Re: [gentoo-user] XMMS Stopped Playing

2005-05-13 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Recently xmms stopped working.  It will launch, but it > won't play anything.  I try to play a file and nothing > happens, I try to play an internet stream and I get a file > dialog.  I think it broke in the upgrade from 1.2.10-r13 to > 1.2.10-r5.  Suggestions? Does it simply not produce audio

Re: [gentoo-user] XMMS Stopped Playing

2005-05-13 Thread Christoph Eckert
> No activity, does not show the loaded file. So I'm sorry. I expected that it is somehow related to the chosen output plugin or to the sound system. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] ALSA on my PowerBookG4(6,2)...newbie needs help

2005-05-14 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > I just installed Gentoo on my PBG4, it is 1000MHz and about > a year old. I'm not fmiliar with Linux on Powerbooks, but... > I used genkernel to make my kernel so > according to the ALSA Howto on Gentoo.org I should have > sound support. I have made sure that my USE variable > contains

Re: [gentoo-user] adding files to an iso image

2005-05-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Does anyone know of a linux based prog to add files to an > iso image? kiso comes to my mind, but I do not know if it can resize/add files to iso files. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Switch from devfs to udev?

2005-05-21 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Install udev as in portage. Then edit the kernel to remove > devfs - recompile and reboot. Additionally, the guide to writing udev rules by Daniel Drake (thanks a lot) has been updated: Writing udev rules Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Switch from devfs to udev?

2005-05-21 Thread Christoph Eckert
Sorry, > Writing udev rules here it is: http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] ALSA drivers don't load - was Re: [gentoo-user] Soundcard not detected

2005-05-22 Thread Christoph Eckert
> When I went to run alsaconf, it said three times before the > menu came up, "modinfo:  could not find module snd" >  alsaconf seemed to work perfectly, and then it exited with > a cheerful message. what's in your /etc/modules.d/alsa after running alsaconf? Best regards ce -- gentoo-us

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3.4.1 released

2005-05-31 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > Personally, I use dmix, every Distro should preconfigure DMIX now, it's the right thing. > although it can be a pain (lots of > trial and error) to get setup and working correctly. That's true :) . > I > also use artsd for KDE applications (except for amarok, > which works best with

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3.4.1 released

2005-05-31 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Well, there is one reason...VMWare still doesn't support > ALSA, and the vmwaredsp wrapper library only works with esd > or artsd, so I have to keep one of them around. DMIX does not make the soundservers unnecessary. Why? A program which needs esound or arts or gstreamer or JACK cannot outpu

Re: [gentoo-user] Configure errors

2005-06-05 Thread Christoph Eckert
> --prefix=/usr/kde/3.4 Yep. On my machine, I use a variable. Before running configure, you can therefore try export KDEDIR=/usr/kde/3.4 and then you do not need the prefix option. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] XMMS issue

2005-06-05 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Noatun though also displays very strange behaviour. It will > open and start to play somthing. Then I get an error saying > that artsd has crashed. Then Noatun tries to start playing > again. It is seriously an endless loop until I can kill > both Noatun and the 26 crashed artsd windows with the

Re: [gentoo-user] konqueror / devices

2005-06-07 Thread Christoph Eckert
> my konqueror does not support the protocol "devices". Which > library am I missing? maybe emerge -pv kdebase will show you use flags which have been disabled during compile time? Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] esd or arts, sound daemon howto

2005-06-07 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Coming to my job I did get a try to use start esd at shell > prompt and suddenly I could run a lot of xmms instances and > listen to all they at the same time. PLease note that xmms (unlike many others) has various output plugins for several sound systems. The advantage of audio servers are t

Re: [gentoo-user] esd or arts, sound daemon howto

2005-06-07 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > This is all correct, but it should be noted that dmix does > NOT provide full-duplex capabilities: If your card is able to work in full duplex or not does not depend on ALSA but the hardware. Cheap AC '97 chips are able to work in full duplex mode. > this means that you > will probably

Re: [gentoo-user] esd or arts, sound daemon howto

2005-06-08 Thread Christoph Eckert
> There is an alsa plugin to allow any native alsa > application to connect through the jack server. >  Unfortunately I've never been able to get acceptable sound > quality using it this way I guess you mean bio2jack.sf.net? It's available as a xmms plugin and works fine. Best regards

Re: [gentoo-user] Skype is awesome, what is sound daemon for?

2005-06-08 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I just got set up with SkypeOut and that thing is awesome. >  I'm not using the kde or enlightenment sound daemons. http://www.skype.com/help/faq/linux.html »What sound system does Skype for Linux beta use? Skype for Linux beta uses OSS (Open Sound System), using /dev/dsp as its audio input

Re: [gentoo-user] Skype is awesome, what is sound daemon for?

2005-06-08 Thread Christoph Eckert
Skype isn't awesome. They did it right in terms of usability. But do not forget that they are abusing you, the user, to penetrate the market with their proprietary protocol- As soon as this happened, it is likely that the Linux version disappears. So, if you like your freedom, search for free

Re: [gentoo-user] esd or arts, sound daemon howto

2005-06-08 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > Here at home I have a Creative Audigy which one I guess > have hardwaremixing capability I don't know if it is able to do hardware mixing. > but at my job I have a > nForce2 based onboard soundcard which one I'm not sure if > have hardwaremixing. I guess it is a device compliant to the

Re: [gentoo-user] Skype is awesome, what is sound daemon for?

2005-06-08 Thread Christoph Eckert
> What I'm confused about is the message I get when running > skype from the command line: > > No running artsd or esd found > Starting skype without sound daemon Same for me. > There are arts and esd USE flags for skype.  Where do these > sound daemons come in? I guess that Skype tells us that

Re: [gentoo-user] Skype is awesome, what is sound daemon for?

2005-06-08 Thread Christoph Eckert
> You basically agree that they may use your idle bandwidth > and CPU time for any anonymous purpose. Ops. THe police is standing in front of my house and calling me a spammer ;-) ? > I won't let them > use my computer without me knowing what's going on. Sure, a > GREAT software, Yes. > but

Re: [gentoo-user] Skype is awesome, what is sound daemon for?

2005-06-08 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Why would they remove the Linux version?  That would mean > less people will use and pay for their software. As soon as their protocol has penetrated all corporate VOIP networks, the few linux users aren't of any interest. Maybe they will keep the Linux client available, maybe for free, but

Re: [gentoo-user] Sound

2005-06-09 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I'm sure it must be a permission thing, but what? I've > looked at everyones settings and they appear the same. Is arts running (see kcontrol)? Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Skype is awesome, what is sound daemon for?

2005-06-10 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, I'm sorry for the noise I caused, but I want to clarify some things: > Skype *is* awesome in terms of any Linux product. It works > on almost all major distros out-of-the-box without any > configuration needed (firewall included). This cannot be > said for apps like gnomemeeting etc... They

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Commercial software (was: Skype is awesome, what is sound daemon for?)

2005-06-10 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > Sorry, an 'awesome' product > that truly wanted to support linux would support alsa, esd, > and arts sound APIs at a minimum. Yes, that's right. Or at least being an ALSA instead of an OSS client so one has the chance to use DMIX for software mixing. They have choosen OSS because it was

Re: [gentoo-user] how to change volume when using dmix?

2005-06-14 Thread Christoph Eckert
> > I am using the alsa-dmix plugin since ages and have and > > had always  the same problem: > > > > in alsamixer/kmix/kamix etc, I am not able to influence > > the (pcm) volume anymore. > > > > Sure, I can chnge the 'master' but this does not help > > much, when civclient is damaging my ears, an

Re: [gentoo-user] What's with all the config file updates???

2005-06-18 Thread Christoph Eckert
> That and full backups. A good idea, folks. Can save a lot > of trouble. I personally would even prefer a different naming scheme. If the files would been named something like $name$date it would be much more easy to catch all config files by doing a ls -l [$name]* Just my two cents. Be

Re: [Fwd: Re: [gentoo-user] esd or arts, sound daemon howto]

2005-06-18 Thread Christoph Eckert
> OSS seems to be dead, Yes. > ALSA is said by some to be dying, Certainly not :) . > ARTS looks like a do-(almost)-everything, but a few lacks, Arts is dying. Forget about it. > DMIX looks like 'almost there, with limits', This is softwaremixing for ALSA, but if you do want pro audio work

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa envy24control problem

2005-06-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
> > Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to > > `GtkObject' > > Segmentation fault > > > > Thanks, > >  --Stefan > > Have you remerged alsa-tools and dependencies? > > DEPEND=">=media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.0 > virtual/alsa > X? ( =x11-libs/fltk-1.1* >     =x11-libs

Re: [gentoo-user] upgrading drive

2005-07-01 Thread Christoph Eckert
> what is the best way to upgrade my old machine from a 15GB > drive to a 80GB. I dont want to have to reinstall gentoo, > so is there an easier way to get this done. * Mount both drives in the computer * Boot Knoppix (or any other distro) * Mount both drives * Use tar (or dd?) to copy all files

Re: [gentoo-user] Sound question.

2005-07-03 Thread Christoph Eckert
> On the topic of sound, Audacity gives me an error when > loading, but only in KDE (not FluxBox). The error is: > > There was an error initializing the audio i/o layer. > You will not be able to play or record audio. > Error: Host error. > > Again, this doesn't happen in FluxBox, but as I prefer

Re: [gentoo-user] Sound problem

2005-07-11 Thread Christoph Eckert
> For the kernel, deprecated == likely to be removed soon == > obsolete. Now, it is true that only the OSS drivers are > deprecated, not the OSS emulation provided by ALSA. The question is if the ALSA OSS emulation is a good idea. Because it exists, people are not urged to use ALSA. > I have no

[gentoo-user] OpenOfficeWriter: wee small fonts

2005-07-12 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi all, recently I did some changes like updating x.org to and building some custom kernels to get low latencies for audio work. Today, I started OpenOfficeWriter, and I only got wee small fonts. When setting the font size to 96 and zomming the document to 200% the text still appears in a s

Re: [gentoo-user] OpenOfficeWriter: wee small fonts

2005-07-12 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > Today, I started OpenOfficeWriter, and I only got wee small > fonts. When setting the font size to 96 and zomming the > document to 200% the text still appears in a size like 9px > on the screen. sorry for the traffic, but I just noticed that it mainly happened for some fonts (including t

Re: [gentoo-user] OpenOfficeWriter: wee small fonts

2005-07-13 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi Ian, > Maybe the update changed some things in X.org's > configuration file? the file is exact the same as before, I copied it manually. But anyway, thanks a lot for the idea! Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] OpenOfficeWriter: wee small fonts

2005-07-13 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi Dave, > Sorry I don't remember the details but I do remember that > was the basic gist of the issue. thanks for the hint, will try it out on weekend (reemerging OOo will take a while, I guess ;-). Thanks & best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems

2005-07-19 Thread Christoph Eckert
> So after spending a day messing with and research fb'ing, i > gots nothing but messed up fonts in xfce which i'm STILL > trying to fix and actaully, i might send a email to the > list about it please do so, I have the same troubles :( . Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailin

Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems

2005-07-19 Thread Christoph Eckert
>  I checked this per your instructions as well and no it > hasnt cut it off its all on one line. Still no luck im > still just getting the cant open config file on /etc/splash > error and fd0 crap, heh same for me. I've been playing the whole evening eith different settings but no result. Inte

Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems

2005-07-19 Thread Christoph Eckert
>  Yeah its been 3 days here building kernels with different > options and the like im about to give up on it. I have my > terminal set at 1024x768 anyway which looks nice by itself, > i just thought this would be interesting to try and see > what it looks like, but im starting to think it isnt wo

Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems

2005-07-19 Thread Christoph Eckert
Thanks Richard, > So, this means you have the framebuffer device and fbsplash > working...just not at kernel boot time.  This probably > means you do not have the right kernel options for initrd > loading, or a bad grub configuration.  Could you post your > dmesg output...specifically looking for

Re: [gentoo-user] whats de best open source video editor?

2005-07-26 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Don't usually use such tools, but could try out "avidemux", > seems good ;) Or for a CL-tool "mencoder" and another one, > now can't remember the name, must be part of some > video-player package. probably you mean transcode. Furthermore there are Broadcats 2000, Cinelerra, Kino etc. Best re

Re: [gentoo-user] Using gentoo for a sound project

2007-02-04 Thread Christoph Eckert
> - what sound card would you advise ? I use a prosumer USB soundcard connected to my notebook. > - which open software(s) should I use to obtain a burnable file. I'd use the JACK soundserver and timemachine to do the actual recording. Even qarecord does a straightforward job. Both are simple r

Re: [gentoo-user] Usb sound and ALSA

2006-10-31 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Any clue? Thank you, your device identifies itself to the kernel as human input device (HID). Many manufacturers seem to like to make their devices to behave like this. On ALSA, the module snd_usb_audio is responsible to drive your card. But as it already works, it seems to be loaded. Then

Re: [gentoo-user] Auto-backup tool?

2006-12-03 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I have a laptop with lots of documents, plus, I am writing lots of > documents. When I'm working with these files, I stop after every 2 to > 4 hours of work to save the changes, copying the updated files on a > external hard drive. http://konserve.sourceforge.net/ and > I also send them to two

Re: [gentoo-user] Auto-backup tool?

2006-12-03 Thread Christoph Eckert
> That's a little complicated for me to play with at this time (no time > to read the man page), but I think it can solve the problem. I feel your pain, but anyway, it looks that you need to write a small shell script which does what you want. If you're using KDE, it's even possible to use DCOP

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa-driver

2007-01-05 Thread Christoph Eckert
> The dmesg output (referred to by the error) is: > > snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_free_irq > snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_pci_quirk_lookup > snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_request_irq > snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_free_irq > snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_pci_quirk_lookup > snd_i

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa-driver

2007-01-05 Thread Christoph Eckert
> In the case of some drivers (such as intel hd audio) I have found the > userspace drivers to be far superior to the kernel modules which gave > poor sound quality, incredibly low volume even when turned fully up, > and frequent distortion. using the alsa-driver package makes sense to get more r

Re: [gentoo-user] Alsa Badness

2005-12-29 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I am using alsa-driver-1.0.10 You don't need the alsa-driver package, except you own very recent hardware and teh kernel-built-in drivers don't support it yet. What card do you want to drive? Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] ADSL confusion after update

2005-12-29 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi Walter, > > My machine automatically connects during boot, and this works > > great. When I shutdown the machine, I get an error that adsl > > doesn't seem to run. > >   I have a combined ADSL modem/router that logs on and coverts ADSL > into ethernet.  The only difference from ordinary LANs i

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Filename modification with suffix

2005-12-29 Thread Christoph Eckert
> i have files of the type: > > duck1.jpg > duck2.jpg > duck3.jpg > > and i would like them to become: > > donald_duck1.jpg > donald_duck2.jpg > donald_duck3.jpg > > Does somebody knows a simple way to do this via shell? for i in $(ls *.jpg); do mv $i donald_$i; done Best regards ce -- gento

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Filename modification with suffix

2005-12-29 Thread Christoph Eckert
> > $(ls *.jpg) > > ick! > > (incidentally, http://www.ruhr.de/home/smallo/award.html#ls) I forgot to clarify that the CPU of my notebook usually is bored and waits until I move my mouse, so some ls processes can make it a bit busy :) . Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing lis

Re: [gentoo-user] Regular user can't offload usb camera`

2005-12-29 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi Michael, > My personal account (michael) cannot offload pictures from my usb > digital camera - only root can do it.  michael is in the usb group. > There used to be a file called /etc/security/console.perms which > allowed the michael user to offload pictures, but it's gone now.  How > can I

Re: [gentoo-user] A New Linux Way

2006-01-10 Thread Christoph Eckert
> It it totally bug-free! How boring! :) Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

2006-01-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I wanna to know KDE and Gnome which is more popular. I wanna know how interesting such a discussion is ;-))) . Please resist to develop a flame war from this topic. Better enjoy open source, regardless if it is KDE, Gnome, OSS, ALSA, OpenOffice.org or Koffice etc., simply enjoy the times we a

Re: [gentoo-user] ALSA issue

2006-02-01 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Sound was working - at least mpeg files were with sound. This started > with an update world somewhen during november last year. check /etc/modules.d/alsa, that's where your soundcard configuration lives. If it doesn't contain a matching configuration, enter it manually or run alsaconf as roo

Re: [gentoo-user]

2006-02-05 Thread Christoph Eckert
> unsubscribe please try [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead. thanks, ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] OT: Default Scan Size

2006-02-06 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, sorry, not Gentoo related, but as it happens on a Gentoo box :-) : My scanner just works fine using sane/scanimage; I mainly use Kooka, a KDE frontend for scanning. Recently I tried Kopyshop for doing easy paper copies. When starting Kooka the default scan size always is set to something

[gentoo-user] RR4 Linux

2006-02-06 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, did anyone notice RR4 Linux on http://www.lxnaydesign.net ? It's based on Gentoo and it has an hard drive installer; is it a cool thing to get a base Gentoo installed? Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] udev / sound

2006-02-11 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Sound is gone. Artsd complains that there is no /dev/dsp - and > rightly so. All sound-related devices under /dev are gone. There are > a couple of devices under /dev/snd: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/snd $ ls -l > total 0 > crw-rw 1 root audio 116,  0 Feb 11 21:14 controlC0 > crw-rw 1 roo

Re: [gentoo-user] udev / sound

2006-02-11 Thread Christoph Eckert
> The devices of interest are under /dev/sound and not under /dev/snd > > # ls -l /dev/sound > total 0 > crw-rw  1 root audio 14, 4 Feb 11 15:19 audio > crw-rw  1 root audio 14, 3 Feb 11 15:19 dsp > crw-rw  1 root audio 14, 0 Feb 11 15:19 mixer > crw-rw  1 root audio 14, 1 Feb 11 1

Re: [gentoo-user] udev / sound

2006-02-12 Thread Christoph Eckert
> > Did you raise the > > master and PCM sliders in alsamixer -c 1? > > What does that have to do with udev not creating the special device > files? Nothing, just the default answer if there's no audio output. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] udev / sound

2006-02-12 Thread Christoph Eckert
> How would that help udev to create the relevant special device files? as seen before, your ALSA devices are present, so it doesn't seem to be an udev problem. ALSA apps don't output sound using device files. cat /proc/asound/cards should list your cards, ls -l /dev/snd/ should show the de

Re: [gentoo-user] firefox locks up when looking at flash

2006-02-13 Thread Christoph Eckert
> It didn't help me :( still crash soemtimes on flash movies. Sometimes > it works, but others it just locks firefox up, only way out of it is > to kill it and remove flash. Annoying, but not the end of the world. kill all apps which use your OSS audio device /dev/dsp. I guess some soundserver i

Re: [gentoo-user] firefox locks up when looking at flash

2006-02-14 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I guess that's my problem too.  How do I know what's using OSS?  Can > I just disable it completely while leaving ALSA intact? ALSA usually emulates OSS (it's an kernel building option). You can switch it off, but unfortunately there are still a lot of apps which only can output sound via OSS

Re: [gentoo-user] TwinView Question

2006-02-15 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Does anyone see what's wrong in my xorg.conf? I have attached it this > mail. when I understood correctly, there's nothing you can do. * The TwinView Option is special for NVidia cards * This setting has nothing to do with Xinerama * X therefore only sees one card * AFAIK the external monitor

Re: [gentoo-user] TwinView Question

2006-02-15 Thread Christoph Eckert
> anyways the quick answer is add 'Option "TwinViewOrientation" > "RightOf"' to your driver section. and as a note AFAIK twinview > dosn't give seperate screens, so things like :0.1 may not work. the problem remains: the external monitor is the master monitor, and this can lead to problems when

[gentoo-user] Emerging Beagle

2006-02-24 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, just wanted to install a recent version on Beagle. So I filled my /etc/portage/package.keywords as required: app-misc/beagle -pv ~x86 dev-dotnet/gecko-sharp ~x86 dev-dotnet/gtk-sharp~x86 dev-lang/mono ~x86 dev-dotnet/libgdiplus ~x86 dev-libs/gmime ~x86 dev-dotnet/gnome-sharp

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerging Beagle

2006-02-25 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > I just synced argh. I also synced and the Mozilla dependency is gone. Sorry for the traffic & thanks for the help :) . Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] program to create buttons and graphic text

2006-03-01 Thread Christoph Eckert
> i would like to know which program can be suited to create buttons > and graphic text to be used, for example, in web pages. Go vector and therefore Inkscape. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Sound... a known method to track down problems

2006-03-01 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Sorry to just blurt right out with this... I'm in need of sound on my > unix box and kind of quickly.  I never even configure sound or want > it as a rule but now I need it to test some recording equipment on a > second winxp computer with m-audio delta-66 installed. you've ALSA installed but i

Re: [gentoo-user] ALSA OSS modules not found

2006-03-01 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I have installed the alsa-driver package following the Gentoo ALSA > guide. lsmod | grep -i snd snd_pcm_oss52000 0 snd_mixer_oss 18688 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_dummy 3460 0 snd_seq_oss34560 0 snd_seq_midi_event 7040 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq

Re: [gentoo-user] External Firewire Audio Card

2006-03-03 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I've bought an external Edirol FA-66 FireWire for HD recording. > That's fantastic, but now I want to use it with Gentoo/Linux ... > Does anybody has advices about support? freebob.sf.net Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Gentoo on Mac Mini Intel

2006-03-03 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi all, I'm interested in buying an Intel Mac Mini. Qestions: * Will Gentoo run on it? * If so: Which installer is the right one (sorry I'm not that familiar with processor hardware)? * Can it dual boot with the installed Mac OS? Thanks & best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailin

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Mac Mini Intel

2006-03-04 Thread Christoph Eckert
HI Rick, > Yes, Gentoo should run on it. > Use the plain x86 installer. that's good news :) . > The only problem might be the new type of bios that is in the intel > mac series, I'm not sure how well it is supported by linux. > > I haven't seen any positive or negative messages about running li

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Mac Mini Intel

2006-03-04 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi Antoine, > I believe the idea was that you can do just that - dual boot with > whatever you want for x86. I guess it depends on GRUB and if it can install so it is found by the Mac Mini BIOS. > The inverse - installing intel osx on a > non-mac machine is not going to be possible (or at lea

Re: [gentoo-user] splash screen on bootup

2006-03-04 Thread Christoph Eckert
> i had installed gentoo without splash screen on boot up (ie., > bootsplash) how can i configure now search for gensplash. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] sound recording software in gentoo

2006-03-05 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I wanted to see if there's a way to set up a home recording > mini-studio using Linux.  In Windoze, there's things like Cubase, > Ableton, Reason, Wavelab, etc...  What's available in Linux for that > purpose (recording, sequencing, mixing, sound effects), and which of > those does Gentoo have i

Re: [gentoo-user] sound recording software in gentoo

2006-03-05 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Does anyone know if the "E-MU" sound cards are well-supported in > Linux sound recording?  I still havent made up my mind which pro > audio card to invest in for the final result, but it would be nice if > the card has good support in Linux. I guess this question is better placed on linux audio

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OOo2 error during save action

2006-03-06 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I post just to say "me too". I think it's something buried in user > configuration and not well updated, first time I saw those messages > was with 1.9x. Seeing that the files aren't corrupted I don't care > much. "Thirded" :) . Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to get a midi-editor working

2006-03-07 Thread Christoph Eckert
> 1) I emerged "rosegarden" (and dependancies) successfully.  But there > was no sound and no documentation.  No "man rosegarden" and when I > hit {F1} or click on "Help", it complains about "kfmclient not > found".  I'm running Blackbox, and no, I don't want to build KDE in > all its bloated "glo

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to get a midi-editor working

2006-03-07 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Anyway, have you checked for Timidity? AFAIK Timidity is a tool mainly to playback MIDI files, not to edit them. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to get a midi-editor working

2006-03-08 Thread Christoph Eckert
> That tutorial was > exactly what I was looking for.  With your help, I can now get > started. what about filing a feature request? BTW: There's also a Rosegarden user mailing list ;-) . Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Switching to Gentoo

2006-03-09 Thread Christoph Eckert
> See list of all *installed* software. epm -ql > Browse available software that can be installed. I use packages.gentoo.org > See what version of a particular software package is installed. epm -ql | grep packagename > See if any new versions of *installed* software are available. emerge -

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Switching to Gentoo

2006-03-09 Thread Christoph Eckert
> > app-portage/epm: rpm workalike for Gentoo Linux > > you mean it's a rpm-like CLI for emerge? not the backend, but the frontend, yes. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] wget won't concatenate(?)

2006-03-13 Thread Christoph Eckert
> wget -c http://www.microsoft.com/linux-kernel.iso you can even start a download with the -c option. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Using Gentoo for Sound Recording

2006-03-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I have ardour installed on the box, unfortunately, JACK is currently > being a jerk and giving me fits.  I tried to install the GUI > configurator for JACK, and after 4 hours of emerging the QTlibs, the > compile failed, so Im kinda banging my head on the wall right now. as soon the wall is dow

Re: [gentoo-user] Using Gentoo for Sound Recording

2006-03-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
> http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/subscribelau.php huh, I will ask on the list what's going on here. I'll let you know any result via PM. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Using Gentoo for Sound Recording

2006-03-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
[qjackctl] > Hi Christoph - yes, that was the gui I was working on.   nice app for controlling jackd (start, stop, audio connections). > Jack wont start for some reason from the CLI (I don't know why) > > Here is a transcript of the session attempt to start jackd > > audacity ~ # jackd -dalsa

Re: [gentoo-user] Using Gentoo for Sound Recording

2006-03-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
> http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/subscribelau.php the domain is being ported to another server; seems to be a long lasting transition :) . Meanwhile, use http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user for subscription. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Strange Alsa problem

2006-03-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
> So, I'm at a loss as to what to try next. > > Any ideas would be appreciated. I had similar problems due to some backup files in /etc/init.d/alsa.bck* It was also pulled in to build modules.conf. See if your modules.conf looks weird after a reboot, and if so, check /etc/modules.d/*alsa*, eve

Re: [gentoo-user] Using Gentoo for Sound Recording

2006-03-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I am interested to know why it needs cups I once had a smiliar problem. One day later I did sync and the prob was gone (thanks to all Gentoo bug hunters and fixers BTW). Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] MSN

2005-04-07 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Does anyone know of messaging client for linux that have > support for  : -- MSN application sharing and white board > --- Maybe there's a plugin for kopete; if not, give the code ;-) . Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Fax Server that can email Tif image

2005-04-18 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > Hi - I'm interested in finding out if I can set-up my > Gentoo box to replace my fax machine. Can it then be set-up > to email me the received faxes automatically on receipt. I > travel a lot for work and it would be REALLY useful. at least ghostscript can convert postscript to g3 files, so

Re: [gentoo-user] Sound card issue

2005-04-19 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Can anyone tell me whats wrong here? reading on the net > apparantly i just load the module and it should work, whats > gone wrong? I'd recommend to emerge alsa-utils. Then try to run alsaconf. Sound OK? Then add ALSA to your preferred default runlevel. Best regards ce -- gentoo-us

Re: [gentoo-user] ALSA, XMMS & Integrated Sound

2005-04-25 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > It seems that my XMMS takes an exclusive lock on sound. > Something like GAIM can't chime when it wants to. Is there > a way around this? Different player? If both try to output sound via direct access to the ALSA device, it will behave as described. . XMMS has a lot of output plugins.

Re: [gentoo-user] ALSA, XMMS & Integrated Sound

2005-04-25 Thread Christoph Eckert
> But yes, it did take me a while to get everything working. Some info here: http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=DmixPlugin Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] alsaconf doesn't recognize sound card, but kernel does

2005-04-26 Thread Christoph Eckert
> It may just be an oversite in alsaconf. Someone should post > a bug report a the Alsa bug site and let them know to look > into it. Meanwhile, perhaps something like alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 in your /etc/modules.d/alsa can set up your card. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gent

Re: [gentoo-user] alsaconf doesn't recognize sound card, but kernel does

2005-04-27 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > I supose I have to emerge it using some debug flag. Then I > want to hack the code an recompile again. it's a shell script :) . > How can I do that? Is this the correct approach? Any > documentation? To be honest, alsaconf needs not to be fixed but rewritten. Why? * It still can handle

Re: [gentoo-user] rp-pppoe start on boot?

2005-04-27 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Which would be the correct way to do this with gentoo? rc-update add SERVICENAME default rc-update del SERVICENAME default Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Wine with Jack

2005-04-28 Thread Christoph Eckert
>  Quick question - has anyone had any success running > Windows sound apps in any version of Wine using the Jack > driver? native windows applications don't be jackified. For JACK, there's a jack-vsti plugin to run VSTI plugins on top of JACK using Wine. I've been told that some people got V

Re: [gentoo-user] Alsa daemon won't start

2005-07-28 Thread Christoph Eckert
> >  /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:873: failed to obtain > > info for control #30 (No such file or directory) the settings are stored in /etc/asound.state as soon as ALSA stops. Does this file exist and is it writeable? You can try to delete it and see if this helps. Best regards ce

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