Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Need help enabling iptables support in kernel

2007-11-13 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 10:55:54PM -0800, Bryan Whitehead wrote > I don't see what the big deal is - you are choosing to do everything > manually by running gentoo and compiling your own kernel. If you don't > like having to learn things like this why not use Ubuntu or Fedora? I've been running

Re: [gentoo-user] X forwarding [fixed]

2007-11-13 Thread Billy Holmes
Roger Mason wrote: > I am assuming that I failed to set up ipv6 routing or something? > Anyway, the problem is fixed, if not quite solved. > ah. I didn't think about that. I actually turn off ipv6 in the beginning, because I hate for things to run that I'm not using. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] maili

Re: [gentoo-user] grub hell

2007-11-13 Thread maxim wexler
> I am not sure if you have tried this or not, but > when you map one drive to > another {say: map (hd0) (hd1)}, you also need to map > the second drive to the > first, instead of leaving it hanging. So, the > complete entry becomes: > > map (hd0) (hd1) > map (hd1) (hd0) > > If this doesn't wo

Re: [gentoo-user] CFLAGS for Pentium Dual Core E2160 ?

2007-11-13 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Neil Bothwick schrieb: > On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:34:40 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > I found some notes on the net "amd64 is for x86_64", unsure about that ... >>> That's right, the architecture was originally for the AMD 64-bit >>> chips. >> Thanks for clearing that, not very

Re: [gentoo-user] CFLAGS for Pentium Dual Core E2160 ?

2007-11-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:34:40 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > >> I found some notes on the net "amd64 is for x86_64", unsure about > >> that ... > > > > That's right, the architecture was originally for the AMD 64-bit > > chips. > > Thanks for clearing that, not very intuitive :) I

Re: [gentoo-user] CFLAGS for Pentium Dual Core E2160 ?

2007-11-13 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Neil Bothwick schrieb: > On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:16:37 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > >> Would I have to start with the amd64-live-cd when I want to install from >> scratch, getting a 64-bit-system with the Core2Duo E6600? > > Yes. > >> I found some notes on the net "amd64 is for x86_64",

Re: [gentoo-user] CFLAGS for Pentium Dual Core E2160 ?

2007-11-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:16:37 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Would I have to start with the amd64-live-cd when I want to install from > scratch, getting a 64-bit-system with the Core2Duo E6600? Yes. > I found some notes on the net "amd64 is for x86_64", unsure about > that ... That's righ

[gentoo-user] mouse freeze

2007-11-13 Thread Elyahou ITTAH
Hi, I have an Elantech touchpad on Compal FL90 laptop. Sometimes, my touchpad freeze and this is related in dmesg like that: psmouse.c: Wheel Mouse at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 1 bytes away. psmouse.c: resync failed, issuing reconnect request What's wrong with my confi

Re: [gentoo-user] CFLAGS for Pentium Dual Core E2160 ?

2007-11-13 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Stefan G. Weichinger schrieb: > Maybe I will give it a try on another hdd and try to do a fresh install > of x86_64 on that E2160, if the winter is long and boring ;-) Additional question here: Would I have to start with the amd64-live-cd when I want to install from scratch, getting a 64-bit-sys

Re: [gentoo-user] grub hell

2007-11-13 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 13 November 2007, maxim wexler wrote: > --- Dan Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:27:55 -0800 (PST) > > > > maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > rootnoverify (hd1,0) > > > > map (hd1)(hd0) > > > > > > Error 11: Unrecognized device string > > > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc unmerged by accident

2007-11-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 13 November 2007, de Almeida, Valmor F. wrote: > Hello, > > After a successful upgrade from profile 2006.1 to 2007.0, I decided > to unmerge some unused packages from world and accidentally had glibc > on the emerge command line from a cut and paste operation. > > glibc was unmerged and

Re: [gentoo-user] grub hell

2007-11-13 Thread Sarpy Sam
> > > Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. > > > Make Yahoo! your homepage. > > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > > > do you have a space in between (hd1) and (hd0) in > > map (hd1) (hd0) > >

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Cable latency & Skype

2007-11-13 Thread Mark Shields
On Nov 13, 2007 9:15 AM, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 13 November 2007, Mark Shields wrote: > > On Nov 12, 2007 6:59 PM, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I just switched from DSL to cable and I'm noticing a significant delay > > > when using Skype, even when nothing else is h

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc unmerged by accident

2007-11-13 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Tuesday 13 November 2007 15:35:37 Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Dienstag, 13. November 2007 schrieb ext Florian Philipp: > > "busybox ash" > > And then? I guess Python will still not work -> no emerge. Then unpack the binpkg (which is needed either way as mentioned in other replies) on /. After t

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I pass options to emerge

2007-11-13 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Tuesday 13 November 2007 16:15:31 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:37:02 +0200, Rumen Yotov wrote: > > > > The package netqmail allows me to specify the value QMAIL_CONF_SPLIT > > > > before it compiles. How do I actually set this value? How do I set > > > > optional flags when I bu

RE: [gentoo-user] glibc unmerged by accident

2007-11-13 Thread de Almeida, Valmor F.
> From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Incidentally, how did you miss the big red warning that emerge gives when > you try to unmerge a system package? > I was unlucky and stupid for using cut and paste commands while distracted looking at another screen. I didn't look back until th

RE: [gentoo-user] glibc unmerged by accident

2007-11-13 Thread de Almeida, Valmor F.
> From: Graham Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you have a binary glibc package, then you could untar it into > /mnt/gentoo while booted from the CD. Otherwise I suspect that you will I think I can do that. I have other machines I can build a binary glibc package on. Then once I boot from

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc unmerged by accident

2007-11-13 Thread Graham Murray
"de Almeida, Valmor F." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am thinking that to fix this I will have to boot from a cd and emerge > glibc. I do not think it will be that simple. The problem is that once you chroot to /mnt/gentoo all subsequent commands (including emerge and gcc) will be looking for

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc unmerged by accident

2007-11-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:36:09 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > I am thinking that to fix this I will have to boot from a cd and > > emerge glibc. > > > > Is there another way to do this? > > No. Unless you already have buildpkg in FEATURES, then you can unpack the tarball from $PKGDIR/All to th

[gentoo-user] Re: glibc unmerged by accident

2007-11-13 Thread Alexander Skwar
Florian Philipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He just wanted to copy over some files from backup. Specifically he > requested "common shell commands such as ls or cp" Well, he requested, that he wanted to do a merge: | I am thinking that to fix this I will have to boot from a cd and emerge | glib

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc unmerged by accident

2007-11-13 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Dienstag, 13. November 2007 schrieb ext Florian Philipp: > On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 15:35 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > Am Dienstag, 13. November 2007 schrieb ext Florian Philipp: > > > "busybox ash" > > > > And then? I guess Python will still not work -> no emerge. > > He just wanted to copy ov

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc unmerged by accident

2007-11-13 Thread Florian Philipp
On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 15:35 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Dienstag, 13. November 2007 schrieb ext Florian Philipp: > > > "busybox ash" > > And then? I guess Python will still not work -> no emerge. > > Bye... > > Dirk He just wanted to copy over some files from backup. Specifically h

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I pass options to emerge

2007-11-13 Thread Rumen Yotov
On (13/11/07 17:18) fei huang wrote: > On Nov 2, 2007 4:08 AM, Aaron Cordova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The package netqmail allows me to specify the value QMAIL_CONF_SPLIT > > before it compiles. How do I actually set this value? How do I set optional > > flags when I build a package? D

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc unmerged by accident

2007-11-13 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Dienstag, 13. November 2007 schrieb ext de Almeida, Valmor F.: > glibc was unmerged and now I can't use common shell commands such as ls > or cp to list and copy files from a backup. > > I am thinking that to fix this I will have to boot from a cd and emerge > glibc. > > Is there another way to

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc unmerged by accident

2007-11-13 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Dienstag, 13. November 2007 schrieb ext Florian Philipp: > "busybox ash" And then? I guess Python will still not work -> no emerge. Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail:

[gentoo-user] Re: glibc unmerged by accident

2007-11-13 Thread Alexander Skwar
Florian Philipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 18:49 -0500, de Almeida, Valmor F. wrote: >> glibc was unmerged and now I can't use common shell commands such as ls >> or cp to list and copy files from a backup. >> >> I am thinking that to fix this I will have to boot from a cd

Re: [gentoo-user] glibc unmerged by accident

2007-11-13 Thread Florian Philipp
On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 18:49 -0500, de Almeida, Valmor F. wrote: > Hello, > > After a successful upgrade from profile 2006.1 to 2007.0, I decided to > unmerge some unused packages from world and accidentally had glibc on > the emerge command line from a cut and paste operation. > > glibc was unmer

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Cable latency & Skype

2007-11-13 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 13 November 2007, Mark Shields wrote: > On Nov 12, 2007 6:59 PM, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just switched from DSL to cable and I'm noticing a significant delay > > when using Skype, even when nothing else is happening on my network. > > Has anyone else noticed this and had s

Re: [gentoo-user] oggenc ogg flac files

2007-11-13 Thread Florian Philipp
On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 13:12 -0500, Willie Wong wrote: > On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 09:25:44PM +0100, Penguin Lover Florian Philipp > squawked: > > Can anyone confirm that it is not possible to transcode ogg-flac files > > to ogg-vorbis although the necessary use flags are set (vorbis-tools > > +flac;

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Cable latency & Skype

2007-11-13 Thread Mark Shields
On Nov 12, 2007 6:59 PM, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just switched from DSL to cable and I'm noticing a significant delay > when using Skype, even when nothing else is happening on my network. > Has anyone else noticed this and had success "fixing" it? I'm using a > Gentoo router so I ca

Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Need help enabling iptables support in kernel

2007-11-13 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 23:35 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 10:53:52AM -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote > > On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 15:40 +0200, Daniel Iliev wrote: > > > > > > I believe your problem comes from: > > > > > > # CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT is not set > > > > > >

[gentoo-user] Re: Disk ARchiver command line questions

2007-11-13 Thread Alexander Skwar
Thufir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Disk ARchiver command line questions > From: Thufir gmail.com> > Subject: Disk ARchiver command line questions > Newsgroups: gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general > Date: 2007-10-17 09:09:22 GMT > > I've been reading the man pages, but command line stuff isn't my

Re: [gentoo-user] How do I pass options to emerge

2007-11-13 Thread fei huang
On Nov 2, 2007 4:08 AM, Aaron Cordova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The package netqmail allows me to specify the value QMAIL_CONF_SPLIT > before it compiles. How do I actually set this value? How do I set optional > flags when I build a package? Do i need to place them in a file somewhere or > c

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Cable latency & Skype

2007-11-13 Thread Mick
On Monday 12 November 2007, Grant wrote: > I just switched from DSL to cable and I'm noticing a significant delay > when using Skype, even when nothing else is happening on my network. > Has anyone else noticed this and had success "fixing" it? I'm using a > Gentoo router so I can try just about a