Re: [gentoo-user] USB Mem Stick
On Friday 04 March 2005 10:23, timothy johnson wrote: > I have a new USB mem stick, and I can mount it and copy files over to > it from the cmd line, but for some reason, I cant seem to drag and > drop from gnome. Any one have an idea? thanks > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list Maybe its a rights issue or something? Are you getting any errors or something? -- Rick van HattemRick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Before I run into trouble
On Friday 25 February 2005 15:32, Frank Schafer wrote: > Hi, > > I plan to update my gentoo installation this weekend. I rather ask > before having trouble. > > I have Cisco VPN Client installed. I know there is a new version of > Cisco VPN client out there which I don't have access to. > > How can I update my "world" leaving this package as is? I remember from > the past that emerge stops at the point it has problems with a single > package so the remaining don't get updated. > > Thanks in advance > Frank > > > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list Hi, You could add the packagename and version to /etc/portage/package.keywords Just put "=category/packagename-version" in it. See http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Dealing_with_masked_packages#How_to_take_the_unstable_route_and_install_packages_anyway... for more info. -- Rick van HattemRick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Change Control - Alt Function keys
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 21:59, Brad Niemeyer wrote: > I have gentoo with kde running on my home file server. I just bought > a new kvm switch and the company decided to use Cntrl-Alt F1-F4 as > hotkeys. Since I cannot change the hotkeys in the kvm, i wanted to > know where I could change the hotkeys in gentoo. > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list I don't have a solution for you but I do know a workaround, go to a console by ctrl + alt + F5 and use ctrl 1-4 to switch to the right console after that. -- Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)fawo.nl pgp2Me36Jm46a.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] PPP
On Wednesday 09 February 2005 02:32, José Angel Rodríguez Leyva wrote: > Hi, > > I have a little dialin server running Gentoo, and I'm using Freeradius > to manage the users weekly time quota they have assigned. Many of > them (on Windows desktops) reach the quota max time before week ends, > and are calling me constantly asking if there's a problem with their > accounts, because they never get the real pppd error message due to > Windows dialup program never show those messages. I was looking for a > windows dialup replacement, but I can't find any. > > I gave them two ways, by mail and by web, to get the quota status, but > many of them aren't smart enough to understand this. I will thank > for any suggestion. > > Greeting > > Jose A. R. > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list It is possible to let windows show the messages but I doubt if they will understand it after that. I'm affraid the only way is writing your own little app, atleast if you want it easy so everyone understands then its probably the only option. I don't know if you have any experience with VB but it shouldn't be too hard to create something like that. There might be another option aswell, let them connect and if they have reached there quota then they can't visit any pages and get distconnected after a minute, shouldn't be too hard to fix. -- Rick van HattemRick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Which Graphics Card?
On Tuesday 08 February 2005 03:52, Jeff Cranmer wrote: > I'd like to upgrade my system with a more powerful graphics card. > Presently, I have a VT8375 Video Card built into the motherboard. As > far as I can tell, this does not allow any accelerated graphics > processing capability, so I'm left with basic software graphics support > for games like Quake2, and others simply do not run at regular speed (if > at all). > > Looking on Pricewatch.com, there are a number of video cards available. > What is the best value (and the easist to install) for a linux system? > I'd like high speed graphics for games, and may also want to have video > capture capability in future so that I can convert my PAL video > collection over to DVD. > > A friend of mine recommended nvidia, as they have a few pieces of > support software for linux to handle setup etc. > > What video cards would you recommend? > > Thanks > > Jeff > > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list If it comes to video acceleration in games under linux then I don't think you have another option besides nvidia, ATi is improving there drivers bit by bit but the drivers are still crap, they work but don't get half the performance you should have. -- Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)fawo.nl -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] USB 2.0 extermal hard drive question
On Tuesday 08 February 2005 01:10, Derrick Hendricks wrote: > A friend of mine and I have been using Linux for a long time. But, > before my friend or I go out and buy a USB external hard drive, I > thought I'd just make sure that it is compatible. So, Here's the > question. Does anyone know if the Maxtor OneTouch USB 2.0 drive is > compatible or for that matter, Western Digital’s external USB 2.0 > drive? My friend and I are looking to use it as a backup media, but > don't want to buy it until we are resonably sure it will work. The > one-touch backup feature isn't necessary in my book since I can write a > script to copy over the files that I want. Another friend of mine had a > Seagate variety, and it registered as a USB mass storage device that he > could mount and copy things to. Can these other drives work the same > way? > > I use a 2.4 kernel and he uses a 2.6. Both have hotplug installed and > running. Will the hotplug recognize the USB drive and install the > correct drivers? If these drives are not usable, can someone recommend > one that is? > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list I'm not sure about the maxtor or WD drive but I have bought a case for an external drive and it works without a problem, as soon as I connect it I see a new drive in /dev (I'm using devfs) After connecting I just do mount /dev/sdd1 ... and I'm done. I assume both drives will work perfectly since they both have to support the usb disk standard (the same one used by every usb drive) -- Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)fawo.nl -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: getting X.org to work (using i810 drivers)
On Sunday 30 January 2005 20:00, Phill wrote: > >.< > > So... there is no way around it ?! > > ... and I was having such a nice time presenting Gentoo to everyone else. > > >[...] > >I had a similar problem a month ago or so. After two days spent > >compiling I got struck by this blocker. i810 and Xorg seemed absolutely > >incompatible; nowadays a 320x200 desktop isn't so usable... > > > >I switched to Debian (XFree). Fortunately it isn't my home machine :-) > > > >You may take a look at this buglist: > >(sorry for the lengthy URL) > >http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=&short_desc_type=allwordss > >ubstr&short_desc=i81&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc > >_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&s > >tatus_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED& > >bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=RESOLVED > >&bug_status=VERIFIED&bug_status=CLOSED&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=subs > >tring&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailcc2=1&emailtype2=s > >ubstring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&changedin=&chfieldfrom=&chfield > >to=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field > >0-0-0=short_desc&type0-0-0=notsubstring&value0-0-0=xfree&field0-1-0=bug_id > >&type0-1-0=greaterthan&value0-1-0=49300 > > > >Ciao > > Francesco > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list Actually there is a way around it, just tell xorg that its a i915. The drivers are nearly the same and it works great, a lot faster then the old driver too. -- Rick van HattemRick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp/portage ?
Paul Worrall wrote: On Wednesday 26 January 2005 23:23, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 23:12:25 +, Paul Worrall wrote: In my case, about 2Gigs worth of data, all owned by portage.portage. I presume portage overrides the default cache location. Set CCACHE_DIR in /etc/make.conf Why, and to what? Is there something wrong with it being in /var/tmp/ccache ? There is nothing wrong with it, but if you want to clear /var/tmp regularly then its not smart to keep ccache in the same directory since you are clearing that aswell on a moment like that. -- Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2005.0
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:01:34 +0100 Rick van Hattem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Douglas James Dunn wrote: | >>Not when 2.7.x comes along we can't... | >> | 2.7 will never be stable so that won't happen anyway, the linux kernel | always ships with even numbers. We shipped 2.5 as an option for a while... I suspect we'll have 2.7 in the tree if it's at all usable. Thats true, but it was never the default (or I've missed something) Like I said, the linux kernel ships with even numbers, I mean the stable versions, I didn't say that gentoo wouldn't ;) -- Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2005.0
Douglas James Dunn wrote: Is there a 2.7 yet? On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 17:52 +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 19:16:50 +0200 Matan Peled <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Gentoo can choose to stay with devfs... Not when 2.7.x comes along we can't... 2.7 will never be stable so that won't happen anyway, the linux kernel always ships with even numbers. 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6 and the beta and testversions get the uneven numbers like 2.5 and 2.7 And by the time 2.8 comes out gentoo will certainly have switched from devfs to something else. -- Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: How many posts do you have saved for this mailing list?
Ow Mun Heng wrote: On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 04:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: None; I can view them all in the archives if I need. I on the other hand, prefer the archive to be in my laptop. :-) Besides, I don't have a I=net connection. On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Ian K wrote: Im sorry if this is a violation of edicuite here, if so please tell me, and I wont do it again. If its ok though, how many messages do you have from this list? Me? 16,371 Ian -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list May I ask how do you send messages like this without internet? Gotta learn that, can always be handy ;) -- Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge vanished, what to do now
Jean-Francois Gagnon Laporte wrote:
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:15:45 +0100, Philip Nilsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 25-01-05 16:44 +, Jim Hatfield wrote:
I don't know what I did, but I no longer have an emerge.
"whereis emerge" gives nothing at all.
Just to make sure, do ls /usr/bin/emerge, your PATH could
have broken :)
AFAIK the paths that whereis scans are hardcoded in the app. The
rescue procedure that Collins gave him is the best option so far right
now from what information he provided us.
Regards,
Jean-Francois
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True, the paths in whereis are hardcoded, in this case it should find it
but sometimes it can be a disadvantage since it won't find the file you
are looking for.
whereis checks
/bin
/sbin
/etc
/usr/{lib,bin,old,new,local,games,include,etc,src,man,sbin,X386,TeX,g++-include}
/usr/local/{X386,TeX,X11,include,lib,man,etc,bin,games,emacs}
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Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp/portage ?
Chris Boot wrote: Hi, On 25 Jan 2005, at 18:09, Dave Nebinger wrote: Feel free to whack at will (assuming there's no emerge actively running). /var/tmp/portage is where portage builds packages; once their built and installed the contents are not needed. Don't whack the /var/tmp/portage directory itself, just the contents. No, you can whack the whole directory. Probably even the whole contents of /var/tmp if you're careful. -Original Message- From: raptor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 1:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp/portage ? I see that my /var/tmp/portage is about 500 MB, can I erase its contents or there is something that is important there ? tia Chris Indeed, as long as your not compiling (since it will be using /var/tmp/ then) you can remove the entire directory (/var/tmp) contents, perhaps even the entire directory but I'm not sure if it automatically recreates /var/tmp Doing "rm -rf /var/tmp/*" won't give any problems (I did it all the time on my laptop, not anymore since my partition is bigger now ;)) -- Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp/portage ?
raptor wrote: I see that my /var/tmp/portage is about 500 MB, can I erase its contents or there is something that is important there ? tia -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list You can erase /var/tmp/ without a problem :) -- Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two sound cards with ALSA
Douglas James Dunn wrote: its not a headache as it works, i can easily make it work via a set of nice little shell scripts. On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 22:31 -0800, Daevid Vincent wrote: Or you could just go to a used computer store and pick up a SBLive for like $10 and save a load of headaches. -Original Message- From: Konstantin Selivanov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 7:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Two sound cards with ALSA On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:35:42 +0100, Rick van Hattem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm not for 100% sure but I think you can redirect the sound via the .asoundrc file, just make an alias that puts the output of card1 to card2. Thanks, i'll try to do something with .asoundrc Just out of curiosity, why do want to redirect it? Is it because hardware mixer support? There was some hardware problem with my favorite sblive. Something happends with its output and now i can't use it (but card work in general). I actually may use second soundcard, but i prefer emu10k. Thus i need this redirecting to use second card just like output device. (Sorry for my english) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list I agree, there are always multiple ways of letting something work, ofcourse you can do it the easy way but there might be some other way that works too, sometimes better sometimes not. But its nearly always educational so if you have the time to try why wouldn't you? -- Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Can't emerge xorg-x11
Daniel Corbe wrote: gentoo-stage root # emerge xorg-x11 Calculating dependencies ...done! emerge (1 of 3) x11-misc/ttmkfdir-3.0.9-r2 to / md5 src_uri ;-) ttmkfdir-3.0.9.tar.bz2 Unpacking source... Unpacking ttmkfdir-3.0.9.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/ttmkfdir-3.0.9-r2/work * Applying ttmkfdir-3.0.9-cpp.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying ttmkfdir-3.0.9-zlib.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying ttmkfdir-3.0.9-gcc34.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying ttmkfdir-3.0.9-encoding.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying ttmkfdir-3.0.9-freetype_new_includes.patch ... [ ok ] Source unpacked. libtool --mode=compile i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -Wall -pedantic -I/usr/include/freetype2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fforce-addr -funroll-loops -frerun-loop-opt -frerun-cse-after-loop -falign-functions=4 -o ttmkfdir.o -c ttmkfdir.cpp libtool --mode=compile i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -Wall -pedantic -I/usr/include/freetype2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fforce-addr -funroll-loops -frerun-loop-opt -frerun-cse-after-loop -falign-functions=4 -o directory.o -c directory.cpp libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration libtool: compile: specify a tag with `--tag' make: *** [ttmkfdir.o] Error 1 make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration libtool: compile: specify a tag with `--tag' make: *** [directory.o] Error 1 !!! ERROR: x11-misc/ttmkfdir-3.0.9-r2 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 44, Exitcode 2 !!! emake failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list Just do "emerge libtool && emerge ttmkfdir" then it will work again :) -- Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Clear password in pureftpd
Alberto Martínez wrote: Hello. I have forgotten the password of one of the pureftpd accounts. With pure-pw I only can see the encripted password. Is there any way to see the clear password? Thank you. Regards -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list That just depends where you get the login from, do you login via PAM or just with the common unix users. If its just for the normal users then "passwd username" should be enough to set the password (as root that is) -- Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] apache 1.3 & 2.0 together ?
raptor wrote: hi, can apache 1.3 and 2.0 coexist on the same machine ? if yes is it nececeary something else to be done, configured ? what about mod_perl1 & mod_perl2 ? what about apreq1 & apreq2 ? tia -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list I know apache 1.3 and 2.0 can run toghether on one machine but as soon as you update the portage it removes apache 1.3 so compiling it manually seems to be the only way to keep it working. I did it like its posted in this thread back then http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=256747 Not sure about mod_perl1, mod_perl2, apreq1 and apreq2 but I assume its possible. -- Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Any way to kill frozen X/KDE?
PK wrote: Peng wrote: On 01/23/05 17:48, Douglas James Dunn wrote: um you go into X and load xterm and type glxgears XD Sorry. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list ctrl+alt+backspace -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list If ctrl+alt+backspace isn't working then you could try logging in via ssh to kill X, if it crashes badly then thats usually the only way. -- Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ati-drivers and 1600x1200
Henrik Andersson wrote: Rick van Hattem wrote: Henrik Andersson wrote: Hi. I'm trying to run xorg with the latest ati-drivers @ 1600x1200. When using the 'fglrx' module, all I get is a "out of sync" message from my monitor (viewsonic vp201s). Other screen resolutions can be applied but the monitor has 1600x1200 as optimal resolution (tft). I have the correct V/H-sync lines in xorg.conf. When I use the 'radeon' driver it works perfectly. I've also tried using the config generated by '/opt/ati/bin/fglrxconfig' with no success. Section "Monitor" Identifier "ViewSonic" HorizSync 30-92 VertRefresh 50-85 Option "DPMS" EndSection Maybe you can try lowering the above values, although these settings should be correct there is a change that the monitor can't reach it. strange is that it works fine with 'radeon' but not with 'fglrx'. However I found a modeline that seemed to fix the problem. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list I'm not really suprised actually, I had the same problem with my laptop (but with the nvidia drivers) I couldn't get it working on 1024x768 or it would display something very weird (I guess it doesn't warn about incorrect modes) so after changing them a little it worked :) -- Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Presarrio900 ,,,new to gentoo !
raj kumar gurung wrote: Hi I am new to gentoo Linux.And I am trying to use gentoo in my Compaq Presario 900 laptop. Has anyone installed in Presario 900 ? Please suggest me.. Rgds uglyjoe -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list Just google around: http://www.google.com/search?q=Presario+900+linux You might not find Gentoo specific information but a lot of common information about the laptop, that should be enough to install all the hardware. -- Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ati-drivers and 1600x1200
Henrik Andersson wrote: Hi. I'm trying to run xorg with the latest ati-drivers @ 1600x1200. When using the 'fglrx' module, all I get is a "out of sync" message from my monitor (viewsonic vp201s). Other screen resolutions can be applied but the monitor has 1600x1200 as optimal resolution (tft). I have the correct V/H-sync lines in xorg.conf. When I use the 'radeon' driver it works perfectly. I've also tried using the config generated by '/opt/ati/bin/fglrxconfig' with no success. Section "Monitor" Identifier "ViewSonic" HorizSync 30-92 VertRefresh 50-85 Option "DPMS" EndSection Maybe you can try lowering the above values, although these settings should be correct there is a change that the monitor can't reach it. -- - Name: Rick van Hattem Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two sound cards with ALSA
Konstantin Selivanov wrote: I've got to sound cards sblive and ac'97. But out-line of sblive has burned. Is there way to use two sound cards in this mode: first card redirects their output to the second. Can i do so with alsa? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list I'm not for 100% sure but I think you can redirect the sound via the .asoundrc file, just make an alias that puts the output of card1 to card2. Just out of curiosity, why do want to redirect it? Is it because hardware mixer support? ----- Name: Rick van Hattem Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
