Re: [gentoo-user] usb storage

2004-02-04 Thread Stephen Turner
im having issues that i cant seem to mount it at all... works on everything without a driver soo... linux doesnt like it :( hope they fix it ill try it tho, gotta get my box up it died = ::: common sense? does it come with a manual?::: __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo!

[gentoo-user] usb storage

2004-02-04 Thread Stephen Turner
hey im having issues with my digital camera memorystic reader and my 32 meg thumbdrive usb storage thing :-p both are flash storage. i was curious how to check whats on the usb bus and what modules i need to read a sony memory stick product supposedly mounted from the camera itself (done it before

[gentoo-user] gnomad2 error

2003-12-24 Thread Stephen Turner
> usb_bulk_write: No such file or directory > send_njb3_command: I/O failure on USB data pipe hey guys the above is an error i get while running gnomad2 for my zen xtra i cant get it to work and would rather not use windoze, any suggestions? this error comes from the command prompt immediately aft

[gentoo-user] custom ebuild semi solved

2003-12-23 Thread Stephen Turner
hey guys thanks for the advice, but i finnally got annoyed trying to get it to work, guess im just not cut out to be a hacker :-p LOL. but i did solve my problem by going with unstable. my question is if i go to unstable to install one package and return to stable will i have any issues? is there a

[gentoo-user] custom ebuilds`

2003-12-23 Thread Stephen Turner
hey guys i was curious where and how to save custom ebuilds i wanted to emerge? thanks = ::: common sense? does it come with a manual?::: __ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing

[gentoo-user] nomad zen and gentoo

2003-12-20 Thread Stephen Turner
hey ive been strugling to figure out how to get my nomad zen to work with gentoo, is there any special files i need? does it just mount? i tried mounting it like my sony digital cam with flash disk and that didnt work out too well i tried a few other things sda1 2 sdb i see in the emerge tree a lib

[gentoo-user] how to play cube

2003-12-15 Thread Stephen Turner
hey ive covered a website and played with some of the stuff in /usr/games/bin but alas cant seem to get cube to exicute. according to what i read i should be able to play a game. any help getting it to work would be grateful, i think im just trying to start it wrong maybe? = ::: common sense?

[gentoo-user] alsa works applications dont

2003-12-01 Thread Stephen Turner
hey i ran back through the alsa guide and noticed the alsa drivers working but xmms and mplayer isnt. actually, no sound is except when i use aplay. any suggestions? thanks for your help! = ::: common sense? does it come with a manual?::: __ Do you Yahoo!? Free

[gentoo-user] wierd sound issue (was alsa error)

2003-12-01 Thread Stephen Turner
well i should have tried the aplay function before i blamed alsa :-p i tried it on a mp3 and even tho it couldnt play it it generated static like a telephone does showing there was data and sound. so sound works but for some reason xmms doesnt despite a recompile nore does mplayer. why wont they us

[gentoo-user] alsa error?

2003-11-30 Thread Stephen Turner
hey ive unmuted the alsa mixer and set the alsa driver to autoload from boot and tried to manually start it but it didnt seem to start, it was working last time i was on the computer im not sure what happend... any suggested places to start looking? = ::: common sense? does it come with a manu

[gentoo-user] old cd?

2003-11-18 Thread Stephen Turner
hey what ever happend to that small 16meg cd? or am i looking in the wrong place? = ** computers are a lot like air conditioners, they stop working properly once you open windows ** __ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http:/

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-kernel for more than one kernel?

2003-11-17 Thread Stephen Turner
> I just have two Gentoo kernels on my system: gaming-sources > (2.4.20-gaming-r3) and vanilla-sources (2.4.22-2.4.22). If I do a > genkernel on 2.4.22, I have to remerge nvidia-kernel, which takes the > liberty of removing the files from the previous emerge when it's done, > thus removing itse

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-kernel for more than one kernel?

2003-11-16 Thread Stephen Turner
--- William Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "touch /lib/modules/2.4.23_pre8-gss/video/nvidia.o" > "emerge nvidia-kernel" > ... would you mind educating a poor soul? why do you need to do these and what was he wanting? i ask cause im going to be reinstalling gentoo soon and may need to know

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-kernel for more than one kernel?

2003-11-16 Thread Stephen Turner
--- Joel Konkle-Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I maintain nvidia-kernel for more than one kernel? I have it set > up to in gaming-sources, but when I switch to vanilla-sources and do > `emerge nvidia-kernel` again, it deletes itself from gaming-sources and > installs into vanilla-so

Re: [gentoo-user] bootsplash

2003-10-18 Thread Stephen Turner
boot splash is that the boot screen that vaguely resembles windoes with the progress bar? = ** computers are a lot like air conditioners, they stop working properly once you open windows ** __ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product sea

[gentoo-user] gentoo portage updates

2003-10-02 Thread Stephen Turner
hey currious, how does portage update the apps? does it dl the whole program source for the new or does it get a update patch and patch it like suse? and if it doesnt dl the patch why not go that route? just currious (secretly conspiring to start a flame war) = ** computers are a lot like air

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-dev] gentoo vs. the FHS

2003-09-25 Thread Stephen Turner
they arent letting others suggest standards? well screw fhs then! sounds like microsoft in the making! whos up for winix? LOL the linux distro that crashes! yes crashes! you thought it was impossible to crash linux but this one blue screens you 5 billion times a week! or your money back! = **

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-dev] gentoo vs. the FHS

2003-09-25 Thread Stephen Turner
lol i dont understand most of the placement of files as it is, i mean var, whats that stand for? why is it used for logs is it? lol ok boot is logical, bin and sbin is even more logical. etc? whats it for? everything that dont quite belong? usr is logical i suppose, its nonsystem but installed by u

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Upgrade question..

2003-09-25 Thread Stephen Turner
> > As root: > > cd /usr/src > > rm linux > > ln -s linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r7 linux > > cd linux > > mount /boot > > genkernel LOL im not gifted enough in the ways of scripting to do it yet plus my linux died ok ok i killed it, (accident) and im using win2k at the moment (gaming reasons) its a demo v

[gentoo-user] re: SCO gets personal!

2003-09-12 Thread Stephen Turner
no no no dont send them there! its too friendly! send them to osama bin laden so he can rape them and use them as human bombs :D = ** computers are a lot like air conditioners, they stop working properly once you open windows ** __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteB

Re: [gentoo-user] a smaller penguin

2003-09-02 Thread Stephen Turner
--- > I wouldn't call 700MB espicially tiny, would you? ;-) > But if a CD is okay then it means that you want a read-only system. Then > what's wrong with using Knoppix? well your right 700m isnt exactly small but thats the max i wanna use so to give ya an idea :D well i dunno i havent looked at

[gentoo-user] a smaller penguin

2003-09-02 Thread Stephen Turner
hey i was hoping for a small linux distro. like i love my bloated destop its blazing thanks to those optimizations but what if i wanted to use gentoo for somthing embedded? i was hoping to get something small like debian. with the auto stuff like gentoo ;) i tried using 386 once back in 1.3 i think

[gentoo-user] moded gentoo distro?

2003-08-25 Thread Stephen Turner
hey love the kernel gen thats super cool, :-p never seen my pc turn off before after powering down! well anyways are there any plans for a gentoo firewall/router? how about server specific spin offs? kinda like a minimalist webserver almost embedded or somthing? just curious what others thought esp

[gentoo-user] baselayout?

2003-08-25 Thread Stephen Turner
what is in the baselayout package? = ** LINUX, High performance food for your pc. what is yours running on? ** __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] lovein it

2003-08-11 Thread Stephen Turner
i decided to reinstall and i love the way you got the install set up! im using a stage1 with a existing linux install so i havent seen the livecd yet but im sure its great to! lovin it! = *// No cows were injured in the making of this message *// __ Do you Yah

Re: [gentoo-user] Perl hates my linux

2003-08-05 Thread Stephen Turner
well i gave the only thing i new how the first time around and no one answerd so, i gave the output of emerge -up world. and asked what kind of info you gus needed, anyways im tinkering with it and if it gives me too much trouble ill just reinstall or something. = *// No cows were injured in

[gentoo-user] Perl hates my linux

2003-08-04 Thread Stephen Turner
hey the new perl update or version is causing a conflict with another package in my system or something. i sent an email erlyer with no reply im having to manualy update other packages to stay decently secure :-p atleast i hope lol = *// No cows were injured in the making of this message *//

[gentoo-user] emerge error

2003-08-03 Thread Stephen Turner
hey im having trouble, ive been rsyncing for 3-4 days now and still come up with a bad perl package which seems to stop me from updating, :( ive run this box for quite some time so not sure if that matters anyways i attatched the output if you need one where i also try to emerge -U let me know, tha

[gentoo-user] a bug?

2003-06-25 Thread Stephen Turner
hey i found a funny behavior! try using phoenix to surf your hard drive. i went to /root to move some files around and a folder became out of view anyways i allready had the file and was in the dragging mode and when i tried to let go in a manner to make it do nothing it actually got phoenix to go

Re: [gentoo-user] hardware clock

2003-06-23 Thread Stephen Turner
> > Note: it's the windows clock too. > > ;) theres your answer LOL. joking aside i found that sometimes after installing a linux distro (not gentoo tho) i would get midi errors on windoze i also had isues under windose where the nic card would temperarily not work for that session till i reboote

[gentoo-user] yahoo IM issues

2003-06-18 Thread Stephen Turner
gaim says "you have been signed off, unable to read" and ymessenger says "your account has been locked" yet i can log into a web messenger without problems whats up? anyone else having this issue? i just recently updated and that could be the problem. = *// No cows were injured in the making

[gentoo-user] masked file

2003-06-15 Thread Stephen Turner
hey i forgot the masked ebuilds file name and location and was also curious, is usermode-linux sources masked because its potentially dangerous if the user makes a mistake or because its got a serious bug? thanks = *// No cows were injured in the making of this message *// __

Re: [gentoo-user] USB CF reader hotplug mounting

2003-06-15 Thread Stephen Turner
i dont have any troubles with the mounting and umounting of my sony camera. it has a usb cable attatchment so :) i use it to even store files sometimes. anyways i got a simple script that allways mounts sda1 every time multiple times in one session and i have everything compiled into my kernel no m

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: mbox vs maildir

2003-06-05 Thread Stephen Turner
while were talking about mail, whats a good lightweight setup? im looking for a yahoo like web access mail program that can also do a pop3 or similiar function. Is apache still the best webserver? = *// No cows were injured in the making of this message *// __

RE: [gentoo-user] Almost Trashed

2003-05-29 Thread Stephen Turner
250 each? these slim pcs whats the specs? i might be interested = *// No cows were injured in the making of this message *// __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail

[gentoo-user] gkrellm issues

2003-03-14 Thread Stephen Turner
hey i used to have gkrellm working on my system but after a recompile of the system... well it wont work anymore, ive checked my make.conf, played with the +gtk -gtk issues tried everything i could think of (dependency wise) but it wont emerge :( it errors out with this message [Function src_compi

[gentoo-user] problems with alsa-utils

2003-03-11 Thread Stephen Turner
i emerged alsa-utils tried to use it and got an error, rebooted and still got the error "mixer attach default error" the one im supposed to not get. it seems like the alsa modules got lodded correctly, i even tried the insmod method, tha didnt seem to work... any clues? _

Re: [gentoo-user] eterm Wierdness (solved)

2003-03-10 Thread Stephen Turner
LOL! i forgot to capitolize! sorry, guess windoze is takeing its toll on me! thanks for responding tho i appreciate it! --- "Louis C. Candell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stephen Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > hey ive emerged eterm multiple t

[gentoo-user] eterm Wierdness

2003-03-10 Thread Stephen Turner
hey ive emerged eterm multiple times dont get errors yet its still listed as required in emerge eyes, on top of that i cant get a eterm man page or pull it up.. any answers? suggestions? __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips

[gentoo-user] gkrellm questions

2003-03-10 Thread Stephen Turner
hey nice app :) altho im curious, the #K that is over or on the eth0 display is that total ##K per second transferd? or just one way? and if one way which way? i havent found any info to say either way, reason i asked is at some points gkrellm will say 50k and gnutella will say over 75k! i only a

[gentoo-user] no bottleneck, laggin

2003-03-09 Thread Stephen Turner
well im still having issues with gtk-gnutella slowing down to a near stop (well it does stop for a while but starts back up) perhaps i need more or less optimizations? i used default given by gentoo, in any case my cpu usage, ram, disk access, and proc, is all below 20% usage at max, ram is only us

[gentoo-user] a Bottleneck?

2003-03-08 Thread Stephen Turner
im having trouble with gtk-gnutella responding, its fine unless i have dl queues then the thing doesnt respond for long pieriods of time. thankfully linux was well planned out and allows me to atleast minimize it so i can do other things ;) god i love linux. anyhoot, im currious what you guys recom

Re: [gentoo-user] net config? problems (solved)

2003-03-07 Thread Stephen Turner
thanks guys for your response :) it was my gateway, for some reason or another it didnt work out the first time, i removed the eth0/ before my gateway address when the modules werent loading for some strange reason, i was tired and not thinking clearly :-p when you guys mentioned gateway i remember

[gentoo-user] net config? problems

2003-03-07 Thread Stephen Turner
im having a few issues connecting to the net, ive got my nic module installed and running, the kernel fires up sees all the hardware and then i ping my cable/dsl router, well alls good but i cant ping my wan gateway! i cant get out of my home lan! but if i boot winbloze i can send this email! any i

[gentoo-user] portage Idea

2003-02-28 Thread Stephen Turner
hey i wanted to mention an idea for portage here so if its a good idea it could be worked out before going into bugtrax er what not to bug the developers, but anyways the idea was having updates done in patches (if source still exists on upgradeing machine) to the current source, perhaps reducing t

[gentoo-user] Mesh Wifi Kernel Modules?

2003-02-27 Thread Stephen Turner
hey i have been seeing lots of hype about wireless mesh networks, all the work seems to be done in linux but i was curious, where can i find the code to these kernel modules or what ever they may be? i wish to examin this and possibly work on some home brew systems. thanks in advance :) __