Re: [gentoo-user] acpid

2005-08-31 Thread Mauro Faccenda
John Dangler wrote: I got acpid emerged, started, and added to run level, but when I go into gnome and mouse over the battery (the default applet) it says: System is running on battery power 0 minutes (0%) remain the laptop is plugged into the AC. what acpi -V returns? []'s Mauro

[gentoo-user] KDE preferences

2005-08-31 Thread Jorge Almeida
I had the disastrous idea of trying to update kde 3.3 to 3.4 using the new split ebuilds. I tried to reduce bloat by emerging only what I thought I really use. Now I have lost ALL my normal user's preferences! This is the kind of thing that can't be explained by a careless use of

[gentoo-user] extreme clock drift / openntpd won't sync

2005-08-31 Thread Matt Garman
My system clock is running extremely fast... so fast that even openntpd (apparently) can't catch up! I tried (oh how I tried) to get the regular ntp package to work. I could correct my clock using ntpdate, but I could never get ntpd to sync with any servers (see notes (*) below). So I got fed

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE preferences

2005-08-31 Thread Christoph Eckert
I had the disastrous idea of trying to update kde 3.3 to 3.4 using the new split ebuilds. I tried to reduce bloat by emerging only what I thought I really use. Now I have lost ALL my normal user's  preferences! AFAIK Gentoo allows to run two KDE versions independently. ~/.kde is

[gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

2005-08-31 Thread Matt Garman
Before this gets into a flame war, let's just operate under the assertion that the best window manager/desktop environment is strictly a matter of personal preference. So, having said that, what window manager do you use, and why? I wouldn't trade the multitude of options availabe in Linux for

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE preferences

2005-08-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 23:07:45 +0100 (WEST), Jorge Almeida wrote: I had the disastrous idea of trying to update kde 3.3 to 3.4 using the new split ebuilds. I tried to reduce bloat by emerging only what I thought I really use. Now I have lost ALL my normal user's preferences! rm -fr

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE preferences

2005-08-31 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 23:07:45 +0100 (WEST), Jorge Almeida wrote: I had the disastrous idea of trying to update kde 3.3 to 3.4 using the new split ebuilds. I tried to reduce bloat by emerging only what I thought I really use. Now I have lost ALL my

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

2005-08-31 Thread John Jolet
I've pretty much settled on kde. I like the speed and functionality. I find gnome a little slow (on my hardware) and not quite as stable. I really like xfce, but find certain configuration tasks more difficult than in kde. On Aug 31, 2005, at 5:28 PM, Matt Garman wrote: Before this

Re: [gentoo-user] extreme clock drift / openntpd won't sync

2005-08-31 Thread William Kenworthy
First add the line tinker panic 0 to the top of ntp.conf (for ntpd, not openntp) This allows it to step when outside normal parameters. Otherwise it will register the time difference but wont try and correct it. If it is drifting faster than the allowable correction rate, it will slowly move to

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

2005-08-31 Thread Christoph Eckert
Before this gets into a flame war, let's just operate under the assertion that the best window manager/desktop environment is strictly a matter of personal preference. yes it is. Mine is KDE. It eats hardware but I do not care. It's configurable and convenient, and I like the development

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with X100P clone

2005-08-31 Thread Walter Willis
i am change user asterisk for root and work fine is correct the change? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE preferences

2005-08-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 23:38:24 +0100 (WEST), Jorge Almeida wrote: When kde started the first time, the wizard showed its face and I told it to quit (didn't want to lose my preferences, of course). You didn't have any preferences, that's why the wizard started. -- Neil Bothwick The program is

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE preferences

2005-08-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 23:45:17 +0100 (WEST), Jorge Almeida wrote: rm -fr ~/.kde3.4 cp -a ~/.kde3.3 ~/.kde3.4 Nope. Nope what? Nope, it didn't work? nope you didn't try it? Your 3.3 preferences should have been transferred the first time you started 3.4, they were for me. My best guess is

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

2005-08-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:28:21 -0500, Matt Garman wrote: So, having said that, what window manager do you use, and why? I wouldn't trade the multitude of options availabe in Linux for anything, but the choices can be overwhelming. KDE. I've tried others but always end up missing some feature

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

2005-08-31 Thread Fernando Canizo
El 31/ago/2005 a las 19:28 -0300, Matt me decía: I've played with a lot of 'em, starting with fvwm, through window maker, enlightenment 15 16, icewm, gnome, xfce, kde, blackbox... I've been using Fluxbox for quite a while now. I want something that is fairly minimal/lightweight, but with a

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

2005-08-31 Thread Steve B
On 9/1/05, Matt Garman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Before this gets into a flame war, let's just operate under theassertion that the best window manager/desktop environment is strictly a matter of personal preference.So, having said that, what window manager do you use, and why? I was in the same

Re: [gentoo-user] problem with X100P clone

2005-08-31 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
+++ Walter Willis [gentoo-user] [Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 06:09:35PM -0500]: i am change user asterisk for root and work fine is correct the change? It's possible you didn't add the asterisk user to the correct groups? I added asterisk to the audio and dialout groups. dialout is necessary to

Re: [gentoo-user] extreme clock drift / openntpd won't sync

2005-08-31 Thread Matt Randolph
This is almost certainly a hardware problem. If it isn't a hardware problem, it is at least not distribution specific. This doesn't really belong in a Gentoo mailing list. That being said... Some rhetorical questions (in no particular order): Does the problem persist when you use Knoppix?

Re: [gentoo-user] Trouble with mysql

2005-08-31 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 18:04 -0500, Paul Maszy wrote: You shouldnt have restarted. mysql is already starting on boot up. It showing that many mysql daemons is normal and ok. # /etc/init.d/mysql stop --- You will probably get an error here, if everything happened as you

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

2005-08-31 Thread Bob Sanders
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:28:21 -0500 Matt Garman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, having said that, what window manager do you use, and why? I wouldn't trade the multitude of options availabe in Linux for anything, but the choices can be overwhelming. enlightenment E16. After messing with

[gentoo-user] nfs setup

2005-08-31 Thread John Dangler
I'm trying to get nfs setup between my gentoo boxes (both local) on the server, grep NFS /usr/src/linux/.config (on the server) returns: CONFIG_NFS_FS=m CONFIG_NFS_V3=y CONFIG_NFS_V4 is not set CONFIG_NFS_DIRECTIO is not set CONFIG_NFSD=m CONFIG_NFSD_V4 is not set CONFIG_NFSD_TCP=y Are these

Re: [gentoo-user] How to work with etc-updates.

2005-08-31 Thread Jerry Turba
Thanks everyone for your help. I will try using Marks rules and start using dispatch-conf to be able to roll back any changes that don't seem to work. Jerry Mark Knecht wrote: On 8/30/05, Jerry Turba [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I understand the process etc-update lists new configuration

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

2005-08-31 Thread Holly Bostick
Steve B schreef: On 9/1/05, *Matt Garman* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Before this gets into a flame war, let's just operate under the assertion that the best window manager/desktop environment is strictly a matter of personal preference. So, having said that,

Re: [gentoo-user] nfs setup

2005-08-31 Thread Michael Crute
On 8/31/05, John Dangler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to get nfs setup between my gentoo boxes (both local)on the server, grep NFS /usr/src/linux/.config (on the server) returns:CONFIG_NFS_FS=mCONFIG_NFS_V3=yCONFIG_NFS_V4 is not setCONFIG_NFS_DIRECTIO is not set CONFIG_NFSD=mCONFIG_NFSD_V4

[gentoo-user] Adaptec AIC7xxx kernel problems?

2005-08-31 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
I'm wondering if it's just me or is anyone else having problems. I am running 2.6.11-r6 with no problems on a system with an Adaptec 39160 card. I tried to go to 2.6.12-r6 and r9 but kept getting kernel panics on boot. I have another system I'm installing Gentoo on that has an Adaptec 2940uw

RE: [gentoo-user] nfs setup

2005-08-31 Thread John Dangler
Mike~ Thanks for the input. I'm going to emerge nfs-utils on the server and client now. I can't wait to get off this win machine! John -Original Message- From: Michael Crute [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 10:09 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject:

[gentoo-user] workspace setups

2005-08-31 Thread JD ATL LP
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 My first email from my new gentoo laptop! I'm trying to figure out how these workspaces 'work'. I want to setup one for business, and another for dev. e.g. in the business space, i'd have office apps, stock ticker, etc showing. in the dev space, i'd

Re: [gentoo-user] workspace setups

2005-08-31 Thread John Jolet
Those workspaces are a feature of your windowmanager, not gentoo. Which window manager are you using? kde, or gnome, or what? On Wednesday 31 August 2005 17:20, JD ATL LP wrote: My first email from my new gentoo laptop! I'm trying to figure out how these workspaces 'work'. I want to setup

RE: [gentoo-user] workspace setups

2005-08-31 Thread John Dangler
Rats (I forgot to turn off mail on the win box) Sorry - I'm using gnome atm John D -Original Message- From: John Jolet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 10:25 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] workspace setups Those workspaces

[gentoo-user] I was wondering.....

2005-08-31 Thread timothy johnson
I had an idea for a display setup and was wondering if anyone had any idea on if its possible. I am currently using Gnome, and have four virtual desktops. My question is this... is it possible to have that same setup but have four other monitors that show those virtual display in a full screen

Re: [gentoo-user] Adaptec AIC7xxx kernel problems?

2005-08-31 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Thursday 01 September 2005 04:13, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: I'm wondering if it's just me or is anyone else having problems. I am running 2.6.11-r6 with no problems on a system with an Adaptec 39160 card. I tried to go to 2.6.12-r6 and r9 but kept getting kernel panics on boot. I have

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

2005-08-31 Thread Qiangning Hong
Bob Sanders wrote: enlightenment E16. After messing with KDE, Gnome, Openbox, fluxbox, flirting with XCFE and a few others, I came back to Enlightenment. As an XFCE user currently, I'm curious about what make you guys leave XFCE for other lightweight WMs? -- Qiangning Hong Registered Linux

Re: [gentoo-user] How to work with etc-updates.

2005-08-31 Thread Mark Knecht
On 8/31/05, Jerry Turba [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks everyone for your help. I will try using Marks rules and start using dispatch-conf to be able to roll back any changes that don't seem to work. Jerry Darn, that's scary! OK, if you're gonna follow someone as blind as me le me expand

RE: [gentoo-user] workspace setups

2005-08-31 Thread W.Kenworthy
What do you mean by workspace??? - multiple desktops via the pager? BillK On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 22:32 -0400, John Dangler wrote: ... Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] workspace setups T -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Where is the emerge history

2005-08-31 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
How can I find out the last few things I emerged? I've tried the docs, but I can't seem to find a helpful query, and my attempts to browse my way to it have failed. My reason is that I've been trying to track down the reasons why the latest ebuilds of libgphoto2 and of wine are failing, and in

Re: [gentoo-user] Where is the emerge history

2005-08-31 Thread John Jolet
there's /var/log/emerge.log On Aug 31, 2005, at 10:23 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: How can I find out the last few things I emerged? I've tried the docs, but I can't seem to find a helpful query, and my attempts to browse my way to it have failed. My reason is that I've been trying to track

Re: [gentoo-user] Where is the emerge history

2005-08-31 Thread Nick Rout
genlop -l On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:23:24 -0700 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: How can I find out the last few things I emerged? I've tried the docs, but I can't seem to find a helpful query, and my attempts to browse my way to it have failed. My reason is that I've been trying to track down the

[gentoo-user] libghoto2 emerge fails -- what to do?

2005-08-31 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
The latest ebuild of this library fails for me. I'm not sure what to do, or even if this is the right place to post the info. So I'm wondering what I should do next. The emerge output contains a lot of unusual stuff that looks like source code. I don't generally see such stuff. The tail end looks

[gentoo-user] Emerge win fails -- what to do

2005-08-31 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
A second ebuild in the latest batch failed for me. This time it's wine. Again, I'm not sure how to report such a thing; maybe someone could point me in the right direction. Anyway, the tail end of the ebuild looks like: Print Stylesheet//EN

Re: [gentoo-user] Where is the emerge history

2005-08-31 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
There is indeed. Thanks very much. ++ kevinOn 8/31/05, John Jolet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there's /var/log/emerge.logOn Aug 31, 2005, at 10:23 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: How can I find out the last few things I emerged?I've tried the docs, but I can't seem to find a helpful query, and my

[gentoo-user] Which drivers to use for audio and video?

2005-08-31 Thread Walter Dnes
I've got a brand new AMD64, which I'm installing 32-bit Gentoo on. When setting up a system figuring out which drivers to build, my options are... Plan A) Boot Gentoo install CD and run lsmod to see which modules are loaded, so I know what to use. If The Gentoo install CD can't recognize

Re: [gentoo-user] Where is the emerge history

2005-08-31 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 22:30:56 -0500 John Jolet wrote: there's /var/log/emerge.log not necessarily, it depends whether you have specified a PORT_LOGDIR= in /etc/make.conf On Aug 31, 2005, at 10:23 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE preferences

2005-08-31 Thread Norberto Bensa
Neil Bothwick wrote: My best guess is that you didn't emerge whichever component is responsible for this. I think it is kdebase-startkde -- Norberto Bensa 4544-9692 / 15-4190-6344 Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina pgpg6anO9YTZe.pgp Description: PGP signature

RE: [gentoo-user] workspace setups

2005-08-31 Thread John Dangler
As in - workspace1 | workspace2 | workspace3 | workspace4 (bottom right of the task bar in gnome desktop) I've figured out that if you open apps in one workspace, and then switch to another, those apps don't appear, which does give me some idea of the mechanics, but I'd like to customize what

Re: [gentoo-user] Where is the emerge history

2005-08-31 Thread John Jolet
On Aug 31, 2005, at 10:41 PM, Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 22:30:56 -0500 John Jolet wrote: there's /var/log/emerge.log not necessarily, it depends whether you have specified a PORT_LOGDIR= in /etc/make.conf good point. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Where is the emerge history

2005-08-31 Thread Matan Peled
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Jolet wrote: good point. Isn't /var/log/emerge.log there anyway, and PORT_LOGDIR= only controls /var/log/portage/* ? - -- [Name ] :: [Matan I. Peled] [Location ] :: [Israel] [Public Key] :: [0xD6F42CA5]

Re: [gentoo-user] Where is the emerge history

2005-08-31 Thread Fernando Canizo
El 01/sep/2005 a las 01:00 -0300, John me decía: Nick~ where is genlop? (can't locate and no man page, so I'm guessing I need to emerge something to get it...) Yes you need: $ eix genlop * app-portage/genlop Available versions: 0.30.2 ~0.30.3 Installed: no

Re: [gentoo-user] Which drivers to use for audio and video?

2005-08-31 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi Walter, I'm setting up the same thing, although I used the 64-bit Gentoo install CD. Why are you using 32-bit? As for the ATI driver I set it up quickly today using the radeon driver from xorg-x11. I've got an Asus PCI-E 16x card. It worked fine the first time at 1280x1024 at 16-bit. The

Re: [gentoo-user] Where is the emerge history

2005-08-31 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 00:00:41 -0400 John Dangler wrote: Nick~ where is genlop? (can't locate and no man page, so I'm guessing I need to emerge something to get it...) emerge genlop (if all else fails try the obvious LOL) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: modifying locally an ebuild

2005-08-31 Thread Moshe Kaminsky
Fernando Canizo schreef: This is the thing: in mutt you can flag a message as important (you got only one flag), also you have a 'ctrl-d' command that deletes a full thread. Sometimes threads get off-topic (an unconstructive flame for example) and when i realize that, and don't

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