Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Life after xfree
Are there two Grendels out there? On Wednesday 03 March 2004 13:08, Grendel wrote: [snip] Its just that 1. We have a fine license called the GPL. In 'Re: [gentoo-user] Life after xfree' on 29 February 2004 16:39, Grendel wrote: If you feel this strongly, why do you use the GPL..? Unfortunately when i wrote prozgui i didnt understand much of the licensing, only that there was a thing called GPL, which every project seemed to include, so thats what I did and it unfortunately stayed the same. Unfortunately I started realising the limitations of the GPL, that is why I am releasing the next prozgui under the Mozilla Public License 1.1 thus showing a big finger to that !$#! RMS who has done his best to ruin and retard the progression of linux (ecgs and gcc, xemacs and emacs, gnome+kde) and the GPL which is too restrictive. PS. Thank heavens that RMS's HURD was a miserable failure otherwise he would have insisted that every software run on it be GPL compatible. what a #$!!#. That doesn't really fit together. Its time to dissipate the FUD. Definitely. Best, Jan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] i2c/lmsensors- mkdev.sh not found
On Monday 02 February 2004 23:59, Reno Romanin wrote: I installed lm sensors and i had the i2c modules installed, and per the ebuild instructions, this is fine. When I try to start lm-sensors, it says to run mkdev.sh to create the i2c devs, but it isn't anywhere on my system. do you have the i2c device module loaded? if you haven't, try modprobe i2c-sensor modprobe i2c-dev and the sensors-detect again. if this doesn't work, also load the other available i2c-modules and try sensors-detect again. hope that helps, jan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ACPI support in kernel?
On Monday 26 January 2004 04:44, Tianran Chen wrote: did you do 'make clean' before you compile the kernel? i had tricked once by this problem. or maybe the acpid need to be updated? I have the latest version (1.0.2-r2) of acpid installed. I will, however, try a recompile of the kernel starting from 'make mrproper'. I don't think so, but maybe I really missed a step somewhere. Best, Jan On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Jan Drugowitsch wrote: hi everyone, after upgrading from kernel 2.4.20-gentoo-r8 to 2.4.22-gentoo-r5 the acpi support doesn't seem to work anymore. the init script for acpid reports that ACPI support has not been compiled into the kernel (/proc/acpi is missing). that, however, seems strange to me as it should be in the kernel as can be seen from then configuration below. i've already checked if i'm using the correct kernel and there's no doubt about that. any ideas? tia, jan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ACPI support in kernel?
On Monday 26 January 2004 11:31, Jakub Krajcovic wrote: dude, don't do that - if you configure your kernel, and then type make mrprper, then it will DELETE your configuration file (.config) and then proceed on compiling without a configuration - and who knows what might happed. cp .config ~ make mrproper cp ~/.config . Still, thanks for the comment, there might be people out there that don't know it. Best, Jan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] ACPI support in kernel?
hi everyone, after upgrading from kernel 2.4.20-gentoo-r8 to 2.4.22-gentoo-r5 the acpi support doesn't seem to work anymore. the init script for acpid reports that ACPI support has not been compiled into the kernel (/proc/acpi is missing). that, however, seems strange to me as it should be in the kernel as can be seen from then configuration below. i've already checked if i'm using the correct kernel and there's no doubt about that. any ideas? tia, jan # # ACPI Support # CONFIG_ACPI=y CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y CONFIG_ACPI_BUS=y CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER=y CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y # CONFIG_ACPI_AC is not set # CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY is not set CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=y CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y # CONFIG_ACPI_ASUS is not set # CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA is not set # CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set # CONFIG_ACPI_RELAXED_AML is not set -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Font Problems or What is the best configuration?
On Monday 12 January 2004 15:55, Daniel Drake wrote: emerge xfs rc-update add xfs default Add FontPath unix/:7100 to the Files section of your XFconfig file. Add font dirs to /etc/X11/fs/config then reboot, or: /etc/init.d/xfs start restart X I tried this configuration, and when starting X, it says: Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list! in /etc/init.d/xfs the server is set to only listen on unix sockets by default (XFS_PORT=-1). You can either set it to a tcp port and then add the unix/:7100 to your XF86Config or leave it like that (which is safer if you don't use xfs over a network) and set your FontPath to unix/:-1. HTH, Jan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] About emerge sync...
On Sunday 07 December 2003 14:44, Jan Drugowitsch wrote: On Monday 08 December 2003 01:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It takes so much time to sync the tree here... because i have a slow (modem) connection. can i use portage-2003xxyy.tar.bz2 files downloaded in another place? how can i do this? just extract the file to /usr/portage...? could i overwrite a old one with a new one? thanks.. Before portage downloads a file it first looks into /usr/portage/distfiles if it isn't already there. Hence, you can download them somewhere else and then just copy them to /usr/portage/distfiles. Oops, I've just noticed that I should read the questions properly before posting. Sorry. Jan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] vim does not care about tabspace
On Friday 05 December 2003 05:53, Josh Helmer wrote: On Thursday 04 December 2003 05:30 pm, Jan Drugowitsch wrote: On Thursday 04 December 2003 22:07, Jan Drugowitsch wrote: Somehow, vim doesn't case about the set tabespace in the ~/.vimrc file. Although I've a clear 'set ts=4' in there, it always starts of with a tabspace size of 8. Only after setting it to 4 with ':set ts=4' it works. The spacewidth is set to 4 and works immediately. What language are you editing? I had the same problem with python files a while back. I could never figure out why, but every .py file I would open would use an 8 space tab. Everything else would use 4... I always assumed that it was something in the syntax file, but I don't use python enough to spend too much time figuring it out. Maybe one of your syntax files is overriding your settings? I'm mainly using it for editing C++ and Python, and you're right: it only happens with Python (haven't noticed that before). I will have a look at the syntax files then. Thanks for the tip! Jan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] vim does not care about tabspace
hi, Somehow, vim doesn't case about the set tabespace in the ~/.vimrc file. Although I've a clear 'set ts=4' in there, it always starts of with a tabspace size of 8. Only after setting it to 4 with ':set ts=4' it works. The spacewidth is set to 4 and works immediately. I'm using gentoo with vim 6.2 Any idea what could be wrong there? Jan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] vim does not care about tabspace
On Thursday 04 December 2003 22:14, Renat Golubchyk wrote: On Thursday 04 December 2003 23:07, Jan Drugowitsch wrote: Somehow, vim doesn't case about the set tabespace in the ~/.vimrc file. Although I've a clear 'set ts=4' in there, it always starts of with a tabspace size of 8. Only after setting it to 4 with ':set ts=4' it works. The spacewidth is set to 4 and works immediately. Do you mean shiftwidth is set to 4? Do you have 'set sw=4' in .vimrc ? I have both 'set sw=2' and 'set ts=2' in .vimrc and it works without problems. Ah, yes, sorry. shiftwidth. I've got 'set sw=4' and 'set ts=4' in ~/.vimrc Jan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] vim does not care about tabspace
On Thursday 04 December 2003 22:24, Dennis Allison wrote: Check the file protections on the .vimrc file. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ls -l .vimrc -rw-r--r--1 jdrugo users2446 Dec 4 19:20 .vimrc Jan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] vim does not care about tabspace
On Thursday 04 December 2003 23:35, Grish wrote: Jan Drugowitsch wrote: Somehow, vim doesn't case about the set tabespace in the ~/.vimrc file. Although I've a clear 'set ts=4' in there, it always starts of with a tabspace size of 8. Only after setting it to 4 with ':set ts=4' it works. The spacewidth is set to 4 and works immediately. I'm using gentoo with vim 6.2 Any idea what could be wrong there? Are you certain that you aren't accidently using Vi instead of Vim? If you merge Vi before you merge Vim, then typing Vi at the command line will get you Vi (whereas if you never merge Vi, and only merge Vim, Vi is a symlink to Vim). No, I'm sure it's vim because I always start it with 'vim' Jan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] xft blocking qt?
hi everyone! doing an emerge -DUp world returns me the following: Calculating world dependencies ...done! [ebuildU ] sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.19-r1 [2.4.19] [blocks B] x11-libs/xft (from pkg x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r2) [ebuildU ] x11-libs/qt-3.1.2-r4 [3.1.2-r3] [ebuildU ] kde-base/kdelibs-3.1.2-r1 [3.1.2] [ebuildU ] sys-apps/hdparm-5.4 [5.3-r2] how would xft block qt? am i understanding something wrong? since when is this blocking thingy in portage? i don't really understand what's going on here. neither could i find any documentation about it anywhere. could someone explain, please? thanks, jan pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [gentoo-user] xft blocking qt?
On Friday 01 August 2003 22:41, Shane Hickey wrote: [snip] 2) re-emerge fontconfig, freetype, xfree Then you should be goodtimes. Fine. I've got a pentium II 450. I'd like to avoid recompiling XFree in every way possible. Is there any better way to get rid of the blocking? Why does it occur anyway? Jan pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [gentoo-user] setting hot keys
On Monday 30 June 2003 15:50, Ernie Schroder wrote: I would like to make some keyboard shortcuts to run apps I use frequently. Alias doesnt cut it as it requires an extra step link to application works but not quite what I want. I've looked at hotkeys but that is primarily for kb's with extra buttons. Does anyone have a suggestion? This box runs KDE 3.1. Thanks Start Applications - Settings - Menu Editor. There you can specify a shortcur key for each application in the start menu. I also use it to start my applications using the Windows + Letter combinations as it would be unused otherwsie anyway. HTH, Jan pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [gentoo-user] total nautilus
On Saturday 28 June 2003 13:46, Jorge Almeida wrote: I'm using KDE, but emerged nautilus, because konqueror doesn't allow me to arrange icons manually (and thus is totally useless for me as a file manager). Nautilus compiled successfully and looks fine. The problem is that it sort of takes over my desktops--the panel is still as it was, but desktop backgrounds and icons were substituted by the Gnome defaults! Upon quiting nautilus, things return to normal. Is this Microsoftish behavior normal, or did I do something wrong? I've just tried Nautilus once, but AFAIK there is an option somewhere in the settings to not take over the desktop. It's either in the Nautilus or the general GNOME settings. HTH, Jan pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [gentoo-user] kde/gnome won't start with xfree 4.3.0-r3
On Friday 27 June 2003 08:24, Kees Bergwerf wrote: Have you tried the kde or kde-devel mailing list? Maybe they could help you with that issue. How to subscribe is explained at www.kde.org. I don't think that kde is the problem. Not only the ksmserver crashes, but also the gnome session manager. When downgrading xfree, kde starts again. So there is probably something in xfree that causes the trouble. [snip] Sorry, I should have read the whole thread. Did yor try if the plain xdm does work? Jan pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Networking with ADSL?
On Wednesday 25 June 2003 12:36, Ohad Lutzky wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 12:16:52PM +0100, MAL wrote: Ok, so you either need a second network card, or use the dubious method of doing to accross a hub as described elsewhere in this thread :) I'll ask my ISP how to do this. I sure hope I can do it dubiously... sounds easier :) I would read the ISP's policy before asking about connecting a network to your ADSL connection. Many of the ISP's I know do not allow that. Although asking itsself wouldn't do any bad they could get aware of the fact that you are trying to do that. That would not be worrying either if I wouldn't have read about a method about half a year ago which describes a method of how to detect such a network by tracing IDs of TCP packages. This could put you on the ISP's watchlist and this wouldn't be a good thing. So before contacting the ISP: Read their policy! HTH, Jan pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Starting gentoo without xdm
On Friday 20 June 2003 01:37, Sebastian Hungerecker wrote: On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 01:29:04 +0100 Jan Drugowitsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would anyone know a better possibility to do this without modifying scripts Create a second runlevel and add all services to it, which are in the current runlevel except xdm. Then add an entry to grub, which boots in this new-created runlevel That sounds like a good idea to me. I didn't know that you could give the runlevel to start as a kernel parameter. Thanks for the tip, I'll give it a try. Cheers, Jan pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [gentoo-user] removing the garbage
Hi! There was a thread about this in the beginning of this month. You should look at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-userm=105518102425310w=2 and http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=10551817651r=1w=2 Seems like this is getting a topic for the FAQ? HTH, Jan pgp0.pgp Description: signature
[gentoo-user] Starting gentoo without xdm
Hi everyone! My default configuration to start gentoo (using GRUB) right now is by directly starting xdm (actually kdm, logging in as default user). However, sometimes it would be nice to boot without directing starting the GUI. Would it be possible to add a GRUB entry to start gentoo without starting xfs and xdm? I thought about ading a kernel parameters and modifying ../init.d/[xfs xdm] to let them check for it, but that would mean modifying these two scripts. Would anyone know a better possibility to do this without modifying scripts which will eventually be overwritten the next time I emerge xfree (or whereever the xdm and xfs scripts reside)? TIA, Jan pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [gentoo-user] adsl_help
On Tuesday 17 June 2003 19:29, Karshi wrote:
Hi Rex,
How do I emerge if there is no connection?
First try 'emerge -p kpnadsl4linux'. That gives you all the packages you need
to install. Then look into the ebuilds (in /usr/portage/... ) to get the
filenames you have to download. For kpnadsl4linux-1.10-r1.ebuild, for
example, that would be
SRC_URI=http://home.planet.nl/~mcdon001/${P}.tar.gz
http://www.adsl4linux.nl/download/${P}.tar.gz;
${P} has to be replaced by kpnadsl4linux-1.10-r1
If you download the required files somewhere else and put the into
/usr/portage/distfiles then the emerge should work without any problems.
Hope that helps,
Jan
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Re: [gentoo-user] How to make a minimum backup?
On Thursday 12 June 2003 21:26, Finne Boonen wrote: backup important config files as well I think the original question was what to backup besides the config files and where these config files are situated. From what I know (I just converted from LFS two months ago) these are just the ones the original posting suggested: everthing inside /etc all the user files, especially the .* files and directories the portage world file Anything else I forgot? Cheers, Jan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] make.defaults USE settings
I've set the USE flags in /etc/make.conf while comiling gcc and have just noticed that it merged them to /etc/make.profile/make.defaults, resetting the make.conf to its previous state. As I don't want to mess around with these settings and reset them to the defaults, could someone please send me the default USE settings of make.defaults so that I can reset them (gcc 3.2). Or is this supposed to be the normal behaviour? Cheers, Jan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Package management for non-ebuild software
As I just installed Gentoo the first time 3 days ago (I was using Linux From Scratch for 2.5 years now but I got sick of tracking all dependencies when keeping the major packages up to date) I'm not sure if that's just a stupid question but skimming through some documents and searching on the web didn't answer my question. Is there any way with standard-gentoo tools to also keep track of software installed with ./configure make make install? I used install-log with LFS, but if there's a chance to use a different system I would be glad to hear about it. Any help, or references to www/man/info are welcome, Jan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Package management for non-ebuild software
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 22:25, Matt Garman wrote: On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 09:07:09PM +0100, Jan Drugowitsch wrote: Is there any way with standard-gentoo tools to also keep track of software installed with ./configure make make install? I used install-log with LFS, but if there's a chance to use a different system I would be glad to hear about it. I'm not sure about the standard gentoo requirement, but a very good manager of compiled-from-vanilla-source packages is epkg: http://encap.cites.uiuc.edu/epkg/ It is similar in concept to GNU stow. Thanks for the fast reply. Sounds good to me, I think I'll give encap a try, Jan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] How to use this list effectively?
I use KMail and yes I already have my lists going into seperate folders through filters but I guess that's it as far as I can go efficiently processing the list. It's back to the old Del key :). I am using KMail, too. However, by setting the folder options to expire the messages after 2 weeks, you won't have to many problems with deleting emails. The ones you really want to keep can then be moved into a seperate folder. Even if the gentoo-user folder is really full (I am now on the gentoo-user list since 4 days and have 253 messages in this folder) you can easily navigate by using 'Next Unread Message'. That's a least how I do it and it works quite well. Hope that helps, Jan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
