Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ACPI event unhandled: processor CPU0 00000081

2009-09-25 Thread Mick
can define an action on your message. Otherwise, just ignore it like I do and configure logrotate to keep your log files down to a sensible size. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Does portage monkey directly with /etc/portage/package.use

2009-09-27 Thread Mick
t; > Unless someone has been sneaking into my place and editing > /etc/portage/package.use, I can only assume that this has been done by > portage. Am I paranoid? To complete the diagnosis we may need the version of your portage? ;-) I'm on sys-apps/portage-2.1.6.1 and the syntax

[gentoo-user] Re: media-video/vlc-1.0.2 fails on make

2009-09-27 Thread Mick
_src_work:make > ===== > > Didn't find anything in BGO. Bug #286195. I rebuilt media-libs/libdca and now vlc can emerge without a problem. However, the OP of the bug seems to have trouble remerging media-libs/libdca ... -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

[gentoo-user] Unclaimed display?

2009-09-27 Thread Mick
clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 === In the kernel I have enabled: AGP_INTEL=y DRM=y DRM_RADEON=y -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Is login on forums.gentoo.org broken?

2009-09-28 Thread Mick
t I can with uzbl. No problem here with Opera 10, but if you right-click/'Edit site preferences' and look at the Cookies tab, have you set it to 'Accept cookies', or 'Accept cookies only from the site I visit'? Opera is by default (I think) set to not accept cookies. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] aterm into kterm?

2009-09-28 Thread Mick
hines. Both return rxvt which is what echo $TERM gives when in a local terminal. (At some point I was thinking of using mrxvt, but fluxbox allows me to stack multiple aterms into a single tabbed terminal so I haven't tried it yet). -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: preferred editor

2009-10-03 Thread Mick
= and then hit F11 whenever I want to paste something before I press Insert to edit a file. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Is there an Apache configuration guide for gentoo?

2009-10-04 Thread Mick
AllowOverride All for each directory. The ownership of the files is less important - they can be owned by any user/root/apache/etc... BUT the permissions on the directory must be such so that all can access (x) and read (r) what's in it. I'm going from memory here, so you may need to tr

[gentoo-user] Bootup drops back to console from kdm

2009-10-04 Thread Mick
fine. Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this one? I can't see anything amiss on dmesg, or messages/syslog. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Is there an Apache configuration guide for gentoo?

2009-10-04 Thread Mick
; I assume it is safe to on put USERDIR because I don't need the others... Oops! Add: -D DEFAULT_VHOST in /etc/conf.d/apache2 and try again (assuming that you have configured your webserver as a vhost). -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

[gentoo-user] glxgears with no ... gears?!

2009-10-06 Thread Mick
e emerged today and my Xorg.0.log, just in case you see something amiss in there. Please ask if you need more info. PS. I have no xorg.conf, but can post the *.fdi files if needed. -- Regards, Mick history.txt.bz2 Description: BZip2 compressed data Xorg.0.log.bz2 Description: BZip2

[gentoo-user] Formating a USB stick

2009-10-07 Thread Mick
ormat; absent fields get a default value. === Grateful for any attempt to educate me on this! :-) -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Formating a USB stick

2009-10-07 Thread Mick
On Thursday 08 October 2009, Daniel Quinn wrote: > On October 7, 2009 10:30:23 pm Mick wrote: > > What's the best way to reformat a USB stick? > > The thing about USB sticks is that if you want to use them to transfer > files cross-platform (Windows & Mac as well

Re: [gentoo-user] Formating a USB stick

2009-10-08 Thread Mick
On Thursday 08 October 2009, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Donnerstag 08 Oktober 2009, Paul Hartman wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > > Am Donnerstag, 8. Oktober 2009 schrieb Mick: > > >> What's the best way to reform

Re: [gentoo-user] Formating a USB stick

2009-10-08 Thread Mick
. GNU Parted 1.8.8 Using /dev/sda Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) p Model: Crucial Gizmo! overdrive (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 1023MB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: loop Number Start End Siz

Re: [gentoo-user] Formating a USB stick

2009-10-09 Thread Mick
2009/10/9 Neil Bothwick : > On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:56:49 +0100, Mick wrote: > >> Some USB sticks are formatted as floppy disks (?) and show up >> as /dev/sda (instead of /dev/sda1).  I have had no problems mounting >> these in Linux or MSWindows, but wouldn't know h

[gentoo-user] Re: glxgears with no ... gears?!

2009-10-09 Thread Mick
Am I the only one with dodgy glxgears? Any ideas at all? On Tuesday 06 October 2009, Mick wrote: > I've updated xorg following all relevant instructions by gentoo devs on an > old laptop and when I run glxgears I get no graphic and pedestrian speeds: > > $ glxgears > 629 f

Re: [gentoo-user] Migration to baselayout2 / openrc

2009-10-10 Thread Mick
ions to update my systems. Mind you, I'll have to learn them sooner or later when it becomes stable. YMMV. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] KDE password dialogs stopped working

2009-10-10 Thread Mick
started -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Bootup drops back to console from kdm

2009-10-10 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 06 October 2009, Kyle Bader wrote: > Output from "rc-update show" ? Thanks Kyle, results follow at the bottom of the thread. > On 10/4/09, Mick wrote: > > It must be a year or so now with all different kernels. On boot up kdm > > fires > > up, bu

[gentoo-user] WinZip and 7z encryption

2009-10-10 Thread Mick
way of specifying AES256 in zip and 7z? 3. How can I tell what encryption has been used on a given zip archive/file? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] KDE password dialogs stopped working

2009-10-10 Thread Mick
On Saturday 10 October 2009, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Mick schrieb: > > On Saturday 10 October 2009, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > # /etc/init.d/dbus status > > * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ] > > * status: started > > That tell

Re: [gentoo-user] What is a "packet"? Was: Checksum error

2009-10-11 Thread Mick
Therefore the word packet can be ambiguous in English too, if the context in which it is mentioned is not known. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] KDE password dialogs stopped working

2009-10-11 Thread Mick
On Sunday 11 October 2009, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Mick schrieb: > > If in addition you use the --verbose and or --debug options you should > > see all that dbus has to tell you. > > Such options don't exist. Huh? They seem to exist here (although th

[gentoo-user] mysql USE flag error

2009-10-18 Thread Mick
protected: none omitted: none >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal. >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed. ===== Can you please explain why this mysql USE flag message shows up? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] mysql USE flag error

2009-10-19 Thread Mick
2009/10/19 Renat Golubchyk : > On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:56:57 +0100 > Mick wrote: >> I am not sure I understand this message about the mysql USE flag: >> = >> # emerge -upDv world >> >> These are the pac

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

2009-10-19 Thread Mick
2009/10/19 Remy Blank : > Mick wrote: >> I've added -mysql in /etc/portage/package.use for x11-libs/qt-sql but >> it makes no difference. > > You should add -mysql for the package app-office/akonadi-server instead. This looks more promising, thanks. Still pam seems to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

2009-10-19 Thread Mick
On Monday 19 October 2009, you wrote: > 2009/10/19 Remy Blank : > > Mick wrote: > >> I've added -mysql in /etc/portage/package.use for x11-libs/qt-sql but > >> it makes no difference. > > > > You should add -mysql for the package app-office/akonadi-s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

2009-10-19 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 20 October 2009, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:42:36 +0100, Mick wrote: > > !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been > > pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: > > > > sys-auth/p

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

2009-10-20 Thread Mick
2009/10/20 Alex Schuster : > Mick writes: > >> Could it be that all this is caused by KDE-4.3 going stable?  Perhaps I >>  should now bite the bullet unmerge all my KDE-3.5 packages and start a >>  mammoth emerge of KDE-4 ? > > Uh, I am running KDE 4 for half

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

2009-10-20 Thread Mick
2009/10/20 Alex Schuster : > Mick writes: > >> 2009/10/20 Alex Schuster : > >> I really, really depend on Kmail and to some extent on Konqueror >> (fish, webdav and also as a file manager).  This is an old laptop >> overdue for replacement - so could hold onto

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

2009-10-20 Thread Mick
2009/10/20 Alan McKinnon : > On Tuesday 20 October 2009 13:00:04 Mick wrote: >> I really, really depend on Kmail and to some extent on Konqueror >> (fish, webdav and also as a file manager).  This is an old laptop >> overdue for replacement - so could hold onto KDE3.5 with

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

2009-10-20 Thread Mick
2009/10/20 Alex Schuster : > Mick writes: > >> I have removed pambase from world (how did that end up in there?) and >> rebuilt PyQt4 with sql and webkit, as well as net-libs/libgadu with >> threads that came up when I tried to run update world.  Now I have a >> lorry

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

2009-10-20 Thread Mick
2009/10/20 Alan McKinnon : > On Tuesday 20 October 2009 15:44:07 Mick wrote: >> I will probably have to face this sooner rather than later.  What's >> the best way to do this?  Uninstall everything from KDE3.5 and then >> launch into this KDE4 upgrade marathon, or just e

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

2009-10-20 Thread Mick
2009/10/20 Neil Bothwick : > On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:07:23 +0100, Mick wrote: > >> emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy >> ">=dev-libs/soprano-2.3.0[clucene,dbus,raptor,java]". >> !!! One of the following packages is required to complet

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mysql USE flag error

2009-10-20 Thread Mick
2009/10/20 Mick : > 2009/10/20 Neil Bothwick : >> On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:07:23 +0100, Mick wrote: >> >>> emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy >>> ">=dev-libs/soprano-2.3.0[clucene,dbus,raptor,java]". >>> !!! One of the

Re: [gentoo-user] Machine reboots immediately when suspended-to-disk

2009-10-21 Thread Mick
uld be iffy on some types of hardware. > > You should also check dmesg.  More than likely there is a kernel error > that explains why it failed to suspend completely. Or use hibernate -v4 from a root terminal to see any error messages. -- Regards, Mick

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice.org copy cells from calc and paste into writer causes crash.

2009-10-21 Thread Mick
xt and numeric values with formulas in them. Decoration like text format, borders, etc. pasted through fine and double clicking on the pasted cells in word opens the spreadsheet for editing. -- Regards, Mick

Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice.org copy cells from calc and paste into writer causes crash.

2009-10-21 Thread Mick
we need > to keep this bug open so the 64-bit version gets fixed regardless. > > Thanks for your prompt reply Mick, You're welcome. -- Regards, Mick

Re: [gentoo-user] Confusion

2009-10-21 Thread Mick
other packages, so they shouldn't appear > there. > > Bye... > > Dirk Hmm ... I seem to have these three in my world file (not sure about the OP): x11-libs/qt x11-libs/qt-core x11-libs/qt-gui Should I delete them? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

[gentoo-user] Copying settings from Konqueror-3.5 to 4.3

2009-10-21 Thread Mick
Maybe I am getting lazy - but wouldn't mind all my ftp, webdav and ssh settings under the Network places to have been carried over into KDE4. How do I go about copying them over? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Confusion

2009-10-21 Thread Mick
On Thursday 22 October 2009, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:53:54 +0100, Mick wrote: > > Hmm ... I seem to have these three in my world file (not sure about the > > OP): > > > > x11-libs/qt > > x11-libs/qt-core > > x11-libs/qt-gui > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Confusion

2009-10-22 Thread Mick
ww.linuxized.com/p192"; > > So it could be a good idea to read your portage news. Always do! Thanks for your post. It made me realise that I was still on the default/linux/x86/2008.0/desktop profile! I must have missed any notices that the 10.0 profile was out. -- Regards, Mick

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying settings from Konqueror-3.5 to 4.3

2009-10-22 Thread Mick
2009/10/22 Alan McKinnon : > On Thursday 22 October 2009 17:45:36 Alex Schuster wrote: >> Etaoin Shrdlu writes: >> > On Wednesday 21 October 2009, Mick wrote: >> > > Maybe I am getting lazy - but wouldn't mind all my ftp, webdav and ssh >> > > setting

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying settings from Konqueror-3.5 to 4.3

2009-10-22 Thread Mick
2009/10/22 Mick : > 2009/10/22 Alan McKinnon : >> On Thursday 22 October 2009 23:27:08 Mick wrote: >> >>> I copied selected files like emailidentities, parts of kmailrc, etc. >>> and they seem to work fine.  Only two rather annoying problems: >>> >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying settings from Konqueror-3.5 to 4.3

2009-10-22 Thread Mick
2009/10/23 Mick : > 2009/10/22 Mick : >> Yes, I have copied all my filters from 3.5 kmailrc, but somehow the >> POP filters don't seem to show up.  My spam filters are all >> recognised. > > Scratch that - no filters are recognised. As a matter of fact they are n

[gentoo-user] KDE4 and /dev-libs-soprano

2009-10-23 Thread Mick
(dependency required by "kde-base/dolphin-4.3.1-r1" [installed]) (dependency required by "kde-base/mplayerthumbs-4.3.1" [installed]) (dependency required by "kde-base/kdemultimedia-meta-4.3.1" [installed]) (dependency required by "world" [argument]) Why is it asking me to change the USE flag to +java? -- Regards, Mick

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE4 and /dev-libs-soprano

2009-10-23 Thread Mick
2009/10/23 Peter Alfredsen : > On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:19:39 +0100 > Mick wrote: > >> I seem to be going around in circles with wanting to avoid installing >> Java just because KDE4 seems to need it in part.  I have added this in >> my /etc/portage/package.use to make

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying settings from Konqueror-3.5 to 4.3

2009-10-23 Thread Mick
This is getting rather long, but for those who are trying to find the same solutions please read on. 2009/10/23 Mick : > 2009/10/23 Alan McKinnon : >> On Friday 23 October 2009 11:03:27 you wrote: >>> 2009/10/23 Alan McKinnon : >>> > akonadi is in a transition stage

[gentoo-user] Worrying revdep results against libc.so.6?

2009-10-23 Thread Mick
ircumspect with the delete button? -- Regards, Mick

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying settings from Konqueror-3.5 to 4.3

2009-10-23 Thread Mick
On Friday 23 October 2009 10:05:33 Alex Schuster wrote: > Mick writes: > > Hmm ... wonder if this is also why > > kdewallet (or modern equivalent) is no longer there? > > The KDE4 still has the kdewallet which I find quite useful. As I started my > KDE4 setup from scratch,

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying settings from Konqueror-3.5 to 4.3

2009-10-23 Thread Mick
On Friday 23 October 2009 19:30:46 Mick wrote: > On Friday 23 October 2009 10:05:33 Alex Schuster wrote: > > Mick writes: > > > Hmm ... wonder if this is also why > > > kdewallet (or modern equivalent) is no longer there? > > > > The KDE4 still has the kd

Re: [gentoo-user] Uncle: qt-*:4 dependencies/blocks preventing world update

2009-10-24 Thread Mick
port is the key here. Other than the thread that Dale offers, have you changed your profile to the latest 10.0? This had caught me out and went unmerging/emerging qt to get things to work. I think it would have been easier if I had updated my make.profile first which has the required default USE flags: $ ls -la /etc/make.profile lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 54 Oct 22 10:03 /etc/make.profile -> ../usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop HTH. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Copying settings from Konqueror-3.5 to 4.3

2009-10-25 Thread Mick
t; > ~/.kde is a symlink to ~/.kde3.5. So there is nothing to backup or > restore. Hmm ... strange. I have the same symlink on a non-kdm desktop, but launching any KDE application or launching startkde from a terminal brings up KDE4 applications and desktop. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Has MySQL become compulsory?

2009-10-25 Thread Mick
as bloated as Gnome was considered to be a couple of years ago (for the most belligerent on this list pls don't take this as an opportunity to restart another ancient flamewar, I'm just making a cursory observation). -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Uncle: qt-*:4 dependencies/blocks preventing world update

2009-10-25 Thread Mick
ing packages is required to complete your request: > - x11-libs/qt-core-4.5.2 (Change USE: +qt3support) What is your make.profile linked to? What does euse -i qt3support show? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Has MySQL become compulsory?

2009-10-25 Thread Mick
On Sunday 25 October 2009 12:30:32 Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Sonntag 25 Oktober 2009 13:05:53 schrieb Neil Bothwick: > > On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:08:12 +0000, Mick wrote: > > > I guess that until then I will have > > > to put up with the few seconds that akonadi tries t

Re: [gentoo-user] Uncle: qt-*:4 dependencies/blocks preventing world update

2009-10-25 Thread Mick
flags for qt3support would be enabled by default. However, I am running x86 over here so others may be able to confirm. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Uncle: qt-*:4 dependencies/blocks preventing world update

2009-10-25 Thread Mick
k if you so prefer. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Has MySQL become compulsory?

2009-10-25 Thread Mick
E="(-kdeprefix)" [ebuild N] kde-base/akonadi-4.3.1 USE="(-aqua) -debug (-kdeprefix) - semantic-desktop" 0 kB Which I guess proves the point that Dirk is making. If I were to emerge akonadi again, will it pop up everytime I start kmail, knode, etc? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] X86 stable emerged a bunch of KDE 4 things. How to use them?

2009-10-25 Thread Mick
KDE > > 3.5. > > You need to select KDE4 at the login screen. > > > Moreover, there's only /usr/kde/3.5, no 4*. The only change I > > noticed was in the background of the login dialog. > > KDE4 doesn't install into /usr/kde/$SLOT but into /usr.

Re: [gentoo-user] portage sends faulty emails

2009-10-25 Thread Mick
ticle.php/Gmail_and_sSMTP to get an idea how to set up yours. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Fwd: [gentoo-user] Has MySQL become compulsory?

2009-10-26 Thread Mick
2009/10/25 Alan McKinnon : > On Sunday 25 October 2009 22:19:11 Mick wrote: > >> # emerge -uatDv world >> >> These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: >> >> Calculating dependencies... done! >> [nomerge      ] kde-base/kdepim-me

[gentoo-user] Konqueror race condition when asked to email file

2009-10-26 Thread Mick
0:00 \_ kdeinit4: kio_trash [kdeinit] trash local:/tmp/ksocket-michael/klauncherMT7211.slave-socket local:/tmp 7441 ?D 0:32 \_ kdeinit4: konqueror [kdeinit] --silent Is this a bug? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Has MySQL become compulsory?

2009-10-26 Thread Mick
oid having akonadi, nepomuk etc pulled in somehow. Just don't > run them. Nepomuk is not pulled in here. Akonadi of course is another matter, because of the kdepim hardcoded dependency. Grateful for any more ideas to make that bloody akonadi give up. :-) -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

[gentoo-user] Ctrl+Alt+bksp in Xorg

2009-10-26 Thread Mick
d and instead I should use: terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp as detailed in here: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/tree/config/x11-input.fdi Anyway, neither will work. Is there any other syntax I should try, or is perhaps 10-xinput-configuration.fdi the wrong file for this? -- Regards,

Re: [gentoo-user] Ctrl+Alt+bksp in Xorg

2009-10-26 Thread Mick
ome experimentation that the solution is to add: terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-x11-input.fdi I don't really understand why the same entry is not recognised in the /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-xinput-configuration.fdi file. Furthermore, now my keyboard settings in the la

Re: [gentoo-user] Ctrl+Alt+bksp in Xorg

2009-10-26 Thread Mick
On Monday 26 October 2009 23:07:37 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 27 October 2009 00:45:07 Mick wrote: > > I have been trying to get this to work for some time now. I have > > followed this upgrade guide and modified my > > > > /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-xinput-configura

Re: [gentoo-user] Has MySQL become compulsory?

2009-10-26 Thread Mick
On Monday 26 October 2009 23:10:01 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 27 October 2009 00:26:31 Mick wrote: > > > Create the conventional addressbooks as files in > > > ~/.kde4/share/kde4/services/resources - exactly as we did in KDE-3.5 > > > > Hmm I didn't h

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Has MySQL become compulsory?

2009-10-27 Thread Mick
my KDE4 desktop. FWIW. Do you get akonadi popping up and trying to start every time you start kmail, knode, kopete, etc.? -- Regards, Mick

Re: [gentoo-user] strange dmesg output - RESOLVED

2009-10-27 Thread Mick
Also, I cannot scroll up on the log messages on VT12. Is there something that I need to set up in the kernel? In the old days (perhaps different machine?) I used to be able to scroll up in both. $ cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep SCROLLBACK CONFIG_VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK=y CONFIG_VGACON

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet card not working, tried tulip drivers...

2009-10-28 Thread Mick
_probe: addr 0x4010, irq 11, MAC addr 00:02:a5:b6:a1:8f e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex If as you say the Minimal CD works, then I recommend that you boot with that and run the above commands making notes what is the NIC module the CD kernel has loaded. HTH. -- Regards, Mick

Re: [gentoo-user] strange dmesg output - RESOLVED

2009-10-28 Thread Mick
it may have been that it worked back then because I would scroll up before leaving the console. However, I seem to recall that it also worked with VT12. May be I'm wrong, not sure. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] public mail server for ELOG?

2009-10-28 Thread Mick
tp is an email sender, it knows how to talk smtp to receiving servers > > or to relays. It doesn't receive mails. > > > > If the relay you use requires a username/password or ssl, it supports > > that too. > > So I need a relay somewhere along with

Re: [gentoo-user] Kgpg (KDE4) and missing menu items

2009-10-29 Thread Mick
Same with the main menu buttons. "keys export", "keys sign" are shown but there are no tooltips when you hover over them. Otherwise they seem to work fine. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: glxgears with no ... gears?!

2009-11-01 Thread Mick
On Saturday 31 October 2009 15:48:10 Valmor de Almeida wrote: > Mick wrote: > > Am I the only one with dodgy glxgears? Any ideas at all? > > > > On Tuesday 06 October 2009, Mick wrote: > >> I've updated xorg following all relevant instructions by gentoo devs o

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT[ How do I unautomate an OOO slideshow?

2009-11-01 Thread Mick
off. > > On my system, no slideshow advances automatically (at least none of the 7 I > tried before writing this). OOo-bin 3.1.1 Go to Slide Show in the main menu and then click on Type: Default or Window, not auto. I'm not near a machine with OOo built from sources but assume it would

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Sound card drivers must be modules?

2009-11-04 Thread Mick
s built-in. In other > machines, I have modules where there is no other option (like nvidia > drivers, LIRC, ndiswrapper, stuff like that). I used to have my alsa drivers which are different to the OP, built in the kernel. For years on end. Then alsasound stop working - something like 5 k

Re: [gentoo-user] Lenovo USB Keyboard

2009-11-05 Thread Mick
u could try xbindkeys -k or even use xev and look for the keycode amidst the data that comes up on the terminal (but avoid moving the mouse at the same time). -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Unclaimed display?

2009-11-07 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 04 November 2009 07:29:03 Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 01:29:26PM +0100, Mick wrote: > > I am looking at the lshw of a compaq desktop with pci-express and a > > Radeon X600 and see that it's VGA and secondary dispalyes are > > "u

[gentoo-user] ipsec-tools-0.7.3 fails to build

2009-11-07 Thread Mick
ools-0.7.3 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 49: Called src_compile * environment, line 4014: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * emake -j1 || die * The die message: * (no error message) Has anyone managed to build it? -- Regards,

Re: [gentoo-user] ipsec-tools-0.7.3 fails to build

2009-11-07 Thread Mick
On Saturday 07 November 2009 17:16:48 alex ponomarev wrote: > On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Mick wrote: > > Like so: > > > > i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I./../libipsec - > > D_GNU_SOURCE -include ./src/include-glibc/glibc-bugs.h > > -

Re: [gentoo-user] ipsec-tools-0.7.3 fails to build

2009-11-07 Thread Mick
On Saturday 07 November 2009 18:30:16 Daniel Pielmeier wrote: > Mick schrieb am 07.11.2009 18:10: > > Like so: > > > > i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I./../libipsec - > > D_GNU_SOURCE -include ./src/include-glibc/glibc-bugs.h > > -I./src/inc

Re: [gentoo-user] Acer Aspireone AO751h install hints

2009-11-08 Thread Mick
t; Device Drivers > Network Device support > Ethernet (1000 mbit support) > Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support > > It's now booting properly and seeing the internet. The install is > done on GMT time, and then I set to local time. Since I'm in EST > timezone (5 hours behind GMT), it complains on bootup about certain > config files having dates in the future. That will disappear in a few > hours. It's close to finishing an update. Next is "emerge system" to > be followed by "emerge world". > -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

[gentoo-user] [OT-perhaps] Cracking PDF file encryption

2009-11-09 Thread Mick
ts textual content into a word file and edit it there? There's a lot of text that I need to edit and would rather not have to retype it all ... -- Regards, Mick

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT-perhaps] Cracking PDF file encryption

2009-11-09 Thread Mick
2009/11/9 Erik : > Mick skrev: >> I am trying to copy some text from a pdf file which has been >> protected, most likely using Adobe on a MSWindows machine.  When I >> select some text, the new KDE4 pdf viewer (Okular) shows the 'copy >> text' right click menu

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Unclaimed display?

2009-11-09 Thread Mick
On Sunday 08 November 2009 22:00:56 Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 11:23:45AM +0000, Mick wrote: > > The lspci output does not show a driver either ... > > It seems the system can't find the good driver for this hardware. There > may be various reasons:

[gentoo-user] Has mysql become compulsory - Part 2

2009-11-09 Thread Mick
m already cursing Akonadi for starting up every time I fire up Kmail (despite having all the right flags according to advice from this list). Is there anything I can do now to keep my laptop slim and free from mysql? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Has mysql become compulsory - Part 2

2009-11-10 Thread Mick
times. > > (sqlite too slow with big collections, no way to share collections, too > much work to support more than one db etc pp). Thanks Volker, I remember it being discussed, but didn't recall that mysql is a must - I thought that the USE flags could still offer a way o

Re: [gentoo-user] Has mysql become compulsory - Part 2

2009-11-11 Thread Mick
ourse more powerful. It is only reasonable that building some of today's apps for a Pentium 1 or Pentium 2 is not going to work particularly well ... so I'll be breaking the piggy bank and buying something more up to date any day now. That should hopefully keep the noise down. -- Regards, Mick

Re: [gentoo-user] strange delays with Xorg-x11-7.4-r1

2009-11-11 Thread Mick
;t compile with Gentoo-sources 2.6.31-r4 . > > Someone else mentioned networking, but I have no local network or firewall > & none of these apps uses the Internet. > The localhost issue in /etc/hosts only affected KDE as far as I recall. If you are not running KDE as your DE then it would be something else. Over here xpdf takes less that 1 second to pop up when started from a terminal in Fluxbox, but I am not running xorg-x11. -- Regards, Mick

Re: [gentoo-user] strange delays with Xorg-x11-7.4-r1

2009-11-11 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 11 November 2009 13:34:49 Philip Webb wrote: > 091111 Mick wrote: > > xpdf takes less that 1 second to pop up when started from a terminal > > in Fluxbox, but I am not running xorg-x11. > > What are you running to support graphics for Fluxbox ?? Is this what

[gentoo-user] KDE4 equivalent for kwifimanager-3.5

2009-11-11 Thread Mick
Hi All, I would use kde-base/kwifimanager-3.5.10 every now and then to check networks, IP address, or strength of signal when I would not use iwconfig or iwlist. This will be removed soon, so what is the KDE4 equivalent? -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE4 equivalent for kwifimanager-3.5

2009-11-12 Thread Mick
2009/11/12 Frank Steinmetzger : > Am 12.11.2009 08:36, schrieb Mick: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I would use kde-base/kwifimanager-3.5.10 every now and then to check >> networks, >> IP address, or strength of signal when I would not use iwconfig or iwlist. >> T

[gentoo-user] Block root user from login on xorg GUI

2009-11-12 Thread Mick
I should know how to do this ... It isn't as simple as commenting out vc7 in /etc/securetty, right? The persistent offenders would try to start another X session on a different vc. Is there a trick I could add in /etc/pam.d/login or one of the /etc/pam.d/gdm* files perhaps? -- Regards,

Re: [gentoo-user] Block root user from login on xorg GUI

2009-11-12 Thread Mick
On Thursday 12 November 2009 20:39:41 Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Donnerstag 12 November 2009 21:01:45 schrieb Mick: > > Is there a trick I could add in /etc/pam.d/login or one of the > > /etc/pam.d/gdm* files perhaps? > > Use kdm and set "AllowRootLogin=false"

Re: [gentoo-user] Block root user from login on xorg GUI

2009-11-12 Thread Mick
On Thursday 12 November 2009 21:34:24 Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Mick wrote: > > I should know how to do this ... > > > > It isn't as simple as commenting out vc7 in /etc/securetty, right? The > > persistent offenders would try

Re: [gentoo-user] Apache SSL configuration gone AWOL...

2009-11-12 Thread Mick
. +1 Check in your default apache (most likely) or vhosts configuration files that you have SSLCertificateFile and SSLCertificateKeyFile paths pointing to where your certs and private key are stored. It may be that you were not very careful with etc-update and it restored default settings? -- Regards, M

Re: [gentoo-user] Block root user from login on xorg GUI

2009-11-12 Thread Mick
On Thursday 12 November 2009 21:56:00 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thursday 12 November 2009 23:46:27 Mick wrote: > > On Thursday 12 November 2009 21:34:24 Paul Hartman wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Mick wrote: > > > > I should know how to do this .

Re: [gentoo-user] Block root user from login on xorg GUI

2009-11-12 Thread Mick
On Thursday 12 November 2009 22:09:01 Alan McKinnon wrote: > Gdm itself has a config option to disallow root logins Ahh, unfortunately I can only access it remotely via ssh at this stage. Hopefully the pam method will work fine. Thanks again. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: T

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