Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about 2.5.66 kernel

2003-04-04 Thread Dave Klipec
Dmitry wrote: Hello! I decided to try new development kernel. :) And i have some questions already. First. I had a linux-2.5.63.tar.bz2 on my HDD, so i thought that it would be less time for me if I just patch it rather then downloading full version. So i downloaded three patches (up to 2.5.66

Re: [gentoo-user] X flicker,flicker,flicker fine...

2003-04-03 Thread Dave Klipec
Jesse Jacobs wrote: Hello Again, Just to clarify, I've used xvidtune for the appropriate one line values but this did not help. What I would like to find is a utility for the horizontal and vertical timings at each resolution. TIA, Jesse. Jesse Jacobs said: Hello everyone, I've, well, kind of an

Re: [gentoo-user] Java plugin w/ Mozilla 1.2.1?

2003-04-02 Thread Dave Klipec
Christian Aust wrote: Hi all, how can I install the Java plugins into Mozilla 1.2.1? I've created symlinks named libjavaplugin.so in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins to the different plugin binaries from Sun's jdk 1.4.1.02 and Blackdown 1.3.1, but none of them works. (I've tried only one at a time). Th

Re: [gentoo-user] X windows question

2003-03-16 Thread Dave Klipec
Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: I've always wondered about that!!!. Can one put these changes into a config file so as not to have to type it in every time? try kdesu if you are using kde Or for something more generic, add this to your /root/.bash_profile: su - YOUR_USERNAME_HERE -c "/usr/X11R6/b

Re: [gentoo-user] keeping system up to date

2003-03-15 Thread Dave Klipec
Ulf Kister wrote: Only some three things make me hesitate: 1. I have not yet understood how some - definitely important - config files are kept in sync. Look at /etc/make.profile/packages. qpkg seems not to find a port which claims ownership to this file, nonetheless it *is* important - a

Re: [gentoo-user] dvd playing in linux

2003-03-10 Thread Dave Klipec
gabriel wrote: i've been having an array of issues lately with X and with playing dvds and i was hoping for some input in this area. ok, here's the deal. i'm having three different problems, but they all may be related: problem 1. starting up by box will bring me to kdm, and if i select "kde-3

Re: [gentoo-user] reasons to upgrade to xfree 4.3? (with hat-tipto "give me vi in the stage1 tarball!" authors)

2003-03-01 Thread Dave Klipec
Richard Kilgore wrote: I can say that it doesn't feel particularly faster, however - RandR will be one of those "FINALLY!" features once all the major DM's/WM's support QandQ? Xand14? Enlighten us, please. I know I could go read stuff on the XFree website, but lots of people won't, and it's

Re: [gentoo-user] reasons to upgrade to xfree 4.3?

2003-03-01 Thread Dave Klipec
Alan wrote: Just out of interest, are there any performance reasons to switch to the new X? I'm running fine with whatever is in stable right now, and I'm just wondering if I'll see any big improvement (or increase rather, speed is fine now) in X4.3? alan I can say that it doesn't feel particu

Re: [gentoo-user] Default page size in openoffice

2003-02-26 Thread Dave Klipec
John H wrote: Does anyone know how to set this? It seems to be set at A4, which is a real pain for this USA user. At a shell: oopadmin Select your "Generic Printer" - Click Properties. ... It's under the paper tab. This *is* kinda buried, and should be far more intuitive than it is. -- Public key

Re: [gentoo-user] Symmetrical Vs Asymmetrical GPG Encryption

2003-02-20 Thread Dave Klipec
If you don't want to deal with appending random data in front of every file you encrypt, you could just encrypt them twice (with different passphrases each time of course). Technically, no. There is a class of attacks called "Meet in the Middle" attacks. There is a reason why we don't use 2D

Re: [gentoo-user] xfree86 & DGA

2003-02-19 Thread Dave Klipec
Robert Cole wrote: > > How do I check xfree86 to see if it was built with dga? > Look for these files: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXxf86dga.a /usr/X11R6/lib/libXxf86dga.so.1.0 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXxf86dga.so.1 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXxf86dga.so ... some of those are symlinks, but you get the picture. -Dave --

Re: [gentoo-user] Symmetrical Vs Asymmetrical GPG Encryption

2003-02-19 Thread Dave Klipec
Arthur Britto wrote: Here is an example command to use symmetrical encryption with gpg: cat passphrase.txt | gpg -c --no-secmem-warning --cipher-algo RIJNDAEL256 --command-fd 0 --yes -o OUTPUT INPUT If you choose a pass phrase you can remember, you need never worry about loosing a floppy or

Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers who needs them?

2003-02-16 Thread Dave Klipec
Collins wrote: Just idle curiosity. I have a Geforce2 64Meg card, and I'm using the standard xfree driver for desktop work without any problems. I don't do games. Is there any benefit from screwing around with the kernel and various Nvidia drivers for desktop users? In a nutshell: no. The

Re: [gentoo-user] memtest86

2003-02-14 Thread Dave Klipec
C Mead wrote: > IIRC, there is some documentation in the ebuild. In any event I believe you just add an entry to grub and boot from that. Worked for me when I ran it. If you are using lilo add: image=/boot/memtest86/memtest.bin label=memtest ... to /etc/lilo.conf If you are using gru

Re: [gentoo-user] Constant hangings

2003-02-09 Thread Dave Klipec
William Kenworthy wrote: I rebuilt glibc with very basic (no extra!) flags/optimisations(and most of the system) via packages on an old cyrix 233 system (as I couldnt build them on the athlon) - no change :( Once underclocked, I rebuilt it all on the athlon with athon-tbird, -03, -pipe etc and it

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE>GNOME cross compat. desktop?

2003-02-06 Thread Dave Klipec
Alan wrote: On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 07:02:01PM -0800, Eric Miller wrote: Define "compatible" :) You can run gnome and kde software under any window manager/desktop (ie: fvwm, icewm, e, etc), as long as you have the libraries installed. You won't get the extras like the panels, desktop icons, et

Re: [gentoo-user] How to set up a ntpd server.

2003-02-03 Thread Dave Klipec
Sigurd Stordal wrote: I have one machine connected to internet and a private intranet. Now I have the machinge connected to internet set up to use ntp from a ntp server to get the correct time. What I would like is then to set this machine up as a ntp server for my intranet. How do I do this. Eve

Re: [gentoo-user] xmms broken

2003-01-31 Thread Dave Klipec
Martin Polley wrote: Hi, I emerged a few things in the last few days (transcode & dvdrip among others) and now xmms does not work. It appears OK, but does not respond to any clicks (except to close it). Any ideas what got broken? I assume you are using KDE for your desktop, right? Is XMMS c