Re: [gentoo-user] X11 cursor themes
On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 16:42:22 -0800 Susie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 16:04:04 -0800 Spundun Bhatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From one of the mails on this list this february I remembered seeing something on it which is how I knew to ask. However at the time I saw it discussed by people using kde and not knowing much on the topic assumed it was a kde specific thing.(that perhaps came with the newest version of kde) Surfing kde-look.org I saw that they had mouse cursor themes. Curious I looked and saw that the one I looked at noted where to change it in the .Xdefaults file. But I didn't see mention of where to stick the theme beyond that. For those of you running the 4.2.99.4 xfree86 and have dislike for the transparent white cursor, cd over to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/default and change the index.theme contests to replace whiteglass to default (or redglass if you're adventurous.) I've got the solid black arrow and I'm using XFree86 4.2.1-r2. I didn't see a 4.2.99.4 even masked in portage tho I have seen 4.3 but leaving it alone til it's unmasked. Will thease cursor themes work with the version of X I have or it's simply the later ones that are compatable? Btw if your wondering which cursor thing I thought was cute it was this one(though they don't seem to have many themes yet): http://kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=5376 I was also wondering on how to create my own if indeed I can use them. I guess you want to expand the tar.gz for the cursor next to this default directory, i.e. in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons and then change the default/index.theme file. Hope this helps.. Thanks it does to some extent. I know where to go to deal with things when I do have the correct xfree version later. Right now I did check this version and there is no icons directory. -- Susie VE7 HFA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://arienadean.tripod.com/ --- The heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others. - The Wizard of Oz -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://freshmeat.net/projects/sd2xc/ this is a program to convert CursorXP themes to xfree themes. install imagemagick, (perl module also) download themes from deskmod.com or wincustomize.com for cursorxp. extract the files from the theme file to a folder, put the downloaded file in the same folder. run it. then there is a theme folder in this folder and you can rename that to the theme name, and copy it to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons and then change the file in the default folder there to the name of your theme -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Realistic Install timeframe
On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 10:26:28 -0500 Trey Sizemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was thinking of installing Gentoo on my maching starting this afternoon. My machine in a PII400 with 512M RAM, ATI All-inWonder 128 video, CD-RW, 48X CD, Iiyama 450. Would it be realistic if I started install (my first Gentoo install - currently dual-booting WinXP and Libranet 2.7) at stage 1 this afternoon, that I could have a functioning (KDE, email, browser) up and running by tomorrow sometime? If so, I'll probably give it a try. Thanks. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list I run Gentoo on a pIII 700 mobile with 512 mb on a 5400 hd, I start at stage 3, get my system up as far as I can to boot into it normaly and then I run an emerge -e world. For Fluxbox, Xfree 4.3.0, Win4Lin, Sylpheed, Phoenix and Xine, it takes a total of about 7 hrs. doing it this way takes me less userinput while still have everything optimized for my system. after my boot in my Gentoo system, I run emerge -ef world for about 10 minutes in one terminal, and when Perl is downloaded, I start emerge -e world in another terminal. This way, all the files are already there when the compiling is started. runs like a charm. KDE 3.1 took me about 22 hrs to compile on this system. You could start with kdebase first (takes about 5 hrs) and then add packages as you need them. (kdegames, kdenetwork etc etc) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Windowmaker dockapps how to ??????
Hi all, How can I easely create my own Windowmaker dockapps (actualy customized in size for fluxbox) or create bbtools myself?? is there basic code that will create a blank dockapp/bbtool that I can download somewhere, and what is a good program besides a text editor to play with it?? I read that Kylix has some stuff for it, but I rather go opensource. any idea's?? thx -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] KDE-kicker always on top in fluxbox, possible ??
Hi all, is it possible to somehow have the KDE kicker always on top in fluxbox?? my .xinitrc : fluxter -w kicker exec fluxbox it goes on all desktops, but it doesnt stay on top. I'd like to use it as a buttonbar with applets, not full width of the screen, and have it like that. but all progs go over it. any ideas?? thx -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] what Programming tools are there to use
Hi all. I have been playing with linux stuff for a while, but I'd like to actualy program some things for it. Don't know what yet, but Prob first thing is gonna be something for fluxbox. I'd like to know what tools are best to do this. I've been hacking into some sourcecode with xedit and managed to get some windowmaker apps smaller so it looks cool in fluxbox (screenhungry and a lot of the monitor apps take a little too much space for my liking) The programming was just trial and error. edit some stuff, copy folder, make and if it works, make install. if not, revert back and start over/. surely there must be an easier way to edit, test, or even modulebased like kylix. I'd like to be able to just load in some sourcecode and then edit, and see what it does. I know gnomeapps, kde apps and windowmaker apps are all different, but what tools do you developers use beside basic editors. I heard about kdevelop, but i'd like to be able to write something without use of heavy libs. thx -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] what Programming tools are there to use
On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 19:48:18 -0500 Daniel Carrera [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cool, I'll check those out. heard about ruby, but didnt realy seen much of it. python of course in Gentoo a lot. thx for the advise. does this work also good for writing X (graphical) programs? thx again On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 06:34:25PM +, Mitch wrote: [snip] I like Flash MX as a programming tool (yes) also because it's possible to run the code without doing a bunch of ectra commands. this is what I am sort of looking for in a programming tool. It seems tome that you'd prefer a higher-level language like Ruby (www.ruby-lang.org) or Python (www.python.org). Both are extremely powerful, while at the same time being quite easy to use. You don't need any extra commands to run the program. You just run it. That's it. My personal favourite is Ruby. I find it much superior. I'm working on a Ruby tutorial (http://www.math.umd.edu/~dcarrera/ruby/0.3/). It'll give you a good idea of what Ruby is like. As for an IDE, I like Anjuta (http://anjuta.sourceforge.net/). It supports both Ruby and Python, but it doesn't have a run button to execute them. That's okay, you don't need one. Just keep a terminal open and run it from there. -- Daniel Carrera Graduate Teaching Assistant. Math Dept. University of Maryland. (301) 405-5137 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Opinion Poll: KDE Vs Gnome
On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 21:23:22 -0800 Anthony Floyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What man, are you mad? Some one call the fire department, there's gonna be flames! Try each, make a personal decision. No matter what the ensuing carnage says, it's whatever is best for you. Each has its pros and cons. Fluxbox ofcourse !! KDE and GNOME both look nice, but still too much clutter on desktop. and both without panel is defeating the purpose of them. I love the pager in fluxbox/blackbox best of all, and unfortunately the PANEL version isnt my fav. I would like to have 2 slits in fluxbox, but thats something that I prob have to do myself. Fluxbox boots up on my sys with just over 30 mb in use with a nice jpeg background. if I start KDE or Gnome, I usualy start up at 80-90 mb ( at startup and opening a xterm for top) GNOME has the Xnest working, which is nice. KDE has a lot of extra's, but just gimme fluxbox for performance. (emerged gnome just now, and gonna emerge kdebase for playing with programming tools) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Opinions on Gentoo
Hi, I have been playing with redhat since 6.0 on different machines. I made the step to gentoo when I heard about it, and started with 1.4 rc1. I ran it on a pII 366 toshiba 4080xcdt with 196 mb and Gentoo runs a lot faster than RedHat. The source thing made a lot of difference, but since I was used to rpm's and stuff, and compiling from source was not something I knew, I noticed that even from following the install instructions on gentoo, I learned a lot more in 2 days then in 3 years of on and off with redhat. The biggest thing about Gentoo I like is the dependencies. On redhat, my startup page in netscape was www.rpmfind.net, because everytime I wanted to install something, I needed to find the dependencies on my own. Also got sick of missing perticulair libs so I did a full install of every redhat to have the whining of dependencies filled as much as possible. I loved the LINUXCONF on redhat and when I had gentoo up and running, I looked for a way to make that work. I tried, and gave up. configuring manualy is maybe less convenient, but it works a lot better. I thought of myself using redhat for a few years as a middle knowledge linux guy, but with gentoo I realized I was a complete noop about it. Now I am a little bit more then a newbie, but NOW I know how to figure things out instead of just installing every rpm that might work. I know where to look on my system. 1) How complete is the set of ebuilds? Gentoo has the portage tree on your system, and I found a lot of replacements for programs I was used to on redhat. Every one of them actualy works better. When I am looking for something, instead of looking on Google, Freshmeat and Sourceforge, I look in Portage first. 2) How quickly do ebuilds follow new code releases? Ebuilds are out very fast if you run the unstable arch. Found the xfree 4.3.00 yesterday in portage, and it's been out for about 2 days. Ebuilds for small stuff are usualy within a day, and the bigger, well, the stuff nees to be compiled from source, so count on something like release + 2 times the compile time for the software Software is usualy faster in my portage then that I find out that it's actuay out, lol 3) One thing I like about Debian's apt-get is that once you have Debian installed, you can upgrade to new versions without having to reinstall. This is in contrast to RPM distros. If I have RedHat 7.3, the best way to move to 8.0 is to backup my data, wipe the disk and reinstall. Is Gentoo like Debian in this respect? the iso image releases are just snapshots at a certain point of time based on stable. During installation you will automaticaly get the latest Gentoo even when you run 1.2, after an emerge sync and an emerge -u world, you are running the latest Gentoo. 4) How easy is it to create my own ebuilds? I often like to install from source, but I'd like to keep the benefits of package management. Havent tried yet. If I want something, I can just compile from source. If there is an ebuild, I just emerge it again if needed. 5) Is Gentoo really that much faster? Will it make a greater difference on an For me, yes. I changed operatingsystems quite a bit due to my anoyances and addiction of messing around, but since I have had Gentoo running once, no other OS comes close. On the pII 366 196mb, gentoo and fluxbox just fly. I tried win95, 98, xp, RH 7.2, 7.3 and 8.0 afterwards on the same machine, but they never last longer than a few days. Only thing that comes close to performance on this machine is Win NT 4 (bootup with 20 mb in use in graphical enviroment) old computer (think P133) or on a new computer (think Athlon XP/MP)? Thanks for the help. I am very interested in Gentoo, and any information would be much appreciated. -- Daniel Carrera Graduate Teaching Assistant. Math Dept. University of Maryland. (301) 405-5137 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] VMWare / Win4Lin
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:52:49 -0500 Joshua Moore-Oliva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know if win4lin will run 2d games like starcraft or civ CTP2? WOnt work, Win4Lin doesnt like graphics. I tried it with dosbased Carmageddon and the win95 Carmageddon in it. There is no DirectDraw support in win4lin sc won't connect to battle.net for me in winex, and I haven't even tried CTP2... Those are the only things that force me to turn off linux every now and then =(. Josh. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Q for how to reinstall whole system
Hi all, I've been playing around with using different use settings and installed and removed plenty of packages. (installed KDE3.1, didnt like it, removed it, but forgot to remove KDE from use settings, and emerged something else etc etc) Is there a way to reinstall everything I have right now by issueing a few commands? I have some things setup the way I like it, but it feels a little slugish. Is there something like emerge -reinstall world or something? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r1
On 03 Feb 2003 17:46:17 +1030 Chris van der Pennen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone tried the gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r1 kernel? Have they had any issues with it, and is it better than 2.4.19-r10? Chris worked with it for a while without any issues, and right now running 2.4.20-r1 with win4lin sources without any issues either -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Win4lin and Kazaa
I'm running win4lin with win98 and kazaa. Have a seperage harddrive with ext2 formatting mounted for storage with kazaa. Problem is that if I do a reboot of win4lin, or so much as close kazaa and restart it, it cannot get access to the files or something. The win98 keeps crashing when it starts up kazaa (k++ btw) If I remove the download files from the drive, it starts up fine. Does anyone know how to solve this?? any help apreciated thx -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
