Re: [gentoo-user] foomatic-configure problems

2005-05-20 Thread Andreas Vinsander
Richard Watson wrote: > I've been able to print to a Gentoo Samba server (running a HP510) for ages > from Windows workstations (98 and XP), and still can from Windows. > > I have an old laptop that I recently installed Gentoo and Gnome on as a > workstation. When I try and use foomatic-configure

Re: [gentoo-user] Forcing a downgrade of glibc on install

2005-05-20 Thread Andreas Vinsander
Andrew Hall wrote: > Where to from here? Surely there is an easier way to tell gentoo that I > don't want the latest version of glib, I want an older one on install. > We can't use the latest (2.3.4) glibc because we have an embedded > application that relies on 2.3.2 libraries. > > Not knowing G

Re: [gentoo-user] Dual Core 64/Intel

2005-05-28 Thread Andreas Vinsander
Jonathan Wright wrote: >> Yes, it is a dumb question. Gentoo users create their own kernel >> versions depending on their hardware and configuration. > > > A little harsh I think! Agree! > > If your running a dual-core, double-processor system, it's effectively > a quad system (no dual), so S

Re: [gentoo-user] Back up again

2005-05-31 Thread Andreas Vinsander
Pupeno wrote: > After a lot of testing and testing of different methods to make backups I > reached a conclution of what I need, but I don't know if it's possible. > I want to do an rsync of the server directories I want but locally, it should > end up in a tared file (it doesn't need to be compr

Re: [gentoo-user] symbolic link to var tmp

2005-06-03 Thread Andreas Vinsander
Philip Webb wrote: > > IIRC you can make a symbolic link only within the same partition. > others please correct me, if i'm mistaken. > I will correct you now! You can make symbolic links across partitions, just try it! /Andreas -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Perl problem

2007-11-19 Thread Andreas Vinsander
Hi! It seems like perl-5.8.8-r3 introduced a new place (/usr/lib/vendor_perl) for perl modules, but the perl-cleaner utility didn't catch that properly. Now all perl modules/utilities (like genlop) are broken for me. What is the easiest way out? Trying to find out which perl modules are installed

Re: [gentoo-user] Perl problem

2007-11-19 Thread Andreas Vinsander
Andreas Vinsander wrote: > Hi! > > It seems like perl-5.8.8-r3 introduced a new place > (/usr/lib/vendor_perl) for perl modules, but the perl-cleaner utility > didn't catch that properly. Now all perl modules/utilities (like genlop) > are broken for me. > > What is t

Re: [gentoo-user] Perl problem

2007-11-19 Thread Andreas Vinsander
Peter Alfredsen wrote: > Please re-emerge perl. *Somebody* played with a stable ebuild without > committing a revision bump (which would have gone to unstable first). > emerge --sync&&emerge -1 dev-lang/perl > should fix this. > See this bug: > https://bugs.gentoo.org/199518 > for more informatio

Re: [gentoo-user] CPU0: Temperature above threshold

2005-04-07 Thread Andreas Vinsander
Kiawud wrote: > > In any case, check and make sure that the 'fan' module (and possilby > the 'thermal' module) is loaded and working. Maybe it will help to know that those modules can be found in the ACPI section of the kernel config. I even consider it better to compile them into the kernel inst