Re: [gentoo-user] crontab entry

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Kaushal Shriyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:22 PM, Kaushal Shriyan < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Kaushal Shriyan < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 7:59 PM, Mike Eden

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 6:41 AM, Uwe Thiem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've revived an old Gentoo laptop, but I've forgotten the root > > password. I remember the password to my user account and I can log > > in there fine. Can I recover the root password? > > If you could passwords were us

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Liviu Andronic wrote: > >  But you can boot from a LiveCD, mount your harddrive, chroot and > > then give root another password. > > But then, conventional passwords are as useless. One needs no more > than physical access to the computer, a LiveCD and a couple minutes > i

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

This One Time, at Band Camp, Liviu Andronic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 09:03:29AM +0100: > > But you can boot from a LiveCD, mount your harddrive, chroot and then > > give root another password. > But then, conventional passwords are as useless. One needs no more > than p

Re: [gentoo-user] defect management block device

On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Enrico Weigelt wrote: > * Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If SMART (or something conceptually similar) detects that a drive > > might be failing and be beyond the range of the drive's ability to > > cope, it could raise an event and move the blocks used to ano

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:25:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On a notebook, there isn't an OS in existence that is immune to a > LiveCD. If this concerns you, apply some biometrics and encrypted > filesystem patches. Or stop using notebooks. Or stop using computers > that someone else can touch.

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux & Motherboard

On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Nicola Degl'Innocenti wrote: > Hi! > I would like to buy a new pc, but since I use linux more than windows > (that i use only for gaming), I am interested in hardware > compatibility with linux. > > I'm planing to buy a core 2 Duo platform with a nvidia 8800 GT, Stay away

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux & Motherboard

On Dienstag, 25. März 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Nicola Degl'Innocenti wrote: > > Hi! > > I would like to buy a new pc, but since I use linux more than windows > > (that i use only for gaming), I am interested in hardware > > compatibility with linux. > > > > I'm planing

Re: [gentoo-user] Error emerging gtk+ Pango not found (NOT expat - kind of SOLVED)

On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Enrico Weigelt wrote: > cairo's obviously built w/ GL, and your GL library is broken. > In no way surprising, since it's NVidia's proprietary crap. I have never expierienced any problems with the proprietary driver (till now). For sure it would be better if it were open

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux & Motherboard

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Video cards is the big sticking point For sure. But I guess that he wants to satellite his GC with the last Windows games, so I would recommend a 8800. And his NVIDIA wont hurt for a common desktop usage. As for the pe

Re: [gentoo-user] 1/2 OT: What Linux could learn from mainframes ?

Hello On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 03:12:13AM +0100, Enrico Weigelt wrote: > * defect management directly on block basis (w/o additional > stacking layers). IMO dividing things into layers/parts is good. It allows for replacing one layer, or not using some of them if they are not needed. > * dist

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Or disable booting from the optical drive (or remove it completely) and > set a password in the BIOS. This is one of the few areas in which a > laptop has an advantage, you can't just pope the side off the case and > f

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux & Motherboard

On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Galevsky wrote: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Alan McKinnon > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Video cards is the big sticking point > > For sure. But I guess that he wants to satellite his GC with the last > Windows games, so I would recommend a 8800. And his NVID

[gentoo-user] openchrome in portage

Hi folks, xf86-video-openchrome is now in portage. So there is no need to keep the overlay. I deleted it and removed the "source" line in /etc/make.conf. I have the following line in make.conf: VIDEO_CARDS="openchrome via" Now I get this: uwix ~ # emerge --pretend --verbose xorg-server These a

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux & Motherboard

On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 15:18 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > As for the performances, could you tell me if there is a gap between > > nv and the proprietary driver ? I Never tried the later. > > I'll let someone more current answer that - I haven't done head to > head > comparisons on nvidia for

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

Am Dienstag, 25. März 2008 schrieb ext Liviu Andronic: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 6:41 AM, Uwe Thiem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've revived an old Gentoo laptop, but I've forgotten the root > > > > > > password. I remember the password to my user account and I can log > > > in there fine.

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

Am Montag, 24. März 2008 schrieb ext Steven Lembark: > Make sure that your bash is statically linked, > otherwise you can run into problems with this > approach. # ldd /bin/bash linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7f2a000) libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0xb7ec7000) libdl.so.

Re: [gentoo-user] openchrome in portage

On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Uwe Thiem wrote: > Hi folks, > > xf86-video-openchrome is now in portage. So there is no need to keep > the overlay. I deleted it and removed the "source" line > in /etc/make.conf. I have the following line in make.conf: > VIDEO_CARDS="openchrome via" > > Now I get this: >

Re: [gentoo-user] openchrome in portage

On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Uwe Thiem wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > xf86-video-openchrome is now in portage. So there is no need to > > keep the overlay. I deleted it and removed the "source" line > > in /etc/make.conf. I have the following line in make

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:08:04 +0100, Liviu Andronic wrote: > I'd say the BIOS is not much of a security enforcer. Even with the > BIOS password protected, one can plug out the hardrive, connect to > another system and get access to all the data. It might need more time > than a LiveCD approach, it

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux & Motherboard

Tank you. On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Albert Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 15:18 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > The nv driver has *no* 3D acceleration and limited 2D acceleration due > to nVidia's refusal to release the specs needed to create a decent OSS > dr

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

Am Dienstag, 25. März 2008 schrieb ext Alan McKinnon: > On a notebook, there isn't an OS in existence that is immune to a > LiveCD. Linux is. In the sense that you can't get at the data if the disc is encrypted, even not with a LiveCD. You can only destroy/overwrite it. Bye... Dirk --

[gentoo-user] Re: openchrome in portage

Uwe Thiem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > xf86-video-openchrome is now in portage. So there is no need to keep > the overlay. I deleted it and removed the "source" line > in /etc/make.conf. I have the following line in make.conf: > VIDEO_CARDS="openchrome via" > > Now I get this: > uw

Re: [gentoo-user] openchrome in portage

On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Uwe Thiem wrote: > > > Why on earth is it excluding openchrome? > > > > Because the xorg-server ebuild does not support openchrome. yet. > > Just add openchrome to world until it does > > Well, didn't look into the ebuild. You are right. Now, why and how > did it work with

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Dienstag, 25. März 2008 schrieb ext Alan McKinnon: > > On a notebook, there isn't an OS in existence that is immune to a > > LiveCD. > > Linux is. In the sense that you can't get at the data if the disc is > encrypted, even not with a LiveCD. You

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux & Motherboard

On Dienstag, 25. März 2008, Albert Hopkins wrote: > On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 15:18 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > As for the performances, could you tell me if there is a gap between > > > nv and the proprietary driver ? I Never tried the later. > > > > I'll let someone more current answer that - I

Re: [gentoo-user] intelfb and 945GM

This One Time, at Band Camp, Pongracz Istvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 08:50:21PM +0100: > Sergey, > Last time, when I sent my .config file, that has intelfb builtin and > working. > I think, because I also has this kind of integrated video card. > Check that out or drop m

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

> > > On a notebook, there isn't an OS in existence that is immune to a > > > LiveCD. > > > > Linux is. In the sense that you can't get at the data if the disc is > > encrypted, even not with a LiveCD. You can only destroy/overwrite it. > > Yes, I realised that when typing the original, but l

[gentoo-user] Error compiling media-gfx/splashutils-1.5.4-r1

Hello list :) I'm having a problem compiling splashutils, anyone else having the same problem ?? attached is my 'emerge --info' and the build log.. Regards, -- Wael Nasreddine http://wael.nasreddine.com PGP: 1024D/C8DD18A2 06F6 1622 4BC8 4CEB D724 DE12 5565 3945 C8DD 18A2 /ö\ Computers make

Re[2]: [gentoo-user] intelfb and 945GM

> This One Time, at Band Camp, Pongracz Istvan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 08:50:21PM +0100: >> Sergey, >> Last time, when I sent my .config file, that has intelfb builtin and >> working. >> I think, because I also has this kind of integrated video card. >> Check that out o

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux & Motherboard

quoth the Volker Armin Hemmann: > > The nv driver has *no* 3D acceleration and limited 2D acceleration due > > to nVidia's refusal to release the specs needed to create a decent OSS > > driver. > > since the nv driver is written by nvidia, who needs specs? I thought the Xorg folks wrote the nv dr

Re: [gentoo-user] openchrome in portage

On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Uwe Thiem wrote: > > > > Why on earth is it excluding openchrome? > > > > > > Because the xorg-server ebuild does not support openchrome. > > > yet. Just add openchrome to world until it does > > > > Well, didn't look into t

Re: [gentoo-user] intelfb and 945GM

This One Time, at Band Camp, Sergey Kobzar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 06:43:46PM +0200: > > Did intel works for you?? how's the performance ?? What did you > > add/remove from your kernel ?? > > No, unfortunately it does not :(. I've switched to uvesafb. Looks like > I have

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux & Motherboard

On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 17:08 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > The nv driver has *no* 3D acceleration and limited 2D acceleration > due > > to nVidia's refusal to release the specs needed to create a decent > OSS > > driver. > > since the nv driver is written by nvidia, who needs specs? The

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux & Motherboard

On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 10:48 -0600, darren kirby wrote: > I thought the Xorg folks wrote the nv driver? They do, but the nv driver code was written by someone paid by nVidia and hasn't really had any significant work done on it in years. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Grant wrote: > > > > On a notebook, there isn't an OS in existence that is immune > > > > to a LiveCD. > > > > > > Linux is. In the sense that you can't get at the data if the > > > disc is encrypted, even not with a LiveCD. You can only > > > destroy/overwrite it. >

Re[2]: [gentoo-user] intelfb and 945GM

Hi Wael, Tuesday, March 25, 2008, 6:56:32 PM, you wrote: > This One Time, at Band Camp, Sergey Kobzar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said, On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 06:43:46PM +0200: >> > Did intel works for you?? how's the performance ?? What did you >> > add/remove from your kernel ?? >> >> No, unfortuna

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 09:32 -0700, Grant wrote: > > > > On a notebook, there isn't an OS in existence that is immune to a > > > > LiveCD. > > > > > > Linux is. In the sense that you can't get at the data if the disc is > > > encrypted, even not with a LiveCD. You can only destroy/overwrite it

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

> > > > > On a notebook, there isn't an OS in existence that is immune > > > > > to a LiveCD. > > > > > > > > Linux is. In the sense that you can't get at the data if the > > > > disc is encrypted, even not with a LiveCD. You can only > > > > destroy/overwrite it. > > > > > > Yes, I

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux & Motherboard

On 03/24/08 23:43, Nicola Degl'Innocenti wrote: [snip] Someone have one of those cards or know a good site with information about linux compatibility for those cards? The SLI capability is not important as having ethernet or sound supported on linux. Another option/consideration would be to

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

> I am starting to wonder why am I so attached to my root password being > strong.. :) Becuase I can crack a simple password from outside of the box. Hacking in w/ a CD or the init=blah approach requires physical access and a reboot, both of which are fairly noticable and preventable. -- Steven

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

> If it is possible to have sufficient access to be able to remove the hard > drive, then an encrypted filesystem is essential. Any computer that isn't > nailed down behind a locked door should have this, unless it contains and > has access to absolutely nothing of value. Which setup does anyone

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

>> them. Things have indeed changed since 1978 Unless you include the time in 1972 that some of my friends broke into the computer room, hacked the PDP-11, and inserted "Panther, Pink" into every class in the highschool. They have remained hugely the same :-) -- Steven Lembark

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

Am Dienstag, 25. März 2008 schrieb Steven Lembark: > > If it is possible to have sufficient access to be able to remove the > > hard drive, then an encrypted filesystem is essential. Any computer that > > isn't nailed down behind a locked door should have this, unless it > > contains and has a

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Steven Lembark wrote: > >> them. Things have indeed changed since 1978 > > Unless you include the time in 1972 that some of > my friends broke into the computer room, hacked > the PDP-11, and inserted "Panther, Pink" into > every class in the highschool. > > They have re

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux & Motherboard

Thanks for the reply. I love linux, his power and flexibility, but i don't think buying a p3 or athon X2 64 only to have linux on Bios. I didn't know that project but it seem quite interesting. I hope some major motherboard builders seriusly invest on the project and bring it to the world of the

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:53:24 -0400, Steven Lembark wrote: > Which setup does anyone out there use for the encfs? I use LUKS too. -- Neil Bothwick Eagles may soar, but Wombles don't get sucked into jet engines signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] intelfb and 945GM

On 19:11 Tue 25 Mar , Sergey Kobzar wrote: > Hi Wael, > > Tuesday, March 25, 2008, 6:56:32 PM, you wrote: > > > This One Time, at Band Camp, Sergey Kobzar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > said, On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 06:43:46PM +0200: > >> > Did intel works for you?? how's the performance ?? What did

[gentoo-user] rhythmbox plays silently

Good evening! I've got a problem with media-sound/rhythmbox-0.11.2-r1 on my new ~x86 system. When I play an MP3 file, I see that rb progresses and when I turn on visualization, I see the sound. But I hear nothing at all :/ Any ideas about why that's so? The volume slider in rb is all the way up

Re[2]: [gentoo-user] intelfb and 945GM

>> That's one of the reason why I wanted intelfb, but got no luck. I'm >> using uvesafb at the moment, but still hope intelfb will be fixed >> soon. >> > I seem to have missed the start of this thread, but if you don't mind, > could you give me a quick idea on what is broken within intelfb? I've >

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Wael Nasreddine wrote: > This One Time, at Band Camp, Liviu Andronic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 09:03:29AM +0100: > > > But you can boot from a LiveCD, mount your harddrive, chroot and then > > > give root another password. > > > > But then, conve

[gentoo-user] uvesafb and screen resolution

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Sergey Kobzar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > uvesafb works nice. Can anyone help me with the following? Do any of you know how to make uvesafb (that replaces the old vesafb-tng) set to a pre-defined resolution? What I mean is that with vesafb-tng I used to set like

Re: [gentoo-user] rhythmbox plays silently

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Michael Schmarck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good evening! > > I've got a problem with media-sound/rhythmbox-0.11.2-r1 on > my new ~x86 system. When I play an MP3 file, I see that rb > progresses and when I turn on visualization, I see the sound. > But I hear n

Re: [gentoo-user] rhythmbox plays silently

On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Michael Schmarck wrote: > Good evening! > > I've got a problem with media-sound/rhythmbox-0.11.2-r1 on > my new ~x86 system. When I play an MP3 file, I see that rb > progresses and when I turn on visualization, I see the sound. > But I hear nothing at all :/ > > Any ideas

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

This One Time, at Band Camp, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 05:23:00PM +: > > That's why I have my entire installation over a DM-CRYPT ( LUKS > > encrypted partition... ), including swaps and storage ( LVM over > > DM-CRYPT actually), this way even if someone had a phys

Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

This One Time, at Band Camp, Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 07:02:59PM +0100: > I use LUKS encrypted logical volumes. Root fs is encrypted with a password, > all other volumes are encrypted with a keyfile located on /. Why not encrypt a big fat partition and then

Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb and screen resolution

Hi. Try to determine possible resolutions by typing "hwinfo --framebuffer". Use the hex code 0x... and put it as kernel parameter in your grub.conf. For 1400x1050 with kernel 2.6.24-r3 I am using the following lines: title Gentoo GNU/Linux (gentoo-sources-2.6.24-r3) root (hd0,1) kernel /gento

Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb and screen resolution

2008/3/25, Alexander Meinke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:* * Are you guys using uvesafb in the latest gentoo sources kernel? because i dont have the option to choose this one..i am using vesa

Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb and screen resolution

Ale wrote: 2008/3/25, Alexander Meinke <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: * * Are you guys using uvesafb in the latest gentoo sources kernel? because i dont have the option to choose this one..i am using vesa Yes I am using gentoo-sources. I think since kernel 2.6.23 (or maybe 2

Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb and screen resolution

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Alexander Meinke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try to determine possible resolutions by typing "hwinfo --framebuffer". > Use the > hex code 0x... and put it as kernel parameter in your grub.conf. Okay, *that* I didn't know. :-) I do know 1440x900 is a supported re

[gentoo-user] Gnome: No sound - "No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found" (was: rhythmbox plays silently)

Hello. Andrey Falko gmail.com> writes: > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Michael Schmarck > habmalnefrage.de> wrote: > > Good evening! > > > > I've got a problem with media-sound/rhythmbox-0.11.2-r1 on > > my new ~x86 system. When I play an MP3 file, I see that rb > > progresses and when

[gentoo-user] Re: Gnome: No sound - "No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found" (was: rhythmbox plays silently)

I wrote: > Andrey Falko gmail.com> writes: > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Michael Schmarck > > habmalnefrage.de> wrote: > There's another problem: When I start gnome-volume-control, I get: > > No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found > > Hmm... [...] > > Also does > >

[gentoo-user] [OT] ATX PS recommendation

Hi group, I bought a Coolmax PS which was touted as the latest and greatest and then it died. When I opened it up I found the output crowded with puffy, oozing electrolytic caps, most made by Fuhjyyu. A search for Fuhjyyu on Google revealed that I'm not alone. Can somebody recommend a *reliable*,

[gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > > On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Michael Schmarck wrote: > > Good evening! > > > > I've got a problem with media-sound/rhythmbox-0.11.2-r1 on > > my new ~x86 system. When I play an MP3 file, I see that rb > > progresses and when I turn on visualization, I see the so

Re: [gentoo-user] Error compiling media-gfx/splashutils-1.5.4-r1

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:33:22 +0100 Wael Nasreddine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello list :) > > I'm having a problem compiling splashutils, anyone else having the > same problem ?? > The splashutils-1.5.4-r1 ebuild has been updated to cope with recent API breakage in the new baselayout-2.0/o

[gentoo-user] Re: Recovering root password

Hi. Grant gmail.com> writes: > > > Would the type of filesystem encryption you guys are talking about > > > be unsuitable for a high-traffic server because of performance > > > considerations? > > > > Yes, and it isn't necessary. You lock your servers away so that nobody > > has physical ac

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ATX PS recommendation

On Tuesday 25 March 2008, maxim wexler wrote: > Hi group, > > I bought a Coolmax PS which was touted as the latest > and greatest and then it died. When I opened it up I > found the output crowded with puffy, oozing > electrolytic caps, most made by Fuhjyyu. A search for > Fuhjyyu on Google reveale

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Michael Schmarck wrote: > > I'll crawl back into my KDE and e17 fanboy > > clubhouse and shut up now. > > It would've been better if you would've just shut up right > from the beginning - or simply post helpful comments. The > latter would be the preferred option, as far a

Re: [gentoo-user] Error compiling media-gfx/splashutils-1.5.4-r1

This One Time, at Band Camp, Rodolphe Rocca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:20:31PM +0100: > On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:33:22 +0100 > Wael Nasreddine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello list :) > > I'm having a problem compiling splashutils, anyone else having the > > same prob

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gnome: No sound - "No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found" (was: rhythmbox plays silently)

On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Michael Schmarck wrote: > I wrote: > > Andrey Falko gmail.com> writes: > > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Michael Schmarck > > > habmalnefrage.de> wrote: > > > > There's another problem: When I start gnome-volume-control, I get: > > > > No volume control GStreamer

[gentoo-user] Nowell disconnects

Hi, I need to connect Nowell Netware discs time to time. I found out how to do it and I have it working in /etc/fstab with line / /mnt/server ncp defaults,ipserver=,mode=700,uid=myuser,gid=myuser,owner=myuser,volume=USR,signature=3,passwdfile=/home/myusr/.passwd,multiple,noauto My problem is that

Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb and screen resolution

Ricardo Saffi Marques wrote: On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Alexander Meinke <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Try to determine possible resolutions by typing "hwinfo --framebuffer". Use the hex code 0x... and put it as kernel parameter in your grub.conf. Oka

Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb and screen resolution

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Ian Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i always thought vga= was only used by the old vesafb driver > i use video=uvesafb:1024x768-32 > i cant get any wide screen modes to work at all, anybody else know how?? Nice, new thoughts being added to the discussion. That's

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux & Motherboard

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:17:17 +0200 Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stay away from NVidia. Good performing cards, but their Linux support > is atrocious (and that's being kind to them) > > ATI are not much better but at least they make something of an effort > to publish some specs. >

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ATX PS recommendation

On Dienstag, 25. März 2008, maxim wexler wrote: > Hi group, > > I bought a Coolmax PS which was touted as the latest > and greatest and then it died. When I opened it up I > found the output crowded with puffy, oozing > electrolytic caps, most made by Fuhjyyu. A search for > Fuhjyyu on Google revea

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux & Motherboard

On Wednesday 26 March 2008, ionut cucu wrote: > > > The SLI capability is not important as having ethernet or sound > > > supported on linux. > > Should you follow the path of the manual you'll find interesting > links about sound cards support on linux, as for ethernet, if you > dan;t have drivers

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ATX PS recommendation

Thierry de Coulon wrote: On Tuesday 25 March 2008, maxim wexler wrote: Hi group, I bought a Coolmax PS which was touted as the latest and greatest and then it died. When I opened it up I found the output crowded with puffy, oozing electrolytic caps, most made by Fuhjyyu. A search for Fuhjyyu

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux & Motherboard

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:09:19 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I can't remember a single ethernet device in the last several years > that wasn't fully supported and JustWorked(tm) straight out the box on > any old arb Linux system. When I bought my Asus P5B-E board last year, the drivers for the Att

Re: [gentoo-user] uvesafb and screen resolution

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 3:55 AM, Ricardo Saffi Marques <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Sergey Kobzar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > uvesafb works nice. > > Can anyone help me with the following? > Do any of you know how to make uvesafb (that replaces the old vesafb-t

[gentoo-user] permission denied (13)

I am running the command /usr/bin/rsync -avO /var/lib/mysql [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/ > /tmp/rsync-${TIMESTAMP}.log 2>&1 I am getting the below error in the log file mysql/ rsync: failed to set permissions on "/var/lib/mysql": Operation not permitted (1) rsync: failed to open "/var/lib/mysql/i

[gentoo-user] libmad sound artifacts

Hi; sorry to crosspost, but I know for a fact that gentoo-amd64 has a much lower traffic than gentoo-user. Some weeks ago I noticed serious artifacts in the sound quality of my desktop machine, when playing MP3's with Rhythmbox. It actually sounds like a hardware problem; a speaker cable which is