Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 20008 install problem: "Could not find the root block device in ."

2008-07-22 Thread Richard Marzan
On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 21:57 +0200, Jarry wrote: > Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> It looks to me like loader can not find my *cdrom*! > >> But that is strange, because kernel just booted from CD, > >> so it *must* see it! > > > > Unfortunately, it's the BIOS that does this. The kernel cannot boot b

[gentoo-user] Re: Can't complete emerge world.

2008-07-22 Thread Francesco Talamona
On Tuesday 22 July 2008, Mike Diehl wrote: > What do I need to do to get past this? > > TIA, > -- > Mike Diehl Try this command, what gives you? emerge -av =sys-libs/ss-1.40.9 =sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.40.9 =sys-libs/com_err-1.40.9 Ciao Francesco -- Linux Version 2.6.26-gentoo, Compiled #1

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't complete emerge world.

2008-07-22 Thread Mike Diehl
On Tuesday 22 July 2008 08:46:10 pm Qian Qiao wrote: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 9:11 PM, Mike Diehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > > Are you doing a emerge world or a emerge --update world? And no, you > can't emerge -C those 2 packages, it'll kill your system. > > HTH. > > -- Joe I'm doing

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't complete emerge world.

2008-07-22 Thread Qian Qiao
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 9:11 PM, Mike Diehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] Are you doing a emerge world or a emerge --update world? And no, you can't emerge -C those 2 packages, it'll kill your system. HTH. -- Joe -- Mitch Hedberg - "My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water t

[gentoo-user] Can't complete emerge world.

2008-07-22 Thread Mike Diehl
Hi all, I'm trying to get an emerge world to complet, but I'm getting this error message: !!! Multiple versions within a single package slot have been pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: sys-libs/ss:0 ('installed', '/'

Re: [gentoo-user] Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:22:49 +0100, Mick wrote: > I am not bothered about automounting and probably would get on my > nerves. I prefer how pmount used to work until recently. pmount thinks your drive is not removable, so refuses to allow mounting for security reasons. The fix is to add it to /et

[gentoo-user] Re: Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-22 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Mick wrote: I am not bothered about automounting and probably would get on my nerves. I prefer how pmount used to work until recently. Ask around the Fluxbox mailing lists/forums how to tweak auto-mounting; maybe it just lacks a GUI for those options and you'll have to tweak some *.rc file.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Unmerge python?

2008-07-22 Thread Grant
>> I've emerged python-2.5 in the new slot, but I can't upgrade from >> python-updater-0.2 to python-updater-0.5 until I un-emerge python-2.3. > > That shouldn't happen; there's no rationale in this, unless I'm missing > something. > >> Should I run python-updater-0.2 now, or un-emerge python-2.3,

Re: [gentoo-user] Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-22 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 22 July 2008, Sebastian Günther wrote: > * Mick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [22.07.08 20:08]: > > Hi All, > > > > I suspect that something changed recently on the way that USB devices are > > mounted. I noticed that mounting a USB flash drive has stopped working > > as follows: > > No, I think

Re: [gentoo-user] Unmerge python?

2008-07-22 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 23:08 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > The safest course is run python-updater-0.2, unmerge python-2.3, > update > python-updater then run the new version. > > You shouldn't break too much by unmerging the old version before you > run > python-updater. A few things may not work,

Re: [gentoo-user] Unmerge python?

2008-07-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:40:33 -0700, Grant wrote: > Should I run python-updater-0.2 now, or un-emerge python-2.3, update > to python-updater-0.5, and run that? The safest course is run python-updater-0.2, unmerge python-2.3, update python-updater then run the new version. You shouldn't break too

[gentoo-user] Re: Unmerge python?

2008-07-22 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Grant wrote: I've emerged python-2.5 in the new slot, but I can't upgrade from python-updater-0.2 to python-updater-0.5 until I un-emerge python-2.3. That shouldn't happen; there's no rationale in this, unless I'm missing something. Should I run python-updater-0.2 now, or un-emerge python-2

Re: [gentoo-user] Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-22 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Mick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [22.07.08 20:08]: > Hi All, > > I suspect that something changed recently on the way that USB devices are > mounted. I noticed that mounting a USB flash drive has stopped working as > follows: No, I think pmount behavior changed: it now honors entries in the fstab.

Re: [gentoo-user] Unmerge python?

2008-07-22 Thread Grant
I'm getting the following from portage on a critical remote system: >>> app-admin/python-updater-0.2) Am I suppose to un-emerge python? - Grant >>> >>> Perhaps you should update your python. Version 2.3 will be removed from >>> portage and is currently h

Re: [gentoo-user] Java configuration is hosed

2008-07-22 Thread Rev. Ferris
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I used one hour ago the java update guide wiki. It's worked! Luigi Alle martedì 22 luglio 2008, Dave Jones ha scritto: > Hi Kevin, > > Kevin O'Gorman wrote on 22/07/08 20:03: > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Java configuration is hosed

2008-07-22 Thread Dave Jones
Hi Kevin, Kevin O'Gorman wrote on 22/07/08 20:03: On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Kevin O'Gorman wrote on 22/07/08 18:51: I cannot emerge the latest xulrunner, but the root cause appears to be my Java configuration. I haven't touched it in ages, so I ha

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-22 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 22 July 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Mick wrote: > > [...] > > I am using dbus and hald with a Fluxbox WM so the default KDE behaviour > > with the automounting pop up dialog does not work here (unless I have > > launched the full KDE DE). > > > > Any ideas what has caused these chan

[gentoo-user] Re: Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-22 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Mick wrote: [...] I am using dbus and hald with a Fluxbox WM so the default KDE behaviour with the automounting pop up dialog does not work here (unless I have launched the full KDE DE). Any ideas what has caused these changes? Are they reversible/configurable? The DE is responsible for th

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What is the gimmick to run tightvnc from windows to gentoo

2008-07-22 Thread Eric Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Harry Putnam wrote: > Josh Cepek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Harry Putnam wrote: >>> David Blamire-Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> I did this a while back and I got it working by tunnelling via SSH (using putty on windows). But I

[gentoo-user] Changes in the way USB devices are mounted

2008-07-22 Thread Mick
Hi All, I suspect that something changed recently on the way that USB devices are mounted. I noticed that mounting a USB flash drive has stopped working as follows: == $ dmesg [snip...] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 usb 2-1: con

Re: [gentoo-user] Java configuration is hosed

2008-07-22 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Kevin > > Kevin O'Gorman wrote on 22/07/08 18:51: >> >> I cannot emerge the latest xulrunner, but the root cause appears to be >> my Java configuration. I haven't touched it in ages, so I have no >> idea how this happened

Re: [gentoo-user] Java configuration is hosed

2008-07-22 Thread Dave Jones
Hi Kevin Kevin O'Gorman wrote on 22/07/08 18:51: I cannot emerge the latest xulrunner, but the root cause appears to be my Java configuration. I haven't touched it in ages, so I have no idea how this happened. The evidence: treat ~ # eselect java-vm list Available Java Virtual Machines: [1]

[gentoo-user] tetex USE flag with texlive install

2008-07-22 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Should I use the "tetex" USE flag even if I have texlive instead of tetex installed? There's no corresponding "texlive" USE flag.

[gentoo-user] Xorg Draglock Button

2008-07-22 Thread sean
I am trying to get "DragLockButtons" to work in Xorg for my trackball. I have been able to get it to function but it will only activate when the pointer is over the scroll bar.After this is done I can move the trackball in any direction. Is this how it is supposed to work or can I get it to f

Re: [gentoo-user] Java configuration is hosed

2008-07-22 Thread Dale
Kevin O'Gorman wrote: I cannot emerge the latest xulrunner, but the root cause appears to be my Java configuration. I haven't touched it in ages, so I have no idea how this happened. The evidence: treat ~ # eselect java-vm list Available Java Virtual Machines: [1] sun-jdk-1.4 [2] sun-jd

[gentoo-user] Java configuration is hosed

2008-07-22 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
I cannot emerge the latest xulrunner, but the root cause appears to be my Java configuration. I haven't touched it in ages, so I have no idea how this happened. The evidence: treat ~ # eselect java-vm list Available Java Virtual Machines: [1] sun-jdk-1.4 [2] sun-jdk-1.6 system-vm treat ~

[gentoo-user] Re: Curious ping problem with no FW

2008-07-22 Thread Harry Putnam
Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Monday 14 July 2008, Harry Putnam wrote: >> I've had a problem with being able to ping out to the internet from my >> gentoo box, while at the same time I'm able to ping outbound from >> several windows boxes on same home lan. >> >> I don't run a firewall at a

[gentoo-user] Re: What is the gimmick to run tightvnc from windows to gentoo

2008-07-22 Thread Harry Putnam
Josh Cepek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Harry Putnam wrote: >> David Blamire-Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> I did this a while back and I got it working by tunnelling via SSH >>> (using putty on windows). But I can't remember the exact details >>> off the top of my head. It may be wort

Re: [gentoo-user] media-video/totem-2.20.3 Access violation

2008-07-22 Thread Markus Schönhaber
Ivan Alden wrote: > Thanks Markus for your help. I still get the error though =( Then I'm out of ideas. Re-emerging gnome-doc-utils solved the sandbox violation wrt /usr/share/xml2po/docbook.pyc for me - it happened when emerging epiphany, not totem, though. Moreover: re-emerging gnome-doc-utils

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Emerge Eclipse fails

2008-07-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:04:57 +0530, Suma Sharma wrote: > Is all of this because of my outdated portage? Yes, update portage first. The version you have is no longer in the tree. If these are ~arch ebuilds that are failing, you may need to switch to a ~arch portage. -- Neil Bothwick Yeah, but