Re: [gentoo-user] Clock going crazy

2005-05-19 Thread David D. Rea
On Thu, May 19, 2005 10:15 am, rob3 said: > I am not certain if this is a Gentoo problem, a bios problem, a mobo > problem, or what. I just want to know if anyone else has seen it or > has it now. > > I can't keep the clock on the right time. This Dell 8600 Laptop has a > brand new mobo in it.

[gentoo-user] mozsvg question...

2005-05-19 Thread David D. Rea
Hi All- I'm trying to view some SVG files via mozilla-firefox. I have mozilla and mozilla-firefox compiled with USE="mozsvg" and have verified this using `equery uses mozilla-firefox`: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ddr4179 # equery uses mozilla-firefox > [ Searching for packages matching mozilla-firefox...

Re: [gentoo-user] photo management

2005-06-07 Thread David D. Rea
On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 13:32 -0300, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > The fact is that we need the hardware corporations to release drivers > for its hardware that works on all systems, take a look at NVidia, it > took me 10 minutes to install my video drive, both on Win and Lin. > What I meant to say is: T

Re: [gentoo-user] blog software recommendation for gentoo?

2005-06-17 Thread David D. Rea
On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 02:53 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'd like to experiment with a blog as a way to track and collaborate on > projects. Do any of you have recommendations, for or against, very > simple blog software, ideally available in portage? > > I confess I'm a complete novice when

Re: [gentoo-user] blog software recommendation for gentoo?

2005-06-17 Thread David D. Rea
On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 03:25 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks Dave. > > Looks promising. I see it requires mysql. Do you know of any blogs that > do not? (I know, I should probably install mysql, and probably will, > eventually...) The aging GreyMatter program did not - I used that for a l

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Portable Music Player

2005-06-28 Thread David D. Rea
On Mon, 2005-06-27 at 15:22 -0400, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > I'm looking to buy a portable music player, but I'm not sure what to > get, so I'm polling for recommendations. > > Ogg/Vorbis support is a *requirement*, as is a Linux interface to the > device. > > I'd prefer to be able to sim

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Travelling in Greece, need advice

2005-07-05 Thread David D. Rea
On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 22:38 +0300, Grant wrote: > Hello! I am travelling and am currently on the Greek island of Corfu. > It is great! I have my laptop but I'm finding it totally impossible > to find a place that will let me plug into their network for Internet > access. I can't use public syst

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Travelling in Greece, need advice

2005-07-06 Thread David D. Rea
On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 00:45 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > Most single family homes in the US have a phone access box on the > > outside of the house. Especially new construction. > > > > glad, that I am not living there ;) > > Where I live, almost all houses have no boxes outside anymor

[gentoo-user] More acroread weirdness

2005-04-07 Thread David D. Rea
Hi All- I'm evidently experiencing a bug in the (masked) acroread-7.0 package. I'd like to help out and find a solution, but I'm not sure where to start... The bug is with acroread's interaction with mozilla-firefox. Before installing acroread, Firefox would download and view (in gpdf) any PDF fi

Re: [gentoo-user] Are there ANY working wireless cards?

2005-05-10 Thread David D. Rea
On Tue, 2005-05-10 at 08:16 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > Most "prism2/GT" boards work great with in-kernel drivers, but they can > be hard to find. I have a source for the MiniPCI version of these cards in the Philippines; we use the Prism GT "Javelin" chipset boards as an OEM module in our produ

Re: [gentoo-user] Ejecting an IPod

2005-10-19 Thread David D. Rea
On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 11:16 +0200, Ryan Viljoen wrote: > Ok here is what I am wanting to do: > > I windows when you connect your IPod it autodetects it and brings up > itunes, then you can do the whole safely remove hardware blah blah. > After you have done that you no longer have the DO NOT DISCO