Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 2008.0 install media

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 18:46:49 + (UTC) James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pongracz Istvan gmail.com> writes: > > > > > I've got several boxen that need to be installed so I was hoping > > > to test drive 2008.0 > > > AFAIK the releng team are working on the next release (2008.0) but > > I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 2008.0 install media

On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:18:33 +0100 Neil Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan Farrell wrote: > > Install from 2007.0 with interet: > > - most recent stage3 > > - most recent portage > > therefore most recent system > > Install from 2008.0-be

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 2008.0 install media

On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:18:05 -0600 darren kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > quoth the Dan Farrell: > > > net benefit of 2008.0: none. > > The benefit is that the beta gets tested, and we all move that much > closer to a stable 2008.0 release. True, I supp

Re: [gentoo-user] Emergency shutdown, how to?

On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:06:04 -0400 Steven Lembark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Main thing > that speeds up the AMD box is using 320MB scsi's > for near-term storage. They are hugely faster than > [S]ATA or IDE used on most equipment these days. what R/W speeds can you expect? -- gentoo-user@list

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] NFS through a firewall

pt all incoming and outgoing connections on the client that originate from or go to the server. It would look something like this: iptables -I INPUT -s 134.153.37.55 -j ACCEPT iptables -I INPUT -s 134.153.37.55 -j ACCEPT now make sure those will work with your config before just blindly setting them up! Best of luck! Hope it works. -- Dan -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] BASIC compilers/Interpreters?

y. > -- Benjamin Franklin > > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > Dude. Google. First hit. -- Dan Cowsill http://www.danthehat.net -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox: password field

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:59:46 -0300 Norberto Bensa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ubuntu patch indeed. For those interested: > ... Thanks for the source overview -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Overclocked CPU killed motherboard and CD?

RMA'd hardware isn't 'repaired' in the technical sense. You're typically given a new motherboard. In my experience, overclocking typically doesn't damage unrelated components. The CPU is likely the only problem with your rig, unfortunately. -- Dan Cowsill http://www.danthehat.net -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] [ot] you have cruft in /proc remove it

On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:29:55 -0700 (PDT) maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First: Don't top post! > > > > Big whoop! The two posts are tiny -- it's easy to see > at a glance which is the original and which the reply. > What's with people making the biggest deal out of this? The ubun

[gentoo-user] [OT] gentoo-wiki.com

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[gentoo-user] Switch of profile messed up eix-test-obsolete

interface being used --8< Before the change of profile the output was clean. Any suggestions? -- Dan Johansson, <http://www.dmj.nu> *** This message is printed on 100% recycled electrons! **

[gentoo-user] Capture dmesg output on boot?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Capture dmesg output on boot?

James Ausmus wrote: > If you have a serial port, you can enable serial console in the kernel > config, and boot with a "console=ttyS0" kernel parameter, to see all > the output on a serially attached (via null modem cable or adapter) > computer... > > -James > Hey, thanks for the advice. Would t

Re: [gentoo-user] Capture dmesg output on boot?

Adam Carter wrote: > Have you tried + ? I have no idea if it will work in that > circumtance... > > Remember that depending how you setup the kernel the IDE devices could be hdX > or sdX. > > Thanks, Yes, I've tried shift+pgUp and it doesn't appear to work. And yes, I've verified that my ro

Re: [gentoo-user] Capture dmesg output on boot?

Hello again list, After having tried every suggested method of scrolling or pausing kernel output and failing, I decided to mess about with the kernel config a little more and eventually came out ahead. I am happy to report no kernel panics and I thank everyone for their contribution. D signa

Re: [gentoo-user] pdftk emerge error

file. > > Any suggestions on how to solve this problem? Kind of urgent cause I > need to finish my job-application... I had the same problem. The fix in bug http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=264510 solved it for me. Regards, -- Dan Johansson, <http://www.dmj.nu>

[gentoo-user] Can not start compiz-fusion

v a1) 05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400 GS] (rev a1) Any suggestions on how to solve this? -- Dan Johansson, <http://www.dmj.nu> *** This message is printed on 100% recycled electrons! *** smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Monitoring data usage

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Grant wrote: >>> > I'm using ifconfig to monitor how much data I'm using, but it seems >>> > pretty high.  Is there a simple way to see why I'm using so much data? >>> >>> $ eix ^ntop >>> [I] net-analyzer/ntop >>>       Available versions:  3.3.9-r2 ~3.3.10-r1 {ipv6

Re: [gentoo-user] maintaining clones

On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:07:14 +0200 (CEST) Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > I have 4 identical machines, they only differ in the 2 files > /etc/conf.d/hostname > /etc/conf.d/net > > I'd like to maintain only one of them (updating > GenToo upto several times a week) > and 'rsync' the other ones.

Re: [gentoo-user] maintaining clones

On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:57:48 +0100 Neil Bothwick wrote: > Dealing with unexpected side > effects of syncing in-use files could be a lot more problematic. perhaps a digest of some kind? md5 the files, write up a little script to keep the rest of the nodes synced up?

Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody tried shake defragmenter?

On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 16:48:06 -0700 Grant wrote: > It never > made a sound before, but now there's a rhythmic grinding sound when > miro is running, maybe because the HD is more full now. In my experience, the rate of change of hard drive access volume is inversely proportional with the drive's

Re: [gentoo-user] Anybody tried shake defragmenter?

On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 07:42:24 -0700 Grant wrote: > >>  It never > >> made a sound before, but now there's a rhythmic grinding sound when > >> miro is running, maybe because the HD is more full now. > > > > In my experience, the rate of change of hard drive access volume is > > inversely proportiona

Re: [gentoo-user] Website disabling right click

On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:01:08 -0500 Dale wrote: > Stroller wrote: > > I considered suggesting contacting the owners of the site & > > explaining how stupid it is to piss your customers off without > > benefit, but if they're dumb enough to have implemented this in the > > first place then there's

Re: [gentoo-user] installing/upgrading with emerge from non-root

On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:50:24 -0700 (PDT) Kevin Haddock wrote: > I changed the permissions on my machine. On the remote machine, it > shouldn't need root permissions just to compile programs, right? > No, I don't think so. You know, the remote admin might rather open up distcc to local connec

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo forums.gentoo.org - error

On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 11:32:18 -0600 Joseph wrote: > Is anybody fixing Gentoo forum? > When trying to access it I get: > > phpBB : Critical Error > Could not connect to the database > I hope so : ) It went down some time after 6 this morning (CST - noon UTC). I sent an email to "webmas...@foru

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo forums.gentoo.org - error

On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 21:34:17 +0200 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On gentoo-dev there was a post a few days ago about the forums being > > moved to a new server cluster. Perhaps something's not well with the > > new setup. > > the move was some days ago. And supposedly successfully completed

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo forums.gentoo.org - error

On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:56:01 +0200 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > back then, yes. Maybe one of the new boxes suddenly combusted ;) > yes, well, I sure hope it takes more than one. they must have some sort of replication thing going right? I mean, if _i_ were hosting forums.gentoo.org I would t

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo forums.gentoo.org - error

On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:54:54 +0100 Mick wrote: > I noticed that (re)loading www.gentoo.org now takes around 10 seconds > from the UK. This is a significant delay compared to usual > performance. Not sure if people are loading this up to see what > happened with the forums ... Yeah, it's doing i

Re: [gentoo-user] Knock on wood

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:22:31 -0500 Dale wrote: > I'm in the process of switching > from dial-up to DSL. :-D :-D Running gentoo on dialup for so long, you must be the most patient person in existence.

Re: [gentoo-user] Knock on wood

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:54:52 -0500 Dale wrote: > I'm starting to picture my 3/4 ton > pick-up on top of that DSL box. It's starting to look pretty darn > good too. Would sort of miss the ole truck tho. > But then you'll be back to dialup indefinitely ... i wonder if you could get high

[gentoo-user] gentoo sites go down too much!

Last week the gentoo forums went down. Then gentoo-wiki.com went down. Now it seems as though all of gentoo.org is down. What's the deal? What are we to do about this shoddy hosting?

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo sites go down too much!

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:01:53 +0200 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > gentoo-wiki has nothing to do with gentoo.org. > > Nothing. Sure, they're completely seperate ... officially. But that's not the point. For good or for ill, gentoo-wiki is - or at least used to be before the hosting fiasco late

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo sites go down too much!

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:05:07 +0200 pk wrote: > gentoo.org works for me (both this afternoon, around 15.00 and right > now, 20.03). f.g.o. also works right now. g-w.com also works. Your're all right; the gentoo.org thing must have been a transient hiccough somewhere between me and them. Forum i

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo sites go down too much!

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:12:07 +0200 Alan McKinnon wrote: > So what do you suggest? I mean, other than whinging about something > that Gentoo can do absolutely nothing about, what do you suggest one > actually DOES? > That is exactly my question. Is it important to do something, is it wise, and

[gentoo-user] sorry for fanning flames [site downtime]

i'm sorry to everyone, i started a bit of a heated debate. i didn't mean to imply that the gentoo sites hosting is less than adequate. I think the gentoo sites do a good job. I couldn't bring up the site for like 3 seconds today, and wouldn't you know it, I mentioned it on the mailing lists, and

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I lost the ability to boot into single user

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:27:57 +0300 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 08/18/2009 02:00 AM, Dale wrote: > > I agree, this should be reported so it can be fixed. While > > init-/bin/bash would work, it shouldn't be the only option. > > I filed a bug for it: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28185

Re: [gentoo-user] IPCHAINS or other alternative firewalls or packet-filters?

ures; that's not the same as saying it's bloated. More like the linux kernel (and in fact it _is_, as others have said, the linux kernel) - it supports a lot of different functionality. If you don't want a particular capability, disable it in the kernel. If you want a quick fire

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I know...

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:26 AM, David Juhl wrote: > How do I know I am actually subscribed to a list.  I sent a email to the > second address asking for verification. > > Thanks, > Dave > > > > Is easy. If you can see this email, you are subscribed. Ta! Dan

Re: [gentoo-user] How to run dhclient on the background

uld be well. You might want to check your RC_NET_STRICT_CHECKING variable (in /etc/conf.d/rc) is the way you want it, but otherwise there isn't any extra configuration required. I realise you've already got your original problem sorted, but hopefully this helps others. Dan

Re: [gentoo-user] motherboard died?

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 4:32 AM, Matt Harrison wrote: > Hi all, > > A few weeks ago there was a discussion about audio interference when running > 3d applications. > > Well mine kept getting worse (it didn't to it at all a month ago) until I > got fed up. I opened the side and (gently!) moved some

Re: [gentoo-user] motherboard died?

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Matt Harrison wrote: > Thanks for the detailed information. I have some news, but it requires me to > put on my embarrassed face. No need to be embarrassed! I work in the repair industry and I can't tell you how many times I've run into the same thing. The worst

[gentoo-user] 2.6.28-gentoo sources quite sluggish on Dell Inspiron 8100 / 1GHz PIII

Hi all, I recently updated my dell Inspirion 8100's software after I found to my suprise I could no longer play video fast enough to watch. I did a kernel upgrade from 2.6.24 to 2.6.28, with a number of reconfigurations, including moving from madwifi to in-kernel ath5k. Also updated nvidia-driver

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.28-gentoo sources quite sluggish on Dell Inspiron 8100 / 1GHz PIII

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:47:57 +0100 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Donnerstag 22 Januar 2009, Dan Farrell wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I recently updated my dell Inspirion 8100's software after I found > > to my suprise I could no longer play video fast enou

Re: [gentoo-user] Locking down a wireless network

On 1/29/09, Grant wrote: > My Gentoo router's wireless network is encrypted via WPA and doesn't > DHCP. I'd like to take this a step further in case my WPA key gets > hacked. Can I issue only certain IPs to certain MAC addresses? > > Does WPA2 require hardware support? > > > - Grant > > Wha

Re: [gentoo-user] accessing a bash

On 05/02/2009, Jon Hardcastle wrote: > Hey guys.. random Linux question. > > If i have a bash process running on my machine that i am not 'attatched' to > is there anyway to access it and see what it is doing short of just killing > it? Take a look at app-misc/screen. Although you do need to reme

Re: [gentoo-user] Mailing Lists

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 7:05 AM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > Hi > > is there a mailing lists to discuss about perl or python or bash scripting > language ? > > Thanks and Regards > > Kaushal > http://lmgtfy.com/?q=perl+mailing+list http://lmgtfy.com/?q=python+mailing+list As far as I can tell, ther

Re: [gentoo-user] Mailing Lists

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: > 2009/2/16 Dan Cowsill : >> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 7:05 AM, Kaushal Shriyan >> wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> is there a mailing lists to discuss about perl or python or bash scripting >>> la

Re: [gentoo-user] perfect IDE

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Andrei Hanganu wrote: > helo group, > > i've been trying the past 2-3 years to find the most usable and nice ide > for c/c++ code writing. I've been through vim/vim + plugins/emacs + > different modes/anjuta/kdevelop/codeblocks/eclipse/netbeans ... every > single

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone running a Netbook satisfactorily on Gentoo?

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:45 AM, Grant wrote: > I've installed and updated Gentoo on my girlfriend's Acer Aspire One > netbook and it's just so slow.  The only things I can think of to > speed it up would be to upgrade the RAM from 1GB (not sure if that's > possible) and/or swap out the SSD for a

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing an internet connection

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:26:45 -0700 Grant wrote: > I travel with a strong external antenna for picking up faint wireless > signals. It works great, but my girlfriend struggles to connect with > her built-in antenna. I do have a travel router (D-Link DWL-G730) so > I'd like to be able to do somet

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing an internet connection

Hi again. Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:42:55 -0700 Grant wrote: > Thanks Dan. No matter what I do, I can't get the other laptop to > communicate with my laptop. It can ping the router which is between > us, but it can't get to t

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ext3 file permissions on a USB drive

On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:16:05 -0500 »Q« wrote: > The problem is that if user A on machine X creates a file on the > drive, it has access permissions 644, which makes it impossible for > user B on machine Y to modify the file. (User A and user B are both > me, but with different UIDs on the differ

Re: [gentoo-user] Broken binary and revdep-rebuild doesn't find it.

On 09/03/2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > rea...@gentoo ~ $ ldd /usr/lib64/NX/bin/* | grep "not found" > libXcomp.so.3 => not found > libXcompext.so.3 => not found > libXcompshad.so.3 => not found > libXcomp.so.3 => not found > > So today's update of glibc seems

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What annoys you?

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > I would still think its a problema. > People would install Gentoo, get a functional system, not read the > handbook, and flood the forums and this mailing list with already > answered and handbook questions. > Daniel da Veiga > I think the

[gentoo-user] OFS on Gentoo

Is there someone out there in Gentoo-land that is using OFS (http://offlinefs.sourceforge.net/wiki/doku.php). If yes did find a ebuild for it in some overlay or did you just download the src and compile? Regards, -- Dan Johansson, <http://www.dmj

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is Gentoo Healthy? (The Return)

On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 12:56:51 +0200 "Hemmann, Volker Armin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Samstag, 7. Juli 2007, Thufir wrote: > > On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:47:24 -0700, kashani wrote: > > > I say bring on the easiness. Make a big fat button after > > > the > > > > liveCD > > > > > loads that says

Re: [gentoo-user] Index to /usr/share/doc/...html... a reinvented wheel?

On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 00:31:53 +0100 Paul Gibbons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 15:19:14 -0700 > "Kevin O'Gorman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I emerge with the doc USE flag and generally have a bunch of stuff > > in /usr/share/doc. Most of the time it's the HTML stuff I want

Re: [gentoo-user] about grub

On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 13:38:22 +0100 Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 07 July 2007 12:57, sain yan wrote: > > >Because you didn`t mount /boot? > > > > Yes! I find the erro in /etc/fstab > > > > /dev/sda7/boot ext3*noauto,*notime,noexec > > 0 0 > > It's not

Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail issues/questions

On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 09:28:23 -0400 Daniel D Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been using Kmail for some time but am running into a couple of > issues. I'm not sure if they're actually Kmail issues and if they're > actually outside the Kmail program. > You do use IMAP right? POP would downlo

Re: [gentoo-user] portage-2.1.3_rc6 doesn't compile

> I did 'emerge sys-kernel/linux-headers'. It says it would be advised > that you re-merge your system libc. > Portage now builds - should I rebuild the libc nevertheless? In my experience it's best to do exactly what portage says. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: usb external drive

On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 15:35:05 +0100 Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 06/07/07, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mick gmail.com> writes: > > > > > > > The wiki says not to use the FUSE module in the kernel, but to > > > emerge it as a separate module. I don't think it says anything > > > ab

Re: [gentoo-user] Static addresses and timeouts

On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 18:32:04 +0200 Eduard Bachmakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Sonntag, 8. Juli 2007 schrieb Dan Farrell: > > On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 15:08:11 +0200 > > > > Eduard Bachmakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I want to run a webserv

Re: [gentoo-user] building a machine for Gentoo

On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 04:44:39 -0400 Philip Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (e) HDD -- W Digital , 500 GB , 16 MB Do you really want a WD hard drive? Unless it's a Raptor, it's only got a 1-3 year warranty. Seagate drives are warranted for 5 years. According to newegg, comperable drives are the

Re: [gentoo-user] upgrade kernel

On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 23:56:12 +0400 "Vladimir Rusinov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/9/07, Luigi Pinna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have problems to upgrade my kernel from 2.6.18-r6 to upper > > versions. If I use my 2.6.18-r6 config file and I do a make, after > > reboot I can't boot th

Re: [gentoo-user] serial terminal

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:53:09 +0300 "Aleksey V. Kunitskiy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 10 July 2007 00:39, Patrick May wrote: > > RDP, VNC, X, etc. is replacing a lot of it. Why walk over when a > > couple mouse clicks or keys (for SSH) you can "be there." > > When the system is instal

Re: [gentoo-user] building a machine for Gentoo

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:45:18 +0300 "Aleksey V. Kunitskiy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 10 July 2007 02:46, b.n. wrote: > > If you want to start with 1 Gb, buy a > > single 1 Gb stick, and not two 512 Mb ones -so when you will want to > > upgrade, you'll have less problems. > I think it'

Re: [gentoo-user] building a machine for Gentoo

On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:59:36 -0400 Ophidian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And yes, the 2GB RAM is probably > overkill since I've never actually taken it all that close to filling > up RAM let alone swapping to disk. Agreed, of course, but one nice thing about extra ram that it might be pertinent

Re: [gentoo-user] [ot] building a machine for Gentoo

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:32:49 +0930 Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > because KVM's are OS independent; they can get you into the BIOS or > console; you can see boot messages; network doesn't need to be working Just to > name a few benefits. So yes, I agree if you're only interested in

Re: [SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] selecting boot(active?) partition

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:09:07 +0200 "pat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some information what I've used to remove GRUB from MBR. In windows > (don't beat me) there are tools 'fixmbr' and 'fixboot' and Ive used > them. You could try 'fdisk /mbr' from windows command line. That should replace your MBR

Re: [gentoo-user] building a machine for Gentoo

On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 21:35:22 -0700 "Julian Simioni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/9/07, Dan Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Agreed, of course, but one nice thing about extra ram that it might > > be pertinent to mention is that it can be

Re: [gentoo-user] [ot] building a machine for Gentoo

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:49:42 -0400 Philip Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 070709 Dan Farrell wrote: > > 070710 Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> KVM's are OS independent; they can get you into the BIOS or > >> console; you can s

Re: [gentoo-user] System for PIII now lives in K7; any way to rebuild without full reinstall?

On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:31:33 -0500 Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan Farrell wrote: > > Howdy folks. Today I have a fun exercise but am short on ideas. > > Any suggestions? > > > > I have an old hard drive from my router, a Pentium III. Now i've

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: memtest fails, but is it the RAM?

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:59:12 +0930 Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hear a bios beep, and that's it. > Maybe it's a MBoard issue? Maybe a video card issue? Hmmm, I don't > want to replace the whole lot! Ever hear of a POST code? if not, look up the post codes for your bios / mother

Re: [gentoo-user] USB modem locks weirdly

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:51:38 +0200 Clara García <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So it is a DNS problem but I have the correct DNS of my ISP > in /etc/resolv.conf I don't think so. It sounds like it when > I just get an "google.com unknown host" that happens, but nevertheless I think the problem is

Re: [gentoo-user] Absymal IDE performance with gentoo-sources-2.6.22 and why hda instead of sda?

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:01:44 +0200 Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What do I have to do, so that the drive is fast in kernel 2.6.22 as > well? > > I'm booting the 2.6.22 kernel with this entry in grub menu.lst: > > ,[ kernel 2.6.22 ] > | title Gentoo GNU/Linux (zuletzt gebaut

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg configuration

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:00:41 +0200 "Xav'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'll reboot and try copying some stuff around. Also, "emerge gnome" > > will give me a basic gnome? Yeah, pretty much. I don't use gnome but helped my roommate install gnome on gentoo without reading that guide. I think

Re: [gentoo-user] Another question regarding grub......

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:50:18 +0800 Andrew Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just wondering, is there a way to make grub just display the boot > options, that is the various OS's that I can boot to through grub, > without timing out to the default? At times I turn my PC on, wander > off to fix up s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Absymal IDE performance with gentoo-sources-2.6.22 and why hda instead of sda?

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:53:17 +0200 Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > but I use no such parameters and > > haven't any problems. > > I think I was unable to boot without them in pre 2.6.21 times. But > maybe this has changed. I'll find out. > > Thanks again, > > Alexander Skwar

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg configuration

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:08:00 + Thufir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's some emerge oddities I've run into: > > Am I the only one who sees this as nearly uselessly packed with wierd characters? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting domainname doesn't work.

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:29:09 +0200 Elias Probst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 127.0.0.1 hosname.domain.local localhost hostname > > Ok, thank you! Now it works. > But I'm still wondering about the variable in conf.d/net. > It seems this variable is totally useless. Do you think your server-sup

Re: [gentoo-user] 2 to 3??

I read a little bit of the new license, and restrictive though it may be and also strange for a pillar of the open source community to suddenly change is directive so drastically, I am still comforted. I believe the essential beauty of this community is that we cannot be governed by software lice

Re: [gentoo-user] XSESSION="Xsession" doesn't work!

Have you used ~/.xsession ? That's what I do for a 'custom' session. Search for xsession in the X manpage for more information on this. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] The Future of the Gentoo Foundation

Then the idea that the Gentoo Foundation might 'cease to exist as an entity' isn't really bad news? Some clarification might be in order. On 7/27/07, Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Freitag, 27. Juli 2007, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > > http://www.osnews.com/story.php/18315/The-F

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: insert text onto a PDF

ed? > > I'm not seeing a ps2pdf package to emerge. Does it go by another name? # equery b $(which ps2pdf) [ Searching for file(s) /usr/bin/ps2pdf in *... ] app-text/ghostscript-esp-8.15.3 (/usr/bin/ps2pdf) -- Dan Johansson, <http://www.dmj.nu> **

[gentoo-user] Machine freezes during gcc compile

I just got myself a new laptop and wanted to install Gentoo on it. After getting a working base system installed, I tried to install Xorg-x11, but the machine froze while trying to compile gcc. Keep in mind, there were no error messages, logs or anything of that nature. Just a straight up lack of

Re: [gentoo-user] Machine freezes during gcc compile

CTED]> wrote: > On 7/30/07, Dan Cowsill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just got myself a new laptop and wanted to install Gentoo on it. > > After getting a working base system installed, I tried to install > > Xorg-x11, but the machine froze while trying to com

Re: [gentoo-user] Machine freezes during gcc compile

othly... Does anyone know of any special considerations I should take with the processor? Thanks. On 7/30/07, Dan Cowsill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I've done some reading and indeed it probably is overheating. > I'll probably prop it up on some jewel cases and blow a fa

Re: [gentoo-user] where to place command to be executed on X.org start

when no X is running (e.g. when logging in via ssh). -- Dan Keder http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xkeder/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] Switching from Genkernel to manual build

Is there any specific process to or problems one might encounter as a result of switching from a Genkernel built kernel over to a manually built kernel? Thanks. -- -·=»Ðŧħ«=·- ï¿½ï¿½í¢‹ï¿½z���(��&j)b� b�

[gentoo-user] Stop net.eth0 from starting?

I've got wifi configured with madwifi and use my wifi interface a lot more than the ethernet I had thought that removing net.eth0 from rc-update, but that didn't seem to work. Every time I booted, the interface tried to go up and get dhcp information. I then read about and used a preup function t

Re: [gentoo-user] packages.gentoo.org down?

I've always prefered gentoo-portage.com to the alternative. On 8/7/07, Graham Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christian Heim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > It's being closed until further notice. > > So would it not be a good idea to announce this on the front page[1] or at > least redirect

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Flashing BIOS trouble

t possible you may have touched some of the contacts on the chip? If so, your CPU may be fried. On the plus side, the chip might make an interesting geek accessory if you hung it from some sort of chain. -- Dan Cowsill -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: packages.gentoo.org down?

On 8/10/07, Bo Ørsted Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 10 August 2007 09:27:17 Alexander Skwar wrote: > > Albert W. Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Again, I apologize for the outage. We'll be back online next week and > > > hopefully after that we'll have a better way of de

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: packages.gentoo.org down?

On 8/10/07, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:01:09 -0400, Dan Cowsill wrote: > > > If there was a little explanation earlier on, we could have > > avoided the panic and dissemination of false information that > > followed. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: packages.gentoo.org down?

e no one was being paid to address it in a prompt fashion. -- Dan Cowsill http://www.danthehat.net -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] expat troubles now gnome *very flakey*

in believing that this is not likely to make > things worse. For example emacs-22 and firefox-2.0.0.6 work fine now. > > thanks > allan > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > I'm currently updating the world tree on my machine and I did run into the expat issue. L

Re: [gentoo-user] expat troubles now gnome *very flakey*

On 8/13/07, Dan Cowsill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/13/07, Allan Gottlieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I successfully battled the expat problem (with Bo's help) and > > revdep-rebuild reports no further need to recompile. > > > > But gnome seems

Re: [gentoo-user] new gnome fails except for root

blem seemed to be .gnome2 and .metacity. Perhaps it's a problem with metacity? Either way, I'm by no means a guru, but I'll try to help as much as possible. -- Dan Cowsill http://www.danthehat.net -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] new gnome fails except for root

On 8/14/07, Dan Cowsill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/13/07, Allan Gottlieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I updated to the new gnome. After battling the expat problem, I was > > able to get a clean emerge and an empty revdep-rebuild (with Bo's > > help

Re: [gentoo-user] new gnome fails except for root

On 8/14/07, Allan Gottlieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:49:56 -0400 Dan Cowsill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > An interesting development: I removed my user from the system and > > deleted his home folder. After that, I made the user agai

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