Re: [gentoo-user] flash animation not giviing sounds

2005-07-29 Thread Christoph Eckert
> > > when playing flash animations on mozilla firefox, its > > > not giving the sound output. what will be de solution? if you have a soundcard which cannot do hardwaremixing (a card that can mix audio output of more than one application) then install a recent version of ALSA. It does software

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa strangeness...

2005-08-02 Thread Christoph Eckert
> when I open alsamixer I can adjust the levels and > everything. What could this be? Any ideas? I guess everything is fine with your setup but your mixer isn't set properly. * Your card has a monitor. Incoming signals are routed back to the outputs immediately. This means that the incoming da

Re: [gentoo-user] weird alsa...

2005-08-03 Thread Christoph Eckert
> what could this possibly be??? Does your machine load als during boot?!? Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] alsaconf not setting oss emulation

2005-08-06 Thread Christoph Eckert
> alsaconf from alsa-utils-1.09a is setting up the > barest /etc/modules.d/alsa file: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc/modules.d $ cat alsa > # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- > # --- ALSACONF version 1.0.9a --- > options snd  device_mode=0666 > alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx > alias so

Re: [gentoo-user] Static resolv.conf

2005-08-16 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I want to give the 2 IP addressess provided on the paper of my ISP > (primary and secondary DNS'es). How can I make resolv.conf static? You can even set it to the user as read only; OTOH I don't know if your IP-up script will then deny to establish the connection. The second possibility in th

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config

2005-08-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > I've tried modifying the conf file for this by putting in > snd-intel8x0, but the system isn't reading it for some reason.  do I > need to unmerge alsa-driver and start again ? you only need the alsa drivers if * you're still on 2.4 kernels * you haven't activated the in-kernel drivers in

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
> FATAL: Module snd_*** not found.[!!] this means your kernel did not build this module. I wonder because it's needed on many machines with an onboard chipset. Well, there are two possibilities, enable this module in the kernel, rebuild and install the modules (attention, this

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config

2005-08-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
> As I've understood it you either use alsa-driver *or* configure it in > the kernel *not* both. at least it's a mess of you do both. Some people who always want the latest audio drivers don't use the kernel drivers but always use the latest alsa-driver packages, but for common desktop audio,

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config

2005-08-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
> So, is the solution to unmerge the alsa-driver ? if you have the needed drivers compiled in the kernel, then yes, unmergin alsa driver will reduce the confusion, nothing else :) . Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Yep. That's what mine has as well.  I did try modprobe intel8x0 and > got this: > FATAL: Module intel8x0 not found note that *all* ALSA modules are prefixed by "snd_". The correct command reads as "modprobe snd_intel8x0". Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config - help

2005-08-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
> /lib/modules/2.6.12-gentoo-r9/alsa-driver/pci/snd-intel8x0.ko > Curiously enough, there is also this file located here - > /lib/modules/2.6.12-gentoo-r9/alsa-driver/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-codec.ko just a guess: The intel should be AC 97 compliant, but it is well known that standards are there to b

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa config

2005-08-21 Thread Christoph Eckert
> So holly, is arts absolutely necessary to get KDE system sounds?  I > installed KDE 3.4 without arts.  Alsa does fine as does amarok, gaim, > and several others _except_ KDE.  I guess arts is the reason, huh? Yep. As long as a KDE application doesn't have an audio interface of its own, it uses

Re: [gentoo-user] Sound with Virtual Channels

2005-08-30 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Does anyone know what I can do to achieve the same effect in gentoo > that I get when using "sysctl hw.snd.pcm0.vchans=4" in FreeBSD, > thereby allowing 4 virtual channels for my dsp device, and stopping > those annoying "Device in use" errors when trying to open 2 or more > sound related progra

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE preferences

2005-08-31 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I had the disastrous idea of trying to update kde 3.3 to 3.4 using > the new split ebuilds. I tried to reduce bloat by emerging only what > I thought I really use. Now I have lost ALL my normal user's >  preferences! AFAIK Gentoo allows to run two KDE versions independently. ~/.kde is prob

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

2005-08-31 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Before this gets into a flame war, let's just operate under the > assertion that the "best" window manager/desktop environment is > strictly a matter of personal preference. yes it is. Mine is KDE. It eats hardware but I do not care. It's configurable and convenient, and I like the development

Re: [gentoo-user] NetworkManager

2005-09-01 Thread Christoph Eckert
> What is networkmanager ? url ? knetworkconf.sf.net? Will be part of KDE 3.5. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] jack-audio-connection-kit-0.100.0 ??

2005-09-08 Thread Christoph Eckert
>    I see an ebuild for Jack-0.100.0 but I don't seem to be able to > build it on my AMD64 machine or on my P4 laptop. I do not see it > listed in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask so I don't think it > should be unbuildable. on http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=jack-audio-connection-

Re: [gentoo-user] Disk image

2005-09-10 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Is it possible to make an image of my whole 40GiB HD into a file in > another, bigger HD, including all my partitions, grub, everything. > I want to re-install this computer, but I want to be able to go back > easily if I need it. This can be done using tar, dd or partimage. Best regards

Re: [gentoo-user] Opinions?

2005-09-14 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Has anyone heard of this?  Any > opinions? There's also KGentooConf: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=26601 I'd appcreciate it if both apps could help me to understand better the system and to use more of its features. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mail

Re: [gentoo-user] Opinions?

2005-09-15 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > I would compare GUI to helper wheels for bycicles. You may need them > if you can't ride, but once you know how to ride they start limiting > you and getting in your way. Hm, good comparison, but only half of the truth. Most people only need a small part of the options command line tools

Re: [gentoo-user] recording sound from SPDIF port using KDE KRec

2005-09-19 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Does anybody have a good link how to capture audio from SPDIF? > When I connect the audio to my SPDIF-IN I can hear the the voice on > the speakers but when I try to record using KDE "KRec" nothing is > captured. I suppose the KRec is not configured correctly. > Anybody has good link how to do i

Re: [gentoo-user] recording sound from SPDIF port using KDE KRec

2005-09-19 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Thank you for the pointers. > Do I have to have SPDIF enable in kernel?  I don't see any PCM IN > supports in arts or alsamiser.   I use a cheap USB soundcard with the snd_usb_audio module and didn't need to add any additional kernel option. In my alsamixer the SPDIF input appears as »Input 2

Re: [gentoo-user] recording sound from SPDIF port using KDE KRec

2005-09-19 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Is alsamixer call KMix in KDE? That is all I see under Multimedia > menu. I have Alsa build into the kernel, so it starts at boot, my > sound card is some kind of Via-chipset on the motherboard. If this is the only card on your system, I guess that kmix will show you the same controls as alsam

Re: [gentoo-user] recording sound from SPDIF port using KDE KRec

2005-09-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Nice looking sound tools there (http://alsamodular.sourceforge.net/) > - is there an ebuild? Not that I knew; for building it from source, adjust the path to Qt in the Makefile. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting up ALSA on a new computer

2005-10-15 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Where are the other alsa configs located?  I've unmerged and > re-emerged alsa-utils several times and I cannot seem to fix this > problem on my own... There aren't much configs for ALSA, and alsasound only modifies your /etc/modules.d/alsa. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting up ALSA on a new computer

2005-10-15 Thread Christoph Eckert
> The problem I'm currently facing is this: > > camille regbackups # alsamixer > > alsamixer: function snd_mixer_load failed: Invalid argument > > Are you saying that all I have to do to fix this is to > delete /etc/modules.d/alsa and re-run alsaconf? No, I do not know why this error appears. But

Re: [gentoo-user] where is 'kat' ?

2005-10-16 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Does anyone know which package 'kat' the kde search tool is in ? no, but I compiled it from source. Furthermore, the best use is with recent kernels with the new notify mechanism. Unfortunately, I'm still on 2.6.10 here due to realtime audio needs :( . Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.10 and realtime [was: "where is 'kat'"]

2005-10-17 Thread Christoph Eckert
> > Furthermore, the best use is with recent kernels with the new > > notify mechanism. Unfortunately, I'm still on 2.6.10 here due to > > realtime audio needs :( . > > Hi! Can you provide a bit more info on that item? See the post of Mark. I still use a vanilla 2.6.10 with the realtime-

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.10 and realtime [was: "where is 'kat'"]

2005-10-17 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I was unaware that kat is so cutting edge - guess thats why there is > no ebuild for it yet. I may wait a bit for it to mature a bit more :) kat will also run on older kernels, but then it runs without auto notification if files have changed, so each katalog needs to be maintained manually.

Re: [gentoo-user] dmcrypt for a /home directory that already has many files on it

2005-10-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I was planning to use dmcrypt on my /home partition and I read the > proceedure on the Gentoo Wiki.  I think though, that the proceedures > given there are for new partitions without a filesystem.  Maybe I am > wrong. I didn't read it, but if this encryption crypts a complete partition, then I

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE GUI for network settings

2005-11-02 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I have a KDE desktop on one of my machines, and noticed I couldn't > find any GUI interface to manage the IP address and related > configurations for the 2 ethernet cards on the box. I have installed > kdenetworks, but still don't see anything. What do I need to > install/enable/locate on my sys

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE GUI for network settings

2005-11-02 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Well, that's where I would expect to find it also, but it's not > there. Anyone know what might be missing from my installed packages > for this? it depends on your KDE version. It is in KDE 3.5 per default; for earlier versions it needs to get installed separately. >From an original message

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: UC-33 problem

2005-11-02 Thread Christoph Eckert
> the problem has been solved, and I must admit the reasons for it were > 1st very simple (which makes me think I should maybe stick to > something for my kind of bad ShortTermMemory) and thus 2nd VERY > frustrating. Nevertheless, excuse the excessive posting additionally I recommend to post

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE GUI for network settings

2005-11-02 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > I'm sorry - this is probably noob stuff. Ah, OK. > I'm unable to find it, doing > emerge --search knetworkconf The application is not yet official enough, so you'll not find it in the portage tree. Instead... > How do I find and install the kdereview/knetworkconf module? (I have > KDE

Re: [gentoo-user] Begging For Help With ALSA and Lirc

2005-11-03 Thread Christoph Eckert
> But the two things I can't seem to get working are ALSA and lirc.  My > sound card is an Audigy that uses the emu10k1 driver. if the module is loaded you shoud see the card when doing a cat /proc/asound/cards > Following the > Gentoo ALSA guide (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml), I

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Filenames with "special" characters (äöü€¶) on SMB share of Linkstation HD-HLAN250

2005-11-06 Thread Christoph Eckert
bash-2.05b$ touch äöüÄÖÜß\ name bash-2.05b$ ls -l äöüÄÖÜß\ name -rw-r--r-- 1 ce users 0 6. Nov 13:49 äöüÄÖÜß name bash-2.05b$ locale [EMAIL PROTECTED] LC_CTYPE="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" LC_NUMERIC="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" LC_TIME="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" LC_COLLATE="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" LC_MONETARY="[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [gentoo-user] Alsa for Kernel2.4

2005-11-07 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I understand I can have ALSA on kernel 2.4 (I can't shift to 2.6 - > display driver issue) so how do I do it? in 2.4 ALSA is completely outside the kernel, so you need the following packages: * ALSA-lib * ALSA-driver * ALSA-utils (optional but recommended) Best regards ce -- gentoo-u

Re: [gentoo-user] ghosting(?) a drive

2005-11-11 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Can anybody recommend any tool(s) for the job? > Gotchas? Does SATA prefer a certain fs? AFAIR there's a sourceforge project which does similar things like Ghost, but I do not remember the name, sorry. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Automatically mounting USB mass storage devices (camera)

2005-11-12 Thread Christoph Eckert
> How can I get the system to automatically mount my USB device when I > attach it? Most cameras can be switched from USB to PTP mode in the setup. I recommend to do so and instead of automounting it to access it via PTP (see gphoto2/digikam etc.). It's much more convenient because you can plu

Re: [gentoo-user] Automatically mounting USB mass storage devices (camera)

2005-11-12 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Thanks for the tip, though. But instead of the PTP > workaround, I'll use the manual-mount workaround. Or > maybe autofs. PTP is slow, *very* slow on my machine. This is a big minus. Regardless of mass storage or PTP you can write a small shell script which automates the process and copies th

Re: [gentoo-user] yet more ALSA trouble

2005-11-14 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Thanks in advance for any help or > advice. I cannot really help you, but maybe searching the archives of ALSA-user or linux-audio-user will give you some hints. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] mouse won't scroll anymore

2005-11-29 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I've just moved from XFree86 to xorg and updated my KDE and now my > wheel mouse doesn't scroll anymore. I'm using the same mouse lines in > xorg.conf that I used in Xfree86.conf, but I can't get it to work. It > must be something I just don't see. Any ideas? exactly the same here. I have tried

Re: [gentoo-user] mouse won't scroll anymore

2005-11-29 Thread Christoph Eckert
> So, I guess this shows that the scroll wheel is sending a signal. I > have no idea if it's getting to the right place the problem is that not many people understand the hidden ways of keyboard and mouse events from the hardware through the kernel to the console or even X. Writing a valid and

Re: [gentoo-user] mouse won't scroll anymore

2005-11-29 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Did you try the settings I mentioned previously?  (using > /dev/input/mice, ExplorerPS/2, and the Buttons option?) If so, and > you still have the same problem, please post the relevant lines from > /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Thanks a lot for your help. I currently use the following section for the

Re: [gentoo-user] mouse won't scroll anymore

2005-11-29 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > Damn! I thought I had tried all of your suggestions Richard. Changing > the protocol to ExplorerPS/2 has done the trick. Thanks for all of > your help. @Ernie: Could you please post the relevant device section you use? Just for my personal interest. @Richard: Let's stop here, I will figu

Re: [gentoo-user] mouse won't scroll anymore

2005-11-29 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > Possible.  But maybe there is also some corruption (binary > characters) in the xorg.conf file.  I've seen xfree86/x.org behave > strangely before, refusing to see some options, because of garbage > characters in the configuration file. does "garbage characters" mean weird printable charac

Re: [gentoo-user] mouse won't scroll anymore

2005-11-30 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi Richard, > The above is assuming that you really need/want Emulate3Buttons for > the stick and trackpad.  Otherwise, you can get by with a single > InputDevice section set to /dev/input/mice. thanks for all your efforts, it's much appreciated. I'll try it out later this evening when I'm back

Re: [gentoo-user] mouse won't scroll anymore - Solved

2005-11-30 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi Richard, I couldn't resist to try it out immediately, so... > Ah, I see now.  Because you don't have "USB mouse" in your layout. > You can have many InputDevice sections, but only those listed in > ServerLayout are used: > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"

Re: [gentoo-user] New User to Gentoo - Specialized Application

2005-12-05 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Can anyone provide hints / pointers / gotchas that I ought to be > aware of -- I have the installer manual etc, so I am more looking for > hints and tips that I ought to be aware of in trying this.  I will > also be compiling my own kernel for this -- (That will be a first > too) For multitrack

Re: [gentoo-user] Seeking USB help

2005-12-05 Thread Christoph Eckert
> What am I missing to get USB working on my laptop? Any suggestions? Is hotplug running? It should handle all module loading stuff for you. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] module-init-tools vs. modutils

2005-12-09 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, when doing emerge --update world -pv I get a blocking dependency: sys-apps/module-init-tools (is blocking sys-apps/modutils-2.4.27) is it save on a 2.6.14.2 kernel to do emerge --unmerge module-init-tools && emerge modutils or will I run into trouble? Sorry for my ignorance, but asking go

Re: [gentoo-user] module-init-tools vs. modutils

2005-12-09 Thread Christoph Eckert
> If I recall correctly, you need to unmerge modutils and emerge > module-init-tools.  One is for 2.4 kernels and the other is for 2.6 > kernels if I recall correctly.  I have done this and it worked fine. this is what I have in mind, and this is what made me careful: I get told "unmerge module-

Re: [gentoo-user] module-init-tools vs. modutils

2005-12-10 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi Richard and Neil, > Nothing in the current portage tree depends on sys-apps/modutils, > only virtual/modutils.  And for every profile except "embedded", > virtual/modutils defaults to sys-apps/module-init-tools. thanks a lot for the help. I simply unmerged modutils and kept module-init-tool

[gentoo-user] Ardour build error

2005-12-10 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, while trying to update my ardour installation, I get an error. The build seems to do fine, but then I get: scons: done building targets. ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY LOG FILE = "/var/log/sandbox/sandbox-media-sound_-_ardour-0.99-17038.log" unlink:/usr/lib/scons/SCons/__init__.pyc open

[gentoo-user] libusb build error

2005-12-11 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, me again :) . I'm trying to update my machine. I have never done so since I installed Gentoo last year, so I'm a bit unexperienced and ignorant about portage and emerge usage. I have updated most of the packages manually to avoid a broken system, and most are done ("only" 98 left :) . S

Re: [gentoo-user] libusb build error

2005-12-11 Thread Christoph Eckert
> OH God !!! :) ? > Haven't updated Gentoo in a year ?? Wow... I think first > thing you should do is to update portage. Portage is updated, I even synced the local tree. I didn't say I didn't update anything during this year, but I only updated the packages I was interested in (main

Re: [gentoo-user] libusb build error

2005-12-11 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > Oh !! Another thing... I suggest you to use an "automatic" update, > like "emerge -vuDp world", see what will happen, and if everything is > okay, try "emerge -vuD world". > > If you do one by one, then you'll may have packages broken, because > you don't know dependency tree by heart, so y

Re: [gentoo-user] libusb build error

2005-12-11 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi all, > I'd do: >    [*] emerge -vu portage >    [*] emerge -vuDp world >           [*] if everything went OK: emerge -vuD world >    [*] revdep-rebuild --pretend >    [*] revdep-rebuild so I did. Everything went fine, until it was libusb's turn. I still get: >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpa

Re: [gentoo-user] libusb build error: SOLVED

2005-12-11 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, replying to myself. I remembered two variables called WANT_AUTOMAKE and WANT_AUTOCONF. I unset them and got another error: Making all in doc make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/libusb-0.1.10a/work/libusb-0.1.10a/doc' rm -rf html mkdir html jade -t sgml -d ./we

Re: [gentoo-user] libusb build error: FINALLY SOLVED

2005-12-11 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, sorry for the traffic, but I finally solved it by unsetting »doc« from the USE variable :) . The first time I wrote »SOLVED« I thought it would be solved - until jade got wild ;-) . Time to go to bed - thanks and good night. ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] update world but just kde-2.5 not other versions

2005-12-13 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > Shows several kde-3.5 and several kde-3.4.3 (I'm currently running > 3.4.1).  There has been discussion here about slots but I didn't > notice anyone asking about or telling about how to avoid this > unecessary double whammy. uhm. I just emerged KDE 3.4.3 and thanks to your post I just not

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: /etc/asound.state

2005-12-14 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Furthermore, this did not create the /etc/asound.state file? > > any other ideas? alsactl store resp. restore normally gets automatically executed on ALSA start/shutdown. If this is not the case on this particular machine, then there' s something wrong. Best regards ce -- gentoo-use

Re: [gentoo-user] udev and fstab

2005-12-14 Thread Christoph Eckert
> > And is there way to very force umount media even if it claims > > device is busy and i cant figure out what process is responsible > > for that. > > Did you try fuser? I made the experience that fuser or lsof often don't help much when you have problems unmounting a device. The output is emp

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is there and Alternative to compiling kde?

2005-12-14 Thread Christoph Eckert
> And all of these releases have to be carefully coordinated by the > developers, since you can't have a binary download of the new X.org > until the new KDE and GNOME builds are ready, and you have to update > all of the dependency versions for every release, because now release > -r2 of KDE-bin

Re: [gentoo-user] udev and fstab

2005-12-14 Thread Christoph Eckert
> fuser -k /media/cdrecorder was successful, thanks for pointing to > fuser will the -k option also help if a kernel lock happens on a device? Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: update world but just kde-2.5 not other versions

2005-12-14 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > cat /home/otherU/.xinitrc > > ## start .xinitrc > > exec /usr/kde/3.4/bin/startkde > > ## end .xinitrc this file didn't exist, so I created it and it exactly did what I needed! So thanks a bunch & best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] private files

2005-12-19 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I thought since I'm well familiar with tar and gzip it might be > something to tar.gz the directories and encrypt the result. What about mounting an encrypted filesystem in a file via loopback device? Once configured, it can easily be mounted like mount ~/Nothinginhere Passphrase: For backu

Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags, command line and packages.use

2005-12-21 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > You are lucky this problem looked interesting to me! ;-> I'm also lucky it did ;-) . > Here is a script that will: > > 1. Scan the package database > 2. Examine the USE flags from when packages were merged, the USE > flags that the package knows about, and the current global USE flags. >

[gentoo-user] ADSL confusion after update

2005-12-22 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, I recently did update my machine (didn't do so for a year :) . It is likely that I messed up some things because I'm still not that familiar with portage/emerge as I should be, but I call this "learning by doing" ;-) . Today I'd ask for help concerning adsl. My machine automatically con

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: two usb memory devices

2006-03-24 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Sure, I can put manual entries in to fix this, but, isn't that what > udev and hal/ivman/dbus are support to do, automagically? Every time > I want to use 2 usb memory sticks on any computer, my only option is > to manually edit the fstab? shouldn't it be possible to create an udev rule to give

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux design software recommendations

2006-03-26 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Does anyone have any recommendations for something similar to what > I'm describing, or had success with other software that can do some > of what I want? there's no professional CAD for linux, especially for woodworking: http://www.ribbonsoft.com/de/qcad.html A commercial solution is VariCAD,

Re: [gentoo-user] In search of two applikations

2006-03-26 Thread Christoph Eckert
>  Is there any backup tool, which simply copies the contents of one >  partition, which is larger than one DVD, to DVDs "as plain as >  possible" -- means copies the contents that way, that I simply can >  mount DVD #n and can easily read and copy the contents? dar.sf.net. Best regards ce -

Re: [gentoo-user] InkScape trouble

2006-03-26 Thread Christoph Eckert
>  BADABOOM! > >  That's it. not really. PLease start Inkscape from a terminal emulation and post the output. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] InkScape trouble

2006-03-26 Thread Christoph Eckert
> solfire:/home/mccramer>inkscape > > Emergency save activated! > Emergency save completed. Inkscape will close now. > If you can reproduce this crash, please file a bug at > www.inkscape.org with a detailed description of the steps leading to > the crash, so we can fix it. zsh: abort > solfire:/h

Re: [gentoo-user] Telephony software

2006-03-29 Thread Christoph Eckert
> somebody knows any telephony software for Linux? > I do not refer to Skype and likes, but any software that can me to > call a contact using the 56K modem and headphone-microphone. there are many, like linphone, IHU, KPhone, WengoPhone and Ekiga. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org m

Re: [gentoo-user] firefox and svg

2006-04-04 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Can someone help me? AFAIR Firefox 1.5 supports SVG, but only a subset of the complete specification. I thinks that's why animations do not appear. I also created some "simple" static SVGs, but Firefoy does not display hatches in objects nor does it render text objects properly. So I conver

Re: [gentoo-user] Alsa question: hw:0,0 - hw:0,1

2006-04-15 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Any pointers as to what the problem might be (very low sound in > hw:0,0) and how to switch *everything* to use hw:0,1 if hw:0,0 > remains a problem (no cure)? not sure about your device, but maybe you want to ask in the linux audio user mailing list. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] Alsa question: hw:0,0 - hw:0,1

2006-04-15 Thread Christoph Eckert
> beast sound # ls -l /dev/sound/ > total 0 > crw-rw  1 root audio 14, 12 Apr 15 11:07 adsp > crw-rw  1 root audio 14,  4 Apr 15 11:07 audio > crw-rw  1 root audio 14,  3 Apr 15 11:07 dsp > crw-rw  1 root audio 14,  0 Apr 15 11:07 mixer what does cat /proc/asound/cards tell? B

Re: [gentoo-user] Alsa question: hw:0,0 - hw:0,1

2006-04-15 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Ideas? no :) . As Dave explained, it can be that your channels in the mixer are set incorrectly. Ensure to raise master and PCM levels, and ensure PCM isn't muted. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Alsa question: hw:0,0 - hw:0,1 (solved)

2006-04-15 Thread Christoph Eckert
> > Thanks Christoph & Dave for the help! > > My pleasure, glad to help.  Nice to be part of a helpful community! Seconded and thirded :) Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Install help

2006-04-20 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I think suppose I should get a graphic user interface I) think the first thing is to configure X (/etc/X11/xorg.conf). THen try startx. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser

2006-05-16 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > I'm working on a new portage browser, and I was looking for ideas > from USERS, that's why I'm posting here. as I'm a Desktop user, I'll speak up ;-) . > I've never found a program that would allow me to browse > portage categories, then packages, showing in one window description, > vers

[gentoo-user] Mono build fails

2006-05-22 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi all, from time to time I tried to update beagle to get PDF indexing. Unfortunately it depends on mono, and I always get the same mono build error. Due to many text, I put it here: http://christeck.de/stuff/monobuilderror.txt If anyone has a wee small hint it would be great. Thanks & best

Re: [gentoo-user] Mono build fails

2006-05-23 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > have you ran:  revdev-rebuild thanks for the hint. It gave me lots of errors. > Maybe you have a library out of sync error going on.  I just > installed mono without any issues. Perfect. So it seems to be a problem on my particular installation. > Are you x86 or ~x86?  Are you up to dat

Re: [gentoo-user] sound server recommedation

2006-06-15 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I'm looking for an sound server which is widely supported and > can be easily instructed to bounce all audio traffic to a remote > machine, so I can easily switch my speaker without touching > the applications. > > Any recommendation ? maybe jackd (jackit.sf.net) with netjack? Arbitrary audio c

Re: [gentoo-user] supported mp3 players (hardware)

2006-06-16 Thread Christoph Eckert
> What players would you recommend.  My needs are modest, a few hours > of MP3s would be enough.  My primary goal is to listen to "the > teaching company" lectures. most devices which have as a requirement Mac OS 8.6 or better simoky behave as a USB mass storage and therefore can be mounted on L

Re: [gentoo-user] supported mp3 players (hardware)

2006-06-16 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Both banshee and rhythmbox support mostly or will soon support fully > the ipod :) Apple hard and software players don't support ogg vorbis, and that's why Apple simply sucks. Sorry, I'm usually not a guy of harsh words, but take care about teh file formats you use. Will you be able to playba

Re: [gentoo-user] supported mp3 players (hardware)

2006-06-16 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I don't have an ipod so I have no experience, but there is a 3rd > party firmware hack that replaces the ipod firmware and supports > flac/ogg/etc and adds nifty things. interesting. I'm not computer scientist, but doesn't this depend on the hardware chip in the device? Decoding ogg or even mp

Re: [gentoo-user] supported mp3 players (hardware)

2006-06-16 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Anyone know if iRiver's support ogg? depends on the actual device and firmware. For example, there was a firmware update for the iHP-100. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Slow PCMCIA-USB

2006-06-23 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi all, I just purchased a PCMCIA-USB-card to make my notebook USB 2.0 ready. I connected an external USB drive and an mp3-stick using Knoppix and was very happy because everything worked right out of the box. Making a backup of my Gentoo installation to the USB drive was a real joy :) . When

Re: [gentoo-user] Slow PCMCIA-USB

2006-06-23 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi Neil, > What do your devices show up as, /dev/sd* or /dev/ub*? as sd*, no ub* at all... > If the latter, you need to turn off the kernel option > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB at > > Device Drivers > -> Block devices >    -> Low Performance USB Block driver ...and it's switched off, I just checked it.

Re: [gentoo-user] Slow PCMCIA-USB

2006-06-24 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, > What's your lspci output? here's the output of lspci. I also have appended the diff of the output of lsmod before and after plugging the PCMCIA-USB card in, and the output of tail -f /var/log/messages while replugging the device: lsmod-diff: > usb_storage31364 0 > usblp

Re: [gentoo-user] Slow PCMCIA-USB

2006-06-24 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi all, replying to myself. I just did some further tests, and today it's really fast. It seems that it needs some further circumstances that slows down the devices. So please ignore my previous post. First I should do further investigation. Weird. Thanks for all replies so far! Best regar

Re: [gentoo-user] graphical ssh-enabled file system browser?

2006-06-24 Thread Christoph Eckert
> If you are running KDE, just use a sftp URL in Konqueror. fish:/ really is a cool thing. I use it excessively. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] graphical ssh-enabled file system browser?

2006-06-24 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Can you mention *any* advantage of fish:// over sftp:// ? sftp > supports resuming an incomplete download. I never needed this because I don't have huge files. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] The KDE wallet

2006-06-27 Thread Christoph Eckert
> How to turn this `helpful' offer ... OFF? * Klick on it in the panel * Settings => Configure... * Disable kwallet Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] 10 finger typing trainer in portage?

2006-07-01 Thread Christoph Eckert
> great! that's what I was looking for, ktouch is probably cool but > needs kdelibs, which take too long too compile :) no prob. Just ask a friend who has KDE installed to send you a tarball of his installation. :))) Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] strange [ file

2006-07-25 Thread Christoph Eckert
> does any one know what could it be?¿ AFAIK it's a synonym to »test«. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Moving installation to another HD

2006-08-10 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Any info needed, please let me know. * Boot from a live-CD * mount old and new drive partitions * cd to the mountpoint containing the data to be copied * tar -cSp --numeric-owner -f - . | ( cd /mnt/NEW && tar xSpvf - ) * Drink coffee :) Worked for me more than once. ce -- gentoo-user@gento

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