Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome startup configuration

2004-03-03 Thread Eli Ben-Shoshan
You might want to look at openbox. Really simple, highly configurable, and it will let you easily remove windowmanager decorations from windows with a simple right click on the window. Oh, did I mention it does a really good job with Xinerama. Metacity just really sucks when used with xinerama

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

2004-03-03 Thread Larry Schuler
3. It is NOT stolen!!! only a physical item can be stolen. From dictionary.com: steal 1. To take (the property of another) without right or permission. property 3. Something tangible or intangible to which its owner has legal title: properties Notice the *in-tangible* 4. If he can't pa

Re: [gentoo-user] celeron classification

2004-03-03 Thread Jan Huebner
Hi there! i have a dell inspiron 1100 with a celeron 2ghz cpu. should i download the 6x86 package or the pentium 4 live package? The 2GHz series of Celeron is a 'crippled' P4, go for that. It just got a smaller cache. This is true for all Celeron greater 1.4GHz. Jan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] m

[gentoo-user] 2004.0 ISO image confusion

2004-03-03 Thread Sebastian Bergmann
Hi, I am a bit confused by the new ISO images that come with the 2004.0 release. I am planning a stage1 installation of GENTOO 2004.0 on an AthlonXP box [1] and would like to know if the packages-athlon-xp-2004.0.iso ISO image is bootable or if it not and contains GRP binary pac

Re: [gentoo-user] nfs install crashes

2004-03-03 Thread Christian Schäfer
hi, while I wait for help from this list, I started the compilation on the server itself and it seems to run along fine, but... _why_??? gruss /Christian mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers: :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Life after xfree

2004-03-03 Thread Ric Messier
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, David Hart wrote: > > FUD FUD FUD FUD NONSENSE and more FUD!!! > > Show me where it says in the GPL that if you infringe you have to open > up closed source? > Hmm ... let's see. Wasn't hard. It's in the Preamble. "For example, if you distribute copies of such a program,

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing pure 2.6 & udev system

2004-03-03 Thread Rudmer van Dijk
On Wednesday 03 March 2004 17:49, Tom Martin wrote: > I also wrote a quick guide, you can find that at > http://edgeoftheinterweb.org.uk/docs/udev.html > > There is also a few forum threads on the subject. > > bootstrap-2.6.sh is for bootstrapping against 2.6 headers, as far as I > know. Why it is

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing pure 2.6 & udev system

2004-03-03 Thread Tom Martin
I also wrote a quick guide, you can find that at http://edgeoftheinterweb.org.uk/docs/udev.html There is also a few forum threads on the subject. bootstrap-2.6.sh is for bootstrapping against 2.6 headers, as far as I know. Why it is emerging 2.4 headers exactly, I don't know. -- Tom Martin GPG

Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome startup configuration

2004-03-03 Thread Wazow
Andrew Farmer wrote: On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 03:42:48 -0800, Wazow muttered: I have one additional questions: what is your window manager of choice for gnome? I find it pretty annoying that metacity does not allow me to strip window decorations (or I do not know how). Sawfish is cool this way; I w

[gentoo-user] Printing options?

2004-03-03 Thread Matt Wilson
Hey all, I've got a networked printer on my LAN and am currently using CUPS on my machine to handle my printing. My printer has an IPP server on it (along with various others such as NetBIOS) so I'm sure I should be able to print to it directly via `lpr` but haven't figured out how exactly ... not

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

2004-03-03 Thread Ric Messier
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Scharf Yuval wrote: > No Ric, > > "Identity theft" is not stealing. It is a term made up by the american media. > Still, it is a horribe crime. > Oh, I understand now. You're an idiot. Try telling your little tale above to someone who has been through it. It is not a term m

Re: [gentoo-user] wmmaiload new version ???

2004-03-03 Thread Wazow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any reason why the gentoo package is still at 0.6.0 ? I guess the only reasone is that you have not yet got to packaging it yourself... andrzej -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome startup configuration

2004-03-03 Thread Andrew Farmer
On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 03:42:48 -0800, Wazow muttered: > I have one additional questions: what is your window manager of choice > for gnome? I find it pretty annoying that metacity does not allow me to > strip window decorations (or I do not know how). Sawfish is cool this way; I was easily able to

[gentoo-user] radeon and X performance

2004-03-03 Thread Koala Gnu
Hi all, I have a radeon 7200 series (r100). I configured X to run with DRI and now I want enable framebuffer. I built the module radeonfb.o, fbcon-cfb32, fbcon-cfb24, fbcon-cfb8 and loaded. I activated the Option "UseFbDev" "true" in the device section. I enabled also "AGPFastWrite" "true". In

Re: [gentoo-user] xmms playlist editor ?

2004-03-03 Thread Andrew Farmer
On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 03:40:22 -0800, Jean Jordaan muttered: >...I miss cute things like fadeout that WinAmp has these days... There are some plugins for XMMS that'll let you do that sort of thing. -- Andrew Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

[gentoo-user] .ebuild access denied ?

2004-03-03 Thread raptor
In an .ebuild I'm tring to execute localdef for generating cd ${D}/usr/share/i18n/locales /usr/bin/localedef -f ../charmaps/CP1251 -i bg_BG bg_BG But i get access denied : ACCESS DENIED open_wr: /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive cannot open locale archive "/usr/lib/locale/locale-archi

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

2004-03-03 Thread Scharf Yuval
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 09:03:32AM -0700, Ric Messier wrote: > > > On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Scharf Yuval wrote: > > > > > That is NOT stealing. > > Stealing is when after the act the victim does not longer have the item. > > There is no reason to accept the corporate world terminology. > > > > > S

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Life after xfree

2004-03-03 Thread Ernie Schroder
On Wednesday 03 March 2004 01:38 am, a tiny voice compelled Norberto Bensa to write: > Ernie Schroder wrote: > > What I wouldn't give for a decent parametric CAD program for > > Linux > > Hmmm... I don't know if this will help you. Take a look here: > http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/webpage?webpa

Re: [gentoo-user] Printing options?

2004-03-03 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 04:43:50PM +, Matt Wilson wrote: > I've got a networked printer on my LAN and am currently using CUPS on my > machine to handle my printing. My printer has an IPP server on it (along > with various others such as NetBIOS) so I'm sure I should be able to > print to it dir

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

2004-03-03 Thread Larry Schuler
Bull. VMware is "produced" by a company and sold for money. They have set up a legal entity to do this. Just because their product is not something you can touch and feel, does not make it free. When it is stolen, your depriving the company of income that is needed to pay for salaries, R&D, br

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

2004-03-03 Thread Alex Nelson
On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 10:26, Scharf Yuval wrote: > 0. Bull? Learn some manners, sir. > 1. VMware was developed by the company. It is not produced by them. > No one produces a software. > 2. I never said that it is free. It is not. > 3. It is NOT stolen!!! only a physical item can be stolen. > 4. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing pure 2.6 & udev system

2004-03-03 Thread Daniel Drake
Hi, EvgGad wrote: Hello! Yestarday I decidet to install a pure 2.6 kernel & udev system, but I don't know how to do that, when I do bootstrap-2.6.sh instead of bootstrap.sh it merges 2.4 kernel headers and even when I emerge udev before emerge system it all the same offers to install devfsd.

Re: [gentoo-user] Difference between Athlon & Athlon Tbird

2004-03-03 Thread Brendan Sullivan
On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 03:17, Spider wrote: > the XP's perform better and are more heat efficient.. The XP Barton > class (an upgrade to the XP ) runs even better, you can run it at a > slower speed and aquire the same performance as previous XP's.. Sorta > neat, as it means better performance and

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Life after xfree

2004-03-03 Thread Ric Messier
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, David Hart wrote: > and further down the GPL: > > ^ 4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program > ^ except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise > ^ to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Program is void, and will > ^

[gentoo-user] Installing pure 2.6 & udev system

2004-03-03 Thread EvgGad
Hello! Yestarday I decidet to install a pure 2.6 kernel & udev system, but I don't know how to do that, when I do bootstrap-2.6.sh instead of bootstrap.sh it merges 2.4 kernel headers and even when I emerge udev before emerge system it all the same offers to install devfsd. Any recomendations

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

2004-03-03 Thread Collins Richey
On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 09:42:53 -0500 Larry Schuler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You missed one other option, do without. That is what I am doing. > > Exactly. > > I would love to have one of those new Ferrari's. But, oh my, they're > too expensive, and my poor little self can't afford one on my

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3.2 freezing

2004-03-03 Thread Steve Evans
On 3 Mar 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Norbert Kamenicky wrote: > >> Hello everybody :-) >> >> After upgrading to KDE 3.2 if I left click on any button which >> opens a list (i.e. KDE icon button, task list etc.) I have 30% >> chance that mouse and keyboard become frozen until the time >> I pre

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

2004-03-03 Thread Scharf Yuval
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 09:42:53AM -0500, Larry Schuler wrote: > > You missed one other option, do without. That is what I am doing. > > Exactly. > > I would love to have one of those new Ferrari's. But, oh my, they're too > expensive, and my poor little self can't afford one on my piddly salary

[gentoo-user] recent virus mails

2004-03-03 Thread Deedra Waters
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all! The recent virus that's going around is causing quite a few problems. Including being posted to a couple of lists, and generating a great deal of bounce messages. The infrastructure team is working on the problem, and is trying to resolve th

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Life after xfree

2004-03-03 Thread Jan Drugowitsch
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..? > > Un

[gentoo-user] nfs install crashes

2004-03-03 Thread Christian Schäfer
hi gentoo-user, I got the following setup: 1) [EMAIL PROTECTED] server 128mb ram lots of scsi raid diskspace. all partitions are mounted to their mountpoints and also shared via nfs. on this machine gentoo shalll be installed! ;-) host system: knoppix 3.3 2) [EMAIL PROTECTED] notebook 25

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Life after xfree

2004-03-03 Thread Grendel
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Jan Drugowitsch uttered the following immortal words, > 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. "Fine", as in not my opinion but the opinion of some who def

Re: [gentoo-user] Mixer - mic & CD are quiet

2004-03-03 Thread Alex Nelson
On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 08:23, Goran Kavrecic wrote: > I have setup audio some time ago and it was fine until I tried to play > a CD - there was no sound. Later again I had problems with the > microphone. > > I added the 'lsmod' output if it helps. > > What additional info do you need to help me

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

2004-03-03 Thread Scharf Yuval
0. Bull? Learn some manners, sir. 1. VMware was developed by the company. It is not produced by them. No one produces a software. 2. I never said that it is free. It is not. 3. It is NOT stolen!!! only a physical item can be stolen. 4. If he can't pay the american price that they demand then they

Re: [gentoo-user] vmware

2004-03-03 Thread Larry Schuler
> You missed one other option, do without. That is what I am doing. Exactly. I would love to have one of those new Ferrari's. But, oh my, they're too expensive, and my poor little self can't afford one on my piddly salary. So, should I just go steal one Bruce E. Harris wrote: You missed on

[gentoo-user] Mixer - mic & CD are quiet

2004-03-03 Thread Goran Kavrecic
I have setup audio some time ago and it was fine until I tried to play a CD - there was no sound. Later again I had problems with the microphone. I added the 'lsmod' output if it helps. What additional info do you need to help me out? root # lsmod Module Size Used byNot t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Life after xfree

2004-03-03 Thread David Hart
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 06:44:50PM +0600, Grendel wrote: > On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Jason Stubbs uttered the following immortal words, > > > I don't believe this is true, either. As far as I know, a closed source app > > only has to open up its source if it is distributed. From what I can tell, > >

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3.2 freezing (more bugs)

2004-03-03 Thread Øyvind Stegard
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 10:52:18AM +0100, Norbert Kamenicky wrote: > Hello everybody :-) > > After upgrading to KDE 3.2 if I left click on any button which > opens a list (i.e. KDE icon button, task list etc.) I have 30% > chance that mouse and keyboard become frozen until the time > I press left-

Re: [gentoo-user] nfs install crashes

2004-03-03 Thread Christian Schäfer
hi, while I wait for help from this list, I started the compilation on the server itself and it seems to run along fine, but... _why_??? gruss /Christian mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers: :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3.2 freezing

2004-03-03 Thread Jamie Jennings
Norbert Kamenicky wrote: Hello everybody :-) After upgrading to KDE 3.2 if I left click on any button which opens a list (i.e. KDE icon button, task list etc.) I have 30% chance that mouse and keyboard become frozen until the time I press left-ALT keyboard button. It's really very annoying. Anybo

Re: [gentoo-user] lost /dev/cdroms/cdrom0

2004-03-03 Thread Daniel Drake
Dennis Robertson wrote: Daniel, I would be grateful for any help in getting the parallel printer recognised, though. Thanks again. Regards. OK. Looking at the parallel printing driver, I don't see any SYSFS support. Meaning that udev can't yet create nodes for parallel printers (unfortunately th

Re: [gentoo-user] install gentoo on dell poweredge 1600sc...

2004-03-03 Thread s970501
> > --On Wednesday, March 03, 2004 10:03:59 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Yeah... you wanna know what I am hunting for? :) >> >> The problem is... gentoo livecd is failed to find my scsi-disk. >> and I found I need LSI Fusion MPT SCSI controller support built in >> kernel. >> >> What should I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Life after xfree

2004-03-03 Thread David Hart
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 07:08:09PM +0600, Grendel wrote: > On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, David Hart uttered the following immortal words, > > > And what's with the 'punish' and 'scare' bit anyway? Do you really > > think that's an attitude that that will help the cause of Free software in > > the minds of