Re: SPAM-MED Re: [gentoo-amd64] openoffice 3.0 problem

2008-10-21 Thread Michael George
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 03:13:52PM +0200, Beso wrote: > 2008/10/21 Michael George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Yesterday I saw that openoffice 3.0 was unmasked for amd64 so I built > > and installed it. It seemed to work fine on a couple test documents > > that I opened, bu

[gentoo-amd64] openoffice 3.0 problem

2008-10-21 Thread Michael George
Yesterday I saw that openoffice 3.0 was unmasked for amd64 so I built and installed it. It seemed to work fine on a couple test documents that I opened, but then I ran into a problem with the one which has my household expense spreadsheets. I opened it and the data on one of the sheets was there

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Grub upgrade note.

2008-05-06 Thread Michael George
On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 02:44:01PM -0400, Drake Donahue wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "Michael George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 1:50 PM > Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Grub upgrade note. > > >> On Tue, May 0

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Grub upgrade note.

2008-05-06 Thread Michael George
On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 08:49:13AM -0500, Barry Schwartz wrote: > Mark Haney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skribis: > > I've done some grub installs in the past, but this is a new one on me. What > > exactly does install the new version's 'stage1' mean? How do I do what > > this is telling me to do? > >

Re: [gentoo-amd64] cannot emerge sys-block/nbd

2007-05-22 Thread Michael George
On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 07:33:23AM +0400, Sheridan wrote: > Michael George ??: > >I am trying to emerge sys-block/nbd for my LTSP system. I get the > >error: > >configure: error: Could not find an nbd.h from 2.6 or above. > > > >But "locate nbd.h&

[gentoo-amd64] cannot emerge sys-block/nbd

2007-05-21 Thread Michael George
I am trying to emerge sys-block/nbd for my LTSP system. I get the error: configure: error: Could not find an nbd.h from 2.6 or above. But "locate nbd.h" gives me: /usr/include/linux/nbd.h /usr/src/linux-2.6.19-gentoo-r5/include/linux/nbd.h /usr/src/linux-2.6.19-gentoo-r5/include/config/blk/dev/nb

[gentoo-amd64] X locks up

2007-04-06 Thread Michael George
I have been having trouble with my system. For some reason, I've only noticed it recently, but nothing has been updated on the system. What happens is that sometimes (amazingly frequently) when I have open office running on my right screen and I click "File", the displays will freeze. The system

Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware-player fonts unreadable

2007-03-10 Thread Michael George
On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 02:05:33PM -0500, Richard Freeman wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Michael George wrote: > > > > BTW, I am googling and not finding anything immediately obvious. I'll > > keep looking... > > I had a si

Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware-player fonts unreadable

2007-03-10 Thread Michael George
On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 09:24:35AM -0600, Joe Menola wrote: > On Saturday 10 March 2007 9:00 am, Michael George wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 08:47:10AM -0600, Joe Menola wrote: > > > On Saturday 10 March 2007 8:36 am, Michael George wrote: > > > > I noticed t

Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware-player fonts unreadable

2007-03-10 Thread Michael George
On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 09:24:35AM -0600, Joe Menola wrote: > On Saturday 10 March 2007 9:00 am, Michael George wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 08:47:10AM -0600, Joe Menola wrote: > > > On Saturday 10 March 2007 8:36 am, Michael George wrote: > > > > I noticed t

Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware-player fonts unreadable

2007-03-10 Thread Michael George
On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 08:47:10AM -0600, Joe Menola wrote: > On Saturday 10 March 2007 8:36 am, Michael George wrote: > > I noticed that my realplayer also has the same problems, so I don't > > think it's a vmware-specific issue... > > > > Hmm... > >

Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware-player fonts unreadable

2007-03-10 Thread Michael George
I noticed that my realplayer also has the same problems, so I don't think it's a vmware-specific issue... Hmm... On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 09:04:21AM -0500, Michael George wrote: > I have tried re-running vmware-config, emerge -C of vmware player with a > complete reinstall, I ev

Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware-player fonts unreadable

2007-03-10 Thread Michael George
stions? On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 09:50:05AM -0500, The Doctor wrote: > Michael George wrote: > > I can run vmware-player just fine and my install of XP will run in it, > > but all the text is just little boxes. Luckily, I remember the > > important ones (exit, how to focus and

[gentoo-amd64] vmware-player fonts unreadable

2007-03-08 Thread Michael George
I recently upgrade my kernel from 2.6.17 to 2.6.19. I also upgraded hal to 0.5.7.1-r3, emul-linux libraries, and some other packages. I can run vmware-player just fine and my install of XP will run in it, but all the text is just little boxes. Luckily, I remember the important ones (exit, how to

Re: [gentoo-amd64] upgraded system, usb_storage won't autoload

2007-01-27 Thread Michael George
On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 03:18:44PM +, Adam James wrote: > On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:04:41 -0500 > Michael George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 07:09:36AM -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: > > > Michael George, mused, then expounded: > >

Re: [gentoo-amd64] upgraded system, usb_storage won't autoload

2007-01-27 Thread Michael George
On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 07:09:36AM -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: > Michael George, mused, then expounded: > > > > What do I need to do so that usb_storage will autoload as needed? > > > > Add it /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 > > Or simply compile into the ke

[gentoo-amd64] upgraded system, usb_storage won't autoload

2007-01-25 Thread Michael George
I recently upgraded my system. I'm running kernel 2.6.17-r7, which is was I ran before the upgrade. I was able to plug in my USB flash drive and there would be a device, usually /dev/sdbX, which I could mount to access the drive. After the upgrade, I get this in /var/log/messages: Jan 25 21:54:3

[gentoo-amd64] quickpkg problems

2007-01-02 Thread Michael George
I'm updating my system with my normal CHROOT method where I update all teh packages in a CHROOT and then make packages of them for my real system. For the first time, I am doing this to my amd64 system rather than my x86 system, and I've had a couple glitches. Because /lib and /usr/lib are symlin

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: problems emerging tclx

2006-12-27 Thread Michael George
On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 01:00:00AM +, Duncan wrote: > > I don't have it merged here, but your net search apparently didn't include > a Gentoo bug search. Note that google (and presumably other websearch > engines) doesn't know how to index bugzilla pages very well, so you have > to search the

[gentoo-amd64] problems emerging tclx

2006-12-27 Thread Michael George
I'm updating my system (amd64) to gcc4.1 and things are going rather smoothly. One problem I'm having, though, is that tclx-8.3 will not complete it's build. I can build it fine with gcc-3.4, but not 4.1. The error I get is: /var/tmp/portage/tclx-8.3.5/work/tclx8.3.5/tcl/generic/tcl