[gentoo-user] copy-paste no longer works with (g)vim + OpenOffice

2010-02-16 Thread Philip Webb
desktop ? Might it be Poppler ? -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] copy-paste no longer works with (g)vim + OpenOffice

2010-02-17 Thread Philip Webb
100216 Willie Wong wrote: > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 03:45:30PM -0500, Philip Webb wrote: >> I have updated to the latest stable (G)vim 7.2.303 >> & suddenly can no longer copy+paste from Vim into Open Office: >> it doesn't work at all with Gvim & unpredictably wi

Re: [gentoo-user] copy-paste no longer works with (g)vim + OpenOffice

2010-02-17 Thread Philip Webb
100217 Willie Wong wrote: > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 06:42:40AM -0500, Philip Webb wrote: >>> Which copy+paste? high-light with mouse and middle click to paste? >> Yes: are there other methods ? -- it also doesn't work >> if I high-light with 'v' & the (

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with virtual/jdk

2010-02-19 Thread Philip Webb
;t hit yet (Java in OO is largely for DB & help, isn't it ? ). BTW can anyone advise what the '*' means in the list above ? -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] libtool 2.x upgrade

2010-02-25 Thread Philip Webb
2 installed as well & use 'quickpkg' to make back-ups. You shouldn't need to rebuild anything else till it comes up naturally. I never do 'emerge world' without '-Dup', but emerge pkgs individually. -- ,,=======

[gentoo-user] problems with Kdelibs-4.4.1 & PyQt4-4.7

2010-03-06 Thread Philip Webb
f, Feh & KDE 3 ... (grin) -- ,, SUPPORT _______//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE? Get me out of here!

2010-03-09 Thread Philip Webb
, a plus. Still no 'removed tiles' display in Kmahjongg, so it's still KDE 3 for that & thank the gods for Gentoo making it easy. Still no port of Ksokoban: apparently they can't decide what to name it. -- ====,, S

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE? Get me out of here!

2010-03-11 Thread Philip Webb
100311 Alex Schuster wrote: > Philip Webb writes: >> Konsole has lost its 'fixed GNU' font, which now calls up something nasty >> (yes, I know there's an entry in the list, but it's a different font). >> I've switched to Xterm for Mutt & may ju

Re: [gentoo-user] Udev error and how to fix it.

2010-03-16 Thread Philip Webb
Have you tried Mutt (smile) ? -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS and hp OfficeJet Pro

2010-03-18 Thread Philip Webb
cups' & all was ok. It's an ancient Deskjet 500C with the b+w '500' driver. Installed versions: Cups-1.3.11-r1 Hplip-3.9.12-r1 (both stable). Any comments or helpful suggestions ? -- ====,, SUPPORT __

Re: [gentoo-user] Image viewer with brightness/contrast adjustments

2010-03-25 Thread Philip Webb
100325 Dale wrote: > Does someone here use something that is fast to load, small, > will work with KDE and adjust brightness/contrast 'geeqie' -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Phil

Re: [gentoo-user] Image viewer with brightness/contrast adjustments

2010-03-25 Thread Philip Webb
100325 Dale wrote: > Philip Webb wrote: >> 100325 Dale wrote: >>> Does someone here use something that is fast to load, small, >>> will work with KDE and adjust brightness/contrast >> 'geeqie' > I installed it but can't find any brightness/contr

Re: [gentoo-user] Printing issue

2010-03-26 Thread Philip Webb
ut to be the new flag 'hpcups', which doesn't work with my antique printer. I recompiled Hplip with 'hpijs' & all was well. Of course, this may not be your problem, but it's something to try. -- ,,======

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server 1.7.

2010-04-19 Thread Philip Webb
ging libXxf86dga libXxf86vm . As I've reported before to much general derision, I always emerge pkgs individually & thereby avoid many problems. -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] []

[gentoo-user] weird portage warning

2010-05-01 Thread Philip Webb
mp;/or purpose of these repeated msgs ? -- ,, SUPPORT _______//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] Frozen after Upgrade

2010-05-03 Thread Philip Webb
, then do 'startx'. You need to use System Rescue or similar to get into the box, then change your boot procedure to boot to a raw terminal. -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] []

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie question

2010-05-25 Thread Philip Webb
sier if you don't change things often, but you sb able to find advice re Grub here or on the Gentoo Forum. First, read the Gentoo User's Guide carefully, then follow it to the letter when you install Gentoo. -- ,,==== SUPP

Re: [gentoo-user] replacement for pdftk

2010-05-29 Thread Philip Webb
e November 28, 2006). I too find Pdftk useful, so please tell us more re your problem. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: XServer hal useflag

2010-07-03 Thread Philip Webb
+ 4 drivers to update too. Everything works even with the refs to mouse + keyboard in 'xorg.conf'; after removing all refs there (incl the 2 AD INIT), it still works ok. Now for 'libpng' ... -- ====,,==== SUPPORT

Re: [gentoo-user] Stable users: libpng-1.4

2010-07-04 Thread Philip Webb
;r-r', but seem ok asis ; (9) I deleted the Libpng '12' lib, which is now obsolete. HTH anyone else updating: just allow a few hours for re-merging. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] Stable users: libpng-1.4

2010-07-04 Thread Philip Webb
rminal, then 'startx': avoids lots of troubles. -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Stable users: libpng-1.4

2010-07-05 Thread Philip Webb
ly accurate or efficient: eg this time with Libpng 1.4.3 it wanted to rebuild Xulrunner & Openoffice, neither of which was needed. You avoid a lot of hassle when you avoid automating too much. -- ,,======== SUPPO

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Stable users: libpng-1.4

2010-07-05 Thread Philip Webb
if you ran sudo in the last 5 minutes Only if you're in a cubicle: in your own lockable office or at home, no. -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Cen

[gentoo-user] anyone using Lilo to dual-boot ?

2010-07-11 Thread Philip Webb
ntu with another FS ? -- ====,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] anyone using Lilo to dual-boot ?

2010-07-12 Thread Philip Webb
stall Ubuntu with a /boot partition using Ext2 , then tell Lilo to look there for the kernel image. Is that what you mean ? Any other suggestions are also welcome. -- ,, SUPPORT _______//___, P

Re: [gentoo-user] anyone using Lilo to dual-boot ?

2010-07-12 Thread Philip Webb
100712 Mateusz Arkadiusz Mierzwinski wrote: > Sure thing I use lilo on my lap. You want config for example? Please : that would help a lot ! -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECT

Re: [gentoo-user] anyone using Lilo to dual-boot ?

2010-07-12 Thread Philip Webb
(she's yet another victim of M$ generally & Vista in particular). -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] anyone using Lilo to dual-boot ? -- discovery

2010-07-12 Thread Philip Webb
Ext3 . In fact, it wb as a bug in Ubuntu's "advanced" install. Does that make sense to anyone else ? -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] anyone using Lilo to dual-boot ? -- solved

2010-07-12 Thread Philip Webb
d/vga' lines). >From my bit of experience so far, Ubuntu does look good for a beginner. -- ====,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

[gentoo-user] checksum failure

2010-08-07 Thread Philip Webb
27;d. Is there any way to prevent this ? -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] Rooted/compromised Gentoo, seeking advice

2010-08-09 Thread Philip Webb
udo in (/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin::/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/kde/3.5/bin) -- ====,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] How often -uD world?

2009-09-09 Thread Philip Webb
#x27; without the '-p' flag, but 'emerge -Dup world' shows an ordered list of what needs doing & you can work thro' the list 1 lineful of pkgs at a time. I update my working machine once/week ('eix-sync' & 'emerge -Dup world'). -- ==

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: udev and init.d. Should it be running now?

2009-09-10 Thread Philip Webb
090910 Dale wrote: > I noticed I now have a udev in /etc/init.d/. > I checked, it is not running but udevd is not running either: > r...@smoker / # /etc/init.d/udev status > * status: stopped >r...@smoker / # ps aux | grep udev > root 30451 0.0 0.0 1888 504 pts/0 R+ 16:04 0:00 grep -

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] In search of a "good" windowmanager

2009-09-12 Thread Philip Webb
= SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] In search of a "good" windowmanager

2009-09-12 Thread Philip Webb
090912 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Philip Webb [09-09-12 16:50]: >> Fluxbox is your WM ! > Yes! > In IceWM I can type ALT-TAB, which pops up the application menu > Or in other words: Starting applications does not involve the mouse. > In/With fluxbox I again have to dive i

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] In search of a "good" windowmanager

2009-09-12 Thread Philip Webb
of Fvwm as a result. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] In search of a "good" windowmanager

2009-09-12 Thread Philip Webb
090912 pk wrote: > Philip Webb wrote: >> Can you have multiple desktops with Fvwm ? > Virtual desktops are part of the X window manager specification: > http://standards.freedesktop.org/wm-spec/wm-spec-latest.html#id2505816 > The application that handles the desktops are call

[gentoo-user] lzma-utils vs xz-utils

2009-09-13 Thread Philip Webb
ibs/gpm-1.20.5 (app-arch/lzma-utils) Can anyone explain what's going on ? -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

[gentoo-user] Gentoo on an Asus netbook

2009-09-13 Thread Philip Webb
m/wiki/Asus_Eee_PC_901 http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Asus_Eee_PC_1000HA Does anyone have warnings, suggestions or advice ? -- ,,======== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] []

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] In search of a "good" windowmanager

2009-09-16 Thread Philip Webb
t. I'm very satisfied with it since I started using it last April. > (sorry, I am no native English speaker). 'application' corrected above (smile: you should see my German). -- ====,,==== SUPPORT ___//__

[gentoo-user] KDE 4.3.1 query

2009-09-16 Thread Philip Webb
es anyone know how to preset Konsole 4 window sizes for different uses ? -- ,,======== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.3.1 query

2009-09-16 Thread Philip Webb
090917 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Mittwoch 16 September 2009, Philip Webb wrote: > > Faced with the KDE 4 steamroller rumbling & shuddering ever closer, > > I've been trying out the 4.3.1 versions of apps I frequently use. > > I have not installed the desktop ma

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.3.1 query

2009-09-17 Thread Philip Webb
090917 Paul Hartman wrote: > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Philip Webb wrote: >> Konsole 4.3.1 -- it seems impossible to predetermine window size; > It saves its size properly for me. > For specifying a size (not restoring the last-used size), > in KDE you can specif

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.3.1 query

2009-09-17 Thread Philip Webb
090917 Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Philip Webb wrote: >> Konsole 4.3.1 -- it seems impossible to predetermine window size; >> It accepts 'konsole --geometry ... ', but has no effect on window size > Looks like it may be a problem with mo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: runlevels and service list

2009-09-20 Thread Philip Webb
SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

[gentoo-user] KDE 4.3.1 : Gwenview & Krusader problems

2009-09-20 Thread Philip Webb
) won't do it anymore either. I can connect to the site via 'ssh' from the CLI. Does anyone have suggestions ? -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, Univ

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.3.1 : Gwenview & Krusader problems

2009-09-21 Thread Philip Webb
090921 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Montag 21 September 2009, Philip Webb wrote: >> Gwenview is refusing to show thumbnails of images, which showed in 3.5.10 . >> They seem to be small images: has anyone else experienced this ? > it does show little images, > but you a

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.3.1 : Gwenview & Krusader problems

2009-09-21 Thread Philip Webb
090921 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:13:37 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: >> Krusader can no longer connect to a remote site via 'fish://'; >> in fact Krusader 1.80.0 (with KDE 3.5.10) won't do it anymore either. >> I can connect to the site via 

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: upgrade of xfce4 degrades terminal

2009-09-21 Thread Philip Webb
[ebuild N ] dev-util/xfce4-dev-tools-4.6.0 61 kB [ebuild R ] x11-terms/terminal-0.4.0 USE="dbus -debug -doc (-nls%)" You could try doing that emerge & see if it helps at all; you could also try running 'terminal' from the CLI & see wh

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.3.1 : Gwenview & Krusader problems

2009-09-22 Thread Philip Webb
UPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.3.1 : Gwenview & Krusader problems

2009-09-22 Thread Philip Webb
090922 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:06:27 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: >>> It sounds like you may have STFP disabled in your sshd_config. >> From that file : >> # override default of no subsystems >> Subsystem sftp/usr/lib64/misc/sftp-se

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.3.1 : Gwenview & Krusader problems

2009-09-22 Thread Philip Webb
== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

[gentoo-user] KDE 4.3.1 : further queries

2009-09-23 Thread Philip Webb
more success with 4.3.1 (there are 8 dependencies) ? -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.3.1 : Gwenview & Krusader problems

2009-09-23 Thread Philip Webb
090923 Willie Wong wrote: > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:41:52PM -0400, Penguin Lover Philip Webb squawked: >> It looks as if the U server has an earlier version of the software. > Egads, this is U Toronto? Still using ssh-1? It's IRIX 5.3 & seems to be left with minimal

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.3.1 : further queries

2009-09-24 Thread Philip Webb
090924 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Donnerstag 24 September 2009, Philip Webb wrote: >> Gwenview : can one view hidden files ? -- it's under 'view' in 3.5.10 >> & also assigned to Control-H , but nowhere to be seen in 4.3.1 . > it is a bug. If you search

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE 4.3.1 : further queries

2009-09-24 Thread Philip Webb
#x27;t like the KDE 4 desktop & prefer not to install apps I don't use. Anyway, thanks to all for the clarification re 'Systemsettings': I may try installing it + dependencies & see whether it helps. -- ,,====

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE 4.3.1 : further queries

2009-09-25 Thread Philip Webb
090924 Philip Webb wrote: > Thanks to all for the clarification re 'Systemsettings': > I may try installing it + dependencies & see whether it helps. Yes, it's installed & works & doesn't seem to do any damage. Moreover, it does allow modification of the too

[gentoo-user] KDE 4 bugs update

2009-09-28 Thread Philip Webb
,,======== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4 bugs update

2009-09-29 Thread Philip Webb
r, games; I found Fluxbox even better for my needs that the KDE 3.5.10 desktop. -- ,,======== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4 bugs update

2009-09-29 Thread Philip Webb
090929 Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 2:04 AM, Philip Webb wrote: >> The one exception is Konsole, which is a shadow of 3.5.10 , > According to changelog the KDE4 version of Konsole has added : Quick reactions, further advice welcome : > automatic tab titles

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4 bugs update

2009-09-30 Thread Philip Webb
090930 Neil Bothwick wrote: > 090930 Philip Webb wrote: >> split screen mode -- yes, mb useful, but similar to tabs > I can't see the point of this: it just shows the same output twice. > If it were two terminals side by side, > so you could run a command in one while ta

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4 bugs update

2009-09-30 Thread Philip Webb
090929 Roy Wright wrote: > On Sep 29, 2009, at 10:27 PM, Philip Webb wrote: >> What's missing from the 3.x series ? >> ... start root console ... > Starting a root (or any other) console is easy. > Use Manage Profiles to create the profile ... But it's already t

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4 bugs update

2009-09-30 Thread Philip Webb
090930 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Mittwoch 30 September 2009, Philip Webb wrote: >> easy SSH session bookmarking -- can't find it > log in via ssh, click on 'bookmarks' click on 'add bookmarks'. Yes indeed ! -- add another 'yes', making 4 .

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4 bugs update

2009-09-30 Thread Philip Webb
; there's no way to hide the tab bar again. They need bug reports & do seem to react sensibly, if slowly, to them. -- ,,======== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Cent

[gentoo-user] Kworldclock & KDE 4.3.1

2009-10-02 Thread Philip Webb
rrent local times AFAIK. I plan to file bugs with KDE + Gentoo, but want to be sure of the situation before doing so. -- ,,======== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities C

Re: [gentoo-user] And I thought I understood blocks...

2009-10-02 Thread Philip Webb
091002 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Er, what the heck is this one: > emerge -av1 x11-libs/libXScrnSaver > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild N] x11-proto/scrnsaverproto-1.2.0 49 kB > [ebuild N] x11-libs/libXScrnSav

Re: [gentoo-user] And I thought I understood blocks...

2009-10-02 Thread Philip Webb
091002 Philip Webb wrote in too much haste: > Faced with that, I would do > emerge -Cp libXScrnSaver > emerge -C libXScrnSaver > emerge -pv libXScrnSaver > emerge -1 libXScrnSaver Sorry, I thought the new version was 1.3 , but of course it's 1.1.3 , so the block is a b

Re: [gentoo-user] No news today?

2009-10-04 Thread Philip Webb
rong here? > How about `eselect news read new` ;) I just tried it: root:500 ~> eselect news read new No news is good news. Have a nice day everyone ... (grin) -- ,,======== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC

Re: [gentoo-user] Kworldclock & KDE 4.3.1

2009-10-04 Thread Philip Webb
091002 Philip Webb wrote: > Is it possible to get Marble to show the effects of Kworldclock ? > Is there any other similar app from outside KDE ? > -- Xearth shows light/dark, but not current local times AFAIK. I have submitted KDE bug 209458 to request current local times in Marble.

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

2009-10-11 Thread Philip Webb
;packet' is a fragment of a file sent through the Internet, different packets possibly taking different routes to their destination, where they are reassembled into the complete file. -- ,, SUPPORT

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

2009-10-11 Thread Philip Webb
091011 Philip Webb wrote: > E 'packet' = G 'kleines Pack' or 'Päckchen'. Sorry, typo : that sb 'kleines Paket' or 'kleine Pack'. -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Phil

[gentoo-user] Konqueror 4.3.1 crashed X

2009-10-11 Thread Philip Webb
g bitterly in comments on LWN recently that something had crashed X when it shouldn't have done. I'm using the stable Xorg-server 1.6.3.901-r2 with all known updates. -- ,, SUPPORT _______//___,

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

2009-10-11 Thread Philip Webb
t's hot". Thus portraying exactly the problem with our language. The word 'cool' dates from the 1960s -- yes, I'm old enough to remember -- , but since the invention of Global Warming, 'hot' has taken over ... -- ====,,=====

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone have experience with Acer netbooks ?

2009-10-19 Thread Philip Webb
desktop -- I have a powerful machine with upto-date Gentoo for everyday use -- , then copy the results via USB stick into a netbook ? Sorry not to answer your question directly, but this is related (smile). -- ,,======== S

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone have experience with Acer netbooks ?

2009-10-20 Thread Philip Webb
091020 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 20 October 2009 05:59:07 Philip Webb wrote: >> Does anyone know how far it's feasible to compile pkgs on a desktop >> -- I have a powerful machine with upto-date Gentoo for everyday use -- , >> then copy the results via USB stic

[gentoo-user] ASUS EeePC 1000HA : boot query

2009-10-24 Thread Philip Webb
tant: if that's correct, I can wipe out XP & the machine will still recognise the USB stick & boot, but if the problem is something else (I don't know what it might be), I fear risking an unbootable box without even the M$ option remaining. Can anyone reassure me ? -- ==

Re: [gentoo-user] ASUS EeePC 1000HA : boot query

2009-10-25 Thread Philip Webb
091025 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday 25 October 2009 00:30:48 Philip Webb wrote: >> There's 1 problem : you hold F2 down to get BIOS, >> then use Esc for a boot menu (you have to go in/out of BIOS first). >> However, this doesn't work when I first switch t

Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg slow after upgrade

2009-10-29 Thread Philip Webb
your items, but not others. Perhaps that will help you pin down the cause. -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

[gentoo-user] EeePC network problem

2009-10-29 Thread Philip Webb
-- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] EeePC network problem

2009-10-30 Thread Philip Webb
091030 Stroller wrote: > On 30 Oct 2009, at 02:41, Philip Webb wrote: >> I'm stuck in trying to install Gentoo on my new EeePC 1005HA . >> There seems to be no easily accessible driver for the Ethernet controller, >> which is 'Atheros AR8132' (shown via '

[gentoo-user] kernel 2.6.31 + nvidia

2009-10-31 Thread Philip Webb
ceably faster on Fluxbox. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel build - back in the soup.

2009-11-03 Thread Philip Webb
oved up to a new version & then everything worked as expected. I never compile kernel items as modules if it cb avoided: it's one source of potential pain one can avoid. -- ====,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip W

Re: [gentoo-user] What's the latest install-from-USB-key procedure?

2009-11-04 Thread Philip Webb
ystem Rescue is good, but lacks ADSL support; the Gentoo Minimal Install ISO has worked well for me. -- ,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

[gentoo-user] services on ASUS 1005HA

2009-11-06 Thread Philip Webb
ope my reports are helpful to others. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

[gentoo-user] "deleted inode referenced"

2009-11-07 Thread Philip Webb
SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

Re: [gentoo-user] services on ASUS 1005HA

2009-11-07 Thread Philip Webb
091106 Florian Philipp wrote: > Philip Webb schrieb: >> Can anyone who uses one of these machine advise me >> how far the usual services are relevant for a netbook ? >> -- hald (+dbus) vixie-cron slocate run on my desktop machine, >> but don't seem necessary for

Re: [gentoo-user] "deleted inode referenced"

2009-11-08 Thread Philip Webb
091108 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 12:05 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: >> is Ext2 the best fs for this machine ? Might Ext3 or Ext4 be better ? >> -- I use Reiserfs on my desktop machines. > the journal will wear out an SSD in short order, > so ext2 is indeed t

Re: [gentoo-user] services on ASUS 1005HA

2009-11-08 Thread Philip Webb
091108 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 07 November 2009 19:51:10 Philip Webb wrote: >> Also, there's a reference in a Gentoo Wiki article to hyperthreading, >> which advises to configure multiple processing into the kernel. >> Is this correct ? Is it saf

Re: [gentoo-user] "deleted inode referenced" [SOLVED]

2009-11-08 Thread Philip Webb
091108 William Kenworthy wrote: > On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 12:05 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: >> In the course of trying to get X to work on my ASUS 1005HA netbook, >> I had to power the machine off several times. In the course of this, >> some damage seems to have occurred to the

[gentoo-user] sensors on ASUS 1005HA

2009-11-08 Thread Philip Webb
I2C_PIIX4 in the kernel ? BTW Dale was correct: you do have to re-run Lilo after moving the system files back onto the root partition. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities

Re: [gentoo-user] sensors on ASUS 1005HA

2009-11-08 Thread Philip Webb
091108 Peter Ruskin wrote: > On Sunday 08 November 2009 19:04:21 Philip Webb wrote: >> Everything is working on my netbook except Gkrellm, >> which needs Lm-sensors, which won't compile: "No rule to make >> target 'asm/bitsperlong.h', needed by prog/dump/i

[gentoo-user] ASUS 1005HA: some strange bugs going around

2009-11-10 Thread Philip Webb
netbook & with the power + ease of Gentoo to install a customised Linux there. -- ====,,==== SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

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

2009-11-10 Thread Philip Webb
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Re: [gentoo-user] strange delays with Xorg-x11-7.4-r1

2009-11-10 Thread Philip Webb
09 Iain Buchanan wrote: > On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 16:31 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: >> Since upgrading to Xorg-x11-7.4-r1 , Xterm & Xpdf are very slow to open: >> Xterm takes c 6 sec to start & Xpdf also has a noticeable delay. > routes ? Could you expand a little ...

Re: [gentoo-user] Font recommendations for netbook?

2009-11-11 Thread Philip Webb
, which had 91 dependencies, which included lots of fonts. Fluxbox is working well. I prefer Luxi Mono for even-spaced font; size 8 seems best for a netbook. No problems with CPU power (ASUS 1005HA) or memory use. -- ,,======

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

2009-11-11 Thread Philip Webb
09 Iain Buchanan wrote: > On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 18:19 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: >> 09 Iain Buchanan wrote: >>> On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 16:31 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: >>>> Since upgrading to Xorg-x11-7.4-r1 , Xterm & Xpdf are very slow to open: >>>&

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

2009-11-11 Thread Philip Webb
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Re: [gentoo-user] ASUS 1005HA: some strange bugs [solved]

2009-11-11 Thread Philip Webb
091110 Philip Webb wrote: > I've got my netbook basically set up to do what I need, > but there are 3 problems remaining, which seem to be fairly basic bugs. I've managed to solve all 3 or actually 2 , as it turned out (smile). > (1) I've already mentioned

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

2009-11-11 Thread Philip Webb
09 Mick wrote: > On Wednesday 11 November 2009 13:34:49 Philip Webb wrote: >> 09 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Font recommendations for netbook?

2009-11-12 Thread Philip Webb
. Any ideas? In my Fluxbox menu in my desktop machine, I have ... [submenu] (Terminals) ... [exec] (Xterm) {xterm -geometry 79x65+0+0 -fn 9x15} ... -- ,, SUPPORT _______//___, Phi

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