Re: [gentoo-user] tone generator

2008-01-24 Thread maxim wexler
> > compile it, run it like > > ./a.out | play -t raw -s l -f s -c 1 -r 3 - > This works, sort of. Sounds like a dentist drill going in an out. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/docs/c-prog $ ./a.out | aplay -t raw -f cdr Playing raw data 'stdin' : Signed 16 bit Big Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo

Re: [gentoo-user] tone generator

2008-01-24 Thread maxim wexler
compile it, run it like > > ./a.out | play -t raw -s l -f s -c 1 -r 3 - > > And you should get A-440 out of your speakers. OK, got it: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/docs/c-prog $ sox -t nul /dev/null sine.wav synth 10.0 sine 440.0 | aplay sine.wav Playing WAVE 'sine.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little E

Re: [gentoo-user] tone generator

2008-01-24 Thread maxim wexler
--- "Hemmann, Volker Armin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Donnerstag, 24. Januar 2008, maxim wexler wrote: > > http://www.linux.org/apps/AppId_2452.html > -- Yeah, I found that. It's going into the queue. > gento

Re: [gentoo-user] tone generator

2008-01-24 Thread maxim wexler
> > #EXTM3U > #EXTINF:-1,Tone Generator: 82.4 Hz;164.8 Hz;247.2 > Hz;329.6 Hz > tone://82.407;164.814;247.221;329.628 > #EXTINF:-1,Tone Generator: 110.0 Hz;220.0 Hz;330.0 > Hz;440.0 Hz > tone://110.000;220.000;330.000;440.000 > #EXTINF:-1,Tone Generator: 146.8 Hz;293.7 Hz;440.5 > Hz;587.3 Hz >

Re: [gentoo-user] tone generator

2008-01-24 Thread maxim wexler
> looking for a tonegen.c file in audacious... If I http://www.lns.com/papers/tonegen/tonegen.c [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/docs/elex $ gcc -lm -o tonegen tonegen.c tonegen.c:56:31: machine/soundcard.h: No such file or directory tonegen.c: In function `main': tonegen.c:172: error: `SNDCTL_DSP_GETFMTS' un

Re: [gentoo-user] tone generator

2008-01-24 Thread maxim wexler
> all I can find is the file src/tonegen/tonegen.c in > audacious-plugins Seems to be a different file than www.lns.com/papers/tonegen/tonegen.c -mw Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. htt

Re: [gentoo-user] tone generator

2008-01-24 Thread maxim wexler
> something like this should do it: > > gcc -D LINUX -include string.h -lm -o tonegen > tonegen.c > Yup. Thanks Iain. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. h

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE4.0?

2008-01-24 Thread maxim wexler
> > Ah, you may have to get a later version of KDE 3.5 > before going any > farther. I had 3.5.8 on mine and had no blocks with > it. Want my > package.keywords and package.unmask files. Ok, I copied over your files. Ran #update-eix and #eix-sync. Then #emerge autounmask and ran #autounmask kd

Re: [gentoo-user] alsa-utils speaker-test question

2008-01-25 Thread maxim wexler
--- Willie Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 04:20:48PM -0800, Penguin > Lover maxim wexler squawked: > > speaker-test 0.0.8 > > Hum, that is rather old. Try upgrading alsa? The > stable, unless you > are on mips, is at least 1.0.14 >

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE4.0?

2008-01-25 Thread maxim wexler
> That's not the split method. Since you chose the > split packages you need: > kde-base/kde-meta:kde-4 > d'oh! > Add that version to package.keywords. Stable users > will need ~arch keywords > for a few dependencies of KDE 4. > Ok, I ran #emerge -avD kde-base/kde-meta:kde-4 eight times a

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE4.0?

2008-01-25 Thread maxim wexler
Q: You said I could install KDE 3.5 and KDE 4.0, but they block each other! This is my ideal. Having to ditch kde while I emerge 700M over an eight mile phone line(~70 hours, not including compile times)is way too long unless I can do it incrementally over several nights AND keep my desktop for t

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE4.0?

2008-01-25 Thread maxim wexler
> The above keeps coming up over and over. So, I'll > have > to leave it here until I get more info. > > -mw > more info: I ran # autounmask kde-base/kde-meta-4.0.0 again and this time these blocks appeared. [blocks B ] app-admin/eselect-esd (is blocking media-sound/esound-0.2.36-r1) [block

Re: [gentoo-user] tone generator

2008-01-25 Thread maxim wexler
> Not sure if that's what you want, but speaker-test > from alsa-utils can generate sine waves, pink and > white noise. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ speaker-test -t 2 speaker-test 0.0.8 Playback device is plughw:0,0 Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels Sine wave rate is 440.Hz But it'

[gentoo-user] alsa-utils speaker-test question

2008-01-25 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, speaker-test runs but makes no sound: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/docs/elex $ speaker-test -t 2 speaker-test 0.0.8 Playback device is plughw:0,0 Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels Sine wave rate is 440.Hz Unless I do this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/docs/elex $ speaker-test -c2

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE4.0?

2008-01-25 Thread maxim wexler
> Which is rather pointless given that the KDE docs > provides example > package.{keywords,unmask} files... > > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/kde/kde4.xml > Thanks for this. The link from kde.org goes to a page dated Dec 11 2007 which doesn't mention v4.0. I did what it said using the r

[gentoo-user] audio gone!

2008-01-26 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, After running emerge -uD alsa-utils I ran revdep-rebuild and was greeted by page after page of this <...> broken /usr/kde/3.5/lib/libkabc_newexchange.so.1.0.0 (requires libexpat.so.0 libexpat.so.0 libexpat.so.0 libexpat.so.0 libexpat.so.0 libexpat.so.0 libexpat.so.0 libexpat.so.0 libe

Re: [gentoo-user] audio gone!FIXED?

2008-01-26 Thread maxim wexler
> > Do I really have to unmerge kde-env and then emerge > 119M just to get my sound card back? No, this brings the tunes: localhost elex # fuser -v /dev/snd/* /dev/dsp USERPID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: heathen 28869 F...m artsd heath

Re: [gentoo-user] audio gone!

2008-01-26 Thread maxim wexler
> Oops, it seems that you haven't updated in a while Long while > good time to 'emerge --update --deep world'. > Yow! [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ emerge -pvuD world Just the blocks: <...> [blocks B ] =app-admin/eselect-1.0.3 (is blocking app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.0.3) [blocks B ] =kde-b

Re: [gentoo-user] audio gone!

2008-01-26 Thread maxim wexler
> So start updating. Your box is almost hopelessly > outdated. I knew it would catch up with me eventually. But my connection is so slow I've just been emerging packages and installing from tarballs as required and ignoring the big updates. Now I'm in a big hole. -uD world gives: <...> Total: 353

Re: [gentoo-user] audio gone!

2008-01-26 Thread maxim wexler
> > so what, start the update in one terminal, start -fu > in another one. That way > the packages are downloaded, while others compile. > No time wasted. Stuck. One last blocker can't be removed: <...> [blocks B ] >=app-admin/eselect-1.0.3 (is blocking app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.0.3) Tota

Re: [gentoo-user] audio gone!

2008-01-26 Thread maxim wexler
--- Couldn't find 'eselect' to unmerge. >>> No packages selected for removal by unmerge FWIW from emerge.log 1201417088: === Unmerging... (app-admin/eselect-1.0.2) 1201417089: >>> unmerge success: app-admin/eselect-1.0.2 1201417089: *** exiting successfully. 1201417089: *** terminating. Al

Re: [gentoo-user] Depgraph failure WAS audio gone!

2008-01-27 Thread maxim wexler
--- Willie Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 11:06:50PM -0800, Penguin > Lover maxim wexler squawked: > > <...> > > [blocks B ] >=app-admin/eselect-1.0.3 (is > blocking > > app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.0.3) > > e

[gentoo-user] Cleaning up after overdue -uD world

2008-01-27 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, Well I went ahead and applied Willie's suggestion for eselect to foomatic, which I don't use anyway and this time emerge -uD world looks like a go. There's one 'Fetch Restriction' but a little wiki tell's me this will be taken care of in due course. Thank's to Iain suggestion to fetch

[gentoo-user] emerge -uD world dies: "Unable to build"

2008-01-28 Thread maxim wexler
* Regenerating GNU info directory index... * Processed 132 info files. * IMPORTANT: 34 config files in '/etc' need updating. * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge * man page to learn how to update config files. Maxim Wexler Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -uD world dies: "Unable to build"

2008-01-28 Thread maxim wexler
> > Read this guide carefully and follow it to the > letter: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gcc-upgrading.xml > deeper and deeper... "It is safe to remove the older GCC version at this time. If you feel the need, please issue the following command (as usual, substitute =sys-devel/gcc-3.4* w

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -uD world dies: "Unable to build"

2008-01-28 Thread maxim wexler
> gcc-config is set to use 3.4.6, which you have just > removed. Run > gcc-config to fix this. Done. But -uD world still barfs at the same place: ERROR: dev-perl/IO-Socket-SSL-1.12 failed. * Call stack: *ebuild.sh, line 1701: Called dyn_compile *ebuild.sh, line 1039:

Re: [gentoo-user] Chinese reader needed WAS emerge -uD world dies: "Unable to build"

2008-01-29 Thread maxim wexler
abc2512df --- maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi group, > > Would somebody look over the following and suggest a > fix? > > I *did* try 'USE="build" but got same error, same > place. > > >> Emerging (24 of 235) dev-perl/IO-Socket-S

[gentoo-user] leapfrogging versions

2008-01-29 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, It occured to me that emerge IO-Socket-SSL-1.12 fails with an "unable to build" error because my present version is 0.97. So I unmerged the older one and tried again but failed once more. Was that my problem? If so, what is the accepted procedure for leapfrogging versions? Maxim

Re: [gentoo-user] leapfrogging versions

2008-01-29 Thread maxim wexler
--- Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dienstag, 29. Januar 2008, maxim wexler wrote: > > IO-Socket-SSL-1.12 > > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202459 > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > Bingo!

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -uD world dies: "Unable to build" FIXED

2008-01-29 Thread maxim wexler
--- Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 29 January 2008, Mick wrote: > > > Retrace your steps and follow the guide on this > one. I'm sure that > > you can recover if you ended up with no gcc, but > don't know off hand > > what it takes to do it. (I am sure that the > forums

[gentoo-user] pam upgrade issue

2008-01-29 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, Now emerge -uD world barfs at pam-0.99 and directs me to http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml Here, among other things, it says to edit certain files, but it doesn't say which ones? Unless it means all of the ones under /etc/pam.d/ I checked several of them and none

[gentoo-user] pam fixed now it's tcpdump

2008-01-29 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, The gentoo pam-0.99 update guide says something like "it's safe to remove /etc/pam.d/*". It should say "you _must_ remove /etc/pam.d/*". So that hurdle was cleared emerge -uD world continued then this: <...> groupadd: PAM authentication failed * * ERROR: net-analyzer/tcpdump-3.9.8 fai

Re: [gentoo-user] pam fixed now it's tcpdump

2008-01-30 Thread maxim wexler
> > Did you log out and back in again first? Well, I just did and now I can't log back on. I enter my user name, hit enter and it doesn't even ask for my password, just says login incorrect, repeats that two times and says my three chances are up. PAM was emerged but maybe it wasn't activated, o

Re: [gentoo-user] pam fixed now it's tcpdump

2008-01-30 Thread maxim wexler
--- Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, the docs page on the upgrade to pam-0.99 is > complete, I updated > severala machines no problem with it. So you must > have muffed the > instructions. Next time, read the whole page. While I was waiting I went back to the page and decided I

Re: [gentoo-user] pam fixed now it's tcpdump

2008-01-30 Thread maxim wexler
--- Hal Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Re-emerge shadow and you should be able to login. Yup, thanks! > After that you'll need to reinstall services like > sshd that have files > in /etc/pam.d/ they seem to have started But now, startx fails: /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 45: startkde:

Re: [gentoo-user] pam fixed now it's tcpdump

2008-01-31 Thread maxim wexler
--- Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > startkde is not in your $PATH. It's normal location > is > > /usr/kde/3.5/bin/startkde > > Either use an explicit full path to the binary or > update your PATH Actually, startkde doe not exist on my machine. Probably cause I'm in the midst of upgr

Re: [gentoo-user] pam fixed now it's tcpdump

2008-01-31 Thread maxim wexler
> I'd be more worried why you don't have > a /lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r5/modules.dep. never have $ls /lib/modules 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 2.6.16-gentoo-r3 2.6.20-gentoo-r6 > > Look into your /etc/modules.d/ and modprobe.conf and > see what's there. it's fixed > Maxim, I've been watching your post

[gentoo-user] emerge -uD world: another obstacle

2008-01-31 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, 7 more pkgs to fetch -- 42 more to compile Thanks to everyone's help I'm starting to get the hang of it. There's been a lot of "die" messages but I've been able to overcome them, sometimes on my own! But here's a tangle I can't sort out: >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/app-c

Re: [gentoo-user] pam fixed now it's tcpdump

2008-01-31 Thread maxim wexler
> nazgul / # eix ^pam | grep sys-auth Hmm, on my machine the top of the list says that there is an invalid line in package.keywords: ">=kde-base/kde-passwd-4.0.0:kde-4" You have a operator but we can't find a version-part I think that was part of a list someone lent me. But this is the first tha

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -uD world: another obstacle

2008-01-31 Thread maxim wexler
> What's your USE in make.conf? > I'd like to see your dependency tree. Please post > the output > of "emerge -pvuNDt world" so we can figure out 29k, I've attached it. > what's pulling in what >From make.conf(Oct 16, 2006!) <...> USE="16bit 3dnow cdparanoia dvd dri dvdread fat firefox ftp gdb

Re: [gentoo-user] pam fixed now it's tcpdump

2008-01-31 Thread maxim wexler
> > If it's any consolation, I knwo what this feels > like. I too have done > emerge world on a box that hadn't seen the internet > for almost a year. > That was painful too :-) I'm always online but my bandwidth is so narrow downloading anything takes over the entire stream -- can't even answe

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -uD world: another obstacle

2008-01-31 Thread maxim wexler
> What does 'emerge -p qt' say? > I think it lists the use flags. > I think the 'threads' use flag should be something > else. I guess I wasn't clear. emerge -p qt doesn't mention 'threads' so I added it: USE="threads" emerge -v qt. According to the HOWTO or wiki or ? USE="threads" is legit. And p

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -uD world: another obstacle

2008-02-01 Thread maxim wexler
> > Did qca-tls emerge properly yet? > No, but this bit is new: Configuring qca-tls ... Verifying Qt 3.x Multithreaded (MT) build environment ... fail Unable to find Qt mkspecs. Please set QTDIR manually. Perhaps you need to install Qt 3 development utilities. You may download them either fr

[gentoo-user] /usr/bin/qt3to4 ?

2008-02-01 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, Anybody familiar with qt3to4? >From doctrolltech.com/4.0/porting4.html "To port code from Qt 3 to Qt 4: 1. Briefly read the porting notes below to get an idea of what to expect." They must mean up to number 6. because this page is certainly not "brief" "2. Be sure that yo

Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/bin/qt3to4 ?

2008-02-01 Thread maxim wexler
> This sounds like a tool for developers who use the > Qt libraries to develop > applications - if they've developed their app > against Qt3, and they want to > port it to Qt4, this is the steps they would take > with their application > source code in order to do so. Yah, I'm just trying to emerg

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -uD world: another obstacle

2008-02-01 Thread maxim wexler
--- Alex Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > maxim wexler writes: > > > Configuring qca-tls ... > > Verifying Qt 3.x Multithreaded (MT) build > environment > > ... fail > > > > Unable to find Qt mkspecs. Please set QTDIR > > manually. Perhaps

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -uD world: another obstacle FIXED

2008-02-02 Thread maxim wexler
> > I would emerge Qt-3. You may continue your world > update with > emerge --resume afterwards. > That did it! Seven days, one hour and 28 minutes after I started, -uD world is complete! mw Looking

Re: [gentoo-user] BIG-UPDATE! ;) If I survive, then gentoo rulezz... :)

2008-02-02 Thread maxim wexler
--- Mateusz Mierzwinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Total: 246 packages (201 upgrades, 1 downgrade, 38 > new, 6 in new slots), > Size of downloads: 1,047,420 kB Man, those must be tiny packages. I just completed -uD world which took 351 packages totalling ~800M Maxim

Re: [gentoo-user] BIG-UPDATE! ;) If I survive, then gentoo rulezz... :)

2008-02-02 Thread maxim wexler
> Don't forget: etc-update, revdep-rebuild tools. > HTH. Rumen At the end of an emerge process I saw two recommendations: etc-update and ?-update. The exact name escapes me and I can't find it in the logs. It seems pretty significant with 100+ updates pending. Do you recall the full name? Maxim

Re: [gentoo-user] BIG-UPDATE! ;) If I survive, then gentoo rulezz... :)

2008-02-02 Thread maxim wexler
> > modules-update if you have out-of-tree kernel > modules > > env-update follwed by '. /etc/profile/ to avoid the > hassle of logging > out and back in just to update the environment > > possibly conf-update which does the same thing as > etc-update, just with > a much nicer ui that is eas

Re: [gentoo-user] BIG-UPDATE! ;) If I survive, then gentoo rulezz... :)

2008-02-03 Thread maxim wexler
> Was it dispatch-conf by any chance? It does the > same thing as > etc-update. 100+, WOW. he he he Now that I've thought about it more I recall it didn't specify a command, what it said was something like there are n files in /etc that have changed then something like see man emerge for furth

[gentoo-user] best circuit drawing software

2008-02-29 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, I need to post some drawings of a circuit I'm working on to an electronics group. Nothing too elaborate, just sketches really, but with the proper symbology. There's 30 some odd possibilities under /usr/portage/sci-electronics. What sorts of experiences has the group had? Oh, and outp

[gentoo-user] [OT] beware ebay seller

2008-02-29 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, If you're looking for PC power supply on ebay and you come across a Dynex, big quiet fan, PCI-E, SATA, 24 pin for cheap from 2213Joseph. "New in Box!" Don't buy it. You'll get the Dynex box alright and a new PS but it's just a run of the mill, noisy, substandard unit. No SATA, no PCI-E e

Re: [gentoo-user] Ghosting a Ext3 partition

2008-02-29 Thread maxim wexler
> Doesn't Ghost work with Ext3? What can I do to > recover my system without > reinstalling from scratch? > I've had success with #dd if= of= bs= mw Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all wi

[gentoo-user] portage confusion

2008-03-01 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, Notice in the following portage has nothing to say about "blockers" following a warning from revdep-rebuild. And the -u switch calls forth an earlier version of python but without the -u switch is content to re-emerge the newer package which I already have on my system. This was all pre

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] beware ebay seller

2008-03-02 Thread maxim wexler
> > well, I buyed hardware over 40 times on ebay - and I > was always a very > satisfied costumer. From mainboards, cpus to > tapedrives and libs, I always > got the right stuff. Me too. This has been my first experience of outright fraud. I've been shipped the wrong stuff or broken stuff but

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] beware ebay seller

2008-03-02 Thread maxim wexler
> > From what you've told us it's possible that the > seller didn't look > inside the box and assumed it was a new PSU, after > their spouse > tidied the old one up into an empty box. Certainly, > I always keep > packaging in case I need to make a warranty return, > and in the case > that

Re: [gentoo-user] portage confusion

2008-03-02 Thread maxim wexler
> > You can probably get rid of python-2.3 safely, but > first find out what > is using it: > > equery depends =dev-lang/python-2.3.5-r3 > > If nothing, then unmerge it, but first you might > want to make a backup > (just in case): [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ equery depends =dev-lang/python-2.3.5

Re: [gentoo-user] best circuit drawing software

2008-03-02 Thread maxim wexler
> The best format for line drawings is a vector format > like svg. > With a vector format the image can be scaled to any > size and still > stay sharp. Can it be viewed by someone who only has Explorer? > > A bitmap with lossless compression like png is > tolerable. > > Please don't use jpeg.

Re: [gentoo-user] portage confusion

2008-03-02 Thread maxim wexler
--- Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 02 March 2008, maxim wexler wrote: > > > You can probably get rid of python-2.3 safely, > but > > > first find out what > > > is using it: > > > > > > equery depends =dev-lang/pyt

Re: [gentoo-user] portage confusion

2008-03-02 Thread maxim wexler
> python. So you > *should* be able to unmerge the old one. If > something does break... > then file a bug at b.g.o. It want's to grab both of them. How do I move 2.4.4.r6 to the protected column? Or should I? Is this a good place to use the && operator? localhost heathen # emerge -pC python >>

Re: [gentoo-user] portage confusion

2008-03-02 Thread maxim wexler
> > quickpkg =dev-lang/python-2.3.5-r3 > done > then run python-updater localhost heathen # python-updater * Can't determine any previous Python version(s). > > Now do > emerge -avuND world <...> [blocks B ] So, localhost heathen # emerge -pvC qca >>> These are the packages that wou

Re: [gentoo-user] portage confusion

2008-03-02 Thread maxim wexler
> Are you using kde-4.0.x or why do you have kde-3.5.7. Tried to update to kde-4.0.x near the end of January. This was after almost two years of not updating anything. This led to a emerge -uD world which took about a week over my string-and-can modem. Many, many "failure to build" errors kept me

Re: [gentoo-user] portage confusion--FIXED

2008-03-03 Thread maxim wexler
> Now do > emerge -avuND world > to make sure everything is up to date followed by > emerge -av --depclean > and > revdep-rebuild <...> Dynamic linking on your system is consistent... All done. Amen. B

Re: [gentoo-user] best circuit drawing software

2008-03-03 Thread maxim wexler
> > Been working with xcircuit. It saves in PS but can > be > > made into a jpeg which looked just as sharp as the > > original. > > If you zoom into that jpeg fat enough you will see > pixillation. I > don't think this will be the case with the > postscript file, which is > indeed a vector (o

[gentoo-user] [OT] firefox fonts

2008-03-04 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, Following a major upgrade I noticed that all my fonts had shrunk drastically. I was able to enlarge all of them, KDE, the desktop, consoles etc except the menu bar and drop down menus in firefox. I can increase the font size in the window no problem but not the menu bar and side bar. Not

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] firefox fonts--FIXED

2008-03-06 Thread maxim wexler
- menu > > bar and side bar. Nothing in "customize toolbar" > about > > changing font size. > > To change the fonts of firefox itself, you could use > gtk-chtheme. No need. The next time I rebooted my old fonts were back. mw _

[gentoo-user] [OT] ATX PS recommendation

2008-03-25 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, I bought a Coolmax PS which was touted as the latest and greatest and then it died. When I opened it up I found the output crowded with puffy, oozing electrolytic caps, most made by Fuhjyyu. A search for Fuhjyyu on Google revealed that I'm not alone. Can somebody recommend a *reliable*,

[gentoo-user] (EE) R128(0): No DFP detected

2008-04-10 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, I get this error when I attempt startx. I have a legacy AGP Rage128, ATI card and the driver is compiled into the kernel to allow for the framebuffer. So far I've emerged vf86-video-ati and then, in desperation, xf86-video-vga without success. I don't see anything else under /usr/porta

Re: [gentoo-user] (EE) R128(0): No DFP detected-RESOLVED?

2008-04-11 Thread maxim wexler
else, but why it doesn't crash the server is beyond me. --- maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi group, > > I get this error when I attempt startx. I have a > legacy AGP Rage128, ATI card and the driver is > compiled into the kernel to allow for the > fra

[gentoo-user] [OT] Strange crash while setting up new box

2008-04-14 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, I've never seen this before: I needed a new mobo but I wanted to keep the cpu so I got another socket 754, an AsRock K8Upgrade-N3, which has a 939 option. I also got a new video card to go with it, a GeForce FX5500. I also got a new PS, an Enermax 400 "Liberty". So I put it together a

[gentoo-user] ck8s ethernet support in 2.6.23-r6 kernel

2008-04-15 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, For AsRock K8-N3 mobo: >From lspci: 00:06.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK8S Ethernet Controller (rev a2) But there doesn't seem to be any kernel option covering this. It's not forcedeth, that one doesn't work. Anybody using one of these ethernet devices successfully? Maxim

Re: [gentoo-user] ck8s ethernet support in 2.6.23-r6 kernel

2008-04-15 Thread maxim wexler
OK, by a process of elimination, I've decided I need to configure and install mii.ko to get my ethernet working. Also, just noticed this little bit: "udev: renamed eth0 to eth1". Why did it do that? --- maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi group, > > Fo

Re: [gentoo-user] ck8s ethernet support in 2.6.23-r6 kernel

2008-04-16 Thread maxim wexler
--- Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:57:43 -0700 (PDT), maxim > wexler wrote: > > > Also, just noticed this little bit: "udev: renamed > > eth0 to eth1". Why did it do that? > > Because you have a udev rule to do

Re: [gentoo-user] ck8s ethernet support in 2.6.23-r6 kernel

2008-04-16 Thread maxim wexler
--- Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:54:53 -0700 (PDT), maxim > wexler wrote: > > > > > Also, just noticed this little bit: "udev: > renamed > > > > eth0 to eth1". Why did it do that? > > > > >

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

2008-04-17 Thread maxim wexler
Here's a useful discussioin: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-254197-postdays-0-postorder-asc-highlight-findcruft-start-50.html --- Helmut Jarausch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > does anybody know where the message > you have cruft in /proc remove it > comes from and what to do about

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

2008-04-17 Thread maxim wexler
> 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. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile.

Re: [gentoo-user] ck8s ethernet support in 2.6.23-r6 kernel

2008-04-18 Thread maxim wexler
> > Yes, but then udev sees that eth0 is already > allocated to another card so > makes this one eth1. Just delete the file as > mentioned previously to have > udev forget about the old card and start again with > eth0. > What file? Cause now I'm getting this: localhost heathen # dmesg|grep et

Re: Top posting (Was Re: [gentoo-user] you have cruft in /proc remove it)

2008-04-18 Thread maxim wexler
--- Daniel Pielmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > maxim wexler schrieb: > >> 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 > re

[gentoo-user] [OT]converting usb mp3 player to linux

2008-05-02 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, I have a USB MP3 flash player and I was wondering if there was some way to install a linux based "operating system" or what ever it takes to play files. Maxim Be a better friend, newshound, an

[gentoo-user] UPS recommendation

2008-05-11 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, This summer's electrical storms are coming and I can count on my PC stopping dead several times over the season. I did a search for UPS units and was overwhelmed by the diversity out there. What can the group recommend? I only need something that will give me about a minute's head st

[gentoo-user] [OT] Xandros, EEE which partition to chroot

2009-04-10 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, Before I can install gentoo on my 4G SSHD EEE 900A, I need to know what partition to use to chroot to. There are four partitions on the SSHD, sda1,2,3,4. sda1 is formatted ext2 and is the largest and contains the file system. sda2 is slightly smaller, formatted ext3 and also has a f

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Xandros, EEE which partition to chroot

2009-04-12 Thread maxim wexler
> There isn't room to install Gentoo alongside Xandros on a > 4GB Eee. Either > install Gentoo to an SD card for now or bite the bullet and > wipe Xandros > before installation. I was hoping to use your suggestion(unless I misunderstood): Boot with eeexubuntu from a USB and use its tools to inst

[gentoo-user] can't find ralink driver in 2.6.28-gentoo-r4 kernel

2009-04-26 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, For a #make menuconfig on the 2.6.28-gentoo-r4 sources trying to uncover the ralink driver. When I type /rt2x00 I'm told it's defined in drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/Kconfig:1 and can be found by following the path: device drivers -> net device support -> wireless lan I didn't see

Re: [gentoo-user] can't find ralink driver in 2.6.28-gentoo-r4 kernel

2009-04-26 Thread maxim wexler
> > Take a look in the "Depends on" line of the item you have > identified as > the driver in the /rt2x00 search output. Maybe something is > not enabled > that is needed for the driver to show up. > It's all enabled either or [*]. Except for &&!S390 which I suppose means *don't* enable. That

Re: [gentoo-user] can't find ralink driver in 2.6.28-gentoo-r4 kernel

2009-04-26 Thread maxim wexler
> > Take a look in the "Depends on" line of the item you > have identified as > > the driver in the /rt2x00 search output. Maybe > something is not enabled > > that is needed for the driver to show up. > > > >    > I just checked on my 2.6.29-r1, and that path is accurate, > and it's at > the bot

[gentoo-user] udev "problem assigning persistent names"

2009-04-27 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, Having upgraded from the 2.6.23 kernel to the 2.6.28 and enabling the rt2x00 driver I get the following message at boot ... * UDEV: Your system has a problem assigning persistent * names to these network interfaces: wlan0-rename * Checking persistent rules: * Found no duplicate n

[gentoo-user] [OT]UPS battery dead?

2009-04-28 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, Lookee here: kyzyl linux # apcaccess status APC : 001,034,0852 DATE : Tue Apr 28 19:26:47 MDT 2009 HOSTNAME : kyzyl RELEASE : 3.12.4 VERSION : 3.12.4 (19 August 2006) gentoo UPSNAME : kyzyl CABLE: USB Cable MODEL: Back-UPS ES 350 UPSMODE : Stand Alone STARTTIME: Tu

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]UPS battery dead?

2009-04-30 Thread maxim wexler
> Unplug all your electronic devices and plug in a lamp with > a 100 Watt > incandescent light build. With the lamp on unplug the UPS > from the > wall and see what happens. If the battery is dead it won't > last all > that long. Gave ~5 mins. So I let it charge for 24 hrs now it gives me 36 min

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]UPS battery dead?

2009-04-30 Thread maxim wexler
    > > It's not supposed to say DEVICE /dev/ttyS0 for USB, it > should just be > blank as per /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf Previously I had v.3.14 which I had installed from a tarball; now I'm using 3.12 installed via portage. And even though in both cases the conf file defaults to UPSTYPE usb t

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]UPS battery dead?

2009-04-30 Thread maxim wexler
The relevant lines > from my > apcupsd.conf are > Yep, that's what I got. > UPSCABLE usb > UPSTYPE usb DEVICE didn't work in v3.14 for me. Now, with v3.12, this might change. I'll give it a whirl. > DEVICE > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > Das Internet is nicht fuer gefingerclicken und > giff

[gentoo-user] 'buntu --> gentoo --> eeepc

2009-05-04 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, Using xubuntu on a usb stick to install gentoo on a eeepc, 4g, 900A. I've gotten as far as kernel config(Quick-install Guide -> Kernel Configuration) but when I try to emerge gentoo-sources portage can't resolve any of the addresses and the process fails. Does it have something to d

Re: [gentoo-user] 'buntu --> gentoo --> eeepcFIXED

2009-05-04 Thread maxim wexler
> > Does the dialup work at all. Can you ping any of the gentoo > mirrors? Did > mirrorselect work? emerge mirrorselect is further down the page under "Last configuration touches". Which is a puzzlement. Before failing portage tried connecting to a long list of sites. How did portage know whe

[gentoo-user] can't stop the panic on eeepc

2009-05-05 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, My 900A with a fresh gentoo install boots into a panic. Says it doesn't like my root=/dev/sda2 option. But that *is* the root partition. fstab: /dev/sda1 /boot ext2noauto,noatime 1 2 /dev/sda2 / ext3noatime0 1 almost exactly like the model in

Re: [gentoo-user] can't stop the panic on eeepc

2009-05-05 Thread maxim wexler
> You gotta use a "delay" (or "wait", can't remember exactly) > parameter > for the kernel to wait while the disc is recognized, dunno > exactly, > but 2 to 5 seconds should be enough. I have an EEE 701 and Well there's a 10 sec 'timeout' but I can make that infinite by hitting the arrow key. T

Re: [gentoo-user] can't stop the panic on eeepc

2009-05-06 Thread maxim wexler
> The kernel takes a little time to detect and settle the bus > to detect > the devices. At least adding "rootwait" and  > "rootdelay=10" to the > kernel line solved my problems. Tried rootwait by itself and with rootdelay=10 and rootdelay=10 by itself Well, the triple E still don't boot: eithe

Re: [gentoo-user] can't stop the panic on eeepc

2009-05-06 Thread maxim wexler
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA is not set deprecated, possible conflict but I set it anyway > # CONFIG_SATA_AHCI is not set doubtful if I need it but set it anyway > # CONFIG_SATA_PMP is not set definitely nothing to do with my system, didn't set it. > > Not sure, anyway, try it... > Still p

Re: [gentoo-user] can't stop the panic on eeepcFIXED

2009-05-06 Thread maxim wexler
> cd ../devices/pci:00/:00:1f.2/ > ls -al driver > (should show something like) > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 May  6 16:49 driver -> > ../../../bus/pci/drivers/ata_piix > > > From this I can tell that it is the "ata_piix" Mine too! Yippee! The eeebox has landed! Thanks man! MW

[gentoo-user] emerge fetch grabs wrong file!?

2009-05-07 Thread maxim wexler
Hi group, Will somebody please explain this: kyzyl heathen # emerge -afv klibc These are the packages that would be fetched, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N] dev-libs/klibc-1.5.12-r1 USE="-debug (-n32)" 48,765 kB Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 48,765 kB

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge fetch grabs wrong file!?

2009-05-07 Thread maxim wexler
> > Whatever portage is fetching is turning into something > I didn't order. I checked in distfiles and sure enough, > there's no klibc* but a growing linux-2.6.26.tar.bz2. > Weird. > > Nothing is wrong. That file is required for klibc. From the > ebuild notes: Yes, I saw that too, but 1) why

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