a cybercafe? > > In the Handbook i found

Re: [gentoo-user] Lockdown: free/open OS maker pays Microsoft ransom for the right to boot on users' computers

2012-06-05 Thread Mick
On Monday 04 Jun 2012 13:57:11 Michael Mol wrote: > On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Mick wrote: > > On Saturday 02 Jun 2012 23:50:58 pk wrote: > [snip] > > >> I'm putting on my tinfoil hat now and I'm going to pretend it's > >> raining... :-/ > > > > Can I please join you if you have a spare hat

[gentoo-user] Re: no keyboard on fresh install

2012-06-05 Thread Harry Putnam
Michael Mol writes: First off, thanks, thanks and thanks for the details and sharing of your experience. Also helpful tips and suggestions concerning my niece and linux distros. All very helpful and appreciated. Saving both yours and Strollers' posts since as you've noted both are a good jump

Re: [gentoo-user] Lockdown: free/open OS maker pays Microsoft ransom for the right to boot on users' computers

2012-06-05 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Mick wrote: > On Monday 04 Jun 2012 13:57:11 Michael Mol wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Mick wrote: >> > On Saturday 02 Jun 2012 23:50:58 pk wrote: >> [snip] >> >> >> I'm putting on my tinfoil hat now and I'm going to pretend it's >> >> raining... :-/ >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Connecting to VPN

2012-06-05 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Massimiliano Ziccardi wrote: > Hi all! > > Are you aware of a software I can use to connect my gentoo PC to an AT&T > IPSec DualAccess VPN? > > Thanks in advance, > Massimiliano Ziccardi http://www.ibmconnections.org/wordpress/index.php/2009/01/ibm-att-vpn-client-o

Re: [gentoo-user] GCC 4.7 and LTO: it works

2012-06-05 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 04.06.2012 22:19, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: > I've emerged system and world with gcc-4.7.0 and LTO. I'm posting from > it right now :-) It's a KDE system with 1043 packages installed. > > I've posted details on how to do this (including info on how to disable > LTO for specific packages that

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage telling me what it's doing

2012-06-05 Thread Kerwin Hui
On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 06:43:30 -0500 Dale wrote: > Bryan Gardiner wrote: > > On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:06:44 -0500 > > Dale wrote: > > > >> I use the command: > >> > >> genlop -c > >> > >> That tells what is compiling and some general time info too. > > > > +1 for genlop. Also, if you're upgrading

Re: [gentoo-user] Connecting to VPN

2012-06-05 Thread Massimiliano Ziccardi
Thank you! I'm giving a look to the links: I'll let you know the results! Best regards, Massimiliano Ziccardi On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Massimiliano Ziccardi > wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > Are you aware of a software I can use to connec

Re: [gentoo-user] Issues with >=x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.14.4: driver issue or hardware issue?

2012-06-05 Thread Michael Scherer
On Fri, 1 Jun 2012 04:11:35 -0400 Andrey Moshbear wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Michael Scherer > wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "Andrey Moshbear" > > To: "gentoo-user" > > Sent: Tuesday, 22 May, 2012 08:02 > > Subject: [gentoo-user] Issues with > > >=x11-drivers/xf

[gentoo-user] «-»: [gentoo-user] Distcc advice needed

2012-06-05 Thread Samuraiii
Thanks for help, this problem is not the one that aches me right now - and when I re-thaught it again I simply realized that it dissapeared. BUT Do somebody know how from distcc tell ssh which port to use to connect to remote machine - all of "

[gentoo-user] Re: GCC 4.7 and LTO: it works

2012-06-05 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 05/06/12 17:28, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Am 04.06.2012 22:19, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: I've emerged system and world with gcc-4.7.0 and LTO. I'm posting from it right now :-) It's a KDE system with 1043 packages installed. I've posted details on how to do this (including info on how to

[gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] «-»: [gentoo-user] Distcc advice needed

2012-06-05 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Samuraiii wrote: > Thanks for help, this problem is not the one that aches me right now - and > when I re-thaught it again I simply realized that it dissapeared. > > BUT > Do somebody know how from distcc tell ssh which port to use to connect to > remote machine -

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage telling me what it's doing

2012-06-05 Thread Bryan Gardiner
> On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 06:43:30 -0500 > Dale wrote: > > > If it is updates, I do this: > > > > emerge --resume -p | genlop -p > > Fantastic, thanks, --resume has always seemed like black magic to me (to the point where I do big installs by editing /var/lib/portage/world and emerging world in ca

[gentoo-user] «-»: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] «-»: [gentoo-user] Distcc advice needed

2012-06-05 Thread Samuraiii
I've overcome that problem by modifying ssh wrapper script by adding -F /location/of/.ssh/config Right now Im going to test it S On 2012-06-05 18:00, Michael Mol wrote: On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Samuraiii wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: GCC 4.7 and LTO: it works

2012-06-05 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 05.06.2012 17:54, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: > Kernel builds and runs fine with 4.7. But I didn't try to use LTO on > it. I actually never try to force any custom CFLAGS on the kernel > build. I trust upstream to pick safe and fast ones. Good choice. Yes, I also run gentoo-sources-3.4.0 (w

[gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] «-»: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] «-»: [gentoo-user] Distcc advice needed

2012-06-05 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Samuraiii wrote: > I've overcome that problem by modifying ssh wrapper script by adding -F > /location/of/.ssh/config > Right now Im going to test it > S BTW, your email client is doing some very bad things to messages it replies to. 1) It breaks threading. 2) It

Re: [gentoo-user] Distcc advice needed

2012-06-05 Thread Samuraiii
The Subject problem was solved and about that html thing I don't why it is doing so... I have specially set this lists address to "prefers plain text messages" (option settable for each recipient) S On 2012-06-05 19:44, Michael Mol wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Samuraiii wrote: >> I'v

[gentoo-user] Good ID3 Tag Editor

2012-06-05 Thread Willie Matthews
I have been using Easytag for awhile. I would like to try a program that gets updates and is GTK based. Does anyone know of another program. I can't seem to find anything! -- Willie Matthews matthews.wil...@gmail.com

[gentoo-user] Re: Good ID3 Tag Editor

2012-06-05 Thread Willie Matthews
That is alright folks. I figured out what the problem with Easytag is. Whenever saving tags with odd characters it would crash out. Guess I will have to just change the characters. On 06/05/12 11:32, Willie Matthews wrote: > I have been using Easytag for awhile. I would like to try a program that

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage telling me what it's doing

2012-06-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 22:41:26 +0800, Kerwin Hui wrote: > > If it is updates, I do this: > > > > emerge --resume -p | genlop -p > > > > Any reason why genlop instead of qlop (app-portage/portage-utils)? Last time I looked, qlop did not provide any estimate of time remaining. -- Neil Bothwick

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good ID3 Tag Editor

2012-06-05 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Willie Matthews wrote: > That is alright folks. I figured out what the problem with Easytag is. > Whenever saving tags with odd characters it would crash out. Guess I > will have to just change the characters. Do you have unicode support enabled in your USE flags a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good ID3 Tag Editor

2012-06-05 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Willie Matthews wrote: > That is alright folks. I figured out what the problem with Easytag is. > Whenever saving tags with odd characters it would crash out. Guess I > will have to just change the characters. That's weird, I've used Easytag forever, including file

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good ID3 Tag Editor

2012-06-05 Thread Willie Matthews
These are the use flags for easytag [ebuild R] media-sound/easytag-2.1.7-r2 USE="flac mp3 mp4 vorbis -speex -wavpack" 0 kB Locale setting are en_US. On 06/05/12 12:34, Michael Mol wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Willie Matthews > wrote: >> That is alright folks. I figured out wh

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good ID3 Tag Editor

2012-06-05 Thread Willie Matthews
On 06/05/12 12:40, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Willie Matthews > wrote: >> That is alright folks. I figured out what the problem with Easytag is. >> Whenever saving tags with odd characters it would crash out. Guess I >> will have to just change the characters. > That's w

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good ID3 Tag Editor

2012-06-05 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Willie Matthews wrote: > On 06/05/12 12:40, Paul Hartman wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Willie Matthews >> wrote: >>> That is alright folks. I figured out what the problem with Easytag is. >>> Whenever saving tags with odd characters it would crash out.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good ID3 Tag Editor

2012-06-05 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Willie Matthews wrote: > These are the use flags for easytag > > [ebuild   R    ] media-sound/easytag-2.1.7-r2  USE="flac mp3 mp4 vorbis > -speex -wavpack" 0 kB But what about the things easytag depends on? A package doesn't live in a vacuum. What do "eix -I icu"

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good ID3 Tag Editor

2012-06-05 Thread Willie Matthews
On 06/05/12 13:11, Michael Mol wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Willie Matthews > wrote: >> These are the use flags for easytag >> >> [ebuild R] media-sound/easytag-2.1.7-r2 USE="flac mp3 mp4 vorbis >> -speex -wavpack" 0 kB > But what about the things easytag depends on? A package d

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good ID3 Tag Editor

2012-06-05 Thread Willie Matthews
On 06/05/12 13:10, Michael Mol wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Willie Matthews > wrote: >> On 06/05/12 12:40, Paul Hartman wrote: >>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Willie Matthews >>> wrote: That is alright folks. I figured out what the problem with Easytag is. Whenever savin

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good ID3 Tag Editor

2012-06-05 Thread Willie Matthews
On 06/05/12 13:10, Michael Mol wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Willie Matthews > wrote: >> On 06/05/12 12:40, Paul Hartman wrote: >>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Willie Matthews >>> wrote: That is alright folks. I figured out what the problem with Easytag is. Whenever sav

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good ID3 Tag Editor

2012-06-05 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Willie Matthews wrote: > > > On 06/05/12 13:10, Michael Mol wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Willie Matthews >> wrote: >>> On 06/05/12 12:40, Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Willie Matthews wrote: > That is alright folks.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: GCC 4.7 and LTO: it works

2012-06-05 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 2012-06-05 18:56, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > Am 05.06.2012 17:54, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: > >> Kernel builds and runs fine with 4.7. But I didn't try to use LTO on >> it. I actually never try to force any custom CFLAGS on the kernel >> build. I trust upstream to pick safe and fast on

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage telling me what it's doing

2012-06-05 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 22:41:26 +0800, Kerwin Hui wrote: > >>> If it is updates, I do this: >>> >>> emerge --resume -p | genlop -p >>> >> >> Any reason why genlop instead of qlop (app-portage/portage-utils)? > > Last time I looked, qlop did not provide any estimate of time r

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage telling me what it's doing

2012-06-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:54:44 -0500, Dale wrote: > > Last time I looked, qlop did not provide any estimate of time > > remaining. > That will teach me to take a nap. That's why I use genlop too. I > rarely use any of the q commands. It seems something is always missing > for one reason or the o

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage telling me what it's doing

2012-06-05 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:54:44 -0500, Dale wrote: > >>> Last time I looked, qlop did not provide any estimate of time >>> remaining. > >> That will teach me to take a nap. That's why I use genlop too. I >> rarely use any of the q commands. It seems something is always miss

Re: [gentoo-user] Lockdown: free/open OS maker pays Microsoft ransom for the right to boot on users' computers

2012-06-05 Thread Bill Kenworthy
On Tue, 2012-06-05 at 10:21 -0400, Michael Mol wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Mick wrote: > > On Monday 04 Jun 2012 13:57:11 Michael Mol wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Mick wrote: > >> > On Saturday 02 Jun 2012 23:50:58 pk wrote: > >> [snip] > >> > >> >> I'm putting on my t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good ID3 Tag Editor

2012-06-05 Thread Willie Matthews
On 06/05/2012 01:41 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Willie Matthews > wrote: >> >> On 06/05/12 13:10, Michael Mol wrote: >>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Willie Matthews >>> wrote: On 06/05/12 12:40, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Willie

[gentoo-user] revdep-rebuild

2012-06-05 Thread Willie Matthews
Hello Everyone, I am trying to run revdep-rebuld on my Gentoo Dell Mini and can't figure out why I keep getting this error when it trys to re-emerge packages. Here is what it say in it entirety. ~ # revdep-rebuild * Configuring search environment for revdep-rebuild * Checking reverse dependen

Re: [gentoo-user] revdep-rebuild

2012-06-05 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Willie Matthews wrote: > (" >  * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be >  * installed at the same time on the same system. > >  (sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r2::gentoo, installed) pulled in by >    >=sys-apps/sysvinit-2.86-r6 required by (virtu

Re: [gentoo-user] revdep-rebuild

2012-06-05 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:03 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Willie Matthews > wrote: >> ("> >>  * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be >>  * installed at the same time on the same system. >> >>  (sys-apps/sysvinit-2.88-r2::gentoo, installed)

Re: [gentoo-user] Fetch List

2012-06-05 Thread v_2e
Hello! On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 13:37:11 +0200 Silvio Siefke wrote: > Hello, > > is there a option that i can build a list of Requirements to download > of a ebuild? > I usually use emerge --pretend --fetchonly media-gfx/inkscape > files_to_fetch.txt or in a short form emerge -fp med

[gentoo-user] Fwd: Gentoo Prefix Issue...

2012-06-05 Thread Nima Talebi
Hi All, Could someone point out what's the deal with the following: % emerge --oneshot virtual/os-headers Calculating dependencies... done! >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Starting parallel fetch >>> Emerging (1 of 2) sys-kernel/linux-headers-3.3 * gentoo-headers-base-3.3.tar.xz RMD160 SHA

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good ID3 Tag Editor

2012-06-05 Thread Johám-Luís Miguéns Vila
Running easytag from a terminal emulator gives you any further hints about the error? By the way, a good pygtk based tag-editor I could recommend is exfalso (I would also recommend picard, but it's qt based...). On 06/06/2012, Willie Matthews wrote: > On 06/05/2012 01:41 PM, Michael Mol wrote: >