Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3.4

2005-04-02 Thread David Corbin
On Saturday 02 April 2005 02:26 pm, Taylor Morrow wrote: > This means it's in the "unstable" branch. > > Although it is recommended that you wait until it enters stable, you > can override this with: > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge kde-meta > > Keep in mind that it probably still has some bugs that

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3.4

2005-04-02 Thread David Corbin
On Saturday 02 April 2005 10:32 am, Jason Stubbs wrote: > On Sunday 03 April 2005 00:22, David Corbin wrote: > > Any idea when kde 3.4 will be unmasked? > > It's been unmasked since shortly after it was released. Unless you are > referring to moving to stable? I tried &quo

[gentoo-user] KDE 3.4

2005-04-02 Thread David Corbin
Any idea when kde 3.4 will be unmasked? David -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Emerge old version

2005-03-29 Thread David Corbin
Is there a way to emerge an older version of mysql (4.0.16 specifically)? If so can I "pin" it at that version? David -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] What an average gentoo user does over 6mnth period

2005-03-28 Thread David Corbin
On Sunday 27 March 2005 07:34 pm, Nick Rout wrote: > Also you don't need to update just because you can. If, for example, you > stick to security updates, you will have far less compiling. However you > may also miss something exciting on the leading edge. How do you identify security updates?

Re: [gentoo-user] libtool: link: `/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/libstdc++.la' is not a valid libtool archive

2005-03-28 Thread David Corbin
> > I've read that sometimes rebuilding libtool fixes this, assuming you did > the fix_libtool_files.sh thing correctly. I remerged libtool, re-ran fix_libtool_files.sh, and things seem better now. Thanks. David -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] libtool: link: `/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/libstdc++.la' is not a valid libtool archive

2005-03-27 Thread David Corbin
> > I've tried the command given above, and while it generates some output, > > building continues to fail with the same error. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~] fix_libtool_files.sh 3.3.4 > > * Scanning libtool files for hardcoded gcc library paths... > > * [1/5] Scanning /lib ... > > * [2/5] Sc

Re: [gentoo-user] libtool: link: `/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/libstdc++.la' is not a valid libtool archive

2005-03-27 Thread David Corbin
On Thursday 13 January 2005 10:49 am, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > If you get an error like this: > libtool: link: `/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/libstdc++.la' > is not a valid libtool archive > > during an emerge, the solution is: (as root) > fix_libtool_files.sh 3.3.4 > > Please ret

[gentoo-user] Multiple Displays

2005-03-26 Thread David Corbin
I've just started using KDE on a Xinerama display. One of the very annoying things, is windows that popup in the middle of the display (half on one screen, half on another). Is there any type of option to make such things center on just one screen? Alternatively, if I turn of Xinerama, is the

Re: [gentoo-user] Echo server

2005-03-26 Thread David Corbin
On Tuesday 22 March 2005 11:09 pm, Nick Rout wrote: > your question, which you posted two days ago, has been answered > > or is this some kind of joke? > > repeat the same message over and over - echo get it? > > No joke, and I appologize. I had some mail problems for a few days which resulted i

Re: [gentoo-user] Echo server

2005-03-26 Thread David Corbin
On Tuesday 22 March 2005 11:38 am, Kashani wrote: > David Corbin wrote: > > I imagine you're talking about the old echo stuff on port 7. > BTW, what does anyone actually use echo for? > Thanks. I'm going to use it test some socket code. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] uuencode

2005-02-28 Thread David Corbin
Where is uuencode packaged? What is the correct way way to find this out myself? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems building GTK+

2005-02-18 Thread David Corbin
On Thursday 17 February 2005 09:14 pm, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > Unless you've actively changed you CHOST (in make.conf) it hasn't changed, > so you don't have to include that parameter. In the error message > "/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/libstdc++.la: No such file or > director

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems building GTK+

2005-02-17 Thread David Corbin
On Wednesday 16 February 2005 10:59 pm, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Wednesday 16 February 2005 08:05 pm, David Corbin > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > while emerging x11-libs/gtk+-2.4.14 > > > > I get this: > > > > grep: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/

Re: [gentoo-user] LISA problems

2005-02-17 Thread David Corbin
On Thursday 17 February 2005 08:45 am, Dave Nebinger wrote: > OK, I give up. What is Lisa? I too have a kde installation and lisa's in > the /etc/init.d and I too am missing the /etc/lisarc file. Can you give me > a brief 'what is it' and 'why do I need it'? > > Thanks. It enables browsing of o

Re: [gentoo-user] LISA problems

2005-02-17 Thread David Corbin
Rout wrote: > On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:39:17 -0500 > > David Corbin wrote: > > On Wednesday 16 February 2005 07:25 pm, Nick Rout wrote: > > > is the config file (somewhere in /etc) right? > > > > I cannot find one. /etc/conf.d/lisa comments make it look like it shou

Re: [gentoo-user] LISA problems

2005-02-16 Thread David Corbin
On Wednesday 16 February 2005 08:50 pm, Nick Rout wrote: > SecondWait = -1 > SearchUsingNmblookup = 0 > DeliverUnnamedHosts = 0 > FirstWait = 30 > MaxPingsAtOnce = 256 > UpdatePeriod = 300 > PingAddresses = 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0; > AllowedAddresses = 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0; > BroadcastNetwor

[gentoo-user] Problems building GTK+

2005-02-16 Thread David Corbin
while emerging x11-libs/gtk+-2.4.14 I get this: grep: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/libstdc++.la: No such file or directory /bin/sed: can't read /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/libstdc++.la: No such file or directory Ideas? Who should have the libstdc++ I need? David --

Re: [gentoo-user] LISA problems

2005-02-16 Thread David Corbin
On Wednesday 16 February 2005 07:25 pm, Nick Rout wrote: > is the config file (somewhere in /etc) right? I cannot find one. /etc/conf.d/lisa comments make it look like it should be in /etc/lisarc, but it's not there. Where can I find sample and/or documentation. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mail

[gentoo-user] LISA problems

2005-02-16 Thread David Corbin
When I try to start LISA (/etc/init.d/lisa start), it "seems" to succeed, but I can find no process running, and KDE doesn't think it's running. I can find no log file that might explain why, and configuration information is scarce. Please point in the right direction for solving this. David

[gentoo-user] Missing Desktops

2005-02-08 Thread David Corbin
I have a Gentoo KDE system, that is reasonably up to-date. When I boot, the panel shows four virtual desktops, and #2 is "active". Looking in the control center, I have four defined, and each has a different background color. However, if I switch to any other than #2, there is panel on the b

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerged world, now can't su

2005-02-06 Thread David Corbin
On Sunday 06 February 2005 07:19 pm, Mike Payson wrote: > I just ran 'emerge -u world' for the first time in about three weeks, > and ran dispatch-conf to update my config files. Now, when I try to su > to root, I always get permission denied. I'm certain that I'm typing the > password, but to be s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dd as backup?

2005-02-06 Thread David Corbin
This seems like a GREAT thing to have written up as HOWTO... David On Sunday 06 February 2005 05:16 pm, Remy Blank wrote: > Nick Smith wrote: > > also, what about a mirrored raid? is it possible to create one > > without having to start from scratch and reinstall? like just add the > > drive to m

Re: [gentoo-user] squirrelmail

2005-02-06 Thread David Corbin
On Sunday 06 February 2005 01:12 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At Sun, 06 Feb 2005 12:36:05 -0500 David Corbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Correct, but there is a solution. Enable logging and look only at the > "small second logs". Here is what I mean. The last thr

Re: [gentoo-user] squirrelmail

2005-02-06 Thread David Corbin
On Sunday 06 February 2005 04:05 am, David Busby wrote: > David Corbin wrote: > > I have squirrelmail emerged (w/apache 2.0), but it won't work. There > > doesn't appear to be anything in the apache configuration that allows it > > run php, instead of just returni

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Courier Imap problem

2005-02-06 Thread David Corbin
On Saturday 05 February 2005 11:33 pm, Lenroc wrote: > On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 22:58:11 -0500, David Corbin wrote: > > I had a working IMap installation. I did an upgrade that included > > several courier updates. Now I'm having "connection problems". When I > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Courier Imap problem

2005-02-06 Thread David Corbin
ier-authlib via /etc/init.d/ > > > Basically what has happened here is that courier-imap has been split up > into several smaller packages, and this obviously didn't go to well with > upgrading. > > Hope this helps everyone ;-) > > Greetings > Ralph > > Davi

[gentoo-user] squirrelmail

2005-02-05 Thread David Corbin
I have squirrelmail emerged (w/apache 2.0), but it won't work. There doesn't appear to be anything in the apache configuration that allows it run php, instead of just returning the source. Pointers? David -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Courier Imap problem

2005-02-05 Thread David Corbin
I had a working IMap installation. I did an upgrade that included several courier updates. Now I'm having "connection problems". When I telnet to it, I get this: Connected to imap. Escape character is '^]'. * BYE imaplogin expected exactly two arguments. Connection closed by foreign host. I

Re: [gentoo-user] portage rsync via ssh

2005-02-04 Thread David Corbin
> ok, gotcha > > for downloading source tarballs you can specify the downloader command > to use any command you like. There doesn't seem to be an equivalent > option for rsync'ing the portage tree. > > As I said finding some way to alias the rsync command to womething like > > rsync -e ssh userna

[gentoo-user] x11-misc/shared-mime-info-0.14-r1

2005-02-04 Thread David Corbin
While emerging the above package, I get... configure: error: XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool David -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] portage rsync via ssh

2005-02-04 Thread David Corbin
05-02-03 at 20:57 -0500, David Corbin wrote: > > I have one machine on my system that I as a "portage sync target" for > > others. Is there anyway to have portage sync from this target using > > "rsync over ssh", rather than straight rsync? > > > > Thank

[gentoo-user] portage rsync via ssh

2005-02-03 Thread David Corbin
I have one machine on my system that I as a "portage sync target" for others. Is there anyway to have portage sync from this target using "rsync over ssh", rather than straight rsync? Thanks David -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] solving init.d problem

2005-02-01 Thread David Corbin
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 05:20 am, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 22:05, David Corbin wrote: > > Today, when I booted, I got one red !! from the init.d script. Now, I > > know how I can try to figure out what's going, but I'd like to know the > > &quo

Re: [gentoo-user] Courier IMap problem (solved)

2005-01-29 Thread David Corbin
On Saturday 29 January 2005 11:06 am, David Corbin wrote: > I've built a new Gentoo server. Installed Courier IMAP + Exim. Then, I > copied various mail folder and configuration files to it, then dropped the > newly configured drive in place of the old one (an old Debian-based syst

[gentoo-user] Courier IMap problem

2005-01-29 Thread David Corbin
I've built a new Gentoo server. Installed Courier IMAP + Exim. Then, I copied various mail folder and configuration files to it, then dropped the newly configured drive in place of the old one (an old Debian-based system that used Courier IMAP and Exim). Everything has gone well, except for o

[gentoo-user] solving init.d problem

2005-01-29 Thread David Corbin
Today, when I booted, I got one red !! from the init.d script. Now, I know how I can try to figure out what's going, but I'd like to know the "proper Gentoo" way. Is the output or errors from this script logged somewhere? Starting the problem script by hand later worked, so I suspect it's a tim

Re: [gentoo-user] Custom Bootable CD

2005-01-23 Thread David Corbin
On Sunday 23 January 2005 07:56 pm, Norbert Kamenicky wrote: > David Corbin wrote: > > Yep. I'm going to try to convert from LILO to GRUB. The last time > > I tried > > > GRUB wasn't pretty :). > > OK, in this case nearly any bootable linux CD is all u

Re: [gentoo-user] Custom Bootable CD

2005-01-23 Thread David Corbin
On Sunday 23 January 2005 06:00 pm, Nick Rout wrote: > On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:46:36 -0500 > > David Corbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks, but that doesn't qualify as easy in my book. Nor (as near as I > > can tell), is it based on my current system. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Custom Bootable CD

2005-01-23 Thread David Corbin
out wrote: > catalyst > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_build_a_LiveCD > > On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:27:50 -0500 > > David Corbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a flopply-less system. I know, that I can, boot of a LiveCD and > > by doing all the right th

[gentoo-user] Custom Bootable CD

2005-01-23 Thread David Corbin
I have a flopply-less system. I know, that I can, boot of a LiveCD and by doing all the right things, get access to my system. But, since my system is LVM based, it is a real pain to do so. Is there any tool available that will *easily* build me a boot/recovery CD based on my current system?

[gentoo-user] gemsvnc

2005-01-22 Thread David Corbin
I notice that gemsvnc is no longer available (after syncing) where it once was. Is this a permanent situation, or temporary one? Why? David -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Sync only once

2005-01-22 Thread David Corbin
I understand that doing "emerge --sync" more than once a day is bad behavior. I have multiple machines that share a single public IP address. How can I configure one to do the sync, and others to reference that once? Is there a HOWTO about this? David -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mirrorselect bug

2005-01-17 Thread David Corbin
On Saturday 15 January 2005 11:58 pm, Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote: > Peng wrote: > > Now that I think about it, I had trouble with all of the mirrorselect > > mirrors, too... > > FWIW, I only have trouble with mirrorselect on the LiveCD. On a fully > functional system, it seems to pick very good

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge problem

2005-01-16 Thread David Corbin
On Sunday 16 January 2005 03:35 pm, Alec wrote: > > >2) I've tried to "emerge arabeyes-fonts" to see what's masking it. I get > > the same error. > > If you actually read the above, you will see: > > !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your > request: - media-fonts

[gentoo-user] emerge problem

2005-01-16 Thread David Corbin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/portage/media-fonts]# emerge -p * These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies \ !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "arabeyes-fonts" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - media-fon

[gentoo-user] mirrorselect bug

2005-01-15 Thread David Corbin
I did a fresh install (minimal, stage3) of 2004.3. When it came time to emerge things I would get repeated failures. All the mirrors selected by mirror select seem to have failures of one type or another. It seems like mirror select decided that since they failed in such a short time, they we

[gentoo-user] Errors emerge gemsnvc....

2005-01-15 Thread David Corbin
ar -rc locallib.a commands.o ilace.o rectangle.o cmd_sockets.o gemsvnc.c: In function `main': gemsvnc.c:1550: error: structure has no member named `rfbServerFormat' gemsvnc.c:1551: error: structure has no member named `rfbServerFormat' gemsvnc.c:1553: error: structure has no member named `rfbServer

[gentoo-user] packagecd

2005-01-15 Thread David Corbin
I've done my best, but I can find nothing that documents how to use the packagecd. Pointers please. David -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list