Re: [gentoo-user] Question on my USE choiche

2006-05-20 Thread Anthony E. Caudel
Steven Susbauer wrote: On Sat, 20 May 2006, Anthony E. Caudel wrote: However, you'll need kdelibs to be compiled against it if you want to hear sounds in kde (and I mean sounds generated by kde, not sounds from amarok...) Not sure what you mean by this. Should arts be installed

Re: [gentoo-user] how to have this

2006-05-20 Thread Johám-Luís Miguéns Vila
On 02:42 Sat 20 May , Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > Hi, > > http://gensid.altervista.org/screenshot/fvwm15.png > > I would like to use fvwm and have these features. > My hardware is an AMD Sempron 3000+ 32bits, an ATI Xpress 200M > I really would like to install all needed thing through po

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Hardwarespec

2006-05-20 Thread Nicolas MASSÉ
On Friday 19 May 2006 12:59, Nagatoro wrote: > Hi, Hi, > I found to my horror that my main workstation is no more... > So before I spend way to much money on a new one I would like to know > what you think of this: > > Case: Antec Sonata II 450W I have this case and it is a really good pro

Re: [gentoo-user] Question on my USE choiche

2006-05-20 Thread Jonathan Chocron
Le Samedi 20 Mai 2006 08:18, Anthony E. Caudel a écrit : > > However, > >you'll need kdelibs to be compiled against it if you want to hear sounds > > in kde (and I mean sounds generated by kde, not sounds from amarok...) > > Not sure what you mean by this. Should arts be installed before > emergin

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge error with sys-apps/apmd

2006-05-20 Thread Jonathan Chocron
Le Samedi 20 Mai 2006 07:03, Jim a écrit : > On Fri, 2006-05-19 at 19:31 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > > I think you need to re-emerge libtool > > and then run > > > > fix_libtool_files.sh 3.4.4 > > > > allan > > Ahh, thanks for the tip. I never knew about fix_libtool_files.sh. > > Jim > =-=-=-=-

Re: [gentoo-user] Question on my USE choiche

2006-05-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 20 May 2006 10:52:30 +0200, Jonathan Chocron wrote: > I mean that kdelibs should have the arts useflag set. Otherwise uou > can't have any system sound (either through alsa or oss). KDE has an option to use an external player for system sounds, so you can still have them without aRts. -

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Hardwarespec

2006-05-20 Thread Nagatoro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Just 2 remarks: > - be carefull with nForce4-based mobo, and sata-II disks! > If possible, test it somewhere else before. Some nF4 chipset > revisions have big problems with certain sata-II disk... Thanks for the headsup, I got a warranty of sorts that if the combo doesn

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Hardwarespec

2006-05-20 Thread Nagatoro
Nicolas MASSÉ wrote: > On Friday 19 May 2006 12:59, Nagatoro wrote: >> Case: Antec Sonata II 450W > > I have this case and it is a really good product ! Quiet one? >> Board: Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 >> CPU:AMD S939 4200+ Dual Core >> Memory: 2GB DDR400 > > Simple question: did

[gentoo-user] system suspend every time when rebooting or shutdown.

2006-05-20 Thread fei huang
This issue was found when I started to use gentoo again after around three months. I remember that I updated some packages including the portage... the system suspends with  " no more processes left in this runlevel" message. I have solved this problem by removing all files under /etc/ within the p

[gentoo-user] Portage 2.1-rc1-r2

2006-05-20 Thread Jerry McBride
I don't know where one would post this kind of messages, so here it is. I'm using the latest version of portage on a couple of ~x86 boxes and I am very impressed. All my cry-babying about portage performance is a thing of the past. So, thank you, Portage Devs. You've made my Gentoo experience

[gentoo-user] RE: Portage 2.1-rc1-r2

2006-05-20 Thread Steven Susbauer
> I don't know where one would post this kind of messages, so here it is. > I'm using the latest version of portage on a couple of ~x86 boxes and I > am very impressed. All my cry-babying about portage performance is a thing > of the past. > So, thank you, Portage Devs. You've made my Gentoo exp

[gentoo-user] Re: Portage 2.1-rc1-r2

2006-05-20 Thread Sven Köhler
> So, thank you, Portage Devs. You've made my Gentoo experience nearly 100% > enjoyable. But but rsync still makes my harddisk glow, too many small files signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo ADSL wireless router (3 questions)

2006-05-20 Thread Grant
> Status:Enable; VPI:0; VCL:35; Protocol:Bridge > Bridge Broadcast Enabled > Bridge Multicast Enabled Ooohhh, it's a /bridge/... I hadn't realised that. All of the routers I'm familiar with have acted as gateways/firewalls - and to be honest I don't really know how to deal with bridges. You co

Re: [gentoo-user] VMware not running well

2006-05-20 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On 5/17/06, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 5/17/06, Kevin O'Gorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>  As things stand, I can start my virtual machine (the current one runs>  Minix) only as root.   I can start vmware as a user, but any attempt to >  start my VM brings up a message about it not

[gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-20 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
I like to be one of the good guys.  I'm not always sure what that means in particular cases, so I'm going to ask what I should do here.  Opinions welcome.  Flames somewhat less so. I got a 30-day trial license for vmware, thinking to replace my aging Win4Lin.  It seems to work (thanks to folks on

Re: [gentoo-user] system suspend every time when rebooting or shutdown.

2006-05-20 Thread Teresa and Dale
fei huang wrote: > This issue was found when I started to use gentoo again after around > three months. I remember that I updated some packages including the > portage... the system suspends with " *no more* processes *left in > this runlevel* >

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg i810/i915 mode problem (modular X)

2006-05-20 Thread Jure Varlec
On Wednesday 17 May 2006 08:12, W.Kenworthy wrote: > I have a new Sony Vaio laptop with a 1366x768 screen using the intel > "Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller" which can be > driven by the xorg i810 driver. Works fine on the laptop in this > resolution. > > The problem I have is

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-20 Thread Andres Moore
On 5/20/06, Kevin O'Gorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I like to be one of the good guys. I'm not always sure what that means in particular cases, so I'm going to ask what I should do here. Opinions welcome. Flames somewhat less so. I got a 30-day trial license for vmware, thinking to repl

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Portage 2.1-rc1-r2

2006-05-20 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Saturday 20 May 2006 10:51, Sven Köhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about '[gentoo-user] Re: Portage 2.1-rc1-r2': > But but rsync still makes my harddisk glow, too many small files Use the right filesystem: Reiserfs. -- "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-20 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On May 20, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:I like to be one of the good guys.  I'm not always sure what that means in particular cases, so I'm going to ask what I should do here.  Opinions welcome.  Flames somewhat less so. I got a 30-day trial license for vmware, thinking to replace my ag

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-20 Thread b.n.
I'd just go ahead and buy Workstation except for the ~$200.-- price tag. But somehow it seems more like a $50.00 item for what I'm doing with it. I just feel a bit cheap using and ditching a trial version, since I'm definitely getting a benefit from it I could not have gotten otherwise (unless

[gentoo-user] Re: Portage 2.1-rc1-r2

2006-05-20 Thread Sven Köhler
>> But but rsync still makes my harddisk glow, too many small files > > Use the right filesystem: Reiserfs. I already used reiserfs and now i'm using ext3. There was not much difference. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

[gentoo-user] museseq-0.6.2-r1 not compiling

2006-05-20 Thread b.n.
Hi all, Trying to re-emerge (due to new use flags) museseq gave me the following error: - i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -g -fno-exceptions -Wall -W -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_COMPAT -I.. -I../widgets -I/usr/qt/3/include -O3 -pipe -

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-20 Thread Alexander Skwar
Kevin O'Gorman wrote: I'd just go ahead and buy Workstation except for the ~$200.-- price tag. There's also VMware Server, which is available free of charge. Do you need the additional features of VMware Workstation? If not, then just switch to Server. Alexander Skwar -- Do you know the diff

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-20 Thread Alexander Skwar
Andres Moore wrote: information above, you *still* can download at no charge, VMware Server and create in the server environment your own VMware images, What do you mean with "In the server environment"? BTW, Microsoft and Virtual PC are free now too...but that's a different story. :) And

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-20 Thread Alex Schuster
Kevin writes: > I got a 30-day trial license for vmware, thinking to replace my aging > Win4Lin. It seems to work (thanks to folks on this list). But I notice > that now that I've created my VMs, I may not need workstation any > more. I could do very well with the player, which is free. [...] >

[gentoo-user] inclusion of mount (linux-utils)

2006-05-20 Thread Rakotomandimby Mihamina
Hi, I was just installing gentoo 2006 on my amd64, and when rebooting, "mount" was not found. Searching through the web (from france, on google), the only mention of it is on linuxfr.org (http://linuxfr.org/forums/35/10914.html). May be I misused the system? I followed the x86 quick install guide,

[gentoo-user] USB devices (dvd writer+scanner)

2006-05-20 Thread gentoo
Hello, I want to use linux for dvd writing and scanning. Both my scanner (Canon) and my dvd writer (BenQ) are usb devices. How can I know which device files these devices use? Or how can I configure a device file for these devices? Thank you very much in advance, Steffen pseiko pseiko # lsusb

[gentoo-user] Instalation AMD64 with SCSI

2006-05-20 Thread Leandro Melo de Sales
Hi folks,     After download gentoo-universal for AMD64, what is the right steps should I need to do to install gentoo on a Opteron AMD64 with adaptec SCSI controler?   Thanks   Leandro 

[gentoo-user] Re: Instalation AMD64 with SCSI

2006-05-20 Thread Leandro Melo de Sales
And... what about grub configuration, what is the additional parameters?   Leandro.  2006/5/20, Leandro Melo de Sales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi folks,     After download gentoo-universal for AMD64, what is the right steps should I need to do to install gentoo on a Opteron AMD64 with adaptec SCSI co

[gentoo-user] OT : SMA to TNC connector for WRT54GC -> Airlink Reverse TNC

2006-05-20 Thread Ow Mun Heng
Hi guys, I bought a WRT54GC linksys wifi router and it has an option for a Antennae. However, the antennae which I got has/uses a Reverse TNC connector which is doesn't fit on the linksys's. (it's an SMA connector) I'm searching for a Reverse SMA to TNC connector for this. Anyone knows wh

[gentoo-user] Re: Instalation AMD64 with SCSI

2006-05-20 Thread Leandro Melo de Sales
Hi... After configure the grub.conf and restart the system shown the following message: Block device /dev/sdb2 is not a valid root device... the root block device is unspecified or not detected. What I'm doing wrong? Leandro 2006/5/20, Leandro Melo de Sales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: And... what

Re: [gentoo-user] inclusion of mount (linux-utils)

2006-05-20 Thread Rakotomandimby Mihamina
On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 20:30 +0200, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > Hi, > I was just installing gentoo 2006 on my amd64, and when rebooting, > "mount" was not found. It was because of a failling emerge system. > -- A powerfull GroupWare, CMS, CRM, ECM: CPS (Open Source & GPL). Opengroupware, SP

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-20 Thread Andres Moore
On 5/20/06, Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Andres Moore wrote: > information above, you *still* can download at no charge, VMware > Server and create in the server environment your own VMware images, What do you mean with "In the server environment"? Well, its was misplaced the "s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Portage 2.1-rc1-r2

2006-05-20 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Saturday 20 May 2006 17:51, Sven Köhler wrote: > But but rsync still makes my harddisk glow, too many small files http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Speeding_up_portage -- Bo Andresen pgpKnkfIeQZtO.pgp Description: PGP signature

[gentoo-user] emerge --sync

2006-05-20 Thread Leandro Melo de Sales
Hi folks, Due to firewall configuration I can't make a emerge --sync using rsync, is it possible to do it using ftp or http? Thanks, Leandro -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Installation AMD64 with SCSI

2006-05-20 Thread Leandro Melo de Sales
And... what about grub configuration, what is the additional parameters? Leandro. 2006/5/20, Leandro Melo de Sales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi folks, After download gentoo-universal for AMD64, what is the right steps should I need to do to install gentoo on a Opteron AMD64 with adaptec SCSI c

[gentoo-user] Installation AMD64 with SCSI

2006-05-20 Thread Leandro Melo de Sales
Hi folks, After download gentoo-universal for AMD64, what is the right steps should I need to do to install gentoo on a Opteron AMD64 with adaptec SCSI controler? Thanks Leandro -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --sync

2006-05-20 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Sunday 21 May 2006 00:56, Leandro Melo de Sales wrote: > Due to firewall configuration I can't make a emerge --sync using > rsync, is it possible to do it using ftp or http? Try emerge-webrsync. It will use http. -- Bo Andresen pgpdjrSyWHrwS.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --sync

2006-05-20 Thread Ilya Hegai
2006/5/21, Leandro Melo de Sales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi folks, Due to firewall configuration I can't make a emerge --sync usingrsync, is it possible to do it using ftp or http?emerge-webrsync

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --sync

2006-05-20 Thread Patrick McCauley
Leandro, emerge-webrsync should work. You can download a recent snapshot from one of the mirrors as an alternate. Patrick > Hi folks, > > Due to firewall configuration I can't make a emerge --sync using > rsync, is it possible to do it using ftp or http? > > Thanks, > Leandro > > -- > gentoo-us

Re: [gentoo-user] Installation AMD64 with SCSI

2006-05-20 Thread Patrick McCauley
Leandro, you can start by going through the handbook and following the steps. Maybe print off if you don't have a second system to view while installing. Post more specific problem if you encounter one. When configuring the kernel you will need to enable specific options depending on hardware.

Re: [gentoo-user] xorg i810/i915 mode problem (modular X)

2006-05-20 Thread W.Kenworthy
The modes are there but xorgs log shows them as filled out with zeros (see the bit for Mode 38 below - quite a number of modes are like this). 915resolution reports that the modes I want to use are present) If I start it up with the ext monitor connected I get a weird display on both screens - unus

Re: [gentoo-user] Installation AMD64 with SCSI

2006-05-20 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Sunday 21 May 2006 00:56, Leandro Melo de Sales wrote: > Hi folks, > > After download gentoo-universal for AMD64, what is the right steps > should I need to do to install gentoo on a Opteron AMD64 with adaptec > SCSI controler? do a normal installation. when building the kernel, build scsi su

Re: [gentoo-user] OT : SMA to TNC connector for WRT54GC -> Airlink Reverse TNC

2006-05-20 Thread AJ Spagnoletti
On 5/20/06, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi guys, I bought a WRT54GC linksys wifi router and it has an option for a Antennae. However, the antennae which I got has/uses a Reverse TNC connector which is doesn't fit on the linksys's. (it's an SMA connector) I'm searching for a R

[gentoo-user] VMWare Server beta on Gentoo

2006-05-20 Thread James Colby
List members - Does anyone on the list have any experience with installing vmware-server on a gentoo box. I followed the directions found at http://diaryproducts.net/about/operating_systems/unix/installing_vmware_server_on_gentoo_linux_part_2 but I can't get the vmware service to start. Any hel

[gentoo-user] [OT] HD running temperatures

2006-05-20 Thread Dave Jones
I've implemented the hddtemp service, and see that my HDs, one an IBM 120GB, the other a Hitachi 120GB disk, run a steady 46 and 49 degrees C. This seems a bit too warm for my liking. Are these 'normal' running temperatures for these ATA 7200 RPM disks? Cheers, Dave -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org ma

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] HD running temperatures

2006-05-20 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Sunday 21 May 2006 03:56, Dave Jones wrote: > I've implemented the hddtemp service, and see that my HDs, one an IBM > 120GB, the other a Hitachi 120GB disk, run a steady 46 and 49 degrees C. > > This seems a bit too warm for my liking. > > Are these 'normal' running temperatures for these ATA 72

Re: [gentoo-user] Installation AMD64 with SCSI

2006-05-20 Thread Leandro Melo de Sales
Ok... now I'm stuck here: ramdisk compressed image found at block ufs: was compiled with read-only support, can't be mounted as read-write udf-fs: no particition found (1) xfs: bad magic number xfs: sb validate failed kernel panic - not synching: vfs: unable to mount root fs on unknown block (8,1

Re: [gentoo-user] Installation AMD64 with SCSI

2006-05-20 Thread Ryan Tandy
Leandro Melo de Sales wrote: ramdisk compressed image found at block ufs: was compiled with read-only support, can't be mounted as read-write udf-fs: no particition found (1) xfs: bad magic number xfs: sb validate failed kernel panic - not synching: vfs: unable to mount root fs on unknown block (

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] HD running temperatures

2006-05-20 Thread Mark Kirkwood
Dave Jones wrote: I've implemented the hddtemp service, and see that my HDs, one an IBM 120GB, the other a Hitachi 120GB disk, run a steady 46 and 49 degrees C. This seems a bit too warm for my liking. Are these 'normal' running temperatures for these ATA 7200 RPM disks? Cheers, Dave Those t

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] HD running temperatures

2006-05-20 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On May 20, 2006, at 7:56 PM, Dave Jones wrote: I've implemented the hddtemp service, and see that my HDs, one an IBM 120GB, the other a Hitachi 120GB disk, run a steady 46 and 49 degrees C. When you touch them, does it feel about right. While it is warm, it is not that warm that you coul

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] HD running temperatures

2006-05-20 Thread Mark Kirkwood
Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: On May 20, 2006, at 7:56 PM, Dave Jones wrote: I've implemented the hddtemp service, and see that my HDs, one an IBM 120GB, the other a Hitachi 120GB disk, run a steady 46 and 49 degrees C. When you touch them, does it feel about right. While it is warm, i

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] HD running temperatures

2006-05-20 Thread Joseph
On Sun, 2006-05-21 at 16:17 +1200, Mark Kirkwood wrote: > Dave Jones wrote: > > I've implemented the hddtemp service, and see that my HDs, one an IBM > > 120GB, the other a Hitachi 120GB disk, run a steady 46 and 49 degrees C. > > > > This seems a bit too warm for my liking. > > > > Are these 'no