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 Robert Crawford
On Sunday 27 March 2005 10:35 am, David Corbin wrote: 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Listing injected files

2005-03-26 Thread Robert Crawford
On Friday 25 March 2005 03:56 pm, PK wrote: Esben Mose Hansen wrote: On Friday 2005-03-25 18:08, PK wrote: I have found thats its easier to emerge -i file/name when co,ing across a bad package or something then waiting for an update to portage or a new package then re emerging the lot is

Re: [gentoo-user] Listing injected files

2005-03-26 Thread Robert Crawford
On Saturday 26 March 2005 05:02 am, PK wrote: Robert Crawford wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 03:56 pm, PK wrote: Esben Mose Hansen wrote: On Friday 2005-03-25 18:08, PK wrote: I have found thats its easier to emerge -i file/name when co,ing across a bad package or something then waiting

Re: [gentoo-user] WVDial (was: Re: Dialin with mgetty via GSM)

2005-03-01 Thread Robert Crawford
In the same console you opened wvdial, just type ctrl-c. If you want to reconnect, just type in wvdial in the ssmae console. Robert Crawford On Tuesday 01 March 2005 05:15 am, Bo Grimes wrote: James wrote: I always use wvdial with ppp for dial-out. As a command-line cripple (um, make

Re: [gentoo-user] wvdial not writing to /etc/resolv.conf

2005-02-17 Thread Robert Crawford
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Re: [gentoo-user] Can't UNSUBSCRIBE!!!

2005-02-03 Thread Robert Crawford
more than one ISP and email accounts on both at the same time? If there's any wasting of bandwidth on the lists part, it's their fault, not mine- I've tried to unsubscribe, using their instructions (now multiple times). On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 19:52 -0500, Robert Crawford wrote: When I upgraded

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't UNSUBSCRIBE!!!

2005-02-03 Thread Robert Crawford
On Thursday 03 February 2005 03:33 pm, Steven Susbauer wrote: I'm assuming then that you sent an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] from this dial up account? I do believe they send you a confirmation email, could you have possibly deleted it? I never got one, AFAIK. I was looking for one every time

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: console only web browsing

2005-02-03 Thread Robert Crawford
On Thursday 03 February 2005 04:11 pm, Paul Kain wrote: Yeah- elinks is the best IMO. Robert Crawford elinks has decent cookie support and you can use a mouse with it. On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 15:06:17 -0600, Kashani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've always used lynx which seems decent

[gentoo-user] Can't UNSUBSCRIBE!!!

2005-02-02 Thread Robert Crawford
unsubscribe me at the above ISP, ASAP. I resubscribed with a new email and new ISP. Thanks, Robert Crawford -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] kdevelop3.0 ~x86

2004-02-06 Thread Robert Crawford
, with a little common sense, basic Linux skills, and knowing how to mask/unmask packages, running ~xf86 systems should present no unsurmountable problem for most Gentoo users. Mine have been few and far between. Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kdebase 3.2 compile error: syntax error autom4te

2004-02-05 Thread Robert Crawford
now. Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge K3B

2004-01-17 Thread Robert Crawford
to come out before I waste more time on that again. Whenever I wish to burn cd's, I just boot to my 2.4.23, and have no problems. Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] what -march and -mcpu should I use?

2004-01-09 Thread Robert Crawford
for your specific system/cpu architecture always makes sense. If your cpu is capable of certain features and posesses specific design parameters, what's the point of NOT optimizing your code by specifying the gcc flags that will take advantage of them? Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6 kernel mouse issue

2004-01-09 Thread Robert Crawford
On Friday 09 January 2004 6:54 pm, Alex Nelson wrote: I have a GE (I know, cheap) 5 button optical mouse. It works just great under the 2.4 series of kernels using gpm and X. When I switch to the 2.6.x series the mouse jumps all over the place and is completely unusable. Any ideas or

Re: [gentoo-user] iputils fail to compile after emerge -uD world

2004-01-07 Thread Robert Crawford
#758250 Still haven't figured it out, but am getting some replies. Please join in- maybe we can solve it either here, or there. Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Compiling the kernel with CFLAGS from make.conf

2004-01-07 Thread Robert Crawford
to the quiet and silent options in the Beautify section. There's info on this in the Gentoo Forum. Robert Crawford (wrc1944) http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=119490highlight= -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Help with new system

2003-12-25 Thread Robert Crawford
expertise, but since it became clear that he was not a reiserfs fan, I thought I'd offer a different opinion, based on my personal experience with reiserfs. As usual, YMMV, and reiserfs might not be the best choice in all cases. Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] Weird kppp error annoyance

2003-12-24 Thread Robert Crawford
(but not as often), so it must be isp and/or generic linux related, and not distro or hardware dependent. Thanks, Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] ck-sources advice?

2003-12-14 Thread Robert Crawford
a Gentoo kernel's config with 2.6 is that it has a bunch of patches not in the vanilla 2.6's, so you really need to go through make xconfig and figure out what you need. I use the method below to install all my kernels. Robert Crawford

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6 kernel and sensors

2003-12-03 Thread Robert Crawford
with getting lmsensors readouts with Gkrellm and 2.4 kernels in Mandrake and Gentoo- boy was that an education to finally solve that fiasco! I have to admit, it finally worked, but obviously, I've said goodbye to 2.4 kernels. Robert Crawford (wrc1944) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] xconfig

2003-11-18 Thread Robert Crawford
never figured out why, and never pursued it, as I've gone to 2.6 kernels anyway. I did compile a bunch of 2.4 kernels on Mandrake, but IIRC, I always used xconfig with them. Also, xconfig requires qt to be installed, and if you have kde installed, qt is too. Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL

[gentoo-user] emerge -u system=serious problems

2003-11-14 Thread Robert Crawford
respects. Many thanks, Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -u system=serious problems

2003-11-14 Thread Robert Crawford
On Friday 14 November 2003 10:43 am, Marius Mauch wrote: On 11/14/03 Robert Crawford wrote: Been trying to fix this for two days.I just did an emerge sync, and then emerge -puD system, then -fuD system, and got this error: Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/emerge

Re: [gentoo-user] Radeon 9000 problem

2003-10-28 Thread Robert Crawford
). Robert Crawford On Monday 27 October 2003 12:04 am, XiangYu Ye wrote: Hi, gentooer, My radeon 9000 is using ATI official driver now. But I got only 1700+ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1024x768 in glxgears test. Is that 2.6.0 testx so powerfull? I am using 2.4.20-gentoo-r7. Reply on Monday 27 October

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo box hung - how to debug?

2003-10-28 Thread Robert Crawford
You might have a dust buildup on your fans and other componets. Open the case, and try some canned air to clean it out. Air flow is pretty important for good cooling. Robert Crawford On Tuesday 28 October 2003 7:41 am, Sigurd Stordal wrote: setiathome, and whatever gconf/benobo stuff is left

Re: [gentoo-user] another alsa question

2003-10-28 Thread Robert Crawford
under PCI devices: # CONFIG_SND_CS46XX_NEW_DSP=y Mine also has this set to y # # Generic devices # CONFIG_SND_DUMMY=y Then recompile. Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Command Prompt question

2003-10-27 Thread Robert Crawford
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Re: [gentoo-user] Command Prompt question (PROBLEM SOLVED)

2003-10-26 Thread Robert Crawford
and time spent. B.R. Stephen Robert Crawford wrote: Stephen, What's your /etc/hosts file look like? Mine is: 127.0.0.1localhost mymachine Maybe Tom's previous post (quoted below) is what we both need in /etc/skel/.bashrc? [ -f /etc/profile ] . /etc/profile However, all seems

Re: [gentoo-user] Command Prompt question

2003-10-25 Thread Robert Crawford
Try placing this line at the end of your ~/.bashrc file- it worked for me. source /etc/profile This will also show the current directory if you cd to another directory, instead of just the bash-2.05b$ prompt. Robert Crawford On Saturday 25 October 2003 1:06 pm, Stephen Liu wrote: Hi all

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron

2003-10-24 Thread Robert Crawford
On Friday 24 October 2003 12:37 am, Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I will double check and recompile. Kevin On Thursday 23 October 2003 9:02 pm, Paul Fraser wrote: Do you have kernel support for the filesystem you're using?

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron [UPDATE]

2003-10-24 Thread Robert Crawford
doesn't cut it anymore. Robert Crawford On Friday 24 October 2003 3:52 pm, Tom Syroid wrote: Robert, Kevin, Paul (and anyone else following this thread)... I have a working 2.6.0 config on my Dell Inspiron 8000: * built from 2.6.0 sources (not gentoo development sources), * patched

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron [UPDATE]

2003-10-24 Thread Robert Crawford
to be supported too. I'd like to know, even though I'm not currently using it. Here's a link for some reading on the subject- guess I'll check it out. http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ Robert Crawford On Friday 24 October 2003 8:49 pm, Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron

2003-10-23 Thread Robert Crawford
added the mm1 patch. Really great performance! Be sure to include the items mentioned in the Gentoo Install Doc for compiling your own kernel. Robert Crawford Here's a link to your computer specs, if you don't have the owners manual. http://docs.us.dell.com/docs/systems/plav/specs.htm

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron

2003-10-23 Thread Robert Crawford
5-10 minutes. If you do need this, post any peripherals you need working, and how in general you wish to use the computer- I'm sure you'll get some help. Robert Crawford On Thursday 23 October 2003 2:52 pm, Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I want

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron

2003-10-23 Thread Robert Crawford
specs for your system. Let's do it off list, and if it works we can post it. Are there any peripheral devices I should know about? Robert Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron

2003-10-23 Thread Robert Crawford
On Thursday 23 October 2003 4:34 pm, Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sorry, I actually removed the whole kernel and vowed to wait for the stable version to be released. Now I am getting my nerves back for another attempt this week. Here are my 2.4

Re: [gentoo-user] sensors in 2.6 with MSI K7T

2003-10-23 Thread Robert Crawford
chipset, or it's broken, and we need a patch- but that's beyond my knowledge to create one. If anyone has one, I'll test it out. Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron

2003-10-23 Thread Robert Crawford
On Thursday 23 October 2003 4:34 pm, Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sorry, I actually removed the whole kernel and vowed to wait for the stable version to be released. Now I am getting my nerves back for another attempt this week. Kevin- Here's a

Re: [gentoo-user] Update question

2003-10-23 Thread Robert Crawford
etc-update. After you set it up, you just type cfg-update -i instead of etc-update, and the xxdiff gui comes up with the original and the ._cfg file shown in right and left panes- then you open a merged pane and you can work in those very easily, with many options. Robert Crawford

Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.0-test8 + Inspiron

2003-10-23 Thread Robert Crawford
. But for the basics of getting a 2.6 up and running, this works very well. Hope this helps, Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting floppy problem

2003-10-22 Thread Robert Crawford
Stephen, Here's my fstab line that works for me: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfatnoauto,rw,user 0 0 Robert Crawford On Wednesday 22 October 2003 7:41 am, Stephen Liu wrote: Hi all folks, I have problem in mounting floppy. /etc/fstab as follow; /dev/fd0 /mnt

Re: [gentoo-user] Sound problem

2003-10-21 Thread Robert Crawford
forum. Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Sound problem

2003-10-21 Thread Robert Crawford
those itself. Robert Crawford # # Advanced Linux Sound Architecture # CONFIG_SND=y CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER=y # CONFIG_SND_SEQ_DUMMY is not set CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL=y # CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS is not set # CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS is not set # CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER_OSS is not set CONFIG_SND_RTCTIMER=y

Re: [gentoo-user] Update question

2003-10-21 Thread Robert Crawford
will insure that users will avoid the pitfalls I ran into. (In the process, I also corrected serious problems with my Gentoo installation). Robert Crawford (wrc1944 on the forum) http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=86622 On Tuesday 21 October 2003 2:22 pm, brett holcomb wrote: Yes, but I

Re: [gentoo-user] Update question

2003-10-21 Thread Robert Crawford
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Re: [gentoo-user] Update question

2003-10-21 Thread Robert Crawford
) Once set up, you just type cfg-update -i instead of etc-update after emerging if you need to. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=86622 Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] ATI Radeon 9100 and KT400A

2003-10-18 Thread Robert Crawford
is not set # CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER is not set # CONFIG_HANGCHECK_TIMER is not set Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Installing KDE and Xfree problem

2003-10-14 Thread Robert Crawford
-k packagexxx and it then compiles the source package and any deps. I use -f because I'm on 56k dialup- it's slow, but it works. Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel compile fresh start

2003-10-10 Thread Robert Crawford
one. If you made a rescue boot floppy, and know how to work it that way, you can probably fix it from the command line. Let us know what happens. Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] new CPU march=athlon-xp

2003-10-08 Thread Robert Crawford
are classic overheating problems. Robert Crawford On Tuesday 07 October 2003 8:30 pm, Andrew Gaffney wrote: mathieu perrenoud wrote: Hello, Since two months, everything goes wrong in my pc: erratic disks, mb's chipset overheating... And since yesterday, my box has freezed 3 times

Re: [gentoo-user] is there a good XF86config creator

2003-10-08 Thread Robert Crawford
it, especially if the other methods fail. Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] RE: Re: vanilla-sources (2.4.22) No Athlon XP choice?

2003-09-13 Thread Robert Crawford
, and it builds with those gcc flags. I do my compiling in /home/wrc/kernels, and su to root for modules_install, and copy bzImage. I find I have less problems that way. Here's a link to the Con Kolivas site. http://members.optusnet.com.au/ckolivas/kernel/#faq Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing

[gentoo-user] What is azarah

2003-07-21 Thread Robert Crawford
$ and also fstab: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/fstab,v 1.12 2003/03/11 02:50:53 azarah Exp $ Can someone enlighten me as to what this is, and it's relevance? It also showed up when opening a console a few times. Thanks, Robert

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What is azarah

2003-07-21 Thread Robert Crawford
On Monday 21 July 2003 05:31, Sebastian Bergmann wrote: Robert Crawford wrote: # /etc/skel/.bashrc: # $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/skel/.bashrc,v 1.8 #2003/02/28 15:45:35 azarah Exp $ Those are CVS/RCS ID tags inside a comment. The question is not what is azarah

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What is azarah

2003-07-21 Thread Robert Crawford
I guess just comment it out, or delete it? Robert C. --- On Monday 21 July 2003 09:47, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: Robert Crawford wrote: OK- I give up. If Azarah is a person, why is he showing up as a storage device, and as a partition in kde

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What is azarah

2003-07-21 Thread Robert Crawford
On Monday 21 July 2003 10:25, Renat Golubchyk wrote: On Monday 21 July 2003 15:47, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: Robert Crawford wrote: OK- I give up. If Azarah is a person, why is he showing up as a storage device, and as a partition in kde control center information? What am I missing here

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What is azarah

2003-07-21 Thread Robert Crawford
On Monday 21 July 2003 11:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 11:11:41AM -0400, Robert Crawford wrote: Ciaran, That must be it, because here's the top of my fstab file, and it's the 3rd line. How could this happen? I am dual-booting with Mandrake, and sharing /boot

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What is azarah

2003-07-21 Thread Robert Crawford
On Monday 21 July 2003 11:47, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: Robert Crawford wrote: That must be it, because here's the top of my fstab file, and it's the 3rd line. How could this happen? I am dual-booting with Mandrake, and sharing /boot and swap, and I have been mounting and unmounting partitions