[gentoo-user] DMZ on an vmware gentoo guest running on winXP host

Setup: Home Lan with principle desktop machine running Gentoo. Three other machines running WinXP that are a trio of video and sound editing machines. And finally my wifes WinXP machine in antoher room. All connected by Gigabit lan thru a netgear FVP318 router/firewall. I want to begin scanning

[gentoo-user] OT: recommendation for C2D motherboard

Hello list, I'm sorry for this very off-topic post but my MSI-P965 Platinum have wreck it's first PCI-e slot and so did my NVidia 7900GS (I don't know which one died first but I'm pretty sure both are dead) Although the motherboard is SLI and I could just buy a new GFX card, the second sl

[gentoo-user] Re: DTV on Laptop

On 2007-12-12, Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There seem to be several devices, based on USB2 that connect > to a computer and can receive ATSC (HDTV) or traditional > broadcasts. The ones I've found for N. America all require > Vista (uck). I've used a Freeco

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DTV on Laptop

On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 21:25 +, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2007-12-12, Anthony E. Caudel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> There seem to be several devices, based on USB2 that connect > >>> to a computer and can receive ATSC (HDTV) or traditional > >>> broadcasts. The ones I've found for N. Am

Re: [gentoo-user] Picasa 2.7 Beta

On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 10:49 +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote: > This seems to work - somewhat... With that, I mean that Picasa > starts, but it just hangs there, see > . > I cannot click on any of the buttons and the splash

RE: [gentoo-user] gnome-session no longer starts after updating world

on Wednesday 12/12/2007 Marzan, Richard non Unisys([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote > > -Original Message- > > From: John covici [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:59 PM > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] gnome-session no longer

Re: [gentoo-user] DTV on Laptop

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:57:55 -0600, Anthony E. Caudel wrote: > > I've used a Freecom USB DVB stick with Gentoo, it worked well but I > > didn't try it with HDTV (because we don't have that here). > What is the quality of the picture with the Freecom? Fine. With DVB it is only spooling the MPEG s

[gentoo-user] Re: DTV on Laptop

On 2007-12-12, Anthony E. Caudel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> There seem to be several devices, based on USB2 that connect >>> to a computer and can receive ATSC (HDTV) or traditional >>> broadcasts. The ones I've found for N. America all require >>> Vista (uck). >> >> I've used a Freecom USB DV

Re: [gentoo-user] DTV on Laptop

Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:38:41 + (UTC), James wrote: > > >> There seem to be several devices, based on USB2 that connect to >> a computer and can receive ATSC (HDTV) or traditional broadcasts. >> The ones I've found for N. America all require Vista (uck). >> > > I'v

RE: [gentoo-user] gnome-session no longer starts after updating world

> -Original Message- > From: John covici [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:59 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] gnome-session no longer starts after updating > world > > on Wednesday 12/12/2007 Marzan, Richard non > Unisys([EM

RE: [gentoo-user] gnome-session no longer starts after updating world

on Wednesday 12/12/2007 Marzan, Richard non Unisys([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote > John, > > > I remember having the same problem before and I believe that > deleting the appropriate .gnome and .gnome2 directories would fix the > problem. I'm not sure why this happens or why this solution w

RE: [gentoo-user] gnome-session no longer starts after updating world

John, I remember having the same problem before and I believe that deleting the appropriate .gnome and .gnome2 directories would fix the problem. I'm not sure why this happens or why this solution worked for me but it did. You might lose some settings. Do not worry because the .gnome and

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Picasa 2.7 Beta

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:37:47 +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote: > > I'm not saying that the extraction method is important, but that > > someone has got it to run and detailed the steps in the bug report. > > Well, let's not fight, but his steps are at least as detailed > as what I've written here :

[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Picasa 2.7 Beta

Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:01:55 +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote: > >> > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200568 reports success using >> > rpm2targz >> >> And why should that make any difference? I mean, after all, >> I am able to extract the package. I

Re: [gentoo-user] disk problem after kernel update

On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:51:15 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote > On Sun, 2007-12-09 at 13:59 +0100, pat wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I've try to update kernel from 2.6.20-gentoo-r8 to 2.6.23-gentoo-r3. I've copied > > config, run make oldconfig and then make. > > > > At boot time the new kernel maps disk

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DTV on Laptop

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:49:46 + (UTC), James wrote: > Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > > > > > There seem to be several devices, based on USB2 that connect to > > > a computer and can receive ATSC (HDTV) or traditional broadcasts. > > > The ones I've found for N. America all require Vi

[gentoo-user] Found it: Re: DTV on Laptop

Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > I've used a Freecom USB DVB stick with Gentoo, it worked well http://lunapark6.com/usb-hdtv-tuner-stick-for-windows-linux-hauppauge-wintv-hvr-950.html thx, James -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picasa 2.7 Beta

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:01:55 +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote: > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200568 reports success using > > rpm2targz > > And why should that make any difference? I mean, after all, > I am able to extract the package. It's just, that I cannot > run it. I'm not sayin

[gentoo-user] Re: DTV on Laptop

Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > > There seem to be several devices, based on USB2 that connect to > > a computer and can receive ATSC (HDTV) or traditional broadcasts. > > The ones I've found for N. America all require Vista (uck). > I've used a Freecom USB DVB stick with Gentoo, it work

[gentoo-user] Re: Picasa 2.7 Beta

Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:49:03 +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote: > >> cd / >> rpm2cpio < /tmp/picasa-2.7.3736-7.i386.rpm | cpio -id > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200568 reports success using > rpm2targz BTW: It also now reports,

[gentoo-user] Re: Picasa 2.7 Beta

Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:49:03 +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote: > >> cd / >> rpm2cpio < /tmp/picasa-2.7.3736-7.i386.rpm | cpio -id > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200568 reports success using > rpm2targz And why should that make a

Re: [gentoo-user] Picasa 2.7 Beta

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:49:03 +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote: > cd / > rpm2cpio < /tmp/picasa-2.7.3736-7.i386.rpm | cpio -id http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200568 reports success using rpm2targz -- Neil Bothwick Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be

Re: [gentoo-user] DTV on Laptop

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:38:41 + (UTC), James wrote: > There seem to be several devices, based on USB2 that connect to > a computer and can receive ATSC (HDTV) or traditional broadcasts. > The ones I've found for N. America all require Vista (uck). I've used a Freecom USB DVB stick with Gentoo,

[gentoo-user] Picasa 2.7 Beta

Hello. Google just (?) released a new version of Picasa - 2.7 beta. Did somebody of you manage to get this to run on Gentoo Linux? I downloaded the RPM from , , and unpacked it by

[gentoo-user] gnome-session no longer starts after updating world

Hi. After upgrading my system using emerge --update --deep --with-bdeps=y world I am no longer able to use x-windows. I saw a message for one package connection refused by server, but I saw that gnome-session had ended and that no other gnome apps had hstarted. There is nothing in the /var/log/Xo

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating a restricted user

Am Mittwoch, 12. Dezember 2007 schrieb Grant: > I don't want the user to be able to do much of anything but browse the web, > use skype, and maybe look at photos on a CD or something. Maybe what you want can be achieved by running KDE in kiosk mode. However, never did this myself, so you should

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating a restricted user

Am Mittwoch, 12. Dezember 2007 schrieb Nangus Garba: > if you want to make it so that a user can not look at a directory such as > /var you can use a command such as: > chmod o-x /var No, don't do this. Don't mess with permissions of system directories. Better use ACLs. Bye... Dirk si