Re: [gentoo-user] Editing files with Xemacs

2005-02-24 Thread Roger Mason
Hareesh Nagarajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:27:59 +0100, Marcin Bielewicz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Yippie! Now how do I make 'font-lock-mode' set by default? At this >> > point in time, I open a Tex file and then type M-x-font-lock-mode for >> > syntax highlight

Re: [gentoo-user] hdparm/installation issue

2005-02-05 Thread Roger Sherman
On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 17:15:44 -0800, you wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >Roger Sherman wrote: >| Hi - I'm trying to install Gentoo for the first time, and I've >| actually managed to run into a snag before the install process has >| actual

[gentoo-user] hdparm/installation issue

2005-02-04 Thread Roger Sherman
Hi - I'm trying to install Gentoo for the first time, and I've actually managed to run into a snag before the install process has actually started. I put the Gentoo cd into the cdrom tray, start the box up, boot into the installation program, start that up with the gentoo kernel, get the networking

[gentoo-user] Running portage snippets under slack?

2005-02-02 Thread Roger Andreassen
kernel' or should I install the kernel as I do in every distro? And why are they disabled in the kernel, is it endorsed to build the driver from bytesex.org? Regards, Roger andreassen, Norway. _ Last ned MSN Messenger gratis http:/

[gentoo-user] access violation during emerge pcmcia-cs

2004-02-12 Thread Roger
Emerge -uv pcmcia-cs is failing with this error: make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'. make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/pcmcia-cs-3.2.5-r1/work/pcmcia-cs-3.2.5/etc/cis' make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/pcmcia-cs-3.2.5-r1/work/pcmcia-cs-3.2.5/etc' ---

Re: [gentoo-user] is kde-3.2.0 out?

2004-02-02 Thread Roger Miliker
> kde-3.2.0 out? not yet. tomorrow, I heard. roger -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems emerging

2004-02-01 Thread Roger Miliker
sing an antiquated > PIII 700Mhz 256MB 80GB Drive > (I remember when this was a cool spec ! ... now dream of 3GHz +) > > Any advice gratefully appreciated ... > > Dave > That could mean your hardware is a little flakey. Make sure the fans run ok (clean the dust off them when

Re: [gentoo-user] Install questions

2004-01-20 Thread Roger Sherman
On Monday 19 January 2004 06:11 pm, Greg Donald wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Roger Sherman wrote: > | Ok, tried to install about three times so far...all unmitigated > > disasters. I > > | run into the same problem every time, fo

[gentoo-user] Install questions

2004-01-19 Thread Roger Sherman
Ok, tried to install about three times so far...all unmitigated disasters. I run into the same problem every time, following the same routing. I follow the Gentoo Handbook Installation Instructions to the letter, using stage2-athlon-xp. My problem happens every time I get to 5.d. Configuring the

Re: [gentoo-user] Partition size recommendations

2004-01-18 Thread Roger Sherman
Thanks, everybody, for the advice...I'm going to give it a whirl now. :-D On Sunday 18 January 2004 12:17 pm, Jani-Matti Hätinen wrote: > On Sunday 18 January 2004 18:55, Roger Sherman wrote: > > In reading over the Gentoo Handbook Installation Instructions, I saw > > some

[gentoo-user] Partition size recommendations

2004-01-18 Thread Roger Sherman
I'm about to become a new Gentoo user, after several years of using Mandrake. I was very happy with Mandrake up to v8.x, but since 9.0, there have been a couple things that have bothered me about it enough to make the switch. Now, for some time I've used the same partition table, which is: / 79

[gentoo-user] su: Permission denied!

2004-01-09 Thread Roger
Hi, I am learning how to admin my gentoo box. Now I have a problem with 'su'. It is working some hours ago. But after I type 'etc-update',I quit, because I was a little confused. After that, when I type 'su', System reply su: Permission denied! Sorry what

[gentoo-user] setup server at Dell PowerEdge 2600

2003-12-30 Thread Roger
I want to setup gentoo at Dell PowerEdge 2600, which has 2 cpu and scsi disk. I want to setup server with livecd i686, is it correct? I typed smp doscsi to boot from cd. but when I use fdisk /dev/sda, I meet problem, it could not open /dev/sda?? PLS help me. -- ~~~

[gentoo-user] double account adsl howto

2003-12-30 Thread Roger
hi, I have 2 adsl accounts, how can I setup adsl with the 2 accounts? so, I can easily switch between each other. PLS help me . ~~~ China Cell Phone Rental http://www.pandaphone.com Start with Gentoo,Start with Freedom ~~~

[gentoo-user] problem with mysql

2003-12-29 Thread Roger
I just update mysql through "emerge update mysql" after that , I type mysqld, I got the following information: 031230 10:15:37 Fatal error: Can't open privilege tables: Table 'mysql.host' doesn't exist 031230 10:15:37 Aborting 031230 10:15:37 mysqld: Shutdown

[gentoo-user] which is the best for Server

2003-12-29 Thread Roger
hi,all: I want to setup a server, which hosts small business on Internet. Which is the best one? Redhat 9? debian 3? gentoo? PLS advice. -- ~~~ China Cell Phone Rental http://www.pandaphone.com Start with Gentoo,Start with Freedom ~~

[gentoo-user] emerge mplayer

2003-12-27 Thread Roger
hey, I have trouble in emerge mplayer. I got following message. Anyone help me? [EMAIL PROTECTED] emerge mplayer Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) media-video/mplayer-0.92 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2 !!! File is corrupt or incomplete. (Digests do not match)

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with gaim

2003-12-27 Thread Roger
How can I update Gaim from 0.66 to 0.74? Each time I use "emerge gaim" , it always install 0.66version. I do not want to download the 0.74 package manually, and unpack it ... I just want to update it through emerge!!! 在2003年12月27日的23:03,Tom Wesley写道: > On Sat, 2003-12-27 at 14:56

[gentoo-user] trouble with gaim

2003-12-27 Thread Roger
happy new year to all. I want to use gaim to act as MSN to chat with other, but I fail to logon, I got the following error message. "Protocol dose not support." -- ~~~ China Cell Phone Rental http://www.pandaphone.com Start with Gentoo,Start with Freedom

Re: [gentoo-user] vixie-cron ?

2003-12-13 Thread Roger Miliker
and emerge says it > would install vrcon as new package [N], as shown above. How come ? > vcron is now known in Portage as vixie-cron It's been renamed I think. Roger > If i run top, i can't see vcron running ! Where is it gone ? What happened, > and what now ? > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge mplayer problem

2003-12-07 Thread Roger
quested Range Not Satisfiable The file is already fully retrieved; nothing to do. !!! Couldn't download font-arial-iso-8859-2.tar.bz2. Aborting. ---end of message- Since the file has been downloaded again, why it do again and again?

[gentoo-user] emerge mplayer problem

2003-12-06 Thread Roger
hi, I want to install mplayer, I got the following error, >>> emerge (1 of 1) media-video/mplayer-0.91 to / >>> Resuming download... >>> Downloading http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/distfiles/font-arial-iso-8859-2.tar.bz2 --19:16:35-- http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/distfiles/font-arial-iso-8859-2.ta

Re: [gentoo-user] login problem

2003-12-06 Thread Roger
such as modprobe: Can't locate module pg* which is needed for /dev/pg modprobe: Can't locate module * which is needed for /dev/scsi/* ... > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Saturday 06 December 2003 04:40 pm, Roger wrote: > > hi, > > I crea

[gentoo-user] login problem

2003-12-06 Thread Roger
hi, I create a user by the following command: useradd roger -m -G users -s /bin/bash then after I login using roger account, lots of modprobe message appeared! PLS help me. -- ~~~ Best Regards Roger Shen Start with Gentoo,Start with Freedom

[gentoo-user] Chinese Input Problem

2003-12-06 Thread Roger
hi: I have installed Chinese fonts by # emerge arphicfonts and #emerge fcitx #emerge unicon chinput All are successful But I have a problem of starting XIM server! Now all the menus and icons become Chinese, but I could input Chinese due to XIM server problem. PLS help me. Thanks Roger

Re: [gentoo-user] "emerge --update portage" Fails

2003-11-25 Thread Roger Miliker
On Tuesday 25 November 2003 23:34, Collins Richey wrote: > On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 17:21:56 -0500 "Allen Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Roger Miliker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, Novemb

Re: [gentoo-user] "emerge --update portage" Fails

2003-11-25 Thread Roger Miliker
on with the bootstrap for grins, and start over when > things die for good. > > --Kurt > > > I'm not sure, but that might be a bug in the install-doc. Wait until you finished the install to update portage. Roger > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] formating a partition

2003-11-23 Thread Roger Hawley
--- Jason Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 24 November 2003 13:05, Chris wrote: > > thanks Jason for all your help so far > > > > what command should I use > > > > i.e. > > fdisk /dev/hdb > > p > > v > > w > > Jason > You're a better man than I, Jasn B. Stubbs. :) > -- > [EMAIL P

[gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-desktop] Xine/mplayer crashing X

2003-11-23 Thread Roger Miliker
On Sunday 23 November 2003 18:06, Cabec2 wrote: > Le dim 23/11/2003 à 17:24, Roger Miliker a écrit : > > > > > Does it happen with mplayer -vo x11 some.avi or only with mplayer -vo xv? > > Just tested, and it only happens with -vo xv. the -vo x11 switch allow > m

Re: [gentoo-user] XFCE and rc.conf

2003-11-20 Thread Roger Hawley
--- steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try adding xfce to the list of options in > > /usr/kde/3.1/share/config/kdm/kdmrc > > Here's the relevant line in my file where I had to > add it: > > SessionTypes=Gnome,Xsession,afterstep,enlightenment,fluxbox,icewm,kde-3.1.3 > ,kde-3.1.4,openbox,wmaker,x

Re: [gentoo-user] WYSIWYG WebPage Editor/Designer

2003-10-25 Thread Roger Miliker
oo? > > Best regards, Mozilla's Composer might be what you want. Roger -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] permissions

2003-10-20 Thread Roger Miliker
elete the dir i get permission denied ,any ideas as to how > i can delete this dir, as windowmaker wont emerge till its gone. > > thanks ryan > Could be filesystem corruption. fsck! Good luck Roger > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing Ext2 Partition

2003-10-18 Thread Roger Miliker
re any good boot floppies that include ext2resize? > don't know about floppies, found this yesterday: http://www.sysresccd.org/index.en.php Haven't tried it yet. Good Luck Roger -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] x86 installation problem

2003-10-18 Thread Roger Miliker
> I've tried the "gentoo" and the "smp" kernel and a bunch of different > permutations of the installation options. I have the 1.4 AthlonXP live CD > and my system is a dual Athlon MP workstation. > > Thanks, > Nathan Van Eps not sure, but sounds like a scrat

Re: [gentoo-user] bootsplash

2003-10-18 Thread Roger Miliker
On Saturday 18 October 2003 09:53, Stephen Turner wrote: > boot splash is that the boot screen that vaguely resembles windoes with > the progress bar? > yes, that's the silent version of it. the regular version is a background for fbconsole basically. cheers Roger for

Re: [gentoo-user] transcode won't compile

2003-10-16 Thread Roger Miliker
On Thursday 16 October 2003 22:23, Pupeno wrote: > and goes on... > Any idea what I might be missing ? > Thank you. USE="mmx" emerge transcode > - -- > Pupeno: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.kde.org > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/jv45Lr8z5XzmSDQ

Re: [gentoo-user] cdbakeoven

2003-10-16 Thread Roger Miliker
k3b.org worth a try. Good luck. (sorry for just telling you to use another app) Roger -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] multiple instances of emerge and package naming

2003-10-16 Thread Roger Miliker
; > emerge mozilla-firebird > I think former is needed to emerge GRP packages on install. > If not, why would you ever use one over the other (unless two or more > packages had the same name)? > > Thanks! > Matt > Cheers Roger Roger > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Package installation question

2003-10-16 Thread Roger Miliker
ow where you read about "and thereafter update them from website." You can however update those packages by emerge, meaning downloading and compiling a newer version, while using the binaries. I hope I shed some light on the matter. Cheers Roger > Thanks > > B.R. > Stephen -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Why are masked ebuilds masked?

2003-10-15 Thread Roger Miliker
On Wednesday 15 October 2003 21:23, Azhdeen wrote: > On Wednesday 15 October 2003 12:53, Roger Miliker wrote: > > I'd say they are ~x86 which means 'testing'. > > > > [...] > > err... the question was "WHY" > > i don't know th

Re: [gentoo-user] Install stage-1 from the disk

2003-10-15 Thread Roger Miliker
On Wednesday 15 October 2003 23:25, Denis wrote: > Hello > > I would like to install Gentoo tuned for my hardware (Thinkpad 240) > > I don't have a bootable CD drive, is it possible to just untar the > stage-1 archive on a partition and install there? > or try this: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewt

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem on booting after installation.

2003-10-15 Thread Roger Miliker
gt; empty return > > B.R. > Stephen > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list All GRP packages should live in /usr/portage/packages/All/ Unless you emerge synced 'emerge -k appname' should work if not try: 'emerge -K appname' Good luck Roger (roger55 on #gentoo) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Why are masked ebuilds masked?

2003-10-15 Thread Roger Miliker
org/doc/en/portage-manual.xml Good Luck and enjoy reading. Roger (roger55 on #gentoo) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] GATOS 4.3 driver ebuild?

2003-04-06 Thread Roger Miliker
On Sunday 06 April 2003 11:23, Tom Wesley wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know where I can find the above? The portage tree only seems > to include a version for 4.2.0. > > Thanks, I installed them 'by hand'. Works great, the older ebuild never worked for me. Roger

Re: [gentoo-user] Alt-Gr keys does not work

2003-04-02 Thread Roger Miliker
nfig - Option "XkbLayout" "be" > In my previous installation all work perfect, and i had the same values > > > Patrick If you run Xfree 4.3 you could try: Option "XkbModel" "pc105" That fixes the ALt-Gr- <> =| Problem for me (de-layout) Worth a try maybe Good Luck Roger -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] problem at bootup

2003-03-25 Thread Roger Hawley
Upon booting this morning I got: *mounting /proc... rm: cannot remove '/dev/.devfs': operation not permitted *activating swap... *remounting root filesystem read-only (if necessary) *checking root filesystem fsck.ext3: no such file or directory while trying to open /dev/hdb3 /dev/hdb3: (superblock

Re: [gentoo-user] Portage doesn't no whether to update or not to update?

2003-03-13 Thread Roger Miliker
. > * Please do so and then update ALL of your configuration files. > My guess: You need to 'etc-update' especially add portage group by adding these lines into /etc/group: portage::250:portage and /etc/passwd: portage:x:250:250:portage:/var/tmp/portage:/bin/false Hope t

Re: [gentoo-user] Keyboard layout, no pipe after X Upd.

2003-03-13 Thread Roger Miliker
ot 0x5d, subw 0x0, time 1417024, (-559,-108), root:(283,428), > state 0x10, keycode 94 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES, > XLookupString gives 0 bytes: "" > > any suggestion? heard on #gentoo on IRC: setxkbmap -model pc105 solves your problem Viel Glück Roger > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] kde 3.1 missing mouse clicks

2003-03-01 Thread Roger Miliker
On Sunday 23 February 2003 16:47, Collins wrote: > On Sunday 23 February 2003 08:44 am, Roger Miliker wrote: > > On Sunday 23 February 2003 05:08, Collins wrote: > > > I opened up a bugzilla with kde on this behavior, but there's always a > > > chance that X or som

Re: [gentoo-user] Opinions on Gentoo

2003-02-28 Thread Roger Miliker
slow box though. (like a Pentium1) > Thanks for the help. I am very interested in Gentoo, and any information > would be much appreciated. Another thing to consider is the support You get from the community. This mailinglist and the IRC channel #gentoo on irc.freenode.net are very very helpful. You'll see for yourself! Good Luck Roger -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] kdm is not starting

2003-02-23 Thread Roger Miliker
for this bug worked. do : ldd -r /lib/security/pam_console.so and if it says some missing symbol then apply the fix: #echo "/lib/libpam.so" >> /etc/ld.so.preload If that was your problem let me know and possible comment on the gdm bug Good Luck Roger -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] kde 3.1 missing mouse clicks

2003-02-23 Thread Roger Miliker
On Sunday 23 February 2003 05:08, Collins wrote: > I opened up a bugzilla with kde on this behavior, but there's always a > chance that X or something elese is the real culprit. > > Much of the time when working in kmail, I find that left mouse clicks can > be ignored. If I'm previewing mail and c

Re: [gentoo-user] kdm login failed - pam errors *SOLVED*

2003-02-21 Thread Roger Miliker
On Wednesday 19 February 2003 18:12, Roger Miliker wrote: > Hello, > > I recently emerged a new glibc, kdelibs and kdebase (no 3.0.x versions > around). > > I cannot use kdm to login anymore - it just says login failed. > > root@linux roger # cat /var/log/syslog |grep kdm

[gentoo-user] kdm login failed - pam errors

2003-02-19 Thread Roger Miliker
Hello, I recently emerged a new glibc, kdelibs and kdebase (no 3.0.x versions around). I cannot use kdm to login anymore - it just says login failed. root@linux roger # cat /var/log/syslog |grep kdm shows: . Feb 19 17:56:20 linux kdm[5075]: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security

Re: [gentoo-user] can't logon to kde/gnome

2003-02-09 Thread Roger Hawley
to the console and not to an XSESSION. Thanks, Roger > -- > Regards, Ernie > 100% Microsoft and Intel free > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] can't logon to kde/gnome

2003-02-09 Thread Roger Hawley
cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory kdm = logon window merry-go-round Gentoo is on my other drive so I can't attach the requested files but they both look ok to me. It looks like libaudiofile is the probable culprit and not X per se. Wh

[gentoo-user] can't logon to kde/gnome

2003-02-09 Thread Roger Hawley
Any ideas- please. Roger -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list